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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENED
JUDGE CUSTER RAPS
OF PISTOL TOTING AND
DRINKING IN HIS CHARGE,
The Mitchell October Term of Su¬
perior Court opened up Monday with
Judge Custer presiding. J. F. Hooks
was elected foreman of the grand
jury and Judge Custer delivered
strong and forceful charge to the
body. He laid special stress on the
liquor question and on pistol toters.
He was very severe on pistol toters
and said that if he had his way not
a pistol would ever be sold in the
slSite, and continuing he said, “The
state has ample police power to pre¬
vent the sale of a aingle pistol in
^Georgia and it should be exercised.
Pistols are made for but one thing,
and that is to kill people with. If a
man -wants to kill you or me and has
to arm himself with a shot gun, why
that warns us and gives us opportuni¬
ty to get away; but when he cowardly
conceals a pistol and shoots without
warning and without giving you a
dogs chance he is the worst sort of a
coward and should be done away
with.” He also used some plain lan¬
guage on the practice of driving au¬
tomobiles while under the influence
of intoxicating drinks.
The civil docket was light and was
finished Tuesday without a single con¬
tested case going to the jury. There
were two or three divorce cases, and
one extended hearing for alimony
brought by Julie Ferris Nolan against
her husband, Davis Nolan. Judge Cus¬
ter withheld his decision on this case,
stating that if possible he wanted to
get them to settle their differences
and live together. A case that at¬
tracted much attention, though not
of particular interest in this county,
was a hearing on a demurrer in a suit
brought by Prater, Houteller & Wood,
contractors. E. K. Wilcox, of Val¬
dosta, appeared for the contracting
concern and H. G. Bell, of Bainbridge,
and Pottle & Hoffmayer, of Albany,
for Decatur county. The complaint
against the county was that they were
in possession of certain facts as to the
depth necessary to go to find solid
rock to rest the new Bridge now be¬
ing erected at Bainbridge on, and
that (the county made a contract with
the Contractors and represened a dif¬
ferent state of facts than they knew'
to exist, with the result that the
bridge building concern entered into
a. contract that caused them a loss of
$60,000.00. The petition charges that
the county thus defrauded them in the
contract. All the allegations in the
petition were denied by Decatur coun¬
ty.
Judge Custer withheld his decision
on the case also, intimating however
that he was inclined to overrule the
demurrer and let the case be settled
by a jury.
The criminal docket was also light
and it is possible that there will be
little if any court the second week.
Among the criminal cases disposed
of this week were the following:
■Jim Leon Spence, charged with
drunkenness on public highway and
driving an automobile while intoxicat¬
ed, entered a plea of guilty. Sen
tnce of six months in each case, to
be served on probation upon payment
pf a fine of $40.00 in one case and
$25.00 in the other.
Homer Suggs, charged with adul¬
tery, entered a plea of guilty. Sen¬
tenced to serve twelve months in the
chaingang and six months in jail,-the
jail sentence to be served on probation
upon payment of a fine of $500.00.
Suggs was arrested here several
weeks ago on. the charge of bigamy.
He married a Mitchell county young
lady and it was afterward learned
that he had another wife residing in
Albany. It developed at the commit¬
ment hearing that both marriages
took place in Florida and therefore
the Georgia courts were without jur¬
isdiction, but he was bound over on
the charge of adultery. It is possible
that he will still have to answer the
charge of bigamy in Florida, as it
is understood that the relatives of the
Mitchell county young lady who be¬
came Suggs’ second wife will push
the case against him.
B. T. Bullard, charged with drunk¬
ness on the public highway and oper¬
ating an automobile while intoxicated,
entered a plea of guilty. He was
given a straight sentence of six
months in the chaingang by Judge
Custer and an additional sentence of
eighteen months to be served on pro¬
bation. Mr. Bullard is a well known
j 16,976 Bales Ginned In
County To Oct, 1st
I According to the official govern¬
ment census report made public here
this week by Mr. J. F. Hooks, County
Enumerator, there were 16,976 bales
of cotton ginned in Mitchell county
prior to October 1st, as compared with
7,837 on the same date last year. The
cotton crop in this county is nearly all
out, the estimate being that fully nine¬
ty per cent of the crop has been gin¬
ned. The government figures indi¬
cate a total yield for the county of
in the neighborhood of 19,000 bales,
which about splits the difference be¬
tween the high and low predictions
made by local observers at the begin¬
ning of the ginning season.
MRS. P. C. CULLENS
NEW P.-T. A, HEAD
OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED AT
SPECIAL MEETING,HELD
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association was held Tuesday after¬
noon at the school auditorium, the
meeting having been called by the
nominating committee, appointed to
select officers for election for the new
club year. The committee had been
unable to secure a president, without
whom the organization was unable
to proceed with the work, and the
meetlgg was called with this one im¬
portant purpose in view.
There was a fairly good attendance
notwithstanding inclement weather
and the discussions showed the deep
interest felt by both parents and tea¬
chers in the continuance of the organ¬
ization, none being willing to let the
work drop.
Mrs. Plant C. Cullens was unani¬
mously elected as president, and con¬
sented to assume charge of the office.
The election was fitting. Mrs. Cullens
is an efficient leader and has always
shown a deep interest in the work
of the organization.
Mrs. Roy Stripling was elected
First Vice President; Mrs. J. A. Mc¬
Daniel, Second Vice President; Mrs.
J. D. Ledbetter, Secretary; Mrs. Chas.
S. Carter, Treasurer and Mrs. L.
Weiner, Press Reporter.
Meetings are held the second Tues¬
day in each month.
Attempt To Assasinate
Negro Near Flint
What appears to have been an at¬
tempt to- assasinate a negro named
Sol Jones, who lives near Flint, oc¬
curred Monday evening shortly after
dark. Jones was seated at the table
eating his supper when someone fired
a shot at him from the dark. Sher¬
iff Crow was notified and he took the
county dogs up to Flint to try to trail
the would be assasin, but after fol¬
lowing the trail for a short distance
the dogs lost it and were never able
to pick it up again. It is supposed
that the shot was fired by some mem¬
ber of Jones’ race who held a grudge
against him.
Mr. G. D. Maxwell, of Talbotton,
was among the visitors in the city
Monday.
white farmer of the Branchville com¬
munity. In passing sentence upon
Mr. Bullard, Judge Custer reiterated
an observation made in his charge to
the grand jury that the driving of
automobiles while under the influence
of liquor is an offense that must be
dealt with severely in the interest of
public safety on the highways.
Walter Shingler, charged with
drunkness on the public highway and
driving an automobile while under the
influence of liquor, entered a plea of
guilty. He was sentenced to twelve
months in the chaingang without the
option of a fine.
Theo. Parrish, a 16-year-old white
boy charged with burglary, entered
a plea of guilty. On account of his
youth Judge Custer imposed a sen¬
tence of two years to be srved on
probation under, the supervision of
Col. J. J. Hill, of Pelham, to whom
the lad is required to report once a
week. Col. Hill stated to the ‘court
that an efiort would be made to get
the boy in school.
. Court adjourned Wednesday morn¬
ing until Thursday morning. The
grand jury is still at work but no in¬
timation has been given as to > how
long this body is likely to be in ses¬
sion.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925.
COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION
BOARD IS CONSIDERING
OF SUPPLANTING MULES IN
PART WITH TRACTORS.
The Board of County
ers held its regular monthly
last Tuesday, the session proving
be a very short one devoted largely to
paying monthly bills and
other routine matters.
Among the matters outside of the
regular routine discussed was a
for selling about thirty of the
ty’s mules and substituting
for maintenance and such other
as the machines can be used to advan¬
tage. It was the opinion of some
the members of the board that
plan would result in greater
cy and considerable economy in oper¬
ation. No action was taken on
matter, but the discussion developed
the fact that a majority, if not
of the commissioners will favor the
plan if it can be worked out on a prac¬
tical basis.
For the past two years or more the
county has been using two
tractors for pulling grading machines
and other equipment used in pulling
up and reshaping roads. These ma¬
chines have proven very economical
for this class of work and has enabled
the county road force to go over the
roads more frequently than would
have been possible with the limited
number of men now available hand¬
ling mule-drawn equipment. The road
mileage of the county is so
that months are required to make the
round of the most traveled roads with
the present force and if proper at¬
tention is given the roads no' equip¬
ment would be available for new con¬
struction. Tractors are expensive
and the upkeep is high, but the same
is true of mules. For years the coun¬
ty’s largest item of expense in con¬
nection with road work has been mule
feed and this item runs about the
same whether the mules are at work
or standing up in the lot during bad
weather or when the men are engaged
in work where the teams are not need¬ \
ed.
A committee was appointed at mo
meeting last month to look into the
matter of trading in the old tractors
for new ones. This committee report¬
ed Tuesday that they had been unable
to get a satisfactory proposition and
asked for more time.
Chairman G. B. Baggs read several
communications from the Highway
Department relative to the extension
of the paving contract north of Ca¬
milla to the Flint and Newon public
road. The tenor of these communi¬
cations was such as to indicate that
this extension would be granted, but
no authority has yet been given for
making the change. It is expected
that this matter will be settled one
way or the other in the next few days
as the contractor is now ready to be¬
gin work.
U. C. V. In Annual
Meet At Albany
Albany entertained four hundred
Confederate Veterans Wednesday and
yesterday at the 33rd annual reunion
and the entire city took charge of 'the
veterans and entertained them in a
royal manner during the two days
stay. Flag draped public buildings,
speeches, receptions, and stirring
scenes enacted by the veterans,* fea¬
tured the reunion.
Mitchell county was well represent¬
ed, a good many veterans and Daugh¬
ters of the Confederacy going. The
ladies going up from Camilla to take
veterans were Mrs. B. C. Gardner,
Mrs. W. H. Bullard, Mrs. W. W. Cul¬
lens, Mrs. W. F. Cullens, Mrs. P. C.
Cullens and Mrs. Geo. C. Cochran.
Veterans attending from here were
Mr. W. F. Foster, Mr. Luckey, Mr.
Lawrence, Mr. J. A. Kirbo, Mr. D. B.
Davis, Mr. J. C. Turner and Mr. Rigs¬
by.
The Mitchell County
Singing Convention
The Mitchell <^unty Singing Con¬
vention will hold its 3rd quarterly
session at Mt. Olive church, about six
miles west of Pelham, on the Haw¬
thorne Trail road, the Third Sunday
in October. All visitors and singers
have a special inviation to attend.
Ladies bring well filled baskets. We
have good sings and dinners.
George Crosby, Sec. and TVeas.
W. S. Cooper, President.
CITY COUNCIL IN
REGULAR SESSION
CLERK INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE
WARRANTS FOR REFUND ON
PAVING ASSESSMENTS.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Camilla city council was held Monday
evening at the City Hall, with the
mayor and a full board of aldermen
present.
It developed in a discussion that
came up that through an error the
city had over-paid the Davis Construc¬
tion Co. in the final settlement for
paving and the city clerk was instruct¬
ed to take this matter up with the
company and get it straightened out.
The city clerk was instructed to is¬
sue warrants for the refund due prop¬
erty owners on paving assessments
along Scott and Broad streets affect¬
ed by the injunction proceedings
brought against the city some months
ago. In cases where the property
owners paid the assessment in cash
without contesting the matter they
were entitled to a refund under the
court order and it was to settle
these claims that the warrants above
referred to were ordered issued.
Those who settled by note on the de¬
ferred payment plan have been re¬
quired to execute new notes on the
basis of the re-assessment.
Mr. Walter Stevens appeared be¬
fore the council in behalf of himself
and other residents of Bennett Park
and asked for another street light on
Butler Avenue. The chairman of
the street committee and Superinten¬
dent Hoggard were instructed to look
into the matter and place a light at a
point where it will do the most good.
Mr. F. A. Brown was instructed to
trade with the Davis Construction Co.
to have the Hawthorne Trail marker
replaced in the center of the square
at the intersection of Broad and
Scott streets.
Dr. J. L. Brown appeared before the
council in behalf of Mrs. I. Maples
to inquire if the city is responsible
for an accident that befell Mrs. Ma¬
ples on Scott street a short time ago.
From Dr. Brown’s statement it ap¬
peared that Mrs. Maples stepped in
a hole used as a ventilator under one
of the Baggs stores on the east side
of the street and that she fell against
a window, receiving a severe cut on
the arm. Dr. Brown stated that Mrs.
