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VOLUME FIVE
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JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY
Gulf Line Sold
For $261,000
Hawkinsville and Florida South
ern Railway Company Takes
Over Property.
*
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Gulf Line Railway Company,
held at Sylvester, (la., today, the
property of the Gulf Line Railway
Company was sold to the Hawkins-
ill,, and Florida Southern Railway
Company for S26I,(NHL 1 his line
from Hawkinsville, (la., to Camilla
Ca., effective August 1, will he
operated hy the Hawkinsville and
Flotida Southern Railway Com
pany.
Notice of the sale of the Gull
Line was given out in Macon this
morning hy .1. E. Munson, presi
dent of the Hawkinsville and Flori
da Southern Railway Company.
Macon News.
Macon, Ga.. July HO. —TheGeor
gia Southern & Florida railroad
will on Aug. 1, take over the Gulf
Line Railway, extending from Ash
-I,urn to Camilla, and will add it to
the present Hawkinsville it lHorida
Southern line, abolishing the name
‘‘Gulf Cffft* Railway,” according to
an unofficial report.
The Georgia Southern & Florida
railway already owns the Hawkins
ville & Florida Southern i'rhm
Hawkinsville to Pitts, hut has had
it leased to the Gulf Line, which
had operated the road from Ilawk
insville to Camilla.
That the road as operated by the
Gulf Line has been a losing propo
sition is not denied hy the officials
and to keep the entire system to
gether and put it on a paying basis
the stockholders of the Ge irgia
Southern & Florida railway will
consider at their meeting Aug. 4.
the question of issuing 8261,000
bonds additional on the Hawkins
ville & Florida Southern. There is
said to he no doubt about this ac
tion being taken.
It is said that John B. Munson,
now the president and general man
ager of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railway will be chosen vice
president and general manager of
the Hawkinsville and Florida
Southern; that J. H. Palmer, now
general manager of the road, will
l>e made superintendent* with head
quarters at Ashburn, and that the
general offices of the road will be
movi d to M icon and conducted at
the offices of the Georgia Southern
ifc Florida railway.
Under the proposed new arrange
ment, the name “Gulf Line Rail
road” will lie abandoned and the
entire line will in the future be the
Hawkinsville & Georgia Southern.
The directors of the road will meet
a! Sylvester, the domicile of the
dndjrmt JhronraL
Protracted Meeting
At Old Evergreen
Protracted meeting started at old
Evergreen Baptist Church Sunday
July 27th, and closed the following j
Friday with two accession to the j
church, one hy letter and the other !
by confession of faith. The meet- !
ing was eonduc ed hy Rev. Roberts,
tin l pastor in charge, assisted hy his
brother, who is a student at Mercer
University. A large crowd a l , tended
on the first day and continued
throughout the week.
()ld Evergreen Church was erect
ed before the. war, and has a decid
edly anti-hel uni 'appearance, ltj
has a gaLery, that was built for the |
negroes, who worshipped with their!
masters when they weie slaves he-1
fore tlm war. Tiie church is situat
ed in one of the most beautiful ;
groves of moss covered oaks in ail i
this count y.
The singing was splendid. Il j
was led by M. H. Jones, with G.licj
Grumpier as organist.
The writer attended the meeting
the first Sunday and mingled with
the splendid warm hearted people
of that neighbor!) od, and enjoyed
the lingnanimous hospitality of Mr.
and Mrs. John Horne. There were
at least thirty people at their home
for dinner, but tnere was a plenty
and to spare, and such a dinner.
My! My! Everything the country
affords was on that table. ialk
atwnit your Southern hospitality, il
you want to see it dispensed in gen
erous style, and with a freedom and
informality not eclipsed elsewhere,
just take dinner with one of our
prosperous Bleckley County farm
ers. By the way J< hn Horne has
uvo hundred acres of splendid look
ing cotton and a hundred acres of
fine corn. 11 is crop was injured
some hy a very heavy rain in tl e
j spring, but from the present out
look he will make a fine yield of
both cotton and corn. John is an
old Pike County citizen, who mov
ed here seventeen years ago with
out a red cent, and'!,as made good.
He has a sweet little home, a noble
helpmeet and an interesting family
of boys and girls. His two older
boys are sober and industrious and
are helping John to make his blos
som as the rose. Besides running
his own place he has a large farm
rented from Taylor <fc Wynne. He
is running twelve plows. Two
years ago John’s barn was set on
fire and was entirely destroyed.
His loss was about §IBOO.OO. He
charter of the road, on August 1,
to complete their plans relative to
the proposed changes and on Aug
4, at noon, the stockholders of the
Georgia Southern & Florida rail
way will meet in Macon to take
official action on the various changes
and choose such officers as may he
necessary.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913
Exquisite Social Event
hor Visiting Ladies
The social climax for this season
was reached on Tuesday evening,
I when Messrs. L. B. Kcnnington,
Frank MeVa.y and Joe Dunham
delightfully entertained for the
| visiting young ladies.
