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Camilla
3. JSTo S
Better than a Savings Bank is the
Cincinnati Bargain Bouse.
A Strong Statement, but we can back it up by facts and figures.
Now, a Savings Bank, after keeping your money for 12 long months will give $1 03 or 3 per eent. on every dollar you deposit with
them, but if you bring your dollars to us we will give you at once—no 12 months' waiting-^1.50 to $1.75 worth of just such seasonable
merchandise as you need. Do you tumble? Think it over and call on us, next time you want to do some trading.
You’ll get your full measure of good values every time.
1,000 pounds good chewing or smoking tobacco at 25c. per pound. 500 men’s good hats 25c. each. 2,000 pairs Ladies nice Sunday Shoes 50c a nair
300 pair men’s ail-wool pants at 95c. per pair. 200 pair men’s brass buckle suspenders alUBc. per pair. 250 pair ladies balbriggan hose at 8o a pair
250 pictures ready to hang at 10c. each. 900 pieces three-coated granite ware at your own price. Glassware to suit the most fastidious, at low Bargain
House prices, ’ a<
Cincinnati Bargain House,
214.216 W 51b *1 and 115 €. Court st, Cincinnati, O. Camilla Branch, Broad St. next to Bank, B. Cubin, manager.
AN ENJOYABLE DAY.
The Sunday-School Picnic at
Rock Lake a Success.
On last Friday morning, agree¬
able to previous announcement,
the good people of Camilla of all
denominations began wending
their way. using every available
means of conveyance, out to¬
wards thebeautiful picnic grounds
on the banks of Ro»k Lake about
one mile north of town where for
the past twenty years or more the
citizens of Camilla and surround¬
ing territory have been wont to
gather for a day of social inter¬
course and to put forth some ef¬
fort in adding to the pleasure
and happiness of one another.
By half past eleven all of the
picnicers had arrived and friends
began meeting and exchanging
happy greetings while the chil¬
dren and young men and maid¬
ens were engaged in exploring
the grounds in quest of fun and
frolic or some quiet retreat where
the old, old story might be whis¬
pered into the ear of an attentive
listener.
It was on the banks of this
pretty lake and on similar occa¬
sions under the beautiful shades,
plentiful by the lavish hand of
nature, or in boats gliding over
the smooth sjrface of the wa'er
that many cf the fathers and
mothers of Camilla first plighted
their troth, and now it is a pleas¬
ure for them to gather there and
be sympathetic witnesses to the
happiness of their own sons and
daughters as they awaken to the
realization of love’s young dream.
What hallowed memories are
awakened, touched now and then
with a sad thought when the face
of a loved one is found missing,
but this is soon banished by the
joyous ehout of happy children
as they chase one another in and
out through the mazes of the
picnic games and our hearts
turn young again and we find
ourselves in thought engaged
with them in these happy sports.
■“Backward, turn backward,
Oh, time in your flight,
Make me a cliild again
Just for tonight.”
3oon the table committee an¬
nounces that it is time to begin
spreading the dinner and then it
is that the thoughtful parents
gather along the two hundred
feet of prepared tables upon
which the snowy cloths are laid
and from baskets, boxes and
trunks are brought forth the
Camilla, Ga., May 27, 1004,
many good things that had been
prepared for the occasion and in
a short while the work of carving
and slicing being finished the
spreading of the sumptuous pic¬
nic dinner is completed and ev¬
ery body is invited to gather
around the festive board, a bless¬
ing is asked and all are com¬
manded to help themselves. This
dinner was indeed an epicurean
feast, a reproduction of similar
occasions reaching back for near¬
ly a quarter of a century, while
in quantity was sufficient to have
fed three times as many as were
present.
The editor while engaged with
a plate of Mrs. Joiner’s fine
chicken pie thought of old times
and his good friend Major Han¬
lon, of the Oeilla Dispatch.
Dinner over, every body en¬
gaged in such past time as was
suited to their age and tastes.
Camilla’s male quartette enter¬
tained the crowd for quite a while.
They sing well and never fail to
get an audience.
The day was an ideal one and
nothing occurred to mar its
pleasures, good cheer and bar¬
rels of free lemonade being
splendid accompaniments, along
with all the other good things.
Albany Didn’t Come.
The intended game of ball be¬
tween Camilla and Albany was
not pulled off last Friday after¬
noon on account of the failure of
the Albany team to show up for
the drubbing which the Camilla
boys felt confident of being able
to shower upon them.
We regret very much that the
game could not be p.’ayed because
it was widely advertised, and,
besides the Camilla people being
anxious to see it, several from
Pur neighboring towns came over
specially for the game.
To keep the crowd from being
entirely disappointed the regular
team played a scrub team which
furnished considerable amuse¬
ment and came near resulting in
the defeat of the regulars.
NOTICE!
