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VOLUME XIX.
COUNCIL FAVORS
BONDS FOR PAVING
PROPOSITION ALSO ENDORSED
BY CITIZENS ATTENDING
COUNCIL MEETING.
The proposal to issue bonds for the
purpose of paving the streets of Ca
in the *business section received
the unanimous endorsement of the
Mayor and City Council, when
o brought up by Councilman J. W. But
ler last Monday evening at the council
and was also heartily ap
proved by several citizens who were
present at the meeting.
Mr. Butler outlined the plan about
as given in this paper several weeks
A ago, which was, briefly, for the city
to issue paving bonds sufficient to
cover the cost of paving Broad and
Scott streets in the business section.
The entire cost of the work is to be
paid for upon completion by the city,
but eventually the city will receive
two-thirds of the money spent back
from the property owenrs. The pay
ments of the property owners
would be divided into three annual
installments. This’ money paid back
if) into the city treasury would be used
to extenjl the paving, following the
same plan as in the first project. This
plan avoids the hardship that would
fall upon the property owner if called
.
upon to put up one-third of the cost
all at one time.
Mr. Butler also explained that it
ifb was hoped and to ‘federal get some aid from the
State governments, as
part of the paving will be on the
Dixie Highway, and some assurance
* has been given that the State High¬
way Department will co-operate. He
also stated that a bond issue could be
floated at this time without increas¬
ing the tax rate to any appreciable
extent. He said that if the rate was
increased at all it would not be over
one mill, or one dollar per thousand
ff) tax valuation.
In connection with the paving ques¬
tion, the need of extending and im¬
proving the school facilities in town
A was mentioned and it was pointed out
that there was no other way of pro¬
viding the funds needed except by a
bond issue. When the needs of the
school were mentioned several of the
ladies and gentlemen present joined
9 in the discussion and especially en¬
dorsed this feature of the project.
Col. B. C. Gardner was called upon
for an expression* which he gave, en¬
thusiastically endorsing the plan. He
said that a bond issue was the only
way in which the improvements need¬
ed could be secured. Some people, he
r said, seemed to dread ia bond issue,
£but as a matter of fact it is the
easiest and most practical way to se¬
cure money for public improvements.
Mrs, J. M. Spence expressed her¬
self as heartily in favor of paving,
but specially interested in the pro¬
posed improvement of the school
buildings, which she knew from ob¬
servation and experience, as a sup¬
ply teacher in the school, to be to-
4^ially inadequate for the present needs
of the school.
Dr. F. Lewis was for school
bonds first, and then paving^if school we
could get it. He said that the
was the greatest asset we have and
that so far as he was concerned he
would be willing to bog around in the
mud and bump over rough places in
our streets for some tjme yet if the
School is adequately provided for.
Mr. T. B. Twitty, Mr. G. B. Baggs,
I Mr. J. B Lewis, and others were
equally qjitspoken and enthusiastic.
In fact, so far as the writer could
see, there was nothing but approval
for the plan, either from the council
or the citizens and taxpayers present.
Without investigation no one could
^gsafely say what amount of bonds
(>ould be safely issued, but it was
* given as the opinion of some of those
on the council that an issue of $50,000
or $60,000 could be voted "Without
exceeding the limit fixed by law. The
outstanding bonded indebtedness of
the city has been reduced about one
i fourth since the last bonds were is¬
sued and property valuations have in
lk:reased considerably since then,
r -f The council agreed to adjourn over
until a later date, when full infor¬
mation would be on hand upon which
to base a decision as to just what
was best to do. This adjourned meet¬
ing will be held in a week or ten days
and should be attended by as many
of the taxpayers as possible.
!« Mr. O. L. James, of Guthrie, Okla.,
spent several days in the city last
week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
<£. B. Cochran.
The Camilla Enterprise
Sale City Young Man
Killed In Airplain
Clinton Phelps, young son of Mr.
K. D. -Phelps, of Sale City, was killed
in an airplane accident at Pensacola,
Fla., last Friday. The plane, in which
were young Phelps and another man,
crashed into a telephone pole, killing
Phelps and badly injuring the other
man. Phelps, it is understood, was
teaching the other man how to oper¬
ate the plane when the accident oc¬
curred.
The body of the young aviator was
shipped home, arriving here the first
of the week. The funeral took place
at Funston Tuesday and was attend¬
ed by a large number of friends of the
young man and of the family, which
is prominent in-the Sale City commu¬
nity.
