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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
TOUR CAMPAIGN
CLOSES TUESDAY
CONTESTANTS HAVE ONLY FEW
MORE DAYS IN WHICH TO
GARNER THE VOTES.
The Great Northern Tour Cam¬
paign in which a dozen or more ladies
of this community are contesting for
a free tour of the North and East,
will close next Tuesday, June 30th.
As the end of the campaign approach¬
es interest in the outcome has been
tremendously increased and it is ex¬
pected that an exciting finish will be
staged. Under the rules of the cam.
paign no announcement has been
made of the relative standing of the
various contestants and all ape work
ing completely in the dark as to the
position they hold. The final count
of votes and the decision as to the
winner will be made by a committee
representing the business concerns
participating in the campaign. The
announcement of the place at which
the count will be conducted will prob¬
ably be made as soon as the commit¬
tee has been named.
All contestants are expected to
count their votes and tie them up in
a package to be deposited with the
committee at the close of the con¬
test, when the packages will be open¬
ed and recounted by the judges.
The official register of the cam¬
paign which has been kept at the Jen¬
kins tered*in"the" Drug Co., shows " eighteen The'Enterprise regis
contest.
was unable to learn how many of
these, if any, had withdrawn or had
been registered' without the consent
of the person concerned. Under the
the rules of the contest it was
necessary for a contestant to register
at all, but those who did register re
ceived a certain number of bonus
votes, so there may be several
tants whose names do not appear in
the following list which is copied from
the official register: Miss Martha
Aeree, Miss Lilly Lewis, Miss Lucy
Palmer ,Miss Ethel Phillips, Miss
Florine Brazier, Miss Sara
Miss Eurice Rackley, K^iss Matibel
Powell, Mrs. O. J. Glausier, Miss Ar
minta Culpepper, Miss Lois Bennett,
Miss Nannie Sue Kirbo, Miss Emelyn
Spence, Miss Elma Wade, Miss Marion
Butler, Miss Virginia Davis, Mrs. Eu
gene Hackett, Miss Elizabeth Hayes,
The Enterprise is carrying a page
advertisement this week in connec
tion with the campaign in which the
business concerns participating make
announcements that will be of
est to the contestants. It will be pos
sible for those who are active to very
materially increase the number of
votes they will have in the final count
by taking advantage of the offer made
by the merchants which will be effee
tive during the closing days of the
contest.
The campaign has servied to enliven
the dull business season and has, no
doubt, proven profitable to the
chants co-operating. The young lady
who wins in this contest will
awarded a free trip with a party of
tourists which will visit Washington,
Baltimore, New York and other points
of interest in the North and East.
The merchants who are giving votes
in this campaign are as follows: Un¬
ion Supply Co.„ J. G. & P. E. Bailey,
Jenkins Drug Co., Brooks Service Sta¬
tion. City Jewelry Store, Mitchell
County Motor Co., Fry’ Grocery Co.,
Planters Hardware Co., Butler Gro¬
cery Co., McNair-Perry Co., and The
Economy Store.
Prominent Visitors
Inspect Health Work
A party of distinguished scientists
engaged in a study of public health
work, visited this county Tuesday and
spent several hours with County Com¬
missioner C. O. Rainey, * inspecting
work that is being done in this coun¬
ty. Dr. Rainey showed them over the
county and explained the health pro¬
gram that is being carried out in this
county. Th# party appeared to be
very much impressed with the prac¬
ticability of the methods employed
here and the thoroughness with which
they are being carried out. Mem¬
bers of the party represented several
foreign countries. Those in the par¬
ty were: W. P. Jacocks, Wilmington,
N. C.; Howard Appollonio, Siam; J.
H. Paul, of Minnesota; P. H. Collins,
now stationed at Leesburg; Dr. Diue
Stamoff, Sofia, Bulgaria; Albert
Powell, Leesburg, and Samuel T. Car¬
lings, of Baltimore, Md.
Tax Equalizers Have
Finished their Work
The Board of County Tax Equaliz¬
ers have finished up their work for
the year and Tax Rereiver Geo. W.
Palmer is now busy getting his tax
books ready. It was reported that
the equalizers were raising a ^good
many returns but this it appears was
a mistake. The raises in most cases,
it is said, were made where taxpayers
had returned their property for less
than it was returned last year and
the equalizers merely raised it to the
1924 figures. Corporations were the
chief sufferers among those who had
to stand for an actual increase over
last year’s returns.
SALE OF MEMORIAL
COINS DRAGGING
_____
I ^ISSS THAN 200 COINS SOLD
LOCALLY. LITTLE INTEREST
SHOWN IN MOVEMENT.
The campaign for the sale of the
Confederate Memorial Half Dollars
is not making much headway locally,
according to information given The
Enterprise by those conhected with
the campaign here. Only a few coins
have been sold in Camilla—less than
200, we have been informed—and the
the lack of interest on the part of the
general public has been discouraging
to those who have been making the
|' anvass ' The f les bave been most! >’
*> r ° ne C01 "’ whereair 5t was ® x P«* ed
j at ^ "*** ten busme9s and h ° u “ that wou,d order in
j c ° ,ns man y ~
! dlv,duals at W( f ,east d order ulBc lots t number of flve
r m0re ’ a “ “"
to P rovlde ea f h ™mber of h ls family
! Wth on€ of , these valuable kcep-sakes.
Unless something is done to arouse
interest Camilla will fall very much
short of the quota which is expected
j this place and some other town or
county will be called upon to take the
i coins which ou * ht to have been sold
here.
The coins which are sold now will
be delivered on July 3rd to all who
j apply at the bank to which their order
j is directed. After that date the coins
; will be on sale for a limited time, not
j longer than a few months. After the
j time limit is up all unsold coins will
j be recalled by the United States
1 Treasury Department and it will then
i be impossible to get any more of the
: coins. It was never the intention of
j the Federal government to put these
memorial coins in general circulation,
; although they are legal tender and
j will pass in trade on a parity with any
j other fifty-cent piece coined by the
j government. The coins wen* minted
; as a memorial to the Southern soldier
| and the possession of one of these
coins was intended to be testimonial
jthat the owner had invested a hal
! dollar in the * reat memorial to the
j Confederacy which is being carted on
tbe s ' df ‘ ^ tone Mountain in Geor
i Tbose who buy these coins now
wil1 not dispose of them except as
^ fts to relatives and friends who will
value them far in excess of the « uar '
' ante€ the United States government
! has stamped on the metal And as
| the years go by this sentimental val¬
ue will increase many fold. For once
the unsold coins are recalled by the
Treasury Department there will be no
more to be offered for sale and those
who have neglected this opportunity
to possess one may not be able to get
one without considerable difficulty.
Mr., J. E. Brooks, the Director of
the campaign in this county, and the
ladies who have volunteered to make
the canvass are doing their part and
it is up to the public to make the res¬
ponse that ought to be made.
Truck Prices Are
Good This Season
From reports heard here growers
of garden truck are receiving good
prices this season. Mrs. J. V. Jack
son, of this place, who has a small
patch of tomatoes, has averaged
above $3.00 per crate so far on all she
has shipped and received returns for.
Mrs. Jackson has about one-quarter of
an acre in tomatoes and has already
shipped about eighty crates. Other
garden truck sold in the local market
is bringing good prices. Butter
beans retail at 10c per pound in Ca¬
milla and there seems to be a good
demand for several varieties of vege¬
tables that were cut off by dry weath¬
er. This has been a bad year for the
town gardener.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925.
CONSPIRACY CASE
NOW BEING TRIED
R. L. HUDSON, OF CAMILLA, ONE|
OF PRINCIPAL WITNESS FOR
THE GOVERNMENT.
The trial of the case involving con¬
spiracy charges against several well
known South Georgia men in the
United States court in Albany this
week is attracting a good deal of lo¬
cal interest and many citizens of this
county have been in attendance at
court, cither as witnesses or specta¬
tors. None of the defendants reside
in this county, but one of the princi¬
pal witnesses for the government is
Mr. R. L. Hudson, of Camilla, a fed¬
eral prohibition enforcement offider
who worked up the case against the
parties tinder indictment.
The defendants involved in the trial
are: P. C. Coxwell, sheriff of Lee
county; Jack Gordy, of Richland, a
former federal prohibition agent;
Wade Laramore, of Lee county; Bart
Fred and Epp Moreland, of Terrell
county; Walter Womble and V. E.
Slappey, of Dougherty county, and
Roy Salter, of Baker county. Indict¬
ments were returned against the de¬
fendants a short time ago by the fed¬
eral grand jury at Savannah charging
conspiracy to violate the prohibition
law and to bribe Prohibition Agent
R. L. Hudson.
According to the testimony of Hud¬
son and other government witnesses,
the officers directing the federal pro¬
hibition enforcement agents in Geor¬
gia suspected Jack Gordy, an agent
working in the territory near Albany,
of protecting certain violators of the
prohibition law. Fred Dismukes,
head of the prohibition unit in Geor¬
gia, testified Monday that he gave
Agent Hudson permission to set a
trap for Gordy and any others who
might be concerned in violating the
law. Acting upon the instructions oif
his superior officers, Agent Hudson al¬
lowed himself to be approached by
the parties under indictment with the
purpose of bribing him not to molest
them in their violations of the law.
Mr. Hudson testified that he had ac¬
cepted money and checks from sev¬
eral of the defendants and that there
was an understanding between he and
Gordy that the parties who were pay¬
ing for protection would not be mo¬
lested unless complaint came from the
Atlanta office, in which case Hudson
was to make raids in Gordy’s terri¬
tory and Gordy was to make neces¬
sary raids in Hudson's territory.
Hudson testified that he never ac¬
cepted bribes or held conferences with
the defendants except when the tran¬
sactions were witnessed by other of¬
ficers of the government who under¬
stood his reason for accepting the
money and for agreeing to protect
the defendants. Several of the con¬
ferences and payments of money took
place at the Camilla home of Hud¬
son, according to the witness, and
these transactions were witnessed
and the conversations were over¬
heard by officers who were concealed
in the house.
The defendants deny the charges
brought against them and the charac¬
ter and credibility of Agent Hudson
has been attacked and witnesses were
put up who swore they would not be¬
lieve him under oath. To counteract
this testimony the government has
summoned a number of prominent of¬
ficials and citizens from this county
who will testify to Mr. Hudson’s good
character and his credibility as a wit¬
ness.
The taking of testimony was con¬
tinued Thursday morning when court
reconvened and the prospects were
that the case would not be given to
the jury before Thursday night or
Frida/.
The government is represented in
the prosecution of the case by District
Attorney F. G. Boatright and Assis¬
tant B. S. Deavers. The defendants
are represented by Lippitt & Burt, of
Albany, and Congressman E. E. Cox,
of Camilla. *
Extreme Hot Weather
Damaging to Crops
Farmers report that the extreme
hot weather of the first three days of
this week have been damaging to
crops, especially to com that is in
the roasting ear stage, Monday was
the hottest day of the summer, ac¬
cording to unofficial observers, and
Tuesday and Wednesday were not far
behind. A good rain would be migh¬
ty welcome to everybody just now.
LAND VALUES SHOW
AN UPWARD TREND
LONG LOAN CONCERN DISPOSES
OF SEVERAL PARCELS OF
LAND AT PROFIT
That land values in Southwest
Georgia are already showing an up¬
ward trend with every promise of a
decided advance in the near future, is
the opinion of Mr. Methvin who is
connected with the Empire Loan &
Trust Co., of Americus, a company
that does a large volume of farm loan
business in this section of the state.
Mr. Methvin was in Camilla Wed¬
nesday attending to some business
matters with Mr. F. A. Brown, local
representative of the company. In
the course of a conversation in which
business conditions with special ref -
erenece to the farm loan business was
the topic of discussion, Mr. Methvin
remarked that during the past ten
days his company has disposed of nine
separate parcels of land that had been
taken over through foreclosure pro¬
ceedings. All of this land is situated
in Southwest Georgia and the tran¬
sactions ranged from $1,500 to $20,
000. Mr. Methvin stated that on
eight out of the nine sales made the
company netted a nice profit on the
transaction over and above all charg¬
es against the property. He thought
that the fact that it was possible to
dispose of nine different tracts of
land in so short a period of time was
a mighty good sign of returning con¬
fidence in the agricultural future of
this section and the realization on
the part of the investing public that
South Georgia lands are now down to
rock bottom and will never be
cheap again.
Many other observers have lately
arrived at similar conclusions and
there is a general feeling that South
Georgia is on the eve of a boom in
farrtf land that will finally carry val¬
ues to a. higher point than has ever
been known in this section before.
It may be that many of us, while
sitting around singing the praises of
Florida or some other state or sec¬
tion, are overlooking the bonanza
that is under our feet. The promise
i# a quick turnover may not be so
alluring but the investment is more
secure and the possibility of earning
interest and taxes is much greater in
case it’ should appear desirable to
hold on to the investment. The pros¬
pects for an era of prosperity for
.this sesction were never brighter and
the biggest difficulty we face right
now is the convincing of our own folks
of this fact.
FRANCES BUTLER
STRUCK BY AUTO
LITTLE GIRL IS PAINFULLY
BUT NOT SERIOUSLY IN¬
JURED IN ACCIDENT.
Little Frances Butler, nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. But¬
ler was painfully but not seriously in¬
jured Thursday morning when she
was struck by an automobile driven
by Mr. P. R. Cleveland, of this place.
The accident occurred near the Butler
home on Scott street and was abso¬
lutely unavoidable, according to those
who witnessed it. Mr. Cleveland and
Mr. M. H. Metcalf had started to Al¬
bany to attend United States court
and Mr. Cleveland was driving at a
moderate rate of speed, it is said.
The little girl started across the
street and ran out from behind a wag¬
on just as the automobile approached.
The car did not run over the child
but the fender struck her a glancing
blow which knocked her down with
considerable force. She received a
long gash across her forehead and
scalp and was slightly bruised about
the body. Drs. Lewis, Brown and
Luke answered hurried calls for phy¬
sicians and dressed her injuries.
At last accounts the little girl was
resting quietly and there had been no.
developments to indicate that her in¬
juries were more serious than appear¬
ed from first examination by the phy¬
sicians.
Mr. Cleveland was greatly dis¬
tressed by the unfortunate accident
despite the fact that the family free¬
ly absolved him of all blame.
Mr. J. M. Culpepper, of Pelham,
among the visitors in the city
Cotton Fruiting Fast;
First Bale In July
Cotton is fruiting rapidly, accord¬
ing to reports heard here regarding
the crop in this county, and the pre¬
diction has been made that the first
bale will be ginned here during the
last week of July. Gotton fields look
like a flower garden in the morning
and on the oldest cotton bolls are rap¬
idly nearing maturity. Boll weevils
are reported from practically all sec¬
tions, but so far they have not appear¬
ed in sufficient numbers to cause
alarm. -Practically all of the farmers
are poisoning methodically and with
anything like favorable weather con¬
ditions it is believed that the weevil
can be held in check.
SPARLING BOOSTS
GEORGIA TO LIONS
ALBANY MAN AROUSES ENTHU¬
SIASM IN DISCUSSION OF
STATE’S ADVANTAGES.
The regular meeting of the Camilla
Lions Club last Friday was turned
into an enthusiastic Georgia boosting
occasion by an address delivered by
J. N. Sparling, of Albany, a recent
acquisition to citizenship in Georgia
who shamed our native sons by his
unbounded confidence in the future
of our state and particularly of
Southwest Georgia. Mr. Sparling
was the principal speaker at the
meeting Friday, coming down on
special invitation of the club to dis¬
cuss the opportunities for develop¬
ment of this section.
Mr. Sparling is a Northern man
whose business affairs and travels
have taken him into practically every
state in the Union and have given
him opportunity to appraise the re¬
lative advantages of the various
states from the standpoint of desira¬
bility as a place to live and from
purely economic considerations. He
came to Southwest Georgia, he said,
because no other state or section of¬
fers so many inducements, both as a
place to make a home and to make a
living. He said that the possibilities
of agriculture in Georgia are almost
unlimited and that the only reason
that there is not a rush of settlers
from other less favored sections of
this country is that the people do not
know about Georgia and that such
information as they have is mislead¬
ing, both as to natural conditions and
as to the type of citizenship found
here; that many Northern people
still think that they are unwelcome
here and that living conditions and
the people are decidedly difierent from
what is actually the truth of the mat¬
ter. He paid a high tribute to the
patriotism and loyalty of the Georgia
soldiers in the late war and to the
intelligence and culture of our citi¬
zens. He earnestly advocated a unit¬
ed movement to advertise Georgia
and its resources through the printed
page and the building up of a booster
spirit among our people to spread the
good news of Georgia’s unsurpassed
advantages.
Other guests present at the meet¬
ing Friday were Editor T. A.Bar
row, of the Pelham Journal, and Mr.
W. C. Cooper, President of the First
National Bank of Pelham, both of
whom responded to urgent calls for
a speech. Editor Barrow made quite
a hit in his humorous account of a
personal quest for the pot of gold at
the rainbow’s end, the said rainbow
indicating that the coveted pot was
located in a beautiful orange grove
in Florida. He stated with the assur¬
ance of one who knows whereof he
speaks that he had been to Florida
and was absolutely cured.
The speeches and the spirit of the
occasion were most inspiring to ev¬
eryone present and helped to
strengthen the determination of ev¬
ery Lion to make the best of this good
county and state of ours.
Mr. Tom Gaulden
Lands Big Trout
Another local fisherman who has
recently woh fame through his prow¬
ess with reel and rod is Mr. Tom
Gaulden. Last Thursday afternoon,
while fishing in the Gee Pond with
several friends, he landed a trout
that was big enough to be classed as
daddy of his tribe. The trout weighed
eight pounds and is believed to be one
of the largest that has been caught
out of the Gee Fond.
NUMBER 11.
LEGISLATURE IS
NOW IN SESSION
NEILL IS SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
ENNIS NAMED PRESIDENT
OF THE SENATE.
The General Assembly of Georgia
met Wednesday for the first session
since the passage of the constitution¬
al amendment providing for biennial
sessions. The term is fixed at sixty
days, instead of fifty days as hereto¬
fore.
The organization of, the House of
Representatives passed back largely
to routine proceedings with the with¬
drawal Tuesday night of Represen¬
tative J. Herman Miller, of Dodge,
from the speakership race. This in¬
sured the re-electioh of Speaker W.
C. Neill, of Muscogee, for a third
term. Mr. Miller announced his with¬
drawal in a statement in which he '
reiterated charges previously made by
him that Mr. Neill was the candidate
for the “Brown machine.” He de¬
clared that he had no criticism of
Speaker Neill personally nor of the
manner in which he had conducted
his campaign. His reason given for
his withdrawal was to save his friends
in what appeared to be a hopeless
fight.
Speaker Neill, in his address of ac¬
ceptance, urged the House members
to attend to the business of the ses¬
sion with staunch fidelity. He told
of two rules to be offered, designed
to speed up the business of the House.
One would limit the time in which the
appropriation bill could be reported,
intended to reduce delay to a mini¬
mum. Another change would permit
the speaker to rule if Senate amend¬
ments to the appropriation bill could
be regarded as unconstitutional.
The speaker also charged the mem¬
bers with their responsibility to at¬
tend the sessions and scored absen¬
tees. Failure to attend the early ses¬
sions, he said will result in the ma¬
chinery of the legislature becoming
clogged and delay prompt action on
the appropriation bill and other vital
measures later.
The Senate organized by electing
Senator J. Howard Ennis, of the
twentieth district, as President,'and
Senator James A. Dixon, of the sev¬
enteenth district, as president pro.
tern, and the re-election of D. F. Mc
Clatchey as secretary.
Senator Ennis and Secretary Me¬
dia tehey were reelected without op¬
position. Senator Dixon won in a
contest with Senator H. B. DeLa
Perriere, his margin of victory being
17 votes.
President Ennis declared himself
sensible of the honor conferred on
him and well aware of the accom¬
panying responsibility. He said that
he stands for a progressive education¬
al and road building program to be
by a- highway commis¬
sion composed of representatives from
each congressional district.
Highway building, taxation, and
education appeared to be the leading
subjects of interest as the legislators
gathered in Atlanta.
Mitchell county is represented in
the House this year by Dr. John M.
Spence, of Camilla, and Col. O. B.
McElvey, of Pelham, both of whom
were elected last year. Dr. Spence
has had a number of year’s experience
in the House and for the past two
years represented this district in the
Senate. He is regained as one of
the most prominent and influential
men in the House. Col. McElvey,
who is a prominent young lawyer of
this county, is serving his first term
in the legislature. He is a young
man of ability and integrity and his
many friends are confident that he
will win distinction as a sane and
safe representative of his constitu¬
ency.
Rev. J. W. Parham To
Preach Next Sunday
Rev. J. W. Parham, of Albany, fill¬
ed the pulpit at the Mehodist church
on last Sunday morning and evening
in the absence of the pastor, Rev. H.
W, Joiner, who is away on ss vacation.
Rev.. Parham’s sermon Sunday morn¬
ing on the “The Christian Soldier”
and Sunday evening also were heard
with much interest and appreciation.
He is an earnest and powerful pro
claimer of the gospel and his sermons
very helpful. -
Rev. Parham will preach next Sun¬
day morning and evening as before*
A cordial invitation is given to al
who will come out and hear him.