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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
BIG DEVELOPMENT
AT BLUE SPRINGS
PURCHASE OF PROPERTY BY
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE
CAUSES BIG SENSATION.
A real estate boom that threatens
to rival some of the big Florida suc¬
cesses has been started in Albany by
the announcement last Saturday ev¬
ening of the purchase of Blue Springs
and about 750 acres of land surround¬
ing this famous resort by Barron G.
Collier, millionaire banker and real
estate operator of New York and
Florida. The announcement of the
purchase of this property was accom¬
panied by a statement from parties
representing the purchaser that a big
development will be started there in
the near future which will include
among many other attractions a big
hotel and amusement park for the ac¬
commodation of those who come south
for health, climate and amusement.
The news of the transaction caused
a real sensation in Albany, where lo¬
cal real estate operators have already
started several important develop¬
ments, and real estate prices are said
t,o have advanced from 100 to 500 per
cent in a few hours. And throughout
the state the announcement that Mr.
Collier, whose real estate operations in
Florida have attracted nation-wide at¬
tention, has become interested in
Southwest Georgia as the field of his
next big operation is accepted as the
biggest piece of news that has broken
here in many moons and that the re¬
sult will be the focusing of attention
of thousands of investors upon this
section of the state.
Albany will, of course, receive the
major benefit from the development
planned at Blue Springs, which is on¬
ly four miles south of that city, but
the advertising this section of the
state will receive from this single
venture will put Southwest Georgia
before the people of the entire nation
and will start an influx of investors
that will be of tremendous conse¬
quence to this section.
The negotiations which resulted in
the sale of Blue Springs to Mr. Col¬
lier have been carried on quietly for
some time by Mr. Thad Huckabee, a
prominent business man of Albany
and who, it is announced, will be asso¬
ciated with Mr. Collier in the carry¬
ing out of his projected plans. Full
possession of the Blue Springs prop¬
erty was obtained through the pur¬
chase of the springs and eighty-eight
acres of land from Mr. W. E. Hickey
for $65,000 as well as an adjoining
farm of eighty-eight acres, owned by
Mr. Hickey for which the considera¬
tion was $15,000, according to The Al¬
bany Herald. Mr. Collier also pur¬
chased a 465 acre pecan grove and an¬
other parcel of land containing twen¬
ty-two acres, paying $135,000 for both
tracts, according to the Herald.
No definite ^jinouneement has yet
been made as to the extent of the de¬
velopment planned, but it is stated
that it will rival some of the big op¬
erations in Florida and will be by far
the biggest thing of the kind yet un¬
dertaken in Georgia. The plans are
now being worked out and it is prom¬
ised that work will start on the deve¬
lopment not later than January 1st.
It is expected that an investment ex¬
ceeding a million dollars will be re¬
quired to carry through the project.
The announcement of the purchase
of the Blue Springs property and the
proposed development backed by Mr.
Collier and his millions came simul¬
taneously with the issuance by The
Albany Herald of the big Kiwanis
Convention Edition of 164 pages, the
largest edition ever handled by a
Georgia newspaper, and thousands of
copies of this edition carrying details
of the Blue Springs development have
been circulated throughout the coun¬
try. The Herald’s edition alone will
be a big factor in directing attention
to Albany and this section of the state
and by linking it up with the an¬
nouncement of the plans for the dev¬
elopment of Blue Springs by a man
of Mr. Collier’s*WelI known financial
ability and genius, a publicity stroke
of the greatest value to this whole
section was achieved. -
All South Georgia joins in congrat¬
ulating Albany and the Herald in the
accomplishment of this major publi¬
city enterprise. It was an achieve¬
ment equal to any we have seen come
out of Florida or California and be¬
sides reflecting the wonders of South¬
west Georgia’s health, climate and
business opportunities, it is an evi¬
dence of a progressive and enlighten¬
ed citizenship which may prove the
strongest attraction of all.
Election for J. P.
In Twelfth District
Pursuant to a recommendation of
the grand jury and his duty as No¬
tary Public and Ex. Officio Justice of
the Peace of his district, Judge
J. F. Pollock has called a special elec¬
tion for Justice of the Peace in the
Twelfth District to be held on Novem¬
ber 14th to elect a successor to the
late G. W. Galloway, this election
being to fill the unexpired term. The
election will be held at the justice
court house in the Twelfth district
and the managers will be Judge Pol¬
lock, Mr. J. A. Taylor and Mr. L. H.
Hayes. So far no candidates have
announced for the place but it is ex¬
pected that someone will offer from'
the upper part of the district.
SCHOOLTRUSTEES
HAVE OPPOSITION
THREE CONTESTS TO BE SET¬
TLED IN CITY PRIMARY ON
NOVEMBER 10TH.