MALARIA CAMPAIGN
TO BE CONTINUED
FIGHT IN THIS COUNTY WILL BE
MODEL FORNFUTURE CAM¬
PAIGNS ELSEWHERE.
At an adjourned session of the
Commissioners of Roads and Reve¬
nues for Mitchell county Tuesday,
the Board voted unanimously to noti¬
fy the State Board of Health and the
United States Public Health Service
that they would be ready to co-oper¬
ate with them on the vght on malaria
in this county when these agencies
of the state and federal government
were ready. The resolution passed
by the Commissioners was to the ef¬
fect that the county was in position
to extend the same support in 1921
that was given in 1920.
Dr. C. P. Coogle, officer in charge
of the work in Mitchell county this
season, was sent for by the Board and
notified of their action, and requested
to convey this information to the
State Board of Health and the Federal
Dr. Frick, of Memphis,
Tenn., who has charge of all the work
in file Southern states.
The public will be interested to
know that Mitchell county is the first
county in the United States to attempt
a campaign of this kind, and that the
health authorities, both state and fed¬
eral, want to make a thorough job
of the work here, so that it will be
shown to the entire nation as a mod¬
el county, so far as the handling of
malaria is concerned. We are further
informed that the Rockefeller founda¬
tion will spend some five thousand
dollars in this county this year, which
will come as a free gift in the form
of supplies for the work.
The work in this county last year
was highly satisfactory to the gen¬
eral public and the. only criticism
that has been heard so- far, • is that
the campaign was not thorough
enough and did not take in every
community in the county. It is plan¬
ned this season to reach not only
every community in the county, but
to offer the treatment and some edu¬
cational features to every person in
the county. With the additional help
that we will get from the Rockefeller
fund in 1921, it will be practicable
to reach all, in the opinion of Dr.
Coogle.
There are several other counties in
the state that would like to get the
work put on in their counties that is
being put on here, but inasmuch as
our county broke the ice for the work
last year, we will get the first call
for help from Uucle Sam, as well as
the State Board of Health. And
while we are on this topic, it might
be in order to state that the progress¬
ive little town, of Sale City started
the movement in the county during
the summer of 1919.
Annual Election of
W. O. W. Officers
At a meeting of the Woodmen of
the World at the lodge room Wednes¬
day night officers for the year 1921
were elected and are to be installed
at another meeting next Tuesday
night. The new officers announce
that the meeting nights of the lodge
this year will be Tuesday night
of every week for the entire year.
The following-jnembers of Camilla
Cantp 183 were elected to fill the of¬
fices designated as follows: C. L.
Gee, Consul Commander, Oscar Jones,
Adviser lieutenant, J. C. Moore,
Banker, Roy H. Taylor, Clerk, W. R.
Hughes, Escort, B. H. Cochran,
Watchman, C. R. Battle, Sentry, B. T.
T. Burson and M. W. Maples, Mana¬
gers, Dr. C. L. Rgles, Camp Physi¬
cian. , \
CAMILLA, GA„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
HOLMAN POTTS
BADLY INJURED
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FRIDAY
MORNING WHILE HUNTING
NEAR THE CITY.
Holman Potts, a young man about
eighteen years old of this city, was
seriously injured last Friday morning
while out hunting, his gun going off
accidentally and .the full charge of
shot entering his right arm near the
shoulder. The accident occurred
near the “Y” on the H. & F. S. Rail¬
road, where young Potts had gone
hunting for rabbits. It. seems that
the young man laid his gun down for
some reason with the safety catch
off and when he picked it up by the
barrel the gun was knocked or brush¬
ed against something in such a way
as to discharge it.
A fearful wound was torn in the
flesh of the upper arm and the bone
shattered. Fortunately the large ar¬
tery in the arm was not severed, or
the young man would have probably
hied to death in a few minutes.
Section Foreman Rudd was at work
on the railroad a short, distance away
and went to the assistance of the
young man, putting him on the hand
car and bringing him to town, where,
he was given medical attention. Dr.
Brown, who attended him, advised an
operation as soon as possible in an ef¬
fort to save the arm. That after¬
noon the young man was carried to a
hospital in Albany, where the opera¬
tion was performed and it is hoped the
amputation of the limb will be avoid¬
ed. *
At last accounts the young man
was doing as well as could be expect¬
ed, though the outcome of the oper¬
ation is still somewhat in doubt. He
was said to be very weak and suffer¬
ing considerably, but it is hoped that
his condition will soon be improved.
