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THE HAMILTON JOURNAL. VOL. XV. EDITORIAL NOTES. The senate has very properly kill¬ ed the Brady guano bill, which pro¬ posed to withhold from purchasers of guano the privilege of contracting not to plead failure ot consideration against notes given foi the purciu.se of guano. We note with pleasure the liberality of the people of Macon in providing a fund to properly advertise the state fair. There is an aching vacuum in our midst that if filled might induce many of Harris county’s sixteen thousand citizens to attend. The Journal is glad to note the continued success of the Columbus Ledger. It has grown in public fa¬ vor since it was established nearly a year ago and its sprightly columns attest the constant growth it is now making in the favor of the public. It has a good advertising patronage which it richly deserves. The position of the Journal has been that the Piedmont fair need not necessarily detract from the success of the state fair, but that under prop¬ er management it would add to it. The wisdom of this position seems now in a fair way to be verified. It is conceded that both lairs will have displays never before equaled in the state, and now that the state fair is to h-ave President Davis and the Piedmont Cleveland, it is thought that the attendance upon both fairs will be beyond precedent. Every¬ body in the state wants to see these two eminent men and all who can will go to see them, taking the fairs in ncidentally. 0* ♦w CHRONIC GROWLERS. There is in every community a class who persistently discourage ev¬ ery new enterprise. They steadily raiaintain that the country has seen its best days and that efforts to renew its prosperity must prove futil. If for any reason there is a decline in the general prosperity of the commu¬ nity they at once assert their impor¬ tance and come to the front claim¬ ing great credit for their foresight in seeing the evil from afar and putting themselves by a very conservative course in a position to meet it. If prosperity comes they are not so for¬ ward in their views, but they lose no opportunity to impress every chance listener that the improvement can only be temporary. The leader of this class is usually the first man to meet the new comer who is prospecting for a new location. The business conservatism of the leader gives him ample spare time and he uses it. He impresses these new comers with the fact that his great faculties are not employed be¬ cause there is no field for their em pioyment. He is here because he happened to be here when prosperity bade the community a final adieu and since that time he has been unable todis pose of his interests, even at a great sacrifice. In a few minutes he gives a history of the business failures that have marked the history of the place for many years. Of the men who have succeeded he has but little to JOSEPH L.DENNIS PROPRIETOR. say. If he alludes to them at all ; he does it in such a way as to dis¬ count tueir success. They have bought their success at a sacrifice that would have brought a better price anywhere else. £ an u § t t j ie me mbers of this c j ass - n Qur town p jf t | ie j r leader’s name headed this article would you know any better who he is than you know now ? Is he doing the town any good ? Is he benefiting himself or his fellows ? Are you a member of this class, and if so what promise does your membership hold out to you? Let us all resolve to think twice before we utter a word derogative of the town, its people or its prospects. There is no profit in such a word and it might do harm, For the Hamilton Journal. MERIWETHER CAMPMEETING. The Meriwether campground is in Meriwether county, two miles from Stinson, C. & R. railroad, five miles from Warm Springs, eight miles from Chipley and twelve miles from Ham¬ ilton. Col. Wei born of precious memory 42 years ago donated 100 acres of land for the pnrpose of a campground, and except some years of the war a campmeeting has been held here an nually on the first Sunday in Septem ber and some of the tent-holders are sons of the original company. j* It isa , beautiful *r 1 plat 1 . of