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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
CAM1A TOBACCO MARKET 0PENS-G00D PRICES PREVAR IK
SALES ARE LIGHT BUT GROWERS ARE
GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY OPENING
PRICES PAID ON THE CAMILLA MARKET
Fear That Prices Would Not Be As Good As Last
Year Appears to Have Been Unfounded. All
Growers Selling In Camilla Satisfied.
All Companies Have Buyes Here.
The Camilla Tobacco market opened Tuesday morning with
'between' 35,000 and 40)000 pounds of tobacco on the floors of the
two warehouses here and a large attendance of growers from this
and surrounding counties. The opening was preceded by no pro¬
gram or celebration. It was handled as a business affair, the
main purpose of which was to sell the tobacco for the highest bid
that could be secured. So, all preliminaries were left off and when
the announcement was made that it was time to begin the sales,
the buyers, representing all of the big tobacco companies, gather¬
ed around the warehouseman and auctioneer and the procession
began to move back and forth across the warehouse, leaving be¬
hind it a trail of tickets fixing the reward for six months hard
work on the part of the tobacco growers who had tobacco on the
floor. ‘ '
.
The growers always experience the greatest suspense just
before the opening of the tobacco market, for up to that time there
is no way of guessing what the price of tobacco will be and the
dread of unfavorable prices can be seen in the faces of those who
gather about to see their tobacco sold. At the opening here there
was much uncertainty as to prices. Reports had been received
here that owing to foreign disturbances there might be a serious
slump in prices and this information served to increase apprehen¬
sion. A few minutes after the sales started, however, there was
a noticeable relaxation on the part of those who were watching
the sale, for the prices tobacco sold at were slightly higher than
last season and this imppression was maintained throughout the
entire selling period Tuesday. Camilla Tuesday 22
The average price paid in was cents per
pound. The price range for bona fide sales was from 4 cents to 50
cents per pound. The quality of the tobacco was about like that
usually found at openings, being made up of first curings, sand
lugs, etc. Some of it was very poor quality. A large part of the
offerings was composed of what tobacco men term “common to¬
bacco.” A small part of the lot was realy good tobacco, showing
the effect of careful cultivation and handling by experienced
growers, coupled with that element the lack of which makes the
biggest difference in the world in the grade of tobacco—favorable
weather conditions.
The sales at both of the Camilla warehouses Tuesday were
entirely satisfactory. There was no dissatisfaction on the part
of the growers, but on the other hand many of the growers were
agreeable surprised at the prices they received.
The sale was light due to the fact that hardly any of the
growers in this section have finished curing yet and all available
labor is required for housing the tobacco. . A few people made
a special effort to get some tobacco graded out for the opening
sale, and most of these admitted that they did it at a sacrifice, to
the portion of the crop remaining in the fields.
The tobacco sold here Tuesday came from all sections of the
territory from which Camilla expects to draw for the sales here.
There was evidence on the tickets of the wide reputation Camilla
has as a tobacco market and the confidence the growers have in
the expert tobacco men who are in charge of the warehouses here
and the competent buyers who are representing the big tobacco
companies on this market.
When the sale opened here Tuesday the following companies
were represented on the market:
Imperial Tobacco Company—W. T. Lipscomb, Jr., buyer.
Export Tobacco Company—C. A. Crews, buyer.
American Tobacco Company—L. O.'Clark, buyer.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.—A. C. McClure, buyer.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.—Frank Johnson, buyer.
W. T. Clark Tobacco Company.
J. P. Taylor Tobacco Company.
F. G. Cash, Independent Buyer.
The sale opened at the New'Cam ilia Warehouse, with Dan
Taylor, manager of the warehouse, in charge of the sales. The
auction was conducted by Auctioneer Hicks, of North Carolina,
who made a very favorable impression upon the growers in this
his first appearance on the floor of a Camilla warehouse. Mr.
Taylor, the warehouseman, puts a lot of “pep” in his sales and
works hard to secure the best possible results for those who pat¬
ronize his warehouse. His methods and his success in securing
favorable sales, it is predicted, wall make his warehouse a popular
selling place for the growers in this territory.
The second sale was held at the Planters Warehouse, operat¬
ed by Bill Smith, who opened the market here last year. F. S.
Langley, the well known auctioneer Mio was with the Planters
Warehouse last year, is on the job again with his “Swan song.”
Bill Smith was greeted on opening day by a number of friends Who
sold tobacco at his warehouse last year and who stated that they
will be back again this year.
Both warehouses have a competent force of bookkeepers head¬
ed by Messrs. Nat and John Beasley, and W. L. Morris, who were
here last season, with several new meif who are here for the first
time.
The sales have been light every day this week. Thursday’s
sale was probably the heaviest of the three-day period since the
opening. It was reported that between 50,000 and 60,000 pounds
of tobacco was on the floors at the time this was being written.
Prices have continued good since the opening and the growers are
highly satisfied with results, not more than three or four tags hav¬
ing been “turned” since the sales opened.
Camilla is hedged about by several new markets established
this year, but in spite of this nearby competition those in touch
with the situation here are looking for much larger volume of to
bacco than was handled last year. The tobacco will come to Ca
Camilla, these people .say, not because of any special claim this
place has to Hie tobacco from any particular territory, but because
of the satisfactory services rendered the growers and the certain
ty of fair prices for their tobacco.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925.
TOBACCO SALES
The following sales were
made by tobacco growers on
Camilla market this week.
These sales were reported by
the growers and are as nearly
exactly correct as it was possi¬
ble to give them.
Av. Price
R. A. Bush, 3,964 tbs.__.21 3-4c
J. W. Arline, small lot__23c
Mack Wilkes, one basket 31c
W. H. Smith, 1246 tbs--28 l-4c
J. C. Wilson, 650 lbs—21 l-2c
T. T. Catchings, 940 tbs. 20 l-2c
A. R. Beall, 675 tbs_____17c
Seven Growers, 5,630 lbs.__18e
Growers represented above—
W. T. Gray, P. J. Keadle, L. H.
Hayes, Floyd, NeSmith, Robt.
Wingate, G. B. Baggs, Mrs.
Taylor NeSmith. W. B. Hodges,
Demonstrator.
O. L. Olive, of Bascomb, Fla.,
sold a lot of tobacco here on
Thursday, was delighted with
the price and the treatment he
received and will bring- more
tobacco to this market.
j SALE CITY CAMP
MEETING CLOSES
REV. BUD ROBINSON HEARD
BY LARGE AND APPRECIA¬
TIVE CROWDS.
The Sale City camp meeting came
to a close last Sunday night after a
very successful series of services.
Rev. Bud Robinson, the famous Wes¬
tern evangelist, did the preaching
during the meeting and he was heard
by large and appreciative crowds at
all services. Rev. Mr. Robinson is a
preacher of great spiritual power and
his originality and manner of speak¬
ing have attracted many people who
have not heretofore attended the camp
meeting, and all have been very much
impressed with his zeal for righteous¬
ness and interested in his discussion
of Biblical truths.
Rev. W. W. McCord, President of
the Sale City Camp Meeting Associa¬
tion, has been in attendance at the
meeting-and has conducted Divine
healing services which have been
largely attended.
Zcb McDaniel Wins
Medals At R. O. T. C.
Mr. Zeb McDaniel, of this city, a
student at Davidson College who has
| been attending the Reserve Officers
Training Camp, at Camp, McClelland,
has returned home for a short stay
with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
McDaniel, before returning to col¬
lege. Mr, McDaniel’s many friends
here will be interested to learn that
he garnered two coveted medals dur¬
ing his stay at the training camp,
one of these jjeing for marksmanship
and the other for boxing. Twenty
six colleges were represented at the
camp this year and it goes without
saying that Mr. McDaniel won his
honors against the strongest sort of
competition. It was known that he
had become efficient with a rifle, but
his boxing proclivities were learned of
by accident, because he was not sure
how his parents would look upon this
side-line of his training. If boxers
were measured by the yard Zeb would
have made one of the top grades, but
according to the rules boxers are
graded by the pound, and Zeb fell in¬
to the bantam weight class, where,
however, he met company fast enough
to make him earn all that he received.
Rev. O. B. Chester To
Preach Sunday P. M.
Rev. O. B. Chester, Presiding Elder
of the Thomasville District, will visit
the Methodist church here on Sunday
evening and will preach at the regu¬
lar hour of evening services. After
; preaching Rev. Chester will hold the
.'third Quarterly Conference of the
j year with the pastor and officials of
the church.
The general public is given cordial
invitation to come out and hear Rev.
Chester preach Sunday evening.
MAPLES CLEARED
BY COLQUITT JURY
TRIED ON CHARGE OF MURDER
FOR KILLING WHICH TOOK
PLACE TEN YEARS AGO.
Albert Maples, on trial in Colquitt
county superior court on the charge
of murder it),-connection with the kill¬
ing of C. GLCjlmore, former warden
of Colquitt county, about ten years
ago, was acquitted by the jury Wed¬
nesday morning- after short delibera¬
tion.
The case was called in Colquitt su¬
perior court Tuesday morning. The
selection of the jury required con¬
siderable time, but after the jury box
had been filled the case progressed
rapidly and the verdict was returned
by the jury shortly before noon Wed¬
nesday.
Maples was indicted soon after the
shooting of Gilmore, which occurred
in November, 1915. The slayer fled
after the killing and for nearly tel
years was not heard from. Last
April he appeared in Moultrie and
surrendered to the sheriff, stating that
he was weary of carrying the thought
with him that he was a hunted man.
