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PJL. 3. «Do Not Buy Till You See Our Line. Big Lot Fresh From the Factory in a Few Days. HSKffjl YOUR Credit is GOOD! 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,’ ”