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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
THE CAMILLA
THURSDAY AFTER
PRICES HAVE BEEN
•. BETTER THIS WEEK
Average of About 40,000 Pounds
Sold Each Day This Week.
Total Sales for Season Will Be
About 1,400,000 Pounds.
The Camilla tobacco market closed
for the season Thursday, after the
‘ day’s sale. During this, the last week
of the market, sales have been very
satisfactory on the whole, though
there was no improvement in the
grade of the tobacco offered and pric¬
es averaged low. Some observer's
thought prices were somewhat better
on Monday and Tuesday when a con
, „side?able amount of tobacco was sold.
The sales for this week have averaged
about 40,000 pounds daily with the
average price probably between 11
and 12 cents per pound.
The total sales for the season on
the Camilla market have been about
1,400,000 pounds. The average price
for the season on this market has not
been given out but it is probable that
it will run above 12 cents.
The Camilla market: has given gen
eral satisfaction this year, and the
sales, grade considered, have been in
Sine with the best markets in the
state. There has been a good deal of
disappointment over the outcome of
the crop, but this has been due to un¬
favorable weather conditions and in
some measure to the weakness of the
market on the higher grades. The
growers, as a rule, have not been dis¬
couraged to the point of giving up
* the crop, though there will undoubt¬
edly be many who will reduce their
tobacco acreage next year. This will
probably be for the best because of
the scarcity of labor and the oft re¬
peated assertion that tobacco is
crop that requires the closest person
, al attention of the grower if the best
results are to be obtained.
The tobacco crop is recognized here
as a practical and profitable crop,
* properly handled, and there is no
question but that it will be a perma¬
nent erop in this section. Growers
here are already planning for another
year and in this they will have the
co-operation and encouragement of
the banks and supply houses which
will help to finance the crop. There
will be no effort made, however, to
encourage people to grow tobacco who
are not situated so as to handle the
crop to the best advantage, neither
will there be any disposition on the
* part of the promoters of the tobacco
• industry to encourage growers to
plant more than they can take care of.
Quality, rather than quantity, will be
stressed here and it is believed that
the next tobacco crop will more defi
• niteiy fix its status as a staple mon
ey crop for this section. The best of
demonstrators can not take the place
of experience of individual growers
and the number of growers in this
county who have now grown from one
to three or four crops of tobacco will
have a decided effect on the next crop
produced in this county.
The Camilla market will open next
year with the same warehousemen, a
full corps of buyers and, it is hoped,
•the best crop of tobacco yet produced
in this section. Camilla business men
and those directly interested in pro¬
moting the tobacco market here are
very much gratified over the outcome
of the present season and are appre¬
ciative of the business and encourage¬
ment that have been received from to¬
bacco growers outside of this imme¬
diate territory. Every effort has
• been made to give everyone a square
deal who sold tobacco on this market
and this attitude on the part of ware¬
housemen, buyers and others con¬
nected with the market has been rec¬
ognized and appreciated by the grow¬
ers selling here. The Camilla market
has made friends over a wide terri¬
tory this year and will be able to open
the season next year with every as¬
surance of the support of the grower
who have patronized this market in
the past.
Local Market.
(Thursday)
Cotton.
Strict Middling _____________21 l-4c
Middling —_________________21 c
Cotton Seed.
Per Ton_____________________$30.00
MARKET CLOSED
SUCCESSFUL
Monthly Hog Sale
Held Here Tuesday
The regular monthly 'co-operative
hog sale was held in Camilla Tues¬
day. Only a small lot of hogs was
offered, there being less than a mini¬
mum car and on this account the price
paid for the hogs was about 50 cents
per hundred under the top market
price. Hall Commission Co., of Moul¬
trie, bought the hogs, paying $12.00
per hundred, basis No. 1. The pur¬
chaser offered to increase his bid to
$ 12.50 per hundred in the event ad¬
ditional hogs were secured sufficient
to make up a minimum car. Hogs
ready for market are scarce in this
county at present and people are so
busy with their crops that many who
might have been able to put two or
three hogs in the sale let them go
over till the next sale rather than
stop other work at this time.
