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VOLUME _ FIVE
FURNISH YOUR HOME! ,
One of the Lest you can spend your money is to furnish your home real nicely.
If you don’t believe this just furnish one room nicely and see how much the family will
appreciate the home. flMake home the most attractive place and the results will be
very valuable to the family.
Everything for the Home JAXON FURNITURE CO.
Dedication Of . Jew
School Building.
Last week marked an epoch in
tne history of our City and County.
Monday the January adjourned
term of Bleckley County’s first Su
perior Court convened and on
Thursday following our splendid
new school building was dedicated.
Promptly at ten o,clock a. m.,
the school children formed a pro
cession at the monument and
marched to the school building.
They halted at the entrance to the
building and sang “America.”
Mayor Mullis in an appropriate
and impressive manner delivered
the ke> . to the school to I)r. T. I).
Walker, Sr.. Chairman of the
School Board, who in turn received
them with remarks eloquent and
inspiring..
The children then sang “I'll
Stand By My School.” After the
exercises in front of the building
were concluded all were invited to
the School Auditorium where the
speaker was introduced by Dr. T.
Walker, Sr. Dr Walker prefaced
his remarks with some interesting
information in regard to the pro
gress of education in our county,
and predicted many good things in
store for us in the future.
Prof. Stewart made no attempt
to deliver a literary address but
gave us a splendid, practical talk.
Just the kind of a speech that was
needed to arouse and inspire us
with renewed efforts for more and
better progress in practical methods
of education and enlightment.
He spoke of the necessity of a
g(XKI circulating libraiy in every
community. He gave us some
splendid ideas on pactical educa
tion, the iequirments of both the
City and County Schools and
management of the pupils.
After the conclusion of Prof.
Stewart’s speech Mrs. D. E. Dug
gan was presented to the audience
by Dr. Walker. Mrs. Duggan de
livered an exceptionally fine ad
dress. It was sparkling with
splendid ideas nicely expressed.
At eight o’clock Thursday night,
the pupils gave a play in the Audi
torium, for the purpose of raising
money to purchase window shades
for the school building. There
was a large attendance and quite a
neat sum was realized.
The play was a success from
start to finish and reflected credit
on each of the performers.
The entire community is delight
ed with our new school building
and the progress that Prof. Brown
ing and his able corps of teachers
are making.
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Egggs for hatching, from prize
winning White Leghorns, White
Jndian runner ducks, Fisher Strain
White African guineas.
White Feather "Farm.
R. B. D. No. 5, Cochran, Ga. adv.
®tje Cochran Sonata!.
Stuckey Is Back
Behind the Bars
After Paying Fine of SIOO He
Started Selling Booze Again
at Same Old Stand
W. A. Stuckey, who was arrested '
last week on charges of Selling liquor
and carrying i pist >1 withoi t license,
plead guilty before Judge Pedrcc in
the city court Saturday morning and
was fined SIOO for violating the law
relative to carrying pistols and was
given a sentence of twelve months
at the slate prison farm for selling
liquor. Stuckey paid the fine and
was allowed to go free until Monday
morning in order to wind up his
business affairs, but with the under
standing that he would return at
t lie appoi 11 ted ti me a lid I>e ready to go
with an officer to the state farm to
begin serving his sentence. lustead
of winding up his business, however,
be went immediately to tiis same
old stand in Haitford ami opened up
again on a bigger and broader scale
than ever. Deputy Sheriff J. L
Horne suspected that be would do
this and sent a negro there Saturday
night to buy some whiskey, which lie
did, and the officer then, with the
aid of others, made a raid on his den
and captured Stuckey with a lot of
whiskey.
Stuckey is now back in ja 1 and
will be sent to the state farm as soon
as a guard comes after him.
Ben Tucker, who was also arrested
on a charge of violating the prohibi
tion law, withdrew bis demand for
an indictment by the grand jury and
plead guilty before Judge Pearce yes
terday morning and was fined S2OO
and cost or twelve months at the
state farm. Tucker said he would
pay the fine in a short while and is
being held in jail until he can raise
the money.
