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Ike Pelham Journal
VOL. 22 NO. 1
REVIVAL SERVICES
MAY THE FIRST
Announcement has been made
that a series of joint revival meet¬
ings will be held at the Hand
Memorial Methodist church be"
giniug about May first. The
preaching will be done by the pas¬
tor, Rev. C. M. Ledbetter, assist¬
ed by Rev. j. D. Deans, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, with pos¬
sibly a sermon occasionally by
visiting ministers who may attend
the services from time to time.
The Wisdom Sisters have been
secured for the revival, and, ac
cording to what we have heard
about the wonderful singing ren
dered by these gifted young ladies,
a treat is in store for the people of
Pelham.
Here is what the Commerce
News says about the Wisdom Sis¬
ters, who recently assisted in a
similar meeting in that city:
“Those consecrated Christian
ladies with their charming voices
spent a week here, assisting with
their gospel songs from Monday
night uutil the closing service Sun¬
day night. They came at the in¬
vitation of the pastor and the offi
cial board. The only mistake the
pastor and the board made was in
that they had them only one week
instead of two weeks. They con¬
stituted a drawing card that sur¬
passes any feature our people have
ever known. Some days and
nights the weather was very un¬
favorable, but despite that fact the
people flocked to the church at
every service and the attendance
increased at every service. At
many of the services, it was diffi
cult to seat the great crowds who
came to hear these ladies sing,
and came, we trust, to hear the
gospel preached and came to wor
ship. If they came merely
through curiosity, doubtless no one
came whose heart was not touched
by the power of the gospel as pro
claimed by the pastor and sung by
these Missouri ladies. There was
but one comment from anybody
who heard them and that was: “I
never heard any thing like it in
all my life.” Best of all these
girls sang the the old time songs
from their hearts. They sang an
experience that they possessed
themselves. It was the gospel in
song. They came to us as stran
gers, known ouly to a very few of
our people, but when they left they
had made in a brief period, many
hundred new friends.”—Commerce
News.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
IN MEIGS
Pastor W. B. Feagins of the
First Baptist church is conducting
a sweeping and glorious revival
meeting iu the Baptist church at
Meigs, this week. Crowded
houses every night and large con¬
gregations each afternoon
greeting the evangelist. Many
Pelham people are going both af¬
ternoon and night, and lending
their co-operation in making this
a great city-wide revival. There
have been many conversions and
accessions to date, and much inter¬
est in being shown by the men and
women of the church and town.
All those in Pelham who can at¬
tend, are urged to do so. The
meetings may go on into next
week.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924
SEVERE TORNADO
HITS MITCHELL
Early Monday night one of the
most destructive storms in a num¬
ber of years swept over the western
portion of Mitchell county, destroy¬
ing several thousand dollars worth
of timber, demolshiug houses, lay¬
ing miies of fences flat and doing
untold damage to crops. Two
persous are reported seriously hurt
as a result of the storm. The
path of the tornado is said to have
been half a mile wide and abont
two 'miles in length, and was ac¬
companied by a terrific down pour
of rain, hail aud lightning.
Cal Davis, a negro farmer, and
his wife, were seriously injured
when their home was demolished
by the tornado. They lived on the
plantation of Leon Harrison.
The home of W. M. Faircloth, a
white farmer, was almost complete¬
ly wrecked by a falling tree aud
heavy wind.
Hailstones large enough to break
windows fell over a two-mile area,
causing great damage to young
crops.
A tenant house, barn and water
tauk on Dr. F. L. Lewis’ place,
six miles west of Camilla, were
blown down.
The tornado lasted during a per¬
iod of about three minutes, and
heavy rain fell for about one hour.
BOY SCOOT
DRIVE LAUNCHED
At a meeting held in the office
of Mr. F. D. Hollis Tuesday morn¬
ing, plans were made for the launch¬
ing of a drive for funds for main¬
taining and fostering the Boy Scout
movemeut in this county. The
meeting was called on the sugges¬
tion of Mr. L. D. Hand, County
Chairman for Mitchell county, and
a number of business men of the
town were present.
