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Kor the Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Memorial day was observed
throughout the south with a unanimi
ty highly commendable. Love for
the dead heroes here and the" lost
cause will ever burn brightly on the
altar of patriot ism.
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Prof. J. Harris Chappell's address
at Columbus was a model of its kind.
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The discussion of ihe lariff contin
ues in congress and will continue lor
some time. The Mills bill will pass and
the surplus reduced. Justice is slow
but will surely come.
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Investigation of the oil trusts con¬
tinue and discloses a huge combina¬
tion to make money by pure specu¬
lation.
In many counties democratic meet¬
ings have been held and so far they
are a unit, for the reduction of the
tariff and support President Cleve¬
land for the nomination at St. Louis.
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Phosphate deposits have been dis¬
covered in Florida on Peace river of
large extent and very valuable. Suit¬
able machinery has been bought and
wiU soon be at work. Success will
be of immense advantage to the coun¬
try.
Mr. John H. Newton, of Athens,
is thinking of doubling the capacity
of his bobbing factory, This is the
only one of the kind in the state.
These small industries have proved to
be very profitble and build up towns.
Try it.
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A lady in Athens rises at 5 o’clock
in the morning and walks 3 miles be¬
fore oreikfast. A good example,but
if you do not care to walk, milk the
cow and feed the pigs and chickens.
Just before water was reached in
the new artesian web at Montezuma,
some strange articles came from it,
consisting of lumps of coal, fish scales,
and bone, clear amber rosin and bits
of soft wood.
Yellow fever is reported at Plant
City, Fla. The matter is being care¬ j
fully investigated. It is said to have
come from Tampa last summer.
The Regalia at Pensacola. Fla.,
was a grand success. Several corres¬
pondents are really eloquent in de¬
scribing it.
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Mr. D. C. Hill, of Wilkes county, j
has sold this season over fifty thous-1
and pounds of ha . Hay is more
profitable than cotton, Will the !
farmers take a hint.
Washington, Wilkes county, has
received this season 3300 tons of fer
tilizers, much more than ever receiv
e d in one season before,
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! ! • By an act of the last legislature an
enumeration of the of the public
school population will be made during
the present year.
Hou. M. W. Fuller, of Illinois, has
been appointed by the President
i Chief ... . . fustice _ . of e the . 0
| . upreme court
of the Lnited States in place of Judge
Waite, deceased.
Reader.
T.ocal and Personal.
Mr. John L. Riley visited Colum¬
bus Thursday.
Col. J. W. Murphey, of Columbus,
is in the city.
Miss Lula Mobley went down to
Columbus Wednesday.
Miss Mollie Walton is in the city
on a visit to her brother’s family.
Mr. J. M. Pitts, of Waverly Hail,
is on a visit to homefolks and friends.
Miss Mary Johnston is at home
from Chappell’s Seminary on a short
vacation.
Miss Carrie May Cowsert returned
from a visit to relatives at Cataula
Thursday.
Miss Ella Hightower.of Kingsboro
is the guest of the Misses Lovelace
this week.
Mrs. Dr. Mitchell returned from a
weeks visit To her sister at Birming¬
ham Monday eve.
Mr.Marshall Kimbrough has a field
of wheat on the Whitesville road that
is worth going six miles to see.
Hamilton was well but not fairly
represented at Whitesville Wednes¬
day, as none of our ladies went.
Mrs. C. H. Cook left for Fortson
yesterday morning to spend some
time with her sister at that place.
Dr. J. W. Mitchell visited La
Grange, returning home, Monday
afternoon with a nice new buggy.
Items of personal mention are al¬
ways cheerfully inserted in the Jour¬
nal if handed to any of our reporters.
Mr. M. Wolfson, of Columbus was
in town yesterday. He says he may
send his family up here to spend the
summer months.
Mrs. Mattie Williams came up
from Fortson Saturday afternoon and
spent last Sabbath with her sister,
Mrs. C. H. Cook.
Hon H. C. Cameron, of Colum
bus, was in our town Tuesday. His
host of friends here are always glad
to welcome him to his old home.
More wheat has been sown in the
county—a little more—than usual.
It is looking well and promises a
very remunerative crop if the seasons
are not unfavorable lrom now until
maturity,
One of the prettiest farms in Har¬
ris county is that $>f Mr. L. P. Hop
k j ns j ust 0 ff the/road from here to
vVhitesville. His dwelling is located
i j n lhe m jd st G f waving fields of grain ;
and w hite walls contrasting with
the green fields, makes a picture that
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j ; is as beautiful as it is refreshing.
