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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF HARRIS COUNTY.
VOL. XIII.
THAT LOCAL BILL.
The rumor concerning the local
temperance bill introduced into the
legislature by Mr. Russell, notice of ,
which was made in these
last week, proves to have been false.
The to rrom r two ,
rumor came us
sources which seemed to us to give '
it sufficient character to warrant the ;
notice we ® gave. One of our inform-, !
whose , , r .
ants, cnaracter tor \eiacity is
unimpeachable, had his information
from a gentleman who claimed to j
have it direct from Mr. Russell. An-!
other report came from the represen- j 1
tative of an adjoining county, who is
said to have reported in the presence |
of several citizens of this county
that Chipley and Hamilton were ex- j
eluded from the election by the bill.
We are glad the report is false and
n-iad that our reprjesentative has not
acted in bad fafe and it is with no
little pleasure w^set him right before
his constituent _~ ' ! !
THE EFFECTS OF DRINK.
The human countenance is so fash
’ ioned that every act—good or bad—
• leaves its impress, Every emotion
of whatever nature brings into play a
set of muscles that tend Thus to glorify if the or j
A mar the expression.
mind is oftener given to ennobling
’ thoughts rysftiireThe^me and that which elevates hu-1
-rn&n becomes
natural expression of tne face as sin- | ^
ful thoughts and loose -rajs have
the reverse effect, Habitual drink ,
utterly extinguishes all the finer in
stincts of manhood, and leaves in its (
place a caurse brutish sensuality that
“all who run may read.” It is a sad
thing to look , into . the , once fine open
countenance ot a young man and trace
the footprints of the destroyer. The
mark of dissipation and sullied man
hood, is as ineffaceable as on the
record of his ruined life treasured up
in heaven. Once the mirror of all
chivalry—kind, generous,
finally the broken wreck of a man
with not one trace of the divine kin¬
ship left in his bloated form, bearing
on his face the unmistakable witness
of a depraved, worthless, wretched
liie.
No thinking person can seriously
contemplate the wrecks made by in¬
temperance—the poverty, suicides
and crimes that follow in its wake
without being prejudiced against al¬
cohol, and where this prejudice ex¬
ists there should be a desire to re¬
form the laws that permit the manu¬
facture and sale of that which mars
and destroys. No other sin in the
vast catalogue can so rob man of
every noble , . attribute and , transform . r .
him into a demon or into helpless
idiotcy as habitual drink. It is from
this habit the youth of this country
need protection. No earnest, re*
JOSEPH L. DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
fleeting man whose heart leads him
to pity the forsaken .vretch, who is
as much the victim ol loose laws as
of his own depraved appetites can sit
peacefully down and make no effort
to save the youth of his own county ■
from intemperance. Away with per- !
sona | interests of a selfish nature and |
] et eve ry man use the right vested in
him for the public good as one who
has to give an account at the judg
meri t bar of God.
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LOCAL OPTION BILL. i
The local option bill as amended j
by the senate passed by the house last
week, and needs but the Governor’s
signature to become a law. The Con
stitution gives a dear synopsis ot the
bill which we dip for the benefit of
our readers.
This bill provides . that upon appli
cation for prohibition signed by one-;
t nth the voters in any county, the or- j
dmary shall order an election to deter-1
mine whether or not spirituous liquors j
shall be sold in the county. All per
sons qualified to vote for members
of the*general assembly qualified !
are
to vote in this election. The tickets
shall be written “tor sale and
“against sale.” If the result of the
election should be against the sale,
the ordinary shall give notice once a
week for four weeks, and the act
shall take effect as soon as the result
is ascertained, except as to thevest
rights of persons whose annual
license have not expired. If the re
-Ith*
- n that county within less than tvvo
years. When any county goes
“against the sale,” no person shall
sell, barter, directly or indirectly, or
give away at his place of business, or
furnish at any other public place, any
a j co j 10 u c S pi r i tU ous, or malt liquors, j
or any 0 th er brinks which will pro- (
duce intoxication. Nothing in the
bill is to prevent the^ manufactu^ |
“d £ e r former-mental “ S purposes pr0 . | |
v ed they ar not sol b y barrooms,
at re tail. Licensed-druggists will;
not be prevented from selling or fur-!
hlld Jy fcfS™ ;
be in pkc .he eele
of spirituous liquors is already pro
bibited either by legllation high license! local I
option, or other so long as
these local option 1 laws remain in
,
This is the local option bill which !
sr-*• thafundeiMts 3 sri ‘isst
provisions nearly 100 ■
elections will be held in this state :
« e . " een novv a .. _r,, ^ Mr
PERSONAL.
Air B. E. Dewberry was in town |
Saturday 1
Air 17* Bennie Peed visited Colum
Fridav 1
, t
... w u - . r p a alaiv lmer - r of 01 Ocala '-'Caia, Flor- i lor
Ma, is in the city.
Capt. L. L. Stanford spent Satur
day in Columbus. j
Capt. W. C. Johnston went down ,
to Columbus Thursday.
HAMILTON, GA., SEPTJiiu ^T') 15,1885.
Miss Julia Neal, of Talbotton, is
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“ fol .
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a ’
,
^ r * J n0 * Starke came up Sunday
10 s P end die day with his family at
die hotel.
