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VOL. XV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Fort Gaines Star speaks of a
contemporary that deserves credit
only for the persistence it displays in
living.
The Huff Convict Bill before the
I gislature has many commendable
features. It or something like it
should become a law.
The speech of President Cleveland
will prove interesting reading. There
nothing flowery or brilliant in his
style, but his utterances command
respect from the honest purpose back
of them.
“Will our esteemed contemporary
please copy/’ is.the way Macon and
Atlanta’s big dailies now couch their
requests for reciprocal favors. With
a common enemy in sight, rivals have
become quite v friendly.
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A very interesting letter containing
some interesting points about east
Harris, is unavoidably crowded out
to-day, but will appear in our next.
We hope to have letters next week
from all our correspondents.
If the men who are always on the
*)unt fot new and better locations
would settle down and go to work as
they think they would if the condi¬
tions suited them, they would soon
find out that the trouble they are
prone to complain of is footed within
themselves and not in their sur
roundings.
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It takes mone^to run a newspa
ner, especially in a city. It is said
« lat oue of our neighbors, a daily, is
nder a new management because
ut of a business aggregating near
$0,000 for 1886, there was no profit
the stock holder save, perhaps, the
. nor of holding stock in a giant
concern. But all the same, Macon
and Atlanta both are to have, report
ays, new morning papers, both to be
inaugurated with large capital.
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The measure before the legislature
to allow certain ladies to run a
jvr charitable purposes should be de
/feated. Gambling should not be
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
legalized in any form, and if there, is
any worse form of gambling
than the lottery we do not
know it. The good book
tells us that the poor are the especial
care of the Lord and as he governs
not by chance we cannot think he
would sanction any means that pro¬
posed to serve his charge in that way.
DEVELOPING THE TOWNS.
When Gen. Alexander was elected
President of the Central Railroad he
announced that it would be fhe poli¬
cy of the new management to devel¬
op the country tributary to the sys
tem, by doing all for the towns along
the road and its branches Mat might
be done to build them up. In fur
therance of his plan the rate on cot¬
ton shipped tef Savannah over any
two or more branches of the road is
now less than the sum of the separate
vs&*f of several branches. T9
illustrate the rate from Hamilton to
Savannah is less than the rate from
Hamilton to Columbus added to the
rate f rom Columbus to Savannah.
The effect is plain. Inland towns
now pay as much for cotton as near¬
by towns can afford to pay. When
we say that Hamilton and Chipley
pay as much for cotton as Columbus
it is no idle boast—the facts sustain
the assertion. In consequence the
towns along the C. & R. road are
now receiving more cotton than ever
before in their history and they are
being benefitted thereby. The cot
ton grower too receives better prices,
so that it is better all around.
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Belayed Again. '
^ record once broken, especially if
broken by a step backwards, it is the
eas j cs t and most natural thing to
break it again. The Journal is again
a da y j a{e j CS pjte our best endeavors.
j t jjforJs us consolation, however, to
knOW t h e present number rep
re sents but a week’s work, while the
j ast num ber represented two days
more. Our new harness begins to
wor | L w j t h ] tSS friction and we hope
to be on time next week.
Afectnre Tonight.
, will give
Rev. A. R. Calhoun a
lecture at the church to-night (Satur
day) upon the West Indies, its peo-
HAMILTON, GA., SEPTEMBER 23,1887.
pie, products and industries. No ad¬
mission will be charged, but at the
close of the lecture a collection will
be taken, the proceeds to be applied
to the erection of a Union-church at
Waveny Hall. Mr. Calhoun is a
young Baptist minister, a son of Prof.
J. G. Calhoun, and having visited the
West Indies as a sailor his lecture
will be one of interest. Come out
and hear him.
A Growing Trade.
It affords us much pleasure to call
the a* ten lion of our readers to the
car j of Mr. vv. J. Watt, the popular
Q f Columbus. His stock of goods is
simply immense and with the help of
bis new ware house he is able to han
die them with the least possible ex
pense. The saving he makes inures
to the benefit of his patrons as they
will find out by obtaining his prices.
When you need groceries tail on him
or send him your order.
Something New in His Ltn«.
One of the most stylish stores in
the south is the shoe store of Mr. W.
R. Bedell, in the city of Columbus.
Our readers will remember that his
establishment was destroyed by fire
last spring, and upon its ruins he has
built his present model store. From
its elegant display windows to the
last drawer for shoe strings, his store
is a study of art in its every detail.
Everything is new and fresh, which
makes the display prettier, and then
the regulation counters have been
abolished, adding to the # beauty of
'the room, while admitting a better
view of the magnificent stock of
s oes and boots which Mr. Bedell
carries.
Oar readers will find this hand
some store but a type of the bargains
to be found in it. The taste and
judgement shown in the arrangement
of the store have been exercised in
the purchase of its contents, and the
bargains to be found here are beyond
number. Call on Mr. Bedell when
you visit Columbus.
Local Mention.
Mr. H. G. Sterne, of Columbus, is
in the city.
ONE DOLLAfi A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
They all liked it.
The air has a biting, frosty nip
about it.
The Journal is quite popular in
its new form.
Mr. T. W*. Ligon, of Columbus,
was in the city Sunday.
Miss Effie Mitchell returned to her
home at Columbus yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. S. R. Murphey returned Thurs- *
day morning from Waverly Hall. His
brother is thought to be some belter.
Mr. Geo, W. Ely, traveling agent
for the Southern Pacific,spent Wedues
Jay night in the city with his motnet.
Miss Mary Johnston will go to Co¬
lumbus Moudav to enter Prof. J.
Harris Chappel’s seminary for young
ladies.
Tommy Cowsert, who is now clerk¬
ing for Leyris & Gregory, of Colum¬
bus, spent*Sunday in the city with
his mother.
We feel very much like the inebri¬
ate who falling upon the ground re
marked “If ever I .get up again I’ll
keep up if 1 can.
Mrs. Osborn Ely, who has been
the guest of her mother-in-law during
the summer months, left to-day for
her home in Dallas, Tex.
Cotton is rolling in at a rapid rate.
Our buyers pay Columbus for it, and
if you happen to owe anything to our
merchant buyers they do a shade
better than that.
Mr. M Wolfson returned Saturday
from New York, where he has been
for several weeks. He is a toun.-t
for the large dry goods establishment
of Butler, Clapp, Wentz & Co., New
York.
Mr. L. M. Harris, business mana¬
ger of the Columbus Enquirer, gave
us a pleasant cad Wednesday morn¬
ing. He is a pleasant gentleman and
is managing the Enquirer-Sun with
eminent success.
Rain fed yesterday—Friday—af¬
ternoon, breaking the back booe of
the drouth. It will now be in order
to finish sowing turnips and to corn
me nee sowing small grain.^ Let good
use be made of the opportunity.
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