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VOLUME SIX FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! I FREE! FREE! $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 FREE! FREE! 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. (( CALL No. 9” 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. l p ' 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