The Pelham journal. (Pelham, Ga.) 1902-current, August 22, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPelham Journal VOL. 22 NO. 19 COTTON PRICES FAIRLY GOOD Cotton was selling in Pelham Thursday at 25 L cents, basis mid dleing. The receipts are fairly good, be¬ tween 400 and 500 bales having been brought here by Friday morn¬ ing. A great many farmers are gather¬ ing peanuts, and as soon as they can finish that crop, cotton will be¬ gin to roll in. GARFIELD ROBINSON STILLAT LARGE As we go to press Garfield Rob¬ inson is still at large. It will be remembered he was sent up from this county some five or six years ago for the murder of a negro woman and was serving sentence on the public roads of the county. A few days ago he escaped and all efforts to capture him have failed. It is alleged that he has commited a number of crimes since he got out, but we are unable to verify. NEW BOND ELECTION CALLED - yi. In the recent .feond election held for the purpos of issuing bonds for the extension^of the water mains the city not enough interest tak' Vi to carry the election for and it was decided to bold It is caller to be held on Sept. 24. Notice of the c<«iY is gwblished elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. Tobacco Market helps make collections. M. T. PAYNE MEMBER OF COUNCIL At ameeting of the city council held Monday night. Mr. M. T. Payne was chosen by that body as a mem¬ ber of the city council to fill the place made vacant by the death of Mr. 11. 11. Hill. lie was also ap¬ pointed by Mayor A. R. Baggs to serve on the commutes on which Mr. Hill served. Mr. Grover Thigpen, who was al¬ ready a member of the city council, was appointed Mayor protem. I E WILKES IN HOSPITAL Friends of Mr. E. E. Wilkes will be distressed to learn that he is still suffering frjni the nervous breakdown experienced by him re¬ cently. He is now being treated in the Cairo Hospital, and it is hoped that his condition will soon improve to the extent that he can again be up and about. Tobacco Market means new houses. FOR RENT—seven-room resi¬ dence on Curry Street. Apply to Mrs. C. B. Cross, City. tf. * * * Mr. and Mrs. R. L. King and Miss Edna King motored to Savannah for a few days early this week. Mr. King having been called to that city on business. They returned Wednesday. * * * Are you doing your part for a tobacco mar ket? PELHAM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1924 SCHOOL WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER FIRST All children of school age are be¬ coming happy each day as they ap¬ proach the pleasures of another school year. School will open on September 1st. A splendid corps of teachers has been engaged and a large at¬ tendance and a good school yaer -are looked forward to. THEATRE PARTY FORMISS KAHN Miss Annette Kalin, of Pelham. Ga., was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. Aronson, at their residence in Washington Street. Several theater parties were given in her honor by Miss Rosa Lee Ar¬ onson. Miss Kahn left for Pelham, Ga., on August 12, after spending two months in Atlanta.—Atlanta Geor gian. T obacco Market coining if you work for it. AIRSHIP MAKES NEW RECORD Lakehurst, N. J.—The naval di¬ rigible Shenandoah which left here last Friday morning to join the At¬ lantic fleet in maneuvers off the coast, returned to her station Sun ■6»: r and 'i*y>«red. - mast at 5:55 a. m. The vessel was in command of Commander Lands downe. The Shenandoah, acting as scout for a flotilla of destroyers, was as¬ signed to the extreme southern field of the maneuvers, which brought her to apoint 150 miles north ofBer muda according to her commander. Throughout Friday night and all day Saturday the Shenandoah cruis¬ ed over a wide area 300 to 500 miles off the coast. The Shenandoah left Lakehurst at 11:35 a. m. Friday and returned at 2:40 o’clock Sunday morning, es¬ tablishing a new record for length of time in the air. She had traveled approximately 1,300 miles and still had more than two days’ supply of fuel aboard when she reached here. Tobacco Market helps the auto dealers and garages. NEWEST PLANE WEIGHS 480 LBS. An army officer flew 1,300 miles, from Texas to Ohio. You may say “Tliat’s nothing; everybody does it.” But notice the size of this fly ing machine called “Alouette”— spread of wings, 18 feet, total weight, including motor, 480 , pounds. That machine does 20; miles on a gallon of gas, goes 105 miles an hour and could take a traveling man from New York to Chicago in nine hours, across the continent in 3 0 hours. The “Al¬ ouette'’ could be stored on an upper shelf” of a garage, the earth car below, flying car above. Snow in Wyoming light! j Rock Springs, Wyo.-A verv snow greeted the residents of Rock Springs when tthev arose Wednes¬ day morning. The thermometer dropped several degrees during the hours. Tobacco Market helps live stock dealers. 