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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME VIII.
I. J. SELLERS KILLED
BY COLUMBUS HUEY
Tragedy Near Hopeful Church
Last Saturday Afternoon
Over Elopement.
Last Saturday afternoon about
2 o’clock a tragedy was enacted in
the lower part of this county, near
Hopeiul church, which robbed the
county of a highly respected citi¬
zen and left a young man and a
very young woman in one of the
most trying predicaments imag
inable.
For sometime past Mr. Colum¬
bus Huey has been paying his at
tentions to Miss Seula Sellars, the
fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs T. J. Sellers, of South¬
west Mitchell. Mr. Sellers ob¬
jected to Mr. Huey as a suitor for
his daughter’s hand and had for¬
bidden him to visit his home.
The couple were persistent in their
friendship and frequently met
elsewhere when opportunity af¬
forded.
They finally decided to get mar¬
ried regardless of the objections
of the young lady’s father and
frequent upsetting of their plans
seemed only to stengthen their
purpose.
Last Saturday was conference
day at Hopeful Baptist church and
the Sellers family attended. While
the meeting was in session Mr.
Huey drove up in front of the
church and Miss Sellers left the
building and got in the buggy
with him. They drove rapidly
away in the direction of Brancli
ville. When they bad gone but a
short distance they met Justice
J. B. Wooten, and the license
having been procured from Deca¬
tur county several days before, he
performed the marriage ceremony
as they sat in the buggy.
Someone notified Mr. Sellers of
the elopement of his daughter and
he immediately left the church
and procuring horse and buggy
started in pursuit of the runaway
pair.
Mr. Sellers overtook the couple
about three miles below Hopeful
and in the race that ensued the
two buggies passed and repassed
several times. Finally Mr. Huey
and the young lady having gotten
ahead and being unable to shake
off the pursuing father, Mr. Huey,
it is said, sprang out of his buggy
and running around behind it drew
his revolver and fired twice at Mr.
Sellers. One of the bullets took
effect in Mr. Sellers’ temple, kill¬
ing him instantly. Mr. Huey is
then said to have returned to his
buggy and after driving on a short
distance, left his buggy again and
returning tied Mr. Sellers’ horse to
a tree. He and the young lady
then drove off in the direction of
Pelham.
Besides the young lady, the only
witnesses to the tragedy were sever¬
al negroes who were at work in a
nearby field. They went to the
house of Mr. Brack. Lewis and
told what they had seen. He
went to the scene of the tragedy
and found Mr. Sellers dead.
Hews of the shooting was
phoned to Camilla and Sheriff
Crow notified to be on the lookout
for the fleeing pair. He came to
the conclusion that they were
making for the home of Mr.
Huey’s brother, who Uvea near
CAMILLA, OA., DEC. 3, 1909.
Incendiary Fire.
Tuesday morning about 4:30
o’clock the lire department was
called out to distinguish a fire in
the back of the corner store of the
Camilla Drug Co. Before a liue of
hose could be run into the building
the blaze, which was a small one,
had been put out by Night Police¬
man W. B. Ward.
The fire was undoubtedly started
by an incendiary as there was an
abundance of evidence to this ef¬
fect. The floor of the back room
and several boxes and barrels of
Christmas goods had been sprinkled
with kerosene and a side window
was found unlatched and|the back
door open.
The fire was set in a hogshead
of croekeryware, the head of which
had been knocked out but the
goods had not been unpacked.
Mr. Ward must have seen the fire
in a very few minutes after it was
set and his prompt action pre¬
vented any serious damage.
Dogs were brought in from the
convict camps about 8 o’clock and
an effort was made to track the in¬
cendiary, but without success.
There is absolutely no clue as to
who the person was who com¬
mitted the act.
The Drug Company’s loss was
practically nothing.
City Officers Elected.
The general election for city of¬
ficers was held last Wednesday
and the nominees of the Demo¬
cratic primary were formally
elected.
The vote polled was small, a
good many of the voters having
forgotten the election entirely.
The newly elected council will
hold their first meeting on the
first Monday night in January,
when they will elect a city clerk
and two policemen. There are
usually several applicants for
these positions but on this occa¬
sion we have heard few names
mentioned as candidates.
Pelham. He intercepted them
near Leland about sundown and
arrested Mr. Huey, bringing him
to Camilla and placing him in jail.
Mr. Hney’s version of the
tragedy is that Mr. Sellers threat¬
ened to have them both, dead or
alive, and made certain moves that
led him to believe that he was
armed and meant to injure him.
The young wife refused to leave
her husband after he was arrested
and through the kindness of Mr.
Crow was given a room in the jail
where she could be near him.
Mr. Tom Sellers was one of the
best know farmers in the county.
He was close to sixty years old
and had spent most of his life in
this section. As a citizen
and a man he ranked with our
best and counted numbers of our
best people as his close friends.
