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VOL. 6. NO. 32.
1 armers 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................................... 100,783.36 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 BA.INK OF PELHAM
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
J L. HAND, President J. L. HAND, J. M. HURST,
J. V. EVERETT, Vice President. ,T. W. EVERETT, H. L. MCDONALD,
B. U, Ot RRV, Cashier W. S. HILL, E. M. SMITH,
THUS. A. BARROW, Asst.Cashier D. I.. TURNER.
BROWN--GRIGGS--PARK*
Joe Brown Has Landslide, Jim Griggs
Sweeps the District and Frank Park
Wins by a Handsome Majority*
It was a spectacular finish.
The land slide of two years ago
slid the other way and there is
no consolation for the Smith
supporters but the promised
bread and prosperity. Mr. Smith
is munching his loaf today but it
is wry bread. He has been de¬
feated by the man he denounced
from every stump in the state
two years ago and by the vote of
the people who wildly applauded
his words of censure.
Tom Watson has additional
proof that he holds the balance
V°JL in Georgia and perba
once practicing the art of walking
the Tom Watson chalk line.
Two years from now look for a
democratic consolidation of po¬
litical energy calculated to break
the power of the ‘‘sage of Mc¬
Duffie.”
Browns majority, it now ap¬
pears, will be as great as was Hoke
Smiths two years ago and the in¬
dications are he has carried nearly
as many counties as did Smith in
that campaign. In 1906 Hoke
Smith carried 123 counties.
The final count cannot be given
for several days but these figures
are conceded by the Smith forces
to be not far wrong.
Mr. Smith will he supplanted
by the man he dismissed from
office and this has been determin¬
ed by the people within less than
a year from the time he so dram¬
atically gave Mr. Brown his
“walking papers.”
The large counties, including
Fulton, Chatham and Bibb went
for Brown.
Jim Griggs carried several
counties by big majorities that
will overcome the 13 counties car¬
ried. by Roddenbery by a majority
of four or five thousand. After
months of the most earnest cam¬
paigning Judge Roddenbery goes
down in defeat realizing how
■close of the to second the hearts district of the is “Sunny people j
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Judge Roddenbery’s last
speeches in Pelham won for him
many votes but he was “up
against” one of Georgia’s best
congressmen, and one who re¬
tains great personal popularity
among his constituents.
Much interest was manifested
in the judicial race. Judge Frank
Park of Worth County polled a
majority in the circuit that is
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PELHAM, GEORGIA, FR T 5)AY, JUNE 5, 1908.
Church Ann^uncement.
At the Mefchoai6t liurch Sun
clay morning ni^mji'; the );>••'! lor will dis
cusR.“Church "Ship, Its de¬
mands, ResponsrLilitibS and Op¬
portunities. In 1b 1'. e -afternoon
there will be a spe-m. service for
mothers, wives an sweethearts,
led by Mrs. White
At night Rev. "L i. Ratcliffe
will speak on “iiidivi. nal Respon¬
sibility.” The prove; :ted services
begin at this 0 ?h Sunday,
June 14, with Rev. f ns. R. Jen¬
kins to assist.
Don’t forget to eofue Hand Trad
ing Company to .Iniy your boys
clothing. " M J*
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the bulletins -we re* r|ad until long
after midnight to thegrowd that
thronged the street, The bulle¬
tins were taken by'. Cl A. Bowen
and read from a second story win¬
dow to the crowd IhJow.
The euthnsiam ini Pelham was
but a part‘of mo&Uintense inte¬
rest manifested iStJPiy town and
city in the state. Plyery inch of
ground was fought’over tlx* gov¬
ernorship and the result was in
doubt until late at night.
Everybody is ; I; the contest
is over and and dis
quiet the may n< Je ""i -will thing with- of
past,
in a few days "down to their
peaceful pi I?the eam
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able
been fought out in any state.
estimated at 500. He carried his
home county by a majority- of
1100 vyhich gave him a tremen¬
dous advantage. He carried the
fallowing counties: Worth,
Grady, Turner.
Judge Spence carried Mitchell,
Decatur, Baker, Calhoun,
and Dougherty but his majorities
were not large enough to over¬
come the Worth county vote.
