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THE COCHRAN JOURNAL
Entered as second-class matter August Ist, 1912, at the post office
at Cochran, Georgia.
T. L. BAILEY, Editor and Manager.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY by THE COCHRAN PUBLISHING CO.
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CALLAWAY OF MACON TELEGRAPH
WRITES ABOUT PROGRESSIVE SUFFRAGISTS
We always enjoy the column in the Macon Telegraph under
the head of casual conversations and obseryations by James Calla
way. We judge from his writings that he is a Southern gentleman
of the “old school.’
We have met Mr. Callaway several times on his trips that he
used to make to Cochran, but never had the pleasure of forming but
a casual acquaintance with him, but we are told by his friends here
who have enjoyed his society, that his conversation is as delightful
and as instructive as the column with which he regales and edifies
the many readers of this splendid paper, “the old reliable Macon
Telegraph.”
We feel a delicacy in asserting that our ideas on most subjects
co-incide with Mr. Callaways. However, this is not a compliment
to him, but we feel proud that we can appreciate the lofty ideals of
this true representative of the old South.
We cannot refrain from copying a part of his article in Wed
nesday’s Telegraph on “progressive suffragists.” So here you are:
“A big suffrage meeting was hold in Atlanta at Taft’s Hall, on the
evening of duly 22. Mrs. W. L. Peel, who was Miss Lucy Look, daugh
ter of Gen. Phil Cook, presided,
Mrs. Peel thought the new woman was far superior to her mother.
To be unlike our mothers was the desire of her heart. She said:
‘To the younger generation the attitude of conservative people lifty
years ago toward women is almost inconceivable. What woman would,
if she could, go back and lx* what her mother was?’
The women of the South here alluded to are the women of the
Confederacy’ —the greatest race of women the world ever produced
They are honored in song and story as the noblest heroines of all history
—the South’s crown of glory!
This is a day of “progressivism.” The political ‘reforms’ demand
ed by the West effect our system of government, changing it from that
system established by the fathers.
This ballots for women will effect not so much our political as our
social life. This reform strikes at the unity of the home; revolutionizes
home life as it exists in the South. And why?
Because the charm of the home is in tin' absence of antagonism.
There is antagonism in every other relation in life except that of husband
and wife. Children’s interests and that of their parents often clash.
Unity of interest alone is found between man and wife. The woman
ballot is the entering wedge of division that destroys that ideal unity
God intended when the twain became one.
So here comes in the social revolution. The man and wife are no
longer one, but two; If one, then the ballot is useless; If two, then dis
cord, introducing antagonisms, destroying the only relation of life where
there is unity of interests. Sam Jones, in a lecture here in Macon, once
said: ‘‘Man and wife are one: if not, then there is the devil to pay.”
But suffragettes long for a new life. The unity of the twain become
as one, appeals not to them. They perfer a new stage, a new lift —-a
limelight existanee. ‘‘Our cry is away with the mothers of fifty years
years ago! Who would be like them? We crave more. Give us the
stage, the bustlings, and political cliques. Wo must be rushers iti poli
tics, be log-rollers, woman heelers. We be schemers, we be astute poli
ticians, we can plot and trick as well as men. We will not be militant,
but our weapons will lx 1 educational and progressive. Who cares for the
modest mothers of fifty years ago? We belong to the ‘smart set.’ We
are in the times, not behind them; we wear split skirts over spider-web
like stockings; waists of lace and net so thin as to scarcely veil the
shadow lace lingerie worn beneath; we wear evening frocks, tight of
skirt, and bathing suits of silk, far superior'to the old flannel and serge
our mothers wore fifty years ago. Give us the limelight—give us the
ballot. We are tired of the pedestal that privileges confer. We want to
deeend from that and march in the equality column of the people.”
And, like Sherman’s army, they are matching to despoil homes, regard
less of the consequences involved! —Macon Telegraph.
