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VOL. 3. IHJ g® an ggi | a gyi gga Xj d I re & m iU* EL 1% 4? H Ijl i'S [£□ i. 3 Agree to Sell You Your Furniture for Christmas Presents as Cheap as You Can Buy it Anywhere. We Also Guarantee the Quality to be as Good as You Can Buy Anywhere for the Price. Call and See Our Bed room " Suites i i Early English, Bird’s Eye Maple and Quartered Oak. Davenports, Lounges, Rockers, Art Squares, Matting, and Many Other Nice Things for the Elome. Te Number262. The Jackson Furniture Company, Cochra G;org ia . Railroad Meeting and Barbe cue at Cary a Great Success. The railroad meeting and barbecue at Cary was a grand success. No people under the sun know better how to pre pare a sumptuous feast of good things that appeal to the “in ner man” than our sturdy, enterprising and progressive farmers. i know of no-class of peo ple who are quite so indepen dent. 1 know of no business that brings better returns for the amount of energy and en terprise expended. The Georgia fanner with his broad fields teeming with the various products of this favored clime; his barns swelling with .provender gathered from the previous crop; sleek cattle grazing on a hundred hillsides, and mea dows: his farmyard filled with numberless fowls: his smoke house groaning with “hog and hominy” surely present' a situation to be cov ebidjrvg even the potentates of this earth; for, although th v may he lords of all they survey, and upon their heads may rest laurel leaves of vic tory, and from their breasts hang diadems, representing the worthy tribute of a grate ful people, the overwhelm ing responsibility, the promi nenee of their position, and the slavery of their envirou Thursday, December 22nd, 1910! AT M. H. COOPER'S RESIDENCE! 7 t ' I will sell the following described property to the highest bidder. 101 1-2 acres land more or less, about 40 acres in high state of cultivation—Balance well timberd, with one good four room’ house and two tenant houses. |Wag on, 2 buggies; Hogs, Cows, Com, Fod- and Peas—Also a lot Farming Implements. The above named property will be sold at my residence, 3 miles out from Cochran, on the Cochran and Lime Stone Church Road. [ M. H. COOPER, Agent COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1010. ments render them a thous and times less independent than the modest fanner who goes to rest beneath his vine covered cottage and awakes to hear the song of the mocking bird, representing a freedom no greater than his. For the independent fanner walks this earth paying no tribute to any man, responsible 'to no one but (}od for his conduct and his fellow man for the observ ance of the laws of the land. He is independent, without railroads; hut railroads are a great convenience, great de velopers; and ! know of no prettier country in Georgia through which a railroad could run than from Danville to Gary, Gary to Cochran, and thence to 1 Lawkinsville, con necting with the Southern Railway at Cochran for Flori da and the Atlantic Seaboard Ito the South and Macon for the North and East and West. The following executive committee was appointed to solicit funds and formulate plans for the construction of this line: B. ”. Abneys H. J. Abney, H. F. Armstrong, T. J. Lee, Frank Wade, W. L. Jameson, [CONTIXIKD OX LAST PAob] Swift’s Premium Calendar for 1911 Swift’s Premium Calendar for 1911 is styled “The Courtships of American Poetry.” The size of the calendar is 10x15 inches. On each of the four sheets is a beautiful picture in colors. These pictures are the work of noted American artists. There is no type matter on them so they are suitable for framing. Coder each picture is the verse from the poem illustrated that tits the action in it. The subjects are “Priscilla- and John Alden,” “ Hiawatha and Min nehaha,” “'laud Muller and The Judge,” “ Kvang "i; e and Gabriel.’ The calen lar <s now ready for dis tribution and can lie secured by sending, one .cap from ‘ a jar of .swift’s Beef Extract, 10 Wool Soap wrappers or 10 cents in stamps or coin to Swift A Company. Calendar Department., Fnion Stock Yards, Chicago, 1!!. Nick Lamar Freed by Americas fury jldjudged Not Quilly of Slaying of Euger.e Gunn over Card Game Just Six W Ago Yesterday. Americus, (la., Dec. 10. —Nick Lamar, on trial here for two days on a charge of killing Eugene Gunn, a companion, over a card game six weeks ago today was adjudged not puilty today and released from cus tody. The Lamar trial f was attended with absorbing interest and the court room crowded to capacity throughout its two days’ continu ance. Eight attorneys were inter ested in the case of Lamar and Wal ter Glover, both indicted for the ho micide, although Lamar alone was upon trial. Immediately after the verdict was rendered the indictment against Walter Glover was nol prosed and he likewise given liberty. Robert L. Berner, of Macon; Frank A. Hooper, James A. Hixon, L. J. Blalock, E. A. Nisbct, and C. R. Winchester represented the de fendants, while Solicitors Williams and Childers represented the state. The verdict, as rendered, caused considerable surprise among many here. Thirty witnesses testified at the trial. Special Notice! Vo All Customers of The Coch ran Electric Light and Water Worlds You are hereby notified that on and after January Ist all customers who have not paid their light and water bills by the 10th of each fol lowing month services will he dis continued until adjustments have been made. Respectfully, 12-8-2 t Gray F. Johnson, Supt. J. E. Floyd’s Res idence Robbed While - J. E. Floyd and family were attending the barbecue at Cary last Friday, someone entered their residence and stole forty-nine dol lars and two rent notes. The top bureau drawer in Mr. Floyd’s room was opened and two twenty dollor bills and the rent notes were taken from it. Nine dol ars, belonging to Mrs. Floyd, were taken from the wardrobe. The thief entered the room occu pied by Miss Maud Mosley. Her watch was lying on the dresser, but was not disturbed. No clue to the robbery lias yet been discovered. Cotton Trade in New Position. New Orleans, Dec. 11. —The ect ton trade this week vilj find itself in an entirely new position Mr the season. 