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* urs ;. 3 *« rrow Pelha Journal. i ne VOL. 6. NO. 35. Farmers Bank of Pelham, - Pelham, Ga* Condensed Statement of Condition at the close of business May i6, 1908. LIABILITIES Capital Stock............................$100,000.00 Surplus and Profits................ 19,407.48 Deposits ..................................... 100,733.36 Bills Payable..............J............ 55,000.00 $305,140.84 .FARMERS BANK OR PELHAM OFFICERS DIRECTORS „ J. I.. HAND. President J. i- HAND, J. 51. HURST, J. NY. EVEKETT, Vice President. ,7. YV EVERETT. H. !.. McDONAL 1), B. IT, Cl'KRY,-CasV r W. S. KIEL, E. 51. SMITH, THOS. A. HARROY Vsst.Cashier I). L. TURNER. Mitchell County Masonic Convention. r i'he second quarterly meeting of the Mitchell County Masons was'cal¬ led to order Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock in celebration of the an¬ niversary of St. Johff's birthday. The meeting was called by District Deputy D. M. Rogers who presided over the meeting. At 9:30 o’clock they met in the Ma¬ sonic Lodge arid many good speeches were made by the visitors. At elev¬ en o’clock they inarched in a body to the Opera House where Hon. Henry Banks, of LaGrange, Deputy Grand Master of Georgia, made an excel¬ lent speech which lasted until twelve o'clock. At 12:30 a barbecue-dinner was served in the old HiR& McRree store After dinner, at two o’clock, the Masons were again called togetn er and third degree work was taken up until adjournment at five o’clock. It yy'hs a good convention and many prominent visitors were present, There were about seventy-five visit ing Masons and eighty of home mem pehship. About two hundred people j cerfe of the convention were Dr. W. R. McClain W. M. aiuLM. S. Stewart Secty. The next meeting will take place at Sale City, Ga., on September, 18, 1908. What The State Conven¬ tion Did. The State Democratic Conven¬ tion has met and adjourned. All the business of the convention was transacted without a hitch. I Mr. Brown did not attend the convention but he was met by a great many of the delegates at tlie Kimball House and was given an ovation. The convention refused j to endorse Thos. E. Watson for vice president, though a motion to that effect was made. A platform was adopted along the lines upon which Mr. Brown made his race. Disfranchisement and prohibition were endorsed. The platform recommended that the members of the Railroad Commission lie reduced, and that the office of special attorney be discontinued, and that the Rail¬ road Commission shall cease to exercise jurisdiction over street car lines. It favors going back to the unit plan in the primaries insted of the popular vote as we had in this last primary. It favors paying all of the old sol¬ diers anaTTa! pensions in one pay-, ment instead of quarterly as at present nnd the prompt payment of school teachers. Judge Twiggs of Savannah made the nominating speech . Sev¬ eral elo np^p t speeches seconding the nomination were made. Al¬ together it Yvas a notable conven¬ tion. Absolute harmony existed and therntmost enthusiasm and everything passed off as smoothly as one could wish . PELHAM, GEORGIA, JUNE 26, 1908, RESOURCES Loans........................................... $239.742.96 Stocks and Bonds................... 3,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures........ 1,732.95 Casl) and in Banks................ 60,664.93 $305,140.84 Will of J, J, Mize Probat= ed, The last will of J. J. Mize has been filed in the ordinary’s office for probate. The estate is estimated worth fully $50,000. There are nine heirs at law and vithe terms of the will the estate is left to these and their phildren. The five one story store build¬ ings are left to the five oldest children. The three youngest children and the widow share equally in the remainder of the. estate after ^ debtg arfl id , T Meriy ,, . appointed * ls exe cuter and provision is made for the'sale of a considerable portion of the property ' The win Wl!1 be probated at tbe July term of ordinary’s court. On last Tuesday a fish fry was given at the Big Fish Pond in hon¬ or ofithe birthday of Miss Mattie MaudHill and Mr. Maurice Hurst. Quite a number of voting people went and all reported a delightful day under the chaperonage of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith. , “Many” fish were fried at all intervals of the day^md an ex cellent dinner was served to the “tired” fishers at the Gee Land ing. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith, Misses Florence Upson, Frances Cleve¬ land, Katherine Cooper, Annie Qooper, Wilma Twitty, Marie Mc Donald, Mattie Maud Hill, and Nannie Perry of Sylvester, Ga., and Messers Hugh McElvey, Sam Btindrick, Paul James, Carrol! Hurst, Crockett Twitty, Cuthbert Barrow, and Maurice Hurst. Rev. Raymond Rigdon to Preach at Baptist Church Sunday. Mr. Raymond Rigdou, brother of our townsman, W. C. Rigdon will preach at the Baptist Church next Sunday. At the eleven o’clock service his subject will be “The Way back to God.” The young people and especially the young men of our town are cordially in vited to be present. Mr. Rigdon will be remembered as having beeu.a pupil in the Pelham High School a year or two ago. His subject at the evening service will be “The one thing I do,” pro¬ vided the protracted services at. the Methodist Church do not con¬ tinue oyer Sunday. Have you