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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
THE ORtTO'vwflus. COUNTY.
VOL. XIII.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A worthy journalist deserves as
much credit usually for what he sup
presses as he does for what he pub
lishes.
The temperance war in Atlanta
waxes warm, If the fight is not suc
cessful, it will have the effect of wi¬
dening the difference between whis¬
key men and the temperance men.
The bill to tax professional base
ball failed of its passage in the Sen¬
ate, although it had a good majority
in the house. It wilt pass when - off¬
ered again. Or, if not, the tax should
be taken off the circusses. The ^ex¬
hibitions ot each belong to the same
class.
A sleeper has been put on the
road from Macon to Columbus. This
is the first dividend on the Georgia
Midland stock. Stock-holders will
pass free to Columbus on the C. &
R. railroad next Tuesday, This is
the first dividend on the Columbus
& Rome stock.
The newspapers are waging a war
upon the custom of extending free
passes on the railroads to members
of the general assembly, No fair
minded person can examine the pro¬
ceedings cf either branch of the leg¬
islature for Saturdays and Mondays
without arriving at the conclusion
that the system is one of great ex¬
pense to the state in retarding legis¬
lation. The members are paid a
liberal mileage and they have no
claims upon the railroads. An hon¬
est legislator might with as much
propriety ask for free yarns of the
factories as for fiee passes of the
railroads. And the factory directors
might, with as much justice to stock¬
holders as the railroad directors to
their stock holders, comply with the
request.__ _
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daily edition, foreign and domestic
correspondence, personal, political
and religious notes, book reviews,
musical and dramatic criticism, farm,
household and fashion hints,selections
from the best current foreign litera¬
ture, &c. Owing to its thoroughly
independent attitude upon all politi¬
cal questions, the views of the Even¬
ing Post are more eagerly sought and
more widely copied than those of al¬
most any other newspaper in the
country. This was the case in the
last presidential campaign, when, for
reasons which it gave in advance of
the nomination, it found itself una ble
to support the Republican candidate.
This has been the case also since the
election, for the paper has again
demonstrated its independence by
promptly denouncing all departures
of the new Administration from the
reform pledges upon which it was
intrusted with power.
JOSEPH L. DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
TEMPERANCE SPEECHES.
The court room was comtortably
filled with people Tuesday night to
hear the speeches on prohibition ar
ranged for by the Executive Com
mittee. Dr. T. J. Brooks was elect
ed chairman and after stating the
object of the meeting called upon
Col. J. M. Mobley to introduce the
speakers. 1 first intro
Col. John Peabody was when asked
duced. He stated that
to speak, he would have declined for
two reasons. First, because he was
not a resident of the county. But
the people of Harris held a high
place in his esteem and they would
not judge an honest effort to promote
a good cause with severity. The
county was visited last year by a ter
rible cyclone and in former years by
others still more terrible. Then the
people of his town had been allowed
to come to our help. The devasta¬
tion of these cyclone was as naught
compared with the great evil of in
temperance. Their tracks were
row, wnue tnai o me rr v Tk
society was without bounds. Every
family in the land has a skeleton in
its closet. The cyclones are tempo¬
rary; the evils of intemperance If are
constant and enduring. he was
permitted to help mitigate the suf¬
ferings caused by the one, he would
be justified in an endeavor to stop
the ravages of the other and greater.
More money is spent for whiskey
in this country than for meat, and
bread and education. The ligitimate
object of barrooms is to make men
drunk. If prohibition increases ine
sale of whiskey, why do the whiskey
sellers not advocate prohibition ? A
dam is built across a stream and be¬
cause it leaks these logicians would
argue that it does not effect the pur¬
pose for which it was intended. They
say prohibition hurts the trade of
a town. Some men are profligate
with their money when they are
drunk, but should a town be built up
on money taken from drunken men ?
When he buys a drink, he has less
with which to buy meat or bread or
calico. If it hurts the business of a
town to stop the sale of whiskey in
it, then all we have to do when the
trade of a town languishes is to open
up a few bai rooms. This is the
logical sequence. is made better by drink¬
No man
ing. It is no sin to take a drink, but
when a man takes one he is the more
iArwm hC d ralize k hi^
demo
Nothing so demoralizes» a human
being. The man who is strong
enough to control himself is strong
enough to give it up for public g°od.
Men are not always good natured
when drinking. Look at the crirm
nal dockets and see the large drinking, propor
tion of crime caused by
This being so the people have a right
to prohibit. Men have a right to
prTvem drunkenness. Drunkenness
IS considered an excuse, and there
fore the r ecessity for preventing it.
To stop men from getting drunk, we
have but to stop men from selling to
them to make them drunk. The
whiskey dealer must use his talent so
as not to hurt his neighbor. Nobody
wants a bar next door to him. La
Grange showed the beneficial effects
of prohibition and at the late elec
tion not a white man m the town
voted for whiskey. outline of the able
This is but an
speech which was heartily applauded
HAMILTON, OCTOBER 1885.