Microbe of Love At
Opera House Tonight
“The Microbe of Love,” the humor¬
ous play to be given by the Camilla
Dramatic Club at the opera house
tonight, is expected to be the hit of
the season. The play will be given
by home talent and nearly fifty people
are included in the company to give
the play, a sketch of which is given
as follows:
In the tpwn of anywhere there
lives a number of charming young
spinsters, there being only five eli¬
gible bachelors in the place—and
these five determined to remain un¬
wed—the spinsters see but little
chance for them to overcome their
husbandless condition. At length
they organize a club, for the sole pur¬
pose of devising ways and means by
which they may secure mates for
their lonly heart?.
The performance opens with a
meeting of this band. Among the
many schemes offered whereby they
may secure husbands, is that of get¬
ting them from various mail order
houses by means of trading stamps.
Upon reading the descriptions of men
given as premiums with the various
household articles quoted, however,
the hearts of the spinsters are sad¬
dened to find them but a bargain
counter lot, and not a model one
among them! Realizing that the in¬
dications are that they will be forced
to remain hanging on the parental
stem for years to come, the spinsters
have grown very despondent, when
Madam Hymen Cupid appears with
•an offer to secure husbands for the
husbandle'ss by means of her remark¬
able scientific discovery, the microbe
of love. Her services are accepted
and plans laid for the capture of those
masculines belonging to the hated
Bachelor’s Club.
The Bachelor’s Club numbers six
or eight determined young gentlemen
who have decided to maintain their
liberty at all hazards. The regular
meeting of this club is rfot devoid of
interest, and the initiation of new
members, Mr. Henpeck’s speech on
“The Evils of Married Life,” and oth¬
er occurrences serve to make the as¬
sembly profitable as well as enter¬
taining.
The last scene is a garden party,
and where thqj*£jpless, hopeless, help¬
less bachelors become inoculated with
the awful germ, or microbe of love.
The story of the wrecking of this
club, and the virtual kidnapping of
its members is too sad for expression.
Since the microbe has immediate ef¬
fect and the bachelors fall in love
with the first woman they see after
being inoculated, things become some¬
what complicated before each member
DR. BROWN HEADS
MEDICAL SOCIETY
SEMI-ANNUAL 3IEETING OF THE
SECOND DISTRICT MEDICAL
SOCIETY HELD HERE.
The semi-annual convention of the
Second District Medical Association,
which convened in Camilla on Friday,
was marked with unusually large
attendance, possibly the largest in the
history of the organization.
The meeting convened at the City
Hall at 10 o’clock, Dr. W. L. Davis, of
Albany, presiding over the convention.
An address of welcome was made by
Col. E. M. Davis, after which several
medical addresses, of great interest
and profit to the members of the pro¬
fession, were given. Those speaking
were Dr. Chas. H. Watt, of Thomas
ville, Dr. C. L. Roles, of Camilla, Dr.
E. P. Sapp, of Albany, Dr. T. C. Da¬
vison and Dr. E. C. Davis, both of
Atlanta.
An intermission was then given for
lunch, when the doctors of Mitchell
county entertained the visitors at a
most sumptuous turkey dinner, which
was served at the city hall. Dr. J.
M. Spence and Dr. C. O. Rainey were
in charge of the dinner and needless
to say, the whole affair passed off in
thoroughly successful and delightful
manner.
At the afternoon session, Dr. T.
F. Abercrombie, President of the
State Board of Health, gave a discus¬
sion of the work being done by the
state board in all lines, specializing
on the child welfare work. Dr. Doro¬
thy Boker, of Atlanta, conducted a
lecture demonstration on child wel¬
fare, giving a group examination of
school children. This was also an in¬
teresting discussion and was heard
by a large number of visitors outside
of the convention. Dr. C. P. Coogle,
who has been very successful in his
campaign against malaria in this
county during the past year, discussed
“Malaria A Community Responsibil¬
ity” in such a way as to gain the in¬
tense interest of his audience. Dr.
M. A. Barbre, of the U. S. Public
Health Service, gave a splendid lec¬
ture on “Mosquitoes.” Other speakers
of the afternoon’s session were Dr.
W. A. Mulherin, of Augusta, and Dr.
N. L. Spengler, of Donalsonville.
Dr. J. L. Brown, of this city, was
elected president of the convention for
the coming year, Dr. Summerlin, of
Hartsfield; vice president, Dr. A. W.
Wood, of Albany, secretary and treas¬
urer. The next meeting of the con¬
vention will be held in Bainbridge on
August 12th.
