Newspaper Page Text
THE HAMILTO 1 = ^ J JOURNAL.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF HARRIS COUNTY.
VOL. XIII.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. D. W. D. Boully has leased
the Bartow Informant to Maj. J. F.
Hanson. *
The Celumbus base-ball club has
been disbanded. Score another hit
for Sam Jones. He preached at the
Warm Springs campmeeting Sunday
to several hundred Columbus folks.
Monday the base-ball club goes tc
pieces.
The editor of the West Point Press
failed to find “Brother Dennis, the
dryest man in Harris county” at the
Salem campmeeting, because he was
not there. He remained at home to
keep dry. Now brother Callahan
don’t run down to Opelika just to
‘smile’ over this.
President Cleveland is still off in
the woods of New York, having a
gay old time with the boys. Resting
after his manner looks to us much
more like work than sitting in the
Presidential chair at Washington
saymg yes and no to office seekers.
A competitive examination to fill
a vacancy in the military academy at
West Point, from this congressional
district, will be held at LaGrange on
the 17th of next March. Those who
desire information on the subject
should address Mr. J. T. Johnson or
Dr. F. M. Ridley, at LaGrange.
A number of gentlemen at La¬
Grange have purchased the road bed
of the C. & R. railroad from Chipley
to Carrollton, with the avowed pur¬
pose of completing the road between
these two points at once. ^ hen
this is done there will be a continu
ous line of narrow guage from Rome
to Columbus. Hamilton will reap
material benefit from this enterprise
and we will be glad to see the first
dirt thrown.
The Rural New Yorker of this
week will be a treasury of fertilizer
knowledge. It will be a special num¬
ber devoted to jhe whole story of
how plants grow; telling what ele
ments the plant must find in the soil
to produce good crops and showing
from what source the farmer can ob¬
tain, in the best and cheapest man¬
ner, such of them as are missing or
nearly exhausted. T his number will
be mailed free to such of our read¬
ers as will write for a copy.
The Constitution says that it wiU
be decided next week whether or not
Atlanta will have the Georgia Mid¬
land road. That paper has spared
neither time nor space in placing
before the Atlantians the advantages
that will accrue to the city from this
Toad. We are relieved from all ap
prehensions on account of its flanking
us, and quietly await events.
JOSEP ^oT ls '
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The bill agreed upon by the sen
ate railroad committee restricting the
powers of the state railroad commis
sion ought to become a law. The
object of the commission was to
prevent unjust discriminations and
this can be done without vesting in
it powers that might be used to crush
the railroad corporations. By fixing
an unremunerative rate the three
railroad commissioners might bank¬
rupt any or all of the railroads in
state. The three honorable gentle
mcn w ho now compose the commis
s j on h ave acte d honestly and wisely,
greatly to the advantage of the com
monwealth and without material hurt
t0 t h e railroads, but they will not al
ways j n office and those who deal
in railroads do not hesitate to buy
governors and legislators and these
make railroad commissions.
If a Jay Gould should turn his at
tention to Georgia railroads stock in
them might be depreciated until he
had bought by a ruling of the com
mission lowering freight and passen¬
ger rates, and might be afterwards
advanced by raising these rates. It
j s not to vest so much power in
so small a body, and for this reason
we wou id restrict the j lowers of ttye
commission,
“Dora’s Device,” a new romance
by George R. Cather, editor of “The
Southern Aegis,” Ashville, Alabama,
in press and shortly to be published
by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila¬
delphia, is a remarkably fresh, orig¬
inal and ingenious American novel of
interest and unusual power, The
strong Mot deals with a commercial
crash, a strange murder, a mysterious
secret with ghostly surroundings, true
love that does not run smoothly, a
mad infatuation inspired by a beau¬
tiful and reckless woman, and shrewd
detective work in which a deaf and
dumb lad figures piominently. Hosts
of thrilling and dramatic incidents
are presented, while the characters
are drawn with graphic and natural
touches. The book should be read
by everybody and is sure of phenom¬
enal popularity. It will be published
in one large duodecimo volume, at
the low price of seventy-five cents a
copy, and will be found for sale by
all Booksellers, by all News Agents,
and on all Railroad Trains everywhere
or copies of it will be sent to anyone,
at once, postpaid, on remitting sev¬
enty five cents in a letter to T. B.
Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia.
Pa. We prelict for it a very large
sale. Local agents are wanted in
every county. Large wages can be
made selling it. Address the Pub
lishcrs for special terms to agents.
An opera House is in course
erection in Talbotton.
HAMILTON, GA., SEPTEMBER 8,1885.
MERIWETHER CAMP-MEETING.
The clouds discharged their con
tents Saturday night, and contrary to
expectation Sunday was a bright,
pleasant day, just such a day as all
desired, who intended to go to camp
meeting. An excursion train from
Columbus gathered up the people
from every point on the Columbus
& Rome railroad, and the train emp
tied its living freight at the depot at
Stinson, where hacks were waiting to
convey the crowd to the camp ground,
It was the largest gathering ever seen
at the Meriwether camp ground, the
number being estimated at from s ; x
to eight thousand. The whole face
of the country was represented, Rev.
Sam Jones being the attraction that
drew the immense crowd. The
Georgia evangelist filled the pulpit at
the 11 o’clock service, and preached
in the free, fearless manner for which
he is noted, taking the character of
Cornelius, “a devout man” to illus
trate Christian character, as opposed
to the practices of those who do not
live up to the Scripture standard.
The drift of his sermon was on tem
perance, and those present who dealt
in the traffic heard some very plain
language in regard to distilling and
selling liquor. It was probably more
vigorous than elegant, and while we
do not admire some of his expres¬
sions, we do heartily endorse his
fearless manner in attacking sin,
cloaked in any form.
So many went from Hamilton on
Sunday the streets looked almost de¬
serted, and all report having had an
enjoyable day. A large majority of
the crowd left the camp-ground and
returned home Sunday afternoon.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Tom Ligon, of Columbus,
spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Dr. J. L. Jordan has returned
to her home in Columbus.
Mrs. O. S. Jordan and family re¬
turned to Columbus this morning.
Dr. W. H. Philpot, of Talbotton,
is in town, the guest of Dr. S. a.
Riley.
Miss Nattie Barden, of Columbus,
is spending this week in town, the
guest of Mrs. C. H. Cook.
Miss Leila Lowry, of Poplar Bluff,
Ark., came last Friday and was the
guest of Miss Louie Sparks.
Mrs. A. B. Campbell and family,of
Columbus, came up last week, and
are boarding at Mr. C. H. Cook’s.
Mr. Jas. A. Lewis’ cotton factory
burned up in Columbus last night.
The building was only partly insured.
Mrs. W. S. Robinson, of Colum¬
bus, returned home Saturday, after a
pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. S. R.
Murphey.
Mr. J. B. Culpepper passed through
the city on his way from
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Meriwether campmeeting to his home
in Talbotton.
Mrs. J. W. Gamble’s babe was
quite sick last week, but is much
better. We hope soon to hear of its
entire recovery,
Miss Rebecca Stern, who has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. M. Wolfson, returned to Col
umbus last week.*
Mr. Jno. Buchanan, of Marvin,
Ala., was in town last week, the guest
of T. N. Sparks. He left for home
Monday morning, accompanied by
Miss Leila Lowry,
Mr. Hal Bryant returned last week
from a pleasant trip to Atlanta. The
last part of his trip was made on the
Chipley extension.
Mr. W. N. Hames is confined to
his room quite sick. Flowers and
other favors will cheer his loneliness
and be appreciated.
Mrs.D. R. Williams, who has been
on a visit of several weeks to her sis¬
ter living near Hogansville, is expect¬
ed home every day.
Mrs. M. C. Hull and Mrs. Herbert
Hull, of Eufaula, came here from the
Warm Springs last week and are
boarding at the Hotel.
Mr. I. S. Chandler, of Greenville,
was in town Sunday. He made many
friends here when a student at the
college, who are always glad to see
him in Hamilton.
Mr. J. B. Daniel, who was former¬
ly city editor of the Columbus Times
has become connected with the Ala¬
bama Free Press, at Lively, a very
readable newspaper.
Mrs. Dan McCullough, of Waverly
Hall, came here Saturday and atten¬
ded Meriwether campmeeting Sun¬
day in company with her brother,
Mr. J. R. Livingston.
Miss Pauline Griggs, of Eatonton,
is in town on a visit to Mrs. B. H.
Walton. She was once a resident of
this place and has many friends here
who will be glad to know of her visit.
Mr. Marshall Tohnston was the
only occupant of the ladies’ car when
the train left here Sunday morning
for Columbus. The attraction for
others was up the road, but it seems
that he was irresistably drawn the
other way.
Mr. J. H. Hamilton, of Columbus,
gave us a pleasant call this morning.
He has been recuperating this sum¬
mer on his plantation three mile.?
from the city, and his looks show
the fine effects of country air and
good living.
Little Cordie Brooks has been suf¬
fering the past week from a cut over
the eye, received from a rock care¬
lessly thrown on the streets. It was
accidental, but it should be a lesson
to the boys to be more careful in the
future how throw rocks.
NO. 36.