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MUSIC CLUB,
PLANS WORK
The study for the Music Club
next year will American composers
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Commercial College
FOR
PELHAM.
it The Georgia College oi Commerce,
i of Brunswick, Georgia,
will put Commercial College here.
Mr. V. E. Mitchell
i is at the Marguerite Hotel to
explain details.
See him at once for
n H scholarship. I
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Driving a Ford is so simple, and requires
so little effort that you are free to de¬
vote all your attention to the problems
of traffic. There is a sense of confi¬
dence in driving a Ford, impossible
with any more complicated motor car.
Detroit, Michigan
SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER
THE PELHAM JOURNAL
with an opera each month. Year
books have been distributed among
the members and a most interesting
program is expected at all meetings
The first meeting will be Septem¬
ber 9tli at four o’clock P. M. in the
club rooms. Club members take
notice.
Miss Birdie Hill returned
week from New York, where
has been attending the
school of Columbia University.
MARRIAGE LAWS
CHANGED IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, Ga.,— All marriages
which have been performed in Geor¬
gia since August 18 and which will
be performed until certain printed
forms can be obtained by ordinaries,
are illegal, and do not comply with
provisions of the bill passed by the
General Assembly, and which
measure became law when Governor
Walker attached his signature Au¬
gust 18, according to Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon.
The measure, which was intro¬
duced by Senator Stovall, of the
29th district, provides that applica¬
tion for marriage licenses should be
filed “five days ahead of issue of
license, to require posting of said
application by ordinaries for this
period of five days” and that in
event these provisions are violated,
a penalty will result. Jt being
pointed out by Secretary of State
McLendon that as no specified date
was provided in the bill signafying
when the measure would become ef¬
fective, it automatically became ef¬
fective when the chief executive at¬
tached his signature.
Therefore, couples who have be¬
come wedded since the Governor
signed the bill August 18 will find
themselves illegally married, ac¬
cording to the secretary of state,
who said he had received a number
of queries by long distance and tele¬
grams inquiring as to “when the
bill was to become effective.” Mr.
McLendon termed the bill as mak¬
ing “a radical change in our marri¬
age laws,” and that such informa¬
tion should at once be communica¬
ted to the people.
It was further pointed out by the
Secretary of State that, under the
construction of the bill, various
questions and answers are required
from the contracting parties which
have to be certified by the ordinary,
and which answers shall be “re¬
corded or attached to the marriage
license.” Since no such marriage
forms are in possesion of the or¬
dinaries, and will have to be print¬
ed, marriages performed until the
ordinaries have complied with
The Future of Farm Land Values
COMPARISON OF UNO VALUES WITH NUMBER OF FARMER BANKRUPTS
PRICE LAND VALUES DEC REASE AS FARM ER BANKR UPTCY^OCEEDINGi
PER
ACRE
When fanners are making money on their crops the value of plow land
runs high and bankruptcies are few. Reverse the situation and the bankruptcy
line takes a straight upward turn. That’s what is happening now. Farmer
bankruptcies are on the Increase, land values are sliding down the scale due
to the slump of agricultural prices since the war.
What does the future hold for farm land owners? Is this the time to buy
or sell?
The Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, after completing a survey of
land values covering a period of sixty years, predicts that high land values are
coming back and that within a decade farm land prices will again be on the climb.
From the days of the Civil war to around 1900 farm land values showed lit¬
tle change. Land was considered a safe Investment. Beginning in 1900 values
began to rise; by 1910 the acre price had doubled. Still land continued to rise
chiefly because of the advance In the prices of farm products.
The war brought higher prices for farm products, crop values Increased.
The result was a land boom. By 1920 the average price of land per acre was
$90, $30 higher thafl In 1917 at the opening of the war. Farm bankruptcies
dropped from 2,000 In 1917 to 1,000 in 1919.
During the prosperity period of the war many farms were bought. Dur¬
ing the land boom it is estimated that 10 per cent of the country’s farms
changed hands. Following the war the collapse In prices of grains and live
stock sent land values tumbling for the first time in twenty-five years. Average
plow land decreased in value from an average of $90 per acre In 1920 to $65 in
1923. Crop values per acre fell from $36 in 1919 to $15 In 1921. During the
past two years there has been a gradual Increase, the average for 1922 being
$20 and last year the average rising to $22. Farmer bankruptcy proceedings in
the federal courts Jumped from 1,000 In 1920 to 8,000 in 1923. More than 8V*
per cent of the land owners in 15 corn and wheat producing states In the upper
Mississippi valley lost their farms.
In twenty-five years the United States should be producing on a domestic
basis In practically everything, unless production makes material Increases.
People are moving from the land. Then the farm-to-city movement will reverse
Itself. Land values will Increase with the price levels. Bankruptcies will de¬
crease with the rise In land values. The present tendency in prices Is down.
They may continue down for a decade. During this time land prices may sag
considerably. But with a return of production prices of farm land will go up.
law, are illegal, in the opinion of
Mr. McLendon.
The Attorney General’s office give
the opinion that while marriages
performed since the law was signed
were not in compliance with the
law, they are of course recognized
by the law, and are absolutely bind¬
ing.
T obacco Market
means live business
houses.’
18 YEARS ADDED
TO LIFE SPAN
New York, N. Y.—Americans
born within the last ten years have
much greater possibility of living
their full span of years than the
older members of their families or
communities.
In two generations the average
duration of life has been increased
from 40 years to 50 years. The
death rate for 1921 was the lowest
ever known in the United States an 1
the expectations of life was tthe
highest.
The average woman has a chance
of living longer than the average
man, statisticians find.
T obacco Market
means business for the
merchant.
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COW IN POUND
Taken up last week: Cream col¬
ored cow with overnick in one ear
and under-nick in the other. Own¬
er can redeem same by paying
pound fees and this ad.
.1. H. Maxwell, C. M.
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T obacco Market
saves time for the far¬
mer,
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Mr. Gilbert Turner, of Tavares,
Fla. is visiting his father Mr. D. L.
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