The Pelha Journal.
VOL. 6. NO. 47.
Are You an Independent American Citizen ?
During the coming Presidential Campaign, you will read a thousand
appeals to the “Independent Citizens of the United States”.
A man is not independent if he has no money little* saved up, if he must
look to somebody else, every time he needs a cash.
A man is not independent, if his business is in such shape that be
cannot move unless some other man will loan him a little money.
The Fall season is at hand. Put by something in the bank so that
when this time of need conies you will not have to depend upon some other
man for what yon must have.
You may have needed money in the past when you had no way of
getting it—you don’t want this to happen again. Or if you have never been
so unfortunate, don’t let yourself get Don’t in this shape. Keep ahead of the
game. Build up a bank account. put it otf 'till next month, or
next year. DO IT NOW!
FARMERS £3A.INK OF PELHAM
Pelham Board of Trade
Permanently Organized.
An interesting meeting was
held at the Council Chamber Fri¬
day night at which a p rnmneut
organization of the Pelham Board
of Trade was effected.
Nominations of officers were
made by the committee previous
!t appointed, and those placed in
nomination were elected. The
officers elected are J. L. Hand,
president, H. H. Merry, secreta¬
ry, T. 0. Battle, treasurer, and
besides these officers, the follow¬
ing were elected as members ol
the board of directors: R. A.
Mallard, D. V. Thompson, Win.
Cook, J. R. Clements, J. W.
Everett.
A general discussion of matters
of public interest was engaged in
and the meeting then adjourned
until Tuesday night, which is the
time for the regular monthly
meeting. Much interest has been
manifested by the business men
in this movement, and the mem¬
bership already numbers seventy
mittees was announced:
Advertising and Publicity: D.
L. Turner, T. A. Barrow, J. W.
Parker.
Business Enterprises: A. A
Turner, Wm. Cook, W. G.
Akridge.
Health and Sanitation : W. S.
Hill, B. K. Marshall, J. R. Clem¬
ents, J. W. Everett, J. M. Watte,
Jr., W. C. Twittv.
Roads and Streets: C. V.
.Tames, D. B. Turner, Jonah
Palmer.
Married.
Near Sale City Sunday after¬
noon occurred the marriage of
Miss Lillv Riley and Mr. S. T.
Williams, Rev. S. 0. Thomas
officiating.
The bride was visiting Dr. and
Mrs A. T. Stevens at Sale City,
and the marriage was quite a sur¬
prise to their many friends. Her
former home was in Morgan.
Mr. Williams has been living in
Pelham about a year, having
come here from Sylvester, Ga.
They will be at home to their
friends at the Ingram House on
Mathewson Avenue.
Miss Thaxton’s Recital.
The recital given by MissThax
ton at the school auditorium Fri¬
day evening wa* a pronounced
success.
The large audience was delight¬
ed with the rendition. In a vari¬
ed program that never waned in
interest, Miss Tbaxton by her
superior ability as an elocutionist
easily demonstrated her unusual
talent.
She was assisted by Miss C.ro
Twittv at the piano whose fault¬
less productions added much to
the evenings enjoyment.
PEL RAM, GEORGIA, FRIDA YvijSKLTEMBER 18, 1908,
Fire Companies Make a
Practice Run.
The regular monthly meeting
of the fire department was held
Tuesday night. After the trans
ct o i of regular business, the
companies made a practice run,
and demonstrated their ability
to get the fire apparatus out and
in working order in an incredibly
short time. The hook and ladder
company got out simultaneously
with the hose companies. Com¬
pany A was the first to get a
stream of water playing. Imme¬
diately a water fight resulted be¬
tween companies A and B, which
had a stream playing within a
few seconds after compauy A.
The water fight was spirited and
caused much merriment to the
onlookers. Company A won in
the first bout, after the man at
the nozzle on the other side had
demonstrated extraordinary pluck
and determination in withstand¬
ing a heavy stream poured direct¬
ly upon them.
Incidentally the streets wer#
mm
i.
f br a 4*b5 sprinkling.
Hen. J. M. Griggs and Hon.
J. R. Pottle Will Speak
at Camilla,
Congressman James M. Griggs
and Hon. J R. Pottle of Blakely
will address the people of this
county at the court house at Ca¬
milla on Monday October 19th,
This will be the first day of the
fall term of Superior Court, and
the speaking will be in the court
bouse.
They will address the people on
state and national issues. Mr.
Pottle is one of the electors on the
democratic ticket, and is one of
the most capable lawyers in
south-west Georgia.
Quarterly Conference.
The Fourth Quarterly Confer¬
ence for the Pelham Church will
be held Sunday and Monday
next. Dr. A. M. Williams will
preach at the morning and eve¬
ning services Sunday and at the
morning hour the time for the
business meeting will be an¬
nounced. It is desired that every
member of the congregation be
present. This will be the last
official meeting of the church
for the present year.
Fine Work Being
Done At School.
Pelham High School has never
in its history offered more effici
cent instruction than at present.
Prof. Wilkinson states that better
work is now being done in the
school than has ever been
done since his connection with it.
An exceptionally strong corps of
t ‘aehers is in charge and the
work is going smoothly.
Meeting of Library Trus¬
tees.
The quarterly meeting ~m jprnegi** he
Board uf trustees of th •
Library was li-ld V-'-^ieeday fig pres¬
nigh*, all the trustees he
ent. Wgi'i
The use of the upper n*6tn (if
the library was tenderer; to t ie
Woman’s Club for its * meetings
in view of the fact that
ia literary in its chararW\ and
pursues a course of montTiy itudy
in history and literature i Action
was taken authorizing ijpjk pur¬
chase of a new encyclopedic This
eocyciop' dia will be th# Rest
reliable publication, trfe4w|»;; Sub¬
jects up to date. Sihc^ school
has been open the pupils' have
been seeking information which
could not be found ip the old
Britauica which ia i kwH bn the
shelves. This encyclopedia hundrtu'tfffiollars, will
cost aoout one
and as a work of reference wilfbe
authoritative and full. Jf '
Change in the libr ft " hours
was al,8o authorized, whjdh wil
probably go into effectf October
1st. The hours from tfctt (fate
will be from 10 a. m.Jpi12 m..
and from 8 to 5 p. m. f||d from
7 to 9 p. m.
The regular reports «r re re¬
ceived and show that th€ institu¬
tion has been popular Slid well
patronized by the reading public
since its inception.
Church Announcement.
Rev. J. M. Dodd
^uud M.rp. Dod ’ v<
'#thaU- ; *tte ■ 41J
regular appointments i xt Sun¬
day. Members of -the c irch and
the public generally, e cor¬
dially invited to attend |}he ser¬
vice at 11 a. m. and 7 :8 in.
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QUALITY
When you buy drug store goods remember that their
quality is by far the most important point to consider. If
they are not of reliable quality you had much better leave
them entirely alone even though they were offered to you
as a gift.
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY are the two fundamen¬
tal principles of our store. Upon them we have founded
our stores success and by rigidly adhering to them we
shall continue to deserve this success. Every purchase
you make here is absolutely guaranteed.
HILL& KING
Incompetency
On the part of the druggist who fills
your prescriptions sometimes proves fat ah
In our Prescription Department only the
Purest Drugs are used. When you want to
satisfied that your prescription is put up
just as your doctor writes it, bring it to us.
Clothing & Drug Company,
The Leading Druggists.
IPHONE NO. 32.
PELHAM INSURANCE AGENCY
INSURANCE AGAINST
Fire
LJghtning
Tornados.
We represent only the best and strongest companies and solicit
your business.
Resourses of companies represented over $ 150 ,ooo.ooo
Offices at Pelham State Bank.
C. 6. Lott, Sec. & Treas. W. C. Twitty Jr., Isnager,
Tent Meeting Closed.
The tent meeting which has
been in progress for some weeks
came to a close Sunday night.
In many respects this was the
best meeting ever held in Grady
or Mitchell county.
Visible results were ninety
three accessions to the church,
eighty six of which were on pro¬
fession of faith. More than fifty
people obligated themselves to
take up family prayer and a daily
study of the Word of God. A
number of children were bap¬
tised, and a collection taken for
the erection of a church.
At the last service it was an¬
nounced by the pastor, Rev. P. T.
Holloway that at his next ap
pointmet, he hoped to be able to
preach in the new church. The
preaching in the main at this
meeting was done by Rev. F. A
Ratcliffe, whose home for the
past nine months has been in
city. There are few
evangelists than this plain,
ble plan of God, who daily
among us.
The Local Cotton
Thursday, September 17th.
Fully Good Middling
Good Middling - 9
Middling - -
$1.00 PER YEAR.
Legal Advertisements
The legal advertisements run¬
ning in the official organ of
Mitchell County are as follows.
C. C Finklea is publishing ci¬
tation of application for divorce
from Mrs C. C. Finklea.
S. S. Barwick is publishing ci¬
tation of application for divorce
from Josephine Barwick.
W. 4’. Williford has applied to
the ordinary for leave to sell land
belonging to the estate of J. H.
Williford for the payment of
debts and for distribution. Ap¬
plication will be heard on the 1st
Monday in October.
The Farmers Bank of Pelham
is publishing a Rule Nisi against
J. W. Kierce to foreclose a mort¬
gage on 50 acres of land off loo
No. 60 iuH^ 11th district of
Mt chell rolrafy.
Carolina State Bank is publish¬
ing Rule Nisi against W. J. Pier¬
son fer the foreclosure of a mort¬
gage on 42 £ P?res of land more or
less, in the/northeast corner of
land lot N<r 57 in the Tenth Dis¬
trict of Mitqjhell County.
Carolina S'tnte Bank is piThTish
iiig Rule Nisi against Mrs. Tressie
0. I. Pierson for the foreclosure
of a mortgagage on 62 1-2 acres
of land, more or less, in the north¬
west corner of land lot No. 57 m
ty*
The Sheriff is advertising for
sale on the 1st Tuggday in Octo¬
ber the following property: One
black mare named Ruth, under
ti fa in favor of Lafayette West
vs. G. D. Collins.
The east half of lot No. 169 in
the Tenth District of Mitchell
County, containing 125 acres
more or less, under a fi fa in favor
of Bank of Camilla vs. Mrs. E. J.
Rachels. .
One roan bay mare mule about
eight years old named Kate, un¬
der a fi fa in favor of Gandy &
Malette vs. S. A. Hart.
To The Members of
The Womans Club.
The edithr has kindly consented
to publish the Club Calendar for
first half of Club year. The Cal¬
endar will be found on page 3.
Each member is earnestly re¬
quested to avail herself of a copy
in this issue as no other copy will
be sent out.
First meeting will be held ou
Oct. 7th.
Mrs. Charles Baggs.
Chairman of Program Com.
Mitchell County Assets.
From the Camilla Enterprise
we get the statement that
Mitchell county’s assets are as
follows:
Lands including public
or county roads $64,500
Buildings, bridges, etc. 52,000
Equipment for road work 9,895
Total assets 125,895
