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JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY.
Wcynesboro Mer
chant is Murdered.
Blood Hounds Tracked a Negro
Woman who is Arrested
and Made Confession
to the Sheriff.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 10 —A spec
ial to the Savannah Press says:
Douglas Brown, the colored l>oy
who attended the little store of Mr.
Harvey Jones, a.mile from Waynes
borough, found the back door open
and Mr. Jones dead near the tront
door with a bullet hole in his neck.
In a few Minutes Sheriff Stoaty
and his bloodhounds were on the
scene. Soon after tl e sheriffs arr> il
he discovered tracks leading to the
-city. They were made by a man
Hind a woman. The woman was
found and proved to he Rosalie
Jmall, an 18 year old negro girl.
She made some kind of a confess
ion to the sheriff but he refused to
give it out. Her bloody clothing
was found in the wash tub.
The back door of the store was
found open, and about a hundred
feet from the back door Mr Jones’
trunk was found rifled of the mon
ey it had contained.
The town was thrown into an in
tense state uf excitement over the
killing. The man has not been
captured.
Capital Project
Given Big Boost.
The stickers ordered by the Central
Capital Association have arrived
and are much in evidence just now
in Macon and vicinity. Nearly
every man you meet on the? streets
has on the Lapel of his coat a but
ton bearing the following inscripth n
“Macon, The Magnetic Center is the
place for the eapitol.” Even the
minstrel men in town today caught
the fever and each one as he mar
ched along in the parade this morn
ing wore the self same button.
The stickers were • widely in de
mand by the business firms of
the city yesterday and were
place dont housands of letters
and packages that were sent out of
the city last night. These will
reach every nObk and corner in
Georgia and will give widespread
publicity to the capital movement.
The stickers are in two designs, one
bearing a map of Georgia with Ma
con pointed out as the logical place
for the capital, and the other with
the same inscription used on the
buttons. Ten thousand of these
were ordered, but the demand for
them is already so keen, that it is
expected that the order will have to'
be duplicated.
The campaign committee of the
Capital Association is overlooking
no detail in the publicity work of
the movement, and results will
show that their labors have not
been in vain.—Macon News,
®j|e Cocljrmt 3cmnutl
COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSO AY, JANUARY, 12, 1911.
Sunday School Supts.
to Meet at Griffin.
Griffin, Ga., Jan. 10 —The Geor
gia Baptist Sunday School Super
intendents’ Congress will convene
with the First Baptist church in
this city January 25, 2fi and 27.
This is a new organization which
issued from the last session of the
Georgia Baptist convention. W.
W. Gaines is president of the coi -
vention, and Geo. \V. Andrews is
secretary. Pro. J. Henry Waiker
is chairman of the entertainment
committee. A large number of
Sunday school and church workers
will be in attendance.
An excellent program has been
announced by Prof. Walker. The
sessions will be largely attended by
the citizens of Griffin and vicinity
Special Notice to
Piano Owners
Mr C. H" Green, professional
piano tuner, with F. A. Gutten
burger Music Co., of Macon is in
town. Any one wishing pianos
tuned, tone regulated, or repaired
would do well to put their orders
in at once. Leave orders with Dr.
R. J. Morgan. All work guaran
teed by F. A. Guttenburger Co.
U. D. C. to Observe
Gen. Lees Birthday
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet at the residence of Mrs.
E. Cook, Jr., Thursday Jan. 19th.
Our peerless leader R. E. Lee was
born on this date, and they will
commemorate his birth. The pres,
ident requests that every member
come promptly at 2:30 p. m.
There will be a large amount of
business to transact and the presi
dent wishes to finish before dark.
City Election
At the election for mayor and
three alderman Wednesday the fol
lowing officers were elected:
J. H. Mullis, Mayor,
J. C. Urquhart,
Dr. C. T. Hall, and
Dr. T. I). Walker, Jr., Aldermen.
These new men will be installed
next Tuesday night, Jan. 17th.
They are all first class men and
should render efficient service to the
city. The officers of the city should
b? composed of her best citizens.
There will be important questions
to solve and business to transact
that should require the best efforts
of her loyal citizens. We were
glad to see so much interest shown
in this election. The seven candi
dates were all prominent business
men of our city, and some of our
citizens would like to have voted
for ail of them; but, as there were
only three vacancies to fill, four of
the candidates were befeated and
three elected.
J. A. Dykes
Passes Away.
Mr. J. A. Dykes, age 72, an old
resident of Pulaski county and re
cently a merchant of our city, died
at the residence of his son, R. W.
Dykes, at Ilawkinsville Friday,
Jan. 6th, and was bured with Ma
sonic honors at the Dykes family
burying ground about three and
one half miles from Cochran.
Mr. Dykes was a member of the
Ilawkinsville Masonic lodge and
was one of the oldest Masons in
Pulaski county.
His record as a Confederate sol
dier deserveres special mention, and
we are indebted to It. E. Nichols,
his comrade at arms, for an account
of his loyal, faithful, and unexcell
ed service as a Confederate soldier.
Mr. Nichols went through the en
tire war with him and says no brav
er soldier ever shouldered a musket
than Jno. A. Dykes. They enteral
the service in April 1861 and were
in the army 47 months and 14 days,
enlisting with Capt. O. C. Horne
Company G 10th Ga. regiment, be
ing a part of the army of Northern
Virginia, Longstreet’s corpse, Mc-
Claws division, and Simms’s brig
ade. Mr. Dykes held several letteis
of praise from Generals Lee and
Gordon for brave service. He was
a quiet and unassuming man, brave
as a lion, and made a matchless
soldier. On one occasion, at the
battle of Cedar Run, Gen. Gordon
called for volunteers to cross the
Rappahannock river to examine the
Federal picket line, as he desired to
cross with his army during the night
and take the Federals by surprise.
John Dykes was the first and only
soldier who volunteered. lie wad
ed the river at the ford, found both
pickets asleep on duty, took their
guns, pitched them in the river,
went back and reported the situa-
tion to Gen. Gordon. The General
crossed the river that night with
his entire brigade without the loss
of a single man. The Yankees
were taken by surprise while asleep
in their tents. The memorable bat
tle of Cedar Run was fought; the
Confederates won a glorious victory
and drove the Federals back as far
as Middletown, Va.
All honor and glory to the old
soldiers who fought our battles in
the sixties! The world has never
and never will see their superiors.
The Old Guard, of Napoleon, the
tenth legion of Ciesar, the immortal
soldiers who defended the pass at
Thermopyla; were no braver than
the ragged old veterans who follow
ed Lee and Jackson Their ranks
are being thinned, and ere long the
last one of them “will cross over
the river to rest under the shade of
the trees.” Peace to their ashes!
Many of them have led a quiet,
peaceful, and unassuming life since
the war, but the record they made
during four years of the most criti
cal period in the history of this re*
W. W. Perry Dies
at Country Home.
W. \V. Perry, age 76 years, died
Thursday morning at his residence
about 8 miles from Cochran. Mr.
Perry was one of the most success
ful and wealthiest farmers in Pu
laski county. Straight forward and
conscientious in all of his dealings
with his fellowman, he stood forth
as one of the best citizens of his
county.
He started in the world withont
any capital except a stout heart,
willing hands, and honest purpose
and died one of the wealthiest far
mers in this oountry, beloved by
his family and friends and respected
by all who knew him.
He was an old Confederate sol
dier and served his country well,
and we regret that we were unable
to interview anyone in time to get
some reminiscences of his career as
a sdtffter. He belonged to the
Western army. All of the T>ld vet
erafis that we were able to find in
town this morning belonged to the
army of Northern Virginia and
could give no account in detail of
his career, but we know a man so
loyal to his duties as a civilian
made a good soldier.
Mr. Perry leaves six children to
mourn his loss, Mrs- Lena Green,
of Wadley, Ga.; Mrs. W. >S.
Wynne, of Qhester, Ga.; Mrs. F.
M. Dykes, W. J. Perry, and G. B.
Perry, of this county.
Knights oj Pythias
Install Officers
At their regular meeting last
Tuesday evening the Cochran Lodge
No. 126 Knights of Pythias install
ed the following officers:
L. H. Browning, C. C.,
H. F. Bullard, V. C.,
C. T. Hall, Prelate,
H. B. Bailey, K. of R. A 8.,
C. E. Taylor, M. E.,
11. M. Wynne, M. A.,
Chas. Brown, M. W.,
A. G. Poole, 1. G.,
C. N. Taylor, O. G.
Lodge Directory.
Cochran Lodge No. 217, F. A A.
M. meets-every 2nd and 4th Mon
day evenings at 7:30.
Knights of Pythias every 2nd and
4th Tuesday evenings at 7:30.
Odd Fellows meet every Ist and
3rd Friday evening at 7:30.
