THE JOURNAL,
KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO. GA.
HJBLISHED EVER! FRIDAY BY
PERCY V. HOWELL.
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The mail from Knoxville to Fort Valley
1 raves daily, except Sunday.
The mail for Prattahurg leaves on Tues¬
day, Thursday and Saturday.
The mail for Forsyth leaves on Tuesday
and Friday.
The mail for Macon, with 12 hour lay
over at “Warrior, leaves on Monday and
Thursday.
It is estimated that the decrease in the
public debt for the month of March wiil
amount to ten millions of dollars,
Every max who subscribes to the paper
is working for the good of his community,
for it takes money to run a newspaper,
and a good paper will be the cause of any
community prospering*
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, is
very unlike most of representatives from
the eastern states. He wants disabled con
federates given preference in civil service
appointments. He introduced a hill to
that effect.
It is said that there is a post office for
every I 000 men, women and children ir.
the United Slat" s, and that if the expense
of carrying the mails was paid directly by
the people pro rata, each citizen would
pay an average of 85c a year.
As tub lesult of a wager four enter¬
prising youths of Williamsburg, Pa., ex¬
pect to make a tour through the “Wild
"West” without taking any money for
traveling expenses. They hope hv selling
some staple article to make enough ot the
“needful” to pay their way.
Perry. Houston county, is often spoken
of as a good town, One would have to
go there to learn that fact, for the Home
Journal, of that town, although a good
paper, contains no advertisements for the
the merchants ot its town. If there are
n ny merchants there they must be very
poor ones.
The Butler Herald is continually pra¬
ting about discord in democratic ranks.
The Herald is trying to train with the At¬
lanta Constitution; hence the cry of dis¬
cord. For us to allow that there is any¬
thing In', harmony irr the democratic ranks
would be to ascribe more influence to such
organs than the public is willing to allow.
Tat: Taluctton Kcm Era is a well
g.'.tten-up paper, and weave proud to swap
our weekly almanac for its big, interesting
pages.
There is said to he a Justice’s court
ground in Jasper county where the Judge
aits on a nail keg, when holding comt, and
when the case is given to the jury, they
are turned into the horse lotto make up
their verdict. While the jury is “out,”
the lawyers and court sit on the fence and
crack jokes until the verdict is made, it,
such a temple uf justice it might be said
that the lawyer) have room enough iri
which to air their eloquence, and the wit¬
nesses cannot break the rule which obtains
i u some courts against spitting on the ceil¬
ing overhead.
A PLEA FOE 1MPROVMENT
Citizens of Crawford county: Awake
from your indifference and allow a spirit
enterprise. We arc going to have a rail¬
road in a few weeks and the opportunities
it offers to you to make the stride forward
that will place you even with the balance
of the world are in sight. Crawford coun¬
ty only lacks one thing to make her as
good a eoitnty in any respect as can he
found in Middle Georgia, and that is a
market town. The railroad will bring in
those who wish pi sell goods at Knexville,
but one thing ; one great thing will he in
the way of their selling here. The moun¬
tain road three-foili ths ol a mile long be¬
tween this place and the depot is nothing
more than a canal dug through the hille,
and this pretext for a road would cause u
si ranger to toet doubtful about our town’s
building tip. In two months from to day
there will he more travel on this little
stretch of road than there will be on any
five miles of road in the county. Ought it
then to he the worst ? (as it is).
Mr, W- R. Davis, of Cuilodeu, was in
town the other day, and among other
things he said “Knoxville is doomed. The
railroad going where it does just ruins the
prospects for your town.” It is not the
distance from the railroad that makes
against the town, but the way, and the
only way we have by which to reach that
point.
All the county’s property is at Knox¬
ville; a ten thousand dollar court house
and a four thousand dollar jail (soon to be
erected) are the principal items, and llic
county should certainly’ work for its own
welfare by making the county, site more
accessible to the public.
We do not blaniu the road commissioners
or the overseers who have served in the
last few years with any negligence or un¬
faithfulness, hut the location of the road
bed is such that the muni forco of hands
could not in a year's lime make this stretch
of road as >d as it should he.
If Knoxville were made—as it rmisf
some day he—the common market for all
the people of the county, the, cost of trans¬
porting all goods to and from the rail'-oad
in twelve month’s time would aggregate a
sum of money sufficient to build a level
turnpike road to the depot. This would
be a very heavy tax on the people, for the
people would have it to pay. Wc are pay
ing the freight at this time on ad the goods
wg buy is Knoxville, and it would he the
same thing in the above case. And then,
if the road should always remain as it is,
and even under such adverse circumstances
a large trade should he built up here, the i
people would he always paying a tax very' that |
ivcmld do them no good, while that
tax road. might in a short while improve the |
People of Crawford, the railroad is com
log. Yms will be no longer in the back
woods, hut it wore better that you had
staid there than to neglect your opportu
nities and see prosperity tint you might
have had (low to those who are prep-Uing
to u.ie your property which they will so
cute through your indifference to your own
interests.
