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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEETS
BOARD PLANS TO VISIT COUNTY
SCHOOLS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF INSPECTING WORK.
Tile regular monthly meeting of the
County Board of Education was held
last Tuesday at the office of the Coun¬
ty Superintendent of Schools.
Among the plans for the near fu¬
ture discussed by the board w r as a vis¬
it 'by the board, accompanied by the
Superintendent and the County Health
4 Commissioner, to every school in the
county, for the purpose of inspecting
school property and familiarizing it¬
self with the work being done in the
schools. No definite date was set for
the trip, but it is planned to make
the visit as early as all of the mem¬
bers can arrange to spare the time.
It is expected that about three or four
* Mays will lie required to visit all the
schools.
A call was issued for a county-wide
election for school trustees to be held
on Thursday, October 22nd, at which
‘ time any vacancies on district school
boards will be filled by the voters in
the districts where the vacancies oc¬
cur.
The sui>erintendent was instructed
to place an order for 100 school desks
. and as many blackboards as are need¬
ed to supply the county schools.
Teachers of the various schools should
notify the superintendent as to their
respective needs so as to aid him in
making distribution of the equipment.
The increased attendance at practical¬
ly all of the schools of the county has
made, the need of additional equip¬
ment an evident fact, but finances at
this - time will not permit the board to
* fill these needs as fully as it would
* like to.
A delegation. from Mt. Olive ap¬
peared before the board and asked
for an additional teacher. At pres¬
ent two teachers are employed in this
school and while the number of pupils
in attendance make the work rather
4 heavy, the board did not think the at¬
tendance justified the employment of
a third teacher at ,this time.
A delegation from Mt. Ebal school
district also appeared before the board
in reference to some detail of the sys¬
tem employed in hauling the children
in that district. This mutter was ar¬
ranged to the satisfaction of all par¬
ties.
Monthly reports were read by Miss
Ella Foy, County Home Economic
Agent, knd Mr. O. L. Johnson, County
Agricultural Agent. These reports
showed that both agents have been
busy during the past month and are
touching many people in the county
■V through the various activities under
^ their direction.
Superintendent J. R. Sloan was in¬
structed by the board to give notice
to parents regarding the Compulsory
School Attendance law and to warn
. them that the law will be enforced
,in this county. It is suggested that
the peopteshould plan their far m work
so that their children will be able to
attend school regularly, as the fact
that they are needed to work does not
excuse .them under the law. All chil¬
dren between the ages of 8 and 14
must he kept in school, unless pre¬
vented from attending on account of
sickness. Under certain conditions
the Board of Education can excui
> children, from attendance, but this or¬
der excusing them must be secured
before an<fhot the fhild is stopped from school
afterward. Dr. J. A. McDan¬
iel is the county attendance officer and
makes regular reports to the board
reference to violations of this law.
So far the people of the county have
responded in a fine spirit of co-op¬
eration in carrying out the provisions
of the attendance law and the board
does mdt anticipate any trouble in the
future, but the warning is issued so
that all parents will know the provi¬
sions of the law.
White Man Fined And
His Car Is Seized
Barney Cpbb, a white man living
in the. lower part of the county, was
arrested last Saturday afternoon by
County Policeman Mart Poore and
Deputy Sheriff Jim Smith and charges
of public drunkenness and having
whiskey were docketed against him.
He entered a plea of guilty before
Judge Ben T. Burson Monday and was
fined $75.00 in each case. Cobb’s car,
in which the liquor is alleged to have
been found, was seized by the officers
who will institute condemnation pro¬
ceedings.
Parent-Teacher Assn.
To Meet Next Tuesday
A meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association will be held next Tuesday
afternoop, October 13, at the school
auditorium at 3:15 o’clock. This much
needed organization in co-operation
with the- school, in failing to get an
early start with the beginning of
school work for another year, has al¬
ready lost ground, on account of fail¬
ure to secure a leader.
It is earnestly hoped that all par¬
ents, teachers and friends of the
school will be on hand Tuesday after¬
noon to back the organization with
their interest and loyalty, that the
work of the Association for the new'
year may start with a leap and with
confidence of a helpful year for both
school and home.
MR. H. M. M’lNTOSH
CLAIMED BY DEATH
VETERAN EDITOR OF ALBANY
HERALD DIED LAST FRD
1)AY AFTERNOON.
The sudden death of Mr. Henry M.