All visiting brethren are cordial
ly invited to attend their respective
lodges.
public will ever be enshrined in the
hearts of their countrymen, and we
believe that the “Great I am” who
decides the fate of nations will give
proper recognition to the humblest
man who does his duty in all the
exigencies of human affairs.
Pioneer Citizen Dies
Near Cochran.
' James Coody, age 77 years, died
at his residence about about 3 miles
from Cochran Tuesday, Jan. 10th,
and was buried with Masonic hon
ors at the family burying ground
Wednesday afternoon at three o’-
clock.
Mr. Coody was a prosperous far
mer, a man of sterling character
who had a high regard for his con
tract, and in all his dealings with
mankind showed himself worthy of
confidence. We knew him best as
a Mason and can say he was one of
the most faithful and loyal among
the craft. For over thirty years he
had been a constant attendant on
the communications of Cochran
Lodge. He joined soon after the
organization of the lodge and re
mained loyal to the end.
We will miss his familiar face
in the lodge room. He loved to
mingle with the brethren in friend
ship and brotherly love.
A very large concourse of Ma
sons, friends, and relatives assem
bled to pay their last respect to the
deceased. There were forty or fif
ty Masons in the procession which
attested to the high honor and res
pect in which he was held by his
brethren.
Mr. Coody was also a Confeder
ate soldier, belonging to the Wes
tern army.
He is survived by eight children,
Henry, John, Ben, and Will Coody,
Mrs. Sam Berryhiil, Mrs. James
Berryhill, Mrs. Owen Groom, 3, and
Mrs. Ira Davidson, all of this coun
ty; two brothers, Brinee Coody, of
near Ilawkinsville, and Louis
Coody.
jerry More's Famous
Single Acre of Corn
Collier’s Weekly Vecently printed
on its editorial page a picture of the
South Carolina youth who enjoys
the distinction of being the present
champion corn-grower of the world,
and said of him:
“This boy is Jerry 11. Moore of
Florence county, South Carolina.
He is the champion corn-raiser of
the world —at least he is among the
boys, and, so far as we know, the
champion among men at the pres
ent time. Jerry raised two hun
dred and twenty-eight bushels and
three pecks on a single acre last
summer —that, within twenty-four
bushels of the world’s record, which
was made twenty-two years ago.
There are more than a million full
grown men farmers in the United
States who were content, when they
gathered their crop last October, to
find they had raised forty bushels
an acre, one fifth of Jerry’s crop.
There is a hint of important chang
es to come in the fact that Jerry
livee not in lowa, nor in Illinois,
NUMBER 32
Three Killed in Fight
Near Abbeville.
N. P. Wilson cut his son; man
named White and James
Mixon kille das result
oj encounter
Rochelle, Ga., Jan. 10 —As the re
sult of a fight at N. I’. Wilson’s
mill, about four miles northwest of
Abbeville, this morning, three men
are dead and one painfully, though
not seriously cut. The difficulty
started over a settlement be
tween N. P. Wilson, owner of the
mill, and a Mr. White a new comer
from North Georgia, in which
White cut Wilson on the neck and
hand. A few minuies later, Matt.
Wilson, a son of the former and
Jas. M. Mixon Jr., and a mill hand
attempted to arrest White and carry
him to the county jail. Upon
White’s resisting, one of the trio
opened fire, all three being killed.
All were armed with double barrel
shot guns.
Forehand---Chambers.
Mr. H. M. Chambers, a prosper
ous farmer living about 3 miles
from Cochran, was married to Mrs.
Morgan Forehand, the widow of the
late Morgan Forehand, at the In
gram house in Cochan last Sunday
afternoon. Rev. F. B. Asbell offi
ciating.
It was a quiet marriage, only a
few friends and near relatives being
present. Mr. Chambers is a man
of fine character and has numbers
of friends who are showering con
gratulations on him for winning
such a highly esteemed lad}’.
W. H. Crenshaw and family
have removed to Griffin.
Our mill is running every day.
We can work your lumber in any
shape on short notice.
Cochran Lumber (,’o.
Co’. H. L. Grice was in the city
Wednesday.
nor in any other part of what is
commonly called the corn belt, but
in South Carolina, within seventy
five miles of the Atlantic ocean. In
the present state of this nation it is
more important to give distinction
to performances like Jerry Moore’s
than for proficiency in rhetoric, and
more suitable to print a picture of
him than of the man who won the
local nomination for Congress.
President W. W. Finley of the
‘Southern Railway said of the recent
South Atlantic Corn Exposition
that ‘lt marks what I believe to be
the most important development ia
Southern agriculture since the in
vention of the cotton-gin,’ ”