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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
VOL. XV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Queen Victoria believes in a free
press. So she very properly declines
to let the gallant Gate City Guards
parade on British soil.
A reward of $500 will be given for
a worse pun than one of our esteem¬
ed correspondents gets off this week.
But then a weakly pun is not out of
place entirely in a semLweekly paper.
Owing to the continued illness of
Tudge Harris, no court was held in
Meriwether this week. It has been
more than a year now since that
county has had a regular sitting of
the superior court.
Dr. J. C. C. Blackburn writes an
interesting article, and the readers of
the Journal will at all times be glad
to hear from him. He is now a resi¬
dent of Madison, but his reminiscen¬
ces show that his heart is still with
the good people of Harris.
The whole country seems to be
short on water, The weather clerk
of the New York Herald says that
the dry spell is occasioned by the ab¬
sence of cyclones in the tropics. Is
the prince of the powers of the air
bent on having us change our na
tional beverage ?
The Columbus Daily Ledger was
six months old Wednesday and for a
six months’ bantling it shows much
vigor. It has been managed with
admirable conservatism and s«cill and
edited with much ability. It deserves
success and vve are glad to see that it
is meeting with it.
S — -
Hon. Nat Hammond is confessedly
one of the best equipped lawyers in
Georgia. As a member of congress
his legal lore brought him prominent¬ in¬
ly to the front, and in discussions
volving points of law his ability won
for him the applause ot the whole
country. Should he be appointed bench to
the .vacancy upon the supreme
occasioned by the death of Justice
Woods, he would grace the position
with credit and honor to the whole
country.
If the Macon & Birmingham road
is built, passing Woodbury and Green¬
ville as it will, thus giving Columbus, a compe¬
ting whit broad guage route to
is to be the fate of the C. & R.
road? Evidently it will hive to be
extended to Newnan from Greenville,
or to Carrollton from Chipley, or its
traffic will be so crippled as to force
it to suspend operations. Already a
faster schedule and quicker service is
giving to the Georgia Midland some
traffic that belongs geographically and natural¬ to
the Columbus & Rome, road
ly the completion of the former
will widen its present business belt.
A mail route from Hamilton to Shi¬
loh is spoken of and other towns on
the two roads will be similarly con
nected. This will turn travel to At¬
lanta and points north of it from the
C Sc R road. It must be extended
to live, and the sooner its extension
is resolved upon and the fact pub¬
lished, the better it will be for all
concerned.
PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY.
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
proprietor.
The Gate City Guards will not go
to England. Good Queen Victoria
heard perhaps of their silly treatment
of the editor of the Atlanta Capitol
and concluded that if they did not
know how to conduct themselves at
home they would not be pleasant vis¬
itors. Now if they desire to with¬
draw our prospective certificate of
honorv membership for this opinion
they may do so without any fears of
our cowhiding anybody. We only
wish it understood that a fifty dollar
fine cannot intimidate the whole press
of Georgia.
Advertising pays and nobody knows
this so well as newspaper men. But
few of them experience as pleasantly
its paying qualities as Geo. P. Woods,
editor of the Hawkinsville Dispatch
has done. Several years since he
wrote up, in his inimitable style, the
story of a gourd vine in his garden.
The story was so well told and the
gourd vine so remarkable that the
newspapers all copied the article--the
story mean—so that everybody in the
English reading world knew of it. So
man y read it that the curiosity seek
ers alone sent Mr. Woods so much
money and stamps with requests for
sample seeds, that he was enabled to
furnish his Dispatch on time to up¬
wards of 1600 subscribers. This was
years ago, but the story kept travel¬
ing and the newspapers got to com¬
menting on it as they lepublished it,
until the Hawkinsville Dispatch
Gourd ha£i now become a craze Edi
tor Woods has orders for them from
all prominent watering places capacity so nu¬
merous that it will tax the
of his large farm of several hundred
acres to fill orders now on file.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Mr. Editor:— Much is being said
in the papers about the Salvation
Army and its methods. Modern de¬
velopments and progress have brought
many agencies to the front for the
moral reformation and betterment of
the condition of mankind, And
prominently among them may be
ranked the Salvation Army. Refined
taste may not approve all their meth¬
ods, but truth says that they are ac
complishing much good. They
reach a large class not reached, by
other agencies—the gamins of the
street and other persons not
ble by ordinary means. It is surely
true that in large cities as Columbus
hundreds never enter the doors of
any church and are as surely heathen
as any inhabitant of China. Surely
Christian duty would say that some
thing ought to be done for these out¬
casts. Whose duty is it? And how
shall that duty be performed? Not
in the ordinary way, for that will not
reach them. It may be in the order
of Providence that this important
work has fallen to the lot of the Sal
vation Army. Who knows? Not for
any reason‘ought one straw be thrown
in their way, but let the results dem
onstrate itself.
That they have done much good
in Columbus cannot be denied. They
preach a pure gospel—not theology—
but present duty, repentance and
radical reformation with all that im
plies. Many go from idle curiosity,
listen to their talks and sweet songs
and are deeply impressed that they
are in deep earnest and utter truths
worthy of remembrance.
HAMILTON, GA., MAY 20,1887.