McIntosh, veteran editor of The Al¬
bany Herald, which occured at his
home in Albany last Friday afternoon,
came as a sad shock to his (1 many
friends throughout this section of the
state and his loss to the profession of
which he was an acknowledged leader
for many years is mourned by all
Georgians. For more than fifty years
Mr. McIntosh had been editor of a
newspaper in South Georgia, starting
with a small country weekly in Quit
man shortly after the Civil War, lat¬
er-moving to Albany where he was
connected with several newspaper en¬
terprises and finally launching The
Albany Herald as a daily nearly thir¬
ty-five years ago to which last venture
he gave the flower of his genius and
ability and lived to see it attain a
position of power and influence rec¬
ognized throughput the state.
Mr. McIntosh was a native of South
Georgia and labored unceasingly, and
unselfishly for the advancement of
this section. Long ago he recognized
the agricultural advantages of South¬
west Georgia and from the vantage
point of his paper he preached the
necessity for diversification of crops
and improved marketing facilities and
no man in this section deserves great¬
er credit than Mr.' McIntosh for the
remarkable progress that has been
made in this direction.
Mr. McIntosh belonged to the old
school of journalists in the sense that
he held a tight reign on his publication
and allowed no influence to sway it
from the course he had mapped out
and the ideals he held paramount. He
sought to make his paper serve the
public interest—the people and sec*
tion he loved, first—and to this task
he concentrated all his powers and re¬
fused to be deterred by the hope of
reward of the fear of opposition.
Georgia has lost a great citizen in
the death of Henry M. McIntosh and
this loss will be felt most acutely here
in Southwest Georgia—“God’s Coun¬
try,” as he called it.
COTTON DROPS
$5.00 PER BALE
Government Estimate of 14,759,000
Bale Crop Causes Decline.
Influenced by the Government esti¬
mate of 14,759,000 bales for this crop,
cotton declined $5.00 per bale yester¬
day. The ginners report issued at the
same time the estimate figures were
made public showed 7,101,710 bales
ginned .prior to October 1st. Both
reports were considerably higher than
was expected.
Godwin Arrested
On Liquor Charge
Judson Godwin, a young white man
who lives in the Tallowtown section
of Mitchell county, was arrested Tues¬
day night by Deputy Sheriff Jack
Stratford and County Policeman Mart
Poore on the charge of having liquor.
Godwin had a gallon jug of liquor in
his possession* when arrested, accord¬
ing tp the officers. He was brought to
Camilla and Wednesday morning he
entered, a plea of guilty before Judge
Ben T. Burson of the City Court who
imposed a sentence of 12 months in
the chaingang and 6 months in jail
to be served on probation upon the
payment of a fine of $100.00. God¬
win paid the fine and was released'
under the terms, of the sentence.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDA ¥>)CTOBER 9, 1925.
CITY PRIMARY SET
FOR NOVEMBER 10
CANDIDATES MUST REGISTER
AND PAY FEES BY 6 P. M.
OCTOBER' 24TH.
The City Democratic Executive
Committee met last Tuesday and de¬
cided upon Tuesday, November 10th,
as the date for the city primary. The
date was fixed earlier than had been
expected, due to the fact that several
of the candidates have already an¬
nounced and the committee taking the
view that the sooner the campaign is
over the better it will be for all con¬
cerned.
The committee adopted the same
rules and regulations which have gov¬
erned previous primary elections in
Camilla for this election. Candidates
will be required to register with the
secretary of the committee and pay
the fee assessed against all candidates
for city offices on or before 6 o’clock
p. n\. Saturday, October 24th, in or¬
der to qualify for the primary. The
fees assessed against candidates for
the various offices are as follows:
Candidates for Mayor___ j .$12.50
Candidates for Aldermen-- 2.00
Candidates for Treasurer__5.00
No fee was assessed against candi¬
dates for member of the Board of
Trustees of Camilla Public School,
hut,, candidates for these places will
be required *to register as candidates,
otherwise their names will not appear
on the ticket.
The election will be held at the City
Hail. The following managers were
selected by the Executive Committee:
J. L. Stevens, Justice of the Peace,
R. M. Fleming, Ben T. Burson. The
managers will select the clerks who
will assist in holding the election.
Only white Democratic voters, who
are otherwise qualified under the laws
and ordinances of the city, will be al¬
lowed to vote in the primary election.