e ground 1 shaded , j , by trees of native growth. It is an ob long square with the arbor or “stand” in the centre. Thousands have con gregated here from year to year and the hallowed memories of this spot will only be known in the sweet mu¬ sic of eternity. The services began Friday night Sept. 3rd. A large at¬ tendance both of preachers and peo¬ ple was present Saturday morning and the crowd grew larger as time went on and on Sabbath the crowd was „ immense •__f.,11 and though full to overflowing the hospitality was un bounded and all could feel at home Dr. Cook, of Griffin, preached at 11 o’clock on Saturday from Ex. 32d cnap., . 26th , . verse, a sermon of c vast ^ power and compass, often eloquent, and always impressive. Dr. Hop kins, president of Emory College, Ox ford, preached on Sunday at n o’clock to a densely packed audience from Hebrews 2d chap., 10th verse,a sermon of rare excellence and beauty, instructive, deep and abounding in Bible truth. The Dr. is an orator of marked ability and held that large audience spell-bound for an hour. Few will forget that remarkable ser¬ mon and, like bread cast upon the waters, will be gathered after rnany days. Other ministers deserye like commendation. The attendance was all the time large, but Sunday it was huge, supposed to be 2500 Ham-! or 3000. Columbus, West Point, -1 ilton, LaGrange,Greenville and Chip ley were well represented and no oc casion could present more beautiful women, and if reports be true Cupid shot his arrows fast and thick, and even the old bachelors had to sue cumb to the soft impeachment. The spiritual character of the occasion was not altogether what it might have been, but surely much good was done. It would be a sad day for the world it campraeetings should be dis¬ continued. Visitor. HAMILTON, GA, SEPTEMBER 9, 1887. Harris County Agricultural Society. The monthly meeting of the Harris Conuty Agricultural Sootety was held in the court room Tuesday morning, Prosit dent Mobley m the chair. Interesting crop reports were read by members from various sections of the county. Cotton is reported off from 25 to 50 per cent from the crop of last year. Upland corn is not as good as it was last roar and many creek bottoms are a total failure now as they were then. Reports differed as to the product, some thiuking that crops gath ered in the county will be as Urge as last year, while others think it, will be shorter, Peas were reported as fro* fair to mid dling. The friends of the speckled pea reported a good cron already matured, while the friends of the red pea promised an abundant crop as soon as the proper season arrived for it to fruit Several speeches were made tdv mating small grain and some very interesting thoughts ware advanced on crop cultivation and cropping system. The meeting was in foresting throughout and must have beun profitable to all. Maj. F.ynn Hargett was elected President for tha Del. meet • u ^ The Death of Aaron (iooilmiin. It was our purpose to notice in an ear* lier number tbe death of this estimable young man, but for some c iuse we bad no Chipley letter the week of his death, and as the news failed to reach us through this channel its publication was nuinten tioualiy omitted. He was the sole re w maiuiug son of a devoted father, and like his elder brother he has been cut down in the prime of vigorous young nan, hood. He was h worthy youth, full of life and hope, but the reaper found him ro» iy for the call, which those who knew him best wa * “ II 18 wolb co ™ e U P hi C h *T'’ His illness was short, i awd he was rational up a sll0rt w i,n<, e ,„„ teb He seemed to reabzs from the first that his end wan ne >r, but toe knowledge gave Lira no fe n. He looked confld- ntiy to a happy welcome on the other Khora and he besought those who ministered at his bedside to live that they m ght, m«*4 him there, A father and five sisters mourn his less, and in their bereavement have much sympathy. One of the Smitli’s. Are you Owen Snai h? “ h, yep, r must b M owin’ everybody.” But I owe more to Dr-Bigoeis Huokleh. i y Cor 1 J tor cur* t ng me 0 f the cholera morbus and dyaentery A stranffer in a Strange Land. A ; wnn-s uom Amf.