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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEMI - WEFj; \
VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
“How did you know I was a gran
ger?” “By the way your mouth
opens every time you see anybody
spend a dollar.”—Chicago Ledger.
Class pride is as despicable esteemed as race
pride. A man should be
for what he is, not for what his co
laborers are or his ancestors have
been.
dis- ..
The presidential prerogative must make a
cussion in the senate
lonely sort of feeling come Friday over ^ has ur
good president. No man
yet appeared upon the scene.
The Knights of Labor, judged by
their public deeds, are the heralds of
anarchy and if they succeed in the
measures they propose will certainly
relegate the world again into the dark
ages.
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We , ,, ^Brother 1.
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dies . of f Columbus , that t h Brother W W^L T
Revill, of Greenvi , id
for Governor, wou m ,^ d
memorial address n ol ; vcs
would not be misconstrued.
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. throughout , 4l the north „ ..
The strikes
and west continue to be the topic ot
general interest, but we notice the
daily press touches the matter very
gingerly. Plenty facts are given, out
editorial opinibn on the subject is 2
very scarce commodity.
Uncle Sammy TUden's .otter ad
SSrhtlTad it should be. butlhS r I he
effect. This is ls
Blair educational bill will do more to
strengthen the government than five
times as much in brick and mortar.
There is said to be a possibility becoming of
Gen. John B. Gordon’s a
gubernatorial candidate. He has a
brilliant war record and undoubtedly
stands very high in the esteem of the
people of the state. Should he run
the man who beats him must run
well.
The New York Star of last Sun
day contained copious extracts from
an anonymous novel, entit'ed “Uncle
Daniel’s Story,” which it claims was
written by Senator Logan. I he Star
gives a list of the fictitious characters
with a list of the real characters op¬
posite.
An observing friend of our-s always
buys the new brands of guanos in
preference to the old. He says
the new is endeavoring to make a
reputation and is as good as can be
made for the money, while the old
depends upon the reputation it has
already made for itself.
The Edmunds resolution has given
the people an insight into the opera
.: “hat nns n f the civil service reform law
they might, not otherwise have
had. The law is undemocratic, as is
the majority of office holders under
it, and no poUttcal the adm P ar T x * .- ^
responsible for » «■
it is.
Hon. A. O. Bacon has declined
the invitation of the ladies of the Co
lunbus Memorial Association to ad
JOSEPH L. DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
dress^them on the 26th of next month.
J ust new he is very busy and he fears
too his motives might be misundcr
stood. Will the ladies ask Gen. Gor¬
don now? Or Judge Simmons ? If
not, why ?
The day dirt is thrown on the
Georgia Midland our holdings in
Hamilton advance ten per cent, in
value and we shall add an additional
5 per cent, for every ten miles of the
road that is built. We can cart goods
from its nearest station and sell
^em fi erc a t a reduction on present
p r j ces w ju give us more trade
from the territory west of us than we
i ose by tb e roa j runn j n g on the
eas t of us. But jus as sure as the
road is built, the C. & R. will b'e ex¬
tended Atlantaward.
The Atlanta Constitution says the
man who is to be our next Governor
may make up his mind to spend at
least $5,000 a year above his salary.
If the people will help us to elect our
friend Revill we will show the sheer
Qf ^ ^ Reviu wiU
make as good a Governor as we have
had recently, will set the people a
good f example of thrift by living with
n his salary? and m] \ save at ] e ast a
thousand dollars a year with which to
better the vindicator. There is no
state officc that has not a sa i ary at ,
gufficient t0 secure
bonest and efficient service—this is
^ a r r pe0 pi e are ab l e to pay for.
1 The New York newsdealers threat
«'„«
^ copy for hand,in* the World,wheth
er it is sold at two or three cents a
copy. If the publishers refuse to
concede to their demand, which to
us seems most unreasonable, they
threaten not only to not handle the
World, which they have a perfect
right to do if the profits of handling
it are not satisfactory, but they pro¬
pose to use all the power of the or¬
ganization known as the Knights of
Labor to force the paper to teims.
A sense of fair play, supposed form¬
erly to have been an extensive Amer¬
ican product, cries out against such
methods as these and any organiza¬
tion that uses such methods must
speedily fall to pieces.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Peach trees are in full bloom.
.. Mr. S. c T, R. Murphey ,, u visited -.An Colum- 1
us yester ay.
Let us make good preparations for
an ample watermelon crop.
Mr. Edgar Kilpatrick, of Waverly
Hall, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. D. J. Williams is visiting her
son Mr. D. H. Williams, of Salem.
Mrs. S. R. Murphey went down to
Columbus Tuesday to visit relatives.
Mrs. J. E. D. Shipp and her three
children returned to Americus yester
^ he measles hiS hardly ever been
s0 ^ prevalent m the county as at pres
Mr. W, L. Latham moved to his
plantation in Valley Plains district
this week.
Let every one attend the concert
Monday night, and give our
bor’s a warm welcome.
HAMILTON, GA., MARCH 26,1886.
Mr. W. H. Stanford has been com¬
pelled to close his school cast of town
on account of the measles.
