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VOL. 6. NO. 40.
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 BAINK OF PELHAM
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - # 150 , 000.00
AN EARLY
TWILIGHT.
Astronomical Phenomena
at Camilla Friday Af¬
fects the Ball
Game.
One of the most unexpected
phenomenons of the astronomi¬
cal world put an end to the base
ball contest between the Pelham
and Camilla teams on the Ca¬
milla diamond Friday afternoon.
All unexpected and apparently
superinduced by Pelham’s rapidly
ascending score twilight fell and
Camilla’s last batter in the sixth
declined to take the stick
on account of the unusual dark
/ I --sie. The darkness came almost
ihtantaneously with the making
\ of three runs by the Pelham team
and a double play just afterward
|l§ that put out two of the Camilla
m Ti»
had strange effect on the visual
organs. At this critical instant
when the teams were in two
minutes of closing the 6 th inning
and leaving a score of 5 to 2 in
favor of Pelham the team of our
sister city and her hundred sup¬
porters arose almost enmasse and
called attention to the sudden
fall of darkness and the danger
of their man at ihe bat. Had he
been hit by the ball of course he
would have gotten his base but
then—he might have been hurt
and the Camilla boys would not
stand for the possibility of such
an injury. of
At the same time the eyes
those who came from further
south saw it differently. The
man behind the bat said he could
see. The pitcher said he could
see and all the boys on the bases
and in the field said they could
see O K. The umpire called
‘'play ball” again and again but
that lmie batter who was to save
Camilla’s reputation despite the
fact two men were out and none
on bases would not get beside the
plate. Pelham
In the first inning
fumbled some and let Camilla in
with two runs. Then our boys
steadied down and commenced
playing a fast and beautiful game.
In the 3rd inning she sent a
-couple of runners over home
plate making the score 2 to 2
The interest grew intense. It
was a battle between the neigh¬
bor towns for the supremacy in
a series of five games. As the
game advanced the Pelham team
began to show its marvelous
ball playing ability and the Pel¬
ham rooters were going wild.
It w^s the first half of the 6 th
inning when our boys scored
three runs amid the wildest ex¬
citement among the many loyal
fans who had driven to Camilla
Pelham, Georgia, Friday, July 31, 1908.
even through a heavy rain to see
the game.
Then Camilla’s turn was on
Sheats fired in a few of his mar¬
velous curves, a short hit out was
made and on a pretty double play
two men went out.
Then darkness fell I Like a
thunder clap out of a summer
sky it came. The phenomenon
iffected the eyes only of the team
whose home is north of Leland.
The umpire’s efforts to get a
batter up proved futile and finally
he called the game back to the
fifth inning where the score was
2 to 2 instead of 5 to 2 as it was
when the game was called. At
any rate our boys made 5 runs
and suffered no shock to the
visual organs.
FoTauy further information in
regard to the real status of the
game and as to why the game was
decided officially a tie our read¬
ers are referred to Mr. A. Mc
Dougall of Thomasville who urn
r&f tJs?, r d&qMBfe
that Pelham had fairly and
squarely beat Camilla and that
the Camilla boys ought to take
their medicine.
New Members of County
Board of Education
Elected,
Mr. A. A Turner of this city
has been elected to a position on
the County Board of Education
to fill the expired term of Mr
Nat Bradford. Mr. Turner is u
capable man who will make an
excellent member of this board.
The grand jury also elected Mr.
E. M. Davis of Camilla to fill the
term of the member from that
city which had expered. Mr. Bob
Jackson was elected to fill the ex¬
pired term of Mr. Jeff Glausier.
The County Board of Educa¬
tion is now composed of A. A.
Turner, E. M. Davis, Bob Jack
son, Horton Branch and Emory
West, with J. H. Powell, County
School Commissioner, member
ex officio. This makes a very ca¬
pable and progressive board un¬
der the control of whom the edu¬
cational interests of the county
will be subserved and advanced
People Are Asked to Pro¬
test Against Renewal
of Convict Lease.
