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TOWN AND CODNTY.
What the People are Doing and
Talking About.
THE TIMES IN CRAWFORD.
Society News and neighbor¬
hood Notes—Personul
Mention.
Very slim turn out- at Court.
Mrs. Hugh Bankston, we hear, is quite
sick.
The grand jury this term was a very
able body,
Air. J. II. Castlen, of Culloden, was in
town this week.
Mr. Joe Horne, of Macon, was here sev¬
eral days this week.
J’otice the advertisement of foreclosure
of mortgage on auotner page.
Rev. \V. L. Carter attended the district
conference in Macon several days.
Read advertisement of machinery for
sale. It is offered at about half price.
The popular Ala con merchant, Mr. B.
II. Ray, has been in town most of the week.
Rt v. Air. Loring and wife, of Vienna
arc in town the gnests of Mr. B. A. Hart¬
ley.
Miss Minnie Persons, of Culloden, is in
town visiting the family of Col. R. D.
Smith.
There are not enough bouses in Knox
vilie to accommodate !hose who want to
move here.
Miss Alice Bond, of the western portion
of the county visited Miss Ida Hortm n
during the week.
Miss Alpha McManus, of Sandy Point,
was in town during the week, the guest of
Mis* Lillie Blasingame.
The patent cbnrn man has been here all
the week. He will be here during court
week 100 years from this time.
Mr. W. R. Davis, of Culloden. a director
-of the Atlanta & Florida raihoal company,
was in town several days this week.
Miss Belle Bowers of the western por
lon of the county, visited tire family of
Mr. J. W. Blasingameduring the week.
Superior court only lasted two and one
half days. This sh ws the affiirs of the
county to he in a very hialtny condition.
Lawyer Bayne, of Macon, said the other
day- that J. L. Horne, of the sane town,
had more cheek than any man he ever saw.
Joe Horne proffered to bring Mr. Bayne
out to Crawford Superior court, which be
did. He traded his team for a drove of
cattle and ixpected Col. Bayne to help
drive them back to the Central City.
The Union Central Life is getting to be
the strongest insurance company doing
business in Georgia. Mr. Blasingame, the
agent for this county and several others,
tells us his company is preparing to erect
a large building in Macon to cost $150,000.
Mr. B. is having wonderful success in the
insurance business, and the main reason
fir this is because he represnts one of the
best companies on the globe.
I* roll lie Corn.
We feel no hesitation in saying that
Mr, Wi Iter Clark has seed corn of a vari¬
ety sadly needed in this country. Ouecf
the chief points of excellence in this won
derl'ul and desirable corn, so we are in¬
formed by Mr. B. K. Webb, is that t is
extremely prolific—maturing several v\tl[
developed ears to the sralk as well as a
side of bacon in the tassel.
»
Change of Quarters.
Mr- J. B. Slembridge can now bo found
behind the counters of Sam Solomon, 410
Poplar street, Macon. Mr. Stcmbrulge
invites all his friends to come and see him,
and he will be able to sell them the kind
of goods that will do to de pend on fo
quality and purity.
Tat Receiver’s .Notice.
I will be in Knoxville on 1st Tuesdays
and 4th Saturdays in May and June, and
1st Tuesday in July for the purpose of
Receiving Tax Returns for the State and
Goiuty for the year 1888.
T. J. Martin,
R. T. R., Crawford County.
8>ied.
On the ICth inst. Mr. J. W. Rowell, of
this county died, after quite a severe afflic¬
tion which was cauied, it is thought, by a
wound received dining the war. He was
buried on Wednesday, the 18th. Mr.
Ro.voll was highly respect'd.
Mr. 81 . I-'. Sanders selected.
The Board of Education lost Saturday
elected Mr, II. F. Sanders to the < ffioe of
County School Coinmissii ner f >r Crawford
county. Mr. J. W. Bhusitig*mc has retired
from the office, an I Mr. L inders will as¬
sume official duties as soon as commis¬
sioned.
