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VOL. 3.
Atlanta After Pres
byterian University
Atlanta is not only after Mercer
University, but they are also en
deavoring to move the Presbyterian
Seminary from Columbia, S. C. t<>
lie made a part of a grand universi
ty contemplated by the Southern
Presbyterian church and to be locat-:
ed in Atlanta. This scheme has
lioo.i on foot for some time. W e
admire the great enterprise and
pluck of our capital city, but qucs
tion the policy and wisdom of en
deavoring to rob other cities.
If Atlanta wants colleges, let her
build them. It seems to us that it
is absolutely wrong for them to
stretch out their avaricious liay/d
--toward our Central City, »t>d en
deavor to pull in her ff/iurishing
. npd beloved Mercer that f has been
i lifitJged and fostered by her loyal
citizens for the past fJfty-one years.
Macon is up hi arms, and, as a
retaliation, will endeavor to move
the capita from Atlanta, and are
prepared to offer a magnificent site;
and to show the Georgia legislature
that Macon is the logical point be
ing centrally ’ocated, an ideal city,
and altogether able to maintain the
proper prestige of being the capital
city’ of the Empire State of the sun
ny South.
Government to
Crop Estimate Dec. 9
New Orleans, November 20. —
The cotton trade is now entering
upon a period in which it will think
and talk about little else than crop
estimates. The one big estimate of
the year, that of the government on
the total crop, is not far off, its date
of.publication being De-ember 8,
and this week material for this esti
mate wil be in active preparation
all over the cotton oelt.
The report that the trade will lis
ten to the first thing Monday morn
ing will be next to the last ginners’
report before the government’s esti
mate and is, therefore, regarded as
very important, especially since the
gi oners’ report to follow will proba
bly be issued on the same day as
the estimate, as has been the custom
for some years, leaving the trade
but little time to digest it and use it
in fresh calculations concerning the
total yield.
WATCH INI. THK WEATHER
The weather of this week will lie
■ixiously watched, for the weather
Hm affect the gathering of the rem-
Mjjk of ti e crop and consequently
Favorable weather
probably; lead to large esti
mates of the total amount ginned,
which in turn would encourage
those who believe in a large crop to
stick to their figure.*,
f Thursday will he a holiday on
this side of the water, and on Fri-
®l|C Cocljran 3onnuil
COCHRAN, pyLASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1910.
One of the most useful presents in the world is a nice piece of Furniture, and some of the'
selections of
Bed Room Suites, Iron Beds, Davenports, Parlor Suits, Rockers, Hat Racks, Piettyt
Squares, Rugs and Many Other Nice Things for the Home are to be Found at
Shooting A ffray
in Hartford
Steve Randall, a tffegro, Was
Shot Saturday by J. E.
McNeel.
In Hartford last Saturday after
noon about one o’clock Steve Ran
dall, who lives in Mr. Roseoe Beni
bry’s farm, was shot and painfully
wounded by Mr. J. E. McNeel.
Mr. McNeel shot at the negro
four ti nes but only two of the bul
lets took .effect. One of these
struck his hand and the other pen
etratciVfiis *leg just above the knei
arfid broke he hone..
Randall, it is said, was drurk
and had gotten intoa difficulty witn
Mr John McNeel, a son of Mr. J.
E. M.'NeeJ, and drew a pistol on
him, when the father was called to
his son’s assistance and opened fire
on the negro as lie was attempting
to shoot the young man. —Hawkins-
ville Disp. A News.
day the census bureau will issue a
report on the supply and distribu
tion of cotton up to October 31. As
a rule, these reports on supply and
distribution do not cause much ex
citement around the future ring,
but once in a while they contain
surprises which throw the future
market into an uproar, and iV is
well to he prepared for any such oc
currence, especially in a season like
this when supply and distribution
statistics are full of meaning.
END OF NOVEMBER EXPORTS
One thing that the trade will
want to know more about this week
is the size of the end of November
exports. Ocean freight brokers
have been talking lately about a big
demand upon them for cotton room,
especially for Havl’e and Bremen.
Both of these ports an; carrying
very’ small stocks of cotton and it
has been claimed that Havre lias
been making special efforts to re
plenish its supplies, the chief diffi
culty in the way being the firmness
with which spots have been held in
the interior of the cotton belt. Fu
tures will he affected favorably and
perhaps strongly’, so if toward the
week-end it develops that end of
November shipments are to he
November is a dull month,
as a rule, in the matter of spot tra
ding, and any departure from this
dullness will he taken to mean that
spinners are very anxious for fresh
supplies of raw material.
