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THE KNOXVILLE r—| h^- tr* m VOLUME I. Xebnion Sews. Zebuli-nf March 2’7 1888—Our little town is on quite a boom- On the 19th the first train rolled into this }>lace pulled by an-engine named Zebulon. The citizens turned out on masse, and the fair sex shewed their enthusiasm by decorating the locomotive with flowers and bunting. On the evening of the 21st a banquet was giv¬ en in honor of the officers of the construc¬ tion forces, and it was a most enjoyable affair. Lack of time prevents from giving a more complete account of the evening’s ; entertainment Onr town is full of life and activity, and a prediction that it will soon become quite an important trade cen¬ ter is not untimely. She is destined to come out of the obscurity which her here¬ tofore remote situation in a great measure accounted for. Track laying is progressing finely. The rails have been laid to Meansville, and with a few days of good weath' r it is said that Pine montain will be passed, after which time the progress of the road will be rapid. Knoxville people may look out for the A. & P. before many weeks. Zip. Thieves Run Down, Some months ago the commissary of Bo well & Bros., turpentine farmers, was burned. It was supposed to have been “robbed, and burned to destroy the evidence of the robbery Since that time our ever alert sheriff, Lewis Patterson, has been after the perpetrators. Friday night he -jumped Ins game at their home some three miles from the scene of their villainy. Sam and John Merritt, colored, were, the men who did the deed. Secreted about "their house and buried under ground were goods enough found to have started a dry goods store. Not only were goods belong¬ ing to the Powell Bros, found, but a watch hclonging’to Wesley Fairchild, a merchant, near Cnattalioochee river, was recovered. His store was burglarized in December of last year. The pair ate safe in jail. II. & 171 Railroad. The C,, & M. Railroad will be finished to Madison, connecting our city with Ma¬ con, during the incoming week, when we can all jump into the cars and take a ride to the Central City. We again assert that Col. Mac'nen is the livest railroad man cf his age on the continent. Next will come telegraphic connection with Macon and our people will then be linked to those of tbtft city, we hope, by indissoluble cords of mutual friendship.— Madisonian. A Great l.c;? Rolling-. Probably the most extensive log-rolling ever known in Walton county eccured at Mr. N. R Thompson’s just after the late storm. Fifty-five persons offered their services in removing the logs from a space about 300 yards wide and extending across Mr, Thompsons plantation, Two dwell¬ ing houses, two stables and a corn crib on the same plantation were blown down, and and singularly enough, without serious in¬ jury to any of the occt/panfs. Evening Journal. The Klnkely Extension. Blakely, Ga., March 26—Captain W. 1), Burtchaell and son, contractors, of Norcross, Ga-, have about completed the Blakely extension to the Ohattaliooohee liver. It is generally thought that the Central railroad will proceed, at once, to hnild a bridge, and thereby make Colum¬ bia, Ala., the terminus of the above branch. KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., MARCH 30, • 1888. Some liidiculianiii The old saying “Coming events cast their shadows before” is not often more plainly illustrated than in the up-building of a town. One who has ever lived in a quiet inland village and has seen a railroad built to it, and afterwaid stoies aud shops built and opened, and enterprise and thrift take the place of humdrum, continued quiet and inanity knows by the indications when such a place is preparing for a new era. Knoxville lias for years been a very quiet .place, and not until recently could her people be persuaded to believe that she could ever bo anything uiore than the location of tho public buildings, and a country settlement where the people could buy small articles that would .not authorize a trip to Macon. The coun¬ try people did nothing to build up the place, aud the citizens themselves did little towards it. But certain indications point to a revolution in the wa;» ot doing busi¬ ness iu this county. People, in other counties believe that Knoxville is going to be a live business town, and many are making preparations to move here and go into business. Plans, whioh we cannot now make public, are on foot for the establishment of certain kinds of business which will be sure to cause a season of prosperity such as the place has never seen. The editor and various citizens fire fre¬ quently asked by parties living in other parts to furnish them information as i-c gards the health, location and business of Knoxville, end iu every case we receive replies showing that the parties wishing to embark in business at this place are highly pleased at the prospect presented. Knoxville is bound to guow. She is destined to become the market for all the people of this section, aud when she in¬ creases to the size which her natural sur roundings authorize she will he a town of not less than three thousand inhabitants. When the distance between this and other towns is divided it shows our territory to be 20 miles in extent from north to south, and SO miles long from cast to west. In this territory are living over 15,000 souls, and probably as many as 20,000. Their Theft- trade amounts to more than a million ot dollars u year, and with sufficient capi¬ tal properly invested it can be controlled hero. FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS. These facts are plain to all who will consider them. It may tjound now like wild talk to predict, that our town is to become a flourishing little city, but time will surely prove the truth of this predic¬ tion. Upon tho average there is no better farming country in Ge irgia than this, and Knoxville is as healthy a place as a moun¬ tain home. The god of uature has left nothing undone in making this both a healthy and a prodnctve section, So sure as the Atlanta and Florida railroad is fin¬ ished just so certain arc men (4 means to come here and engage in business. Our people—even the merchants— would be glad to have wealthy men come here and open stores or other business, and lots can he had almost at buyers’ own prices. We have no soreheads or croakets, but every citizen of tho place wants to see Knoxville improve as a business locatlo , and all believe that it will. We want men of enterprise to come here, and * u give them a royal welcome, We send out a large number of sample this week. Please pass them around • SHOT IN T’UK rOKEHEiD. Tuesday morning Joe Lewis and Will Deloach, in River Fork district, eight miles from Valdosta, quarreled and Lewis shet Deloach in the forehead with a pistol. The hall weut into the man’s brain, and although the man was alive next morning. Dr. Burton says he is bound to die. Jim Martin is in jail as an accessory, but as usual the murderer got away. This is the fourth murder in the comity within six months, and in every case the mur¬ derers escaped. The t’olwmbns Southern. Dawson, Ga., March 26.