Pelha
VOL. 7, NO. 24
Farmers Bank of Pelham 1
Solicits Your Deposit Account.
The facilities of this bank are at your command, and
we are eager to serve you in any rightful banking capacity,
promising always our best efforts to please aud satisfy you.
Protection to Depositors Nearly $250,000.00
FOR BETTER ROADS
Delegation to Appear Be¬
fore County Com¬
missioners.
A delegation of Pelham citizens
appeared before the county com¬
missioners Tuesday and asked fo
improvement of some of the road
leading into Pelham.
It is understood the commiss¬
ioners signified their intention of
constructing a better road from
the place of Mr. Cross west of
Pelham to the river. At the in¬
vitation of the delegation, the
commissioners spent yesterday
and today in taking an automo
bile trip over the various roads of
the county for the purpose of in¬
specting them, and showing where
improvements are needed.
Several automobiles went up
from Pelham to take the commiss¬
ioners out and they are traveling
over the various roads of the
county.
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At a meeting of the Board of
Trustees held Wednesday after¬
noon the present corps of teachers
of Pelham High School were re¬
elected for the succeeding year.
The teachers have g'ven splendid
satisfaction and the school has
accomplished a high class of woik
during this term.
Prqf, Wilkinson was re-elected
principal for two years, and priv¬
ilege given him for leave of ab¬
sence for several months during
tlfe Sring Terra, with the under¬
standing that a suitable man is
procured for his place during his
absence. Prof. Wilkinson will
take a special course of study at
Nashville during the Spring and
Summer of next year.
Quarterly Conference.
Quarterly Conference will be
held at the Methodist church
tonight at 7:80 o,clock. Presid¬
ing Eider, A. M. Williams, will
be present.
Everybody is cordially invited
and the official members are es¬
pecially requested to be present.
Save Electricity
We have a special lamp that
will give you twice as much light
for less money. An investiga*
tion will convince you. Let us
sell you one.
HILL & KINO
THE OLD RELIABLE DRUGGISTS
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,
New Post Office Equip*
merit.
The city closed a trade Monday
with the Postal Fixture Company
for new post office equipment.
The post office will be thoroughly
overhauled and rearranged. Elec
trie lights and water works will
he put in the building. A good
deal of new equipment will be
added to the interior of the post
office for the convenience of the
employes, and 120 new boxes will
be added. These boxes are of
the most approved pattern, and
of the kind recommended and in
use by most of the large post
offices. It is the automatic key¬
less lock box.
The general arrangement of the
post dffice will be changed. The
old boxes will be worked over,
polished up and put in good con¬
dition, new doors being supplied
where needed and new locks put
on where needed. The contem¬
plated changes will make this one
of the best equipped and most
conveniently arranged office in
this, section.. TtmdeSftv in
nig this change has heoft <Tu*! To
the fact that a representative of
the fixture people could not soon¬
er be gotton here to work out the
plans.
Superior Court.
The regular term of Mitchell
Superior Court will convene at
Camilla next Monday. This will
be the first term of Judge Frank
Park in this county. The first
week will be devoted to the trial
of civil business. A calendar
has been arranged assigning the
cases for the different days.
The Georgia Chautauqua.
The annual assembly of the
Georgia Chautauqua will convene
at Albany next Sunday. A splen¬
did program has been arranged,
and a number of the most promi¬
nent lecturers of the country have
been secured. As usual the musi¬
cal program will b<? one of the
features of the assembly. No ef¬
forts is being spared to make this
one of the most successful terms
of this Chautauqua. A full pro¬
gram is published elsewhere in
this paper.
DIV ™ ME
Division No.
15 Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.
Ochlocknee Divi|io£WNo. oY 15
Order q® Fellows
at this plftceq|>n ■'gtijjkt Mon
and Tuesday, as of Pel¬
ham Lodge No. 98. conven¬
assembled prot^p#|jr ut the
I. O. O. F. hall addresS at if a'!#i. t^Spelcome Mon¬
where an
was given by Mayor, H* St Merry,
who wide in the a doors short of spti|jK Peljjlfi opened Lodge
the turned city over with to inpHptions tljff^|.lie keys
to
them as they plea
A response to the ’dress of
was madfl Mayor
\V. D. Scott of Monlf Division
Deputy Grand Master *^
The afternoon se was de
voted entirerly to btfi fes of the
Bro, Holland
being detained at 1 on ae
of sickness, W. J.
Perry of Hartsfield b was ap
pointed Sec. Protein I «| !*he writ
ten reports from various
lodges of the div and the
verbal reports of ^delegates
present, showed the lea in ex
condition.
It being the: 1 meeting
of -Pelham No. 98,
convention me i the Pel*
Lodge at tl Bilal hour,
regular order iness was
of aftc the Pel
am , s’ Id i Tied the
, .>aA y compli¬
ments from various visiting
brothers were given the Pelham
Degree Team for the excellent
manner they exemplified the
work. Much credit is due the
.
faithful Brothers of Pelham
Lodge who made this part of the
convention a success.
The convention reassembled
Tuesday morning at nine o’clock,
Bro. \V. D. Scott D. D. G M.
presiding. After report from
outstanding committees, the se¬
work was exemplified by Bro.
