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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
GRADUATING CLASS
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE CA¬
MILLA SCHOOLS HELD LAST
MONDAY EVENING.
Monday night marked the final
dose of the school Commencement ex¬
ercise when twenty-seven High School
graduates received their diplomas at
the close of a splendid program in
which they were the central figures.
It was their night and all homage
and attention was directed to them
in honor of their formally passing out
as finished products of High School.
The stage was beautifully decorated
in class colors, yellow and white,
quantities of shasta daisies, the class
flower, being used. The large class
made an impressive sight as they
marched out on the stage to their
seats, the girls in filmy dresses of
* white and carrying arm bouquets of
shasta daisies, and the boys assuming
a new dignity befitting the occasion.
The class mascot, Master Hartley
Palmer, adorable in an Oliver Twist
suit of white, occupied seat of honor
at the back center of the stage.
The program opened with the sing¬
ing of “America” by the entire as¬
sembly, after which a short prayer
was offered by Rev. Jas. D. Deans.
The Salutatory address to the class
was given by the second honor grad¬
uate, Aurora Acree, after which two
attractive readings were given by
Maggie Griner. The Valedictory ad¬
dress was delivered by the first hon¬
or graduate, Ruth Burson, who choose
as her theme the oft quoted words,
"Not Failure but Low Aim is Crime”.
Mr. H. D. Knowles, Superintendent
of Quitman Public Schools and for¬
merly president of the State Edu¬
cational Association, delivered the lit¬
erary address to the young people of
the graduating class in a scholarly
manner, displaying a real sympathy
for the young people as they step out
into duties and responsibilities of life
and discussing practically the need of
their being fitted to cope with life
as they are sure to meet it, with prac¬
tical training in the school along vo¬
cational lines. Mr. Knowles’ entire
speech was received with high favor
by the entire audience. Col. E. M.
Davis, member of the school board
and long a loyal school supporter,
gave a short, pleasing speech before
delivering the diplomas to the class
of graduates. Certificates were also
delivered, one in music to Martha
Perry and one in expression to Sara
McRee, for the high grade of work at
tained by these students.
Probably one of the most interest
ing features of the evening was the
delivery of the annual school medals,
the entire school coveting the
of being presented with one of these
badges of excellence straight from
the hands of some of our highest
izens and school lovers. The medals
were delivered by Col. Davis as fol
lows:
High School Music contest medal,
offered by the Music Study Club,
Grace Gardner.
High School Declamation contest
medal, offered by Judge E. E. Cox, to
Clarence McMillan.
High School Recitation contest med¬
al, offered by Dr. J. M. Spence, to
Jeanette Dukes.
Medal for greatest improvement in
i Music, offered by Mrs. C. E, Gaulden,
to Martha Perry.
History medal, offered by Haw¬
thorne Trail Chapter D. A. R., to
Aurora Acree.
General Excellency medal, offered
by Col. B. C. Gardner, to Clarence
McMillan.
The silver loving cup, offered by
Prof, Chas, A. Jackson, former prin¬
cipal of the High School, to the boy
making the best record in athletics,
to Laurier Bush.
The exercises closed with a short
prayer by Rev. J. G. Graham.
On last Thursday night, May 21,
a delightful operetta, “What's the
Matter With Sally”, was given by
the Grammar school pupils of the rau
isc and expression departments, un¬
der the direction of Mrs. C. E. Gaul¬
den and Miss Mabel Hartley. Al¬
though the play was gotten up in a
very short space of time, due to con¬
flicting circumstances, the children
did their parts well. Margaret Ma¬
ples, as “Sally”, was easily the star,
entering fully into her role. Others
taking prominent parts were Tempie
Burson as “Miss Jeffries”, jteacher
in the orphanage, Martha Culpepper
as Sally’s mother, Pauline Knighton,
Thomas Burson and Elizabeth Bur¬
Express Co. Leases
The Patrick Building
Mr. J. C. Smith, local agent for the
American Railway Express Co., has
announced that the company will
move it« local office to the Patrick
store building, across the street from
the present location, about the first
of July. A lease on the Patrick store
for a period of two and one-half
years was recently secured by the ex¬
press company. The change is to be
made, it is stated, on account of the
better arrangement of the Patrick
building for the convenient handling
of express and more room for the
growing business of the company at
this point. The Patrick building is
next to The Enterprise office and is
■nv occupied by the Patrick Hatch¬
ery, operated by Mr. A. R. Patrick.
PAVING STARTED
BELOW
ORIGINAL CONTRACT IS COM¬
PLETED EXCEPT FOR GAP
NEAR PELHAM DEPOT.
The Davis Construction Co.
completed the entire stretch of pav¬
ing on the Dixie Highway
in the original contract except a
short gap in Pelham, where the coun¬
ty authorities have had some difficul¬
ty in securing right-of-way across
a vacant lot owned by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad. This
has now been adjusted, it is said, and
the final gar, on the original ten miles
of paving will be completed in a
time.
The contractors connected up the
north and south ends of the
last week at the steep hill about
miles north of Pelham. The
tion of this road will enable the coun¬
ty to open the road to Pelham about
the 10th of June. The construction
of shoulders for this road is
carried on fairly rapidly by Mr. J. V.
Jackson, the sub-contractor, and
is expected that the entire road will
be practically completed and
to turn over to the county by July
1st.
The Davis Construction Co. began
work several days ago on the
lend of the Dixie Highway in this
J county three and and will one-half pave a miles stretch from of abot the
j
city limits of Pelham- to the Thomas
county line. This work is being done
under an extension of the original
contract which provides for a twen
ty-five per cent, increase in the work
specified in the contract, the addition
j al work to be done at the same price
and on the same terms as the orig
j inal specification,
j The final completion and opening
0 f this road will lx; welcomed by the
public.
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son. The choruses were all bright
and pretty and the children made
them especially enjoyable.
One of the most genial ocasions of
Commencement was the Class Day
exercises on the school campus Fri¬
day afternoon. The whole program
was informal and full of fun from first
to last. The discusions were very
clear and intimate, every Senior’s
public and secret sins, loves and am¬
bitions be Mg frankly dealt with.
The class president, Clarence McMil¬
lan, presided, giving a short message
of good will and farewell to his fel¬
low Seniors in his usual cordial man¬
ner. The class song was sung and
and messages of phophecy, class his¬
tory, will, statistics, jokes and others
given by Christine, Einstein, Ruth
Stevens, Ruth Burson, Therawe Ty¬
son, A. H. Davis, after which By¬
ron Baggs with a graceful speech,
distributed parting gifts to each of
the Seniors, the selection being suit¬
ed to their prophetic future avoca¬
tion.
The annual Commencement sermon
took place on Sunday morning at
the opera house at 11 o'clock, and
was one of the most auspicious events
of Commencement season as it
brought the people together to con¬
sider the religious side of the educa¬
tion of our youth. Rev. J. G. Gra¬
ham, pastor of the First Baptist
church, delivered the sermon of the
hour, choosing a text from Paul’s let¬
ter of exhortation to the church at
Rome, giving a modem expostion of
the same truth that to plan one’s life
without Christ can only fail and that
education without the rock founda¬
tion of Christ Jesus will not hold. An
especially good musical program was
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1925.
BAKER VOTING ON
COURT HOUSE SITE
ELECTION HELD THURSDAY OF
THIS WEEK. RESULT NOT
KNOFN AT PRESS TIME.
The Baker County election on the
question of moving the court house
from Newton to some other place in
the county was held Thursday, the
day The Enterprise is printed. At
the time of going to press no infor¬
mation regarding the outcome of the
contest had been received.
From all accounts the election was
being warmly contested with strong
forces on both sides of the question
putting forth every possible effort to
win for their respective sides. Both
sides were claiming victory at last
accounts, which would indicate to an
impartial observer that the contest is
close enough to admit of doubt as to
the outcome.
So far as learned at the time this
was written there had been no regret¬
table incidents growing out of the
over-zealousness of the parties who
are opposed in the contest and the
belief was expressed that there would
be no disturbances, though it was ad¬
mitted that interest was at (flevler
heat.
The prediction has been made that
tb-~ total vote for the county will not
exceed 900. If the vote does not ex¬
ceed this figure, 600 votes cast for
removal of the court house will mean
victory for the removalists, and 301
votes against removal will cinch the
issue in favor of keeping the court
house at its present location. Those
favoring the removal of the court
house are required under the Law to
secure a two-thirds vote in order to
carry their point.
Rawls Resigns And
McElvey Is Appointed
Col. B. H. Rawls, formerly of Pel¬
ham but who is now practicing law
in Florida, went to Atlanta last Fri¬
day and tendered his resignation as
oil inspector for the Pelham District
to Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, who reluctantly accepted the
same. Mr. Rawls has been connected
with the Department of Agriculture
almost continuously since October,
1922, serving two years in a super¬
vising capacity as District Fertilizer
Inspector. His commission as oil in¬
spector was in force until October,
1926, but owing to his recent decision
to take up the practice of law, in
Florida, he deemed it to his interest
as well as the interest of the general
public to resign his place in order
that another appointment might be
made. Commissioner of Agriculture
J. J. Brown immediately issued the
appointment to Mr. H. L. McElvey, a
prominent young man of Pelham, who
is connected with The Hand Trading ’
Company. j
New Street Sweeper
Is Now In Service
The new street sweeper purchased
by the city council some time ago ar¬
rived this week, after considerable de¬
lay, and was immediately put into
service. The machine is of the
horse-drawn type and appears to do
the work required efficiently and with
the minimum of expense. With this
machine the street squad will have no
trouble in keeping the newly paved
streets in respectable condition with
very little effort. The city will now
be able to insist, with better grace,
upon the enforcement of the regula¬
tions requiring merchants to keep the
sidewalks clean in front of their plac¬
es of business and public sentiment
will support such action.
Mr. Bishop Operated
On For Appendicitis
Mr. R. G. Bishop, Linotype opera¬
tor employed by The Enterprise,
suffered a sudden attack of appendi¬
citis on last Saturday afternoon and
was removed to the hospital in Al¬
bany, where he underwent an oper¬
ation Saturday night. M.r Bishop
went thru the operation nicely and is
now reported to be on the road to re¬
covery. His sudden illness has crip¬
pled The Enterprise seriously but
the remaining members of the force
are “carrying on” earnestly hopeful
that Mr. Bishop will soon be restored
to health and will be able to resume
his duties on this paper.
COUNCIL HOLDS
SPECIAL MEETING
COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO COM¬
PLY WITH RECENT COURT
DECISION ON PAVING.
A special meeting of the City
Council was held Wednesday evening
for the purpose of formulating plans
for complying with the recent de¬
cision of the Supreme Court of Geor¬
gia on the paving assessments made
by the city. On account of some
misunderstanding all of the members
of the council were not present, but
a quorum was declared and the body
proceeded with the business in hand.
Engineer C. Q. Wright, who was
employed by the city to look after the
paving of the city’s streets, met
with the council and the matter of re¬
figuring the assessments for paving
along Scott and Broad streets where
the state and county contributed a
twenty foot strip of paving was gone
into and the various items of cost
which were not included in the first
assessment but which may be includ¬
ed in the reassessment were discussed.
It is planned to get all the data to¬
gether and make out the new assess¬
ment as soon as possible. A con¬
siderable amount of clerical work is
involved in the matter and it may be
several weeks before the job is com¬
pleted.
It is important that the reassess¬
ment be made as early as possible
and the new fi. fas. issued because
under the court’s ruling the old fi.
fas. are illegal and can not be ne¬
gotiated.
Fire Destroys Two
Camilla Warehouses
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
two large sheet iron warehouses be¬
longing to the Georgia Manufactur¬
ing Co. Tuesday night about eleven
o’clock. The buildings were situated
just east of the Georgia cotton gin
and this plant had a narrow escape.
The fire started in the warehouse on
the corner which contained a quanti¬
ty of hay and other products and the
entire building was in flames when
discovered. A space of only a few
feet separated the two warehouses
and the fire department was unable
to confine the flames to the building in
which the fire originated and the
second warehouse was quickly envel¬
oped in flames. The fire department
was successful in saving a - warehouse
in the rear of the two burned build¬
ings and the cotton gin, neither of
which was damaged to any extent.