VV. C. Cooper, R. L-King, Grov¬
er Thigpen, A. R. Baggs, Fred
Hollis, C. L. Hurst and L. D.
Hand were named as a committee
to put aver the drive at Pelham.
It was planned for one of these
gentlemen to give an address at the
Dixie Theatre, and to have some
one to give a five minutes talk next
Sunday morning at each of the
churches of the city, if satisfactory
with the pastors, setting out the
importance of the drive at this
time.
Scout Executive Bagby of Noch
away Council was here and assis¬
ted in laying out the plans for the
drive. In the course of his report¬
er he stated that this was the first
rural council to be organized in the
United States, and that it is quite
a success. Three and a half years
ago there were only two troops in
the territory, with a membership of
60 boys, and today there are 50
troops with a membership of about
1000 boys. There are five troops
in Mitchell county, two at Pelham,
one each at Sale City, Camilla and
Baconton.
The Boy Scout movement is a
good thing for the boys, and it is
to be - hoped that those who have
the drive in charge will receive the
hearty support and co-operation of
the citizens the town.
Mrs. L. A. Shepherd was called
to Monticello, Fla , last week to
the bedside of aer sister, Mrs. B.
F. Faglie, who was ill from pneu¬
monia and died April 8th. She re¬
turned home this week and
accompanied by her father, Mr,
James Ward, and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Tames Ward, Jr., of Houston,
Texas.
ATOU ACCIDENTS
THE PAST WEEK
This has been an unlucky week
among our folks, a number of ac
cidents having happened to Pel¬
ham people the past few days.
The first one was that of Mr. D.
L. Turner’s Franklin, which over¬
turned Sunday night about three
miles below Meigs on the Dixie
Highway. The car was driven by
Mr. Gilbert Turner, in company
with Mr. McCully Harris and
Misses Elizabeth Harris aud Mary
McDonald
Mr. Turner states that he was
driving along at a moderate rate
when he suddenly came upon an
auto parked by the roadside with¬
out lights, and not seeing it uutil
he was too close to slow down
much, he was forced to make a
quick turn to keep from runing iu
to it, overturning the car aud piu
niug its occupauts underneath.
Aside from a severe shake up aud
a good scare, all escaped without
any serious injuries. The car was
pretty badly wrecked. An Albany
gentlemeu picked up the young
people and brought them to town.
Auother accident was that of Mr.
G. G. Busby whose car was run iuto
by a car belonging to Mr. G. R.
Brock about 8 o’clock Wednesday
evening on the road 3 miles south
of town, both cars sustaining con¬
siderable damages.
Iu the car with Mr. Busby were
three small children, those of his
brother, aud in Mr. Brock’s car
were his son and two other young
Sehr ; Air‘5r'm occupa'nts • of
these cars escaped without any
serious injuries.
Another accident was to a car
driven by some young ladies from
Meigs, whose names we failed to
learn. They were driving along
one of the main business streets of
the city when one of the wheels ran
off. Other than a good scare none
of the young ladies were hurt,
BETTER BABIES WEEK
On next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday there will be held at the
city hall in Camilla what is known
as “Better Babies Week,” and the
good people of Camilla have been
adveitising the occasion extensive¬
ly, and nothing will be left undone
to make it a success.
The hall will be equipped with
charts, illustrations, bulletins, etc.
as well as all the varvious seriums,
antitoxines, vaccines aud other
agents for combatting communica¬
ble diseases.
There will be speakers each day
who are experts on the subiect of
proper and improper foods, clothing
etc., for babies. Among the speak¬
ers are: Governor and Mrs. Cliff¬
ord Walker; Miss Verna B. Thorn¬
hill, of the United States of Public
Health Service; Mr. N. H. Ballard,
State Superintendent of Schools;
Dr. Joe P. Bowden, Director of
Division of Child Hygiene, U. S.
