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connecting moms at reasonable j
price—Address, Wanted, in care of!
Cochran Journal. D5-2t. |
The Wednesday Rridge Club was
entertained delightfully by Mrs.
Tom Fisher. After the game ue
ieious refreshments were served
Just the members were present.
K Over stocked on matting. Do
Jot buy till you see
Jackson
A delightful affair of Christmas
week was the paity given by Mrs.
E. Cook, Jr., on Friday afternoon.
Those who enjoyed Mis. Cook’s
hospitality were:
Mcsdames Jno. Stocks, O. J.
Whipple, T. W. Fisher, R. T. Jack
son, Arthur Jackson and J. C. 1 r
quhart.
M. Bullard made a business
■to Eastman, Friday.
on easy terms at
1 Jackson’s
y\.\llie Reae Vk, of Bartlesville,
Mw Mrs. Alhi rt Peacock.
HBoinforts cheap and warm at
1 ' Jackson’s
V Mr. Guyton Wynne has gone to
tlorida.
I Felt mattresses over stocked, see
1 Jacksc n
I Our genial friend Col. J. 1.
Newsome, the popular conductor on
the Hawkinsville branch line, has
been appointed Lieutenant Colonel
of Calvary for the state of Georgia.
We extend congratulations.
Aint the floor cold? Matting is
cheap at Jackson’s
FOUND —Brown coin purse con
taining 35 cents on Beech street,
residence of Chas Mullis. Owner
can obtain same at Journal Office
by paying for this notice.
LOST —Coil of rope between J.
.J. Taylor’s Hdw. store and ceme
tery. Finder will return to -T. R.
Smith and receive reward.
' Free delivery Jackson Fur. Co.
j Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Wood Tuesday night a line baby
boy. Mr. Wood says lie looks like
l e will soon be able to wiTd a
s’ dje-hammer.
LOST —A gold Bai pin with name
“Faunie” engraved on it; if found
hddlse return to Miss Fannie
Smith. .• l-o-lt
T. B. Pace, of Creola, Ala., visit
el Cochran a few days this week.
w. and .wife, of Doth-
Christmas with the
parents.
IT. H. Wade and wife, of Macon,
visited the latter * parents here dur
ing Christmas week.
JjAev,;J. P. Henderson, of Haw-
H»-ille, was in the city, W edr.es-
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cochran;-¥ulaski county, ga., Thursday. January, 5, 1911.
Moscly— Wynne.
Mr. B. J. Wynne, a prominent
merchant and hanker of <>nr city, j
was quietly married to MDs Maud
Moseiy at the residence ot Mr. J. E.
Floyd at Cary Wednesday afternoon
December 28th.
Miss Mosely had charge of the
Cary Public School, and was con
sidered by the patrons and school
board a very valuable and efficient
teacher. Her place will be hard to
till.
They boarded the train at Coleys
for Atlanta, returning to Cochran
last Sunday.
Mr. Wynne endeavored to elude
his many friends at Cochran but
quite a delegation went up to Coleys
in automobiles to bid them farewell
and to show them the many little
attentions that are usually shown
popular couples on such occasions.
A supply of rice was carried along,
and their baggage received the us
ual decorations.
They will be at home to their
many friends at their handsome re
sidence on Cherry street.
To My Friends
and Customers
I have bought half interest in J.
L. Floyk it Co’s, store and I want
all of my old friends and customers
to be sure to call in to see me.
We are just in front of the Plan
ters Warehouse & Grocery Co. Be
sure to come to see me, even if you
can’t buy anything. lam always
glad to see my old friends. We are
going to carry Dry Goods, Notions,
Groceries, and Hardware. We will
guarantee the prices and the goods.
Be sure to call in.
Yours to serve,
Arthur NeSmith.
Mrs. J. A. Wal
ker Entertains
Mrs. J. A. Walker gave a lovely
Bridge party Saturday afternoon in
honor of Miss Annie Winn and
Mrs. 0. J. Whipple. The home,
which is so beautifully arranged for
entertaining, was decorated in nar
cissus and carnations. The prizes
were decks of cards. Delightful
refreshments were served.
The guests included:
Misses Annie Winn, Gladys Har
vard, Annie Walker, Ruth Taylor,
Mesdames J. P. Peacock T. W.
Fisher, J. B. Peacock, E. C. El
der, J. C. Urquhart, It, H. Peacock
and H. F. Bullard.
We have purchased the exclusive'
right to publish the beautiful, ro
mantic story, “54-40 or Fight” by
Emerson Hough, the first chapter
to appear in next week’s issue. This
story cannot be found in any other
publication circulating in this com
munity. Watch for it; read it;
enjoy it.
We wish to thank an d every
one who has traded with us, end solicit a
continuance 0/ your valuable patronage.
