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THE JOURNAL,
KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO. GA.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
PERCY V. HOWELL.
This paper is entered in the post office at
..Knoxville, Ga. as second class matter for
transmission through the mails.
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No advertisement inserted for less than
25 cents. Terms strictly cash in advance
or all except lagre contracts.
It is stated that there are six counties in
.Kentucky in which there are no churches
The exposition number of the Hamilton
-Journal is before us—a neat little sheet of
sixteen pages. Tbe people of Harris county
•should be proud of the Journal.
The city fathers if Macon, protest against
the actiuu of the fair committee of the
State agricultural society in postponing
the fair to a time indefinite.
It- is very probable that Dr. Tucker will
cctain the control of the Christian Index
-nr» long hereafter as he derires. He has
-bought that paper for $13,000
All over the country the same old, old
cry, ‘'hard times, debt, scarcity of money”
.and the like, is singing today as it has for
years- tiler, who indulge in this kind of
tiling, it appears, ought to have been satis
lied long before this time
R. T. Dow. republican elector, claims
that he ami Rev. Sam Small are working
for the same end, viz : To disrupt and
break down the democratic party. ft it a
little singular that any tiue Southerner
-opposes the principles of genuine democ¬
racy .
The negroes have in some way become
imbued wite the idea that they wiil lose
their vote it tney leave the fever infected
districts of Florida for other states, and
they are loath to leave. They either fear
.the yellow fever very little or have a high
ambition for voting.
It is announced from New York that the
sugar trust has'made a further advance in
-the price of reiiu ed sugar. The trust is
probably relying upon Mr. BlaiueL dvclar
atiou that the trusts are private
and ripen his control of the administration
if Harrison should bo elected.
A large number of lumbermen from
south. Georgia h ive been in Atlanta this
week before the railroad commission.
Thcv ask for a reconsideration of the tar
ill rate which goes into cfiect ti, first of
October The increase, they claim, wiil
result in hurt to the lumber business.
Tlio time for holding the State Fair lias
been indefinitely postponed. This proba¬
bly means that we will not have a state
•lair this year. Meanwhile, the great Au
eta Exposition and the Columbus Inter
•State Exposition goon, and they ought to
be consulere l enough for an average
■Southern state.
The citizens of Shady Dale, through
Judge Joshua Hill, complain of the Cov¬
ington and Macon road locating its depot
i i,e mile from their town- They say that
If. C. Machcn promised to locate it in
their town, but failed to comply with this
contract. The ways of railroads are mys¬
terious, but a failure on the part of rail
load authorities to keep their promises^ is
n thing of frequent occurrence.
The shooting of policeman Veal of Atlan
ta on Wednesday uight by a negro burglar
who was endeavoring to make his escape
from a store, which he had just pilfered.,
suggests, and thatvery forcibly, ‘that the
sale of pistols should either be; prohibited or
considerably limited by law. It would be
a God send-if thousands of them already
sold were utterly destroyed and swept
from the face of the earth.
Neat Cartersvilie is being operated a
dynamite factory which makes enough of
the explosive fluid in one day to blow up
Stone mountain, Atlanta people who
boasted about beiug safe from the effects of
earthquakes two summers ago may yet
know the sensations one experiences dur¬
ing an earthquake, in the event the factory
should blow up. If a ton of the stuff
should explode near Cartersvilie future
generations would point to a Luge hole in
tbe ground as the place where that town
once stood.
The farrr ers in some sections of Georgia
are fighting the bagging trust with persist
ent determination, The following special
to the Atlanta Evening Journal cr tbe 26th,
inst, verifies this statement:
Cotton is coming in lively, some wrapped
in jute, some in duudee, while some has
come dressed in osnaburg. The farmers in
this section have been notified to stop gin
ning. This notification comes, of course,
from some c.f the lodges of the farmers
alliuuccr They say that they will not
patronize a giuner who wraps cotton in jute
bagging, but that they will use bagging on
which they will lose money instead of real
iking if profit.
The negroes of Randolph county held a
mass meeting in the court house last Sat¬
urday and nomihated l’rof. L, S Ingram of
Shillrnan for the legislature- Ho was born
the property of Von. A, K. Stephens, and
by him was educated. He is a negro-of
intelligence and of good character. He hits
been teaching in Randolph county several
years.
Mrs. Mary E. Bagby of Newton county
has a pound weight that has been through
four generations. It is four hundred veats
old. She has also a pair ol weaving rods,
which are one hundred years old.
