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VOLUME FIVE
Man Killed; Mayor
And Others Held
Until Physician Can Make De
tailed Examination of Wounds
That Caused Radney’s
Death.
Soperton, May H. —Will T. Rad
ney is dead with a load of buckshot
and several wounds in his body as
a result of a tragic shooting near
here this morning at 7 o’clock.
The mayor and police and other
proniinet men figure in the case.
Hadney, who was tending a farm
fur Lamar Holmes, aliout a mile
from this place, was arrested yes
terday, charged with stealing some
50 pounds of beef from Jim Clovers
market. He was placed in the lo
cal jail with Wyatt Martin to guard
him. He forced his way out of the
stockade and Martin shot at him as
he ran for safety. The shot went
wild and Radney made his., escape.
Early this morning, Varna r
Holmes, Mayor; T. K. Wade, Po
liceman; Lee Keen and Wyatt Mar
tin, having learned that Radney
was going to pass on a certain road
through a branch some four miles
from here on his way to get his
brother to stand his bond, they pro
ceeded to capture him at the
““branch.
Radney saw what was up and
jumped from the buggy in which he
was riding. Policeman Wade de
manded him to halt but he kept
running. Wade and Martin both
tired pistols. Radney ran about 20
yards and was getting over a fence
when Lee Keen shot him with a
shot gun. He ran alxmt three or
four steps and falling said, "Why
should you kill me this way?”
The news spread rapidly and
William Higgs, justice of peace,
soon reached the scene and held an
inquest. According to the evidence
the jury ordered Lamar Holmes, T.
K. Wade. Lee Keen and Wyatt
Martin to l>e held in custody until
the doctors could lnakwff'detailed
examination of the wounds. Mr.
Rjulirey leaves a wife and several
”children, a brother and other
prominent relatives in the commu
nity. —Macon Telegraph
T. K. Wade is a former citizen of
Bleckley County. He is well known
and prominently connected. He is
a brother of Frank Wake, Aden
Wade and George Wade, all promi
nent farmers of our County. He
lived near Cary and left there some
time last fall for Soperton where he
now holds the position of City Mar
shal. Mr. Wade was once a candi-
®lje €ocl)rrm Journal
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Odd Fellows Have
Meeting at Cochran
Odd Fellowship made itself felt
in Cochran last Thursday. A semi
annual session of the sixth division
was held and representatives from
the lodges in the thirteen counties
of the division were in attend..nee.
The Macon lodges furnished the
following representatives:
Franklin Lodge No. 2, R. L.
Kitchens, J. S. Bennett: United
Brothers Lodge No. 5, L. S. Hill,
L. W. McManus, .1. J. Kimball, •).
W. Markham: Macon Lodge 123,
E. C. Herring, W. E, Mumford.
Olin P. Beall, J. IL Mills; Bibb
Lodge No. 186, W. Frank Spikes,
Geo. W. Grier; W E. Mumford
Lodge No. 265, J. 1). Howell; Fort
Hawkins Lodge No. 315, W. V.
West, B. L. Keith; Union Lodge
No. 489, G. L. Bright.
A public meeting was held in the
afternoon in the auditorium of the
new high school building. Grand
Master W. S. Coleman, of Cedar
town, addressed the meeting with
masterful force and eloquence, tell
ing of the great work the order has
done and is doing in the alleviation
of suffering and the elevation of
character in all parts of the world
where it has been established, and
invited good men to knock for ad
mission in the fraternity. Dr. C.
T. Halt, of Cochran, presided over
the meeting and Hon. T. L. Bailey,
Editor of the Cochran Journal, de
livered the address of welcome.
One business session was held la
ter in the afternoon and another at
night. Reports from Lodges were
received and discussed with a view
to the exchange of ideas concerning
the work of the order.
Macon was selected as the next
place of meeting. Officers for the
ensuing year were chosen, the three
upon whom the greatest respond
bilities fall being: Division Deputy
Grand Master, C. J. Gamble; vice
division deputy Grand Master, L
S. Hill, and division deputy grand
secretary and treasurer, Olin P.
Beall, all of Macon.
The other division deputy grand
officers are: Warden, J. P. Dykes,
of Goldsboro; chaplain, W. H.
Chapman, of Cochran; marshal, G.
date for Sheriff of Pulaski County
against John R. Rogers, the present
incumbent. Saffold and Stallings,
of our City, Eschel Graham, of Mc-
Rae, and L. C. Underwood, of Mr.
Vernon, represent the defendants.
They have been released on bond
upon petition in the sum of S4OOO.
00 each. The solicitor General
having agreed upon this amount.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY, 15, 1913
M’Lendon Opposes
Free Panama Tolls
Tallahassee, Fla., May 11. —Ad-
dressing the Florida legislature up
on the “Panama Canal and Its Ef
fect On Domestic and Foreign Com
merce,” S. G. McLendon, former
Georgia railroad Commissioner, op
posed free tolls for American vessels
Judge Sambola Jones, panama ex
position commissioner, also spoke
urging an appropiation for a Florida
exhibit.
