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THE COCHRAN JOURNAL
Entered as second-class matter August Ist, 1912, at the post office
at Cochran, Georgia.
T, L. BAILEY, Editor and Manager.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY by THE COCHRAN PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR BLECKLEY COUNTY
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
PROSPERITY AND PLENTY IN BLECKLEY
For the last three years we have heard faint rumors here and
there about hard times. Such remarks as “We have had three
hard years right together,’’ and this, “the Lord knows what will
become of us if we don’t make a good crop this year.” Some
people talk continual pestilence and panic all the time. You
would think that they had been visited by the plagues equal to the
time of old Piiaroah. We have heard some of the oldest citizens
of this county say that they have never known of a complete crop
failure in this section. We know of no man among us who is will
ing arnf able to work, who has not a plenty to eat and wear. If
he is sick and unable to work his neighbors will certainly help him
out, for we know of no county that can excell Bleckley in generosi
ty v hen her citizens are in trouble.
Talk about making a living in this county, show us the man
who is honest, industrious and economical and- looks after his busi
ness S'x days in the week, and we will show you a prosperous
citizen We have optimists, pessimists and chronic grumblers in
this county, and you hardly ever see the latter class 'making a suc
cess. He spends two-thirds of his time knocking the other fellow,
and usually talks against everything that is for the welfare and
prpsperity of his town or county.
The optim.sts enjoys life, sees prosperity everywhere, smiles
when he meets you and has a good word of cheer. If he has pres
ent troubles he doesn’t burden his friends with them and always
looks forward to something better in the future. We have seen
men who would let little imaginary troubles weigh them down,
and go about with a long face and try to make other people as
miserable as possible. We have seen others, great and strong,
who would bear up under awful misfortune like heroes and con
quer their surroundings. Such men are an inspiration to the world.
If we look for clouds they will gradually hover above us. We
cannot always expect a clear sky, but if we could only see it, there
is a silver lining to every cloud.
They tell us the country is in debt. Is it because God has
failed to send the sunshine and rain? Do we ever spend two dol
lars when there is only one coming in? Did you ever see a fellow
pinch and econimize, toil unceasingly for years and fail to have a
competency for old age?
God has given us the talent and placed within our reach un
limited wealth. We fail to reach the goal, and most of us cry out
against the “system.” We know the system is rotten, and that
the sharks gather the wealth that is produced and appropriate it to
themselves, but the people are the real power in this country and
with proper energy and use of their God given talents, they could
quickly change the system to government for the masses instead of
the classes, where every man would have an opportunity to reap
the reward of his honest endeavor.
GOOD ROADS PS. BAD ROADS
The Bureau of i lformatinn of the L. S. Department of Agriculture,
in a recoil; Bulletin, lias the following on some of the cost of bad roads
which L timely and enlightening.
“Two farmers living in separate counties but at on equal distance from
the cotton market learned hy telephone that cotton had advanced in
price fl.oo per bale. The farmer living on a bail road responded by
hauling one bsle of cotton, which was all he could .get over the unim
proved road, while the other farmer was able to haul four hales, owing to
favorable road conditions. The rise in price gained a profit of $4.00 to
one man and $1 to his neighbor.
“It is shown in the statement that ityis common for the farmer to
find that he can not haul his produce to market when prices are highest,
because the roads are impassable. When the roads become passable, the
the time for market has largely passed and produce is compelled to move
in masses, which frequently gluts the market and breaks the prices.
Excessive fluctuations in market prices are seldom due to overproduc
tion. They frequently take place in regions where the local production
does not equal the annual consumption. There are counties rich in ag
ricultural possibilities burdened with bad roads, where the annnal income
shipment of food stuffs exceed the outgoing shipments in the ratio of 4 to
1. Many such counties with improved roads could not only become self
supporting but could ship products to other markets.
“A farmer in Sullivan county, Term., a few miles from Bristol
had 109 bushels of Irish potatoes which he intended to market during
the wihter of 1907 8. Owing to bad roads, he was unable to haul the
potatoes at all and they rotted in the celar. Nevertheless, the price of
potatoes at Bristol went as high as $1.40 cents a bushel in the mean
time. Bristol merchants stated that during the winter as many as 10
carloads of farm produce, including wheat, potatoes and other supplies,
were daily shipped in to feed not only Bristol but the adjacent territory. ’’
Good roads are not merely needed for the pleasure and satisfaction
to the people who drive over them but theyaie needed as a sound busi
ness proposition for the material benefit they will be to farmers living a
long them. The figures of the bulletin show some of the results of bad
roads and good roads and what it costs to put up with bad roads and
what it would mean to the faimer to have good roads all over the county.
