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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEiVir -... WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Blondin, the celebrated rope walker
it is said has lost his fortune by bad
investments. We always have thought
his a precarious living.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
r en tral Railroad authorities have
determined to build a road from
Goodwater to Birmingham. This
creatly shorten the distance to the
west from this section and will make
Columbus a better market than it has
ever been. The road is to be built
at once.
Three department cold waves have
within ten days failed to materialize
in these parts. Whether the fault is
in the department or the weather,
with cne eye on our attenuating
wood pile and the other search
ing vainly for that summer time
friend the wood paying delinquent
subscriber we freely overlook it.
An interesting discussion occurred
in congress Saturday, in which the
democratic side seemed to have the
advantage of the tacts, the argument
and the vote—three prime essen.iais
of success. A Maine republican en
deavored to raise .the bloody shirt,
but was most effectually squelched
by a Virginia democrat. It was a
cold day for the Maine man whose
party’s only hope of success is in the
rekindling of a fire from embers that
ought to have burned out twenty
years ago.
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The Nation, in advocating . the
proposition for the senate to consider
presidential nominations in open ses
sion, says, “If the discussion were
public, we may rely upon it, there
would be fewer applicants for office
whose feelings could be hint in this
way—that is, there would be fewer
against whom serisus charges could
be made, and it_ would be an end to
senatorial bargaining, which is one of
the great hindrances to reform.”
Judging -----, from the base-ball matter
that finds its way into the daily press,
professional base-ball in Georgia has
seen its best day. The craze took a
holt much too rank to last long. Only
think .of the good city of Columbus
contributing about as much money
for the game a single season as her
church going folk giye all the year
round for the support of the ministry,
We admire pluck in a city, but like
to see a little hard horse sense mixed
up along with it. Amateur base ball
is just as good as professional, any
how and far less expensive.
Some ot the newspapers are dis
posed to cavil at the Dracticc the
farmer has of mortgaging everything
he has for the purpose ot obtaining
supplies with which to make a crop
The practice is a bad one but if
we look at the matter from the sup
ply merchant, we would advise him
not to credit any farmer not willing
to give the very best security in his
power for his debts. It is bad to
buy on a credit, but if you must buy
the better security you can give, the
better terms you can get. There are
two sides to this question and that
farmer will fare best who determines
to buv as littie on a credit as possi¬
ble and to give as good security as
possible for what he does buy.
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
RAILROAD BUILDING.
The outlook now is that Georgia
is to be the field for some very active
railroad building this summer. Last
year there were a number of short
lines, aggregating a respectable mile
age, but it looks now if we were to
be treated mainly and largely to
trunk lines.
Last week dirt was broken on the
Macon and Covington road, which
the authorities say will be built by
July. This road is about sixty miles
in length and through a rich and
thickly settled part of the state. The
authorities have agreed, it is said, to
continue the road from Macon to
Dupont, a little town near the Flori
da line, if certain terms are complied
with, which those who know the
country, say will be.
The Georgia Midland, we are as
sured, will be built. Officers of that
road are actively making preparations
preliminary to commencing work,
Backed by the liberal subscriptions it
has and officered by the business
men a t j t5 head, we cannot see any
thing but success ahead of the enter
prise. This road will be upwards of
a hundred miles long through a very
r i c h an q prosperous territory,
a company ot northern capitalists
have a surveying corps in the field on
a proposed road from Savannah to
Macon, and the talk is of active work
a t an early day. This road will be
about 200 miles long, with a branch
f rorn Macon to Americus.
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RUM AND RUIN.
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hAT Thb H ‘^ Y RAF ' nnrNn cnR
AND il H THE p EOPlx -
It is claimed, and with much truth
that intemperance has destroyed more
people than war, pestilence and fam
ine, for while these three great de
stroyers come but periodically, the
other is at woik incessantly. In this
column it is our purpose to publish
from time to time such items as will
serve to call attention to the evils of
]jq ^ Uor selling ^ and drinking. Sccur We shall
on]y i[ems as to us
casuilly in our general reading, and
we are satisfied that the people have
only t0 appreciate the magnitude of
the «reat evil to rise up and devise
mea y U rcs to abate it.
a ntifrrn £ f rn7< . death near Camac
'
A’hi . fAj i, Monday rht waLYje night Drink
v ' J
At Oxford, Ala., P. IL Evans shot
and killed William Knighton. Knigh
ton was drinking heavily and so m e
thing that Evans said caused him to
advance upon Evans and in self de
fence Evans killed him.
widow and eight children.
Tom Johnson J was convicted last
^ at Savannah> of shooting at
^ ^ of i ntern al revenue officers,
seeking to arrest him for jp
^ dist ijii n g_ He belongs to a good
f ^ but raean whiskey and bad
wrought his -
company have ruin.
At Cartersville Saturday night the
dwelling of U. S. Commissioner Col¬
lins was blown up by a dynamite
cartridge, exploded almost under his
bed, from which he and his wile bare
ly escaped wnth their lives. The
tempt to destroy his life is supposed
to have been made by moonshiners
who were out under bond.
HAMILTON, GA., JANUARY 26,1886.
THE W. C. T. U.
The Temperance Union will meet
next Thursday evening at the resi
dence of Col. J. M. Mobley. Owing
to the bad weather, and matters of
paramount interest, it will be the first
meeting of the union since Christmas,
An interesting program—which we
give below—has been arranged for
this occasion, and a pleasant evening
is promised to all who attend. The
public are cordially invited:
Vocal duett—Mrs. McGregor and
Miss Ella Barnes.
