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now to enable us to act with profit another season. Eot lh; Hamilton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. Mr. Reagan lias introduced into o congress a bill To declare all trusts void. It declares unlawful and void all arrangements, contracts, agree¬ ments, trusts or combinations made between persons or corporations,made with a view or which tend to prevent full and free competition in produc¬ tion, manufacturing or sale of any article, home produced or imported which tends to increase the cost to the consumer. ♦ Mr. Blaine has taken position in favor of “trusts” and the republicans will follow. Lookout for the money power. * * * The Naval appropriation bill amounts to $19,993,224. We will surely have a navy after a while. * * * Gov. Gordon lias issued Ill’s procla¬ mation submitting for ratification or rejection the proposed amendment to the Constitution increasing the num¬ ber of judges of the Supreme court to five inste ad of three—to be voted on at the at the general election to be held October 3rd, 1888. ‘ m V.r * * Hon. K. G. Turner, in the 2nd con¬ gressional district, lias been nominat¬ ed by acclamation. # The public debt was reduced $4,- 137,235 during July. Cash in the treasury $040,123,207. This amount of money ought not to be there and would not be there under the Mills’ bill of tariff reform. ♦ * * The “Confederate Veterans” will have a re-union at LaGrange on Sept. 5th. Gov. Gordon and Gen. C. A. Evans will make addresses. ♦ Montgomery has received over 400 bales of new cotton. Cotton is com¬ ing in more rapidly than usual and this rush into market will seriously affect the price. * * # The public mind is much excited over the bagging trust and a remedy is seriously sought after. * •* * Yellew fever in Florida has been terrible. The latest reports are more favorable and the prospect is that it will soon abate. * * # In Habersham county the shingle industry is rapidly increasing. There are 41 shingle machines within* 10 miles of Tocon, making 250.000 shin¬ gles per day. Atlanta, Chattanooga and other cities art* supplied by them. Why is Pino mountain *iot utilized ? * * * This is an age of improvement. The pipe line from Lena, Ohio, to Chicago is now nearly complete. It will convey one thousand barrels of oil per hour, The oil is intended for fuel. Reader. Local and Personal. Miss Genie West, of Columbus, is in the city, the guest of Miss Emmie Sparks. Get a premium list of the county fair and make the very best exhibit you can. Mrs. J. A. Hunter has been quite sick the past week, but has about re¬ covered. Miss Sallie Griggs, of Columbus, is staying with Mrs. J. W. Gamble and attending school here. Mrs. Annie Sieger, of Gurleysville Ala., is visiting the family of Mr. B. C. Kimbrough this week. Mrs. W. M. Middlebrooks and family, of At’anta, are in the city vis iting Miss Fletcher Turner. Mr. Frank Teague, the clever rep resentative of lohn R. Wilkerson & Brother, of Atlanta, interviewed his friends here yesterday morning. The city has been without a mar¬ shal since Tuesday morning. If everybody wopki behave himself there would be but little need of one. Misses Lula Mobley and Annie Persons, escorted by M r . A. F. Cope¬ land, went up to Warm Springs yes¬ terday afternoon to spend a day or two. The heavy rains that have fallen this week have not been very favora¬ ble for cotton, but a few days of sun¬ shine will prevent any serious injury to the crop. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Livingston re¬ turned home Saturday, after nearly two weeks spent in visiting the Cin¬ cinnati centennial, Niagara Falls, and other places of note. The inclement weather and the illness of the pastor made it impracti¬ cable to continue protracted services at the Baptist church and the meet¬ ing closed Wednesday morning. Marshall Johnston, who is rusti¬ cating with his family at Oak moun¬ tain springs, sent in for an almanac yesterday morning, The weather suggested tfiat it was time to come home. . The premium list of the Harris county fair is having many compli¬ ments. Its blue ink suggests that blue ribbon for the best county dis¬ play at the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition. Mr. M. B. Parker and lady left last Friday for their home in St. Louis. He expects to return here about the first of October and make Hamilton his home, opening business in the cor ner store of Hudson & Johaston’s warehouse. Mrs. S. T. Kingsbery and family, of Savannah, left Thursday morning for Carrollton where