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The Pelham Journal
21 NO. 20
h DEATH TAKES ENTIRE
FAMILY OF CHILDREN
One of jhe most unuaual and
saddest fuuerals ever witnessed here
was that of the three children of
Mr. and MrsJ. M. Hayes, whose
deaths occurred at their home near
"Greenville, N. C. and whose bodies
were brought to this city for bur
rial, was held from the First Bap¬
tist church Mouday afternoon at
I#,.3:30 o'clock. They were: Susie
gp| Lee, age 10; Amanda, age 8, and
Dock Manning, age 6. Amanda
was the first to answer the
summons, her death occuriug on
jutie fith, and Susie Lee and little
Dock Manning both died oti Fri¬
day morning, June 15, just 9 days
later.
It seems that the children had
hall measels, but was about well
pH #|3his disease when other compli¬
cations set up which proved fatal
to the three little ones.
3? * • The first news received here of
-the sad occurrance was on Mon
’’.flay of last week when Mr. Hayes’
father, Mr. R. E. Hayes, who re¬
sides at Cotton, received a tele¬
gram that Amanda was dead and
would be brought home for burial
as soon as the two other child
, who were thought to be out of
and were rapidly recover
__ to make
son that the other two,
3 Susie Lee and Dock died Friday
morning, just a short while apart,
aud that they would bring them all
home to be buried together. The
three little bodies arrived accom¬
panied by the father and mother
on the 8:28 A. C. L. train from
Tbomasville Sunday night. At
the railroad station there had gath¬
ered an immense throng, many of
them heart broken relatives, to see
the three little caskets as they ar¬
rived. They came and was car
ried to the home of Mr. Hayes’
father at Cotton, where they re¬
mained until Monday afternoon
when they were brought to the
First Baptist church here where the
funeral services were held. The
church was filled to its utmost ca¬
pacity by friends and relatives of
the heart brokeu parents of the
children- It was by far the lar¬
gest audience ever assembled in
this church for a funeral service,
and showed the high esteem in
which Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were
held.
The services were very impress¬
ive, conducted by Rev. W. B.
Feagins, pastor, who spoke many
beautiful and comforting words to
the bereaved mother aud father.
Rev. Feagins was assisted by Rev.
J. P. Wardlaw, pastor, of Hand
Memorial Methodist church. Some
beautiful and apporiate songs
were rendered by the the male
quartet, Messrs.- B- U. Curry, B.
J. Kincaid, C. D. May and Ewart
Twitty. Interment followed in the
city cemetery, where the services
were concluded. Many beautiful
florial offerings being in evidence.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes lived in
this city for a number of years and
bad many friends here and over
the county who were exceedingly i
grived to learn of the death of
their three and only children,
many of them being present, and
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22 , 1923.
PELHAM’S SECOND
CHICKEN SALE
Pelham held another successful
co-operative poultry sale Tuesday.
This was the second poultry sale
held here this year and makes the
third carload shipped from Mithell
ount y in the P ast thirty days, two
cars being shipped from Camilla at
their last sale.
The car Was bought by T. A.
Kelley & Co., of Atlanta, and the
prices for the friers and broilers
were 28 cents, hens 18 cents and
roosters 9 cents.
These prices were not so high
as it was hoped to secure, but the
market is off and the farmers gener¬
ally seemed satisfied with the
amount they received.
The sale was held by the Mitch
ell County Poultry Association and
was in charge of County Agent,
D. K. Young,
EPWORTH LEAGUE
WAS ORGANIZED
A “Winning Workers” Epworth
League was organized at Hand
Memorial Methodist church on
Sunday night, June 10th. Anum
ber of enthusiastic workers were
at this meetiug. The
and we’re expecting a good mes¬
sage from our delegate who
is attending the confer¬
ence. AH youug people between
the ages of sixteen and seventy-five
are cordially invited to meet with
us every Sunday evening at 7:30
o’clock. Come and joiu this band
of Leaguers.
AUTO PAINTERS AND
TRIMMER MEET HERE
A meeting of the Southern Auto
Painters aud Trimmers Association
was he),d in this city on last Thurs
day. About twenty three mem
bers were in attendance and the
meeting was held in the parlors
of the Pelham Hotel where they
were the guests of Messrs. W. R.
Balk and J. L. King. A delicious
luncheon was served at the hotel
at the noon hour.
Mr. W. R. Belk was appointed
to go to Macon next Thursday and
organize what will be known as
the Macon Division. Mr. J- P.
Stevens of Sylvester wa3 appointed
to go to Orlando, Fla. to organize
This organization was launched
about four months ago with only
eight members and today there are
about 200 members.
The next session of this division
will be held in Bainbridge on July
12th, aud all auto painters and
trimmers are cordially invited to
attend the session.
in every face, though silent and
subdued, shown the tributes of
love and sympathy for their grief
stricken friends.
The sight of the three little white
caskets so near the same size and
to look into the faces of these once
fond and proud parentf, now so
strickeu by grief and wet with
tears, cast a gloom over the town
and community that only time
will remove,
LEGISLATURE MEfeTS
NEXT WEEK
The Georgia Legislature will con¬
vene in Atlanta next week and Mr.
H. I.- McDonald, one of the repre
seutati ves of Mitchell County, will
leave Mouday to take up his duties
in that body.
