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3%/e fflortyran Journal
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// Entered May 23rd, 1908, at the
/ Post-office at Cochran, Ga., as
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We have decided to suspend
next weeks issue of The Cochran
Journal, account of Thanksgiving.
We hope that every store in the
city will close, and every business
institution suspend operation, and
all join together in celebrating
next Thursday in the proper spirit
and rendering to the all wise and
beneficent Creator of the universe
homage and universal thanks
bara or the manifold blessings upon
T,humanity,
awai ~.
that TJLASKI’S WONDER
inf FUL RESOURCES.
Mr. Frank Floyd, who is farm
ing on the Mullis place this year,
presented the Journal oTce five
sweet potatoes weighing 26 'bs,
three of them weighed six pounds
each and two of them Weighed
four pounds, d hey were beauti
ful specimens; smooth and neat!}'
proportioned and had white meat
They were of the I owlcr Prolific
variety.
We happened to see a wagon
load of these potatoes and they
were simply magnificent. Just
the finest we have ever seen. We
first thought that the five
brought us must be the very
largest of a large crop, but after
looking at the wagon load we
concluded that Mr. Floyd’s yield
included a great many more just
like the ones brought us.
We had been, like many others
ruminating over general condit
ions, that are now confronting
our people.
During the first of the season
lome of our friends took us out
lutomobiling to look at the mag
nificent crops then growing all
over this country. From one end
of our territory to the other it
ooked like a veritable garden of
Eden. Corn, cotton peas pota
toes, peanuts, every crop in the
field luxuriant in appearamce,
Nourishing like the green bay tree,
bidding fair to make the greatest
yield ever before known in the
history of this country. At that
ime the price of cotton was thir
teen cents, and how magnificent
. did look! 1 stood on the
.hresholcl of one of the most
teautiful fields of cotton 1 ever
feheld, and as it war. wafted to
•nd fro by the autumn breezes
i cur beautiful Southland, it fall-1
id me with reverence for this pc-;
er.tial king of ail the crops of the i
,re a test land on God’s green!
, ;
:srth.
I thought of the arid plains of
re West and severe winters of
.he North. 1 thought of the
ang suffering of the Emerald Is!e,
Touching and bending beneath
he yoke of England. I thought
f merry old England herself,
rith her pampered aristocracy
nd her common people strug
; irg or existence ;of Portuga" torn
■ sunder by revolution: turbulent
!d France, and beautiful Italy,
enc'th whose sunny skies toil a
■ rice’: ridden people, and where
. L whored a man whose am-
Itirn it is to wield the scepter
' world. I thought of hb
s.v.-_;fui ecclesiastical, machinery
unrivaled in the history of na
tions, and of him who sits upon
his throne, supported by millions
of followers devoutly believing in
his divine authority. I could
not help thinking, regardless of
my profound reverence and ad
miration for this wonderful in
stitution and my high respect for
the great body of Catholic people
among whom are legions of the
noblest of mankind, that this:
strongest and most powerful or- j
ginization on the face of the
earth for centuries associated
with, and adhering to the prin
ciples of monafehial government,
might some day be a menace to
my people. And I say this with
love in my heart, for my Catholic
friends and without discount
ing the manifold blessings this
great institution has bestowed on
humanity.
As my mind dwells upon other
people and other nations although
it is with a limited and imperfect
knowledge of each, my heart
turns !.■ to Dixie and with the
lights before me I proclaim herj
the Elderadc of the world.
Although our people are de
pressed over the low price of
cotton, the farmers barns are
bulging with corn; hog and hom
iny are plentiful. Abundant
crops of every kind were raised
and upon a thousand hill-sides
sleek cattle are grazing; the old
rooster still crows in the morning;
the children hie away to school
and at night the farmer still re
turns to rest beneath the vine
covered cottage, surrounded by
a virtuous wife and loving chil
dren; with his smoke house and
pantry full of good things to eat,
and God above to assure him the
nation is not yet lost.
Take courage, fellow citizens,
turn your faces towards the East
realizing that this is only a tem
porary halt in your wonderful
progress towards a greater des
tiny.
Victoria and Napoleon.
