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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
BACONTON WANTS
STREETS PAVED
CITIZENS APPEAR BEFORE THE
COMMISSIONERS AND ASK
FOR COUNTY AID.
At a regular meeting of the County
Commissioners held here Tuesday a
delegation of prominent citizens from
Baconton appeared before the board
and asked for county aid in paving a
part of the streets of Baconton. Dr.
R. P. Jackson was the chief spokes¬
man for the delegation. He stated to
the board that the people of Baconton
felt like they were entitled to a share
of the money being expended by the
county on street paving and that the
delegation had come down for the
purpose of making a formal appli¬
cation for county aid on a street pav¬
ing project in Baconton. Dr. Jackson
stated that the people of Baconton
realized that they would not be en¬
titled to as large a share as the lar¬
ger towns of the county and that they
were perfectly willing to have the
matter of the amount to be expended
determined on a basis of the relative
size and importance of Baconton
among the municipalities of the coun¬
ty.
The Commissioners took no action
on the proposition from Baconton, but
the statement was made by Commis¬
sioner Wilkes that the board would
undoubledly deal with Baconton as
with the other towns of the county
and suggested that the Town of Ba¬
conton arrange a street paving pro¬
ject and that then the matter would
be in shape for the Commissioners to
consider it.
Another delegation of citizens from
the Raiford district appeared before
the board and complained of condi¬
tions in that district in reference to
violations of the prohibition law. It
was stated that conditions in that
district are unusually bad and that
apparently the officers have been un¬
able to bring the guilty parties to
justice. Sheriff C. D. Crow was in the
room at the time and in answer to
the spokesman for the delegation he
stated that he could promise them re¬
lief if the citizens of that district will
give the officers the proper co-oper¬
ation. He stated that both he and
County Policeman Mart Poore had
made a number of trips through the
territory in question and *that while
they had found evidence of violations
of the law and had destroyed a con¬
siderable amount of beer and a num¬
ber of stills, in every case these finds
■were in isolated spots and it was im¬
possible for the officers to trace the
violations to the door of any partic¬
ular individual. He suggested that the
citizens of that section of the county
keep a close watch for evidence of vio¬
lations of the law and give the offi¬
cers this information so that when
arrests are made there will be evi¬
dence sufficient to warrant a convic¬
tion.
• An unexpected development of
Tuesday’s meeting was the resigna¬
tion of County Attorney M. A. War¬
ren. It is understood that Col. Warren
submitted a 1 bill for extra service in
connection with some special litiga¬
tion of the county and that the Com¬
missioners declined to pay the bill,
whereupon the attorney tendered his
resignation to take effect at once and
- the same was accepted by the board.
Hail Damages Crops
In Several Localities
Damage to crops from hail has
been reported from several sections
of the county during the past few
days. The most serious damage re¬
ported in this county was on the farm
of Mr. C. B. Cox near Hopeful on
last Friday afternoon. It was at first
reported that Mr. Cox had practically
lost a seven acre patch of fine tobac¬
co, but Tuesday he stated to the writ¬
er that the damage was not as ser¬
ious as at first appeared. From his
description of the condition of his to¬
bacco it is judged that his crop has
not been damaged more than fifteen
or twenty per cent. The most serious
haH-Storm reported in this section
occurred on the farm of Mr. George
DeMott, near Sale City, just over the
line in Colquitt county. It was re¬
ported here Monday that Mr. DeMott
sustained damage to his farm crops
of between $2,000 and $3,000. Hail
has fallen in a good many localities
near Camilla but we have heard of no
serious damage done.
Road Claims To Be
Tried Before Jury
Claims for damages brought by
citizens owning property along the
route of the new public road from
Cotton to Pelham will be tried in
Pelham Friday and in Cotton next
Monday. The claims for damages will
be. submitted to a jury summoned
specially for this purpose. The trials
in Pelham will be before Justice of
the Peace W. T. Lacey, and at Cotton
before Justice of the Peace L. E. Mc
Math. The total of the claims
amounts to something like $9,000.
There is a good deal of interest in the
districts mentioned in the outcorqe of
these cases. The construction of this
new road has been bitterly opposed
by many of the property owners
touched by it. The settlement of these
damage cases is expected to end the
controversy over this matter and to
permit the completion of the road.
