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VOL. 2. NO 46
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If you are ignorant of the fact, better investigate and see if you couldn’t save 35 to 05 percent, on your
next trading expedition. We receive new goods nearly daily, and may have the very thing you want
at astonishingly low prices. Among the thousand and one unusual values we have
A good Men’s hat, black or colored, 25c and up. Ladies’s shoes 45c and up. Boys’ suits of
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Washington Letter.
Special Correspondence of the Enter¬
prise.
Washington, D. C. March 8.
Another step in the exploitation
of the Philippine Islands will
soon be taken by this Republican
administration. True to the in¬
stincts of graft and loot the ad¬
ministration, instead of proceed¬
ing itself to the building of rail¬
roads, intends to let out the priv¬
ilege to capital in this country
and guarantee to that capital the
interest on the investment. In
other words, this country is open
ing places for the investment of
capital and guaranteeing to the
capital immunity from loss. They
propose to authorize the Philip¬
pine government to execute a
legislative guarantee of 4 per
cent, per annum on §40,000,000
of bonds for railroad construc¬
tion in those islands, and the bill
will be introduced this, week by
Chairman Cooper, of the House
Committee on Insular affairs.
The bill will bar out foreign capi¬
tal so as to give the capitalists of
Wall Street the monopoly of the
game. This administration has
been persistent in its efforts to
get the good people of the coun¬
try to believe that the Wall Street
interests are dead against it, for
political reasons and for political
effect. Does this move look like
it? If Secretary T*ft thought it
would hasten the,civilization and
education of the islands to con¬
struct railroads therein, why does
not the government engage in
the business itself instead of pay¬
ing capital to do so? It would be
CAMILLA, GA MARCH 11 IS04
a grand object lesson in the gov¬
ernment ownership of railroads
and public utilities for the gov¬
ernment to undertake this enter¬
prise, Instead of that the ad¬
ministration sells out to the Wall
Street sharks and guarantees
them immunity from loss and a
sure return on the capital inves¬
ted and in return they will get a
handsome campaign contribution.
This is the way this thing looks
to a man who is on the inside of
things at the national capital and
I think I have “called the turn.”
It has never occurred to these
exploiters, grafters and looters
that this legislation will clearly
be unconstitutional. But what
in the name of all that stands for
graft does the Republican party
care about the constitution?
When the constitution stands in
the way of anything a Republi¬
can wants to do, he simply steps
on it and mashes it into the mire.
Until the voters of the country
realize that they have it in their
power to stop this sort of thing it
will continue ad libitum ad infin¬
itum. When will they see the
drift and get busy?
They are having much sport at
the Department of State over an
inelastic provision of law which
requires that department to com¬
pile and issue in a separate vol¬
ume the statutes enacted at eacfi
session of Congress. The spec¬
ial session of last November en¬
acted only one measure, a joint
resolution providing for the pay¬
ment of mileage to the members.
This is bound up, however, in a
dignified little volume by itself
with as much elaboration as if it
were a collection of budget bills
and general legislation. That
simply is a straw that shows what
the Republican administration
will do when it makes up its mind
to get busy on any old subject. It
calls an extra session of the Con¬
gress and has it in session for a
month without a single result.
Notone thing of benefit to the
people and at a cost to them of
over two hundred thousand dol¬
lars. That is the way the Re¬
publicans conserve interests of
the people. Rats’.
* *
The Hon. John Sharp Williams
floor leader of the Democracy in
the House of Representatives has
introduced a bill for the relief of
the sufferers by fire at Baltimore
by rebate of duties on building
material and suspension of cer¬
tain internal revenue taxes. By
so doing he has again put the
Republicans in a hole, soaped the
sides and pulled up the ladder.
If they refuse to pass the meas¬
ure they will go up against a pre¬
cedent established when the Chi¬
cago fire occurred in 1871 and
thereby rob many honest men
who have b^erT unfortunate. If
they do pass it they will admit
the Democratic contention that
the tariff is a tax and that the tax
is paid by the consumers of the
country and not by the foreign¬
ers, as maintained by them. They
are up against it. This bill cuts
both ways like the nigger’s coon
trap. It catches them a cornin’
and a goin.’ Let the galled jade
wince.