The younger s t were invited j
from eight to nine and the eld a s t
trom nine unfit eleven.
Promptly at the hour designated
' the jolly party gatnered at Ken
nington’s Drug Store, which was
beautifully decorated with ferns,
palms and cut (lowers.
Word contests formed from the
! letters in “Ntmnally’s Candies,”
"Toilet Water” and “Stationery”
! wore held. In the first contests
I Miss Mary MeV.ay was the winner
•*f a box of candy, Miss Marguerite
j Crquhart and Miss Carrie Mac Tay
j lor a bottle of toilet water and Miss
Lillian Willis a box of stationery.
In the second contests Miss Ruby
I'a.vior won the candy, Miss Edna
Taylor the toilet water and Miss
Willie Swiimey the stationery.
Delightful refreshments of punch
and crea.ni were served. Misses
Nan Dunham and Will Towler as
sisted in entertaining.
It. was a most enjoyable affair
and one long to he remembered by
our fair visitors.
There were about a hundred
guests invited during the evening.
Miss Ona Raiford entertained the
Pansy Deese Sewi g Club, Satur
day afternoon. The members are
Carrie Mae Taylor, Mary Hall,
Mary MrVay, Willie Mae 'Fowler,
Maigarite Crquhart, Cleo Neal,
Lucile Morgan. Fannie Lee Taylor,
Ona Raiford and Lillian Willis.
lost a fine mule, that was burned
up in the barn, with all his feed
stuff and cotton seed with which
to make the next crop.
His neighbors came nobly to the
rescue and helped to place him on
his feet again. When he was down
hearted and almost ready to give
up, his generous frien s (God bless
them) began to roll up to his 1 arn
one hy one with wagon loads of
hay, fodder, and corn and literally
filled it pp, and have enabled him
to come again. John says his
heart goes hack to old Pike County
the home of his childhood and lie
shall never forget those among
whom he was reared. Early child
hood friends, boyhood associates
and the recollection of our first
sweetheart are tender memories
that ever clings to us, Imt in after
yeirs when a man falls in among
other people, meets misfortune and-.-
his neighbors come so nobly to his
rescue he cannot help hut feel an
indesjrible love for the fine people
of his adopted county —John says
so and he ought to know.
Parent-1 eacher
Association
'Fhe Parent-Teacher Association
held its regular monthly meeting,
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. sth, at 4
o’clock at the Ladies Rest Room.
Quite a number of ladies were
present and enjoyed the hour spent,
iinmensly. Mrs. I). E. Duggan,
Vice-President, conducted the meet
ing. Mrs. J. J. Taylor being ab
sent, on account of illnesss.
'Fhe leader of the cooking class,
Mrs. Duggan, reported fine pros
pects for an exhibit in that line at
the Fair ibis Fall.
'Fhe following committees for
September were appointed:
Reception —Mesdames J. J. Tay
lor, T. L. Bailey and W. M.
\\ ynne.
Program—Mesdames John Urqu
hart, C. T. Hall and J. 11. Mullis.
Visiting—Fiist week, Mrs. C. E.
Taylor, Second week, Mrs. C. T.
Hall, Third week, Mrs. L. 11. Pat
trick, Fourth week, Mrs. 'Fowler.
After the business was disposed
of the following interesting papers
were read:
"Value of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation.” —Mrs. John Crquhart.
“Truth Felling” —Mrs. C. E. Tay
lor.
“How to Make Eiiends.” —Mrs.
Hall.
“Bigness of Little Things” —Mrs.
Mullis.
After the meeting adjourned the
specimens which had been sent in
hy the c inking class were duly test
ed. The class is doing excellent
work. Quite a number of the la
dies expressed a desire to join the
class, but on account of the already
crowded condition, will have to
content themselves with copying
receipts from the girls or leaders of
said class, who will he glad to ren
der any informa'ion which may he
| desired.
(forresponding Sect’y.
Party Eor Miss Hollow
Miss Vera Purser entertained Fri
day night in honor of Miss Eva
Hollow, of Fitzgerald.
Games, music and delightful re
freshments contrived to make it a
very pleasant evening.
Those invited were Misses Carrie
Mae Taylor, Fannie Lee Tavlor,
Mary Ilall, Mary McVay, Ethel
Goody, Ma.rgarette Crquhart, Vance
Peacock, of Hawkinsville, Liunie
Privet, of Calera, Ala., Mamie
Belle Rieves, Cleo Neal, Catherine
Christensen and Ona Raiford.