COTTON SCHOOL TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
j ON OPENING DAY DESPITE
RUSH WITH CROPS.
By Correspondent.
The board of trustees of the Cotton
school announce the opening of fall
term on September 7th. Although
this is some earlier than school was
expected to open by some,, it was de¬
cided best after due
since beginning school on this date,
the school hopes to put in four months
work before the Christmas holidays,
and five months after holidays.
It may be necessary in order tor
fanners to gather their crops for
some pupils to be absent first week
of school, although this is a great
disadvantage to both pupil and teach¬
er. It will be understood that teach¬
ers will be as considerate and lenient
as possible on those who for good rea¬
sons, find it impossible to attend the
opening week.
The principal urges that all pupils
possible, be present on opening day,
for since the consolidation of Lake
Pleasant and Mt. Ebal schools, the ar¬
rangement of rooms, desks, etc. will
be some what difficult.
A truck and driver has been secured
for each of these newly added schools,
Mr. Strickland having charge of Mt.
Ebal hauling and Mr. Eubanks in
charge of Lake Pleasant.
Prof. Adams announces that a full
corps of teachers will be ready for the
opening. There is one vacancy on
faculty at present, but it is expected
j that this place will be filled within
] the next few days.
| ed A of tuition all pupils, fee of regardless $2.50 will he of requir¬
i age or
whether they come from Cotton dis¬
tinct or elsewhere. This fee will be
due when pupils enter school and all
will be expected to bring admittance
card from Mr. H. J. Adams (who will
have charge of fees), showing that
this fee has befcn paid, in order that
delays may be avoided. All parents
should see that their children have
on opening day their report cards and
card of admittance.
The building and grounds will be
in good condition and prospects are
that attendance this year will break
all previous records since consolida¬
tion of two new districts with an ad¬
ditional teacher employed.
Several changes have occurred in
faculty, the following is list of teach¬
ers as given, out by Prof. Adams.
Stetson B. Adams, Superintendent.
Principal-—to be supplied.
Miss Myrtice Adams, Fifth and
Sixth Grades.
Mrs. Grace Eubanks, Third and
Fourth Grades.
Miss Alice Middleton, Second
Grades.
Miss Ollie Bowen, First Grade.
Mr. Frank Perry Has
Located In Miami, Fla.
Mr. Frank Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Perry of this place, left
last week for Miami, Fla., where he
has accepted a position with the Mia
mi Tribune, one of the daily papers
of that city. Mr. Perry is connected
with the advertising department of
the newspaper and writes home that
he is well pleased with his
CAMILLA, GA„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925.
GEORGIA MOTOR CO.
TO MAKE CHANGES
FACILITIES FOR HINDU N G
FORD BUSINESS WILL BE
IMPROVED.
Along with the information that
several business men have purchased'
substantial blocks of stock in the
Georgia Motor Co., local Ford dealers,
comes the announcement that impor¬
tant improvements in the facilities
for handling the rapidly growing
business of the company are planned
and will be made in the near future.
Among those who have recently ac¬
quired stock in the concern are
Messrs. J. B. Lewis, who is prominent¬
ly identified with several local busi¬
ness concerns; G. B. Baggs, Active
Vice President of the Planters & Citi¬
zens Bank and who has other impor¬
tant business interests here, and J.
D. Gardner, local attorney. Among
the old stockholders are Messrs. J. D.
Ledbetter and B. C. Gardner, who
have held the major portion of the
stork since the organization of the
company. The new stockholders will
be members of the board of directors
with Mr. J. D. Ledbetter.
Mr. J. D. Ledbetter will continue
as president and manager of the com¬
pany and he will have as his assist¬
ant Mr. A. E. Crow, who it is under¬
stood will also have a financial inter¬
est in the company. Mr, Crow has
grown up in Camilla and has been
connected with several local business
concerns and has won the esteem and
confidence of all with whom he has
been associated. He is a capable of¬
fice man and has a wide acquaintance
throughout this section which will be
of value to him in the position he has
accepted.
Among the improvements planned
for the near future is the fitting up of
a large parts and display room which
will facilitate the display and sale of
automobile accessories and will enable
the company to give quicker and more
satisfactory service in the matter of
supplying parts to the mechanical de¬
partment and to othe.r garage men
who buy through the local agency.
Additional machinery and equip¬
ment for handling repair work will
be added to the repair department
which will enable the local concern to
give as quick service and to handle
work as economically as in the best
Ford agencies in the state. This
equipment, with a full corps of exper¬
ienced mechanics will insure those
who patronize the local concern of the
best service at all times.
In addition to the office and garage
force, a number of salesmen will be
kept busy pushing Ford products.
While there will be no let up in the
attention given to the sale of Ford
cars, it is understood that more at
j tention in the future will he given to
the truck and tractor lines. The
Fordson Tractor is already recogniz¬
ed as necessary equipment on many
of the farms in this section, but the
possibilities of this machine, it is
said, have never been fully realized
in this section and the local concern
will make a special effort to popular¬
ize the Fordson Tractor in this coun¬
ty.'
The Georgia Motor Co. is one of the
most successful concerns in Camilla.
The business has been built up large¬
ly through the energy and ability of
Mr. J. D. Ledbetter, who has had the
management of the business since its
organization and who will continue
to control its affairs. His friends
and the many customers of this com¬
pany will be glad to learn of the ex¬
tensions in the business and the ser¬
vice which are planned and which in¬
dicate the continued and growing
prosperity of the business organiza¬
tion.
Baconton Concern
To Do Albany Paving
J. R. & J. B. Miller, of Baconton,
have been awarded the contract to
lay 52,000 yards of concrete paring in
the city of Albany. The paving con¬
tract secured by the Millers is part
of a huge street paring project Al¬
bany is planning which will cover 59
blocks of streets. The contract calls
for 52,000 yards of concrete paving
and 106,000 yards of asphalt paring.
j TTie asphalt paving was let to another
j contractor. J. R. & J. B. Miller have
been handling some large road paving
contracts in Georgia and Alabama
and have been very successful in this
line of work.
Mr. T. C. Sellers Has
Moved To Baconton
Mr. T. C. Sellers, who for some time
has been in partnership with Mr. C.
B. Cox in a poultry and dairy farm
near Hopeful, has closed out his in¬
terest in the Hopeful place and has
moved to Baconton, where he will
manage a poultry and dairy farm for
Mr. Pierce Jackson, of that place. Mr,
Jackson has a herd of fine Jersey
cows ar.d a large flock of White Leg¬
horn hens and a well established bus¬
iness. Under Mr. Sellers’ manage¬
ment it is expected to enlarge the
business so as to supply a growing
list of customers.
Mr. C. B. Cox will continue his poul¬
try and dairy business at Hopeful un¬
der the management of Mr. E. D.
Heidt, who has had experience in this
line of work. Mr. Cox has found this
sideline to his large plantation pro¬
fitable and will continue it along the
same lines as heretofore.
NO FAIRWILLBE
HELD THIS FALL
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION AND
LACK OF LOCAL INTEREST
IS GIVEN AS REASON.
The announcement has been made
by Mr. Thos. P. Littlejohn, for several
years manager of the Mitchell County
Fair at Camilla, that there will be no
county fair here this fall, at least not
under his management and conducted
as heretofore. Mr. Littlejohn made
this statement to the publisher of The
Enterprise several days ago and gave
as his reason for leaving Camilla off
his list of fairs this fall that he had
been informed that it was doubtful
if the city council of Camilla would
again issue him a pemit and that
there appeared to he a general lack
of interest on the part of local busi¬
ness men. He stated that he would
have been glad to continue the man¬
agement of the local fair, but felt that
it would be unwise to attempt it in
the face of any considerable opposi¬
tion and especially in view of the fact
that lie already has about as many
fairs on his hands as he is able to
give proper attention.
A good many people have expressed
surprise that the fair was called off
on account of local opposition, and
from these expressions it would ap¬
pear that there is a strong public sen¬
timent in favor of holding the fair,
but at this late day it is doubtful if
it could be arranged.
So far as known the matter was
never submitted to the city council
for a vote, hut the writer was inform¬
ed by a member of the council early
this year that in an informal discus¬
sion of the question “practically ev¬
ery member” voiced opposition to
holding the fair again under the same
arrangement as held last year. Those
who knew of this sentiment existing
among the members of the council
considered it a definite bar to any
further fairs under the old manage¬
ment, as a permit from the council
was absolutely necessary for the un¬
dertaking, and the future of the fair
was considered settled.
The principal objection heard to
the fairs as they have been held here
for the past several years was to the
carnival features which were not ap¬
proved of by those who considered the
moral side of the question. Some of
the business men also objected to
these features on the ground that
they gave very little in return for the
money expended on them and that
the money taken out of the county
was hurtful to all interests.
A fair without the carnival feature
is practically an impossibility on ac¬
count of the heavy expense, and no
other practical method has been de¬
vised to raise the necessary funds for
holding the annual event.
The Mitchell County Fair was en¬
tirely successful from the standpoint
of agricultural, live stock and home
exhibits and the interest in this de¬
partment increased each year. On
this account it is regretted that it was
necessary to call off the fair.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our thanks and
appreciation to our friends for their
kindness and sympathy shown us in
the death of our son and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Marshall,
and Family.
Mrs. D. D. Burgess spent Saturday
in Albany.
Peanut Crop Promises
Good Yield This Year
All reports indicate that the peanut
crop this year will be above the aver¬
age, both in yield per acre and in the
quality of the nuts. This is true, it
is said, despite the fact that nearly
every one had a poor stand of peanuts
this year and the crop started off un
der very discouraging conditions. The
peanuts are of unusual fine quality
this year, there being very few imma¬
ture or faulty nuts found on the vines.
If the farmers have favorable weath¬
er for harvesting and picking it is
beleived the grades this year will be
extra good. Although the market
for peanuts will not open for several
weeks and no quotations are now
available, it is generally believed that
the market will open at about $100
per ton and that this price is likely to
be maintained throughout the selling
season due to the smaller acreage ov¬
er the belt this year.
THOMASTOSTART
PAVING AT MEIGS
SIX MILES OF PAVING PLANNED
ON HIGHWAY TO LINK UP
WITH MITCHELL.
Thomas county is planning to be¬
gin a paving project on the Dixie
Highway in the near future which
will add six more miles to the stretch
of continuous paring through this sec¬
tion. The State Highway Depart¬
ment, through an arrangement with
the Thomas county authorities
are advertising for bids on a paving
project of 6.270 miles which will start
at the Mitchell and Thomas county
line and extend south through Meigs.
Bids are to be received on this project
today, September 4th, and if there is
no hitch in the letting of the contract
the work on this project will begin
in about thirty days. The paving is
to be of concrete of the same charac¬
ter as that done in this county. The
road will conform in other particu¬
lars to that constructed in this county.
About the same time the work
starts on the project in Thomas coun¬
ty the contractors will begin laying
an additional stretch of five miles of
paving north of Camilla and which
will give Mitchell county a continuous
stretch from the Thomas county line
on the south to the Flint and Newton
road crossing about six miles north of
Camilla, or about twenty miles of con¬
tinuous paring in this county. The
paving in this county and that in
Thomas county will be completed ear¬
ly in the spring unless delayed by
some unforeseen circumstance. There
will still remain a gap of about ten
miles between the northern end of the
paring in this county and the south¬
ern end of the Dougherty county pav¬
ing at the Dougherty county line
which it is expected will be filled in
within the next year and a half or
two years. It is also understood that
the Thomas county authorities intend
to finally complete the paving of the
Dixie Highway north from Thomas
ville to the Mitchell county line which
will then give an unbroken stretch of
between sixty and sixty-five miles of
paved road.
It is not unlikely that Lee county
will undertake the paving of the Dixie
Highway through that county at a not
distant date, according to reports re¬
ceived here, and that will connect up
another unbroken stretch of about
sixty miles, making something like
one hundred and twenty-five miles of
continuous paving. There is strong
probability that all of this work will
be completed within the next four or
five years, and long before all of it
is completed this route from the north
to Florida will have outstripped all
others in popularity with the tourists
and this section will be enjoying the
results of an influx of homeseekers
and investors directly attributable to
the improvement of this important
road.