The man who has no enemies is a shadow of a man, an undesir
able citizen of no use to himself, his neighbor or his country. He
is the personification of all that is uninteresting in the human spe
cies. He agrees with everybody and everything. If you are fool
ish enough to ask his opinion on a subject, he finds out your view
and then agrees. As he never does anything, it is impossible to
to find fault with his actions. As he never says anything none has
a chance to take exceptions at what he says. He is a do-nothing
anc} say-nothing. His idea of life is simply to breathe, eat and
sleep, until his automatical machinery wears out and he dies like a
tadpole—the shadow of a real being.
The man who has enemies is a man who does things, who stirs
things up, who brings things to pass; a big cog in the wheel of prog
ress. He has ideas and plans and strives to put them into execut
ion. If he meets his opposition and obstacles, the stronger his ef
forts to succeed. He has opinions and the manhood to express his
thoughts, not stopping to inquire whom it does and does not please
He is a man. —Exchange.
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
Bible And Almanac
In Deck Of Cards
‘‘A private soldier by the name
of Ricliard I,ee, was taken before a
local magistrate recently for playing
cards during divine service. It ap
peared that a sergeant commanded
the the soldiers at church and when
the parson had read the prayers, he
took the text, those who had a
Bible took it out but this soldier
had neither Bible nor common
player lxx>k, hut pulling out a pack
of cards he spread tnem out before
him.
He just looked at one card and
then at another. The sergeant of
the company saw him and said,
‘Richard, put up the cards, this is
no place for them.’ Never mind
that,’ said Richard.
When the service was over the
constable took Richard la-fore the
mayor. Well, why have you
brought this soldier here?’ said the
mayor. ‘For playing cards in
church.’ Well, soldier, what 1 av;
you to say for your self?’ ‘Much
sir, I hope.’ ‘Very good, if not, I
will pu-'ish you more than man
was ever punished.’
‘I have been about six weeks on
the march, said the soldier. I have
neither Bible nor common prayer
book. I have nothing but a pack
of cards, and I’ll satisfy your wor
ship, of the purity of my inten
tions. And spreading the cards be
fore the mayor, he began with the
ace. ‘When 1 see the ace, it re
minds me there is but one God.
When I see the deuce, it reminds
me of the Fire and Satan. When I
see the tray, it reminds me of Fire,
Satan and Hell’s Gate. When 1
see the four spot it reminds me of
the four evangelists that preached:
Matt., Mark, Luke anti John.
When I see the five it reminds me
of the live virgins that trimmed
their lamps, there were ten but five
were wise and five were foolish and
were shut out. When 1 sec the six
it reminds me that in six day- the
Lord made Heaven and earth.
When I see the seven it reminds
me that on the 7th day He rested
from the great work He had created
and Hallowed it. When 1 see the
eight it reminds me of the eight
righteous persons that God saved
when He destroyed the world, viz,
Noah and his wife, with three sons
and their wives. When 1 see the
nine it reminds me of the nine
lepers that were cleansed by our
Savior, there were nine out of ten
who never returned thanks. When
I see the ten it reminds me of the
Ten Commandments, which God
handed down to Moses on tables of
stone. When 1 see the king it re
minds me of the King of Heaven,
which is God Almighty. When I
ste the queen it reminds me of the
Queen of Sheba, who visited Solo
man, for she was as wise a woman
as he was a man. She brought
with her fifty boys and fifty girls,
all dressed in boy’s apparel, for
King Soloman to tell which were
boys and which were girls. King
Soloman sent for water for them to
wash. The girls washed to the el
bows and the boys to the wrists,
and the king told by that., ‘Well,
said the mayor, ‘you have given
description of all the cards but one.
‘What is that?’ ‘The knave,’ said
the mayor. ‘1 will give your honor
a good description of that too if you
will not be angry.’ ‘I will not,’
said the mayor, ‘if you don’t term
me to be the knave.’ ‘Well, said
the soldier, ‘the greatest knave 1
know' of is the constable that
brought me here.’ ‘I don’t know,’
said the mayor, if he is the greatest
knave but I know he is the greatest
fool.
When I count the spots in a pack
of cards, I find 365, as many as
there are days in the year. When
I count the number of cards in a
pack I find there are 52 the num
ber of weeks in a year, and I find
four suits the number of weeks in a
month. I find there are 12 picture
cards in the pack representing the
number of months in a year, and
on counting the tricks I find 13 the
number of weeks in a quarter. So
you see, sir, a pack of cards serves
for a Bible, almanac and common
prayer book.
