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if. e Pelham Journal.
VOL. 6, NO. 52.
FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM,
PELHAM, GEORGIA.
Statement of Condition at close of business September 23, 1908,
Condensed from report to State Bank Examiner.
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Loans ......*.............................. $215,776.08 Capital Stock..........................$100,000.00
Overdrafts........... ................... 258.77 I Surplusand Profits.............. 44,835.98
feto -ks and Bonds................ 3,000.00 I BiIlg Payable 40,000.00
Furniture and Fixtures Deposits..................................113,613.62 .........................
Cash and in Banks.............. 77,854.75
$297,949.60 $297,949.60
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
J. I.. HANO, President. J. L. HAND, J. M. HURST,
J. W. EVERETT, Vice President. J. W. EVERETT, H. L. MeDONALD,
B. U. CURRY, Cashier. VV. S. HILL, E. M. SMITH,
THOS. A. BARROW, Aue’t Cashier. D. L. TURNER.
HON. J. M. GRIGGS
ASKS DEMOCRATS
Of 2nd Congressional Dis¬
trict to Vote for Party
Nominees.
To the People of the Second Con¬
gressional District:
The managers of the campaign
for president, including Mr. Bry¬
an himself, insist that I can be
of some service to the party for
the remainder of the campaign in
other States, and I wired them
yesterday that I would report for
duty on the 22d inst. This makes
it necessary for me to leave here
tonight, and I shall not be able
to get back to the District until
ekrtion day. I had intended, and
stion on November 8, urging
jjpon our Democratic friends the
necessity of turning out on that
day.
Under the Georgia law the can¬
didate carrying the State must
receive a majority of all the votes
cast. That is to say, in this in¬
stance, if Mr. Bryan gets the
electoral vote of Georgia he must
receive more votes than a 1 the
other candidates combined. If
you will think for yourself, just
for a moment, it will be very clear
to you that to do this Mr Bryan
must get at least one hundred
thousand votes. This he cannot
do unless all Democrats turn out.
If he should fail to receive this
vote the election of electors will
be thrown in the Legislature, and
an extra session of same would
have to be called for this purpose.
There is grave question in the
minds of mauy as to the validity
of such action, and I therefore
beg of you to lay aside business
long enough to go to the polls and
help Mr Bryan secure the neces
tary majority.
If it were not for the call for
my services in other States, I
would have been able to visit all
of the counties of this District be¬
fore the election, and I could
have then explained this to you
in person.
The news I get from Demo¬
cratic headquarters, and some
from Republican sources, indi¬
cates that Mr. Bryan stands a fine
chance of election, and it would
be a source of life-long regret to
most of us if, through our failure
to turn out on election day, he
should fail of being.elected presi¬
dent on account of the loss of
Georgia’s electoral vote. You un¬
derstand, of course, that the pres¬
ent national House of Representa¬
tives will canvass and count the
votfes of the States. The present.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 23, 1908.
A Thomasville Man At¬
tempts Suicide.
Thomasville, Ga , Oct. 20—
Jas Whitemore, a waiter at the
Three Cafe, took an ounce of
carbolic acid at 11 o’clock and
physicians who were near, by
hard work, saved his life.
He was despondent over a love
affair.
He wrote a letter in which he
claimed a girl was the cause of it
all.
His sister and brother both
committed suicide some time ago.
Board of Trade Did Not
Meet.
There was no meeting of the
Board of Trade Tuesday night.
This was the time for the regular
monthly meeting. Only a few
members were present A meet¬
ing will probably be held next
week, notice of which will be
given. ^ -
.
Suit Filed for Back Taxes.
A suit has been filed in the su¬
perior court against the city and
the Pelham Manufacturing Co.,
seeking to compel the payment
of back taxes by the manufactur¬
ing company.
The petitioners are E. A. Smith,
J G Tennisson and K. B. Spence.
They are represented by Attorney
E. E Cox, of Camilla.
Before < the cotton mill was
built the city granted them an
exemption of taxes for ten years
as an inducement to get the fac¬
tory constructed here.
The suit asks for an order com¬
pelling the mayor and council to
assess and collect the taxes on
this property for the years 1900
to 1908, inclusive, and alleges
that the proper amount to be col
h-cten is $7,218 23.
The suit has little sympathy
among the business men as they
realize that the establishment of
this cotton mill has been of vast
material benefit to the city in
many ways and has indirectly
benefitted the city many times
more than its proportion of the
ad valorem taxee for these years.
The order granted by Judge
Spence calls upon the defendants
to show cause at Camilla, on the
80th inst., why the mandamus
should not be made absolute.
House is Republican, and if on a
technicality they should be able
to declare the Republican nomi¬
nee elected they would not fail to
do so. Let us all turn out, there¬
fore, and settle the matter posi¬
tively for Georgia.
Thanking you for all your kind¬
ness to me in the past, and assur¬
ing you that I stand ready at all
t ; mes to serve your interests in
whatever way I possibly can, 1 re¬
main Sincerely J* yours,
M. GRIGGS.
HON. THOMAS
E. WATSON
Populist Candidato For
President, Spoke at
Thomasville.
