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TELEPHONE NO. 64.
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1904.
At the recent meeting of forty
ninth Southern Baptist Conven¬
tion held in Nashville, Tenn., a
resolution was adopted against
Baptist ministers performing
Ihe rites of matrimony where
one or both contracting parties
liave been divorced on other than
scriptural grounds. ,
The Treasury surplus entirely
disappeared last week, and until
after the election the deficit will
be increasing into the millions.
If this is prosperity what is ad¬
versity?— Valdosta Times.
Yet some professed
aie outspoken in their wish
continuance of republican
because they fear a money
"should the democrats gain power.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Enterprise we publish from the
Wayeross Journal a correspon¬
dence relative to the growing of
pecans, which may be rtf inter¬
est to the people of Mitchell coun¬
ty, who are the pioneer growers
of pecans in Georgia.
Mr. Leon Perry returned home
Wednesday morning from AL
bany where he went to play with
the Albany ball team in a game
Tuesday afternoon between Al¬
bany and Blakely. Mr. Perry
said tho Blakely boys had every
thing their own way with a score
of three to nothing.
The I, C. Plant’s Sons’ Bank,
of Macon, has failed and has
caused the First National Bank,
of which R H. Plant'is president,
to close its doors. The liabilities
of the two it is said running up
into the millions. These were
thought to be among the strong¬
est financial institutions in the
south.
To the business men of this
section, who profess to be demo¬
crats, j et say that they would be
republicans were it not for the
race question, we call attention
to an article from the Macon News
that shows what the republican
tariff is doing for its home con¬
sumers in the way of robbing
them of many hard earned dol¬
lars. If the government received
any benefit from this difference
in prices it would put a different
face upon the question, but it is
the manufacturer alone that is
benefited. He can and ought to
sell to his home patrons a? cheap¬
ly as he does to loreign patrons,
and would do it were it not
this robber tariff.
Sick headache results from a disorder
ed stomach and is quickly cured
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
lets. For sale by Lewis Drug Co.
Bond Election.
By referonce to notice publish¬
ed on the 6th page of this issue of
the Enterprise, it will be seen
that the county commissioners
have thought best to give the peo¬
ple of Mitchell another chance to
vote on the question of issuing
bonds for the building of a much
needed jail building.
The election which is called for
the 2nd day of July will be at a
time when every citizen of the
county can afford to lay aside bus¬
iness forone day, at least, and go to
the polls and express bj r his ballot
whether or not he prefers to build
the county jail by the issuing of
bonds, which will call for only a
very small increase in taxes, or
whether he prefers to pay the full
amount of tax this fall that will
be required to raise the amount
necessary to build the jail.
The commissioners are deter¬
mined to build a jail. That much
is settled. The plans have been
purchased, the architect employ¬
ed and on the same page in this
issue on which the notice of elec¬
tion appears will also be found a
notice calling for bids from con¬
tractors for the building of the
jail. The contract to be let on
the 11th day of July next.
It is not the purpose of the edi¬
tor of the Enterprise to attempt
to say how any man should vote
on this question. It is simply a
question of whether he would
prefer to have it divided up into
small amounts and spread
over a number of years.
The amount of the state and
county tax for 1904 is not
known, but it is presumed that
will be in the neighborhood
$8.50 on the thousand, or 85
on the hundred. Now it is
mated that it will require a
of six dollars on the thousand
60 cents on the hundred to
the jail. This added to the
amount to be levied for state and
uounty purposes, will bring the
amount to he levied for all pur¬
poses up to sometbi ig like $14,50
on the thousand or $1.45 on the
hundred, which will doubt¬
less work a great hardship upon
many of the tax payer?, when
really there is no necessity for it.
To issue bonds means to use
outside capital at a very small
rate of interest and retain to the
citizens of the county a large sum
of their own money to be used
for their own needs.
It means that the expense of
building the jail will be spread
out over a term of thirty years
and will be participated in by
every new tax payer that may
become a citizen of the county
during that time and the natural
increase of population and prop¬
erty values will make it so small
each year as to be almost imper
ceptable to any tax-payer.
Let every tax payer think over
this matter seriously and soberly
before making up your mind on
the question.
Moving to Macon.
Stanley’s Business College, of
Thomasville, Ga., including fur¬
niture, etc., and nearly one hun¬
dred students will pass through
Camilla this morning in special
cars attached -to the regular
schedule train for Macon, where
this splendid school will combine
with the Lanier Business College
of that city recently purchased
by Mr. G. W. H. Stanley, who
has conducted one of the most
successful business colleges in
the south for several years at
Thomasville.
The plant of the Augusta Her¬
ald, valued at $25,000, was des
tro.yed by fire on last Monday
night. It was insured for $17,-
500.
The Land of Now.
“Enthusiastic people are fond
of referring to this section as the
“Land of Promise,’’ but we pre¬
fer the designation of “The Land
of Now.” We have no intention
of entering into the tedium of that
time-tried and moss-grown dis¬
cussion. “Do the pleasures of
anticipation exceed those of real¬
ization ” Bet it seems to us
that this is the section of the
present. South Georgia isn’t a
coming land any more. It has
airived. Of course the ultima
thule of progress and prosperity
has net arrived but neither is it
an irredeacent dream of the fu¬
ture. It is a radiant reality.”
“We have a town, that is the
best place in the world to live in,
if honesty, simplicity, kindly
cordiality and hospitality count
for anything. We intend to give
it its due meed of praise, and to
offer a toast to the land of now.
South Georgia as she now is,
suits us. Her past is glorious,
her future fair, and her present
altogether lovely, except for the
few drawbacks that belong to all
things human.”
“A million dollars in dreamland
Ls less than a dime in your till.
A thousand intended well wishes
Ls less than one hearty, I will.
A word of just commendation
Before the end of one’s days
Is worth a whole funeral oration
Or a volume of post-mortem praise ’*
The above from the Thomas*
ville Times-Enterprise is our
sentiments. South Georgia is
here and represents a veritable
garden of splendid opportunities,
and what that paper says of its
town can be said of Camilla and
every other town in this section.
The people of Decatur county
have their eyes set on Solicitor
General Wooten as their repre¬
sentative for congress two years
hence.—Bainbridge Democrat.