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■ef j Sarxov- Pelha VOL. 6. NO. Farmers Bank of Pelham, - Pelham, Ga* Condensed Statement of Condition at the close of business May 16, 1908. LIABILITIES RESOURCES Capital Stock............................$100,000.00 Loans..........................................$239,742.96 Surplus and Profits................ 49,407.48 Stocks and Bonds.................... 3,000.00 Deposits...................................... 100,733.36 Furniture and Fixtures........ 1,732.95 Bills Payable.......:................... 55,000.00 Cash and in Banks................ 60,664.93 $305,140.84 $305,140.84 FARMERS 13 A INK OF PELHAM OFFICERS DIRECTORS J L. HAND, President J. L. HAND, J, M. HURST, J. W. EVERETT, Vice President. . J. W EVERETT, H. L. MCDONALD, B. P, CURRY, Cashier W. S. HILL, E. M. SMITH, THOS. A. BARROW, Asst. Cashier D. L. TURNER. PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. The Commencement Exercises of Pelham High School Came to Brilliant Close on Tuesday Evening With the Exersises of the Several Grades, The commencement opened Sunday with the delivery of a strong and forceful sermon by Dr. J. G. Harrison, of Macon, at the Baptist church. A large congre¬ gation greeted him at the morn¬ ing hour. Special music was ar¬ ranged for the occasion. Dr. Harrison took as his text the words, “Quit you like men. Be Strong” and for nearly air hour he held the attention of his rapt hearers as in most force¬ ful style he outlined the duties and the reponsibilities of young life and urged the necessity of j*, laving hold on the divine for ■ ft. ..... i iftr itogsgrww in language and full of uplift. The graduating exercises were held at the opera house on Mon¬ day morning. The members of the graduating class were Misses Marie McDonald, Clara Dey, Maud Picket, Ruby Parker and Messers Ewart Twitty and Ben Cross. Ewart Twitty, just from a bed of serious sickness, deliver¬ ed a short but well chosen suluta tory §ddre^s. The valedictory touching upon the ties of school lif^ and the duties and responsi¬ bilities of the future as they rest upon the present graduating class w is well delivered by Ben Cross. Miss Ruby Parker on account of sicness was prevented from taking personal part in the exer¬ cises and the class prophecy which was written by her wag^fmid by her classmate, Miss ^McDonald. The prophecy was bright in its conception and sparkled with wit. J. M. Minton Arrested. A warrant was sworn out by G. W. McCormick Friday for J. M. Minton charging him with misdemeanor. Mr. Minton was placed under arrest and gave bond for his appearance before City Court of Pelham m July. Later another warrant was taken out but Minton had left the city and ha 9 not been since seen by the local authorities. He is charged with having put up rent notes that were not genuine with local merchonts for the purpose of obtaining credit. It develops that there are several merchants holding these notes and they state that as far as they have been able to discover they are not good. Mr. Minton has been conducting a real estate ami renting busi- j ness here for the past year. PELHAM, GEORGIA, MAY Especially attractive was the presentation speech delivered by Miss Dey, the original and apt conceptions of which won the hearty applause of the house. The class poem, breathing in rythmic meter the spirit of the occasion, was read by Miss Mc¬ Donald. Miss Maud Pickett read an interesting history of the class wittily chronicling the character istics and history of each mem¬ ber. The exercises were espec¬ ially interesting and meritorious. The diplomas were delivered at the close of the evening exercises byitev. Dr. Ainsworth of Savnn ras de¬ livered by this divine was one of the strongest and choicest ad¬ dresses that has ever been de livered in the city. Dwelling principally upon life, its impor¬ tance, its development and ‘ its powers he spoke for an hour with such force, logic and eloquence as to completely win and bold the untiring interest and command the unstinted admiration of the entire audience. The exercises Tuesday evening consisted of music by different members of Miss Spence’s music class, several readings and drills, the exercises closing with a beau¬ tiful pantomine “Nearer My God to Thee.” Especially interesting and meritorious were the exercises of this evening, each number being well rendered and reflecting un¬ usual credit on the teachers of the several grades who had the training of the children in charge. Oat Thrashing See me before you have your oats thrashed. W. H. BRIM tf Cotton, Ga. A Camping Party. A party chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Barrow is spending two days on the Ochlocknee river. They left this morning on the south¬ bound A. (J. L. train and will return tomorrow afternoon. Tents, fishing tackle, cooking uten¬ sils and provisions were sent through the country. The fishing on the Ochlocknee river is now said to be ideal. Those in the party are: Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Barrow; Misses Caro Twitty, Bess Whatley, Toy Spence, Annie England, Annie Grace Brim berry, Messers Ben Hill, D. V. Thomson, J. J. Hill, W. C. Twitty, Hugh James and O. B. Twitty. The Banks H Consoli= datffl 9 „ The consol id the Far mers Bank of - U and the Pelham State Ban' T 6 complet ed on the 15th a'n J buonsblkfat ed Institution is u ng busi ness under the n»u, the Far¬ mers Bank in the ing occu pied heretofore bv e ; Pelham State Bank. '■* i; |j Mr. C. G. Lott itf cashier of the Pelham St a I’ank-.is at the window as tel u.J . A. Barrow is assi It cashier. p5and HpflR i _ B. U. Curry is ea Sain Bund rick book-k Messers Lott, Barrow and Hrick ; in the Bank, Mr. C spending most of his time a old desk in the office of ‘ Hi Trading Co. All the asset? Ti¬ rued over to the Farmers Bn lay and the balances tjra. To their books. Their y f*©nt just issued shows a sat ‘and profit account of abou%: Si UKJ0 and deposits of over $ Jm. y'Ti Mr. Lott -mm Terrow are as popular, actf* 1 biting and capable bank m- rin be found in the state alicf* fin* (’-customers are glad that th« v» ! i_ still be found at the wi jvs*r Burned B> ^dioline. Herschel several burned about heck Tuesday by an exj. f»- of ga soli ne¬ at the Steam LaiiiBMlwEs Gla.' sier was in char threw some. done though his iace aJ iijftk were blis tered. ^ZXXXZXXXXXZXXXXXXXXXZZXZZZXXXZXZZXZXXZZZZZXXXZZXXx^; IT ALL DEPENDS on the kind. You can find all kinds of paints at all kinds of prices, but r member the cost and labor of putting it on is the same. So H a poor paint is dear at any price. Don’t be M humbugged by Mai! order houses, offering to M give you the first gallon or sell you on one or M H two years time—legitimate business can not be M H carried in this have reputation M M on way, we a M M sustain in this community and would not H H to M M think of offering anything but the best, M you M have complete stock of paints, brushes, M we a H oils, varnishes, etc. Come in and see 11 s. M M M M HILL&KING M M H H M The Old Reliable Druggists. M a Htxxxxxzxxxxzzxxxxxxxzxxxzxxxzxzxzzzxxxxxzzxxxxxxxz x£ munis mu ALWAYS FRESH. CONSOLIDATED CLOTHING & DRUG COMPANY. PELHAM INURANCE AGENCY. INSURANCE AGAINST Fire Lightning: Tornados, We represent only the best aird strongest companies and solicit your business. Resourses of companies represented over $ 150 ,000.000 Offices at Pelham State Bank. C. G. Lott, Sec. & Treas. ff. C. Twitty Jr., Manager, Hoke Smith’s Date At Al¬ bany Changed To June 1 st. A telephone message just received from the Hoke Smith Club at Al¬ bany says the date when Mr. Smith •will .speak in that city has been changed from next Monday to the following Monday, June 1st. Do not be misled as to the date by announcement of the Hoke Smith Club appearing elsewhere in this is £ue, The date has been changed that was printed and Mr. Smith will speak at the Auditorium in Al¬ bany at noon June 1st. Our First Melon. Mr. H. L. Taylor of Cotton brdght us our first watermelon of the season Saturday. It was of the Triumph variety and a fair sample of fifteen acres he has growing on his farm near Cottou - The uielon weighed ..irly three pounds and judging m it -Mr. Taylor will hardly b-> wj n hi- estimate jkb$Jb that •be | wii j be - aTrf^ SVi'^J" 1 '-V June 8th. $1.00 PER YEAR The School Census of Mitchell County. Under the Order of the state school commissioner the school census of Mitchell county was recently taken and through the courtesy of the efficient county school commissioner, J. H. Powell, we are furnished the following figures which show the present school census for each district. The figtlres show a gain of 528 children of school age, be¬ tween the ages of 6 and 18 years, in the last five years. This is less than the commissioner thought it'would be. One inter¬ esting fact is that we have gained in white population and lost in colored population. Camilla, 2 mi radius, White - - 284. Colored - 818. 1178 Diet. Outside Camilla, White - - - 31Q. Colored - - 689. Pelham. * mi radiu* •5P (loforeti 2“ A, 1194 Diet. Outside Pelham, White 483. Colored 397. Maples Dist. White - 895. Colored 102 . Pebble City Dist. White 241. Colored 127. 1299 and 1088 Dist. White 401. Colored - 549. Baconton Dist. White - 176. Colored 736. Sale City Dist. White 272. Colored - 107. Total 6026. Total, White, Males 1534. “ Females 1375. “ Colored, Males 1531. “. “ Females 1586. S. A. Roddenbery to Speak Saturday. Hon. S. A. Roddenbery, can¬ didate for congress will be in Pel ham Saturday and at 3:30 in the afternoon will address the people on the issues of the campaign. While Mr. Roddenbery is fami¬ liar to most of the people of the county he is always an attractive speaker and entertains his au¬ dience. He is a live wire and as the campaign has progressed he has rather progressed in enthusiasm and force. Whether he will speak in the open air or at the opera houi has not been determined yet. Mr. Griggs, opposingcandij is back in the district and tj maining two weeks of thj paign promise to be live], extreme.