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Sly? Cochran Journal
Entered May 23rd, 1008, at the
Post-office at Coehra.i, Ga., as
Second Class Mail Matter
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
iEljr Cortjratt Oublislimg <£o.
T. L. BAILEY, Editor.
H. B. BAILEY, Business Mgr,
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Teachers’ Salaries
Should be Increased
For some time there has
been an agitation in regard to
the raising of salaries of the
public school teachers of the
city of Atlanta. It was shown
that bookkeepers, stenogra
phers’ and in many cases
common laborers received
more remunerative wages
than the noble band of edu
catorss who are employed to
mould the character and train
the minds and of the
boys and girls of our land up
on whose shoulders the res
ponsibilities of church, home,
land state will rest.
The boy and girl of today
will be the man and woman
of the future, and the success
or failure of our government
will depend upon the manner
in which the hands, minds,
and hearts of those who are to
be entrusted with her wel
fare are to be trained.
It is a travesty on justice
and a niggardly policy to de
prive the teachers of a just re
muneration for their services.
Their great responsibilities,
the character of their work,
and many years of training
they are compelled to undergo
to lit themselves for their po
sitions should entitle them
to the sincerest consideration.
"What man cr woman desires
to consecrate their lives to a
calling from which they can
hardly hope to make more
than a mere living? Like
every other vocation a school
teacher, to make a success,
should outer into it as a life
time profession, and conse
crate his time, energy, and
talents to perfecting himself
or herself for this grand work.
Whenever you see a young
man just out of college take
up school teaching for a few
months or year simply as a
“make-shift” or passport to
something better, that young
man’s heart is not in his work
and he usually makes a fail
ure. Under the present scale
of wages no better can he ex
pected, and the standard will
never he raised until salaries
are in line with employment,
requiring an equal amount of
skill and ability.
It is said that Judge John
S. Candler, who is mayor-pro
tern of Atlanta, a prominent
judge, and member of the
bar, said, "The teachers 1
have been told have formed
a union of incompetency and
inefficiency and they only
want more money with which
to buy ribbons to put in their
hair.” Such a remark is be
neath the dignity of a learned
judge, unbecoming in a
Southern gentlemen and alto
gether reprehensible in a man
who, no doubt, owes his posi
tion and station in life, at
least to some extent, to one
or more hard worked and un
derpaid school teacher.
Alabama’s New Gov.
Against Prohibition
Alabama’s new governor,
Emmett O’neal comes out
“flat-footed” against state
wide prohibition and in favor
of local option. He puts forth
the same old worn out argu
ment “that drastic prohibi
tion laws are an invasion of
rights and constitutional gua
rantees and declared the at
empt to insert a prohibition
clause in the state constitu
tion the offspring of intoler
ance and bigotry.”
It seems that the majority
of people object to our prohi
bition laws because they are
not always enforced, and
some are willing to go back to
local option or the dispensary
system, under which the
towns and cities can get some
revenue rather than put up
with the present flagrant .vio
lation of the law and no rev
enue.
The presence of the “blind
tigers” is the best argument
that can be put up against
prohibition. This seems very
much like saying we have
made a good kw but can’t
enforce it: the truth of the
business is that those commu
nities that do not desire pro
hibition have made a very
feeble attempt to enforce the
law.
Washington, 1). 0., Jan. 11. —
(Special.) —A handsome and well
illustrated booklet, descriptive of
the agricultural resources and pro
ducts of Georgia, lias just been is
sued by the Land and Industrial
Department of the Southern Rail
way and the Georgia Southern a’.id
Florida Railway, for distribution in
the North and West in the work
which these railroad companies are
doing in the effort to attract desira
ble settlers to the South through the
exploitation ol' its advantages and
opportunities. The volume is the
third in a series on the different
states traversed by the Southern
Railway and affiliated lines. It is
not for circulation in the South but
will be given a wide distribution in
sections where it is believed the
greatest good can be done.
