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THE HAMILTON VOL. XV. EDITORIAL NOTES. __ Trains on the Georgia Midland will reach the town of Woodbury on Monday or Tuesday. At Flint river work is being done on the bridge, as far as may be, and but little delay is expected here in putting up the bridge. At the end of six weeks we may expect to ride over to Griffin on the cars of this progressive road. If a citizen of Georgia goes over into South Carolina and kidnaps a citizen of that state and brings him to Georgia where the kidnapped par¬ ty is incarceratvd and held to answer a charge of violating a Georgia law, has the state of South Carolina a right to demand the kidnapped per¬ son ? Or has she only a right to the kidnapper ? These are questions puzzling the executives of the two states. Let us hope there will be no war. The troubles of the interstate com merce commission grow apace. It has done but little as yet and by its commendable inaction has won the public esteem, It is a matter of impossibility for any five men to fix the freight rates for all the ' railroads of this country without hurting the railroads destroying thousands of and mining enterprises and destroying millions of dollars of property. The powers of the com mission are too great, if the commis mision itself is not altogether a mis take. Money will not do everything, but it is a powerful factor for either good or evil, according to the manner in which ’it is used. Like property, it it represents accumulated labor, but represents accumulated labor, under ordinary circumstances, in its most available form. A good cause is strengthened by the possession of money, just as the power for evil of an evil disposed person is increased by its possession. The accumulated force is in the money and that force the possessor may apply f° r <7 0 od or evil. If the measure of a , day’s work is one dollar and you give a dollar to a good cause, that gift represents in the abstract a day de¬ voted to that cause. The love of money is the root of many evils, but money itself is one of the greatest factors of human progress. Senator Jones, formerly of Florida, but more lecently and now for along time of Detroit, Michigan, in his conduct, offers one of the enigmas ot the present century. Senator Call, Florida . the his contemporary from m Senate, says that had Senator Jones gone to Tallahassee upon the assem¬ bling of the legislature he might have been reelected. His friends say that even now he may be elected if he will come back and give conduct. even If a plausible excuse for his so the infatuation of Florida for him is hardly less remarkable than his in¬ fatuation for Detroit. Perhaps the Free Press has enthralled the Senator with its inexhaustible fund of humor and is keeping^fim in Detroit as a joke. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY. JOSEPH L.DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. MINISTER STRAUS. Oscar Straus, the newly appointed minister to Turkey, is the son of a peddler or merchant who made head quarters at Talbotton before the war. The public have yet to be informed Q f an y peculiar fitness of Mr. Straus f or high position as he seems never to have occupied any office by w hich he could gain any familiarity w j t h the duties of the place, Meriwether The above from the Vindicator may contain only truths. but they are stated in such a way as to convey a wrong Impression. The American idea is to regard or esteem a man for what he is himself and for what his ancestors are or may have been. If we elect a hangman to be president, we send see the no reason why vve may not son of a peddler to represent us in Turkey. The hangman discharged in a proper way the duties of his office and while the name is repulsive, we honor the man who was fearless in the in dischaige Ameri of duty. One may peddle ca without doing himself any discredit or tainting his children. Nor should the fact that Oscar Straus has not served an apprentice¬ ship in office be counted against him. Our government ceases to be demo¬ cratic when the functions of office may not be performed by intelligent citizens without special training. For this reason we regard civil service re form laws as pernicious, A ckss fitted only to rule, necessarily implies another class fit only to be governed. The record of Minister Straus is short but honorable. A bright distinguished lad, a stu¬ dious school boy, a col¬ lege student and an honor graduate, a lawyer without reproach and a mer¬ chant in high esteem, he must stand approved by all tests known to our form of government, save one, popu¬ larity. By this last, this final test he also stands approved. The President himself bears testimony on this point. He says that the young man was urged for the place by recommenda¬ tions that were literally overwhelming and irresistable. It is a long step our young friend has taken. The son of a peddler sSSS-Si straight flies,shows a line as as a crow the beauties of our system of govern ment and is to be held up p s an rising • ample to the generation to spur them on to noble effort. Such a record shows ability and worth,should inspire his countiy with confidence and encourage him to higher attain ments. THE CO-EDUCATION OF THE SEXES. Mr. Editor :—The subject of mixed schools has been discussed to some extent for a long time and has lately been renewed. Anything that tends to the advancement of educa¬ tion and serves to accomplish the true purposes of education deserves consideration. The fact is well at¬ tested that early impressions than are more potent for good or evil all the impressions of later years. It is exceedingly desirable therefore that those impressions be made under the most favorable circumstances. No man of