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u milk VOL. 2. NO 46 i MINE IN CAMIEEA. Do you know that the Cincinnati Bargain House is a gold mine for economical people? 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 clothes 75c and up. Three coated enamel ware, blue and white; enough to supply Mitchell coun¬ ty at prices ihat will surprise you. Don’t fail to call! All are welcome== Buyers or Lookers. Cincinnati Bargain House, 214-216 W 5th st. and 115 E. Court st. Camilla Branch next to Bank. B, Lubin, Manager 500 T0s~=^?^ Butler Heath & Butlers' FOR SEED PEANUTS, Heath’s Cotton and Corn Fertilizer, SEED OATS, Heath’s High WIRE FENCE, Grade Acid, WAGONS. German Kainit, Cotton seed Meal, BUGGIES. „ Georgia State Grange. Bier, la tli & Batter Phone 10. :: :: Camilla, Ga. 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. PRICE $100 PER Sugar 20 pounds for $1.00 • • •AT••• J W BUTLER & GO’S. 500 dozen Dress Buttons worth 25c at 10c per dozen. One case of ladies’ overshoes at 10c per pair. Rice 25 Pounds for $1.00 •••AT••• J W BUTLER & CO’S. 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. DaWItt’s Jffi;? Salve For Piles, Burns, Sores.