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VOLUME FIVE
Don't forget that next Saturday, July 19th, is Bond Election Day. Bear in mind that it will require
two-thirds of the registration list to win, and that means a heavy Vote for bonds. Remember, if you don't
Vote at all it Will amount to the same as casting your vote against bonds. Saturday, July 19th, is the day;
go and vote and remind your neighbor to vote.
Shoots Father As He
Abuses Her Mother
Girl was Operated Upon in Ma
con Hospital a ear Ago —Her
Father has No Chance to
Recover According lo
The Doctors
Jeffersonville, Jufy 115. Ethel
Griffin 17 years olil, wlio a year ago
underwent nn operation at the Ma
con hospital, la t night shot her
father, A. H. Griffin while ho was
hooping upon her mother ami
her elf. J)< ctors say toniglit that
Griffin has little chance to recover.
The tragedy oecured in front of
Miss Ethel’s grandmother’s store
here, where Mrs. Griffin and her
children have been residing for some
time.
As a result of the shooting, the
young lady is in a critical condition
tonight, unconscious and suffering
from a high fever. She has the
sympathy of the people of .he town
who know the circumstances of the
case.
According to the members of the
family Griffin has been blinking for
some time. A year ago his wife left
him on account of his drinking ai d
1 is alleged abuse of her and their 7
children, Since then Griffin has
attempted to effect a reconciliation,
but it is said that when he made
these advances he usually was under
the influence of liquor and bis wife
tried to ignore him.
Last night he called at the home
of his wife’s mother and engaged in
words with his wife. Members of
the family say he was abusive in hi;
language and threatened violence
Then his daughter Ethel, still in
fpebG health as a result of her oper
ation, tiprtoed opt of the room and
from a d-esstr drawer took a 32 cal
iber pistol,
When she appeared on the scene
Griffin and his wife were on the
sidewalk in front oj the store, and
according to the witnesses, he still
was trying to beat her. The wit
nesses state that as Miss Ethel ap
peared at her mother’s side her
father struck at his daughter. Then
in self defense the daughter drew
the pistol, pulled the trigger while
a'f close range and a bullet entered
(griffins Ixjdy under the left shoulder
piercing the lungs. Doctors have
ppen unable to locate the bpllet.
Since their separation, Mrs. Griffin
has bepn supporting her children
pdth what w or k she cou)d obtain.
JJcr oldest daughter is a school tea
cher in Bulloch county.
(Eflrijnm Mnxml
Forty-two Prrty
Miss Minta Mi-Vay entertained
with a “42 Party’’ Wednesday af
ternoon, for Mi s Kathryn Chris
tiansen. Miss Carrie Mae Chap
man was the fortunate winner of a
lovely box of stationery.
Dainty refreshments were served
by Miss Mary McVay and Mrs. fi.
I). Todd. Those present wen
Misses Kathryn Christiansen, Min
ta McVay, Carolyn Booth, Edna
Taylor, Annie Mae Wynne, Kittle
Bailey, Ruby Taylor, Mary Land',
Carrie Mae Chapman, Gussio Begin
inter, Kemper Thompson, of Ibiwk
insville ami Corinne lleatd, of At
lant a.
Lawn Party t or
Miss Thompson
Among the lovely social affairs of
the week was the lawn party on
Wednesday evening by Mrs. 15. J.
Wynne for Miss Kemper Thomp
son, of Hawkinsville.
The guests were entertained with
progressive conversation.
Punch, cream and cake were
served by Misses Pauline Thomp
son and Amanda Woodward.
Singing School
At Bethany
A singing school will he organiz
ed at Beth,my on June 28h. The
singing wilt he led by <4. J. Staple
ton of Eastman, who has been teach
ing singing for some time. Every
body is invited to comp and jpin
ten cents a day.
First Bale Brings
20 Cents a Pound
New York, July 14. —The first
bale of cotton of the 1013 crop was
sold at auction on the New York
cotton exchange for 20c a pound.
The money goes to charity. The
hale weighed 505 pounds, was raised
at byford, Cameron county, Texas,
and was shipped through Houston.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Whipple left
Cochran for New York City Wed
nesday. They stopped over at
Cordcle tq visit Dr, Whipple’s
brother, Judge U. V. Whipple.
They will take Savannah steamer
for New York City, Saturday.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913
ORGANS ON EASY TERMS!
We have just received a solid car load of fine Organs to sell on your terms.
If you need an organ, the terms will not keep you from buying. We have
them in Oak, Mahogany or Walnut. They all have a written guarantee
lor ten years. We will be glad to show you our line and give you our
easy terms.
JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY
Mrs. Yearty Entertains
For Miss Fleard
The crowning social event of the
season was Mrs. A. J. Yearty’s
“At Home” given in compliment
to her guest, Miss Corinne Hoard,
of Atlanta. The guests were met
at the door by Mrs. I H. Patrick
and presented to the receiving line,
com posed of Mrs Yearty, Miss bee,
Miss IJ<si’d, Mbs Catherine Blum,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., and .Mrs. A.
•I. Porter, of Macon.
After which they were conducted
to the dinning room by Mrs. It. T.
Jackson, where an elegant “I’uff'el”
luncheon was served by Mrs. M. It.
Perry, Misses Bessse Smith and An
nie Mae Wynne. Thecploi scheme
of yellow and white was carried out
throughout the house with daisies
and oleanders. The decorations on
Out glass and silver being of that
design. Beautiful music was rend
ered by Miss Kiltie Bailey.
Each guest on leaving was pre
suited with a pretty hand-painted
souvenir by little Misses Mary 'Tay
lor and Evelyn bee.
Death of Mrs,
Avie Bryant
Mrs. Avie Bryant, V>f Bleckley
County, age 65 years, died last
Wednesday morning at live o’clock.
She. had been ill for eleven days
and win supposed to have died from
heart trouble. She was a good
woman and a consistent member
of Union Hill Baptist church,
Hej body was interred at the
Holland family graveyard at ton
o’clock Thursday morning. Fun
eial ceremonies were conducted by
Rev. Joe Pritchett. She is survived
by five children, Mrs. Bessie Wil
liams, Mrs. Minnie Boland and
Horner Bryant, of Bleckley, Mrs.
Genie Floyd, of Dodge and Jessie
Bryant, of Laurens County.
Standard Oil Co.
{Till Locate Here
Air. Hobson of the Standatd Oil
Co. came down on train 16 today
(Thursday) fur the purpose of locat
ing a place for erecting an oil tank
for the Standard Oil Co. This will
make Cochran a distributing center
and add another enterprise to our
City.
Lawn Party For
Misses Blum and Fieard
The younger Society set was very
delightfully entertained at a Salma
gundi party, given by Miss Hazel
Tee at the home of Mrs. A.J. Year
ly, for Miss Catherine Blum of
Chattanooga Ten**., and Miss Cm-
Lpne Hoard of Atlanta, on Tuesday
evening. Yarious games and eon
tests were played, including a game
of hearts played by one couple at a
time in “Covers Reheat”.
A beautiful lawn lighted by .Japa
nese lanterns and the bright moon
light and a delightful hustiws ablv
assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Yearly
and Mrs. M. B. Perry, all conspired
to make those who we*e so fortun
ate as to he the recipient of Miss
bee’s hospitality enjoy themselves
to the fullest extent.
Delightful fru’t punch was served
throughout the evening by Misses
Mary Taylor and Evelyn bee.
At a late hour the guests were
served with delicious ice cream and
cake. After which they departed
singing praises to Miss bee as a hos
tess.
Mrs. Crawford
Released On Bond
Atlanta, July 11. —Mrs. Mary
Belle Crawford, arrested yesterday
charged with poisoning her husband,
Josh.ua B, Crawford, Atlanta capi
talist, four years ago, was released
on $6,250 bond today.
A(rs. Crawford continued today to
protest her innocence declaring that
criminal proceedings had been insti
tuted against her to influence civil
litigation pending of the $250,000
estate of her husband. Crawford’s
heir-at-law in a suit instituted soon
after his death, asked that the will,
leaving the major portion of the es
tate to Airs. Crawford, be set aside.
