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. ^ <S /*»< ■v * V \ Pi J P:'>* *%gji ! * h \ m C A £• •**&"*>- %€| *rSr o. Xi, I «jS f m .] >, \ | m m; <• j- M 15*4 Pm -i V M ’ VOL. XVI. EDITORIAL NOTES. Let everybody talk fair for the next ten days. The program for the fair will he full of interest both days. It will he worth all it costs to see the display alone. Hamilton hopes to he full to over flowing next Thursday and Friday, Everybody will be cordially wel corned. ■- Come in next 1 hursday and ! day and see what the county is doing in the way ot stock raising. You will he gratified at the exhibit of stock. A committee has been appointed to Yarn of the better things left at home next »eelj and not shown at the fair, and all of them will he pro¬ cured at once for the county display at Columbus. • Editor Persons, nf the Talbotton Eew Era, is disposed to cavil at our grammar. The purpose of language is to convey ideas, and the idea we purposed conveying in the sentence criticised, seems to be perfectly clear. It was that Harris has no grounds to Talbot, even if Col. John B. Gorman is to have charge of her display, and if this isn’t sufficiently clear now Editor Persons can have ocular demonstration on or about October the 4th, at Columbus. The Chattahoochee Valley Expo sition will he a grand success. From its inception it has been managed with great skill and ability. Its of¬ ficers planned everything upon a liberal scale and in everything they liave been sustained by a liberal pub lie sentiment. The very name has had a talismanic influence, proclaim ing the fact that the Exposition is not a local affair, but is designed to benefit the whole Chattahoochee val ley, in advertising and developing its resources. Columbus is to be bene hted, but she will share the -benefits with the counties ot which _ she is the trade center. J JOSEPH L.DENNIS PROPRIETOR. Col. Harry Jackson whipped an Atlanta editor last week simply to keep his son from the danger neees sarily attendant upon the operation, In doing so the Col. perhaps estab blished his reputation for valor, hut lost it for what Honest John Falstaff has assured us is the better part of valor, discretion. Had he taken Ids beligerently inclined son into the hack yard and administered to him that correction so forcibly commend¬ ed by Solomon, instead of pursuing the course lie did, the whole world wou j t { have applauded and the result 0 £ ^he primary on the next day would have been very different. * The county exhibits at the tahoochee Valley Exposition will he an interesting feature, Several the counties of Georgia and will make displays, hut none ot them can excel Harris, Her varied sources are unequaled by any county in the entire section, her natural vantages of soil and climate cannot be surpassed, and her people are wanting in skill or enterprise. They were first to resdlve to mak a exhibit, first to organize for it and first to select a position for their play. They led off right, have lively since they started and chances for the blue ribbon are tip top. Harris County’s Fair. The exhibit of the resources of Harris county, to be made here next week, will mark an epoch in the his¬ tory of the county. It will be a no¬ table affair and one reflecting credit on the county and her people. Much work has been done, the officers the assocaition working in perfect harmony from the moment of organ j za tion to the present, and nothing they could do to make the fair a cess, has been left undone. ’ -The exhibit will be worth seeing and every citizen of the county should see it. The admission to the grounds has been fixed at a nominal amount and the receipts will be used after paying the premiums, to remov ing t.ie display to Columbus and making a county exhibit at the Chat- HAMILTON, GA„ SEPTEMBER 21,1888. tahoochee Valley Exposition. Let every citizen cf the county help on the good work by attending with his family both days. Senatorial Convention. Under a call of the chairman of the democratic executive committee of the 25th Senatorial district, delegates representing the several counties con posing the district met in convention in Talbotton on Tuesday morning, the 18th, instant. Judge J. M. Mathews, of Talbot, was elected chairman and T. If. F. Hadley Secretary, The counties were represented as follows: Harris—T. J. Neal, J. H. Mobley, T. H. F. Hadley, 13 . Williams and J. L. Dennis. Talbot—J. M, Mathews. Upson—T. D. Ferguson. Capt. T. J. Neal placed in nomina¬ tion for the Senate the name of Hon. B. H. Williams, of Harris. It was seconded by ’Messrs Ferguson and Mathews, and unanimously carried. Messrs Mathews, Ferguson and Dennis were appointed a committee to notify Mr. Williams of his nomina¬ tion. Upon motion the chair then ap¬ pointed the following executive com¬ mittee for the district: Talbot—A. P. Persons and George Harris— J H. Mobley, J. L. Den ms. Upson—T. ID. Ferguson, J. Y. Al len. Chattahoochee Valley FxjionlUou. Judging fiom the reports and crit¬ icisms being made about the Chat¬ tahoochee Valley Exposition, which opens in Columbus on the 4th day of October, it will certainly be a wonderful illustration of the vim and pluck now animating the Queen City, an(J an aggregation of the unmistaka ble evidences* of the incalculable wealth and progressive development of the country by which she is sur rounded. New home industries of cve L v imaginable character will greet anc * biterest the astonished visitor, have not space to enumerate the ' 7 bu[ mip|y say [hcy are we „ n igh i. - numerable in number and variety and cover all the interests more im. ONEDOLLAR AYEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. portant to us and in the development of which we must rejoice. Every Georgian and every Alabamian should feel justly proud of the grand effoit of our sister city, and with a unanim¬ ity never before witnessed, rally to her support. Yes, to her support, not only in the work of preparation, but by adding to her exhibits some thing from every town, hamlet pre¬ cinot as evidence of handicraft, na tural production or hidden wealth. We would urge the people ot our county not to be laggards in this mat¬ ter. Russell, Lee, Cham bets and Randolph counties on the Alabama side, Mnscogee, Harris and Talbot on the Georgia side contesting for the honors of the grand display. It would be right and proper It r Troup county to come in and a k to be allowed to furnish the crown piece or key stone, arching our noble river, thus uniting these counties in making one grand architectural dis play the beauty of which would be equaled or excelled, only by jj ie i f) trinsic and productive wealth withm its limits. In these county exhibits there no separation of groups, as for indi¬ vidual exhibitors, everything in the whale catalogue—mineral, agricultu¬ ral, mechanical, domestic, fine arts— all may be grouped as our exhibits, from our county. With tin’s extra or dinaiy privilege in favor of the coun¬ ty exhibits, offered by the exposition, it seems that West Point, with her manufactories, could easily bring the country to her aid and get up such an exhibit as would not only challenge the admiration .of all competitors, but take the handsome prize of $j,ooo. If in luis, however, w r e should fail, it would place us conspicuously among the leading counties of two states, and result in great good to us in days to come. What say our people? Who will be the first to move in this matter? Let our farmers, through their Alliance, and our merchants and manufacturers meet upon “mid¬ dle” ground for once for mutual ben¬ efit, county and State pride.—South¬ ern Alliance. A Knv More. On the last cover page will be found the card of the new store 21 ) . Hamilton, at M. Wojfson’s old cor ner. A visit to the store will show j lict business in the best aml j ie promises that if low prices and po litc attention mean anything, to k< e n tnings .iVe.j. I f is stock t goods is and his shelves are already full ot bargai USL Mi. Will Parker is with the house and will be to see ail his friends. NO. 37.