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The Pelham Journal. VOL. 7. \« . 13. jfY*" -.ive valuable papers that could uot be replaced if lost, burned or stolen, don't worry about them any longer—but. Co me i n and let u s rent y ou one of Our Steel S afe - Deposit Boxes. The rent is cheap; they are Fire-proof and Burglar-proof: and vou earn the kev. % * FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM City Court of Pelham. The adjourned term of city court of Pelham lasted only one day, the court convening at o’clock Monday morning and ad¬ journing for the term a little af¬ ter night. The case of M. I. Earnest vs. Mrs. S. T. Council, suit damages, was dimissed for want of prosecution. The case of Everett Company vs. .T. G. Haire, et al, illegality, and traverse to return of services, resulted in a for Everett Mercantile Company. No other civil business t ried and only one criminal went to trial. This case was prosecution instituted by Goldstein against Sam Stein assault and battery. The after being out a short brought, in a verdict of and the judge imposed a fine or twelve months. The following attorneys were attendance: S. S. Bennett, E. Cox, IV. H. Hoggard, Judge A Bush, J. J. Hill and H. Merry. ’Possum Hunt. A gay party of young went out East of Pelham hunting last Friday night. though this section is noted what has lately become the tional bird,” it is said the arrived too late to capture However, they had plenty of plenty to eat and plenty to —(soda water.) The party was composed Misses Gillespie. Huie, Maggie Belle Thaxton, Hanks, Twitty, Powell nold; Messrs. Ben Wilkinson, Hurst, W. C. Twitty, Jr., Cleveland and Grover Mize, his famous coon dogs. Ginning Notice. We will run our Cotton neries on Friday and February 12 and 18. Those i|||ve c °tton to gin will bring it in at that time, as we will have no further gin days for season. Hand Trading Co. jan29-2t DID YOU KNOW THAT HILL & KING HAS A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF STATIONERY ALL NEW. The Old Reliable Druggists. PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 29, 1909. Can a Legislator Hold Two Offices in Georgia? Atlanta, Ga., January 2o — Since the announcement of the resignation of Representative R. C. Norman, of Wilkes county. At¬ torney General Hart has received many inquiries from other legisla¬ tors in regard to their qualifica¬ tions. Mr. Norman resigned his seat, he stated, because of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Mc¬ Williams case from Henry county. It was hejd that a member of the Legislature cannot hold two of¬ fices. Judge Hart states that a wrong construction has been placed on the decision, and that Mr. Nor¬ man is able to qualify and take his seat. He holds that the fact, that one office is held at the time of election does not disqualify, and that if the office is given up before the oath is taken and the seat in the General Assembly is occupied that all encumbrances are removed. Mr. Norman was solicitor of the City Court of Washington at the time of his election, and was of tin* opinion that this disqualified him. Numerous members of the State Legislature hold small offices, like justices of the peace or members of county boards of education. To retain any of these after a seat in the General Assembly is taken would be a disqualification for the latter office; but the question can alone be raised by the Legislature itself, which is the sole judge of the qualifications of its members. Harry Hirschensohn En¬ ters Business in Pelham. Mr. Harry Hirschensohn is planning to put in a stock of dry goods and shoes in the store on Railroad street next door t,o the Pelham Mercantile Company. He has been in Donaldsonville for the past year or so He is a son-in-law of Mr. M. Goldstein He will carry a large stock, and expects to have all of it in and opened by February 5. QUARTERLY Dr. Williams Presides and Preaches. The first Quarterly Conference was held at the Methodist church Tuesday night. Presiding Elder A. M. Williams presided at the Conference. Before the Confer¬ ence be delivered a strong and in¬ teresting discourse on the subject of close relationship with Christ. Dr. Williams took occasion to say he was not in much sympathy with the movement in various parts of the country, In which many people are pledging them¬ selves to live for a definite period as Christ would have lived. He feared a lack of the deep sincerity, unselfish devotion and personal reverence and piety whi|h would be necessary in order to even ap¬ proach the Christ-life, and pointed out the different relationships and conditions now- existing from those that existed in the time of the Savior. His words were a plea for deeper devotion and higher realization of the of a closer nature with Christ. At the Conference business Th®teports ofe^he quarter reeeia|ed was acted. pncouraginfpmnd gave iij^< of a very successful ? yea^ in church. Mr. R. A. Mallard was J|it leader of the Layman’s Movement. m k Near Beer S The way some of our pers and municipal ramrods throwing fits over tlie hoar proposition would be* were they not