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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.’.’