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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 81.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Wednesday afternoon the eleven jurors who were selected to
try Mrs. Kate King for complicity in the murder of her husband
rendered a verdict of not guily. Nick Wilburn her paramour has
been found guilty and sentenced to be hung.
Judge Park, who tried this case administered a scathing re
buke to the jurors for having acquited Mrs. King. He says her
guilt was proved by evidence, and he did not understand how eleven
men could bring in a verdict of not guilty in the face of the undis
puted testimony of respectable citizens, that Mrs. King has con
spired with her paramour to murder her husband and further more
said “I am more than ever forced to the conclusion that the crimi
nal laws of Georgia were formed rather for the protection of the
criminal than for the protection of society.
This is a terrible indictment but if it is true and Mrs. King is
guilty we admire the staunch courage of Judge Parks. Too often
public sentimsnt defeats justice. Our courts fail to convict, crime
goes unpunished. If the jury fails to do their duty the judge is
helpless. Conflicting evidence often confounds the juror, but oc
casionally maudlin sentiment takes the place of better judgement.
We place woman on a high pinnacle and worship her virtue.
We kneel at her shrine. We are overwhelmed by her beauty and
charms. When she commits a crime we are loth to punish her.
When she commits an indiscretion we are slow to forgive her. When
man falls, he can come up again. When woman falls how hard it
is to reclaim her.
If we convict her, we do not punish her as a rule, if there is
any way to get out of it. Wo have looked upon the lily in all of
its pristine glory and beauty. It is the emblem of purity and
peace. When unholy hands touch it it fades. No artist can re
claim it and no hand can restore it to its wonted lovliness. You
can nurture it, but Its freshness and virgin beauty is gone. You
can reproduce it on canvas but its life has been extinguised. “Pity
tis and pity tis tis true.’’
Mrs. King is just a woman. If the evidence is true, she is a
bad woman. She was acquitted by eleven men. Would eleven
women have acquitted her?
Morality and not expediency seems to be the motto of Presi
dent Wilson. In a speech in Mobile, Ala., last Monday, Presi
dent Wilson declared that the United States v ill not take a foot of
territory by conquest, “The national interests” that have influ
enced a certain class in this country in their foreign policy towards
Latin America will get but little encouragement from the utter
ances of our President. He says, “Interests do not tie Nations to
gether; it sometimes seperates them. But sympathy and under
standing does bind them together.’ ’
Mr. Wilson does not seem to approve of concessions to foreign
Capital in Latin America. He says “that states that are obliged to
grant concessions are in th« condition that foreign interests are apt
to dominate their domestic affairs and that such a condition of af
fairs is apt to become intolerable. Instead of desiring to enter
Mexico to protect the interests that are exploiting that country and
no doubt taking advantage of the present state of anarchy and de
moralization, President Wilson asserts that it is emancipation from
this inevitable subordination which he deems it our duty to assist
n.
In our issue of October 9th, we gave an account of what we
then called the attempted suicide of Mr. S. L. Richardson and
stated he was not expected to live but a few hours. He died on
the following day and through a misadvertance we omitted to re
cord it in our next issue. Our attention has been called to the
same by our Cary correspondent.
Mr. Richardson was our friend and brother. We mourn his
loss. With scores of others we will miss his kind sympathy and
generous heart. Steve Richardson had scores of friends who loved
him for his many manly qualities. He had his faults as all of us
have. He was his own worst enemy. Let that pass. His virtues
were many and his heart was warm. We loved him. We helped
to place his body beneath the sod and as the last words of that
superb masonic ceremony echoed among the silent graves and fell
upon the ears of a concourse of friends we felt a double sadness for
we knew' that we had not only lost a brother but a friend indeed.
Advices from Constitutionalist sources indicate that fierce
fighting was going on in Monterey Mexico on the date of election
for President, Oct. 26th. The rebels were in possession of the
National railways depot and other advantageous points. Press
dispatches indicate that it will be a week and perhaps a fortnight
before officials returns from the election will be in.
