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VOLUME FIVE NEW COURT HOUSE ( will be grand, and if you will ccme to our stores we will show you the nicest line of Beds, Dressers, Davenports, Rockers, Mosquito Nets, Trunks, l|i Springs, Mattresses, Window Shades and Curtains, Kitchen Cab inets, Sewing Machines, Graphophones, Organs, PianqzC and HLgBg&PH many other nice things for the home. We invite you to make our store your headquarters to do your writing, telephoning, etc. Prices and quality always guaranteed at 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.