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THE JOURNAL, KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO. GA. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY PERCY V. HOWELL. This pa; c is entered in the post office at Knoxville o, , ns second class matter for transmission thruinjh the mails. n iT£g, Subscript!’ ; months $0.75 »> 12 »> 1.00 Advertise; nts . inch 1 insertion.... .50 r i column 1 „ .... 5.00 r 1 - 1 year .. 00 00 3 1 „ .. 100,00 No advert':- nt inserted for less tliau 25 cents. T ; , strictly cash in advance or all txc -g isgro contracts. 'S’ be Mails. The mail fr. ;» Knoxville to Fort Valley leaves dailv except Sunday. The mail 1-a- PratUbnrg leaves on Tues¬ day, Thors and Saturday. The mail fi-r F-.isyth leaves on Tuesday and The ma • Macon, with 12 hour lay over at Warrior, leaves on Monday and Thursday. Thebe is n > man in the state possessed of more leg..; talent than Judge Gustin. The Joe :.-ml rejoices at the stand Crawford’s democracy takes on tariff re¬ form . The rag-tn and hob-tail arc all bearing down on the Atlanta Constitution like a million of brick. It was proven long ago, though, that the Constitution could staod a good deal We have placed upon our exchange list the Hamilton Journal. It is published in pamphlet form, but has as good reading matter in its httle columns as can be found in most blanket sheets. It is highly necessary that the next Leg¬ islature shall be a prudent and a wise body. The business before it will he ~of much more than usual importance. The State road lease and the betterment ques¬ tion arc to he acted upon, while one Uni¬ ted States Senator, two judges of the Su¬ preme Court and about half of the Superior Court judges and solic itors are to be elected The suicide < f Tolbert Rollins, a crazy prominent citizen of Perry county, Arkan¬ sas, was committed in a strange and tern ble manner. He was left alone in his room, when securing a flask of powder he emptied the contents into his mouth and placed a lighted match to it. ’The explo¬ sion tore away a portion of his face, in flieting a wound from which he cannot recover. * The convicts in the Massachusetts Stale prison have petitioned the legislature to allow them to publish a paper. Although no very competent men may he found among them to edit their paper, or others who are efficient printers, still no one doubts the fact of the’.r being abie to choose one of their number who will satisfactorily perform the functions of devil The Atlanta Constitution became ex¬ asperated when it found out that the Coun¬ try press had sense enough to understand the workings of the tariff, and could not he hull-dozed into siding with it and Joe Broivu. Then it called the weekly press rag-tag and bob-tail. Now it says the weekly press should have nothing to do with politics. It is a pity that the Consti¬ tution does not speak with the same candor all the time. A Crawford county man says that during the deliberations of a grand jury several years ago it was discovered that the bo -k on which they had sworn witnesses was, instead of being the Bible, a copy of Com¬ stock’s l’hylosophy. t'ruwford’s Democracy. On Wednesday the Democrats of Craw ford county held a mass meeting at the courthouse. Delegates to the congresaion a! and gubernatorial con Venturis were elected ; also delegates to attend the con¬ vention in Atlanta to elect delegates to the national convention to be belli in St. Louis. The delegates to the gubernatorial are: C. H. Smith, W. W. Johnson, W. J. Slo cunih and J. D. Cheeves. Those elected to the State convention are: K. D. Smith, Janies Taylor, Wm. Rutherford and H. 0. Sanders The delegates to the congressional con Aention are: John T. Andrews, Powc'l Blasingaroc, A F. Williams and O. P. W right. The following resolutions were unani mnislv adopted as the sentiments of the democracy oi Crawford county : Be it resolved by the Democratic party of Crawford county in mass meeting as si mbled : 1. That we heartily indorse the admin . ls.ration , .. of „ Grover „ Cleveland, , ... 1 resident ... of the United States, and that we believe his recent message to Congress embodies the true theory of theory of tariff reform. It promises substantial relief to the people from burdens which they have borne too , long and , gives . the _ Democratic . party , a distinct issue on which we believe it will surely ... triumph. . 2. That wc instruct our delegates to the State convention to use their votes and their influence to secure the election of del egates to the National Democratic Couvcn lion who are known to be in lull accord with President Cleveland’s tariff policy, and who arc in favor of incorporating the same in the national platform of the party. 8. That the democrats of Crawford cmu. ty heartily endorse the course of Sei ator A. H. Colquitt and Representative J. II. Blount, and recognize in them exponents of oi mic true democratic uemot racic faith micu. A resolution endorsui6 the course of Mr. P. II. Richardson, editor of the Macon telegraph, , , , and , . instructing delrgates , to support him as a delegate to the national convention at St. Louis was passed. , Also a resolution was passed endorsing Mr. Jos Hall and instructing delegates to support him for delegate to the national convention. A new Democratic Executive Committee oomnosed composed of oi the cue toiioivmg foilowimr memhers mimocrs was was elected ; Knoxville district, II. D. McCrarv; Hauiinacks district. A. J. Johnson; Sixth district. J. F. Hartley; Seventh district, W ”• u It iGvis- DoVis, istasiey llcish.t’s s district district, ■ I L. r C. I(’n. l<u troll ; Third district, B. F. Kennedy Webb’s district, M. J. Moore; Sandy Point district, S. H. Caus.