It means more than, the average man appreciates, to have good roads in
in every section in the county and the development of the county will
be hindered by their lack, and is hindered today.
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
Local Items
Brushes at Walker’s.
Mrs. Lamb is visiting in Havvk
insville.
Lather Brushes at Walker’s Phar
macy.
Miss Nan Dunham visited Macon
last week.
Mrs. A. P. Urquhart is visiting
in Eastman.
Miss Ella Franks is visiting Mrs.
Henry 'Duggan.
Miss Minta McVay is visiting her
sister at Lumber City.
Sanitary Drinking Cups at Walk
er’s Pharmacy.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Jackson
visited Eastman, this week.
Mr. K. A. Taylor spent several
days in Atlanta with his wife.
Miss Rubie Harrell is visiting her
sister Mrs. March man of Villa Rica
Gil.
Misses Willie Phillips and Maud
Brown spent Tuesday in Hawkins
ville.
Misses Elfie and Ethel Coody
have gone to Atlanta, to spent a
month.
Bill Clark, of Cordele is visiting
friends and relatives in Cochran,
this week.
Miss Edna Boyd, of Bartow,
Fla., is the charming guest of Mrs.
B. J. Wynne.
t
Miss Edith Tyson left Friday, to
visit her an.it, Mrs. Mary Buff, of
Hawkinsville.
Mrs. J. E. Cook entertained at
Forty-Two for Miss Swinney, Fri
day morning.
Mrs. D. B. Lanier, of Mcßae,
will spend the week-end with Mrs.
Will Dunham.
The young folks gave a surprise
party to Miss Annie Mae Wynne
Thursday night.
Little Miss Evelyn Lee left for
Macon, Saturday, to visit her sister,
Mrs. A. .J. Porter.
Mrs. P. B. Guinn and Miss Len
Privett, of Calera, Ala., are visiting
Mrs. T. L. Bailey.
Miss Annie Mae Clark, of Elko.
Ga., is visiting her grand mother,
Mrs. I). J. Harrell.
Mr. Jamie Vaughn left Monday
to attend Max Morris School of
Phs.rmacy in Micon.
Mrs. Olive Whipple, of Uvalda,
Ga., is spending several weeks with
Mr. S. B. Whipple.
Miss Fannie Lee Taylor leaves
Monday to visit Mrs. K. A.
Thompson, in Atlanta.
Miss Mande Brown, of Eastman,
has been the attractive guest of Miss
Willie Phillips this week.
Mrs. C. N. Taylor had three
tables of 42, Monday afternoon for
Miss Edwards, of Macon.
Misj Eva Hollow has returned to
Fitzgerald, after spending the week
end with Miss Vera Purser.
Misses Fannie Linder and Mary
McVay left Wednesday, for Dan
ville, to attend a house party.
Winnie and B ram let Towler have
returned from a visit to their sister,
Mrs. Frank Thomas at Dublin.
Mrs. J. J. Newman and children,
of Valdosta, spent several days here
as the guests of Mrs. B. J. Wynne.
Miss Willie Swinney lias return
ed to her home in Mcßae, after
spending some time with Mrs. B.
J. Wynne.
Messrs. Joe Taylor, Linton
Wynne, Jim Taylor and T. H.
Reeves spent the week-end in
Savannah.
Mrs T. A. Norris and two child
ren, Lucile and Evelyn have re
turned home after two weeks visit
to relatives in North East Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Zelner Duggan left
for New York City, Tuesday to pur
chase the fall and winter stock for
the enterprising firm of Duggan
Bros.
Mrs. Boyd, of Bartow, Fla., and
Mrs. Smithson, of Ft. Valley, who
have been the guests of their neice,
Mrs. B. J. Wynne, have returned
home.
Jim Crow Walker
Laid To Rest
The passing pway of Mr. J. C.
Walker (lozingly known to his
comrades in gray as Jim Crow Wal
ker), at the home of his brother,
Dr. T. D. Walker Sr., on Aug. Ist,
1913. emphasizes the fact that “we
have them not with us much long
er,’’ our noblemen in gray.
Mr. Walter was born at Long
street, July 18th, 1838, seventy-five
years ago. He enlisted in the Con
federate Army in 1802 under Sam
Dunlap from Macon, Captain of
Bibb County Calvary.
He went from Pulaski to Savan
nah and thence to join the army of
Northern Virginia, lie never missed
a single engagement of any impor
tance from the time he enlisted un.-
til the war ended.
