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VOLUME 4
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THE WORLDS GREATEST
TRAMP VISITED COCHRAN
Have you ever seen a queer
cabalistic sign painted on fences
and barns along the railroad
rights of wav. or carved artistic
ally into shanties, water tanks,
etc., “A No. 1,” with the date
and arrow beneath it?
If you have never seen it,
watch for it and you will be sur
k prised to notice for how many
years some of these marks have
been decorating those above men
tioned places. It is a queer sign,
yet it means that “A No. 1
the world’s most famous tramp,
has passed through and left his
mark showing the date and dir
journev? is?
Kgn i v known
“A No.
yesterday
a personal call on the
Journal and gave us some inter
esting experiences of his roving
life.
He has hoboed since 1883,
496,215 miles and has spent only
$7.61 on railroad fare.
He has been around the world
3 times—He is a linguist, speaks
and writes four languages. he
has prevented more than twenty
wrecks, wears a $4O suit of cloth
es and a gold watch, keeps his
name a secret, does not chew,
smoke, drink or gamble.
A tramp gave him his name in
i 1883.
‘‘Kid.you are alright declar
ed the okl one at the end of a
particularly . hard journey.
“You’re A No. I.” The title
L has sincestuck and the wander
than lived up to it,
@I|C Codjrnn MK
ish. His parents were of French
and German nationalities but he
was horn in San Francisco.
jas toilet is complete, though
it l?kes little room to carry it.
It consists of a toothbrush, soap,
comb and a few other necessities.
Blackening and shining rags oc
cupy a part of his pockets, also
apc eke t edition of Webster’s
dictionary, a rather strange book
for a tramp to carry.
Whenever ‘‘A No. 1” meets a
run.a-way boy upon his journeys
he gives him a talking that is al
most certain to make the lad
homesick, and glad when ‘ A No.
1” purchases a ticket for him,
sending him home to his parents,
if the hoy is a confirmed wand
erer “A No. 1" teaches him his
'own motto: “Never associate
w ill a yone in whose company
you v. aid he ashamed in broad
daylight to pass your mother’s
home.’ ’
“About 350,000 minors run a
way from home annually,” Of
this number, 35,000 becomes con
fir. cd hoboes, 7,000 are crippled
3,: A re killed, and the rest can
or i the hard life about 10
ye Vi til they are in the poor
house. V many mothers, if they
on! knew it, are the cause of
lg men living the hobo
:fc. A eg jlar grown-Up tramp
comes to the house and asks for
a meal she turns him away
an ! tel! : m to go to work for it
hut i r -e young fellow comes
alo ;; who is just starting out to
be r. tramp, she takes him in,
fee him on the best she has,
not --call - ‘ng that within - a few
short years the same youngegter
will he an exact prototype of the
she had just
COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 22 1912
keeping boys at home, }
In 1894 he received SI,OOO
cash anti a beautiful medal from
the Police Gazette for tramping
from New York to San Francisco
in eleven days and six hours,
and with $750 of this prize he
bought a toomb in a cemetery in
Cambridge Springs, Pa. The
epitaph will be a silent everlast
ing warning to others
to be afflicted with this strange
longing to roam, very aptly call
ed “Wanderlust,” and is simply:
“A No. 1,
“The Rambler,
“At "rest at last.”
SUDDEN DEATH OF
HERBERT L. GRICE
Was One of Hawkinsville’s Most
Prominent and Successful
Young Lawyers.
The sftdden and unexpect
ed death of Mr. Herbert L.
Grice last Saturday was a great
shock to his friends and casl
a gloom over the entire city,
After getting up Saturday
morning Mr. Grice went into
his mother’s room at 8:30
o’clock and sat down in a
chair, but soon complained
of a sick headache and said
that he had vertigo and asked
to be assisted back to his bed,
stating that he could not
Walk. His request was im
mediately complied Avith and
as soon as he reached his
room ho became unconscious
and remained in that condi
tion until about noon Avlien
he passed away, notwithstand
ing the fact that the physici
ans, Drs. Smith arucl Stone,
their poAver to re-
Htad stay the hand
■Reaper.
Hgfewlttril)! Itcd In
A'yf paralysis.
Hmnatioii of a
Ctdn the brain.
Avould have been
old if he had
■jalii-; next birthday.
Eftwyinderhis fath
gal attainments. He posessed
no bad habits and Ws fearless
in the discharge of his duties,
both private citizen andi
as a lawyer, and always stood!
for and [defended those thingC
which jhe conceived to be
right regardless of public op
inion what effect it might
have on his future prospects.
He will be greatly missed in
the community and the tend
erest sympathy of all goes out
to his aged parents, Judge and
Mrs. W. L. Grice and his bro
ther, Mr. Warren Grice,
Avhom he , leaves behind to
mourn his untimely demise.
The funeral service Avns con
ducted by Rev. 0. L. Grea\ r es,
his pastor, at the home Sun
day morning at 8;30 o’clock,
after which the remains, ac
companied by a delegation
from the local bar and other
friends, Were carried to Perry
and’ interred in the family
burying grounds there at 4
o’clock. Rev. Mr. Tittle, of
Macon, conducted the service
at the grave and a large croAvd
of friends and relatives Ava?
presen i from Perry, Marshall
ville, Cochran, Macon, Long
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WYNNiSH
Mr. and Mill
Wynne, of
ce the engagement of their
daughter, Ethel, to Mr. Aston
Pierce Harley, of Thomasville,
the wedding to take place at
the Methodist church on Wed
nesday, April 10th, at 2
o’clock p. m. No cards.
The aboAm announcement
will be of interest to the many
friends of Miss Wynne in
Cochran.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce as a
candidate for Tax Collector of
of Pulaski County subject to
approval at next Democratic
primary. I Avill appreciate
any support given me.
W. D. Porter.
on same. Thill!
located near t • f
cliurch; iselci||
desirable n-si,'*
are glad to see sa| I
provimient in tlutff
portion of lIh? city.jß
J. P. Meadows haH
ed the
owned l>y B.
Second street
thorough
same inside and outside. Tt
now presents a neat home
like appearance. 4’his is a
valuable place, consisting of
three acres in a very desirable
part of the city.
J. J. Taylor spent Tuesday in
Twiggs County. *