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LOCAL ITEMS
I M Billie Copeland, of Home, is
cx. v'.’tiid t<> v i.-it Miss Gladys Hnr-
V^E
Mi-« Aim Walker is visiting in
A: '.r ia.
{to not buy matting ’till you set
Jackson's
Mr . Tama I’oole, of Hawkins
viilc, ▼ad te.i 1 relatives here List
week.
ITTgrest Jure of rugs even iu Coeh
fan-tt Jackson fs
M rs..Toombs Jackson spent Sat
in lay in .Macon.
Feather and cotton pillows at
Jackson’s
Mrs. IC. I’. Collins' is visiting in
Kastman.
Rufus Meadows, of Hawkinsville,
\ivs in the city Wednesday.
Finest sewing machine oil on t’ e
market at Jackson’s
Clifford Brantley has 'accepted a
position at Flovilln. with the South
ern Bailway.
Prof It. L. Walker, of Macon,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
parents.
Do t ot buy furniture till you see
Jackson
Mrs. 11. C. Duggan has returned
home after a pleasant visit to Ma
con.
E Coook Jr. left Tuesday on a
business trip for Mobile, Ala.
A. J. Yearty left Friday for various
points in the interest of the Macon
Fertilizer Works.
J. 1,. Floyd made a business trip
to Mac< n Friday.
Miss Schellie Prince, of Dublin,
and Miss McAfee, of Atlanta, are
the charming guests of Miss Carrie
Mae Chapman.
Mr. Whit Taylor, of Hawkins
ville, was in town Monday.
L. 15. Kennington and wife
visited Macon Monday.
Mrs. Eoekett, of .Albany, was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. J. N.
Wynne, last week.
Mrs. J. B. Griner spent Friday
in Macon. ,
Mrs. J. T. Newsome, of Hawkins
ville, was in the eity Wednesday.
Mr. Hump Overby, of Atlanta, is
visiting in the city.
T. B. Pace, of Mobile, Ala., was
T here last week on hu iness.
11. F Bullard make a business
trip t" Atlanta Friday.
KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE
TOOLS, WE MAKE IT A POINT TO CARRY THE BEST
OF EVERY TOOL KNOWN TO THE BLACKSMITH
ING ART. WHETHER FOR THE SHOP OR THE
FARM. WE ARE PREPARED TO SERVE YOU. YOU
WILL FIND OUR PRICE HAMMERED DOWN TO THE
LOWEST REASONABLE FIGURE ON EVERYTHING
YOU NEED.
J. B. PEACOCK & CO.
Col. Z. V. Peacock was here Sat
urday.
Mrs. J. P. Peacock charmingly
entertained the Young Matrons
Bridge Club on Thursday morning.
Mrs. .! 15. Peacock ei.tcrtaineo
■klightfu ly the Bridge Club on
Wed nee lay.
Miss Della ililisiunn, of Madison,
has arrived to take* charge of the
'jtii and 7th grades in the Public
Schools.
New Counties
Tiicre will lie an effort to create
several new counties in Georgia
wheJJ the next legislature meets, »•
it is said. South Georgia certainly
needs a half dozen or more eOuntv
sites for the convenience of the peo
ple. Large counties have trouble in
road working as well as inconven
ience to courts; these lands lying too
far from the county site do not rise
in value ,ike those closer.
In Crisp County our lands, in
many inhane.s, increased 150 pet
cent soon after the new county vva.
established.
A county site is certainly a vahu
and for this reason the additional
cost of running the new county is
provided against.
South Georgia is also entitled to
these new counties as a matter of
justice. North Georgia has small
counties which has considerably in
creased her • political importance;
South Georgia should make every
effort to have her territory divided
’up into small counties like the res;
of this state. —CWrdele Rambler.
