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VOL. 22 NO. 7
GRADUATION
EXERCISES LAST
MONDAY NIGHT
Last Monday night the Pelham
High School graduated with pret¬
ty and impressive ceremony the
largest class in years when seven¬
teen splendid young meu and
women received the certificate that
was theirs as a result of eleven
years of faithful work.
The graduating class was com¬
posed of the following students:
Mary Jane Baggs.
Mary McDonald.
John Zennia Akridge.
Klnora Marshall.
Burdene Hurst.
Elizabeth Harris.
Ruth Welch*
Mary Lou Cranford.
Vertie Prince.
Elizabeth Hilliard.
Sanford Mallard.
Everett Campbell.
Ollie Park Flynt.
Douglas Harrell.
Rudolph Turner.
McCulley Harris.
Prof. R. E. Park of the
English made the address of the
evening. This is the third time
that Pelham audiences have had
the pleasure of hearing Prof. Park
speak to graduating classes, and
his high ideals aud splendid
thoughts never fail to make a
profound impression upon his
audiences. His pleading for the
education of youth is masterly.
DEATH CLAIMS
M RS. FRA NK PARK
Mrs. Frhuk Park, wife of Rep¬
resentative Park, of the Second
Congressional district, died at
White Springs, Florida* Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Park had long been a
ferer, and the past year she had
submitted to two major surgical
operatsons, and it had been known
>° »«' phyS1C ! a ° S a “ d “I? ‘"“X
short time.
Mrs. was L
Springs by Judge Park before he l
went on to Washington to attend
the present session of ConEre f'
and remained there with her for
several weeks. He leturned to
her bedside a month ago in re
ponse to a telegraphic summons,
and remained with her to the end
There is only one child surviv
ing a daughter, Mrs. Riley, who
W as married in Washington some
three three or or four four years years ago. ago. The The
daughter had been with her mother
for two years past, and was at her
bedside Vhe to the last, I
sympathy of the whole peo
pie of the Second District goes out
o Judge Park in his loss, and
Pelhatn feels an especial tenderness
at this hour, as there are many in
this city who hold and enduring
love for the members of this family
that bridges back more than a
quarter of a century, to the days
when they were residents of Pel '
ham.
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wh^ Few of r any kin a anv- y
cTbe crops ar’e ,
wJere c found that pret
’ ArcA
tier tier than man the me seven hundred V. ------ acres .(..m
of tobacco planted around Pelham.
Picking will begin not later than
Monday week.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1924
SHORTY POORE
WINNING HIGH HONORS
Macon, Ga.,—“Shorty” Poore,
of Sale City, has been elected cap¬
tain of Mercer’s 1925,baseball team
Mr. Poore, who is a junior in the
School of commerce at Mercer, has
played three years in the outfield
and has won the commeudation of
students and coaching officials
alike for his work. He played at
leftfield during the season just
closed. His scholarship record
also has been exceptionally for one
who took part in athletics.
He is president of the present
juuior class of Mercer. He
starred during the past football
season, his ability to bolt
opponents’ lines in many
aiding Mescer to make the
on the gridiron that was made.
Car Beans
Shipped Wednesday
The third solid carload of beaus
go out from the* Pelham truck¬
was shipped Wednesday after¬
noon over the F. R. & N. E. K- R
Co. The first car went to Cinciu
natti last week and a car weut
forward Tuesday. The market
has broken very badly within the
last few days aud prices are not as
good as had prevailed up to that
time, but early . aud late prices
taken together have given a fair
outturn to the growers. In addi¬
tion to the carload shipments, Yiun
dreds of hampers are being shipp
ed daily by express.
Moritz Ships
First Tomatoes
.
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Moritz Moritz and ana v~o., Co., who wum have the .—
for packing the crop of
Pelbatu Truck Growers Asso
havg begun the shipment
f thig year , g tQmat0 crop
.
A uu£uber of growers began
uterine Wednesday and the
ent is very satisfactory, but
rowers are suffering heavy
s due (lle destracli od
ms TUe damage in
is as high as fifty per cent
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CLASS A
SUCCESS „ „ _
MARKED IH/UUlLU JUDD J
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The The opera opera house house was was crowded crowded to to
the aisles when the curtain rose for
the first act of “Some Class” which
was produced last Friday night by
the Seniors of the Pelham High
School under the splendid training
of Mrs. J. J- Hill.
The entire program was splen
didly rendered, and the large au
dience was treated to an evening
of genuine p’easure.
-—
.. Xbe packet was in the safe less
| than aQ bour ag0i >> Bunker assert
j eu* gd> ‘‘Someone Dumcuuc on uu board uuolsa this
'via* taken it. This
j was left iu the fdrawer. __ rifled I the
it it is is vours.” yours. Who
What did they seek?
Read The Red Line Trail,
mencing in this issue.
CANTALOUPES
A number of very fine canta
have been shown in Pel
during the last week, the fin
ones being those brought in by
Messrs. T. H. Palmer, H* C
Crosby, Whaley, and Hill aud
Redmond.,. The rivalry between
the growers has been keen, with
the palm gaitig to Hill and Red
moud for the biggest to date, their
’loupe weighing two pounds.
it was brought in the latter
of the week, and the other exhibit
ors claim that their
would have weighed as much
more had they been left to
until them.
SERMON
BY DR. FORRESTER
v
Dr. Forrester of Sparta, who de¬
the • Baccalaureate. Sermon
at the Haud Memorial Methodist
church last Sunday morning,
preached a strong sermon that will
be long remembered by the capac
ity audience that was in attendance
For years one of the leading ed
ucators of the state, Dr. Forrester
knows the mind of youth, and his
sermon contained sound principles
for the !guidance of the splendic
class of graduates that attend in a
body.
ENTIRE SOUTH
POISONING WEEVIL
New Orleans, La , 28— Coufi
deuce in the methods of boll wee
vil control as recommended by
and 1 expert, of .he
of Agncultu . .
States Department
the State Colleges of
ture is every being section of the in cotto yir
belt where there is an organized
'
use by farmers of porsoa mixtures
whrch have been proven y
scientists to have tulle or' ya '“ e
Us a means of boll weevil cont ,
the indications are t a •
major,ty of the farmers who are
using control methods are heeding
the "*> teachings heetl the of the scientists ° f ' Ue just dC °
as
tor w^ ei1 they are ,U -
The argument has been present
ed that tests of poisons have beeu
made only under conditions in one
localily localily . . This This argumeuted argumeuted is
eadily refut ed by reports of the
e xper.ment stations iu prattically
every state iu the cotton beit which
sbow tbat ca i c ium arsenate, used
ia dust f ortn 0 r iu the home mix
ed molasses ^mixture for the pre
L quare sta ge aud the dust only
after tbe blooming begius, increases
tbe yie i d per acre, increases the
money value of the crop aud de
crea.es the cost of production.
The figures iu these reports are
based on tests conducted on plats
where different kinds of poison
j--- 1 used, checked against . each
were nwiv —, —--- ■ -
other n ther aud aud against against uupoisoned uupoisoned plats plats
under the same conditions.
It is significant that the fiudings
of the various experiment stations
so nearly coincide. It also is sig-
MERRITT TO BE
TRAVELING SALESMAN
% has
Mr. J. Monroe Merritt, who
had charge of the clothing depart¬
ment with the Hand Trading Co.,
for fifteen years has resigned his
position to accept a position on the
road.
He will represent the Morotock
Mfg. Co., of Danville, Va., and
M. Margulies & Sons, of New
Yord; botb of which firms are
manufacturers of clothing.
His family will remain iu Pel¬
ham for a few weeks, when they,
will move to North Ga,, either
to Macou or Atlanta.
This good family have hundreds
of friends made during their long
residence in Pelham, who regret to
lose them from our city, and who
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them well in their new home.
OPENS
ntn/IAir’ AuIilWu UA1TCC nUUjL 1
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Mr. W. T. Coulbouro, who ha,
been handling produce iu Pelham
for the past two years, has return
ed to work the Pelham crop again
this year.
The Coulbourus have their head
quarters at Plant City, Fla., and
have had bug experience in this
line of work and we are glad to
welcome them back to Pelham
Their dealings with the growers in
this territory have been very satis¬
factory factory in to the me past, past, and attu they tee, will .....
be offered the handling of a large
per cent of the independent fruit
of this territory.
nificant that for the first time since
the boll weevil invaded the
United States the scientists have
agreed on a definite plan of con
trolling the boll weevil aud have
combiued iu making the same gen
eral recommendations for the en¬
tire cotton belt,
Our Prescription business is grow¬
ing every day, ‘‘There's a Rea¬
son/' Bring us your next pre
scription. Only licensed druggists
in charge of prescription dept.
Consolidated Drug Co.
TWO PHONES - 32 and 66.
NORRIS CANDIES NYAL REMEDIES
GRADUATION
Your or your daughter, or your niece or
son, friend will grad
your nephew, or your young
uate within a few days.
Help them rejoice and celebrate the result of
the years of faithful work.
Give little present that will be kept and priz¬
a which
ed forever. We have a full stock from
you may select.
A/. W. BURNETT
$1.00 PER YEAR.
WOMENS
CLUB MEETING
The Business and Profession a 1
Club held their May
at the home of Mrs. Bar -
Kahn Tuesday evening with
a full attendance, Mrs. Barney
Kahn aud Miss Bertha Jones being
hostessess of the evening.
After the usual routine of busi¬
ness Miss Mattie Jackson, Presi¬
dent, made a most interesting re¬
port of the State Convention of
Business and Professional Women’s
Clubs at Augusta, Ga., last week.
She was the delegate who represeu
ted the Pelham club at the conven¬
tion*.
Pelham has the distinction of
the smallest town ih Geor¬
gia with a Business and Profess¬
ional Women’s Club. The Pel¬
ham Club, however, is a very live
one and is taking an important
part in the town life. One of the
principal accomplishments, so far,
is the promoting of an Associated
here some months ago,
js |uactiM , iDg , very e (
and satisfactory manner.
ROYAL
ARCH MASONS
All members of the Local Chap¬
of Royal Arch Masons are re
to be at the Mason’s hall,
at 8:30 P. M. Friday May 30.
very important business to be at
tended to. Be there without fail.
"We are sailing under sealed
orders,” the captain announced
stiffly No one on board will know
our destination uniil today at
noon.” Why all the secrecy?
Read The Red Line Trail, com¬
mencing in this issue.