Spring is advancing, and a large
wood pile is no longer needed to make
up the measure of our content.
March is drawing to a close, but
she will probably give us a spiteful
whiff as a parting salute ere she goes
out.
Mr. IT. J. Scott, of Salem, Ala.,
spent a day or two in town this week
on a visit to his brother, Mr. W. O.
Scott.
Dr. T. J. Brooks accompanied his
daughter, Mrs. Shipp, as far as Col¬
umbus yesterday, where he remained
until to-day.
Mr. W. B. Ragland is adding to
the attractive appearance of his resi¬
dence on Mill street by building a
new fence around the yard.
We hope all our subscribers who
are in arrears will remember us :ourt
week. We would be happy to collect
all back dues, and leceive many new i
subscribers.
Extensive improvements are being
made on the Hotel. The proprietor
will be prepared to entertain summer
visitors in comfort and sustain the
excellent reputation the hotel has
won in the past.
Hamilton’s hospitality will be put
to the test Monday night. Let us
show Greenville our good will, our
conception of hospitality, and our
appreciation of a good show, b y
giving the amateurs a full house.
The dwelling house of Mr. J. A.
Williams, at Mountain Hill, was de
stroyed by fire Wednesday about
noon. It caught from the roof,
Most of the furniture was saved. Sev
eral outhouses on the place were also
burned.
Mr. O. S. Barnes has been pushing
his saw mill interests this winter with I
unusual vigor and has been keeping ;
well up with the local demand for
lumber. The convenience of a saw
mill in town ought to be the inspira¬
tion for many new buildings.
A little daughter of Mrs. Ambrose
Irvin, and the grand daughter in of Mr.
foe Irvin died at her home Mus¬
cogee last Wednesday. The mother,
with a few of her friends, passed
through here yesterday with the re¬
mains of her little one, on her way to
her father’s home to bury it in the
&mi , buria] ground .
^ quiet little town will be much
en|iven d in the next few weeks .
Next Monday evening we will have
the Greenville amateurs, who will
give an exhibition in the College
chapel. The following week court
will convene, and our amateurs will
g ive an entertainment By the way,
J^is “roceeds^reVgo'to 'the
co u e Vudience r /e W e hope they will have a
i ar ° a e '
. ,
^11 t h e sales it is now thought If will not
short of last season they have
no t already exceeded that high water
mark. Already about 500 tons have
been sold here and the stock on hand
is not sufficient to meet the demand.
Good cotton planting seasons may
cut short the demand however.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Mrs. S. Cowsert is in Greenville,
where she has been since Tuesday
teaching a class to embroider in
zephyr on the sewing machine. This
work is quite ornamental, and fo^
wall decoration it is un surpassed by any
of the Japanese or other fancy decor¬
ations so much in vogue. Mrs. J.
W. Dozier is a proficient i» zephyr
embroidery and taught Mrs. Cowsert
and quite*a number of the ladies 01
this place to do the work.
The fourth annual State Conven¬
tion of the W. C. T. U. will be held
in Macon April 21st and 22nd. They
invite one or more delegates from
every woman’s temperance society in
the state, and request pastors of
churches to appoint delegates from
their charges that they may attend
the convention and learn how to be¬
come useful in working for the tem¬
perance cause. Some of the noblest,
purest and most intelligent women
of the world are leading this great
temperance reformation, and the
good they are accomplishing in re
claiming "humanity from vice and
degradation can never be estimated
until the judgment day. The con¬
trolling principle is love to God and
humanity and some are devoting
their lives to this work with a self
abnegation that will make them shine
as the brightest jewels in the ever¬
lasting crown.
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GREENVILLE AMATEURS.
The Greenville concert company,
numbering ... about twenty, mil
arrive
next Monday afternnon and proceed
to their quarters at the hotel The
company will be attended by quite a
number of the citizens of Greenville,
\ very enjoyable evening is promised
to all who attend, and we hope our
people will turn out en masse and
give them a cordial support, Below
we give the very interesting program:
GRAND CONCERT
—AT THE—
West Ga. A. & M. College,
Hamilton, Ga., March 29th, by the
Greenville Brass Band and
Concert Company.
This Company will present an ele¬
gant, refined and chaste program by
the best local talent, under the direc¬
tion of Mrs. Nora L. Hussey and
Prof. T. J. Little.
We cordially invite the patronage
of our sister city, and in return we
guarantee them an evening of pleas¬
ure and mirth.
The program will consist, first, of a
laughable farce, entitled
TICKLISH TIMES,
Ably supposed by the following cast:
Messrs Little, McLaughlin, Harris
and O’Neal—M isses Freeman, Floyd
and Spivey.
Part Second will be a grand concert
by the Brass Band with the vocal as
sistance of Misses 1 errell and Banning,
Part Third wl11 he the revelation
of Betsy Hamilton’s lastest production
“growing Neighbor," Tin. Hone
will repay the audience,
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A Spent :n a Strange Sotel. ,
Doors open at 7:30, Performances
begin at 5 o clock.
Admission, 50c,.. Children 25.
NO. 24.