they will remain until cold weather. Her mother,Mrs Ann Smith, will stop in Shiloh and spend some time with relatives. Prof. H. A. Hayes is prepared to take a number of pupils to board, and parents who have to send their children away from home to educate them, cannot do better than to trust them to his watchful care and in struction. The protracted meeting out at Bethel church last week is said to be the best meeting they have had since the war. The Holy spirit was present in great power, and Baptists and Methodists rejoiced together. The services were conducted by Rev. W. D. McGregor. Sugar cane is remarkably fine j throughout the county, We hear of some on the Mulberry bottoms that has matured six feet already. As we have remarked once a year or oftener for ten years, there is no surer or more profitable crop than sugar cane on bottom lands. Mr. W. M. Parker k building r a rock wall on the sidewalk in front his vacant lot in the upper part tew.). It is one o t the prettiest build¬ ing lots in the town, and Mr. M. B. Parker contemplates soon beginning the erection of a handsome residence thereon. Revs. W. D. McGregor and W. A. Farley were called to Cataula this morning to assist in a revival meeting at Clowers church. The pastor Rev. Mr. Brewton has been summoned to Macon to attend the bedside of his brother-in-law, Rev. J. B. Culpepper, who is extremely ill in that city. But hasn’t this been good weather on peas, potatoes and sugar cane My, how they have grown and are growing, and how they will splice out cotton and corn if they should yet be overtaken with some disaster. If there is a man who does business on sounder principles than the farmer who grows all the crops his land is adapted to, his wheieabouts is un¬ known to us. The wet weather has suggested the spell that did so much damage to crops last August, and made some of us mighty nervous, but yesterday morning the sun rose to greet a clear sky, the atmosphere was crisp and the birds sang their happiest. All day wagon after wagon rolled out of town fieighted with bagging and ties, (trust bagging and protected ties), and all nature proclaimed the ap¬ proach of autumn and the time when crop liens must be met. Columbus Enquirer: The Enqui¬ rer-Sun has received a copy of the premium list, rules and regulations of the Harris county fair, which will be held at Hamilton on September 27 th and 28 th. The premium list is one likely to attract widespread attention, and the prizes offered guarantee at¬ tractions that will make the affair a perfect success. The pamphlet was printed by the Hamilton Journal, and the work would do credit to any job office. The college opened Monday with forty-five pupils, and notwithstanding the rainy weather, five more have been added to the roll. A large in¬ crease is expected Monday. Miss Lily A. Stradley of Hiawassee, Ten¬ nessee, is assistant teacher. She is an accomplished lady and experienced teacher, and comes here highly recom mended. Mrs. B. C. Kimbrough,who is well known in the county as arr ex¬ cellent music teacher, again has charge of the music department. Al¬ together, the college is well equipped, and prepared to do satisfactory work, and the prospects for a fine school were never more encouraging. Columbus Ledger: The Ledger is in receipt of the premium list, rules and regulations of the Harris county fair, to be held at Hamilton on Sep¬ tember 27 th and 28 th. .Theprinting and binding was done in the office of the Hamilton Journal, and is partic¬ ularly neat and well done. It is a credit both to the mechanical facili¬ ties and the typographical taste of the printer, to say nothing of the excel¬ lence of the press work. The premi¬ um list contains a long list of premi¬ ums and the ptospect now is that the Harris county fair will be a great suc¬ cess. The executive committee of the 25 th senatorial district, through their chairman, Judge J. M. Mathews, have issued a call for a convention to meet at Talbotton on the 18 th of September to nominate a democratic candidate for senator. Hon. B. H. Williams, under resolutions of the democracy of the county, will name the delegates to represent Harris in the convention. He will doubtless be nominated without opposition. In presenting him as her choice, Harris county is glad to point to him as one eminently worthy of the high trust. He is a man of the people,, acquaint ed with their needs. He is a very successful farmer, master of' the Hamilton Grange, and an officer of the Farmers Alliance of Harris coun¬ ty. The district will find in him a faithful senator.