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K f A A .. \ \ K? » y 1 •A, h * A 0% ,t Vi • ; A 4 A > * r / * Ik/ f * " %XJ (L m m .»... * $ V 'A-- b9 •'I f *! y MVl % 1 ' l $ •> i & T # f • 1 « J m Eg” ▼ VOL. XVI. EDITORIAL NOTES. It’s a bad state when church mem¬ bership is a test for office, and equally bad when a man’s morals is not. Those folks who thought that we were not going to have any fun in fussy Fourth this year seem to have been mistaken. Let us not fret, Worry wears more than work. It is the easiest running machinery that does the nicest work and the most of it. The Harris county fair is now an assured fact, There is not a better county in the state than Harris and a proper effort upon the part of our citizens will convince the world of this truth. Hard work is the best and cheapest anti fat remedy, The man who will plow five or six hours a day, if his conscience is clear, will have a good digestion, will sleep well, and will not have much surplus flesh. The New York Graphic proposes to publish all the original poetry sent it. The task is herculean, and if only the contributors subscribe for it the circulation of the Graphic will be the largest in the world. President Cleveland continues to review the private pension bills pass¬ ed by congress and vetoes them just the same as if he was not a candi date for re-election, He is earning his salary and growing in popularity, if Americans esteem virtue. The Butler Herald admits that the selection of delegates to represent Taylor county in the congressional convention was not exactly regular, but is opposed to having another con vention to appoint them regularly. The delegates named favor __ Mr. Grimes. The Georgia Weekly Press met in convention at Gainesville on the 4th and were entertained in a royal man ner by the good people of that grow- JOSEPH L.DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. ing city. The Journal regrets that it was not able to be with the breth ren, but hopes for better luck next time. Recently Governor Gordon adver¬ tised for bids for $1,900,000 of new state bonds, to mature $100,000 an¬ nually after ten years, bearing inter¬ est at 41 per cent, There were a number of bids, the best being 104^ for the lot, which was accepted. No state has a finer credit than Georgia. In advocating the claims of Hon. W. R. Gorman for Congress, before the massmeeting in Talbot last week. Captain Henry Persons said that the fact that 80 per cent, of the people of Georgia are farmers and that they have not one representative of their class in congress, showed the great noGfssity for farmer^ alliances. A gentleman remarked in our presence the other day that he was surprised to find so many men who looked to to the morals of a candi date before they gave him their sup port. He ought not to he. If the source is not pure, the water cannot be. Pure laws cannot be expected of impure men, nor will bad men faith fully administer a public trust. The Journal has added a long list of names to its subscription book the past week and it greets its many readers, after a week’s rest, with its best smile. It enters upon the second half of an eventful year with bright prospects, fully determined to devote its energies more fully than ever to, advance the material interests of the people of Harris and to bring them to a clearer appreciation of their ad vantages and opportunities. - In the vortex of county politics and an exciting congressional cam paign, please don’t lose sight of the fact that Hon. W. T. Revill, of the county of the Meriwether Vindicator, is our candidate for Governor. We are not unmindful of the distinguish ed services of our present chief ex ecutive—great in war, great in peace j and great in the hearts of his coun- HAMILTON, 13,1888. trynien—but his place is in the I ni ted States Senate, with Colquitt. Joe Brown ought to resign to make room for Cordon and ltevill. • W f are rwoi > ,t >,f a ,,f tl "' premium list of the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition. It covers many valuable premiums for farm, home and factory products, many of "which can by proper offort be carried off by Harris county. Write to the Secre¬ tary for a copy and read it carefully to see if there is not something you have or can make that you can get a premium upon. A little effort upon your part will bring credit to your county and put money in your pocket, as well. The Atlanta Constitutitution says that Dr. Strickler, of Atlanta, who /lias just been elected Chancellor of the University of Georgia, will not accept. Senators Brown and Col¬ quitt and Governor Gordon voted in his favor at the meeting of the board of trustees Monday when he was elected. It is hoped that he will be induced to reconsider the matter and accept. His friends say he is emi nently fitted for the position, and no minister stands higher in the esteem of southern Presbyterians. Editor Persons is built after the fashion of the latest improved loco motive, the dummy, and goes hack ward or forward with equal grace, He thus gracefully reverses his course in the congressional race, leaving the public in doubt whether he was run ning backward or forward before he changed, He says: •/ “Editor Brown of the Newnan Herald, twits us for prophesying Mr. Grimes’ nomination on the very day that Talbot endorsed Mr. Gorman. Well, you see, Mr. •J n rown , circumstances alter cases, therefore we whooped one way and vo ted another.” ! — When the Indians were removed J from this part of Georgia, Harris county was settled as by magic. Our people caine from the older counties, Monroe, Putnam, Jasper, Henry and other counties in middle Georgia fur- ONE DOLLAR A YEAR i STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. nishing perhaps eighty per cent, of our first settlers. Men of sound judgement, whose memories are a sacred treasure, the fathers of the present generation, pronounced the’ in tills most emphatic of wavs sup. rior advantages of our virgin soil. Middle Georgia is in advance of ns. now, because of superior railroad ad¬ vantages, but now that we are upon an equality on this score, we shall hope to establish the wisdom of our forefathers. The approaching presidential elec¬ tion is one of the most important ever held in this country. It is the first campaign since the war when the issue was not entirely sectional. It is to he determined now if the policy of the government shall be to sup¬ port, not infant industries but giant monopolies, at the expense of the pewple, under the £iiise of lev yiug »i tax for the support of tin* govern¬ ment. If money can purchase votes enough, the success of the republican paily is assured, for the men who profit by the hundreds of millions of dollars wrung annually from the pockets of the people in the name of protection, have money to spend and they will spend it freely. But we have an abiding faith in the integrity of a great people, who have heretofore shown themselves capable of self government, as well as faith in an all wise providence that guides the des¬ tinies of nations, and we cannot doubt that victory wil* he for Cleave land and reform. Col. John Hall, of Washington* I). C M has discovered a deep seated conspiracy, It crops out in th»* wilds of Troup county, permeates the Farmers’ Alliance of Georgia, taints the custom house at Atlanta and even involves within its folds the immaculate President, Cleveland himself. The purpose of the con¬ spiracy is to defeat the wishes of the people of the fourth district, by de¬ feating Hon. Thomas W. Grime*. It is to l>e done by getting Troup for Traylor, getting up a dead lock in the convention, compromising on the Hon. Henry R. Harris as the nomi- NO. 27.