There were more than eighty doc¬
tors present at the convention, coming
from all parts of the state. Every
part of the program was carried out
in an easy and successful manner
and the doctors of the town and coun¬
ty were delighted at the outcome of
their project.
Mr. Davis Accepts
Inspector’s Place
Mr. Ivey Davis, who was recently
elected local cattle inspector to take
charge of the tick eradication work in
this county, has accepted the place
and will begin work the 1st of March.
Cattle dipping will begin about April
1st at those vats where it is decided
as necessary to dip this year. Notice
will be given those who are expected
to dip.
of the Bachelor’s Club is taken in
Hand by some gloating spinster.
The roles will be played as follows:
Madam Hymen Cupid, Discoverer
of Microbe.—Miss Sara Dosia Bow¬
den.
Priscilla Prunes, Pres. Spinsters
Club.—Miss Elizabeth Spence.
Mrs. Henpeck, Married Woman.—
Mrs. J. R. Wilkes.
Speeialtys Old Fashioned Wife.—
Mrs. E. Hackett.
Spinsters.—Misses Sara Wesley,
Blanche McGahee, Mittie Merritt, Vir¬
ginia Wade, Julia Collins, Mesdames
B. H. Jenkins, Leflwood Stripling, S.
J. Rayfield, Chas. Watt, Jr., H. C.
Anderson, R. S. Cochran, Emmett
Stripling, G. W. McKnight and E. N.
Burson.
Bachelors—J. C. Palmer, E. Hack¬
ett, Chas. Watt, Jr., A. J. Pinson,
H. W. Vann, Frank Cordell, Jennings
Hayes, Earl Watkins, J. R. Wilkes.
Cupids—Rosa Brooks and Clifford
Anderson; Flower Girls—Henry Kate
Gardner and Ada Jewel Cochran; Rib¬
bon Bearers—Margaret Maples, An¬
nie Lois Gardner, Elizabeth Burson,
Evalina Stevenson.
Supposed Mad Dog
Causes Excitement
A dog that was either mad or act¬
ing very peculiar caused some excite¬
ment here Saturday morning. The
dog was noticed several times snap¬
ping and fighting with other dogs and
acting strange, finally winding up
with a scrap on Broad street with
several dogs and creating a consid¬
erable disturbance. Chief of police
Baggs decided it was best to put an
end to the disturbance, so the suppos¬
ed mad dog and one or two others
were shot. A number of dogs around
town had been bitten, including sever¬
al valuable bird dogs, so it was de¬
cided to send the head of the mad dog
off for examination to see if it was
affected with rabies. At last ac¬
counts no report on the head had been
received. So far as is known no per¬
son was bitten by the dog.
ADJOURNED SESSION
CO. COMMISSIONERS
D. L. AND A. A. TURNER OF PEL¬
HAM, OFFER TO TAKE UP $20,
000 IN COUNTY WARRANTS.
/
An adjourned session of the County
Commissioners was held at the offices
of the Board at the court house Tues¬
day and at the opening the following
answered roll call: G. B. Baggs,
Chairman, A. T. Jones, R. E. Brooks.
G. L. Smith, E. E. Wilkes and C. B.
Cox.
There were the usual approval of
minutes of previous session and then
the reading and auditing of bills. The
whole day was taken up mostly with
bills, a new ruling having gone into
effect that all bills shall be read aloud
by the clerk, giving each item on
every statement of account rendered.
This takes up a lot of time wheh it
is taken into consideration that some
ten thousand dollars in bills come up
at 'every session. This, however, is
considered time well spent by the
members, though all purchases are on
the order of an officer authorized to
make purchases, and all accounts are
approved by the several officers be¬
fore presented to the commissioners.
On motion of A. T. Jones, the War¬
den was instructed to send a good
trusty convict to the court house to
keep the building and grounds in a
clean and sanitary condition.
Chairman Baggs read a communi¬
cation from Commissioner of Labor,
Hal M. Stanley, asking the board if
they were going to claim the benefits
and assume the responsibilities of
the new Workmen’s Compensation
Act passed at the 1920 session of the
General Assembly, which requires all
firms, persons and corporations em¬
ploying more than ten persons to
take liability insurance to cover losses
to Workmen from accidents. The
commissioners decided to defer ac¬
tion on the matter to see what the
effect of the law in other places was,
and to take the risk of suits for dam¬
ages arising from such injuries for
the present, in as much as no such
suits had ever been filed against them
heretofore.
A contract with Mr. C. E. Maples
for a carload of sewer pipe for road
purposes was finally rescinded. A
new contract was then signed with
Mr. Maples buying the material out¬
right at the present price.