-y. The Stubborn Jim man. A cate was being tried out West, and at its termination the judge cha.ged the jury and they retired for concultatiou. Hour after hour passed and no verdict was brought in. The judge’s dinner hour ar¬ rived and he became hungry and impatient. Upon inquiry he learned that one obstinate juryman was holding out agaiust eleven. That he could not stand, and he ordered the twelve men to he brought before him. lie told them that in iiis charge to them lie bad so plainly stated the case and the law that tue verdict ought to be unanimous, and the man who permitted his individual opinion to weigh against the judgment of eleven men of wisdom was unfit and dis qualified ever again to act in the capacity of juryman. At the end of this excited harrangue a little squeaky voice came from one ol the jury. He said: “Will your Honor allow me !o say a ivoid ?" Permis¬ sion being given he added: “May it please your Honor, I am the only man on yout¬ side.’' “Yes Sir” said the witness, “Mr. So and-so is a man of limited means but of unlimited meanness.’' At Brunswick, Tuesday, the workmen O i the excavation for the boulevard cx humed fiom the shell bank south of For man creek the skeleton of one of tae aborigines of Brunswick, llis hones were found imbedded in a huge oyster sheii tank. Montezuma Record: A negro told about a keg of new syrup exploding in the westenl part (J f the county, which takes the cake. He says that he was two miles from the house in the river swamp when the keg exploded from fermentation, and distinctly heard it re noise, which sounded like a ’i tie cannon. The keg went, through the ceiling and roof, tearing it all to pieces. Lumber For Sal© l FANE "J hundred and fifty thousand feet of Lumber for bale. Prices Si 1-2 00 SJS» 75 cts per hundred. On the A. F. Rail oud, 21-2 miles south of Knoxville. MATHEWS & DAN1ELLY Ol’dinary’s Notices, r VI , EOKOIAi C rawfbrd has County-Mrs. applied Cordelia A. Carter for setting apart and valuation of certain ami property 1 will as supplemental said application homestead, o’clock pass upon 27th April, at 1<> a. m. on the day of 1888, at my office. CEO. L. SAWYER, Ordinary. U lftt u The County-Guardi air’s Sale of Land : undersigned having J s guardian of Mary S. Lee, oh tamed an order of Foil. George L. Saw yer, Ordinary of said county, for that purpose, laud will offer for sale the following liehi by him as said guardian, on the first Tuesday in May nest bafore the Court house door in the town of Knox¬ ville, said county. Said land is situated in the 7th district of said couuty and con sists of one hundred and twenty-five .VumbeHeventy seven* (77?; Jess. 'the Tei whom containing 125 acres, move Ed. or S. LEE. m.s cash. Guardian Mary S- Lee. } Kule ni si to fore Miss JennieMeara } close mortgage in vs. } Crawford Superior Ciias. ih Meara. < Court, April term, <| 1888 . It appearing to the C m it by thepeti tion of Miss Jennie Meara that Chas. H. Meara on the 1st day of January, 1887, executed and delivered to said Jennie Meara a mortgage sud tract of land lying in said county, to wit: an undivided half interest m 415 acres of land owned as tenants in common by said parties. For Hie purpose of securing the pivmext of a certain promissory note for the prin cipn 1 sum of one hundred dollars, made by the said Chas H, Meara, on the said the'sah^Je'imie 'Meara,'due* interest six^ months of after and"''tu'.'rne/s'"feespfrVentTer date, with at the rate 8 month, Which said note the said Chas. H. Meara refuses to pay. It is therefore ordered that the said chas n> Meara pay into this Court on or before the next terg thereof, the principal, interest, and with the'cost^oVudsprocoSlfiig^or thereof the Court will proceed in default as to i,J justice shall a-pertain. And it is furt r orduetl this rule be pnblished in the Knoxville Jouhnal, a newspaper published in the county of Crawford, i?8L5Si!,S , .f w tass? s. c. from . G - Dustin, j. m True extract , . minutes. h. m. bcunett, clerk, SOME STRONG POINTS, The strong points of the Union Cen¬ tum. may be boiled down into the fol¬ lowing do7,eu sentences which it will pay you to paste in your hat: It has the LOWEST DEaTU RATE. It realizes the HIGHEST INTEREST RATE on its investments. It pays the Largest dividends to policy holders, and has made the MOST RAPID PROGRESS of any company id the United States It issues endowment insurance at LIFE RATES. It mokes its policies incontestable NONFORFEITABLE. It continues all policies in force, with out surrender, by the application of the entire reserve thercth. It does not own a dollar in FLUCTUATING STOCKS & BONDS. It imposes no restrictions on resi¬ dence or travel, and I’AAS LOSSES W. F. BLAS1NGAME, Knoxville, Ga. AGENT. O |o|op|oj;«jop*oj-o|oj-o — . — x... rr— —- r : O O O O GOOD OOOOOO H -DEALF.R3 IN KlIllLLf, Si Parties desiring to buy or sell Beal Es¬ tate will find it to their interest to confer with us. FOR SALE, TWpI v*c.iiiua, liner W wun HL f loin Anv moms auu fln .1 plenty * / of Vi’ad room. Oil main Streec toe town, roTSftle , OI v,5l J - SlX dwelling , ... tu6 . . best POO , til 1 Oil Street in to wn Can be bought at about half y Driee -- 202A acres near depot foreale. * — A 200 acre fa™ four miles from town, ’ with church and school , , house , almost , , m . sight. . . 70 ecres cleared, balance very heavily timbered. Bargain. Also another farm in same lo¬ cality. 100 acres in timber, 35 acies cleared. The timber on either of the above placee is worth more than the price ask¬ ed for the land. r------------------------------ - OOOOO 0000-0 UOOOCO *=- —- - - - ■ ~ v~~; - o t o- t o t o t «