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About The Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Ga.) 1888-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1888)
" THI KKOimiE JOUEN1L ,;V I VOLUME I. llickory (store Happenings. A negro boy about ten years of age had his right hand so badly mashed by Mr. J. V. Walker’s cane mill that amputation will be necessary. Cotton picking is the order of the day. Thirty-five cents per day is the price paid for picking when the bauds feed themselves. The continued rains have caused cotton to rot in the fiolds. Plenty ot hog and hominy is the only salvatioii of our country. Mrs Joe Bankston and her beautiful daughter,'Elton, spent Wednesday in town. Misses Mattie MqMichaah and Els Har¬ ris were it) town this week. Come again young ladies and stay louger. Hon. Bennett Stewart and Coi. A. A. Carson, of Butler spent Sunday, night in town. Reply to Ohservetk' Mr, Editor: Thinking that time . enough had elapsed for Observer, the cor respondent of Webbs .Valley, to have sufficiently roco'/ered from his temporary abberrafioa.of the" brain, caused by the great meats! strain to produce suck k re¬ markable piece of composition, and that probabl y ho may be able to read and i nter pret properly by thin time, I concluded toyreply briefly to his communication. I would hayc ^i regpoucled' jta^eflr|faff ca tfyej^ h f%dTOat ad ul^ot have heeij rX the additional expense ofitnpnnclli.n, Prfoffo.ei-'k.j, . • tty a'cate of lunacy,.and tu.vf o in 3titute at MiiiecKM o might have to be the recipient' o^rae other of that unfortu¬ nate class and. the county lose one of her brightest jewels in the art of literature. Poor fellow 1 what a pity that a mind so trained and cultivated should be subject to those temporary fits of insanity, as to cause him to dive so deep into literary lore. It is a-yell kuowa fact among the war boys that the generals had waiting boys or boot blacks, and as Observer shows very conclusively that he is not familiar with anything hut the sound of toy cannons, fire crackers, aud the sound of lie down me lish we arc going to pop,a cap, 1 think he was a little boot black for some general in the reserve melish, and consequently will dub him with that honorable title Boot Black thinks Grace is a charming sound harmonious to the ear. Spiritually to the believer it is. General has carried his point, In the language of the immortal Terry, we have met the enemy and they are ours. Boot Black will have to vethe to the rear—the castle Grace has been stormed, the victori¬ ous array, with the strategy’of General and other able assistants, under the leadership of Hardy Have succeeded in planting upon the- ramparts the true banner of democracy upon one side is insciibed “Death lo com¬ binations’' and upon the other “Veni vidi vici.” The time has arrived, when accord¬ ing to Boot Black, false prophets will be stoned. Look out B. B. as you come within that category. Be very careful in the future lest the keys of the castle be turned upon you, and the great false proph¬ et, Boot Black, end his days in oblivion, nevermore to be heard from only crying aloud in a voice of despair, Oh ! that I could have been classed with the true piophets. Sed Dist. In ,Tay ! or county very little damage has beep done to corn by the overflow, but cot¬ ton; is materially injured. KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., SEPT. 21, 1888 Hit, Carmel Association. Notwithstanding the unfavorable weath¬ er, the association at Mount Carmel church on tbo 14, 15 and 16 dusts.- was very largely attended. Many visitors from a distance were in attendance and all enjoyed themselves. We were unable to learn the names of the visiting ministers. A table was arranged on the grounds, near the church, upon which a luxuriant dinner was spread each day. We did not lack for anything but water was most abundant. The writer was very kindly received into the home of Mr. E. F. Harris. Mr and Mrs. Harris and their two charming daughters, Misses Della and Tedie, -made the occasion a very enjoyable one for their visitors, * Sub; An Example for the Farmers to Profit By There is-a manjin Harris county who has a gin that has been in use sixty bears. It has been sharpened but four times during those years. He lias ginned f r the public fifteen years, and it is now in operation, ginning