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m A jT± fe£f P H ■ • /l * ♦ lf"r: T .X: 4* \ I •Vs K \ 1 / m ‘+4. ■ l.H » > / •*' w " ’ K: *. # W r W~ Sty - VOL. XVI. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE. Monday, the 16th instant, we will be prepared to issue our Garden Seed Premium to the Journal’s subscribers. For 1888 we are going to publish the best and most readable paper we have ever published loi Une Uwliar, and give in atKllCioa, r ee to every sub scnDex, a dozen pipers of tresh garden seed. Come 111 and get them. EDITORIAL NOTES. The death of Chancellor Me 1 .!, of the state university, removes one our most eminent and useful citizens. His place will be hard to till. An ’’ce gorge has formed in the river at St. Louis, doing immense dan age 10 shipping there. At last accounts millions of property was in imminent danger. The senate has passed a bill to rebind to the states the sums col¬ lected of them under a direct levy made in 1862. The bill will prob¬ ably pass the home this week. Our state treasury will be replenished, if the bill becomes a law, to the extent of $152,952. It is thought that this bill will open the way for a bill to re fund the cotton tax, illegally collect ed just after the war. Mr. U. H. Layfield, a town farmer in this county, made eighteen bales of cotton last year on a one mule farm, besides corn and other faim products. Cost of production con siuered, we doubt if a farm in the state can show better results. One of our correspondents has inter viewed Mr. Layfield and next week we expect to give our readers a full account of hi : Methods, and we will print it in big type so that all may read it. JOSEPH L. DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. For the Hamilton Jouknal. CURRENT EVENTS. The Constitution is authority for the statement that $30,000,000 worth of real estate in Georgia is under mortgage. What a fearful siate of things. Loan associations ought to be prohibited. * * The President has appointed J udge J. F. Kidd. 3 postmaster at Cuthbert. * *■ The war records in Washington show that Georgia sent 150 000 men to the field during the late war. * * * Mr. J. F. Hately, of Taylor, Ga., laid his pocketbook, containing $2000 in money and notes, in his horse trough and while he was engaged in feeding his stock the book and con¬ tents were devoured by one of his horses. * * * Thomasville is on the up grade, has a daily paper and a good one. John Triplett has done more for 'Thomasville than any citizen of Thomas county. 'The power of the press. "Take a hint. * * * Brunswick, Ga., promises to be come a thiiving city, A company has been chartered and organized with a capital of $5,000,000 to devel op its resources. * * Mrs. General James Longstreet has written a letter to the Constitu tution denying Genera! Longstreet’s poverty 2nd requesting that the do¬ nations be returned to the donors. * * * Atlanta has the boss bigamist of th^ world—one Burton, He has married five women in the past year. He ought to be hung. * * * Rev. Dr. P. H. Mell, chancellor of the State University of Georgia, died at his home in Athens on Jan. 26th. A prince in Israel has fallen after a life of greet usefulness and good to his race, *• * Mrs. Joe Caldwell, a lady over 60 years old living in Meriwether county killed a very large hawk with a rock, HAMILTON, GA., FEBRUARY 3, 1888. The Columbus Southern railroad is progressing rapidly ami will be : completed to Dawson by May ist. * * Columbus has wisely determined on an exposition next Fall. T his i ,s a move in the right direction. The benefits will be many and every citi¬ zen of western Georgia ought to aid the enterprise in every way possible. * * * Rumor says that the surveying en¬ gineers of the Chattanooga, Rome & r Columbus railroad will start from Car¬ rollton soutli and locate the route of that road. Reader. EVENTS IN OLD HARRIS. I»KKSOAS AM) TllIAIliiN NOTED IIY OI’It liEPOKTEHN. Dot* From Fnity. Christmas iioiidays are * and the Drmers have gone to work in earnest. Rev. Jesse Williams preached an j excellent sermon at Beth ehem Sun j day. 'Live congregation was small, j owing to the inclemency of the 1 weather. 1 Mis. Bettie Rutledge has returned to her home in La Fayette, Ala., after a Peasant visit to her father, Mr. J. i L Copeland. Prof. Jim Phillips opened his school at Cer.trl Academy ori the second Monday in January with twenty pupils, | xMiss Ella Williams, ol l nity, is visiting relatives in Whitesville. ! Miss Sophroma Stephens left last ^ week to take her school in Meriweth er. , is in Miss the Cora city, Jeter, the gu^st cf Talbot ot Miss Valley, hlla j Co, eland. Mr. M. B. Roberts anticipates vis iting Florida to be gone till June. Messrs 'Tommie Copeland and Jeff I)avls madt ; 3 fl ? ln g visl1 to Waverl > I Uall recently. Rev. Mathew Page, of Chipley,has accepted the call of Bethlehem church, and will preach there every fourth Saturday and Sunday instead of the third. YY’e are soiry to learn that Mr. M. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, S'. FCICTLY IN ADVANCE. F. Barnes is speaking of moving to Waverly Hall. Hope he will yet de¬ cline the idea Mr. . 1 . T. Roberts has beer, on an extended visit to relatives in Beat h Spring neighborhood. Think some of the girls over there have two hearts instead of one. The musical entertainment at Mr. S. P. Grant’s last week was largely attended and will long be remember ed by all ‘present as one of the most enjoyable occasions of the season. S. AMD II. Chtplry Stw* Itcim. Prof. YV. O. Johnson and Mr. G. A. Pearce had a pleasant walk from Hamilton to this place Saturday. Dr. YV. P>. Tucker and Prof. J. R. Tucker, of YVarm Springs, were in town last week. Mr. Crawford Fuller aik! Rev YV. B. Stripling, of Union, were in the city this week. Also Mr. George Jenkins. Marshaling is quiet. No arrests necessary in a dry town. Mur rah Bros, have discontinued their barrooms. Mr. Z. T. Hardy was in the city to see his family last night. Pupils are being added every day to the academy. Mr. James White will return to South Carolina on the 15th, inst. Jim is a worthy boy and we wish him well. Mr. T. J. Hunt was in our city the £ rst f t j ie wee j c> Mr. J. J. Kaufman, Jr., was in our city traveling for M. Kaufman, whole sale grocer, of Columbus. Lilia Ruby, the little daughter of Mr . and Mrs. J. T. Gilbert, has been q u ji<. jn f or a ( ew days at Dr. Pur sell’s. She is much better at present we are glad to note, Mrs. Anna Davidson, from near West Point, was visiting relatives in lhe clt >' Sunda y Mr. Charles Gillespie, of White Sulphur Springs, was in our city Wedncsda). Rev. Jesse Williams delivered a sermon in the Baptist pul¬ pit Sunday in his usual easy style. NO. 5.