I will be in Camilla about the
.June 10th- I will come prepared
to do dental work and will ap¬
preciate the patronage of my old
friends. Persons wishing dates
can make them by referring to
PHILIP BAILEY, who is acting
for me Yours very truly,
P M. GEORGE, D D. S.
Plant Commits Suicide.
Mr. R. H. Plant committed
suicide at his home on College
street in Macon Saturday after¬
noon about 3 o’clock, because of
worry over the failing of his
banks the first of last week
Mr. Plant’s life was insured
for over a million dollars, $750,
000 of which was left to his cred¬
itors and $240,000 to his fam¬
ily. He was generally thought
of as a great financier and the
failure of his banks was of little
less shock to the public than the
news of his suicide.
It is understood that the Red
Cypress Lumber Co., at Philema
is involved in this trouble.
Thomasville Business College.
Attend the above-named bus'
ness college at Thomasville, Ga.,
and obtain a thorough knowledge
of bookkeeping, shorthand, type¬
writing, etc., and let them assist
you to a good position. Write
for terms.
Ball & Strickland, Prop.
Fic-nic Notes.
Messrs. John Wilson and Leon
Perry are expert lemonade mak¬
ers.
Judge Bush seemed to be
about as young a man as there
was at the pic-nic unless it was
Mr. G. B. Cochran who can jump
the rope with the best of them.
When shall we meet again at
Bock Lake?
An Attempt to Wreck Coast
Line Train
Monday afternoon as section
foreman Miller was coming in
from his work he found some
spikes and an old plow fastened
on the track about 2£ miles from
town, in a way that would have
wrecked the six o’clock passenger
train had Mr. Miller been a few
min utes later. Fortunately, how¬
ever, he arrived first and imme¬
diately cleared the track.
There were two negro boys,
Robt. Justice, aged 14, and Char¬
lie Wimberly, aged 12 years,
loitering near by who were
thought to be the guilty ones
Mr. Miller tried to catch them but
they escaped and were capture 1
later by sheriff Smith who had
been promptly notified.
They were given a commitment
trial Tuesday before Justices
Walker & Wilson and bound over
under a $100 bond each on circum¬
stantial evidence.
The railroad was represented
by Judge Bush while Cols. Un
deiwood and Scaife defended the
boys.
NEW BANK FOR CAMILLA.
Means Progress and
Permanent Development.
For some time a few citizens of
and vicinity have been
the advisability and
practicability of establishing an¬
banking institution for the
town, not in a spirit of unfriendly
but from the point of ac¬
tual business needs and the fu¬
interest of this growing town
prosperous county, and it
been decided by the promot¬
ers of the new institution that
has now reached that
in her history when all bus¬
interests really demand the
of another bank, on
principle that legitimate and
friendly competition promotes the
interest of business and
and when thus es¬
tablished and conducted results
good, not only to the rival in¬
thomselves but to every
interest of the commu¬
This step secures to Camilla
citizens, new business and
enlarged capital seeking in¬
in local enterprises, thus
new life on every hand.
It is a matter of history that
merchants mean more bus¬
for any town or commu¬
when their houses are con¬
upon legitimateand friend¬
business principles than can
be commanded by one,
this same principle holds
in banking as well as other
It does away with
prevailing idea of rhonopoly
creates greater confidence in
public mind of the stability
all business,
Upon this idea a successful ef¬
has been put forth and cash
subscriptions amounting to
than thirty-five thousand
was secured within lees
a week’s time, and now it is
established fact that the
‘•Citizens Bank, of Camilla,” will
its doors for business on or
about October 1st, with Mr. G. C.
Cochran, of Flint, as President,
Mr. John Wilson as Cashier.
We heartily welcome this new
for the reasons given
above, which are basjd upon the
and experience of
writer, in the upbuilding of
towns and cities.
Water Coolers, Ice Cream
and Hammocks the
on earth.
Camilla Supply Co.
$1.00 a
Notice.
The closing exercises of the
Colored High School,
take place Fridajr night May
1904, at Bennett’s Hall.
We give this an invitation to
white and colored friends
have always shown us their
J. I. Williams.
Store!
New Goods!
E. R. Wilson
Dealer in
Merchandise.
We make
Shoes a Specialty,
the Brown Shoe Companies’
I amous Shoes, which always give
satisfaction.
stock of DRY GOODS and NO
TIONS are jam up-to-date.
carry the finest line of HOSIERY at
from 10c to 50c per pair. In these
goods we can snit any customer.
Complete line of
Fancy and Family
Groceries
Not having any house rent or clerk
hire to pay, will give onr customers
the benefit of this saving.
terms are strictly cash on all goods
sold,
B. B. WATKINS, Manager,
St. - Camilla, Ga.
Money loaned at low rates of
J, L. Underwood.
FOR SALE:—
500 acre farm near Camilla.
RENT:—
50 or 75 aores south of Camilla.
T. L. Underwood.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE