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THE ENTERPRISE
Published Every Friday
0. J. CULPEPPER,
Publisher.
Hiss Clare Culpepper, Assistant
One Tear $1.50. Six Months
Payable in Advance.
OITICIAL PAPER OP MITCHELL
TELEPHONE NO. 64.
Entered at the Camilla, Ga.,
office as second -t-.’ass matter.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1921.
THE CAMILLA BAND GOES
THE ROCKS.
The Camilla Band has decided
give up the fight for existence
let the organization drop after
week. The boys have made a
fight and many sacrifices to keep
organization together, but the
became so bad that grit alone ceased
to be a virtue and they have given up
the struggle* Director
who has been at the head of the band
for the past four years, will leave
tomorrow for Moultrie, where he has
accepted a position with the band
there. He has done some mighty
good work with the local boys and
stuck to them for a long time after
tbe money ran out and receipts were
gobbled up by expenses, but of course
he couldn’t keep this up indefinitely.
For the past month the boys have
been operating the picture show in
the hope of getting hold of enough
money to pay off some of their in¬
debtedness, but nearly all the shows
have proven a losing proposition. The
last picture show will be given to¬
night, after which the opera house
will be turned back to the City Coun¬
cil. *
The members of the band have not
only lost a lot of time and hard work,
but they have also invested a good deal
of money in the enterprise. In the
beginning they received some help
from the business men and the coun¬
cil, The business men dropped their
subscriptions and then the band took
up the moving picture show in the
hope of making enough out of it, to¬
gether with a monthly donation from
the city council, to keSp going.
succeeded for a while, but last fall
the moving picture show patronage
began to drop off and from about
first of October on they were
able to break even. The first of
uary the city council cut off their
port and after that there
nothing else to do but to abandon
organization.
Many of our people will- regret
see the band break up. There is
doubt in the minds of many of
but that the band has been worth
great deal more to the town than
has cost and that the community
losing more than the members.
small town bands have held
so well and enlisted better talent
the Camilla Band. The weekly
certs during the summer have
appreciated by hundreds and on
occasions the band has served in
public interest, responding freely
any call that served the general
lic.
The Camilla Band deserved a
ter fate and we hope that as soon
our folks have gotten rid of
“blues”, that someone will start
movement to re-organize it with
erous support from our citizens.
It goes a little against the
to have telephone rates boosted
at the time everything else, or
everything, is coming down. But
company was able to show the
gia Railroad Commission that it
not earning sufficient on its
ment to keep the sendee up to
standard demanded, so we suppose
is all right. Our experience is that
business will go on the bum
quick if it fails to earn a fair
on the investment, and even a
less corporation” can’t exist on
air. We only wish there was
sort of commission to which a
try newspaper could resort when
penses eat up the profits.
T - ■ -
The suggestion that the
planters of the South buy cotton
next fall delivery instead of
and raising a crop might be all
if the movement was general
they had anything to buy with.
trouble with this plan, as with
others that ha ye been evolved to re.
lieve the cottpn farmer of all his
ries by a simple twist of the
is that it is impracticable. If
was some sure way of
the fanner that cotton would
worth 40 cents per pound nrtet
nothing could prevent the
of the biggest cotton crop on
Our idea is that the situation is
ing to be taken- care of in the
fashioned way, by supply and
mand, cause and effect—elements
we’ have lately been inclined to
nore in our calculations—and that
the end things won’t be so bad
ns.
The acquital of Ralph Wilson, a
negro charged with assault upon a
white woman, in Thomas county last
week is the strongest sort of argu¬
ment against lynching and at the
same time refutes the charge some¬
times made against us that a negro,
charged with this crime, cannot get
a fair trial in our courts. From all
accounts before the trial, there ap¬
peared to be no doubt of the negro,
Wilson’s, guilt. It was^ generally
understood that strong evidence
pointing to his guilt had been discov¬
ered and there is little doubt but that
He 'would have met the usual fate of
such offenders if he had been over¬
taken by the posse of outraged citi¬
zens that searched diligently for him
for several days. The officers of the
law found him first, however, and he
was slipped off to another county
where he was safely kept until last
week, when he was taken back to
Thomasville for trial. At the trial
it T#as shown that there was some
evidence sufficient to place him under
strong suspicion, but the white wo¬
man who had been assaulted was un¬
able to identify him positively and
several reputable white men swore
positively that the negro was several
miles from the scene of the crime at
the time it was committed. It was
clearly a case of circumstances point¬
ing to the wrong man and the jury
acquitted the negro after being out
only a few minutes. The negro was
set free and officers escorted him out
of town to protect him from violence
from any hot-headed person who
might, under excitement, refuse to ac¬
cept the verdict of the court. The
white men who established the alibi
for the negro would never have been
heard in the excitement of a mob*
Congress has gotten in the habit of
running rough-shod over President
Wilson’s vetoes, but this does not de¬
ter him ip the least from vetoing
the very next, measure that is sent
over to him and which does not square
with his ideas of the needs and best
interests of the nation. And that is
what a president is for.
