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THE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL j &
VOLUME I.
Rev. Sam Jones.
Below are given some some extracts from
a sermon recently preached in Nashville by
Rev. Sam Jones.
Mr. Jones announced his-text Jer. xxxii
from which he preached a - sermon from
which the following paragraphs are taken :
I would want no better text than this
fron -which to preach a sermon on Christian
unity, but I shall take a- different and
possibly a more practical view of the text.
God teaches us he will give us one heart.
What kind of a heart will it'be 7
About the hardest undertaking in this
world is for a man- to be good when he has
a bad heart.
Many a man. tries to clean up his life
just like the man who was trying,to clear
the spring branch to get a drink. He was
told to drive the hog out of the spring above
him and the-water would get clear.
The man who loves leeks and onions
don’t cars much for giapes and tigs.
About the best evidence of a-mau’s con¬
version is bis anxiety to have others con¬
verted.
Lbelieve a preacher can backslide right
in the midst of a revival. If you don’t be¬
lieve it you don’t know us very well.. You
go and talk with his wife. We preachers
in Georgia backslide.
The meanest people in the wsrld is that
church that packs its pastor in an ice box
and then cussss him all the year beoause
he don’t sweat.
These little spelling-book criticoare like
these little red ants-that'Sometimes get after
you—they don’t hur‘, but they make you
itch.
God says “I will give my people one
way,” and the people here in Nashville
have struck out forty or fifty different ways
to glory. Some go by way of the theatre,
some the ball room, some the race course,
some the baseball, and. that’s not a respect¬
able way to hell.
The difference between the barrooms and
ballrooms is this; the barrooms are after
our boys and the ballrooms are after our
girls.
If I was an average of tbe Fencing young
men—.and I think I was—no pure young
girl can afford to go on the floor of the ball
room. Now, some of you peripatetic dudes
back there protend that you are outraged
by-that, and that I have reflected upon
your honor. You have no more honor than
the devil. There is not a pure girl in
Nashvill whose virture would- be safe in
.your care if you were not afraid of a doub¬
le-barrelled shotgun.
Show me a pious man that belongs to
tbe Hermitage club and I’ll eat the whole
business, brick and all. Club life is in¬
compatible with the Christian life.
If Jones is not a liar or a maniac there
are some leading men here of the church
in Nashvill who had bettor call a halt.
I never ask a man if he agrees with ore.
If he understands what I say that’s
enough for me.
If playing cards don’t make you better
Christians let us scy down with the cards
and up with the Bible.
A cross is not something for a Christian
to take around with him all the time.
A cross is fora sinner to die on.
God never gave a commandment that he
did not know would be for the good of his
children.
Boo Kinyon, an old negro man living
at Dalton, has what may be caHed a mug
wurnp fowl, It is half duck and half
chicken—its father being a duck and its
mother a hen...
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., OCT. 19, 1888
Items from Ceres.
Sugar cane grinding has become com¬
mon in these parts;
Mr. J. H. Ray of' Macon was in town'
last Friday
The brave and' the gay express them
selves as having had a very nice time at" a
musical given at the residence of Mr. J. M.
Webb’ on Thursday night of last week.
Messrs. Homer Wright and Jack Ool
bert, of the Empire store at Macon, were
in town Sunday, The gentlemen returned
Sunday night, each boasting of his treas¬
ure. Mr. Wright with his jug of-and
Mr. Colbert wih a buckeye which a young
lady gave him.
Quits a number of our citizens went td
the station Tuesday morning to meet Supt.
T. 0. Troy for the purpose of locatiug a
side track. They staid until noon, when
a negro informed them that Mr. Trov came
down the road to the Harris place early in
the morning and returned on the north
bound train at 7:59, a. m.
Not long since a native of the sandy
region attempted to invade our-town, but
Quarantine officer, Master TommieJackson,
was at his post of duty and demanded an
account of him. The poor fellow was to¬
tally dumb, hut from form, peculiar only
to his tribe, it was evident that be was
from the yellow 1 fever district, whereupon
he was consigned to jail where he seems
to be very contented.
