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CAMILLA ENTERPRISE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY* to A AlUN, Editor and Publisher Official organ of Camilla, Ga., * . And Mitchell county * • Kn x rr>d at Caro 1 11a, Ga-, post of¬ fice as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ■ E YEAR - Sl.f'O MX MONTHS - - - -5fii TELEPHONE NO, 64. FRIDAY, JAN 22. 1904. Notice To P;. irons. All patrons of ih* Camilla En¬ terprise avo hereby notified that the undersigned has contracted for all past due subscriptions, which are now payable to me or •uthorizei agent alone. All paid nee subscriptions will be d to date to which they are •Vf. M. E- Bush, the former edit, r and publisher, will collect lor e .1 advertising accounts up to and deluding the issue of January 15th, After that date all accounts to the Enterprise are due and payable to W. A. Allen. Judge . 3 . B. Bower has an n meed his candidacy for re*elee t< >n to the otfioe of Judge of the t’ity Court of Bainbridge. Judge B’r.wir sas.iuf.geof the Superior Court A the Albany Circuit for a number of years and has many f muds in Camii, a ur ,d Mitchell > Munty who wish him success in ins rack for 'ho plu .« he seeks. The Tifron Cotton Mills, at the : r ■irnual meeting, declared a semi¬ annual dividend of 2 * per cent, 'he mills show a net profit of 321,000 for tho past year. Good Til e Here. Christmas is coming mould w ant to make « -We have just opened up |s suitable for presents, to*-;?] w Roger's Genuim lated Silverware : Isa Puff boxes, Jewel, wwls, Crumb trays And many small notions in si!- Mention to a line of new things in i f““"I r U I RE. fj Book Cases, Writing Desks, ;ks, Easels and Rocking Chairs, || %r i See kirebases.. Sompany, ffiNNETT, V.*Pres. and Gen. Man’gr* Valedictory. With this isW my connection with tho Enterprise comes to an end. My ejsnerk-nce in the newspaper wink lias not been altogether unplea -ran t and I leave the work with r?gret. At my request tin- di rectors of the En te prise have released, me from my contract for the year. The paper passes: into good hands. Mr. W* A. Allien is a newspaper man of large experience, he knows how to run a country weekly and will give the Enter¬ prise subscribers a good, clean, readable paper. Let me, in tak¬ ing leave of our subscribers, ask for Mr. Alien your hearty co op¬ eration in his work. Give him the patronage he needs and he will give you jihe paper you de¬ serve Give him your he.’p and ’encouragement in every lauda¬ ble- enterprise and let’s all work together for bur town and coun ty. A tow A and- c.-umty are largely judged by the county newspaper. Let us help to make the Enterprise a sheet worthy ef on r g rowing section. In taking ftn'al leave of the En¬ terprise 1 wish to publicly ex¬ press my .appreciation of the help rendered me by Mr. R. L. W : ggins. Jr If anything in the Ehtorprise tins been worthy of note or praiiso, the credit is due to Mr- Wiggins vylio has given of his time and energy without stint in an effort to make the pa¬ per a success. If anything call¬ ing for blank 1 or censure, charge that to me and the devil. M. E- Bush, " •*-~*‘*-«'■ Joel Chamber Harris has re¬ sumed editorial work on the At¬ lanta Constitution, after a rest of several months “1’ncfo Remus” is one of the best writers in the state and the Constitution is to be congratulated upon getting him back into harness. Salutatory. Enterprise, , ^ lfch tln3 ,ssue the writer of th i Camaia assumes > control of the paper /as editor | and lessee proprietor:/and while it is true we have hatjfabout thir- [ tj yeai-sexperience Ln the print- ' mg business more d 1an eighteen ; of which have been /pent in the > editorial and business manage* ment “fear of and one paperj, yet it is wita trembling” that we undertake management the editorial and bus¬ iness of the Enter prise, well knowing, from penence, that no one man c-.f please “all the people all time.” ] We have m> promises to nu, other than tl/at we shall strive the utmost of our ability, to j to the people of Cain ilia Mitchell county a clean, newspaper,' printing only concerning such matters things as# will be to the to rest of the town and having ter a motto “Say j good. v>e can for the tii county and her people the bad unsaid.” In matters political j terpr-se will continue I ocratic in policy but v| km the cause of no ca th alter lie has been 4 ncminoe of tl«j partyj represent. In local affairs j wants it under* too ter prise will not b| any individual or dividuals or facto | their argument^ such claims price th as| nj able compensijj rendered. We have not the Bntorprii of trying to aj to rial fatoe, bubbles in the life of a editor. Our aim shah be to present the claims of Ca rB ^j a an( j Mitchell county to the rea ^j n£r public in such a way as a t lrac - attention and draw caj ntal and desirable emigration our town and countv and in retBTQ {or this effort we shall ex ,w C t the co-operation of all good opfe ot tlie county, and suffic lit patronage from those inter¬ red to make the paper seif jstaining. j The Enterprise is your news Iper. We have simply con rreted to edit and publish it for In and in our work we invite len criticism and not private Indemnatk a. In matters of jblie jnfidenee interest, give us your and let us know what fu desire of us W. A. AU.es. he initial number of the Cairo ssenger has been received at is office, and is a credit to the ri\e CaraiHaites, Messrs. Ad- 8 , Kolbie and Walker, who ve cast their lot with the peo of Cairo, with the view of let g the world know something ut what that hustling town is mg the resources of that see n of 'he state and lo make a ping, for themselves. The En EHPR1SE will venture the asser m that if the business men of lire will give them a living pat Inage, jange they will give, in ex a good live newspaper. :»e is absolutely necessary to the Iher, __ [Our [li, young fritnd Albert Rus~ who served the Superior iiurt of the Albany Circuit as Jenographer for a number of pars, is a candidate for re-clrc jn to the office of Solicitor of |e CHy Court of Bainbridge. le editor of the Enterprise lah >s you success, friend Albert. Lee’s Birthday Celebrated. We wish to congratulate our High School upon its celebration of the birthday of General Rob¬ ert E. Lee. Hero worship of this kind we cannot have too much. Especially is it the best of opportunities to instill in the plastic minds of our coming men and womenkhe great principles of Christian patriotism concret¬ ed in the lives of such men as our beloved Lee General Lee lived in those times that tested men. and he from ail the rest was most puU iically and thoroughly tried, but the most ardent supporters of the opposing party today declare his record safe from attack, his life pure and hiss character un¬ touched. Duty was truly his watchword and right his only, desire. In the great fratricidal conflict he occupied a position which no Soldier before nor since could possibly have con¬ templated. Magnificently aloof from the rabble, like some uu lugeuded personage natively superhu¬ man, he stood in his ma¬ jestic reserve with both armies beseeching his leadership. De¬ cision in favor of the right, as best he could see, placed him at the head of the champions of the Smith although from his thor¬ ough acquaintance with the Uni¬ ted States army he .knew their cause must inevitably be tost, and he fought as never man iought. The simple r-cord of to the imagination- He could not because no Inan coukl. In defeat oui hearts are linked with his.and we but love him the more while his later life of peace en¬ gaged the spontane ms admira¬ tion of the whole nation. We will never cease to love our Lee. Wc want our children to love him also. We want his splendid life kept ever to be their model. To this end we heartily commend the recent celebration by our High School, only hoping that next year the exercises will be more elaborate and th.it the whole city will attend. *