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VOL. 3.
John Robinsons
Ten Big Shows
Not m the Circus Trust
The only great circus and mena
gerie that has not joined the ‘enr
olls trust’ is the famous John Rob
inson’s 10 Rig Shows, the oldest
and richest amusement institution
in existence. With no less than 86
years of history behind it during
which it has never changed its name
or title, and has never been oat of
the Robinson hands, its growth has
been of the kind that insures em
inence and solidity. In size it is
one of the world’s wonders, carry
ing a thousand people, live hun
dred horses, hundreds of wild ani
mals, and requiring four great
trains to transport it. An enormous
array of high salaried arenie stars
from Europe and America, inclu
ding no less than 30 riders, 100 a
crobats and gymnasts, 50 aerial ar
tists, 50 clowns, etc., present a pro
gram so varied, artistic, and exci
ting as to defy competition. Its
zoological exhibit is so vast and
comprehensive, its collections of
rare animate and inanimate objects
from all over the world are so inter
esting as to make an educational
display of great value to old and
young.
Among the special features of ex
ceptional interest are the eight Lo
w and as, famed as the greatest riders
in the whole wide world. Three
great herds of performing elephants,
Dare Devil Dart, Warren Travis,
the strongest man on earth, the
horseback riding sea lions, a com
plete wild west, including 50 cow
boys, 30 cowgirls, 50 real blanket
Indians, Russian Cossacks, and Ja
panese Scouts, Mexican horsemen,
vaqueros, tribe of Singalese, troupe
of Arabs, and an unique and un
precedented camp of Tne Nations.
There will be a great street parade
eclipsing anything of the kind ever
attempted before. This great exhi
bition will positively appear in all
its completeness for two perfor
mances at Cochran Saturday, Oct.
29th.
Dr. Crippen Will
Hang Nov. 8 th.
London, Oct. 24. —Dr. Hawley
H. Crippen, convicted of the mur
der of his wife, Belle Elmore, the
actress, will be hanged on Novem
ber 8. The date originally an
nounced was November 15, but to
day the sheriff advanced the day
one week.
Porch columns and balusters,
hand turned, any pattern. Can fill
orders on short notice.
Cochran Lumber Co.
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COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910.
NEW FURNITURE!
Do Not Fail to see the New Pretty things in Furniture, Consisting of
Bed Room Suits, Odd Beds, Chifforobes, (pouches, Mattresses, Springs,
Chairs, Rockers, Sideboards, Tables, Trunks, Suit Cases and a Full
Line of Rugs and Matting.
PIANOS AND ORGANS ON EASY TERMS.
JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY.
Two New Trains
On Southern Ry.
For the aecomidatin of the hea
vy passenger trallie between Atlan
ta, Macon and Jacksonville, the
Southern Railway will on Nov.. 27,
inaugurate new night trains be
tween Atlanta and Jacksonville
which will be in addition to and al
together independent of the through
trains Nos, 13 and 14, now operat
e 1 between Jacksonville and Gin
cinati via Chattanooga and Atlanta,
according to announcement today
by Assistant General Passenger
Agent John L. Meek. On the
same date the Southern will
also begin running it’s regular
winter trains, Nos. • > and 6 known
as the “Florida Special.” thus giv
ing three trains a day each way be
tween Atlanta and Jacksonville and
five trains a day each way between
Atlanta and Macon.
The new night trains to be known
as Nos. 23 and 24, will be run for
the exclusive accomidation of trav
el between Atlanta and Jacksonville
and intermediate points. They will
be made up in Atlanta and Jack
sonville and will not wait for any
Connections.' These trains will con
sist of baggage car, coaches and
pullman sleeping car between At
lanta and Jacksonville and will also
handle Atlanta-Jacksonville sleeper
between Atlanta and Jessup. Ihe
inauguration of the Atlanta-Jack
sonville sleeper line is a new move
ment on part of the Southern,
made in an effort to take care of
the growing travel between Atlanta
and the Florida Metropolis. In
addition to proving a great conven
ience to travelers between Ailanta
and Jacksonville these trains will
mean better local service for im
portant points adjacent to Atlanta
and Jacksonville. They will be op
erated on the following schedule:
Leave Atlanta 8:30 p.m., arrive at
Macon 11:15 p. m., arrive Jack
sonville 7:30a. m., leave Jackson
ville 8:50 p. m., arrive Macon 5 a.
m. arrive Atlanta 7:4> a.m.
These new trains will also serve
to lighten the through trains, Nos.
