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CAMILLA ENTERPRISE.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY*
WALTER A. ALLEN
EDITOR A\B 1'tBUSHER
Entered at Camilla, Ga., post
fice as second-class matter.
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Official organ of Camilla,
• • And Mitchell county • •
TELEPHONE NO. 64.
FRIDAY, JULY T, 1904.
Camilla to Have Bar Rooms.
On Monday morning the
of whiskey from bar rooms
be started in Camilla. A
weeks ago Mitchell county
wet, and a dispensary has
ready been established at Pel¬
ham. Three and possibly
bar rooms will open in Camilla
—Thomasville Times.
The above clipping has
going the rounds of the
press for some time, but in
is untrue especially as to
rooms in Camilla. While it
true that the county went wet
the election some time ago, it did
not signify that bar rooms w( uld
naturally follow, because of
fact that the law requires that
petition of two-thirds of the free
holders be obtained by the
ties desiring to open bar rooms,
before same can be opened, ar.d
up to the present have failed
materialize although
efforts have been made.
There are dispensaries at Pel¬
ham and Sale City, and it is pos¬
sible that a dispensary may
opened in Camilla later.
Through trains of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad will be
running between Atlanta and Cin
cinuatti, Ohio, by October 1.
There’s a Reason-Why?
Bermans Baltimore and Hew York Bargain Bouse
Can sell cheaper and better goods than anybody. We buy for cash and ve sell for cash only.
We have been off for two months studying and buying in the biggest clothing and shoe markets
of tlie workK-Boston, New York and Baltimore.
We have bought largely one of the finest and best selected stocks that has ever been shown
south of Atlanta. If you want to see the finest, newest up-to-date styles, with a chic and dash
about it and don’t want to be a back number, you must come around and buy your clothing and
shoes, for yourself, and family, at our store only. We have bought a
$20,000. STOCK
Of fine Clothing, Shoes, Cloths and Dry Goods which we are going to sell out at unheard of
bargains. The people know us and we extend a cordial invitation to the people of Mitchell and
surrounding counties to come and see us. We want to sell as much again this fall to make up
for the time lost; we will do it so come and help us. The biggest, only bargains in Stylish Goods
ever shown here.
Berman's Baltimore and New York Bargain House, 1
Opposite Berman 9 * Old Stand, Camilla, Ga. I
A Deplorable Affair.
The editor of the Enterprise
has the greatest respect for any
minister of the gospel who is try¬
ing to elevate mankind by preach¬
ing the word of God and trying
to persuade men to quit their evil
ways ahd follow in the footsteps
of the lowly Nazarine, but has
very little faith in the efficacy of
the work of those who employ
sensational methods, or who take
unto themselves the prerogative
of the courts to condemn and
abuse men, without a hearing,
using the pulpit as a bulwark for
their own personal safety, or to
advertise themselves.
Such seems to na\e been the
methods of Dr. Len.G. Brougn
ton, who is conducting a series of
meetings at the Chautauqua Au¬
ditorium in Albany, when on last
Sunday afternoon, he made the
statement that “the ehief-of-po
lice had been taken from a house
of ill repute in an intoxicated
condition.”
We do not know anything- as to
the huth or falsehood of these
charges, but we do know that it
was a matter that should have
been brought for investigation
before the police commission and
not paraded before the public as
has been done through Dr.
Broughton’s utterance Sunday
afternoon and Chief Westbrook’s
assault on the proaoher with a
cow hide in a barber shop Tues¬
day afternoon.
We understand from Wednes¬
days Herald that the matter has
been taken up by 24 prominent
oitizens of that city and will be
ventilated before the Police Com
mi-sion, but it is too late to save
public scandal or close the breach
that has been made between the
parties and their friends.
That was not Christ’s method
of winning souls and we do not
believe that He approves of such
methods.
TO REBUILD AT PELHAM.
The Higgston Lumber Co. Has
Purchased the Machinery and
Will Begin to Rebuild Soon
From the Pelliam Journal.
