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m +r * . • J * lit cM> l y iriai t t ♦ ** # VOL. XV. EDITORIAL NOTES. & An enterprising showman has off ered $10,000 for Lingg’s body. Such 4? fame. Some of the newspapers are pub Hshing tariff articles from the columns of the Atlanta Constitution two or three years ago. This is unfair. The was not as old then as is now and had not learned so well as it now knows that there are two sides—sometimes both profitable—to ver y public issue. Work on the Chattanooga & Rome railroad is being rapidly pushed. This road is located to Tallapoosa, Haral¬ son county, on its way to Columbus. If the. road runs from there to Car lf>oliton it will take the Newnan and ICarrollton road to Newnan and build from Newnan to Greenville and {broaden the guage of the Greenville and Columbus road to Columbus. This will place Greenville in direct communication with Chattanooga,— Aleriwether Vindicator. The four condemned anarchists hanged on time at Chicago Fn The fall did not break their and they were choked to death thirteen minutes. They were courageous to the end, but it is not the first time great courage has been in a bad cause. Anarchism reached its climax in this coun try and must wane henceforward, de spite its so called martyrs. The wilds gf Africa seem to be the most inviting field for the gospel against property rights and the anarchists should by all means go there to find congenial * — ■ ■ I. — It is announced that Mr. A. P. will be in charge of the Tal¬ ton New Era after the first ofjan He is a talented young man, of Hon. Henry Persons and he add, much to the standing of the Era, We wish him much suc ^is new field and feel that we no risk in prophesying it for pleu Editor Mumford is now a full member of the South Geor money* rcncc anc * has served the n a h t _________ _ JOSEPH L.DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. present year a pastorate in Talbot county very acceptably. He will rank well in the high calling which he has assumed. Our correspondent, “Reader;” in his notes last week was slightly in error regarding the projected road from Savannah to Birmingham. Later particular* indicate that the com m ' ttee of experts appointed to ex amine the construction of the Sa vannah, Dublin & Western railway were very much pleased with the work done by the company between Savannah and Dublin, but objected to the grading done between Dublin and Macon by the Macon & Dublin R. R. Co., which it was proposed to consolidate with that done by the Savannah, Dublin & Western. The two editors of the Constitu¬ tion addressed wet and dry meetings in Atlanta last night. Col. Grady spoke to 8,000 people in the great warehouse and Col. Howell to nearly half as many in the opera house, the audience of each being limited only by the capacity of the hall in which he spoke. The prohibitionists are making a good fight and ought to succeed, but the antie’s have plenty of money and they will use it without scruple. It is a very powerful factor in any sort of a fight, and we fear its effect upon the brother in black when supported by the cravings of his ap¬ petite. However, the prohibitionists have means for ail legitmate cam¬ paign purposes, they have the intelli gence and morality of the great city on the right side, and news we have from private sources is that they are sure to win. Harris county feels a deep interest in whatever affects the business or even social interests of Columbus. We are very close to her and our business arteries, the Georgia Mid land and the Columbus & Rome, re¬ ceive the life blood from her heart which goes to build up our bone and muscle. In discussing, therefore,any question affecting her interest we feel that we are no intruders if we put in a word. The question of a fair by our section’s metropolis is especially HAMILTON, GA., NOVEMBER 18 . 1887 . of interest to us. Our county would be on hand with an exhibition of her resources, and the success that we would inevitably achieve would lead us to larger endeavor and the bound¬ less resources we have would thereby become advertised as they should be to make the county rich and prosper¬ ous. Let Columbus take the initia¬ tive and we promise Harris will come to the rescue with an exhibition sup¬ plemented with an attendance that will insure success. Taken all in all we doubt if there is in the state an agricultural county superior to Harris- That our people are generally prosperous we cannot claim, but that their want of pros¬ perity is attributable to any fault of soil or climate nobody dares assert * Seasons are frequently not as we would have them, but in a residence here, covering a decade the writer has every season chronicled some remar kably good crops. The mountains that run through the county nearly parallel to - each other, dividing the county into two nearly equal parts, are the guardians of our gener al prosperity and insure for our peo¬ ple renumerative crops in one place or another that are sure to bring the general average up to the same fig¬ ure. . Many counties in the state have such a sameness of soil that a failure on one farm is a failure on all, but it is not so in Harris. Here there is hardly one farm that is a type of any other and the result is that, unpropitious seasons for some are sure to be propitious for others, so that if we can never all get very rich we are just as certain that we will never all fail at once. For the Hanvlton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. The prohibition election in Atlan ta waxes hot and much excitement prevails. No more important election ever occurred in Georgia, and every good man and woman in the slate ought to make the result a subject of prayer, The anarchists at Chicago have suffered the penalty of the law and nj ui justice is vindicated, Let others take warning. By proclamation of the Governor Nov. 22nd is Arboi-dny in Georgia and it is to be hoped that tree-plant ing will go into general use that day. No wiser measure could be adopted. Beautify home and restore the forest and great good will be done. « * « A spirit of enterprise is pervading the south. A chair factory in Griffin expects to make and sell fifty thous and chairs this year. Let the good work go on. These home industries will build up towns and cities and ^ring permanent prosperity, Chipley is to have a cotton seed oil mill and guano factor}'. Thenr.n essary capital will be forthcoming in time for the next crop. Macon ba(] (hjrty . five thousan(1 Co(lfedenUe Vet eran badges printed. hundred still remain and can I e had by wri ting to G. XI. Davis, Ma con, Ga., enclosing stamp. Artesian wells have done wonders for south-western Georgia in the way of health. Albany has eight now and is engaged in boring the ninth and exacts an abundant supply at 800 leet. Seven thousand four hundred bush els of chestnuts were handled at Bed¬ ford Pa., by the American Express Co., last week. This beats Pine mountain and Hamilton. * Mr. Carlisle, prospective Speaker of the next House, will not visit At¬ lanta and make a speech, but goes back to his district to look after Theobe and his contested election. It may be that it needs looking after. It seems now that the Ccntial rail road will build a railroad from Eden, C. R. R-, 40 miles from Savannah.to Fort Valley and thus secure an air¬ line to Birmingham, or it may be a bluff. Nothing further from the Macon & Opelika railroad. Reader, NO. 75.