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THE KNOXVILLE r—| h^- tr* m
VOLUME I.
Xebnion Sews.
Zebuli-nf March 2’7 1888—Our little
town is on quite a boom- On the 19th the
first train rolled into this }>lace pulled by
an-engine named Zebulon. The citizens
turned out on masse, and the fair sex
shewed their enthusiasm by decorating the
locomotive with flowers and bunting. On
the evening of the 21st a banquet was giv¬
en in honor of the officers of the construc¬
tion forces, and it was a most enjoyable
affair. Lack of time prevents from giving
a more complete account of the evening’s
; entertainment Onr town is full of life
and activity, and a prediction that it will
soon become quite an important trade cen¬
ter is not untimely. She is destined to
come out of the obscurity which her here¬
tofore remote situation in a great measure
accounted for.
Track laying is progressing finely. The
rails have been laid to Meansville, and
with a few days of good weath' r it is said
that Pine montain will be passed, after
which time the progress of the road will
be rapid. Knoxville people may look out
for the A. & P. before many weeks. Zip.
Thieves Run Down,
Some months ago the commissary of
Bo well & Bros., turpentine farmers, was
burned. It was supposed to have been
“robbed, and burned to destroy the evidence
of the robbery Since that time our ever
alert sheriff, Lewis Patterson, has been
after the perpetrators. Friday night he
-jumped Ins game at their home some three
miles from the scene of their villainy.
Sam and John Merritt, colored, were, the
men who did the deed. Secreted about
"their house and buried under ground were
goods enough found to have started a dry
goods store. Not only were goods belong¬
ing to the Powell Bros, found, but a watch
hclonging’to Wesley Fairchild, a merchant,
near Cnattalioochee river, was recovered.
His store was burglarized in December of
last year. The pair ate safe in jail.
II. & 171 Railroad.
The C,, & M. Railroad will be finished
to Madison, connecting our city with Ma¬
con, during the incoming week, when we
can all jump into the cars and take a ride
to the Central City. We again assert that
Col. Mac'nen is the livest railroad man cf
his age on the continent. Next will come
telegraphic connection with Macon and
our people will then be linked to those of
tbtft city, we hope, by indissoluble cords
of mutual friendship.— Madisonian.
A Great l.c;? Rolling-.
Probably the most extensive log-rolling
ever known in Walton county eccured at
Mr. N. R Thompson’s just after the late
storm. Fifty-five persons offered their
services in removing the logs from a space
about 300 yards wide and extending across
Mr, Thompsons plantation, Two dwell¬
ing houses, two stables and a corn crib on
the same plantation were blown down, and
and singularly enough, without serious in¬
jury to any of the occt/panfs.
Evening Journal.
The Klnkely Extension.
Blakely, Ga., March 26—Captain W.
1), Burtchaell and son, contractors, of
Norcross, Ga-, have about completed the
Blakely extension to the Ohattaliooohee
liver. It is generally thought that the
Central railroad will proceed, at once, to
hnild a bridge, and thereby make Colum¬
bia, Ala., the terminus of the above branch.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., MARCH 30, • 1888.
Some liidiculianiii
The old saying “Coming events cast their
shadows before” is not often more plainly
illustrated than in the up-building of a
town. One who has ever lived in a quiet
inland village and has seen a railroad built
to it, and afterwaid stoies aud shops built
and opened, and enterprise and thrift take
the place of humdrum, continued quiet
and inanity knows by the indications when
such a place is preparing for a new era.
Knoxville lias for years been a very
quiet .place, and not until recently could
her people be persuaded to believe that
she could ever bo anything uiore than
the location of tho public buildings,
and a country settlement where the
people could buy small articles that would
.not authorize a trip to Macon. The coun¬
try people did nothing to build up the
place, aud the citizens themselves did little
towards it. But certain indications point
to a revolution in the wa;» ot doing busi¬
ness iu this county.