Full information is given concern
ing the character of soils to he
found in Georgia, its delightful cli
mate and abundant rainfall, while
attention is especially drawn to the
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THE COCHRAN JOURNAL
healthfulness of the stale. The
agricultural advantages of the dif
ferent sections of the state are set
out showing the great yields of corn
and other grains, grasses and for
age, cane, potatoes, and truck, as
well as cotton. Especial stress is
laid on the growing attention to the
live stock industry which has been
greatly stimulated by the recent es
tablishment of a packing house in
Atlanta and plans for such a plant
at Macon. Georgia’s supremacy in
the growing of peaches is attractive
ly shown as are the opportunities
for as great profits in the growing of
apples and small fruits. The forest
and mineral resources of the state
are given a place and attention is
called to the splendid educational
advantages and the excellent trans
portation facilities of Georgia with
, especial reference to the great v>ork
being done in the building of good
wagon roads.
In this work for the upbuilding
of the South the Southern Railway
desires and appreciates the coopera
tion of the people of the states
which it serves and any citizen of
Georgia or any other Southern
state who wishes this publication
placed in the hands of a friend or
acquaintance in any locality in the
North or West may haye this done
by sending the name and address of
such friend or acquaintance to M.
V. Richards, Land and Industrial
Agent, Washington, D. C.
News from Route 3.
The farmers of this section arc
buisily engaged In preparing to
plant a new crop.
The school at Union Mill Is pro
gressing nicely under the manage
ment of Misses Pickett and Whitti
car.
Mr. S. 1). Floyd and family went
visiting on route 5, Sunday.
Mr. Willie Lunsford left Satur
urday for near Plainfield Ga.
The writer attended preaching at
Macedonia last Sunday and reports
having a very good time.
Mr. R. E. Lansford, who was on
the sick list a few days ago, is able
to ho out again now.
J. A.
Dissolution Notice
I have purchased from J. H.
Mullis, Jr. his interest in the
Cochran Lumber Co. and Cochran
Publishing Co., and assume all lia
bilities of said concerns. We will
thank all those who are indebted to
us to come forward and settle so
matters can be arranged as as
possible.
T. L. Bailey.
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I wish to Announce to the Public that 1
have bought out the Market and Grocery
Store of W. M. Wynne & Son and will.
Devote my Personal Attention to Same.
I will handle the Best and Freshest Gro
ceries and Keep a Ccmplete Stock and
at the same time will Keep all Kinds of
Fresh Meats. CjMy Fresh Meat Depart
ment will be Kept in a Nice Clean Con
dition and will Premiee you the Best. ®fl
Greatly Appreciate your Valued Patronage
and will give you the Best Service Possible.
CfCome in to see me or Phone No. 288.
PE) ©I Cochran,
O S'l.s r UndEJTfp Georgia.
HURRY!! HURRY!!
*miwmMaoump*’.Tij t v—zzs.~ —^
Don’t miss the closing day of our great sale. eW are cut
ting and slashing prices on everything. We must close out
our entire stock in the next few days. In order to do this, we
are placing our entire stock of drygoods and notions on the
market at the lowest prices ever offered to you in the history of
our store. This stock is being disposed of NOW at
20 per cent BELOW WHOLESALE COSTf
COME! >COME!! COME!! before we close out the en
tire stock to some merchant at a great sacrifice!
I am going to leave Cochran in the next few days and the
entire stock MUST GO. It will be loss if you miss this
extraordinary opportunity and, it is money in your pocket
if you take advantage of it. CJI have a few pieces of
household goods that will be sold at any price.
SAM KAREUTZ
THE COUNTRY TRADING STORE
News from Chester
R. F. D. No. 2.
There was preaching at Macedo
nia church last Saturday by Rev.
E. W. Evans. A large crowd wag
present.
Katie Guldens is spending seve
ral days with her aunt, Mrs. W.
D. Blankenship.
We are having some very fine
weather now and the farmers are
making signal progress with their
work.
After a very severe case of appen
dicitis, we are glad to see M illie
Clankenship up again.
W. D. Blankenship was in Em
pire last Friday on business.
Miss Odessa Evans spent Satur
day night with Miss Josie Graham.
Rev. E. J. Thompson spent
Tuesday night with IV. D. Blanken
ship and family.
j PROPRIETOR]
NOW IS THE TIME
Get Your Garden Peas and Onion Sets Now!
We have all Fresh Stock.
Genuine Eartern Irish Potateos on hand
No Carried Over Seed of Any Discretion!
Plenty of Greer’s Almanacs—
Come and Get One NOW.
TAYLOR & KENNINGTON.
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT *
The* Great Cough Cure
For Children and Adults.
STUART’S
BUCHU ABO JUNIPER COMPOUND j
FOR KIDNEY TROUBLES
BO Years on the Market