Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

CAMILLA ENTERPRISE. p Jf)L lsHED EVERY FRIDAY* AU fcN, Editor and Publisher Official organ of Camilla, Ga., • . And Mitchell county • • B it^red at Camilla, Ga., post fire as second-class matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE TEAR - - - $1.00 -iX MONTHS - .50 TELEPHONE NO. 64. FRIDAY. JAN 29. 1904. Marietta, Ga., suffered the io s by fire of Si 50.000 worth of property one day last week. The old veterans of Bibb coun¬ ty will receive $18,000 from the elate this year in pension money. Gen. Stephen D. Lee succeeds Gen. Gordon as commander-in chief of the United Confederate Veterans ThomasVilie lost ten of her prisoners last week by their cut ling|thrOUgh the wall with an axe. One returned and gave himself up,another was captured at Cool sdge and eight are still at large. A cyclone visited the little town <<f Moundville near Tuscaloosa, Ala., last Thursday, destroying every business house except one, killing 37 people an l injuring more than a hundred. Volumn one, number one; of the Lyons Progress is the latest addition to the newspaper field that has found its way to this of¬ fice- It is a five column, eight page paper, neatly printed and well edited Mr. L. W. Moore is t-» he congratulated upon the ap¬ pearance of the first issue of \ s paper. 1 Dress, ...... Goods and Notions Department, “ » We are beautiful daily receiving lines in Embroidery, Laces, Percales, Madras and Ginghams. Also a large factory shipment of the famous W. T. Corsets. Come early and make your selection. ff — font's Furnishing Goods Department — New arrivals in Hats, Shirts, Neckwear and Shoes Hardware and Furniture Departments faM S| In these lines we have all that can he desired for the home or farm. Call on us and we can prove W E| to vou that our buyers have done well, making it unnecessary for you to order from cities as has been ||§ $E tlie ease. Give us your patronage and we Yours will prosper Truly, together as well as maintain the Largest Si jlj| Department Store south of Macon. J C. TURNER, President T. R. BENNETT, V.-Pres. and Gen. Man’gr The Rowan county volcano in Sugar Loaf Mountain turns out *> b « a moonshine stiii which was located in a cave in the mountain, the smoke ascending through a crevice in the top of the moun¬ tain. Congressman. Griggs is au for the statement that Thomas and, Brooks counties have never been included in the bill for a new federal division, with headquarters at Albany, and that Decatur and Berrien have been stricken therefrom at their own request. Judge New nan is said t > be willing to the new division, and it is thought the bill creating it will become a law before the close of the ses sion.—Gazette. The Valdosta Times says: It may be interesting to some who have slipped iu ‘‘just a few words” of writing in a package of paper or merchandise mailed at the lower rates te their friends, to learn that the abuse has become so com mon that postmasters have been instruct¬ ed to examine such packages and report if writing is frand, to the department officials. The next the senders kno w will he a visit from a deputy United States marshal with a warrant of arrest. On last Saturday the people of Chicago were given another shock on account |jof their fear of fire, which broke out in the Ma¬ sonic temple, a twenty story sky scraper, within one square of the fatal Iroquois Theater in which so many people recently lost their lives. About twp thousand peo¬ ple occupy tho Masonic temple and it required heroic work on the part of the elevator men and firemen to prevent the loss of life from the fire which was occasion¬ ed by the explosion of chemicals in a doctors office on the fifth floor. THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN IS ON. The People oi Mitchell County Must Say by Their Votes Whether the County Shall be “Wet or Dry.” By reference to notice pubhsh ed elsewhere in this issue of the Enterprise* it will be seen that the Ordinary has ordered an election to be held on Saturday the 27th day of February to de¬ termine whether or not Mitchell county shall remain “dry” and retain its place among the large number of prohibition counties of the state or whether it shall be “wet” and counted among the proportionately few counties that are now selling intoxicating liquors, either in open barrooms or in dispensaries. It is true that in many Prohi¬ bition counties the noted “blind tiger” is to hfe found and this is a source of argument against prohibition by those who would prefer to see licensed t aerooms opened up all over their county, or tfho would prefer to have their county itself engage in the business through the dispensary. The “blind tiger” flourishes only" where the people allow them to flourish, because of the fact that they think it is the business of the officers of*thc law to look them up and report them to the court, and sometimes when cases are made and convictions are se cured the court only imposes a light fine and the “tiger” is not hurt much, only made more cautions, but produces fewer vic¬ tims than either the open bar¬ room or the dispensary. The results achieved in Terr -11 and Floyd counties by having dispensaries- is a source of ar¬ gument that will be made use of by those who favor the sale of liquor in their county with the selfish view of making the men who drink whiskey pay the taxes j of the county and doubtless many will say that this is right and would, by their vote, commit their county to the policy of be¬ ing bar-keepers for tne sake of a little pei.senai gain. There is no real argument in favor of the licensed barroom for these benefit no one but the pro¬ prietor, for the license tax will not compensate the extra police force that would be required to enforce law and erder in the communities in which tho saloon is located. These are the places where social drinking Is fostered and it is the social glass that makes tne greatest number of drunkards and brings the great¬ est amount of sorrow anu want to many homes. The editor of the Enterprise as an individual is a prohibition¬ ist, because he honestly believes that it is right that all the pro¬ tection possible should be given to the man who cannot withstand temptation, but so far as the pa* per is concerned, as stated in our Salutatory last week, it is not the organ of any individual or faction and editorially it ^ill not have anything further to say for or against the question at issue; however its coluifms are opened to those who wish to discuss the question and will pay for the space they use in the paper at one cent a word. Services at Baptist Church on Fifth Sunday. Rev. A. S. Atkinson, of Vienna will preach at the Baptist Church in Camilla on the 31st of this month, morning and evening- A Call to Prohibitionists. In this week,s, paper appears notice of Local Option elee ion. As chairman of last Central Pro¬ hibition Committee, I presume it is my duty to take some action and therefore ask all frier,d3 of temperance who are opposed to the sale of liquor in Mitchell county to assemble at the Court House in Camilla, next Wednes¬ day at 11 a. m., for the purpose ef organizing and taking such other iteps as may be considered advisable. By calling the election on Sat¬ urday and allowing only one week for registration the Ordina ry has given every advantage to the advocates of whiskey and it is necessary for the friends of temperance to take prompt and dec sive action if we succeed. Register at once and be pre¬ pared to vote. M. E. Bush. Camilla, Ga., Jan. 38, 1904. The Difference. The farmer who follows the all-cotton phantom rejoices in prosperity when the price of the staple is high and wrestles with adversity when it is low. The farmer who diversifies his crops making his farm self-sustaining is prosperous under all condi¬ tions, for he has more net profit in a bale of cotton which sells at 8 cents a pound than has the all¬ cotton planter in a bale which sells at 12 cents.—Albany Hei a’d There is no real success in farming unless the fanner makes cotton as a surplus crop. Fire Insurance, J. C. Turner, Agent. represents the following Fire In¬ surance Companies: Liverpool and London and Globe. Hartford Fire. Homs insurance Oof N- Y. Greenwich Insurare 8 Co YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED