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VOLUME SIX FURNITURE FURNITURE FURNITURE You will now find the largest and nicest line of Furniture l ill I ever carried in Cochran at Jackson Furniture Company. IT~ jk y° u have the cash it will not he refused\ but if your credit is good anywhere it is good at Rr] JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY P~T» Huerta Sends His Ultimatum I o U. S. Mexico City, Aug. 18 —The Unit ed States dhveminent has been giv en until midnight tonight by Pres ident Hueata to recognize Mexico it is officially stated. . The government is not specific in the public announcement as to what comae will then be pursued but it is under stood it means the severing of all relations between the two coun tries. Washington D. C'., Aug. 18 —The lluerta government's rejection of the suggestion made by the United States for a peaceful solution of the Mexican revolution reached Wash ington late today. Pres. Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Counsellor! John Bassett More of the state de partment, discussed for nearly two hours the dispatches of John Lind personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico, describing the attitude of the Huerta officials. The president and his advisers were plainly disappointed at the turn of events but announced that the American government would have nothing to say tonight. In view of the rejection of the suggestion in the communication presented by Mr. Lind its publicat ion tomorrow will constitute a reci tation before the world of President Wilsons. ideas as to constitutional government in Latin-America. Through With Huerta In all likelihood todays events mean the end of any dealings with the Huerta officials. Though there are much talk in official circles of lifting the embargo on arms and permitting the constitutionalists to get the munitions of war with w hich they claim they can overthrow the Huerta administration it is likely that such a policy will be carefully considered in the senate before any action is taken. The position taken by adminis tration officials tonight was that the Uhited States had done all that a friendly nation could do without actually using force. The only interest, it iffpointed out that the United Stotes can have in Mexico is the protection of lives and property. Financial losses can be met by indemnities it is believed here and lives can best be protected .by the withdrawel of Americans K’om the danger zone. To this end officials are considering the removal of Americans and the payment of transporation for the destitute- Senator Bacon was informed by the state department of the rejection of the American commission by Hu erta. He made this statement on the situation. Whatever the result of the present negotiations, the American people will be conscious of the fact that the president has done his full duty in ®l )t €od)tfln Journal. Sidewalk From Ware- House I o Depot The sidewalk extending from the corner of the fence across the alley from the Planter’s Warehouse office to the depot, is on railroad proper ty. This sidewalk is not paved and is almost impassable during rainy weather. A nice cement walk would im prove not only appearances but would be a great convenience to pedestrians. We believe properco operation with the Railroad Com pany would ..ring results. Harry I haw Escapes Harry M. Thaw, who was con victed nf killing Stanford White, June 2d, P.IUII, escaped from Mat teawai: hospital fur Criminal insane last Sunday. 'Phis trial, if the evi dent e was true, developed the fact that Sanford White was a moral pervert of the worst type, main taining a luxuious establishment which was used for the purpose of debauching young girls. Although there was c msiderable evidence showing that Harry Thaw was also a degenerate, there was little sym pathy shown for White. The defense succeeded in convinc ing the jury that Thaw was not of sound mind when the deed was committed. He was accordingly sent to the asylum. Many people who believe that the killing of Sanford White was a good riddance to society, have re joiced at hearing of Thaw’s escape. trying to bring about a satisfactory solution of the trouble in Mexico. Foreign governments will realize al so that the United States has shown its friendly intentions toward a neighboring republic. “I am particularly gratified to know and to have the public realize the earnestness with which repubii can senators with a very few excep tions have upheld the hands of the president and it is through a c mtin ation of such co-operation that we will be able to carry out our foreign policy. Fortunately, there has been no disposition to draw' party lines, republicans just as zealously as the democrats, striving earnestly to handle the question on a broad patriotic basis. Speeches by repub lican senders have borne testimony to the fact, and the utterances of democrats on the floor of the senate have at no time shown partisanship The presidents recent conference with the ei tire senate committee on foreign relations resulted in a strong feeling of do-operation which we hope will continue. He is conferr ing daily with senators, regardless o" party, which means that the I American government is moving j with a single patriotic purpose in a delicate international affair. COCHRAN. BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 21,1913 Macon Booster 1 ram The Macon booster train which included this territory in its intin era ry on its last trip will give us ti e “go by” this time. It will start out from Macon or. a four day trip, beginning Tuesday,Sept. 2nd< The body as before will no doubt he compo. ed of a jolly crowd of hust lers and will he enthusiastically re ceived by all the towns through whi -h they will pass. They will leave Macon 7 I'. M., taking the Central of (la It. It. spending the first night at Sandersville. Leaving Sandersville li o’clock the next mor ning over the Central of <ia. to Mil ieu and thence via the <i. A F. arriving at Fitzcrald (i. Id speeding the night t here. Leaving Fitzcrald f)A. M. Thurs day they will amve at Waycross at S. Id I*. M. spending the third night in !hat 1 11 riving city. They will lea c Waycross on their return to Macon via A. U. L. to Al bany and thence via Central of da. to Macon Fiiday Sept . dlli. More Office Rooms Needed There is a good demand here for office rooms now. It seems that it would he a capital investment if some one would add another story n> their store building for office rooms a dine. We would like to see a good live Real Estate Agent and Investment Company estabished in Cochran, No Chills and Fever WHEN YOU USE Walker’s Chill & Fever Tonic 2 5c5t the bottle, or 5 bottles for SI.OO TRY IT Sold under a positive guarantee to break-um-up. Made and sold m Cochran by Walter’s Pharmacy ONLY May We Serve U? WE SELL EVERYTHING Quick; delivery Phone No. 9 Currency Reform Macon, da., Aug. 18th, l'.tlfi. Editor Cochran Journal: The United States Government lias gone into a large commercial enterprise, in the building of the Panama Canal, which will probably pay as well as the average railroad. Instead of borrowing money and paying interest to pay for this property, why not pay for the work in government money, put that much in circulation and save the interest? The property ought to lie ample security for the money —lie- sides make this canal money re ceivable for tolls. The United States Government is now in the transportation business for profit. Why not is me some more money, and own its own mail cars and operate them on a low mileage basis, like the Pullman Car Co., and oilier large colporations, not so much to save money, as to he on the ground lloor with these emipanics and railroads? 11. R. Brown. Another New Store Building Dirt is being broken for a new store building between the office building owned by Dr. J. A. George and the Citizen’s Bank. We understand the building will be occupied by Miss Alice Daly, cut up-to-date milliner and dressmaker. 1 This will he a splendid location. Taltnal farmers Are Getting Good Results A trip to Tattnal county on Thursday was an eye-opener and a joy not to be forgotten. Claxton was the objective point and there 1 found niy friends, Messrs. Stubbs, Smiley, Freeman, DeLoach, Parker, NeSmitli and dozens of other good people extending a welcome. The cause of this visit was to ex plain the marketing system for cot ton as contemplated by tin' South ern States Cotton Corporation. There is a great deal of interest in this corporation manifested at Clax ton and in Tattnal county. The business men of Claxton closed their stores and joined with the farmers in making up an audience to hear how thecoporation purposes to avoid the annual October glut ting of the cotton market. After the meeting a dinner was spread at the Claxton hotel. And such a dinner! It was no special spread —they said —just the regular menu. It di<l not look as if there was any dearth of foodstuff in that part of the world. In the afternoon Mr. Smiley wanted to show a “tenderfoot,” he explained, a glimpse of God’s coun try, and give him an idea of Geor gia’s farming. We went out to the farms of the three Smith brothers, and these were gems of perfection and prolific production. The corn, and peas, and velvet beans, and ground peas and cotton all had on their Sunday best clothes, and were making a showing of appreciation of intensive fanning and good care. Several other places were visited, but the banner farms were the property and under the cultivation of Charles \V. Hearn. No tenant farmers there. His hoy has an acre of corn that is a sight. The farm ers in the auto "with me said it would make from 100 to 125 bush els of corn, and 1 had no notion of disputing them. Mr. Hearn was not to he out done by his boy, how ever. and lie had a whole field of corn all around this acre which al most groaned with provender. The corn rows were arranged two close rows and a space of about 8 feet and two more close rows. The whole field was arranged that way, and between the close rows of corn field peas flourished promisingly, while between the wide rows there were field peas, a row of groundpeas and another of field peas. It sug gested the question as to where in the world could warehouse room be found for all of this, and with such crops of corn and peas, how could the farmers of Georgia make use of western feed. A• d yet they tell us that we spent many more millions for feed last year Ulan our cotton crop brought us. The time will come I hope that a southern farmer will be ashamed to buy feed. Cer- NUMBER 2 Opening Of School September l&. The Public Schools of Cochran will open Monday, Sept. Ist, and all students desiring new books will call at Mr. B. J. Wynne’s. He lias a list of all books needed for each grade now so it will he ad visable to see him before making your purchase. Examinations will be given on Monday, Sept. Ist, for all condi tioned students, and those failing to make their grade will be given an opportunity of standing these ex aminations. They will please come prepared to take these examina tions. We would be glad to have a full attendance oil the first day, so that we may get organized and get every thing in working order as soon as possible. We have ample room to take care of every child of school age in the city, and we would be very glad to have them all enrolled, and to en list the sympathy and cooperation of each parent with us in our efforts to benefit your children. Let us all rally loyally to our school —give it our moral support, and strive to make each session bet ter than the preceding one. We invite as many parents who can and will, to come out to our opening on Sept. Ist at 8 o’clock. Everybody come. We shall be glad to meet you, and it will en courage your children. R. M. Monts. tainly in looking over these farms if Tattnall there can he no earthly excuse for it. One of the farmer autoist told me on this inspection that he had been farming thirty live years a.id taking care of a fam ily —that twice during that time he had bought some corn and meat. No wonder he could ride in an auto mobile with such becoming grace. The cotton in which all the world is most interested right now, show ed that it had been good cotton, hut the farmers said it had deterio rated in ten days, losing all the way from 50 per cent down to 10 per cent in condition, this on ac count of black root, honey dew, rust or blight. The stalks grew to splendid height, and were full of foliage, but the leaves have taken on a sickly look, and it has lost ground badly. But it is corn and field peas and ground-peas and sweet potatoes in that country and well over Georgia that makes us know that we will have something to eat even if the world will have to go short if clot lies. And if we have plenty to eat, we can make the world pay us a profit for ou. cotton out of which to make its clothes. —W. T. Ander son in Macon Telegraph.