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lAIVULLA
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY*
WALTER A. ALLEN
Rhmm asw publisher
Official organ of Camilla, Ga.,
• • And Mitchell county • •
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TELEPHONE NO. 64.
FRIDAY, FEB 5. 1904,
Valdosta will probably issue
about $75,0<XL worth of bonds,
835,000 for arm ex to school bui ld¬
ing and |85,000 for street paving.
Abbeville, Ga., had her first
legal hanging on last Saturday,
vben Tom Carithers, colored,
was hanged for the murder of H
L. Bird, a white man, in June ol'
last year.
Otis Bell ehi t and killed Sel¬
lars Johnson, at Moultrie, last
Saturday night. Both are col*
ored men and fell out over some
trivial matter. Bell made his
escape, but the officeA are mak¬
ing a vigilant search for him.
The following interesting an¬
nouncement comes from Thom
asville: “The Times Enterprise
has purchased the South Geor
giaProgress. Mr. Blanton, for¬
mer owner and editor of the
Progress, will be with theTimes
Euterprise.
State School Commissioner
Merritt has called ohe attention
of the teachers to the fact
under the new school book law,
books in use Jin the public
schools can be exchanged for the
now books by paying the dif¬
flI T m— Dross Goods and Notions Department
We Xa«uf ruuoi”u Embroidery, Laces, Percales, Madras and Ginghams.
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Also a large faitory shipment of the famous W. T. Corsets. Come early and make your selection
Gent's Furnishing Goods Department m,
New arrivals in Hats, Stiirts, Neckwear and. Shoes
Hardware and Furniture Departments
In these lines we have all that can be desired for the home or farm. Call on us and we can prove bM
to you that our buyers have done well, making it unnecessary for you to order from cities as has been |g||
the case. Give us your patronage and we will prosper together as well as maintain the Largest li
Department Store south of Macon. Yours Truly, , &M
TURNER, President BENNETT, V.=Pres. and Gen. Man’gr
ference, regardless of the condi*
tion of the books. The exchange
will be made at the regular ex¬
change price no matter how bad¬
ly used the book may be. This
is important to those who have
books to exchange.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, as manager
of the State Department of Agri¬
culture has made such progress
as must be exceedingly gratify¬
ing to all taxpayers. The net
earning capacity of the depart¬
ment is now about $40,000 per
annum, and is steadily increas¬
ing, as is the departments ser¬
vice to the farmers. A whole¬
some change has been wrought
since Mr. Stevens was plated at
the head of the State Agricultur¬
al Department. ‘
The South Carolina Legisla¬
ture has passed 4 constitutional
amendment providing for bien¬
nial sessions for itself, both
houses agreeing that it would be
a good thing to have less legisla¬
tion and more good laws The
amendment will now go to the
people for ratification, and there
can be no reasonable doubt that
they will vote for biennial ses¬
sions- It is estimated tnat the
change will save to the taxpayers
not less than $100,p00 every four
years; and' furthermore, the
state will profit from the fact
that there will be fewer half-bak
ed laws placed upon the statute
books. There are at present but
six states of the union that have
annual sessions of their Legisla¬
ture. They are Georgia, Mas¬
sachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Rhode Island and South
Carolina. All the others have
biennial sessions, except Ala¬
bama, which has quadrennial
sessions, and is glad of it.
The Atlanta Constitution re¬
ports an interesting decision
handed down yesterday by'Judge
J. H. Lumpkin, of the Superior
ccnrt- of Fulton county. The
opinion is based on a case ap*
pealed from an Atlanta justice
court, and in it Judge Lumpkin
holds that a laborer has no legal
right to waive his exemption
from the garnishment, and under
a decision of Judge Lumpkin
holds, no laborer has the authority
to # sign ah agreement waiving
this exemption in favor of a
money lender or any one else.
The effect of the decision,, law¬
yers declare, will be far .reach¬
ing. It means the taking from
money lenders the power of sub¬
jecting the wages of a’ laborer to
garnishment. It is understood
that the practice is in vogue in
Atlanta of having laborers who
borrow money to sign an agree¬
ment assigning their salary to
the money lender, apd also waiv¬
ing their exemption from garn¬
ishment, and the opinion of Judge
Lumpkir. is a direct knock-out
blow to this method of proce¬
dure.—Albany Herald.
Prohibition Meeting.
Agreeable to call of Col. M, E.
Bush, published in last week’s
issue ol the Enterprise, quite a
number of citizens met at the
court house last Wednesday
morning and organized for cam¬
paign work.
Mr. B. B. Lane, of DeYVitt,
was made chairman of the meet¬
ing and after the preliminary
work was finished, Judge Cov¬
ington, of Moultrie delivered an
able address in favor of prohibi¬
tion. The Judge did not attern pt
any flight of the oratorical pow¬
ers that he is endowed with but
confined himself to a plain talk in
which he gave his hearers facts
and reasons why Mitchell county
should remain “dry”.
This is a question that must be
settled at the ballot box and every
voter should give the matter ma¬
ture thought and vote for what
he believes to be for the best in¬
terest of his town and county re
gai dless of any selfish interest
he may have
Artesian Wells.
Camilla cannot lay claim to be¬
ing the “Artesian city,” for that
prerogative bolongs toeur neigh¬
bor city Albany, but with the
well at the court house, and one
just completed at the home of
Mr. W. L. Bennett Sr., and the
one being bored at the intersec¬
tion of Scott and Harney streets
with others in contemplation,
will at least guarantee the citi¬
zens of Camilla a plentiful sup¬
ply of pure water,
The well „t the intersection of
Scott and Harney streets will be
a neighborhood, well designed go
furnish water from a tank, oper¬
ated by a windmill, to the homes
of Messrs W. B. Spence, J. H.
Palmer, G. B. Cochran, W. L.
Butler and Mrs. J. T. Cochran
and Miss Laura Bennett, all of
whom are stock holders in the
well and fixtures. The Enter¬
prise understands that they also
have a nice little plat of ground
surrounding the well that they
propose to turn into a park.
Let this good work go on until
every section of Camilla shall
have its wr ell and the conveniences
that go with it.
W hen you feel blue and that
everything goes wrong, take a
dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach
and Liver Tablets. They will
cleanse and invigorate your
stomach, regulate your bowels,
give you a relish for your food and
make you feel that in this old
world is a good place to live. For
sale by Lewis Drug Co.
ICodol Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
Some Information About Mitch¬
ell County Schools.
Pelham Journal.
From the annual report of the
state school commissioner we
get the following information re¬
garding our county schools.
In 1902 there was one new
school house built at a vake of
$300.00. There were 38 white
schools and 35 colored schools.
The enrollment was: White
1971; Colored, 1479. The atten¬
dance was; White, 1272; Colored,
1002. The average cost of tui¬
tion for each pupil was $1.50 arid
of this amount the state paid $1.
The total number of teachers
for the county was 73 of these 29
held first grade license and 24
held license of the 3rd grade.
Only two of the colored teachers
held 1st grade license and only
eight held second grade license.
Seventeen colored teachers held
3rd grade certificates.
Of the twenty-five normal
trained teachers in the county
20 were white and 5 colored.
The average monthly salary of
white teachers in the county is
about thirty dollars.
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<§> Dr. J, L. Brown, o
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f Camilla, Georgia, °
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Fire Insurance,
J. C. Turner, Agent.
Pep resents the following Fire In¬
surance Companies:
Liverpool and London and Globe. Hartford
fire. Home Insurance Co of N. Y.
Greenwich Insuranc 3 Co.
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