W. D. Scott.
On invitation of the Cairo
Lodge the convention will hold
its next meeting at Cairo.
Bro. \V. D. Scott was unani¬
mously elected Division Deputy
Master for another year.
W. J. Perry of Hartsfield
Lodge was unanimously elected
of the Ochlocknee Di¬
vision No. 15 for another year to
Bro. T. N. Holland of
Adel. The convention adjourned
noon until their next meeting
Cairo.
Much interest was manifested
in the good work of Odd Fellow¬
Among those addressing
convention were: S W.
of Norman Park, W. D.
of Moultrie, W D. Barber
Cairo, Geo. H. Stewart of Sale
H. H. Merry.
The delegates and visiting
were:
R. W. Stating, Hahira, Ga.
P. M. Sweat, •* “
O. G. Parrish, Sparks, “
E. \V. Bryant. Valdosta “
J, J. King, Cecil, “
L C. Murry, Cecil “
F. O. Morrison, Adel
Geo. H. Sewart, Sale City “
J. D, Hartsfield, Hartsfield “
W. J- Perry,
W. H. Monk, Norman Park “
S, W, Smith,
VV. J, Dewy, Quitman
J, W. Tabb, K-etler
Did You Read about the Tornado at Cuthbert?
You Insure Against Fire, Why not Insure against STORMS?
Tornadoes destroy almost as much property in South Georgia as
fire. Many South Georgia towns have been hit and we do not
know how soon PELHAM may be added to the List. BETTER IN¬
SURE NOW and BE SAFE THAN PUT IT OFF and Be SORRY.
The Pelham Insurance Agency will be glad to write you a policy
that will protect you against loss by FIRE or STORMS.
We write FIRE, AUTOMOBILE and TORNADO Insurance.
Pelham Insurance Agency.
Hearing in T. R. Carter
Case Saturday.
Another hearing in the matter
of T. R. Carter, bankrupt, of
Meigs, was held at Tliomasville
Saturday.' Injunction proceed¬
ings have been brought against
Mr. L. H. Cannon to restrain
him from selling certain land
bought from Mr. Carter in the
fall of 1908 shortly before bank¬
ruptcy. An effort is being made
to recover this land and place it
in the assets of the bankrupt.
A number of witnesses went
down from Meigs, Among those
from Pelham who attended the
hearing were L. H. Cannon, .J. J.
Hill and H. II. Merry.
Whigham to Issue School
Bonds.
A movement has been placed
on foot in our neighbor city
Whigham to issue $15,000 in
bonds for the purpose of building
a new school building. A com¬
mittee has been appointed for
the purpose of looking into the
matter.
One of the prominent members
of this committee is Mr. J. L.
Barrow, who was formerly a resi¬
dent of this city and who is well
known here. Mr. Barrow is
cashier of the Bank of Whigham,
and is taking a lively interest in
public affairs of his city.
Mr. J. L. Prince was in the
city Tuesday morning.
W. E. Daniels, Doles
W. C. Rouse, “
J. J, Story, Ashburn,
J. J. Allen, “
W. M. Singletary Th’v’lle
I). J, Bloodworth, Cairo
J. I. Robison, *•
E. E. Prince
K, M. Bennett “
Byron Sasser “
W. D. Scott, Moultrie
A. N, Davis, “
Geo, Clyon, “
C. F. Williams “
J. N. Hurst,
G. II. Braswell, Meigs
Duncan Bickley “
A. E. Daniels “
Arthur Rogers “
PLAY BALL!
We carry a full line of the
REACH Base Ball Goods* Every
Ball and Glove sold on a positive
Guarantee*
Consolidated Clothing & Drug Co.
THE LEADING DRUGGISTS
PHONE 32.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
ORATORIC’L CONTEST
High School Association
To Meet at Pelham
April 30th.
The High School Association
of the Second Congressional Dis¬
trict will meet at Pelham April
30th. The association is com¬
posed of the high schools of the
district, and the city will be full
to overflowing with visitors on
that date.
There will he contestants in
oratory, elocution, music and
athletics, from the various
schools. The exercises will be
held at the opera house in the
morning and at night. The ath¬
letic contest will he held on the
school grounds in the afternoon.
The public schools of Albany
and the various other towns have
arranged to give a holiday on that
day so as to allow all the pupils
who wish to attend to come.
This is the first meeting of the
association, and much interest is
manifested.
Appropriate medals and prizes
will lie awarded the succestful
contestants, It will he a gala,
day for the city, and every effort
will he made by the local people
to make it a pleasant day for the
visitors
The Pelham High School will
be represented in the various con¬
tests. Miss Marie McDonald will
lie the contestant in elocution,
Miss Hollie Twitty in vocal
music, Miss Charley Reid in In¬
strumental music. Among the
contestants in the athletic field
will he Isaac Hand, Pat Mize,
Fred Cross.
The matter is being taken up
with railroads looking toward a
reduced railroad rate on account
of the numbers that will be pres¬
ent.
Dr. F. O. Morrison of Adol at¬
tended the Division Meeting of
the Odd Fellows as representa¬
tive of the lodge at that place.
Dr. Morrison is well known and
has many friends in Pelham that
were glad to see him.
