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®br (Horbran Journal
Entered May 23rd, 1908, at the
Post-office at Cochra.i, Ga., aa
Second Claae Mail Matter
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
(Eorfyran |Jubltßljmg (Co.
T. L. BAILEY, Editor.
J. H. MULLIS, JR. Business Mgr.
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Mud Slinging the
Order of the Day.
It is rumored that Thos. E. Wat
sou will enter the race f<>r Congress
in the tenth. If he does there will
he some lively times in the old
tenth before the race is over. There
has been some hot scrapping in the
newspapers between him and Hard
wick, and should they meet on the
stump, considering all that has been
said on both sides, it is hard to un
derstand how they could confine
themselves to parliament ary argu-
ments. It is unfortunate that our
politicians should descend to' mud
slinging and personal abuse instead
of confining themselbes to the great
issues that confront the American
People. The issues are lost in a
whirlwind of vituperation, slander
and an attempt to expose the indiv
idual weakness and licentious con
duct of opposing candidates. The
search light is turned upon both
the personal and official conduct ot
our representatives. Accusation of
graft; disloyalty to party and party
pledges; disgraceful conduct, involv
ing moral turpitude and dishonest
methods are charged, and the av
erage man is beginning to wonder if
our representatives, as a rule, are
not a lot of grafters and moral
degenerates. There are two phases
to this question however —One side
maintaining there is an unpreced
ented amount of corruption in high
places. The other claiming as this
is an age of reform, and asnointer
nationl affairs have distracted pub
lic attention. No sectional or in
ternal broils suffiently important to
occupy the minds of the people,
have presented themselves; they
have turned the search light upon
our public officers, and demanded of
them an account ot their steward
ship. As was to he'expected and as
such has been the case since old
Adam succumbed to temptation,
some of them were caught with the
goods and have gone down beneath
the pressure of public indignation,
others repelled the charges and
weathered the storm; while a few
are paying the penalty of their mis
conduct in prison cells and in con
vict stripes. Such has been the
history of the world since the orgao
a/ation of society. We are loth t<
believe the world is growing worse.
In the light of twentieth century
civilization, when education is jfust
becoming universal, and ignorance
and superstition are growing less,
how can it be? Is it not a fact
that superstitution is born of igno
rance and wide spread illiteracy be
speaks the weakness and insignifi
cance of ahy country? as a nation
we are stronger than ever before,
both moraly and intellectually, but
IT WON’T HURT
Your feet at all —and your pocket
very little to wear
RED SEAL SHOES
MAL'n IN GEORGIA
Dollar a Pair Saved in the Wear
J. K. ORR SHOE CO., ATLANTA
as this is a commercial age, circum
stances and environments have com
bined to make great business men
and financial kings, who under dif
ferent circumstances might have
made great soldiers, patriots or
statesmen. We have the mat ral
but not the circumstances out • f
which sprung our Gordon, liiil,
Toombs and Stephens.
The genius of America has com
bined in the accumulation of grea'
wealth: and tiie monopolistic tend
ances of the age are the greatest
menace to the welfare of the Amer
ican people. How to preserve a
just equilibrium between labor ami
capital is the great question. Tin
ultra extremist on one side and
the ultra conservative on the other,
as far : art as the two poles, need
the great leavening force of tie
strong conservative middle class, up
on whose shoulders rest the strengt i
of our nation.
\\’e ,t no socialism by whirl
individual effort and initiative wotil .
would be destroyed; no radieali-m
to weaken the broad and con-treet
ive states nansbip of our country,
no hording demagogue, array u,
one ela- again t the other, hut amid
the tumult of conflicting elemei Is,
while ea h parly is claiming tl.
world for tl. ..iselves, should w.
he allowed to lift the veil of the fu
ture we feel that we would see the
great middle class reinforce Iby
universal education, and per
meated with greater moral and
religious strength, fighting our
battles with a determination and
success unparalelled in the history
of our country. Then we will come
into our own and greater America
will he an actual realization.
• • •-
A Large Cabbage.
Mr. J. R. Barrs brought us one
of the finest cabbages we have ever
seen. It weighed 13 pounds after
it was Trimmed off. Talk about
Pulaski County. It is the garden
spot of the world and our farmers
can raiae anything anybody else
can. Many thanks to Mr. Barrs.
HU Maiden Bp*«ch.
It Is related that When the Karl of
Rocbeater to the reign of Charles IL
rose to make bla maiden speech in the
house of lords be said: “My lords—my
lords, I rise this time for the first time
—the very first time. My lords, I di
vide my speech Into four branches.”
Here there was an embarrassing pause
of some seconds. “My lords,” the earl
then ejaculated, “If ever I rise again
In this house you may cut me off, root
and branches and all, forever.”
Th» Devil's Sonata. X
Tartlnl. the great violinist, after din
ing indiscreetly, dreamed that he hnd
made a bargain with the devil for his
soul. To prove his powers the evil oue
seized a violin nnd played n sonata of
exquisite beauty. Tartlnl awoke with
the ringiug in his ears, committed the
music to paper and published it as
“The Devil’s Sonata.”
The Verdict.
"How did ySTIFUtT take amnteur
night?”
“Great! When I sang the first verse
they yelled ‘Fine!’ and when I sang
the next they yelled ‘lmprisonment!’ ”
—Baltimore Sun.
His Main Want.
Earnest but Prosy Street Corner Ora
tor—l want land reform, I want housing
reform. 1 want educational reform, I
want— Bored Voice —Ghlo reform.—
Manchester Guardian.
Proud of It.
The Lady—Poor tramp! Have you
anything In your life to be proud of?
The Hobo—Yessum. I never beat no
body out of no laundry bill. —Cleveland
Leader.
AFTER AUGUST IST! _
You will not have the chance to save money as you can right now.
THE GRAND SALE
will postively close on that date and prices will be the same as before
—Therefore it will be to your advantage to come and buy goods
whil ? this price slashing big sale is on.
vVe will continue as ever before to save you money all the time, but,
it is noi in our power to save the great amount we are saving you now.
to the Big Sale Before August Ist-
THE COUNTRY TRADING STORE,
SAM KARELITZ, Proprietor,
COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
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Royal Mistake*.
Sovereigns and princes are strangely
glveD to making astonishing mistakes
while dealing with dates. The Inscrip
tion on King Edward VII. 1 - coffin that
be died In the ninth year of bis reign
instead of the tenth Is only an ex
ample of many similar errors. In No
vember, ISSB. Queen Victoria wrote to
the late king to Inform him that he
might consider himself emancipated
from parental authority and control,
as he was now eighteen years old and
therefore of age. Her majesty’s letter,
which was very long, was a qunsl ser
mon, and It ended by Informing the
then Prince of Wales that he would be
forthwith made a knight of the Garter
and a colonel in the army. How Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert fell into so
extraordinary a mistake It Is Impossi
ble to understand, for the prince had
only then completed his seventeenth
year. Dean Wellesley, to whom the
young prince showed the letter, at once
detected the serious erfbr into which
the queen had fallen, but be thought
It best to say nothing.—London Truth.
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