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AMiLTON Journal.
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J. L. Dennis,. . • • .... Proprietor.
HAMILTON, GEORGIA,
NOV EM HER l8,................... 1887.
For the Hamilton Journal.
PETER CONE, OTHERWISE
CALLED CONE OF CAMDEN.
If the history of the legislature
Georgia could be written it would be
both instructive and interesting. Some
remarkable characters in the long
ago held seats in that body. Among
them was Capt. Peter Cone, called
Cone of Camden. This became nec¬
essary because Judge Francis Cone,
of Green, was also a member of the
house. Tudge Cone was a distin¬
guished lawyer and a very pains-tak¬
ing legislator, watched the proceed¬
ings with great fidelity and was al¬
ways ready to make a question or to
tease a member. Capt. Cone, of
Camden, was an unlearned man with
native intellect, quick to see and of¬
ten witty r nd alwa,s ready to reply.
He had represented Camden county
for many years and was well and
widely known. Capt. Cone had in¬
troduced a bill to prevent fish-traps
being put in the St. Ilia river and to
remove all obstructions to the free
passage of fish in said river. In due
course the measure came up to be
considered. Capt. Cone had the
success of his bill very much at heart,
explained the necessity of the law in
a humorous and witty speech and sat
down. Judge Cone, of Green, with
a nod to William Springer, rose and
proposed to discuss the gentleman’s
bill and show the impracticability,
when Cone, of Camden, jumped up
and begged to interrupt the gentle¬
man from Green. The Judge paus¬
ed and Capt. Cone exclaimed in a
clear, sonorous voice:
Cone of Camden,
Cone of Green,
Two such men
Were never seen.
When one says yes
7 he other says no;
’Tis very strange,
But it happens so.
In a roar of laughter Judge Cone re¬
tired from from the field saying, “I’m
not much on fish stories.” When the
mirth had subsided William Springer,
known as the largest man in the state,
weighing over three hundred pounds,
nd famed as the author of the Free
Bankirg Law of Georgia, rose to ob¬
ject and proposed an adjournment
that all might have plenty of
time to consider the importance of
the weighty principles in the gentle¬
man’s bill. While this was being
said Cone of Camden had drawn the
figure of a huge man with a fair out¬
line of a giant and turning the paper
so as to be in full view of all the
members exclaimed:
All flesh is grass.
If this we take
What a big hay-stack
He would make.
Loud peals of laughter followed
and Mr. Springer said the gentleman
had won the day, and the bill passed
unanimously.
Lex.
For the Hamilton Journal.
MUSIC.
History furnishes the interesting
fact that nations live in history by
their poetry and their songs. Hence
many nations make music a part of
common school education and it
ought so to be in all ages and coun¬
tries. The power or capacity to
make music is almost universal. Few,
very few, if taught in early life fail to
make music, either vocal or instru¬
mental, and some who never tried to
make music would develop a talent
for it if the effort had been made. '
The concord of sweet sounds has
a wonderful effect on all animated
natuie. The sweet carol of the birds
and the mournful chant of the whip
poor-will has charmed many a youth¬
ful heart when wholly ignorant of any
rule of music or capacity or capacity
to make it. It is related of a musi¬
cian traveling with a caravan across
the Arabian desert, lingered behind
tuning his instrument and on looking
up saw a huge lion ready to spring
upon him. As a last resort he com¬
menced to play his violin. The lion
was charmed and entranced. The
musician walked backwards until he
overtook the caravan and his life was
saved by the power of music.
Especially is vocal music to be in¬
sisted on. The good book tells us
to sing psalms, hymns and spiritual
songs and make melody in our hearts
to the Lord, A life of purity can be
eminently aided by the sweet charms
of music, and in the dark days of ad¬
versity much light is shed upon our
pathway by the concord of sweet
sounds, elevating purifying, strength¬
ening and giving force and power to
the better elements of our nature. It
is a well ascertained fact that among
savage tribes music, neither vo¬
cal or instrumental, does not exist to
any considerable extent. A people’s
pi ogress in civilization and refine¬
ment may be measured by their mu
sical attainments. Greece had her
Homer and Rome her Horace and
Virgil and these were their golden
periods of light and knowledge and
when their greatest success was at
tained. Observer.