Maples would be satisfied with a set¬
tlement of her doctor’s bill. The mat¬
ter was referred to City Attorney J.
I). Gardner to see'whether the city
or the owner of the property is lia¬
ble for the accident. In case it should
be determined that the city is liable
it was explained that the city carries
insurance to cover such accidents and
claims for damages.
The information that the city is
now receiving current from the Bak¬
er County Power Co. after being cut
off for several weeks due to low wat¬
er, was very agreeably received by
the council. The expense of operating
the steam plant has been a rather
heavy financial burden during the per¬
iod mentioned. The Baker Power Co.
is securing current temporarily from
the Georgia-Alabama Power Co. plant
at Albany and low water in Flint Riv¬
er forced the latter concern to curtail
service for a short time. ,
Two Small Tracts of
Land Sold Near Vada
Two small transactions in farm
lands handled recently by Mr. W. H.
Bullard, of Camilla, were in the Vada
community of this county. The land
sold was the Gordon Faircloth place.
Ten acres on which is located the
residence was sold the J. B. Davis
Co., the consideration being $700. The
balance of the place, about sixty-five
acres, was sold to Messrs. Romie and
Tommie Foster. The price paid for
this tract was $300. Mr. Bullard
states that he has several other real
estate deals pending which he hopes
to close up in the near future, one of
these propositions involving several
thousand acres of land. He states
that a number of inquiries have been
received by him for large bodies of
land ranging from five to twenty
thousand acres. These inquiries come
from parties who propose to buy up
large farms and cut them up into
small tracts for sale to those who are
looking for small places.
Rev. Jas. D. Deans has gone to
Columbus, where he will spend the
week attending the annual convention
of Presbyterian Synod of Georgia.
Attendance Record
For Camilla School
The Camilla school made an attend¬
ance record for the first month of the
fall term which we doubt has been
equaled in the county, or in the state
for that matter. During the first four
weeks of the present term the attend¬
ance average was slightly above 97
per cent. This is considered remarka¬
ble on account of the fact that the en¬
rollment is the largest in the history
of the school and many of the pupils
come in from the country districts in
trucks and other conveyances. The
record indicates a general interest in
the school work on the part of pupils
and parents and excellent health con¬
ditions in the community, especially
among the school children.
NEW SUBDIVISION
IS NEEDED HERE
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN
CONNECTION WITH LOAN AS¬
SOCIATION SUGGESTED.
The observation has been made that
conditions are ripe in Camilla for the
opening of a real estate subdivision
here that would put a number of resi¬
dence lots on the market at a price
within the reach of the man of moder¬
ate means. Such an undertaking, it
is believed, could be carried out suc¬
cessfully now, provided the propei*ty
is well located and prices and terms
are made reasonable with the view of
helping to increase the number of
home owners and develop the town
rather than the realization of a big
profit from the development. It has
also been suggested that such a plan
should be worked out in connection
with a building and loan association,
organized locally, which would enable
lot owners to improve their property
on easy terms.
At the present time and for several
years past there is and has been a
demand for small residences with con¬
veniences that has not been filled.
When a house is vacated in Camilla
there are from two to a half dozen
people scrambling to rent it and many
of the larger residences that are rent¬
ed are occupied by two families. This
situation is not good for the town for
several obvious reasons, chief among
them being the tendency to abnormal¬
ly increase rent charges and unsatis¬
factory living conditions.
With conditions as they are, it is
believed that a number of salaried
people could be interested in purchas¬
ing a lot and building a home if suita¬
ble terms could be arranged which
would enable them to pay for their
home in deferred payments not too
much in excess of present renting
charges.
There are several desirable proper¬
ties around Camilla that would be
suitable for a scheme of this kind.
Those who have been discussing the
plan have no interest in any property
availably for this purpose and are ad¬
vocating no particular site for the
development.
A general discussion of this plan
could do no harm.
Camilla Residence
Property Is Sold
Among the recent deals in improv¬
ed real estate in and around Camilla
were two transfers of Camilla resi¬
dence property which were made pub¬
lic a few days ago by the filing of
deeds for record in the office of clerk
of superior court of this county. In one
of these transactions Mrs. J. B. Lewis
purchased from the heirs of Mrs. J.
Heath the handsome Heath residence
on Broad street for a consideration
of about $9,000. After the necessary
repairs are made to the residence it
will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lew¬
is. This place is considered one of
the most d es i ra hle in town and the
new owners are fortunate in acquir¬
ing it at the figures mentioned. The
other transaction was the sale of the
J. J. Wicker home on Broad street to
Mr. J. E. Brooks for $3,000.00 and the
resale of the property by Mr. Brooks
to Mr. I. Smith, of Ochlocknee. This
property is situated just across the
street from the Heath residence and
in point of location is very desirable.
It is understood that Mr. and Mrs.
Smith will move back to Camilla with¬
in a few weeks and will occupy this
home. Their many old friends in
Camilla and throughout the county
will be glad to learn of their contem¬
plated move.
NUMBER 27.
CORN MARKET NOT
VERY PROMISING
THE STATE MARKET BUREAU IS¬
SUES WARNING THAT DOLLAR
CORN IS UNLIKELY.
The prospect of com reaching a
dollar a bushel in South Georgia dur¬
ing this winter or next spring is not
considered very bright by state agen¬
cies that undertake to keep Georgia
farmers posted on market conditions,
according to County Agent O. L.
Johnson, who has been making in¬
vestigations with a view of helping
the farmers of Mitchell county to
market their com to the best advan¬
tage.
On account of the almost complete
failure of the corn crop over a con¬
siderable portion of North Georgia
the impression has become pretty
general among farmers, Mr. John¬
son states, that there will be a ready
market for the surplus corn crop of
South Georgia at around a dollar per
bushel. The investigation the county
agent has made leads him to believe
that this is a mistaken idea and that
corn prices are not likely to get much
better than are now being quoted.
Mr. Johnson states that the JState
Market Bureau in reply to an inquiry
from him in regard to market pros¬
pects for corn has informed him that
there is little likelihood of a material
advance in prices in the near future
and this agency regards eighty to
ninety cents per bushel as a very good
price under present conditions. It is
pointed out that the West has made a
large corn crop and this corn cen be
delivered in Georgia now at slightly
above eighty cents. The spot market
for corn in Chicago and St. Louis is
from eighty-three to .^eighty-seven
cents per bushel. In the future mar¬
ket December is quoted at about sev¬
enty-five and May at eighty-one.
These market figures were .taken from
Wednesday’s newspapers.
Mr. Johnson has requested The En¬
terprise to give publicity to this in¬
formation as furnished him, not with
the view of advising the farmers to
sell or to hold their corn, but simply
as a matter of information to be con¬
sidered for what it is worth and for
each individual to decide for himself
the course he will follow.
Mr. Johnson states that com can
be sold readily now at around eighty
cents per bushel and he offers his ser ¬
vices to those who desire to sell to
help them get the highest possible
price. If sufficient quantity is offered
he will undertake to get orders in car
lots and assist in any way he can in
making shipment. Last year a number
of cars of com were sold through the
efforts of the county agent in bring¬
ing the farmer and buyer together
and it so happened that the com sold
in this way brought the farmer a lar¬
ger net return that it was possible to
get later on when com prices should
have been higher according to the us¬
ual trend of the market. This condi¬
tion may be exactly reversed next
time and no one is undertaking to
predict that it will not be. It is sim¬
ply a matter of backing your own
judgment after considering such in¬
formation as is available.
First Cool Weather
Is Of Short Duration
The first cool weather of this fait
visited South Georgia last Friday and
Saturday, the thermometer showing
a drop in temperature just sufficient
to discourage wearers of straw hats
and to put a period to one of the long¬
est and hottest summers that has been
experienced here in many years. The
cool weather was of short duration,
however, and by Sunday palm fans
and summer wearing apparel were as
much in demand as ever. A general
shower Tuesday with prospects of
more moisture has caused the weath
erwise to expect another break in the
temperature before many more days.
Weather prophets have been predict¬
ing a long hard winter on the theory
that one extreme follows another. If
this prediction is to be fulfilled it
would seem to be about time for the
first evidence of it to begin to show
up.
, Local Market.
Cotton.
Strict Middling -------------20 l-4c
Middling ____________________20c
Cotton Seed.
Per Ton------------------$31.00
Peanuts.
Per Ton ....................$77.50