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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. riili itjOh.'.U. vAciiiiA 1, 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 See our specials for every Saturday. Buy your fruit and candy from us in any quantity at wholesale prices. All kinds of Fancybruits,/Taney and Home-Made Candies\lce£ream, Cold Drinks, Toilet Articles, (Slgars, Tobacco. 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. EL J. WYNNE T OB PRINTING J THE KIND THAT PLEASES Get it at VHE COCHRAN JOURNAL OFFICE 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. ’Wjhcffvwt/yoe/r/’ It IS tippj oMagc / W '•> Von/ge/ I Tcf/tq/ee/ [ in the weA * - C hfekAt or %■"' : exfrctvatpemce fW : ' -BcrnA /£% , jf&w money's Every old mull is the ripened fruit of Mis younger 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. l)o FOUR Hanking with US. FIRST NATIONAL BANK FiNELY GROUND / Whltestone=Llmestosie All Lands and All For information, prices, etc., / Frank N. Watkins, Agt, Dumin, Ga. Or write to Whitestone Garble Company, N. P. Pratt, Chairman of Board Atlanta. Ga.