The Cochran journal. (Cochran, Bleckley County, Ga.) 19??-current, September 29, 1910, Image 7

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9K tfSt tW* f WlTtCjMi ij ! * w ,-Jr- ’ You’ve Nothing to Watch But The Clock. No.fear of having things over or un-iler done if ' yoff-tuse the model Hiker and cooker, — THE PULASKI STEEL RANGE! An even tenm.'rature always maintained, if it should take a half hour to hake or cook some delicacy, the Pulaski will do it just right, and on time. 150 in use in this County. TRICES $25.00, $27.50. $30.00 TO $35.00. Quality one. Inference in price due to size of oven, and if with reservoir. Vfhitftcld Hardware Company, " 4 </ y> . Car Load Bayers, *-* J i . Havykiiis viH e, * Geo rgi a. To Our Patrons! Dear Sir or Madam:— * ■ - We desire to thank those that have paid and at an ear ly date, wish to thank those that have not. ap preciate your business and want more of the same but we need the money. Come —pay up—and we will take care of you and your family when sickness comes. Yours very truly , Taylor & Kennington. The Royal Tailor Fall Styles Are Ready. Direct from the Throbbing Heart of the Fashion World, in New York and Chicago, conies our splendid Royal Talior Display of Exelvt | sive woolens for Fall Mid Winter. And with them comes all the famous features of tins great national i tailoring system. ■ With every Royal Tailor garment, made to your , order we deliver their remarkable legal guarantee made out in your name, and insuring you the most unbounded satisfaction with your suit or over-coat or the privilege of refusing it without paying one penny. Dykes A. Brown, Cochran, Georgia. Dublin Banker Sends Bullet through Brain Dublin, < «a.. Sept. 2<». —This morning a few minutes after 1 u’- eloek, Thomas J. I’ritcliutt shot and killed himself ai* his home on the corner of Belleview avenue and Cal houn street. The hall from a dS-calihre Smith it \\ esson pistol entered his right tcmpU ranged downward and lodged under the skin on the left side of the right eye. No one was present when the shot was tired. He was lying in ’ied with the bed clothing pulled over his body. The pistol was gripped in his right hand. A ragged hole in his right temple showed that the hall had plowed through his brain and that death was almost instanta..eotis. Mrs. Pritchett did not know that there was a pistol on the place and thought that the explosion was an electric light globe. She found the room occupied by her husband full of smoke and realized at once that he had shot himself. Ih r daughter came as a result of her screams and then the neighbors. ■ * Mr. Pritchett had been in wretched health for some years. He was )rn■ bed for the |>ast week suffering' from asthma and excessive nervousness. The latter has been his chief trou ble for some months past, causing him to retire from active business life and all of his time to the effort ofijiursing hack his health. He one <>f the wealthiest eiti zenV* i tfJfhe city, and up to just a few weeks ago was president of one of the local hanks, and of the (ieor gia Warehouse and Compress, Ow ing to had health he retired from (he firm of Pritchett vV Hooks seve ral years ago. Mr. Pritchett was a native of North Carolina and for a number of years was engaged in the turpentine j business in Montgomery county. When lie retired from that business fifteen or twenty years ago he moved to Dublin, and since that time has been engaged in (tanking and other business in this citv. He owned considerable Itank shirk, city and county real estate, and other prop erty, and his life was insured for a- IxNit SHUOdd. He is survived by his wife who was formerly Miss Willie Mel.eod, of Montgomery county, by two daugh ters arid tax* sons, one being an in fant. Messrs.. William Pritchett, of this city, (toorge K. Pritchett, of Jatllie a.nd .Henry .IC. Pritchett, of Jackson ville., J-'la.., .aire his brothers, Throe, •sisters, M rs. Harry Waters,of,lack-: sonwille, M.iss Hattie Pritchett, .and! Mrs. N. II . Quince, of Wilmington, X, (’., also survive him. The remains of Mr. Pritchett >rall lie interred in .Vert I Mew ccineiery, this city, .tomorrow morning. Ser vices will la; conducted by Rev. John M,Outle.r, pastoiW .the Dublin Methodist church,.ofwiki*eh Mr..iPrit ehott was a member. Mr. Pritchett was about 54 ..years of age. Gay nor Not Can didate for Governor | ‘‘‘‘•■St. James, Sept end «t 2(», 3!5)3<). 'Dear Mr.. (’neeiand.: lam this day ’writing it, letter to (Okeiirtnan J)ix staitihig that I am nett si candidate fur nomination for governor and re fuse to become suck. Ido this to remove all doubt oui the sulrju-t which may have .arisen by reason I.of iirr<*spon«i!l4e statements which I am informed are be Ling circulated, No utterance <of mine has put the matter in doubt.. ‘■‘Some haw* ssid t© me that t'h* convention may nominate me, al though lam nut a emwlidatc, It seems to me that it might appear vain or egotistical for me to assume in my letter to Mr. I)ix that that, extraordinary thing might happen. I therefore write this supplementary letter to you to take to Rochester and show it there to prevent my nomination if it should appear im minent. “Make it plain that if nominat ed, I would decline to accept. 