The sound of trumpets,the timbrel,
drum and tamborine are but to at¬
tract a crowd and not a pan of their
service.
Temperance Hall was thronged
with as mixed a crowd as could be
gathered from the slums of any city,
and good order prevailed.
See before you condemn.
Spectator.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. C. H. Cook was in Columbus
yesterday. visited
Miss Emmie Sparks Colum¬
bus Wednesday.
Willie Dozier came with his father
from Bostick yesterday to spend a
few weeks at home.
The reading circle will meet next
Tuesday evening at the residence of
Mr. B. C. Kimbrough. visit of
Miss Teresa Grant, after a
several weeks in our city, returned to
Columbus Wednesday.
Yesterday we received a fine sup¬
ply of stationery which will be print¬
ed at surprisingly low figures.
Mrs. A. B. Copeland and Miss
Willie are in Columbus, the guests of
their uncle, Col. C. J. Thornton.
Mrs. L. L. Stanford and Miss
Georgia Walker returned yesterday
afternoon from a brief visit to Colum¬
bus.
A prayer meeting service will be
held this evening at the Methodist
church. To morrow and Sunday the
pastor will fill his regular monthly ap¬
pointment. C. Floyd has been in ill
Mrs. J. several weeks, but she
health for as
is not confied to her bed we hope
that she will gradually regain health
and strength. residence of
This evening at the musical
Mr. B. C. Kimbrough a which en¬
tertainment will be given in
Mrs. Kimbrough’s music class will
give an exhibition of their progress in
music the past few months.
Miss Leila Ivey, who has made a
pleasant stay of several weeks here
visiting relatives and friends, relumed
to her home in Peiote, Ala.,Tuesday.
She was accompanied as tar as Co
lurnbus by her sister, Mrs. J. B. Mob
ley. relumed fiorn Bostick .
Prof. Dozier
yesterday much benefitted by his
two week’s rest. He says he will
again throw wide the doors of the
pie of learning Monday morning, and
invites his pupils to return and finish
the term.
One of the greatest revivals Tal¬
botton has had for years has just
closed and many have been convert¬
ed and added to the church. There
should be a united prayer going up
daily from our people that the revival
wave may extend here and a gracious
shower of Divine grace may fall upon
Hamilton.
Mr. H. C. Cameron went down to
Columbus Wednesday to be present
at Allie the Cameron marriage to of Mr. his Harry niece,^ arner, Miss
which happy event took place in that
city Wednesday afternoon. I he
bride is well known here and has
many friends who wish them much
happiness through life,
Mr. J. C. Hoyd made him a hsm
pood several years ago and stocked
it with carp. I he spring to
enough fill . how
supply water neglected, to it,
ever, so it was
afternoon some boys were wading m
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
it, the pond through neglect and the
long drouth having resolved itself
a small mud hole, when they were
surprised to see several large fish
come to the surface. They caught
four that weighed tvvelve pounds, fur¬
nishing an ample supply for supper
and breakfast for Mr. Floyd’s family
and he says that he wants no finer
fish than they are.
Bloomington, 111, Sep. 18, 18S2.
Messrs F. J. Cheney & Co., Tole¬
do, O.: Have taken Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. Had catarrh all my life; am
48 years old. Had asthma 19 years,
and a dreadful cough for five years.
Have taken everything; went to the
Hot Springs; I have doctored with
the doctors here ; I have done noth¬
ing but take medicine for 19 years.
When I commenced using Hall’s Ca¬
tarrh cure I was almost dead. I sent
for the doctor the day I got it and
told him that I would die any way
and that I would try your medicine.
How I suffered. could hardly
breathe at times. I saw your cure
advertised and commenced taking it
and I would have been under the
ground to-day but for it. 1 have not
had one bad spell of coughing since
that day. In breathing my head feels
well and I am well. It has done me
a thousand dollars worth of good.
There are ten of my friends on see¬
ing what it has done for me taking it
and it is helping them. I only wish
that every one who has catarrh, asth¬
ma ar.d a bad cough could see me so
that I could teU them all to take it.
All that know me here know how I
have suffered. (I have been here
since 1858,) and say to me “I am so
glad you found something that could
cure you.” Every one says, “how
much better you look.” The doctors
say they are glad I found Hall’s Ca
larrh Cure as they could not cure me.
I cannot express my gratitude to
you for the good Hall’s catarrh cure
has done me. You can use as much
of this letter as will do the afflicted
good. Publish it to the whole world
—it is all true and they should know
it. Josephine Chrisman,
406 East North street.
Knjoy Life.
What a truly beautiful world we
live in ! Nature gives us grandeur of
mountains, glens and oceans, and
thousands of means of enjoyment.
We can desire no better when in per¬
fect health; but how often do the
majority of the people feci like giving
it up disheattenod, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there is
no occasion for this feeling, as every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that Green’s August Flower,
will make them free from disease as
when born. Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint are the direct causes of
seventy-five per cent, of such mala¬
dies as Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostration, Dizziness of the Head,
Palpitation of the Heart, and other
distressing symptoms. Three doses
of August Flower will prove its won¬
derful effect. Sample bottles, tocts.
Try it
Vr. SETH X. JORDAN,
Qp^tiner 1 Surgeon ° and Physician,
Broad St., Columbus. Uft
NO. 40.