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"LIBERALITY fAKDIMI#RTNCIPUrS tOo This Basis V6\Wiir Bo filad M^6^PL&isinaoAcqiiaii2teßce The First National Bank °f Cochran J. B. PEACOCK, President. B. J. WYNNE, Vice-President. » J. B. THOMPSON. Cashier. R. H. PEACOCK. Asst. Cashier. J ACCURACY PROFESSIONALS. . DR. C. T. HALL. Dentist, Cochran, - Georgia. Office over J. J. Taylor's Store. R. L. WHIPPLE. Physician. Cochran, - Georgia. Calls answered Day and Night. Office Phone 264. Residence 273. HERBERT L. GRICE, Attorney-at-Law, Hawkinsville, - Georgia. DR. T. D. WALKER, Physician aoi Surgeon, Cochran, Georgia. L. A. WHIPPLE. Attorney-at-Law, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. Huggins Building. M. H. BOYER. Lawyer, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. 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 o( its Branches. H. E. COATES. Attorney-at-Law, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. J. J. TAYLOR. President J. P. PEACOCK, Vice-President, J. A. WALKER, Cashier (Eurlmtu banking dompang. Capital, $25,000.00. Surplus, $35,000.00. (Eorhran, Cknnjia. We Solicit Your Patronage. TAYLOR SAW MILLS LEAD - o ln Simplicity, Capacity, Durability, None Better Buy Macon Mad© Machinery and avoid \ ©aceaaive treiihta and iontf waits ior Espsirfl m ® ASOUNE tHGifJES Portable & Stationary Boilers Ljr Complete Ginning, Sawing and Shingle Outfits fumps,Tanks, Towers. Rsrf ng, Acetylene Lipb'lrj Pleats EVERYTHING IN MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES wr MALLART MACHINERY CO^r.! 1 If Your Business Isn’t Worth Advertising Advertise It For Sale. W. L. & WARREN GRICE, Attorneys-at-Law. Hawkinsville, Georgia. Office over George's Drug Store, Commerce Street. H. F. LAWSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms, 8 and 9 HUGGIN’s BUILDING. HAWKINSVILLE, GA. - - - - 11 ■■ grm DR. R. J. MORGAN. “hysician and Surgeon. Cochran, Georgia. Oflier Phone 13. Residence 28. MARION TURNER Attorney at Law HAWKINSVILLE, GA, Offices 1 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 - - 202 Mrs. Manning’s Residence No. 845 Walker’s Pharmacy Number - 9 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 courtesy; STABILITY LUCK OF SNAP-SHOT ARTIST Secured Photograph of Attempted As sassination Which Appeared in 3,000 Publications. The most remarkable press picture ever obtained was undoubtedly the .photograph of the actual exploding of khe bomb which was thrown at the jking and queen of Spain on the occa ,sion of their Majesties’ wedding. It jwas secured by an operator for one of the largest firms of press photograph ers. ! The photograph proved a veritable /gold mine, for it appeared in close on three thousand publications, including, 'of course, foreign, Colonial, and Ameri can journals. | The photograph was secured more or less by a piece of good luck, says the Strand. The operator was on a stand [with his camera in the place allotted to him by the police, waiting for the procession to appear; the camera was placed facing down the street up which the procession was to coine. From the moment it came in sight until the royal carriage was within about thirty yards of him the operator secured three pic tures. He then readjusted the camera so as to get a good picture of the king and queen in their carriage, which was about ten yards from him. At the same instant as the operator pressed the ball and exposed a plate a dark ob ject was hurled at the royal carriage from a balcony window, and then fol lowed Instantly a blinding flash and a noise like a thunder-clap. The opera tor was hurled half-stunned to the ground his camera following him. When he was able to stand he saw a terrible scene below him. The large crowd was stampeding in all directions. Any one luckless enough to fall in that storm of rushing humanity was in stantly trampled to death, and several did fall. Some thirty people in all were killed on that occasion, of whom at least half were simply crushed or trampled to death in the panic that followed on the explosion. It is very remarkable that all the plates in the operator’s camera were broken with 'the exception of the last one he had exposed, which depicted the actual scene at the moment of the explosion. SOME FIFTH CENTURY JESTS Anecdotes Taken From Joke Book Compiled by Greek Student In Fifth Century. The following aneedytes are taken from a volume of jests compiled by a Greek student of Alexandria, Hier ocles by name, in the fifth century, A. D.: A learned man, wishing to swim, was nearly drowned; whereupon, he swore that he would never touch water again until he learned how to swim. Of twin brothers, one died. A profes- 1 sor, thereupon, meeting the survivor, | asked: “Is it you that died, or your! brother?” • A scholar meeting another of the! profession, said: “I heard you were j dead." “And yet,” replied the other, j ‘‘you see that I am still alive.” “Well,” ! said the first, In perplexity, "I don’t | know what to believe, for the man who; told me about it is a much more truth-1 ful man than you!” A professor, a bald man, and a bar ber, traveling together, agreed to keep watch in turn four hours each, while the others slept. The barber’s turn came first. He quietly shaved the head of the sleeping professor, and when the time elapsed awoke him. The lat ter, scratching his head as he got up, and finding it bare, cried out: “What a rascal that barber is! He waked the bald man instead of me!" He’s Always Right. Lord Northcliffe, who began life as a poor reporter, now owns the Lon don Tiroes, the Daily Mirror, the Eve ning News and a score or two of British weeklies and magazines. Lord Northcliffe, on his last visit to New York, was reproached because two of bis newspapers advocated di ametrically opposite views. But the young millionaire journal ist was quite ready with his defense. “Are there not,” he said, “two sides, a right and a wrong, to every ques tion? Well, how, without two papers, can I be always right?” Little Hope for the Timid. Men who are so afraid of doing things that they lack courage !to attempt wise ones will never do (much. IMPR RACK TO HOLD PITCH FORKS Another Example of “A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place”—How Made. (By JOHN W. GRAHAM.) Having occasion to be '.n the hay loft after dark several times I have run over a fork and once I struck my ankle against a prong and it came very near causing serious trouble. This led to the construction of the holder shown in the drawing. The rack is made of an inch board, one Pitch Fork Rack. foot long and eight inches wide. One side of the hoard is cut to a half cir cle. Near the circle edge of the board, five holes are bored, the holes large enough to admit a large fork handle. This board is nailed to a post 4 feet from the floor. The support (for the end of th-a handles) is the same shape as the one with the holes but only half as large and it has no holes in it. It is nailed to the post, one foot from the floor. A piece of hoop-iron is nailed to the post six inches above the lower piece, forming a circle which holds the end of the handles in place. This is another example of "A place for everything and everything in its place.” SENSIBLE DEVICE ON SPOUT Strainer Composed of Mesh Fabric or Wire Screen Prevents Leaves and Trash from Entering. Tills is an excellent device for pre venting any leaves, twigs and other trash from entering the down spout of a leader from the roofs of houses and barns. The strainer is composed of mesh fabric or wire screen and it Spout Screen^ in equally effective whether the down spout connects with the eaves-trough at one end or at a point intermediate of the ends, as all refuse may be car ried by the force of the water, over tho edge of the trough, therefore ren dering the latter self-cleaning. STORE ROOTS OVER WINTER Careful Treatment Is Needed to In sure Beauty of Plants Next Sea son—Some Suggestions. When frost has cut down the glory of the flaming canna, has withered the late blooming dahlia, has seared the huge leaves of caladiums, and has left scarcely a memory of the rich coloring of gloxinias, it is time to think of their winter welfare. The loots of all these plants need careful treatment if they are to give of their beauty next season. Remove the tops of the roots that are to be saved, especially if they have been badly nipped with frost, as the decay may spread to the bulbs. These may be left to ripen in the earth for a few days and should bo dug on a bright, sunny day. Dry in the sun for several days, or, if the weather be cold, spread on the floor of a sunny room and cover at night with blankets to protect from frost. When dry, shake off the loose earth and pack in boxes of sand, pa per bags, or on the shelves of frost proof cellars, according to the nature of the roots. Caladium bulbs can be easily win tered in a dry, frost-proof cellar. The chief danger is decay of the