Train Leaves
i
Rails at Jackson
Southern Train No Iff was partly
wrecked at Jackson, Ga., yesterday
morning at 10:40 a. m. on account
of a broken rail, hut no one was in
jured. The train was a passenger,
and the mail, express and and sec
and class passenger cars left the rail
running slowly, with the result that
the track was badly torn up. As
sistant Superintendent J. L. McLen
don was at Atlanta at the time, and
went immediately to the wreck on
on a special train. He had not re
turned to macon at mid night
last night.
During the time the track was
torn up yesterday the Southern’s
trains were handled without much
delay, except to the derailed train,
over the lines of the Central of
Georgia.
FOR RENT —One or two nice
connecting rooms at reasonable
price—Address, \\ anted, in care of
Cochran Journal. l-5-2t.
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL.
Rural Telephones.
An unusually interesting des ript
iun of the part of the rural tele
phone ha; come to ploy in the af
fairs of the South is contained in a
paper which Mr. M. S. Alien, <if
At hint r, Georgia, read before the
Twelfth Annual Conven:ion of the
Southern Slates A- ocir.tnn Commis
sioners of Agriculture an 1 other ag
rieultiial workers'•in the Senate
Cham tier of the Georgia State Cap
itol a short time ago. Among oth
er things, Mr. Alien said:
B|n no part <if the world can fin
er npp’es be raided than in the
mountains of Southwest Virginia or
North Georgia, hut we had to go to
Utah and Oregon to learn how. It
is generally concixh d that Florida
oranges and grape-fruit equal or ex
cel) those from California, hut we
had to go out there to learn how to
pack and market them. South
Carolina can snap her fingers at the
famous lorn belt of the Middle
West, and if there were a champ
ions' ip belt, would give any state a
run for the insney on the liaisis of
the average yield per acre planted,
hut it is within a few years that
such coin crops have been raised
here.
It is not alone in methods of
growing and marketing crops that
the South litis Had to learn from
other sections. There are other
thinfs which lend quite as much to
improving conditions and making
country life sufficiently attractive
for people to livfr tlieae for other
purposes than securing a bar living.
It is generally recognized that a
nation’s wealth comes from the
productiveness of her fields. Any
movement that tends to increase
her fertility, or to improve condit
ions in the open country so as to
turn the stream away from instead
of into cities a u d congested manu
facturing centers should receive
constant encouragement.
Two things which have done
most to hamper the South have
lieen tlie lack of adequate transpor
tation facilities and adequate means
of quick communication. The three
tilings which will most quickly
overcome these handicaps are go<xi
roads, rural free delivery and uni
versal telephone service.
Of these three, the telephone by
rights stands first. It is the one
most accessible in all sections of the
country, whether near a large city
or away off from the railroad, ten
or twenty miles from the county
seat where there is only a small
settlement or group of farms. To
receive the benefit of the good
roads, von,must hitch up a team;
vou must wait for the whistle of the
It. F. 1). man to get your paper or
letters; but with a telephone in the
house, a turn of the crank puts you
in touch with points near or far.
If a telephone is necessary in a
large city, where distances are
short and people accessible, how
much more necessary is it in the
country, when. 1 farms are far apart
and the average roads poor in good
weather and almost impassable in
had weather?
On January t, 1905 there was a
total oi 102,6ffff telephone stations
jin the six states of Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Al
abama. It is diffiault to estimate
how these stations were divided be
tween exchange and rural subscri
bers, but it is probable that of the
total number, only about 5 per cent,'
or 5100, were located outside of ex
changes. On January 1, 1910 the
grand total of telephone stations in
the same territory had increased to
583,269, of which approhimately
36,700 are rural stations This
shows an increase in rural stations
alone of 740 per cent in five years.
The year 1910 is showing a greater
proportionate growth than any pre
vious period, the gain in farmer
line stations alone for the first ten
months being approximately 15,-
000 sta ions and the total of all sta
tions on November 1, 1910 being
313,000.
Probably the first and most direct
appeal of the telephone is to the
farmer’s wife. She has less oppor
tunities of getting away from home
than other members of the family,
she sees fewer new faces and re-
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I wish to Announce to the Public that 1
have bought cut the Market and Groceiy
Store' of W. M. Wynne & Sen and will
Devote my Personal Attention to Same.
I will handle the and Freshest Gro
ceries and Keep a Complete Stock and
at the same time will Keep all Kinds of
Fresh Meats. Fresh Meat Depart
ment will be Kept in a Nice Clean Con
dition and will Promise you the Best. IJI
Greatly Appreciate your Valued Patronage
and .will give you the Best Service Possible.
CjjCome in to see me or Phone No. 288.
L a Ha ' Georgia.
Before Buying Call and See us!
We Furnish Everything in Building and Paint
ing Material.
Galvanized and Composition Roofing, Yellow Pine Shingles, Num
ber One’s and Two’s.
Ceiling and Flooring, Kiln Dried, Ivory Hair Fiber Wall Plaster
and Plaster Paris.
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Moulding and Interior Finish.
Mill Work of all Descriptions, Porch Columns and Balusters, Mantels.
Lime, Brick and Portland Cement.
Carter’s White Lead, Ready Mixed Paints, Oils, Stains, Varnishes
and Kalsomines.
Let us Give You Our Estimate on Your Entire Job!
eeives fewer new ideas, so that any
thing which will serve to break the
monotony of her life is welcomed as
a Godsend. And the amount of vis
iting which can be done oyer a long
rural line is truly surprising. All
of the neighborhood news spreads
along the wire even quicker than
the “grape vine telegraph’,’ could
tell it, and during bad weather or
on cold winter nights the ‘voice in
the box” is a great comfort.
Besides its social side, though an
other and even greater appeal the
telephone makes is as an aid in em
ergencies. It is a watch dog that
never sleeps, but that is always
ready to summon assistance in any
crisis. Many cases where a tele
phone has saved a life come to my
attention.
But it is in other and more. prac
tical ways that the real value of the
telephone is shown. You have
some cotton or other produce to
sell. How many times in the old
days did you hold that cotton for
what you considered a fair price!
After days of waiting you learned
that your figure had been reached.
You loaded up the cotton, and the
next morning carried it to town,
only to learn upon arrival that the
market had gone off twenty or thir
ty points in twenty-four hours.
You had to sacrifice the cotton,
store it, or take it home again, per-
haps, to repeat the same operation
the following week. With the tele
phone you get the changes of the
market every time you care to call
up, and are in just as close touch
with it as though you yourself were
on the floor.
Or, you find you need some ma
chine parts or something with
which to repair a tool and you can
ill spare a hrnd or a mule to send
to town for it. What is easier
than to call up your supplier and
arrange to have it sent out by a
neighbor? One such experience
will save the annual expense of the
instrument. *
Foley Kidney Pills s
Are tonic in action, quick in
results. A special medicine for all
kidney and bladder disorders. Ma
ry C. Abbott, Wolfeboro, N. H.,
says: “I was afflicted with a had
case of rheumatism, due to uri<-
acid that my kidneys failed to clear
out of my blood. I was so lame in
my feet, joints, and hack that it
was agony for me to step. I used
Foley Kidney Pills for three days
when I was able to get up and
move about and the pains were all
gone. This great change in condi
tion I owe to Foley Kidney Pills
and recommend them to any one
suffering as I have.” Taylor &
Kennington.
A NEW
RESTAURANT!
\\ e, the undersigned
have put in a first
class Resturant in our
Soda Fount Room next
door to our General
Store and will serve
Meals at all Hours and
will also serve Plot and
Cold Drinks for Ladies
and Gents. Whites Only
J. L. FLOYD & CO.
For La&rippe, Coughs
and Stuffy Colds.
Take Foley’s Honey and Tar. It
gave quick relief and expels the
cold from your system. It contains
no opiates, is safe and sure. Sold
by Taylor tfc Kennington.