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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. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI.OO PER YEAR 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. A REQUEST! It will Ik* highly appreciate! b\ us if you will fill in the lines below with any local or personal news concerning people you are interest ed in for publication. Any visitor you may have ii your home; any sickness in youi family, in fact anything iH-rsonal or local in the way of news. Just use the following space, tear out ami mail or hand in to us. 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. j. j. TAYLOR, President J. P. PEACOCK, Vice-President. J. A. WALKER, Cashier. 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