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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY.
VOL. XV.
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE.
With this number of the Journal
its semi-weekly edition will be discon¬
tinued. For nearly two years it has
been published twice a week, The
change was made as an experiment,
and after a fair trial we have conclud¬
ed it (joesn’t pay. But few if any
more subscribers take the semi-week
ly than took the weekly and the pat¬
ronage of the semi-weekly has not
been proportioned to the increased
cost of publication, In fact its ex
pense during the summer months has
been greater than its income, forcing
us to draw upon other departments
of our business for its support, We
have found much pleasure in chatting
with our readers twice a week. It is
' much easier to knock a man down
with an opinion upon the spur or the
moment than it is after • mature re
flection. At least we have found it
so and so, the Semi-Weekly Journal
having measurably furnished us this
means, we have enjoyed it. Lut
when we give our opinions semi
weekly week after week during the
summer and find no profit in doing
so, common sense says quit, And
so we do.
Now while we expect to profit by
the change we expect our readers to
do so too. The same force that has
been engaged in publishing the semi¬
weekly will be continued upon the
Weekly Journal. In the next few
weeks, should our credit prove equal
to the emergency, we shall put in a
larger press and enlarge the Journal.
In eight years we have not failed to
give a paper well worth its cost to any
citizen of Harris county nor do we
intend to relax our efforts now. Our
progress here has always been up¬
ward. Slovv it has been, but sure.
To-day the Journal has more friends
ana a deeper hold upon the affections
of the people of Harris county than
ever before in its history, nor has it
ever been better equipped. Its in
telligent correspondents cover nearly
every section of the county and in its
mechanical department there is but
little wanting save a bigger press. In
dropping our semi-weekly issue, then,
our readers will lose nothing, We
have merely loosed our hold to spit
on our hands that we may take a
firmer grasp.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The next number of the Journal
will be issued Friday morning, the
12th instant.
The Piedmont Fair at Atlanta will
not interfere with the success of the
State Fair, but under proper man
agement will add to it. So far it has
been admirably managed.
President and Mrs. Cleveland have
b e ea invited to visit the state fair at
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
Macon while on their southern tour.
It would gratify the people of Geor¬
gia for them to accept and we can
assure them a cordial welcome.
The beautiful park at Macon was
under water Sunday and has been
greatly damaged by the freshet, but
it.will be put in order at once. It
is the finest park in the south and is
alone worth a visit to Macon to see.
An earthquake shock was felt
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and
Illinois. It was heavy enough in
some places to stop clocks and shake
pictures from the walls. At a point
in Kentucky a considerable area of
land sank down four or five feet.
Atlanta police news for over Sun¬
day is unprecedented. It may be
epitomized as follows: A cow killed
asnake out in the suburbs; the patrol¬
men all had wet feet yesterday; no
drunks; a country darkey was robbed,
so he says, of forty cents. This is a
big showing for a city of seventy-five
thousand people, where “whisky is
sold openly and drunk as freely as
ever." The crowd that depends upon
the police court for theatrical enter¬
tainment and is always in attendance
is complaining bitterly because “At¬
lanta has gone to the dogs."—Atlan¬
ta Capitol.
PROHIBITION IN MERiWETHER
An election has been ordered in
Meriwether under the local option
law. It will be held on the 29th in¬
stant, and the canvass is now actively
m progress, The Meriwether Vindi
cator is doing much service on the
prohibition side and the trenchant
pen of Brother Revill has never done
service in a better cause. The fol¬
lowing extract presents the position
of the prohibitionists in a very forci¬
ble manner:
“That drunkenness is an evil, a
curse, all will admit. Whiskey pro¬
duces drunkenness. That we should
seek to remove temptation from our¬
selves and others is taught in the
Lord’s prayer. Whiskey is a tempt¬
ation to the occasional as well as the
habitual toper. Shall we, who are
strong, aid in removing the tempta¬
tion from the weaker brother? Is it
right, lawful and expedient to do so ?
If meat had a tendency to make his
brother offend St. Paul would eat no
meat. If whiskey makes our brother
offend should we vote to keep up the
sale in our midst? Though a man
has a natural right to drink, and,may¬
be, sell whiskey, is it not true that
rights are to be surrendered in order
to promote the general welfare? If
we can promote the general good by
not selling intoxicating spirits is it not
our duty to do so? Will anybody be
damaged or ruined by the sale ? Will
anyone be damaged or ruined by pro¬
hibiting the sale? Without passion
or prejudice let these things be given con¬
sidered and a verdict and vote
accordingly on the last Monday in
August.
TAX RETURNS.
The Tax Receiver’s books for 1SS7
have been completed. They show of a
decline m the aggrega e returns
the county amounting to $16,507.
The books are a credit to the Tax
HAMILTON, GA., AUGUST 5,1887.