This eminent citizen fif Geor¬
gia addressed the people of Thom
as and surrounding counties at
the Piney-Woods Park in, Thom¬
asville today.';'. He advocated his
claims fop the votes of the people
as against those of a dozen or
less other candidates wjia are
striving- to save " the., nation by
riming for president.
A large crowd turned out to
hear him-.
New Ads.
Following are the new ads in
this issue of the Journal, Read
them: j -
Everett Mercantile Co. .
Co Consolidated Clothing A^i)rug $5r
, Drug department.
Neel Bros, v ' yf 1
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Revival Closes.
The series of. revival meetings
which has been in progress at ■ the
First Baptist church for aoout
ten days, came to a close Wednes¬
day evening.. Each service was
attended by large congregat e’*, 5
and the Juterest conti
abated uj3 o<> tne »ast. Ti.,_
several additions to the church.
A chorus choir under the leader¬
ship of Mrs. Pearl Shipp and Mrs.
C. G. Lott rendered splendid ' mu
sic each service. Rev. • ■ Dodd
at
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•<.
was assisted by Rev. B. G. Smith,
of Atlanta.
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FOR 13 YEARS
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day is to please, render efficient service and guarantee
satisfaction. •
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Recourses of companies represented over $150,ooo.ooo
Offices at Pelham State Bank. .
C. G. Lott, Sec. & Ireas, W. C. Twitty Jr., Manager.
Mitchell Superior Court
in Session.
The,fall term of Mitchell Su¬
perior Court has been in session
this week. On account of the
indisposition of Judge Spence the
ooyrt will adjourn tonight until
the latter part of'November when
court will again convene and' jan
effort will be made to . clear the
docket. .. ,
The Judge delivered, an able
charge to the grand jury' Monday
morning and then took lip^ the
civil docket and disposed of such
business as could .be gottpu to
trial by Tuesday noon.
The crimnal docket was taken
up and a number of crimnkr'&ases
have been disposed of. ' j
.
The entire day yesterday was
taken up with the trial -ofi- the
case against VV, B. McLeod-who
was charged with, 'embezzlement.
McLeod was marshall of . Camilla ~ ' 77
in 1906 and -retain^ S 1 f 1 ey i
: ,
u\ as -.as.
titled fees in ' addition
to to
salary. . :
After being out all nightj the
jury returned a verdi.ct of .pot
guilty. •
The defendant was represented
by Davis & Merry.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
A QUARREL ENDS
IN SHOOTING.
Merchant Fatally Wounds
Fireman at Albany.
George Sullivan, a member of
-the Albany 'fire department, was
shot and possibly fatally wounded
Tuesday by. C. C‘. Smith, a well
known merchant of - that place.
The shooting occurred a few
feet off Pine street, in the alley
way between the court house lot
and W.. T. Lockett’s stables,
about. 1 olclock... There were sdme
words, then Smith fire'd. The ball
entered Sullivan’s abdomen. Phy¬
sicians state that. his recoypry is
doubtful. ......... . ;v •.
There hiap been bad feeling be-:
tween the two met for - sofiie tinie.
Recently Sullivan, without ihj;eu
it is Btateff,threw somewa
"Smith diming,.a. test-of the
cit ' -Smith
y apparatus. resented
smith is now in jaU.
about him (^ullfyari) ’’to a he-Met
p^per, and he replied- that
Smith sa - y3 Sullivan then c.urse(j[
and -began striking him in the.
face.' Smith then drew a revolver
and fired. . . - i:
P. H. Ramsey, a bail iff, of
East Dougherty, who is said to
be the only eye-witness, says he.
saw Sullivan strike Smith, several
times before Smith fired.
. Note—A later report of the'
tragedy states that G. F. Sulli
.
van died early Wednesday morn-
ing, as a result of the pistol
wound. ' '
Before dying he made a state¬
ment to relatives as to .the cir¬
cumstances connected with the .
affair. His statement was to the. ?
effect that he walked up to Smith
and inquired about the card he
had written fot publication.
Smith, he stated, admitted hav- .
ing written.the card, when Sulli- -•
van drew back his arm.to strike
Smith, accompanying the action
with some words. He had hardly
spoken the words before the. shot,.,
was fired. He stated that Smith
fired the shot through his coat
pocket. has
Smith not yet made appli¬
cation for bail. It lias not yet •'
been - determine^ when the com¬
mitment trial will fie held.
Notice To The Pudlic.
I have re-opened the Kenning
ton & Castleberry market.- It
will be.run un^er .the personal’
management of Mr-. S. A. Davis
who will appreciate your. pat--* ,*
ronage. ‘ *' *- * ', 4 - ' / •
.
G. W. WHITE.
Phone No. 39.
The Cotton Market.
Thursday, October 15th.
Fully Good Middling 8K
Good Middling 8fc.
Fully Middling 8$c.
Total Receipts 10 , 000 .