People of Crawford county, men in other
comities are waiting for you and inviting
you to come and bring them the profits of
your labor. If you don't trade among
your own people you trade somewhere
else ; and if you trade somewhere else you
take your money out of I lie county ; ami
ifyon carry your money out of the county
i now , t.itll i call ^our county . prosper? It
can never unfit have , market , ,
prosper you a
town. . rp 1 ins i * you cannot . have , unless , you .
fix a way by which the public can travel
T, , 0 It.
i> COp.e , , Ol n Craw lord. i' t I IlO -t hand 1 Of T-> I l’OVl- •
i
idfthCC i IS * outstretched . . . , , unto , and , the ,,
you,
day is almost here when by ‘ a little
those advantages which Will ...
y Oil can gain
1 hung . you into . , the ., , light , . Ot prosperity.
Future generations will bless you; your
child,-cu will honor you. • Follow the gold
on motto “Ileaveu helps those who help
themselves.”
“CITIZEN’S” PLEA.
Mb. Editor —The question of improue
ment in and around Knoxville is a question
due earnest and sincere consideration
every citizen of our town and county.
There should lie no deferring of such an
important project as advancing the interest
of our county. The early arrival of the
A. & F. locomotive can be locked to with
certainty. Then it behooves us as appre¬
ciative citizens of this convenience and
blessing to seize the opportunity and
march to the front with the ether little
towns which tortune has smiled upon with
such a blessing. Knoxville is our town.
While I’m a resident of the country, yet 1
feei the great necessity of the upbuilding
of our county town. A town to the coun¬
try and the country to the town should be
coupled together as the front wheels of a
wagon to the hind ones. There should be
no friction in either town or country. A
market is what we want. We who have
marketed our produce twenty or thirty
miles from heme ought to feel the necessity
of a home market.
And now friendly citizens of Knoxville,
come to the front; show your pluck and
put the ball in motion. We in the coun¬
try, when we have a log lolling, prepare
for it and ask our neighbors—dont. wait tor
onr neighbors to prepare the rolling. If
we haven’t hand sticks enough we ask
them to bring one with Ilium, and if they
can’t come send us some and when
they get there we take hold ourselves and
grab hold of the chunk as wo find it—clout
look for the clean side, hut the first we
conic to. Now you see there is a log roll¬
ing' necessary at Knoxville. The road
from the depot to town must he made
smooth and easy tor transportation. Now,
whose rolling is this? Directly, the citi¬
zens of Knoxville ; indirectly the county’s.
Why so? In the first place the property
owners of the town are the first and best
beneficiaries of this improvement
Now, it is tiie sentiment of a great many
of our citizens that it is the eiiizeus’ of
KnoxviPc log is Ring, and all they want is
for the prepuratios to he made and an in¬
vitation. Do not let that golden opportu¬
nity of meeting so many of your oounty
men in a few da,, s at Court; ask them to
the log rolling.
While the railroad authoiitics have given
onr county town the cold shoulder, h't’s
w wk the harder, with the determination
to succeed in establishing a market at.
home second to note of the little tonus on
trio road from Atlanta to Fort Valley, Let
the word he can an 1 will, and let all par
ties pull together and lift old Crawford out
of the mire. We have been almost in ob
scurity so far as the outward world is
concerned ; now is the accepted time. We
need not expect ono word of encourage
ment tram our sister towns. A good and
active market at Knoxville would be a
thorn in their flesh and therefore we need
not expect them to our rollings,
1 do not believe that we have a citizen
in our county bi t what will ho glad to sec
our old county town marching in front
ranks with other towns. No.v take hold,
men, don’t shun the smutty cud of the
stick. Each and every one ot you show a
disposition to help yourself, ask yoiir eoun
try neighbor to come, and if necessary to
bring a stick and they will come,
Res., Country Citizisn.
Ass UiiiOnc.
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ti'.at , is . «n "old , . , tuner. . rp Ins , doctor saw
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tile Slick IS known to be one hundred' and
it is J somewhat ’ Car * f’ crooked Vl it u ^ is a good stick .
vet. V* lid her the stick IS ‘stooped bv
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by a tiiird , party that tins stick has really j
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-DEALERS IN
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Parties desiring to buy or sell Real Es¬
tate will find it to their interest to confer
with ns.
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J. B. STEMBEIDSE
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Successor to\V. J. Blcrac.
—Wholesale & Retail Dealer in_■
WINES & LIQUORS
Macon, - - - Georgia.
Lumber For Sale!
CANE hundred and fifty thousand feet
v./ of Lumber for Sale. Prices 37 1-2 (SO
* 75 ets per hundred. On the A. F. Rail
Road, 21-2 MATHEWS miles couth of Knoxville.
& DAN1ELLY
Ordinary’s Notices.
/Cj > EORGIA, Cordelia A. Crawfbrd Carter has County—Mrs. applied for
s
setting apart and valuation of certain
property and 1 will as supplemental homestead,
pass upon said application ac
in o’clock a. m. on the 27th day of April,
lt'fcft, at my office. CEO. L. fcAtt YER.
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V-* /'GEORGIA, mi’s Sale Crawford of Land The Countv—Guarrti- undersigned
:
as guaulian of Mary S. Tee, having ob¬
tained an order of Ron. George L. Saw¬
yer, Ordinary of said county, for that
purno-e, will offer for sale the following
land held by him ns said guardian, on
tlie first Tuesday in May next before the.
Court house door in the town of Knox- *
villa, said county. Said land is situated
in ilie 7th district of said county and con¬
sists of one hundred and twenty-five
(125) acres off of the east side of lot
number seventy seven (77) ; the whole
cash, containing 125 acres, more or less. Teims
En. S. LEE.
Guardian Mary S- Le,e.
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