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Glorljrmt Journal
Entered May ‘23rd, 1908, at the
Post, -office at Cochran, Ga., as
Second Class Mail Matter
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
(Cothran Publishing (Co.
T. L. BAILEY, Edfior.
H. B. BAILEY, Business Mgr,
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The artesian wells in Dublin are
rapidly giving out. It is estimated
that, should a lire break out, there
would not he enough water to ex
tinguish it. However, it is hoped
that a further supply may l>e had
from the Oconee river.
It is yet undecided whether the
jurors, who sat on the recent peon
age case, in which Rogers, Chaun
cey, DuPree, and Horne were the
defendants, and who have been in
vited by the defendants to a barbe
cue and fish fry in Hawkinsville on
July 4, will be present. This is
because Judge .Speer has published
a card warning them to reflect and
take counsel on the subject that
they may not he guilty of bribery
nor a similar offense.
LAURENS CITIZEN
LIVES 100 YEARS
Mr. Thomas Miller died a few
days ago at bis home in the lower
part of the county.
Just how old Mr. Miller was at
the time of his death is not known,
all the records of the Miller family
having been lost many years ago.
It is believed, however, that he was
well on towards a hundred years of
age, even if he was not older than
that Mr. Miller’s third son is
more than seventy years of age.
The mother of Mr. Miller lived
to he one hundred and fifteen years
of age. Mr. Miller was not that
old, perhaps, but it is safe to say
that he was more than a century
old at the time of his death. —Dub-
lin Courier-Dispatch.
NEGRO TAKES
HIS OWN LIFE
A Cordele Negroe Killed Himself
Monday—a very peculiar and
tee
.«notuuuummon Occurence.
This morning William Wellons,
the son of Albert Wellons, a well
known negro of Cordele, took his
life with a3B calibre pistol, shoot
ing himself in the right temple. The
occurrence happened shortly after
ten o’clock.
The provocation, which caused
the negroe, who was about twenty
years old, to take his life, was very
slim. The dead negro had a few
words yesterday morning with his
father, because Albert would not
consent for him to go to Brunswick
with a number of his young negro
friends.
The father had no idea that his
refusal to allow him to go would
weigh so heavily upon the young
negro’s mind, and the matter
seemed so trivial in his mind that
lie thought very little about it.
This morning Albert left early to
go to his farm near the city and
soon afterwards Albert’s wife went
over to the house of a negro nearby
to wait upon a sick negro. There
was no one in the house then except
William and his sister. After per
sistent persuasion on the part of
William for her to leave the house,
she also started to the house where
her mother was, not having the
slightest idea as to why the young
er negro wanted her to go.
She had gone only a short dis
tance when she heard a pistol shot.
Rushing back into the house, she
found her brother cold in death,
with a bullet through his brain.
The negro had been sick for prac
tically a month, and it is thought
that his brain was affected thereby
and that his mind was deranged to
some degree.—Cordele Dispatch.
AVIATOR FLIES
OVER NIAGARA
Niagara Falls, June 28th. —With
the whir of his biplane motor
drowned in the roar of the cataracts
and he and machine momentari
ly obscured in spray and mist. Lin
con Beachly, the California aviator,
after circling above the falls, swoop
ed beneath the arches of the upper
steel bridge and down the gorge al
most at the whirlpool. Rising again
between the precipitous sides of
the lower river, Beachery soared
to the Canadian side, where he
made a successful landing. It was
the first time that a bird-man had
cut through the air currents and
mist clouds and leaping foam caused
by Niagara’s falls and rapids,
that have lured so many adventu
rers to their death.
Throngs on American and Cana
dian shores gazed with fascination
at the aviator, as he rose to a height
of about 2,000 feet, twice circled
above the cataract, and then made
the long swoop toward the narrow
passage under the bridge . His bi
plane came racing over the horse
shoe fall so close that he was lost to
view for an instant. It seemed al
most to skim the water as lie made
tire bridge pa-aige.
Beachery continued on down the
gorge almost to the whirlpool rap
ids, clearing the water by not more
than 30 feet, before soaring aloft
again.
“It was the mist exciting trip of
my life,” said Beachery.
The space in which he Hew is 680
feet in height and barely 100 feet
from side to side. The distance
from the brink of the falls to the
bridge, in which he made the dip, is
about 400 yards.
Beachery will repeat the flight
today. The crowd was estimated
at 150,000 people.
MACON IS TO GET
NEW FREIGHT YARD
Washington, D. C. —As a result of
the growth of Macon, Georgia, and
the development of freight traffic at
that point, the Southern Railway
Company and the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway Company
have adopted, and will carry out in
the immediate future, a project for
the enlargement and improvement
of their freight handling facilities
at that point. The Southern Rail
way Company has purchased a tract
of land for a new freight yard south
of its present yard. The new yard
will be constructed along ’ the most
modern lines and will have a ca
pacity of seven hunered and fifty
cars. The Southern Railway Com
pany and the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway Company will have
joint freight house and team track
facilities at the present site of the
Georgia Southern and Florida
freight terminals. The improve
ment will include the construction
of a modern outbound freight
house, the enlargement of the pres
ent inbound freight house, the con
struction of a team yard, with the
-capacity of eighty cars, an inter
change platform, and a cotton plat
form large enough to take care of the
business of both companies. The
new outbound freight house and the
enlarged inbound freight house will
be provided with every modern
convenience for handling traffic.
With these improvements the city
of Macon will be provided with up
to-date freight facilities, with a ca-1
pacity sufficiently in advance of
present requirements as to provide ]
an ample margin for future growth.
J. M. Stokes presented us with a
nice, ripe watermelon, for which we
extend many thanks. While talk
ing of the crops, Mr. Stokes re
marked to us that he had 12 acres
cotton with grown bolls. He said
it was planted during the latter
part of March and fertilized with
200 pounds of guano.
Misses Virgil and Fannie Raiford,
of Jacksonville, are visiting the'
family of C. P. Raiford.
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL.
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OIL STAIN
“Adalac”
A beautiful Finish for dull
effects. In all woods. Any size
Bath Tub Enamel.
Jlcmt Quality
An excedinglv bard ami dur
able enamel, unaffected by hot
water or steam. It lengthens
the life of the bath tub. In
pure white only.
FLOOR WAX
Eaisy to apply. Makes a pret
ty finish for furniture as well as
floors.
We also handle all kinds of Floor paints House paints, Kalsomine, etc.
Brushes, and a general line of painters supplies. €j[A call would be appreciated.
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VARNISH STAIN
A varnish and stain combin
ed. Easy to apply and dries
over night with high gloss.
Neal’s Carriage Paint
Jlcmt Quality
For use anywhere a durable,
high gloss paint is needed.
Such as lawn mowers swings,
porch furnitare, etc. In quarts,
only.
Screen Enamel.
Lengthens the life of screen
doors and windows 50 per cent.
Does not clog the meshes.
COTTAGE PAINT
A good paint for general use
around the home. All colors.
Tn small 1-2 pt cans.
Pa int Remover.
Jlcmt Quality
Old paint and varnish may
be taken off easily with a can of
this remover. The old coat
should always he removed from
surfaces to be re-varnished.
VARNISHES
We keep several diffeerent
grades of varnish for finishing
woods in the natural.