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THE HAMILTON JOOHNAL.
VOL XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Let us hope the day of the treating
candidate is passed—beyond the dead
line.
Several of the Geoigia members
of Congress are at home looking up
their friends and setting them Laps
for the fall conventions. dhey
electioneer better by remaining m
Washington.
The quadrennial session of the
general conference of the Methodist
Fpiscopal church South, which met
in Richmond on the 5th, concluded
its work on the 25th and adjourned
sine die. The body was remarkable
for its conservatism.
Several ladies were out to hear
the speech of Governor Smith at
Chipley yesterday and many here
speak of going Gordon. out to-morrow We glad to
hear General are
to see the ladies taking an interest in
politics. It is, to our mind, one of
the most hopeful signs of the times.
Hon. A. O. Bacon is a gentleman
whom we esteem very highly and
one who will make an acceptable
Governor should the people call him
to that high office. Many less wor¬
thy men have filled the place and
done the state no discredit. The
many excellent gentlemen who sup
port the candidacy, of Maj. Bacon
are of themselves a guarantee of his
worth. He will have a hearty wel
come liere next Tuesday and all who
hear him will be well entertained.
HE DIDN’T TREAT.
Hamilton is not a dry town, al¬
though there are frequently some very
drv men in it. A half dozen or more
of "these led a forlorn hope a few a f
ternoons ago, in a heroic manner wor
thv of a better came. The story as
\ ■ 4.^ a 11c ;« this- The afternoon
candidate He came down from the
depot was being shown around the
public square, and was being intro
duced ‘ to our people. .arw-Jactrnotfvi It was warm,
. ,
io‘the 1
rapol the summer sun, the
1 aL ; th#> dinner of nnr
friends it was salt and all things
ronsnir-dto augment their thirst,
Fven the si-ht of the candidate did
this as the first sight of the oasis in
the sandy desert augments the thirst
of the weary traveler And though
th 7T^the^dZlVb?0 the^pface YooImT W n7lt fronl
of where beverages
are kept One by one the inviting
chairs on the shady walk were occu
r> : ed until eight thirsty mortals await
ed the comin- ° of the innocent can
,
1 dead
"Bars when he crosses the
line we’ve not him,” exclaimed one
soul a shade more thirsty than the
rest, and the heroic eight noted the
line designated—a well trod path.
But time passed on and the can else
d=date came not. Everywhere
he went and his hearty hud shakes
"TwTsun J sank slowly behind the west
ern lull tops and , the ,i tHir^tv thirsty crowd crowd of ot
forlorn four- the forlorn tour became
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY.
JOSEPH L. DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
a disconsolate pair and the shades of
night fell upon these disconsolate,
before they gave up hope and wend
ed their way homeward.
The candidate had gone to prayer
meeting, lie didn’t cross the dead
}j nc>
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r*AY IN CH 1 PLFY
Yesterday morning this scribe,with
a dozen or more Hamiltonians boird
ed the north bound train foi the pur
pose of spending a day in Chipley.
On board we found ex-Governor J.
M. Smith, who seemed to be in fine
trim for speech-making and hopeful
of the overwhelming success of the
cause in which he is earnestly en
gaged. He thinks the people will
maintain the railroad commission as
it is and will pronounce overwhelm
ingly for Gordon for Governor.
The run to Chipley from Hamilton
is only thirty minutes and one or the
other town is in sight much of the
way. Many friendly greetings were
passed at the depot at Chipley where
the citizens hat met to pay their re
spects to the ex-Governor.
The time passed pleasantly until
the hour for the speaking arrived.
This it was announced would take
place at the Dallis warehouse. A
large number of the citizens of Harris
and Meriwether were present. Green
ville had furnished a delegation of
representative citizens.
Governor Smith was introduced in
a neat speech, by that most excellent
gentleman, Judge A. A. Allen, who
pronounced him the brainiest man
in Georgia, whose honesty had won
for him a national fame.
Governor Smitn spoke for about
two hours and received the closest
attention throughout. Much of his
address was in advocacy of the rail
road commission. He would have the
people deal fairly with the railroads,
but he would have them be on theii !
guard lest the railroads oppress them.
vile people to invest in railroads ex
traordinary privileges were granted
to ra, road corporations. 1 he law
had alnajs stipulated that only just
and reasonable rates should be
charged, but the railroads had up to
the appointment of our railroad com
mission been the sole judges of what
reasonable rates were. In six years
the railroad commission has saved to
the people of the state in freight
char n .s and railroa, f its
more each year than the whose
the railroads in'the state had pros
pered as they had never prospered
before. The force hitherto spent in
fighting each other was now exerted
in a common cause against the com
mission and the lower rates had in
duced more travel and controlled
more freight. Only a love of power
induced the officials to war upon the
commission. If the roaj was run in
the interest of the poor stock holder,
instead of the stock jobber, the fight
would cease, for tile commission
wnile it protected the peopie, has
helped^the roads. ^
vass he said he had not much tosay.
Mr. Bacon was his friend and is a
h , h „^ ■ ,,
hT«coZh o'wr He S rj
word to retract from those he had
spoken complimentary of Mr. Bacon.
