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, jpn Journal May 2srd, 1008, at the Post-office at Cochran, Ga., as “Second Class Mail Matter PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY (ftp Corhratt pnfcltabing Co. T. L BAILEY, Editor. I. H. MULLIS, JR. Business Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE it.oo PER YEAR This Issue of The Journal. It i* a source of genuine pleasure to he able to give to our sulworihcrs this week a sixteen page paper, something heretofore unknown in the history of our city. ■* Wc are deeply grateful to our ad vertisers for their liberal support and wish them much success and future prosperity. Did we hear the doleful voice of the pessimist ex claiming “Cochran is a graveyard for newspapers?” Commencing e leven months ago with a little 4 column paper, not larger than a common sized pocket handkerchief and issued from a job press, in the early part of our career, it seemed that “the grave was yawning to receive us; and although we. stood trembling upon its lirink we were loth to sink into its We have turned our hacks upon the graveyard and placed our face to wards the rising sou and hope to lie present at the roll call of South l Georgia’s prosperous cities apd see 1 Cochran take her place ip the front Hrank. NOTICE I To The Public! B We have Employed Messr. Cliff BRandett, of Macon, and J. Folds, of BAtlanta. two 1 Xpert Horse Shoers BgMB Round Shop Men, and are Wm Better Prepared Than Ever to B* First Class and Up-To-Date Re- Bur Work. We can Simply make Bmr Old Buggies look as Good as ■w one. We do work Promptly ■at Reasonable Prices. Thank lyou for past yatronage and solicit- Byour future business, we are, B Very truly yours, LKER&FISHER Kv IS SCARCE! He Money will go a Long HWays if you Buy Wll SHOES, faPUi hats, B 000 DS , ■nothing, : t- From - - Wm. WYNNE. Mail Order Catalogues We notice that our town is flooded with catalogues from mail order houses of large cities. These con cerns are constantly importuning our people to send their money from home where it will never return, and to patronize them instead of our own merchants with whom your interests and my interests are inter woven. Beware of the high sound ing offers in these catalogues. You make your order not knowing what quality of goods you are going to get, and after you pay the express charges the goods cost you more than they would at home. Ido not believe a person with the proper civic pride, and having the interest of our city at heart, will patronize these mail order hous es without giving our merchants a chance to sell them. The welfare of our town depends upon the unit} - and loyalty of our people. It is absolutely astounding at the amount of “junk” that our people all over the county receive by ex press from mail order houses. Cheap jewelry, brass watches, war ranted to last twenty years, patent nostrums, guaranteed to cure every ill that the human race is heir to. Cheap phonographs that could be sold to you just as cheap by our local dealers, or better still, a su perior article for the same money. I have seen men order watches that were warranted to have ten year gold filled cases that would turn black in two weeks after get ting them out of the express office. Would it not he infinitely Iwtter for you to go to your local dealer who knows what kind of goods he is selling. When you buy a watch from a fake concern in Chicago with a guar antee of ten years on it, and it turns black in two or three weeks, you are simply up against it. But you know our local dealers can’t afford to do that kind of business. We can help build up our city in many ways, and one good way is hi be loyal at all times to our home people. • • Our Many Sid -0 ed Ex-President “Theaphorism, ‘As a man think eth in his heart, so is he’ not only embraces the whole of a man’s l>e ing; hut is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his charac ter being the complete sum of all his thoughts.” A theory ordinarily promulgated by psc.vehologists is, “Man is a growth by law aval not by artifice, and cause and effect is as absolute and unerring in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things.” Nev ertheless, it seems to us that the human mind is the most complex and wonderful of human organ ism-. Often contradictory within itself, and posessing a mixture of vice and virtue incompatible with reason and incomprehensible to the average intellect. Posing before the American pub lic today as the champion of civic righteousness and political purity is one of the most complex and re markable characters this genera tion has produced. Strenuous, en ergetic, intellectual, transcendent, Tlieo. Roosevelt stands today the foremost man of his time. Honored and respected by the principal rulers of the world; the popular idol of the American peo ple. This great man whom it seems should posess all the cardinal vir tues, displayed a gross impropriety by dictating to a l>ody of distinguish ed American gentlemen as to whom they should invite to a club dinner, given in his honor by the aforesaid gentlemen composing the dub’s membership, it l>eing his purpose to exclude a certain United States senator, who was resting under a charge of bribery, for which he had never been tried. This great man stooped to this little contemptible act to exclude Senator Istrimcr from a social club of which he was a member, and of which our distinguished ex-Presi dent was not a member, but only a guest. This was the heigth of ill breeding, and equally contemptible in the club for acceding to his de mands as it was in the wieldcr of the big stick for making them. And then, over in Kansas, our “rough rider” tells the people: “John Brown represents a people and generation who per formed the greatest service that was ever rendered to this country, and was a man of rugged honesty, he roic principles and lofty ideals.” Who is this man whom the fore most citizen of our country lauds as a representative of a people and a generatiqp who performed the greatest service that was ever rend ered to this country? History teaches us that he was a miserable old fanatic, an insurrect ionist, an outlaw, a murderer, a traitor to his country, for years a fugitive from justice and at last, tried, condemned and hanged at Charlestown, West Virginia for murder and treason. A just expi ation for numberless crimes. John Brown murdered for revenge. What did he am} his sons and their accomplices do at Oasawatomie, Kanas? Went to the homes of five settlers under cover of night, dragged them from their I usds and murdered them because they were slave holders. Diabolical fanatic! Fifty years after the ex piration of your crimes, here comes Theodore Roosevelt touring this country amid the plaudits of ad miring multitudes, and holding up your unhallowed memory as an in spiration to his people. Many sided Roosevelt,heroic.spec tacular, inconsistent. When your character is properly analyzed, your many transcendent qualities may be somewhat offset by less confimendable trait**. Rest assured that the descendants of Lee, Davis and Jackson who have long since clasped hands in friendship and brotherly love with the descendants of Lincoln and Grant, will never recognize John Brown as ‘ a repre sentative of a people and gener ation who have rendered the greatest service ever rendered this country.” The North as well as the South should be ready to repudiate such sentiments coming from one who is recognized as one of the leading men of our country. The Bicycle Ordinance M ayor Wynne has announced, in a notice to the public appearing in this week’s issue of the Journal, that the ordinance forbidding the riding of bicycles on the side-walks of the city will be rigidly enforced. Heretofore this ordinance has l>een regarded lightly and perhaps forgotten, especially by the small boys, who have .lately made a “fad” of this sport. Bicycle riding is a healthy and harmless pastime and we hope to see it indulged in with strict observ ance of the city’s ordinance. We feel sure that the unfortunate accident of last Monday night will prove that the ordinance should be remembered. Ad. Writing Valuable Asset Forty years ago advertising was not much understood and a great many business men succeeded with out it, hut today advertising is a profession and the ad. writer is one of the best paid of any of the pro fessions. A man who can write a good ad. has the elements of suc cess in him to a very large degree; a good ad writer knows what the people want and how to present it to them. We would advise any one who has a talent in this line to cul tivate it; many Indies are succeed ing in this profession; their delicate taste frequently gives them a great advantage in this line. —Cordele Rambler. Horse s Prayer Posted Police Stable Wall In Plea of Animal for Care, Trcatment and Qood Usage, Which Struck Fancy of Superintendent of Stahles. New York, Sept. 1 0. —At the di rection of Acting Police Commis sioner Burgher, who as first deputy commissioner has charge of the traf fic squads there was pasted yester day in every stable where police horses are kept throughout the city a neatly printed card bearing a copy of “The Prayer of a Horse.” The prayer reads: “To thee, my master, I offer my prayer; “Feed me, water and care for me, and when the day’s work is done, provide me with shelter, a clean, dry lied and a stall wide e nough for me to lie down in com fort. Talk to me. Your voice of ten means as" much to me as the reins. Pet me sometimes that I may serve you the more gladly and learn to love you. Do not jerk the reins and do notovhip me when go ing up hill. Never strike heat or kiek me when I do not understand what you mean, but give me a chance to understand .you. Watch me, and if I fail to do your bidding see if something is not wrong with my harness or feet. “Examine my teeth when I do not eat. I may have an ulcerated tooth and that you know is very painful. Do not tie my head in an unnatural position or take a way my l>est defence against (lies and mos quitoes by cutting off my tail. “And finally, my dear nia.-ter, when my useful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starve or freeze or sell me to some cruel own er to he slowly tortured and starved ONE DOLLAR BILL! With Every Pair of Men’s Dress Shoes W. M. WYNNE & son' PHONE For Good Things in EAT! Promptest Delivery—Best and Freshest Eat ables Always Ready for Y ou. Fersh Meats, Staple and Fancy Groceries and Delicacies TELEPHONE 32. to death. But do thou my master, take my life in the kindest way and your God will reward you here and hereafter. You may not conisder this irreverent if 1 ask this in the name of Him who was horn in the stable. Amen.” We have just receiv ed a car of Fresh Burnt “ Keystone t# Lime in good cooperage* Coch ran Lumber Company* Compare Them If you have never made a com parison between the prices of a mcr chant who advertises and, one who does not advertise, we want you to do it; you will find that the man who does not advertise sells his goods for from ten to thirty per cent higher than the man who ad vertises gets for his. If you have any doubts about tins yuti won’t have any if you will investigate. A merchant in Cordele remarked to the writer that he didn’t advertise because advertising wasn’t worth anything unless a mail had bar j gains to offer and as he was doing business to make money lie didn’t j care to sell his goods at bargain prices. It is always this way; the man wh > advertises is satisfied with small profits became he sells so many goods ha can afford it. An advertising man once wentin ! to the store of a merchant who did | n’t advertise and asked for an ad; the merchant told him that he nev er advertised, whereupon the adver tising man attempted to convince him that lie needed advertising; he asked the prices of t-everal articles and found that they were priced a. bout twenty per cent higher than the market value, lie understood at once why he didn’t need an ad. To have advertised these prices would have ruined his business. Peep in the store of a merchant who doesn’t advertise and you will not only find his clerks half asleep hut you will (ind his prices high. You make a great mistake to not trade with the man who advertises. —Cordele Rambler. CapL Bogardus Again Hits The Bull's Eye. This world famous rifleshot who holds the championship record of 100 pigeons in 100 consecutive shots is living at Lincoln, Jll. Recently interviewed, ho says:—“l suffered a long time with kidney and blad der trouble and used several well known kidney medicines, all of which gave me no relief until L started taking Foley Kidney Pillsf. Before I used Foley Kidney Pills I had severe backaches and pains in my kidneys with supression and a cloudy voiding. On arising in the morning I would get dull headaches Now 1 have taken three bottles of Foley Kidney Pill, and feel 100 per cent better., lam never bothered with my kidneys or bladder and again feel like my own'self.” For sale by Taylor it Kennington. Fo leys kidney phis t»>R UACKACttt KIONSU ANO SIAOOIR