It is held in some quarters that a
strong movement to buy the Decem
ber option is under way, and that a
strong clique is accumulating a
great quantity of eotton. Any
fresh news tending to prove this
will stimulate buying, particularly
among outside traders. !
The South Atlantic
Corn Exposition
We publish below a letter from
the President of the Stats Corn
Breeders’ Association, South Caro
lina in regard to the South Atlantic
'Corn Exposition to he held in Co
lumbia, S. C., December 5-8 next.
We trust that some of our readers
will try’ for some of these prizes.
The following letter contains neces
sary information:
To the public:
The South Atlantic Corn Exposi
tion, to he held in Columbia, Dee.
5-8, 15)10, which is the first under
taking of its kind ever attempted in
the South, gives every promise of
being a great success.
The State Corn Contest and the
Boys’ C oi'A .Clubs have developed
and are still deveUTpMg the public
interest in the matter of yieVV- of
corn. Now. that so much has
been accomplished in that direction,
this Corn Exposition is to he held
with a view of setting the machin
ery in motion to improve the quali
ty’ of the corn Raised in this and our
sister states, to stimulate breeding
work and make corn bring more
per bushel.
No one should fail to compete
and send exhibits to the exposition
because he has read of one man or
hoy making a phenomenal yield,
and because he fears to enter into
competition with such. At the Ex
position all exhibits will he judged
as to quality whether they are from
lots of corn from the large produc
ing acres or not. They will lie
scientifically judged and scored and
the corn from a low yield field
stands an equal chance with any
other.
I would, therefore, urge all corn
growers, men or hoys, who have
what they consider good corn, ei
ther prolific or single ear, white or
yellow, to apply at once to M. J.
Miller, Superintendent of Entries,
Department of Agriculture, Colum
bia, S. ('., for premium lists, entry
blanks, and shipping instructions,
andLentcr the competition. The
prizes are numerous and handsome,
and at the present stage of develop
ment of corn growing one man
stands as good a chance at these
prizes as another.
Entries should he made at once.
A. D. Hudson,
Chairman of Commission.
Bale Cotton Weighs
74 7 Pounds
The largest hale of cotton mar
keted in Cochran this year was
brought in Tuesday afternoon by
Mr. M. A. Scarborough. This cot
ton was ginned by A. V. Horne’s
ginnery and weighed, after ginning,
747 pounds, the seed bringing $20.-
37,. The cotton is in • store at the
Farmers Union Warehouse.
Livery Stables
Change Hands
The City’ Tranafer Company has
bought out the livery feed and sales
stables of Mr. W. S. Coley, closing
the trade Wednesday. In retiring
from the livery business, Mr. Coley
will move to his place near here
and take active charge of the plant
ation. He has just completed an
attractive residence there.
The City Transfer Company will
continue their dray line with the
business bought of Mr. Coley and
will run both in their name.
Situation in Mexico
Gravest in Y ears
t
Uncle Sam’s Tffroops at Eagle
I _ Pass
Eagle I , assT a rv4UiS i> Nov. 22—At (i
o’clock tins evening it by
one of tlie highest officials, and oner
who by virture of his position, is in
close touch with the revolutionary
movement in Mexico, that fighting
is now gok'g on in Cuarto Cienegas,
a large and prosperous city just be
low Monclova. It is regarded as
the stronghold of the anti-Diaz
forces.
The same authority say’s the situ
ation now in Mexico is more serious
than at any time in the past several
years. He declares that the excite
ment on the border is nothing com
pared with what it would he if all
was known of the situation in the
interior. He says that the officials
and citizens of Cuidad Porfirio Diaz
are expecting the very worst at any
minute. They’ are scouting the sur
rounding country, not for revolu
tionists, hut for their friends and
relatives and bringing them into
the city, some not for protection,
but for the purpose of arming and
assisting in the defense of Cudad
Proririo Diaz. The town is under
absolute military control and all
communications with the American
side prohibited after dark.
The passenger train from the
south, which is supposed to have
left Torreon yesterday afternoon,
has not yet arrived in Cuidad Pro
firo Diaz, though it was due there
at 11 o’clock this morning, and
officials say that they do not know
where the train is. the railway
wires are not working.