'Die important bureau re ports of the season Svill ail he lie hind it and the question of supply and demand may receive undivided attention. From now on, until the end of the crop that may he considered of the highest import ance. , Tin: govern \iknt’s estimate. This week the trade will settle, to a great extent, the dispute over the correctness of the government’s es timate of the total growth. Figures as low as 11,426,000 will he a bit ter pill for many to swallow, ai d it may be hard to convince foreign spinners, particularly continental spinners, that they are approximate ly correct. Conservative traders are already willing to accept the government’s figures and in such a situation as the trade now finds itgelf in conservatism generallyAvins out. Should the cotton world, as a whole, decide that the estimate is as correct as was last season’s estimate, buying of both futures and spots will increase. There will he one thing that will he in the way of fresh operations of magnitude by the general run of traders and that will lie the approa ching holidays. Liverpool has al ready announced that it will he closed for four days, including S m day (Christinas) and for three days, including Sunday, at New Yera's. New York will close three days at both. Christmas and New Year’s, and New Orleans will probably adopt the same holidays. This means practically an entire week of inactivity at the year end and that business will not he resumed in full until the holiday season is well ov er. Naturally the general tendency from now on will he to avoid enter ing into fresh commitments of any size. Unless fresh developments of importance come to light, it will be a typical holiday market before the end of this week. Special Notice Coupon No 1013 is worth 85.00 Coupon No 1353 is worth §2.50 Coupon No 309 is worth §2.50 Persons holding the above numbers will please call and receive prizes. Taylor & Kennington. Death of /. W. Hunt, Wealthy Financier cmd Business Man The body of Jno. W. Hunt was brought here from Dallas, Tex., Wednesday Dee. 14, and buried in Weeping Pine Cemetery, beside the late lamented P. L. Peacock, his d< voted friend and life time business nssi teiate. Mr. Hunt was seventy years old, and had been gradually declining in health for the 71:1st twelve months He was born in Wilson County, N. ('., and was a soldier in the Con federate army, entering the service just in time to take part in the bat tle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded, captured, and thrown in to a federal pri.-on, and remained there until the dose' of hostilities. Almost thirty-five years ago he came to Dußois, Ga. and secured employment at that p!a . a : a dai ly laborer, lie was employed by the late A. T. Wiggs who at that time was operating a turpentine farm. Four years later, or almost thirty one years ago, lie and the late P. L. Peacock formed a business connect ion and inaugurated the first naval store commission business that was ever in the state of Georgia locating witn their headquarters at Savan nah under the well known firm 11 me of Peacock, Hunt, «fc Co. This firm,ever since its inauguration, has stood as a Gibraltar of financial in tegrity, broad business acumen, and achieved a phenomenal success equaled by few business enterprises in this part of the state. Mr. Hunt was a wealthy man. He was perhaps worth one million and half to two million dollars. The naval store business in Savannah was the foundation of this fortune; in fact he made his money in south Georgia, although he made many investments outside of the state. On Wednesday, December 21st The Following Described Property will be sold to the highest bidder:' 2 Young Bay Mules, well matched, 1 old horse for family use, 1 Barnesville Rubber Tire Bug gy, 1 Machine Buggy, about 1 5 0 bushels Corn and 3000 bundles Fodder, and Farm Imple ments. i Will be sold at public out cry to the highest bidder on Wednesday, December 21st at the Bullard Place About 1 1-2 miles from town. Terms Cash. Said sale for division of property of heirs of the estate of Mrs. J. M. Bullard. Sale will Begin Promptly at 10 O’clock a. m. H. F. BULLARD, J.' D. BULLARD, MRS. W. S. COLEY. He held equal interest with J. W. West of Valdosta in the ownership of the Hotel Southland at Dallas, Texas. He was sole owner of the Angeles, a million dollar hotel in Los Angeles, Cal., was one of the largest stockholders of the Citizens Southern Bank, of Savannah, Ga., ! was owner of a naval store eonimis j sion house in Jacksonville and had | property in New York and else ; where. Some time before his death he said to Jno. E. Harris, his confi dential fri nd and adviser: “1 made my money in south Henrda, and when 1 die ! want the bulk of my fortune to go there as a fund to he expended for worthy, charitable purposes among the peo | pie where f made it.” Mr. Hunt’s will has not yet been ■ made public, hut it is understood J that some years before Isis death he ; contemplated the erection of a great orphan's home somewhere in mid dle or south Georgia. No doubt i iiis will has | rovidod -peeilie plans | for the consummation of this noble | undertaking. | The man who leaves money to j endow colleges and build public li | braries does a noble work in dissem | iiiating know ledge and uplifting hu manity —A work that cannot he cal culated. He transmits untold ben j efits to future ger orations and builds for himself a lasting monument in | the hearts and minds of his people; ! but he who reaches down to help the little orphans and waifs of this world, building a home for the fa therless and creating comfort for those whom the misfortunes and sins of this world have sent adrift upon the tide of humanity, res [CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE]