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, VOL. 6,NO. 31.
Farmers Bank of Pelham, - Pelham, Ga,
Condensed Statement of Condition at the close of
business May 16, 1908.
LIABILITIES RESOURCES
..SlUU,UuU.UU
.. 49.407.48 Stocks and Bonds................. .. 3,000.00
Deposits .. 100,733.36 Furniture and Fixtures. ... 1,732.95
55,000.00 Cash and in Banks.............. 60,664.93
...
$305,140.84 $305,140.84
FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
J. L. HAND, President .1. L. HAND. .T. M. HITRST,
J W. EVERETT, Vice President. J. AY EVERETT, H. h. MeDONALD,
B U, CURRY, Cashier W. S. HILL, E. JI. SMITH,
THOS. A. BARROW, Asst.Cashier D. L. TURNER.
HON. T. W. HARDWICK DIVIDES
TIME WITH COL. E. E. COX.
An Interesting Joint Debate'
Between the Supporters
of Smith and Brown.
Hon. T. W. Hardwick who was
scheduled to address the voters in
the interest of Hoke Smith Wed¬
nesday afternoon on request of
the opposite side consented to a
division of time with Oi. E. E.
Cox of Camilla.
Mr. Hardwick, l>y the terms
agreed upon, was to speak fifty
minutes, followed in a fifty min¬
utes speech liy Mr. Cox and then
to have a fifteen minutes rejoin¬
der.
The opera house filled up soon
after the speaking commenced
and by actual count there were
■ ..‘.W v ’ the vot^lakmi' theVe
were shown to be almost umiani
mous for Hoke Smith. It was
estimated eighty-five per cent,
was for Smith. Many ladies were
present. It is hardly possible to
give even a synopsis of the speech¬
es in this paper this week.
Mr. Hardwick spoke largely in
humorous style wittily attacking
the position of Mr. Brown and in
the same breath defending the
record of Hoke Smith. He at¬
tacked Brown for his failure to
appear before the people,
sayingthat it was not his
personal appearance that
he criticised but his non-ap¬
pearance. He said that he
should have gone out and at least
talked to the voters as Escil 1 did
whether he could make a speech
or not.
He said that Hoke Smith was
being fought on two grounds, one
because he had done too much
and one because he had done too
little. He asked his opponent to
state to which of these factions he
belonged'. He suggested that the
Brown forces should first have a
joint debate among themselves to
settle their own differences and
decide whether they were fighting
Smith because he had done too
much or too little. He asked
why they cried out Brown and
Brpad and Brown and Prosperity.
Is Brown a panic doctor? Can he
cure panjes? Can he prevent
panics? If so, and he is a patri
otic citizen why didn’t he prevent
the present one and why doesn’t
he cure it.now?
He declared the local optionists
are behind Brown’s campaign and
defended Smith’s prohibition
record by saying that he has at
least been consistent in the pres¬
ent ermpaign and that Frown !ir«
.PELHAM, GEORGIAQI 7 7 MAY 29, 1908. ,
Judge Roddenberry Made
a Fine Speech Saturday.
Judge S. A. Roddenberry spoke
to about three hundred people at
the opera house Saturday after¬
noon. With his usual vigor and
force he jumped into the issues
of the campaign and for an hour
and a half discussed disfranenise
inent, the injustice and mistake
of the whites having to contrib¬
ute to the education of the ne¬
groes, prohibition and immigra¬
tion. He made a fine argument
that appealed strongly to Ins
hearers and was liberally applaud¬
ed. The speech was dignified and
strong and was considered by
th-^e whq^ietyd it far above frhe
berry at the “opening of the cam
paign and when he was in joint
debate with Judge Griggs over
the district.
The audience seemed to be with
him. Those who were not in ac¬
cord with his aspirations gave
him a most respectful hearing
and he was not interrupted.
The speaker was introduced in
an appropriate ten minutes ad¬
dress by Mr. W. D. Barber.
changed position several times
since the campaign opened. He
said as soon as the country is
again in prosperous condition and
the railroads can stand it Smith
will put the blocks to them and
give to the people the $4,000,000
he promised them in freight re¬
ductions.
Mr. Cox went vigorously and
eloquently into his argument and
attacked Smith for building the
strongest political ring in the his¬
tory of the state in spite of his
declarations two years ago that
he was against ring rule. He at¬
tacked his position on the early
primary and the change in the
method of county representation
in the state convention. Smith,
he said, had done both too much
and too little, too much to begin
with and then followed it up with
too little. He especially t charged
insincerity on the part of Smith
and went into an extensive dis¬
cussion of the issues of two years
ago to prove that smith is not
sincere. He also attacked his
position on immigration and port
rates. Mr. Cox was vigorously
applauded at every turn in his
speech.
The audience was full of en¬
thusiasm but was most respectful
and attentive to both of the
spen’-er?.
E. M. Davis to #peak at
Harmony SclBm House
Col. E. M. Davis ffl sp< at
Harmony Se4jool on Mon*
day night, June 1st, S .. ’clock
in the interest candidacy
of Judge W. ijj jVmv. Mr.
Davis was clos as* jciated
with Judge S ior several
years as court rap her and
is amply qualified t all- ass
ability and record.
Every body v it. d. The
ladies will be come. The
,,
voters of the istrict are
especially invitee iteit HlfiL IfeJpL) m present.
Democratic Committee E?^ NC^r*^ u Elec= t i v e
tion At rs
A meeting of ’ m Ry demo¬
cratic executive cjjp mitte was
held at the court h< ■ e Monday at
noon and manages > named for
.
holding the electi.dP June 4th.
Managers had tried at a
previous meeting hep there was
some question raisfiflpu f° the le¬
gality of the action r v M he commit¬
tee and a new meetiip was called.
It was claimed the;-* was not a
quorum at the first 'ting and
that members of i>' committee
were also schedule;! to act as
A
managers. m. ,
Rfqiresentatioif ty* been given
to opposing candH|l|cs as far as
practicable. As '■%. R opy stands
.
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uwmm tu. “J.mes,
D. C. Bafrow and D. L. Turner. 1
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Resourses of companies represented over $ 150 ,000.000
! Olfices at Pelham State Bank.
C. 6. Lott, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Twitty Jr., Manager,
Death of Mr. S. J. Mc=
Elvey
The death of Mr. Stonewall J.
Me Elvey occurred at his home on
Castleberry Street last night
about nine o’clock, after a sick¬
ness of a couple of weeks. The
burial took place at the city
cemetery today. He leaves
a wife and five children to
mourn his death. Mr. McElvey
was a man of genial disposition,
always having a pleasant word
and a joke for his friends. He
was popular with a wide circle of
friends who will be grieved to
learn of his death.
First Cotton Bloom.
From the farm of J. J. Mize
comes the first cotton bloom
we have seen this season. The
stalk has one bloom and thirty
five squares and is from a field of
15 ........ acres planned 1 ..... 1 on March 8th.
Trow: .
farmer of east Mitchell.
$1.00 PER YEAR, ~
Sad Death of J. M. Minton
Many people flocked out to the
scene where the body of J. M.
Minton was found Friday morn¬
ing. In a clump of bushes at
the fork of two branches a half
mile west of Pelham the badly
decomposed body of the former
real estate man was found.
It is thought that lie died short¬
ly after his disappearance just a
week previous. On account of
decomposition it would have
been hard to identify him had it
not been for his clothes and sev¬
eral articles that were found on
his person, among which was his
wife’s watch with her picture in
it. There were also several small
memorandum books and a letter
or two.
On the back of one of these
letters was written these words:
“I am so sick, if I die tell B. U.
Curry to take $1,000 life insur¬
ance policy and settle up with
my i,„-s M> m art will
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There was no evidence of vio¬
lence and the drug stores say
they had sold him no drug.
When Mr. Minton disappeared
he had been arrested in connc
tion with a debt he bad incurred.
It is said that he was subject to
heart trouble and it is thought
by some that worry brought on
heart failure.
A coroner’s jury was impanell¬
ed and after making an investiga¬
tion they brought in a verdict de¬
claring that the deceased came to
his death from unknown causes.
The jury was made up as follows:
T. F. Perdue, Foreman, A. P.
Spence, W. G. Adridge, T. L.
Wilder, M. V. Robbins, J. M.
Watts, Jr.
The remains were laid to rest
in the city cemetery, Rev. J. M.
Dodd officiating.
The body of Mr. Minton was
found by Nathan Bostick a tur¬
pentine hand who was chipping
boxes. He ran at once to the
city and disclosed his discovery.
Mr. Minton leaves a wife, and
child. Mrs. Minton was M iss
Ramsey of this county. Her re¬
latives have been with her this
week.
Among the effects of Mr. Min¬
ton were found two life insurance
policies aggregating $9,000.
Judge Frank Park Friday
Night.
Juge Frank Park is scheduled
to be in the city Friday night
and will make a speech to the
voters in the Factory Tabernacle
in the interest of his- candidacy
for the judgeship. This is also
the night of the meeting of the
Literary Society at the same place
and the address of Judge Park
will take place after the exercises
of I he soviet v.
