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VOLUME FIVE
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C. O. D. Parcel Post
After July Eirst
New Depart ment of U. S.
Postal Service Oifors
Many Advantages
On July 1 the C. (>. I), parcel
p.»t law will go into effect. Man
ufacturers, retail merchants and
farmers will he greatly benefited as
they will he aole to send wares to
a y domestic point with the Gov
ermfient to act as collector.
Postmaster McKee, of Atlanta to
a Georgian reporter explained some
features of the new law.
A distinctive 0. 0. D. parcel
post tag has heen issued and will he
attached to each package. The tag
lias three coupons affixed to it.
The fir-4 will serve as a receipt to
the sender, the second will he re
taine lat the maibng office, and
the third will he attached to the
parcel.
On the first tag the sender files
as many items as possible, includ
ing the item showing the amount
due him, and places his name and
add.' 8 on the hick. All tags are
numbered and this will serve ae a
double check and elinnate chances
of mistake.
C. O. D. parcels may be accepted
liy rural carriers an 1 the receipt to
b- given the sender will oe sent
after the parcels are numbered at
post offiice. The O. D. will lie
delivered by city and rural carriers
an 1 special delivery messengers.
(h 0. 1). parcels will not Ire ac
cepted when addressed to either the
Phillipine Islands or the Canal Zone
until later. —Conyers Times.
Linen Shower
Friday, June 27th
The ladies of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist
Church will have a linen shower on
Friday, June 27th, at the home of
Mrs. W. E. Dunham, in celebra
tion of the birthday of John Wesley
and for the benefit of Wesley Me
morial Hospital
Everybody is urged to respond to
this worthy call with a liberal do
nation.
If you feel that you can not af
ford to donate any one of the more
expensive articles mentioned, get
some one to join you in giving.
These are things needed and di
mensions:
Spreads 72x90
Sheets 72x90
Pillow cases . 36x42
Bath-towels,
Face-towels
Tea-towels
Dresser Scarfs 24x45
Washstand scarfs 24x36
Table covers 20x36
“ “ 36x35
“ cloths ' „ 2x234yds.
“ “ 4x4 “
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Mrs. J. M. Wynne
Delightful Hostess
The attractive home of Mrs. J,
M. Wynne, in its setting of cedar
trees, on Thursday afternoon held
out hands of welcome to the friends
who entered to do honor to flic
bride, Mrs. Guyton C. Wynne.
Although the number of guests
was legion the home seemed never
to be crowded and the beauty of the
surroundings could therefore he ful
ly appreciated. In the reception
room adorned with growing plants
and vases of yellow daisies, stood
the hostess, gowned in white chiffon
over satin, her corsage of white
sweet-peas.
Graciously she welcomed and in
troduced each guest to the honoree,
who never looked more beautiful, in
her bridal robe of lace over white
satin. Her bouquet lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Wilbur Peacock was gown
ed in blue satin with an overdress
of crape de-chine. Mrs. John Gar
ner, Miss tSvvinney and Miss llazrl
Wynne were lovely in shepherdess
costumes of white chiffon over pah
yellow satin.
In the alcove of the reception
room Mrs. W. 11. Peacock, Mi.-sis
Fannie and I’e isle Smith presided
over the bride’s book, and each
guest was asked to write wishes for
the bride.
In the living room Mesdames
Harrell and Reives held possession
of the punch bowl, but it conten s
were generously shared with the by
standers, the punch howl Was artis
tically decorated in sunflowers and
daisies. Mesdames Coleman and
Taylor, arrayed in white lingerie,
received the guests in the living
room. •
The dining room, decorated in
the same colors, yellow and white,
was most beautiful with its cluny
piece for the table and yellow and
white mints, vases and jardiners of
daisies placed on the mantle, cabi
net and pedistals, here delicious re
freshments were served by Misses
Minta McVay and Pearl Taylor.
Vigilant and tactful adjuncts were
they to the retinue of the hostess.
Mrs. Beverly Wynne and Mrs.
John Urquhart received and enter
tained the guests. Here one could
chat or he thoughtful, lingering
over the scene -so recently passed
through and wondering if one
might dare to tamper with a fam
ous line of Keats, and write, “The
memory of beauty is a joy forever.”
The violin music accompanied by
Miss Powell added much to the oc
casion.
Dr. T. D. Walker, after attend
ing the Southern Railway Surgeons
Convention at Old Point Comfort
last week, made a few- days visit to
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Walker, Jr.,
at New York City.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913
Slate Examination
of School I eachers
The regular state examination for
teachers was conducted by I. A.
W illis, Superintendent of Schools,
assisted by R. 1). Abney, chairman
of the county school hoard, in the
the public school auditorium, June
13th and 11th. There were fifteen
or twenty applicants for teachers
places in Bleckley County. We
have 26 white schools and 16 color
ed schools in the county with a
school enrollment of 3308 and a
corps of between forty and fifty
teachers.
Our new county superintendent
of schools is an old school teacher,
thoroughly conversant with the re
quirements of our public svhiml sys
tem. lb- D energetic, competent
and enthusiastic, and may he de
pended upon to put forth his best
efforts for the welfare of our county
school system and will he backed
by a broad minded, conservative
county school hoard.
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Everybody is cordially invited to
attend tin- Book Shower given by
the Civic League at the home of
Mrs. W. M. Wynne, Friday after
noon and night. The marriei I peo
ple are invited from 6 to 7:30 p.
m. and the young people from 8 to
11. Let everybody come and bring
a good book or a contribution and
h -lp the ladies get a circulating
library.
