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VOLUME SIX
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$1.50 Per Bushel Is
Predicted In the Spring
The intense heat and long
drougth in the Western corn belt
has cut down the yield to such an
extent that the price has gone soar
ing upward. The price of corn
now in the Atlanta market is 81. do
per bushel and it is confidently pre
dicted that it will reach $1.50 per
bushel by spring.
Oil.’ farmers will do well to in
vestigate the market before dispos
ing of their food stuff. lileckley
County is very fortunate this year
in having raised a good crop of corn
and all kinds of provender. If you
have any surplus corn to sell keep
your eves open and get the market
price for it. If you can hold it un
til spring, those who arc familiar
with market conditions predict it
will he worth 81.50 per bushel.
The hay crop is short and of
course the price for hay will be
stiff. We confidently hope to see
the time when not a single bushel of
Western corn will find its way into
Bleckley county barns. We want
to see our farmers have corn to sell
and we want to see them get the
full maiket price for it too. Watch
the markets and demand full price
for everything you have to sell.
(If course we have as good, mer
chants as there are in Georgia and
as a rule we believe there arc none
anywhere who will give a man a
squarer deal, hut in any line of
business regardless of wno you are
dealing with, keep your eyes skin
ned, and know what you are doing.
The drougth covered lowa, Kan
sas, Northwest Texas; Missouri and
Okolohoma, that vast scope of
western country from which the
bulk of our food stuffs are drawn.
Georgia meal, we understand, is
selling in Atlanta for $1.35 per
bushel. •
Prosperity is coming our way.
With twelve and a half to thirteen
cents for cotton with a fair yield
ai.d plenty of corn and hay, with
sugar caue, peas and potatoes on
the side looks good, bet us all puli
for Bleckley the best little county
in Georgia.
The Picture Show
Our Moving Picture Show is dis
tinctly a first class entertainment.
It is clean and attractive and
should he well patronized by our
people.
Diversion is absolutely necessary
to fnaintain health and happiness
and we know of no way to spend
an hour or so in innejcent amuse
ment better than at the picture
show.
Mr. Martin’s fruit and candy
establishment in connection is first
class in every respect and both
would be a credit to a much larger
town than Cochran.
®l)e Cocljrmt Journal.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913
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To The Public.
For some time we have begun to
realize the importance of less acre
age and more intensive cultivation
in successful farming,! Tjie Florida
Truck Kaiser and tfi'e California Jap
have given us an idea to the enor
mous possibility of the soil. There
is an old ex-slave negro in Alabama
who only cultivates 3 acres of land
but mikes as much on his three
acres as l lie ordinary one horse
farmer in this country makes on
thirty.
barge land owners must cut up
their holdings and sell to native
Georgians. Don’t ..ell in a body to
a Western or Northern Syndicate
for them to divide into small farms
and sell these imall tracts to forei
gners. We have enough white far
mers in Georgia renting land to buy
every foot of available lard if offer
ed on terms by which they can piy
for the land. There is no better
section any where than Middle
Georgia. No comity in Georgia of
fers brighter prospects than Bleck
ley.
Sometime in the near future —
about the first week in October, 1
will offer through the Carolina De
velopement Co., 2200 acres of my
land at Ainslie, Ga., cut into small
tracts'of 10, 50, 00 and 100 acres,
at auction to the highest bidder.
On most of these traces there is a
house. The land is of different
character; sandy loam with clay
subsoil, grey pebbly Joanx'red choco
late loam and black finny phosphate
land. Out ol tluV'assortment you
can select thejlond that appeals to
you. Come af often as you wish
before the sale and inspect. My
white friend, buy land now it will
be too late in a few’ years.
WATCH FOR THE DATE OF
THE BIG SALE AND BARBE
CUE.
E. B. Weatherly.
Big Stalk Of Cotton
One of the largest stalks of cotton
we have ever seen is on display in
front of the Cochran Banking Co.
It is about 5/4 feet long and has
about 200 bolls on it. It was pull
ed from a field of one hundred
acres belonging to F. M. Dykes,
near Cary. It is of the Christopher
big boll variety.
Death of Will Skelton
Will Skelton, of Eastman, a well
known druggist who has many
friends in Cochran, died Wednes
day morning at 1:45 o’clock, at his
home in Eastman.
He was twenty-five years old.
He was operated on for apendicitis
and died under the operation.
Now is your chance to get a ten year guaran
teed Piano absolutely free. Every customer
has a good opportunity to get this fine Piano.
Call at our store and find out how it will be given away.
JACKSON FURNITURE CO.
Pecans Displace
The Pines
Miss Fanny Andrews in her
book, “The War Journal of a Geor
gia uirl,” so often alludes to her
love for the pines. When a young
lady she spent much' time during
the close of the war, and also after
the surrender, at the homo of her
sister, Mrs. Troup Butler, in the
upper section of Mitchell county.
Site was an expert rider and she
and her sister, Miss Metta, used to
traverse the pine woods on horse-
\\ lien the soldiers returned
home they had escorts in numbers.
Thus was formed an attachment
for the pines. In the afternoons,
when the sun throws his evening
shadows over these pines, the wood
are attractive.
But along these routes they
traversed, instead of pine forests
are extensive pecan groves. Infact
from Albany to DcWitt, where is
the old Butler home, now owned
by Capt. G. M. Bacon, and from
DcWitt co Bacon ton on to Camilla,
is a vast peon orchard:
Capt. H. E. White, the well
known horticulturist and expert
pecan man, whose headquarters are
at Hardaway station, postoflice,
Putney, is in charge of vast pecan
orchards. He says with all the
trees planted, yet the pecan indust
ry is in its infancy, and that the
fancy papershell variety seem at
home as if indigenous to the soil
The soil and the climate seem pecu
liarly adopted to pecan growing.—
James Callaway.
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If you cant come, phone 9.
Anything delivered at your
door in three minutes.
Walter’s Pharmacy
Quality and Service
The Birth-place of Prompt Delivery
Agency, Norris’ Exquisit Candies,
Rexall Remedies,
Nyal Family Remedies
Music And Expression
Teachers’ Recital
The music and expression de
partment, of Cochran High School
gave a highly interesting entertain
ment Friday evening, Sept. 12th,
at the school Auditoruim. These
departments are under the manage
ment of Miss Mattie King, director
of Music, and Miss Nohie Estelle
Clay, teacher of Expression.
The following program was de
lightfully rendered to the delecta
tion of a large and enthusastie au
dience:
Polacea Brilliante Von Weber
Amanda’s Weddin’ .Selected
Cradle Song Vannah
The Lion and the Mouse Klein
Andante —Finale from Lercia
beseheti/.ky.
‘Papa and the Boy,’ ‘Watehin’ the
Sparkin’ Selected
Rose in the Bud.. Foster
The Message Adelaide Proctor
Rhapsodic, Hongroise, No. 2. ..Liszt
A Scandalized Virgin, from Miss
Minerva and William Green Hill
Never in the history of our school
lias a more delightful program
been more artistically rendered.
These departments merit the full
support of the people. If any in
stitution should he generously and
liberally patronized it should he
our School in its every department.
Let your children take music and
expression. It will add to their
grace; poise and culture and you
will he a factor in maintaining an
important branch of our education
al institution.
Death Of Judge
John H. Martin
The death of Judge H. Martin,
at Hawkinsville, his home town,
last Sunday morning, removes a
man, who has not only been honor
ed by his fellow countrymen in
peace and war, hut it removes a
man of the highest personal charac
ter. (Tne who always maintained
the highest esteem of his fellow
citizens. True to his conviction,
sincere in his purposes, loyal to
his friends, Judge Martin won a
place in the hearts of this people
far superior to any exalted position
that could he bestowed upon him,
for at last a true man should he
measured, not by the position lie
occupies, hut by the loyalty he has
shown to his God, family, country
and himself.
Judge Martin was Superior Court
Judge of the Oconee Circuit from
January 1905 to January 1913.
He was a true and tried confede
rate soldier, having entered the
confederate army in 1801 as order
ly sargent and rose to Captain.
He engaged in many battles during
the war, was wounded several
times. He served his City as May
or for two terms beginning in 1873.
On October 20(h, 1910, lie was
unanimously elected commander of
the Georgia division of the Confed
erate Veterans, at the reunion of
the division held at Columbus, Ga.
As a, lawyer lie stood at the head
of his profession and had many
strong friends in Bleckley who had
implicit confidence in him in every
respect.
Should we be allowed to pay a
tribute to this distinguished citizen
we would not do it because lie was
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Oconee Circuit, or commander of
the Confederate Veterans of Geor
gia, positions which were worthily
bestowed, honorably and acceptably
Idled no doubt about that, hut we
would say that Judge Martin was
“a man.” You could place him.
He never “Straddled the fence.”
He had convictions on all import
ant questions and had the courage
of his convictions. Fear of opposi
tion or bodily harm never swerved
him from what he conceived to be
his duty.
He was a friend indeed and always
rendered his clients the very best
service he could give them.
He stood for the loftiest ideals
and highest moral standards. 11 is
influence will long be felt in this
community and his example should
be an inspiration to those left be
hind.
LOCAL COTTON MARKET
Middling ..12 3-4
Strict Middling 12 13-17
Good Middling 1? 7-8
NUMBER 6
Reception For
School Faculty
The Parent-Teachers club enter
tained the school faculty at a re
ception on the evening of Sept. sth.
at flu* school building. The halls
and the U. D. C. room where the
reception was held were very taste
fully decorated with pof plants and
cut (lowers.
Flip guests were received at the
door by Mrs. U. II Patrick and
Mrs. J. B. Peacock.
On the second (loor they wen*
met by Mrs. J. 11. Mullis Jr.
Mrs. J. F. Register ushered into
the U. 1). ('. Room. In the receiv
ing line were, Mr. and Mrs. Monts
Mrs. J. J. Taylor, Misses Clay,
Daniels, King, McCoy, Caldwell,
Mr. Trammell.
Tea and sandwiches were served
by Misses Wynne, Taylor, and Reg
ister. Music was delightfully ren
dered during the evening by Miss
Christine Poole, of Hawkinsville.
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Cotton Moving
Rapidly This Year
The following report of number
of hales of cotton ginned in Bleck
ley County prim to Sept, Ist, 1913,
compared with the same period last
year as shown by the Department
of Commerce at Washington, D. C.
There were 2GG hales of cotton,
counting ground as half hales ginned
in Bleckley County, from the crop
of 1913 prior to September Ist, as
compared with 72 hales ginned
prior to Sept. 1,1912. •
Cotton is moving much faster
this season than last season. Up
to Thursday Se[>t. 18th, this year,
there has been received at the ware
houses 2458 hales.
Card Of Thanks
The ladies of the Civic League
wish to take this means of extend
ing their sincere thanks and hearty
appreciation to the merchants, the
City Council, and all of the people
who have assisted them in making
their work a success.
The league is going forward in
their work with increased hope and
enthusiasm, and is looking forward
confidently to much good work in
the future. They desire to make
special mention of the cheerfulness
and promptness of the merchants
in paying the monthly rental of the
Rest Room.
They desire to enlist the aid of
every one who is interested in a
better cleaner, healther and more
prosperous city. u