Thousand Freight Cars
Needed For Shipment
Bay Minette, Ala., July 28. —
Two full cars of sweet potatoes were
-hipped from here last week by the
Farmers’ Trucking Association,
commencing the handling of what
will be, by far, the largest crop of
sweet potatoes this vicinity ever
produced. Express shipments from
the extreme south part of the coun
ty have been made for two weeks.
The price received for the two cars
sent from here, was $1.35 a bushel,
f. o. b.
Early sweet potatoes will continue
to move rapidly for several weeks
until the price drops so low that it
will l>e more profitable to allow the
sweet potatoes to mature more fully
and yield more abundantly. The
late crop has all been planted and
is looking fine.
The acreage devoted to sweet po
tatoes in Baldwin County this year
is twice as large as that of last year.
In the vicinity of Bay Minette the
acreage is trebled. With an aver
age yield the entire county will pro
duce alxmt 600,000 or 700,000
bushels. To move this crop will
require over 1000 freight cars.
Origin Of “Suffraget”
To those who seem so much puz
zled by tin- word ‘‘suffragette” let
me say that if the suffix ‘‘ette” in
dicates it to lx: of Frendi origin,
like trompette, serenadette, foilette,
this does not signify at all that
suffragette was born in France, says
the New York Sun.
From the beginning of the entire
cordiale, a thing by the way, very
dear to all French hearts, including
mine, the. birth of many a new
English word can be traced to Paris
and in return foi that politeness
more than one French word has
been hatched on the other side of
the channel. ‘‘Suffragette” must
have been born in London, and
probably in some corner of Hyde
nark, not far from Marble arch.
That it is not yet to be found in the
French dictionary of the academy
is not surprising, the word ‘‘suffra
gette” being hardly three years old.
It has taken the immortas many
years to reach the letter Fof the
new dictionary: so it is a certainty
that “suffragett” will not be
christened in it for at least a de
cade. In the meantime we shall
perhaps adopt the wprds “marty
<-tt” and ‘‘angelette,” which with
‘‘suffragette” will make a lovely
“trinityette. ” —Exchange.
In Remembrance
Of J. F. Meaks
On Saturday night June 21, light
ning entered the home of J. F.
Meaks and struck and killed him
instantly. He had just returned
from Cochran and was working on
a bicycle when he was killed.
He leaves a mother, father and
five children, three sisters and a
host of relatives to mourn his death
‘‘Weep not for him dear loved
ones, for our loss is his eternal gain
He was a kind, dutiful son, a lov
ing affectionate father and brother
The community has lost a true
friend, but our Heavenly' Father
called him above where sin and sor
row can never come.
His body was interred at Salem
Sunday p. m. at four o’clock by the
side of his dear wife, who was laid
to rest nearly five years ago.
“A precious one from us is gone,
A voice who loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
That never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled,
The boon his love has given,
And though the body slumbered
here,
The Soul is safe in heaven.
Dearest uncle, thou has left us,
Left us yes, forevermore.
But yet again we hope to meet
thee,
On that bright and happy shore.
We loved him, yes we loved him,
And would have wished him stay,
But our Heavenly Father called
him,
He shines in endless day'. ,
—“One who loved him”
To Our Subscribers
We have mailed bills to all our subscribers who are
in arrears. The amounts due by each individual are
small but when taken together they amount to a great
deal to us. Please bear this in mind.
We have the following propositions to submit:
Ist. If you are not prepared to PAY IS, call in to
see us about it anyway.
2nd. If you have any farm produce to spare and
can’t get up the cash come to see us about the farm pro
duce we want to keep you on our list 11 5 01’ ARE
SATISFIED.
Don’t read the paper two or three years and then say
you didn’t subscribe for it and don’t owe it, and then tell
us to take your name off the list because we ask you to
pay up.
What we aie after is to get a list of live subscribers
on our )xx>ks who are interested in our town and county
and can take some interest in their home paper.