COUNTYMASONS TO
MEET IN BACONTON
BACONTON LODGE WILL ENTER¬
TAIN COUNTY CONVENTION
OF MASONS JUNE 24TH.
The Mitchell county Masonic Con¬
vention will meet at Baconton on
Wednesday, June 24th, at which time
the Masons of the county will be en¬
tertained by Baconton Lodge No. 451.
Preparations are being made at Ba¬
conton to give the visiting Masons a
hearty welcome and the usual good
dinner and in this the Baconton Ma¬
sons will have the cooperation and as¬
sistance of the entire citizenship.
The county conventions aVe always
enjoyable occasions and a large at¬
tendance is expected and hoped for
at Baeonton. All lodges in the county
are invited and are expected to be
well represented.
In a .note to the Enterprise an¬
nouncing the date of the convention
at Baconton, Mr. B. F. Ray, of Peb¬
ble City, Secretary of the County
Convention, announces that all Ma¬
sons are invited to attend a Lodge of
Sorrow on Sunday before the date of
the convention, when honors of the
order will be paid to members of the
I lodge who have died since June 24th,
j 1924.
Ft. Benning Soldiers
Here Monday Night
Battery C, of the First Battalion,
83rd Field Artillery, from Fort Ben
ning, spent Monday night in Camilla,
camping on the fair ground, and
leaving early Tuesday morning for
Cairo. The detachment which passed
through here is a part of four com¬
panies which left Fort Benning
about a week ago to march through
the country to Port St. Joe, Fla., for
a ten days vacation and maneuver¬
ing expedition. The unit passing
through here comprised about 100
men, four field guns and a number
of trucks and other equipment. The
famous army mule was missing from
the picture, the cannon being hauled
by small caterpillar tractors, and big
army trucks transported the other
equipment. The detachment began
arriving soon after noon and kept
coming in scattered bunches until
about bed-time. From here the bat¬
tery went to Cairo and then to Bain
bridge, where all four companies
were to be concentrated for the
march to Port/ St. Joe.
Negro Arrested For
Smashing Into Car
Richard Dozier, a negro who lives
on Mr. Lloyd Shiver’s place, drove
his Ford car into Mr. J. E. Phelan’s
Buick, parked in front of the Baptist
church, Sunday night and caused
quite a bit of excitement. Very little
damage resulted from the collision
but when the police appeared on the
scene to investigate the matter it
was found that Dozier was drunk and
he was locked up charged with dis¬
orderly conduct. The excitement was
caused by another negro who was in
the car with Dozier. When the col¬
lision occurred he leaped out with a
sack which it is supposed had several
bottles of liquor in it. *. Someone
cried catch him and the negro left
the scene so fast that no one saw
him well enough to give the officers
a description of him. Dozier was
fined $10.00 in mayor’s court Monday
morning.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925.
YOUNG PEOPLE TO
PRESENT COMEDY
SHOW TO BE GIVEN FOR BENE¬
FIT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
ATHl/ETJC ASSOCIATION
Elaborate plans are being laid for
the 1925 Follies, “Marjorie,” to be
given June 23rd at the opera house.
Camilla is indeed fortunate in the
amount of splendid talent she is able
to assemble, especially during the
summer when all the young folks are
at home.
The show is being given for the
benefit of the High School Athletic
Association. There is no fund of any
kind to assist the Association in pur¬
chasing uniforms, equipment, balls,
or to finance trips. Therefore the
money taken in at games never suf¬
fices to pay all expenses. Every year
the Superintendent and Principal of
the school, because they know the
benefits of athletics, dig down in
their pockets and supply the deficit.
This year, because there were some
outstanding bills, well-wishers of the
school wished to raise money to pay
off all indebtedness and let the As¬
sociation start with a clean sheet this
fall.
Just here we’d like to make a plea
to the public spirited citizens of Ca¬
milla for financial help for the ath¬
letic department. Of course, contri¬
bution toward this means no return
of dollars to our pockets, and some
generous public spirited folks only
wish to give when they know the mo¬
ney finds it's way back which is not
giving, only investing. So would this
gift he an investment, assuring us of
stronger boys and girls, and teaching
them thf rudirr _i.s of true sports¬
manship, withou', which no man’s
character is complete. Think this mat¬
ter over and decide to give something
this fall to this cause, or at least de¬
cide to support the teams by your
presence at every game.
