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For the Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Congress is still engaged on the
tariff bill with no immeditate prospect
of a final vote. By way of variety,
private bills, pensions and appropria¬
tions are considered. The national
conventions have delayed business.
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The Emperor, Frederick, of Ger¬
many, died on the 14th, and his son,
William, has become Emperor by
succession. The war prospect is not
diminished by this sad event.
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The newest building in Washing¬
ton is the pension office which cost
$1,000,000, employs 1500 clerks and
pays out about $70,000,000 annually
to 420,000 pensioners with the south
entiiely left out. Is this just ?
The Arcadia Phosphate Co., of
Peace River, Fla., made their first
shipment of phosphate to the Geo. W.
Scott manufacturing Co., on the 10th
inst. Fifteen car loads soon follow¬
ed. Success to this new and valua¬
ble enterprise.
Four thousand acres in Dougherty,
Lee and Mitchell counties have been
planted in watermelons and the pro
duct is estimated at one thousand car
loads or 1,000,000 melons. A good
instance of diversified labor.
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On the 1st of June the use of cop¬
per cents in making exact change was
begun at the railroad ticket office in
Atlanta. Take care of the pennies
and the pounds will take care of
themselves.
The population of Birmingham,
Ala., is over 41,000, an increase of
29,000 in four years. This is what
varied industries will do.
The Congressional convention for
the 4th district of Georgia will meet
in Columbus on August 14th. Col.
Grimes deserves to be re-nominated
and will be.
Primus Jones, the first bale man,
will have a bale of new cotton in the
market by July 4th.
The steamship, Eutruria, has made
the quickest trip on record from
Queenstown to Sandy Hook in belays,
1 hour and 35 minutes. Her best
day’s run was 553 miles.
The S., F. & \V. railroad expects
to handle 3,000 car loads of water;
melons this season—the largest in the
history of the road.
The West Point cotton mills turn
out daily 12,000 yards of cloth and
consume 20 bales of cotton.
The crop prospect in Harris,Troup
and Meriwethei is fair, The fight
wilh “Gen. Green” ha-l-een obstinate
but the farmers with a few exceptions
obtained the victory. Corn is small
but promising. Cotton about as last
year at this date.
Reader.
Chiplcy Notes.
It is Mrs. Dr. Felton that is ex
pected at the district convention of
the W. C. T*; U.
Mr. Charles Gillespie, of White
Sulphur Springs, was in our city Sat
urday.
The board of trustees of the Chip
ley High School have decided to let
the rent question drop. They demand
no interest on their money. This is
quite kind and generous to the public,
which is highly appieciated.
School opens July 16th. The pub¬
lic term will then open for three
months. If you would derive benefit
from this school fund send in your
children.
Misses Bettie and Effie Hardy and
Carrie and Minnie Crawford went
down to Hamilton to day. A party
complimentary to them will oe given
at Mrs. Dr. Filey’s residence.
Mr E. R. Bradfield, of LaGrange,
was in our burg Saturday.
Mr. P. L. Hutchinson has returned
from Auburn, Ala, where he has been
zealously applying himself to his stu¬
dies under the careful instruction of
the A. & M. College.
Quite a crowd of gentlemen,ladies,
buys and girls will go down to Ham¬
ilton on the 23 rd. A glorious time
is expected, and we will give you
bona fide guarantee jaw will not be
disappointed.
Mr. ana Mrs. W. D. Wisdom,after
a week’s vacation from business at
their father’s, returned home Sunday.
Rev. Alex. Earley filled his regular
C
Mr. Farley is a Minister of muc jS rep¬
utation.
Prof. W. O. Johnson is now visit¬
ing his father at Salam, Ala.
Mr. Hutchinson of LaGrange, Ga.
came down Saturday evening to visit
his relatives at this place.
Ice cold lemonades, milk shakes,
&c., served in the best of order at the
drug store. Ice delivered to your
door on quick notice.
Mr. Clay Davis, near here, was se¬
riously attacked with cholera morbus
and was virtually dead before medical
j aid was had. Mr. Davis was a pros¬
perous farmer in moderate circum¬
stances. He leaves a wife and six
c ^*l^ ren t0 grieve his loss,
The sad intelligence of the death
of so good a woman as Mrs. U. H.
