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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF HARRIS COUNTY.
VOL. XIII.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
.Senator Leland Stanford has en
dowed a university in California with
a property valued at $4,000,000.
The world is said to get along
with 190,000 physicians, it was this
fact perhaps that caused grandpa
Hurst to prophesy its end for year
after next.
Hancock went for prohibition by
85 majority last Wednesday. At the
previous election a large majority
was polled for whiskey. Harris is
going to follow this good example.
Smallpox is still prevalent at Mon¬
treal, Canada, 235 deaths having oc¬
curred in the city last week and 304
the week previous. Saturday 42 new
cases were reported, 40 of which
were verified.
It is said that not a white man has
pronounced for prohibition in Stew
art county. It is estimated that not
less than two thirds of the white
vote of Harris was for prohibition
last Wednesday.
A Jasiei county farmer has resi¬
ded at one place for the past seven ty
seven years. He was living there
when the red man foamed at large
over the hills of Harris, and about
fifteen years before the first white
settlement was made in this county.
The esteemed Savannah Local is
not pleased to be addressed as the
Penny Local, out of which it has
grown. Our good brother is a Sun¬
day School Superintendent and we
si gg on
the text. “Forget not the day of
small things.”
C* P. Huntington and Jay Gould
have each contributed $5,000
to the sufferers by the Galveston fire
and contributions have been tendered
from every source. The Springfield
Eire and Marine Insurance Compa¬
ny of Massachusetts, has contributed
$1,000 and ordered its losses paid at
once.
The registry lists of Atlanta show
upwards of 7,000 names, which' indi¬
cate the largest vote on the prohibi¬
tion question ever polled registrars in the coun¬ of
ty of Fulton. The are
the opinion that the colored vote
determine the election, as the whites
are j about equally divided. The pro
m bitionists nave certainly developed
the most enthusiasm, and if they are
only as strong as they are confident,
they must win.
One of the most terrible fires on
record occurred at Galveston last
Friday morning. The wind was blow¬
ing a gale when a foundry caught
fire. The building was wooden and
the sparks from it were scattered
over a large area so that in a very
short time a large number of dwell
mgs were on fire. The fire depart
nient was almost powerless with the
wind blowing sixty miles an hour,
and the fire fiend mowed a path four
blocks wide through the town a
distance of about sixteen blocks, de¬
stroying hundreds of dwellings, and
leaving hundreds of people homeless.
The loss is estimated at $2,500,000.
with about $1,000,00.0 insurance.
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
LET US ORGANIZE.
The defeat ol prohibition last week
was clearly because of a want of or
ganization among the prohibitionists,
In that part of the county in which
' [he question was presented in its
proper light, the vote last AY cdnesday
was practically unanimous for pro
hibition. In that part of the county
ih which but little canvassing was
done, the vote was just as much the
other way.
Then of the legal votes cast there
\ as a clear majority, in the opinion
of many who investigated the returns,
in favor of prohibition, but two causes
prevented a contest. First, on the
day the returns were consolidated,
outside of the managers of the elec¬
tion, there was not a prohibition in
town from any district in the county
outside of Hamilton. This ought
not to have been so. Every man in
the county opposed to the iniquitons
traffic ought to have been here or
delegated a good neighbor to act for
him. With a proper organization we
can remedy this next time, The
second reason for abolishing a ccn
test, although the men who ought to
have been here to counsel and advise
in the matter were absent, was the
informality of the returns from two
districts considered necessary to the
prohibition side. With a prohibition
club in each of these districts the re¬
turns from them would have borne
the closest legal scrutiny.
Tt may seem to some that organ¬
izing now, is very much like locking
the door after the steed is stolen, but
it must be remembered that the ene¬
my we fight is the wiliest foe of the
human lace. That he sleeps not,but
does his dirtiest work when honest
men are in bed. It is best to keep
perpetually organized against such a
foe and now, while the subject is
clearly before us, it is better for us to
act. “The* gods help those who
help themselves.”
CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
This is rather early to commence
writing about Christinas, but is better
to be in time oi ahead of time, if you
please, than behind time. As only
five weeks' intervene between
now and the happy occasion, it may
not be amiss to tell our readers
where they may purchase the many
good eatables which the very word
Christmas suggests.
It was our pleasure last week to
go through the stock oi Mr. I. L.
Pollard, in the city of Columbus, and
after seeing all the good things he
has, ’ we must fully agree with hitn,
excellence „ and i .
that for variety . it
cannot be excelled south of Baiti
more. It embraces all the better
f grade of goods, and such is the repu
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keeping a complete assortment of
NOVEMBER 17, 1885.
groceries, that when you call on an
other house in the city for an article
they 3 have not, they generally say “If
you don't find it at Pollard’s, I don’t
suppose you’ll find it in town.”
The stock is not only full and
complete, but it is fresh, Whatever
you find here you may know is good.
