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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.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR BLECKLEY COUNTY
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 81.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
JiRTHUR BRISBANE ON TEMPERANCE
Arthur Brisbane, Hearst.s greatest editor, discourses interest
ingly if not logically on the temperance question. He advocates
the use of light wines and beer as a substitution for the stronger
alcoholic drinks and thinks the question might be solved in this
way. He compares the state of Maine, where the sale of all in
toxicants has been prohibited for years, to Italy where the masses
of the people drink red wines and white wines only, not exceed
ing 8 per tent in alcoholic strength. He says Maine has ten times
as much drunkeness as Italy, with less than one tenth of Italy s
population. It seems that we have tried the expe iment in Georgia
with “Nigh beer.” If Mr. Brisbane will look up *the records for
Georgia, he will find that the “Empire State of -the Sunny
South’’ is being flooded every day with red liquor fropi the “Land of
Flowers" and that the consumption of the lighter drink does not
seem to lesson the desire for the stronger drinks and in the cities
where near beer is licensed, there you will find the lair of the blind
tiger just the same as you find it in the smaller towns where no
license is granted.
Not only the principal countries of Europe, but more im
portant still, Latin-America approves of the course persued by . the
Wilson administration in dealing with Mexico.
Most people believe in justice and fair play. The trend of
the whole civilized world in the past fifty yeare has been for the
promotion of a constitutional form of government.
The time is quickly passing when usurpers, robbers and mur
ders are regarded as a positive force in the government of civilized
people.
The Huerta government founded on injustice and murder has
met with the universal condemnation of the powers. Those coun
ties who have misconstrued the attitude of this government
through the unfortunate tactics of Henry Lane Wilson have dis
covered their mistakes and are now commending the administra
tion’s wise policy towards our neighbor across the Rio-Grande.
Col. W. A. Huff, who was largely responsible for the investiga
tion of Judge Emory Speer by the department of Justice, sent a
275 word telegram to Cougressman C. L. Bartlett, of the Sixth
District, demanding that he be given a chance .o be heard, if there
is any chance of the charges against Judge Speer being dropped.
He says: ‘‘lnformation has come to me that men of powerful
influence arc deluging the members of the Georgia delegation in
Congress with telegrams characterizing the investigation of Judge
Speer as ‘muckraking’ and from what I can gather from the latest
newspaper reports it looks as though the whole matter is about to
be hushed up.”
It seems that the great fight on the administration currency
bill will be in the Senate. There the plutocrats are more numer
ous perhaps than in the house, and the money power may have a
stronger pull with them. It would not be natural for the “system"
to relinguish their power without a struggle.
1 en Don ts I’or
Young Men
“Do not. speak of the ‘old gent’
and the ‘old woman.’ Fathers
and mothers are a necessary evil in
the present system of things. They
have spoken respectfully of you
when outsiders could not see any
thing on which they could hang
even on a small compliment.
“Do not give all your attention
to the education of the Wains on
the outside of your head Football hair
and a letter on your jersey are not
a sufficient training for life. The
young fellow who is old fashioned
enough to go to school for study
still has a place in the world.
“Do not invest your nickle in a
glass of beer, then afterward criti
cise the other fellow who has in
vested his nickle in a savings bank.
Beer checks and savings hank
checks as investments arc not in
the same class.
“Do not put the money of your
tailor and your washwoman in $5
opera seats and 82 theatre tickets.
They may perfer to spend their
earnings in some other.
“Do not measure your job entire
ly by the size of the pay envelope
and the length of the vacation.
Highway robbery is an ideal voca
tion measured in these ways.
“Do not try to get rich quick;
smarter men than you, who have
come to town without a cent have
tried it and lost all they had.
Do not wrong a woman. Every
women is some mother’s daughter.
The white life you ask fiom your
mother’s daughter you have no
right to take from the daughter of
another.
Do not defile your tongue with
profane and vulgar speech, reveal
ing ignorance and showing the
coarseness in your soul.