Layfield causes every heart to bow in
submissive sadness to the will of the
j Divine. The grief stricken husband,
f daughter and sons of the deceased
have sustained an irreparable loss. A
mother and wife, devoted and true- -
true to ,noral advancement of ail
who came within her domain. 'J o
those who knew Mrs. La) field need
no eulogy to establish her Christian
fame and character. Apparently she
is dead, but to us living are reflections
of her noble character ever memora¬
ble to those whose lot was of that
fortune as to receive a share of her
benevolent influence. Her mother,
Mrs. Emory, is still living, washed
with winter snows to an age not allot
ted to her daughter. Her affection
was of a serious nature. Since only
a few months have passed her young¬
er daughter, Mrs. Phillips, was lifted
beyond. Our sympathy is entwined
with the sadly bereaved family.
Beech Spring Bubbles.
Miss Anna Compbell, of Mountain
Hill, spent last week in this commun¬
ity.
Miss Rosa Davis, of Mountain
Hill, spent a few days with her sister,
Mrs. John Thornton, last week.
We had a very good ram last Sat
uiday and now the crops are looking
fine.
Miss Fannie Hadley, of Blue
Springs, spent last week with her
many frien Js in this neighbor hood.
Observer, you must excuse me for
liking to converse with the young
ladies and you need not get angry
with me, for I think she likes me the
best. I hope so.
A young man near here started to
the mirror last week to comb his hair
when the mirror fell to the floor and
was broken to pieces. Mr. S., we
cfon’t think you are ugly enough to
break a glass by looking in it.
Mr. Ben Gordon visited Blue
Spring Alliance meeting last Satur¬
day.
Mr. Frank Crutchfield, of this
place, who has been saw milling near
LaGrange, was hurt last week by a
rolling log. He came home this
week. We will be glad to note his
recovery soon.
Our water-melons are very fine.
When they get ripe I think the
young ladies will me some leap year
calls, as have not made any yet.
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Hardeman Notes.
On last Saturday night a party of
colored men met near Mr. John
Clines, consisting of Jim Webster,Ed
Johnson and others, to cut a bee tree
and out for that purpose a quarrel
between Ed. Johnson, who lives with
Mr. Clines, and Jim Webster, who
lives with Mr. J. C. Blackmon, oc¬
curred whifch culminated in a difficul
ty between the parties named. As
we gather the facts they were separa
ted by their friends and were started
home when Ed Johnson eluded his
friends ard intercepted Jim Webster
and his party and assaulted Webster
with an axe, whereupon Webster
drew a No 32 pistol and fired u
Johnson as iie adva< ced with the
and his shot took effect in the *c!y
of Johnson from wuich he died at
daylight Monday morning. A wau
rant was sworn out soon afterwards,
by Thomas Shaw before R. D. Little,
N. P. Ex. Off. J. P.. and placed in
the hands of Mr. J. M. Pratt, Jr.,
constable for his arrest,but up to this
writing Webster is still at large. If
the above reported facts are correct
there appears some justification for
the shooting.
A good rain fell on the northern
portion of our district Saturday even
ing and the farmers are happy now
over the prospect that western corn
will want for orders in this part of
Harris county.
Rev. W. T. Bell, G. W. Poer, W.
A. Harwell and W. W. Little went
to the river on a camp fish yesterday.
Dr. B. G. Poer, after an absence
of five weeks to Texas on business
has returned and resumed his
tice of medicine again. >
Look out Mr. Editor, for next
urday. The hungry members of
R. E. Lee Lodge No. in have de¬
cided to turn out in fall force
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Saturday to yonr barbecue.
for a few more carcases and a
load of bread or J Hamilton will
left and we wish it distinctly
stood that we are not to he
with candidates until the
thrashing is over and we have
ed our pipe of peace and good will.
Col. Jas. M. Mobley, with his
ly accomplished and
daughter, Miss LuD, made a
visit to Mr. G. W. Poer, of our
to see old aunt, Mrs. Ann E.
and while down attended our
school at New Hope. Miss
dispensed music at the organ in
usual pleasant and easy style and
the close of lessons our Supt. A.
DeLamar called on the Col. to
a lecture to the school which he
with credit to the cause of the
ba&h school, impressing five
words upon the small class:
thy father and mother,” with
force that it will be remembered
them through life. Col. Mobley has
many strong friends through this
section. And after a half century
‘passed since his boyhood days in
neighborhood he returns and with
many bright reminiscences of the
early history of the western portion
of the county crowded upon his mind
which he reverted to in his
to the Sabbath school with
feeling.
Contentment passes wealth. You
are sure to be contented with the
of Warner’s Log Cabin Extract,
external and internal pains. This is
better than to employ a physician
who cannot do more fer you if you
had the wealth of Croesus. Two