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VOLUME FIVE
WE ARE PREPARED TO SERVE YOU BETTER THAN EVER
Our stock i s complete, and we bought before January
first, when all furniture advanced ; 0 to 15 per cent.
You can certainly save some money by coming in at onal
and taking advantage of these goods bought before the rise.
JAXOM FURNITURE CO.
Engineer Little Meets
Death in Wreck
NO. 5 NORTHBOUND, HITS
CARS ON HAZELHURST
CROSSING—NO PAS
SENGERS INJIRED
Macon. Jan. 8. —“Tell my wife I
thought T had a clear track and I
did the best I could. When I saw
the engine crossing aliea 1 I could
not stop,” were the dying words of
Engineer George Little, of Macon,
who was killed yestercfciy morning
when his engine ran headlong into
a Georgia and Florida railroad
freight train at Hazel hurst. The
•engine was derailed and two freight
•cars of the G. &F. demolised. No
passengers were hurt.
Engineer Little Was caught be
«en the engine and tender and it
twenty minutes before the
crew could remove his body. He
•did not speak until laid out on the
ground near the train when he
•opened his bps and asked for his
wife and inquired about Eugene
Rakestraw, the negro fireman on
the engine. He died ten minutes
later, about thiity mi; utes after
the accident.
The fireman stayed in his cab
but was not injured in anyway.
neither saw the other.
Eye w itnesses say Southern train
~No. 5 northbound, slowed down at
the crossing but did not come to a
stop, and tiic G. & F. engineer,
switching in the yard did not see
the Southern train until he was al
most on the crossing, too late to
stop and that be tried to clear the
crossing before the Southern struck
his train. The Southern plunged
into the train between the first and
second cars, overturning and dr
inolising them.
Engineer Little attempted to
jump when he saw the impending
peril but was caught between the
engine and tender as it left the
track. The train is said to have
been going at a speed of about live
an hour, having slowed down
for crossing. The switch engine
had just come from behind the
freight house and was not seen by
Little in time to apply
th!* ■emergency brakes. As the
brakes were thrown on the track
Was wet and smooth from a heavy
fog and the train keep moving un
til it ran into the G. & F. train.
PASSENGERS FEEL NO SHOCK
Passengers on the train state
IfcfVat they did not know that any
trouble had occurred until look
ing out the window they saw' the
engine overturned on its 3ide.
Traffic w'as tied up for several
honrs on the G. & F., but the
®!)t Codjrutt Journal.
Mrs* J. P. Meadows
Entertains Tuesday
On last Tuesday from 2:30 to
*4:30, Mrs. J. P. Meadows enter
tained a few of her friends in a
most beautiful manner, Th e
guests began to, arrive promptly at
the appointed hour, Mrs. Meadows
received them and ushered them
into the dainty parlor where they
were welcomed by Mrs. East, in
whose honor the party was given.
The game “Bunco” was played
and very much enjoyed by all pres
ent, there being much laughter and
merriment during the hour allotted
to the game. M : ss Hopkins and
Mesdames A P Urquhart and J C
Dunham scored the same number
and drew straws for the prize, a
booby handkerchief, Mrs. Urquhart
being the lucky one. The color
scheme was red and white, the score
cards were poinsettas.
A delightful salad course was
then served by Misses Walker and
Hopkins, followed by hot chocolate
and a sweet course consisting of
gi a ine, whipped cream and fruit
cake.
m Little Miss Margaret the * ‘bell
ringer’ ’ was charming in her light
blue silk and flowing curls.
Everyone was sorry when the
hour was out and all went away
loud in their praises of Mrs. Mead
ows and her charming sister Mrs.
East, who left fur Florida, Jan. <B.
Mr and Mrs. A P Kimberly
spent Friday night with the form
er’s father, Mr. I I) Kimberly.
Southern was able to switch around
the wreck. Train No. 5 known as
the Florida Special, is due in Ma
con at 2; 25, did not reach here
until shortly after 6 o’clock.
twenty-five years in service.
Engineer Little is survived by his
wife and lived at 522 Oak Street,
and by his mother, two sisters and
two brothers, all of Ohio.
He had been in the service of
the Southern railway in the capaci
ty of a fireman and later as an
engineer for more than 25 years
and was regarded one of the best
and most careful engineers in the
service. He was held in the high
est esteem by many friends in
railroad and business circles and
his death is deplored by all. He
was a popular member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers.
Accompanied by his widow and
an escort from the B. of L. E., the
body will be shipped this afternoon
at 2; 25 o’clock to Cincinnati, Ohio,
for funeral and interment at Mr.
Little’s boyhood home at West
borough, a suburb of Cincinnati-
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY, 9. 1913
Acreage Is Smaller
For Cotton Crop
PRODUCTION. HOWEVER,
FOR THE PAST YEAR WAS
GREATER PER ACRE
THAN IN 1911.
Wnsnington.D. C. Jan. f>. —The
production of cotton per acre dur
ing 1912 while lower than in 1911
was more than 13 pounds to the acre
greater than the aver.g) fir the
previous fire years, the department
of agriculture’s preliminary esti
mate announces.
The acreage production in 1912
was 193.2 pounds against 297.7
in 1911, and 180.1 pounds, the five
year average. The highest acreage
production was in California, with
430 pounds. North Carolina pro
duced 271 pounds; Missouri 2(18;
Virginia 266; South Carolina 219;
Texas 296; Louisiana 197; Arkansan
190; Oklahoma 184; Mississippi
177; Alabama 173; Tennessee 171;
Georgia 163; and Florida 119.