He was devoted to his family and
no one who knew him doubts but
that his love for his daughter led
him on to his death. His body
was laid away in the Hopeful cem
etery Sunday afternoon, and
around his grave were gathered a
host of sorrowing relatives and
friends.
The tragedy is the most regretted
one that has occurred in this
county in many years. The plight
of the young wife, who under the
circumstances feels that she is
estranged from her family and
with her husband in jail for kill¬
ing her father, is most pitiable.
BESIH HIKES
DfiJJ. RUSHER
One of Mitchell’s Oldest Citizens
Passed Away Thursday
Morning.
Dr. H. C. Dasher, Sr., one of
the oldest residents of this county,
died at his home on Harney street
in this city last Thursday morning
shortly after 6 o’clock, as the re¬
sult of an affliction from which he
had been a sufferer for several
years. For the past several
months it had been noticed that
his hold on life was weakening and
that the end was not far off.
About a week ago he suffered
another serious attack and soon
lapsed into a state of coma, from
which he was never revived.
Dr. Dasher was born in 1833 in
Effingham county and moved to
this county about the time it was
cut off from Baker. He was edu¬
cated at Emory College, Oxford.
After graduating, he studied
medicine in Macon. Finishing
his course in medicine at the Me¬
tropolitan Medical College, in New
York, he returned home about
the beginning of the war and en¬
listed in Company C., Second
Regiment, Forrest Command as
Assistant Surgeon. He served
nearly three years in the war, re¬
turning home in 1864, when he
was elected ordinary of Mitchell
county. With the exception of
one term he served continuously
in this capacity until 1900.
He was married twice, first to
Miss Rebecca Hudson in 1860 who
died in 1891. Several years later
he married Mrs. Mary P. Hall,
who survives him. Twelve chil¬
dren resulted from his first mar¬
riage, of whom only three are liv¬
ing, Messrs. A. R., H. C. Jr.,
and D. T. Dasher.
For many years he practiced his
profession in conjunction with his
official duties and gradually retired
as he grew too old to attend to it.
For many years he knew nearly
every man in the county and
counted most of them his friends.
His readiness to render assistance
to those distressed, financially and
otherwise, was one of his strongest
characteristics and for a long time
his position in county politics was
unassailable.
He was a member of the Metho¬
dist church and was consoled in
his long suffering by the religion
of Jesus Christ.
The funeral services were con¬
ducted by Rev. Archie McLauch
lin at the home and the interment
was made at the old cemetery
where a large number of sorrowing
relatives and friends had assembled
to see his mortal remains placed in
their last resting place.
Notice.
All parties indebted to us are
requested to come in promptly and
make settlement. We are about
to make some changes in our busi¬
ness which demand that we
straighten up our year’s business
at the earliest possible date.
Please remember this and act
promptly. Co.
Union Supply
Mr. Grover Burson has resigned
his position in the office of tha
county clerk of Colquitt county
and is at home to spend a few
weeks with relatives.
NUMBER 33.
Your Business
No one knows your business so well as you do your¬
self.
Don’t permit yourself to be inveigled into investing in
“get rich quick” propositions, organized solely for the
purpose of “getting you poor quick.”
You go wrong in seeking high rates of interest on your
money, but you cannot go far wrong in calling on the
“Citizens Bank of Camilla” when you are in need of funds
or when you have funds to deposit.
A careful, legitimate banking business conducted.
Citizens Bank of Camilla
G. O. Oochran, Prest. R. B. Wingate, Vice Brest.
Crawford O. Baggs, Cashier.
Great Reduction Sale
For Next Ten Days
Our entire line of Trimmed Hats to go at cost.
Also great reductions on Ready-to-Wear Goods,
consisting of Suits, Dresses, Capes, Coats and Skirts.
Just received shipment of the latest styles Auto
Veils and Fancy Scarfs.
Spence Millinery Company
Camilla, Ga.
Condensed Statement Showing Condition of the
Bank of Camilla
At the close of business November 16th, ’09.
ASSETS: LIABILITIES:
Loans and Discounts - $74,739 53 Capital .... $25,000 00
Overdrafts .... 5,504 23 Surplus and Profits - . 28,224 71
Furniture and Fixtures - - 1,952 82 Deposits - . . 159,372 16
Cash and Exchange - - 130,400 29
$212,5% 87 $212,5% 87
We invite your careful attention to the above statement and
solicit your deposits.
Shoes
Have you looked through our
line. We are in a position to give
you close prices.
See our line of beautiful em
broided flannels. How about
some for the little tots. Also that
new waisting has arrived. When
you need any kind of Dry Goods
pay us a call.
Remember we have a full ine
pants. Prices are right, too.
M. R. Freeman
Broad St.