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UL.lA.J22k.!**. WANTED! ■ Fi v • l; ve Thou^ and Customers to move our eAtire stock of heavy Groceries in the next 60 days. ’elham Mercantile Compan Phone 2. Free Delivery. Pelham, Ga. * m The Pelham Journal. Kntered December 3rd. isos’, at J'elliani, Ga an second-class mail matter, under act ot Cou Kress of March 3rd, JS79. Published Evey Friday, Term of Subscription. One Year - - - $ 1.00 Six Months - - 50f. Three Months - - 25f. Georgia Gave Democratic Majority of 25,000. Atlanta, Nov. 4—Practically complete returns from all parts of Georgia indicate that Bryan, in Tuesday’s election, swept the State by a majority of between twenty and thirty thousand votes over the combined opposition, in* eluding Taft, Watson, Hisgen, Ohafin and Debs. He appears to have a plurality of 45,000 over Taft, and a plurality of about 60, 000 over Watson. Returns indicate that .approxi¬ mately 185,000 votes were polled in the State. Watsou’s vote is regarded as surprisingly small, es¬ pecially in view of his energetic efforts on the stump. He made scores of speeches and exerted the hardest kind of personal elfort. His vote seems to be less than it was four years ago, and four years ago he did not make a personal canvass of the State. It is also a noteworthy fact that two of Watson’s strongholds went for Taft, which would indicate that his campaign helped the Re¬ publican candidate, as was al¬ leged. Taliaferro and Forsyth counties, both looked upon as Populistic in their tendencies, gave pluralities to Taft. Thanksgiving Day. Every year as the time draws near for the thanksgiving Day celebration, some one—who ought to have known long ago— come’s with the question, “what is the day; when was it first cele¬ brated?” So, draw up your chair to the fire, and I’ll tell if you’ll follow me closely. In the late autumn of the year 1620, after the shining maize, the peas, and the barley of a crop of unusual yield had been gathered and placed into winter store, when the crackling log blazed on the dearth in the cabins of the colony of Plymouth, Gover¬ nor Bradford ordered a feast day, in which to thank God for his merciful bounty and blessings of the year passed by. Hunters went forth into the forrest and came back unscratched with their spoil of ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons and deer for the festive repast of the first Thanksgiving Day. the p^lham j , lxal, Friday, nov. q, iaos nmjBMnM The net instance history cords of such a celebration < curred in 1681. The people were about to starve, despairing of the arrival of an escaped vessel brii g ing food, and had set apart a dav for fasting and prayer. The ship came in, however, and lvap pily changed the occasion into one of great praise and rejoicing. The dutch, after a victory over the Indians in 1644, were, through their governor, Keipt, the first outside colonists to adopt the day. Not until President Washing¬ ton in 1775, through the Conti¬ nental Congress, gave orders that all should celebrate Thanksgiv¬ ing, was it commemorated by every one of the colonies. President Lincoln in 1868, first designated a special day when he issued a Thanksgiving proclama¬ tion, appointing the last Thurs¬ day in November for a general celebration. And today, as a nation, let us not be less ardent, in ®ur thank offering and praise, than were our forefathers in the day of the trying times in Plymouth. We have all attained much in the in¬ terim between their day and ours, j and should thaks God according-j ly for our extension, prosperous country, its numberless cities and 1 towns, with their millions of | souls and magnificent temples of, worship; our schools, laws, relig-| ions and science; our literature,; arts, and inventions. Our bless¬ ings are countless; God’s bounty is boundless.—Ettie Ashbe.y Subscribe for the Journal. knvone sen.Ilng a sketch opinion and free description whether may •TUicalf invention ascertain la probably our patentable. Communica¬ an tions tree. striotly Oldest confidential. for HANDBOOK oni’ateuts •ent agency through securing patents. Patents taken Munn & Co. receive special notice, without c harg e, in the Scientific American. Largest cir Tcrtns, $3 a lintp U(?P‘ilprd MUNN Office. & Co, 36 ,Br °a^ Wasfcirurfc” a > New York Branch 625 F Ft-. D. 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Your choice for We have picked from stock a number of ladies waists made of taffetas in black, blue and brown; lace in in white and eern; masalines in black and white, and all this reason’s styles. Some of them have sold as high as $10. Now marked, while they 4.98 last.............. Twenty-five Ladies Cloaks’ 52 inches long, and made of handsome broadcloth and kersey, tastefully trimmed. All satin lined. They come in tans, cartors, browns and 9.50 blacks. Very cheap at....... ROSENBERG BROS. Albany, Ga. | Money To Lend We make a specialty of Loan from $300.00 upwards, on Farm Property. If you want to make application bring all back deeds. Rankers Loan & Abstract Co. Headquarters, Farmers Bank. — Young Men’s Clothes Ederheimer, Stein & Co. Makers ILT OU know what J[ team work is in a ball game. You learn what it means in the cloth¬ ing business when you buy one of these Ed e rh eim e r-Stein made overcoats we are showing. The whole force of the I great Ederheimer-Stein or¬ ganization and the ability and strength of this store are directed to just one end — the aim to take better care of you young men than you have ever been cared for before. That’s team <■» work that will give you the best overcoat yeu ever wore. Get it now. Clothing i & Drug Co. I J. T. Lane & Co. will sell you one good Coffee for $1. See them