The Higgston Lumber Com¬
pany will rebuild at Pelham. The
announcement is very gratifying
news to our people as this large
lumber concern is an industry
cur p 2 uple did not want to lose
Since they burned out some
time ago it has been a matter of
some speculation on the part of
the public as to what they would
do and when it was announced
this week that the mill would be
rebuilt the news was gladly re
ceived.
A large saw mill plant of the
Enterprise Lumber Company
with a capacity of over 50,000
feet per day has been purchased
and this week the mill is being
loaded at Sylvester and shipped
to Pelham.
The Managers of the Higgston
Lumber Company propose to put
up a thoroughly first class mill
in every particular and one with
even a larger capacity than that
which was burned.
There has been some effort on
the part of the company to ob¬
tain a suitable site on the F. R, &
N. E. out from town but failing
to do this they have decided to
rebuild on the same ground.
We gladly welcome this splen¬
did mill back to the list of Pel¬
ham’s industries and hope that a
similar fate will not await its re¬
habilitation.
Two 6-pound boys and a 5
pound girl came into the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Williams,
who reside about four miles from
Blakely, Sunday night. Fiiends
of Mr. Williams are puzzled as to
how to approach him just now.—
Blakely Reporter.
Prosperous South Georgia.
the Savannah Press.
Attention is being called to the
that there are very few sher
sales advertisements in Geor¬
papers this year, and especial¬
in the papers of the South Geor¬
counties. No better sign of
prosperity could be asked for
than this. When the sheriff is
not busy the people must be mak¬
ing money sufficient to meet their
obligations as they mature. This
is apparently the blissful condi¬
tion in which South Georgia
stands today. Its farmers and
country merchants have enjoyed
a couple of years of good crops
and good prices. Cotton, naval
stores, lumber, truck and fruits
have all done well and the bal¬
ances have been on the credit
side. It has been but a few years
when low prices, with no profit to
any one save the transportation
companies, had brougnt many
agriculturists and storekeepers
down to the verge of bankruptcy.
Fortunately this era appears to be
over for good. learned to di¬
Our farmers have
versify their crops more, they have
learned to get more off of an acre
than before, they have learned
the secret of holding down ex¬
penses wl -lie running up the gros>9
income, and it is safe to say that
as a class the planters this side
of Macon are in better shape than
at any time since the war. South
Gecrgia was at one time the poor¬
est part of Georgia—not in possi
bi'ities, it was always enormous¬
ly rich in them—but in cash and
progre.siveness. Today it yields
the palm to no section, either of
Georgia cr of the South. When
the tide of immigration sets into
this state this section is the one
that will be the most benefited by
it. It has an abundance of land,
to be had at reasonable prices: it
has climate unsurpassed, and it
ha3 a people full of the “milk of
human kindness,” who will giad
ly welcome the honest, industri¬
ous man who comes to cast his
lot with them, no matter what
country he may have had his
origin in.
Notice.
Owing to my health and other
things I offer for sale one of the
best houses aid lots in the town
of Camilla, dwelling house just
completed, with six large rooms
four well finishel closets, nice
pantry, new barn, garden and
yard fence, all built out of best
material and located on the main
street in the town of Camilla be¬
tween the Court house and d°pot.
Any one wishing a beautiful
home in one of the best towns in
South Georgia would do well by
calling on me at Camilla, Ga.
R. L. Rachels.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
Direct Route to the
St. Louis Exposition.
Two Trains Daily.
In connection with W. & A, R. R. &
N. C. & St. L. Ry from Atlanta.
Lv Atlanta 8;25 a. m. Ar St. Loni.s 7;08
a. m. Lv Atlanta 8:30 p. m. Ar St.
Louis 7:30 p. m.
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car from Atlanta to St. Louis. This car
leaves Jacksonville daily 8:05 p. m. At¬
lanta 8; 25 a. m. giving you the entire
day in St. Louis to get located.
For rates from your city, World’s
Fair Guide Book and schedules, Sleep¬
ing Car reservations, also for book show¬
ing Hotels and Boarding houses, quoting
their rates, write to
Fred D. Miller,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
No. 1 Brown Building,
Atlanta, Ga.