The attention of the voters is called
to the fact that the registration books
are now open for registration, but
that the books will close ten days be¬
fore the primary. Those who are not
registered should avail themselves of
this opportunity to do so. After the
books are closed the city Registrars
veil! go over the list and purge it pf
all names of persons who for any rea¬
son may be disqualified to vote in this
primary election.
The usual “anti single-shot” provi¬
sion was adopted by the committee.
This rule provides that voters must
vote for one alderman for each of the
three places to be filled and for three
trustees for the three vacancies on
that board. Failure to do this will
void your ballot for 1 these offices.
The only developments in the city
campaign since last week has been
the announcement of one of tfye old
members of the council for re-election
and the announcement of two new
candidates for Aldermen from the
Fourth Ward to succeed Dr. F. L.
Lewis. Mr. A. J. Pinson has announc¬
ed for re-election from the Second
Ward. The candidates from the
Fourth Ward are Dr. D. P. Luke and
Mr. J. E. Brooks. Mr. Pinson has
served on the council for two years
and apparently his service has been
entirely satisfactory to the people of
his ward, for no opposition has devel¬
oped as yet to his re-election. Dr.
Luke and Mr. Brooks, both popular
gentlemen, promise a lively tilt for
the seat on the council from the
Fourth Ward.
The candidates for Mayor, Dr. Jno.
M. Spence and Dr. F. L. Lewis, are
both busy shaping up their campaigns
for a lively contest.
Washing-ton Takes
First Game In Series
Washington took the first game in
the world series Wednesday by defeat¬
ing Pittsburg by a score of 4 to 1.
Walter Johnson, the veteran pitcher,
was in the box for Washington and
was opposed by Lee Meadows for
Pittsburg. Johnson was in his old
form, giving up five hits and striking
out ten batters. Washington 4s a
slight favorite to win the series.
Along with the news of Johnson’s
victory comes the announcement of
the death of Christy Mathewson at
Saranac Lake, N. Y., from tuberculo-'
sis. Mathewson, like Johnson, was
one of baseball’s brightest stars and
was not only a great player but a fine
character whose clean habits and
strong integrity made of him a model
for American youth.
NICE LOT OF HOGS
IN SALE TUESDAY
TWO LIGHT CARS SOLD AT $11.55
BASIS. W. M. ACREE HAS*
FINE LOT OF HOGS.
The regular monthly .hog sale was
held in Camilla last Tuesday under
the auspices of the Mitchell County
Live Stock Sales Association. Mr.
W, W. Webb, representing the State
Bureau of Markets, was on hand to
cry the sale and to assist Mr. W. E.
Hughes, secretary of the Association
and County Agent O. L. Johnson in
getting the top price for the hogs.
Two light cars were handled in the
sale. There were 114 head of hogs
and the total weight was 23,000
pounds. Hall Commission Co,, of
Moultrie, was the successft.. bidder,
the price paid being $11.55, basis No.
1 .
It was the best lot of hogs that
have been seen in the local pens in
several months and the percentage of
No. l’s ran much higher than usual.
Among the exceptionally fine lots were
nine head sold by Mr. W. M. Acree
of Camilla, the nine weighing 2255
pounds and all graded number ones.
Another big lot of fine hogs was sold
by C. H. Cross & Son, of Baker Coun¬
ty. They had forty head that graded
number one and the total weight of
the forty was 8, 710 pounds. E. J.
Willis had seven number one hogs in
the sale that weighed a total of 1,275
pounds. F. C, Davis had seven num¬
ber one hogs that weighed slightly
more than Mr. Willis’ lot, the total
weight of Mr. Davis’ hogs being 1,-
310.
A number of other farmers had
good lots of hogs in the sale and all
seemed pretty well satisfied with the
price received. It is expected that
the sales will increase in volume from
now on as the hogs begin to come out
of the peanut fields. There appears
to be good prospects for prices to re¬
main high through the fall and win¬
ter.
Large Attendance
At B.W.M.U. Meeting
Large attendance, inspiring speech¬
es, hospitality and fellowship were all
high points of the annual meeting of
the Baptist Womans Missionary Un¬
ion of the Tucker Association at
Hopeful Friday.
Mrs. R. L. Hall, of Newton, Asso
ciational Supt. presided over the meet¬
ing, and with her encouraging and
optimistic demeanor, put a live spirit
into the meeting and the ladies in a
receptive frame of mind for the
speeches and discussions of the day.
Miss Ruth Jinks, State W. M. U.
Worker, and Mrs. C. F. Cater, Divi¬
sional Vice President, were the main
speakers of the day and they brought
messages of large importance to the
ladies. Miss Jinks spoke at the
morning session, giving a survey of
the mission fields as touching the wo¬
mens part in the work. She gave
another splendid talk at the afternoon
session on womans work in the state.
Mrs. Cater led the morning devo¬
tional service and later made a very
impressive talk on “Stewardship.” At
the afternoon session she spoke on
“State Missions.”
Many inspiring talks and papers
were feiven by workers within the as
sociational bounds. The reports were
full of interest and encouragement,
and informal discussions were very
helpful.
All in all, it was a day of large in¬
spiration, and the ladies went home
with renewed faith and zeal for their
local and individual part of the great
work in, the field of missions.
Col. Warren Presented
With Handsome Watch
The local Masonic bodies surprised
Col. M. A. Warren last week by pre¬
senting Mm with a handsome gold
watch and chain in recognition of his
services to the order and as an evi¬
dence of the esteem in which he is hlld
by the membership. The presenta¬
tion was made at the regular meeting
of the F. & A. M. lodge and this lodge
was joined by the local Royal Arch
Chapter and the Camilla Council R.
,& S. M. in making the presentation.
The watch bears th^ following in¬
scription: “To Past Master, Past
High Priest, Past Illustrious Master
M. A. 'Warren, from Camilla Masonic
Bodies.” Needless to say Col. War¬
ren prizes very highly this gift from
his brother Masons.
Rev. Smith Visits
Methodist Church
Rev. J. A. Smith, Agent for the
South Georgia Conference Orphans
Home at Vineville, Macon, was here
for his annual visit in the interest of
the orphanage Sunday and spoke at
the Methodist church Sunday morn¬
ing. Rev. Smith is a pleasing- and
earnest speaker and represents a
cause dear to the hearts of the great
majority of people and his visit, as
always, was much enjoyed. On the"
previous Sunday, Sept. 27, the Metho¬
dist Sunday School had made a gen¬
erous contribution to the orphanage
as the result of Work Day, and this
amount was supplemented by further
contributions Sunday to Rev. Smith.
URGE FARMERS TO
DESTROY STALKS
MEETING OF COUNTY AGENTS
HELD IN ALBANY TO PLAN
CAMPAIGN.
Countf agents from several South¬
west Georgia counties met in Albany
Wednesday for the purpose of plan¬
ning a concerted campaign for the
destruction of cotton stalks as one pf
the most effective methods of fight¬
ing the boll weevil. County Agent
O. L. ^phnson, of Mitchell County, at¬
tended the meeting and promised co¬
operation. The^ meeting was called
at the instance of the Albany Chamber
of Commerce and the agents who at¬
tended were the guests of the Albany
Lions Club at luncheon: ' .
Mr. Johnson, upon his return home,
stated to the writer that it is plan¬
ned to get out circulars setting forth
the reasons for early destruction of
cotton stalks and to have these dis¬
tributed in the several counties co¬
operating. Newspapers and business
men are also asked to help in the cam¬
paign.
A similar campaign was put on last
year and though actual results were
small, those back of the movement
have not been discouraged and will
continue their effort to secure the lar¬
gest possible co-operation on the part
of cotton growers in this section.
The movement is purely a selfish
one from the business man’s point of
view. If the boll weevil is eliminated
to the extent to make sure of a pro¬
fitable cotton crop those who are giv¬
ing their time and money to this cam¬
paign will be more than repaid. Of
course the farmer is the one most in¬
terested and will profit most by the
success of the movement. A great
many farmers need no urging to at¬
tend to this matter, but the efforts of
these will be nullified to a large ex¬
tent unless their neighbors can be in¬
duced to do likewise, and it is for the
purpose of securing as neaY 100 per
cent co-operation as possible that this
campaign has been undertaken.
With the favorable conditioes that
now exist it would be a comparatively
easy matter to control the boll weevil
in this section of the state next year
if it were possible to get all the cot¬
ton stalks plowed up before frost.
The dry weather has seriously hin¬
^
dered the propagation of the weevil
and a large per cent of the cotton is
already dead and is not furnishing
food for the weevils that remain. If
the cotton that is still green could be
destroyed throughout the dozen or fif¬
teen counties in this section of the
state the farmers would ■'’not have to
worry about boll weevils next year.