Telegrams were sent out from
Atlanta Wednesday to the May¬
ors of the various towns in Geor¬
gia, asking that a mass meeting be
called and that the citizens take
action protesting against any re¬
newal of the present convict
lease.
The telegrams were sent out in
obedience to instructions from a
meeting of Atlauta business men
and were signed by J. J. Eagan,
E. C. Calloway, W. S. With|ir,
6 u . i t.se, J. K. Orr.
Miss Harkness Resigns
Position in the School.
Miss Lillian Harkhess, who was
re-elected to a posstion in Pelham
High School, has resigned, and
will go to Dawson to teach.
Prof. Wilkinson fwho has the
matter of selecting fa teacher to
fill the vacancy under considera¬
tion writes that he has offered the
position to Miss MfCutcheon of
Latta, S. C.
CommitteInspects Mitch¬
ell County Convict
Camp.
A committee composed of
Messers T. 0. Battle, and T. J.
Cross appointed by the
grand jury, went out
inspected the covict'camp
Branchville Saturday. There
were only eight convicts in this
camp. They are being worked
by Mr. Hail, on his turpentine
farm.
The committee found all the
convicts were being, w .11 cared
for, comfortable quarters having
been provided for them, and that
they were supplied with plenty of
clothing and good food. Their
finding was that the.convicts are
being well cared for and well
treated in the Mitchell county
camp.
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Resourses of companies represented over $ 150 ,000.000
Offices at Pelham State Bank.
C. G. Lott, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Twitty Jr., Manager,
Score 9 to 2 In Favor of
Camilla.
The second nines of Pelham
and Camilla played an interest¬
ing game of ball on the local dia¬
mond yesterday afternoon, and
once more the laurels went to
Camilla, the score standing nine
to two at the close of the game.
Pelham’s First Bale of
Cotton.
The first bale of cotton for the
season was brought to the city
Wednesday by Mr. Mack Wilkes
and sold to the Hand Trading Co.
Mr. Wilkes is one of the prog¬
ressive farmers living south of
Pelham. The bale weighed 478
pounds and was bought by Hand
Trading Company at 10 1-4 cents.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
A Bill to Increase the
Councilmen to Six.
In accordance with a resolution
which was passed at the last mass
meeting held at the council cham¬
ber, the mayor has drawn a bill
to amend the. charter of Pelham
so as to increase the number of
councilmen from four to six mem¬
bers. The required notice has
been published and the bill
drawn and forwared to representa¬
tive A. T. Jones for pssage.
It is rather late in the
session for any local bills to se¬
cure passage, and it may be that
Representative Jones will not be
able to get this charter amend*
ment through at this session. It
is a question about which there
has not been much discussion in
the [city, and a number of
those who have expressed them¬
selves say that they do not see
the need ef it, and they are op¬
posed to its passage.
Mr, - S. R. Blanton
Politics in Boston.
Editor S. R. Blanton who is
well known to the people of this
couuty and who is now editor of
the South Georgia Home, at Bos¬
ton, Ga., has entered the political
arena of that city. Br. Blanton
recently announced for the office
of alderman to fill the unexpired
term of one of the members of
that body who resigned, but find¬
ing that he had not been a resi¬
dent of that city long enough to
qualify for this office, he has re¬
tired from the race with the
statement that he will be in the
race for Mayor at the next elec¬
tion.
The City Tax Assessments
The city tax assessors held a
session which lasted all day Tues¬
day in which they went over a
large number of tax returns.
Very many citizens of the city
had not returned their taxes, and
this information had to be secur¬
ed by the personal efforts of Mr,
Z. H. Jones, and another of the
assessors who had been over the
ground.
A number of the returns were
raised. Notices in instances
where the returns were raised will
be mailed to the property owners,
notifying them of the increase.
The total returns have not yet
been completed and the footings
not yet been made. It was
noticable that in many instances
there was considerable falling off
in property values. In other in¬
stances, especially that of the
larger corporations in Pelham,
there was considerable increase
and it is thought that the total
footing* will still show some in
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