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VOL. XV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A newspaper interview reports Mr.
Randall willing to meet the tariff re
formers half way. That’s as far as
the most radical of them wishes to
go.
Protection against the pauper labor
of foreign countries has pauperized
the labor of our own. Hundreds of
able bodied citizens of Harris county
worked hard this year for less than
two dollars a week and f^d and cloth- ■;
ed themselves. ^uch-a^hese? Free^^A " 6 has no
terrors for
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The Farmer’s Alliance seems to i
be spreading with the rapidity that
marked the Grange movement sev
eral years ago. To accomplish the
work it proposes will require time '
and .'patience. If it improves the
condition of our agriculturalists as it
proposes, it must prove a great good j
to the whole country.
The New York Hera d is the lead¬
ing newspaper of this continent It
has done more, perhaps, than any
other newspaper to make the press a
great power, aud its s access, always
phenomenal, was never greater. It
treats the south fairly, supports the
administration of President Cleve¬
land cleverly and gives the news ful¬
ly. You will find a year’s subscript¬
ion a good investment.
The contract for building the
Columbus Southern railroad, from
Columbus to Albany, ha s been closed
and work will begin actively in a few
days. The road will be of incalcu¬
lable benefit to Columbus and to our
whole section. Col. Gun by Jordan
has engineered the scheme with con¬
summate skill and his success adds
to the high esteem in which he is
held by his people. He and Colum¬
bus have a brilliant future.
SOBER THOUGHTS.
The expenses of this national gov
ernment for and during the month of
November, last, under economical
democratic administration were just
a little over one million dollai s a day.
This is just two cents a day for each
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
inhabitant, or sixty cents each per
month. Rated according to popula
** on ^ arr * s cou nty was taxed about
1 $ I0 > 000 ^ or tb e support of the na
! tional government for November,
These ures are a PP allin S> b »t they
are official Is it any wonder we
hear of hard times, anarchism, labor
societies, farmers’ alliances, &c. But
■ big as ^his tax is, the protective tariff
costs twice as much.
But says the protectionist, the tax
was P a '^ so eas ily >’ ou didn’t know
y° u were paying it. If you had
known, y° u wou ^ never have paid it
and if it came directly out of your
pocket as a tax and you knew it and
and your servants, the officers of the
government, knew you knew it, the
demand would not have been so large
by half. In buying a two dollar hat
you paid the monopolist protected by
tariff, fifty^cents to one dollar.
In the purchase of almost any article,
from a horse shoe nail to a silk dress
or a broadcloth suit, you pay a tax
proportionately large, either to the
protected manufacturer or the gov¬
ernment. The poor man usually
buys the home made articles so that
the tax he pays supports the wealthy
manufacturer and the rich man im¬
ports what he uses, so that he sup¬
ports the government. You support
the rich man and the rich man sup¬
ports the government—tl at’s the new
fangled democracy.
THE ATLANTA ELECTION.
The whiskey men have won. The
fight was hotly contested, but as our
corrsspondent aptly says, it is not
the first time that “appetite and mon¬
ey have proven stronger than reason
and right.” But we are glad in com¬
mon with the prohibitionists eveiy
where that the fight has been made
and we are proud of our Atlanta
brethren who made it. The speech¬
es they made during the campaign
will go into the temperance literature
of the world and the noble
sentiments in these speeches
will serve as long as time
lasts to make men euro their appe¬
tites and lead purer and better lives.
For the Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
The liquor men have carried At-
HAMILTON, GA., DECEMBER 2, 1887.
lanta by 1128 majority and prohibi
tion thus fails without a fair trial.
This result is a public calamity and
, will be felt for years to come. It is
j but another instance that appetite
j and money are stronger than reason
j and right, but in the end reason and
right will prevail. No great reform
was ever accomplished without some
hindrance.
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The trial of Tom Woolfolk for the
murder of his father’s family is set for
the first Monday in December. Let
justice be done.
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A fearful panic occurrdtt /
if among
the children at a show Masonic
Hall in Macon, and but /the careful
pruuence of*the police a fearful loss
of life would have occurred. Shows
are bad places for children anyway.
They learn many things they ought
to know. "
never -
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Barnum’s managene and circus at
Bridgeport, Conn., was burned last
week. The fire originated in the
hay house and soon spread to the
main building and burned up nearly
all the show animals. The cry of
the lions, tigers, elephants was fearful
and was heard a great distance away.
Loss $7,00,000; insurance $100,000.
Barnum is one of the remarkable
men of the age. He humbugged the
world and a clock peddler humbugg¬
ed him, and so the world goes.
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It is now certain that the Colum¬
bus Southern railroad will be built.
This road will do Columbus immense
good. It will pass through the rich
counties of Stewart, Randolph, Ter¬
rell, Calhoun and Dougherty, and
will bring business and wealth with
it. It penetrates the Egypt of Geor¬
gia. Three cheers for the noble Jor¬
dan.
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The Macon & Opelika R, R. is
becoming a reality. Two routes are
being surveyed and the most practi¬
cable will be adopted. This road
will pass through Bibb, Crawford,
Taylor, Taibot and Harris, and opens
up a valuable section of country.
Col Ino B. Gorman endorses it and
ONEDOLLAR AYEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
this is a sure guarantee of good faith
and speedy completion.
T he Chattanooga, Rome and Co¬
lumbus road is progressing with gre at
rapidity. Rumor says that grading
will soon commence at Greenville
and thence to Newnan and Carroll¬
ton. This shows the wisdom and
far sightedness of the Central.
Reader.
CATAULA CHAT.
After an absence of two month',
I again offer my chat to the numer¬
ous readers of the Jourmal. I won¬
der it 1 have been missed. It
would be an assurance most dear
to know that they missed me.
Our quiet little town is making
some changes. l)r. Williams is now
occupying the Moore house, he hav¬
ing moved to Eller^lie. Mr. Thom¬
as Thomson has moved to the Bra -
ner house. Mr Jeff Me Curry will
occupy the house Mr. Thompson
has vacated. Mr. Blanchard,s fam
ily will leave in a few days for Ala¬
bama. Mr. Thompson has moved
his stock of goods to the store house
owned by Mr. John Brawner, anti
has increased his stock of goods.
Farme rs have finished gathering
their crops. Most of them have fal¬
len far behind their indebtedness
and poor fellows are looking sad and
forlorn. The country has caught the
contagion. But farmers as a gener¬
al thing are the most hopeful class
of people in the world, and are more
submissive to God’s providences.
When the time 1 oils around for an¬
other crop you will find them with
renewed energy putting their seed in
the ground with high hopes of a boun¬
tiful harvest.
Mr. Thomas Kimbrough and lady
have recently returned from Michi.
gan, where they have been to attend
the National Grange.
Col. H. P. Lowe, of Ellerslie, was
in community week, guest of Mr. J.
H. Lynch.
Mrs. T. C. Floyd paid a visit to
her father. Mr. J. B. Pate, last week.
Mr. Midland Brawner and lady, of
Troup county, made a visit to rela¬
tives a few days ago.
Mrs. Page, we are sorry to note, is
NO. 77.