Miss Genie West has been suffer
mg _ die past week from the ettects ot
poison oak.
Miss Berta Dozier went down to
Columbus Saturday, and returned in
the afternoon.
Mr. J, W. Sparks and family, of
Waverly Hall, is expected home from
* Lanta to moriow.
jqj ss Maggie Stanford.
Mrs. H un i e y left Saturday for
West Point, Ga., to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. Col. Lovelace.
Mj- M^Mujphy ^ Waverly
brotherj Mr _ s> R Murphy.
Miss Pauline Griggs left this morn
ing for Atlanta where she will remain
a few days before returning to her
Til T^W-Tigon, travelling Columbus, sales
man f or J. Kyle & Co., of
was exhibiting samples of drygoods
in town yesterday.
Mrs. Jno. Starke, Mrs. Dr. Drake
and Miss Sallie Starke, of Columbus,
came up last week and will remain
two weeks at the hotel.
Miss Mollie Walton of Talbot
county, who has been visiting her
her brother Mayor B. H. Walton
returned home last week.
Mrs. Wra. Farley, mother of Rev.
W. A. Farley, who has been on a
visit ot several weeks to her son, re¬
turned yesterday to her home in
Seale, Ala.
Too late to arrange otherwise we
discover there is not room for the
communication of our esteemed cor
respondent, 1 lowman. It will . appear
ne ^returned ^ n , Iie
Mon’
day, taking with him his family who
have been boarding for a number of
we fi ^ cs a !: the
»> Ma . / ' lud s0 "’ th *Tn y °“
SSS S? T •SfS.’S in
this mob* to enler as a pepii ihe
Wesleyan Fema e Co ege. L
Mrs - \ ' V - Do “ cr
^turday. As soon as she set
t‘ her es personal U P som f attention, b “ slt > ess th she . at r will v ^!" r re- r e f
tur " 10 her Hamilton
atettacruf« 7
the P ast week !S ra P“ ll y recovering,
“ d will soon be at his post of duty
Ihe tokens ol remembrance sent
him by fair friends probably hastened
his convalescence. ,
Jessup, of Butler, arrived
Saturday and has charge of the pri
mar y de P artment of the college. She
tau g ht wlth Prof - Dozier at Sutler,
T is ac ““P ,ish 'J teacher
wb ose services will contribute much
to the success of the institution with
which she is connected.
Mr. Nat Hutchinson of this coun
ty, who was adjudged a lunatic about
one month since, and sent to the
ONE DOLLAR A
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
asylum at Milledgeville, committed
suicide last Thursday. His dinner
, wag sent in to him with knife and
j for^ and he cut his throat with the
j knife, death resulting from the wound.
high l2 8 '"'''”"
and had many friends w here.
Mr. M. Wolfson and lady celebrat
e j q ie jewish New Year last Thurs
day by Having for dinner a “feast of
j fat things.” That is the bibical ex
pression for delicious viands among
vvinch turkey and cranberry sauce
are the least. It makes us sad now
when we reflect that we missed that
dinner. “ Of all sad words of tongue
or P ea die saddest are, it might have
been.”
TEMPERS CElwiETIN G.
Theie was quite a large number
present at the meeting of the Tem¬
perance Union held at the residence
of Mr. B. C. Kimbrough last Friday
evening. The exercises were as usu
al interesting and the evening passed
most pleasantly to all present, A
meeting was arranged to take place
at the residence of Col. J. M. Mobley
next Friday evening to which every¬
body is invited. Below we give the
programme: Quartett—Misses Sparks
Vocal
and Dozier and Messrs Johnston and
McAfee.
Reading—Capt. W. C. Johnson.
Vocal solo—Miss Duskey Burton.
Recitation—Miss Evie West
Vocal duett—Misses Dozier and
L. Sparks.
Reading—Miss MoPie Barnes.
Music—Prof. Dozier and Miss
Candler.
Recitation—Miss Emmie Sparks.
Reading--Miss Julia Neal.
Vocal solo—Miss Eloise Bedell.
Recitation—Miss Willie Copeland.
Music—Prof. Dozier and Miss Can
dler.
CHIPLEY CHAT.
Mr. J. T. Gilbert has moved to
Greenville. We regret to lose him.
Miss Fannie Trammell, of Ala¬
bama, is visiting relatives and friends
at this place.
Mrs. DuBose and her grandchild,
who have been boarding for some
time at that popular summer resort,
the McKigney House, returned to
their homes in Columbus Monday
morning.
Messrs Tom and Dawson Cham¬
pion have been qrite sick with the
fever two or three weeks. They are
convalescing.
Mr. Mac Allen is here on a visit.
Mr. Walter Rogers, who has been
assisting his brother teach, returned
to his home at Barnesville last Sun¬
day.
Col. Pat Palmer was in town Fri
.Miss Mamie Hill is visiting her
sister, _ Mrs. George Murrah of this
•
place.
J. IT. Hogan and G. A. Pearce
have gone to Atlanta to purchase
goods.
Tom Hunt and Billy Key, of Stirs
son, spent last Sunday with us.
Miss Carrie May Cowsert, of Ham
1 ilton, came up the road Sunday and
spent the day with the family Y of Dr
Pursell.
The cotton crop is not as good as
was expected throughout this section,
We are glad to know that our or
gan has been enlarged. Nox.
NO. 37.