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VOLUME FIVE
SATISFACTION
Bleckley County’s
First Murder Case
Jim Franklyn, a negro man who
has recently served a term in the
chaingang for manslaughter was
arraigned before Justice Powell Mon
day morning, charged with the
murder of his wife, Bessie Frank
lyn. The tragedy occurred at the
bouse of Neal Mims, a negro living
between Lovett Powells and Will
Joiner’s place on the road not far
from Weeping Pine cemetery.
It was shown at the trial that
Joe Franklyn went to Neal Mini’s
house Saturday afternoon and that
his wife Bessie Franklyn was there
ironing a shirt for him (Jim). He
told her that she was not ironing
that shirt quite fast enough to suit
him. She replied “If you can dp
it any faster than I can you better
do it yourself,” whereupon he
t lold her that he was going to kill
her, and picked up a bottle in the
room and threw it at her. She
dodged the bottle, and he then got a
shot gun and loaded it and said he
was going to kiil her.
He came back to Neal Mims
house that night about eight and
found several other negroes there,
Joe Clayton, Ada Shefton, Holsey
Blackshear, Alberta Adam 3 and
Anna Shefton. One of them was
playing on the organ. Neal Mims
came home and informed them
L ihey had to quit playing the organ,
f\ h ■ did not want any rough house
there. Jim Franklyn called Neal
to one side, and told him if he
wanted to go in and clean that
bunch out, he had a gun to do it
with. Neal then left the house.
After he left, Bessie Franklyn, the
woman who was killed, started to
go off to spend the night. Jim
heard her quarelling with some of
the other negroes. Bessie got out
to the front gate before she stopped,
and Jim told her she had to stay.
Re then passed from the kitchen to
the front porch, went through the
sitting room, passed the fire place
and picked up a pine knot and
Alberta Adams on the shoul
//and went out to the gate being
f followed by Anna Shefton, Bessie’s
sister. When he got out to the
he told his wife to go back in
\o the house. She replied, “What
have I done to you that you should
... to kill me?” Her sister was
molding her by the hand and begged
Toe not to strike her. He struck
her on the right temple with the
pine knot and she fell to the ground
-at Anna’s feet. Anna said, “Jim
you have killed my sister.” Jim
said, “No I haven’t, I haven,t
hurt her.” Anna replied, “Yes
you have Jim, you have killed my
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Bleckley County’s
First Superior Court
BlecKley County’s first Superior
Court convened at the opera house
at ten o’clock Monday morning.
It was a very short session. The
Judge stated that it was impractica
ble to hold eburt at the appointed
time because The officers had not
been installed a sufficient length of
time to appoint Jury Commission
ers, have jury box arranged, and
jurors summoned, therefore it was
neccessary to appoint these com
missioners and have them prepare
jury box as soon as practicable in
order to stop expense of hoarding
prisoners.
The following jury commissoners
were drawn for two years: J S
Helmes, T J Giddings; for four
years George M Scarborough, J H
Mullis, Jr.; for six years E D Dor
sey and Frank Wade.
Judge Graham stated that he did
not want to hold court in a house
that could not be properly heated
in cold weather and would adjourn
to a time more suitable. The
court was accordingly adjourned
until the tenth day of March, to be
reconvened at ten o’clock a. m. of
that day. It was further ordered
that the Jury Commissioners, as
soon as practicable, draw Grand
Jururs and also sixty Traverse Jur
ors to serve at said adjourned term
of Court and that such Jurors be
summoned as provided by law.
This ended, we venture to say,
the fiist and snortestterm of Bleck
ley County’s Superior Court.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
At the annual meeting of The
First National Bank, the second
Tuesday in this month, the surplus
was increased from $14,000.00 to
817,000.00 and a ten per cent divi
dend was declared besides an undi
vided profit of 83,000.00. This
bank was organized in 1905. It’s
steady growth tells its own story.
The following old officers were
re-elected: Dr. J B Peacock, Pres.;
B J Wynne, Vice Pres.; J B
Thompson, Cashier; R H Peacock,
Asst, flashier.
sister,” and Jim turned and ran
through the field back of the house.
Anna started for the Doctor and
Holsey Blackshear came out to
where the woman had fallen and
dragged her into the house and laid
her on the bed and she died in a
short time afterwards.
Night Marshal Reeves arrested the
murderer and he is now in the
Hawkinsville jail awaiting trial at
the March term of Bleckley County
Superior Court.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY, 16, 1913
DEATH OF
OSCAR CRUMPLER
Oscar Crumpler, aged fifteen
years and the youngest son of our
fellow citizen, Richard E Crumpler,
died at the family residence, Thurs
day night Jan. 9th, after an illness
of fourteen days. It seems that the
fever left him Tuesday but he had a
relapse and died the following
Thursday. This death is a severe
blow to his parents, as Oscar was a
splendid boy. He was perfectly
rational up to the time of his death.
He expressed to his father and
mother no fears of death, but full
of hope of reward, which is a great
consolation to his bereaved parents.
Funeral services were held at Mt.
Calvary Baptist church at Cary,
Rev. T. J. Herring officiating. His
body was interred in the Cary cem
etary, about one p. m. Saturday.
The entire community extends
sincere sympathy to the bereaved
ones.