L. Bright, of Macon; conductor, J.
C. Vanlandingham, of Fenleyson;
guardian, J. P. Lee, of Mclntyre;
herald, R. A. Taylor, of Milledgc
ville.
A hearty endorsement was given
to Macon,s effort to get the grand
lodge meeting for 1914, and the
representatives pledged their efforts
in behalf of the* movement.
The very cordial reception and
splendid entertainment given the
visiting delegates by the generous
hearted people of Cochran stamps
the citizenship of that community
as being truly southern in spirit and
demonstrates that among them the
grasping selfishness of present day
commercialism has so far failed to
tarnish that beautiful trait of hospi
tality which characterized the peo
ple of all the South in the days of
old. —Macon Telegraph.
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Interesting Letter
From Dr. Harris
Atlanta, May 10th, 1913.
Mr. T. L. Bailey, Editor,
The Cochran Journal,
Cochran, Ga.
My Dear Sir:
In reply to your communication
of May 6th I would say that, in the
name of the State Board of Health,
I wish first to thank you for the in
terest which you have expressed in
health work, for after many years
weary struggle with this problem I
still find the great majority of peo
ple here entirely indifferent to it.
In reply to your letter I would
say that we have sent you our bul
letins, which include plans and
specifications for sanitary closets,
and it is my sincere hope that you
may succeed in inducing the people
of your city to supplant the old
fashioned kind by the newer and
more sanitary ones.
As regards the ditch of which you
speak, I would say that in-as-mueh
as it is exposed to sunlight and the
open air I do not believe that it is
likely to cause trouble in any other
way except in breeding mosquitoes,
and the breeding of them can be
entirely prevented by keeping all
the pools covered by a thin layer of
petroleum or oil of any sort. This
JmH
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T\vo Blacks Arrested
For Burning Barn
Americus, Ga., May 13. —Detec-
tives today arrested two negroes
suspected of complicity in the burn
ing of the barn and contents of
Neal A. Ray, 1 ere recently. Four
teams of mules and horses were
killed, entailing a property loss of
SI,OOO. Preliminary examination
of the prisoners has not been ac
corded yet, and the nature of the
evidence them is with held. Five
hundred dollars reward is outstaml*
ing forthe incendiaries, with proof
to convict.
would, of course, require some little
trouble, but need not be done very
often except when it is raining fre
quently and the oil is being washed
away. I do not think it makes
any difference as to what time you
clean this ditch. It can be done
safely at any time of the year. The
truth is that any germs that may
produce disease very quickly die
when subjected to the influences
which are present in stagnant water,
particularly where exposed to the
sunlight.
If I can be of any service in the
world it will give me the greatest
pleasure. Again thanking you, I
am, Very cordially yours,
11. F. Harris, Secretary.
NUMBER 41
Japan Wants U. S. To
Test Anti-Alien Law
. -a ■ - l r•*
No Further Move Will Be Made
By Japan Until Bill is Signed.
Washington, May 13. —TheJapa-
nesc ambassador will take no furth
er steps in the protests againsts the
California anti-alien land law until
Governor Johnson acts upon the
bill before him. Should he sign it,
it was learned today that Japan,
without making further representa
tions to the state department, will
wait a reasonable time to see what
the federal administration intends
to do to meet the complaint against
the measure.
It was indicated today that Japan
would not move to test the consti
tutionality of the law, but was in
clined to the view’ it is incumbent
upon the United States to take up
that phase of the question.
Although it is understood here
that Governor Johnson has thirty
days to act, official believe his an
swer to Secretary Bryan’s last com
munication will be received within
a week.
The Japanese situation was dis
cussed today at the cabinet meet
ing-
ENGLAND WOULD LIKE TO SEE TEST
BEFORE HAGUE
London, May 13. —“If it be true
that Japan wishes to carry the Cali
fornia land question to The Hague
tribunal, we may shortly obtain a
fruitful lesson in the practical limits
of arbitration,” says the Pall Mall
Gazette today, in discusssing the
situation which has arisen between
the United States and Japan, in
regard to the California alien land
ownership bill. .
The newspaper continues; “If
the Chinese and Japanese are to
have free entry to the Pacific coast,
it means eventually the extirpation
of white labor from that region
“ All the arbitration in the world
will not persuade the people of the
western states that it is their duty
to give up their bread and butter to
an alien race, and we can imagine
how much likelihood of the govern
ment at Washington taking meas
ures to enforce such an award upon
its own subjects. We should rather
like !o see the experiment for its
usefulness in bringing dreamers
back to hard facts.”
Mrs. I. P. Crutchfield and child
ren have returned to their home in
Savannah, aftei a two weeks visit
with her mother, Mrs. E. P. Col
lins.