1 could not abandon to their fate the splendid men whom 1 luive appoint-. Day is Charged with Killing Scott. Cordele (in., Sept. 2<i —An inquest was held at the court house in Cor dele Sunday over the Imdy of Judge J. R. Scott, who was Saturday af-J teruoon shot and ins antly killed on' his plantation nine miles east of' Con’ele by Iliilery Day, a tenant' outlie place. The verdict of the 1 jury. was murder. The testimony l of only three witnesses, Dr. T. J. McArthur, who examined the body; John Stephens, a passerby who hoard the shots fired, the place l>o :ng in a scope of woods a distance of about dud yards from the public roa 1 and from the home of Day, and who was the lirst to arrives at the scene of the killing, and .1 J. Warren, deputy sheriff, who testi fied that Day stated to him that he had killed Scott in seif defence, was all that was taken. The cause of the tragedy grow out of a dispute between Scott and Day relative to a division of the crop which Mr. Day as tenant produce! Jon halves, hast week Judge Scott : secured airlnjunetion against Day j restraining him from disposing of i'se crop until all advances had boon Vai I';.. j Judge Scott was a pioneer citi zen of Cordele and toik an active ] interest in all pufflfapiestioiis. He was twice mayor of Cordele. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of IS, 7 and took a lead ing part in the deliberations of the convention. lie was 7.! years of age and served as a soldier in the Confederate army under (tenoral Lee in Virginia. He is survived by a wife, four daughters, and three sons. Mrs. F. b. liartliolomcw, being in Michigan City, lmh; Mrs. 10. A. Vinson and Miss hueile Scott Cordele and Mr. Dunlop Scott of Arlington; Joseph Scott, llawkins ville, and ’l'. T. Scott of Sycamore, and a host of warm friends who deeply deplore the tragedy. .Jlillery Day was a .man of about •10 years of age and has a wife and seven children, three of whom are married. He has resided in Dooly and Crisp counties all his life where lit* has held the reputation of being a peaceful and quiet, man. The remains of Judge Scott were interred in Sunuyside cemetery to day at 4 o’clock. Glory of Chavez’s Trans-Alpine Feat Dimmed by Death. Domodotffcwla, Italy, Sept. 27. Geo. ( 'have/., itihe Peruvian aviator, who: achieved t(Bu- glory of being the first man to fk over the Alps in an aero pituic,Hun'S in a hospital here at 2: :>() o’dWidk this afternoon of injuries whieh Ik received when his Belriot liioiuifiliims* crashed to tflue earth with iiiirm here last Friday., just alf tcr lie’hast completer! w halt was icon-; sidorHl .-as the most perilous pairt of the jownsey. Ilis femeee, who hafi ilranried hore'irvim Paris to act asilffis nurse, was itt 'his bedside when he diiisl. Ohsnwa was so badly lent by Iris full 'that hope for his mastery was given up yesterday. Hotih his legs wore broken and lie suffoied from internal injuries. In hope of saving his (life, Dr, Boazolo, a, noted surgeon an id phys ician was rushed here Irwin Turin for consultations. 'Cliaviz/iv death came .close npontlhe heels of an announcement from the contest committee of the Italian aoronawttk'society that it Iliad de cided te> give the aviator 812,500 of the 82ft/fJUO prize which had heem offered iter a successful flight from Biiigue -tswritzerhui'id to Milam, Italy. The(OMunmittue .also voted'to give Chavez;a special medal. An aiiilli-gorieal tablet will be erected lagroii tire spot where Cltavez mot his death. ed to office, and who are working so hard for good government, nor could f abandon the people of the city of New York after so short a service. You may make this letter public in advance of going to Roch ester if, in your judgement, you think the situation calls for it. But do not do so unless it lie plainly necessary. Every honest man will understand me. “Sincerely yours, bH- “\V. J. Gaynou.” We are Better Prepared To fill your orders for BEEF AND PORK! than ever before. CJWe keep a fresh supply of beef on hand at all times. PORK AND FISH Thursday’s Friday’s and Saturday’s. <JPhone 288. W. M. Wynne & Son. '■Rnoxville, tenn. SEPTEMBER 12tS —OCTOBER 12TK Low Round Trip Rates VIA Southern Railway From Macon, Ga. Coach Excursion Tickets on <tCQC September 15, 22, 29 and --J October 6th, only., Limit eight '' days from date of sale. . Tickets on Sale September 10 O lo October 12th inclusive. U Limited to return ten days from date of sale, but not later than October IBth 1910. A Proportionately Low Rates from Other Ppai^| F«*r Full Information Apply To, J. L. MEEK, G. R. PETTIT, A. O. P. A., ATLANTA, GA. T. P. A., MACON, GjP PHONE j J.E.COOK For Good Things to EATJ Promptest Deliverj--Best and Freshest Eat ables Always Ready for You. Fresh Meats, Staple and Fancy Groceries and Delicacies TELEPHONE 32.