13 and 14 which will then be run
as completed trains south of Atlan
ta stopping only at Macon and Jesup
these trains have also been improv
ed recently by the inauguration of
dining car service between Jesup
and Jacksonville,
The inauguration of the “Florida
Special” will be effected by.entend
ing trains Nos. 5 and 0 now ope
rated between Atlanta and Cincin
ati to Jacksonville. These trains
will carry sleepers between Detroit
and Jacksonville via Cincinnati,
and between Louisville and Jack
sonville and will have full dining
car service. They-will tun on the
following schedule: Leave Cincin
nati 8:00 p. in., leave Atlanta
11:20 p. m., arrive Macon 1:50 p.
Convict Killed
in Ocmulge River
He Was Shot by 1a Guard
While Trying to Make
His Escape
Waites Jackson, a negro convict,
was shot and killed Monday after
noon about four o’clock by George
Doolittle, one of the guards of the
chain gang, while the negro was
swimming the Ocmulgee in an effort
to getVway.
The gang was at work digging
clay on the bank of the river be
tween tbe railroad and wagon
bridges when Jackson made a break
for liberty and jumped jnto the ri
ver and was swimming across to the
west side when the shooting oc
curred. Failing to heed the warn
ing after being ordered three or four
times to haH, Guard Doolittle open
ed fire on the negro when he disap
peared under the water and was
seen no more.
Jackson was sent to the gang last
Thursday to serve out a twelve
months’ sentence for stealing a
mule, and had previously made
several attempts to escape but was
run down and captured with the
dogs.—Hawkinsville Dispatch and
News.
A Good Pair
Mr. D. E. Duggan brought to the
Journal office a pear and a water
melon of exactly the same size and
weight, both full grown and ripe.
The pair weighs 30 ounces. The
watermelon weighs only half as
the pair, but the pear weighs no
more than the watermelon. The
pear and the watermelon weigh 30
ounces, bue the pair weighs 30
ounces. The watermelon weighs
the same as the pear, but the pair
weighs twice as much as the water
melon.
The pair doesn’t weigh any less
than the pear and the watermelon
together, but the weighs as
We’ll weigh the watermelon and
see what’s wrong. Four other pears
were sent in some time afterwards
by Mrs. W. M. Wynne. Tne first
pair weighed 40 ounces. Two oth
ers weighed 18 and 19 ounces res
pectively. The last pear weighed
one ounce more than than, the first
pear, but the first pair weighed two
ounces more than twice as much as
the hist pear.
All the pears and watermelons
were splendid specimens of their
kind and we wish to thank Mr.
Duggan and Mrs. Wynne for the
luscious fruit.
nr., arrive Jacksonville 8:20 p. m.,
leave Jocksonvilie 7:40 a. nr., ar
rive Macon 2;30 p. m., arrive At
lanta 5:00 p, nr. arrive Cincinnatti
8:00 a. nr.
Dublin Man Killed
by Train Saturday.
Dublin, Ga., Oct. 25, —Mr. Bob
Prin was killed by the Wrightsville
and Tennile train Saturday night
while on his way home.
Mr. Prill’s family resides at Con
dor, five miles cast of Dublin, and
he was on his way home when
struck by the 5 o’clock train lea
ving this city. lie was brought
back to Dublin, and placed under
the care of physicians when it was
found his head had been crushed.
He died soon after reaching this
city.
Mr. Prin was employed at fthe
cotton warehouse of this city, and
was a very industrious, hard-work
ing citizen. Ilis untimely death
is deeply regretted here.
The Money Side of
the World’s Series
While the series was not the
most profitable ever played, it helps
to simplify the high cost of living
problem confronting even such he
roes as the Philadelphians to say
nothing of the Chicagoans with win
ter coming on.
The players’ share of the money
amounts to $79,071.93. Of this 60
per cent or $47,443.15 goes to the
winners and $31,628.77 to the
losers.
As there are 23 players on each
team eligible to participate, each of
the Philadelphians is entitled in
round numbers to $2,062, and each
Chicagian to $1,375.
The players shared in Sunday’s
receipts by courtesy of the manage
ments of the two clubs who con
cedes that if Sunday’s receipts
should be larger than those of any
previous day, the smallest receipts
should be considered as accruing to
the fifth game and the Sunday re
ceipts accredited to the fourth con
test, the last in which the players
had a financial share.
The total receipts for the series
were $173,980. The two clubs
share $38,765 apiece, while $17,399
goes to the national commission.
The total paid attendance was
125,219 persons.
