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i he Pelham Journal.
VOL. 6. NO. 39.
Wednesday August 5th.
is credit day at this bank. Depositors
‘ in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
are requested to present their pass
books at the bank on that day to have
interest credited thereon.
WE PAY 4 PER CENT COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY
FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS #150,000.00
FIRST BALE FARMER
AGAIN TO THE FRONT
Deal Jackson, The Well
Known Dougherty Co.
Negro Farmer, Markets
Firt Bale July 17th.
(Albany Herald, July 18th.)
Deal Jackson, the well-known
Dougherty county negro farmer,
has beaten his larst year’s first
bale record by two days.
Yesterday afternoon Jackson
brought in the first bale of cotton
in Georgia for the season 1908.
Last year he brought in the first
bale ou July 19—two days later
that the feat was accomplished
this year.
Jackson wins first bale honors
again this season in spite of his
own prediction, made early in the
spring, that he would fail. The
patch that he planted for the first
bale waB visited by one of the
hardest rains on record shortly
after the seed were put in the
giUu..a. Deal was afraid that the
ground was beaten too hard for
the seed to come up. But in spite
of this, he comes in with the first
bale again, as he has done every
season for ten years or more.
The first bale was received at
the warehouse of A. W. Muse &
Co., and weighed 850 pounds. It
was shipped to Savannah by way
of Macon last night, having been
purchased by Mr. A. C. Plonsky.
It classed “middling tinge,” and
brought 18 cents a pound.
Through the courtesy of the
Central of Georgia Railway Co.,
the first bale was rushed to Sa¬
vannah by passenger train, leav¬
ing here last night at 9 o’clock in
the baggage car. It was consign¬
ed to E. A. Cutt8 & Co., Savan¬
nah. In Savannah the bale will
no doubt be sold at auction,
probably bringing somethiug over
20 cents, and will then be shipped
to New York, where another auc¬
tion will be held .
These auctions over the first,
bale of cotton are usually attend¬
ed with much enthusiasm, and
the proceeds are given for sonn
•charitable purpose, the Democrat¬
ic campaign fund, or something
of that sort. Of course there i?
no more intrinsic value in the
first bale of cotton than in the
second bale, or any other bale
of same grade of lint, but the
sentiment connected with the
first bale and the enthusiasm
over its receipt gives it its addi¬
tional value.
Notice.
All dogs not wearing tags after
August 1st, will be killed, accor
ding to the new town ordinance.
These tags can be received from
the clerk of Council A. A. Turner
at the cost of Sfl.OO each.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908.
The Library is Proving
Popular.
The Carnegie Library which
was opened July 1st is proving
quit® popular with the citizens of
the town. Over two hundred
have become members, and there
are a number of callers at the
library each day.
The records show that there are
many children using the books,
and each day showsYhat a num¬
ber of books are taken out and
returned. The average daily cir¬
culation this week is over thirty
books and the circulation is con¬
stantly increasing.
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An Even Break Between
Pelham and Columbus.
After having been defeated in
three games by Camilla last week,
the Columbus boys came down
Thursday morning to cross bats
with the Pelham team for three
games. called Tifufs
The licit game Cas
day afternoon at 4:30 by Umpire
Campbell of Albany. On ac¬
count of three of Pelham’s bpst
players being out of town it was
a very one sided affair, Columbus
winning by the score of seven to
nothing.
Friday found the Columbus
boys in the best of spirits think¬
ing that they had another walk¬
over. But the Pelham boys with
Groover ou first base and Melton
playing second proved to be too
strong for them. The game was
very close, only one run had been
made on either side until the
fifth inning, when Melton came
to the bat with two men down
and three men on bases. After
having had two strikes called on
him he swatted the ball for a
home run scoring four runs.
After this the Columbus boys had
no show whatever. Pelham win¬
ning by the score of 7 to 4.
It was a great disappointment
to everyone that it rained the
boys out Saturday afternoon as
everybody was sure of Pelham
winning the game.
The Dog Tax.
Attention is called to the fact
that the ordinance placing a tax
on dogs goes into effect August
1st. Mr. A. A. Turner, Cle k,
has supplied himself with the
necessary tags, which will be fur¬
nished to each person wtio ap¬
plies for same and pays the nec¬
essary registration fee.