Queen Victoria once gave a remark
able description of tier visit to tbo
tomb of Napoleon l. (luring the reign
of Napoleon 111. -The coffin Is not yet
here.” she wrote, "but In a small side
chapel of St. Jerome. Into this the
emperor led me. and there 1 stood at
the arm of Napoleon 111., his nephew,
before the coffin of linglanil's bitterest
foe. 1. the granddaughter of that klug
who hated him most and who most
vigorously opposed him und this very
nephew, who bears his name, being
my nearest and dearest ally! The or
gan of the church was playing ‘God
Save the Queen’ at the time, and this
solemn scene took place by torchlight
and during a thunderstorm. Strange
and wonderful Indeed!"
An Offensive Cravat,
A man once called upon whistjgr
with a tetter of Introduction, and an
amusing scene followed, arising out of
the fact that the visitor was wearing
a red necktie. Whistler declared it in
terfered with the color scheme of his
room and “put hint oft"' a picture be
was painting in quite a different "Ley.”
Finally tie obliged hint to take oil’ the
offending cravat before he would con
descend to exchange another word
with him.
The Lamb.
“Does yonr husband play poker?"
“Yes. but not for money."
“That so?"
“No. lie wouldn't do such a thing.
When he plays it’s ouly for fun. and
he keeps tally with little red. white
and blue cheeks.”—Detroit Free Press.
His Pet.
Harker—Think I'll try to sell old
Stuffem some pet dogs. Barker—Use
less job. All he thinks about is eating.
Harker Hasn’t tiny four legged
friends, eh? Barker—Only one. and
that’s the dining room table.—Chicago
News.
Unidentified.
Suspicious Neighbor—Did your moth
er have a rooster for dinner yesterday,
sonnie? Sonni»-Yes’m. Suspicious
Neighbor—A big one with black tail
feathers? Sonnie Dunno. Mother
didn’t cook the feathers.—Sydney Bul
letin.
Regrets.
Regrets are a waste of time in every
possible tn.'Wance except one—when
they become valuable lessons for the
future.
THE COCH&Air JOUR SAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
Renaming Indiana.
Some years ago in order to make
Ibeir inheritance of land more simple
and secure our government commis
sioned Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a
Sioux Indian, to rename more than
15,000 Sioux with their family names
The task was a tremendous one and
full of difficulties. Where possible Dr.
Eastman kept the original Sioux name
of some member of a family, as in be
stowing the name “Matoska.” meaning
“White Bear,” on the family of that
chief. Sometimes the combination of
wife's name und husband's name has
produced a musical result, such as
"Winona Otana.” The favorite name
for women means "she who has a
beautiful home,” which Dr. Eastman
has Anglicized in the patronymic
“Goodhouse.” But by far the hardest
task was in finding new names for the
absurdities of Indian nomenclature.
’’Bobtailed Coyote” was a young In
dian who has come to prefer himself
as “Robert T. Wolf.” After a loug
struggle with “Rotten Pumpkin” Dr.
Eastman at last recorded the owner of
the name on the tribal records under
the noncommittal title of “Robert
Pumpian.”
Sherlock Holmee’ Original.
Sir A. Conan Doyle often recounted
Incidents regarding Dr. Joseph Bell,
the distinguished Scottish surgeon
from whom his character of Sherlock
Holmes was drawn. One of the most
remarkable was this:
Dr. Bell was lecturing to his class in
surgery, of whlcb Doyle was one, when
in regard to tbe subject he remarked:
“Of course this man has been a sol
dier in a highland regiment and prob
abiy a bandsman.”
The man had the soldier's swagger,
but was 100 abort to be anything but a
bandsman, the doctor explained. The
man vehemently denied this and said
ho was a shoemaker. Dr. Bell, still
confident that his powers of reasoning
and deduction had not led him astray,
had the man stripped and on the left
side of his chest found a little blue
“D” branded on tbe skin. The doctor
then declared to his class:
“This man was a deserter. This is
the wuy they were marked in the Cri
mean days, though it is not permitted
now.”
When the Duke Scrubbed.
When the Duke of Coburg-Gotha was
a very young royal highness he was
taken by his mother, the Duchess of
Albany, to Mr. Wesley’s school for
boy a Before taking In the royal
youngster the master stipulated that
the new pupil must conform to all the
rules. This was agreed.