The firemen fought against a brisk
east wind that swept the flames peril¬
ously near other property. The new
water main recently laid on the
street running east and west by the
Planters Tobacco Warehouse was a
big factor in controlling the fire.
The loss sustained by the Georgia
Manufacturing Co. is estimated at
around $12,000. The buildings were
valued at $8,000 or $9,000, with
$3,000 insurance. Of twenty bales
of cotton stored in one of the build¬
ings, six were saved. The c'otton
that was burned, as well as wellp-mx
that was burned, as well as several
hundred dollars worth of hay and oth¬
er farm products and a considerable
stock of bagging and ties and sup¬
plies, amounting to $2,000 or $3,000,
was covered by insurance.
Camilla City Court
To Convene Monday
The regular June term of the City
Court of Camilla will convene here
Monday, June 1st. According to
officials there are no cases of
great importance to come up at
time and it is believed that the
of the term can be disposed
in a short session, two or three
A list of the jurors drawn for
term will be found on another
of this paper.
Ten Cent
Store Changes Hands
A change in the ownership of the
Ten Cent Store was brought
last week through a trade which
consummated between Mrs. W.
Hilliard and Mrs. J. J. Stewart by
the latter became the owner of
business. Mrs. Stewart took
last Saturday and will con¬
the business along the same
as it has been operated here¬
Mr. B. H. Jenkins Buys
Dr. Jones Residence
An important transaction in Ca¬
milla real estate of the past week was
the purchase of the Dr. Thos. W.
Jones residence by Mr. B. H. Jenkins
of this city. The deal was closed
last Friday and the consideration was
$5,200. The residence is situated east
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
on the Dixie Highway and is consid¬
ered one of the most desirable homes
in the city. Dr. Jones built the house
about three years ago and occupied
it for a while. When he moved to
Florida some time ago he offered it
for sale. It was understood that sev¬
eral parties were interested in the
property but a sale was not effected
until Dr. Jones’ recent visit to the
county.
CUSTER NOT TO BE
CANDIDATE AGAIN
DECISION IS ANNOUNCED IN
CHARGE TO GRAND JURY
AT AMERICUS.
In his charge to the grand jury in
Sumter county last week, Judge W.
V. Custer, who iB substituting for
Judge Littlejohn, made the announce¬
ment that he would not be a candi¬
date for re-election to the Superior
Court judgeship of the Albany cir¬
cuit when his present term expires,
according to a story printed by the
Americus Times-Recorder. Judge
Custer's statement regarding his own
political plans, as quoted in the
Americus paper, was made in connec¬
tion with an appeal for the divorc¬
ing of the judiciary from politics
and the devising of some method of
appointment which would obviate the
necessity of a judge getting out on
the hustings every four years and
appealing for support for another
term of office.
The Times-Recorder quoted Judge
Custer as follows:
"I have been continuously on the
bench since last September and am
tired and nervous. Unfortunately
there is no substitute judge and when
one is ill another must double up.
“When 1 finish my term I shall not
offer for re-election. I have had en¬
ough and see no reason why I should
pay one thousand or more dollars
running for an office. Your judiciary
should not be hampered by politics.
And that is one of the things that is
the matter with Georgia—it’s too
much politics. see no reason why a
judge should be compelled to enter
the political arena and kill all the
bsbies.”
Judge Custer then referred to a
bill drawn by the Georgia Bar Asso¬
ciation and which it is proposed to
have introduced at the next session
of the legislature, according to the
Americus paper, and asked that the
features of this bill be studied and if
approved the passage of the law
should be urged.
First Barn of Tobacco
Cared Near Pelham
The first barn of tobacco to be
cured in the county this year is re¬
ported to have been filled this week
on the farm of Mr. Larabee Hand,
near Pelham. This particular field
of tobacco, it was said, matured much
in advance of other tobacco in the
county owing to the continued drouth
in the section in which the farm is
located. The tobacco crop in the
Pelham district, as well as through¬
out the county, is looking fine, espec¬
ially since the rain of two weeks ago,
but no other crop that we have heard
of has matured sufficiently to be ready
for curing. In some parts of the
county there is still need of rain, due
to the fact that the recent general
rain was very light in places and
hardly more than enough water fell
to make the moisture meet.
