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VOL. 7, N0. 2.
PELHAM, GEORGIA. *
Statement of Condition at close of business September 23, 1908,
Condensed from report to State Bank Examiner.
RESOURCES
Loans........................................ $215,776.08
Overdrafts................................ 258.77
Stocks and Bonds................ 3,000.00
Furniture and Fixtures .... 1,060.00
Cash and in Banks ......,...... 77,854.75
$297,949.60
OFFICERS , DIRECTORS
J. L. HAND, President. J. L. HAND, J. M. HURST,
J. \Y. EVERETT, Vice President. J. W. EVERETT, H. L. McDONALD,
B. U. CURRY, Cashier. W. S. HILL, E. M. SMITH,
THOS. A. BARROW, Ass't Cashier. D. L. TURNER.
The Election in Mitchell
County.
There was considerable apathy
in the election in this county last
Tuesday, the total vote being
about 1,100. Bryan got a majority
of 154 over all opponents.
In the county the vote was:
For Bryan, 555; for Watson, 205;
for Taft, 103; for Constitutional
Amendment providing for in
crease in pensions. 577; against
this Amendment, 528; forConsti
tntioual Amendment providing
for extra police, 514; against this
Amendment, 292.
The vote in Pelham was quiet
The polls were opened promptly
at 8 o’clock and closed at 8. The
election here was held by Judge
Z. H. Jones and Messrs. Nat
Bradford and W. F. Hayes. Mr.
Dave Jones acted as clerk.
In this precinct the vote was
as follows:
Bryan, - 159.
Taft, - - - 26
Watson, -• - - 59.
Considerable interest was mani
fested in the election returns,
which were received at night by
special Western Union wire and
read to a large crowd which con¬
gregated in the street from an
upper window over the drug store
of the Consolidated Clothing &
Drug Co. The returns were re¬
ceived by Mr. C. A. Bowen and
read to the crowd by Mr. H. C.
James. About one o’clock it be¬
came evident that Taft was over¬
whelmingly elected and the
crowd dispersed.
The Farmers’ Institute.
The Farmers’ Institute for the
Eighth Senatorial District will
be held at Pelham next Saturday.
The meeting will be held in the
opera house, and will be under
the direction of Dr. Soule, of the
State University, who is one of
the most noted scientific agricul¬
turalists in the United States.
With Dr. Soule there will be
several experts who will hc ure
on various phases of farming.
The addresses will be full of prac¬
tical value and interesting to
those who are engaged in agricul¬
ture.
Every farmer of the county
ought to be present at this meet¬
ing. and gather such suggestions
and ideas as may be practical and
profitable to them in the conduct
of the ; r business. These m°n
have studied the agricultural con¬
ditions of Georgia and of the
South, and what they have to say
will be along lines that can be put
into actual practice on Mitchell
county farms. The lectures will
be free, and we hope that a large
congregation of Mitchell' county
farmers will be present.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, PRIDE U’imsfi .r ' ‘ I ‘ 61%!“ ."'\;~J“W* 31"
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock..........................$100,000.00
Surplus and Profits.............. 44,335.98
Bills Payable.......................... 40,000.00
Deposits.............................. 113,613.62
$297,949.60
City Council Meets.
The regular monthly meeting
of the city couucil was held last
night. Only H. B Tucker, C. R
Nesmith and the mayor were
present. This was a working quo¬
rum, however, and the monthly
business was dispatched.
A petition signed by many citi¬
zens of the country adjacent to
Pelham was read, asking that the
ordinance prohibiting hogs from
running at large on the streets be
repealed. This petition was ta¬
bled for the present.
The resignation of C. D. Crow
as marshal of the town was handed
in, and will go into effect Decem¬
ber 25. This is the seventh year
that Mr. Crow has acted as mar¬
shal of Pelham, and he has made
a most capable and efficient offi¬
cer. His recent election to the
office of sheriff of the county
makes his resignation necessary
so that he can assume the duties
of his new office on January 1.
A. OMlier, nndmie
from J. D. Kennington—were re¬
ceived, asking for the position of
marshal, to succeed Mr. Crow.
Action on these applications was
postponed until the December
meeting.
A number of accounts were or¬
dered paid, and the regular re¬
ports of officers for the month
were read.
Cane Grinding Excursion.
Mrs. C. G. Lott and Mrs. Har¬
ris Hill chaperoned a party to a
cane grinding at the home of
Judge I. A. Btish, several , miles
east of Pelham, Monday evening.
Those in the party were: Misses
Thaxton, Huie, Pickrou, Lanier
and Bush; Messrs. Grover Cleve¬
land, Pat Mize, Roy Hill, Robert
Mitchell, Ewart Twitty, Maurice
Hurst, Winston Daniel and Fred
Hollis.
Will Make Pelham His
Home.
Rev. J. C. Mayes will move to
Pelham in December, or about
January 1, and will have charge
of the Associational work of the
Tucker Baptist Association. Rev.
Mayes is now located at Whig
ham. He is a young man of ex¬
cellent education and splendid
ability, and he and all his family
will be qu'te an addition to our
town.
The Cotton Market.
Thursday, October 15th.
Fully Good Middling 8£c.
Good Middling 8fc.
Fully Middling’ 8Jc.
Middling 8*c.
Total Receipts 10,500.
Primitive Bap
tio
The Primitive B&pu Assoc ia
cion, which was last
Friday, Saturday Sunday,
was a very success: It 18
said there were pro re dele¬
gates, ministers an_ ..... ters than
ever before attended a jKssioti in
this city. Service! vr®r® held in
the oak grove, bountifu near est dinner church,
where also a was
served each day. minispfcfs j
The visiting present
were: Elders J T Stqwart, Bean
Greek; F M Donaldson, States¬
boro; J H Smith, Ellabilia, Ga;
M M Mattox, Savannah; R B
Smith, Luverue, J Z Cummings.
Slaughterville, Ala; A A Garrett.
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Cuthbert, J A Adams, Round Oak,
S T Bentley, Cullodeh, W M Hol
lingsworth, Whigham, W H God¬
win, D M Monahan, Cairo and J
R King, Cotton, Ga.
Among the delegates were: El¬
der Win Hollingsworth. E Har¬
rell, W L Perkins,iG S Key, W B
Jones, J N Maxwell, W W Max¬
well, E L Maxwell, J W Maxwell,
T M Maxwell, C W Chason, J B
Godwin, A C Sellers, T O Battle,
W H R Blasingame; J W Leon¬
ard, Eld W H Godwin, J G Reh
berg, W D Tromel, J C Kille
brew, John Culpepper, Eld D M
Monahan, J N Sanders, A J Harri¬
son, G W Stallings, B Roberts, L
W Smith, J F Andrews, B D Rob¬
erts, W G Kirklaud, B L Lam¬
bert, W D Stampar, J J Adams,
H Hurst, D J Sheffield, E A
Houston, E P Thomas.
Mr. liud K*i ' 4 A Mize and
Mr. and Mrs. _•> * Mize 'left
Wednesday for < WUI bay, where
they will spend days. They
went in covered wagons through
the country.
TAFT AND BRYAN
DONT'T STOP THE
SALE OF OUR
SYRUP CORKS.
HILL & KING
MARSHALL’S
Laxative Cold Tablets
Will break up the cold. Every
Box Guaranteed.
No Cure, No Pay.
Consolidated Clothing & Drug Co.
PHONE 32.
Fire
Lightning
Tornados,
We represent only the best and strongest companies and solicit
business.
of companies represented over $150, 000.000
Offices at Pelham State Bank.
6. Lott, Sec. 8 Treas. W. C. Twitty Jr., Manager,
The City of Cairo.
A visit to Cairo disoloses that
is one of the livest towns in
Southwest Georgia.
Aside from holding the ban¬
ner as a syrup market she han¬
dles a lot of cotton and has a
band of progressive merchants
that are reaching out after trade.
The citizens of Cairo are ad¬
mirers of thrifty Pelham and are
anxious for railroad connection
between the towns.
Work is rapidly progressing on
the railroad line from Cairo to
the gulf and the grading crew are
now at work about 8 miles south
of Cairo.
The county is spending $53,000
in the construction of a court
house and jail. The court house
will cost $40,000 and is beauti¬
fully located, well proportioned
and will be a handsome building
in architectural design and finish.
It will be finished in about three
months.
Railroad connection would put
in closer relation two of the best
town8 in this section of the Btate
and give Pelham a splendid open¬
ing to the sea.
Mr. Z. H. Jones spent Wednes¬
day in Camilla, carrying up the
election returns from this dis
trict.
$1.00 PER. YEAR.
Home Coming.
Next Sunday will be “Home
Coming Day” in the Methodist
church. A special sermon will be
preached for the occasion. Quite
a number of the old-fashioned
hymns will be sung, and the ser¬
vice throughout will be informal.
Every member is urged to attend,
as this service comes so near the
annual conference, in which every
one should be interested. At
night the sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper will be observed. The pub¬
lic is cordially invited to all ser¬
vices .
Librarian’s Report.
The report of the librarian filed
with Mr. J. W. Parker, secretary
of the Board of Trustees, for Oc¬
tober is as follows:
Registrations—Adult, 19; juve¬
nile, 17; previously reported, 458.
Total registration, 494. v
Class Books Read—Adult, 42;
juvenile, 40. Fiction Read
Adult, 445; juvenile, 238. Total
for month, 760.
Books added to library this
month, 22—making a total of
2,009 volumes.
The Woman’s Missionary
Society. -v:r
Following is the program for
the Woman’s Missionary Society
of the First Baptist church for
Monday, November 9, at 8:80
p. in.:
Leader., Mrs J. M. Minton.
Subject: “Missions on the
Frontier.”
Song.
Prayer.
Bible Reading, Psa. ciii.
Reading—“From Onr Mission
Fields.” Bv Mrs. C. W. Reid
Reading—“Some Things We Are
Doing in Oklahoma.” By Mrs.
Saddler.
Leaflet—“He That Provideth
Not for His Own.” By Mrs. E.
A. Smith.
Roll Call and other business.
Prayer.
Taft Gets 301 Electoral
Votes and Bryan 182.
Latest reports today show that
Taft has 301 electoral votes and
Bryan 182.
The Republicans retain control
of the House of Representatives.
In Georgia the Democratic ma¬
jority is not so large as it was rt
first thought. The majority over
all tickets will be 10,000 to 15,
000 .
Taft received a larger vote in
Georgia than Tom Watson, which
is considered significant of wan¬
ing strength in the Watson ranks.
Both Constitutional Amend¬
ments have carried. The r.mend
ment providing for adding to the
pension rolls the names of Con¬
federate veterans, or widows of
Confederate veterans worth less
than $1,500, was adopted by a
majority of more than two to one.