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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
COMMISSIONERS *
ENJOINED AGAIN
CITIZENS OBJECT TO
TAKING PART IN PAVING
PROJECT AT! PELHAM.
A temporary injunction directed
the County Commissioners of Mitchell
county, restraining them from carry¬
ing out a contract entered into last
week with the authorities of the Town
of Pelham and the Davis Construc¬
tion Co. in connection with the pav¬
ing of certain streets in Pelham, was
filed with the Clerk of the Superior
Court here late Wednesday afternoon,
The restraining order was signed
by Judge W. V. Custer and hearing
on the matter was set for Saturday
June 27th, at Camilla.
The petition for injunction was
brought by Pope & Bennet, of Al¬
bany, and the citizens whose names
appear in the petition are: G. M.
Cochran, of Flint, and J. G. Kirkland,
G. P. Jackson, L. C. Fleming, H. U.
Jackson, J. C. Cowan and R. P. Jack
son, all of Baconton.
The petition alleges that the Coun¬
ty Commissioners are about to spend
approximately $15,000 of county tax
money on a street paving project in
a municipality on streets that are not
a part of the state highway stystem.
It is also alleged that the Com¬
missioners have entered into a con¬
tract to make this expenditure of
county funds without first advertis¬
ing for bids for the proposed work, as
required by law.
The and'tax contract payers’was objected to by citi
zens entered into
last Thursday by the County
missioned at a special meeting of the
board held in Pelham. It is said that
the board was advised by the county
attorney that the contract was illegal
and that the members of the board
might be held personally
for the county funds expended under
the contract. Acting upon the opinion
-of the attorney two members of the
board, Chairman G. B. Baggs, of this
district, and Commissioner G. P. Har¬
rell, of the Hinsonton and Cotton dis¬
trict, declined to sign the contract.
Commissioner J. R. Miller, of Bacon
ton and Raiford district, was not pre¬
sent at the meeting.
The acts of the board leading up
to the present disagreement may be
briefly stated as follows:
Before the first contract was let
for paving on the Dixie Highway the
Commissioners entered into an agree¬
ment to do as much paving in the
Town of Pelham as was done in Ca¬
milla. The first paving project on the
Dixie Highway extended from the
northern limits of Camilla to the
southern limits of Pelham. The con
tract called for paving of a twenty
foot roadway along the route of the
Dixie Highway through Camilla
a roadway of the same width through
Pelham. When the paving had been
completed and the yardage figured
up it was found that more paving had
been done in Camilla than in Pelham
due to the fact that the city limits of
Camilla extend a mile in each direc
tion from the court house, wheras the
city limits of Pelham extend only
three-quarters of a mile in each di
rection from the center of the town.
The distance across the circle mark
ing the city limits of Camilla is two
miles and the distance across the cir¬
cle marking the city limits of Pelham
is a mile and a half, so that there is
actually a half mile more road paving
in Camilla than in Pelham. Acting up¬
on the resolution above referred to,
the Commissioners decided to make
up this difference in the amount of
paving done in the two towns by
paving a half-mile strip on other
streets and roads in Pelham to be
designated by the Pelham City Coun¬
cil. This additional work, it is alleg¬
ed, will cost the county approximately
$15,000. The citizens who object to
the carrying out of this plan make
the point that the county is about to
make a gift of this amount of county
tax funds to a municipality for use
on its streets and that the work on
these streets form no part of a coun¬
ty road project and is unauthorized
under the law.
FINE COTTON
Mr. Laurier Bush brought a stalk
of cotton to town last week which
came off the farm of his brother, Mi-.
R. A. Bush, near Hinsonton, which
bad 83 squares and 15 bolls on It.
Mr. Bush’s is said to be the oldest
in the county and it gives promise of
a big yield at this time. /
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Mr. Sparling to Speak
At Lions Club Today
Mr. J. N. Sparling, of Albany, has
accepted an invitation from the Ca¬
l' milla Lions Club to make an address
j at the wee kly luncheon of the club
today (Friday) at the McNair Hotel.