The commissioners were agreeably
surprised at an offer of D. L. and A.
A. Turner, of Pelham, to lend the
county some twenty thousand dollars
to take care of current bills that had
accumulated in the last two or three
months. The offer was to cash war¬
rants at their face value, when reg¬
istered and bearing interest at a flat
rate of eight per cent. The offer
was accepted and the clerk instructed
to direct the warrants accordingly.
E. L. Williaihs’ Saw
Mill Burned Monday
Monday night about eleven o’clock
Mr. E. L. Williams’ saw mill on the
McRee place about six miles west of
Camilla, was completely destroyed by
fire. The origin of the fire has not
been determined. The loss in ma¬
chinery is estimated at $1500.00 with
no insurance. Mr. Williams stated
to the Enterprise man that he did not
intend to put down another mill at his
present site,for the reason that most
of the mill timber had already been
manufactured^ into lumber, but that
there is considerable timber on the
place that is good for shingles, and
he will continue to operate a shingle
mill there.
NUMBER 45.
WORK ON POWER
DAM MOVING SLOW
PROMOTERS SAY IT WILL BE
SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE
JOB IS COMPLETED.
Mr. R. L. Hall and Col. Benton
Odom, of Newton, were in the city
Tuesday and when questioned regard¬
ing the work on the Baker County
Power Co. dam, stated to this writer
that the work was progressing as
well as could be expected under the
circumstances, but that difficulties
have been met with, which have de¬
layed the work considerably. High
water is just now interfering with
the progress of the work, Mr. Hall
stated, but the force of hands em¬
ployed is being kept busy crushing
stones and preparing material for the
concrete mixture to be used in fin¬
ishing the foundation as soon as the
water recedes. Mr. Hall stated that
if the workmen had had a few days
longer they could have completed the
foundation and then the work could
he carried on without difficulty. We
were informed that all of the machin¬
ery has been bought and is ready for
installation and that the poles have
been cut for the power line. We were
given to understand, however, that it
is going to be several months before
the work is completed and the com¬
pany will be in position to furnish
current from their Baker County
plant.
The Baker County Power Co. has
a contract with the City of Camilla
to furnish current for lights and
power for a period of twenty years,
beginning March 1st, 1921. The con¬
tract provides for a continuous ser¬
vice and a very low rate, the power
to be furnished to a switchboard in
this city and distributed by the city
to consumers. In case of inability to
supply current from the Baker Coun¬
ty plant, the power company is to
operate the city’s steam plant, which
is leased to the company under the
terms of the contract, which also pro¬
vides that the power company is to
pay all expense of such operation,
including fuel, labor aiwL repairs, and
that the steam plant is to be kept in
good order and working condition by
the company. The power company
has furnished the city a $25,000.00
bond guaranteeing the faithful per¬
formance of the contract.
It is, of course, a physical impossi¬
bility for the company to furnish
power from the hydro-electric plant,
which is not nearly completed, and
there has been considerable specula¬
tion among our citizens as to what
arrangement, if any, have been made
to furnish current from the city’s
steam plant. From members of the
city council, the writer learns that
no move has yet been. made, but it
is supposed that a conference will be
called and a working agreement
formed before the date the con¬
tract becomes of force.
The citizens of Camilla, who use
electric lights, have been assured by
the members of the council that the
contract for hydro-electric current
would mean a reduction in the price
of current sold to consumers of about
one-third that now paid and light
users have been looking forward with
no little interest to the beginning of
the contract. At present, the light
users are paying 15c per killowatt
hour, whereas, under the new sched¬
ule, which goes into effect the first
of March, when the power company
begins furnishing current, contem¬
plates a maximum rate of 104 per kil¬
lowatt for domestic use. It is also
expected that a similar reduction will
also be made in water rates, proba¬
bly not immediately, but as soon as
suitable machinery can be provided
for pumping water with the cheap
power.
It is, of course, regretable that the
power company has not been able to
finish their power plant in Baker
county, as the service they will be
able to give from this important de¬
velopment will be much superior to
that possible with the steam plant,
but so considerable a reduction in
the cost of service, even though it
is temporarily limited, will be a great
boon to the consumer of electricity at
this time when there is such urgent
need for cutting expenses.
The hydro-electric development in
Baker county will mean a great deal
to Baker and surrounding counties,
as the company expects to serve sev¬
eral other towns in addition to Camil¬
la. The power company closed a
contract with Moultrie a short time
after contracting with Camilla and
we undersand that contracts have
been made with other towns.