Good Meeting
At Centinary
Protracted meeting that has been
going on at Centinary for the past
two weeks, closed Friday night,
with seven additions to the Church,
This meeting was conducted by the.
pastor in charge, Rev. W. C. Em
bry, assisted by his daughter,
Aliss bois, as organist and leader in
the singing.
Cochran Man Honored
Dr. T. 1). Walker Sr. has been
appointed as a delegate to the Inter
national Convention of School Hy
giene at Buff ilo, New York. The
Association the Southern Baihvay
Surgeons were invited to send a del
egate and a resolution was adopted
at 1 heir convent ion to elect soon
one efficient in this branch. 'Tin
select ion was made liv Dr. B. J
Noble of North C; rolina Pres, of
the A <s<>eiatioa who chose Dr. Wal
ker from among two or three bun
dred Southern Bailway Surgeons.
For years Dr. Walker lias taken
great interest in educational affair.*
and he has established more than a
local reputation. It was a well de
served compliment.
Beats 1 he Record
Somewhere this side of Macon,
we don’t know exactly whore Su
pervisor Con,illy and a few others
went out from his camp cars for
about one hour and thirty minutes
and caught one hundred and twen
ty-five pounds of nice fish, This
was as many as they eared to carry
hack with them and they did not
stay any longer. If it had been a
good day for fishing and they had
stayed all day, it might have taken
the whole construction gang to have
; brought them in.
M bderr \X' c xJt er
Organize m Cochran
The Modern Wood:non of Amer
ica, the largest fraternal beneficiary
society in America, completed
the organization of a camp in Coch
ran on last Wednesday, night.
Air. Oydoti C Johnson of Atlanta I
Ga., State manager, assisted by dis
trie Deputy Geo. W. Derrick and
Jas. W. Smith
The focal camp starts out with
I about 50 members and bids fair to
become a popular fraternity.
'The officers elected and installed
we re;
J. C. llrquhnrt, Yenerable consul
J. A. George, Past Consul;
b. S. Philiips, Worthy Adviser,
T). G. Jackson, Banker,
W. T. Powell, Clerk,
C. b. ALsidows, Escort,
C. R. Hinson, Watchman,
C. N. Ranciitt, Secretary.
W. C. Causey, J. L. Barrs, and!
.J. H. Bagley, Trustees.
NUMBER 49
I he Misses Dalys
Compliment Guests
Last Thursday evening Misses
Alice and Maude D.dy entertained
a mini tier of young people at their
home in honor of their guests, Miss
A i'"a Stothart, of Savannah, and
M Claude Jones, of Atlanta.
tonnes were played and after a
s|iiriled guessing contest, the prize
a box of candy was drawn for be
tween Miss Ruby Taylor and Miss
Marguerite I rquhart, the latter be
ing the lucky party. A beautiful
lucky blue bird pin was presented
the guest of honor.
Fruit punch was served througli
dic t veiling and after an ice course
was served the guests departed,
each voting the Misses Dalys ideal
hostesses.
Those invited to meet Miss Stot
hart were Misses Ruby and Pearl
Taylor, Carrie Mae Chapman, Mary
an<l Vance Peacock, Hazel Wynne,
Kittie Bailey, Mary Lamb, Grace
Oakley, Carrie Boothe, Bessie 1
Smith, Edna Taylor and , Margue
rite Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Burney, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Tay
lor, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wynne.
Messrs. Harry Wynne, Morgan
Taylor, Tom Bailey, Dr. Walters,
Col. Adams, Col. Stallings, Jack
Tnompson Joe Chapman, Joe Tay
lor, Charlie Thompson, Clifford
Lester, Jamie Vaughn, Chas. Dil
lingham and 11. Kilpatrick of At
lanta.
W. j. Hardy’s
Fine Cotton
W'hat did we tell you? We said
that Capt Newsome, of Pulaski,
had just gotten the news to the
Journal office a little head of our
Bleckley County farmers when he
brought us week before last, a full
developed cotton boll and said he
had a hundred acres like it hip
high. Now comes our preacher
farmer, Rev. W. J. Hardy, who
brought to the Journal office last
week, three well developed cotton
bolls and says his cotton is over
waist high. Brother Hardy has a,
line little farm just outside of the
corporate limits, and he is “seme
farmer” himself.
Bond election Satur
day, July 19th,