People, in other counties believe that
Knoxville is going to be a live business
town, and many are making preparations
to move here and go into business. Plans,
whioh we cannot now make public, are on
foot for the establishment of certain kinds
of business which will be sure to cause a
season of prosperity such as the place has
never seen.
The editor and various citizens fire fre¬
quently asked by parties living in other
parts to furnish them information as i-c
gards the health, location and business of
Knoxville, end iu every case we receive
replies showing that the parties wishing to
embark in business at this place are highly
pleased at the prospect presented.
Knoxville is bound to guow. She is
destined to become the market for all the
people of this section, aud when she in¬
creases to the size which her natural sur
roundings authorize she will he a town of
not less than three thousand inhabitants.
When the distance between this and other
towns is divided it shows our territory to
be 20 miles in extent from north to south,
and SO miles long from cast to west. In
this territory are living over 15,000 souls,
and probably as many as 20,000. Their
Theft- trade amounts to more than a million
ot dollars u year, and with sufficient capi¬
tal properly invested it can be controlled
hero.
FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.
These facts are plain to all who will
consider them. It may tjound now like
wild talk to predict, that our town is to
become a flourishing little city, but time
will surely prove the truth of this predic¬
tion. Upon tho average there is no better
farming country in Ge irgia than this, and
Knoxville is as healthy a place as a moun¬
tain home. The god of uature has left
nothing undone in making this both a
healthy and a prodnctve section, So sure
as the Atlanta and Florida railroad is fin¬
ished just so certain arc men (4 means to
come here and engage in business.
Our people—even the merchants—
would be glad to have wealthy men come
here and open stores or other business,
and lots can he had almost at buyers’ own
prices. We have no soreheads or croakets,
but every citizen of tho place wants to see
Knoxville improve as a business locatlo ,
and all believe that it will. We want
men of enterprise to come here, and * u
give them a royal welcome,
We send out a large number of sample
this week. Please pass them around •
SHOT IN T’UK rOKEHEiD.
Tuesday morning Joe Lewis and Will
Deloach, in River Fork district, eight miles
from Valdosta, quarreled and Lewis shet
Deloach in the forehead with a pistol.
The hall weut into the man’s brain, and
although the man was alive next morning.
Dr. Burton says he is bound to die. Jim
Martin is in jail as an accessory, but
as usual the murderer got away. This is
the fourth murder in the comity within
six months, and in every case the mur¬
derers escaped.
The t’olwmbns Southern.
Dawson, Ga., March 26.—The Colum¬
bus Southern is coming steadily this way,
and the locomotivt will run between here
and Albany within ninety days, notwith¬
standing the opinion of the Americus Re¬
publican to the contrary The grain® is
nearly complete, pile-driving is going on
crossties are being put in place, and soon
the iron will be laid.
BI'RiTEh TO DEATH.
Harrison Ga., March 26.—Early yester¬
day morning onr peaceful town was thrown
into considerable excitement by the report
that a house had been burned down Satur¬
day Dight.and a man burned up In it
Yonr reporter immediately investigated
the report and fouud it true. Repairing to
the scene of tire tragedy, which was on the
plantation of Mrs. Polly Smith, within the
incorporate limits, a sickening sight met
the gaze. Smoking ami smoldering amid
the ashes and coals lay the charred remains
of a human being. The dead man was
lying flat on liis back, His feet aud legs
were entirely consumed and his arai6 were
burnt to the shouldets A drawing knife
lying near the body indicated foul play
and immediately it was whispered shout
that the deceased had been foully murder¬
ed and then the house bad been set on fire
to cover the crime.
Meantime the coroner arrived aud imme
diately summoning a jury began the autop
sy. Dr. Frank Peacock' was called in to
make an examination of the corpse to as¬
certain if there were any traces of violence
on the body. He soon came across a buck
shot just back of the neck. Then exam¬
ining from opposite side he found an open¬
ing under the right collar bone and follow¬
ing it up lie soon found a heavy charge of
“B B” and buckshot lying against the
vertebral column.
