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Shiloh Gossip.
The weather is fine ana farmers
are progressing finely with business.
^ The Huff House is filled with
boarders. Mrs. Huff is a lauy of
domestic qualities and sets a splendid
table. When you visit Shiloh give
her a call.
Mr. Jim McCrory, another one of
the most prominent merchants, is a
splendid young man. When a young
lady steps in he soon captivates her
with his smiles and humor.
The wedding bells will ring Sun
day for x\Ir. Jim McCrory. We have
never learned his affianced name, but
we know she is obliged to be worthy
to make a “mash” on such a fellow
as Jim. We will congratulate him
b. lore hand; wish him and lady a life
of eternal bliss.
Ir. Dan Jenkins,oar station agent,
is n true Christian gentleman, and he
. als,, possesses many smiles. Master
Cheney Jenkins, the operator, is a
young man of pleasant demeanor and
perhaps one of the youngest operators
in the state and he manages the bus
mess with all ease and grace.
Our town is still on a boom. We
have one of the finest schools in the
surrounding country. Prof. C. J.
Ellis is a worthy gentleman and is
every way competent to fill the posi
tion he holds. He is assisted by
Mr. L B. McCrory. He, too, is a
young gentleman of sterling qualities,
Mia, May Candler, of Geneva, has
charge of the music department.
Mr. 1. M. r Neal kT . the
is most prom- v
. merchant , of
our town. lorn
. , . fine business. He is
is Going a a
splendid business man and is liked
^by all who know him. He gets an
extensive trade, especially from the
young ladies. He studies to please.
►■Give him a trial. A ton of guano
accidentally fed on him yesterday.
Nothing serious. Only a big toe
L broken and we hope soon to hear of
r its recovery.
Oh! I forgot to tell you about the
^extra boarding house east of the de¬
pot up a large oak tree. As yet we
have failed to learn the proprietor’s
name.
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Mulberry Grove Dots.
“Robie,” of the Hamilton Journal,
# spent last week with “Regina” your
humble correspondent.
Mr. W. H. Morris, who has been
fc on a visit to his uncle, Mr. Henry
Kennon, returned to his home this
a. m.
Mr. A. J. Gordon will return to
home in Birmingham this week.
Miss Christie Gordon will accompany
him as far as Atlanta on a visit to rel
Her stay is indefinite.
The incessant rains of the past
week have done much damage to the
oat crops in this district. Guano
strowed on the bottom lands here is
expected to be beneficial to the sugar
and tobacco crops in Cuba.
The sawmill buisness is on a boom,
A good looking young man runs the
saw and blows signal whistle when he
wishes the young ladies to visit the
mill. We think from the frequency
of the signal that some girl anticipates
going into the lumber buisness soon.
One of our young men, whose older
brother kept bachelors hall last year
was °ben heard to state, in quite a
loud voice > that ht! would Pever do
suc h 3 thing but “the mighty hath fab
he is to-day congregated
1,1 bis bachelor quarters in,
vve ho P e > a ver y unsettled condi
tion of mind It is leap year, but
proceedings show us plainly that he
does not tare “ WhiU ” ,0 & et marned
Anolher old bachelor of ‘ bout ,<ve,u >’
0,,e summers takes mllch P alns 10
tel1 US he 15 S ett,n S alon S mc:1 >' ! “**
he has 0nC hen 'vuh six little chickens,
another setl,n g and cabba 8 e P lants
readv lo trans P lant - The f reckon
without their host it they think vve
wish to take advantage of leap year.
We dont like bachelors one bit!
Regina.
For thc Hamilton Journal.
ATLANTA LETTER.
HoW often is “ OCCaslonaU >’ ? ” 1
haVe n0Ia Webster ’ s bridged
at band > ° r ^ rha P S 1 mi ° ht « nd mU
» thout l,a ‘' 1 ^ t0 <i ues ' ion >’ ou - a,,d
if you answer your answer will be
given from r that , authority. , T I suppose
• “once awhile, „
it means in “every
now and , then. . „ Once ~ week, ,
a once
a fortnight, once a month, or even
once a year might pass asoccason a!.
So when a valued and intelligent
correspondent of the Journal as¬
sumes the nom de plume of “Occa¬
sional” it is no misnomer if his lucu
brations are very irregular.
It seems now that the city will
soon be amply supplied with the cov
eted bar-rooms. Every few days a
new one makes its appearance within
the restricted limits, with all the at¬
tractive accessories of plate glass,
electric lights and gilt labels. They
are the most brilliant and showy
places in all the city, and however
much other places may give evidence
that the proprietors are curtailing ex¬
penses and running on an economic¬
al schedule, they bear the marks of
thrift. The best equipped turnouts
in the city are the horses and wagons
you see transporting beer and whis
key barrels. Verily the , Methodist
brother who regretfully gave up the
business on being told by his church
it was contrary to the discipline
the truth when he said “there’s
money in it.”
