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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEMI - v r EEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Blackberries will come late this
season—but forty days brings us to
the last of May and Tanner fasted
*
that Ion 0
Lake Michigan is said to be rising
at the rate of four inches a year. This
seems to indicate that the custom of
foot washing is on the increase with
the Chicago girls.
The report was last week that the
plum crop was killed, but the report
proves limvAG tn to have liavf* hoon Been a a canard—prob- canaro proo
ably a contemptible lon„ * P
fool’s day joke, designed to make the
(]pctors feel bad.
The Columbus Enquirer Publish¬
ing Company has been organized
with a capital stock of $20,000. The
paper is to have a new dress at o»ce
and will take a new lease on life.
Long may it prosper.
A superior court judge has decided
that suits may not be brought against
counties for damages as the constitu¬
tion does not provide for the levying
of a tax to pay judgments, but speci¬
fies that no tax shall be levied except
for certain purposes enumerated.
Eight persons were killed in a riot
in East St. Louis last Friday. A
number of strikers tried to drive off
some railroad operatives and were
fired into by a detachment of deputy
sheriffs. The firing became general
and it is a wonder that more people
were not killed. At night much
railroad property was destroyed by
incendiary fires and only the timely
arrival of state troops prevented a
large conflagration, The railroad
trouble seems to be growing worse
and worse,but the sympathy of the
general public is and must be against
the side that disregards law.
The Atlanta Constitution makes a
"of oneftwo ZTL dXrs.
Paper bills of this denomination are
scarce and are hoarded by people in
to whose hands they may fall as if
they were worth a premium. Our
post master here sends regularly to
Columbus for paper ones and twos
to accommodate persons who wish to
send money in registered letters, and
many who would make small remit
tances by mail ZZyZZ cannot do so because
the paper paper money of the right right denom- denom
ination is not to be had. r l he mat
raasr
.1.
bill to remonetize silver and it came
nrsssiwwa: Ay
are
age, who favor a return to the double
standard, but who think the return
just'now would be premature. , his
is a question the people wil have to
express themselves on before con
gressmen can be persuaded to act
It ought to be made an issue - a
party issue i «I you will-and settled.
If gold only is money, the people
ought to know it. If silver is to be
restored to its former equality early with
gold it should be restored as
as Dossible.
JOSEPH L.DENNIS
PROPRIETOR.
FARM MORTGAGES.
- An article under this title has taken
the rounds of the Georgia press,cred
ited alternately to the Atlanta Capi
tol and the Greensboro Herald. It
contains a table in it that has an
error calculated to injure the farmer
as well as the loan agent. The error
was no doubt made unintentionally
and we feel that we have only to call
attention to it to have it corrected
In estimating tke cost of a loan, to
the farmer, the article states:
“For instance,on a $ 3,000 loan he gave
a mortgage on a $ 9,000 farm His oom
mission of 16 per oent. was $ 4 S 0 , which
left him ^ ouly $2 520 cash. His interest
^ g ^ on t3>000 1$ $240 a jear>
or $1,200 for 5 years. His account stands
a j ent j Q f 5 years:
Whole loan duo $ 3,000
Commission gone 480
Yearly interest... 1,200
Total $4,660
He gets use of cash for 5 years.... 2,520
For which he pays 2,160
This is a frightful thing. The farmer
gets $2,520 for 5 years on a $9,000 place,
and pays for it $2,160, or $432 a year—
17 £ per cent ”
It will be seen at a glance that the
commission in the table is doubled,
It appears in two places. The farm
is $1,200 for five years, which added
to the $480 commissions makes the
loan cost $i,680 instead of $2,160
as in the table. The interest on the
$2,520 which the farmer gets is $336
annually. The rate is 13^ per cent.
1 his is a higher rate than any bus
iness can stand for a long time anc
farmers should be very cautious 111
borrowing money at it, but it is a
much lower rate than had obtained
in the before tne ^ a vent ot
the loan associations. It io o
ship that those who borrow should
be made to pay. All who borrow
should expect to pay, and if they are
sued they are to blame. Borrowing
money on shorter time at higher ra cs
7 “ haV6 * * ‘ ” ‘ “ "
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THE _ 7"o$SK* LOSSES OfToURT OF COURT.