center shoot. Keep a sharp watch for this, and, If it i 3 noticed, puli off the de cayed parts down to whero it is sound. Store in flour bags or in boxes of sawd. Keeping Honey. Honey improves with age. The old er it is the finer the flavor. Extract ed honey is much easier to keep than comb, as the latter 13 liable to get soiled, and must be kept in tight cases. roads would ('or:U W benefits upon the farmers ®®®j|K United States. Better roads would greatly lessen the cost of transporting produce to market, and as soon as the farmers learn how to make good roads, and make them, the greater will be their profits. When farmers learn that on each mile of highway, three rods wide, ap proximately 27,000 tons of water fall annually, they will begin to appre ciate the necessity of highway drain age, and learn that a hard road can not be made out of mud. No plan of road work, no amount of labor and machinery, will make a good dirt road that will stay good until some plan is adopted to get rid of the water. It has been satisfactorily demon strated that a fairly gratifying road for hauling heavy loads should be rounded up in the center, so that water may quickly flow into ditches at the side and be carried off through properly constructed channels. Cul verts should be provided to conduct water under the roadway and thus prevent gullying the roadway with running water. Nothing will give farmers better ideas of how a good road should be built, or show them the losses they are sustaining traveling to market over poor roads, than Farmers’ Bul letin No. 95, which may be had free of cost by writing a postal card to the department of agriculture, Wasln ington, D. C., and asking for it. It is one of the most practical helps a farmer can have in solving the trans portation question in the country. Good roads help both the farmers and the city people. Therefore any proposition which looks to endowing the country with good roads is en titled, if not to acceptance, at all events to a respectful hearing. UNHOOK DOOR FROM OUTSIDE Convenient Way Illustrated of Un fastening Door by Fastening Cord to Staple on Inside. A cord is fastened to the hook and then passed through a hole in the door and tied to the knob outside, \! in j V Unhooking Door. Pulling the string will remove the hook; slip the string off the hook, and the door cannot be opened front the outside. Fall Mulching of Vegetables. Any time during the fall the mulch ing of rhubarb, asparagus, and all of the vegetable and flowering peren nials may be done. Any kind of fine or coarse manure will do. The fall and early winter rains will dissolve out richness of the manure and carry it to the roots of the plants before freezing. It is best to mulch the lawn some time in December or January. Changing Fashions. Fashionable folks are taking up horses again, the automobile having become too common for them. And farmers are buying automobiles to save their horses. There is nothing saved by fall set ting of asparagus. The sweet potato crop has grown wonderfully in the last few years. Many failures occurred from plant ing poor seed potatoes last spring. Teach the hired man the best meth ods of farming, for his knowledge will prove your gain. Now is the time when the man who kept his cornfield clear of weeds reaps his reward. Land containing plenty of humus holds the moisture better than that which is cropped every year. There is a whole lot besides luck in raising a good crop. It takes judg ment, care and persistent application. It is as important to have a fine seed bed for grass as any other crop, a fact that many do not seem to be aware of. If barn-yard manures are to be used to fertilize, they should be evenly ap plied and well mixed with the soil by frequent harrowings. Plowing under leguminous crops like clover and cow peas, in addition to making humus, supplies nitrogen, one of the most important elements of fertility. Keep the potatoes in a cool place after digging them. This applies also to all root crops. If kept at a low temperature they remain crisp and nutritious. Oil the mower and binder sickles and the scythe, wrap them with cloth, and lay them away where there will he no danger of anything being in jured on them if?*sLi i ' > l.al of populanoiTup is still in the lead, as the pleted by the board of health tors and representatives of eon chamber of commerce w They are 41,775, nearly 500 nuftreMH the population of Augusta as fig|H9 by the citizens of that city themsel^Bfl Commerce.