EH fcarj ‘t - KNOXVILLE; JOURNAL
VOLUME I.
Items from Ceres.
Mr, E. S. Wellons of Perry was in our
villc Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Moore and Misses Minnie Lou
and Attie Moore of Macon have been
staffing some time with their uncle Mr.
31. J. Moore.
Crops are generally very promising in
these parts, and if good seasons continue
our farmers will certainly gather a better
crop than they did last year.
Itev. A. C. Wellons is carrying on a
meeting here this week.
Mr. Vim B. Horn has the best piece
cotton in this section. If the seasons con
. tinue favorable it is safe to predict that it
will make one and a fouth bales per acre.
Water .melons have been plentiful in
this neighborhood. When our neighbors
invite us round to eat, we take along a
good stock of prudence instead of “doctors.”'
Mrs. E. II. Wright and Miss Lena Jack
were in town Monday.
If tlsere is a -aersou on this terrestrial
ball whose repetorial talents would baffle
Will C.irleton, whose brightness . of intel¬
lect would darken the noondays sun, whose
uniform habits and well balanced mental
faculties would break upon a Ben Franklin
with terific force, whose strength and bold¬
ness would cause Hercules to flee with ter¬
ror, it is the notorious Dave (id) with his
for her) staff of eminent physicians and- a
ble second, viz: the old \v: lower. Being
aware of the fact that you possess all
these rare accomplishments, and qual.fi
catious, we look up with amazement and
wonder—yet with a feeling of gratitude to
you, Dave, for being counted worthy
i instalment at Milledgeville. But ere we
part my dear let me say that Yucatan
possesses too much self-control and respect
for himself and others to get mad.
The I’ann Lasuls o*‘ Secrgijf.
The Middle Georgia Progress is on the
right line when it says: “No better invest
ment is offered capital than the farming
land of middle Georgia. Ten years from
now a retrospect of values will be startling
ami many a doubting Thomas of to-day
will exclaim: If I bad only invested I'd
have male a fortune.” The only trouble
about this assertion is that it does not go
far enough. The same might have been
said,not only of middle Georgia, bnt of the
entire state and other southern states.
Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa
have about the same density of population
that Georgia has. Net one of these states
bag as fine a climate or has a soil capable
of producing such a variety of crops as
Georgia. Not one of them equals Georgia
in natural advantages not agricultural.
Not one of them has better land, and not
one of them is more healthy. For agri¬
cultural, manufacturing, mining or com¬
mercial advantages Georgia surpasses any
of these states, and yet the average price cf
land there is five times as much as here.
There is but one inference from this.
Our land is unnaturally cheap. It ought
now to bring f nr or five times as much as
it does, and it. cannot be many years before
it wilt. ■
The immigrant who comes to Georgia
and .buys land will make an investment
mote certain to rise in value than any oth¬
er he could make, and that advance must
conic soon. The present state, of things is,
unnatural and cannot continue long,
We have the .advantag- oyer each of
these states in the rapid development that
is taking place, in other, than agricultural
channels,. .Our, ^mineral wealth is being
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., AUG. 17, 188#.
developed, our coal is being mined, our
streams are tuvniug the busy wheels of
factories, our granite and marble beds are
coming into use, onr forests are being turn¬
ed into homes, and the time is near at
hand when we wfll have r. great army of
consumers of agricultural products here,
not attracted by legislation but by the
bounties of nature. This will give our
agricultural classes a great advantage over
those of -4 purely agricultural state such as
Wisconsin or Iowa.
3Sn in»f si ess ttnae. .
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A communication just received, very
generously proposes to send the’best family
paper published, four months on trial, to
each of our readers who will send ten
in silver or postage to Woman’s Work,
Athens, Ga.., before 1st, of next November.
We know “Woman’s Work know ihat
it is filled with pure matter that will
each member of the lamily, and know
every homo will be improved by its visits.
We say this for the good of our
How many will profit by it.
Cotton’s Early ISarvest,
The past week has, been .more favorable
to^the cotton crop, and advices received by
factors are most favorable. A leading Bay
street factor inf rmed the Morning News
yesterday that bo received.but one unfa¬
vorable report last week, and that was from
Washington county. Everywhere else the
reports tell of promising harvests Reports
from Bryan county yesterday are to the
effect that the harvest will begin on Au¬
gust 20, and the yield will be a bale to the
acre.
Planters in from southwestern Georgia
yesterday report cotton read v for the haa
vest and the yield good. There is an in¬
creased acreage and promise of a fair crop.
The harvest wifi be earlier this season, and
the quality .of the new crop thus far sent
to market indicates that the crop will rate
well; but the unexpected and continuous
rise in bagging will delay planters in get¬
ting the crop into the market as not a fac¬
tor in the city has been able to fill the or¬
ders for bagging-which have been accumu¬
lating for the past month, all the stock left
from last season having gone out.
Savannah News.