When the case was called Tuesday
Maples entered a plea cf self-defense.
W. A. Coleman, a life ' prisoner who
was serving in Colquitt county at the
time of the killing, was an eye-wit¬
ness and the defense relied largely up¬
on his testimony for an acquittal.
Coleman swore that Gilmore was ad¬
vancing upon Maples with a pistol
when the latter opened fire on him
with a shotgun.
According to the testimony the two
men had quarrelled a short time pre¬
viously because two prisoners guard¬
ed by Maples had escaped. Gilmore
charged Maples with having accepted
a bribe, according to the statements
of witnesses.
The main witness for the state was
B. W. Slay, also ap eye-witness, and
he contradicted the statement of
Coleman, insisting tfiat Gilmore had
no pistol in his hand, but was unty¬
ing some track dogs preparatory to
picking up the trail of the escaped
convicts. Gilmore's dying statement
is said to have corroborated Slay’s
testimony.
The jury was out only a short time
before reaching a verdict of acquittal.
Maples was represented by Con
gressman E. E. Cox, of Camilla, and !
Col. J. J. Hill, of Pelham. The state j
was assisted in the prosecution by
Jule Maples Felton, is of member Americus. of j
a a prominent j
family in this county and the outcome j
of this case has been watched with i
much interest. i
|
Fine Onions Grown j
Baker Co. Farmer
Some of the finest onions that have
been offered on the local market were
brought here this week by Mr. Oscar
Irwin, county commissioner of Baker
County. Mr. Irwin sold three or four
hundred pounds here and local dealers
have found them good sellers. They
are big white onions and average bet¬
ter th^n a pound each, some weighing
two and two and one-half pounds.
Mr. Irwin stated that he planted one-1
fifth of an acre in onions in January
and harvested 1,000 pounds from this' I
patch. He cured them in the air by
laying them out on slats. Onions are
usually cured in drying houses IiSe
sweet potatoes, but Mr. Irwin’s mCth
od seems to have worked entirely sue
cessfully. __i \ .
Monthly Hog Sale To
Be Held Next Tuesday f
_ I
Those who have hogs ready for
market are reminded that the regular
monthly hog sale will be held in Ca¬
milla next Tuesday, August 4th. Mr.'
W. E. Hughes, Manager of the sales,
has information that leads him to
expect at least one and possibly two
good cars of hogs for this sale and
it is also expected that very satisfac¬
tory prices will prevail. The hog
sales should increase in volume from
now on with the abundant feed crop
that has been produced this year and
the increase in the number of feeder
hogs held on the farm’s.
Big Stalk of Cotton
From 12th District
Tuesday morning Messrs. Ivey Dav¬
is and J. E. Shirah came rolling into
town from the Twelfth district, with
their Ford car all lopsided with a load
that we at first took to be a 1,000
pound bag of tobacco. But such was
not the case. The sag was due to a big
stalk of cotton hanging on the side
of the car. Mr. Davis explained that
the stalk had been pulled from Mr.
Shirah’s field, which averaged as
“good or better” than the sample and
that in fact, most of the cotton in the
Twelfth district was about like the
sample stalk. Mr. Shirah wats in¬
clined to back up Mr. Davis, but was
a little more conservative in his
claims for his own crop as well as- the
general condition of the crop in that
neighborhood. He stated that they
have the best crop in several years
and everybody is feeling good over it.
The stalk of cotton that caused all
the excitement had 105 bolls on it.
DR. R. W. WEAVER
TO PREACH SUNDAY
MERCER PRESIDENT TO VISIT
BAPTIST CHURCH AND SPEAK
SUNDAY MORNING.
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, President of
Mercer University at Macon, wil be
a distinguished visitor at the Baptist
church here on Sunday, when he comes
to occupy the pulpit at the morning
hour of church service. As has been
announced previously, Sunday will be
Mercer day in the program of Chris¬
tian Education, which is being car¬
ried out by the church. No more elo¬
quent champion of the cause could
have been selected than Mr. Weaver
and his visit here Sunday is anticipat¬
ed as a big event and a time of real
pleasure for all who are fortunate
enough to hear him. Dr. Weaver is
one of the foremost leaders of his
denomination in the state and is wide¬
ly known and beloved as a minister
and educator.
Dr. Weaver will not preach here
Sunday evening, but will go on to Al¬
bany where he has an engagement for
the evening service. The Senior B.
Y. P. U. will have charge of the ser¬
vice Sunday evening and are prepar¬
ing a special program, which they will
present at that time. The general
public is invited to come and join the
young people in the special program
of worship.
During the absence of the pastor,
Rev. J. G. Graham, who is in North
Carolina with his family taking a
much needed vacation, all the services
of the ^hurch will be arranged for.
