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w * 5 1 V I V Mi I a ■i * V' \%" * FIT y fr S3 1 i m p.*" *■', * * si* £V,: i •VV * 2 a VOI, XVI. EDITORIAL NOTES. So far Harris county is ahead of The Harris county exhibit must take the blue ribbon at the Columbus exposition. Our principal eompeti tion will come from Alabama, and when has Georgia ever failed to sur pass her eldest daughter. The state fair at Macon is going to be one of tire most notable events of the year. It is being managed and the success that is sure to come will lie hut the legitimate fruits „f the efforts now being put forth. Devote a little time to an exhibit t at the county fair. One hundred ex¬ hibitors will insure the success of the enterprise. This is seven to each malitia district. Resolve to be one of seven and try to get six others to be with you. The Americus, Preston and Lump kin railroad has put on a steamer from Savannah to New York, thus giving it a line from New York to Lumpkin. This road has been man aged with consummate skill and ahil ity. It has done wonders for cus and south Georgia and is not yet in the zenith of its usefulness. October will he a month of exposi tions in Georgia. The most notable will be those at Augusta, Macon and Columbus. Augusta has spent a mint of money preparing for her ex position which opens on the 10th and continues into November. It will he perliaps the most interesting ever giv en in the south. There is uo city that ranks with Augusta in beauty, enterprise and thrift, so that a visit to the city any time is worth one’s while. But when she makes special preparation, gets up an exposition, opens her gates and asks the world to come, it is an invitation not to be slighted. The railroads have given a rate of one cent a mile,and although JOSEPH L.DENNIS, PROPRIETOR. Augusta is on the extreme state limit from us, we think many will be sure to go f rom this section. YOUR HOME PAPER. The Journal is no growler. If it has suffered in adversity heretofore its readers have not discovered the fact in its countenance. But we think the business men of the county do not appreciate the value of a county newspaper as they should. The siq> port that the business men of ton h ave have given us in ‘ twelve . months would , not sustain , . VH™ two utc<1 moTe to ‘ 10 l^ecne given here ni .Tunc than they have contributed to the support of the Journal in two years. Now the money spent on the barbecue was well spent. It ad vertised the tow a and sustained the character of its people for liberality and public spirit. But is it superior a newspaper for this? Was one barbecue of more value than the * Journal has been in two years of service? The most siiccessfulmen of business are the largest advertisers. If it pays them to advertise, it ought to pay our merchants doubly, when in advertising their wares they at the same time patronize an enterprise that adds dignity to the town and ad voeates every public interest, If the town of Hamilton was without a newspaper it would he as easy a mat ter to raise money among her busi ness men to establish one now as it was when the Journal was founded in 1872. They are as appreciative of the value of a homo paper now as they were then, but they are content to let it fight for a meagre patronage abroad, when a little encouragement at home would place it on the high road to a prosperity that would prove beneficial to every interest of the county. WILL COTTON SHEETING DO ? Thousands of minds are busy try ing to devise some means to defeat the cotton bagging trust. Almost every day some new substitute for jute bagging is proposed. The great trouble is the doubt whether cotton HAMILTON, GA., SEPTEMBER 7,1888. would be accepted in anything but. the regular commercial bagging. Congressman Elliott, of South Caro¬ lina, has obtained some information on tb s subject which appears impor. tant. At bis request the department of state cabled United States Consul Russell at Liverpool to ascertain if c °R° n wrapped in cotton cloth would he accepted at that market. Consul Russell replied: Interviewed leading merchants. Their prejudice favors jute bagging. However, aa a covering lawful and acceptable, the merchants suggest cotton ,, sheeting , ,• substitute. * , as a Assistant Secretary of State Rives traQsm!tt ; ng a COJ)y of t ] ie coll . to Congressman Elliott ad ^ It would appear, therefore, that there is no rule of the trade in L»e crpool, which prohibits the covering of cotton bales with material other than ordinary jute bagging. Mr. J. II. Turner, state organizer of the Farmer’s Alliance, in a recent letter addressed to the members of that organization said: My plan is to use cotton cloth for wrapping our cotton regardless of cost. That will create a demand for more than one hundred thousand hales of cotton and give the profits-to our southern factories instead of stuff ing the overflowing vaults of the eot ton bagging trusts. Brethren examine yourselves and see if it is cowardice that keeps us from downing this bagging trust. The use of cotton cloth lias been commended by the Telegraph ami other southern papers. Osnahurgs was recommended as a substitute by a large convention of planters recent ly held at Memphis, To wrap cot- ton appears decidedly the most prae ticable way to contend against the jute bagging combine. It is proha hie that arrangements could he made insure cotton-baled cotton and if it can be definitely settled that Liver pool will accept the proposed sulisti tute it w ill undoubtedly be very large ly used.—Macon Telegraph, THIS YEAR IN GEORGIA. This year in Georgia there are ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 0,005 more voters than last year. There are 4,214 more white voters than last. year. There are 2*191 more colored voters than last year. Though the number of able-bodied men has increased, the number of workers between 12 and 05 years of age has decreased from 94,087 to 87,793. There are 49 railroad presidents and only 13 superintendents. Improved land has increased 247 200 acres, and is worth $2,141,985 more than last year. The value of horses, mules, sheep and cattle lias increased $999,004. There is $411,231 more of house¬ hold and kitchen furniture. There is $$3,099 less of watches, jewelry and silverware. There are 120,785 more dollars invested in plantation and mechani¬ cal tools. There were 099,137 dollars worth of cotton, corn and provisions held by farmers on April 1st—$337,057 more than last year. Town and city property has in¬ creased in value $4,400,291. Bank shares are worth $1,358,190 ,nore ^ iau hist year. Merehandise is worth 8545,312 more than last year. This is the story of the tax digests for 1888. It is a story of prosperity among the farmers, prosperity in the cities ami towns; better stock, better cattle, better tools, better furniture, and more comfort in all the walks of life.—Atlanta Constitution. Kor li»e Hamilton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. Congress is in session and likely to remain in session until December. Three distinct hills have been iutro duced on the subject of “Trusts” and something will he done to abate this huge w rong. * » * Nine of the ten representatives in congress from Georgia have been fe nominated* This is as it should Ut*. NO. 35.