Visiting Attoracys.
The lawyers in attendance at court this
week were : J H Hail, J C Rutherford, L
1) Moore, J L Hardeman and M G Boyne,
Macon : C G Richards in, Byron ; A L Mil¬
ler, Judge Giles, Perry; Win. Wallace,
Butler; J A Hunt, Bartlesville; Ii E Ti
singer, Thonmston; A C Riley, II A Math¬
ews, Fort Valley.
Thai fiSird Farm.
It is reported that Mr. A. T. Shcrley,
living a short distance froil town, has
been making extraordinary efforts for son e
time past to istablish a n-w industry on
his iarm. It is nothing more nor less
than the raising of partridges for market.
It is said that he has been buying par¬
tridges by wholesale, hut just about the
time he had gotten a* many as ho wanted
to stock his farm and settle down to busi¬
ness in earnest he found tiiey were all
‘ roosters,’’ and now he is going to bring
suit against the parties who sold them In
him lor practicing such fowl play upor.
him. When asked how he knew they were
all male birds he leplitd : ‘-Why because
they all huddle together ai.d I just can t
make ’em pair off ” For further informa¬
tion in reference to this new enterprise we
T for the render to Messrs. J. T. Andrews
and T. J. Piles. We hopj those birds
may yet be induced to ‘pair off’’ and th.u
Mr. Shirley will make a success of what
some people might think a doubtful ex
perirr eut.
Wliy Oou’t
Yon start a planing mill and madding
and bracket shop at Knoxville ?
Somebody t-ar down their garden palii gs
and begin to enforce the stock law in town ?
He -pie quit driviug and hitching horses
on the sidewa ks ?
Somr one who is able build some dwell¬
ings in town to nn. ?
You quit saying you are not able to ad¬
vertise ?
Somebody build a large carriage and
wagon shop in Knoxville and get rich in
vtj or ttnee years on the business it woo d
do?
You elect men to office who will not
allow the county imposed upon ?
Finally, why don’t you persuad) those
fellows who borrow your paper to quit
ih atir.g the printer md ubscribc for The
Knoxville Journal, the newti-st and
largest paper of its size in the South ?
F. H. WRIGHT,
KNOXVILLE, - GEORGIA.
-DEALER IN
Fancy aii Family tofiss
STAPLE m FANCY DRY GOODS,
HARDWARE. ETC.
’I keep an assortment of General Merchandise, and trv to suit
everybody both in quality of goods and in prices. 1 have now
on hand a lot of Fresh Garden Seeds, also a variety of
Farm Tools
of Die best makes which I sell cheap. Call on me.
F. H. WEIGHT, Knoxville, Ga.
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kkoxville,..... GKOTtGIA.
Office in the Court House. fb 27
W, P. BLASINGAME,
Attorney at idtw,
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
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KNOXVILLE, - - - - GEORGIA
Calls promptly attended .day and night.
geoTl. sawyer
PhysicianSurgeon,
KNOXVILLE, a: .,
I’afronage respectfully. solicRed. fb3
The Knoxville Dr% Store
Is the place where yon can always find
Reliable Gooct 3 .
Besides Drugs and Medicines' 1 kepp
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
SHOES, BATS tfc.
Whenever yon come to town come to see
J. W. BLASINGAME.
MONEY TO MAN!
I am prepared to loan money
on improved farms to the
amount of $200 and up wauls
on most liberal terms. I rep¬
resent the Georgia Loan Trust
Co. Hi America!, 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 ompe :iy. p a y_
merits can be made at any time,
and the loan may be taken up
whenever desired. Quit the
warehouse and try us. We are
cheaper ana give you more lib—
ei’ty, slid we don’t want your
land. The warehouses are get¬
ting it. Walter P. Blasingame
Mill! I 1 TAL
FOR SALE
-AT—L—
THIS OFFICE.