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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL. P PUBLISHED lY. VOL. XIII. EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. Carlisle it is thought will be elected speaker without opposition. YVe hope this means tariff reform, and a heap of it. Logan and Sherman are the con testants for the presidency of the .senate, with the chances in favor ol Edmunds as the dark horse. The Central railroad directors at their meeting in Savannah yesterday declared a dividend of two per cent, upon the earnings of the road for the past six L.^.iths. The Meriwether Vindicator has not been received at this office for two weeks. It takes brother Revill a long while to recover from his thanksgiving dinner. The steamer Ellis, plying the river between Columbus and Wednesday, Appalachi cola, sank on an up trip The at a point below Chattahoochee. particulars have not been learned. The Columbus & Rgme road is the best feeder Columbus has. It has carried 10,069 bales of cotton tc the city this season—-just two thirds of what all the other railroads running into the city have done. In Muscogee Superior Court Tues¬ day a verdict for $5,000 was render¬ ed against tire C. & R- railroad, m favor of Fer&urson, the father of the little girl who was hurt on the turn¬ table of the road some months ago. Judge McCay, of the United States district court has temporarily enjoined the Ordinary ot Fulton from declar¬ ing the vote on the prohibition elec¬ tion and will hear final argument next Tuesday for a perpetual injunction. Julius L. Brown, Albert Cox, Hon. Willis Hawkins and other prominent lawyers appear for the bar keepers. Col. Tom C. Howard, who during the administration of Governor Col¬ quitt, was the secretary of the cliiet executive, has resigned his agricultural position in the office of the state department, which he has held for several years, for the purpose of ac¬ cepting the position of secretary to Senator Colquitt, and will leave for Washington in a few days. Capt. John W. Murphey has been appoint¬ ed to succeed Colonel Howard.—At¬ lanta Constitution. The appointment of Mr. James I. Giddings to be postmaster at Tal¬ botton, is one of the best that could have been made. He is a Christian gentleman whom to know is to love, with a fine business training that will enable him to make a model officer. Under the fine ability of Bose Be thune the office has been brought up to a very high standard of excellence which will be maintained under the new incumbent. Hon. H. R. Harris pas done himself credit in this ap v pointment. ■— The Atlanta prohibitionists have faith in Atlanta’s future and turned a meeting last week into a citizen’s meeting and made liberal subscrip tionstothe Georgia Midland. A call was made for anothet meeting Monday night but it was postponed JOSEPH L. DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. upon the receipt of information from President Jordan stating that the Midland directors were not now in a position 10 consider a proposition terminus. to make Atlanta the northern The Constitution says that fifty thou*;, and dollars was practically raised. It is our opinion that if the road is built A.lanta will be the terminus. “The Journal is a better newspa per than any ot these country papers aroun( j here,” commented an admirer at p 0St 0 ffi cc Tuesday evening as he waited for the mail. “It’s better t han the West Point, the LaGrange, the Greenville or the Talbotton pa pers, but I’m sorter by it like Alf. Teel was by his old 'oman. There was several gals m the Teel family— Alf married a Teel—and he used to say, when he was about half boozy: * I married the flower of the flock,but I didn’t do great shakes at that. t )} no And our friend quietly folded hjs re¬ ceipt for a year’s subscription to the WeeklyConsitution,as the boys smiled. At the recent session of the North Georgia Conference the following ap¬ pointments were made for the La Grange District: J. F. Mixon, pre¬ siding elder; LaGrange, George E. Gardner; West Point, A.\V.Williams; Troup circuit, W P. Sweet; Houston, R. W. Rogers; Hogansviile, D. D. Cox; Whitesville, W. T. Bell; Green¬ ville and Trinity,W. P. Rivers ;North Meriwether circuit, W. J. Wood; Meriwether, S. D. Clements; Grant ville, H. S. Bradley; Franklin, W. D. Heath ; Burden, J. N. Myers; Roop ville, W. W. Braswell, to be supplied by W. T< Davenport; missionary to China, Y. G. Allen; LaGrange Fe¬ male College, P. A. Head, professor. “ Half the men in the world,” says the New York Herald, “are broken down with dyspepsia and the other half are broken up with rheumatism. The women who are not supposed to have any muscles, indulge in the lux¬ uries of sick headache and neuralgia. A half hour’s vigorous exercise in the morning before the business ot the day begins, a brisk walk of a dozen miles, would sweeten the temper and make life worth living. Such is our physical condition however, that if you should turn the gentlemen of Wall Streetinto a gymnasium for an hour’s torture with the paralell bars and fifty pound dumb bells and the inspiring trapeze, you would have to pick them up from the floor like chestnuts under a tree after a gale of wind. Our clerks and their employers also, after a three hour’s trot on a hard road, with a leap here and there over a fence or ditch, would have to be brought home in furniture wagons and a large propor tion of them deposited at the under taker’s.” WAYSIDE MUSINGS. With the cry of hard times that comes from every quarter of the globe almost, the man who finds himself in «!"» \ sl « h, 'y bet,er conduion finan cially than he was last Christmas ought to be content. The trouble is few are in as good a condition, and it arises from the fact that few were con tent to work for small gams. All want ed to do something big, because they felt as everybody said that the era of