Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Vj f r- < V- Vi [•#.1 L - in ,& 1 * ♦ ft II j* r :> ssrj ll3 1 pil ta ■ \ i\j • '* n» J VOL. XVI. EDITORIAL NOTES. Editor Persons is making the Tal botton New Era a good p?per, but he will have to get several more cor¬ respondents before he has Talbot as well reported as the Journal has Harris county. / This is a much lar_ ger county than _ T albot, „ , but a , bit . of 0 J ’ news cannot travel more than two or three miles in any direction without running up with a Journal reporter. We are proud of our correspondents and know of no paper that can boast of a finer corps. All young men who sometimes write editorials for the daily papers should read and ponder the rebuke the Talbotton New Era gives to the young man who sometimes vents his spleen through the columns of the Mac^n Telegraph in sarcastic thrusts at country editors with whom hedoes not agree. The rebuke is well timed and well tempered. Every opinion should pass for what it is worth and the gtounds upon which it is based, rather than for what the person hold ing it is or is not. Some of the men who have been the most successful editors of the daily press, served an apprenticeship upon country weeklies that proved the basis of their after fame. The Columbus exposition is taking shape. Her business men are taking an active interest in it that argues success. It will benefit not only Columbus, but Harris county as well if our people will but use the oppor tunity it offers of advertising the re sources and natural advantages we possess. Taken as an “all round” county, Harris is the equal of any in the state. Our lands, properly man aged, produce as fine crops as any lands in the world, and nowhere can a greater variety of products be prof. ilably grown. Our valleys are fertile and our mountain slopes are not un productive. The water is pure, the climate healthful, and the atmos phere bracing and invigorating. W e have alteady a large railroad mileage and the prospect of more soon. We need, not more labor, but more cap ital. Labor and lands are too cheap. A proper advertisement of our ad- j JOSEPH L.DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. vantages wi 1 bring immigrants of the proper stamp; men of means, who, buying the waste lands will make them productive, while the money received of them will lift a burden foreign debt that is sapping the very life-blood of the land. And as the value . of c . land . . enhanced, , •, the . is price of r . labor . will . be increased , and , its quality improved. The Columbus exposition will not uQ a „ bn , it wj „ afford us an easy opportunity of making an ex¬ hibit of the county’s resources such as will stay emigration and invite im¬ migration in a manner that will be incalculable worth to us. For the Hamilton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. Peach trees are in bloom in Thom * asv ille, Bainbridge and that section G f Georgia, notwithstanding the tedse cold norlh and norlh . west * The Albany News comes to the f IO nt with a real genuine watermelon taken from a living vine in January, The News stands ahead on(hat ques _ t j on Quitman, look to youi laurels. * * * This is leap year and the girls are privileged, but we are assured that they will not object to being wooed in the old way. Bachelors, take the hint. * * * The U S. treasurer has notified the banks that he would issue $1 and $2 silver certificates in place of mutilated currency and national bank bills. This will be a great conve nience to all business men. * * About five thousand men of the Reading strike have returned to work and enough are at work to keep a supply of coal. Capital, as usual, whips the fight, * 0 m What mixed number does the pres¬ ent year represent? Ans. 1$. * * * Philip Joseph, colored, Director General, is before Congress, asking an appropriation of $40,000 to aid the colored national exposition to be held in Atlanta next November. * * Col. Ross has leased the Elkins HAMILTON, GA„ FEBRUARY 10 , 1888 . gold mine near Lutherville, in Meri wether county and has invested $15, 000 in improved machinery ar.d other appliances tu work it, and great sue cess is expected. * * * Mr. Blount, Chairman of the com mittee on post offices and post roads, is making a good strike at the dime novel and all good men wish him success. * * 0 The Central railroad has made a new schedule from Columbus to Birmingham. Fast time and a day¬ light route. Good for Columbus. The cannon ball train has been put on between Columbus and At¬ lanta. * # Mr. John F. Riding, the new post¬ master at Barnesville,has taken charge of the office anti removed it from the building of H. H. Swatts, where it has been for fifteen years, to Mr. J. E. Riding’s store. A block of coal was exhibited at the Texas state fair, held at Dallas, which weighed 6,350 pounds, the largest ever taken out of any mine in the world Rf.adkr. What the tirangerM Want. We have been shovn a petition to congress that is being signed by the grangers throughout the state that presents the following matters to that body asking action upon the same: 1st. That the fourth clause of the Inter-State Commerce law remain unchanged ; 2nd. That the Oleomargarine law be sustained ; 3rd. a Th: enactment of a law pro adulteration . of Lard, hi biting the Sugar and other articles of food ; 4th. Amendment ot postal law, so as to place bulbs, plants, coin, seed, &c. . third . . , class , and * the . 1 of r in rate postage on same be reduced. 5th. The protection of the people from telegraphic monopoly. 6th. Amendment of tariff law so as . to put the , agricultural , , on same footing with that of the manufactur ing interest, reduce the accumulation in National Treasury and increase ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. the amount of money in circulation, 7th. We only ask an honest inves tigation of the associations, trusts and monopolies, who are combining to deprec ate the value of our toil and who aic increasing the cost of living an< ^ are determined to destroy the ^ aw supply and demand. 8th. Such amendments to Experi menta l Bill ils will make it of value to the whole country. 9th. Amend the National Bank Law so that National Banks lend money on real estate. The Numlny-school AlMicUtlou. The Harris County Sunday school Association held its February meet¬ ing in the Hamilton Methodist church. In the absence of ihe pres¬ ident Judge A. A. Allen, et vice president, !>r««*jl. *> mm he *. grayer made 1 by * was Rev. M. Page. A speech of welcome in behalf of the Methodist Sunday-school was made by Mr. T. J. Brooks, [r. a spoke in well chosen words with » heartiness that added fotce to the welcome they professed. Mr. R. E. Fort, in behalf of the Association, responded. His words were eloquent clothing for some pro¬ found thoughts on the Sunday-school work. T he minutes of the last quarterly meeting were read and approved. T he roll of schools was then called and encouraging reports were made from Hamilton Baptist school by Rev. I. P. Cheney; Chip ley Method istbyJudgeA. A. Allen; Chipley Baptist by Capt. J. F. Jenkins; Pine Mountain Academy by Mr. W. P. Bridges; Rehoboth by Rev. M. Page; Bethlehem by Mr. R. K. Fort; Whit«ville Baptist by Rev I. P. Cheney, and Hamilton Methodist by j U( j ge vV. I. Hudson and Mr. O. S. Barnes. The reports being all in, a recess was taken for dinner. At 2, p.m., the \ Association was called to order. Addresses were caned , for c and , T> Rev L P. Cheney and Rev. M. Page re sponded. They discussed Sunday school literature and Sunday school work to the edifination of a!l present I he Aa5sociation then adjourned lQ mect ]n May al such p ) ace as the cxccut j ve committee shall designate. A. A Allen, Pres’t. J. L. Dennis, Sec’t’y. no. a