THE LAND BOOM.
Prices Way Among the Stars—The Dan¬
gers to be Avoided.
The wonderful land boom of the
past year has excited very general
attention.
It has not been confined to any
one locality, for, as Chauncey M.De
pew said, after a visit to the west,
“At nearly every one of the trade
centres we visited, we found extra va
and untenable . of
gant views prospec
. real values.
tive estate
Of . the . of .
COUl'Se vast army men
, 1, . another , .
engagei in one way or in
these . . 1 » . believe i*
enterprises, , were Jotn to
their 1 • • either • 1
. extravagant .
views or un
tenable. Both they and Depew are
right to a certain extent.
Land values have rapidly and per
manendy increased in this country in
the last fifty years. This is especial* r .
ly noticeable . the “jumping”
in west,
along the lines of new railroads.
r I „, nOUSandS , of . Cities ... have
new
. , , .
sprung up, lh a growth perfectly
astonishing, and great fortunes have
been made in real estate.
Land values must continue to in¬
crease generally, because the availa
ble area of land in the country is now
so small as to render inevitable its
entire absorption in a few years.
One hundred years from now, at
the present rate of increase, our pop¬
ulation will be 400 to the square mile
—twice as many as in the largest
European nations.
To be a safe speculator, it is nec
esary to study cause and effect, as
the proprietors of Warner’s Safe cure
did in preparing 1 r ° their remedy. 3 Its
success is . great 0 because it reaches
the cause of disease. # Every J drop 1 of
blood coursing through the System
through the ... kidneys. If they
passes y
are m sound , working . . order, . the blood
■ ~ , , .
IS punned; 11 deranged, poison, that
Should , u eliminated, t • . 1 is • carried . » through , ,
the i-1 blood ____1 channels . , to . every part A of c
the system. The poison attacks the
weak points, and so come the long
list of resulting ailments. Remedy
the cause, put the purifying organs in
health ana the whole system becomes
healthy.
There 1 . e t must nut he be a a solid solid hasis basis fnr lor a a
land boom, however, or it will inev¬
itably result in a crash, entailing great
losses and subsequent injurious de¬
pression.
Two thousand dollars per front
foot for land in some cities might be
a judicious investment, in others very
indiscreet. It is wise to make in¬
vestments of a character indicating a
permanent, if slower, growth and in¬
crease of value.
a _
rpi
by .he
hind. It is nonpareil for loss of appetite
and debility. Fiice 25 t ents.
TAX NOTICE!
Last Round.
I will be at the following places on the dates named
for the purpose of receiving will State issued and County against
taxes for 1887. Executions be
all parties date: who have not settled by or before the
last
Cochran's X Roads Monday, Nov. 14, from 9o’clock
to 11 a m
Chipley Nov. 14th, from 1 o’clock to 5 p m
Valley vaHe^Pbins^Tulsdav!^’ Plains Tuesday, 15, 10 10 iTnAo a m to 4 a "am p m
Shiloh Wednesday 16, 8 a m
Milne -s’ X Roads Wednesday 16, 10 a m to 4 p m
JJf^ Mt Airy r jyHa|iThursdayi7^ Thursday 17, 4 p m 9 amto3pm
Dr Ashford’s Friday 18, 8 a m
Ellerslie Friday 18,10 a m to 3 p m
Blue Spring Tuesday 22, 10 a m to 3 p m
Cataula Wednesday 23, 10 a m to 3 p m
McLeroy’s Mulberry Grove Shop Wednesday 23, 4 p m
Lower 19th—Court Thursday 24,8am
Cameron's Shop Friday ground 24,10 a m to 3 p m
25, 8 a m
Upper x 9 th Friday 25th, 10 a m to 4 P m
Mountain Hargett’s Hill Saturday 26. 10 a m
Mill Samrd ty 26,2 P m
Whitaker's Monday 28, 10 a m to 4 p m
Davidson’s Tuesday 29, 10 a m to 4 p m
whta*“ am to 4 P m
Hami,ton Monday “ nd Tu ” day D j? jIunt, 6th '
s ^
ax Collector -
^.