Figures are produced to show that
travel by aii’plane is as safe as travel
by steamer or express train, but we
imagine that most people will con¬
tinue to take chances with the latter
for ordinary trips.
B/ranchville Missionary
Society Hold Meeting
The Missionary Society of Branch
ville held their February meeting at
the home of Mrs. Minnie Layton.
The meeting was of much interest,
with all active members present and
five visitors. Also a number of chil¬
dren, whp had an active part in the
program. Received one member.
The Society pledge themselves as a
special $10.25, Meeting opened with
a song, “The Home Over There,” fol¬
lowed with prayer by Mrs. Howard
Smith. Roll call of members, after
which the President, Mrs. J. N. Ne
Sinith, called for the budget pledge
to which there was a generous re¬
sponse; after which Mrs. A. R. Cross
conducted the remaining part of the
service. Bible reading, Second Chap¬
ter Isa, by Mrs. J. R. Joiner, in¬
cluded in the home field work. Snb
ject, “New Orleans,” by Mrs. A. R.
Cross. Notes read from the Home
Field Bulletin, by Miss Josie Claude
Gee. Song, “The Sunbeam,” by Liz¬
zie Hill and Loyless Williford, Oga
ter Isa, by Mrs. J. R. Joiner, con
which the meeting closed with appro¬
priate song by the society, followed
with the Lord’s Prayer in concert.
Delicious refreshments were served
by Slesdames Cross, Gee, NeSmith
and Williford.
Blank books at Enterprise Office.
LETTERS FROM OUR
READERS.
FARM TALK BY A FARMER.
Editor of Camilla Enterprise:
Not having seen anything in the
many articles intended to help the
farmers of the South get on their
feet that meet my views fully, I
would like to state them briefly in
your paper.
The farmers of the South have nev¬
er started a crop under as gloomy
prospects of reward for their labor.
They have most of their 1920 crop of
cotton, peanuts, syrup, etc. on hand,
which if put on the market would not
bring cost of'production. We are told
that supply and demand govern the
pride of our products, and that being
the case, we have raised too much 'of
the crops, especially those which re¬
quire a lot of guano.
Now for the remedy..
Cut your cotton acreage, make an
old fashioned compost heap to fertil¬
ize it with, one load of which per
acre will beat five or six hundred
pounds of guano.
It will not pay to plant cotton with¬
out fertilizer^ of some kind. Then
fight the boll' weevil from start to
finish.
I know a man who made four bales
of cotton on four acres of land last
year, while his neighbor made five
on a four mule farm.
Plant a few acres of peanuts to
plow for the market, they will
without guano. Plant sugar
and sweet potatoes, at least
for home consumption. Plant
corn than you ever planted in
life and put velvet beans and
fashioned peanuts between every
of com. Don’t use any guano
your com, but in May, if guano
come down out of the skies, put
little around your com—if it is
out of sight let it alone,
Raise hogs and a few cows to gath¬
your peanuts and beans, gather
beans to feed your milk cows
the summer and some to sell,
if prices will justify, if not, plow
unfjer for fertilizer.
One year ago when cotton was sell¬
at 40 cents, peanuts $200.00 per
and syrup $1.00 per gallon. You
around $50.00 per ton for
what have you in return? A
guano note still unpaid and a lot
cotton, peanuts, syrup, etc. that
cannot sell today for the cost
production.
Then, why promise practically the
same price for more guano to raise
more cotton, syrup, peanuts, etc., to
sell, in all probability, at even lower
prices than you are offered now ?
Brother farmer, have you ever
made too much corn or saved too
much meat? Would a hundred bush¬
els of corn and a few hundred pounds
of meat more than you need for home
consumption be worth anything to
you now?
Don’t be caught in that trap again.
Make hog and hominy at home and
some to sell, then you can use your
cotton money for other purposes, be¬
sides paying guano notes and feed
bills.
T. A. MAXWELL.
NOTICE.
To the farmers of Camilla and sur¬
rounding territory:
This is for the purpose of remind¬
ing you that I am in a position to
supply you with High Grade Fertil
zers, Acid and Kainit, for this year’s
crops, in any quantity. These fer¬
tilizers are manufactured by the In¬
ternational Agricultural Corporation,
of Atlanta, Ga. This gives you the
assurance that you can buy none bet¬
ter. See me and let me know your
requirements and we will do bus-,
iness. Our prices are right,
tf B. F. COLLINS, Jr, Agent
INSURANCE
We Write BONDS of AU Kinds With the LARGEST
Company in the World.
