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*• *■ A tis r a >* •’ ;**? Li r\ \5 3 r y%S < * j P. # <1 i Mr r 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. • - — ■ — ■■■ » — ■' 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. —-- 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. n 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. •> •« 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. NO. 67-