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VOL. XVI.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Commissioner Henderson pays for
the well water used by the depart¬
ment of agriculture fifty cents per
month. He is not the first officer to
drink at the state’s expense, but we
believe he is the first to bring in an
itemized bill of it.
Brother Blaine has written a letter
to Chairman Jones declining to have
his name placed before his party for
the presidential nomination, So ac
ceptable has his decision proven to
the republicans that the >^ly politi¬
cian doubtless regrets that he failed
to add the postscript, “Burn this
letter.”
The Journal is issued late this
week and under difficulties. Our
boss printer has been down with the
mumps since last Friday, and a very
heavy pressure of job work that had
waited its turn as long as possible and
had to be finished, arc causes of a
short harvest of opinions and little
local mention, as well as the omission
of much other matter. So if you
see that you miss what you are look¬
ing for, look out for it next week.
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The democracy of this state very
objected to the internal rev
enue laws under a republican at}
ministration, but under a democratic
administration they are quite differ
ent. A few slight changes, to pre
vent trouble should the republicans
again come in power, and they will
be entirely unobjectionable. There
has seldom been a more forcible il
lustration of Pope’s celebrated line,
u what’s best administered, is best.”
For the Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
The Blair educational bill is still
before the Senate and is much dis¬
cussed in Congress and by the press.
It ought to pass.
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Hon. T. W. Grimes will be the
member from Georgia on the next
Democratic national executive com¬
mittee. An excellent selection.
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G Blaine has written a let-
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
ter to Jones, chairman of the Repub¬
lican national executive committee,
declining to be a candidate before
the Republican national convention.
Blain doesn’t want to be beat in a
second race.
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Quite a boom #as started in Bos¬
ton for General Sheridan as a candi¬
date for the Republican nomination
ror president.
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Atlanta claims to to have 7,5joo
children in her sublic schools. A
good showing and the chance
good citizens would be much multi¬
plied if whiskey was absent.
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The latest snake siory: A gentle¬
man was traveling in Mexico and
stopped with a family who had a pet
rattlesnake. A viloent storm
on and the lightning flashed
The snake seemed to take in the sit-
1 uation and the danger. He ran up
to the roof of the house and stretched
his body straight up for a lightning
rod. The lightning struck the snake,
tore it into shreds and burned up the
house,
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The White Sulphur Springs gun
club one day last week bagged 500
doves in one morning’s sport. Who
can oeat this? We wait for an an¬
swer.
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The record of marriages this win¬
ter has been far in advance of any
for many years. Many of them are
of the Gretna Green variety. It
demonstrates the fact that two can
live cheaper than one and much
more happily.
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The Grange is being revived to a
large extent. A number of lodges
have been reorganized in Harris and
other counties. The Patrons
Husbandry are awake to the situa¬
tion and are taking on new life.
Peace within her borders and pros¬
perity within her homes.
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Railroad circles are quiet, but the
coming of the Chattanooga, Rome &
Columbus railroad is expected surely.
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HAMILTON, GA„ FEBRUARY 17,1888.
the Brunswick & Albany railroad,
representing 162,400 shares, was
held at Frankfort and resolved unan¬
imously to sell the road to the Savan¬
nah & Florida company.
Reader.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Our Associate Editor iu South Georgia
—Fort Valley, Albany and
Quitman Written Up.
The thought of my promise to you
being still unfulfilled has been haunt¬
ing rne for three days past, and to
exorcise the accusing spirit I will at
once indict you the promised letter.
Nearly two weeks since I left your
little mountain city for this south-west
Georgia town. No incident worthy
t
of note occurred enroute from Ham¬
ilton to Fort Valley, where I stopped
over and spent the night. I secured
comfo table quarters at the Harris
house and remained com pari tively
contented until 11 o’clock the follow¬
ing morning when I boarded the
train for Albany.
The country along the route to Alba
ny presents an almost unhroken jevel
and I missed the pretty outline of
blue hills and fine mountain scenery,
Near Smithville the railroad struck
the pine belt and these tall sentinels
of the forest line the track on either
side to Quitman, with an open field
or town here and there along the
route.
At Albany 1 had the p’easurc of ,
meeting Rev. Bascoin Anthony, for
mer pastor of the Hamilton circuit,
and spent the hour of waiting for the
next train most pleasantly in his so
ciet). He made many inquiries
about old friends at Hamilton and I
plied him with numerous questions
about his present work and future
prospects. As Albany is one of the
principal cities of south west Georgia
his ctiurch has a large membership
and his labors are heavy. This con
stant exercise of talent naturally of a
high order is evidently developing him
mentally and spiritually and I believe
his career will continue to be upward ;
and marked by an unusual degree of,
success. I
I came straight through from Alba ■
ny to Quitman and about 8 o’clock
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICT*.V IN ADVANOE.
in the evening was receiving the
warm welcome of loved ones.
Quitman is surrounded by forests
of pine and the whole face of the
country looks green and fresh as if it
had been only lightly touched by the
hoary hand of winter. Many of the
shade trees have not lost their last
year’s foliage and the budding forth
of the fruit trees denotes the early
approach of spring. The weather
since I came has been more like
April than February, with sunshine
and showers alternating and the air
filled with the musical notes of spring
birds. The climate, though, is said
to be very changeable and while to¬
day the atmosphere may be soft and
balmy to morrow the chill of winter
may prevail. Numbers began gar¬
dening a month since and expect a
supply of early vegetables as a re¬
ward for their industry.
. Quitman has a population of over
2,poo. The town is spread over a
large area and the people certainly
show no disposition to economize in
space. Many lots extend over an
entire block and almost e/ery resi
dence has its orchard and garden at
tached. The LeConte pear is grown
to perfection in this climate, but this
is essentially a grape and melon
country. Wine lfc made by the
quantity and most homes are well
supplied with the vintage of the
grape- It is not a prohibition tow§,
but I am told that drunken
ness is not as prevalent heie as in
many places where wine is not made,
Howeve, I would recommend the
old Scripture proverb, “Look ; ot
upon the wine when it is red ”
There are three neat church edi
fices here where white congregations
worship and every church has its p.ir
souage. Judging from the nice ex
terior of these residences, the people
their pastors and provide hand
for their comfort and support,
town seems to be a unit on th;
question and there is the best
here now they have had in
The Quitman academy is a
story brick building surrounded
by a large plat covered with grass. A
music room « ands conveniently
in which a lorge class receives
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