pEORGiA—H VJ istrator’s Sale. arris By virtue county.—adminis- of order from the
an
court of Ordinary door of said county I will sell before the
court house in ;aid county on the first Tuesday
in December, next, within the legal hours of sale the
following Seaborn Meadows, described land belonging to the estate of
late of said county, deceased, to
wit: Lot of land No. 147 containing 202% acres,
more or less, also 152K acres, more or less, of lot
No. 143, and 120 acres on the north side of lot No.
144 containing in all 475 acres, more or less. Sold
for distribution. Terms cash. Nov. 3d, 1887.
of Seaborn JESSE MEADOWS,
Adm’r Meadows, dec’d.
Harris County Sheriff’s Sales.
Will be i-old before the court house door
in the town of Hamilton, Harris county,
Ga , within the legal hours of gale, to the
highest bidtltv, lor cash, on * he first 1 lies
day in Dec. 1887, the following desciibed
pioper.y, viz:
One bay mare mule named Fannie, 12 years old;
one gray horse mule named Charlie, 10 years old;
one bay Tennessee horse mule named Roll, six years old; also
one two-horse wagon. Levied upon as
the property of Nelson Thornhill, to satisfy two fifas
one issued from the Justice Court in and for the 920th
district, G. M., Nelson of said county, in favor of Ramspeck
& Green vs Thornhill, and the other issued
from Nelson Harris Thornhill. Superior Court in favor of R B Traylor
vs
AIsj at the same time and place one bay mare mule
8 years mimed old, named Nell; one mouse-colored horse
colored mule mule Ned, about 10 years old, and one dark
6 years ol 1 , bought of Geo. P. Swift &
Son. Levied upon as the property of J. N. Land
and Jacob Land, Superior Jr.,to satisfy a mortgage fi fa issued
f romHa ms Court in favor of Geo P. Swift,
Sr., surviving partner, &c., vs J. N. Land and Jacob
La n d ’ J r *.
Also . i at the same time . and , place , one medium size
bay mute, one red speckled cow and heifer calf,2,000
lbs seed cotton, more or less, 25 bushels of corn,more
or less, 1500 pounds of fodder, more less, grown upon
the lands of S C Goodman in Harris county. Levied
u P° n as the property ot Thomas Davis, to satisfy a
fi fa issued from Harris Superior Court in favor of
The Pacific Guano Co., vs Thomas Davis.
Also at the same time and place one hundred and
sixty-five acres of land, more or less, being lot No.
242 except 8 J 4 acres in the north-east comer of said
lot in the 21st district of said county, and bounded as
follows: North and east by lands of Oscar Barnes,
soiuh by lands of M. Stevens and west by lands of
i£™Js"i'o satisfyTf! f.l’issued OiTiurrS'suJirior
Jr ZrrTL^e
mule name Pomp, 15 years old, one dark
mule, medium
Ki2 „. nBme u ye „, old 4 , so 2 000
poinds of seed cotton, more or less, 50
buHbe,s of corn » more or *®*«, BDd 1500
ponndsof fodder, wore nr less. Leritd
upon as the property of Jas M Culpepper
to satify a fi fa issued from Ham's Supe¬
rior conrt, in favor of The Pacific Guano
Co., vs Jas M Cufyepper.
F. M. Talley, Shflf.
ri EORGIA—HARRIS COUNTY. EX
vJ ecutors Sale.—By virtue of the last
will aod testament of H K Stanford, late
of said connty, deceased, I will sell before
the court house door in the towD of Bam*
iiton, «>n the first Tuesday in December
next, the following described land be
lowing to the estate of said deceased,towit:
West ba’f of Ft No 208. containing 100
acres, more or less, in 3 7th distriot of ssid
county and 5 acres o •-n .south-east corner
1st. 1887. L W STANFORD,
Executor of FI K Stanford, dec d