the present crop. He affirms that the cotton buyers of Columbus say that he makes one of the best samples that goes to the market. This gentlem an does not owe any thing, and never goes to the market w.ithouLcajying something to sail. He claims not to be much of a cotton man, hut fully up on everything else. He sflls eighteen pounds oi butter per week and gives his hogs seven gallons of buttermilk every (lay, besides what his laborers con¬ sume. He expects to make a splendid ex¬ hibit at the exposition, and says he can beat the county on white peas. A Few Snakes. While G. 0- Wise and his little hoy working around his cotton house, in Webster county, one d av last week, liis attention was attracted to the swamp by the barking of liis little dog He rant his little bey down to see what was the mat¬ ter, who very soon returned and said he could find nothing. The little dog kept up hie barking for some., time, and to satisfy him Mr. Wise walked down into the hushes. Imagine his surprise when he discovered a den ot rattlesnakes etly lying in a sunken place near an old clay root. While making preparations to kill them, the little dog broke out a new just behind Mr. Wise,- when he turn ¬ ed around and saw the little dog jump at a !a;'ge snake, a rattlesnake,s pilot so eaJled, which measurek three foot long. When the dogjumped at the snake his snakeship jumped at the dog and bit him once from which ttie dog died. Then the big dog came on and was bit on the upper lip, but did not die. After lie had killed this one, Ur, Wise turned ins attention to the clay- root and succeeded in killing an old snake with ten rattles, two more pilots as large as the first, and eighteen small rattlesnakes about twelve inches long. The largest snake measured four feet and it was not a good day for snakes either.—Americus Recorder. Last week Thursday morning the 14 year- old daughter of Samuel Pound was killed at the syrup manufactory of J. T. Matthews near Barnesville. A post was standing near the mill that ground, up the The lever passed just over the top of the post every time the horse made one round. The girl leaued against the post, her head extending just a little above the top of the post. As the lever came around struck her head and carried it over the top of the post, crushing the skull and producing instant death. Georgia’s Exbibit in Kieiisgau. The two following extracts are taken from two Jackson (Mich.) papers. “'One of the -most attractive • fea!uies of the fair is the Georgia exhibit, which oc¬ cupies all the space in the octagon of agricultural hall. It is very artistically arranged, each of the eight pillars being trimmed with a different product. In the center of the octagon is the cotton group, showing the fleecy staple in all its forms. The display of cotton-goods manufactured by Georgia mills is not only attractive bit t is a revelation as to the extent and variety cf-manufacturing in the south The miner¬ al and wood exhibits are full of objects interest. The vegetable and grain predicts are wonderful in-variety and will surprise our farmers, who have an idea that corn, wheat and oat3 belong exclusively to the northern stales. The display of wines, syrups, oil and canned fruit is tempting to the eye and appetite, while tl;n fruit table with its large and luscious pears, captivates all who look upon it. Altogether it is a most instructive and attractive illustration of the rich and varied resources of the Em¬ pire state of thesuuuy south, The exhibit is made by the Central rai'rosd of Georgia, which, strange to say, has not an acre of land to'sell. It is under the in; mgemenfc of W, L. Glessner, commissioner of immi¬ gration, and is coveved from point to point in a neatly anarrged and handsomely deco¬ rated car.— Patriot. The exhibit of Georgia, its grains, fruits minerals and general products, under the supervision of sommisskmer of immigration W . L. Glessucr, is one of great interest. It comprises over 700 articles oh exhibition, including cotton io all its glory from seed to wearing apparel, even to suitings for men, and is so cleverly done that without the touch no one can tell if it be woolen or the product of the soil. The “genuine woolen'’ blankets are on exhibition; made of cotton of course, but a buyer’s eyesight would not he cheated much if he made the purchase for the former. Taken in all, the Georgia exhibit is the best one that has yet come to the Michigan state fair.