Receiver, Mr. B. J. Gordon, and he
deserves no blame for the falling off
in the returns. There has really
been a very good increase in the
ue of all property held in the county,
prices at public sales last winter hav
in S l«en tetter than usuil
Six districts show an increase in
ues. These six are Blue Springs
$6,514; Cochran’s $4,191; Chipley
$8,269; Hamilton $18,846; Milner’s
$1:6,539; Whitesville $1,058. The
districts showing a decrease are Ca
taula $7,196; Ellerslie $4,544; David¬
son’s $10,471; Lower 19th $1,839;
Upper 19th $5,264; Valley Plains
$13,004; IVaverly Hall $22,255;
Whitaker’s $7,350. Everybody
knows that the building of the Geor¬
gia Midland has increased the values
of land through which it passes and
yet the three districts of Ellerslie,
Waverly Hall and Valley Plains show
a falling off of $39,803. The gain in
Milner’s of $16,539 deducted leaves
the Georgia Midland distiicts still
$23,264 short of the last returns.
There is a fault here and it is noc in
the railroad nor in the receiver; it is
in the law that tempts people to make
false returns.
Below we give the returns for differ¬ the
past two years, showing the
ence in the several items:
1SS6 1SS7
No. White Polls 1,127 1,083
No. Colored Polls 1,360 1,220
Total Pol’3 2,487 2 > 3°3
Doctors T t 5 f* IS
Lawyers 6 6
Hands Employed 2,087 2,534
No. acres land 287,024 290,780
Value of land 1,063,286 1,049,498
Town property 82,220 83,834
Money, &c., .92,060 200,955
Merchandise 61,479 64,700
Stocks and Bonds 3,000 3,000
Cotton Factories 106,000 100,000
Iron Works 300 coo
Furniture 73 T 36 83.654
Watches,Jewelry,&c.6,759 6,445
Horses,Mules,&c 215,775 216,394
Plantation tools 23.919 43.992
Cotton, Com, &c., 22,242 10.995
All other property 60,145 24,652
1,914,811 1,898,454
CHIPLEY CHIPS.
Mr. C. H. Cook, of Hamilton, is
attending protracted meeting at this
place.
Prof. J. W. Dozier, of Hamilton,
was in town in the interest of his
school and pictures Wednesday.
Miss Genie Davidson, of Green¬
ville, is the guest of Miss Quinton
Purseli this week.
Dr. Danforlh and Mr. Charles
Talley, of Whitesville, were in town
yesterday.
Yesterday evening a heavy rain
prevailed and did equally as much
damage as the rains and wind here¬
tofore.
Glass Eros can sell you enough
reacJy-mixed paints to paint your
buggy entirely new for $1.00. Just
one dollar. Anyone can apply the
P amt '
The protracted meeting at the
Baptist church, bad notwithstanding the
extreme weather has been ex
ceedingly interesting, and much good
work has been done. A large num-
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE'.
ber of members have been added,
Mr. Arnold, the reverend pastor, is a
great and good man and his able
sermons are highly effective. The
meeting is still progressing,
CATAULA CHAT.
i, ^ r- ° ! Gieenvnle, was on
0llr streets Monuay.
Mrs. Dr. Brewster has left for At¬
lanta and Cartersviile.
Miss Toy McAfee, of Atlanta, is a
guest of Miss Blannie Thompson.
Rev. H. C. Fentress received a 56
pound watermelon from Cuthbert.
Mr. Needham and daughter are
visiting relatives in our community.
Mrs. Charlie Turner and Miss Ma¬
ry Turner, of Atlanta, arc visiting
Mrs. Claytoh Hines.
Miss Alva Thomas, of Troy, Ala.,
Is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cox.
Dr. Williams gathered a cucumber
from his garden measuring 14 inches
in length.
Mrs. Jas. M. Kimbrough furnishes
a lady of our town with beautiful
butter. She is noted for being a good
housekeeper.
Air. Charley Adams,of Salem, Ala.
and Mr. Charley Boyce, of Russell
county, Ala., were in our community
List week, guests of Mr. J. H. Lynch.
Dr. Cook, of the his North Georgia
Conference, and brother, Rev. J.
O. Cook, of Macon, were at Gowers
church the 4th Sunday. Dr. Cook
preached an eloquent sermon to an
appreciative congregation. protracted That
church has had a meeting
recently, was greatly revived and five
additions to the church.
Crops are greatly damaged by the
recent flood. The corn on the Mul
berry creek will be a failure, as it was
under water 36 hours. The creek
was higher (except in 1S74) than it
has been for twenty years. The
bridge at Brewster & Hudson’s mill
is passable, but not safe, as some of
the sleepers have given away.
Your correspondent attended the
Sabbath School Association held at
the Cataula campground the 27th.
It was largely attended notwithstand¬
ing a rainy day. The speech of wel¬
come by Joe Key, a mere boy of 12
years, was delivered in a fine oratori¬
cal style and would have done credit
to a boy of 20. The speeches were
all good, we.have individually. not space The to men¬
tion them reports
of the different schools in the county
were all encouraging and the people
are taking hold of Sabbath schools
w i th rene wcd energy. Judge J. W.
Biggers has a flourishing Sabbath
school at the camp ground with 137
names on roll. The Judge had
enough provisions on the grounds to
have fed over one hundred people.
So , has white’s Cream Yermi
f ° been Ue i 0 re the public that it is
on y necessary to say that this never
failing remedy can continued be had of all is drug
gists. cient proof Its long of its efficacy, and use moth- suffi
er who have tried it for worms in chii
dren declare it to be the only ?rep 3 -
tion that moves the worms promptly
and effectually.
NO. 60.