The Mem Bible Class will have charge
of the church services on the second
Sunday in August, providing for
speakers, program and any other nec¬
essary arrangement.
Man Hurt In Motor
Accident Monday
W. J. Clark, of Albany, was pain¬
fully injured Monday morning when
a Ford car he was driving ran into
a large truck at the curve near Mr.
G, B. Cochran’s place, six miles north
Camilla. Mr. Clark had one or two
fractured and a leg broken. His
son > Henry W. Clark, escaped with
on L r slight bruises. The car was de¬
m °h s hed and the truck was badly
damaged, though the driver of the
truc h was not hurt. Mr. Clark was
brought to Camilla where his injuries
were attended to and he was then re
moved to his home in Albany. Mr.
Clark assumes all responsibility for
the m accident, according to his son .
H e made the turn too sharp and did
hot give the truck room to pass.
Rev. Graham Assists
Pastor In Meetings
Rev. J. G. Graham-spent last week
in Vada community, where he assisted
Rev. J. T. Rigsby in holding a meet¬
ing, and did the preaching. This
week he is again with Rev. Rigsby
at the church at Pleasant Hill, where
a meeting is in progress, and has been
assisting with the preaching. Both
meetings were well attended and a
large interest was manifested by the
people.
NUMBER 16.
J.W. BUTLER GETS
FIRST BALE HERE
SEVERAL OTHER BALES CLOSE
BEHIND. ALL SOLD AT
25 CENTS PER POUND.
The first bale of cotton received this
season at Camilla was brought in
Saturday from Mr. J. W. Butler’s
plantation. The cotton was ginned
by T. A. Acree Co. and was sold to
W. F. Cullens Fertilizer Co., at 25
cents per pound. The bale weighed
430 pounds.
This week several more bales have
been received in the following order:
Lift Phipps, a colored farmer from
Baker county. Cotton ginned at the
Georgia gin and sold to Georgia Man¬
ufacturing Co. Bale weighed 448
pounds and brought 25 cfcnts per
pound.
Mr. E. L. Butler, of Baker county,
brought in the third bale. Bale was
ginned at the Georgia gin and cotton
was sold to the W. F. Cullens Ferti¬
lizer Co. Bale weighed 516 pounds
and brought 25 cents per pound.
Willie Thomas, a colored man on
Mr. G. B. Baggs’ place brought in a
bale Wednesday. Cotton ginned by
T. A. Acree Co. Bale sold to W. F.
Cullens Fertilizer Co. Weighed 502
pounds and brought 25 cents per
pound.
Jim Brown also brought in Ti bale
Wednesday, which was ginned by T.
A. Acree Co. This bale was bought
by W. F. Cullens Fertilizer Co., at
25 cents per pound. The bale weigh¬
ed 370 pounds.
It is expected that there will be a'
good deal of cotton ginned this week.
Cotton is opening rapidly in several
sections of the county, but farmers
have been delayed on account of the
rush with tobacco.
Camilla, as usual, is offering the
farmers of this territory a competi¬
tive market for cotton and excellent
facilities for ginning and storing the
cotton. Camilla will also have a good
cotton seed market. The regular cot¬
ton buyers, besides several merchants
and other concerns who buy cotton,
give the farmer a chance to “try the
market,” and the spirited bidding for
the staple insures a fair price and
satisfaction to the seller.
The Camilla gins, two big systems,
are overhauled each year and kept in
good condition to render first-class
service. The capacity of the gins is
such that a large amount of cotton
can be handled promptly, with the
minimum of waiting.
The cotton seed market has always
strong. The local oil mill and
several independent buyers are con
stantly in the market for seed and top
prices are always paid.
The North Georgia
Agricultural College
To meet the needs of the many
girls who are desirous of attending
college but unable to pay the expen¬
ses in the higher priced schools, the
management of the N. G. A. C. has
planned comfortable accommodations
fer about eighty girls, according to
an announcement given out by Col.
John W. West, President of the col¬
lege. In this school they can pursue
their course, living on from $4.00 to
$5.00 per week. They will be under
dormitory regulations and have ma¬
tronly supervision. Those interested
should communicate with the presi¬
dent, addressing him at Dahlonega,
Ga.
Tucker S. S. Worker
Holding Institutes
Miss Nannie Lou McMichael, Sun¬
day School worker for ..Tucker Asso¬
ciation, and who is making a round of
visits to Baptist Sunday Schools of
the county, will be at Pine Cliff
church next week, where she wil hold
daily institutes of study in Sunday
School work. The following week she
will be at Pebble City, where the
same program of work will be carried
out with the church there. These in¬
stitutes are of large value to the Sun¬
day Schools and will doubtless be
largely attended by workers in the
communities where they are held.