— Cou¬ rier. A Strange Story, A curious incident is related by the New York Observer of the Rev. Gilbert Taylor, of Tennessee. Mr. Taylor was a Methodist minister—a near relative of President Taylor and a niau of property. A young man was condemned to be hung tor murder in his town, but Mr. Taylor was not satisfied that lie was guilty, and one night, passing the jail where the condemned man was confined, lie had a coversation with him, and becoming sat¬ isfied of his innocence he aided him to break out, and he disappeared from the community and efforts to recapture were fruitless. Some years thereafter Mr. Taylor was traveling on horseback iu a wild part of Arkansas, and benighted stopped at a cabin and asked to be allowed to stay all night. Only a woman appeared to be in the house and she stoutly refused permis. ion. No other residence being near, Mr. Taylor insisted on staying- and finally stated that he was a Methodist preacher and that he was Gilbert Taylor, of Tenues see- The woman at once asked him in and called to her son, who was hiding in the loft of the-cabin, to come down—that the stranger was Gilbert Taylor, liis res The meeting was a cordial one, and Mr, Taylor had the pleasure of informing the young man that he could return home, that another person, on his death-bed, had confessed that he alone was guilty of the murder. There was joy in that humble cabin that night. NUMBER 35. Sefr ihe Hoys Sleeted, Written for The Journal. The following lines -were composed or. hearing one dissatisfied, suggest to run & negro for sheriff. Our nominations all are o’er, The candidales selel Lei's come up grandly, as of And see that yore, ■. they’re electsd. While some may not be satisfied, And others scorn dejected ; Remember that we alf have tried, To get our man elected. True democrat#will never fail, I Hough some may be affected, i hey 11 never-let their banner trail and the boys not get elected. °ur principles are just and true, They’ve never been rejected Rj any, hut a very few, That don’t want the boys pJeSU#, ’. So u hen the proper tfme'r'olis.-’ronnc. ' ' Don’t let it-fe neghtetfed/ Tosee, . that-at titio polls we’re found. ' Getting the boys elected. ■ ' F«'»m the a* arsonage. mer my wife min « — was away on a two months; Slt ' 0,1 } ‘«r return home she had wretched, cold, which a ° caIt P^ician. growing worse, caus ' in a He attended her , several weeks without benefiting She, knowmg the her had splendid effect S. 8. S, on me, determined to test ifc hi her case. ...... hat tmi6 she , had coplWfti# disagreeable , discharges from the left nostub before the Grsfc bottle of S. S. S she was user:. up was much better, and a few addi tional bottles set her all right. It is re markable that 8. 8. S is good for colds and sore throats. A few month, I was troubled occasion aly ag-. from with my throat preaching. I carried a b^tie of Swift s Specific with me on the circuit, 1 ©never- my throat became irritated an C. annoyed me 1 would take a dose of 8. S. P just before retiring, and on awakening I would bo well. Rev.J os. 0. Langston Treatise on Blood ami Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific, Co., Drawer 3 At lanta, Ga. Rabun county is anti-prohibition perhaps always am will be, but the people of laltnah district (not at Talulah falls), re¬ gardless of any local option or special act, have met and pledged themselves to stop the whisky traffic, for its ejects had become so loathsome as to thoroughly disgust a gieat majority. The ones engaged were notified to stop at all hazards, and were given time enough to sell out what was or: hand. “Taliaferro is doomed to de one of the most wonderful counties in Georgia, or all the south, On Wednesday of this -week Mr. D A. Saggus gave us a sample of the natural soap -taken from a hill on Dr, -Kergs place near town. We took the article, and to test it, washed our face and hands with it and it cut the dirt from the skin and math the water 1 itlier like manufactured soap, It is exactly the color of turpentine snip, ami has a peculiar smell. There is money in this natural soap mine, and some euttr prisiug'eapitalist could make a big thing ot ■ it here There is not another place in the world that can boast of a natural- st»« mine.’.’
