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MUSIC CLUB, PLANS WORK The study for the Music Club next year will American composers \mp jsM 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 H 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. * * * 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. # * * T obacco Market saves time for the far¬ mer, + * * Mr. Gilbert Turner, of Tavares, Fla. is visiting his father Mr. D. L. r