The . dry weather . has enabled .. , farm- -
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catch up witil their crops and
if _ it will ... rain . now so that , they . can go
on the prospect is lovely. The seas¬
ons, however, are so like last year’s
seasons that the people who have
botton lands, or uplands not planted
early, are really nervous about it.
Many of our reporters request us
to conceal their names. This is car
rying their modesty too far we think.
To report for your county paper the
information you can get about your
neighborhood, thus keeping your
people before the public and protect¬
ing your neighborhood’s interests, is
an honoiable avocation, and if it is
generally known that you are en
gaged in doing this you will receive
material assistance from every good
citizen in the community when he
can give it. As we have often said
we are proud of our correspondents
and if their names are not generally
known it is because of their modesty
and nojt that we are ashamed of any
of them.
In the work by his deed, one will
know the artism. Use Warner’s Log
Cabin Scalpine, and by your new rnd
thick growing hair everybody will
know that you have used it.
Harris County Grange.
Representatives met here Tuesday
,morning from the several granges of
Harris county for the purpose of .or¬
ganizing a county grange. The or¬
ganization was effected and the fol
lowing officers were elected :
R. E. Fort, Master.
Dr. J. E. Sappington, Overseer.
G. A. B. Dozier, Lecturer.
J. S. Smith, Steward,
W. H. McCullohs, Ass’t Steward.
Rev. I. P. Cheney, Chaplain.
J. A. Holland, Treas.
J. L. Dennis, Secretary.
S. J. Webster Gatekeeper.
Mrs, W. P. Bridges, Pomona.
Mrs. J. H. Mobley, Flora.
Mrs. T. H. Kimbrough, Ceres.
Miss Sallie Kimbrough, L. A. S.
The session of the Grange was se
C ret, but it was determined to hold a
grange fair this tall and to invite eve
rybody in the county to participate in
1 r-r . The exhibit will in all probabili- j
ty be made at Hamilton and after- !
wards taken as a whole to the Co
lumbus exposition.
It was also determined to hold a
fruit and melon festival here on the
first Tuesday in August, that being
the day on which the next meeting of
the county grange will be held. Ax'
that time plans for the county fair
will be perfected.
THE S. S. WORKERS.
The Second Quarterly Meeting of the
Harris County Sunday School
Association.
The second quarterly meeting of
the Harris County Sunday School
Association for 1888, was held at the
Whitesville Baptist church on Wed¬
nesday, May 2nd. Judge A. A. Al¬
len, 1st Vice-President, at the re¬
quest of President Wisdom, presided.
Prayer was offered by Rev. R. H.
Bullock.
An address of welceme was then
delivered by J. T. Gore. In beauti¬
ful woras he earnestly expressed the
welcome which his community ex¬
tended the honored association.
Mr. J. W. Clines, in behalf of the
associatiation responded. In his
unique way, that is as pleasant as it
is original, he spoke of the results of
Sunday School work and urged the
members of the association to renew
ed effort if they would do the work
! they ought to do and can do.
! * Reports from the schools in the
county were then called for and twen
j ty-six schools responded to the call.
Hamilton Baptist school was repre
by C. H. Cook. It has upwards of
75 names on the roll with an average
attendance of 65. The conditions
Q f ,h e school is good and its prospect
1S brightem.ing.
i Hamilton Methodist school was
represented by Judge W. I. Hudson
and O. S. Barnes. It has about 80
names on roll with an average at¬
tendance of upwards of 60.
Bethany school represented by
W. E. Goodman, W. E. Jenkinn, J.
A. Jenk ins, Abner Culpepper and
Flem Durham. It has 60 names on
roll two thirds of whom are church
members.
Chipley Methodist—represented by
U. H. Layfield. Has 75 pupils and
8 teachers, average attendance of pu¬
pils about 60. Teachers attend
very regularly.
Chipley Baptist school reported by
J. T. Jenkins. It has 81 scholars on
the roll and a regular attendance of
50. Delegates to convention were
Dr. J. D. Danforth, B. F. Hill, R.
L. Burkes, Misses Kate Huthinson,
Carrie Crawford and Lilia Surles.
Central Academy, reported by Dr.
J. W. Williams 80 on roll, with an
average attendance of 70. School is
full of interest and accomplishing
a good work. Delegates are Miss
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