trade depression was about over and HAMILTON, GA„ DECEMBER 4,1885. prices of farm produce, ’specially cot¬ ton, would be high this winter. But too much was done, the crops are too big, and the consequence is profits are meagre, where there are profits. N f ow, I hold that any man may bet ter his condition and grow rich if he wilPwork and wait. Proper economy on the farm, diligent attention to its demands an 5 patient prosperity perseverance are just as sure to bring to the farmer, as that he has rain and sun shine. In no place does haste make waste as it does on a farm. But for his haste the average farmer would grow more of the necessaries and luxuries of life on his farm and less of cotton. All editors write against cotton and all farmers admit that less cotton would be better, but the farmer gener ally urges that owing to the peculiar circumstances in which he is placed he is obliged to plant largely of a 1 money crop, as he calls cotton, Ad raitting that he must plant more largely of cotton now than he would wish, let us insist that he work always with a view toward bringing circum¬ stances under his control. | Individual prosperity prosperity. is the prime factor of general If all the units of society are but modeHte ly prosperous, the general prosperity cleari must be very great. That was a city when every man kept his own premises free from filth and that will be an eminently prosperous commu •.riiy when every man meets ms own obligations. —- The man who starts out at twenty, saves one hundred dollars a year and keeps it safely invested in substantial paying property, will have more than the average citizen ot this county when he is 22, will be in comfortable circumstances at 30, will be able to support a family from the income of his property at 40, and will be one of the most substantial citizens of the county at 50. The hurry to do some thing big keeps us all with our noses at the grindstone. ! Cotton at 8£ cents is higher com- 1 paratively than almost anything else , that we buy. A pound buys now one and a half pounds of meat, nearly a peck of corn or potatoes, a pound of ; good sugar, or three quarters of a pound of coffee. It buys more of { dry goods, shoes or hardware than ever before and the profit, if there is one, goes farther as a purchasing agent than ever before. Still it takes nearly a cent and a half a pound to get it picked and half a cent a pound to gin and pack and market it. It is a very good crop to represent the net profits of a farm,but only good for this when economically grown, Interestinsr to ^ ot a ____ e . Any man or woman making less than $40 weekly should try our easy money-making business. We want Agents for our celebrated Madame Dean’s Spinal Supporting Corsets; also, our Spinal Supporter, Shoulder Brace, and Abdominal Protector Combined (for men and Boys). No experience required. Four orders per day give the Agents report four to twenty sales daily. $3 outfit free. Send at once for full particulars. State sex. Lewis Schiele & Co., 390 Broadway, New York. * ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. If it is in your mind to make your wife a present in the shape of a suit of furniture or anything in the way of furniture you will find just what you want at the furniture rooms of H. A. Gibson, on Upper Broad Street, Col¬ umbus, Ga. He has an immense variety to suit all tastes and the prices he puts on his goods are just suited to the hard times. To accommodate his large display three large store rooms are required, besides a base ment and upper story. You will find in the stock anything from a baby carriage to a the stylish parlor suit, ana you will find terms as good a* you can make anywhere. A large buyer, as Mr. Gibson is, gets the low est rates, so that nobody is able to undersell* him. Remember the place and call on him. CHIPLEY NOTES. Prof. S. W. Rogers went to Ham* ilton Tuesday. Dr. J. M. Glass went to Columbus Monday on business. Major R. H. Bulloch spent Satur¬ day and Sunday in Columbus. Miss Minnie Jackson, quite an *c complished lady, of West Point, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. L. Hardy, We are proud to inform the public that there will be no opposition to the dry ticket for councilmen at this place. Miss p e ttie Hardy, who has been v i s iti n g friends in West Point, has re turned home, much to the delight of the community. Mr. J. H. Hogan has been in bed all the week. We are glad to know that he is not serious and he will be down town in a few days. The Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation . . met Sunday „ eve at the , church, Owing to the very bad weather, but m attendance. We want it generally understood that not only y®“ n g men wanted but everybody is invited. The doors are open to all We would be proud indeed to have the ladies attend. It would make us work better. Messrs G. A. I Joe McGee _ ierce, and Miss h anme McKigney, our pop ular hotel mistress,are visiting Mr.G. s father. They will witness on Thurs day eve the marriage of Miss Anna Peaice. Mis.* Anna made Chipley a visit a short time ago, and made hosts of friends while here who wish that her pathway might be strewn with flowers of rarest fragrance, The reading club met at Dr. Pur se ll's Monday night and we had the largest crowd yet. A great many old people were present. Major Bullock gave us an interesting talk. The club has now about ninety members. We are glad to see the enthusiasm that the young people have in regard to it. it promises a grand success. And in a f cw mon ths we will have a club of which any town would do wcll tQ boast. We are few in number at (Ripley, but we have some good workers. m* If you feel a fullness about your stomach after dinner take a teaspoon¬ ful of Hood’s Eureka. It gives im¬ mediate relief. Jordan’s Joyous Julep will cure the worst case of Neuralgia and nervous Headache. NO. 5(1