BattettCake Bill.
A Rejected Suitci-’s Gruel Jet.
Columbia, S. O., Oct. 12,—.Lawrence
Harris is a young white man of high so¬
cial standing in Piercetown, Anderson
county, this state: "Miss Minnie Hammond
is the only daughter of D. II. Hammond,
one of the wealthiest planters of the county
and is the acknowedge belle of the village.
For some time past young Harris has- been
an ardent surtdr for Miss Hammond's -heart
and hand. The young lady, however, did
not reciprocate his love, and received his
attentions with the coldest indfference.
Harris was not in the least discouraged, but
visited Alins -Hammond’s home daily for
the past week*
On each visit-she treated him moie cold
thau ever, aud when he called on Wednes¬
day she declinei-to see him. Last night
mounted on spirited horse,-he again -called
at the- Hammond residence and asked for
Miss Wihnie. He was told that she had
just left the houso with several friends and
was-on her way to church, about lrnie
and a half distant. Harris started off in
pursuit and overtook the party about
three-quarters of a mile away, When he
spied Mies Hammond, he put spurs to liis
horse, yelling the others to get ont of 1 the
way, madly ran over the young lady, knock
ing har clown and trampling, her beneath
the horse’s feet. When Alisa Hon.mond
was picked up by her friends she was in¬
sensible and apprently dead. She was ten
dealy carried to her home, where it was
found that she terrilily cut aBd bruised in
various parts of her body, several bones
broken,and that she had received serious
internal injuries, Thepysioians say she
cannot recover. Harris escaped on- his
fleet-footed horse. Armed men are scour¬
ing the country for him, and if he is found
he will be Inched.
Out in California they wrap fruit trees
"ith cloth to keep them from being sun
.burned. Next thing we know they will
he putting veils over oranges to keep them
itom beiu S freckled. -
Items of Interest.
Mr. J. H. Brown, cf Bornellsvill N. Y.
says: “For three years I suffered with blood
poison, but S. S. Secured me complerely.
Marriages between whites and Indians
are prohibited in Arizona ;and North Car
olina.
In 1775 there were only 27* newspapers
published in the United States. In 1885-
6 the Swift Speefic Co. advertised their
great remedj' in over 5,000' weeklies and
612 daily papers.
The metropolitan underground railroad
in London-carried, during 1887, over 82,
000,000 passengers.
S. S. S. enred me of an epithelioma can
cer on my right check. I know this cure
was effected entirely by S. is. S. —-W : . M.
Stanftfdd, Hampton, Ga.
Paris was known as Lutctia until 1184,
when the great French capital was chang¬
ed to that which it has borne evev since.
We have used Swift’s Specific in our
family for years, as an*antidot for malari¬
al poison, and bava never known it to
ail in a single instance.—W. C. Furlow,
Americus, Ga.
Many people want to bny S. S-S. by
the gallon. The company never sell it
that way. They sell only in bottles and
pack ages.__
CnghirKf.
The Swift Specific Co, Atlanta Ga.,
Gentlemen:—For over two years I have
been suffering from disfsguriug and chronic
affection of the skin, which has been a
source of great annoyance and rendered me
very miserable indeed. ‘I have tried every
method, including visits to a skin hospital,
where I was treated as’ an ont door patient
for three months, and many remedies, with
out beirtg rcleived in the slighest. Seeing
one of year advertisements, I begau'to give
the Swift’s Specific a thorough trial, in
hopes it would at least benefit'-' my general
health, if it did not cure |the skiu disease.
I jjeontinned its for four months, and for
several weeks I cc ukl not notice any im¬
provement, though I seemed to feel better
In myself. This was only encouiagement
I had, I continued it, and am now delight¬
ed to inform you that a short time after¬
wards the skin cieard up, the blotches dis¬
appeared, and at the Jrime of tt.is writing
there is no trace whatever; I have not
only got rid of the skin affection, but gain¬
ed in flesh, and am altogether pleased with
the result. I shall he pleased to answer
any letters that I may receive respecting
this, :f anyone has -any trouble o similar
character and donbts the statement.
