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Journal
VOL. 22 NO. 12
JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION
CONTEST ENTERS LAST WEEK,
MISS MARY ADAMS IN LEAD
The Journal’s subscription con¬
test is entering its last week and
next week’s paper will give the
name of the prize wiuuer.*
Only three contestants have yet
entered the contest, but it has
proven very satisfactory to us,
and the last week is being euteied
with au increased enthusiasm on
the part of the young ladies and
their well wishers, as it is possible
to change the entire standing oi
the contest by intensive work dur
iug the coming week.
The votes of the different con
testauts are as follows;
Miss Mary Adams 10,321
Miss Lucile Castlebery 6,713
Miss Louise Spence 4,865
If you wish to help your con
tfstaut win, you must help her
before next Wednesday night
Your vote may be the one that will
decide whether or uot she shall
wiu the graud prize.
JL C. HAYES IS
PAINFULLY HURT
Friends of Mr, H. C. Hayes will
j with regret that he is still
» painfully from a sprained
:h was hurt last week in
after alterations that were being
made in his new store.
The skin over his knee-cap was
deeply scored in the fall, and the
ligaments of the knee strained, and
Mr, Hayes is unable to walk with¬
out great pain. With the best of
care, it will probably be several
weeks before he recovers the free
use of his limb.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT;
SOMETHING NEW
Will be shown at the Dixie
Theatre. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, July 10th, 11th and 12th,
It’s called plastergrams. It is
something you have never seen on
the the screen before. If looked at
through glasses that will be given
to you when you buy a ticket.
(Please return glasses at ticket
office when you come out.) per
sons and objects seem to leave the
screen and come right out in front
of you. The picture will last only
four or five minutes, and will be
shown in addition to regular show,
and no change in price —Adv.
Adams Occupies
Hayes Old Stand
Mr. N. E. Adams of Cotton,
formerly a popular merchant of
this city, has reuted the “old bank
corner” at the corner of Mathew
son and McLauchlin streets, re¬
cently vacated by Mr. J. N.
Hayes, and is opening up a fresh
stock grocery store. He will be
open for business this week,
Mr. Adams and family have
already moved from Cotton, and
are living in the home on Curry
street recently occupied by Mr.
D C Alligood aud family.
PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924
Fences To Remain
By Big Majority
The no fence electiou which was
held Wednesday resulted in a
victory of over two to one in favor
of keeping fences and the open
range, 1108 votes were cast in
: he couuty, of this number 770
vere iu favor of keeping fences
md open range, and 338 in favor
)f the uo-fence law, a majority of
132.
GUY SNIPES GROWS
QUEER QU1LLMEL0N
Mr. H. G. Snipes was showing
to his friends in Pelham last Tues¬
day a freak quillmelon which g.ew
on his farm in Mount Olive settle¬
ment.
It had the appearance of a twin
melon, as the melon divided at the
stem, and the division rau ihe en¬
tire length of the two melons, but
they were joint 1 by a thin section
of rind, no thick - than a piece of
cardboard, from one end to the
other. The melon attracted con¬
siders bl; curiosity wherever it
was shown.
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POULTRY SALE
BIG SUCCESS
The Mitchell Couuty Poultry
Association held another success¬
ful sale Wednesday. Chickens
were received at Pelham and Ca¬
milla and were sold by the Associ¬
ation to Ashburn DistributingiCom
pany of Ashbnrn, Ga.,
The shipments from Pelham was
more than 2,000 pounds and
brought between $500.00 and $600.
00. It is understood the shipment
from Camilla is equally as large.
The Association has been hold¬
ing a co operative sale in the two
points about every three weeks
since April, all the sales being well
patronized. Seventy-five poultry
raeu brought chickens to this sale.
W hile this was the last sale sche
duled for this year; so much inter¬
est was shown, and there are so
many chickens vet unsold, that
another sale will probably be held to
take care of the remaining surplus
MEIGS HAS NEW
DRUG COMPANY
Mr. J. H. Polhill has just pur¬
chased the Winn-Wilkes Drug Co ,
and has taken active charge of
the management of the business,
the name given to the new con¬
cern being the Meigs Drug Compa¬
ny.
Mr- Polhill comes to Meigs from
Thomasville, where he has resided
for some time. He is a licened
druggest and understands the bu¬
siness thoroughly, and the people
of our sister city will join us in ex¬
tending him a cordial welcome to
the community.
MARSHALL BUYS
CONTROLLING SHARE
IN DRUG STORE
The friends of Mr. B. K. Mar¬
shall are glad indeed to learu that
within the last week he has bou¬
ght from Mr. D. C. Barrow and
associates the stock which they
heretofore owned in the Consolida¬
ted Drug Co,,
The purchase of this stock, ad¬
ded to that which was already
owned by Mr- Marshall gives him
a controlling interest in this flour¬
ishing concern.
During the years of their resi¬
dence in Pelham Mr. Marshall
and his charming family have
made warm friendships and it
will be welcome news to all to
learn that Mr. Marshall is making
futher investments here.