Everybody is Guess
ing.
The Contest Is Now
Open.
Make Your Guess
Now.
Walters Pharmacy
Programme For
Sunday School Rally
Programme for Sunday School
Rally to he with the Sunday
School at Bethany the sth Sunday
in June, 1913.
9:30 a. m. Called to order by Snpt.
Singing by School, 3 songs.
9:45 Welcome Address by Elder
M. Pritchett, followed by song.
Recitation by Miss Lucia Harvillc.
10: A ddress by Col. J. C. Lin
ney, Subject, “The Sunday
School.”
10:35 Recitation by Miss Marie
Harvillc.
10: 10 Address G. J. Stapleton, Sulr
jeet, “The Sunday School Teach
er” with Criticism, by l)r. J. A.
(ieorge.
Song by School.
1 1 :30 Sermon by Rev. I’. ('..Walk
er, Subject, “The Invitation to
the Marriage Supper of the Lamb
and Who Will lie the Guest.”
12:00 Dinner on the ground.
1 ;30 p. in. All singers invited to
return to the house for the pur
pose of engaging in a song service
for the entire afternoon.
All Sunday School teachers and
workers-cordially invited to attend.
G. J. Stapleton.
For Com.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Duggan left
Tuesday night for New York. They
will visit Washington City and
other Eastern points before they re
turn.
Interest is Growing
In Revision of Taxes
Legislators are becoming more
and more impressed with the im
portance of a revision of the tax
system of the state as the time for
their meeting approaches. Expres
sions have heen heard from quite a
number of members of both house
and senate to the effect that they
regard tax revision as the most im
portant issue before the general as
sembly this year.
Representative 0. T. Gower, of
Crisp, who will unboubtedly be one
of the most influential members of
the house, believes that the matter
can he best handled by a joint com
mattoc of both houses working in
vacation. lie will int roduce a reso
lution calling for such a joint com
mittee, which shall during vacation
prepare a hill revising the entire
tkx system of the state. He hopes
to work out a solution of the tax
problem on somewhat the same
lines that the insurance laws of the
state were revised by the last gener
al assembly.
As to the importance of the issue,
he says:
“This tax question, in my opin
ion, is one of the most vital sub
jects that can possibly he brought
before the legislature. If it is
properly worked out, the taxes
properly assessed and collected
equally from the property holders,
tin- question of deficiency in the
state’s treasusry will lie eliminated,
and at the same time, the burden
of taxation will not be increased to
the masses of the people.”
Members of the senate are equal
ly alive with members of the house
as to the importance of this issue.
M. C. Tarver, of Whitfield, who
has represented his county in the
house for the last four years and
who comes to the senate this year,
says:
“I am particularly interested in
what I believe to he about the only
measures of importance that are com
ing before this general assembly,
that is, revision of the tax laws, re
funding of the state’s bonded in
debtedness, and disposition by lease
or otherwise of the Western and
Atlantic railroad.”
J. Randolph Anderson, who may
be the presiding officer of the sen
ate, has also declared that he re
gards tax revision as the most im
portant issue that will be consider
ed by this legislature.—Constitu
tion.
The ladies of the civic league met
Tuesday afternoon and discussed
plans for the book shower and othei
matters of importance. The Civic
league wishes to thank Mr. Phillips
for the splendid work done on the
ditch and hope that the work will
soon be completed. Other business
was deferred until next meeting on
acconntof the absence of committees
NUMBER 45
Supreme Court Affirms
Life Sentence of Lynn
For Death of F. M. Hightower
In Laurens County.
Atlanta, June 17. —The tenvie
tion and life sentence of ! A. L.
Lynn, charged the murder of Frank
M. Hightower, in the Laurens su
perior court, was aflimed Friday by
the supreme court, no important
facts of error in the original trial
being found by the higher court.
This was an extremely sensation
al case and at the time aroused a
high pitch of excitement in South
Georgia and Laurens county partic
ularly, where all of the parties were
well known and prominent.
At the time Hightower, a venera
ble man and an old friend of the
Lynns’, being affectionately called
“Uncle Frank” by Mrs. Lynn, was
shot to death in the Lynn home,
some miles out from Dublin.- Mrs.
Lynn confessed that she shot him
to death because he had offered her
insult. It further appeared that
she was nervous and semi-hysterical
over her delicate state of health.
Her husband was arrested on
suspicion, and in the trail said he
was in a f eld picking cotton with
his children at the time Hightower
was shot to death, and that the
field has several bunded yards from
the house. In the trial, however,
this statement was not substantiat
ed, evidence to the contrary being
offered.
Mrs. Lynn was acquited, the
jury evidently not believing her
confession, and her husband was
found guilty and sentenced to life
in the penitentiary. Various as
signments of error in the jury panel,
the charge of the court, etc., were
brought, but none found of suffic
ient force to overthrow the verdict
and grant a new trial. The court
says that “conspiracy may be
shown by circumstantial evidence
as well as direct testimony.”
This case supplies a striking ex
ample of the supreme court’s un
willingness to upset verdicts in facts
brought out in the trial.
The Alternative
Road System
W e have reproduced by request,
in this issue of the Journal an arti
cle on the alternate road system
adopted by Irwin County and
many other counties of the state.
It is well worth perusing and as
the grand jury will no doubt recom
mend some system of road working
at the July session of Bleckley
County Superior court, that article
may be of some interest to the
members of the Grand Jury.
Col. Marion Turner, of Hawkins
ville, visited Cochran, Monday,