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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL «
PUBLISHED ,SEMI - WEE5 Y.
VOL. XIII.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
If all the boys who knew Atlanta
would go dry had voted the dry (tick¬
et at our recent election here, the
result would have been different.
The Atlanta Capitol of Monday
was the.most remarkable and credit
able edition of any daily newspaper
of its age ever published in Georgia.
The jury in the David Dixon will
case, after being out two hours, de¬
cided in favor of sustaining the will.
The case will be carried up to the
supreme :ourt.
Fulton gave Licentiousness a black
eye Wednesday, although she was
masquerading as Liberty. The Gate
City has long been noted for her de¬
tective force.
The cotton receipts of Columbus
are about 5,000 bales ahead of those
for the corresponding date cf last sea¬
son. The Columbus & Rome lias
carried upwards of 9,000 bales to the
city since Sept. 1st.
Henry Ward Beecher, in a speech
recently at a free trade meeting, al
luded to the fact that among other
things Americans exported their re¬
ligion. Perhaps if our uncle Henry
will follow this clue he will find what
he is thought to have lost.
King Alfonso, of Spain, died last
Wednesday morning andJus wife has
been appointed regent. The poor
fellow has been one of the unenvied
kings of this world. Let us hope he
has exchanged his crown for a bright¬
er one in that realm where the pres.;
censor is unknown.
The exclamation of Job, ”0 that
my enemy would write a book,” is
liable to be superceded by the more had
modern one, “O that my father
written a book.” The Grants ex¬
pect $400,000 from the first and
$700,000 from the second volume of
the General’s memoirs.
The Talbotton New Era will sup
port a Meriwether county man for
congress from this district next fall.
Brother Revill, of the Vindicator, in¬
timated to us recently, that, in case
he failed in his gubernatorial aspira¬
tions, he might be a congressional
aspirant himself. But in the bright
lexicon of youth—-and country edit
ors—there is no such word as ‘fale.’
The Atlanta Constitution in its re¬
ports of the great prohibition battle
of Atlanta, both of the eve of the
battle and the battle itself, surpassed
anything ever accomplished in south
ern journalism, and equalled any¬
thing of the kind we have ever seen,
not excepting the New York Sun’s
brilliant report of the recent yacht
contest
^
The election in Atlanta Wednes
day passed off quietly, although pre- hot
senting many chaiacteristics and
lv contested. At the two voting pla
ces in the city the line of men await
me th-ir turn to vote was frequently
a hundred yards or more in length,
The vote in the county stood, at the
dose of the polls, with a majority of
for prohibition. And this
always be the result, with the people
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
properly informed, when the question
of barrooms or no barrooms is pre¬
sented.
The Georgia Midland is still being
talked about. A mass meeting of
the people of Stearnsville was udver
tised for yesterday and a special to
the Enquirer from Griffin states that
the subscription notes there are being
signed up. Since the management
nf the C. & R. roa 1 has determined
not to extend it, the managers of the
Midland might now be able to get a
very liberal subscription from Atlanta.
Our hearts have been saddened
this week by news from our native
county, Harris. She has turned her
back on prohibition and voted for
whiskey—but a few months ago, the
papers of the State were cepymg from
the Journal, the official organ of
Harris, an account of how three young
men from respectable families bad
made demons of themselves with
whiskey, and under cover ot night
committed deeds w’hich forever dis
graced them and made them aliens
from home and friends. And yet
Harris has decided to keep within
her borders the vile agent which ruins
their men and desolates the homes
of her daughters. The Journal made
a brave fight in the cause, and we da
not despair of yet seeing prohibition
prevail, where there is such an advo¬
cate for it.—Arlington Cor. Leary
Courier.
Vice-President Hendricks died
very suddenly at his residence in In
dianapolis Wednesday afternoon about
four o’clock, of paralysis. He was in
his usual health, apparently, the day
before and on Tuesday evening at
tended a reception with his wife at
the residence of a friend returning
home about midnight. He felt chill
ed by the exposure and did not sleep
well. His physician was called in
the morning and relieved him of pain.
Tust before noon he had a relapse
and the physician was again called,
when after being bled and taking the
usual remedies he expressed himself
better. He remained in all the af
ternoon, occasionally rising from his
bed, to which he was obliged to re
turn by recurrences of pains in his
stomach. About half past three Mrs
Hendricks left the room to see a call
er er, Ira.vine' leaving his nis neohew nepnew in the me room iuui
with him. When she returned an
i hour later, h* he was m 9 c dead, the the dissolu- di
tion having been so quiet that h.s
uponMs placid 1 features*' seemedTto
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rest in peace.
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WAYSIDE MUSINGS.
The printer made me say last week
that the facilities of the Journal of
fice were unexcelled by any weekly
paper in the state. It should have
been country weekly
-
But with the best facilities the pa
per frequently goes to press with no
mention of half a dozen items of in
terest on our note book, and your
average reader is unwilling to give
you credit for the doaen items of news
you have of which he had not heard,
if he fails to find in your columns the
one of which he had heard.
HAMILTON, GA„ NOVEMBER 2 f-t /> 1885.
Considering the multiplicity of
cares upon the country editor the
wonder is that a country newspaper is
hall as good as it is. The editor of
the Journal is not less foitunately
situated than the many c thers and
yet he is mighty hard some*
times to keep things moving smooth
ly. This page has been written, for
instance, while he has been trying to
frame an excuse for au expected cali
er who has a little bill for hauling
wood.
