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lAIVULLA PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY* WALTER A. ALLEN Rhmm asw publisher Official organ of Camilla, Ga., • • And Mitchell county • • — SUBSCRIPTION RATES' ONE YEAR $1.00 MX MONTHS - - - .50 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. o 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 $1. The total number of teachers for the county was 73 of these 29 held first grade license and 24 held license of the 3rd grade. Only two of the colored teachers held 1st grade license and only eight held second grade license. Seventeen colored teachers held 3rd grade certificates. Of the twenty-five normal trained teachers in the county 20 were white and 5 colored. The average monthly salary of white teachers in the county is about thirty dollars. ®>0«0<g'0<8'06>0<$>0<S>040‘$>0<K»<$04>0<$'0 o <§> Dr. J, L. Brown, o | % % Physician and Surgeon,, & o o f Camilla, Georgia, ° <$> Residence phone 4. Office phone 30. o o <«> 0$>0^0^0«>Q®0<S>0 O 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. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED