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The Pelham Journal
NO. 46
REVIVAL AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
A revival meeting will begin at
.
the First Baptist Church next Suh
day night, and the public is invi
ted to attend these services- The
pastor has secured a good singer
to lead the music, and two large
choirs will be orgauized as soon as
the meeting begins.
Setvfies twice daily; 4:00 o’clock
in the af eruooti, and 8:00 o’clock
at night. We co’rdially invite
everybody in Pelham to come to
these meetings. We trust they
sha 1 prove a community blessing.
Business men who are members
of this church, are urged to give
one hour each afternoon jroni their
business, and attend the day ser¬
vices. The Second week of the
meeting, Pastor J. G. Graham of
the Camilla Baptist Church, will
speak each afternoon on some
phase of Christian Stewardship,
and great things are iu store for
him
Remember the time NEXT
SUNDAY Services daily 4 P. M.
and 8 P. M.
COLQUITT ELECTION
HELD WEDNESDAY
After a heated campaign Col¬
quitt County held their election
Wednesday. At the 'time of our
going to press we are not in re¬
ceipt of the returns from the elec¬
tion, but the general statement is
current that all old officers were
re elected.
PELHAM MEN
ADDRESS CAIRO CLUB
A graceful, and well dressed
compliment was paid tw) of our
prominent citizens last week, when
the Cairoga Club, the Civic Club
of Cairo, had as their honor guests
Rev. C. M. Ledbetter and Mr.
W. C. Coopzr.
The Cairo Messenger compli¬
mented these gentlemen very high¬
ly upon the speeches made by
them at the meetiug, making
special mention of the friendly
spirit of the messages, and the
sound advice given by the speak
»
ers.
BELLED BUZZARD
NEAR PELHAM
From time to time some one with
frolicsome disposition catches a
uzzard and ties a bell on him for
he enjoyment of those who may
ie fortunate enough to hear the
ausic.
Any one who has lost a nice
lelled buzzard may find him iu
he Mount Ebal settlement, He
las been seen several times in that
ommuuity.
A mouth or so ago Mr. G. F.
'ranford and others had their at
ention called skwyard by the tink
iug of a small bell, aud they fiu
illy discovered that a big turkey
juzzard was giving the concert,
ie came near enough for them to
ilainly see the bell.
A few days ago Mr. W. L. Huey
ind others had the same experi-
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924
Huge Tobacco Bed
Largest In State
The farmers in the Pelham ter¬
ritory who are planting tobacco
this year, are very cheerful over
the prospects iu this crop up to the
present. •
Mr. I. E. Webb, who has the
contracts to supervise a great
many of the fields here, state that
there are already sufficient strong,
healthy plants to set out the entire
700 acres contracted, with enough
over to care for 200 to 300 acres
additional The largest plants
now have a leaf spread as large
across as a silver dollar.
The late spring will delay the
crop slightly, but this is no cause
for alarm, as there is time to make
a good heavy crop, and it has al
ways proven best to wait for the
seasons, in tobacco growing. Mr.
Webb states that the heaviest
crops, aud the fiuest quality, ever
grown by him came from fields
planted after March 20th.
Iu connection with our tobacco
crop at Pelham, it is interesting to
know that we have a community
bed here one acre in extent. Old
tobacco men state that this is with¬
out doubt the largest single bed
ever planted iu the history of to¬
bacco iu ‘Georgia. This . siugle
bed will furnish over a million
plants, and about twenty crops are
looking to it for their stock.
About fifty percent of the barns
aiAf*aftready completed, and con¬
struction is well under w,ay on
most of the others.
A number of the tobacco far
mers have already cut aud racked
the wood that will be required to
cure the crop after it is housed.
Mr. Webb urges that all give this
their attention as early as possible,
as there will be no spare time for
this work after cultivation begins
iu earnest.
HOT ELECTION IN
GRADY COUNTY
Probably the warmest political
campaign in the history of Grady
county came to a close in the pri¬
mary last week, iu which the
biggest vote in the history of the
couniy was polled. Of the total
of 3,006 eligible voters iu the en¬
tire county, 2.478 were polled,
which means that approximately
four of every five exercised their
privilege iu selecting the county
officers for another year.
The following are the winners in
the various races:
Ordiuary—JoJin R. .Sidgletary.
Clerk of Courts—P. M. Baggett.
Tax Collector—Ben L. Willis.
Tax Receiver—Mike L. Collins.
Sheriff—D. I). Perkins.
Surveyor—E. L. Reagan. (Un¬
opposed.)
Coroner—J. Beutly.
Supt. of Schools—J. P. Swann.
Treasurer—H. B. Rawls.
Commissioner, Dist. One—]. B,
Hall.
Commissioner, Dist. Two—G.W.
Connell.
Commissioner, Dist. Three—C.
H Maxwell.
ence. The bell was fastened
around the buzzard’s neck, and
whenever he would move his head
or flap his wings the bell would be
caused to ring.
TRAIN WRECK
NEAR MEIGS
A broken rail was the cause of a
wreck on the Atlantic Coast Luie
Monday night when the north¬
bound train from Thomasville to
Albany was derailed. No serious
injuries were received by eiher the
passengers or the train crew. The
accident occurred about a mile be¬
low Meigs. A negro porter is said
to have sustained a broken collar¬
bone, and some of the passengers
received minor scratches aud
bruises.
According to reports the track
was torn up for a distance of more
than a hundred yards. The en¬
gine and baggage car passed over
the broken rail without mishap,
but wheu the heavy sleeper came
along it was derailed, pulliug the
day coach off the~ track with it,
and both were overturned,
Passengers were forced to escape
through the windows. They were
brought on in the baggage car
after a delay of about two hours.
Among the passengers on the
wrecked coach were Messrs- T. E.
Lacy aud W. C. Corbett, Mrs.
1£. F. V.'hiddou, Roscoe Whiddon
aud Mrs. G. A. Smith. Our in¬
formation is that none of the Pel¬
ham folks were injured other than
being badly shaken up by the
accident. They are to be con¬
gratulated on their uarrow escape
from serious hurt.
WE CORRECT
AN ERROR
Through an error on our part,
our issue of Feb. 22 failed to carry
the card announcing the candi¬
dacy of Mrs. L. M. Cochran for
Tax Collector.
We regret this error very much,
and we trust that Mrs. Cochran's
candidacy was not damaged
through this oversight on our part.
CO. SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING POSTPONED
The Journal has been requested
to anuounce that the regular meet¬
ing of the Couuty Board of Edu¬
cation has been postponed from its
regular date, March 4th, aud will
be held March 11th, This post¬
ponement is made because the
County Election on March 4th
makes it inadvisable to ‘hold a
*
meeting on that date.
CHASON-PALMER
On last Wednesday afternoou at
6 o’clock the marriage of Miss
Emma Lou Chasou aud Mr. J.
Muuliu Palmer was solemnized
at the home of Rev. A. G. Ott,
who performed the ceremony.
The bride is the attractive
daughter of Mrs- R. L Chasou,
and the g^ocm is the son of Mr.
aud Mrs. Lee Palmer, and is a
prosperous young farmer.
Both bride and Groom reside in
the western part of the couuty, aud
are popular among a wide circle
of friends in the community in
which they reside.
COUNTY PRIMARY
NEXT TUESDAY
The couuty primary next Tues¬
day will bring to a close a very
hard fought campaign- There is
opposition for every major office in
the couuty oxcept that of Solicitor
of the City Court, for which Mr.
Chas. Watt jr. has no opposition.
While the campaign has been a
hot one, the candidates are to be
congratulated upon the high plane
iu which they have conducted their
races as a whole. There has been
very little mud-slinging or “dirty
work” done up to the present,
This fact within itself is a tribute
to the voter of the couuty. If the
individual voter disapproves of
dirty politics, it does not take long
for the candidate to learn that fact,
and then^rotteu politics disappears
The following is a list of the
candidates for the various offiees:
Ordiuary;
* W. M. Bunch.
R, E L. Culpepper.
Sheriff:
C.’D. Crow.
R. E. Davis.
Tax Collector:
W. II. Taylor.
Mrs. L. M. Cochran.
Tax Receiver:
J. IF Hilliard.
Geo. W. Palmer.
Clerk:
J. F. Hooks.
O- G. Swindle.
Couuty School S. periutendeut:
J. I, D. Miller.
Treasurer:
Jonah Palmer. #
H. O. Shiver.
In the Board of Commissioners
G. B. Baggs, E. E. Wilkes aud
J. B. Miller have no opposition;
while S. B, Buruett is opposing A.
T. Jones iu the Sale City District,
W. B. Lewis is opposing C. B
Cox for re election, and B F.
Send Her Norris"
She deserves the Best.
Just received fresh
shipment by Express.
* Consolidated Drug Co.
TWO PHONES - 32 and 66.
NORRIS CANDIES NYAL REMEDIES
“Take Marshall’s Liver Pills.
They Work While You Rest.”
For Weddings
Our entire stock was selected
piece by pience, our constant pur¬
pose being to choose each article so
that it would be a joy to give it, and
a pleasure to receive it.
j Our stock of silver and plate rep¬
resents the highest conception in
artistic pattern and superb work¬
manship. For wedding gifts, or
personal remembrances, you have a
splendid stock from w hich to select,
and prices that are always reason
able.
W. W. BURNETT
$1.00 PER YEAR.
PELHAM HAS BILL
FOR P. 0. BUILDING
Representative Park is still wag¬
ing his fight to secure for Pelham
a fitting Postoffice Building. Iu
the past he has made more 'than*
one effort to secure for us this
needed building, but his efforts
have always been blocked by more
powerful combination?. Pelham
is deeply appreciative of his de¬
termined efforts in this direction,
and we are hopeful that his de
termiuation will this time be re¬
warded with success.
His bill, which was introduced
ou February 14, calls for an ap¬
propriation of $100,000 for this
purpose, aud was referred to the
Committee o.i Public Buildings
and Grounds.
BOX SUPPER
FRIDAY NIGHT
AT OAK GROVE
We are requested to 'announce
that there wifi be a box supper at
Oak Grove School Friday night,
Feb. 29th.
At 6:30 o’clock the outside show
will be open. At this show will be
shown “The Greatest of North
American Wouders, an odd ani¬
mal with, his head where his tail
ought to be.”
At about 7:00 o’clock the Tiny
r /<■,, r ’ •• 'Mnc*;.. 2 .
staged, with'^\»j..„ ,/cake brides¬
maids and all.
After the wedding will come
supper, aud then other shows, and
a pretty-girl and ugly man contest.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to come out for the
ent ertaiument.
King and G. P. tltrrell are rival
candidates in their district.
