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T- Pelham Journal.
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VOL. 8, NO. 20.
THE BANK ACCOUNT
Is the first step toward succes and fortune.
Protects your family in emergencies.
Educates your children.
Makes yon independent.
Gives you a standing in the community.
Is a valuable aid in any enterprise undertaken anywhere by
anybody under any conditions.
If you do not have a bank account, let us suggest that you start one
with us immediately.
FARMERS BANK OF PELHAM.
TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $300,000.00
A REST ROOM
FOR PELHAM.
Old City Hall Building
Is Being Fitted up for
This Purpose.
The ladies of Pelham are begin¬
ning work on the old City Hall,
fitting it up for a Rest Room.
Already the building is being put
in good sanitary condition. Glass
is being put it windows, screens
made, and floors stained. The
ladies intend to put their best
efforts on this building for the
next few weeks, so as to open it
up before the long hot days are
over.
Thomasville, Moultrie and Bain
bride have established these rooms
with splendid results. The Alba¬
ny ladies are planning to establish
one and to serve lunches at a
small cost in connection with it.
This is a commendable and
much needed undertaking and
every business man in Pelham
should give assistance to its sup¬
port.
Recital of Mrs. Rachel
Landis Rains.
The ladies of the Home Mission
Society of the Methodist church
are preparing to give an entertain¬
ment at the Opera House on
Thursday evening, June 2nd, for
which a literary and musical pro¬
gram is bein^ arranged. The
literary selections will be rendered
by Mrs. Rachel Landis Rains,
who comes very highly reccom
mended.
Mrs. Rains is a beautiful and
queenly daughter of an old south¬
ern family, and has rare talents as
an entertainer and impersonater of
the highest literary productions,
which have been perfected by a
course in the Boston School of Ex¬
pression .
The Thomasville District Con¬
ference will convene at Cairo on
next Thursday afterday at 8:00
o’clock. Delegates from Pelham
Methodist are R. A. Mallard,
W. R. McClain, Jack Kenney and
J. W. Arnold.
YOU’LL LIKE
OUR FLAVORS
Our flavoring extracts are all real and they are made
from the highest grade materials. They are superior
to anything you can buy ready put up. They go
furtoer and cost you less.
TRY OUR V A IN ILL A.
We make it from the best Mexican vanilla beans.
It’s a delightful flavor. Our other flavors are equally
good.
TRV OUR LEMON
It is of the highest standard—none better.
HILL & KING,
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1910.
Mrs. B. U. Curry
Entertains.
Oone of the happiest affairs of
the week was the second of a series
of parties given by Mrs. B. U.
Curry at her home on Baggs ave¬
nue. The first affair was a pretty
compliment to her house guest,
Miss Alice Williams, of Columbus.
Tuesday’s party was in honor of
both Miss Williams and Mrs. Liz¬
zie Curry Bennett of Wadesboro,
North Carolina.
Travel dice was the interesting
feature of the afternoon, Mrs H.H.
Merry proving the successful con¬
testant. Spring flowers were used
to decorate the rooms where the
tables were placed and pot plants
were effectively arranged in the
reception hall and on the veran¬
das. Interesting score cards were
used, carrying out in every detail
the suggestion of “travel”. A de¬
licious sweet course was served at
the close of the game.
Mrs. Curry is always a gracious
aud cordial hostess and on this
occasion sustained her delightful
reputation. She received her
guests wearing a lovely afternoon
gown, and was assisted by her
charming gtiest, Miss Williams,
who was beautifdl in a white lin¬
gerie frock with soft satin ribbons.
The guests of the afternoon in¬
cluded: Mrs. L. C. Bennett of
Wadesboro, N. C.; Mrs. Jesse M.
Dodd of Carrollton, Ga., and
Mesdames W. S. Hill, J. L. Hand,
S. D. Hand, W. C. Twitty, I). L.
Turner, Charles M. Baggs, D. B.
Turner, H. H. Merry, Lula Tray
wick, Laura Thompson, J. R.
Clements, B. W. Collier, C. V.
James, Pearl Shipp, B. K. Mar¬
shall, J. M. Merritt, Clarence
Hurst, J. M. Hurst, F. C. Gam
mage.
Rogers-Shepherd.
Mr. and Mrs. Colonel Weston
Rawlins, of Eastman, Ga., an¬
nounce the marriage of their niece,
Miss Opie Lee Rogers, and Mr.
Daniel Luther Shepherd, of Nash¬
ville, the weddidg to take place at
Eastman June 15th. Miss Rogers
has many friends in Pelham who
will be interested in this announce¬
ment. She was at one time a
teacher in the public schoole of
this place.
COHEN MILLER
ACQUITTED.
Case Against A. P. Spence
Was Postponed Till
August.
When Mitchell Superior Court
convened Monday there were three
murder cases for trial. The farm¬
ers w r ere very anxious to be at
their homes and as a consequence
Judge Park announced that he
would try no civil business at this
term.
When the case of the State vs.
A. P. Spence charged with the
killing of W. G. Akridge was
called a written motion was made
for a continuance on account of
inability of counsel to properly
prepare the case aud the illness
of Col. Walters, leading counsel
for the defense. The case was
postponed to the 3rd Monday in
August when it will be tried.
