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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY.
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VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
An undertaker is not a good hand
at debating—he always drops the
^ 5S " left it?
ject wnete ine undertaker 11
The temperance movement to be
inaugurated here next Tuesday
ought to secure the cordial support ol
that AnUdaitionists great body of conservative anti
fhe'neorle who would like to see
lAo more temperate, hut are
onnose opposes sumptuary L J laws.
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The appointment of Col. J. W.
Renfroe to be postmaster at Atlanta
must weaken President Cleveland m
the esteem of the honest men of the
democratic tlr-r party He violated the
while state treasurer, and ought
not to be again placed F in office.
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Tobe Jackson has been heard
from. in. a letter to the Rome Cou
rier. If he dictated this letter, as it
is claimed he did, although he oilers
to prove an alabi, he will be deemed
fuiiitv on general principles. After
reading hisletter of defence, the gen
eral reader will say as did the coun
trvman presented as a juror by the
nliritor with the formal ‘Juror look
nrm the prisoner prisoner look upon
the iuror ” “Yes jedge; he’s guilty.”
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Mr. J. 15. Gorman’s book has been
well received-and ts meeting wit.i
fine sale. It is said that 300 copies
have been sold in Columbus a one,
and that the second edition is nearly
exhausted. It is written in an admi
rable style and gives glowing descrip- ,
tions of peaces of interest and scenes
r»f hemtv abroad, tiie manner and
customs of different nations, arid tells
of everything of interest that can be
seen in a tour around this wonderful
world. Everybody should have this
book> •
Why is it that nothing is being
done bv our congressmen to have
ti e cotton tax refunded to the peo
from whom it was illegally col
P :e Our
lected nearly twenty years ago.
countv of Harris has claims amount
in-T to* upwards of one hundred thou
s^nd dollars in this fund, and it ought
to be returned at once, with interest
for twenty years. There is no
tics in the matter. hH t’s a question of
honesty. A republican court has de
ared it was unconstitutionally col
c and
keted and honest democrats re
pi blicans ought to see that it is re
tu ned at once. We want it. Any
Of us will take silver dollars for our
honest claims.
The Blair educational bill, which
nrovides for the expenditure of sev
« of V- t
• II
SccoldingV-Hs school has been under
Hr purposes, several
A : smssion in the senate for
davs da>s. It Li will *' probably v ^ become a law
aS !* Sh °“LrriSut under its r-ro
lb ATT $.0 000 000
au ^ 00,000 w of which—an aver
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age of $20,000 a year _ w c
Smlh °ln Amount "supplemented the fund,
by
present s chool fund, would put this
whole section on an educationa’
JOSEPH L. DENNIS,
~ . Proprietor-
boom that would have a wondeiful
effect for good. The bill is founded
in equity and ought to become a law.
The bm fol . the relief of Ge „. F j tz .
i “ ski sms days
discussion has covered several
of t ; le present session, and in all has
consumed several months ot the time
1 “g" 8 4 .^enToH • er wasuS L a ‘
court martial and caslaieied , fot , a. te
fusal to obey the orders of Gen. Pope
1>>S superior, at the battle of Manas
sr;s - Ge ”- Porter had information
showing . the forces in _ his lront to be
far larger than Gen. Pope supposed,
and he acted accordingly. d ope
pressed ahe id ana was deteated be
cause 1 orter was unab.e to carry tne
flank ot Jackson as commanded. So
Porter has suffered for years for not
wnipping with io ooo men the army
of Longstreet with 25,000.
mv Ulv^tiain ™j~.]r^: tuuh NG
ko man ought to content htnisell
with one newspaper. If he does he
deprives Ins family ol its lights and
puts himself in a position to have ms
views all warped. Every newspaper,
however large its scope and patron
age, has a leading editor, ci a.- he is
termed an editor in chief, and while
he may be and generally is a man of
marked intellect and liberal views he
is but human and the general CLct
of his paper will be to bring people
wno read.t to b«.uve to almost ev
erything as he does. He may “e
lones , on le \\i 1 ' '
most telling arguments c.dv anced on
the other side, if in a controversy.
Very soon he learns that he is follow
ed by partisan readers and that it lie
should copy what is said on the other
side, his readers would not read it.
When, men become the least biased
in their views or in theii mode of life,
the whole tendency ot their nature is
to an abnormal development of the
excressence. A hobby is always well
ridden.
If would . all matters from
you view
the proper standpoint; from a posi- .
tion of a humanitarian rather than
that of a partisan, inform yourself on j
both sides. Read not less than two
newspapers regularly. Get two rival
journals it you would see the world
as it is. ;
Generally people are too> economi-;
cal in their expenditures for books
and newspapers. If >our cmldrcn
are at school see t.iat they are prop
crly supplied wnh text books
whether in sc 100 or ou see
^ 10 ^!
matter ^ easy
a matter to
,n S hteraturc as it is to form one that ,
is led onl> y t at - v ica is pern
cious. I he people who read most
Sfti: S£>rs £SUS
Ha,ris ■ for P'°T' |C ' I—' about a ! 10,l '
$2,000 a year newspapers,
$1,000 a year for books, about
$6,000 a year for schoolteachers,about
$5,000 a year for support i ‘year of the gos
pd, about $35,000 for tobac
co and cigars, and about $50,000 a
year for whiskey. And yet we be
lieve they are above the average of
the state in their good causes as we
know they are below the average in
their expenditures for whiskey.