“Do not think you have sounded
all the ocean of truth when you
have let out all your life line. The
ocean on whose shores Newton had
gathered only a few pebbles can
never be all in your tin cup.
“Do not be a stranger to the
Church of your father. The old
pew looks lonesome without you.
Your father went to his honor and
prosperity straight from the church
door. The path is still there. You
need the Church and Church needs
you.” —Albert Hyde.
The Mocker.
"I anderstand you are on the outa
with Rinks, Dubbleigh," said Jorrocks.
"I am that!" returned Dubbleigh, with
fervor. "No more Rinks for me. Last
Sunday when my new ear lay in the
ditch I asked Rinks to see if he
couldn't find somebody or something
to pull it out, and the blistering idiot
offered me a corkscrew.”- —Harper's
Weekly.
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
Master Edwim
Anderson’s Paper
We have Itefore us quite an attrac
tive little paj>er printed and edited
by Master Edwin Anderson, the
thirteen year old son of Mr. Jim
Anderson, the manager of the Coca
Cola plant here. This paper is
printed with rnblier type and pre
sents a nice, neat appearance.
Mr. Edwin Anderson visited For
syth Ga., July 3rd. and gives an
account of bis trip to that city in
bis paper. The Following notice
appeared in the Monroe Advertiser
published at Forsyth Ga, Aug Id.
Master Edwin Anderson, a young
man of Cochran Ga., publishes a
newspaper all by himself. He is
editor, printer and devil combined
and be gets out a readable paper too
This young man, who is not over
13 years of age, has just gone home
after a visit to the Misses Bennett
here and in the it sue of of bis paper
dated Aug. 12, gives an account of
h : s trip to Forsyth from which we
quote:
‘I left home July 3rd to make a
visit to Forsyth. I found a much
larger city than 1 expected. The
homes were up to date and the yards
were beautiful with the lawns and
(lowers.
“I went to Sunday school and
the people were royal to me and 1
enjoyed being with them.
I went to the printing office and
called on Mr. Blood worth'and I en
joyed myself and I am glad I met
so kind an editor and I know the
people are proud of his paper.
I visited the Bennett Lumber Co.
and found many things interesting
to look at.
I also had the pleasure to visit
many other places and which 1
found some of them playing the
game Rook.
I fell in love with the place, and
my kindred made my visit a pleas
urc and I hope some future day to
return.”
This embryonic editor is a manly
little fellmv and his paper is an ex
cellent chronicle of Ids town - hap
! peilings, carrying also on its four
pages a quantity of excellent ads.
He gives evidence of becoming an
excellent newspaper mail some day
and the Advertiser wishes him well.
May success always crown his ef
forts.
This little man has displayed con
siderable talent and perservcrance
in getting up this paper.
We can say that he might become
a great editor some of these days.
The Sad Truth.
Investigator—Hut surely your chil
dren are already old enough to work?
Coal Miner's Wife — No. Their faces
deceive you. They have already work
ed enough to become old. —Puck.
Locusts Blinded Aviator.
A Spanish aviator nearly lost Ilia
life by colliding with a swarm of lo
custs. He was flying at a height of
60 feet when he ran into the swarm,
which so blinded him that he lost con-
I trol of the machlue.
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Pulaski Singing
Convention
The Pulaski Singing Convention
meets at Ruth Church, Bleckley
County, seven miles north of Coch
ran, on Sept. 7th, 1913.
Everylsidy is invited to come and
bring a well filled basket.
Every minister of the gospel is
invited to come anil lie with us and
rfe what we are doing.
\Ye want every singer in the
whole South to lie with us at tub
session of the convention. We will
have someone to meet you at Coch
ran if you w ill write the writer.
During our life we have had some
ups and downs. Some have said
we had a Sunday picnic. Now let
me call your attention to a saying
that appeared on the advertisement
of I’rof. J. E. Krei-bury. Here it
is: “If a man knows not and
xnnws not that lie knows not he is a
fool, show him; if a man knows
not and If'ovvs that lie knows not,
he is ignorant, teach him; and if a
man knows and knows that he
knows, he is a wise man, follow
him.