Mr. Sparling will discuss the possi¬
bilities of attracting investors to
South Georgia and the opportunity
for a real estate and farm land boom
here similar to that which is taking
place in Florida. Mr. Sparling is iden
tified with the progressive citizens of
Albany who are already moving along
this line and are getting results. A
full attendance of the members of the
Lions Club is desired at the meeting
today.
i
j DIVINE HEALING
!
j AT CAMP MEETING
REV. W. W. M’CORD INVITES THE
AFFLICTED TO ATTEND THE
SALE CITY MEETING
The Enterprise has just received a
letter from Rev. W. W. McCord,
President of the Sale City Camp
Meeting Association, who is now con¬
ducting a meeting at Laporte City,
Iowa. Rev. McCord encloses copy for
advertising matter for the Sale City
camp in which the announcement is
made that “the original and only
Bud Robinson” will be the main
preacher at the camp meeting this
year. The meeting will open on Thurs¬
day night, July 16th and continue
j throu K h the 26th - At the first service
Rev Robinson wil1 ^ ve “ Llfc
‘
Story -” which everybody should hear
and which wil1 lead to a better appre '
dation of this remarkable preacher
I and the "T bim derful work God has done
th ^ ough '.
The invitation is given to bring the
'“«<* bI ' nd ; lam f> balt ’ Paralyzed
dumb and a ™| cted *’>> a »
kinds of trouble for Divine healing. .
The healing of the afflicted will be
one of the features of the meeting
and this will no doubt attract hun¬
dreds to these services. Rev. McCord
has been conducting healing services
in his meetings now for several years
and his work is said to have been at¬
tended with many remarkable cures
The Sale City Camp Meeting is un¬
denominational and preachers and
members of all churches, as well as
those who have formed no church af¬
filiations, are invited to attend the
meeting and take part in the services:
Cotton-Pelham Road
Cases Are Settled
The claims for damages brought
against the county by property own
j ers along the new Cotton-Pelham
! road were settled last week before
the cases went to tria , I1fle bagis of
settlement was $75 to $100 per acre
| f or the land that is to be used by the
j CO the unty in opening the new road and
{ county agreed to build substan
tial fences a i or , g the road and pro _
tect the crops from damage while the
work is being done The largest claims
were paid to Mr H j Pa]mer and R
p, Goodson, who received $500 each,
Mrs. j. L . Hand, who had the largest
amo unt 0 f i and involved in the new
road, has declined to accept compen¬
sation from the county, it is said. The
clearing up of these cases will en¬
able the commissioners to proceed
now with the road work.
Notice to Fishermen;
Lost Bobs Are Found
Now comes Mr. J. W. Butler, of
this city, with the latest and most
original fish yarn, properly witnessed
and subscribed to by Mr. J. W. Kir
bo, well-known artist with rod and
reel and an authority on fish stories
that will stand up under acid test of
investigation. According to these gen¬
tlemen local fishermen have been los¬
ing their bobs at a certain point in the
Gee Pond where a monster trout has
made his home near a submerged
wire fence. Last Friday evening about
sundown Mr. Butler and Mr. Kirbo
went after Mr. Trout and at the very
first cas: Mr. Butler hung him and
after a considerable struggle he was
safely landed in the boat. The fisher¬
men then investigated* their catch and
found four bobs in his mouth which
he had taken away from less success¬
ful sportsmen. The trout weighed six
pounds. Mr. Butler asks us to notify
local fishermen to come around and
get their. bobs.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925.
SHORT COURSE FOR
CLUB GIRLS HELD
VERY PROFITABLE PROGRAM
CARRIED OUT TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY
The Mitchell county club Girls Short
Course, which was held at the city
hall here Tuesday and Wednesday,
went through with good success. A
large number of girls were present
when time came for the opening ex¬
ercises Tuesday morning, and all were
ready and eager to take part in the
course prepared for their instruction
and to enjoy the fellowship with the
other girls.
Opening devotional exercises were
led by Rev. Jas. D. Deans and Miss
Foy talked to the girls about the Ob¬
jective in Club Work. The girls then
registered and were grouped and as¬
signed to the work of the day. De¬
monstration classes in tomato pro¬
ducts and packing beans in fancy
pack, occupied the morning session,
Misses Virginia Rogers and Irene
Taylor, of Pelham, and Sara McRee,
of Camilla, assisting Miss Foy in the
demonstrations. Demonstration in
sewing for one of the groups of girls
was led by Mrs. P. E. Bailey.
In the afternoon a demonstration
in bread making was given by Miss
Foy, after which a lesson in Basketry
was taught by Miss Jewell Butler
and a lesson in Needlecraft was
taught by Mrs. P. E. Bailey. At the
close of the day’s instruction there
was an enjoyable period of recrea¬
tion for the girls.
