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About The Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Ga.) 1888-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1888)
THE KNOXVILLE VOLUME I. Items FronijCercs. Mr.-A. S. Hatcher who has been attend¬ ing college, in 'L'homaston is in our midst again. Mr. Hatcher was one of the ber who received diplomas at the last com¬ mencement of R. E. Lee Institute. Mr. Larkin Wellons of Hickory Grove informs us that there is a poke stalk grow¬ ing on Rev. A C Wellons’ placo that ures thirty feet in height, and from present condition promises to reach forty feet before winter. Now if there is any¬ body that can poke out a stalk that will top this one let him come to the front. Mr. M J Moore made a business trip to the Gate City last Thursday. “General Green” is about conquered Good seasons continue and crops are grow arc growing off nicely’. Mrs. J. M. Webb, Miss Annie and Mrs. J. P. McNiece spent Saturday and Sunday in Thomaston visiting tho family of Mr. George Shepard. Mr. J. M. Moore of Macon was in onr ville Thursday and Friday. A, Sunday school has been organized at the school house near Mr. S, W. Hatcher’s Let as give them all the encouragement we can—it is the only Sunday school’ in this section. I)r. A. S. Moore and wife of Macon in our ville a few days lust week visiting tho family of Mr.M J moore. Mrs. J P McNeicebas a four legged chick¬ en, but it only uses two. We guess other two are reserved to use in cases of e mergeDc'y—picnic big meeting occasions Ac. You people that were too lean to con¬ tribute a basket to the Knoxville dinner had belter stand, at least, two in a place these sunshiny days in order to make a shadow. Mr. E B Batcher wears a bread smile because of a “bouncing baby boy’.” Mss Sallie Vining one of Macon’s fasci¬ nating young ladies, after spending several weeks with Miss Leah Harris returned home mondny, Miss Leah accompanying her. Watchman, A Singular Case of Hearing-. Some time ago an engineer on the Miami Railroad was suspended because, after hav¬ ing been examined by Dr. Clark, he was found to be quite deaf. The engineer claimed at the time that he could hear ev¬ erything while running his engine, but toe doctor- found that in a still room be could not hear ordinary conversation a foot away The engineer lived at Cincinnatti, and re¬ ceived treatment iu that j city lor bis disease but without any special benefit. After bo iug suspended eight mouths the engineer again came to Dr. Clark aud insisted that he could hear perfectly while on a moving engine. Tho doctor thonght he would test the case, and accompanying tho man to Cincinnati, msde a number of experi¬ ments on engines. The result was that tho doctor found the engineer was not on¬ ly telling the truth in regard to the matter but also that the deaf man could bear low semarks and whispers on a moving engine that even Dr. Clark’s keen car failed to catch. t he engineer was reinstated iu his former place. In Maryland a man with seven wives has been jailed. The law sometimes helps a man out of a very bad scrape. A woman in Bridgeport, Conn-, has a good joke on her husband. He hated her pet poodle and in trying to kick it down stairs he lost his balance and broke his neck, KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., JULY 20, 1888 Sandy I’olDt Siftings. Sandy Point, Ga.. July 16th—Some of us wore awfully disappointed when the fiat went forth* there will ho no barbecue in Knoxville. We tried to console ourselves by thinking wo poor mortals can’t always have things; to please us. That is poor consolation, however, we don’t ftel like “shuffling off this mortal coil,” hut want us to have a picnic. Why can’t we ? The farmers are up with their work. Corn and. cotton never looked better at this time of year. Mrs. S. J. Culvevhouse has returned to her home nearKnoxville, after two weeks stay with. her. daughter, Mrs. L. V. Low man. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ellis of near Holton have been spending several days among friends aud relatives. Mr. McMullen and wife of Macon are out on a visit to Mrs. Hatchev aud family. Miss Alice Williams has opened her school with fair prospects- fo a good school this term. Miss Lizzie Long has resumed her school duties at the Rock Spring academy. She too, has a good school. AJi success to the ladies. Miss Lee Ellis has returned after a de¬ lightful visit, to friends and. relatives in Macon. Dr. Dewberry and Mr. Ad Jackson, two of Ceres gallant young men, were at the singing Sunday. Of course they stopped to see the girls. Water, melons in those parts, are as scarce as hen’s teeth. If the railroad came this way we might have some impoT l.(?) Yucatan wo might say lots to yon about your iast accusations. V." it an old Wid¬ ower told U3 to say. to you, aud how he would stand by, iu all emergecies, but we “refrain” and advise you to “don’t” next time. Steel Point. Ttieoght it-would Eiill Him. Cuffeeville, Miss., February 20 1888, GentlemenI suffered with exzema for nearly two years, and was treated; by,three physicians, but they couhl do me no good. I spoke of-trying S. S. S. and they told me it would kill roe, but I tried it any and-after taking six bottles, I was complete¬ ly cured, and cave never beeu bothered since with it, anil 1 feel it a duty to you and suffering humanity to make this statement, H. 8. Davis. Monport House, Wills Point, Texas. To the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga. Gentlemen ; Our baby when but two weeks old was attacked with a scrofulous affec tion th it for a time destroyed her eyesight entirely, and caused us to despair of her life. She was treated by the best physi ciaus without benefit. We finally gave her Swift's Specific, which soon relieved her completely and she is now as hale and hearty a child of three as can lie found any where. E. V. Dels. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. r lho Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3 Atlanta Ga. A pretty good toast—“May you be hung drawn aud quartered ! Hung high above the reach of adversity ; drawn in a carri¬ age of your own, a nd quartered in the arms of those you love. The Thomasvitic Times requests that the press pass around Ed Marshall and \Ym. Crow, vendors of of patent medicines and prize boxes, who jumped their board bills at Tliomasville, Why the PrcachcrLaughed. “I only laughed in the pulpit once,” said a young preacher. “It happened in this manner: I was preaching at a certain place one Sunday, and during the sermon I caught sight of a young dandy who had a fiery red hair, immediately behind him sat a little urdhin. The young scapegrace was amusing himself. He held one of his fingers out near the dandy’s liair. After keeping it there for a short time he drew it in, and placing it on bis knee commenced pounding it with his other fist, imitating a blacksmith hammering a red-hot nail^ The whole thing was so ludicrous that I burst out laughing. I could’nt help it. Ex From Mr. W. B». Harrison. Nashville, Tenn., May 2, 1888—1 have used Switt’s Specific in my family for some time, and believe it to be an excellent remedy for all impurities of the blood. In my own case, I believe I have warded off a severe attack of rheumatism in the shoul by a. timely v.esoit to this efficient semedy. in ail cases where a permanent relief is sought this medicine commends itself for a constitutional treatment that thoroughty eradicates -the seeds of disease from the system. W. P. Harrison Cancer of t-toe Kje Cored. Atlanta. Ga-, February 14,1888. The S?,iK* Sj icT C-S-, Ga Gentlemen: yfcont three years ago, Jerry Bradley a colored man, had a caucerous sore on his face, near the right eye. It consed him a great deal of pain, and he lost the sight of the eye, but was finally cured of the ulcer by the use of Swiff’s SbcciSc. This case is well known in Wilkes county, Ga.. where ho lived, near Danburg, and of this case, I myself had personal knowledge. T. C. McClendon, J* P. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseaces mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3 At¬ lanta, Ga., I,evel Hearted <b!irl». The young ladies of a wtstern town at- a recent meeting passed the following reso’u tion : “That we wi[l not marry any one who is not a patron of,home newspapers,, for it is not only evidence of' the want of but, that he will prove too stingy to provide for his family, edneate children or encourage institutions of in his community.” A greater than this was never spoken.—Ex. General Meeting. The general meeting of the Eastern Dis¬ trict of the Centennial Association convenes with the church at Oak Grove, Crawford county, Ga., on Friday before the first Sab¬ in August. Programme querries,: Are our country churches prospering, if not what is the cause ? Dicussion opened by J. A. Jackson. How shall we secure, the individual and active cooperation of the members of the cburchjin the prayer meet¬ ing services? W. O. Sharp. How shall we awaken a deeper interest in the cause of missions? G. W. White. Introductory sermon by \Y.\V, Arnold. E. Rowell Chairman Com. Capt. John Keely, the grea dry goods mershaut at Atlanta, is dead. NUMBER 26. Two Curses. The Augusta Chronicle has been com¬ paring the value of the agricultural products of 1870 with that of 1887, and the comparison speaks well for the indus¬ try of the Southern people. The production of cotton has increased from 3,000.000 bales in 1870, to 6,300,000 in 1887. Wc made 07 per cent more corn, 54 per cent more wheat and 155 per cent more oats than 17 years before. During that time the population has not increased in the South half as much as its agricultural production. This shows that each individual produced more in 1887 than in 1870, and refutes the idea so common that the Southern people lack industry and energy. But in spite of the increase the in produc¬ tion, so much larger than increase in population, there has been no increase worth mentioning in the value of land, or in the property of the farmers. They are¬ as poor today as they were in 1870. Where is the fault for this state of affair.? ? Not in the farmers themselves. No class of people work harder. The rising sun finds most of them fighting hard their bat¬ tles against poverty, and when the clay is doue, its last light shines upon them still toiling, still striving to earn their daily bread, and lay up a little property for old age. If that is honorable, the farmers of the South should be the most honored men in the world. Their industry is proven beyond controversy by the crops they have made. The trouble is not a fault of the farmers, but of tht laws that grind them down and opprets them. They are taxed to supnoit the capitalists who are enjoying the lux .t. -> wealth gives, who are a thou¬ sand miles away and who value the South¬ ern fanner only for his contribution to the tariff fund, and beyond this do not care whether he prospers or starves. There are twin evils that are destroying the wealth of the country. We are glad to see that thB people are aroused to fight, them. The press all over the country is attacking our bad collection of debts. We will win the fight, and unless we are mis¬ taken, will, soon see onr people af all classes enjoying the fruits of Their industry— prosperous, progressive and happy. Another great evil is bad collection laws. Such laws make the farmer pay a price for credit which makes him poor and will keep him poor forever, i’he State of Georgia.can remedy this evil. The great¬ est anti-poverty fight that can be made is the tight that will destroy all laws which are intended to help men keep from pay¬ ing their debts. SOME STRONG POINTS. The strong points of the Union Cen-,. tral mnv be boiled down into the fol¬ lowing dozen sentences which it will pay you to paste in your hat: It has the LOWEST DEATH RATE. It realizes the HIGHEST INTEREST RATE on its investments. It pays the largest dividends to policy holders, aid 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 foVce, wiih out surrender, bv the application of the entire reserve thereth. It does not own a dollar m FLUCTUATING STGOKS & BONDS. It imposes no restrictions on resi¬ dence or travel, and Pays LOSSES Promptly. W. I’. BLASINGaME, Knoxville, Ga. Agent -
