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New« gi. Hats, Shirts, Neckwear and Shoes.
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In these lines we have all that can be desired for the home or farm. Call on us and we can prove ®
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TELEPHONE NO. 64.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, J904.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM¬
MITTEE SECOND CONGRES¬
SIONAL DISTRICT.
Albany, Oa., March 17, 1904.
—i6 members of the Democratic
Ex' < utive Committee of the Sec
oi,d Congressional District are re
quisled to meet at my office in
At any at. 12 o’clock m., on
Thursday, March 17, inst., for
purpose of ordering the primary
«*!:•( .ion for the nomination of a
congressman and to consider
such, other business as may be
deemed expedient and for the in*
-lore t of the party.
T e committee is called togeth¬
er f this time so that the con¬
gressional primary may be order¬
ed for the 20th of April, in con¬
nection with the general state
priii ary, if it deemed advisable
to do so, and thereby save the
trouble and expense of two pri¬
maries.
A full attendance of the com¬
mit:, ce is earnestly desired.
R. Hobbs, Chairman.
Card of Thanks.
Ei ltorEnterprise:- Will you
please allow me space in your
paper to thank my many friends
both tvhite and colored for their
kind service in trying to save
my barn and bread and for sav¬
ing other buildings nearby. Let
me thank them again for I have
never seen people work harder
or more heroically.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. L. J. Joiner.
$17,000 FIRE IN CAMILLA.
The Big Supply Store of 1. Ber¬
man a Total Loss.
At about 7 o’clock last Mon¬
day evening, just at the time
when nearly everybody was at
home at supper, the town was
aroused by the alarm of fire, and
soon the streets were full of peo¬
ple coming from every direction
rushing to the business part of
town where it was discovered
that the large supply store of I.
Berman was in flames.
The front door was broken op¬
en, but the dense smoke that is¬
sued therefrom was so great
that no one dared to enter, and
it was so dark it was impossible
to determine at first just where
the fire was located, but when
the rear door was opened it was
readily seen that the fire was in
the cellar, and the draft thus
created brought forth bright
flames which soon determined
the fajte of this building and its
contents.
* The work then was to save the
stock of Mr. Dixon, which was
in the next building, and the
building itself, if possible; and
to this t nd every effort was put
forth. Fortunately, the wall be¬
tween the two buildings was a
heavy one, and the wind was fa¬
vorable to the efforts of the buck¬
et brigade, which kept a contin¬
uous stream of water going on
the roof of this building until the
Berman building had fallen in,
and the fire was under control.
It was thought for a while
that the whole of the block on
the north side of Broad street
would be a prey to the flames,
and it is not out of place to say
that this would have been the re¬
sult had it not been for the he¬
roic work of Messrs. C. A. Roles,
Horace Dasher, Raymond Coeli*
ran and two colored men who re¬
mained on the roof of the build¬
ing from the beginning to the
end of the fire, and Mr, Leon
Perry anu others who looked af¬
ter the front of the Dixon store
and kept the flames from taking
permanent hold upon this build¬
ing. Of course, much praise is
also due to those who kept the
pump working and the contin¬
uous stream of buckets going
and coming.
Mr. Berman’s loss is estima¬
ted at about $14,000 on stock and
$3,500 on building, which was
covered by $8:000 on stock and
$2,000 on building. The stock
was insured for $4,000 j u the
Liverpool, Lon Ion and Giobe,
and $4,000 in the New Ym k Home
while the building had $2,000 in
the Greenwich.
Mr. Berman will resume busi¬
ness'again just as soon as he can
go to market and buy another
stock of goods. Jt is also his in¬
tention to rebuild as soon as pos¬
sible.
This fire but illustrates anew
the fact that no town is safe from
fire and that Camilla does need
better facilities for fighting fire
than that furnished by an unor¬
ganized bucket brigade, and the
editor of the Enterprise would
urge upon the property owners
of the town the necessity of a
system of waterworks, both for
fire protection and for sanitary
benefits. The protection of prop¬
erty, the lowering of insurance
and the health of the town de¬
mands it.
Council Proceedings.
Council met in regular session.
Present: Mayor, Palmer; coun
cilmen, Watt, Joiner, Bennett and
Perry. Minutes of previous meet¬
ing read and adopie J. Marshall
Hilliard made his monthly report,
and on motion same was adopted.