Department of Labor and of the
Georgia State Board of Health;
Dr. Theodore Toepel, Atlanta,
Georgian; Dr. John W. Daniel, of
Savannah, President of the State
Medical Association; Dr.Kirkland,
Director of Child Hygiene of the
State of Florida; Miss Anne Simp
son, of the United States Public
Health Service, and many others.
Iu addition to these lectures
there will be moving or slide
pictures showing every phase of
Child welfare work.
Dr. C. O. Rainey, County
Health Commissioner, and Miss
Mortimer Schley, Home Demon
slratiou Agent, are bending every
effort to make the occasion a
success, and every mother and
father in the county should attend
and learu all they can on this j
important subject.
ORDAINED AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
There was held last Sunday at
o’clock P. M. at thq, First Bap¬
Church, beautiful and impres
ordination service, when
Messrs. J. N, Hayes, J. T. Flynt
L. J. Powell were ordained to
office of Deacons of this
Church.
The presbytery was composed of
Rev. W. B. Feagins, D. H. Parker
of Meigs, Ga., aud O. S. Thomas;
the following local deacons attend
ing: D. Kierce, G. L.S uiith, j. M.
Merritt, F. C. Gammage, C. J
Hurst, W. M. Harrell, B. U.
Curry aud A. J. Cook.
Pastor W. B. Feagins acted as
Moderator, and C. J. Hurst was
elected Clerk.
The candidates were subjected
to the usual examination by the
presbytery. The examination,
being satisfactory to the presbytery
I). Kierce, Chairman of the Board,
then presented the candidates, J.
N. Hayes, L, J. Powell aud J. T.
Flynt to the presbytery for ordina¬
tion.
A motion was made and carried
by the Church authorizing the
presbytery to proceed with the or¬
dination. The Moderator theu
read several passages from the
Bible touching ou the qualifica
tions of Deacons-after which he
led the ordaining prayer-closiug
by the laying ou of bauds by the
presbytery aud local deacons.
The Moderator then presented
Bro. D. H. Parker, Pastor of the
Meigs CH^h.
and impressively delivered.
Following the charge, Bro. S. O.
Thomas presented the Bible to the
candidates, urging them to read
and study it aud let it be their
guide always. This presentation
of the Bible- was instructive and
impressive.
The service was concluded by
giving the hand of Christian fel¬
lowship to these newly elected dea¬
cons and their wives.
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CHERO-COLA PLANTS
CHANGE HANDS
A deal was consummated last
week whereby the Chero-Cola
Bottling Co , of Albauv and Ca¬
milla aud the plant at Sauford Fla.
chauged hands. The Sauford
plant was owued jointly by Mr.
VV. G. West of this city aud the
estate of the late Mrs. W. H. But¬
ler, aud was under the manage¬
ment of Mr. W. R. Groveusteiti.
Messrs- West and Groveistein be¬
came the owners of the plants at
Albauy and Camilla, and the Al¬
bany aud Camilla per pie took
over the Sauford plant. The con¬
sideration necessary to make the
deal was around $10,000.
The plants at Albauy aud Ca¬
milla are good oues aud the new
owners feel that they have made a
good deal. Mr. Grovensteiu will
be general Manager of the new
plants, while Mr. West states that
he will give some of his time to
looking after the affairs of the
business, The new management
took charge of the business last
Saturday.
JURORS TAKE NOTICE
This is to notify all traverse jur¬
ors summoned to serve next week
that they will not be required to
appear for service next Mouday
as the court will adjourn this week
will be expected to appear for ser¬
vice.
Please take due notice and
govern yourselves accordingly.
This April 18, 1924.
C- I). Crow, Sheriff.
Mrs. C. E. Glausier and son
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spent last Thursday with Mrs. j.
F. Cardin at Ochloekuee.