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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Atlanta announces that she is in
the base ball ring for tte coming
season and Columbus is considering
our proposition to excurt to Macon.
Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary
of State, died at her home in Wash¬
ington Sunday morning, from con¬
gestion of the brain brought on by the'
shock of her daughter’s-death mother two of
weeks ago. She was the
twelve children, seven of whom are
living. • ■
From the Atlapta Constitution we
have a splendidly lithographed sheet
with the portraits of the leading jour¬
nals and journalists of the Lnited
States. It is a fine looking lot of
men, seemingly satisfied with them¬
selves ?nd the world, and Messrs
Grady and Howell of the Constitu¬
tion are among the most highly fa¬
vored of the lot.
.
Gen. Sherman, in a private letter
which hu been made public, under
date of Sept. 7, i 88 5 wrotc \ “* iad
, ,
C. F. Smith lived Grant would have
disappeared to history after Donelsou.
I had the highest possible opinion of
Halleck’s knowledge arid power, and
©ever blamed him for mistrusting
Grant’s abUities.” Thus is the truth
of history being brought to light.
Bill ^P^. eS * wUhtv g nir
f wiB the
fconefu/and hutdaims that the people are
l^worse happy P that matters are
xxsz, than they are. He says
boxes of oranges are -f,;
trees and that in the county the loss
«s hardly less than $1,000,000. It is
in fact about such a blow to Honda
as the loss of a whole cotton crop
would be to Georgia.
In canvassing the list of newspa¬
pers for a good instructive, family paper, well pure,
high-toned and as as
intensely interesting, we know of none
Chat we can more highly recommend
than the old New York Ledger. Its
Stories ____fresh are as and as full of ^ ab¬
_____ when
sorbing interest as our
mothers first scanned its pages,.while still un
ks many other features are
matched. ' As a family story paper
the Ledger to-day, as it has been for
~
many years, is the best of its kind v
Sunday afternoon that prince of
clever conductors, Hines Holt, gave
us a Sunday Atlanta Constitution.
With just a little more of time than
we usually find for one paper, we read
it through after supper. On first
retiring our dreams were troubled, as
may well be supposed, but after a
while the Constitution conquered all
opposition and we joined its peace¬
ful procession of patrons on Ueir
march to the happy land, and good
St. Peter gave a cheerful nod to his
assistant to open the pearly portal, as
he saw our ticket endorsed 'The
< institution.”_____
The following item is going the
rounds without credit: •Piooably
the best crop of cotton ever produced
in Stewart county with one rnu«e was
raised several years ago by l homas
C lohnston, the well-known Hanna
batchec planter. Johnston says he
almost afraid to tell it when he
was
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
* % . RRORRIETOR.
gathered his crop, as the large yield
seemed almost incredulous He se
lected 32 acres of good land and
gare a trusty hand one of his best
mules. Not a partite ot fertinzers
was used, ami the result of the labor
ot one negro and one mule on 32
acres of Stewart county land was 40
bales of cotton averaging 480 pounds
each.” Forty bales on 32 unma
nurfcd acres is good, but the modesty
of Mr. Johnston is as distressing as it
is Expensive. It is not more than a
two-day's drive from here to Stewart
and we can name a hundred Harris
county farmers who would take the
trip and pay at least a dollar a piece
to see such a crop.
DIVERSIFIED CROPS.
The recent disaster to the Florida
orange crop ought to teach a lesson
to the farmers ot Georgia, as it must
to the fruit growers of our sister state.
That lesson is not to put too much
reliance upon one crop. Specialists
are well enough in some of the trades
and professions, but that farmei, to
use the idea of another, is not alive
and up to the possiblities of his call
mg who fails to farm so that he may
utilise every ray of sunshine and
every drop of rain fall, throughout
the four seasons of the year.
To do this may seem and perhaps
is impossible, but it is nearer possi¬
ble here than on. almost any other
oart of the globe, and that farmer
will obtain the best results
who comes nearest to this ideal of
perfection in farming. He who risks
every thing on a single crop, like the
»*:
from a distant market, is sufficient
properly directed to cultivate the
land ordinarily necessary and to hauled, grow
the amount of corn oats
yet despite this thousands of dollars
go to the northwest annually to pur
chase these items of farm economy.
Hardly ever have we known wore
than half a crop of cotton to be
made, and but few farmers do we
know who do not plant enough of
corn and oats to do them, if thp sea,
sons hit, but the stasons seem never
to hit as the drain upon the country
for money for western corn, bacon
and even hay is unceasing. It may
more <tr less, but in the aggregate
it is always enormous, In this
the lack of thrift so observable
throughout this section.
Let us call a halt. No man works
harder and gets less than the average
farmer of this section. Some there
are who prosper, but the large i? major
ity find themselves but little- any
better at harvest than they were at
seed time, after a year’s hard living
and hard labor. If there is profit in
8 cents cotton it is only to the
who grows corn, wheat, oats, peas,
potatoes, sugar cane and other
to make a good living should his
ton fail entirely.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Ida Jones went down to
lumbus Saturday.
Sowing seed for early garden
tables is now in order.
Dr. T. R. Mitchell and his
Miss Stella, visited Columbus
day.
HAMILTON, GA„ FEBRUARY 2,1886.
Master Rufus Barnes is slowly re
covering from his recent spell ofsick
ness.
Mr c w Huns, a gallant beau
\v r averly Hall, was in the city Sat
ur( j a y
February made its advent yester
Jay with cloudless skies and fine
weather.
Measles and the whooping cough
are reported to be subsiding in the
surrounding country,
Mr. O. S. Jordan was in Hamilton
Friday ou buiiness connected with
the Georgia Midland,
Judge W. I. Hudson who has re¬
cently been suffering from a severe
cough, is again on the streets.
Mrs. Dr. Brooks returned Satur
day f rom a visit to her daughter, Mrs
j, E. D. Shipp, of Americus.
f v - p Stanford tai “°. ra * of Waverlr " avc,l y
Hall spent Friday night m town, the
6 uest of Mrs - A - L ' Gopeland.
Mr, B. H. Walton has been much
shaken up of late, but he can still
preserve his equilibrium.—Chills,
Our town is entirely clear of
measles, and the children who have
remained from school on ac:ount of
it, may now return in safety.
Mr. Seaborn Harris, of Waverly
Hall, came up yesterday, and entered
the college as a student. He is
boarding with Mr. C. H. Cook.
The great popularity and success of
Salvation Oil,the great pai. destroyer,
has made it a target for counterfeiters.
*— -
Farm work has been much delayed
bru-w—-. »«-»
yet been accomplished in there preparation
for this year s crop but is a
prospect er when the of a work few days can go J ^B°°' forward, i weat
Waste no time; delays have dan
gerous ends! If a member of your
family is suffering with a slight cough
or coll, don’t wait until it develops
itself into consumption, but procure
a t once a bottle of Dr. Bull’s cough syr
U p a nd cure that cough.
Thc G 8 ; a Midland as now lo
passes F through the plantation
^ our esteemcd townsman, Dr. S. G.
R ^ * n Va lley Plains district and he
^ offcrs an admirable lo
' depot, that would
Ca jon fof . a cer
^ i nlo * thrifty city.
Dr. T. S. Mitchell has been pros
trated for two or three days with
ness caused from a severe cold. He
is too useful to remain long on the
sick list, and his friends hope soon to
see him able to administer to the
sick rather than be administered to.
The Americus Republican says:
“Whenever the ladies “go for” the
liquor business they generally do
something in the way of practically
forwarding temperance, whether they
use petitions, axes or moral suasion.
The ladies prefer to use moral sua
sion and the pledge book upon those
who • Will in hear, but they tvill nnr shrink
from strong measures to save men
from the curse of intemperance.
Success _ 111 any enterprise requires
energy and perseverance. T here is
much to discourage ii» every line of
work, but difficulties bravely met can
usually be surmounted by
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
energy. . The failures, of .last-; ye«T
were especially depressing to farmetu, .
but it is folly to sit down supinely
and grieve over past losses. Honest,
persevering labor this year may re¬
trieve the pasty and heayen smiles piy '
the man who makes an earnest effort
to win •>
success.
Mrs. Mary Mullins,.- who opened
her school at Granger’s., Tank, ,10th, ne*.t
Greenville, about Janijaiy un¬
der the most favorable auspices, has
been very ill with measles since last
Friday week. Her friends have en
tertained serious fears that she would
not recover, but the report came this 'w
morning that she it better, Hex
mother, Mrs. Eliza Ammons, of this
place, has been attending her bedside
since the first of last week. We hope
soon to hear a much more favorable
report of her condition.
The Harris County Sunday school
Association will meet in the Baptist
church to-morrow. Delegates schools are
expected from all the Sunday
in the county, and our citizens should
turn out en-masse to give them a .
welcome, and manifest their interest
in the Sunday school work. The
crowd will doubtless be well enter¬
tained in listening to speeches from
some of our representative Sunday
school men and joining in the familiar
songs sung m all Sunday schools. AU
who attend may expect a pleasant
social lime and we hope that tfye oc¬
casion may give new impetus to the
Sunday school work in the county.
i*r A jki
New Departure.
I have prepared and for sale a line of
pnre «nd reliable medioin®*, with the re
oip® published on etch bottle, oonbixflog
in part of
Syrup Tar and Wild Cherry ♦
Condition Powders,
Comp . Pepsine,
Vermifuge ,
Worm Syrup,
Hair Dye,
Spavin Cure,
FEMALE It EG ULA TOR,
CAioart Bitter*, for Coativene s,
H’Air Keatorativea,
Creek Indian Core far Bloud
Trouble!,
Kxtract Jamaica Ginger,
Comp. Cathartic Pill*,
With CaW.
Comp. Cathartic Pills,
Without Oelcmel.
Shoe Dressing,
St. Joseph's Oil*
Riley’s Anodyne Liniment,
Mitchell's Liniment,
Iron 1 onic Bitters »
Oomp. Ex. Buchu and C'tbebs,
For Kidney Trcubloa.
Comp Demiana, Kidney Troubles,
For
jj ver aiu f Kidney Cure f •
Rh tlc * d Gollt Cure,
Toothache Drops, &c.
A!*o * fine line of Cologne E.v
tTUCtU tor the b»ndkerotu*f »nd menyr
ot her l«adinc medicines loo nao>rr.>ns to
mention j ^sve these manofactured
under my own instruction and label*,
Bu»r*rleed t-Y africily pore and made
ft< , cor< j lPK the formula on each bottle,
Q,h er artiofea wi I be added from time to
\ time ee required,
8. G, RILEY, Druggist,
Hamilt s, Ga.
NO. 9.