W. A. Wiggins has a pair of
shoes that was given him by Presi
dent Jefferson Davis in 1863, near
Petersburg, Va. These shoes seem
to be in pretty good shape yet.
Mr. Wiggins says he has marched
many long miles in them. They
look very much like the brogan
shoes that are worn now.
PLANTING TIME
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Walkers Pharmacy
The Korner Store
Phone ho. 9 Cochran, Georgia
I AXON FURNITURE CO.
BANKER’S VIEW ON
FINANCIAL SITUATION
The Journal man had a talk with
Mr. J, O. Norris, of Decatur, Ga.,
who is a brother of our fellow citi
zen T A Norris, and was here on a
visit last week, in regard to the
financial outlook. Mr. Norris talks
very encouragingly of the future
and says he sees no reason for our
people to be discouraged. He is
the President of nine Georgia banks
and the financial Agent of the bank
at Finleyson. He thinks the situa
tion will brighten up al>ont Feb.
Ist. He does not think the so
called money trust will endeavor to
do anything that will he detrimen
tal to business as they could not af
ford to. He has confidence in the
Wilson administration doing the
right thing and thinks commerce
will not only assume a normal
shite but has every hope that 1913
will be a splendid year for the
South.
* We have been informed that our
former esteemed citizen Mr. J E
Ward, who moved from here to
Danville some few weeks ago has
had a serious stroke of paralysis.
We have not been able to learn of
the particulars hut his host of
friends here sincerely hope that his
condition is not so bad as first re
ported.
Sidney Landon
Monday Night
“In the art of imitation, he is suc
cess complete i
And brightens any platform he will
stand on.
In character impersonations, others
may compete,
But none can hold a candle to Sid
Landon.”
Sidney Landon the Character Ar
tist will be with us Jan. 20, 1913,
presenting character studies of our
great literary celebrities.
be a doctok and prescribe Mr.
Landon’s Entertainment for all
your friends.
be a druggist and sell a ticket to
your friends for the entertainment.
They couldn’t buy a better medi
cine, that’s the reason all our doc
tors are attending.
be a preacher and tell your
friends of the unhappy people hav
ing died who didn’t hear Mr. Lan
don.
be an undertaker and undertake
to lay out before your friends the
benefits to be derived from Mr.
Landon’s entertainment.
but don’t be a mourner and feel
badly because you did not attend or
didn’t have your friends attend.
be a friend by getting your
friends to go and going yourself,
and then you will rest from your
service and your friends will say
you did a good work. Lyceum
Jan. 20th, at the Opera House.
BLECKLEY LANDS
Representative Anderson, of Gor
don County, was in our city last
week. He came to look at some of
Bleckley County’s lands with a
view of investing. We know of no
better investments.
Our lands have been increasing
in value for the last few years and
we believe they will continne to in
crease. No man can possibly make
a mistake by buying some dirt in
Bleckley County.
Not many years ago you could
buy farm lands around this town
for a mere song in comparison to
what they are worth now. Those
who purchased even ten years ago
have thribbled their money. What
on earth ie to prevent land here
from being as valuable as it is in
North Georgia, Kentucky or the
Corolinas? Nothing in the world
and the time is surely coming. If
a man w r ants an investment at a
sure profit let him buy right here
in this God favored country. No
better place to live. No easier land
to work and none more capable of
high productiveness.
NUMBER 24
Telephone Wire
Across Road
On Saturday night as Hon J.T.
Deese was returning home fron
Cochran his mule at a fast trot, the
top of his buggy struck a low hang’
ing telephone wire with such force
as to disrupt the spring on one side
and entirely demolish the top. Mr
Deese had his buggy on exhibition
before the door of the Court house
on Monday morning, and a raon
complete wreck of a buggy to),
would be hard to imagine, It seem
that this particular wire was respon
sible for still further damage on
that particular night. It was firs'
struck by a load of household
goods it is supposed. Next Mr. J. E
Armstrong was caught by the neek
by the same wire, but managed t«
stop his horse before he was serious
ly hurt. Next Peter Perry a negn
living on Dr. Walkers place was hi
by the wire while standing up ii.
his wagon, and knocked flat.
Since this exhibit was shown, i
has been learned that there an
Many places in the County where
telephone wires are rotten, ready ti
fall into the road and that there arc
dozens of places where low hanging,
wires are as great a menace to public
safety as that which struck Mr Deese.
At all piaces where wires crus
the road, the wires should be a.,
least twenty five feet from the
ground, the poles of durable mater
ial and substantially braced. W<
are entirely too careless in these
matters concerning the public wel
fare The new Ordinary has nov
full power to abate these menanee
to public safety, and wo trust he
will at once insist that they are rem
edied by proper regulations,
TOWLER-THOMAS
Mr Frank Thomas, a former em
ployee of the Cochran Journal office,
was married to Miss Ethel Towler
at the methodist parsonage at Dex
ter, Ga, Wednesday afternoon
Miss Towler is the daughter of W
B C Towler of this city. She ha*i
been the guest of Miss Mattie Davis
of Dexter, for the past two weeks
mr Thomas was a very clever young
man. He was a good pressman
and did good work while with n<
We understand he has a position ii
the printing office in Dublin, hi
home town.
Miss Ethel is a fine young lady,
very popular, and has a large circlt
of friends here among the younger
crowd.
The Journal joins their friends in
wishing for them mnch success anil
happiness,