The continued prosperity of the
Consolidated has been largely due
to the able management of Mr,
Marshall, and his friends predict
a continuation of the fine business
that has always gone to that house.
CROP OUTLOOK
BRIGHT IN MITCHELL
The outlook from an agricultural
standpoint is brighter iu Mitchell
County than iu many years. The
before. Despite the recent rains
very few boll-weevils have beeu
found in the fields. The business
men of Pelham have been urging
the farmer to contiuue the poison
ing process and fight the weevil to
the last ditch.
Tomatoes were not successful in
the markets and although the can
taloupes are of au excellent flavor
this year they are selling to a dis¬
advantage because the California
crop now competing on the north¬
ern markets.
Fortunately the acreage to canta¬
loupes aud tomatoes is very limited
and the farmers are still hopeful
of a prosperous fall season.. To
bacco is very fine aud is going in¬
to the curing barns all over the
county. This gives, perhaps, bet¬
ter promise than any other just at
this time.
MEIN’S BIBLE CLASS
Last Sunday morning Mr. Will¬
iam Moritz, of the J. B. Moritz Co.
Philadelphia, addressed the Men’s
Bible Class of the First Baptist
church much to the delight and ed¬
ification of the large class who
heaid him. It was one of the deep
est spiritual sei vices ever held in
the class, and those who were there
were loud in. their praise of the
many beautiful and helpful lessons
our good Brother brought them
from his own Christian experience
and from the 14th chapter of Luke
which he read and discussed.
Mr. Moritz is a deacon in his
church, the Bridesburg Baptist
church of Philadelphia, aud also
Supt. of his Suuday school. The
class has enjoyed having him
meet with us from time to time
during his stay in Pelham, and he
has a standing invertatiou to at¬
tend every meeting of the class as
loug as he remains iu our city.
The Class Teacher.
700 ACRES OF
FINE TOBACCO
In conversation with a Journal
representative Thursday, Mr. 1. E
Webb, demonstrator for a large
number of the tobacco farmers of
this section, stated that the tobacco
crops of this section were as fine
as could be found in the State of
Georgia.
He asked that we publish the
following advice to tobacco grow
ers.
It is necessary to pick the suck¬
ers every week. If they are allow¬
ed to stay on the stalk they draw
the strength of the plant, and per¬
ish the leaves, and the result will
be au inferior grade, and a low
price on sale day,
Take your tobacco out of the
barn when it is just dry enough
handle without “crumbling”
Watch your tobacco after it is
cured and. packed down. Fully
ten per cent of the crop is lost by
begiuners after it has beeu cured,
as tobacco will absorb moisture
during a wet spell aud mould bad¬
ly. Examiue it every two or three
days, and if it is too damp it should
be opened up on a dry day, in the
middle of the day aud stacked in
single rows and left until the mid¬
dle of the afternoon and then pack
down again. This will dry out the
excess moisture and save you from
this loss.
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Friday, July 4th., being a Nat
ional Holiday, the two banks
the city will not be open lor busi
ness on that date.
Farmers Bank of Pelham.
First National Bank of Pelbam,
Subscribe lor The Journal
“CANNING TIME”
Full Line of Spices, Pre¬
serving Acids and Paro
wax.
COME TO SEE US,
Consolidated Drug Co.
TWO PHONES - 32 and 66.
NORRIS CANDIES NYAL REMEDIES
YOUREX
The Yourex box will keep your table
silver bright and clean without poiish
ing. Call in and we will show you.
Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money back.
W. W. BURNETT
$1.00 PER YEAR.
DEM. CONVENTION
STILL DEADLOCKED
Eclipsing all records for pro¬
longed ballotiug save one, the
Democratic national convention
was still deadlocked as tightly as
ever Thursday, with no indication
of how soon the break would come.
When the adjournment uutil the
night session was taken after the
fifty-fourth ballot McAdoo had
suffered a net loss for the day of 76
votes and stood at 427, These
losses came from changes on the
part of delegates from Mississippi,
Missouri and Oklahoma. The
Smith workers meantime appeared
contented with the showing made
by the New York governor, who
! about held his own during the
day.
The votes of the leaders at the
end of the 54th ballot were Mc¬
Adoo, 427; Smith, 320)4; Ralston,
94; Davis, 62.
12,114,00 Bale Crop
This Year’s Forecast
Washington,— A cotton crop of
12,114,000 bales this year was fore¬
cast today by the department of
Agriculture.
The condition of the crop ou
June 25 was 71.2 per cent of nor¬
mal, compared with 65.6 on May*
25 this year, or 69.9 on June 25
.last year, and 7.4-§ The average ou
June 25 fer tile fas. ten years. 1
The area of cottou in cultivation
!is about 40,403,000 acres, au in
crease 1,702,000 acres or 4.4
per ce, “ as com P ared with the re
vised estimate of acreage in culti¬
vation a year ago.
Mr- C. L. Gantt of Wauchula,
Fla., is spending several days vis¬
iting relatives back in the old
home county.