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VOL. XV.
EDITORIAL NOTES. *
Meriwether county has a registra
tion law. Happy Meriwether.
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Our infant industries ! The infant
—though a hundred years old—can
never walk until it is able to stand
alone.
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“How to lie when asleep,” is the
of a late magazine article. How
not to lie when awake is what most
people want to know.
Cleveland defeated Blaine in ’84
^nd his tariff reform message indi¬
cates a willingness to do it again.
And it looks now as if he will have
it to do.
The report of Hon. Henry R. Har
ris, Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
touching the operations of his
for the fiscal year, has
reached uSL It is a document full of
iteresjing facts and suggestions about
jhe postal service.
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Absolute free trade, or a tariff for
revenue only, with our splen
did harbors and present and pros
pective rai O ilfties, j|P* would isoon
Georgia • on#§ jf fc - |fc|not ftp foremost the*
states in the umbtfxi „-iO
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first. Our natural vantages -are
superior and RT M : that prevent
any
jSk from reaping the full measure with of
these advantages should meet
,- ^ur hearty disapproval.
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rains have been general in
the stabs., » So far the thermometer
has ranged a a comfo able alti ude.
Small grain is beginning to jshownthe
effects of seasonable weather and its
beautiful green inspires with hope
the faithful husbandman. And as he
pays out the last proceeds of the very
last bale of cotton and leaves still an
unpaid balance on the store account
of ’87, he sorely feels the need of
something on which to hang a hope.
The address of Hon. T. H. Kim
brough, Master of the State Grange,
to the Patrons of Husbandry of
Georgia, which we have the pleasure
of laying before our readers, is an
able document It shows that
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
order is neither dead nor dying.
address will be of general interest
showing the subjects that now
gage the attention of members of
order and has many suggestions
thy of general consideration.
Mr. W. L. jtessner, an
liberal Ohioan who moved
Americus, Ga,, and has been
the Recorder, thinks that
have every natural
over Ohio farmers, and
them to J make better *7 use of their yJZ-.
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vantages. Mr. Glessner wants
paid to grass, which,
means cattle sheep, hogs, the
of old lands, diversified
farming, dairies, creameries
cheese factories. He is not far from
For example, take Putnam
county in this state. Bermuda
toms are being utilized there, good
stock is being raised, and for
year ending in October last
to 35.000 pounds of delicious
butter were shipped out of tljg
some going as far as New York,
prices ranging from 30c. to 40c.
there are making
and farming with them promises
become simply an adjunct to
dairy business.—Savannah News.
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The recent decision of the
Court of Georgia affirming the
ty of the business done by loan
ciations, renders the usury law of
state void. The purpose of that
was to prevent the borrowing of
ey at a cost exceeding 8 per cent
annum. The wording of the
shows its purpose very clearly.
was a law that the Journal
with all its might. Money we
ought to be treated upon the
basis as other property. If one
put $100 in a horse and hire him
for $25 a year, why may he not
the money for as much ?
But our law mr kers thought
ently. They say that generally
business will sustain an interest
of more than 8 per cent per
and to prevent business men
paying more it has Tf»e been made i
charge more. la* was
so as to cover every then concetv
HAMILTON, GA., DECEMBER 10,1887.
able way of avoiding 'ft* and* clearly
shows upon its face that its purpolfe
was to prevent the borrowing
ey at an expense higher than this,
So that any combination of persons
who secure to a citizen of this state
money at an annual charge exceed¬
ing 8 per cent violate the spirit of
this law.
Under the ruling of the Supreme
Court all a man has to do now to
to avoid the usuiy law—to dodge it
effectually—ig to lend through an
agent. What law says that a money
broker may not pay a capitalist a bo.
nus for the privilege of negotiating
his loans ? Or why not two money
lenders agree that each shall nego¬
tiate for the other ? Or why shall a
man not make dver to his wife and
children his surplus cash and let the
legal 8 per cent, he receives when he
lends it go to support the family while
the additional 7 to 10 per cent, he
receives for negotiating loans goes to
keep him in tobacco and cigars, or
to swell the family’s accumulations.
The Supreme* Court of j the state
could not have nullified more com¬
pletely the usury law of Georgia, had
it pronounced it unconstitutional and
void, than it has done by this decis¬
ion in the case of Merck vs The
American Freehold Land Mortgage
Company.
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ATLANTA’S RESTRICTIONS
The municipal authorities of At¬
lanta adopted Tuesday night a license
law that will do much to keep up At
lanta’s reputation for sobriety. The
license fee and restrictions placed
upon those who opefi saloons will do
as much to make the traffic harmless
as anything short of prohibition can,
and the fight of the jifohibitionists
has beeh of incalculable benefit if it
has only done this much good; if it
has only raised a public sentiment
that approves of these restrictions in
the retailing of intoxicants.
The license ordinance, after pre
scribing the limits within which sa¬
loons may be opened, makes the fol¬
lowing provisions: It fixes the license
at $1,500, requires the saloons to
close at eleven p. m., and open not
earlier than five a. m. A man must
have the consent of the owner or
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
4TRiem.Y |Kk ADVANCE.
agent of the premises, where 3
loon is to be opened, and of |
more neighbors, one of whom most
be an adjoining neighbor. Theordi
nance also provides that thr convic¬
tion, in a state .court of any person
licensed to retail spirituous or malt
liqors, for the violation of the state
statutes, in relation to the sale of ar
dent spirits to a minor person, or a
person intoxicated; or the conviction
of a retailer, before the recorder’s
court, for the violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance, shall
work an immediate revocation of the
license of such person; and for any
further exercise of the privilege grant¬
ed by such license, he shall be pun¬
ished as one retailing without license.
The ordinance also provides that
every saloon shall have its main en
trance on the business street, praai
cally on a level with the street, and
the doors and windows of every sa¬
loon shall be kept free from screens
or other obstructions to sight, and
the glass thereof shall not be obscured
by paint or other device, or by s : gns
or by the display of goods; bm all the
arrangements of such place shad Le
such that persons passing along the
street can have a full and unobstructed
view of the interior of such place and
of the occupants thereof.
The name ot any person twice
convicted of being drunk on the
street fhall be furnished by the chief
of police to every licensed retailer,
and he shall not be allowed to sell
any liquor to such person for one
yeai from the time such notice is
filed in his saloon.
For the Hanrltoo Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Congress has not made much pro¬
gress. Speaker Carlisle is busily en¬
gaged in appointing the standing
committees and the prospect is that
little will be done this -aide of the
holidays.
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The Republican National Com¬
mittee has appointed Chicago as the
place, and June 13th the time 4 4
as
the Republican National Com -*oti
to nonfinate a for Presi¬
t r
dent. Blaine wa an, and
“ Rum, Romanisn hellion ”
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