Now if you have been fighting
the Convention and saving we had
Sunday picnics and have never at
tended one <<r more sessions, just
come along to this one and we will
show you. If you have not attend
ed one session of our convention
and know nothing about what it is
come and we will teach you, and il
you love to lie with good singers
and know what it is and have good
ideas you come along and help ns.
Now let everybody come together
and make this the best se-sioii that
we have every liel 1. Let ns all go
on the bill and 7th of Sept., Ruth
Church.
S. W. Smith,
Route 2, Chester, Ga.
Has A Very bine
Held Of Cotton
Out on his farm near Dexter, Dr.
Taylor has 120 acres now lapping
in six foot rows. Tin* crop is still
green and taking on fruit. It is
impossible to accurately estimate,
and really lempts one to make an
extravagant guess, hut those who
have seen it, all agree that a safe
estimate would plaee the figures
around -ItH) hales.
Dr. Taylor has put forth wonder
ful energy for the past five or six
years improving a variety of cotton
known as Tayior’s b'g boll prolific,
and claims now to have brought it
up to a state of highest perfection
1 It certainly seems so, looking at he
present crop. It would he area'
pleasure to any one interested in
farming to go over his field. T 1 c
average is the same from one side
to the other, green,..full and heavy.
I All in all. this is the best cotton w>
I have ever seen.
NEWS FROM BETHANY
Miss Pearl Adams -pent last Sun
day with Miss Ciaudie Williams.
Misses Lushie and Maril Harvilh
spent a few days in Dublin, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Nichols spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. W ■
Adams.
Mbs Ciaudie Williams spent Sat
urday night with Misses Daisy and
Pearl Adams.
Mr. F. W. Davidson left Sunday
for Griffin, where he will spend
several days.
There will lie preaching at Beth
any the Fifth Sunday. Every I ody
invited to co:::e.
We are sorry to hear that Mr.
Edd Wood is -ick and lio|ic he will
soon lx- up again.
Mr-. Nora Butts and family
spent Sunday with Mrs. 1 1 «-n r\
11inson and family.
•Mr. Jake Dye and sister Miss
Yi lonia, s|H-nt Sunday with Mbses
Till and Lula Fair.
y
Mr. A. K. Holland and Mr. Jim
Willis were taking a pleasure ride
in the rain Sunday afternoon.
We were glad to see the large
crowd that was at Bethany Sunday
afternoon. Come again* visitors.
Miss Lushie Ilarville will leave
next Saturday for 1 law kinsville,
where s|ie w ill go to school this fall.
Misses Pearl and Thelma Wil
lingham spent last Sunday with
Misses Willie and Myrtle NeSmitli.
The* farmers of this section V, ere
so glad to ,-ee the rain that fell Sun
day afternoon, that they did not
sleep any Sunday night.
Misses Lushie and Maril Ilarville
and Mr. Graiden Bollinger spent a
short while with Misses Annie.
Daisy and Pearl Adams Sunday af
ternoon.
“Ghkkx Pkas”
CENTER DOTS
T. A. Willis Jr., spent Sunday
with his parents.
Mr. Will Dykes made lib usual
call Sunday afternoon.
Miss Myrtle Willis spent the week
end with Miss Mahel Horne.
Miss Lizzie Stokes has been visit
ing her sister Mrs. John NeSmitli.
Mr. Willie Cheeks and Miss Nor,
Young were out driving Sunday eve
Mrs. Dave Purser ! chi'-’
re' ire visiting r. \
Quite :i crowd oi oi
ile attended the -ing! ig at ( an
Friday.
Mr. Carlton Junes and Miss Nora
NeSmitli were'out driving Sunday
afternoon.
Messrs Carlton Jones and Willie
Cheeks spent Sunday with Mr Glo
ver NeSmitli.
Mis. I. T Collins and daughter
Miss Heimie spent Friday with Mrs.
Fred Young.
Mr. Vance Young was seen slowly
wending his way towards Twiggs
Sunday P. M.
