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PROFESSIONALS. DR. C. T. HALL. Dentist. Cochran, - Georgia. Office over J. J. Taylor’s Store. R. L. WHIPPLE, Physician, t Cochran, - Georgia. Is answered Day an>l Night. Office Phone 264. Residence 273. HERBERT L. GRICE, Attomey-at-Law, Hawkinsville, - Georgia. DR. T. D. WALKER, Physician and Surgeon, Cochran, Georgia. L. A. W'HiPPLE, Attorney -at -La w, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. Huggins Building. M. H. BOYER. Lawyer, HAWKINSVILLE, CA. Huggins Building. Rooms 27 and 28. T. D. WALKER. JR., Physician and Surgeon. SURGERY A SPECIALTY. Calls Answered Promptly at Any Time. Leave Calls at WALKERS PHARMACY. DRS. LANFORD & WALTERS, Dentists, Office on Main Street, COCHRAN, - - GEORGIA. P. O. Box 93. Dental Work Done in all of its Branches. H. E. COATES, Attorney -at - La w, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. ACCURACY r 'YOUR I’bUR 9 iAgPINAI^RINCIPItS vOy T})is Basis Wo Will Be Glad to MakeTuur Busina# Acquaintance The First National Ban/% of Cochran J. B ACOCK, Prudent. B. J. WYNNE, Vice-President. L J- B. R. H. PEACOCK, Asst. Cashier. STABILITY J. J. TAYLOR, President J. P. PEACOCK, Vice-President. J. A. WALKER, Cashier (Hadrratt Hanking (Company, Capital, $25,000.00. Surplus, $35,000.00. (Carhrmt, (georgia. We Solicit Your Patronage. TAYLOR SAW MILLS LEAD In Simplicity, Capacity, Durability, None Better I - Bay Macon Made Machinery and avoid V excessive Freights and long waits lor Repairs Steam and Gasoline Engines Portable & Stationary Boilers Complete Ginning, Sawing and Shingle Outfits A fumps. Tanks, Towers, Rocfno. Acetylene Liobiino Plants EVERYTHING in machinery and supplies r MALLARY MACHINERY CdASSTi 1 W. L. & WARREN GRICE, Attorneys-at-LaW, Hawkinsville, Georgia. Office over George’s Drug Store, Commerce Street. H. E. LAWSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms, 8 and t) IIUGGIN’S BUILDING. HAWKINSVILLE’, GA. DR. R. J. MORGAN, Physician and Surgson, Cochran, Georgia. Office Phone 13. Residence 28. MARION TURNER Attorney at I-aw HAWKINSVILLE, GA., Offices I and 2. Huggins Btilding. DR. J. A. GEORGE, PHYSICIAN AM) SURGEON, CHRONIC DISEASES. Microscopic Examination of Urine and Blood. Calls Attended Promptly. Office ’Phone Number - - Mrs. Manning’s Residence No. 3tii Walker’s Pharmacy Number - !) COCHRAN, GEORGIA- Farm Loans Negotiated Amounts, S3OO to SIO,OOO Time, - - - 3 to 10 Years L. A. WHIPPLE Attorney-at-Law Huggins Building Hawkinsville , Georgia /LIBERALITY? courtesy; Good Jokes WHIMS. The city man who was summering In the country was lounging at a lit tle station on an lnterurban line. Along came a seedy pilgrim walking up the track. "My friend," said the city man, "do you expect to hoof It to the next sta tion ?’’ "Sure." "How far Is It?” “ ’Bout six miles." “What's the fare from here there?" "Fifteen cents, I reckon.” "Car coming pretty soon?” "Yep.” “Well, Just to gratify a whim, sup pose you let me lend you money enough to pay your fare to that sta tion.” ‘'That’ll be all right, boss.” “I haven’t the change. Here's a quarter." “Thanks. Now, boss,” said the seedy wayfarer, ”Jes’ to gratify a whim. I’m goin’ to keep on hoofin’ It. Good-by." An ANGEL. Former Mistress—So the lady en gaged you at once when you said you had served with me. Former Cook —Yls, mum. She said that anyone who could stand yer fer six months must be an ungel. Why Not? If "Mrs. Dr. Brown” Is right. Why would It not be fair, To speak of "Mrs. Bishop White” Or "Mrs. Judge McNair?” Who Made the Spade. Two blacksmiths were recently con versing as to which was the first trade In the world. One Insisted that It must have been gardening, and quoted the following from Genesis: "When Adam was placed in the Gar den of Eden he was told to take care of It and till It.” "Ah, John!” retorted the other, who stood up for his own trade; "but who made the spade?” Accounted For. Belle —I wonder why that good-looking doctor avoids me so and is so cool to me when we meet? Nell—l think it is because Ned thoughtlessly told hhn what you said about him. Belle —What did 1 say that he didn't like? Nell —You said, don’t you remember, ‘hat he had such killing ways. Just Luck. “That man Barnes is the luckiest fellow I ever knew. He ha 3 just given up one easy job for another still easier." "I know him. If he went up In a lc-aky balloon he’d be dead sure to tumble into some soft place.” Not That Kind. “You’d like some marine insurance on a consignment of linen? All right Sell you Lloyds’ for —” "Blame It, no! It’s not celluloids I’m shipping; it’s linens, I tell you!” PIECE OF MIND. Rounder —Jack said he couldn’t have any peace of mind till he married Stella. Gadsby—And now bis wife gives him a piece of hers. A Regular Caller. Expected friends may fail to call. But there’s one who never will; He’s the installment house collector With his little weekly bill. Naturally So. “The training for this high leaping contest keeps you busy, doesn't it?” "Well, naturally, it tends to keep one on the jump.” Harry Again. Do you remember Harry Lehr? Harry was at one of the fashion able weddings the other day. “Nothing especially noteworthy about that,” you say. “And that's whefe you’re wrong.” Harry was actually clad sensibly and neither carried a pet monkey nor smoked scented cigarettes. THE GYPSIES OF THE GABOLINE AGE. Arrayed In khaki, weather atalned. And full of grease and oil, Their faces tanned with sun and wind. Their hands begrimed with toll. With hook and hoot and siren shriek They come from near and far. And travel In a cloud of smoke. The gypslee of the car. In limousine and touring car, And lively runabout. They laugh at Indigestion, nerves. Insomnia and gout. No dream of dark and evil things At night their slumbers mar. They keep eternal holiday. The gypsies of the car. The wanderlust is In their blood. They answer to the call. Of open road and azure skies. Green fields and forests tall. And leave a trail of gasoline Around this earthly star. Those happy cousins to the tramp. The gypsies of the car. —Mina Irving, in New York Sun, Side Lights on History. Bluebeard was reflecting upon his past—for he was a man with a past. “Yes,” he said, complacently stro king his cerulean facial adornments, "I've been something of a lady killer In my time.” Moreover, the old scoundrel was an exception to the rule that all the world loves a lover. Not to His Knowledge. “Officer,” said the earnest seeker for information, tendering a good cigar, “I want to ask you a very con fidential question. Is there any petty grafting going on in your department of the service these days?” "Divll a bit, sor,” answered the copper on the beat, accepting the cigar. Loyalty or Punishment! “There is no use talking about it,” said the stern old maiden aunt, with a snap of her firm mouth. "When two silly folks like you put your heads iuto the matrimonial noose —” “Yes, aunty?” “You ought to hang together.” Woman-Like. The tourists climbed through the dust of ages and stood before the mummy of the Egyptian queen. "How natural she looks,” exclaimed the men In the party. "But won't you turn her over?” in sisted the women. “What for?” demanded the dusky guide. “So we can see how her dress is buttoned in the back." COULDN’T TALK RIGHT. & if J Jinkins—l don’t see what he sees in the girl he Is to marry. Winkins —Love is blind. Jinkins—Love must also be deaf and dumb if he can get along with her. Hyphenated. When a woman says "N-no!” It is quite easy to guess The little hyphen is to show Her answer should be "Yes.” Setting the Pace. “Henry,” insisted the wife of the man who had made his first million, "why do you compel our fashionable butler to go around the house in his shirt sleeves?” “So I can enjoy some comfort In my shirt sleeves without shocking his lord mayor of London’s sensibilities," elucidated her husband as he settled back for an after-dinner smoke. Why They Left. "Let me sing the old songs In your parlor," lisped the girl who imagined she was a prima donna. “Please don't,” begged the land lady. “But your boarders will be carried away by my singing.” “That’s just the trouble. The last time you sang they were carried over to the next boarding house.” A Hurry Call. “I'm looking for a uoctor. Can you answer a hurry call?” “If it comes within my province,” said the physician. “I'm a lung spe cialist, you know." “The hoy's lungs seem to be alii right. It’s a green apple specialist I want.” Matter of Finance. Hyker—They say old Giltedge is a multimillionaire. Pyker—Well, I don’t believe It. Hyker—Why not? Pyker—Because his only daughter, wanted to marry a duke and he de-| dared he couldn’t afford any such; luxury. Farmers’ Educational TTI and Co-Operative Union of America Matters Especial Moment to the Progressive Agriculturist The short road to wealth generally turns out to be the roughest. An empty wagon always makes a great deal more noise than a full one. You would never know- some men were Christians unless they told you so. Here is to the man who speaks the best and thinks