! Judge F. M. Longley was thdlintro
duced and in his eloquent jwmner
told of the great good done in La
Grange and Troup county by prolii
bition. We regret that our space
will not permit of a full report of the
telling speech. It was heartily ap
plauded and will have a good effect.
Irby Farley, colored, then volun
tered a few appropriate remarks, re
lating his personal experiences with a
happy result. and
A vote was then taken -about
one hundred rose to favor prohibi
tion, while but two stood up for
whiskey.
Georgia T a State , Agricultural A . ,. , Society a ,
s^ a tc Fair Commences Oc¬
tober 20 tli.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 7th, 1885.
All persons having improved Cot¬
ton Seed, Corn, Wheat, Oats, or
see( j s f or planting, of any variety, or
1 articles or any variety, for sale or
distribution, can notify the Secretary
(E. C. Grier) at once of s ach desire,
and the same will be advertised free
and sold, either privately or publicly,
0.1 the grounds—thus affording per¬
sons visiting the Fair investigating an easy and
cheap method of and
buying what other persons might
have for sale.
This feature, added to our Jersey
Sale, will place the sellers and buyers
of all articles face to face.
L. F. Livingstone,
President.
AT THE COLLEGE.
The entertainment given at the
College Wednesday evening was a
pronounced success in every respect.
The attendance was large, the acting
good, the music excellent and the
interest well sustained throughout.
The exercises were opened, very
properly, with prayer. Rev Bascom
Anthony, in his characteristic earn¬
estness, asked the blessings of God
upon the exercises and that they
might prove potential for good, influ¬
encing votes for prohibition on the
nth of November.
The orchestra composed of Misses
Candler and Dozier, Prof. Dozier
» nd **»• Herbert McAfee . then re “"
dered a fine opening piece,
The song which followed, “Love,
Friendship and Song,” was well ren
dered, every 3 part v being 0 well sustain
ed.
The recitation by Miss Lula Mob
ley was one ol the most touching and
enjoyable features of the evening,
stor y 0 f “Poor House
Nan” was told with a pathos inimita
ble, and the lady sustained her well
earned reputation as an elocutionist
Q f ft nc
The tableau which followed was
reatl admired . tor . . beauty, . while ...
g T its 4
the singing was in harmony with the
touching scene. The beautiful com
p an j on songs, “Rock Me to Sleep,
Mother „ and <. Ange 0 [s wiu Rock
Thee” will occupy a more enduring , .
j niche in the memory of the many
present whose memories were harmo-
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
niously enlivened by the sweet old
melodies.
A very simple charade followed
which was well acted throughout.
Miss Dozier, as Laura, was a chap¬
ter well conceived. A lady of earn¬
est disposition, but with a character
that swerved not from the right, was
well carried out Not less praise¬
worthy was the character of Nettie,
as presented by Miss Carrie Sparks,
while that of Susie was well portray¬
ed by Miss Emmie Sparks, These
ladies all did well. Morris Hall and
Burnside, by Masters Edwin Kim¬
brough and Terril Brooks, were well
portrayed gentlemen and the acting
was very good. As a fast young
man who developed into a drunkard,
Marshall Johnston, as Fred Allen,
was true to life. The effect of the
play was'good and the girls were im¬
pressed that they should “Marry no
Man if He Drinks.”
Miss Louie Sparks sang “Carina”
well, her clear melodious voice being
I Et its
The Tableau, “Signing the Pledge”
was a beautiful picture, alone worth
the price of admission.
The song, “Come Where the Lilies
Bloom,” is a very fine musical com¬
position, and was sung with fine ef¬
fect.
* The concluding play, “The First
Glass,” was most admirably acted
throughout. Misses Lula Mobley
and Lula Barnes have both histrionic
talent of a very high order and in the
many difficult parts of this play they
did some acting worthy of profession¬
als of good standing. Herbert McA¬
fee, as a gambler, shuffled the cards
commendably, while as a drunkard
he was entirely natural. Mr. Felix
Kimbrough, in his part as Frank
West, sustained his reputation with
much credit. Maggie and Bessie, by
Misses Patsy Williams and Mamie
Cameron, were interesting characters
and the little misses filled memora
ble parts with much credit.
The closing song, “Prohibition,”
was a fitting close to an evening of
unalloyed pleasure.
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In another place will be found the
card of Mr. J. A. Walker, Out
friends will find him a pleasant man
to deal with and he has in store one
of the largest assortments of vehicles
ever seen in the city of Columbus.
His assortment will meet the taste
and requirements of any taste and his
terms will be found favorable. Call
on him when you are in search of a
vehicle of any kind.
The Columbus and Rome railroad
carried to Columbus up to last night
2,659 bales of cotton, which is only
fifty bales short of the receipts there
on the Southwestern and larger than
on any other road running into the
city.
Job Printing:.
The neatest and the best is done
at this office.
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