Fire, Lightning, Cyclone and Wind
Storm Insurance
On All Kinds of Property. -
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Against FIRE, THEFT,
COLLISION and PROPERTY DAMAGE.
CASUALTY INSURANCff
WORKMENS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY
LIFE INSURANCE
BURGLARY INSURANCE, RENT INSURANCE
and PARCEL POST INSURANCE.
We Will Insure Growing Crops
Guaranteeing Cost of Production-Farmers Should
See Us About This at Once.
CAMILLA INSURANCE AGENCY
W. E. HUGHES, Manager.
Phones 10 and 41. Office at Georgia Mfg. Co.
*
Good Vision is a
Possession Worth
Caring For
Have you ever done anything for
the benefit of your eyes? Perhaps
you will answer, they have needed no
attention as yet. On the other hand,
isn’t it possible that they have been
somewhat neglected? Eyestrain is
the result of neglected eyes of de¬
fects which have been allowed to
grow, because existence has been un¬
suspected.
Pains in and about the eyes, head¬
aches or other nerve troubles often
arise from eyestrain. What is good
vision if obtained at such a cost?
Thousands of people are suffering
needlessly today because they are un¬
conscious of their eyes’ need of help.
Any one who is straining their
eyes needs glasses quite as much as
a person who cannot see plainly. The
latter needs help to clear things up,
the former to relieve the strain and
make seeing easier.
Dimness of vision arises from a
number of causes, most of which
yield immediately to the influence of
skillfully fitted glasses.
When obtaining any glasses, how¬
ever, it is important that they be fit¬
ted by a skillful Optometrist. Other¬
wise the glasses purchased are apt
to prove injurious, though they may
seem helpful at first.
It is only after a minutely accurate
examination of the eyes that lenses
can be adopted, which will be of per¬
manent as well as immediate benefit.
The important thing to remember,
then, is to take all your eye troubles
to an experienced Optometrist, one
who is capable of advising and able
to fit glasses upon really scientific
lines. If this is done there will be no
risk, but a certainty of benefit in¬
stead. Bring us all of your eye
troubles, we will take care of your
wants.
CITY JEWELRY STORE,
Camilla, Ga.
There Is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup¬
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
gTeatly influenced by constitutional con¬
ditions and therefore requires constitu¬
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medi¬
cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally' and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re¬
ward Is ottered for any case that Hall’s’
Catarrh Medicine icstimonials. fails to cure. Send for
circulars Ircula:___________ Fftr. and Toledo, Ohio.
CHENEY & CO., - 78c.’
Sold Sold f by ~ Druggists,
Hall’s Family Fills for constipation.
Cheaper Groceries!
Last year we saved our customers something like two thous^
and dollars by our SPOT CASH PLAN. This year we hope to
more than double this amount by increasing our REBATE to our
customers, and by increased business which we hope to realize by
so doing. Effective
Monday, February 7th
We will begin the issue of REBATE COUPONS which will be
worth 10 per cent, to our REGULAR customers after they have
saved a certain amount, or we will exchange for premiums at
DOUBLE VALUE of those we are now giving. In other words,
we will give ,
One Whole Coupon
with each purchase of fifty cents in merchandise (bearing us
more than 10 per cent profit). This WHOLE COUPON will be
equal in value to one dollars worth of those we are now issuing.
We limit these coupons to each fifty cent purchase in order to save
time in counting on busy days, also to increase the intrinsic value
to those who are interested in saving. For one hundred of these
WHOLE COUPONS, (or fifty dollars worth) returned at any one
time, we will allow FIVE DOLLARS in trade FREE, which will be
10% Saved to Our Regular Customers
To maintain this liberal rebate straight through, it will take
something like half of our profits, and will be far better to the
customer than cutting the price on just a few items as most stores
do, and of course will necessitate our doing more business, which
we hope to do. This requires quite a bit of nerve on our part, but
we feel sure that it will meet with the approval of our customers,
In and making that we out will line up with list, new always customers on this proposition!
multiples of your fifty grocery in order try to make it fifty cents
or to avail yourself of the liberal rebate
which we want you to have.
SPOT CASH STORE
The Burglar Laughs
At the small metal box used for the “safekeeping” of
valuables. He can pick it up; carry it away, and open
it at leisure. Oftentimes even the ordinary office or
wall 3afe is a joke to him.
Don’t let the burglar have a laugh at your expense.
Rent a private box in this institution’s burglar-defying
safe deposit vault.
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“MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM’ 1
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Bank of Camilla
OLDEST and STRONGEST
BANK IN MITCHELL COUNTY
FRESH MEAT
and GROCERIES
The Best Always and As
Cheap as the Cheapest.
TRY US ‘
J. M. GORE I
:: Burson Old Stand. Camilla, Ga.
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