Big Tent Meet
ing A t Empire
We will begin our tent meeting
at Empire next Sunday. All the
people are cordialy invited to at
tend, and the praying people are
earnestly requested to pray for a
great meeting. We will have 3
services Sunday 11 A. M., 3 P. M.,
and 7. P.M. Services through the
week will begin at 3P. M. and 7
P. M. We are going to try to give
the people some straight, good gos
pel in songs, sermons, and testimo
nies. J. M. Jones, pastor.
Lyceum Friday,
October 28th.
The First Lyceum Attraction of
the Season Will be at Ope
ra House 8 P.M. Fri
day, October 28.
Friday night “The Players” will
present a literary, dramatic, and
musical program of tbe highest class
at th 6 opera house. You would
have to pay $1.50 for this attrac
tion in Atlanta or Macon.
Our prices:
Season ticket for 4 attractions.s2
At Door, Adults 75c
“ “ Children 50c
Remember season tickets are not
returnable nor will any deduction
lie made for any numbers you may
miss—we want you to come.
After all, we need and must have
some amusement of the right sort
and the program of The Players is
amusing, instructive, educational,
delightful, appealing to the best
people of the community who are
always patrons of the Lyceum.
SOME TESTIMONIALS.
The instrumental music furnished
by Miss Rhetts was of the highest
type and extremely difficult. Her
shading and technique were wonder
ful —Nashville Tennessean.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Finch
gave the closing number of our Lec
ture Course. It was a course of
high class talent and I can say that
none of the numbers gave better
satisfaction than that of Mr. and
Mrs. Finch. Not only did their
work please the large and represen
tative audience but it conveyed an
excellent message which made bet
ter and happier men and women.
1 commend these good people to
the patrons of the platform.
B. Biegel, Pastor
St. Joseph’s Church
El wood, Indiana.
Mr. Laurence Finch has a won
derful voice which has been won
derfully trained and he possesses the
rare power to hold and sway his
audience by bis great personal mag
netism as well as his great ait.
Dr. Wiggin
in New York Art Journal
Mr. Finch is one of the best in
terpreters of Kipling on the Lyce
um Platform. Especially good are
the Tommy Atkins stories. His
English accent is perfect.—Boston
Transcript.
Mrs. Finch has been very success
ful in presenting monologues in
character haviifg scored a decided
hit in the Japanese play “Madame
Butterfly.” Mrs. Finch is able to
clothe the part with such excellence
and realism that her auditors un
consciously depart from their en
vironment and live for the time in
Eastern clinic where the story of
“Madame Butterfly” takes place.
NUMBER 22.
State Fair Opened
Wednesday.
Despite the fact that many of the
exhibits were not completed, hun
dreds of visitors passed through the
gates at Central City Park yester
day, on the opening day of the
Georgia Slate Fair. Words of
praise were heard on all sides and
the general verdict expressed by
everyone was the fair this year far
surpasses any previous undertaking
in this state. The gates were open
ed yesterday morning tit 10 o’clock
but there were very few visitors in
the fair grounds up to the noon
hour, for that reason the manage
ment decided not to carry out the
program of addresses that had been
announced. The majority of the
persons at the park during the
morning were buisily engaged in
putting on the finishing touches and
they did not have time to stop and
hear the words of the orators no
matter how much they would have
have‘liked to, even had they been
spoken. The fact that there were
not many people on hand during
the morning gave the workmen an
opportunity to put in some good
licks and by the afternoon the in
terior of the exhibit presented a
scene of activity. Visitors constant
ly thronged through the buildings,
admiring the exhibits and after tir
ing of that for the time being, jour
neyed to the White Way and then
back to the exhibits again. No one
was found yesterday who would say
they had been able to see every
thing on the grounds, for that is
considered a physical impossibility
for one day.
The first night crowd came up to
expectations. The White Way was
crowded the entire evening and
hundreds of people witnessed the
exhibition by the Pain fire fighters,
or the “Battle in the Clouds.” The
exhibition was a thrilling spectical
and for more than an hour the dis
pley continued unchecked.
today will be the real opening
of the fair and thousands of stran
gers will arrive in the city, the .
railroads having made special rates
and have provided extra coaches
for all of their regular trains.
day will lie known as
Grass day and the people from that
section of the state are coming in
full force. Many will come i ll auto
mobiles and a big automobile pa
rade will be held at 10:30 o’clock,
participated in by automobiles of
the Wire Grass section. E. H.
Hayman will be chief marshal of
the day and a handsome loving cup
will be awarded to the town send
ing the largest delegation.
The State Fair Association this
year did a wise thing when it offer
ed handsome premiums for the best
agrieultrial -exhibits for it brought
out the best the state produces.
The prizes for the best agrieultrial
exhibsts are:
First prize, $12,00: the second S7OO
and the third, SSOO.