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CAMILLA ENTERPRISE.
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WALTER A. ALLEN
KH1TOH A VII K*LISHE»
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Official organ of Camilla, Qa„
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1904.
Barn Burned By Lightning,
On last Monday afternoon light
ning struck the barn of Mr. J.
B. Palmer, about two miles north
of Camilla, getting it or. lire and
burning it up together with a
lot of oats and fodder.
It was Mr. Palmer’s cow barn
and by heroic work, he succeed*
ed in getting all of his cows out
and in a place of safety.
It was a large, new barn built
about a year ago to take the place
of one that had been burned by
an incendiary at which time he
lost some cattle as well as the
barn and feed stuff.
The lightning hit the building
about midway and after running
to the eve and down into the oats,
which gave the fire volumn, it
then glanced and hit two shoats
some distance aw T ay killing them
both.
This is a heavy loss to Mr.
Palmer, especially coming as it
does almost on the heels of the
other, besides ii was one of the
largest and possibly best built
barns in the county and repre¬
sented an investment of several
hundred dollars with very little
or no insurance.
Birthday Party.
( Dr. and Mrs. J. L- Brown en¬
tertained about fifty of their lit*
tie daughter, Weldon’s, friends
and playmates last Friday after¬
noon in honor of her tenth birth¬
day. Quite a number of games
were played, a special one being
a "round-pea hunt, a prize being
offei*ed to the one finding the
most. Little Misses Ruby Mor¬
ris and Nonna Miller tied In this
and received a box of chocolate
bon-bons.
But the crowning feature of
the afternoon, to the little ones,
was the entertainment in the
dining room. They were usher¬
ed in where with drawn blinds
the table was beautifully laid
and partook of the refreshmtnts
with the light of ten candles,
which signified the number of
lmle stones on life’s pilgrimage
the little maid had passed, throw¬
ing a soft glow over all. Many
gifts were presented attesting
the esteem in which she is held
Each little girl went away with
a piece of the beautiful birthday
cake for a souvenir.
E^The latest dispatches from the
far east indicate that within the
next few days the Japanese
forces will have taken Port Ar¬
thur. The steady advance of
the Japs and the destructive fire
that they keep up day and night
has wrought havoc and destruc¬
tion to nearly every house in tht
city. It is a hard contest and
both sides are sacrificing thous¬
ands of lives to the cause of war.
THERE WAS SOME¬
THING DOING.
The First Week’s Reign of the
Bar-room.
For the first time in a number
of years, a bar-rcom was opee-ed
dn Camilla the early part o£ last
tweek, but nothing of a boisterous
•or>rowdy nature resulted from ate
■open doors until Saturday, when
the town was filled with people
who had come here to spend
their week’s earnings and to ex
change the products of the farm
for «uch articles as was needed
from the stores.
An-qpen bar-room had taken
the place of the old “blind tiger,”
and., it being a new thing for Ca¬
milla, .it naturally drew crowds
and did a rushing business until
closing up time, when the mar¬
shal bad booked eight or ten
cases for tdie Mayor’s court on a
charge of d-cunkeness.
But this was not all; the mar¬
shal could oof catch the boister¬
ous crowds, who, a short while
after dark began leaving town
and celebrated the occasion with
a serenade of yells and firing of
pistols from the time they had
made a good start until they were
out of hearing, making the big¬
gest dhplav just after getting
out of the town limits.
It is true that, during the reign
of the “blind tiger,” occasional
disturbances were had, out the
fear of the courts kept them, in a
measure in the back ground,
while the open bar-room imme¬
diately bore fruit that ripened
rapidly so that something was
doing in earnest.
It is reported that, asaresultof
the imbibing of the firey fluid,
some one, in passing the
Mr. M. F. Hrimberrj’s place east
of town, fired shots info a house
in which a negro girl was engaged
In ironing garments for Sunday
wear, with the result that the girl
is now nursing a broken arm,
while the perpetrators go unpun¬
ished for their reckless disregard
for law or the life of innocent
people, and it is to be hoped that
the grand jury may be able to
catch up with such offenders
against the law and make an ex¬
ample of them that will be a
warning to all who think they
get amusement out of such ac¬
tions.