The cjjsit of the Follies will in¬
clude about fifty performers. The
plot is the typical musical comedy
plot and the fourteen musical
numbers are well selected and will
be presented by vivacious, pretty
chorus girls and handsome chorus
men, with fourteen changes of cos¬
tume. The directors have been fortun¬
ate in getting several splendid voices
and the music alone will be worth the
money.
Camilla’s own orchestra, with Miss
Lulawill Brown as pianist, will play,
and that assures splendid support for
the solo numbers and choruses.
There is nothing lacking to make
this the greatest attraction Camilla
has ever put on, and naturally the
cast will expect a record breaking
crowd in return for the hard work
they are going to put forth to make
it a success.
Next week a synopsis and cast of
the show will be given.
Keep the date in mind, June 23rd,
Camilla Follies.
Margaret Boynton
Wins First Honor
Miss Margaret Boynton, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Boynton, of Flint
and who has been attending Albany
High School for the past two or three
years, received her diploma at the
graduating exercises on Thursday
evening of last week, and her many
friends in the county are congratula¬
ting her on having graduated with
first honor over a class of fifty sev¬
en. Five young ladies in the class
were the honor graduates and all
participated in the exercises, Miss
Boynton giving the class greeting.
She is a bright and ambitious young
lady and her friends are proud of
her splendid record in High School.
The small community of Flint has the
distinction of having furnished sev
veral honor graduates to various col¬
leges and schools, which speaks well
for the educational influence of the
place.
Vesper Services
Vesper services will be held at the
Presbyterian church on Sunday after¬
noon at 4:30 o’clock. The service is
planned so as not to conflict with any
of the revival services at the Baptist
church, and cordial invitation is giv¬
en to all who will attend this service.
Dr. H. L. Akridge, County Health
Commissioner of Glenn County, is
spending a short while in the county
visiting relatives and friends at
Sale City, Camilla and Baconton.
SHORT COURSE FOR
COUNTY GIRL CLUB
TO BE HELD IN CAMILLA JUNE
16-17 UNDER DIRECTION
OF MISS ELLA FOY
Next week will be a great time for
Mitchell County Club girls, who will
take part in the County Short Course
to be given at the City Hall in Camil¬
la by Miss Ella Foy, County Home
Demonstration Agent, on Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 16-17. Every
club will be represented by at least
two of its members, who, after getting
the benefits and training offered here,
will in turn assist in the short courses
to be held in their respective com¬
munities.
The splendid co-operation of the lo¬
cal club girls and their parents, to¬
gether with the many others who are
giving their best thought and time
and talent so unreservedly to the girls
of their county, bespeak a great op¬
portunity for those who attend.
A splendid program has been ar¬
ranged for the Short Course to be
given as follows:
TUESDAY
9:30 to 10:30—Opening Exercises,
Rev. H. W. Joiner.
Song, “Battle Hynm of the Re¬
public.”
Objective in Club work—Miss Foy.
Solo, Mrs. J. D. Deans.
Grouping of Girls and Assigning
Work.
10:30 to 12:00—Demonstration with
Tomato Products for Group A.
Demonstration in Packing Beans,
Fancy Pack, Group B.
Demonstration in Sewing for Group
C, led by Mrs. Phil Bailey.
NOON RECESS.
1:00 to 2:00—Demonstration in
Bread Making—Miss Foy.
2:00 to 3:00—IJasketry—Miss Jew¬
ell Butler.
3:00 to 3:30—Making the Yard
Beautiful, by Mrs. R. M. Fleming.
|3:30 to 4:30—Needlecraft, by Mrs.
Bailey.
4:30. to 5:00—Recreation.
5:00 to 6:00—Story Telling.
WEDNESDAY
9:000 to 10:00—Opening Exercises,
Rev. J. D. Deans.
Song, "Glory to Old Georgia.”
Training Home Makers, by Miss
Clare Culpepper.
Music.
10:00 to 11:00—-Making of Salad,
Mrs. G. W. Cochran.
11:00 to 12:00—Jelly Making for
Group A, by Miss Foy.
Demonstration in Canning in Tin,
for Group B, by Miss Akridge.