The paving' already done is attract¬
ing wide attention and reports indi¬
cate a much greater activity in farm
lands and town property in this sec¬
tion than in any other part of South
Georgia. There isn’t a doubt but that
good roads and good crops have al¬
ready started a movement of investors
in this direction and this movement
will increase as the truth about this
section becomes more generally
known.
Messrs. E. J. Vann, Jr. and G. M.
Cochran spent the week-end in Ma¬
con.
NUMBER 21.
RURAL SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPT. 21ST
WILL OPERATE SEVEN MONTHS,
LONGER IF FUNDS ON
HAND JUSTIFY IT.
The County Board of Education met
in regular monthly session on. Tues¬
day, with a full board present except
the chairman, Mr. T. J. Glausier, of
Baconton, who was out of the county.
Mr. J. D. Gardner was made tempor¬
ary chairman and presided at the
meeting.
The board decided upon Monday,
September 21st, as the date for the
opening of the rural schools of the
county. The rural schools will be
operated seven months this year, as
was the case last year, and if it should
happen that there are sufficient funds
available, the term will be extended.
Many people of the county who are
sometimes inclined to criticise onr
school authorities for one reason or
another are probably not aware of the
fact that Mitchell county has a school
record equal to the very best counties
in this section of the state and consul -
ably better than a number of good
counties. During the past two or
three years several rich counties in
this section have been forced to drop
down to a five or six months term for
their rural schools and only a few
have been able to maintain a seven
months school as has been done in
Mitchell. Our school authorities are
sometimes accused of being too con¬
servative, but it must be admitted
that they have managed to secure the
maximum results from the amount of
public school money placed at their
disposal.
The board has made arrangements
with Mr. C. R. Hatcher to haul all the
students above the seventh grade
from the Lester and Pine Hill school
districts to Sale City, where they will
have first-class high school advan¬
tages.
Mr. W. B. Lewis and Superinten¬
dent J. R. Sloan were appointed as a
committee to make arrangements for
the transportation of school children
from Branehville and Evergreen dis¬
tricts to Camilla. It is planned to
haul all the children above the fifth
grade from Branehville and of all
grades from Evergreen, doing away
with the school at Evergreen, alto¬
gether.
A delegation appeared before the
hoard from Bethany district, some to
protest against the abandonment of
the school in that district and others
to approve this plan. The board, at
a previous meeting upon a request
from patrons of Bethany school, had
decided to abandon the school there
and haul all the children to the Ca¬
milla school. It appeared from the
best information obtainable Tuesday
that a majority of the patrons of the
Bethany school still favor the aban¬
donment of the school there, so the
board let its previous action stand.
It was announced that some of the
children in the Bethany district are
within reach of the Mt Olive school
and they will be allowed to attend
that school if they desire, but no
transportation will be supplied.
The board agreed upon the same
county tax rate for school purposes
as was levied last year. A tax of fhre
mills will be levied for general pur¬
poses, and two mills for agriculture,
home economic and county agent
work. This action will be certified
to the county commissioners and the
school levy will be made with the
regular county levy.
A delegation of citizens from Mt.
Ebal school district appeared before
the hoard stating that some of the
patrons in that district wanted to
send their children to the Pelham
school. The board had previously
made arrangements to have the chil¬
dren from Mt. Ebal hauled to Cotton.
It was agreed that those who wanted
to attend the Pelham school may do so
and that an allowance of 12 cents per
day for transportation will be allowed,
provided the number hauled to Cotton
does not drop below an average of 35
each day. The reason for this pro¬
posal is that the board has already
contracted to run a truck to Cotton
which will take care of 35 pupils at
one trip. If the number should run
above 35, necessitating a second trip,
the board would be inclined to make
the second trip to Pelham if it is de¬
sired by the patrons.
Mr. Ben Taylor, of Tampa, Fla., is
spending the week here visiting his
brother, Mr. Bob Taylor, and other
relatives.
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