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-»v* >■ -i t i J -a. : 4 f|| a*-. -J P 3 fii - zzm A, ' ,f:v ! H'j‘1 .% f m -fi. »•• -4 ■4i^ C' & I v -r ” **i f < ,T ip-.: •- ■ .*■» ■ ;, .;i ’***• *\V2SS ** ■ j ■4 l J '*$S ♦ 1 % ■* 4 f 4 r ?> VOL. XV. EDITORIAL NOTES. * Meriwether county has a registra tion law. Happy Meriwether. _ Our infant industries ! The infant —though a hundred years old—can never walk until it is able to stand alone. "...... • “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. — ..... ‘S r 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 - Had • - 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. ! • 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-. i*-*- * , »j. . * ,,. O ' 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. is nr '*.4 inoperative? 13,1 ’i it * - . . * 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. »»«► 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. ♦ 1 * • , » 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 ” 7