Matter of opening new street run¬
ning between lands of J. H.
Palmer and W. H. Culpepper was
referred to Street committee; on
motion it was ordered that J. B.
Acree be notified that council
would take action at next meet¬
ing to declare slat building near
Post office a nuisance and said
Acree be present to show cause
why said pioceedings should not
be taken. On motion it was or¬
dered that 86-00 tax collected from
Bell Telephone Co., be sustain¬
ed, Bu-iness ordinance for 1904
read third time, and on motion
adopted. On motion, street com*
mittee was instructed to order
such material as was necessary
to put in good condition the ditch
running near the residence of A.
B. Joiner, also the ditch running
near the residence of Miss Roxie
Sapp. Bennett On motion, councilmen
and Joiner were appoint¬
ed committee to confer with the
board of directors for the Mitch ¬
ell better County Fertilizer Co., as to a
method of lighting the
streets of the town. On motion
Councilmen Turner, Perry and
Bennett were appointed commit¬
tee to consider the matter of a
system of fire or water works for
the town. On motion it was or¬
dered that the town pay Camilla
Supply Co., account for buckets
injured and lost during the re¬
cent fire in Camilla.
Resolution offered by council¬
man Turner: Resolved by the
mayor and council of the town of
Camilla that the mayor direct the
marshall of said town to measure
the distance from the spot where
the old court house in said town
once stood, three quarters of a
mile from said point on a straight
line, on each public road coming
into said town of Camilla, and
that posts be placed at each spot,
indicating on a sign board, the
limits of said town.
On motion the above resolution
was adopted.
No further business, council
adjourned.
J. L. Cochran, Clerk.
Proceedings of Mass Meeting.
The mass meeting called by the chair¬
man of the Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee to meet for the purpose of electing
a new executive committee, met in the
pursuance of the call at the Court House
last Thursday.
elected Upon motion Judge J. H. Scaife was
Chairman of the meeting and H.
C. Dasher. Jr., Secretary.
A motion was made’ and carried for
the Chairman to appoint a committee to
retire and nominate an Executive com¬
mittee. The following named persons
were appointed to act:—I. A. Bush,
chairman; W. N. Spence; D. B. Davis;
A. B. Joiner; M. E. JeuMiis; J. J. Mize;
W. M. Haircloth and J. M. Cox.
A motion was made and carried to in¬
crease the members of the committee,
providing that there should be four
members from the Camilla and Pelham
district, and two members from all the
other districts, except the Alger district,
from which there was to be only one
member.
The following named persons were
nominated by the committee appointed
for that purpose and elected by the
meeting to serve on the Executive com¬
mittee :
Camilla—D. B. Davis, J. B. Lewis, S.
S. Bennett and H. P. Butler.
Pelham—J. W. Everett, C. M. Baggs,
H. H. Merry and J. J. Mize.
Pebble City—W. H. Branch and S. .J.
Akridge.
Davis Mill—Thomas Rodgers and W.
B. Butler.
Branchville—J. H. Williford and J.
H. Baggs.
B. Maples—W. W. Taylor and Nathan
Davis. —
Alger—C. H. Goodman.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Com¬
mittee this day elected shall have full
power and authority to make and en¬
force all by-laws, rales and regulations,
deemed by it proper; for the conduct of
the affairs of the Democratic party in
this county; a lid for the ordering, con¬
stituting, elections, and conducting of all primary
conventional and other meet¬
ings and actions, deemed by said com¬
mittee to be proper and for the benefit
of the affairs of the party.
A motion was made and adopted to
endorse the candidacy of Chief Justice
C. J. Simmons for re-election.
A motion was made and adopted to
authorize S. S. Bennett to act as temi>o
rary chairman of the Executive Com¬
mittee for tiie purpose of calling a meet¬
ing m order to set a date for the county
primary.
Motion made and carried to adjourn.
H. C. Dasher, Jr., Secretary.
Infant Dead.
The little baby of Dr. and Mrs.
J. W. McClain, Jr., of Pelham,
died on last Monday and was
brought to Camilla on Tuesday
morning for interment. This is,
the Enterprise is informed, the
sixth child these sorrowing pa¬
rent have burried in the last few
years, and indeed their cup of
sorrow is full, but He that gave
them is alone able to heal the
broken hearted. The Enter¬
prise extends sympathy to the
bereaved parents.