310 PEANUTS ONONE VINE The Journal’s peanut contest is attracting favorable attention from all sides. We have a standing offer open to give a year's subscrip¬ tion to any one who breaks the re¬ cord in our Spanish peanut contest. The old record of 29 5 nuts to one vine made by Mr. W. M. Surles, was passed by Mr. Robt. A. Bush who brought in a vine with 310 nuts growing on it. This vine is now on display in front of our office. Our offer is still open. Anyone who will pass the existing record will get a free subscription for one year, so bring in your vine. For productivity in a large num¬ ber of crops there is no section of the United States that can surpass the fat lands of this section of the state. T obacco Market question discussed next Saturday. MRS. JORDAN LOSES HOME BY Mrs. Ola Jordan’s home and al¬ most all of her furniture was de¬ stroyed by fire Monday night of last week. Her home located in the third ward, just off Barrow Ave., was out¬ side the protection of the fire mains and it was impossible to extinguish the flames. The lpss was partially covered by insurance. - Tobacco Mark e t means better land val¬ ue. CORPORATIONS MUST REGISTER Unless all corporations in the state of Georgia file a certified state¬ ment for registration with the Secre¬ tary of State on or before November 1, 1924, they will be liable to a fine of $50 being imposed, according to official information from that office. All corporations throughout the state are required under an act of the general assembly approved Au¬ gust 16, 1906 to furnish the follow¬ ing information to the Secretary of State for permanent record: Name of corporation; principal office; nature of business; when in¬ corporated; where incorporated; by what authority incorporated; capi¬ tal stock. The first return should be accom¬ panied with a fee of $1 and to cor¬ porations making returns annually thereafter the fee is 50 cents. There are about five thousand corporations in the state of Geor "ia, according to officials in the of fice of the Secretary of State, and to date only about one thousand con cerns have complied with tthe data requested under the law. -- DJuJEilJ DpCC QUfPPFD Oflll I Lit/ BYCARLOAD Clemsoti College, S. C.—Forty million bees have been shipped to Canada, making up what is believed to be the first carload of bees ever shipped of th * south for market purposes ’ wording to an anounce ment made by E. S. Provost, exten¬ sion bee specialist of Clemson Agri¬ cultural college. The shipment was made up of 2,000 packages of bees, each pack¬ age weighing two pounds. It required 2’000 pounds of sugar to feed the bees on the trip. The shipment is valued at $20,000. SONS OF PELHAM RETURNING HOME Pelham has welcomed home with¬ in the past week two of her sons who for the pas t year have been living in other cities. Mr. J. E. Pickron has returned from Macon where he has been for six months in charge of one of the largest service stations of that city. He is now at the head of that de¬ partment of The Hand Trading Company. Mr. H. L. McElvey, who has been in the lumber business in Dothan, Ala., has returned, and is now in The Hand Trading Company grocery department. We welcome these men and their families again in Pelham. We gave them up with regret, and we are glad that the call of home has brought them back to us. T obacco Market will earn good profits. W. G. WEST IS GAINING STRENGTH Mr. W. G. West who has been ill for the past two weeks while visiting ttlie mountains of north Gedrgia is now in the hospital at Gainsville. ,, Latest advices are that he is re¬ covering rapidly and he is expected back home early next week. Tobacco Market helps hotels and restau * * * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ward drove to Boston Sunday afternoon visiting Mrs. Ethel Blanton, who is recuper¬ ating at the home of her mother in that city from an appendicitis opera¬ tion. Mrs. Blanton is gradually re¬ gaining her strength, and her friends look forward to the time when she will be able to return to our city. ice Prompt and Polite For the last twenty-five years, we have specialized in service, and we are now in our prime. Phone us your order and we will see that it is accurately handled and promptly delivered. Consolidated Drug Co. TWO PHONES - 32 and 66. NORRIS CANDIES NYAL REMEDIES Does Your Watch need cleaning? Bring it to us. Perhaps it needs adjust¬ ing and regulating. We can set it right for you. We are expert watch repairers, and if you have trouble with your watch, we can remedy the fault if you will bring the xvatch to us. Reasonable charges also. W. W. BURNETT $1.00 PER YEAR. BIG NIGHT AT CASTLE HALL The Journal had a write-up in last week's issue, “fine times Mon¬ day night.”. This was repeated Monday night, August 18th. Cas¬ tle Hall John B. Gordon Lodge K. of P. pulled of great times. Especially was the team work on the Rank of Esquire good. After the rank work, refresh¬ ments was served and cigars were passed around and all had the-pleas¬ ure of hearing a most wonderful talk by Hon. E. E. Cox The Judge spoke on conditions ex¬ isting socially in the order and esqi illy on the work laid out for each every Knight of Pythias as an in¬ dividual. Visiting brothers were present from Bainbridge, Savannah, Camilla and other points. John B. Gordon Lodge is in a thriving condition and much woft is ahead for the next few weeks. All Knights are urged to come to these meetings. T obacco Market helps build a bigger town. SPECIAL PROGRAM EPWORTH LEAGUE At 7:30 P. M. Miss Frances Led¬ better will have charge of the service for Intermediate and Senior Lea¬ gues. She has had wonderful suc¬ cess in League work and she will have something new to bring to us Sunday F. JVL Let all tthe Leaguers ou tiai, -Vzsttmn! Wcieotiw. COLD DAYS IN AUGUST Salt Lake City. Utah.—the high hills around Salt Lake City and Og denwere lightly covered with snow Wednesday as a result of a storin' Which broke over this section.

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The Pelham journal. (Pelham, Ga.) 1902-current, August 22, 1924, Image 1