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The Pelham Journal
VOL. 21 NO.*38
SCHOOL OPENS I
NEXT MONDAY
The Spring of the Pelham High
School will begin Monday, Jau.
7tu, at*) A. M.
The matriculation fees fixed by
the Hoard of Education are as
follows:
Town Pupils
First and Second grades $3.50
Third to Seventh grades 3 00
High School 5.50
Country Children in
Mitchell County
First and secound grades $10.00
Third to Eleventh grades 9.50
Country Children from
Other Counties
First to Eleventh grades $13.00
Mr, T, H. Wilkinson, Superin¬
tendent, will be al thejschool build¬
ing on Friday and Saturday of this
week for the purpose of receiving
matriculatiou fees aud issuing en¬
trance cards, from ten to twelve in
the foreuoon, and from two to
four in the afternoon. Pupils are
requested to call and secure their
entrance cards on these days and
avoid contusion on Mpuday, the
opening day.
All the teachers will have re¬
turned from their holiday vaca¬
tions and will be on hand at the
opening of school.
It is hoped that all children will
enter school on the first day if
possible, and parents are request¬
ed to make their arrangements this
week in order to have the children
enter on the first day. , ,
1 ns iyau Pelham bcliom opened
last Monday, Dec. 31st, with Miss
Lawreuce, the new Principal, in
charge,
The Hand Rosenwald Training
School, for colored, opened on
Wednesday.
The matriculation fees for the
colored school for spring term
fixed by the Board of Education
are as follows:
1st to 5th grades $2 50
6tb aud 7th grades 3- 00
High School 4.00
Work on the new school build¬
ing will be resumed this mouth
and it is hoped will be ready for
occupaucy by March 1st.
B. U. Curry,
Chairman.
CORAM REUNION
The Coram famly held a reunion
at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. E. C.
Tinsley on Christmas day, and the
occasion was a most enjoyable one
Those present were Mr. T. A.
Coram of Montgomery, Mr. aud
Mrs. W. S. Little and children,
Mrs. Lois Hopson and daughter,
Mr. Henry H. Coram of Tampa,
and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bruuson
of Cairo. There were present, five
children aud seventeen grand chil¬
dren.
Presbyterian Thursday
Night Service
According to programs scattered
around town the first lecture by
Rev. Jas. D. Deans will take place
on Thursday night, fan. 10th, in
the Club Room. These lectures
will be instructive and edifying.
As each leads to the other those
desirous of getting the most out of
them should aim to be present from
the beginning. A hearty
is extended to all.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDYA, JANUARY 4, 1924
RAILROADS MAKE
NEW REGORDS
Railroads in 1923 handled au
amount of traffic unprecedented
in previous transportation exper¬
ience, invested a record breaking
amount of capital in new facilities
and equipment, and finished the
year with increased earnings aud
with equipment and appurtenances
in better shape than ever before.
There situation was summarized
aud the above statements made in
a report giveu out by the American
Railway Association.
As to the traffic, the association
estimated that the total freight
handled during the year would
amount to 49,844,000 carloads, or
15 per cent greater than the load¬
ings of 1922 and 10 per. cent great*
er than those of 1920 the year
when the post war commercial
boom was at its height.
In the new capital investment
during the year the railroads made
their most impressive increase.
In 1922 expenditures for new lines
additional tracks, larger terminals
and more rolling stock amounted
to $429,272,000 but in 1923 they
jumped to $1,075,897,000 Appro¬
priations made and work begun iu
1923, but not yet completed call
for an additional investment of
$300,006,000in 1924 This expen¬
diture the association said, repre¬
sents one of the main reasons for
the expansion of business an d the
employment of industrial labor
dijrmy J928 I*
English Certified
For Postmastership
Mr. L. W. English is being con
gratulated upon his certification by
j the Civil Service Commission for
reappointment as post mas'e.' at Pel
ham.
The appointment now goes be¬
fore the President for his action,
after which will go before the sen¬
ate for confirmation.
Mr. English has made a very
efficient postmaster during his term
of officer, and his many friends are
pleased that he is in line of reap¬
pointment.
DEATH CLAIMS
WALKER JACKSON
After an illness of several weeks
Mr. Walker Jackson died Wednes¬
day at the home of Mr. M. H
Metcalf in Camilla.
The funeral was conducted
Thursday afternoon at the Met¬
calf residence by Rev. Graham,
and the body was carried north on
the evening train to Neivnan.
