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WISE BUYERS 1 tSh § Will find it to their interest to go through our immense lines of each ‘•Department*’' We are jDggff daily receiving the latest fads in Dress Fabrics and Notions. See our White Goods, Embroider¬ IS ies, Laces, Lawns, Organdies and all the new skirtings. See Owe sterling Silver Jewelry Novelties. B m ii ss m t m m m m Ii Call for DeSOTO Flour. !t has stood the test and proven the best. We are operating thousands of feet of floor space in an effort to have what cur customers want. We thank all for the liberal patronage given us. Come again and let’s prosper together. CAMILLA SUPPLY COMPANY. J. C. T. TURNER, R. J. BENNETT, B. LEWIS, President. Vice-Pres. Secretary and and Sales Gen. Mgr. Mgr. m ■sar 5 * ,w mm mm'tMm CAMILLA ENTERPRISE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY* WALTER A. ALLEN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Entered at Camilla, Ga., post of¬ fice as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR - - - $1.00 SIX MONTHS - .50 Official organ of Camilla, Ga., • • And Mitchell county • • Advertisements and Communications must reach us not later than Wednes¬ day noon, to insure publication. All communications or other articles ad¬ vocating anybody’s candidacy for office will bo charged for at the rate of 5c per line. “Local Linos,” 5c per line for each in¬ sertion. Address all business communication and make Ali.es, all Camilla, cheeks Ga. payable to W. A. Editorial and news items should be ad¬ dressed to The Enterprise, Camilla, Ga. Estimates for advertising furnished on application. All advertising unless contracts other¬ due after til's! insertion, wise stipulated. 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.