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THE HAMILTON WEEKLY YIKITIIR.
VOL. IL--NO. 38.
J|e Hamilton Visitor
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W. T. POOL, D. S.,
Broad Street, COLUMBUS, GA.,
Will visit Hamilton and vicinity once a
month during the summer. All calls prompt
ly attended to. Plate work and filling done
in the best and latest styles. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no charge. maj'B-Gm
2 A BUSSELL C R RUSSELL
RUSSELL & RUSSELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Will practice In all the State Courts.
J3r. T- Xj- JenXins,
HAMILTON, GA.
TIIOS. S. MITCHELL, M. D.,
Resident Physician and Surgeon,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Special attention given to Operative Sur
and treatment of Chronic Diseases.,
Terms Cash. .
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DENTIST, ■
COLUMBUS, . . GEORGIA,
Office over Chapman’s drug store, Ran
dolph st, near city terminus of N. & S. R. R.
uespecfully offers his services to the peo
ple of Harris county. ju2oly
CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE,
Bf J. T. HIGGINBOTHEM.
west point, ga
HENRY G. CAMERON,
Attorney at Law,
Hamilton, ga
Dk - J. w. CAMERON,
HAMILTON, GA.
Special attention to Midwifery. Charges
Moderate.
Sirios Dozier,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Hamilton, Georgia
" ill practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit,
? r anv where else. . All kinds of collections
pushed—either way.
Rankin house
COLUMBUS, GA.
J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Frank Golden,- Clerk.
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Bar and Billiard Saloon,
PA&ER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
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NEW GOODS.
We have in store a full and well-selected
stock of
SDnnSTG GOODS,
bought very low.
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Clothing. Crockery, Hardware, Drugs,etc.,
which we will nil at the Lowest
Prices for CASH.
A nice lot of Ladies’ and Misses’ Hats,
which we will sell very low.
Prints, best brands, 10c.
Coats’ Thread, 80c. a dozen.
Brown H imespun, 7 to 16c.
Bleached “ 7 to 20c.
Clothing.—Coats, Si to $lB.
Pants, $1.25 to $9.
All other goods as low as they 7 can he
bought in any market South.
All we ask is, Give us a call.
COWSERT & KIMBROUGH.
Hamilton, Ga., April 17, 1874—3 m
TIEF- t- mo ode,
At Van Riper’s old Stand,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Offers his services as a
X*2iotosraplier
to all wanting Pictnres from card to life size.
Old Pictures can be copied, enlarged and
colored in a satisfactory manner, in oil or
water.
Long experience and unsurpassed facilities
enable me to offer as good inducements as
any Gallery in the State. All work guaran
teed to skit customers, or no charge, at rates
as low as any. ju!3-6m
GEORGIA— Harris County.
Wm I Hudson, administrator of Lovick
Graddick, dec’d, makes application for leave
to sell the land belonging to said deceased—
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, if any they have, by the first
Monday in August next, why said applica
tion should not be- granted. Given under
my hand officially, June 16, 1874.
juniy-td J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All those indebted to the estate of John
McKay, deceased, are hereby notified to make
immediate payment; and those having claims
against said estate are requested to present
them duly authenticated within the time
prrescribcd by law.
jullO 6t THOMAS J. NEAL, Adm’r.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of John
Fattillo, deceased, are hereby notified to
make payment; and those having claims
against said estate are requested to present
them witldu the time prescribed by law.
jullO-Gt R 8. PATTILLO, Ex’r.
GEORGIA — Harris County.
Thomas J. Neal, administrator upon the
eslate of John McKay, late of said county,
deceased, applies for leas e to stll the real
es'ate belonging to said deceased —
Ali persons conceined are hereby notified
to show cause, If any they have, ty the first
Monday in August next, why said app.ica
tion should not he granted Given under
my hand and official seal, July 6, 1874.
jullO-td J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
GEORGIA— Harris County.
Whereas the estate of Philip Richardson,
late of said county, dec’d, is unrepresented,
ami not likely to he represented—
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, if any they have, by tbe first
Monday in August next, why some suitable
and proper person should not be appointed.
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HAMILTON, HARRIS 00., GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1874.
How to Get Oat of Debt
Ed. Visitor:— The above is the
subject of a Grange in Harris county
at its next meeting. None more im
portant now, inside or outside of a
Grange. The Bible says, “ Owe no
man anything.” We are then au
thorized to say it is sinful to get in
debt. But, sin or no sin, we are in,
we farmers are. The thing now is to
get out. We sin and are under con
demnation. The Scriptures tell us
how to get from under it—by “re
pentance and faith.” What is re
pentance ? It is sorrow, and tufning
away from the cause of that sorrow.
What is faith ? It is simple belief,
backed up by action, and without the
latter is nothing worth. This action
is “the substance of things hoped
for.” Bringing the faith and action
together produces “ substance. ” Di
vide them, and the one will not carry
to heaven, nor the other keep out of
the other place. Faith is hut the in
spiration of an act, whether good or
bad: “As you believe, so he it unto
you.”
Now, what we need is repentance
and faith—sorrow (most of us repent
that far) for past sins and errors, and
a turning away from them; and faith
to inspire the act of turning to reach
the end sought: liberty from debt, or
“ owe no man.”
Let us review a little, to see how
we became sinners, and whether we
be indeed; for men will hardly be
lieve and move unless they find they
are bad off and about to be damned—
sold out or perish.
When the war ended, we had about
grounded all our arms—offensive, de
fensive and support. Some had old
land; some none at all. Some had
stock; some none. Most of us hadn’t
a cent of money worth a value, and
not much of anything else—blankets,
crockery, pottery, clothing, corn or
cotton — and scant in everything. We
began to feel want, and to purchase,
and on credit, and on any demanded
terms of 50 and 100 per cent. We
took into partnership (God pardon
the humiliation) the negroes, and for
them took all risks and responsibility
with the creditors, and plunged head
long with “cotton on the brain.”
Some went down soon. Some held
up in staggering persistence, inching
on by shifts from year to year, by
liens and mortgages, from creditor to
creditor, paying a per cent for credit
double and quadruple what a reason
able estimate would have allowed our
incomes, leaving out the estimates we
should have made on our capital em
ployed, our implements of husbandry,
our wagons, stock, land, fencing,
buildings, to cover their waste, de
cline and casualty.
Our speed to ruin was checked for
three or four years by the high price
of cotton; but now it is on us, and
the wreck all around us, and a forced
account would transfer property by
the million—perhaps the half of Geor
gia’s property value.
We expected to get off of old,
worn lands, bereft of their virgin
strength, by the same methods of
shallow culture and long intervals —
by 20 acres per hand and 40 per
mule, and by free and licentious la-,
bor—what we used to do when, fresh
from the shade, our land gave us its
bounty, and Soudan Sam and Tim
buctoo Bill went fishing, hunting, and
to distracted meetings, as we per
mitted.
The hand declined i, the corn k
and and, of course, the mule pro
rata. We forgot, also, that we were
out all tbe difference between the
wages we pay now and the clothing,
doctors’ bills and taxes we then paid
only. We forget, also, that we are
now paying $7.30 on $1,600 worth of
property, when we used to pay only
$1.25, and, I think, at one time, only
$1.07. This was and is for State tax.
Put on for county, and yon have it
now just sls, and then Only $2.50, or
s2.l4—and a proposal ahead for $3
per head for poll.
We also pay the church as much,
and more, than we used to, when we
are not’ worth one-half what we then
were. But we had the preacher at
the starving point then, and we could
not do less now. But, for all that,
this is the showing. This last is vol
untary, and conscience money be
tween the giver and God; and I may
not, dare not, class it with others,
but, as I said, to make out the show
ing. God has to do with this.
The truth is, we have been quite
foolish and sinful of ourselves, and
been greatly pressed on. But I must
quit of this, or Bonlly will cut mo
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Now for the repentance and faith.
Hold on, Boully, and let me tell it.
The writer found himself in debt
last Christmas. He told his wife.
He has spent for clothing since but
$2.55, and his wife about $5. That
is one hint of repentance and faith.
God gave the man a wife as a help
meet. Yes, to help a fellow to meet
difficulties; to make old clothes wear
longer; darn, mend, patch, turn, shift;
to make victuals go further; multiply
dishes out of the same weight and
measure.
Some say I drink too much coffee,
and smoke too much. But of that
anon.
economize. What is econo
my ?' 2t is a knowledge of our moans
ani* r %e best method of employing
them. " Saving is only a branch of
economy. The miser saves, but does
not reproduce. Economy teaches to
make one value produce another.
The miser doesn’t lose anything, but
doesn’t gain on his first earning. He
merely stops value. The spendthrift
is less of a hindrance to reproduction
than the miser. Though he consumes
his values obtained, those exchanged
to others may fall, and do, more
quickly, into more productive hands.
Reproduction from the miser has to
wait till he’s dead.
We have been the spendthrifts.
We have spent more than we have
produced. Our values reproduced
haven’t equaled the values invested.
These values are not lost, but exist in
the shape of debts transferred to
other hands—to the Northwest and
North, They have prospered, and
we have impoverished. In other
words, the difference between our
incomes and pur outlays is just the
amount of our indebtedness,—inter
est added, and adding.