Troop L Third United States cal
vary’, under command of Lieuten
tenant BristilJl arrived at Eagle Pass
at 6 o’ clock this afternoon.
A high Mexican official stated
today that it was his opinion that
the Diaz reign was at an end.
West Livaudias, a New Orleans
business man, who has reached
here from Torreon, confirms the re
port of a clash between federal sol
diers and revolutionists- The gov
Macon Wants
State Capitol
Fight for the Capitol Building is
Jlgilated by Movement to
Transfer Mercer.
At a mass meeting at the Cham
ber of Commerce in Macon yester
day resolutions were adopted to eon- j
tend for the transfer of the state
capitol to Macon. It seems that a
fight to the finish will ensue be
tween Atlanta and Macon, rivalry
between the two cities being already
■-xisting over the proposed transfer
of Mercer University.
We copy from the Telegraph dat
ed yesterday:
“At a mass meeting held in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce,
at which all the representative citi
zens of Macon Were present, the fol
lowing set of resolutions were unan
imously adopted:
“Resolved, That the state capitol
■'gilding of the state of Georgia, now
Ga., is entirely
inadequate in size'iT7Tt*r>w : [ > building
not in keeping with the prßjjWSi.
and needs of the Empire State; and
he it
“Further resolved, That we do
petition the next general assembly’
of the state of Georgia, through
Hon. Joe Hill Hall, Walter Defore,
and Minter Wimberly, that they
erect a more suitable building for
our fast growing state: and he it*
“Further resolved,. That Macon,
Ga., being the direct center of the
state of Georgia, that we insist, in
the event of the state erecting a new
building, that it he erected at Ma
con. if located at Macon, we put
our Chamber of Commerce and city
council on record as willing to fur
nish the state of Georgia with the
most valuable and beautiful site en
tirely free of cost; he it
“Further resolved, That these
resolutions he presented to the next
general assembly when they meet by
Bibb county’s representatives.”
FOR SALE —One 10 horse power
gasolene engine, comparatively new,
in good running shape. Also one
Meadows grist mill: half price;
write or call on R. L. Walker,
Cochran, Ga. 11-17-tf
eminent forces were apparently
beaten and the rebels invested Go-
Polacio and Lerado.
“The rebels at 3 o’clock Monday
morning,” said Liraudais, “shot
down the police on the corners at
Gomez Palacio. The garrison was
senUa gainst them and many’ were
reported killed, The soldiers were]
forced to fall hack, and when I left
Torreon a large force from there
had been sent to retake the town.
Torreon is practically under martial
law and everything is shut tight.” |
Card from Prof.
L. H. Brow ur gq
Saturday, Dec. 3rd, all school
teachers in the public school of Pu
laski are requested and cordially in
vited to meet at the Cochran Opera
House at 10 o’clock a. m. to form
a corn club and industrial exhibit
for the coming year.
| The trustees of every - school
should notify their teachers and
have conveyance ready to bring
them.
The purpose of this call is to
arouse interest in the development
of horticulture in
our eominnrHTyT Prizes will he se
cured for at least 20 exhibits. No J
dues will he asked for.
Only school children will lie al
lowed to enter the school contests.
The farmers will have a separate
contest at the s ni( time and place.
Leo 11. Browning,
Supt. CWlmm School.
Card of Thanks
I wish to extend many thanks
for the kindness shown and the
manifested by my
friends in*my , *N"*4iijtdh)ess.
Mrs. W H.
Dixon May Prosecute
Citizens of A mericus
Americus, Ga., Nov 13 —Thomas
Dixon and Company’, presenting
“The Sins of the Father,” spent
two hours in Americus today, en
route to Albany. Mr. Dixon was
in consultation wish ftiends, pre
sumably’ regarding Lis threatened
damage suit against Americus
dermen and clergymen for alleged
slander in the, resolution recently
passed by’ the council prohibiting
the presentation of his play’ here.
Council is given until noon tomor
row to rescind this resolution or
stand prosecution.
Death of Little Girl
Pauline, the two months old baby
girl of Mr. and Mrs. I*. It. Purser,
died Sunday night.
The funeral services were held at
the home Monday. Interment was
ment was made at Weeping Pine
cemetery’ Monday afternoon.
NOTICE
One setter dog with white and
liver colored spots on body, follow
ed party home from Chester Nov.
22. Information can be obtained
at Journal office by’ paying for this
notice.
See the beautiful parlor sets at
11-24'lt Jackson’s