Miss Bessie Harrell, has returned
home after spending several days
with Miss Lizzie Hall.
Miss Ib.liie Defoe has returned
home after spending some time with
relatives in Jeffersonville.
Mrs. J. W. Young spent a few
days last week with her parents,
Mr and Mrs. Henry Barrs.
Mr. Glover NeSmitli and Miss Julia
young were seen on their way to
Bethany Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Jim Matins and children of
Alabama are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs S, G. NeSmitli.
Misses Willie Mae Forehand and
Thelma Chambers spent a few days
with Mrs. L. H. Jones last week.
Misses Willie Mae F ““hand and
Thelma Chambers spent Tuesday
with Misses Nora and Julia Young.
NEWS FROM CHESTER
ROUTE TWO
Mr. Richard Giddens is all smiles
—its a fine l>oy
Miss Carrie Skipper spent Sunday
night with Maud Giddens.
Mrs. Frank Hobbs of Tennille is
> siting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Pace.
W. D. Blankenship and Bertie
Sawyer were in Hawkinsville Satur
day.
Mrs. S. E. Blankenship and Mrs
S. C. Graham was in Cochran Wed
nesday.
Mr. W. D. ‘Blankenship and Mbs
Bertie Scinyer spent lant Thursday
in Macon.
Bertie Sawyer is spending this
week with her mother Mrs. S. E.
Blankenship.
The ice cream supper last Satur.
day night at Mr. J. M . Cook’s was
highly appreciated.
Mr. \V. I). Blankenship and
family -pent Saturday night with
J. M. Cook and family.
The farmers of this section are a
bout done pulling fodder and some
of them started to picking cotton.
After a six or seven weeks spell
of typhoid fever, we are glad to see
Miss Maud and Dan Giddens up a
gain*
Our three days meeting will start
at Macadonia church next Saturday
Everybody invited to attend. Will
he two services each day.
The Sunday school convention
will lit- at Macedonia on the fifth
Saturday and Sunday in August.
Everybody is umled to came out.
“Farmer”
NEWS FROM CARY
Dr. N. L. Johnson took a trip
to Macon last Friday in his auto.
We notice that F. M. Dykes lias
treated himself to a four passenger
auto.
Mrs. John Barrs with some of her
family, of Fitzgerald, is here visiting
relatives.
Miss Mary D: niels, of Macon,
-pent several days here with rela
tives last week.
It is reported that Dr. Williams
has disposed of his interest in the
Cary Drug Co. to Messrs Alf, Jule
and Bernard Porter.
Mr. John O’Neal and Miss Lillie
i ioyd, of Dudley, spent Saturday
’blit with his neice, Mrs. M. F..
\ idrews.
Misses Jessie and Vera Jones of
kson Ga., and Miss Enmre
untain of Hawkinsville are guests
of Miss Julia Wade.
Misses Sara and Mellie Claxton
of Girard Burk county and Miss
Ethel Pritchett of Soperton are the
guests of Miss Ruby Armstrong.
15. J. Meadows a liner between
Carv and Walker’s Districts has
four acres of corn that is estimated
at 100 bushels per acre or more.
F. I). Wimberly Sr., gave the
fanners an interesting talk about
listing a portion of their cotton crop
with the Southern Cotton States
Corporation which will issue a scrip
payable in 90 days for 11 cents per
pound, hearing 6 per eent interest
and interest hearing scrip for 4 cts.
pound payable when the cotton is
sold which makes the loots they
offer or they will give you % the dif
ference between what you receive in
cash and loots in interest bearing
| scrip to make it locts. I uuder
; stand that the interest is due and
payable oa this scrip every 90 days
until your cotton is sold. ,
T. J. Lee. I
Willing Panhandler.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
was accosted one day by a drunken
panhandler, who asked for a dime.
The archbishop gave him the dime and
said: “My friend, don’t you think it
would be possible for you to walk in
the straight and narrow path?" The
unhandier straightened up, “Who?
•’®?” he asked. "Show it to me. I
sd to be a tight-rope walker.” —Sat-
i - day Evening Post