the least ill of his neighbor. The kind of farmer who occupies a farm can most always be told by the class of poultry he keeps. Many a man who Is fooling away his time In the literary field might be useful in a potato field. Some men use so much energy blowing their own horns that they cannot accomplish anything else. Men who are always yelling for a square deal sometimes forget to whis per when the other fellow gets the worst of It. “Four flushing" may win for a lit tle while but no man can win by It In the long run against honesty and square dealing. Almost anyone will give the other fellow a chance, but it won't do much good unless the other fellow gives himself a chance. The shovels, sweeps, bull-tongues and plow points should be sharpened. Look forward and have everything in readiness for the busy season. Just about the time a man gets it firmly fixed in his head that the farm cannot get along without him, the boss makes up his mind to fire him. There is always one man at a barn raising who runs around, spits on his hand, yells instructions to everybody, eats more and does less work than any other man on the job. Know him? Many a man shakes hands with himself and believes he is successful when he has become rich and yet he may be farther away from real suc cess than any other man in his county. CREDIT SYSTEM IN GERMANY Farmers Form Landschaften Associa tions for Purpose of Securing Loans on Their Land. Responding to inquiry. Counsel Gen eral Robert P. Skinner of Hamburg furnishes the following information concerning the Landschaften associa ♦ions in Germany: A number of farmers’ credit institu tions exists in Germany, of which the most interesting, as being most appli cable to American conditions, are the Landschaften associations, which have performs duseful work in Prussia since 17G9. These co-operative organ izations resemble, to some extent, the American building and loan associa tions, witli this distinctive difference, that whereas the American societies are composed of persons who deposit money for the purpose of obtaining a reasonable interest thereon anil others who borrow- such deposits, the German Lanschaften associations are com posed exclusively of borrowers, whose combined credit is made available practically to each constituent mem ber. The Landschaften organizations are societies of farmers, usually farmers of considerable importance, whose mortgage bonds guaranteed by all members of the society, and which being so guaranteed are readily salable upon favorable terms. The bonds are payable to bearer, and thus consti tutes a form of collateral which can command the money market as readi ly as the great business corporations of the country. Members joining these associations are required to submit, to an appraisal of their estates, and thereupon are en titled to make mortgage loans for the ultimate repayment of which the so ciety assumes responsibility up to one half or two-thirds of the appraised value of the land. The association It self pays interest as it comes due, and eventually pays the principal, reim bursing itself from the borrowing member, together with such additional amounts as may be necessary to meet the cost of administration and amorti zation. A description of the actual organiza tion of the Landschafticher Kreditver band fur Provinz Schleswig-Holstein, with headquarters at Kiel, will illus trate the mechanism of these associa tions as a class. It Is empowered to acquire real property and Issue mort gage bonds payable to the holder thereof. Only persons who own agri cultural or wooded lands can become members, and then only when their estates represent' a certain earning pow-er or a determined value. As no body joins the association unless In need of capital, the initiation fee Is calculated at a rate of one-tenth of one per cent, of the amount to be bor rowed. Persons who acquire property encumbered with mortgages guaran teed by the association must become members thereof, and must assume all liabilities arising under the mortgage contract. Refusal to do so is followed by the cancellation of the mortgage it self. Members who enter the associa tion by reason of the acquisition of encumbered lands pay no initiation fee. Members who have discharged all their obligations to the association may resign. FARMERS ARE BUSINESS MEN So Declares President Barrett In Coi> vention at Charlotte, N. C.