* *
There is much comment here
in Democr&t'c circles anent the
recent editorial in the Cincinnati
Enquirer, the paper owned and
controlled by John R. McLean,
endorsing Hon. William Ran¬
dolph Hearst and his can Jidacy
for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency. Up to tne
present time that paper was one
of the papers that studiously
avoided the mention of the name
of Mr. Hearst in any connection,
and it is one of the worst things
any paper could do to any man to
neglect to say anything about
him at all. They were all trying
their hand at ignonngMr. Hearst
but the sentimsnt all over the
country that has manifested it¬
self for him and in his interest
has changed the aspect of things
here among the leaders of the
party and among the leading pa¬
pers of the country. They are
compelled to recognize the fact
that the great common people of
the country are for Mr. Hearst
and there is no barometer watch¬
ed closer by the politicians than
the sentiment of the people. Some
men here are called leaders. In
reality there are no leaders here.
They all are followers and sub¬
serviently so. When a bell weth¬
er starts out and calls to the flock
they simply get busy. The
minds of the majority of the mem¬
bers of Congress in both the
House and Senate were both in
a chaotic condition concerning
the Democratic nomination for
the presidency until the people
got busy all over the country.
They were watching for the signs
Now that they see them they are
getting busy. The editorial men¬
tioned above is one of the signs
of the times and all of them have
seen it and read it aright.
Among many other complimen¬
tary things which the Cincinnati
Enquirer says of Mr. Hearst in
this editorial, are the following;
“Mr. Hearst is unquestionably
a man of mJrk, and many sober
minded men write him in their
book of estimation as a man of
destiny. No man of his years
has had a more remarkable ca¬
reer in this special period of
grand development. In his pri¬
vate affairs he is so far above
petty personal assaults that there
need be no dwelling on that
point. He is of the stuff that
honest people make heroes of.
Starting in his business life with
a handsome inheritance, he has
not been a drone or a drawback
in Society. With every tempta¬
tion to a life of ease and useless¬
ness he has not been a sluggard,
but has multiplied his holding in
enterprises requiring ability and
courage of a high order to insure
their success. And every dollar
that William R. Hearst has added
to his fortune has helped other
people in a thousand ways * *
Nobody has ever been ground
for his material promotions. He
has hfted men up with himself
and has put no ono below. * *
No man’s right to be a candidate
for President of the United States
is better than that of William R.
Hearst. It would be silly to talk
of his lack of fitness in the face
of the following he has. Men do
not reach the position he now
occupies without having proved
qualities and equipment of a high
order. Success in life like his
is not accident, especially since
probity; next to inborn ability,
has been a chief instrument in
his progress.”—C. A. E.
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Statement of the Condition
OF THE
BANK OF CAMILLA,
Located at Camilla, Ga., at the close
of business March 2 nd, 1904.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts....................................$59,905 18
Demand Loans,.................... 5337 00
Overdrafts................................. 18,070 97
Bonds and Stock owned by the Bank.... 2,00000
Farnlture and Fixtures................................. 1,543 54
.
Due from Banks and Bankers In the state 48,775 9tE
. ,
Due from Banks and Bankers In other 7.
8tate9 ..................-...................................... 8,339 47*.
Currenc y.............................................................. 5,458 OO
Gold ................................................................... 1,28000
Silver, NIckles and Pennies..................... 884 22
Checks and Cash Items............................. 1,097 95
I. R. Stamps and Stamped Checks,....... 22 88 1
Total ..............................■................................153,18828
Capital LIABILITIES.
Stock Paid In...................................$25,000 00
Surplus Fund ......................;......................15,000 00
Undivided Profits, less Current Expen.
see and Taxes Paid................................... 734 7 a
Due to Banks and Bankers in this State 23 75
,
Due Unpaid Dividends................................ 3 s 50
Individual Deposits subject to check...... 98,728 77
Certified Checks............................................. gg 44
Bills Payable, including Time Certifi¬
cates representing Borrowed Money 10,000 00
Profit and loss............................................... 3,564 09
Total ...........................................................153,18828
Georgia—Mitchell County.
Before me came C. R. Twitty Cashier, of Bank
otCamilla who being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a true condi¬
tion of said books of file in said Bank.
C. R. Twitty.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th
day of March 1904.
J. G. WOOD, Ordinary.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The law firm of I. A. Bush & Sons is'
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr. M. E. Bush retiring from the active
practice of the law. Mr. I. A. Bush will
continue to practice in all the courts ex¬
cept the City Court of Camilla. Mr. R.
D. Bush will practice in all the courts.
Except by special arrangement, each
member of the old firm will hereafter
practice alone. Isaac A. Bush,
Robert D. Bush,
Marshall E. Bush.
Camilla, Ga., March 9th, 1904.
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