HAMILTON, GA„ FEBRLARY 19, I88(i.
We invoke the aid of all good pec
pie of the county in an effort to re
verse this order of things. Good
[han tobacco'and "whiskey° f yj“ X “ur
=: -
them they are the most substantial
people on the earth, spend year after
year forty times as much for the
H'ey do tor the former. Forty
d° ars lor tobacco and cigars to one
dollar for books; twenty live dollars
for whiskey to one for newspapers.
These figures may seem out of pro
portion, and they are in one sense,
but they approach the truth very
nearly. It is time to call a halt and
d IVerS1 fy and eiilarge o ur re adi n g, a nd
elevate our tastes, if we would achieve
a higher civilization.
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TEMPERANCE MASS-MEETING.
The temperance committee held a
consultation Wednesday Meeting, evening And in
chutch after prayer
for a grand temperance
U)ass mee ting in the court house oa
the first Tuesday in March. Several
intelligent men of the county whose
hearts are in the temperance cause
j iave been selected to address the
people on the most important ques
bon of the day. The exercises will
open at. 1 o o’clock with an address of
wc l c0 me from one of our
liu i c gir j S) followed by a grand tern
p erance SO ng from ladies and gen
tbmen of the Temperance Union ol
t . S]spUce | hen the first named
orator on the program will fie intro
duced and will make a brief address
which will be followed by another
SO ng or music from our home
p- a< The organ will be carried to
the court house, and the exercises
throughout will be interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music.
i’he pastors of all the churches in
the county are requested to announce
q from their pulpits, and every man
an( j woman in the county who can
niak e it convenient to be here will be
cordially welcomed. 'i’he school
t eac j iers are also solicited to bring
q ie subjects before their schools and
sen( j a delegation of boys and girls
w j 10 are sufficiently advanced in years
an( j nnderstanding to comprehend
q ie importance of temperance work,
Q ul - citizens are earnestly request
e d by the committee to assist in ma
thls the gran dest and most rnemora
ble pul)]]C mee ting ever held in Ham
i]ton a full program will be pub
lished next week.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Eugene Leonard, of Macon, '
in town.
Mr. W. I . Barr, of Columbus, was
here )esterday.
Sheriff B. II. Williams visiteT Co
lumbus. yesterday.
Mrs. J. W. Dozier returned from
l’ e5,crJa >'
J)r j Jenkins, of Chipley,spent
Wednesday in town.
*; * • Aturran, of ot Chiplev emp-ty, was was
in . town Wednesday.
Mr. W. C. Griffin,of Wavcriy Hall,
^-as in the city 1 uesday.
Mr. A. F. Copeland went down to
Columbus this morning.
Mrs. J. Hanson, of Shiloh, is in
One DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
town on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Dr.
Riley.
Messrs W. II. Luttrell and W. I.
1 i>itls ’ of Waverl >’ ] *»»•. were in
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T. S. Fontain & Co., of Columbus,
was here Wednesday.
Miss Willie Copeland who has
been visiting in Columbus several
days is expected home to morrow,
Hopes are now entertained . by her
fn«Kfa of the ultimate recovery ot
Mullins, who has been s0 in
meas l es at Granger's Tank.
We would be glad to place the
Journai in every household in the
county. Encourage us, friends, by
subscribing for your home paper,
1 kmgsboro Academy , , is flour- ,
i'" 1 * V * ,C * lltc,a jU ( l
Al ccI '°' el ^ ; Sl e deserves the
of '«'» the neighborhood,
We gently remind our subscribers
who are in arrears of the small stun
you owe us. It will not make you
poorer to pay it, but it will materially
help 11s.
in Hardening is the order of the day
Hamilton. 'J he ground is cold,
but the pleasant weather of the past
fevv da >’ s has P !aLed lf 111 fine condi-
1,0,1 ior Pawing and planting.
A rumor lias been floating g around
that soroe nC grocs on 1)r . B ames ' lot
ha( , the m e as Ier, but the report
is fa!se . We have dilligently inquired
and can learn of no case of the dis
ease in town
A young lady recently played an
April fool’s trick on two of her friends.
They received notes purporting to
come from young men and after ma
king a careful toilet sat down to wait
for the young men to take them to
ride. When the trick was discovered
they were mad.
Mr. B. S. Williams, of Columbus,
was here the other day. He has here
prospecting with a view to buying a
suitable place near town for a stock
and hay farm He will find land in
our immediate vicinity specially ad¬
apted to his business, and such an
enterprise will meet with success if
properly managed.
Miss Stokes, of Atlanta, the secre
t ary of the W. C. T. V. of Genrgia
is expected in Talbotton soon to ad
dress the people on temperance. She
hopes to organize a local Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union at that
place. Talbotton is a dry towft, but
the ladies can mate it disreputable
to touch the poisonous stuff that
s(ea!s away men - s brains and rnakes
them little better than the brute,
We publish this week the program
for the next meeting of the temper¬
ance union, which will be held at the
residence of Mr. B. C. Kimbrough
next Thursday evening:
Itstrumental duett—Misses Sallie
Kimbrough and Carrie May Cowsert.
Reading—Miss Emmie Sparks.
Vocal solo—Miss Hattie May Mor
gan.
Reading—Miss Ella Barnes.
Vocal duett—Mrs. Kimbrough and
Miss Berta Dozier.
Speech—Mr. Jimmie Kimbrough.
M usic—Orchestra.
NO. 14.