Even in such a galaxy of bravery
and sacrifice, he was conspicuous
foi his unselfishness and such brav
ery it could not be exaggerated.
Twelve of Pulaski’s sons joined
Dunlap’s Bibb County Cnlvafry.
Mr. W. A. Wiggins is the only one
left in the county. lie says of Mr.
Walker that he was as brave as
Julius Caesar, generous, and sympa
thetic, never learning cruelty even
during the war.
The fife of this Confederate sold
ier as a private citizen spoke elo
quently of the deep life lessons he
had learned.
Hu married Miss Lampkin, of
Pulaski County, three children were
born to them and his devotion as
husband and father was in keeping
with the great heart that included
orphans in his fatherhood.
His wife and children had gone
on before and lie felt lie would he
more at home over there where
there is no parting.
Mr. Walker was a member of the
Baptist Church and there are many
who will arise and call his name
blessed because of his goodness to
his fellow-man.
Mr. Walker is survived hy two
brothers, Mr. D. C. Walker and
Dr. T. D. Walker and two grand
children, Jim and Amanda Wood
ward, these bereaved ones have the
sympathy of many friends.
Mr, K. A. Thompson, Mrs. I).
W. Brown, Miss Ada Brown and
Charlie Thompson spent Wednes
day in Unadilla, going through in
Mr. Thompson’s Car.
Mrs. A. J. Porter and little son,
Jack, have returned to their home
in Macon, after spending several
weeks here with M rs. Porter’s par
ents, Mr. and Mis. J. M. Lee.
Miss Lillian Mcßae, of Macon,
and Miss Vance Peacock, of Hawk
insville, who were the attractive
guests of Mrs. Albert Peacock, last
week, have returned to their homes.
ANNUAL MOUNTAIN EXCURSION
SATURDAY, AUGUST IGTH, 1913
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER CF THE SOUTH_
From—MACON, FLOVILLA, JACKSON, McDONOygfT
To—ASHEVILLE, HENDERSONVILLE, HOT SPRINGS, Cl Cfl
LAKE TOXAWAY, TATE SPRINGS, MANACLE, J / .jU
BRISTOL, TENN SB.OO
Tickets will be sold for all trains August. 16th, only.
Final return limit to reach original starting point by midnight of September Ist, 1913.
SCHEDULE OF REGULAR AND SPECIAL TRAINS
Leave MACON / 4:10 A. M. 7:35 A. M. 4:50 P. M.
Arrive Asheville 6:30 P. M. 9:25 P. M. 7:00 A. M.
Direct connections at Asheville for all points in the Mountains.
Pullman Sleeping cars on night trains and through day coaches on day trains from Macon and Atlanta.
Vacation —Fifteen days of real pleasure in Western North Carolina,
“The Land of the Sky” and “The Sapphire Country.”
Cool Mountain Breezes, Fishing, Golfing, Mountain Climbing, Horse Back Riding,
and many other out door sports essential to health and recreatien.
Make Pullman Reservations and secure transportation at city ticket office, 567 Cherry st., phone 424
Visit National Conservation Exposition, Knoxville, Tenn., September-October 1913.
J. S. BLOODWORTH, C. M. YORK, J. O. VANN,
Traveling Passenger Agent City Ticket Agent Depot Agent
Dainty Perfumes
Just now the delicate refreshing
odors of tropical flowers are considered
in best form, and are suggestive of
refinement ami good
We haJe all of the
newer odors.
You'll like them.
L. B. Kennington
A r JwmAi
Something Special
in price and quality
3 lb. cans Apples 15c
3 lb. can SweoLpafdtoes2Oc, 2 for 35c
l pint jar of Pure Honey 30c
Welch's Grape Juice 50c quart.
LINTON WYNNE,
Oar tykCollo: Cleanliness, Fairness and Promptness
PHONE ONE-FIVE--O
FARM LOANS
Lowest Rates. Negotiated by
L. kcWHIPPLE
Attorney-at-Law
Hawkinsville, Georgia
Miss Susie Edwards, of Macon,
has returned home, after spending
several days with Mrs. C. N. Taylor.
Miss Edna Taylor has returned
tome after a delightful visit with
Miss Kemper Thompson, of Ilawk
insville.
Mrs. J. N. Wynne and daughter,
Jewel, are visiting Mrs. Wynne’s
sister, Mrs. Lockett, of Albany.
Mr. D. S. Stokes has returned
home after a pleasant visit to rela
tives at Rhine, Ga., and Jaybird
Springs.