HAMILTON, GA., MAY 28,1880.
But he could not oppose an o’d bat
tie scarred veteran such as Gen. Juo.
B. Gordon. The people of the south
offered were too poor to pension those who
themselves in defense of the
rights oi their state, but he hoped the
time would never come when we
should fail to accord all honor to the
noble confederate heroes. When he
endorsed Mr. Bacon, he regarded
him as the pick of the field."
that General Gordon is in the field,
he could not turn his back upon the
noble hero of a hundred battles, the
typical soldier of the war. Lee and
Jackson and Johnson entered the
service with military training, but our
Gordon knew nothing of military
tactics .vhen he enlisted, yet he rose
rapidly by the force of his
genius. While he was ever foremost
tbe change, he was ever gentle and
loveable in camp. The old soldier
w j 10 served under him could not be
found who would not crawl to the
po ij s to vo te for Gordon.
The S p Cec h was well received
throughout and produced a deep im
presHon. Governor Smith has stud
ied t j ie ra ihoad subject well and is a
concise speaker. His speech in full
wou p] have to be given to give all
the points lie made. In his defense of
the railroad commission his hearers
were } 1 p n a i most to a man,while
he presented the claims of General
Gordon in a way that won friends
(or him. speech that appealed
so f orc ibly to reason and so little to
piston and prejudice produce we profound have
hardly ev«-r seen so
an impression. If the Governor
cont i H ,ies his work to the end of the
campaign his syceches will leave an
jiadeliibie impress upon the public
m : n q
other notes of the day arc defer
rcc j f or ] af: i { 0 [ r*»o:u.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The plum crop is late, small and
t,e late >
but let us hope u will be long,
„„ J lie niguts • , ate getting . * warmer and _ j
cotton will soon show the dtects of
the change.
A large crowd is expected here to
morrow from the country and adja
cent towns to hear Gordon.
Mrs. I. H. Hamilton and Mrs.
Philip Bowers, of Columbus, are in
town, the guests of Mrs. B. C. Kim
biough.
Tfae yQung peop|e wiI , htW an
ice cream supper til-night at the res
A F ' eaS -
a -'* anticipated,
Several couples contemplated pic
nicing to-morrow at White Sulphur
Springs, but it is probable they will
postpone the pi :nic on account of
the speaking,
Mr. E. . 1 . Perry, of Camilla. Ga.,
and Mr. T. C. Shearer, of Lynchburg,
Va., are travelling through the coun¬
ty selling cotton presses, Their
headquarters are at the Hamilton
Hotel.
\ gentleman near town who has a
large orchard informs us that there
will not be a peck of peacnes grown
on hjs exceptional’failure ,| ace mis year. We think Ins
» an and hope the
crop generally will be full.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
TALKS!
AND
A en
HAS THE RUSH.
Oils Special MILLINERY
8 A LE
Last Week a Magnificent
SUCCESS.
We will continue the same liberal
prices this week. It means a saving
to our patrons of 25 to 33 per cent,
But we want the city orders in the
early part of the week to prevent a
great rush on Fridays and Saturdays.
We have waited on and satisfied
crowds of ladies in this department
last week ; we will sitisfy many more
this week. Our special May sales are
a delight to our patrons. The ladies
say
ALLEN'S
MILLINERY
ship Is the uneqtiahnl. finest, latest hvrrv and cheapest, Honnft and and Hat workman lurni'd
out of our work-rooms is a walking advertise
mettl for us. Our
DRY GOODS
The elv'-.pest in Cohunhus. When the trade
want He.-vt value to r money,
A-JUXTEHSPS}
Is the place got if. We wilt nut -- u 11 sltodtlv
jroofls. hut do sell best prie* - < liatyed
fny, hutMv k< <> is eisew ii. re. \e win in,t and
Oimmt palm olisf.<.ml .■ IAt* KU<»U l‘or IH t.si,
Our reputation is hunt upon this tin k anu we m
tend to keep it llurc. Jo cUwe out wliat we
have ot
SUMMER SILKS
si:k . „ folk, ...... , ^ si!k at
joe, .a...; s,,i.,l at *,.oo.
A JOD LOt 01 runner LUnbL ro I b at ,cn OUC.
R.ejui;ir$i.ooO>r:-t. A i«,v o.u!s of
£*,
** <.««*.
HOSIERY!
Men’s unbleached Socks at 3c;
Socks at 8 and 10c. Best Full Reg
ular Balbriggans at 25c. Ladies’ and
Children’s Hose at 10c, isjcand 25c.
Special bargains in Hosiery, Laces,
Trimmings, Ham burgs, Buttons,
Gloves, Knitting Silks, Handker¬
chiefs, dowels, Trunks, Valises, Bil¬
low Linen, io-i Linen Sheeting, and
White Goods of all kinds.
Exquisite Plaid Mulls at 25c,w’h 35c.
ALLEN BROTHERS,
2 Doors Above Rankin D . . House, u
COLUMBUS, CEOBCIA.
NO. 42.