-d. "la.Aifi, that . t.iken witn dysentery the was ot bloodiest type. Doctors were called in to no effect. A strsugi-r hiiggested DrBiggers Huckleberry Cordial and to Its use he owefi bls 4 Deafness Can’t be Cured by local app‘ic*tionp, t! ey can t reach the disease 1 portion of the car. 1 here i* only on? way to cure tfeafneHS,and hat h by constitutional reinehien. D-afro« b caused by an inflame . „ ,<m,l.t„m o ■ n u n* h >»mg f thetus.aeh,,,., lube hm tnt» gets inflamed ,ou h„v (! a mmblmg *»“»-' or h '“ ! A en it in entirely doaed » tbe , a at. and tmlws tbe ............ <an be t,l.a„ «*<• thi5 tobe r '" ,or - i 1,1 "" <on<i| - «®« h ' arine ........ r; , me caseaout of tenare au.ee by cat .nh.wwch is n<,thin,: l,ut a “ Mhmed con,l,,i ' u " f "' e mucus, surfaces, 3Ve will give On Hnntlred HMIarg f»»r t rrh Cure. n*h«j ter circular, tr*-, . F. J CHENEY & CO.. 1 ole io, 0. Su d by drugui-ts, 70 ccnt«. • I ONE DOLLAR A YEAR STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. A Good One From a Reliable Man. Natuosta, Ga., Got. 20, l8Sb. —My bo >’ is now eighteen years old, and him ' been sipk ad bH life aud not » » e to do ! work of any kind. I thought be had I dro P 8 3\ b,H hlood was almost like water, : He bas DPVe / had any appetite or color ! Hud ««« unfit tor anything, being in such j an aw * a condition. I have during the ' 5ast ten /? ars e *P? cted bll »»° dl ® ** fln / moment, he could not walk 100 yards " lthont r08 tm « l "° or tbree t,me8 ‘ In 1 )ree fonr , da y* u^'-i ltn * Briggs’ Nunnbetter Tome Pills he did j » whole days work in the field, mng so “ meb ^proved. He now has ft good ap petite and is rapidly improving vn stregth and color. 1 kuow the I ills have given b ' in a new loHRft of alul 1 commend them above every medicine on earth. My wife hw ftlao been in feeble condition for 8 ? me nnd tb »J baT e improved her ? ls0 vt>, y ,mlcb * H anybody , need*ft on n ;\ vtce ,8 ’ bn ? B '•««" «nm, better ® It H ’ItlTCHINHON. boldtby L h W luley, call ,, .. him - r on < r I '<>» "““'P 1 *-; Nuanhetlrr Lt.or r.lla, Ao. j£PP m *“ « r ,s • Wholoailo DrogRKt., Wholesale Agents, Savannah, Gra. m 4 In every community there aro h number of men whose whole time is not occupied, such as teachers, ministers, farmers’ sons , especially j and would others. To if those wish classes to make several we say you j hundred dollars during the next few months write at once to B F Johnson & Go., of Richmond, Va., and they will show yen how to do it. » • 4 Fr. SETH N. JORDAN, Operating Surgeon and Physician, Broad St., Columbus. Oft h I WstlHiT oaise VA 1 * Siffira & ff II LB D I \AA. v » vm r Of mrv-%. *£-• ? v\* 0 4?r ! ^ / % 0 WM: 1 CORDIAL The Great Southern Remedy for all BOWEL TROUBLES AND CHILDREN TEETHING. There are very few who do not know of tlifa little hills: bush growing but alongside few r<-:iliy.e of our the mountains fact, that and very the little purple berry, which no many of us have eaten In most every nhnf*e, there Is a prin¬ ciple in It having a w cnderful effect tlie bowels. Dr. Bigger’s Jlur’kleberry t'ordal Is theOKKAT SOUTH KKN JtKMEDY that ie«ores the little one teething, and curwe JDlarrhu»a Dysentery and Is considered Cramp Colic. that this of When it tit season the year sudden and dangerous attacks of the bowels arc; so frequent, ansi we hear of so many deaths occurring before a tliat nhysicla n can be d in, It is Important every with house¬ hold should provide tlwinseives some speedy roller, a dose of which w ill relieve the natn and save much anxiety. Hr. Riggers’ ilncklH>erf> t'ordinl i- a mploremedy which any child is pleased to tak. Price, ~J) cents a b'*tlo. 'Manufactured by WA LTEK A. TA YliOR. Atlanta. <ia. Taylor*# Uncrokee ttemeilt *»f sneel t.uin and >lii Hein will cure < YAighs. Croup bottfe. and Con s# mutton Price2T>cts. an;! *1 ;i FRUIT 1 1 11 1 TREES* 1 V/« I am agent for the celebrated LeCONTE NURSERIES,W.W Thomp^m, Broprie-or, Smithville, Ga. I will 1** glad to show you my specimens and to take your order tor any trees or vines you need. My prices are as low as any and thetree* are unexcelled. B C KIMBROUGH. NO. 65,