Pollard buys only that which is good
and sells only to a trade that demands
honest goods. The numerous adult
erated articles upon the market, find
no friend in him. Everything is now
cheap enough tor people to avoid
adulterations and by patronizing Pol
lard they may know they are doing
this.
By enterprise, honesty and liberal
ity Mr. Pollard has built up a large
trade. Among our readers he has
many pitrons, who buy their grocer
ies of nobody else, confident that the
merchant who fairly represents every
article as it is, is the one who is most
apt to be content with a fair profit.
They know that he can handle gro
ceries profitably with all his facilities
on as small a margin as any grocer
in Columbus, and that he does it.
With them, as with another class al
luded to it’s “If you don’t find what
you want at Pollard’s, you’ll hardly
find it in Columbus.”
CHIPLEY NOTES.
Business was very dull last week, j
The election passed off very quiet
iy.
Mr. Tom Hogan was m town Sat
urday.
Dr. Sam Pittman, of LaGrange,
was in town last week.
Mr. A. S. Elhat, of West Point,
was in town last week.
Mr. Jim McClue, of LaGrange was
in town Saturday on business.
M,»s .vlary x Moss . . sullimprovrag ... . .
is
We 1,01* to see her gam her wonted
heallh soon -
Judge AlletT and his daughter are
stopping at this place now. They
will make Chipley their permanent
home.
Dr. Stapleton, who has been col
lecting for the firm of Stapleton
who did business here last year, has
gone to his home in Webster county.
He will move to this pla.ee at an early
date, where he will continue to follow
his profession.
The Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation met at the church at 3 p. in.
Sunday. Every one is cordially in
vited to attend. This is a splendid
work. And we hope that our young
men will take hold earnestly in order
that it be a success.
We were defeated, but not bad.
how was jt done? We are glad
to extend abroad that it was not the
moral men of this county that did it.
Although, we lost it this time we will
make a desperate fight in January,
g ut t j icre j s one thing that is cut and
dried, Chipley will be dry. She will
elect cotmcilmen who v/ill tax the
liq uor mea so that * hc >’ can>t afford
to sell. Will Hamilton do the same?
j jC t nc ither Hamilton nor Chipley be
afraid of each other. But vie with
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IM ADVANCE.
each other in good works, prohibi- If we
can g et out these two places
tion will prevail, as under the pres
ent law it is impossible to build a
little hell in the country. The devil
has whipped us in this race, now let
us turn and whip him. There are
many ways by which he can be over¬
powered !
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. L. C. Avery, of Chipley, was
in the city Sunday,
The weather is lovely and bracing,
It infuses new life into sluggish blood,
Messrs Charlie Harris and 1 om
? ^ ts ’ ^ aver b r spent Sunt ay
The merry chime of wedding bells
will be heard before the advent of
Xmas,
Prof. Dozier is preparing to close
the fall term with appropriate exer
cises at the college,
Mr. R. G. Hooten and his bride,
of Chipley, attended preaching at the
Baptist church here Sunday.
Rev. Bascom Anthony will fill his
last appointment at the Methodist
c h urc h next Saturday and Sunday.
A g00( j s j ze j box, filled with
“sweets to the sweet” came up from
Columbus the other day. It looks
suspicious, and where so much is
given it presumed there is a return.
There was an old citizen of Harris
county in Dr. Mitchell’s office yester¬
day who will be seventy-five years
old the 25th, inst., and who is one of
our most substantsl and wealthy citi¬
zens, too, who has worn only home
made socks or gloves for lorty-five
years.
A festival will be given at Waverly
HaU ncxt Fri day night for the pur¬
pose of raising money to paint the
Methodist church. Admission to the
hall will be twenty-five cents, and
that pays for the elegant supper pro
vided and served by the ladies. It
vv ’^ determined by vote which
one ^ die conl estant selected to r*m
for the most popular young lady will
wj lt ^(doubtless be a very /
, eas4nt occasion . Quite a numb r
will attend from this place.
Mr. Judson McCants returned Sat¬
urday from a pleasant ten days’ visit
to Florida. He has not disposed of
his interests there, but the health of
|fi s w jf e w jn no t admit of their resi
( lence there this winter. He says
t h at the volume of travel to Florida
i s unprecedented and almost incon
ceivable. The orange crop is very
fi ne and oranges can be bought ‘in
t he groves at $1.00 a box, ready for
shipment, a box averaging about 200
oranges. He has our thanks for
some very fine lemons,
The Juvenile Missionary Society
held one 0 p their social meetings *at
the residence of Dr. Barnes Friday
night. The exercises were interest
; ing and enjoyable to all present. The
■ society resolved to take a half share
in the Laura Haygood School Fund,
To raise the required $5.00 they dc
cide.l to make a crazy quilt and give
any one the privilege for 15 cents of
having his or her name painted on if.
Ail who desire to assist the you; g
people in this work and contribute
th f ir to Miss Haygood’s en;er
\ prise will ere long have the opportc
nity of having their names recorded
on this piece of fancy patchwork.
NO. 51.