Hew the TarifTi* jllaintafaed.
The republican party receives a huge
campaign fund from the protected manu¬
facturers. It is said that they constantly
and regularly pay into a fund to maintain
at Washington a skillful lobby to block
tariff legislation. Their profits by reason
of the tariff justify them iu incurring all
sorts of expenseo to maintain it.
Baltimore Sun.
^ rs ' Bad *y> wife of Capt. Arthur Bai
Bie B * d § e ’ Darien, had quite a nar
row esca P° recently while riding on the
causeway at Carnagban road, a few miles
from town. White on the bridge the horse
backed with Mrs - Baile y and two chddr<m
off of the causeway, the horse falling ca
the buggy, smashing it up, Mrs. Bailey
and the children having fallen out. They
escaped without being seriously injured.
NUMBER TO.
Candid Indeed.
“Sunday, March tho 4tli, was the birth¬
day of one of our little boys; Tuesday, the
6th, was the birthday of our youngest
grandchild, a pretty little hoy ; Wednes¬
day, the 7th, was the birthday of onr bet
tcrhalf, and Saturday, the 24th, will he
the birthday of another of our boys. Hur¬
rah ! for the March, boys—hurrah:—
Savannah Local.
Sunday March the 4th, was the birthday
of one of our little notes, aud we had to
hustle like thunder to get the money to
meet it; Tnesday, the Gth, was the birth¬
day of our youngest, account with the At¬
lanta Newspaper Union—a pretty little
affair ot eight dollars ; Wednesday, ahe 7th
a tramp printer relieved us of two brass
galleys, a pair of scissors, a pipe, a pocket
knife and the goodwill of the paper, and
on Thursday, the 24th, we entertained
three strong chills, a slow fever and five cf
«•' poor relations at dinner. Don’t talk
•March” to us, Mr. Local”—
Suiithville News
CiOOU WISHED.
Yatesville, Ga., March 27, 1888.
Ma. bn it or : — I have seen several cop¬
ies of The Knoxville Journal and I
think it very good. It will be an impor¬
tant factor or actor in the building up of
your town.and county, and being supported
by all the best citizens of your county and
the neighboring counties and towhs, I
guess will abundantly compensate for the
time and talent given it. There is a vast
field out-stretched before you, over which
you may, through this medium, scatter
seeds of practical knowledge that will ger¬
minate and bring forth abundant fruit for
good. . It is my humble opinion that noth¬
ing will add more to tho popularity and
success of the Journal than for her "to de¬
vote a portion of her columns to the sub¬
ject of Agriculture, as the majority of her
patrons are farmers, and as a rule need
encouragement aud inspiration on this line.
A paper giving an interchange of ideas
and experiments of the leading farmers of
the laud, and the same sent into all tin
homes of our people would ere long bring
about great anl grand reformation q
the agricultural world, which will cause
the barren fields and dilapidated koines of
our land to smile with abundant harvests,
peace and prosperity.
May The Journar, with all of its pur¬
poses, plans, and interests have the
support of the people and the approbation
of heaven. Yours truly,
Rev. F. W. Retsel.
Tha Saque Woolen Mills Company, near
Clarksville, is erecting a new bridge at
t icir mill across the Saque river- They
expect to have it completed l>y Wednesday
or Thursday of this week. The mills ;i-v
receiving large orders from Baltimore and
Philadelphia for their goods, wnich are of
the very best quality of jeans, linsey, etc.
They have been able so far to fill all orders.
The Chief of Engineers has rep-rted t >
Congress that there is no objection to the
measure now pending authorizinglhe con
struction of bridges over the rivers tit. Ma¬
ry s, Satilla, Little Satil’a ami Crooked, in
Ge.rgiaaml Florida, as it contains all
necessary requirements for the protection
of navigation, and tho plans of the struct
Btres are first to be approved by the SccXQ*
tery of \\ ar.