Reading—Miss Evie West.
Instrumental solo—Miss Hattie
Morgan. Reading—Miss Mollie
Barnes.
Instrumental duett—Misses Em¬
mie and Carrie Sparks.
Reading—Mr. M. S. Johnston. Accompani¬
Vocal solo—Guitar
ment—Mr. McAfee.
Address—Rev. W. D. McGregor.
Music, by orchestra.
SUNDAY’S SERVICES.
The very inclement weather of
Sunday morning caused many to re
main away from the morning service
at the Methodist church, but those
who ventured into the muddy streets
to attend divine worship were repaid
in listening to the excellent sermon
by Rev. \V. I). McGregor. Ehe
text was taken from Mathew, 5th
chapter, and 13th verse, ‘*Ye are the
salt of the earth, and if the salt hath
lost its savor wherewith shall it be
nothing but to h“ be -ast out a g nT\r<Sl nci to
den under the foot of men. rt\
^ favor ie ancieilts as the emblem sa ^ was of ie all c m tiat P ecu Was J 1
pure, cleansing, preserving, &c., am
their covenants were ratified by the
eating of salt.
Eimy recorded that human
could not exist without it. It en
tered largely as an ingredient into the
application d-fferenarticles of ,? thw f . hU text "’ " tfs' was this' tins.
When Christ came the world was m
a state of putnfaction, and he struck
the key note of religious obligation
when he called his diciples the salt of
the earth. 1 hey were to go forth
and exert a putrifying influence upon
the world, cleansing and preserving it
from sin. If they suffered themselves
to be allured from the shelter of the
rock Christ J esus ^ the thingS of
time and sense, then their influence
for good was ended. The salt had
lost it savor and was thenceforth good
f or nothing. synopsis of the
This is but a brief
discourse, and does not do it justice.
A much better congregation listened were
present in the evening and
with deep interest to the sermon,
which was pronounced by many, bet¬
ter than the morning’s discourse.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. T. J. Hunt, of Columbus, was
here Saturday.
Mr. I. Joseph, of Columbus, was
in town Friday.
Mr. H. C. Weiller, a Baltimore
clothier, was in town Friday,
Mf F c Tigner, of Columbus,
s . )ent Saturday m town,
Mr. A. Spitz, representing an At
lanta paper house, was here last
week.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
will igset at the Methodist church
to morrow afternoon at three o’clock.
An esteemed lady friend says: “
agree with the editor, that two Tour
nals a week for one dollar a year is
the cheapest newspaper I know.”
Rev. G. E. Chandler, of Juniper,
an able Presbyterian divine, and one
0 f the cleverest of men, is in the
city. He has warm friends here who
are always glad to see him.
Mr. S. B. McElrcth, the general
manager and leading comedian of the
Standard Dramatic Company,playing
here this week, visited Atlanta on last
'Thursday and returned same day.—
West Point Press,
Rufus Barnes has been confined to
his room from sickness over two
two weeks, He was convalescent
the first of last week, but relapsed
and has since been quite sick. We
hope soon to report his entire recov¬
ery.
A few cases of measles and whoop¬
ing cough are reported in the coun
try surrounding Hamilton. 'There
are a few cases of whooping cough in
town, but the measles have been con
fined to the cases formerly noted,who
have all recovered,
The attempt of the liquor men to
fasten the barrooms again on Talbot
botton will benefit no one but the
| awyers . While the contest lingers
j n courts the law abiding citizens will
rea p tj ie benefit? of thrift and indus*
try CO tnbined with law and order.
Inallcasesof neuralgia there are
certain localities where pain is more
intense—these are called the “painful
points.” Rub the painful points thor
OU ghty when afflicted with this dis
ease, with Salvation Oil, the great
pa j n ann ihilator. Brice 25 cents a
bottle.
tu c attorneys for thi contested
mun i c ; 'j na i election case of Talbotton
thematic? ^ ha lo M acon, to argue
before Judge Simmons,
Saturday Ihe agreed upon a com* Tr
P™™“ and an ? ‘ ^“agreement ca , e was not
hat was *
or _ r the nature nllure of of it 11 has 1,as not not transpired tr ‘ lnS ' > ‘ rcd ;
Miss Hattie May Morgan entereu
upon her duties as music teacher
at the college last w'eek. She is a
graduate of the LaGrange Female
College, where she received a medal
in ™ usic anfi is an accom phshed
pianist. She . the support of
merits
all pur citizens who desire to give
their childen a musical education,
Some heathen, are not as much of
the heathen as we think; read a Ma¬
hometan proverb, “God has bestow¬
ed the good things of this world to
relieve our necessities, not to reward
our virtues; these will be rewarded in
another world.” We know of no
greater necessity to be relieved, than
a stubborn cold, and we know of no
better relief than Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup.
Brother Potter of the Wesleyan
Advocate says: “If y#u want an
editor to do his best send him long
lists of subscribers.” Nothing is
more inspiring to an editor unless it
be that long subscription list well
paid up. Try it on us, friends, and
see if it does not have the desired
effe;t. A dollar or two is but little
to you, wh n, if we received all the
small amounts due us it would tree
us from many petty cares.
NO. 7.