seen the low- cut shoes at Hand Trading Co. They are snappy. Grover Cleveland, Only Ex=Presidetm Died Suddenly ;AVed= nesday. Grover Cleveland,o r presi¬ dent of the United ded sud d*mly at his home €tfj||day at Prime i •... \. J at 8:40 o’clock We morning. | Death plicated was with due other to hi ^ggRihue, ifttekses. The passing away ‘uif M r. Cleveland C was not immecUateIf ? |»riiounced, but was delayed until official state¬ ment had been prepared by the phy¬ sicians who had bee||> attending him in the various period 4 of his recent illness. The followbi t statement, signed by Dr. Josepfi.L N Bryant. Dr. George B. Lockyvoqid and Dr. J. M. Carnochan, Yvas g! off: “Mr. ClevelaiBSMT many years had suffered from repeated attaets of ga.stro-intestinal, jfegan, and had a long-standing organ.y ■ east* of the heart, and kidneys.-, Heart failure, complicated with ^feliiiftnary troni bosis and oedema, 2' ere the imme¬ diate cause of his df'-rh." Grover Cleveland was elected by the Demoe.xatic pa in 1885 and served one term, iprtih* was again elected by the I)emo ‘rats in 1893 ahd served one term. ■!; president lias ever had a more pop . a r iMhninistra tion with both parti> ,. Grover (Tevdand lHnNHpud v asln im in Cald¬ well, N. J. in in Prince enty-one ton, N. J. years on J une of 2-t. pg)8, the being time ■ sev¬ of j>, bis death. - Proposals »*io IS,} asked for arc by the gover-rnDqi.i. < r the leas* o" a 6 uitabla|| ftyff 0 ')»a ;,t->r the post office for vv’ -s, Th-iv. a:-' HU ' ......• JJXXXXXXXX2XXXZZ2XZXXXX2ZXXXXXXXX2XXZXXZXZ2ZI OUR SODA WATER Is delicious and refreshing. Our syrups are made from granulated sugar and the juices of M M ! fresh fruits—pure—nothing else. a H H M N M M M M M OUR ICE CREAM M M M M H M H H Is absolutely pure. It could’nt be purer. .Scores M N M N of popular drinks to suit every taste. Come to H M s M M and bring friends with H M see us your you* M M HILL&KING The Old Reliable Druggists. ttXZXXXZXXIXXXZZZXZZXZZXXXIIXXIXXZZXXXXXZXXXXXXXXXXXil ■HITS CM ALWAYS FRESH. Mi8 CONSOLIDATED CLOTHING & DRUG COMPANY. The Leading Druggists. Phone 32, t t PELHAM INSURANCE AGENCY INSURANCE AGAINST Fire Lightning; Tornados. We represent only the best and strongest companies and solicit vour business. esourses 0 f companiesrepresented over $150,ooo.ooo Offices at Pelham State Bank. . fi. Lott, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Twitty Jr., Manager, Raids By Revenue Officers On last Tuesday United States revenue officers Z. E. Norton and C. D. Williams made a raid out west of Pelham a few miles and found Frank Roam with every¬ thing in readiness to start lip bus¬ iness, He was preparing to make a choice brand from the juice of the plentiful black-berry, using a fishing pole for a worm. Frank’s still was demolished, his berries -and juice turned out and Frank was carried up to Albany, for trial. This is not Frank’s first offense in the \va\ of illicit distilling and it may be some time before he vis¬ its those parts again. Tlie raid at Jonas Johnson’s re¬ sulted in a find of a still and a bout 75 gallons of beer. The still and beer were destroyed but no ar¬ rest was made. A still was also destroyed Sam Hastp’s, a white man in Gradv Comity but nothing •; -• * A A . . - ■ .. $1.00 PER YEAR. The Revival Meeting At The Methodist Church Continues. The services have grown in in¬ terest and scarcely, if ever, have the church goers of Pelham heard better preaching than that done by Rev. Mr. Jenkins. Many of his sermons at night have been great expositions of the book of Romans and wherever the text may be he always brings to his hearers the great truths of the Gospel. Mr. Jenkins went from the pas¬ torate of the church here to a pro¬ fessorship at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. Recently he was elected presi¬ dent of one of the Church Colleges with a compensation of $2,500 per year, .but declined owing to his great desire to re-enter the pas¬ torale this fall when his Confer¬ ence meets in Quitman. His many friends predict for him an appointment to one of the largest churthes in t lie .Conference- or- per¬ haps a presiding eldership. . ... ^ t ua $ he, and his lay f riends will rejoice in his success. • The meetings will continue throughout Sunday. And all who fail to hear the sermons will miss a rare treat both spiritually and intellectually. F, R. & N. E. GETS DEPOT And Other Improvements in Pelham. Work to Begin at Otlce. Contract was Jet this week to J. M. Culpepper, the local con¬ tractor and builder, covering the erection oft he Flint River & Northeastern depot building, and work will begin at one. The F. R. & N. E. has secured terminal facilities just west of the Water and Light plant., and will lay out on this property ample freight yards for the hand¬ ling of their increasing busiuess at Pelham. The depot building will be erected just North of Nel sen street, in accordance with plans prepared by Architect M. S. Stewart, and will be neat commodious and convenient. The contract calls for the rapid completion of the building, and the Roadway Department of the F. R. & N. will begin work on the tracks at once. The Flint River & Northeast¬ ern has the best wishes of every one in Pelham, and these increas¬ ed facilities will enable them to better serve their friends. They will continue the joint use of the A. C. L. terminals until their Building nrd yr.r’s arc Pr.:shed \