We extend an invitation to everybody to
call and see our stock an U dme whether
you buy or not. Free delivery. Phone 262
Jackson Furniture Company.
“The Bachelor”
The rest of a bachelor availeth
nought. A bachelor is the vacuum
nature abhors, lie is a dry well, a
barren clam on a deserted sea-shore,
a thistle in a flower bed, a distinct
stench in the midst of perfumed
breezes, a dab of mud on the satin
vest of a fair universe, a gritty mote
in the eye of pr gre-s, a stain on
the shirt waist of chi ization He
is a dry jaw hone in the hand of a
dead Samson, lie sits on the stom
ach of a world as useful as a hunch
of withered dog fennel in the man
ger of a hungry horse. He is a false
note on love’s flute, a one legged
logarithm, a bow leg in a foot race,
a hollow tooth in the mouth ol
beauty, a wart on the wig of fancy;
lie is more useless in the world than
a dry cow, for you can cat the com .
He worshippeth what other people
despise —himself. He is a stumb
ling block in the progress of his
race. His worth to society amounts
to about as much as an auger hole
in a gang-plank does to a ship, lie
is unloved by men and despised by
women. Peace! Peace! Ihere i»
no peace. I’he peace of a bachelor
world is dry rot.
Anon.
Cochran Masonic
Lodge Elects Officers
At the last communication of
Cochran Dodge No. 217 F. A A. M.
the following oilicers were elected:
T. L. Bailey, W. M.,
F. B. Asbell, S. W.,
Dr. J. B. Peacock, J. W.,
W. M. Wynne, See’y.,
R. H. H. Coley, Treas.,
J. E. Reeves, Tyler.
Dr. C. T. Hall was appointed
Senior Deacon, and F. B Asbell
Chaplain. The appointment of
Junior Deacon and Stewarts has not
yet been announced.
Christmas Party.
Little Miss Sara Peacock enter
tained a few of her friends at a
Christmas Party on the afternoon
of Friday last.
Delightful games were indulged
in for some time, and then the
guests wore ushered into the dining
room where a delicious and bounti
ful feast was spread. The table
was beautifully decorated with
Christmas holly and fancy papers of
green and red, and with old Santa
Claus hanging from an immense
bell overhead. The most tempting
things were before their little eyes
and they seemed to enjoy them im
mensely. Fruit punch was served
during the afternoon.
All the little guests expressed
themselves on their departure as
having a giand, good time.
The guests included Little Misses
Bullard, Meadows, Urquhart, Fish
er, and Messrs. Mullis, Duggan,
Jackson and Hendricks.
Lyceum was Excellent
The Neil Litchfield Trio gave one
of the best Lyceum numbers that
we have ever had at the opera house
last thurs lay evening.
Mr. Litchfield is an artist. He
was especial A fine in his humorous
selection. His audience was held j
spellbound by his splendid carica-1
tures, recitations and monologues [
,We want him back again. Miss
Litchfield and Mrs. Litchfield fur
nished splendid music on the violin
and piano and their recitations were
among the best.
This attraction proved to be the
best one of the season.
Announcement
I hereby announce as a candidate
for Mayor of the City of Cochran.
If elected, will discharge the duties
of the ollice to the best of my abil
ity.
J. 11. MULLIS, Jr.
Ex-Sheriff Kills
Closest Friend
Relieving that the Man before
Him is a Burgular, Hicks
Fires Fatal Shot into
Wyatts’ Body
DUBLIN, GA., Jan. 2—Waking
from a sound sleep to see the form
of a man standing only a few feet
away from him, E. E. Hicks, a
former sheriff of this county, last
night shot and killed his friend and
roommate, John Wyatt. Hicks be
lieved the man he killed was a bur
glar, as no answer came to h s re
peated calls of “Who’s There?”
The form of Wyatt stood out
plainly in the dim light coming
from a lamp in an adjoining room.
From all appearances the man was
dressed and as he stood perfectly
motionless and refused to speak.
Hicks reached over the side of his
bed, grasped his shot gun, leveled
it at the still motionless form and
pulled the trigger.
The body of the man who was
shot dropped on the floor. There
was hut a dying nmnner.
Turning over in his bed Hicks
veiled “.John! John!” repeatedly,
supposing at the time that his room
mate was at the other side of the
bed. When no response was forth
coming, he placed his hand across
the cover and discoverd that he
himself Mas the only occupant of
the bed.
Then it M T as that the thought
dawned upon Hicks that he had
shot his friend, Wyatt. He hastily
put on some of his wearing appar
el and without stopping to investi
gate further rushed to a negro’s
house nearby and obtained aid.
The searchers found the body of
Wyatt stretched upon the floor, the
chen torn away. The juglar vein
Ryles—Brown
The friends of Miss Dollie Ryles
and Mr. Steve S. Brown will be
very much surprised to hear the an
nouncement of their marriage which
took place at the Methodist parson
age Sunday Jan. Ist, Rev. J. B.
Griner officiating. It was a very
quiet affair and no one but a few
f iends knew of it. We join their
many friends in congratulations
and wishes for future success and
happiness.
City Election Jan. 12
The election for mayor and three
new aldermen will he held next
Wednesday, Jan. 12th. J. H.
Mullis, Jr. has announced for may
or and up to this writing E. Cook,
Sr. and J. C. Urquhart stand for
re-election, and l)r. C. T. Hall, L.
B. Kennington, J. I’. Meadows,
Dr. T. J). Walker, Jr., and Dr. G.
C. Walters have also announced.
At the last meeting of council an
ordinance requiring that each ballot
bo. east for as many candidates as
there are vacancies to fill, which,
in this case, are three, was passed.
This is to prevent what is common
ly termed “single shotting.”
Pay up your subscription and get
in the contest for the .BGO.OO set of
furnituie to be given away Jan. 14.
Furniture now on display at Jack
son Furniture Co’s store.
had been severed and the rug that
M'as upon the floor was bespattered
with blood.
Then the :iu‘ 1 orities M'ere noti
ed and the coroner and sheriff M’ent
to the scene. From Hicks, who is
a popular resident of the county
and former sheriff, they obtained
a broken story of what had happen
ed. He was too nervous to tell a
very tangible story and sobbed vio
lently at times.
Kicks said that they had retired
at 7 o’clock in the farm house bed
room and that something suddenly
atvokc him during the night and he
looked up and saw the man stand
ing there. Then he said he began
to call “Who’s there?” not even
suspecting at the time that the man
was his roommate.
The officers believed the story of
the former sheriff and hence no in
quest uas held. They believe
that Wyatt, M’ho ivas feeble minded
possibly M'as walking in his sleep
else because of an impediment in
his speech Mas unable to answer the
calls of Ilieks in time to spare him
his life.
Hicks resides in Dublin a part of
the time, where he is interested in
the Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co.
! He spends a great deal of his time at
! his farm four miles from the city,
| where Wyatt had chagre of affairs
j during his absence. The farm was
!at one time owned by Wyatt’s fu
-1 ther.
NUMBER 31-
Local Items.
[last week. j
Thos. Cook, of Hawkinsville,
visited his parents here, Friday.
I. T. Crutchfield and wife spent
Christmas with family of E. P.
Collins.
Mr. Linder McVay was in the
city Sunday.
Mr. Arthur Jackson and family,
of Atlntaare spending the holidays
with Mrs Albert Peacock.
Mr. Julian Urquhart spent Christ
inas! day with relations.
J. A. Fausctt is visiting his fa
ther near town.
Miss Annie Winn, of Macon, is
the guest of Miss Gladys Harvard.
Mrs, 0. J. Whipple, of Douglas,
is visiting Mr. S. B. Whipple.
P. D. Todd was in the city last
week.
Prof. L. H. Hrowning, 11. F.
Bullard made a business trip to
Macon, Monday.
• Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Walkerspent
Christmas in Scotland.
Mr. Barney Hendricks spent
Christmas day with home folks.
Walter Collins and family, of
Baxley, are visiting Mr. E. P. Col
lins.
Mr. Dave Harvard spent last
week with home folks.
The fruit supper Tuesday night,
for the Sunday School, was much
enjoyed.
Miss Nell Harrell, of atlanta, is
visiting in the city.
W. 11. Peacock and wife left in
their auto for Jacksonville, Fla.,
Monday.
Miss Nora Adam, of Eastman,
visited her brother, Mr. V. L. Ad
ans, this week.
Jimmie Taylor leaves Sunday for
Atlauta to enter School of Pharma
cy-
Miss Fannie Lee Taylor is visit
ing in Montrose Ga.
Mrs. Tom Gregory, of Vienna,
visited family of J. B. Thompson,
last week.
J. E. Cook visited his brother
near Hawkinsville Monday.
L. B. Kennington has moved in
to the home, recently occupied by
R. .W Dykes.
!Mrs. EarhiSUder delightfully en
tertained the Matrons’ Bridge Club
Wednesday morning. A delicious
salad course M'as served. Those
present M'ere:
Mcsdames J. C. Uaquhart, J. P.
and J. B. Peacock, J. A. Walker,
E. C. Elder, R. H. Peacock, H. F.
Bullard, and T. W. Fisher.
Col. H. L. Grice, of Hawkinsville
visited Cochran, Wednesday.
Rev. P. A. Jessup, of Cordele,
vfsited family of Dr. T. D. Walker*
Sr. Wednesday.