He has come—the wood hauler—
and having agreed to wait until next
Tuesday for his money,! will now en
deavor to give the uninitiated an idea
of what the country editjr does—or
might to do. In tfie first place he
must keep a subscription account
with every one of several hundred
subscribers, so that he will never dun
one w ' 10 not arrears, and always
l° ok as ^ he was thinking about it
w hen he meets one who is in arrears,
must with l°. ok advertisers a ^ cr nearly and as many keep
accounts
the run work, and see that
f ack card has the right number of
insertions and that it occupies every
week the proper position—if special
position is contracted for. He must
look after proper changes in these
ads. and look after the advertisers
when the contract is up He must
attend all public meetings and report
with equal justice all the speakers or
actors. The proper purchases tau»t
be made for materials and payment
made at proper time. The estimates
f° r j°b work, for advertising and for
an y special work must be made by
^ lm - must rca( * tk| e papers and
kee P U P with the news of the day, so
can fP ve fP st ot a 3 ° zen
columns of foreign news in as many
hncs and all the nome news in a doz
en paragraphs. A starchy leader is
expected of him every week to give
tone to the paper and all the happen -1
in gs of the county must be faithfully
chronicled. But these are only a few
of the thin S s he rnust look aflcr his
spare moments, for he is usually corn
pelled to do the work of a journey
printer, to solicit every man in
the county to take his home paper j
P a P er a - advertising medium to ; !
every possible advertiser within Us
territory. *1 hen, during his idle mo
ments he must entertain visUors, look
after fh the wife Y and nd children, child and . j make
himself sociable. Vet nine men out
think TNne is nothing so easv
all, for the same money i’must con
There is something about seeing ones
name or ideas in print that is quite
pleasant. ‘
LOCAL POINTS.
1)0 not Mj* 1 the meeting of the
Temperance -nion tonight at the
residence of Dr. Barnes.
The temperance banner now floats
°'er Fulton county, and before many
moons shall wane we believe it will
wave let every over man this, and j “J hoy the. in mean the county time,
attend some temperance meeting,sign
the total abstinence pier ge, and re
solve to lead moral, temperate lives
1 >e cotton house on Mr J. H. C.
Farr s place was discovered on fire
about four o'clock on Wednesday
morning. There were twelve bales
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stored m it, and only four were res
c ac# Horn the flames. The cotton
j was of the Mr. property Farr’s of Mr. Jno. and Bussey,
one tenants, as
there was no insurance, the loss falls
very heavily on him.
Last niaht rt* he dwellii house of
Mr. James Clark, about six miles
frwi Hamilton, on the Talbotton
road, was destroyed by lire. From a
o o morning
am a is
unknown. It occurred soon after
Mr. Clark and family had retired for
the night. Our informant thinks most
of the furniture was saved. The house
was a handsome two-storied structure
upon a commanding eminence, and
made a blaze that attracted attention
for miles around. It was observed
by several citizens in Hamilton, It
is understood here that Mr. Claric
had $r ooo insurance. We hope this
k true,
The strict rules of the college are
suspended once a month and the pu
piis are permitted one evening of so
cial enjoyment. Music and innocent
games, such as delight childhood,
constitute the amusements of the
evening. Prof Dozier usually attends
and while encircling the young people
with his own watchful care, contrj
butes also to their enjoyment. This
break in the dull monotony of school
life does not only make them happy,
but it is educating in a social way.
Awkwardness, and the rough edges
.of character are worn off, manners
and conversational powers are im
proved, and they are gradually pre
pared for refined social intercourse
at maturity. The entertainment at
Mr. C. H. Cook’s last Friday even
ing was one of their monthly socia
hies. In our account of it in a form
er issue, we left the impression that
it was given in honor of little Bertie’s
birthday. Such was not the case,
but as it was Bertie’s fourth anniver
sary, their selection of Mr. Cook’s
residence was a fortunate occurrence,
as it was a happy close to her birth
day, a "d a delightful evening to all.
PERSONAL.
Little Vesta Lovelace has been
Tuch MrTs£ better 1 ’
BUcbnon visited her
week ’ wh0 reported re P orted to to
DC ™ r ~
Mr. van a Marcus Marcus, of oi A poiumous, olumbus
came up * Wednesday on bjsiness.
l Mics ll ‘ Miltie lllIie nmnasieiurnea HiL has returned home nome
^ _ , her Mrs. John
rom a vlslt to sister,
Grant, of Columbus.
w “in Wlay ° f C °' UmbUS ’
re g’stered at the hotel Wednesday.
^. r * ^ yesterday. Garrett, of Columbus,
was in town
Willie Jones is still improving, and
will probably soon be able to return
to school.
Tired and Languid Women,
How many women there arc of whom
these words are true: ‘’They feel
languid and tired, hardly able to bear
the.r weight on their feet, the bloom
all gone from their cheeks, irratable
and cross without meaning to be,
nerves all upset worried with the
chi.dren, fretted over little things, a
burden to themself and yet with no
acute rhsease. What a pity it is.
But a few bottles of Parkeds Tome
will dnveall this way, and relieve
the troubles peculiar to their sex.
NO. 54.