The vote was very light and it is thought that there were not
sufficient votes cast in the election to constitute a legal choice for
the Presidency. About 10 per cent of the eligible voters in the
federal district went to the polls, judging from the results in the
Capital.
When Congress is organized it will probably declare the ele
tion void.
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NEWS FROM CARY
Cary is l>eing fairly represented
at the Macon Fair.
Mr. Deese, of Alabama, arrived
Saturday to take charge of our
school which will open on next
Monday, Nov. 3rd.
Our farmers are looking much
more c!e;rful this year than they
did last year —they may not he able
to bring in all ftieir loose ends but
they will be able to take up a lot of
slack and that will make it a lot
easier to get out of debt another
year.
We have succeeded in making a
fair crop of cotton and plenty of
corn this year. Our meat crop will
he mostly from pigs and theirfore
short in weight but fairly good in
number. We have had the best
season for housing cotton we have
had for several years.
As no mention has been made of
Mr. 8. L. Richardson’s death which
occurred on the Kith inst. and was
buried in Masonic honor on the
evening of the eleventh and witness
ed by a large concourse of friends
and relatives, I will say that Mr.
Richarbson will he sadly missed not
only by his family but by many
outside friends, lie was ever ready
to help those in need:
T. J. Lee.
Oct. 26th, 1913.
SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Services, 11 a. m.
Junior League, 3:00 p. m.
Preaching at night, / :00.
Senior League Monday night < :00.
Prayer Meeting Wed. 7:00 p. m.
All are cordially invited
Origin of Popular Saying.
The origin of the saying that It
takes nine tailbrs to make a man is
thought by some to be a corruption of
"nine tellers make a man," the “tel
lers” being another name for "tolls”
of a bell. The English custom was to
strike three times three tolls or "tel
lers” on the passing bell for the death
of a man. It was three times two for
u woman.
Cochran Fruit & Candy Co.
COCHRAN, GEORGIA
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High-class Picture Show every night.
Program Changed every day.
SOMETHING GOOD
Best Sweet Pickles qt 20c
Dills to arrive next week
Best Grade Mixed Flour 85c
Best unmixed 85c
Royal Purple Coffee 51bs 81.00
Filson Club Coffee 3 lbs 1.10
Royal Scarlet Pork it Beans 10c
Royal Scarlet Tomatoes 100
Ga. Packed Tomatoes 3 for 25c
Pure Maple Syrup, per quart,__6oc
Oat Meal, per can, 10c
Maraschino Cherries 15c to 50c
Cheese, Cabbage, Irish Potatoes, all kinds of Fruit.
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Special Prices on Blankets!
Blankets and Comforts bought now cost less.
Now is the time io lay in your supply of
Blankets and Comforts.
We have on hand some splendid
Values in these two articles.
SIO.OO Blankets, all wool, white, for - $8.50
$6.00 “ “ “ in pink, hlue and
tan plaids, also white, for - - $4.98
$5.00 Blankets in plaids, for - - $3.98
Wool Nap Blankets in grays, tans and all colors at all
prices, from S2.SO down to SBc.
We would thoroughly enjoy shoeing vou these bargains.
Duggan Brothers
Evaporated Peaches, _2_ 12j5c lb
Dried Apples, 10c lb.
Extra Fan?y Can Punches 35c
Good Ga. Can Peiyhes 15c
Can Apricots Roy* Scarlet 35e
Seeded Raisins rf<g 12/4c
Raisin, sHt>We, round Cake 25c lb.
New 1 leoker sNJpek Wheat 20c pkg
North Ga. Fresh Butter oOe
Pigs Feet New Pack 2 for 5e
Dry Peas, Boston Beans, Butter
Beans, Rutabagas, Onions.
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days. A mini does not grow old overnight. A ge
creeps upon us, anti if extravagance is stealing
away our capacity for work anew preparing us
for a desolate old
fortable, you must begirf\jjutt/ng away your
money now, then when old, are comes you can
fall hade upon the money yogi lid N7i li/) when
you were younger.
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