The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
JUDGE COCHRAN IS AGAIN A CANDIDATE He Will Ask disappointment at
 NoePS Hands FINE COLLEGE OPENING President Whitfield Takes Charge Un der Auspicious' Circumstances and Attendance Far Surpasses
 Previous Years.
FINE COLLEGE OPENING

Columbus, Miss, September 30.-(Spe- ciaL)-Judge Robert F. Cochran, also well known and identified as "the re- form judge of the Tenth district of Mississippi" will be an applicant to succeed himself at the expiration of his present term of office. In asking for reappointme at the hands of Gov ernor-elect Noel, Judge Cochran will present ma oth-indorsement from all the voters of his district in the form of petitions signed by registered voters and the people in general as well.
 No man who has sat upon the bench in Mississippi in recent years has made such a crusade against crime in all of it. forms, as has Judge Cochran. When he first took his seat upon the bench his war against law-breakers was the talk of the state, and In this district he used the new broom with telling effect He adopted unusual meth ods and one which is quite unusual is that in most of the cases where the grand jury found a true bill Judge Cochran persuaded all the offenders to enter pleas of guilty, thereby saving the county the costs of long trial, and he would also let the offender down with light fine and heavy forfeit hanging over his head as penalty for future law-breaking.
 Coupled with this crusade Judge Cochran has stirred up no small amount of criticism and, like every one else in a similar capacity, he has made enemies while he was making friends. This has not stopped him in the cause in the least, and he has remained just as active in the discharge of his duties and as a champion for the laws of Mississippi as he was when he com menced the duties in this district.
 Judge Cochran feels that petitions signed by majority of the voters In his district will be the best manner in which both he and Governor Noel can ascertain neither the people ap- prove of his administration or not. In fact, if the people do not seem dis posed to sign the petitions which will be handed them by the friends of the judge he does not care for the re- appointment Judge Cochran expects the new plan to meet with the approval of Governor Noel. inasmuch as the new governor has spoken several times as being in favor of an elective judi cary for the state.
 Opening of College. The new eXecutiveHoffic at the h. i dustrial Institute and College Presi- l dent Henry l.. Whitfield, has been re- ! ceived into his new position with the
 greatest enthusiasm and applause as | was possible for him to receive. On Wednesday morning when the college formally opened its session with an attendance of over 500 girls and with
 one of the most attractive programmes for an opening a school ever enjoyed the address of the new president was thoroughly in keeping with the charge and mammoth duties he was just en- terng into. When Hon. T. B. Frank | lin of Columbus, who is president of ! the board of trustees of the insti 1 tuition. arose to introduce MT Whitfield and in a happy short speech gracefully | performed his duties, and was followed | by Mr. Whitfield, who formally as-
 stunned the reigns of government over | the leading institution of learning in Mississippi, he was greeted by pro- longed applause.
 President Whitfield commenced his
 maiden speech as the schools president
 by declaring that never until he gazed into so many pretty faces of Missis sippi girls had he fully realized how great his responsibilities were and that in assuming charge of the institution he would do all in his power to prove himself faithful to his charge and ap- preciatlve of the gravity of his posi- tion.
 Every arrangement had been com pleted for the opening of the school
 and the opening was not attended by mishaps of any description. All mem- bers of the faculty were present and, with the exception Of about fifty more girls who had been assigned places, and who have since arrived, the whole school was regularly at work on the opening day. All classes have been fully organized by this time and to-
 morrow will witness the actual work of the session commenced
 Many new teachers were present for the opening. and the faculty is recog-
 nized as being better systematized and the work mapped out with more pre- cision than has formally been the case President Whitfield seems to have the earnest co-operation of each and every member of the faculty In the work and all students and each member of the official family of the school seems to think that the reins dropped by MT.
 Kincannon asst June were handed to
 a most worthy successor.