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VOLUME SIX A Piano Offered tree io Everybody! ij you spend a dodar a Jaxons you may get a S3OO Piano free. Come in and see the new Beds, Dressers, Rockers, Rugs, Organs, and all kinds of nice things for the home. JACKSON FURNITURE COMPANY Judge P. I. McGriff Dies After Brief Illness Pulaski County Loses One of Its Oldest And Most Highly Re spected Citizens. Judge I’. T. McGriff, ordinary of Pulaski county, and one of its oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died at his home in this city Monday morning at 1:1") o’clock after a brief illness. Al though he had been quite techie for sometime he never gave tip ant took his bed until about ten days ago, when la l was forced to do so li the result of a malarial attack, which with other complications due mainly to his advanced yeats, was the cause of his doath. Judge McGriff was of Irish line age, his paternal grandfather hav ing emigrated to America from Ireland about the middle of the eighteenth century. lie was a son of Thomas McGriff, a native of Vir ginia, who settled in Pulaski coun ty in IXI2, and died March 20, 1543. He was horn in this country July 20, 1833, ami would have been 81 years old had he lived to see his next birtlidnj. lie was educated in the common schools of his day, and when hut sixteen years old served three months in the Florida Indian war. He also —served through the civil war, enlist ing in 1802 as a member of Com pany G, Tenth Confederate cavalry, and was subsequently made its cap tain. After the war was over he returned to Pulaski county and en gaged in farming which vocation i e followed successfully until 1873. when he was elected ordinary, of j the country, succeeding J. J. Spai row, one of its pioneer citizens and father of Mr. H. 11. Sparrow, the present clever and efficient manager of the Farmer’s Union Wafehonse. i He had held the Cilice continuously ! since that time for forty-one years, j and was serving his eleventh term | at the time of iiis death. His ad- j ministration gave such universal ] satisfaction and the people had such j implicit confidence in his honesty j and integrity that not a word of | criticism has ever been heard ' f,gainst his otlicial conduct, and he was never oppose 1 hut twice during his long career as a public otlicial, j perhaps the longest of any county oflicer in the state. He was a very charitable man and often made a reduction in his fees or donated them to the parties when they were widows and orphans or others of limited means. Judge McGriff bad been a mem ber of the grand lodge, F, & A. M., for 51 years, and served as high ®l )t Codjrmt Journal. COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913 Cotton Report There were 3,(>23 hales of cotton, counting round as half hales, gin t lied in Bleckley county, frem the crop of ]:)13 prior to September 25, as compared with I .N 53 hales gin ned prior to September 25, 11)12. The Cochran Union Warehouse has received 2.771 hales of cotton, while the Planters' Warehouse Uo., has received 2,7!)1. Good Middling was selling for 13 cults Thursday afternoon. > priest of Pula-si chapter No. ■2(). 11. A. M., at Hawkinsville, an I I was a Sir Knight Templar of St. Oma Comm.uidary No. 2, at Mn- I coil . lit: also served as mayor of ! Hawkinsville and as president of ! the city board of education, and in j these as well as all other positions of honor and trust that he held lie was always found true and meas ured fully up to all expectations of his, friends. Judge McGriff was twice married, j the first time to Mary A. Dykes, j daughter of .Judge 15. B. Dykes, in 1875, and the second time to Fran (•is Cowan, widow of Dr. Cowan, d this county, in December, 1 8GG, 1 >otl l of \ horn are dead. II" is sur vived by three children. Rufus .),-. by his first wife, and James P. and Frances by his second wife, all of this city. He also leaves three stepsons, T. S. Cowan, of this coun ty, 11. P. Cowan, of Macon, and Walker Cowan, of Tunnel Springs, Ala. No man ever lived in this county who had more friends or was more highly thought of than this venera ble gentleman, and many not only in this b it in other sections of the state will read with deep regret the announcement of his death. The funeral was held from the house today at ten o’clock a. m., by his pastor, Rev. C. L. Greaves, of tiie Baptist Church, and the re mains were then escorted to Orange Hill Cemetery and interred with the beautiful and impressive ceremonies of that order. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent in by admiring friends, j and the stores were closed during the funeral as a mark of respect to the deceased. The following members of the lodge acted as pall hearers: H. F. Lawson. J. .J. Harvard, H. 11. Sparrow, Z. V. Peacock, R. A. Pa.e, J. F. Coney, W. M. Taylor aud F. 11. Boezman. Quite a number of relatives and friends fcom Macon, Vienna, Cor dele, Cochran, I’ineview and Fen leyson attended the funeral. —Dis- patch and News. HAND PAINTED CHINA AND OUT GLASS At Your Own Price V ery Beautiful for J Weddings, Birthday and ChrisTmas Presents You’ll save money by taking a shot at these goods. Walker’s Pharmacy The Korrter Store JOB PRINTING u THE KIND THAT PLEASES Gd it at VHE COCHRAN JOURNAL OFFICE sjw IIIP Plastic Currency Is Needed At Once Of Great Importance With The New Tariff —Obstacles In Sen ate. Committee May De vote A Month to Bill. Washington, 1). C., Oct. 7. —Po- litical Washington, releaved of tl e long-drawn out consideration of tin tariff, will focus ils attention tlii week on the second of the demo cratic rofoun measures —U rkinj. and currency legislation. Though the administration cur, reney hill easily passed the house, its pathway in the senate admitted ly is full of obstacles. At present the senate hanking committee lm not begun consideration of the hill. Prediction at tlle eapitol are gencr a I that the senate committee will be at work for a mouth on the meas ure. SOME FA YOU SIMILE BANK While there was unanimity on tariff revision, widely divergent views are held by demociatic sena tors on hanking reform. A strong desire for a single hank with branches, under government con trol, instead of a regional reserve system of hanks, lias made its ap pearance in the informal discussion. Other changes of a far-reaching j character are being suggested and it is regarded generally as doubtful j if a bill satisfactory to the senate hanking committee can reach the door of the senate hcfca the middle of November. At the white house there is a eon- : faience the bill will he passed thi.- session or be placed on the statute hooks before the first of the year. The president wants thorough con sideration of the currency hill and any improvement that the senate can make on tne measure as passed by the house will he welcome. IPs disposition, however, is to strongly oppose any undue delay. President Wilson believes a gen oral decrease in the cost of living that will he felt by the rank and tile of the country is not alone de pendent on tariff revision, hut on prompt reform of the nation’s monetary system as well as careful consideration of the anti-trust laws Representative Underwood and other democratic leaders, think that while reductions in some cases will be immediate, the general benefits will not at once be apparent. Fven though the tariff laws! might bring many imports into this country at low rate or free of duty, the evils of price fixing, un derselling and other discriminations in restraint of trade might, in the NUMBER 9 Bleckley karmer Attempts Suicide Steve L. Richardson, one of the best known and most prominent farmers of Bleckley County, in an attempt to commit suicide shot himself through the head with a pistol on tln> porch of his residence, it about 7:30 p. m., Wednesday. No one was at home except liini -elf and wife when the tragedy oc •urred. A negro, who was picking ■niton in a nearby field, heard the pistol report and*was the first one io arrive on the scene. The pistol ball entered on the right side of the head peiiitrating the brain and lodging somewhere on the inside of the skull. It appears that Mr. Richardson had contemplated suicide for some time, hut as he left no statement prior to the time he shot himself and has been unconscious since the tragi ly we were unable to get any of the details of the causes leading up to the trouble. It is reported that there had been some dillieulty between him and 1 1 is oldest son, King Richardson, and the latter had not been home since last Sunday. Mr. Richardson owned one of the prettiest and most valuable places in Bleckley County. lie had not long since completed a beautiful two storv re idence. He is a very succe.-sful farmer and lias a splen did crop. II" also runs a public ginnery near Gary. When last heard from Mr. Rich ardson was not expected to live hut a few hours. president’s v.ew, i.-i freed nn of fruits of tariff reform. Another essential to free compe tition, in the president’s view, is freedom of credit. With the con centration of credit in what the president described an “inner circle” even the benefits of Lust regulation and tariff reduction can he withheld from the consumer by the stifling of enterpiise. ELASTIC (VIIKKNCY NEEDED. None of the administration lead ers entertain tile idea that the tariff will have any adverse effect. On the other hand, they have pointed out that an elastic financial system is now nnecessary more than ever. As soon as the December session opens, the administration will be gin to center its attention on the anti-trust program. There is no intention at the white house to draft the administration measure. What is expected to happen is that the members of the house judiciary committee and the senate committ tee on interstate commerce will con fer early with President Wilson and discuss the subject informally. The president hopes that before the ant trust hill is launched there will be a common agreement on it in the committees.