About the only local legislation
of interest to our people will be the
bill that will be introduced by re¬
presentative, J. M. Mayo, the oth¬
er Mitchell County member, ask¬
ing for another member of the
board of Commissioners for the
Camilla district. The notice of
this intended legislation has created
some objections from some
of the business men of Pelham,
and a counter notice was filed by
Mr. McDonald, backed by others,
stating that an amendment would
be introduced in the legislature
which will give Pelham district two
commissioners elected on the pre¬
sent basis. This amendment will
also provide that the chairman be
elected by the board of Commis¬
sioners.
This situation is brought about
this way, certain citizens claim
that Camilla is being discrimeua
ted agaiust in that their member is
chairman of the board and cannot
vote except iu a tie aud in this way
is shorn of some of his power,
atad: .that the Camilla , dis
trict is by for the largest district in
the county, and that except the
Dixie Highway there is not a de¬
cent road in the district.
The Pelham businsss men, who
have been heard from on the posi¬
tion, contend that they are not
seeking an advantage of any oth
er section of the county, but are
only asking for their fair share of
the work. They point out that
Pelham district has the largest vo¬
ting population and is the largest
taxpayer of any district in the
county.
It is hoped that this little differ¬
ence between the two towns can be
bridged over without further trou¬
ble or a factional fight.
EAST PELHAM
BEATS ALBANY
Pelham baseball team defeated
the Flint River ball club of Albany
by a score of 7 to 3 in a closely
played game Saturday
Council, for Albany, pitched
jam up ball until the sixth inning
when two bases on balls, two hits
aud one error netted Pelham four
runs.
Dekle for Pelham kept his hits
well scattered. Robinson starred
for Pelham in right field, and L
Flowers starred for Albany on
third base.
These two teams have played
four games, Pelham winning three
of them
Batteries: Albany, Council and
Davis; Pelham, Dekle and Wilkin¬
son.
East Pelham has made quite a
showing in base ball this season
having playing 12 games and win¬
ning 9 of them.
Read The Ads.
SENIOR B.Y.P.U. CLASS
HOLD QUARTETLY SOCIAL
On last Friday evening at 8:30
o’clock the senior B. Y. P. U. class
held their quarterly social on the
church lawn and a most enjoyable
and pleasant evening was spent by
these youug people. They were
provided with some interesting
games for the eveniug by Mrs. W.
B. Feagins aud Mrs. F. C. Barrow.
Lemonade and peach cream were
served as refreshments. About 45
members of the class were present
CAMILLA BOY
AT GEORGIA TECH
Atlanta, Ga. June 21—Robert
D. Hayes, son of J. A. Hayes of
Camilla, was the only Mitchell
County boy at the Georgia School
o f Technology last yeay.
Next fall he will be a Sophomore
in the Civil Engineering depart
ment. He is a graduate of the Ca¬
milla High School.
All departments at Tech have
been over crowed during the past
year due the limit on teaching
staff, resulting from the small ap
propriations made by the State.
Unless the approprations are
creased for the next year it will be
necessary to limit enrollment with
the result that prob'ably from three
to four applicants for admission to
the freshman class will be
away.
WANTED—Man with car to
sell complete line high quality tires
aud tubes. A money making
proposition for either full or part
time. Exclusive Territory.
Sterlingworth Tire & Rubber Co.
East Liverpool, Ohio.
Consolidated Drug Co.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
Pure Drugs - Sundries - and Supplies
We carry a full line of Stock and Poultry
Remedies and Insecticides for lice, mites,
fleas and potato and garden bugs.
Kodak Supplies and finishing on short notice.
ELECTRIC BULBS NORRIS CANDIES
Our prices are reasonable-
Your patronage appreciated.
Phones 32 and 66.
DOES YOUR WATCH
need cleaning? Bring it to . us.
Perhaps it needs adjusting and
regulating. We can set it right
for you. We are expert watch
lUt repairers, and if you have trou
hie with your watch, we can
remedy the fault if you will
bring the watch to ns. Reason¬
able charges also.
W. W. BURNETT
•I
$1.00 PER YEAR.
CANTALOUPES ARE
NOW MOVING
Although the cantaloupe crop
around Pelham is going to be
short this year, shipments have Lie
gun this week in a moderate wav.
Most of the shipments so far have
been by express, An express car
holding from 1000 to 1500 flats
have been shipped each day since
Tuesday.
There were something like four
refrigerator cars loaded Thursday.
These were loaded by Hand Bros. 1 ;
The Hand Trading Co,, Wilkes
Bros, and Dr. D. A. Spence.
Most of the express shipments
were consigned and few returns
have been received from them as
yet- It is understood that some
are getting fair prices, while others
are not very good.
For the last few days the outlook
is a little better, some of the vines
are puttiug on new growth and in
this way it is believed the young
fruit will mature, and if it does it
will be much better than the first
fruit, and that good prices will be
received for it
There is also being considerable
roasting ears shipped from this
point, aud it is understood that
fair prices are being received for
them.
Caicl of Thanks.
Words fail us to express the
deep and sincere gratitude of our
souls towards the good people of
Pelham, who were so kind and
considerate during the last illness
and death of our dear husband
and father, Mr. B. Y. Cooper.
Heaven's blessings be on them all,
is our prayer.
Mrs. B. Y. Cooper.
Wallace H. Cooper.