intelligence or observation doubts that female influence is an HAMILTON, GA., APRIL 22,1887. important factor in the formation of character and be felt and bear fruit in long years after. One way and a very important one, to make this in fluence available is the co-education of the sexes. The presence ot girls in a school-room is imminently con servative, restraining and refining, That black-eyed girl has a magic power to influence for good, more potent than the the master’s word or r °d. To please her and have her good opinion controls the rudest boy in school. Some may object to school children having sweetheart. The objector, if sincere knows little of the promptings oi the human heart. The soft boy or girl who never feels the touch of the magi- . wand of love even in youth is indeed to be pitied ana lacks one strong element ot true suc¬ cess in life. After all that may be said of strength of intellect, power of will and decision of character, man controlled and influenced , more , by is t le promptings of his heart than the conclusions of his lu-art. Get the heart right by refined association and moral culture and the issues thereof will be pure and healthful. The val uable treasure house of human expo rience abundantly shows that mixed schools for the go education of the sexes are the best and furnish the best results. The world is learning that there is no sex in mind, and though characteristics of the mind in sexes may be different as to pow er of intellect, they stand on an equal footing, and some of the brightest stars in the galaxy of fame were fe males. A good illustration of the benefits of the co-education of the sexes is found in the A. & M. College, Ham ilton, Ga., where much good is being done for our day and race. More anon. ♦ 4 NEW HOPE HINTS. Cotton planting is about two thirds over. The stand of corn is poor. Several young men from Alabama attended church at this place last Sunday. Farmers in this section are looking b ssxxzg? * - Rev. W. I. Bell filled his appoint raent at this place Saturday and Sun day. Preached with his usual zeal and power. J. T. Dorough Jr., put out a trot hoe and a few set hooks last night and caught 25 bs of fish. The gest weighed 8* pounds. That beats hanging round court hunting a job. One of our citizens has been wait iog for cotton to get to ioc. to sell, bat when it got there he changed his figures to io£c. Such is human na¬ ture. G. D. Dorough, one of our Harris county boys, who has been attending court at Hamilton as a witness in the Sam Hargett case, returned to ford this morning to resume his stu dies in Emory College. A large number of our young peo¬ ple attend two Sunday schools in one day—New Hope in the morning and Mt. Creek in the evening. This is an improvement on the past. The Sunday school interest is growing. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, STRIOTLV IN ADVANCE. We had something of a sensation in our section last Friday night. A colored man, Buck McColtough, ran all night, supposing that some mob was after him to do him some injury, He told about his trip next morning, and it looks impossible for any one to make it. He started in the settle mer.t above this, but about day light he was near here. He came in hear ing screaming at the top of his voice, “Murder! murder!” Hiram John son ran to his relief, and took him in the house, and seeing his condition, sent for l)r. B. G. Poer. His feet were torn to pieces, his body bruised and his clothes all off except hispanu. '1 his is the thud experience of the kind he has had. Last week J. T. Dorough, Jr., was hunting with him on Mr. J. D. Johnson’s island. He went to a smaller island with a boat and took his dogs. He saw some¬ body’s tracks and got frightened, jumped into the river, leaving boat and clothes on the island and swam back to Johnson’s Island, then ran down that island half a mile and jumped into the river again, swam to this side and went off through the woods for life and death. A few nights after when he had retired he thought he heard some one out of doors, and jumping up he ran about a mile or two through swamp and thicket. He talks about it like it was fun, and said that every time he tried to go to any house they would head him off, and that his pursuers had a dog with them that did not bark that would be sometimes in front of him and then behind him. He is not yet able to bear his weight on his feet and will not be in some days, Most of the negroes believe there was somebody after him. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what you need for Constipotion, Loss of Ap¬ petite, Dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia. Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. Glass Bros, Chipley. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton. Will vou suffer with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh’s Vi talizer is guaranteed to cure you. Sold Glass Bros., Chipley, Ga. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton. by that terrible cough. Sbiloh’sCure j s t h e remedy for you. For sale by G i ass Bros., Chipley, Ga. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton, Catarrh clred, health and sweet breath by SbUoh , s c, tatrh Ren)e( j ' p^ce 50 cents. Nasal J f Sold by Glass Bros, Chipley, Ga. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton. For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by Glass Bros., Chipley. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton, Shiloh’s cough and consumption cure ls . sol( * by us on a guarantee, cures consumption. Glass Bros., Chipley, Ga. And S. G. Riley, Hamilton. Why will you cough whenShilobs Cure will give immediate relief. Price ioc., 50c. and $1. GlassBros.Chipley by S. G. Riley and Glass Bros NO. 32,