At Athens, Friday night while two young
ladies were promenading tbeir yard they
were suddenly disturbed by seeing a large
negro man advancing toward them.
there were no men on the premises, the
were badly frightened, and ranin the
and closed and locked the doors.
negro foil awed them and tried to force
entrance into the house, when the ladies
gave the alarm and the scoundrel beat a
retreat. One oi two gentlemen re¬
to their call and went in pursuit
failed to overtake him. Tho negro was
unknown to the ladies, but they say they
recognize him if brought before them.
citizens of East Athens are on a hunt
him. and if apprehended, he will be
dealt with,
The locomotive of thefourth section of
down through freight train on the
Georgia road telescoped the cab of the third
about 6 o’clock Saturday morning
the fourteen loile post, near Grovetown.
locomotive and the cab were damaged,
not seriously wrecked’ The only
hurt by the accident was Engineer
of the locomotive of tho fauth section.
Cartcrsville is reaching out for a cotton
and a rolling mijl. A ...
Boycott tSae \ Bagging.
Last week this paper suggested that to
use some kind of cloth instead of bagging
for covering cotton would down the bag¬
ging monopoly. Then! is more in this
than first appears. The farmers now have
it in their hands to benefit themselves
greatly by generally adopting a simple
plan, which will also serve to bankrupt
the robbers who have sought- to pile up
millions on a speculation in bagging.
Let all the farmers use some strong heavy
cotton goods, such as common duck, for
covering their bales. It would take about
ten yards to cover a bale, and the cloth
should weigh about a pound to the yard.
Then it would take about one fortieth of
the entire-crop of the South to Cover the
saleable product.' The effect of this plan
can be plainly’ seen. By’ using a large
portion of the crop to cover it the price
of the staple would bo increased. The
factories would have more work to do than
they ever had before, and cotton goods
all kinds would abvance. If the
will not look out for themselves and work
for their own interest; then it is well enough
for them to be fleeced by all such as the
bagging pool. The Farmers Alliance can
easily introduce and put the plan which-we
propose into operation, and it seems t'6 us
to be plainly tbeir duty.
Let all the farmers show that they’ will
not submit tamely to such imposition as
the men who have formed the bagging
pool propose to practice upon them.
PioliSc C»ra>
On Mr. Jas. Sandefur’s place is a stalk
of corn that is probably the best in the
county. Napoleon Andrews pulled the
fodder and says that there were one hun¬
dred bladesof it.. There are eleven well
formed ears of corn on the stalk.
A 5.iTe SSaroiceter.
Frankfort! Pa. has what might be called
a living barometer in the shape of a live
tree-frog. The little fellow dwells in a
glass jar, two thirds filled with water, that
stands on a shelf in the bar <>f a hotel. In¬
side the jar is a littie ladder of ingenious
contraction. When the weather is dry
and fair the liitle follow crawls up the lad¬
der and gazes pensively at the barroom
loungers, but when his intuitive power tells
him that it is going to rain he dives to
the bottom of the jar and stays till the
sun shines again. His - movements aro
made twenty-four hours in advance of the
weather, and he is considered an unerring
barometer.
Who Wonlti bo an Editor,
The Athens Graphic scores a point in
the following;
A newspaper and newspaper editor that
people don’t criticise and some-times abuse
arc poor concerns’ The men that an editoi
feels it his duty to defend at
risk of making enemies of another class
firstto show ingratitude.-*- . .
The editor who expects to receive too
charity or gratitude will soon find
his mistake. It has been very, truly,
that if an editor makes a mistake in
paper, all the world sees it. and calls
afool. When a, private citizen makes
nobody knows it but a few friends
they come around and ask thh editor
keep it out of the paper.. When a pri
dies the editor is asked to write of
good qualities and keep.the -bad out.
Jut when the editor dies the private cit-
NUMBER 30.
izens say “Now that darned liar will get
his just deserts”. If your local paper hap
pens to tread on your toes a little in the
performance ofits mission, don’t get your
back up and abuse the editor, but stop and
take a good breath and think for a seasoD.
See if yon can’t remember some of ti e
favors and kindness ho has shown you in
the past. Then reflect that it may not be.
long before you want some favor again.
A Lady’s Ui-aiitudc,
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lanta, Ga.
At Pleasant Iiiil. in.Talbot county, last
Saturday night, a negro by the name of
Ben Bethel attempted to burglarize the
house of Mrs. Sarah Brewster. Mrs Brew
ster and her daughter live alone. As the
clock was sounding midnight Miss Annie
Brewster awoke and saw a man in her
room, standing near her trunk. As.she
made a noise, the negro rushed to the bed
and with a murderous-looking knife raised
over her, tokl her if she made a noise ha
would murder her right there. Not intim¬
idated by his threat, alio uttereed a piercing
shriek that awoke her mother, who was
sleeping in an adjoining room, and who
rushed io her daughters rescue. The negro
jumped out of the window and made his
escape. Sunday morniug Ben Bethel was
captured and evidence sufficient was gath¬
ered to fix the crime on him. Once before
an attempt to burglarizo Mrs, Brewster's
house was made, The citizens became very
indignant at the way these defenseless
ladies were being treated, and assembled at
Pleasant Hill Sunday evening determined
to lynch tho prisoner, but cooler counsel
prevailed and be was sentto jail in Talbot
ton..
Mr. Sato, the young Japanese who has
been attending Emory * col lege, died af con
sumption Tuesday afternoon at Bishop
Ivey’s residence. He was preparing for
the Christian ministry tor the purp-V people, rf
going us a missionary- an.iong’ his -in
Japan.
The Kincaid factory at Griffin hast j«n
purchased a tine Edison incandescent ele-.-
trie light plant, which will be tt;e
illuminated of any factory in the south.......