Harold Durden, the other man
charged with violating the prohibi
tion law, proved that he only bought
whisky from Tucker for another par
ty, and the case against him was
dismissed and he was turned loose.
—Hawkinsville Dispatch & News.
SERVICES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Following is a list of the services
at the Baptist church. To which
the public is cordially invited.
Sunday school, Sunday A. M. 10.
o’clock.
Preaching by Rev. P C. Waiker
at 11. o’clock.
Sunbeams, Sunday P. M. 3, o’-
clock .
Preaching Sunday evening at 7.
o’clock.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 7. o’clock.
Womans missionary Society Ist
Monday in each month, at 3.P- M.
Young Womans Anxiliary Ist and
3rd Fridays in each month.
Junior Auxiliary Saturday at 3
o’clock.
Royal Aiffbassadors [formemders
only] Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH, 20, 1913
Hawkinsville Train
Collides With Freight
The only accident that has hap
pened on the Hawkinsville branch
road in 20 years or more occurred
at 7:40 o’clock yesterday morning,
just as tht* branch train, in charge
of Conductor McMillan and Engi
neer Ben ll it, was approaching the
station on their first trip from
Hawkinsville.
They had cleared the South Y
switch and were about one hundred
yards from it when they collided
with an extra freight train that
was hacking in the “Y” to get out
of the way of a passenger train it
had orders to meet here. The ac
cident occurred on a deep curve
which prevented either train crew
from seeing the approach of the op
posite train until they were very
close together. When Engineer
Ben net, of the branch train, heard
the frieght train coming, he revers
ed his engine and sounded an alarm
hut the freight was too close to
stop he fori- they collided.
They came together with consid
erable force, The caboose of the
freight train was almost entirely
demolished. It left the track and
was turned over on its side. An
iron coal car next to the caboose
also left the track and turned over.
The trucks of the caboose and coal
car were torn entirely off. The ca
boose is hardly worth moving and
will probably be burned where it is.
The coal car being constructed en
tirely of iron did not sustain very
much damage. The branch engine
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Two Kinds.
Better Than the Best of Any Other on Earth
One bottle of either the Bitter or Sweet
kind guaranteed to “BREAK UP”
any case of Chills and Fever, or
your money back.
We make it—We know it’s the best.
Once Tried, Always Used.
Walker's Pharmacy
Tho ffiexoflL Stan.
Another Enterprise
For Cochran
Messrs Bullard and Woodson are
erecting a planing mill on tlieMacoff
lot In the rear of the livery stable.
They will have a combination plan
er and moulder, resaw, and cut off
saw, and will he prepared to make
flooring, ceiling, weather boarding
and all kinds of molding aud inside
trim.
These gentlemen are splendid bus
iness men and are well known
throughout the entire county and
have the confidence of our people.
We predict much success for this
new enterprise which will, no doubt,
Ihi a great factor in the upbuilding
of our city and county.
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REV. PARKS GOES TO
LOCUST GROVE
Rev. Wade H. Parks has accepted
the position of Field Agent for the
I .odist Grove Institute. Mr. Parks
was the former pastor of the Coch
ran Baptist Church here, was an ex
cellent man and pastor and endear
ed himself to our people while here.
We wish him much success in his
new undertaking and regret very
much to lose him and his splendid
family.
was badly damaged. Its pilot was
torn off, the boiler head bursted in,
the smoke stack, sand box, pop
valve and hell were torn off.
Engineer Bennet and Fireman
Durden stayed on their engine and
were not hurt. There was no one
on the caboose of the frieght train.
Storm Death List
Is 30 In Georgia
Damage To Buildings And The
Farm Land in State Will Be
Over $1,000,000 —South
Georgia Crops Badly
Damaged.
More complete reports from the
storm-swept sections of Georgia,
which were visited Thursday nignt
by tornadoes, earthquakes and rain
estimate the total number of deaths
at thirty perrons and the damage
to property at SI,OO ),(100. The
list of injured will go into the hun
dreds.
Calhoun, Gordon county, Ga..,
and vicinity bore the brunt of the
storm in this state, where twelve
persons are reported to have been
killed. The other fatalities in
Georgia were nine at Tucker, four
at Zaglesville, three at Clarkston
and two at Columbus.
South Georgia also reports heavy
damage to farm lands.
The Ocmulgee river at Macon has
passed the flood stage.
. Fields are reported flooded in
Sumpter county.
Saw mills in Lowndes county
have been forced to suspend on ac
count of excessive rains.
NINETY TOTAL DEAD,
Reports from the gulf states indi
cate that the total death list will
reach ninety in the electrical torna
do which swept parts of Georgia,
Tennnesse, Alabama, Louisana,
Missisippi and Texas. Eighty-odd
deaths have been reported and the
total loss of life probably will be
when wire communica
tion is restored in remote sections
devastated by 'the cyclone. The
damage to property can not he es
timated, but probably will have to
be edmputed in millions.
Late reports from Tennessee have
increased the death toll in that
state to twenty-thiee. Six perished
in Middleton, four at South Berlin,
three at Huron, two each at Cul
leck and Lexington, and one each
at Leesburg, Rally Hill and Bryant
Station. Many sections swept by
the storm have not been heard
from.
The loss of life in Alabama is
estimated at thirteen, although sev
eral persons still are reported miss
ing. Five negroes were killed near
New Decatur, three person perished
at Caller, and two each at Hoke’s
Bull, C aysville and Duke.
Four additional deaths have been
reported in Texas at Hiding. The
total in that state now is placed at
five.
Advices from Louisiana and Mis
sissippi contain advices of no addi
tional deaths, seven having been
previously reported in each state.
The greatest damage to property
was the destruction of buildings
and houses in the sectbns of the
NUMBER 33
Bleckley County’s
First Grand Jury
We desire to congratulate Bleck
ley County’s first grand jury for
their splendid recommendations.
We think they should have the
full co-operation of our citizens.
The most tniportant issue was
the recommendation that the Or
dinary call an election as soon as
possible to vote on a county bond
issue of $0.5,000, thirty years bond
to hear five per cent interest. $45,
000.00 for building, equiping and
securing a site for court house,
$12,000.00 for building, equiping
and securing a site for a jail, and
$8,000.00 for securing equipments
public roads.
These amounts are very conserva
tive and we can see no reason why
this election should not receive full
support from every voter in the
county. As we understand it $45,-
000.00 for a court house will give
about $35,000 for the building and
SIO,OOO for the equipment and the
site. We trust thul then will be
no mistake made in the location of
the jail and the court house and
those delegated to make the selec
tion will he able to secure plenty of
room.
Comparatively speaking we think
the bond issue very small for the
purposes for which it is desired,
however with careful and judicious
handling we think good substantial
buildings can be erected for these
amounts. We have a school build
ing here second to none in this part
of the country that cost us $20,000
all told. Of course erecting and
equiping a school house is very
different from erecting and equip
ing a court house and it seems that
although no one could expect a
very elaborate structure for $45,000,
yet this amount will he sufficient
for good substantial buildings and
might be so constructed that should
it become necessary any time in
the future an audition could be
made.
We can see only two ways to
provide funds for these purposes.
A hind issue or direct taxation.
Direct taxation means that the
county would have to raise the
money in one year, while we would
have thirty years to raise it by
issuing bonds.
At our present valuation a direct
taxation would he an excessive
burden on our people. It would
almost put some of us out of busi
ness. By distributing the amount
over a period of thirty years, we
will he able to take care of the situ
ation with little additional burden,
as our county increases in growth
and valuation.
states where deaths were reported.
Telephone and telegraphic com
munication has been restored to
most of the larger towns and all of
the cities in the storm-swept terri
tory . —T elegraph.