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m «• -> / 1 1 » . v ini m * l *3 A • ' '•-a ft •?*V & < ■ ♦ 1 >> » U J V <k\r * II a 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 • »' 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. * * 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. # * 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 - * * * 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. * * * 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. * * 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.