The tax is one dollar for each
dog, and applies to all dogs over
four months old in the corporate
limits. A provision of the or¬
dinance is that all dogs not wear¬
ing one of these tags shall be
killed bv the ma-~!vU.
Farmers Union Will Meet
Here Friday. July 31.
A meeting of the Farmers Un¬
ion has been called to be held at
Pelham at 10 A. M. Friday, July
8lst, for the purpose of consider
ing the proposition of building a
warehouse W Thi8° '
Uto be . business meeting
of tile members of the Farmers i
ham with a view to arriving at
an agreement. The Union has
grown very rapidly in numbers
throughout "the country and
Mitchell county is how fairly well
organized.
The official uotice c|f the call is
published elsewhere in this paper
by Chairman D. Kierce.
in 1
Protracted Meefing
Cotton.
Rev. C. W. Curry and Rev.
J. A. Mills will £bmimmce a pro
tracted meeting at Cotton next
week. • jg
Everyone is cordially urged to
attend this series of meetings.
Rev. Mills is pastor of the
church at that place;
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PELHAM INSURANCE AGENCY
INSURANCE AGAINST
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Lightning
Tornados.
We represent only the best and strongest companies and solicit
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— Offices at Pelham State Bank.
q. Lott, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Twltty Jr., Manager.
Farmers Union Picnic.
The Farmers Union held a pic
uic Saturday at Mt.~Ziou church
about three and a half mileB east
of Camilla. There were about
three thousand five hundred
people present. State lecturer
J L. Lee of Atlanta addressed
the Union about an hour and fifty
minutes in the morning. An
abundant dinner was served on
the grounds. The afternoon was
in singing. *r. ; ^ * . ;
spent ' V ~
The Farmers Union of Mitchell
county is growing rapidly.
Amoug those who attended
from Pelham were, Messrs. J. L.
Hand, H. L. McDonald, C. M.
Baggs and Judge I. A. Bush.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
Mitchell Superior Court.
The adjourned term of Mitchell
Superior Court convened at Ca¬
milla Monday at 10 o’clock.
Judge Spence delivered an able
charge to the grand jury covering
a period of more than an hour,
and touched upon various points
required to be given in charge.
The grand jury organized by
electing D. M. Rogers foreman,
and C. E ri Palmer special bailiff.
The remainder of the day Mon¬
day was taken up in the call of
the civil docket and the trial of
divorce cases. About a dozen
divorces were granted during the
afternoon. On account of sickness
of several attorneys the court
found it difficult to get any civil
business ready for trial, and on
Monday afternoon dismissed the
jury until Wednesday morning.
The most of Tuesday was taken
up with the hearing of motions in
cases pending in Doagiitery Su¬
perior Court. Some civil buai
the court is now at work on the
criminal docket.
Solicitor Wooten was unable to
remain in attendance upon court
and returned to Albany Tuesday
In his place Col. E. M. Dasris
is acting as Solicitor protem.
It is said that the grand jury
is finding a number of indict¬
ments, and the present indica¬
tions are the court will be busy
the remainder of the week, dis¬
posing of some of these cases.
Ball Game at Camilla
Tomorrow
Much interest is being mani¬
fested in the game of ball which
is to be played between Pelham
and Camilla on the Camilla dia¬
mond tomorrow, (Friday) after¬
noon. It is said that both the
teams have secured several out of
town players'to strengthen theiir
local teams.
In this game Pelham hopes to
regain the prestige it lost in a
recent game with Camilla, when
that city’s team visited us with a
number of semi-professional play¬
ers and put upon us the score of
fiifteen to naught.
Quite a number of people will
drive up from Pelham, and if the
weather is good, it is quite likely
they will have the opportunity of
seeing one of the best cames play¬
ed in this section this season.
Notice to Creditors.
All persons holding valid claims
against J. M. Minton, deceased
will please present them to me at
once. Open accounts must be
itemized in full and sworn to be¬
fore some officer authorized by
law to administer oaths.
B. U- Curry,
7 - 2 - 0 ?. 6t. Atimiuistiator.