We had rather have 1000 LIVE subscribers than any
number of DEAD ones.
We are the official County organ for the best little coun
ty in the State of Georgia. Our subscription is only ONE
DOLLAR per year, which fwe believe is the minimum
price for any Georgia Weekly. Every loyal citizen of the
City of Cochran and Bleckley county should be willing to
co-operate with their home paper for the industrial, moral
and civic welfare of this community. PAY UP YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION, Giveusa moral support, and occasion
ally, if you can eonscientously do so, an encouraging word
and we will do our best to give you a good clean paper.
But hear in mind that the encouragement we need
most just now is that “LITTLE DOLLAR” you owe us,
or its equivalent.
NEWS FROM UNION HILL
Miss AUine Powell visited Miss
Willie Paul, Sunday.
Mr. Arthur Darsey went to Coch
ran, on business Saturday.
Mrs. J. C. Pettis visited her sis
ter, Mrs. S. 1). Floyd, Sunday.
Mrs. Winnie Barrs attended
preaching at. - Macedonia, Sunday.
Misses Cecil and Alma Cook
vi-ited Misses Willie and Eva Paul
Sunday.
Mrs. A Hie Hartt y and daughter
attended preaching at Trail Branch
Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Roland and family
visited Mr. Lonnie Mullis and fam
ily, Saturday.
Mr. Linder Barrs spent Friday
night in Cochran, the guest of Mr.
C. L. Meadows.
Messrs. Hezzie Jones, Rufus
Floyd and Fred Jones visited Mr.
Arthur Darsey, Sunday.
Misses Susie and Ruthie Jone.-
speiit Saturday night and Sunday
with Misses Willie Mae and Eva
Paul.
Mrs. J. C. Pettis returned home
Thursday, from a visit to her
daughter at Lumber Citv.
“Brown Eyes”
NEWS FROM EMPIRE
Miss Rebecca Tripu of Atlanta is
the guest of Mrs W. J. Phillips.
Mrs. T. G. Fossett of A r onkers is
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. I*. Kim
berly .
Revival meeting is going on at the
Baptist Church at Frazier. Every
l»ody is invited.
Mr. J. D. Embry of Spartinburg
N. C. visited Rev. W. C. Embry
and family last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. FA Phillips and
daughter, Miss Lila, are visiting re
latives in North Carolina.
Mrs. A. L. Smith and Mrs. Hob
by were business visitors to Cochran
the latter part of the week.
Miss Alice Henderson, of Hawk
insville was the guest of Mrs. A. R.
Fender Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Pearl Watkins has returned
to her home at Adrian, after spend
ing several days with her pa rent-
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Bowers.
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NEWS FROM BETHANY
We are very sorry to hear of tne
illness of Albert Ross.
\\ e learn that Mr. Tom Bollinger’s
little son is improving rapidly.
Mr. Jake Dye and Miss Essie
Crumpler were seen out driving
Sunday.
The Singing school is progressing
nicely under the direction of G. W.
Stapleton.
Mrs. E. F. Check who has been
. siting relatives in Juliett has re
turned home.
Quite a large crowd from this sec
tion attended preaching at Ever
green Sunday.
M.ss Lizzie Stapleton and Mrs. J
B. Waits spent Sunday with Mr.
Morgan Barrs.
Sunday School at Bethany every
Sunday at 3 Everybody
invited to come.
Mr. G. C. Stokes and family
spent Sunday with the former’s par
ents, Mr. Ed Stokes.
Ihe farmers of this section are
almost done plowing and are having
some very nice rains.
Messrs W. H. Jones and Ollie
Crumpler and Misses Nora and Julia
Young were out driving Sunday
afternoon.
Remember every member of the
Bethany church is requested to at
tend preaching on Saturday before
the 2nd. Sunday in August. So
don’t forget your meeting day.
“Red Wing”
SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Services, 11 a. m.
Junior League, 3:00 p. m.
Preaching at nigdu, 8:00.
Senior League Monday night 8:00.
Prayer Meeting Wed. 8:00 p. m. -
All are pordially invited
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