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THE KIOXVILIE JOHRNAI i
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VOLUME I.
Items from Ceres,
Ceres, Ga., May 2,—I have been think¬
ing for some time that P would w rite you
a few dots from our little village. But
fbst of all, I would express my gratification
at the success you arc meeting with in
establishing a long felt want, a county
paper. Surely our people have so long
felt the need of a county paper that they
will appreciate your efforts and subscribe
liberal s’. We eannot see how we have
managed to do without such an acquisition
so long. May it go on to perfection and
shed its light of- knowedge, truth and
justice into every household in- the county.
Its subscription price is so reasonable that
all our people can avail' themselves of the
pleasuie and privilege of reading it.
I am glad to note from your Journal
that Knoxville, dear old Knoxville is ad¬
vancing onward and upward, for around
anti within her borders-cluster some of my
Trappiest childhood and-school days. As l
gaze down t he long vista of years gone by
rr.emoryjeathcrs those days afresh and the
heart frows-pensiva. There wirh tear and
'trembling I first entered the schoolroom to
assume those duties that are :t<j prepare us
Hr woiideretPatlEat the 1 ifc .jfeBfe| Lnt tljrobs is- not and tfl he
a
feeling of pridetepringis up when wq Bote
that the old town is-tbrow-mg off lierntan
*wc of rthgjber. May she succeed beyond
the most 4 sanguine expectations.
' ttfc for Editor, we doff the hat and
make oua- bow from Ceres, once known as
Hopewfcll, and well does she hope, not for
herself only, but for her entire county.
Our farming interest is well advanced
for the season. Grain is looking well with
fair prospect for a- good- yield; Cotton
planting is also on the alert:
Our school is doing well, but could do
better. Amicus.
Sandy Point Siftings,
Times are distressingly dry. Some of
the farmers have been obliged to drop (heir
plows, as the ground is so dry and hard
ti’siust impossible to plow any more before
we have rain. If we don’t get rain very
soon the oat crop will Ire a failure. Every
farmer knows what that rr.eans.
By agreement the young ladies of the
neighborhood met the school at the well of
Mr, E. J. Hancock on the first day of May
to see what the future held in store for
them. Each one, in turn, would take the
glass and gaze with awe info- the well,
expecting to see wonders- written therein.
Gh no. we cau’t-tell you what they’ saw—
ask them.
There will be a fish fry down on the
creek next Saturday. The finny tribe may
look out. Some are going with the deter¬
mination of catching fish nr nothing.
Qtheis are going to have a good time.
Will tell you who got caught- and who
didn’t in my next, if you will promise not
to tell them that we told you.
We have heard that Hr. Dewberry and
Mr. Ad Jackson, of Geres, visited twofold
maids,” not long,since, at Sandy Point.
Messrs. Julius McGee, Gardner Dent,
Dr. Yarbrough and Oscar Kennedy were
e
round to see some of the boys (?).. Sunday
Bight. _
Mr. Jake BlaBingame was down among
us one day this week-i He seemed to • he
in quite a hurry. Were you looking, for
the Justice of the Peace, Mr. Jako ?
Mr. Jim Dent, of Macon, is out; visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. W. Ogletree is spending several
days with-her. mother,.Mrs. Mi L. Ellis.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., MAY f, 1888
Did Anybodt Kver Beat It.
Dr. Sawyer does uotindulge much in
fishing, yet ho enjoys the sport as well as
most of* us do. He says that he seldom
fishes for any kind except reaches and
trait; and that when he goes on the wa¬
ter, it is almost a certainty that fish will be
caught. A few days ago the Doctor con¬
firmed this statement by a catch he made
at the Evans mill. He equipped himself
with- a pole and line measuring together u
bout forty five feet, put on his hook for
bait a minnow, two inches long p and with
expectations much larger than any part of
the tackle, cast it into the limpid* waters
As quick, as thought the cork shot beneath
the wavelets,.the Dr. filled with commin¬
gled delight and excitement made a pull,
that would have raised a- hundred pounds
and brought out a trout iiist double the.
size of the bait. Did any body ev-er catch
a smaller one? If so, he will not tell it,
Kcoxv-ille has lost the two widowers who
were referred to last week.as the most gal¬
lant courting men of the town. Business
'of a different nature has*- called them to
other places. It may be that seme of the
young men dSbok lessons-and will not be so
bashful in the future.