The thing is, just to come back, or
go back, inside of our income, and
so far as to leave a large margin for
profits. At the beginning of the
year, let us and our wives, two and
two, hold a meeting, and estimate
our probabilities and possibilities—
oiSP probabilities of 20 bales of cotton,
and 500 bushels corn, and set down,
to go by, 10 or 12 bales and 300 bush
els corn; and, estimated price of cot
ton 14c., put down at B£c. —exactly
what it cost you to make it in Harris,
at 600 lbs. seed per acre.
Buy not for fancy, but for use;
not on impulse or whim, but of
weighed necessity. Not because
cheap, but useful. Don’t buy finery.
The rich may, but you cannot. Imi
tation has ruined thousands. The
rich can have China. You go gran
ite. These are the times Solomon
saw, when he “ saw princes walking
and servants on horseback.”
Come into your income. Reduce
your acreage and stock. Reduce
your laborers, or change their terms.
Improve your acreage. Change your
culture, and rent for stated amount
of full weight, measure, or money.
Aboiish the pro rata system. Break
feast by sunrise, or sooner. Dine at
ll£, rest one or two hours, as by the
season. Sieep half hour; Work and
he busy till dark. Keep away from
depots, stores, towns, cities, and
courts. Pray 1,460 times, at least,
in a year. Go to church every Sun
day, if possible, and behave decently.
Love your wives, and tell the truth
always.
" Boully, I’m not half done. I have
a notion of getting your entire sheet
for a week. You see, I have been
hurried in this, and had to crowd it.
Old Farm hr.
Time for Holding Elections.
FOB THE LEGISLATURE.
The election for members of the
legislature will be held on the first
Wednesday, the 7th of October.
70S CONGRESS,
The election for members of con
gress will be held on Tuesday aftei
the first Monday, the 3d day of No
vember,
FOR COUNTY OFFICERS.
The election for county officers will
be held on tbe first Wednesday, the
6lh of January.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF POLLS.
The polls will open at the court
house at 7 in the morning, and close
at oin the evening; and at the pre
cincts at 8 in tbe morning, and close
at 3 in the evening.
GF* The Home Journal announces
the discovery of an alligator’s nest in
Houston county, and says nests have
been found there with over 100 eggs.
The negroes say each egg hatches
two alligators.
felT What is the key note of good
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Howto Discourage Your Minister.
1. Hear him, now and then. Drop
in a little late. Do not sing; do not
find the text in your Bibles. If you
take a little sleep during the sermon
so much the better.
2. Notice carefully any slip he
makes while you are awake; poiqt
out the dull portions to your chil
dren and friends; it will come round
to him.
3. Censure his efforts at usefulness;
deplore his want of common sense;
let him know that you won’t help
him, because you did not stSrt the
plan yourself.
4. Let him know the follies and
sins of his hearers. Show him how
much he overrates them, and tell
him their adverse criticism on him
self.
5. Tell him when he calls; wlittt a
stranger he is; how his predecessor
used to drop iu for half an hour’s
chat, and how you liked him.
6. Never attend the prayer-meet
ings; frequent no special service.
Why should you be righteous over
much ?
7. Occasionally got up a little
gaiety for the young folks. This
will be found very effectual about
the common season, “ there is a time
to dance.”
8. Give him no intimation when
you are ili; of course he should know,
and your offended dignity, when he
comes to see you, will render his
visit pleasant. On np account inti
mate your recovery.
9. Require Lira to swell the pomp
of every important occasion, unless,
indeed, there are prudential reasons
for passing him over.
10. If he is always in his own pul
pit, clamor for a stranger; if he has
public duties and sometimes goes
abroad, complain that he ia never at
home.
11. Keep down his income. Easy
means are a sure temptation and
fullness of bread is bad for every one
but the laity.
12. As he will find it hard to be
always running around, or among
the people, and always well prepared
for pulpit and platform, you will be
sure to have just cause for complaint
one way or the other. Tell it to
every one and then lament that there
is so general dissatisfaction with him.
A Striking Illustration.
A company of individuals united
themselves together in a mutual ben
efit society. The blacksmith conics
and says—
“ Gentlemen, I wish to become a
member of your association.”
“ Well, what can you do? ”
“ Oh, I can shoe your horses, iron
your carriages, and make all kinds of
implements.”
“Very well, come in, Mr. Black
smith.”
The mason applies for admission
into the society.
“ And what can yon do, sir ? ”
“O, I can build your barns and
houses, stables and bridges.”
“ Very well, come in—we Can’t do
without you.”
Along comes the shoemaker, and
says—
“ I wish to become a member of
your society.”
“ Well, what can you do? "
“ I can make boots and shoes for
yon.”
“ Como in, Mr. Shoemaker, wc must
have you.”
So, in turn, applied all the differ
ent trades and professions, till lastly
an individual comes and wants to be
come a member.
“ What are you ? ”
“lama rumseller.”
“ A rumseller! And what can you
do?”
“ I can build jails, and prisons and
poor-houses.”
“ Arid is that all ? ”
“No; I can fill them; I can fill
your jails with criminals, your pris
ons with convicts, and your poor
houses with paupers.”
“And what else can you do ? ”
“ I can bring the gray hairs of tbe
aged to the grave with sorrow, I can
i break the heart of the wife, and blast
the prospect of the friends of talent,
and fill your land with more than tbe
plagues of Egypt.”
“ Is that all you can do ? ”
“ Good heavens! ” cries the rnm
seller, “ Is not that enough ? ”
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BST Leisure is sweet to those who
have earned it, hut burdensome to
those who get it for nothing,
Wc open tho hearts of others
$2.00 A YEAR.
WIT and HUMOR;
“ Death is a sad thing,” remarked
a Schenectady Woman, as she stood
beside an open grave. “Yes, poof
thing,” replied another “how he did
like to sit down to a good biled din
ner where the pork was just right.”
The only thing that it bothers a
grasshopper to swallow is a four
legged table. A well developed hop
per can worry it down, but the legA
tickle his throats
A party of young men were out
serenading a few nights since. They
sat on the pavement, which had been
recently paved with a tar solution.
Next morning the rear of six pair
of pants dotted the walk, and music
is heard no more around that cottage;
The editor of a country paper
having received a bank-note detector,
returns thanks, hd modestly asks
for some bank-notes upon which t<s
test its accuraoy.
Some time ago a farmer in Vir
ginia lost his wife and out of love for
her memory called his estate “ Glcn
mary.” A neighbor having met
with the same affliction, and equally
desirous of keeping before him the
image of his dear departed, followed
his example, and his farm is known
by the name of “ Glenbetfiy.”
A Wilksbarre rat met with a sin
gular death the other day. He en
tered a kitchen and went to a bas
ket of clams. Selecting one be started
to take it off. The clam shut down
on him, and he sqnealed, whereupon
the cook came and slew the unfortu
nate rodent with a champagne bottle.
The difference between persever
ance and obstinacy, is that one often
comes from a strong wjll, and the
other from a strong won’t.
It is nothing fdr Arizona girls to
own 6,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep;
but pause, young man. She stumps
around bare-footed, Bpits throtigh her
teeth, and plays a “lone” hand of
euchre.
A noted hunter of Sotith Beni
fears that he has been the victim of a
“ sell.” He has a gun that soatters
shot badly, so that it is not of much
account. A while ago, he saw an
advertisement In a city paper offer
ing to send information whereby such
“scattering” of shot could be effec
tually prevented, on receipt of fifty
cents. He sent )he money, and in
due time was informed that to pre
vent his gun from “ scattering,” he
should “ put in only one shot.”
“What are you writing such tC
big hand for/ Pat?” “Why, you
see my grandmother is dafe, and I’M
writing a loud letter to her.”
A parting at a Chicago railroad
depot: “Do not forget me or cease
to love me,” murmured the husband.
“Never, never,” sobbed the wife,"
and she pulled out her handkerchief
and tied a knot in it, that she might
remember.
A country boy, having beard of
sailors heaving up anchors, wanted
to know if it was sea-sickness that
made them do it.
" O'*
“Pat, do you understand French ? 11
“ Yiss, if it's spoke in Irish.”
Advertising for a wife is about a#
absurd as getting measured for an
umbrella.
Moses, of Carolina, having
been spoken of as a gambler, the
Providence Press says it always had
a suspicion that, like Moses of old, he
was brought up by one of the Far®
family. . .
At High Falls, Netf York, thd
other day, a young lady, while cross
ing a field, iknocked down by a
ram, and the next time the damaged
dartfsel saw her lover she informed
that astonished youth that he might
.go about about his business, as eh#
was disgusted with the sex.
Somebody advertises a preparation
for keeping a lady’s hands free
from ehaps. A report ihat sbri has'
no money would do the same thing.
A Kansas lady writing of a grass
hopper visitation in Marshal county,
says: “Next day the cornfields
looked like plantations of bayonets.
They ate tho tops of vegetables, then
the root, leaving a hole in the ground.
In the absence of other frnit, we had
counting greatly on tho peaches i
the trees are stripped, only tbe stone#
left hanging on by tile stems.
“Well, papa,” aa'd little Tommy,
running into the house one day. “ I
like to have sold my pig jhst now I ”
“ Why, bow’s that, my son ? ”
“Well, I asked a man if he didn’t
want to buy him and he said “ No;”
if he’d just said “Yes,” I would have'
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