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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. a m ■S: m KNOXVILLE, - - GEOKGIA. ■DEALER IN -i CO 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.... % O.P. WEIGHT, LAWYER, KNOXVILLE, - - - - - GEORGIA. Office in the Court House. fb 27 - * 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..