And verily it is a knotty question
to deal with,and our anti, friends and
their officials in power aie finding it
so. The “black list” measure first
adopted raised such a howl that its
repeal became necessary, and now a
very recent enactment reverses the
order and makes the consumer and
not the vender suffer its penalties for
too many drunks. Drunk No. 1
subjects him to a small fine, No. 2 to
$50 and No. 3 sends him tothe“ror.k
pile.” The advocates of the traffic
seem to think that somebody ought
to suffer, but are puzzled to decide
who it shall be.
In the mean time the prohis. are
saying to themselves, soto voce, at
least, something about the shaking of
gory locks, or words to that effect.
Occasional.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.
For the Hamilton Journal.
THE FUTURE.
Mr. Editor: — Your correspond¬
ent “Farmer” strikes the key rote
in urging farmers to plant grain and
make home supplies. Carefully con¬
sidering the state of trade and coun¬
try probabilites the conclusion is rea¬
sonable that the price of the cotton
crop of 1888 will be low, so much so
as not to be remunerating. The dan¬
ger of a war in Europe is imminent
and the most thoughtful fear that
Europe will be drenched in blood.
This war if it occurs will involve
Russia, Germany, Austria, France,
Prussia, Turkey, Italy and possibly
England and will lower the price ot
cotton.raise the price of flour, meat
ana corn. Amidst these convulsions
and the unsettling prices, what will
become of the cotton grower when he
faces the fact that what he has to sell
is very low and what he has to buy is
very high. Can anything but
aster and distress follow. But there
is a way to avoid these bad results
and that way is to plant grain and
make Home supplies. Away with the
false idea that you can buy cheaper
than you can raise them. Can you
make cotton at 7 cents to buy meat
at 12J, corn at $1.25 and flour at $8
per barrel? No, no, no. The outlook
comes in thunder tones of warning
against this ruinous delusion.
Suppose the United States as a na¬
tion was to conclude and abandon
all manufactures, mining and all kin
dred industries and depend ‘ on buy
goods, wares and merchandise , ..
ing
through cotton, meat and grain. The
nation would be insolvent in five
years. Nations are made up of indi
viduals and like laws apply to each.
The learned political economists
of the world agree that the most pros
porous nations of the world are those
who rely most upon tfemsel.es.
And so of individuals. ! he sue- 1
cessful farmer is the man who makes
his cotton crop the measure of his
profits, Veritas.
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■ For the 11 ttrrlton Jovknal.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
“Man want*; but little here below,”
But it' the man be w ise,
Io get that little, “don't you know,”
He’l a ways advertise*
In the little town of B--, a Jew
and a Gentile occupied adjoining
stores. They had about the same
stock of goods (both small). The
Jew had the business sagacity to ad
vertise. The Gentile argued that
advertising would not pay and did
not advertise. The Jew kept his
advertisement constantly before the
public and his business constant’}
impioved.
Fifteen years have passed' away
and now the Jew has a large stock of
goods on the corner and does a big
business, has madv. money and is
prosperous.
The Gentile is at his old stand,
ekes out a poor living and complains
of the want of customers and hard
times.
In this progressive age if a man
does not advertise he is sure to be
left. If you have anything for sale
let the people know it through the
columns of your county paper.
Business men of Hamilton, Cluj j
ley, Whitesville, Cataula and other
ponits, take the hint.
Observ kk.
The Daily Graphic is the favorite
home journal of refined American
families everywhere. Its circulation
is entirely confii < d to ihe intelligent
and best class of people throughout
the United States.
A man who has practiced medici
for 40 years ought to know s
fiom sugar; read what he says:
Toledo, O, Jan. io, 1887.
Messrs F. J. Cheney & Co.—Gen
tleinen : I have been in the general
practice of medicine for most 40 yrs,
an( j WO uld say that in all my practice
and experience? have never seen r,
preparation that I could prescribe
with as much confidence of success
as I can Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu¬
factured by you. Have p ( escribed it
a great many times and its effect is
wonderful, and would say in conclu
sion that I have yet to find a case of
Cata " h ,bal “ wou, ‘ l not care ' ,{ the >’
would take it accoidmg 1 to directions.
Yours truly
L. E. Goksuch, M.D.,
Office, 215 Summit St.
S* vc $ lo ° f° r an y case ot
% ^TakJn''
imer
nit j lv
F. J. Chekney & Co., Props.,
Sold by druggists, 75c. Toledo, (>