—To Secure Legislation. The national convention of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Opera tive Union of America was held at Charlotte, N. C., the other day with a thousand delegates, representing al most every state in the Union, in at tendance. Addresses by different members of the union on subjects interesting to the statesmen of agriculture followed the opening preliminaries. In his annual address, President C. S. Barrett spoke first of the farmer as a business man. Here and there, he declared, the Individual farmer has much to learn concerning business and business usages. But the impor tant point is that the leaven is at work and the man who tills the soil and the country is absorbing with miraculous rapidity the lesson that business principles must be foremost in the management of his affairs. The change is epochal in a revolutionary sense. “In every state I have Invaded,” he continued, “the farmer debates today, not so much the everlasting round of politics or the cruelly selfish ambi tions of politicians, but how to make his acres return the maximum of dol lars; how to make his best own op portunities; how to furnish the best opportunities to his sons and daugh ters; how best to lighten his wife’s toil; how best to make attractive, clean, healthful and permanent the home that shall shelter them all. “We have organized state unions in three states during the past year— California, Indiana and Virginia," he continued. “Catch the significance of the national scope shown by these three organizations. ’’As an evidence of the determina tion of the organized farmer to punish indifferent public servants and reward those who have shown their true col ors and abided by them, It Is a well known fact that the Farmers' union defeated several congressional candi dates and a few senators in a few southern and western states. That is, moreover, merely the beginning of the organization’s fight to secure atten tion to its demands from men in pub lic life. “In a number of states where the Fanners’ union has made Itself plain in asking proper legislation from legis latures. it has gotten practically all it demanded. In other states, for in stance, Arkansas and Alabama, it has never been turned down on a single one of its requests.” TO FINANCE COTTON CROP Galveston Bankers and Texas Farm ers' Union Agree on Plan for Moving Staple. By the terms of a new agreement which is being worked out between Galveston bankers and officials of Texas Farmers’ union it is proposed for the bankers of Galveston to finance the entire crop of the coming j year in both Texas and Oklahoma. Details of the new plan have not j yet been made public, but It is learned that the matter has been under con | sideratlon for some time. By the now j agreement Galveston bankers stand : ready to take cotton from the farmers at the market price in consideration of which the farmers, it is understood, agree to ship direct to this city. As the cotton controlled by the union represents a large percentage of the output of the state, this would give Galveston control and domination of the state and Oklahoma cotton mar kets. The plan In general Is an enlarge ment on a wider scope of the one en tered into between Galveston bankers and President D. J. Neil of the union two years ago, and which has proven to he very satisfactory to all parties, j It is understood Galveston hankers j stand ready with over $90,000,000 to | hack up the agreement. PURPOSES OF FARMERS' UNION To secure equity, establish justice and apply the Golden Rule. To discourage the credit and mort gage system. To assist our members in buying and selling. • To educate the agricultural classes ! In scientific farming. To teach farmers the classification i of crops, domestic economy, and the i process of marketing. To systematize methods of pro duction and distribution. To eliminate gambling In farm products by boards of trade, cotton exchanges and other speculators. To bring farming up to the stand ard of other industrial and business enterprises. To secure and maintain profitable and uniform prices for cotton, grain, live stock, and other products of the farm. To strive for harmony and good will among all mankind, and brother ly love among ourselves. To garner the tears of the dis tressed, the blood of martyrs, the laugh of innocent childhood,, the sweat of honest labor, and the virtue of a happy home as the brightest jewels kuown. Cauliflower. It is difficult to mature cauliflower in hot weather and it is usually a mistake to attempt it on a commer cial scale. Dry and hot weather gen erally causes the plants to break or to produce “buttons” instead of solid heads.