Myletus Wynne, Linton Crquhart,
Thomas Hall. Joe Dunham, Phil
Taylor, Raiford Cantelou, Joe Tay
lor, Jim Walker and Floyd Watson.
Best Perfumes Toilet Waters
at Walker’s Imimnacy.
Exhibits In North
And Middle West
Washington, I). C., August 5. —
Splendid exhibits of Southern farm
product, showing the alluring agri
cultural opportunities awaiting in
dustrious settlers in the territory
along their lines, will he made hy
the Southern Railway and affiliated
companies, (including the Mobile
Ar Ohio, the Georgia, Southern A
Florida, the Alabama Great South
ern, the Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Texas Pacific, the Virginia A
Southwestern) at three great expo
sitions and thirty-five district and
county fairs in the North and Mid
dle West during the late summer
and fall. This is the most exten
sive campaign of this character ever
undertaken for attracting settlers to
the Southern States and will place
their advantages in the most strik
ing way before thousands of sturdy
farmers of just the type that is de
sired in the South.
Special exhibits will he made at
the Canadian National Exhibition
at Toronto, August 24 to Sept 8, the
attendance of which Jouches the
million mark; the famous dairy a!
Waterloo, lowa, in November; and
the International Livestock Expo
sition in Chicago during Novel w
and December. Exhibits at >1 -
trict and county fairs in New York.
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohs-.
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, V
cousin, lowa and Minnesota, have
been arranged in four circuits, run
ning from August 5 to late in Octo
ber.
The work of preparing these ex
hibits has been underway since the
close of the fair season in 11)12.
Since the beginning of the new crop
season, agents have been at work
with the result that from every
state on the lines of the Southern
System, there have come most
representative collections of agricul
tural products, including grains,
grasses, vegetables and fruit. Large
photographs showing farms and
other views in the South will also
he used. The exhibits will he in
charge of agents who are thoroughly
familiar with conditions in the
South and who will be or, hand con
stantly to give information desired
about any locality. Special leaflets |
and booklets have been prepared |
and several hundred thousand will [
be placed in the hands of prospec-!
live settlers.
These exhibits are being made!
entirely at the expense of the
Southern Railway and aflliliated
lines. The territory served by
them and the whole Southeast will
lie given wide advertising which
should be productive of much g< oi
for the re -tion.
In addition to this series of exlii- 1
bits at Northern fairs and exposi
tions, tlie Southern Railway and
affiliated lines will make education
al exhibits at a large number of
fairs throughout the South, detailed
announcement of which will He j
made later.
NUMBER 52
1 raffic On Southern
1 iecl Up For I 8 Hours
Flagman A. C. Rooney, of Ma
con, Was Slightly Injured in
f reight Wreck, Saturday,
Near Eastman.
Macon. Aug. !L —Traffic over the
S, i it'li<ti 1 Railway, south of Macon,
wa- resumed yesterday afternoon at
1 o’clock after being tied up for
eighteen hours as a result of the
wreck of a through coal train five
miles above Eastman Saturday
night. In the meantime, trains
were detoured over tl e Georgia
S-aithern and Florida Railway.
A. C. ‘Rooney, 1()5 Cotton avenue
Macon, and fireman on the train,
Mas slightly injured in the wreck,
and Simon Hilton, a negro brake
man. a - "f Macon, was considera
bly shak, n up.
Nile -t >nl cars. loaded, were
badly id twisted and two
leaded w !'■ coal cars were des
troyed. i - d being scattered up
and down :!i<• tract, which was torn
up for a di-'ne eof 700 feet.
Th ws k,c and crew of men
irmi Macon, reached the
; s „-k yesterday morn
• r throwing the damaged
lie ein line, built up a
: . track. Passengers from
ein N . CL northbound, were
• nd to No. 16, at the scene
"f ilw wreck and arrived in Macon
at I: It) o'clock, which was twenty
minutes late.
A broken flange on one of tin*
coal ears is said to have been the
cause of the wreck. The train was
in charge of Conductor J. T. Mon
day and Engineer Mercer, both of
Macon.
Party at Browns Palace
The young people were delight
fully enteriained at Brown’s Palace
Thursday night by the boys.
tiames were played after which
delightful refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Burney acted as
chaperon. Those present were Mis
ses Mary Hall, Mary McVay, Mar
querite Crquhart, Willie Mae 'Fow
ler, Ethel Goody, and Catherine
Christensen, Messrs Thomas Hall,
Phil Taylor, Joe Dunham, Sam
Lester, Linton Crquhart Myletus
Wynne, Raiford Gautelon, Jim
.Walker.
NOTICE TO SINGERS
The singing school conducted hy
Prof. G. W. Stapleton, at Bethany,
will close Sunday the 10th of Aug
ust. There will he singing in tne
morning and afternoon of that date.
All singers invited to attend.
W. J. Stapleton.