The county agents in the meeting
in Albany Wednesday also passed a
resolution urging the farmers of this
section not to increase their cotton
acreage next year. It is feared that
the heavy production and favorable
pricey that have made the crop so
profitable this year will induce many
to turn back to the all-cotton program
and disastrous results are almost sure
to follow. It is hardly to be hoped
that weather conditions will be as fav¬
orable next year and the same condi¬
tions that tend to influence an in¬
creased acreage here prevail all over
the belt. So if there is a' general in¬
crease in acreage prices will drop in
proportion and the larger crop will be
sold at a lost to the famer.
Local Market.
Cotton. ' „
Strict Middling___________—29 l-4c
Middling —.................20 c
Cotton Seed.
Per ton ---------------------$33.00
Peanuts. f
Per ton_______________________$80,00
NUMBER 26
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
LIGHT DOCKET IN PROSPECT.
TWO NEGROES WILL BE
TRIED FOR MURDER.
The regular October term of Mitch
ell Superior Coui-t, will convene next
Monday morning, with Judge W. V.
Custer presiding. The court will have
a light docket at this term, according
to court officials, and it is expected
that all the business that comes up
at this term can be disposed of before
eru j 0 f the second week. The
grand jury may overturn this predic¬
tion by sending up an uwUsual num¬
ber of indictments, but this is regard¬
ed as unlikely.
The first Week it is expected will be
devoted ffirgely to the trial of civil
business, of which there are a number
of cases docketed but none of general
interest.
There are two negroes in jail charg¬
ed with murder and these will prob¬
ably be indicted and tried at this term.
One of these, William Barrow, is
charged with the muredr of Mr. L.
C. Bullard, a white farmer of this t
county, at Pelham the latter part of
July. Barrow denies that he did the
killing but the officers claim to have
found eye witnesses of the tragedy
who can identify Barrow as the man
who fired the fatal shot.. Barrow is
supposed to have driven an automo¬
bile for a party of white people who
attended a dance at Pelham during
the evening of the big tobacco jubilee.
The state will undertake to prove that
Barrow was left in the car to guard
some liquor and that when Bullard
came to the car and demanded liquor
he shot Bullard, killing him almost in¬
stantly. After the shooting the man
who fired the fatal shot escaped and
evidence furnished the officers by peo¬
ple who were near the sooting led to
the arrest of Barrow in Albany the
next day.
The other negro charged with mur¬
der is Jim Brown who shot John Vir¬
gin about three weeks ago, inflicting
a wound from which Virgin died some
days later. Both negroes lived on Mr.
Loon Perry’s plantation west of Ca¬
milla. The version of the shooting
given by Virgin before he died was
that Brown had become enraged with
his boy whom he sought to whip but
the boy got out of his way and he
picked up his gun as if he intended to
shoot the boy. Virgin claimed to have
had no interest jn the row between
father and son, but sought to pre¬
vent Brown from shooting the boy and
for his pains received a load of shot in
the leg. The wound inflicted -was a
very serious one and Virgin died sev¬
eral days later in a hospital in Al¬
bany.
A list of the grand and traverse
jurors drawn to serve at this term has
been published. The number of ex¬
cuses offered to avoid jury service,
other than the strictly legal excuses,
is expected to be considerably cut
down at this term in view of the stand
taken by Judge Custer at the recent
tern of Dougherty Superior Court.
He announced there that hereafter he
would decline to excuse jurors, excepf
on strictly legal grounds, due to the
fact that the court had considerable
difficulty in getting a full panel of
jurors on account of the number who
asked to be excused for business rea¬
sons. It is expected that the rule laid
down for Dougherty county will be
followed by Judge Custer in the other
counties of the circuit.
Club Girls Display
At Southeastern Fair
Mitchell County Canning Club girls
are again represented with a display
at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta,
October 12 to 17. Some of the best
of the products of the year’s work
have been assembled by Miss Ella
Foy, county ,Home Demonstration
Agent, to be placed in the Girls Club
department of the exhibits.
Our club girls have established a
record as easy winners at previous
Fairs, which makes us anticipate fur¬
ther recognition of the excellence of
their work. Though Miss Foy and
the girls have had many handicaps to
work against this year, they have
made splendid progress and every one
is proud of what they have accom¬
plished.
At the close of the Southeastern
Fair the Club girls’ display will be
carried to Macon to be placed on exlii-i
bit at the State Fair,