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TOWN AND COUNTY,
What the People are Doing and
Talking About.
THE TIMES IN CRAWFORD.
Society News and Neighbor
hood Notes—S*ci-s»«al
ttleuiion.
Bead School Commissioner’s notice.
Mrs. J. R. Sandefur, we hear, is quite
sick.
There was no land sold at Sheriff’s sale
Tuesday.
Superior court will convene on Monday
week, the 16th.
See Mrs. Pierce’s millinerry aud dress¬
making advertisement.
Mr. B. A. Hartley is off on a trip to
Perry and other places.
The hoys have substituted marble shoot¬
ing in place of robin shooting.
Mr. W. P. Allen, of this place, visited
the Central City during the week.
Miss Mollie Jackson, of Ceres, paid a
short visit to friends here Tuesday.
Coi. II. D. Smith attendee^ Superior
court at Perry- a day or two this week.
Tlie woods are now getting green enough
to encourage, the snake liar to do his best.
Col. W. P. Blasingame made a short
business trip to the city of Macon a day or
two ago.
Miss Alpha McManus, of Sandy Toint,
spent several days this week in town vis¬
iting friends.
Mr. W. H. O'Neil is not only a big
hearted and jolly gentleman, but one of the
best artists of his kind.
What is the matter with our correspond¬
ents ? Probably when they are not at
work they are off fishing.
Mr. Robert Hatcher took the job oftcar
i ig down the old jail. His bid of ninety
live dollars was the lowest.
"Mr. B. D. Smith, of Knoxville, was
in oor town last week.”—[Reynolds cor
respondeunt Butler Herald.
Mr. Jesse Dent, after a visit of several
days in our town, returned to his home in
the Central City Wednesday.
Mr. F. II. Wright, our leading merchant,
spent some time in Macon this week laying
in a rousing stock ofspiing goods.
The young men about town had their
day on the 1st, Cigars loaded with powder
was the most popular April fool sell,
Mr. I.. C. Fntrell, a prominent planter
of Crawford county, was in town last week,
says the Reynolds correspondent to the
Butler Herald.
Mr. J. K. Blasingame got ahead cf
some of the boys Tuesday night by escort¬
ing four girls from the party, Jake says
they were all pretty, too.
The gallant and the fair, of Kuoxville,
speak of having an extremely pleasant
time last Tuesday night at the party given
at the residence of Mr, W. P. Alien.
Mathews & Danielly are sswing a bill
ot 175,000 feet of lumber for the A & F
railroad. We clave say their lumber will
bo as good as the best the company will
use.
Jim Spillers has laid the foundation for
a new saying for fisherman’s luck. He
came back from the creek the other day
with no fish and the seat of his breeches
burnt off. This is a dry town.
The young men have had pictures taken
of , them them this week,in many positions.
Ono fellow stood on his head .and had bis
•‘pretty’! struck. Some people take a bet¬
ter looking picture in that position than in
a-ujr other.
Special Notice.
There will be an examination of appli¬
cants for the office of County School Com¬
missioner fur Crawford county in Knoxville
on. Saturday, the 14th inst. All candidates
for that office are requested to bo present
oti that day in time to undergo the exami¬
nation. By order ot the Board of Educa¬
tion. J. W. Blasingame, C. S. C.
[Wo are requested to state that Mr. J.
W. Blasingame will not be a candidate for
the office of County School Commissioner
at ensueiug election.— Ed.]
.a. Good Sign.
Twice recently we have known Mr. As
bnry Aveia to bring in choice lots of coun¬
try raised hams to be sold here. If there
is any one thing that indicates that a farm¬
er is prosperous, it is the fact of his having
home-raised meat for sale. Mote farmers
buy than sell bacon. This may be consid¬
ered by some as a small matter to receive
so much notice, hut it is one of the small
things that means a good deal.
5Mg SSioctang,
I have n boy twelve years old that Killed
12 robins and one sapsuck in sixteen shots
only using niue ounces of shot. The boy
had never shot a gun more than five or six
times before, and this shooting" was done
with an old muzzle loader. Shooting a
flying sapsuck is no small job, for he is up
ar.d down, down and up as bellies, aud
it is a nice job to get the auglo he is going
to take.
Now, I want to say to tho boys in my
district (the 6th) come up and bring your
seventy- dollar, breech loaders, and if you
heat my boy at shooting I will give up
that shooting robins on the wing is as
good as shooting anything else that flics.
Wool Hat.
Saaidy i’oint Siftings.
Sandy Point, Aprii 6,—There will be
more fruit in this section than.was at,first
thought. II the peach -trees, retain the
fruit now on them we will have a pretty
fair crop, Plums are all killed, but ap¬
ples have suffered very slightly from the
cold.
The sweet songs of the birds and the
beauties of natuae all seem to have uni¬
ted in one grand conspiracy to make us
forget cares and sorrows and turn with
gladness to our duties. Wo are no mor
alizer, lienee will desist.
Don’t you all want to go fishing ? The
days are so tempting. Mr. Scarbrough
says that fish are biting beautifully now.
He ought to know, he goes every day
Thanks, Watchman, for your kind sym¬
pathy. Our Ma told us wheD we were
quite small that ’twas not in good form
to refuse a favor before wo were asked
to grant one. Hold your breath, Brother,
don't get uneasy.
Miss Lee Ellis has returned, after a
pleasant visit to Miss Carrie Smith, of
Hart.
Miss Alpha McManus is home again,
after spending several days with relatives
at Knoxville.
Mr. E. L. McGee, of Salem, spent last
Sunday with the family of Mr. A. J.
Burnett. Eel got to the Paint Sunday
night. returned her
Mi S 3 Ora Hamlin has to
home after some days stay with her sis¬
ter, Mrs. M. J. Hollomon.
Mr. Sid Dent is still quite low. He
was no better when we last heard from
him.
If some of ihe girls want cute little,
pets, they can get thereby applying to
Messrs. J. G- McManus and A, C. Avant.
Their pets are sweet little owls with
large expressive eyes. Dave.
Pictures— W. H. O’NeiL will
be in town only a short Time.
Good likeness or no charge.
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KNOXVILLE, - - GEOKGIA.
■DEALER IN
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STAPLE m FANCY DRY GOODS,
HARDWARE. ETC.
I keep an assortment t of General Merchandise, and try to suit
everybody both in quality of goods and in prices. I have now
on hand a lot of Fbesh Garden Seeds, also a variety of
3P ; ;?vr3si Tools
of the best makes which I sell cheap. Call on me.
F. H. WEIGHT, &9
Came Mi» MSsssamg;.
Knoxville boasts of one of the best shoe¬
makers in the country. His name is Holt
Jim Holt is not unlike other humans, and
it is not strange that he should at times
grow tired of punching holes and driving
pegs, or weary of pulling waxed "cenda"
through calf skin. This kind of employ¬
ment is not exciting enough for some peo¬
ple, and Holt is one of this kind 6f indi¬
viduals. Some days ago it struck him as
the proper thing to get a job at guarding
convicts at James’ camp, several miles
above town. The boss at the camp was
highly pleased, with Holt’s appearance, as
he has a watchful, fearless eye, and a de¬
termined look. At the time there was a
vacancy, and Holt was employed. He
rejoiced at the idea of wearing buckskin
leggings and the cloak of authority, and
proudly he shouldered his breech loader
and the cares of the office.
Captain Holt got along very well with
everybody and evpiything until supper
time. Now, the other guards had fun in
their hfe.ads,- but it was hypocritically con¬
cealed in their speech and actions. Cap¬
tain Holt noticed that six men spent most
of their time at scratching their bodies, and
also that four guards had their jaws tied
up with old towels and bed sheets. It
was not strange that Captain Holt re
marked upon it. Ton would have done
the same. In reply to Captain Holt’s ques¬
tions one fellow with a dark morn;'ache
and the spirit of a devil informed him that
the six men who scratched had the itch,
while those fellows who had their jaws
tied up had the mumps.
Some who unflinchly ’ face
men, can a
cannon loaded with trace chains and a
grain of powder would run from the itch
or mumps. Captain Holt is that kind of
a roan. He moved from the festive hoard
and took up quarters with the man who
was standing guard; and there he spent
the night on a stump. He would have
come home but be did not want to alarm
his family. They might have thought that
the convicts were all running at large and
that the Captain was after them. Such a
thought wsuld drive a woman into hyster¬
ics, and Captain Holt did not waDt any¬
thing of that kind to happen.
Next morning Mr. (no longer Capt.) Holt
ai iv d in K \oxvillo wearing a red-eyed,
tired expression and an overcoat containing.
13 pounds of the dew which fell from the
heavens. Holt is now a, better shoe-maker
than ever, and he frequently laughs at the
joke he played on the railroad meD,
We owe an apology to a young lady for
not publishing an article which Bhe has
carefully prepared aud offered fot publica¬
tion. The article is well written and cal¬
culated to do much,-good, but we cannot
use it bocause it is not the class,of matter
we. need.
A lS-year-old horse in Lexington has
plowed fourteen crops....
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O.P. WEIGHT,
LAWYER,
KNOXVILLE, - - - - - GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House. fb 27
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W, P. BLASINGAME,
Attorney at Law,
KNOXVII.LE, GEORGIA.
entrusted Prompt to attention his given to all business jy27
care.
BE. J. W. JOHES,
KNOXVILLE, - - --- GEORGIA
Calls promptly attended day and night.
GEO. L. SAWYER,
Physieianpgi Surgoon,
KNOXVILLE, GA.,
Patronage respectfully solicited. fh3
The Knoxville Brig Store
Is the place where you can always find
Reliable Goods.
Besides Drugs and Medicines I keep
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
SHOES, HATS &c.
Whenever you come to town-come to see
' J. W. BL A S Ilf GAME.
MONEY TO LOAN!
I am prepared to loan money
on improved farms to the
amount of $200 and upwaids
on most liberal terms. I rep¬
resent the Georgia Loan & Trust
Co. ^f Americu: -, Ga., a char¬
tered institution of the State.
T will guarantee that our com¬
missions are at least from two
to three per cent cheaper than
that of any other ompany. Pay¬ V
ments can be made at any time,
and the loan may be taken up
whenever desired. Quit the
warehouse and try us. We are
cheaper and give you more lib¬
erty, and we don’t want your
land. The warehouses are get¬
ting it. Walter P. Blasingame
BABBIT MIL
FOR SALE
-AT
THIS OFFICE..