The remains will be interred in the
family cemeterv near that city on
Friday.
Members of the family of the
deceased, who are residents of
Mitchell county, are Mrs. M* H.
Metcalf of Camilla, and Miss
Mattie Jackson and Mrs* J. C.
Johnston of Pelham.
Dr. aud Mrs. J- R. O’Neal and
family have returned from a
motor trip-to St, Augustine
and other Florida points.
40,000 POUNDS
OF BUTTER
The Moultrie Creamery Com¬
pany hung up a new record in
December, figures giveu out Tues¬
day revealed.
The plant during the mouth
just closed produced 40,000 pounds
of butter. During the same period
it paid out $20,000 for cream.
More than three fourths of this
sum went to Colquitt county dairy¬
men.
Manager Finch stated that at
the present late of increase it
will be just a matter of a short time
before the creamery is disbursing
$1,000 a day for cream. Already
the dairy industry is au important
one in Moultrie aud the money de¬
rived from that source has done
much towards keeping business
active in this city.
CECIL CASTLEBERRY
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Sorrow was cast over the town
in the midst of their holiday pre
parations by the death of Cecil
Castleberry by accident on Dec.
22nd
He was working at the cane
mill on his father’s farm, and in
some manner his head was caught
between the lever aud the mill and
he was instantly killed.
Cecil was twelve years of age.
student of the f’elham High
School, the sou of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. J’ jsfbhf t'^ v Tin live*
east of the city. He and his
parents are life-time residents of
this community, and their many
frieuds sympathize with them in
their loss,
T. R. BENNETT HAS
BEEN REAPPOINTED
State Superintendent Ol Banka
Will Continue To Serve
Department
Of special interest of Mitchell
countians was the announcement
on Christmas day that Governor
Clifford Walker had reappointed
Mr. T. R. Bennett, State Superii:
tendenl of Bauks, for another term
of six years. Mr. Bennett’s friends
in his old home county, as well as
the many others throughout this
section of the state are glad to
know that he is to continue at the
head of one of the state’s most im
portant deparments,
Mr. Bennett was appointed state
superintendent of banks when the
new department was created dur¬
ing Governor Dorsey’s admini¬
stration. His work in organizing
the new department and setting the
new machinery in operation was
accomplished during the period of
deflation following the war and the
task was one of great responsibility.
In spite of the serious handicaps
he succeeded admirably, with the
result that he has won the confi¬
dence of bankers and business men
throughout the state and has se
cured tor him the fullest co oper
ation of the banks over which he
has supervision in carrying on ,the
work of his department.—Camilla
Enterprise.
Mr. Lewis Smith has returned
to Dothan, Ala., after a pleasant
visit to his mother, Mrs. H K.
Smith.
r
1924
PEACE
PROSPERITY
HAPPINESS
is what wc wish for each of our
readers throughout the
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NEW YEAR.
The Pelham Journal
V, J
CITY ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY
The Ciiy election for Mayor and
Councilmen will be held at the
city hall next Tuesday.
At this election the nominations
that were made at the city primary
in December will be placed before
the voters for final election.
The ticket nominated in Decern
* ,f * r is as follows:
FOR MAAfcQR
>
A. R. Baggs.
FOR COUNCILMEN
First Ward—Grover Thigpen.
Second Ward—Lewis Williams,
Third Ward—W. J. Adams,
Fourth Ward—L. D. Hand.
Fifth Ward—D. A. Spence.
Town at Large—H. H. Hill.
Consolidated Drug Co.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
AU SIZES
SYRUP CORKS
Phones 32 and 66.
We
Take Great
Pleasure
In extending to yon our most sincere thanks for
your loyal patronage and good will during the
past year.
We hope that you will continue to honor us with
an increasing share of your business.
We wish for all of you
A Happy New Year.
W. W. BURINETT.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
DR. HARGROVE SUFFERS
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Dr. A. S. Hargrove was serious¬
ly hurst last Friday by a fall while
coming from Albany on the At¬
lantic Coast Line train.
In walking down the aisle his
foot slipped on an apple peeling
and he received a severe fall,
which dislocated his hip, and
wrenched his back, lie is now iu
a plaster cast as a result of the
injury.
His many friends regret very
much to learn of his misfortune,
and it is hoped that he will have
a speedy recovery.
Mr. Howard Turner left Tuesday
night to return to Riverside Ac
adetny at Gainesville, Ga.