The Camilla enterprise. (Camilla, Ga.) 1902-current, June 10, 1904, Image 4
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CAMILLA ENTERPRISE.
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TELEPHONE NO. 64.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904.
“ I About .............. four ; ——r— of
million pounds
tobacco, valued at about S400,000,
was destroyed by fire at Danville,
Va., on last Sunday.
A story is going the rounds
that Hon. Elihu Root lost S200,
000 while he was secretary of
war. What was the game?—
Richmond News-Leader.
At Independence, Colatado, on
last Monday, twelve non union
miners were killed and seven
wounded, by the explosion of an
infernal machine which had been
placed under the railroad station
at that place by the striking un¬
ion miners. Since the affair at
Independence, a perfect state of
rioting is in progress throughout
the mining section.
A Matter of Great importance to
Camilla.
The editor of the EntkrpRIZe
was asked by a gentleman yes¬
terday morning if he knew how
Camilla was started. Of course,
not being a citizen of this splen¬
did town at that time, the editor
could not answer the question,
and in turn asked for informa¬
tion.
“Well,” said the gentleman,
“Camilla was started with a
court house and six bar-rooms.”
If this be true it explains why
it is that the town was never sue
veyed off into neat, uniform
squares or blocks with nicely
laid streets and alleys, that go
to make or mar the beauty of any
town or city.
That Camilla is greatly in need
of more streets will be admitted
by nearly every one who will take
the trouble to visit all parts of
the town and see how badly out
of shape the town has already be¬
come.
The town should be surveyed
off, north and south, east and
west, throughout the entire in¬
corporate limits, with good
streets and alleys running the
full length and breadth of the
town as far as it is practicable
to do so, and the sooner it is done
the better it will be for the town
and the tax payers.
That such a step will have tc be
taken at some time is inevitable,
if the town should ever take upon
itself a building boom and if we
wait until that time it will be too
late to get any concessions from
property owners in the way of
streets and alleys and the conse¬
quence will be that the town will
to buy her thoroughfares at have
boom prices.
A forecast of the future indi¬
cates that such a period in Ca¬
milla’s history is not very distant
and it is very important that sur¬
vey should be made and the
streets secured as early as possi¬
ble even though the town should
have to bond itself to secure
them.
This is a matter of great im¬
portance to Camilla and should
be seriously considered by every
property owner and tax payer of
the town and is especially referred
to our honorable town officials.
Close Early for the Summer.
What do the merchants of Ca¬
milla say to closing their stores
during the remainder of the sum¬
mer, say at 6:30 or 7 o’clock? It
will give them and their clerks a
little time for recreation and will
not interfere with trade because
those who desire to buy anything
will do so before closing hour,
especially when they know that
the stores will close at a given
time. Day laborers stop at 6
o’clock and 6:30 or 7 o’clock
gives them plenty of time to
make their purchases before clos¬
ing time.
When you open your store at 5
o’clock in the morning and close
at 7 in the afternoon, you will
have had your doors open 14
hours and in these long hot days
that ought to be long enough for
any one to have to work.
Leg Fractured in Four Places.
News was received in Camilla
last Wednesday chat Mr. Jack
McNair, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M, McNair, had fallen from a
tank at Bowden Springs, Ala-,
and sustained fractures to one of
his legs in four places. His un¬
cle, Dr. J. M. Spence, left on the
afternoon train Wednesday to at¬
tend him and. bring him home
where he can have a mother’s
care and attention. The Enter¬
prise joins his many friends here
in extending sympathy in his
painful misfortune.
Judge Pope Dead.
The intelligence of the death
of Judge David H. Pope, a prom¬
inent Albanian, was received in
Camilla on last Wednesday mor¬
ning and brought sadness with it,
for ludge Pope was well-known
here as well as in all Southwest
Georgia, where he has many
friends, who regret to learn of
his sudden death which occurred
at his home in Albany at 9 o’clock
Tuesday night, just 24 hours af¬
ter he had suffered an apoplectic
stroke.
Judge Pope was one of the
most prominent attorneys in
southern Georgia. For a num¬
ber of years he had figured in
important litigations in the state
courts, being connected profes¬
sionally with some of the most
important civil and criminal
cases brought before the bar of
justice. He was senior member
of the law firm of D. H. Pope &
Son, his eldest son, Mr. John D.
Pope being associated with him.
He was division counsel for the
Atlantic Coast Line, and held a
similar position under the regime
of the old Plant System.
The deceased is survived by a
devoted wife and seven children.
The latter are Messrs. John D.
Pope, Waltei D. Pope and Rob*
ert L. Pope: Mrs. D. F. Grosiand,
Miss Julia Pope and Miss Davie
Pope, of Albany, and Mr. Henry
Pope, of Worth county. The
sudden death of husband and
father is a sad bereavement to
these, and in their sorrow they
have the sympathy of the editor
of the Enterprise who esteemed
Judge Pope as his iriend.
Charley Swain Kills His Brother,
Jim Swain
At or near the noon hour, on
last Monday, at the home of Jim
Swain, eOl., on Mr. Frank Butler’s
place, about a mile south of Ca¬
milla, an altercation occured be¬
tween Charley Swain and bis
brother, Jim Swain, in which an
old pistol and pocket knife came
into play with the result that the
knife in the hands of Charley
proved to be a deadly weapon ,
for with it three or more danger¬
ous and fatal wounds were inflic¬
ted upon the person of Jim Swain
from which death resulted in a
short while.
Charky Swain made his escape
for the time, but was captured
Tuesday near Branchville and
Sheriff Smith notified, who went
after him and brought him to
Camilla, where he was givei a
preliminary hearing Wednesday
afternoon before Justices Walker
and Wilson, when he waived
commitment trial and was sent
to jail upon a charge of murder
to await investigation before the
grand jury at the fall term of the
Superior Court,
Sheriff Smith took his prisoner
to Albany Wednesday afternoon
for safe keeping.
The News has nothing against
Judge Griggs and admires him
for the hustling spirit he has dis¬
played in behalf of his constit¬
uents, but at the same time it has
no sympathy with the puny ef¬
forts of the Albany Herald to be
IittJe Judge w N< gpence of
Mitchell county, who is just as
able, honorable and courageous
as 1*1 r. Grigg3 and who, fighting
in the ranks, has done incalcula¬
ble service for the Democratic
party. The truth is, these fac¬
tional fights is what is the matter
with - the Democratic party today.
As far as we are concerned, we
prefer not to be a man-worshiper
and fail to see where all of the
ability and wisdom of the party
is centered in any one man.—
Adel News.