Pretty Things That All Girls Can
Make, Group C, by Mrs. Bailey.
NOON RECESS.
1:30 to 2:30—Preserving of Ac¬
cessible Products.
2:30 to 3:30—Basketry, by Miss
Jewel Butler.
3:30 to 4:30—Lecture.
4:30 to 5:30—Heart to Heart Talk
with the Girls.
5:30 to 6:00—Refreshments.
6:00—Girls Departs for Home.
Music Study Club
Closes Year 1924-25
The meeting Wednesday afternoon
of the Music Study Club marked the
close of a successful year of the club
under the leadership of Mrs. G. B.
Baggs, president. The meeting was
devoted to business, the main feature
of the meeting being the election of
officers as follows:
Mrs. A. I. Bennett, President; Mrs.
Chas. Watt, Jr,, Vice-President; Mrs.
P. C. Cullens, Recording Secretary;
Mrs. D. V. Thompson, Corresponding
Secretary; Mra. A. J. Glausier, Treas¬
urer; Mrs. J. M. McNair, Press Re¬
porter; Mrs. M. M. Acree, Parlia¬
mentarian; Mrs J. C. Turner, Critic.
The Club gave the retiring Presi¬
dent a rising vote of thanks for the
splendid service rendered during her
administration.
After the business meeting a so¬
cial hour was enjoyed. The hostesses
for the afternoon were Mrs. J. C.
Turner and Mrs. M. B. Mock.
AT HOME FROM NAVY.
Mr. Chas. Watt Spence, U. S. N.,
who is stationed at Portsmouth, Va.,
arrived here the latter part of last
week with a friend, Mr. Thomas Ste¬
vens, to spend a few days visiting
with Mrs. J. H. Spence and other re¬
latives.
Commissioners Sign
Paving Contract
According to information received
in Camilla the County Commissioners
met in Pelham Thursday morning and
signed the contract under which the
county will bear a portion of the cost
of paving certain streets in the town
of Pelham. According' to the report
received here the board divided on
the question, three commissioners Vot¬
ing for the proposition and two
against. No details of the terms of
the contract or the extent to which
the county is to participate in this
work were known here at the time
this was written.
TOBACCO CROP IS
MOST PROMISING
GROWERS WILL BEGIN CURING
THE CROP NEXT WEEK. RAIN
HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL.
The tobacco crop in Mitchell coun¬
ty is most promising, according to all
information received here. The crop,
apparently, has not been injured by
the dry weather and the fine rains,
which have been general over this
county for the past week, came just
at the right time, according to exper¬
ienced growers. The only complaint
heard this year and the only thing
that has affected the out-turn of the
crop has been the irregularity of the
stand. The growers had a good deal
of trouble in getting the crop set and
growing and a good many report that
the stand is anywhere from ten to
thirty per cent, below normal. This
condition will affect the yield in
pounds but will not affect the qual¬
ity, it is said.
Approximately 4,000 acres of to¬
bacco is being grown in Mitchell
county this year and the success or
failure of the crop will have an im¬
portant bearing on business condi¬
tions this year. The present outlook
is for a crop upwards of 3,000,000
pounds which should bring the grow¬
ers of the county close to a million
dollars.
Mr. C. F. Earp, who moved to this
county last winter from North Caro¬
lina and who is growing 100 acres of
tobacco in partnership with Mr. Leon
Perry, stated to the writer Tuesday
that he has sixty acres out of his en¬
tire crop that is the best tobacco at
this stage he has ever grown. He
qualified this statement by saying
that many things can happen to the
crop yet, but that he is highly pleas¬
ed with the present prospects. Peo¬
ple from all over the county have
been visiting Mr. Earp’s place to see
his tobacco, which is said to be the
finest in the county.
There are several other big crops
of tobacco in the vicinity of Camilla,
ranging from 25 to 125 acres and all
are doing nicely, though some of the
crops are a little ragged owing to the
different ages of the tobacco. It is
said that this condition will only put
the grower to more trouble in ga¬
thering but will not otherwise operate
to his disadvantage.
Mr. J. A. Hayes, of Camilla, who
has 125 acres of tobacco right in
the edge of town, is very optimistic
over the crop situatiort. He states that
due to the difficulty of getting a
stand his yield per acre will be cut
somewhat under that of last year
but that the present indications are
that the quality will be as good as
last year.
The growers around Camilla are
putting the finishing touches on their
tobacco barns and are getting ready
to begin curing next week or the
week after. Most of the growers have
their barns completed all but install¬
ing the flues and this work is being
done now. There will not be near as
much difficulty, due to lack of barn
room as there was last year and
those who grew tobacco last
season are approaching the curing
time with much less anxiety over the
result than was the case last year.
Error In Listing
Teachers Names
A typographical error in the list of
the teachers of Camilla Public
Schools, given in the Enterprise last
week, mixed the names of the teach¬
ers in the Junior High School depart¬
ment, which should have read “Fifth
Grade, Mrs. Belle H. Jones; Sixth
Grade, Mrs. J. M. Spence: Seventh
Grade, Miss Evelyn Perry."
NUMBER 9.
BAPTIST MEETING
TO CLOSE SUNDAY
INTEREST IN SERVICES GROW¬
ING. REV. RADER PREACHING
STRONG SERMONS
The series of revival services, which
began at the Baptist church the first
of last week, have continued through
the second week with a splendid at¬
tendance at all the services and a
large amount of interest demonstrat¬
ed.
Rev. Luke Rader, who is doing the
preaching, suffered a slight illness
last week and was confined to his
bed part of Thursday and Friday,
unable to attend the services. Prof. E.
P. Lee, the singer, led the services in
the absence of *the evangelist. He is
a young man full of life and personal
magnetism, and is an earnest Christ¬
ian worker, and the people, both
young and old, enjoyed his services,
though they very much regretted Mr.
Rader’s short illness.
The song services have been spec¬
ially enjoyed throughout the meeting
and have been a source of helpful¬
ness and inspiration to everyone. Mr.
Lee has a wonderful voice, and every¬
body has enjoyed hearing him sing.
He has been very successful in secur¬
ing most of the singers of the com¬
munity for his choirs, and their ser¬
vices are greatly appreciated.
Rev. Rader has delivered a series
of most stirring' and powerful ser¬
mons this week, continuing his pro¬
gram of discussion of fundamentals
and talks to the Christians at the
morning service on the power of a
surrendered life, his themes at the
evening hours have been evangelis¬
tic. Many people have been helped
and blessed under his preaching, giv¬
ing open expression of their inten¬
tion to start anew as Christians, and
making application for church mem¬
bership.
Special prayer services have been
held at the close of each sermon, and
just before the evening services,
which have been largely attended.
A good many people from nearby
communities have been attending the
revival from time to time. On Monday
evening a large portion of the Port
Benning soldiers, encamped here for
the night, were welcome visitors at
the meeting.
The services will continue through
Sunday as announced heretofore.
Sunday will be a great day at the
meeting, probably the most auspic¬
ious day, and a large attendance at
the services is expected.
The prayers, co-operation and at¬
tendance of the people of Camilla and
surrounding community are invited
during the remaining days of the
meeting.
Dr. F. L. Lewis Receives
Diploma From Emory
Dr. F. L. Lewis, of Camilla, who
graduated from the Atlanta Medical
College in 1892, was notified recently
by the Medical Department of
Emory University that he would be
awarded a diploma from Emory, in re¬
cognition of his graduation from a
school which was later merged in the
University and of his long and suc¬
cessful practice as a physician. Dr.
Lewis was unable to attend the meet¬
ing of the Alumni of the University
this week, when he would have had
the opportunity of meeting many old
friends who were in school with him
thirty years ago. It is understood that
Emory University is bestowing di¬
plomas upon all of the graduates of
the old Atlanta Medical College and
the Atlanta College of Physicians
and Surgeons, which were combined
and merged v/ith the university.
Small Crop of Melons;
Good Prices Expected
The watermelon crop will fall far
short of last year in the number of
cars grown in South Georgia, but it
will be especially short in Mitchell
county, where the acreage is less than
half what it was last year. The few
farmers who have melons report the
crop doing nicely so far with the
prospects excellent for good quality
melons. The big cut in the acreage
this year, plus better quality melons,
ought to spell good prices, but there
is never any telling what will be the
outcome of a watermelon crop and
few people are taking the trouble to
predict.