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THE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL. ! }
VOLUME i;
Items from (teres.
'those who attended the camp meeting
at The Rock Sunday* from this- place
were Mrs: S. W. Hatcher, Miss Mattie
II a toiler, Mr. .T. L. Harrison and wife,
Miss Mary Lizzie Harrison, Messrs. J.- P.
McNeiec, 11. B. Harrison/ Willie Harrison
and Addiei Jheksen.
Col. McD. Stroud,' of Anthony, Flae
was in town one day last week.
Our farmers prefer to wrap their cotton
iti duek. than pay such, extravagant prices
for bagging;
Mr. Henry Jackson, of Williamson, was
in our vilic.Snnday.
A farmers A) fir nee club was organized
here Saturday by Mr. Ash Spiders with
thirteen members. The following officers
eidetsd;. E: S,. Hicks, President ■ S. M.
My rick, Vice President; S. R. Harrison,
Chaplain ; J. L. Parson*, Secretary; J. L.
Harrison, Treasurer ; Dr. T. J. Dewberry,
Ihetarer; J. U. Persons Asst. Lecturer.
Ts A. Brown, Doorkeeper. W. T, J. J.
Bazcmorc, Assitant Doorkeeper.
Yucatan,
After the 01(1 IVay.
H. Baker of Atlanta isea candidate fo
county treasuecr of Fulton county on the
following platform issued by himself;
“vYhig ticket—To all lovers of Henry
Olay and old line-whig principles. Whereas.
I tarn opposed to democrats and renegades,
and believe in those principles that render¬
ed Henrv Clay dear to the American
people ,. aad, whereas, I hold in memory
dear those* principles of the old line whig
party that redeemed our nation from bank¬
ruptcy and ruin, and brought her out of
financial chaos and ’ set her upon a solid
foundation; and whereas, I believe in the
people rewarding those who never turned
their coats; who-never sh-ifa gun, who in
times of war wanted peace, who when the
battle was on sought the friendly shelter of
the woods, who believe in an opeu count
and a fair ballot, etc,'’ lie goes on- to say
Use wh i can give a bond for a million;
tan sweep Fulton county from stem
to stern, who can run the office to suit t he
men and administer the funds to suit the
women.”
Wuslied in Watenuefen
Miss-Carrie Townsend, south St. Louis,
ells the following; “I always have feei¬
ng of pity for girls who have florid or sal.
low'complexion, or whose faces are bespatn
ed with freckles, looking like they had been
whei a bran bin bad exploded. 1 feel
sorry for them*! not because of any harm
that the freckles do, for really’I think them
nice* as they are evidence of a pure, light
and healthy ccmpelxicny. but because the
removal of them or ihe sallowness is so
easy if they only knew how. 1 accident,
ally discovsrcd a sovereign remedy a cou¬
ple of years ago, which cost next to noth¬
ing One day the plumber shut our water
off and I couul get none in which to wash
my face, I was - fearfully soiled, and,look¬
ing out the 1 window just then, I saw a
fnieud-ipproachiog. to call on me. Glancing
about me I noticed half of a watermelon
from which the meat had been removed
seme time before. It was partly filled
with juice, and I lustily washed my face,
in it. The remit was bo soothing that
I repeatedly,washed myyface in that man
ner. Judgo of my astonishment, a few
days later, on seeing that t there was not a
freckle left on my face. A number of my
gjsl ft ends-then tried it, and the result
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., AUG. 24 1 1888:
was a great beautifying of countenance.
No matter what is wrong with the face, the
juice of the watermelon will rectify it and
produce clear skin.
a5iK-.y;<.
At liis home near Knox ville on the
inst., Mr- Willie Smith, son of Samuel
Smith. He was about twenty-two years
of-age.
A Rorrible tSatscceiasrsc.
The transmission of the fearful effect.-ror"
contagious -blood poison is the most horrible
inheritance which-any'man can leave lo
his innccent posterity, but it can pe certain 1
ly mitigated and iu the majority of cases,
prevented by the use of tbe antidote which
Nxi"fiTC furnishes;-, and - which is found in
the remedy known all over the world as
Swift’s Specific—commonly called “S. S.S”
Mr. J. H. Brown,of Hornellsville, N. Y.
writes: Three years I suffered with this
horrible disepse,-. Swift’s Specific cured
me comph tely.