At the residence of Dr. E. R. Anthony
at Griffin, Mr. Man, a Scotchman, who
runs the granite quarries near that city,
was at work in the well. The well is about
sixteen feet deep”aml Mr. Marr was in the
bottom. A large rock that will weigh at
least 300 pounds fell in and struck Mr.
Marr ou the head, cutting it a little aud
raising a bump
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The lots are] aid off in convenient shape and the landlicfll
well. Lots are ou and near the railroad track and are nearly
ONE MILE FROM KNOXVILLE.
Some building will commence at once, and the new tow®
started. Get a move on you and buy one of those
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In these days of booms the fast man is the one who gets there
right, and their motto when a bargain is offered is to
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This property « n never be worth less than it ’s now, and
the probability is that it will soon enhance rapidly, and you
will find out that you Have made a
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This property is offered for sale at Knoxville by
TP Icursry.
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Xjiie jcsArSfe Eado-wment
'Combines pres< nt Pre teetkm to your family if you die, with
future Endowment to vourself if you live, at ordinary life rates.
Tbe company’s policies ar Incontestable, on-Forfeitable and
have the Extension Feature. The late of interest realised
Is higher and the death rate Lower than particulars any of the leading
companies in the United States. For see
W. R BLASINGAME, knoyville,. GEORGIA
G EOllGIA Chaw ford County. Will
be sold befoie the Court house door
in tlie town of Knoxville, said county, on
the first Tuesday u. October next, within
the legal hours of sale, the following de¬
scribed property, to-wit: An undivided
one half interest in two hundred and
seventy (270) nneba acres.of of land, being lot
number 23* part lot number 21»,
situated partly in Upson and partly in
Crawford counties, lying and being in
bounded in the County of Upson ou the
by lands of Mrs. CitaSlielti and on
the west by lands of G. W. Holloman
and in the County of Crawcord on the
south and east by lands of John T, VVel
Ions and William l-'inchet •; said land
levied o.i under and by virtue of four fi
fas. rick viz : '1 wo \i in hito favor and of ii, T. favor Fitzpat- of
vs. II. G. two in
1]rs ' -’i- D. Hammock vs. P, C. \\ bite, as
the property aforesaid of said M bite, defendant; issued
the «. fas. having been
from the Justice Court or the 494 List.
G. M. said county, and levied by Jno. T.
Cochran Cons table of said district aud
unturned to me for sale. This August
30th, 1888. B. A. Hartley., Sheriff.
Mrs. J. T. Batchelor of Eatonton, while
on a visit to Mrs. G. T. Wheeler the other
day, discovered the latter's 2-year-old
child heaving as if troubled with something
ia its throat. On closer investigation she
noticed the end of a siring projecting front
its little mouth. Taking hold of it, she
gently pulled until a string 8 or 10 inches
long with a button fastened to the end
thereof, was extracted from its throat and
stomach. The little fellow experienced no
bad effects therefrom.
/ "J >ROI County, NARY’S OFFICE, Mis. CrawPoud Matilda
Georgia.
Mathews, widow of Jas. N. Mathews,
deceased, having made application to me
for a twelve months’ support for herself
aud two minor children, and appraisers
1 aving been duly appointed to assign and
set apart same from the estate of said
deceased, made and said appraisers haoing
their return as required by law.
This is therefore to cite all persons con¬
cerned to show cause, if any they have,
at my office, on or before the first Monday
in October mxt, why said application
shouid not be granted. Given under my
hand and official signature this, the OOtii
day of August, GEO. L. 1888- SAWYER, Ordinary.
m - DR* MOFFETTS • TO
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FEMALE MEDICINES
. By Jjystem plvlnf and toao building to and strengthening tho. mer¬
ino up ^UD the (feuarat health.
EOTMAH
correct* aU lrregrlarlttei and annoying troubles
from-Y nidi so many ladles sugar. It gives the
weak, debilitated woman health and strength.aud
ttakaa ahssrfut the despondent, dapreMotl lit
ABiyoucllrusjiot.
For sale at, Knoxvi’le by Jones & Le
Suin'; at'Tayl or by J. F. Hartley.
The refugees from Florida who passed
through Atl nta on the government train,
bound for Hendersonville, evidently did
not relish the prospects ahead of them.
From nil along the lino of the Richmond &
Danville come reports of the escape of the
refugees from the train, At Central, a
small town 130 miles north of Ailanta. five
cornfield, jumped from the train and ran into a