At the opening exercises Wednes¬
day morning Rev. Deans gave a splen¬
did talk to the girls on the body as
the temple of God. Mrs. Deans sang
the beautiful words of the poem,
“Others,” and Miss. Clare Culpepper
talked to the girls about “Training
Home Makers.” Miss Sara McRee
then gave an enjoyable reading.
Mrs. G. W. Cochran led the first
demonstration of the morning on the
making of salad. Jelly making was
demonstrated next by Miss foy. Miss
Alice Akridge demonstrated canning
in tin to a group of the girls and
Mrs. P. E. Bailey showed another
group, pretty things that all girls
can make.
At the afternoon session preserv¬
ing was demonstrated by Miss Foy
and basketry taught by Miss Jewel
Butler. Several other ladies visited
the short course and assisted Miss
Foy in the demonstrations.
The gilds registered and attending
the course were:
Delora Adams, Donita Adams, Sal
lie Akridge, Coy Akridge, Olla Mae
Brown, Laurene Bullard, Tempie Bur
son, Grace Bullard, Mildred Black
shear, Ada Jewel Cochran, Helen
Deans, Annie Ruth Faircloth, Gervis
Hatheock, Virginia Jones, Sallie Lou
Johnson, Bessie Kelly, Bamma Kel¬
ly, Lois Kelly, Susie Mae Kelly, Sara
McRee, Carolyn Palmer, Grace Pal¬
mer, Virginia Rogers, Chloe Loyd
Rackley, Hazel Rackley, Celeste Ri¬
vers, Elizabeth Shackleford , Marie
Shackleford, Irene Taylor, Evalina
Stevenson, Janie Williams , Wilma
Williams. Miss Alice Akridge, Mrs.
J. B. Akridge, Mrs. W. E. Posey and
Mrs. Jas. D. Deans were also present
both days and assisted Miss Foy.
Negro Injured When
Struck By a Truck
Gold Orr, a young negro man em¬
ployed on Mr. Leon Perry’s planta¬
tion, was painfully and it may be
seriously injured Tuesday afternoon
when he was struck by a truck driven
by Frank Cochran. The negro was
caught between the truck and some
obstruction, it was said, and while
no bones were broken, physician who
examined him thought that there was
a possibility of internal injuries that
might prove serious
Evelyn Gray Hui*t On
Barbed Wire Fence
Evelyn, the 12-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gray, narrowly es¬
caped serious injury Saturday when
she ran or fell against a barbed wire
fence and one of the barbs slashed a
deep gash in her throat. The injury,
quite alarming to her parents at the
time, proved to be only a flesh wound
and is not expected to cause he little
girl much trouble.
School Crayon, Pencils, Tablets, etc
at The Enterprise Office.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET IS HELD
PROF. J. F. REID ARRANGES AN
INTERESTING MEETING
FOR HIS CLASS
At six o’clock on Thursday evening,
June lith, 1925, the boys taking Vo¬
cational Agriculture in the Camilla
High School and their fathers as¬
sembled at a banquet on the school
campus.
This splendid expression of mutual
interest in co-operation was partici¬
pated ip by about forty-five or fifty
boys and parents. J. F. Reid, the Vo¬
cational Instructor, realizing that
with any organization it is helpful
for its participants to get together
to study and discuss their problems,
was instrumental in bringing these
boys and their parents together for
this purpose. This banquet was held
in a wood shop which had just been
completed by the boys as part of their
class room instruction.
Each boy was introduced and each
gave an outline of his year’s work.
Some have an acre of tobacco, some
have an acre of tobacco and soy
beans, some five acres of cotton, oth¬
ers corn, cotton and soy beans, etc.
The boys expressed confidence in
their crop selections and in their abil¬
ity to show some good yield this fall.
The principal speaker was Mr. L.
M. Sheffer, Assistant Supervisor of
the Department of Agriculture Edu¬
cation, State College of Agriculture,
Athens, Ga. He made a very forceful
talk in which he pointed out that
heretofore we have been educating
the best talent away from the small
towns and rural communities, and
when we realize that in sending one
of these boys out from a community
we are sending out about one thous¬
ands dollars (that is what a high
school education means to boy, an add¬
ed income of about one thousand dol¬
lar per year, we see what this means.
He then pointed out that Vocation¬
al, education is remedying this evil,
and that not only do these depar
ments educate those boys who are in
the high school to remain at home,
but it is their expectation to reach
every boy in the county between the
ages of thirteen and forty, who will
avail themselves of the opportunity.
Mr. Reitz, also of the Sj^tte College)
made a short talk on how to find the
needs of our county a*hd to locate and
reach these boys out of school. This
is done by making a complete sur¬
vey of each district in the county,
locating and becoming acquainted
with every boy and his parents, and
showing them how they may have
access to a Vocational class. Not only
is it well to know the personnel of the
county, but we should know just
where we stand in agricultural crops
and live stock.
It is the purpose of the teachers in
this county to make this survey with¬
in the next few weeks and to let it
be known just how we stand. This
will be an interesting thing to look
for at the county fair this fall.
Lack of time prevented a number
of interesting talks that would have
been very helpful to those present, as
the Vocational Instructors and their
boards of education of Hopeful, Sale
City and Pelham were invited.
Realizing that one of the para¬
mount needs of Mitchell County is
“Soil improvement.” The teachers of
agriculture have resolved to make a
co-operative effort to promote and
push a soil improvement program
throughout the county.
This was the second meeting of this
nature held in our county this week.
Mrl E. I. Sanders of P^ham held a
Father and Son banquet Wednesday
night. '
Every father and son went away
resolving to further co-operate in this
work.
Read Serial Story
Beginning This Week
The first installment of “So Big,”
the greatest story from the pen of
Edna Ferber, a writer who has been
voted unanimously, “the female O.
Henry,” is being run this week in The
Enterpriser This story received the
Pulitzer award as the best novel pub
lished in 1924 and those who enjoy j
fiction ought to be pleased with “So 1
Big.” This is our first serial. The con-1
tinuance of this feature will depend |
upon the reception it receives from
our readers. If you like it, let
know it.
Slayer of Baker
County Man Caught
Bill Williams, a negro who is ac¬
cused of killing John W. Timmons,
a white farmer at the latter’s home
in Baker County about two weeks
ago, was arrested Monday at Hog
gard’s mill when he appeared at a
country store to buy provisions. The
prisoner was carried to Albany and
lodged in jail to await trial. The ne¬
gro is said to have admitted that he
killed Timmons but claims he acted
in self-defense. The officers had been
searching for the negro for several
days and had about come to the con¬
clusion that he had left Baker County
when the report came that he had been
arrested at Hoggard’s Mill , near
which place the negro had been hid¬
ing in the woods.
MUSICAL COMEDY
BY HOME TALENT
FIFTY COLLEGE GIRLS AND
BOYS TO TAKE PART IN
INTERESTING PLAY
The Camilla Dramatic Club will
present the musical comedy, “Marjor¬
ie,” at the opei-a house on Tuesday
night at eight o’clock.
Fifty college boys and girls, who
are at home for the summer, have
taken the parts in the play and a
real treat in music and fun is expect¬
ed Tuesday night, for it is well known
that there is no small amount of real
talent among our college contingent.
Under the efficient direction of
Mrs. E. Hackett Jr. and Miss Mabel
Hartley, the cast is working diligent¬
ly this week on the production and
their efforts are sure to be rewarded
with a big hit from the time the cur¬
tain rises Tuesday night.
Some clever dances and snappy
songs will feature the play, with no
end of fun all along. There will be
eight changes of costume. The chor¬
uses are unique. There is a Dutch,
Spanish, Hick, and other interesting
dances and chorus.
The following argument of the play
is given: **
The small town of Hinky-Doodle is
all agog over the expected arrival of
two representatives of the Sisters of
Sophronia Society, who are looking
for a suitable site for a Home for
Aged Spinsters. Mr. Pettigrew, the
village shylock, who holds a mort¬
gage on the widow Brooks’ home,
wishes to foreclose the mortgage and
sell her home to the Snoozer & Med
dergrass representatives. In the mean¬
time Musty and Dusty, two witty,
shiftless tramps drift into the town¬
ship. They are mistaken for the true
representatives and given a big re¬
ception. At the same time the town
constable, who is diligently seeking
for chicken thieves who have visited
the neighborhod, arrests Snoozer &
Meddergrass. Dick Darrel, a member
of a city motorist party who have
been stranded in town by car trouble,
falls in love with Marjorie Brooks
and determines to foil the plans of
the grasping Pettigrew. The plan he
sets in motion to gain his ends forms
quite a lively situation, and of course
all ends happily.
The musical numbers are, "Let’s
Get Together,” “Osh Kosh b’ Gosh,”
“No Wonder,” “Yearning,” “Get
Yourself a Broom and Sweep, Sweep
Your Troubles Away,” “Chile
Carne Eyes,” “The Love Song You
Will Forget," “Fables,” “In Wrong,
so Long,” “I Didn’t Ask, He Didn’t
Say, so I Don’t Know,” “Stepping
Around,” “Jungle Bungalow.”
