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VOL. 7. N0. 27.
DEPOSITORS
in our Savings Department will please leave their' pass
books at the bank to have the interest credited thereon.
WE WILL PAY OUT
$218.37 INTEREST
for the past quarter.
WHY don't you become a depositor and participate
in this interest.
FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM
THE STORM
AT MEIGS.
Relief For the Sufferers.
Work of Rebuilding
Commenced.
Following in the wake of the
terrible storm that visited Meigs
last Friday night, the work of
clearing away the debris and of
rebuilding has already commenc¬
ed.
From various sources funds
have been raised for the relief of
the sufferers and a number of
private contributions have been
sent in. From Pelham Mrs.
Mary Cannon sent some quilts
and bed clothing to some of the
sufferers, A special contribution
was taken up at the Baptist
church, and a list was circulated
among the citizens generally for
cash contributions by Mr. G. W.
McCormick. Individual contri¬
butions have also been made.
Mrs. Tabitha Allen who lives
several miles east of Meigs and
who was severely injured by the
falling titnbe.rs of her house, is in
a Critical condition, and fears arc
entertained for her life. She was
severely bruised about the head
and body. Her four sons who
were asleep in the building at. the
same time escaped unhurt. Her
fourteen year old daughter, was
killed, her skull being crushed,
and her neck broken by the fail¬
ing timbers. The burial took
place at Harmony church Sun¬
day, and was attended by an im¬
mense concourse of sympathizing
friends.
East of Meigs the cyclone seem¬
ed to have gained in fury until it
reached the place of VV. H. Fields,
where several houses were com¬
pletely blown down, and fences
and crops in its path were com¬
pletely destroyed* Mr. Fields'
damage atone is estimated at $5,
000 . 00 ,
Much damage was also done on
the places Russel Davis, and that
of Joe Aliigood, tenant houses
and fences being swept away,
Others who were injured were Mr.
Sidney King and child, who live!
cast of Meigs, Mrs. Fuller of j
WE TRY TO
SATISFY CUSTOMERS
Onr ever increasing business seems to signify that we
are succeding in satisfying our trade. We consider that
satisfying a customer is of more importance than immedi¬
ate profit Besides providing the very best of service we
install every convenience that a drug store can contain.
This is a store where trading is a pleasure. If we have
not had the pleasure of serving you we hope to have it 1
soon. You will find our price as low as right quality can |
be had for anywhere.
HILL & KING
THE OLD RELIABLE DRUGGISTS
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRI] MAY, 7, 1909.
The Methodist Revival.
The revival is still in progress
at the Methodist church, nearing
now the close of its second week.
A series of very strong, forceful
and earnest sermons has been
preached by the pastor Rev. J.
W. Arnold, who has been in en¬
tire charge of the meeting.
The attendance at the services
has been good and the spirituality
of the church and of the com¬
munity has been strengthened
and deepened by the splendid
sermons that have been preached.
Meigs and a negro woman of
Meigs. The escape of Mrs. Ful¬
ler from futher injury was mirac¬
ulous. She is an invalid and her
bedstead was blown from under
her, The house was completely
lifted from over her and piled in
the street, yet she received only
a bruise.
In the city of Meigs considera¬
ble damage was done. The wave
house of the Standard Fertilizer
Company, lately completed, was
practically destroyed. Work of
rebuilding will be commenced at
once. The five new stores of
Haber Bo-tiiers, suffered damage
to the roof to the extent of about
$500.00. The entire roof was blown
from the double store of G. L.
Duren and the wholesale house of
T J. Willis, exposing their stock
of goods to the rain, and consider¬
able damage resulted from this
source. The residence occupied
by A. C. Sellars was a total wreck
as was also the large ginnery of
the Atkinson (finery Coin my.
The Atkinson Ginery is partly
owned by the Hand Trading Com¬
pany of Pelham, and the work of
clearing away the debris and pre¬
paring for reconstruction is al¬
ready commenced.
Among the other buildings
that suffered in Meigs were the
residence of Mrs . Emily McTyre
a row of tenat houses owned by
M. H. Atkinson, and G. L. Duren
and several barns. A number of
houses were partially unroofed,
and were more or less shattered
by the terrific wind. It is esti-1
mated that the damage in the city
of Meigs will reach between thir
ty and forty thousand dollars.
Pelham Captures it Prize In
Vocal And I nit ru men¬
tal Music.
At the first sessidiS of the Sec¬
ond Congressional ‘ fjb-triet Ora¬
torical and High Set tool Associa¬
tion held at Pelham last Friday,
two of the valued prizes went to
contestants of this city.
Miss Marie McDonald was the
successful contestant )n elocution,
receiving a handsome gold medal.
Miss Hollie Twitty was awarded
the medal in vocal music. These
were the only contestants that
Pelham had in the exercises which
were had in the opera house in
the morning.
On the athletic field in the
afternoon there were several con¬
testants from this city who made
good records, but the prizes went
to other towns.
The ball game, however, which
was played between the high
schools of Pelham and Albany,
went to this city by the score of
three to one. It was a very pret¬
ty game, closely contested from
the beginning, and the boys on
each side made sotnd tipceilent
scores.
The schools that entered the
contest in elocution, ora-toK. vo¬
cal and instrumental mus c were,
Moultrie, Albany, Norma Park,
Camilla and Pelham.
