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VOLUME FIVE HfeLT. rsr”; July Superior Court Will Be Adojurned At Chambers, M.Rae, Ga. Notice is hereby giving that ow ing to existing circumstance#, tlio regular July Term of Bleckley Superior Court will l>e adjourned over to some later date to he here after fixed. Therefore, it will not he neces sary for either Grand or Traverse Jurors to attend the Court on the First Monday of July, hut such jurors will ho required to report for service at the adjourned term. 'AH cases that can he determined without a jury will he in order -for trial at the regular term, and the C urt will convene First Monday of July for the disposition of such matters. E. 1). Graham, Judge Superior Cts. 0. C. This 21st day of June, 1913. Royal Ambassadors Picnic at Gum Swamp One of the most delightful affairs of the season, was the picnic that the members of the Royal Ambassa dors entertained on Thursday June lt>. The jolly party left town at an early hour hound for Oak Grove on the hanks of Gum Swamp creek, an ideal spot for a picnic. Mrs. M. B. Perry leader of the It. AT. and Miss Ada Brown acted as < haperones A regular old fashioned good time prevailed throughout the the time the first ones were seated, in the wagon until the last one Lind en in home. And the dinner, well words cannot do it justice but —we tried to at the time. Everything that the appetite could call for with plenty of lemon-ade and ice-water. The day was spent in feasting, fishing and frolicking. The Royal Ambassadors, on this occasion proved themselves ideal hosts, sparing neither time, nor money to add to the pleasure of the girls who were fortunate enough to be their guests, showing that they are a band of model boys united heart and hand. At twilight those who were quiet ly reading on their porches heard the gay songs and laughter of youth and knew the party had returned. No one needed to he told that it had been a grand day, for actions speak plainer than words. The boys said it is good to belong; to the R. A’s, and the girls yelled | Jong live the R. A's, Jiere’r hoping j for another picnic tomorrow. ffl )t Cocfjjrfttt Sonata!. Court to Investigate Americus Lynching Better Glass ol Citizens of South Georgia Town De plored Outrage of Saturday N.ght Americus, Ga., June 23. —Reso- lutions ringing with denunciation of the outrage here Saturday night, deploring the affair and calling upon the public at large to withhold se vere criticisms for the act of the law less moo, have adopted by several of the Americus churches and will he published tomorrow morning. Without exception the fiendish ness of the mob is condemned gen rally, as the victim, William Red ding, who wantonly shot Police Chief Barrow, was already dead, having been killed by members of the mob when taken from the jail cell. The body was dragged three blocks to the business center of the city, hanged and burned after being shot to pieces. Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of the southwestern judicial circuit, may convene Sumter superior court in special session for thorough investi gation of the lynching. He is out of the city tonight, hut announces that he will investigate the lynching upon his return tomorrow. Governor Brown also wired this afternoon to Captain James Fort, commanding the Americas Light infantry, for a detailed written re port of the tragedy which was sent the governor tonight. The military was called out by Governor Brown late Saturday nig at, but not before Redding had been lynched and the streets cleared of the excited mob men. PEACOCK-DOROUGH A quiet home wedding was sol nrnnized Sunday morning at 10;30 o’clock, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ivey, near Dubois, when Mrs. Minnie Peacock, of Dubois, was united in ifiarriage to Mr. J. 0. Dorough, of Cordele, Mr. E. M. Home, of Em pire, officiating. The bride ranks high in the es teem of all who know her, while the groom comes highly recom mended. The bride was dressed in a pretty ! hand embroidered dress of white, | her going away dress was a beauti ful gray coat suit, Mr, and Mrs. Dorough left on the six o’clock train, ’mid showers of rice and good wishes, for tlieir future home in Cordele. COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913 We have just Come and received a llfefesir look it over solid car load nc [ j a solid car - 00 pl " load of and lhe kinds of nice pfflfNflpSi unusual good for | terms. All we ask Is that you come and see for yourself. Jackson Furniture Company Exemption Clause Not Liked by Wilson Washington, June 28. —President Wilson today signed the sundry civil appropriation hill, with a statement declaring that lie would have vetoed, if he could, the pro vision in it exempting labor unions and farmers’ organizations from prosecution under a certain S3OO, 000 fund designated for operation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The president characterized the exemption as “unjustifiable in char acter and principle,” hut called at tention to the fact that the depart ment of justice possessed other funds with which to enforce the anti trust law. The urgent need of various gov ernment departments for funds ap propriated by the bill influenced the president to speedy action on the measure. The bill carried $1 1fi,000,000 in appropriations and was vetoed l.y Mr. Taft March 1, because of the labor exemption clause. When the hill was reintro duced and passed by both houses in identical form by the present con gress, this provision was the subject of sharp debate. Why Suffer Heat when you can keep cool all day long at Walker's Pharmacy where swift breezes from electric fans blow all day long? Free Seats and Ice Water Service Kool Your Mazuma at the Korner Drug Store 34 Years on the Same Korner Features of New Currency Bill 1. Twelve regional federal reserve 1 hanks. 