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The County Democratic Executive Com
mitlee held a meeting Saturday, elected
J. W. Jack Chairman, and appointed W,
J. Dent and J-. W. Jack to act in con¬
junction wiih committees from Houston
and Taylor counties in fixing the time and
mode f. r the nomination of Senator for the
■twenty-third Senatorial District.
George Huffman wants it understood
that he will be more particular in the fu¬
ture about trying to renew old acqjtaintan
CCS. George was mistaken for another
man of the county a few days ago in a
thing of this kind; and he is afraid that
-fellow will.be rnad il be bears of it.
SarcU.
Detroit Free Fress,
The other day a man was walking slow¬
ly up) Miami avenue and encountered a
man walking hurriedly down. They ran
into each either, both drew off and apoh >
gisred,.and the one in a hurry added:
‘•I’ve been.so mad all the morning that
1 couldn’t see straight.'’
“ Nothing serious, I hope.”
“Well, my wife had some photos - taken
and the artist made a botch job. I : m now
on my way to punch his head.”
“Cun I see them ?”
They were exhibited, and after a careful
inspection, the gentleman said:
“My friend, yon are way oil'. The work
is well done, and you ought to be proud of
your wife’s-looks.”
“Do you mean it ?"
“Certainly. There are not ten as hand¬
some women in Detroit.”
“Shod”
“It’s a fact; and the work is* that* of’ a
real artist.. You should be more than sat¬
isfied."
“Well, Ddec'.are E I guess I’ve been too
hasty, and? Ell drop the matter light
Glad I didn’t punch- the photographer's
head.”
“Yes; so am Ij” said the other, ta him¬
self, as he went his way.
It was the artist bimseif.’
“And are you really so badly broke, my
friend ?” lie'said, as he tendered the tramp
a penny “Broke?” was the bitter rc-
sponse, “I’m as badly broke as the ten
.commandments*’'
Dots front Ceres:
The cold did not kill all the peaches as
was once thought.
Col. W. P. B!a8ingamc, of Knoxville,
attended Justice court here Friday,
Mr. T. \V. Jackson is having a little
trouble with* whoopingeough iti his family.
The latest form of writing a note to call
on the girls, is, “Miss*—may I'come to nee
you this evening, and. you entertain me by
playing- emthe piano ?” One of our boys
used this form last week.
Beware of those cuffies who have their
jaws tied up and say they lisve the tooth¬
ache-on soi e throat, the proper name would
be mumps in our town.
Mr: M. J: Moore and wife left last Sat¬
urday to spend a while visiting their rela¬
tives ir. Pike comity.
. Mr. Buck Murchison has a half Jersey
heifer- two years old that gives three gallons
of milk per day. The heifer is not fat,
and would do much better with special
treatment’.
The rats are becoming very numerous in
our neighborhood, and are so lad as to
pick the spring chicks beforejthey get ripe.
An old doctor and widower have been
rivals for the past few months, and in order
to settle their difficulty decided to try their
fortune on a*game of draffs. They called
in at Mr. Moore’s store last week to play
this aU-unportaot game. The old widower
came out “right side up witll care"—the
old doctor*is-not satisfied and says he wilt
run independent.
Madame Humor says the Notary Public,
Mr. J., wrs called to perform a marriage
ceremony not long since, and when the
couple appeared he declined to officiate
because he loved the young lady him¬
self. J: M. YV.
Henry Pope, who is alledged to have
made an attempt at rape upon the person
of Miss Minnie Kendrick, in Chattooga
coatnty, on the 3d of. February, 1887, and
was respited by Governor Gordon upou
'sworn evidence*of five respectable citizens
that Pope was not in Chattooga county the
day the crime was committed, was hanged
last Monday night at 2 o’clock from the
banisters of the court house at Summer¬
ville by a party of fifty masked men.—-At¬
lanta cor. Macon Telegradh.