The exercises at the
house were
dent 8. R. DeJarnette. .n
ing are the contestants :
Vocal Music, Miss Holly Twit¬
ty, of Pelham, and Miss Gaslett
of Albany.
Instrumental Music, Miss Ruth
Cook of Albany and Miss Ida
Clark of Norman Park.
Declamation, Eugene Walters
of Albany, Roy Parker of Moul¬
trie.
Elocution, Miss Rosa Cox of
Camilla, Miss Pearl Scarboro of
Moultrie, Miss Philo Matthews of
Albany, Miss Marie McDonald of
Pelham.
The medals were awarded as
follows:
Instrumental Music, Miss Ruth
Cook.
Vocal Music, Miss Hollie Twit¬
ty
Elocution, Miss Marie McDon¬
ald.
Declamation, Eugene Walters.
Medals were delivered with a
happy presentation speech by
Rev. Idas McKellar of Raconton.
The judges in the various con
tests were:
Elocution and Declamation:
Miss Coger of Adel, Mis3 Neville
of Norman Park, Rev. I. E. Mc¬
Kellar of Baconton.
Instrumental Music; Miss Caro
Twitty of Pelham, Mrs. C. G. Lott
of Pelham and Mrs. Clara Twitty
of Camilla.
Vocal Music; Mrs. Clara Twit¬
ty of Camilla, Mrs. P. B. Shipp
Mrs. C. G. Lott of Pelham.
In tire athletic contest in the
afternoon, the running broad
jump was won by Talmage Hayes,
representing Norman Park, who
made a record of 17 feet 8 inches.
His second was Pat Mize of Pel¬
ham, who scored 17 feet 1 inch.
The running high jump was won
by Augustus Muse, representing
Albany, who made a score of 4 feet
10 inches. His close second was
Clifford Cross of Pelham.
T A
he time to find out whether your insurance is good or not
is before you have a fire ami not after. The COM¬
PANIES we represent PAY their LOSSES. Insure
with us and YOUR interest will be taken care of.
Tornadoes are coming nearer—better take out
STORM insurance before it is too LATE.
Pelham Insurance Agency.
Office over Farmers Bank.
Picnic May 15th.
The people of the cotton mill
have arranged to have their an¬
nual picnic at the mill grounds on
May 15th All these occasions
have in the past proven most en¬
joyable ones, and their arrange¬
ments for this year will make
their annual picnic day one of the
most enjoyable that they have
ever had.
The standing broad jump was
won by Talmage Hayes of the
Norman Park school, who scored
9 feet 8 inches. Jack Christopher
of Pelham came second with a
score of 8 feet 8 inches and Augus¬
tus Muse third, scoring 8 feet 1
inch.
The 100 yards dash was won bv
Wilburn Foxworth of Norman
Park, Isaac Hand of Pelham com¬
ing second, and Paul Farkas of
Albany coming third.
In the ball throw the prize was
awarded to Morton Wiggins of
Albany school, he making a
record of 111 yards as against lOff
yards 9 inches made by Wilburn
worth of Norman Park school
n ‘'Hiarff came third’ itj, thi con
r-p.-KnUti. :
HnW,'scoring95"yards, f foot, 7
inches.
The next meeting of the asso¬
ciation will be held at Norman
Park some time in the spring of
next year. The new officers of
the association for the ensuing
year are:
President, Prof. Goddard of
Moultrie.
Vice President, Miss Mamie
Brosnan of Albany.
Second Vice President, Prof.
Smith of Camilla.
Secretary and Treasurer, Prof
Davidson, of Norman Park,
A special cur brought down
about seventy-five from Albany
A large number came down from
Camilla, and there were a number
of represpentatives from the
schools at Moultrie, Norman Park
and Adel. The city was bright
with class colors.
This was the first meeting of
the association, and it was a most
successful and enjoyable ou<>
The contestants acquitted them¬
selves with exceptional merit, and
the interest manifested at this
meeting gives indication that the
association in the future years
will be productive of much good
and a stimulated interest in this
phase of high school work.
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
RHONE 32.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
ROAD CREW
TRANSFERRED
Building New Road Near
Baypole Branch-Work
Much Needed.
The road gang was transferred
this week to the southwestern
part of the county and are at
present building some much need¬
ed road in the vicinity of Bav
pole Branch.
The crew has recently built
some splendid road near Sale City
and in the northeastern part of
the county.
bolder tiie direction of Com¬
missioner Branch and the imme¬
diate supervision of deputy war¬
den, Alf Maples, the work is un¬
der way and the bad roads in the
vicinity will be put on a par with
other roads of the county before
the work there suspends.
Commissioner Branch is devot¬
ing much of his personal atten¬
tion to the road \
-r’JSSNWIt tv jy§§J> lijiv* <
prov-‘hent.
Editor Allen Retires from
Newspaper Business.
Editor Allen of the Camilla
Enterprise has sold his interest
in that paper to Mr. Culpepper
and announces his intention of
retiring from the business. Mr.
Allen has been one of the well
known editors of South Georgia
weekly newspaperdotn for a num¬
ber of years. For quite a good
many years he edited the Worth
County Local, and for several
years past has in connection with
Mr. Roles been editing the Ca¬
milla Enterprise.
The profession will regret to see
him retire, but its best wishes
will extend to him in his new
field of endeavor.
Mr. Allen states that he has
not yet definitely determined
his future work, but he will
move to South Florida.
Messers D. C. Barrow and W.
Drake went over to Climax