The case of the State vs. Cohen
Miller charged with the killing of
Will Keaton in August 1908, oc¬
cupied all Tuesday. The jury
brought in a verdict of acquittal
on Wednesday morning. The
companion case to this in which
John Miller was charged with be¬
ing an accessory to the ’killing of
Keaton was disposed of by reduc¬
ing the charge to misdemeanor
and receiving a plea of guilty.
The Judge imposed a fine of $125
or 12 mouths on the chain gang.
The fine was paid. <jL
Zeb Mitchell, a negro, was also
under indictment for murder but
his cask was *!»*»
trial in August.
A Mitchell County Auto¬
mobile.
At Camilla Monday an immense
crowd gathered about Mitchell
counly’s first home manufactured
automobile when Mr. W. W.
Kadle of Sale City came spinning
up the street and stopped on a
public square.
Mr. Kadle is a mill man and
has an auto that bears the stamp
of no manufacturer but himself.
It looks a little crude but it makes
time all right. Its builder is a saw
mill man and it is said his auto
claims as its component elements
parts of a saw mill, a gin, a motor
boat aud a buggy. It is a gaso¬
line car.
One of the honored few who en¬
joyed a ride in the first real home
manufactured automobile of this
county was Mr. J. L. Hand.
Annual Meeting of
Primitive Baptist.
The annual meeting of the
Primitive Baptist held at Hope
well church last Friday, Saturday
and Sunday was largely attended
and much interest was manifested.
The pastor, Elder Wm. Iiol
lingswotth was assisted in the
meeting by Elder Simmons of
Whigham.
At the Sunday service the full
membership w T as present as it was
the day for communion and wash¬
ing feet.
This service is always a sad
feature of these occasions, and a
deep feeling of interest was mani¬
fested.
It was a good meeting, and an
present were made to rejoice in the
fact that they were permitted once
more to re-assemble and participate
in such worship.
NOTICE!
We wish to notify our patrons and friends that
we Block, are now occupying offices Nos. 1 and 2, Hurst
over Mitchell County Supply Company.
See us for FIRE, TORNADO and
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE.
We also write Fidelity Bonds.
Pelham Insurance Agency.
Mr. Rex McKellar Wins
Coveted Honor.
A news despatch from Philadel¬
phia states that Mr. Harry Rex
McKellar has won one of the
much coveted positions as interne
in the Philadelphia Hospital. In
a class of ninety he won second
place, making an average of 90.68
which is a very high mark and
few \
only a points below the high¬
est average made.
Mr. McKellar is a nephew of
Mrs. A. J. Barrow aud has a num¬
ber of friends in Pelham who will
be pleased to learn of his success.
The dispatch says:
“The Civil Service Commission
to-day announced the names of
ninety applicants who had been
successful in passing the examina¬
tion for the position of interne at
the Phiadelphia Hospital under
the direction of the Department of
Health and Charities. These
places are sought by graduates of
medical colleges for the exper¬
ience and work that they find in
the city’s big hospital.
No salary is attached to the po¬
sition, but each one who takes up
.,
A Painful Accident.
Elizabeth, the little 9 year old
daughter of Mr. Walter Rhodes,
happened to a painful accident
Monday morning. The child’s
father had started off from home
in his buggy and had a fishing gig
projecting out of the rear end.
The little girl ran after the bug¬
gy as her father drove off from
home, running against the gig, it
striking her in the throat making
an ugly and painful wound.
The little girl w T as immediately
brougt to Dr. W. S. Hill for medi¬
cal attention. Although the
wound is a bad one it is not
thought it will prove very serious.
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Reid re¬
turned Sunday night from Charles¬
ton. South Carolina, where they
have been attending the Atlantic
Coast Line Surgical Association.
Their daughter, Miss Charlie, who
accompanied them on this trip,
stopped in Savannah to visit
friends several days before return¬
ing home.
A GLASS OF OUR
ICE CREAM
WILL MAKE YOU
FORGET THE HEAT.
Consolidated Clothing & Drug Co.
the; leading druggists
PHONE 32.
$1.00 PER YEAR
GRAND JURY
ADJOURNS
Recommends Change in
Manner of Superinted
ing Road Building
The grand jury reconvened at
Camilla Monday and were in
session until Wednesday afternoon.
Many cases were investigated and
several indictments handed down.
Under instruction from Judge
Park given at the request of citi¬
zens the body made an investiga¬
tion of the present system of work¬
ing the roads of the
county in which the commission¬
ers themselves see after the work
and the chairman of the board
acts as the road superintendent
of the county. It is claimed
by many that this is the cheapest
and most satisfactory way of
handling the work but the grand
jury recommended a change. The
recommendation is that the county
shall have a superintendent of
the public roads and that he be
a warden elected by the state
“mmission. A commit*,
of three grand jurors, the county
attorney, and the representative
was appointed to draft a bill to be
introduced in the next legislature
to amend the present law so that
the superintendent and the clerk
shall not be members of the board
of county commissioners and that
the superintendent shall receive a
salary of not exceeding $100 per
month and the clerk a salary of
not exceeding $40.00 per month.
It seems that this recommendation
is not intended as a criticism of the
present commissioners but as a
precaution for the future.
Under the suggestion of Judge
Park they also investigated the
need of a change in the present
provision for only one week of
superior court and they recom
mendend that a bill be passed pro¬
viding for two weeks of superior
court in this county. Oil account
of the large amount of business in
this county it is thought best to
provide for two weeks of court,
one of which can be used for civil
business and one for criminal busi¬
ness, instead of holding adjourned
terms as is now necessary in order
to dispose of the business.