The comedy is being presented for
the benefit of the High School Ath¬
letics and expressions from the peo¬
ple assure the Dramatic Club of an
unusually large attendance. The ad¬
mission is fifty and twenty-five cents.
No seats will be reserved.
Little Girl Bitten
By A Large, Spider
The ten-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. II. Akridge, of Pebble
City, was bitten by a large spider
last Thursday and became seriously
ill shortly afterward. Physicians were
called in and after a short while the
child began to get better and is now
fully recovered. The little girl crawl
ed into a gopher hole or was playing
around one when she was tjitten by
the spider.
Mr. O. B. Twitty* of Albany, was
in the city on Thursday of last week.
NUMBER 10.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
CLOSED TUESDAY
LARGE ATTENDANCE AND MUCH
INTEREST SHOWN DURING
SERIES OF SERVICES
The series of revival services at
the Baptist church came to a close
Tuesday night after a most profitable
two weeks season of preaching and
evangelistic work under the leader¬
ship of the pastor, Rev. J. G. Gra¬
ham, evangelist Rev. Luke Rader, of
Atlanta, and singer, Prof. E. Powell
Lee, of Macon.
The meeting was characterized by
the large attendance and interest
throughout the entire series of ser¬
vices. At the evening services the
seating capacity of the church was
taxed to accommodate the large
crowds especially at the last two or
three services, and class rooms and
vestibules employed to seat the over¬
flow.
Mr. Rader’s attractive personality
drew his hearers to give their closest
attention as he preached in a rapid
fire manner, a number of powerful
gospel semons, stirring and impress¬
ing all who heard him from time to
time. The sermon Sunday night from
the text, John 3:16, the “Love” ser¬
mon, and the one Monday night on
the “Second Coining of Christ and
Signs of the Times," were among the
most intensely interesting sermons
during the past few days. At the close
of the service Sunday night the con¬
gregation voted to continue the meet¬
ing through Tuesday instead of clos¬
ing Sunday night, as it was original¬
ly planned to do. Sunday morning at
the Sunday School hour the Mens
Bible Class listened to a splendid ad¬
dress by Mr. Rader at the city hall,
the mens classes of the other church¬
es accepting the invitation to hear
the evangelist speak.
The excellent music during the
meeting was an enjoyable and inspir¬
ing factor. Prof. Lee is a splendid
song leader and succeeded in organ¬
izing al sections of his audiences into
an enthusiastic choir. His solo sing¬
ing was much enjoyed from time to
time and for the last few days Mrs.
Rader’s sweet soprano voice was an
added attraction. Mrs. Willie Nix and
Mrs. E. P. Lee were both highly ap¬
preciated for their work as accom¬
panists. v
The number of people who were
blessed and helped by the meeting
cannot possibly be estimated. Many,
however, have expressed themselves
publicly, as having seen a new light
and confessing Christ, some making
application for church membership.
The people of Camilla thoroughly
enjoyed the personal contact with
Rev. Rader and Prof Lee and their
families during their stay here and
they were most pleasantly entertain¬
ed from day to day at a number of
homes. They won the hearts of many
warm friends and their going away
Wednesday was a source of sincere
regret. As a token of the appreciation
of their worthy service here during
the meeting, a liberal purse of free
will offerings was presented to them,
speaking the testimony of the people
that the meeting had been of large
help to them.
Mr. Jim Bright Hurt
When Mule Runs Away
Mr. Jim Bright, a well-known for¬
mer of the Bethany neighborhod, was
painfully injured Wednesday after¬
noon when a mule he was plowing
ran away, causing the plow to swing
around in such a .way that the point
struck Mr. Bright in the groin, inflict¬
ing a painful but not necessarily ser¬
ious injury, according to the physician
who attended Mr. Bright. Mr. Bright
has only recently recovered from a
broken arm and collar bone, received
while trying to c rank a Ford car,
which laid him up for some time, and
this latest misfortune will still fur¬
ther interfere with the carrying on
of his farm operations.
Boy Injured In A
Runaway Thursday
John Lee Stoudenmire, son of Mr.
J. F. Stoudenmire, was painfully
bruised yesterday morning when a
horse hitched to a delivery wagon
ran away, demolishing the wagon and
throwing the boy out on the pavment.
Several people had narrow escapes
from being run over and one or two
cars were slightly damaged from
being struck by the wagon.