All states except Georgia, Missis
sippi, Arkansas and Tennessee ex
ceeded the five year average acreage
production.
The first session of Bleckley
County Superior Court will he held
at the Opera House the second
Monday in this month.
COCHRAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
PENNANTS FOB SALE
Regular Price - -50 c
Our Price - - - 25 c
Beautiful & Ornamental
Everyone interested in
our school should have
a school pennant.
Walker’s Pharmacy
The Sh>re
Phone Ao. 9 Cochran, Georgia
Genlle Z e phprs
DisLurL Us
Slipped us again! Always do
ing something wrong! Leaving off
something we should have said, or
saying something we should have
left oIL We usually start somc
tliing like this “we inadvertantly
left out such and such a thing”
that usually covers the ground, if
we can’t put it off on the devil or
printer, hut there are so many U] ■
and downs In a country printing
office we are sometimes glad to get
through alive.
Our distinguished and newly
elected representative of Bleckley
Ceunty, the Hon. Leo. H. Brown
ing bobbed up serenely in our office
the morning after his election with
a smile on his face, which prevent
ed our retreat out the back door,
for we failed to include his name
among the honorable newly elected
officers of our new county. He was
voted for separately and the small
piece of paper on which was noted
the returns was blown from the
composing rack by a gentle zephyr
that crept through the office door.
Now gentle reader d°n’t accuse
us of appropriating the usual li
cense allowed a wide awake news
gatherer. Mr. Browning swallowed
the story and is still our friend.
Dinner Party
For Miss Wiley
Mrs. J. Nat Wynne entertained
very delightfully with a six o’clock
dinner on Friday evening, in honor
of her guest. Miss Mary M. Wiley,
of Sidney, Ohio.
Covers were laid for fourteen and
the table was artistically decorated
with poinsettas. An immense 1o :-
quet being used as a center peice
and a single flower adorned each
place card.
The evening was most enjoyably
spent with readings by Miss Bertha
Wiley and music.
Tiiose who enjoyed Mrs. Wynne’s
hospitality were the Misses Mary
and Bertha Wiley* Hazel Wynne,
Willie Swinney, Annie Mae Wynne,
Missss Chaeves and Collins the
house guests of Mrs. Wilber Pea
cock. Messrs. Guyton Wynne,
Tindele Harris, Glover Burney, A
C. Adams and Rev. Walker.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD
CHANGES AGENTS
Mr. W. A. Redmond, formerly
Agent of the Southern Railway at
Hawkinsville, has accepted the po
sition as agent of the Southern at
this point succeeding John R. Gar
ner, Mr, Redmond comes highly
recommended and we understand
was very popular with the people in
our sister City. Mr. Redmond will
move bis family here as soon as he
can secure a suitable residence and
we desire to extend to them a right
royal welcome.
Mi. Garner will take several
weeks vacation after which the
Southern Railway will place him in
a position and we certainly hope he
will locate here. He i-- a splendid
man, a hard and conscientious
worker and the Southern Railway
will take care of him. The duties
of a railroad agent are very hard
here, besides the responsibility he
has to work from twelve to sixteen
hours out of twenty-four to keep up
with the work. It rot only re
quires experience and efficiency to
hold down the place but a large
amount of physical endurance.
CARD OF THANKS
To our friends and neighbors, we
wish to extend our heartfelt thanks
and appreciation for the assistance
and tender sympathy rendered to
my wife and our mother, during
her long illness and recent bereave
ment. Also for the floral offerings
and the many kind words of
sympathy expressed in our hour of
deepest grief.
S. B. Whipple and Family.
NUMBER 23
Rare Entertainment
Janurary 20li
SIDNEY LANDON, IMPEL
SONATOR AND CHARAC
TER DELINEATOR AT
OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. Landon is more that
a mere impersonator—lie wh
make you think the real, li\
noted men, whom lie poi -
trays, are standing before yo
and speaking to you.
Mark Twain, our greater-"
humorist, will he there am
deliver an after-dinner speed
so characteristic of him, yo
will think, almost, that h
has returned from the grave
The genius, Poe, the litth
understood author, will mak
himself more real to you am
you will realize how liuma?
and appealing lie was whei
he shows you his heart in hi
rendering of ‘‘Annabel Lee.
Rudyard Kipling and som
of his characters will trea<
your stage and live for a fev
minutes before you.
“Bill” Nye will convuh
you with his fun—this por
i trayal is given as the result t -
'a thorough study of the re;.
Nye in which Mr. Landon w
assisted by Congiessm; ■
1' rank Nye, a brother
“Bill” Nye.
Robert L. Lee, one
America’s most loved at;
lovable characters, will a 1
dress you on t ie subject (
“Duty.”
Other celebrities may ap
pear if there is time.
Then there will be Isaa
Isaacstein, Yon Yonson, the
German politician, the ma:
from Green’s Corners, Pose;
County, Indiana, the old wa>
veteran, and others, as true t<
life as life itself. You will se<
at least seven or eight distim •
and different characters, ead
worth while and each enter
tabling.
And while all these charae
ter pass in review and enter
tain and uplift you, Mr. Lai;
don will be before you all th
time, the schoolarly gentle
man, the polished and artiste
entertainer—one of the Lyce
um’s greatest successes, at the
Opera House Jan. 20th.