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77ie Best Always! J. E. Cook Makes if Specialty of Everything Good to Eat! Fresh Meats, Fresh Groceries and a Splen did Assortment of Can ■ Goods, Fresh Crack ers, Etc. Big Bargains all the Time. J. E. Cook- ■ PORE GEORGIA CANE SYRUP! Put up by WILSON CANNER Co., Cochran, Ga. your Grocer has not got it, call on E. COOK, JR. ANNOUNCEMENT! We want to Announce that we are still in business and are glad to serve you at any time. :: :: :: :: : VOTAN! VOTANH VOTAN!!! the so-called best and you will find the VOTAN line of Coffees and teas better. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: The dealer in your town who caters to the best trade sells the VOTAN line. OUR SPECIALTIES! General Merchandise, Groceries, Beef and Ice. Telephone Number 288. W. M. WYNNE & SON. FISHING! We Fish tor YOUR Business by using as Bait Guaranteed Drugs ' and Prices! Honesty and Politeness! Come to See Us. TAYLOR&KENNINGTON. «mu mir, the writer. How Ghatto Child Lift Dspistar Oat Har Start aa an Author. Myra Kelly (Mrs. Allan Macnnugh tan), the American educator and author, affectionately known to many thou sands of readers as the writer of sto ries of ghetto children in New York city, who died recently In Torquay, England, was born in Dublin, Ireland, about thirty years ago. Ten years or so ago a newspaper man was dining one evening with Dr. James T. Kelly, who asked for advice concerning his daughter's troubles with magazine editors. This seemed like the preface to a familiar story— the young woman had literary ability which the editors persistently refused to recognize. What was to be done? But the story was not along that fa miliar line. “My daughter Myra,” said Dr. Kelly when his companion asked how he could help, “Is teaching In a downtown east side school. All of us nt home have been entertained by her stories of her pupils, and I urged her to write some of them. She was timid about It because of the tales of often rejected manuscripts by unknown writers and did not say that she would make the trial. “Unknown to me she did, though, and, determined to get over the agony of unanimous rejection as soon ns pos sible, she made three copies of her story and posted one each to three magazine editors. This morning site came to me in dismay with three let ters from three editors, three checks and three requests for more stories.” Dr. Kelly’s companion ag-eed to act as diplomatic agent, saw the three edi tors, settled the matter of first choice by lot and gave the bewildered young schoolteacher’s promise of other sto ries in turn to the other two editors That was the unusual mnnner of en trance Into the field of story writing of Myra Kelly, then a teacher in the primary grade of public school No. 147. in New York. The opinions of the magazine edi tors were speedily Justified. Readers demanded more stories about “Isidore Belchatosky,’’ there were enthusiastic encores for iurtber comment by “Mor ris Mojelsky,’’ subscribers would not be denied more of the wisdom of “Becky Zalmonowsky,” and “I’atrick Brennan,” whose father had resisted the tide which had swept most of Ills race away from Poverty hollow, had friends by the thousand among irmg aziue readers. For her first story Myra Kelly was glad to accept SSO. Within a year she got SSOO for every story she wrote. TAFT’S AMBITION. Preferred Supreme Bench to Presi dency, Sayi Senator Cullom. Senator Cullom of Illinois is being quoted as having snid that William H. Taft would have retired from the cam paign to secure his nomination as pres ident and would have accepted a place on the supreme court bench, thus re alizing the ambition of bis life, if Chief Justice Fuller had only retired. Here is the statement attributed to Senator Cullom: “Within a month of his nomination for the presidency Mr. Taft would have retired from the contest nud gone upon the supreme bench had Mr. Ful ler retired. I personally know that In the height of the excitement of the campaign leading up to the conven tion Mr. Taft's aspirations were not affected. Mr. Roosevelt would, I have reason to believe, Have acquiesced had the chief Justiceship ncen vacated. Some facts within my personal knowl edge which 1 am not at liberty at (his time to state warrant the assertion that practically to the eve of his nom ination for the presidency Mr. Taft had his eye focused on the supreme court bench. It may seem to many u strange choice, but because of his pe culiar temperament and training Mr. Taft up to the time of being made the standard bearer of his party would have retired from the field with alac rity and pleasure could he have be come chief Justice of the United States supreme court.” PANIC IN FACTORY. Bteam Pipe Bursted and Girls Made Rush for Exits- Chicago.—Eighteen girls were in jured, several seriously, In a fire in the Central Steam Laundry. Several of*the girls Jumped from windows and others were injured In an ex plosion. Four are in a serious condi tion at a hospital. The panic was caused by the burst ing of a steam pipe in the mangle room on the second floor. When the clouds of steam burst Into the room the girls became panic-stricken and seven of them Jumped from the sec ond floor windows. Too high pressure Is believed to have been the cause of the bursting of the pipe. More than 200 girls were working on the second and third floors. A rush was made for the windows and exits and several were slightly injured in the scramble. The majority of the girls injured are not 20 years old. Cochran Auto Company Repairs all kind of Machinery. They make a Specialty of Repairing Guns, Pistols, Bicycles and Automobiles. All work will Receive Prompt Attention. Give us a cal). We do First Class Work at Reasonable Prices. Clint Soloman, Manager. Walk-0 ver Sh oes Smiling and Styling For the right smile and the right style put on a pair of the popular “high-toed” WALK-OVERS, (the kind with the raised box toes.) They will feel just as good on your feet as they look in our windows. Our “COASTER” (High Toe Mo del. CJ Patent Leather Vamp and Lace stay $4.50. Looks good in our windows—Looks best on the foot. For Sale By K. A. Thomp son. The American Standby A y‘ in hot wont her is ice water, the ■nfet ' sntHls countries to the / contrary notwithstanding. Tak- I wMe ert'-fdain, in lemonade or other Leverages', it certainly adds ~ \ greatly to our loiiyfort. To get the best results, you should see fffsJ some of the latest water coolers ourstot ‘k —-ornamental, dur-' is what you want for deep bor ing. In fact our bores will bore anything, and it is plane as t plane can be that our hammers tajlTW ' will hit the nail on the head JBLk pj Prjllp every time if aimed rigid. Awl’s ' in our stock of fine carpenters’ j tools that the carpenter will never find fault with, Peacock & Fausett.