One day his royal highness upset a
bottle of ink on the floor. “Get a buck
et of water and wipe it up,” said the
master.
’•But." objected his royal highness,
“you don’t mean mo to scrub it up,
do you 7”
“Yes, indeed.”
“But you must forget my grandmoth
er is the queen?"
“On the contrary,” said the master,
“I remember it very well. Get the wa
ter.”
Whereupon his royal highness the
Duke of Coburg-Gotha scrubbed.—
Chicago Tribune.
How the Dust Gets In.
When the barometer falls the air
around expands into a larger volume,
und the air inside the bookcase, the
clothes closet and the cupboard also
expands and forces itself out at every
minute crevice. When the barometer
rises again the air Inside the cupboard,
as well as outside, condenses and
shrinks and the air is forced back Into
the cupboard to equalize the pressure,
and along with the air in goes the
dust. The smaller the crevice the
stronger the jet of air. the farther
goes the dirt. Witness the dirt tracks
so often seen in imperfectly framed
engravings or photographs. Remember,
whenever you see the barometer rising,
that an additional charge of dust is
entering your cupboard and bureau
drawers.
Keeping It Dark.
The black sheep of tbe Warywalk j
family had distinguished himself again. ■
"This is the last straw!” groaned his 1
respectable brother. "I’m goiu’ to ’are
it put in the papers that I've changed i
my name from Warywalk to Wobble
way. cos of my brother’s disgracin’
the name. I'll 'ave it printed on ’and
bills an' distributed by the thousand.
I'm determined tiobody shall suspect
that I'm related to ’im.”—London Ideas.
Vigilant and Speedy.
"There's nothing slow about Jones.”
“1 guess you never loaned him mon
ey.”
"Oh. yes I have. That's what made
me speak that way. 1 loaned him $lO
six months ago and I haven't been
able to catch him since.” Bostou
Transcript.
Force of Character.
“I thought your wife forbade you to
marry again when she died?”
"So she did. but now I’m going to
show her who is master in this house."
—Loudon Opinlop.
The Laziest Man.
“Went to bed at S o’clock last night"
“Why so early?”
“My shoe came untied, and I thought
I’d save the trouble of tying it again.”
—Pittsburgh Post
Fretful ness.
Do not give way to fretfulness. It
takes the fragrance out of life and
leaves only weeds where a cheerful
disposition would cause flowers to
bloom.
Dost thou love life? Then do not
I squander time, for time is the stuff
life is made of.—Benjamin Franklin.
DEATH OF
MRS. S. H. ASBELL
On November the thirteenth the
grim reaper of death entered the
home of 8. H. Asbeil and carried
away two little jewels, and not being
yet satisfied, in a few short hours
he returned and laid his cold, icy
touch oh the wife and mother of
that home. Rosa was omy nine
years of age when 1 first knew her, 1
it was then I learned to love her,
she was an ol>edient child to her
fond parents kind and loving to
ward brothers and sisters f watch
ed this lovable child as she gretv in
to young womanhood, giving her
heart to God, she united with the
Evergreen Baptist Church, and was
ever after a follower of her Saviour.
In 1898 she became the wife of
S. 11. Asbell, for thirteen years she
has been a true and faithful com
panion to him, a tender loving
mother. Why God took her and
left a home desolate, we can not
tell, it is one of the mysteries we
can not solve. Three years since
when Rosa’s father was called away
from this earth, it was then the
beauty of her nature shown forth in
its loveliness as she-came to cheer
her aged mother iii her grief and
loneliness. ILnv thoughtful site
was of her mother, even in her laG
illness -he told her sister not to let
her mother know she was sick,
she did not want her mother to be
'troubled. Erne from selfishness she
lived for the happiness of others.
Rosa is gone, how sad the words,
but to those that loved her, she
would ask you not to weep. Rosa
is at rest in U home above
where all is peace, joy and love.
Do not wish to call her back to
earth but look forward to the day
when you can meet her on a bliss
ful shore, where tears and sorrows
will come no more. From one who
loved her.
NO MORE HUNTING
ON THANKSGIVING
This Has Always Been The ’An
nual Slaughter Day, When
Even the Humble Sparrows
Were Killed.