ridiculous, The mayor of Quitman the near beer license, on ground that if folks cannot the genuine they should none, which is a little far-fetched. If our memory serves us correctly, this official laid the for his fortune in selling whisky, and after lie has used it to advantage he objects to else using a less harmful project to accumulate a dollar .or two. Thomasville is upset an old veteran or two is likely to sell a bottle or two. Camilla lias most turned council into an anti-chewing gum organization while in a delirium over the thing, and declares against Senegambia by way emphasizing her displeasure. Atlanta is mad because the beer is not the real thing. Statesboro has cut down all of her china berry trees because the robins get drunk on them. Pelham is liable to veil pretty girls because a fellow intoxicated with delight looking upon the face of one, and there is no telling where thing will go. All of which to show that the founders and promoters of this government to about twenty-five years were a pack of fools, and had no idea as to theory of government. Now, when we hear trom the jig will be up for good and always. Oh! Consistency, thy name is Ichabod. — Bainbridge Post. Miss Velma McRae, of Boston, is expected today to visit aunt, Mrs. B. Surles. FOR FIRE INSURANCE SEE Pelham Insurance Agency C. G. LOTT and M. V. ROBBINS. No “College on Wheels” for Georgia This Year. President J. J. Connor, of the Board of Trustees of the .f 100,000 Agricultural College at Athens, aud also tlie president of the State Agricultural Society of Georgia, while in Atlanta Saturday an¬ nounced definitely that the “Agri¬ cultural College on Wheels” will not be operated this year, as at first contemplated. The reason given for this action is not on account of any lack of co-operation by the roads of Geor¬ gia, or the opposition by the rail¬ road commission of Georgia, or lack of interest in the train by the planters of the State, for these three elements were heartily in favor of the train : but because of the splendid growth in the inter¬ est at the Agricultural College, which would prevent Dr. Sonic and his able corps of assistants from devoting the time necessary to the trip at this juncture. The absence of the train will be keenly felt throughout the State, because it is believed the tour of 1908 was jirwocaQyy, yi|. -gregt President Connor had just re¬ turned from Athens, where he has been in attendance at the Far¬ mers’ Institute and that of the Farmers’ Wives, which came to a close Saturday. He declared il had been so successful that it had been decided to repeat the confer¬ ence next year. At this conference some of the best known authorities ou agri¬ cultural topics in the Slate wen heard in lectures. One of the chief industries gen¬ erally discussed at this conference was that of cattle raising in Geor¬ gia. Dr. Soule is bending all of his energies in this direction. He is an ardent advocate of the use of cotton seed meal mixed with hulls as a feed, having made ex¬ periments whereby it has been proved that by feeding a ton of this mixture properly propor¬ tioned five hundred pounds can be added to the weight of the cat¬ tle fed. ft is accepted as the cheapest, as well as the best, feed PURSES and HAND BAGS We have a few of the latest styles left over from Xmas that we are Cloasing Out Cheap. Call and in = spect the stock before they are sold. Consolidated Clothing & Drug Co. THE LEADING DRUGGISTS PHONE 32. $1.00 PER YEAR. Mrs. Sheppard and Mrs. Wilson Will Enter General Merchan¬ dise Business. Mrs. L. A. Sheppard and her sister, Mrs. Wilson, and brother, Ma. JjJ E. Ward, of Monticello, Fia., have planned to enter busi¬ ness in the store now occupied by the clothing department of the Consolidated Clothing and Drug Company as soon as this concern moves to their new apartments, now being fitted up on the north side of Matthewson avenue. They will carry a complete line of General Merchandise and Milli¬ nery. Mrs. Sheppard has pre¬ viously been in a business of this character and is thoroughly fa¬ miliar with the details of tie business. This building is owned by Mr. Sheppard. They expect to open business in February. E. W. Tucker is Planting Potatoes. In addition to his other trad; farming, Mr. E. \V. Tucker is planting this week six acres of potatoes, which he ex pee dr fo the trade in dfieth, ami elsewhere. Mr, Tucker has developed a nice little truck farm in the suburbs of the city. After the Irish potatoes are gathered he expects to plant the same land in sweet potatoes. He has been quite successful with his truck farming and the'*dairy business which he conducts. Flies on Starvation. Next week we will take orders for Screen Doors and Windows. Give us a trial and we will do the rost. J. M. Culpepper Co. on the market. The Southern planter helps himself who fur¬ nishes to the mills the seed from which it is made. Dairy demon¬ strations, too, prove its splendid qualities for making more and richer cream. The soil tests where cotton seed meal is ifsed in a ^commercial fertilizer, demon¬ strating its value there, will be made early in the Spring.