Prof; Edwin- Baar, 234 E. 22nd st. Ni Y.
writes: Swift’s Specific cured me of-a
fearful case-of Blood-Poison.
Iir. B. F. Wingfield, of’ the Soldier’s
Home, Richmond. Va., writes:. Swift's
Specific cused we of a fearful ease of Blood
F oison/
Dr, W. K-. BKggsj Brooklyn N, Y.
wiites: lavas a perfect waedk from Blood
Poison. Swift’s Specific restored health
and hope and I am well t -day,
C. W. Langliill, Savannah, Ga, I snf
feretl long with Blood Poison;- I- ttied
Swift’s Specific and am perfectly well.
A. W. Buql, of Power’s Hotel, Roches¬
ter N. Y., writes: It is the best blood
remedy on earth. I cured myself with-it.
I recommendednt to a friend and it made
him weHl.
Mr. F. L- Stanton, of the SmitbvillcjGa.)
News, writes that a fiietrd was afflicted
with a ease of Blood Poison, and two hot*
tics S. S. S. effected a complete cure;
A 3*'e-v»- Hr-otcs.
The Rice and Hammond contest for* the
senatorship is full of life, There is- no
zeal equal to that which attends a race for
office.
It is / probable that tbe Stato 1 fair
very
this year will bo far ahead of all that have
proceeded it, Crawford -nowdias her rail¬
road facilities and ought to be represented
in agricultural exhibits and contests fur
prizes at the approaching fair.
The yellow-fever scare has about subsid¬
ed in Florida. There hasn’t been suffioiont
cause for-such great fear.
There is talk-of Speaker Curlisleiand Mr.
Blaine-entering into a juiut debate on the
tariff question, in some of tho leading cities.
Mr. Carlisle stands on solid ground and is
well qualified in every way to meet Jim¬
mie Blaine on this issue,
Blaine does not oppose trusts: • but, cn
the other hand, favors them. Blaine is
evidently a Blaine man at all times.
The Atlanta Constitution considers Mc
Kiuley “the ablest Republican in America.’’
Democrats iu this part of the country- are
not so much interested about who shall be*
shall be greatest iu Republican ranks,
The net iuciease in valuation of property'
returned for taxation this year by one
hundred and thirty-six Georgia counties;
last year, is $. 11, 240, 000;.
The labor question in Georgia is n
prolfkrft that necessarily engages- the
attention of all thoughtful' people and one
difficult of‘solution. • Farmers are com
od tu contend with labor that minreliable 1
in almost‘every respect;
ISIaine- wasunthusiastlcatly'welcomed on
his return to New York from his extended
European trip. He is yet very popular
with the-political party of- his faith
order.
fritate and- National elections will soon
call voters to the polls-. No one should be
inifferent about tbe matter of voting-In
these elections, for we all have in them a
common interest.
Combined capital is hard to down. In
numbers of cases coaxing accomplishes
much more them the ordinary effort to drive
ft is the best and only safe plan to follow
tbe suggestions of sound, unbiased judg¬
ment. Travel slowly and study well the
route.
Congressman Carlton has been renomina¬
ted in the eighth district. Georgia will
return nine out of ten of the former repre¬
sentatives.to Congress. Hon, Thos. M.
Norwood will be succeeded by Mr. Lester
of Chatham,
Oftentimes the cart gets before the horse
in matters-of importance. When this is
the case, the whole concern is sure to go
opposite to rhat desired.
It is well enough for any man or - class
of men to be sure of being in the proper
position to d- Jhate to othors, before indulg¬
ing too much along that line, Individual
persons, organized societies and bodies
corporate can, iu. a few moments* make
that eanisof'bfe-remmTeddn' years.
Always look before you leap.