2. Central control through a fed eral hoard of nine members, three chosen by the banks, three mem hers of the cabinet and three ap pointed by the president* and con finned by th 3 senate. 3. Proposed new federal reserve notes limited to $500,000,000. -1. Security for these notes may he government, or states bonds, or approved commercial paper. 5. National bank depositories to he superseded by the federal reserve banks. fi. Board of control given author ity to fix rate of interest. 7. Headquarters of the federal reserve hoard is to be situated in Washington. 8. Authority given to country hanks to lend money on farming lands. 9. Provision for hanks of SI,OOO, 000 or more of capilal to establish hanks in foreign countries. Misses Rosa Belle and Hazel Wade have returne 1 home after spending several days in Cochran. —JV 111 | | I |i i 4 iL j M M» iB Dan G. Hughes May Get fhe Position Is Spoken of As the Probable Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture 1 hat Dan G. Hughes, of Twiggs county, has been practically chosen by J ames Price, incoming commis sioner of agriculture, as as.-istant commissioner, ivas the news brought to Macon yesterday by an Atlantan, who is generally looked upon as close to the political workings of the capital as anybody in the state. That Mr. Hughes is believed to have been selected will he encoura ging news to the people of Macon and all middle Georgia, for a num ber of influential people in this sec tion of the state have been working quietly hut actively and effectively in his behalf for some time. Mr. Hughes bears the reputation of being one of the best posted young men in Georgia, agricul turally. He is a son of Congress man Dudley M. Hughes, known in Georgia and Washington alike as the “Farmer Statesman,” Both of the Hughes, father and son, have been successful farmers of the high est, practical as well as theoretical, type and Twiggs county’s present demonstration of high class farming is in no small degree due to their ■•fforts. Dan G. Hughes is personally ex tremely popular not alone in his home county but also in Macon and everywhere in the state where lie is known. The news of this probable ap pointment will be greeted with pleasure by practical farmers and business men in no small number. Modern Woodmen Organize in Cochran A camp of the Modern Woodmen of America will he organized in Cochran, Wednesday night, July 2nd, in 'the Masonic Hall. They have thirty applicants. Twenty five of these have stood the medical examination and will come in as charter members. We think this is a good order, it carries a fraternal insurance feature which is very much cheaper than old line and judging from vital sta tistics it seems they are charging enough to make they plan a safe proposition. NUMBER 46 Ban on Cigarettes In Cieorgia Towns Athens. —The town of Monroe in tin a'l joining county of Walton has put the legal ban on cigarette smok ing by all under 21 years in addition to the state law prohibiting the saie of the “tacks” to those under their majority. The ministers asked for the city ordinance to this effect; the council wanted expressions from parents; the preachers got a signed petition of 100 fathers who have boys in their teens; the council passed the law and it is against the town law for a hoy under voting age to puff the weed in a paper-rolled form in in the corporation limits of the cap ital of Walton. They may smoke in the actual residence of their par ents —nowhere else. J. F. Meaks Killed; By Lightening J. F. Meaks, a farmer living eight miles east of Cochran, in this county, was struck and killed by lightening about eight o’clock, Sat urday night, just after he had re turned home from Cochran. He had entered his residence and was working on a bicycle when lighten ing struck the top of the house right above where lie was working. He was standing near an :>pen win dow and it is supposed the lighten ing entered through the window and struck him on the head. He leaves a wife and five children, a mother and father to mourn his death. The deceased was the son of \V. F. Meaks, an old and honor able citizen of Bleckley County. Mr. Meaks’ father and mother are two fine old people whom everyliody in the community loves and deeply sympathizes with them and the five little children who are left behind. Miss Rutha a daughter about six teen was the oldest child. Bletchin and Tames two boys were about 12 and 14. Lois a boy still younger and May a little girl is the youngest of the family. The deceased was buried at Salem Monday at four o’clock. A large crowd attended the funeral. Notice Any one holding Planter’s Ware house transferred certificates, please call at A. P. Urquhart’s store and have them renewed.