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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. - 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. ____ IMte , . —--— RUM AND RUIN. _ 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.