Every 1 mnu is immediately interested in
pubic enterprises in his-county, wheth
iie feels any interest or not; for ‘whatever
to the ben fit of u community
helps, in some way, each individual
that community. So one can
live to bimsoltV
The following mode of packing.cotton
suggests that there is always an econom¬
ical way to do anything. It carries us
back iu Ihonght to the trying days when
rye was-substituted for coffee;
The farmers living around High Shoals
factory have- agreed io take their cotton
packed with • three pine boards-on a side
at the same price as if-it 4 was packed in
The farmers are now busy cut¬
ting and splitting their pine boards six
long, and all of their crop will be put
in these packages. They claim that
has gone up, to suck a price that
cannot afford to buy it, and that it
pay the iactory to buy cotton with
around it.
Do the people of Knoxville expect
town to prosper-and atthe<same time
hold'ifrom their school a large part of 1 -
Patronage that should • be- given it?
suoh-expectations exist, the foundation
less secure than that of a house built on
sand,
Tbe capital of this country is controlled
and mampulatedbytan-alihost'infinitesimal
percentage of Its people; Gan this kind
concentration be throttled byafew men
are dependent on their daily exertions for
support, within a few months time 7
producers in our country must fiist recover
NUMBER 311.
lost ground—get back to the place where
they 1 will bo enabled to exercise more con¬
trol over their articles of probuction—then 1
asm natural and inevitable consequence all
business affairs will be lighted despite all ;
opposing- elements.
The people of our county have talked for
years ofnvhat might,could, would or should
have been done. Let one year be devoted :
to hard 'work -aftd more will be accomplish-
ed than has been by the talk through all
these years.
If high bagging-were this only obstacle,
the farmerr of- the cotton growing section
could smile over the little pressure from
this source. They have allowed themsclves ■
to be bound hand and foot, and there are ■
hundreds of tilings besides high-priced
bagging that demand their immediate at-
tention and close study. “Awake- thou•
that sleepeth.”
A. ILady’s 4*'raii(u<io.
Waco, Texas, May 9, 18S8. Gentle-
men—Knowing that you appreciate volun-
tary testimonials, we take pleasure in stat*
ing- that ono of our lady customers has
vegaiiwd her> health- by the use of four
large bottles of your great remedy, after
having beep, an invalid for several years.
Her. trouble was extreme debility, caused’'
by a disease peculiar to her rex-.
Willis & Co-., Druggists.
412 K, Fourth St., Kansas City, Mo.
I have tried nil patent medicines, but never
found one-like theS.-&. S. 1 was troub- -
led'with- weakness-incident to women, pain
in the baek' and chest. When I began to
I weigh'd only .84 :
pounds.- To-day {«weigh 151, and feel
well and hearty; lUtts Lydia Jones.
ACCtiSN Maine.—M y mother 1 suffered. ■
from nervous prostration. She had no rel
ish for food, and could not walk without
experiencing great fatigue. We used the ■
ordinary remedies, without permanent re¬
sults.- We heard of -Swift’s Specific and*
ts tonic effects. After - using it my mother
lias regained her hoalth and strength. She
-her present Vigorous-health to Swift’s
Specific.- It is the-best-tonic Lever heard 1 '
of; Orlando J: Hackett.
Treatise'on Blood ami* Skin Disease*-
mailed free;
The Swift -Specific;; Co., Drawer 3 At¬
Ga,
Ail'. Prklffen, living on tie old Mat-
tlrews homestead, north of. bamtersville, -
lias a stone which he cut from a deer in
Montgomery county a mini her of years
ago, and which is said to-be a genuine -
mudstone. 1
There is a carious monstrosity on elder
Tipton's farm in Miller county. It is a
colt with the hoof of a cow. Otherwise
the animal is perfectly and'-well devel-
o-ped for its age.
gentleman of HI art county positively 1
assert! that his stepmother gives enough‘
milk- to nourish 1 her * healthy babe and *
then has to drawa gallon of the lacteal
fluid from her breasfby artificial means
daily. He has seen the milking measured.
Prof. Lawson E.-Brown reports quite a*
peenomenon on his plautatiou in Burke ‘
county. He 1ms a well there loo feet
deep, With about 4e feetkif water in it.
About three months ago the water iMfiaiw
toboil up with a roar distinct!; heard rt
some distance, The- (list urban ee>‘ (-•util,-
e<Mor« weeks, tlxwv ceased farr »• short»
time, and began again With equal vUgor-*
The tenant on the place has recently'
cleaned out the well to the bottom, dis-
covering no cause to produce the ph*-
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