I am gentlemen, gratefully • yours, L.
Watts, 1, Westminster Chambers. Victoria
Street, Westminster; S. W. Oct. 27th 1887.
Treatise on-Blood and Skin Diseases mail¬
ed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga-.
Lawyer Snap(ot counsel for defendent,
whose case looks doubtful because the jury
don’t seem enthused when his witnesses'tes
tify)—Are you acquainted jwith any of the
jury? honest man)—Yes, sir;. I
Witness(an
know more than half of them.
Lawyer S.—I should think it strange,
very strange, if you didn’t know more than
all o! themput together .—Jndge -
A Northern paper is bragging about an
electric girl who can hold a 300-pound
man in a chair with all ease. Almost any
pretty girl can hold a man of any jize in a
chair, or even on a piano stool, whether
she’s electric or not, and she need not even
so much as put her hands on him,
NUMEER 30. ■
List of (iraml Jurorx Drawr
for Oct. 'E'en*! of Crawford
Superior Court.
John T Andrews Wins Rutherford J F
Hartley W vV Johnson H N Britt B F
Lee T A Kendrick Z T Anltman J F
Duke Jno S B'.asingamo R V Nickols B
J LeSueur J VV Jack VV R Thames A J
Schofiil Van B Ilorne Jno M Sanders J C
Fincher Wm Carswell W 0 Vinson C H
Smith E E Dent- J VV Dickey Jas M '
Sanders J W Blaslngame Jeff Davis VV
P Carr R K Webb L T Jones. J L
Sanders.
3,1*t ofTraverse .furors
W M Boss Frank Hortman W £ Davis -
Thos I, Stembndge W C Huimicutt O C ’
Wilson W E Rowell Fit Wright Albert
L Mathews T J Long J W Brown J E ■
Jordan M B Mathews Q II Hutto Joel
Bankston, Jr J L Harrison E S Lee Jno, ■
D Sanders M W Pearson A J Johnson J
C Bond J R Joyner J T Visage G E
Reeves A II Clark Monroe Taylor J C
Hicks II P Moran L T Lee W H Mathews -
J Z Smith II F Sanders Wm Hamlin J
T Cochran B T Parham J W Flowers,
Fit LENDS:
Oh, give me friends! ■
Though'other f wants may wear my life '
away,
Though all the days seem cold and dark*
and gray,
J. shall not question that which fortune
sends
If round me press a host of kindly friends,
I ask not wealth,
Nor from the ever open hand of Fate
I crave no robe of grace, nor place of state.
.For in the hope whichffickle longing lends
I seek no gift of fate, but countless friends,
And thus through life,
Though round me falls the shadow s.nd the
care
Of bitter sorrows that I scarce can bearj
I shall not heed them if my faith but rends -
The mist that shrouds me from my host '
of friends.
—Madden Grantly
Lawton Collins and Leonad Williamson,
Young farmers of Montgomery county,
loved the same young lady, and were rival*
for her hand. Wi liamsou, it seem was the
more successful aud won her heart. He
heard, however, that Collins had come it.
between them by telling something that
broke off the match. Williamson went out
with a horse and buggy cm Sunday, Oct. 7,
and finding Collins at home, asked him to
get in the buggy and takeja ride over to the
young lady’s house. Collins accepted the
invitation, "and while passing through a
piece of woods Williamsou directed Collins -
to look upward at some object, so it is the
ried,and while his attention was thus at¬
tracted Williamson cut bis throat and :
threw him out of the buggy. He stopped
the horse stabbed his victim all over the >•
body, The friends '
some thirty cuts. of f
Collins made up a reward of $300.
While John Miller, the mail carrier be¬
tween Sparta and Oconee, was returning:'
to Sparta on Saturday, an artery in bis-
left leg burst, and he would have bled l«.
death in a few minutes had it not been feu
Joe Boyer and his sun, who came up, and
bound the leg with a twine string,-which *
stopped the flow until they could get hvv-i
to' town and ton physician. ■