There was “something doing”
last week. Eight persons, after
pleading guilty to having patron¬
ized the bar-room too freely,
were required by Mayor Palmer
to contribute forty-two and a half
dollars to the town treasury, one
person is suffering with a broken
arm as the result of a pistol shot
from those who made the night
hideous wilh their yells and con¬
tinual firing of pistols along the
public highway as they journey¬
ed towards their homes.
This is the beginning; what will
the harvest bey
Mayor’s Court,
On last Monday morning was
about the busiest thing in town.
The matinee was a money maker
for the town and the offenders
were admonished by his honor,
Mayor Palmer, that if they ap¬
peared before him again that he
would impose a much heavier
penalty.
There were eight cases of
‘plain drunk” called as follows:
Will Stewart, Jody Harrison, and
Press Davis, three young white
men; the two first were assessed
$5.00 each, while Mr. Davis, who
was before the court the second
lime, was assessed $7.50 for the
support of the town.
Scot Roberson, Jim Thomas,
Charley Bell, John Bowen and
Ship Johnson, five colored gents,
were required to make a deposit
of $5.00 each in the town treas¬
ury as the cost of the bar-room, Saturday
“tank up” at Camilla’s
RATES ON SYRUP TO BE RE¬
DUCED.
Commission Will Pass on
Subject on Aug. 26.
The railroad commission will
pass on the question of rates on
syrup at its next regular meeting
on August 26.
The commission has determin¬
ed to give the railroads an oppor¬
tunity of fixing the rafea on syrup
themselves,'and it was announced
Monday that the commission
! would, on Aug. 26, either approve
>
‘ schedule of rates from
a on syrup
ipokits of production to all
| points in Georgia, to bo submit
ted to the railroads, or would it¬
self .promulgate a scale of rates
on this product, in event the
rates submitted by the railroads
are not satisfactory.
The rates on syrup were com¬
plained of by the Atlanta freight
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We wish to impress on the minds
of the public that it is necessary for
us to get rid of our
Summer Stock.
And that we are selling it
At Cost!
YOURS VERY TRULY,
J. H. Bailey
30 to 1 is Big Odds!
but we will go better than that if you can beat
my prices.
Quality, Style, Prices, Considered.
It’s a ladies skirt, a beaut tailor- 20 boys’ 3-piece suits at...........75e.
made. flare effect, and an oxford, 200 men’s $2 negligee shirts, tan
heavy grey, for only...............$1.50 white and dark..............................75c.
A lot of ladies’ mercerized silk White sheeting, yard .wide, at. ,6c
petticoats at.......................75c and $1 Men’s white four-in-hand ties,
Men’s blue serge wool suits....$6.50 at..............................................10c each
Youth’s blue wool suits $4,95 Laces and embroidery below fac¬
serge tory price......................................5c yd
300 pairs of men’s all-wool, cassi- 60 pieces ginghams, worth 15c a yd
mere pants, French wool mixed at at...................................................8c a yd
.......................................... $2.50 a pair. Homespun at.......................5c a yd.
Berman’s
C ii m ill a 9 Georgia.
STUDEBAKER WAGONS TO LOSE OUT HEAP.
bureau in its lecent petition to
the railroad commission and this
was one of the matters dealt with
largely in the evidence. The
new rites are desired so as to put
Georgia points, on a parity with
Birmingham. Montgomery and
other points to the west.
Home Industry.
Birmingham News.
Patronize home industry. Ther°
never was a more practical motto
j than this- The man who lives in
|a community and depends upon
i that community for his income,
and sends purchases to a foreign
market because it may becheap
: is selfish than wise.
er, more
The money he sends away never
comes back. He has in part
robbed himsell. He has set a
pernicious example which if gen¬
eral results in bankrupting the
town upon which he relies fora
living. To neglect the home
people is not only ingratitude, ife
is a shortsighted policy which
entails a penalty on the offender.
If a naan has no patriotism, no
appreciation of fa vers, no civic
pride he should have intelligence
enough to know that it is a good
business policy to patronize the
home folks. Every body shares
more or less in the prosperity of
thecommunity. If themerchants,
the factory owner and others
who have commodities to sell are
prosperous every citizen is par¬
tially benefited. A little candle
of prosperity throws its beam a
long way.
Patronize home industry; help
your neighbor and he will help
jou.
The New England Mutual gives
applicants benefit of paying its
1st Premium quarterly and are
allowed thirty days of grace in
payment of premiums without
imprest thereafter.
Tho's B. Beck, Ag’t.