A member of our local bar has
likened the effect of no court upon
his interests to a six weeks drought
upon a field of young corn just silk
mg and tasseling. Few of our peo
pie had ever before had occasion to
estimate the money value of court
week to the town, but the more we
think of it now the more we feel we
have have lost. lost. Not a few men upon tb,
Junes had calculated upon the pa>ment
&»»..
they have fees locked up, hotel and
trjs. ssuan ag
and young cz tabs who earn an honest
penny holding . horses, all alike
disappointed as are those who
peeled something out of the
through these more closely allied in
terests 1 he newspaper -
always l 9 oks for a lucky shdlmg the at
court and his feelings are those of
farmer who sees a crop ready ior har
vesting destroyed before his eyes.
Collections arc shortened or delayed,
job printing is lost and advertising
patronage is cut off in many ways.
HAMILTON, GA„ APRIL 13. 18811.
The truth is, Hamilton, in her every
interest, feels as if overtaken by a
dry drouth, by a failure of the superi
or court to hold its April term. The
cause was providential, however, and
it is useless to repine. The money
may be turned into other channels,
but if we work and wait, it i#ay yet
reach us and come in larger volume,
All things come to the man who
waits.
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Hamilton has dramatic talent of a
high order, and can rival any other
town of its size in amateur entertain¬
ments. The one which is to take
place at the College next Thursday
evening, promises to be the best of
all the entertainments which have ta¬
ken place this winter. “Out in the
Streets” is a drama of absorbing in
terests, and as those who take the
parts have been thoroughly drilled
by Prof. J. W. Dozier, the characters
will be presented true to life.
The farce “Our Awful Aunt”which
closes . .
a most interesting programme,
is ver Y i I nus ‘ n S> a, K } thc P arts *' el1
sustained. 1 he object , of the enter
tamment . a * bcwre st3ted m ‘ le I' 1 '
» STc=
teiK vvl ^ contribute a sma.l sum to a
» 00 c * cause ’ a| H fl et back more than
. worth
Uieir m onc > s in enjoy
nient * Tet T everybody go.
WHY CALL THIS A SELL?
p LO ple who will wade through a
c0 ? amn account of a dog fight, or a
c fi{ c k en fight, or sale of a fancy breed
0 f cattle, with much zest, will turn
j m p a tiently away from a six line item,
however seductively worded, if it is
ballasted with an advertisement. We
do not wish thcm lo feel in lhis moo d
when we tell them that Thomas, next
c ^ oor to R an kin House, Columbus,
Georgia, carries beyond question the
hand, ornest stock of clothing and
hone^goods
1 f-TT"' T T V* *
clerks is the cleverest set of f boys in
the city. This information is worth
just as much to you as any item in
the Journal this week and the fact
that we are paid to tell you, ought in
no wise to detract from your appre
ciation.
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CORNERS.
^ certaT oZ j
n thc raarket an j hold it
ipsseaGStuz ».x•&;
els purchased, I but because they know
. • . a certain
~~
a strike at a time ; hcn
be , east dispensed
; , g entll , ed to a , sympalhy if lhc y
fail accomp1ish ,heir end? Are
gamb i e rs of thc like charac
ter of st0 ck i jobbers? Are they or
5neculal rs better than the
. ,i ce?
who wms a( or (
m *.
Jordan s Joyous Ju.ep wi c' ; re le
worst case of Neuralgia and nervous
Headache.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
SPECIAL * EARLY
OFFERINGS BY
HILL * LAW.
For the coming week we
propose to offer at least one
substantial and desirable bar
gain ill every department of
our business. We cannot enu
mcrate all, but give a few.
HOSIERY!
Ladies’ Full Regular Made
I lose ingnun colors, all sizes
and shades, .it 2 WOltll 3 S C *
Children’s do. all shades, 2 \c.
Ladies’ Black Brilliant Lisle
Ilose, a beautiful quality, 48c.
W KID GLOVES
O ur special offering is our 7
t> 1 llUon n ^-Ollopcd Srollonod 'Em i op, all
shades,, at 73c. 1 hesc are a
splendid quality, and are the
biggest bargain ever offered
' '
1 T£; f u,
We received a job lot of
^ ' °° haM]s0mC
FANS,
goods tliat are worth from 25
cents to $4.25 each; we offer
them at the unheard of price
choice ioe.
DRESS GOODS!
We have reduced our whole
line of colored $1 Surah Silks
HILL & LAW, J
HO. 135 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS. -
NO. 28.