—The Colum¬ bus Southern is coming steadily this way, and the locomotivt will run between here and Albany within ninety days, notwith¬ standing the opinion of the Americus Re¬ publican to the contrary The grain® is nearly complete, pile-driving is going on crossties are being put in place, and soon the iron will be laid. BI'RiTEh TO DEATH. Harrison Ga., March 26.—Early yester¬ day morning onr peaceful town was thrown into considerable excitement by the report that a house had been burned down Satur¬ day Dight.and a man burned up In it Yonr reporter immediately investigated the report and fouud it true. Repairing to the scene of tire tragedy, which was on the plantation of Mrs. Polly Smith, within the incorporate limits, a sickening sight met the gaze. Smoking ami smoldering amid the ashes and coals lay the charred remains of a human being. The dead man was lying flat on liis back, His feet aud legs were entirely consumed and his arai6 were burnt to the shouldets A drawing knife lying near the body indicated foul play and immediately it was whispered shout that the deceased had been foully murder¬ ed and then the house bad been set on fire to cover the crime. Meantime the coroner arrived aud imme diately summoning a jury began the autop sy. Dr. Frank Peacock' was called in to make an examination of the corpse to as¬ certain if there were any traces of violence on the body. He soon came across a buck shot just back of the neck. Then exam¬ ining from opposite side he found an open¬ ing under the right collar bone and follow¬ ing it up lie soon found a heavy charge of “B B” and buckshot lying against the vertebral column. Hew the TarifTi* jllaintafaed. The republican party receives a huge campaign fund from the protected manu¬ facturers. It is said that they constantly and regularly pay into a fund to maintain at Washington a skillful lobby to block tariff legislation. Their profits by reason of the tariff justify them iu incurring all sorts of expenseo to maintain it. Baltimore Sun. ^ rs ' Bad *y> wife of Capt. Arthur Bai Bie B * d § e ’ Darien, had quite a nar row esca P° recently while riding on the causeway at Carnagban road, a few miles from town. White on the bridge the horse backed with Mrs - Baile y and two chddr<m off of the causeway, the horse falling ca the buggy, smashing it up, Mrs. Bailey and the children having fallen out. They escaped without being seriously injured. NUMBER TO. Candid Indeed. “Sunday, March tho 4tli, was the birth¬ day of one of our little boys; Tuesday, the 6th, was the birthday of our youngest grandchild, a pretty little hoy ; Wednes¬ day, the 7th, was the birthday of onr bet tcrhalf, and Saturday, the 24th, will he the birthday of another of our boys. Hur¬ rah ! for the March, boys—hurrah:— Savannah Local. Sunday March the 4th, was the birthday of one of our little notes, aud we had to hustle like thunder to get the money to meet it; Tnesday, the Gth, was the birth¬ day of our youngest, account with the At¬ lanta Newspaper Union—a pretty little affair ot eight dollars ; Wednesday, ahe 7th a tramp printer relieved us of two brass galleys, a pair of scissors, a pipe, a pocket knife and the goodwill of the paper, and on Thursday, the 24th, we entertained three strong chills, a slow fever and five cf «•' poor relations at dinner. Don’t talk •March” to us, Mr. Local”— Suiithville News CiOOU WISHED. Yatesville, Ga., March 27, 1888. Ma. bn it or : — I have seen several cop¬ ies of The Knoxville Journal and I think it very good. It will be an impor¬ tant factor or actor in the building up of your town.and county, and being supported by all the best citizens of your county and the neighboring counties and towhs, I guess will abundantly compensate for the time and talent given it. There is a vast field out-stretched before you, over which you may, through this medium, scatter seeds of practical knowledge that will ger¬ minate and bring forth abundant fruit for good. . It is my humble opinion that noth¬ ing will add more to tho popularity and success of the Journal than for her "to de¬ vote a portion of her columns to the sub¬ ject of Agriculture, as the majority of her patrons are farmers, and as a rule need encouragement aud inspiration on this line. A paper giving an interchange of ideas and experiments of the leading farmers of the laud, and the same sent into all tin homes of our people would ere long bring about great anl grand reformation q the agricultural world, which will cause the barren fields and dilapidated koines of our land to smile with abundant harvests, peace and prosperity. May The Journar, with all of its pur¬ poses, plans, and interests have the support of the people and the approbation of heaven. Yours truly, Rev. F. W. Retsel. Tha Saque Woolen Mills Company, near Clarksville, is erecting a new bridge at t icir mill across the Saque river- They expect to have it completed l>y Wednesday or Thursday of this week. The mills ;i-v receiving large orders from Baltimore and Philadelphia for their goods, wnich are of the very best quality of jeans, linsey, etc. They have been able so far to fill all orders. The Chief of Engineers has rep-rted t > Congress that there is no objection to the measure now pending authorizinglhe con struction of bridges over the rivers tit. Ma¬ ry s, Satilla, Little Satil’a ami Crooked, in Ge.rgiaaml Florida, as it contains all necessary requirements for the protection of navigation, and tho plans of the struct Btres are first to be approved by the SccXQ* tery of \\ ar.