The contest at Pelham was ex¬
ceedingly close. When 800 votes
had been counted out Smith was
QDly four ahead and Griggs and
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votes the candidates crawled
apart but it was close to the fin¬
ish. There were 485 votes polled
in the Pelham precinct.
It was possibly the most in¬
tense political battle ever waged in
the state. No pains were spared
to stir the voters to the highest
enthusiasm. In Atlanta the
night before election an immense
torchlight procession was formed
by the adherents of Brown and
marched the streets of the city
amid the wildest enthusiasm. In
each of the large cities of the
state the supporters of the rival
candidates for governor held im¬
mense rallies and organized for
the fight.
A shower of telegrams from
different headquarters were sent
during the day to every town in
the state and bore messages cal¬
culated to stir the enthusiasm
and encourage the workers at the
polls.
Almost before the polls
were opened in Pelham a Brown
telegram announced, that the
friends of “Little Joe” were at
the polls all over the state and
that Fulton would go for Brown
by 4000 majority.
Constant communication was
kept up over the district by those
interested in the congressional
fight and by those in the circuit
ittterested in the fighfc for the
jndgeshjp . Telegrams and tele
phone messages every few minu
tes bore news of the battle in
other quarters
Many workers were at the polls
in Pelham and intense interest
was manifested in the fight for
the judgeship and the congression¬
al race as well as for the gover¬
norship.
A special Western Union wire
was placed in the office of the ed¬
itor of the Journal and from there
PELHAM INURANCE AGENCY.
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INSURANCE AGAINST
Fire WL
LrigHtning
Tornados.
We represent only the best and 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,
Our First Melon.
Mr. S. T. Williams one of the
progressive farmers living east of
Pelham-, brought to this office the
first ripe melon we have seen this
season. It weighed about twenty
pounds and came from a field of
35 acres from which Mr. Williams
expects to load a car for shipment
early next week.
Loading Melons.
Mr. E. M. Kennington, Jr. en¬
joys the distinction of loading
the first car of melons for ship¬
ment from this point this season.
He isjoading, a car of the Rattle¬
snake variety. Mr. Kennington
says that he got a couple of ripe
melons from his patch May 80th.
The melons were planted in Feb¬
ruary. This is unusually early
for shipments and the melons
will bring a fancy price.
Operation for Piles will not be ne
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The Local Vote.
Although there are 080 regis¬
tered white voters in this pre¬
cinct there were only 485 votes
polled in the election yesterday.
It was thought that on account
the great interest in the elec¬
tion there would be polled at least
votes but this expec¬
tation was not realized. Much
interest was manifested about the
polls but at all times the crowd
was orderly and the election
passed off without unpleasant in¬
The local vote in the Pelham
district for the contested offices
was as follows:
M. Brown received 204
Hoke Smith ” 225
R. E. Park 286
W. J. Speer Cl
Fuller Callaway 327
R.H Jenkins 45
W. D. Brauun XSgC- 114
Geb. Hillyec
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Wiley Williams ” 256
S. A. Roddenbery ” 209
J. M. Griggs ” • 216
W. N. Spence ” 180
Frank Park ” 247
The election was held by Z. H.
Jones, T. O. Battle, D, M. Rogers,
A. J. Porter, W. M. Bunch, W. C.
Twitty, Jr.
Pelham Telephone Co.,
Sends Out No More
Collectors, And
Raises Rates,
We have been put to a great
d( a’ of expense in rebuilding our
exchange and putting into it
much more expensive apparatus,
and vve find that our expenses are
aggregating more to. keep our ex¬
change in good order than our in¬
come amounts to, therefore we
are compelled to raise our rates to
$1.75 for residence phones and
$2.75 for business phones. How¬
ever as we will not send out any
more collectors, which has been
quite an expense to us, we will al¬
low a discount of 25 cents on each
phone, payable at our office
on or before the 10th of each
month in advance; under no cir¬
cumstances will we allow any
discounts after the 10th. We
have been requested by several
of our subscribers to mail out
their statements, as they were
troubled with our collectors at
times when it was worth more to
them in their business. When
you have tolls we will mail you a
statement of same, but will not
mail statements for phone rents
as you know what they are. This
is the last week that our collector
will be around, so please pay him,
or call at our office and pay our
cashier by the 10th.
Yours very truly,
W. N. Drake, G. M.