At Brunswick, William Cunby is haul¬
ing lumber to build an immense oiler and
vinegar manufactory,-to be located Dearth*
lank-of the East Tennessee, Virginia end
Georgia-road. It will be 40x100 feet, two
and s half stories high) with a capacity of
100,000 barrels.
At a recent meeting of the Confederate
Survivors’ Association of Augusta, a badge
of honorary membership was voted to Mrs
C. C. Jones,- jr., wife of their President,
Col. Charles C. Jones, jr., as a token of
thhe-ir appreciation of her valuable services
in their* behalf, and never flagging interest
in their welfare. The presentation was
maclo-Tuesday night. Tire badge is a fac¬
simile of one given ex-President Jefferson.
Davis.
Some people seem to he just above the
acme of bliss w hen misfortune befalls a
neigbor, or even an associate and some-
times-even those they call friends.- Hie
souls’ of such people, if they have any
soul,- would revolve a billion years within
the periphery of a silver five cent piece*.
Jones is becoming'pliilosophieal.
“What a splendid dispensation of Prov¬
idence that we don’t know when we are
to die! Why, if I knew that I had only
a week to live I should be a dead man in
hour*-’-’
NUMBER 15.
More Than His Share.
“Ma,” said Bobby, thoughtfully, -‘I wish?
I had a brother or two.”
“Why, Bobby? a
“To divide up the spanking. It’s tough*
on a boy to be the only one in the family
that gets spanked.’'— Epoch.
Meaningless Jargon.
Physician—“How is your husband this
morning, madam
Madam—“Very low, doctor.”
Physician—“Is he conscious at all
Madam—“No - r he keeps repeating ;*
‘promise,’ ‘never marry,’ ‘my sake,’ an<T
other meaningless jargon. He is evidently
wandering in his miud."
If a young man feck that his life is a*
blank, he should try to fill it out and have’
it sworn to.—AT. 0. Picayune.
The heaviest rain that Bluffton has had :
in a long time fell last' week—Monday
accompanied by considerable wind and?
hail. The rain and hail fell so thick and
fast as to obstruct the view beyond a dis«
tance of twenty yards, and the wind blew
auch a gale that thoso who had no cyclone'
pits promised themselves to dig one if *hey
escaped a cyclone that time. East of town
on the farms of A. S. Mills, W. P. Kil-
lingswortti, Virgil Himes and others of that
neighborhood, the hail did considerable'
damage to crops, beating corn and cotton
to the earth and stripping fruit trees of the
iittle fruit that escaped frost. Like dam¬
age was also done west of town, beyond*
Coleemokee creek. It is likely, however,
that the corn and cotton will come out
again, and-the fruit crop is the only thing*
that is materially injured.
The Farmers’ Alliance is carrying the
day in Marion county as everywhere else.
The merchants of Buena Vista did not sell-’
goads to suit them and they established a
store oj their own. They have placed a
man in charge who-sells them g >ods at* a
small pei cent. The other merchants held'
a meeting and resolved that they would'
buy no goods from any wholesale house
that sold to the Alliance store. The tarm-
ers have organized and it seems that they
are having their own way for one time.—
Columbus Ledger.
Americtis-Recorder says: The Farmers’"
Alliance is gaining strength every dav in
this county, and bids fair to be a popular-"
movement. Tnere are some who seem to
regard this organ iza tion as an evil, hut we
can see no good" reason why the tanners
should not have their organization as well
as other classes. If our farmers would hut
consult more together, learn by one anotl: =
er’s experience, and cultivate more business
methods, they would be better off, and so
would the ennotrv. Anything witch aids
the farmer should be encouraged, for it wilt*
aid all other classes.
“I-could gaze at the moon for hours, Mr.
Samson,” she said in a voice full of swee'-
ness 4nd pneumonia. “I never tire of it.”
“Ah ,”"he responded, "Would that I wc-re-
the man in it 1”
“Yes,” she assented softly.
“And why. Miss Clara?” he asked, get¬
ting ready to take her hand.
“Because, Mr: Sams, b.” she said, shyly
veiling her eyes with their long lashes,
“you would be 4,000,000 n.ies away.”
A railroad from Montezuma to Hawkins-
ville is talked of, with a slim chance- off