—J. H. Fleming of Con® merce raised a potato that weighed ’ ten pounds. Hartwell. —In the event of the ignation of Hon. Hoke Smith asjffll erncr to enter the race for lfit States senator, Hon. Julianjßeßß.K of Hartwell will be a the vacancy in the primary V be ordered held. Mr. McC ur r yin ad & * this positive announcement on leav ing home for New York. Statesboro.- —That the Savannah,- Augusta and Northern railway intends to extend its line from Garfield, its' present terminus, to Stevens’ cross ing, a distance of 15 miles, is now certain. A large corps of workmen are engaged on the job, and two miles of track have been laid. This road traverses one of the richest sections of Bulloch county. Macon.—At a mass meeting of Ma con citizens a movement was inaug urated to move the state capltol from, Atlanta to Macon and Representative Joe Hill Hall, Walter DeFore and Min ter Wimberly of Bibb county, v; V were present, pledged themselves i-fl introduce a bill amending the const® tutiou of the state so as to provide fofl the change and erection of a new cap® itol building in Macon. A suitable!; laud site was pledged to the state” free of charge. Gainesville.—E. B. Eppes, president, of the Gainesville Midland railway,! has resigned, the resignation taking) effect January 1. The vacancy will be filled by Captain W. B. Denhamj president Tampa Northern Tampa, Fla. Swainsboro.—.Most of the c®|l •* grown tiiis year in Emanuel coun®| has been picked and ginned, a grearn portion of it having already been m sheeted. Local cotton men they have never before known tile® cotton of the county to be marketjj|S so close. This county in the last years has increased in the (if cotton almost double. A 1 4® ago, 10,000 or 12,000 bales the county was crop, tiiis year between non bales were grown. Savannah. Georgia lonial Dames elected officers; President, Mrs. J<®Rj' Wilder, Savannah; vice presffßHl® Mrs. L. C. Young, Savannah; Mrs® William L. Wilson, Savannah; Mrs. J® R. Lamar, Augusta; Mrs. F. H. Orme® Atlanta; recording secretary, Mrs. W.® G. Charlton, Savannah; corresponding' secretary, Mrs. C. G. Anderson, Jr., Savannah; registrar, Mrs. Frank B. Screven, Savannah; historian, Mrs. D.> Watson Winn, St. Simons; genealo-J gist, Miss Eugenia M. Johnston, Sa® vannah. Members board of manaa® ers for two years: Mrs. W. G. ton, Mrs. P. W. Meldriin, Billington, Mrs. Randolph A9T” * all of Savannah; Mrs. JosejMi tiling, Augusta; Mrs. W. D. lanta; Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, ®R Mrs. Anna Benning, Colunibut®| Jackson.—The big of the Central Georgia pany on the Ocmulgee river, elgn™ miles from Jackson, has at last been completed. The work was finished a few days ago and the water has been shut off and the big reservoir, cover ing 3,800 acres, is being filled. It will require several weeks for the reser voir to fill up. The work of building) this big power plant was started twd years ago. It represents an expendi ture of $3,000,000 or more. The dam* is said to be the largest in 'he south and will generate from 18,500 to 22,500 < electric horsepower. The transmission lines have been completed to Macon, Monticello, Forsyth, Griffin and At lanta, and soon the power will be available for we. Toccoa.—A story which sounds more like fiction than real life, is be ing enacted in Franklin county, Geor gia, with the towns of Bowersville, Royston and Canon as the chief stage of action. Recently there arrived in Carnesville, the couny site of Frank lin county, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Dungan of Philadelphia, Pa., with what they claim to be original deeds to 7,000 acres of the best land in that* section, taking in most of the cites! of the little towns of Bowersville, Royston and Canon, including the fa-* mous Ffanklin springs property, with, the mineral springs which have be come so noted in late years for their 1 mineral properties. Atlanta.—Charles S. Reid of Palmet to was named by Governor Brown to be solicitor general of the Stone Mountain circuit, to succeed William Schley Howard, resigned. The' resig nation and appointment are to take ef fect December 1. Following the elem tion of Mr. Howard as a member of congress from the Fifth district, he resigned his present office. Roswell.—The Citizens’ bank o! Rosswell, with a capital stock of $3-: * 000, was chartered. The incorporator! are C. J. Perry, J. B. Wing, G. T. Lyon, t> g. Broadweil, all of Roswell