Services at Baconton
School Auditorium
There will be sej-vices at the school
auditorium in Baconton next Satur¬
day night, May 30th, also Sunday
night, May 31st, at 8 o’clock Eastern
Time. Services will be conducted by
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. McNeil and Mrs.
Spensor, of Florida, and Mrs. Clenney
of Bainbridge. These are very able
of the Gospel and are non¬
sectarian. All are cordially invited.
The meetings will probably extend
through the following week.
NUMBER 8.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
REV. LUKE RADER, OF ATLANTA
WILL ASSIST THE PASTOR IN
THE MEETING.
Revival services at the Baptist
church will begin on Sunday morning,
May 81, according to previous an¬
nouncements, and will continue
through the two weeks following.
Arrangements have been in course*
of preparation for several weeks past
by Rev. J. G. Graham and his con¬
gregation, that their annual series
of meetings might be carried through
with the largest possible amount of
benefit to the unsaved and deepening
of religious life in our community.
Rev. Luke Rader, who was in Ca¬
milla last year and gave to the peo¬
ple some powerful and convincing gos¬
pel messages, and who was instru¬
mental in the large effectiveness of
the revival, consented some time ago
to come and be with the pastor, Rev.
Graham, in his meeting this year and
do the preaching. Hiis announce¬
ment was received with general ap¬
proval and pleasure by all those who
attended the meeting last year. Rev.
Rader has made numbers of warm
friends in Camilla and all are glad
to have him come back.
Rev. Graham will preach at both
services on Sunday, using special re¬
vival topics for his sermons. Rev.
Rader will not reach Camilla until
some time Monday, arriving here in
time to preach his first sermon at
the Monday evening service.
Rev. Rader will bring the singer
with him when he comes, and though
hiB name has not yet been announced,
it is assured that Rev. Rader has
found just the man who will manage
this important part of the series of
services in such a way as to make the
singing and song services a source
of large helpfulness to the meeting
and to make the gospel of song a
convincing one that will reach many
hearts otherwise untouched. All the
singers in the town and community
and those who love to sing, are in¬
vited to join the choir during the
meeting and add their assistance to
making the music a success.
The hours of holding sej-vices dur¬
ing the meeting will be arranged to
suit the needs and convenience of as
many people as possible, and if those
who plan to attend the meeting (reg¬
ularly, will so arrange, there need
be but small comfliction with any of
the services. The meeting will last
just two weeks, which is not a long
time, and every one should plan to
make the most of those few day*.
Rev. Graham and his congregation
are asking the prayers and earnest
co-operation of all Christian people of
the community, that the series of
services to begin Sunday may reanR
in a real revival of religion and its
blessings and helpfulness may reaeh
far and wide.
Since writing the above, we learn
that Rev. Graham has received a mes¬
sage stating that Prof. E. Powell Lee,
one of the best singers in the South¬
ern Baptist Convention, will eome to
lead the singing during the meeting.
A good many people in Camilla have
heard of Prof. Lee and can know just
what added helpfulness and inspira¬
tion his presence will mean toward
the success of the meeting.
The hours of services during the
week days will be 10 o’clock in the
morning and 7:46 in the evening. The
morning service will last just one hour
that the business people may be able
to attend with small loss of time to
their work. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Pupils Will Make Up
Deficient Studies
To al! the pupils of the Camilla
Public Schools who will be making up
work during the summer months *»
studies in which they failed, Snpt.
Attaway wishes to state that they
will be required to take entrance ex¬
aminations before the beginning of
the fall term of school, no matter
where or under whom they stutRed
during the summer.
Examinations will be given i*r
these pupils during the week imme¬
diately preceding the opening dtete
of school. On Monday examinatHw*
on mathematics will be given for alt
pupils making up this study, on Tues¬
day, English; Wednesday, History;
Thursday, Latin or French and on Fri¬
day, Science.