Are you, Mr. Hunter, fondly
dreaming these days of searching out
with the aid of the faithful dog the
coy quail? Do you happen to he
one of the great number of sports
men who take an annual outing with
the dogs and gun every Thanksgiv
ing Day in this splendid sport?
Well anyway, it is just as well to
forget it and plan some other form
of diversion for November 30, be
cause the state law covering the kil
ling of game lias placed its legal
mantle about the quail for its pro
tection until the first of December
i —just a few days too late for the
Thanksgiving outing and there
I will be “nothing doing” so far as
taking a wing shot at'the good old
“Boh White” is concerned.
"While tlie munhei of quc.il this
year is said by :niliters to he larger
than for some years past, the aver
age” covey” of goodly numbers,
and while the longing of the sports
men is in consequence increased the
followers o f the sp. r
in this locality are desirous
of abiding by the letter of the law,,
and while there are some who may
be tempted to slip out and take a
| chance of “running afoul” of the
; game wardens, the great majority
i of those who usually travel through
| the woods and tields will go after
the members of the
finny tribe or else stay home and eat
turkey meat. Heretofore, a small
army of self-styled hunters, armed
with thermos bottles, club sand
wiches, and eleven pounds of am
munition have flocked to the woods
on Thanksgiving Day, tresspassing
at will and blazing away, between
drinks and bites, at every autumn
leaf in sight. Often something In -
sides birds jvas shot. This year
these so-called nimrods will have to
stay at home, or else take out licenses
and secure permission from land
owners to hunt on their preserves.
Macon News.
HAVE YOU PAID?
IF YOU HAVE, WE THANK YOU. COME AND
GET YOUR DRUG J, ETC., AND HAVE THEM
CHARGED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT. CoME IN AND MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS. WE WANT To .SELL YOU
WHAT YOU NEED.
WE APPRECIATE YoUPv PATRONAGE, AND
WE ALWAYS TRY To Do OUR SE-5T FOR
YOU, WHETHER UP OR DOWN.
YoUR FRIEND-5
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Tickets on sale November 26, 27, 28, 29 and for trains
scheduled to reach Savannah, Ga. before noon, November
30, 1911. Final limit December 4th, 1911. For full in
formation relative to rates, schedule, etc. call on any
Southern Agent or write to
J. L. Meek, C. A. Carson, Jr.
A, G. P. A. T. P. A.
Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga.
Stores Will Close For
Thanksgsving.
on Thursday, November the 30th
But there will be Bargains all
through the store every other day
during November and December.
33/3 per cent off on Boys’ Suits
25 per cent off on men sandboys
hats , 25 per cent off on trunks and
suit cases. Low prices on everything
Jesse M. Wynne, a
Announcement
To the people of Pulaski County:
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Commissioner of Hoads
and Revenues, subject to the roles
and regulations of the Democratic
primary. I will appreciate the
support of my people. If elected,
I will serve the people to the best
my ability.
10- -T. J. Fami,
Administrators Sale
Will be sold at the late residence
of J. "W. Bracewell, deceased, three
miles south of Cochran on Friday,
November 24, thevfollowing person
al property, to-wit: Mules, wagons,
corn, fodder, farming implements
and other articles. To bo sold un
der an order of the court of ordi
nary of Pulaski county, Georgia,
berms of sale cash.
J. A. FLOYD,
11- Administrator.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
STOCKHLoDERS OF THE
CARY NORTH AND
SOUTH RAILWAY.
Notice is herehygiven that there
will he iucall m ?eting of the stock
holders of the Cary North and South
Railway Company at the office of
the company at Cary, Ga. November
28, 1911 at 10 a. in. for the purpose
of applying for an amendment to
its Charter so as to authorize the ex
tension of the line of said railway
through Wilkinson, Baldwin and
Washington counties so as to reach
Tooiusboro in the Scanty of Wilkin
son, Milledgeville in the county of
Baldwin, Sandersville in the county
oi Washington, and for the purpose
of authorizing an increase in it’s
capital stock and for the purpose of
amending the By-Laws of said Com
pany, so as to provide for an in
crease in the nuuibei of Board of
Directors.
H. R. Brown,
President
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