The entries for the Camilla city pri¬
mary to be held November 10th, clos¬
ed Saturday evening at six o’5clock
with six entries for the three places
to be filled on the Board of Trustees
of Camilla Public Schools as the only
development of interest. / The only
other contest to be decided ni the pri¬
mary is that of the mayorality race
between Dr. J. M. Spence, who is ask¬
ing fov re-election, and Dr. F. L. Lew¬
is, who is opposing him. There were
no additional entries for councilmen
or for city treasurer.
In the race for school trustees,
Messrs. M. H. Metcalf, C. E. Watt
and G. B. Cochran, whose terms ex¬
pire at the end of this year, are ask¬
ing for re-election. All three have
opposition. Mr. C. M. Stripling is a
candidate to succeed Mr. Metcalf; Dr.
J. IjT Gray is a candidate to succeed
Capt. Watt, and Mr. J. R. Adams is a
candidate to succeed Mr. Cochran. The
Democratic Executive Committee has
ruled that candidates for trustees
must designate the place for which
they are running in order to elimi¬
nate single shotting and other ob¬
jectionable practice which are some¬
times resorted to in a free-for-all race
where there are two or more places
to be filled. In compliance with this
rule each of the new candidates desig¬
nated the old member of the board he
is opposing.
The development of three contests
for trustees came as a surprise to ev¬
eryone as there had been little discus¬
sion of these places prior to the last
day for candidates to enter the pri¬
mary. The races will all be abso¬
lutely friendly and no hint of ill feel¬
ing' has been heard. All of the candi¬
dates are well known local business
men who are interested in the welfare
of the school and they expect to leave
it up to the voters of the city to se¬
lect three to serve on the board, with¬
out resorting t oany high-pressure
political tactics.
The contest for mayor is not ex¬
pected to be quite so tame. Both of
the candidates for this place are ac¬
tively engaged in soliciting the sup¬
port of their friends and will, proba¬
bly, continue active until the cam¬
paign closes. Both of the candidates
are popular professional men and
neither is unacquainted with politics
and the duties of the office they are
seeking. The outcome of this con¬
test, therefore, will be watched with
interest.
The registration books are still op¬
en and will remain open through Sat¬
urday, October 31st. The books will
then be closed and no further regis¬
tration will be possible. The City
Registrars will probaby meet early
next week and go over the list to
purge it of all names where it is found
voters are disqualified for one reason
or another.
Miss W ade At Home
After Wreck Injury
Mrs. G. L. Wade returned home
Saturday from Lavonia, bringing her
daughter, Miss Virginia Wade, who
was recently injured in an automobile
wreck near Lavonia, home with her.
Though Miss Wade is still experienc¬
ing considerable suffering from sev¬
eral wounds, and will have to remain
in bed for several weeks, she is mak¬
ing fine progress, which is satisfac¬
tory to her many friends, who hope
that she may soon be restored to her
accustomed strength.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1925.
ROAD PAVING WORK
WILL BEGIN SOON
THE EXTENSION REQUESTED BY
COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN
ARRANGED.
Chairman John Holder of the State
Highway Department and Mr. Mar¬
shall, District Engineer representing
the United States Bureau of Public
Roads, were in Camilla last Thursday
for the purpose of inspecting federal
aid road projects being carried on in
this county arid to consult with the
County Commissioners regarding the
extension of the new paving contract
on the Dixie Highway to the Flint
and Newton public “ road crossing.
They appeared to be very well pleased
with the progress that is being made
on road projects in this county and
with the co-operation they are receoiv
ing from the officials here.
The extension asked for on the new
paving project was approved bp Chair¬
man Holder and Mr. Marshall and the
contractors will now be able to begin
work on this project as soon as the
weather clears. The extension asked
for by the Commissioners amounted
to a little more than a half mile and
will carry the paving to v the well at
the crossing of the Flint and Newton
public road. The Commissioners ask¬
ed for this extension on account of the
fact that it would have been almost
impossible to arrange a practical de¬
tour if the road crossing at the well
was closed up. By keeping this im¬
portant crossing open a detour can
be arranged which will add but slight¬
ly to the distance from Baconton to
Camilla and provide a good roa4pass¬
able at all seasons of the year.
Mr. Holder and Mr. Marshall ex¬
pected to visit several other counties
in this section before returning to
Atlanta to inspect road projects and
with the view of planning further
road improvements with the co-opera¬
tion - of the counties through which
the roads pass.
In discussing with local parties the
proposed paving of the National
Highway from Macon to the Florida
line, Mr. Holder stated that this was
one of three routes which the State
Highway Department is interested in
getting paved through to the south¬
ern border of the state as soon as pos¬
sible. One of these roads, he stated,
is State Route No. ,3 coming south
from Atlanta to Griffin, Thomaston,
Butler, Ellaville and then over the
Western branch of the Dixie Highway
from Americus to Albany, Camilla
and Thomasville. This is the shortest
route from South Georgia to Atlan¬
ta, the distance from Camilla to At¬
lanta being slightly less than 200
miles. This route will soon be paved
for about one-third the distance and
the Highway Department hopes to
secure the co-operation of the counties
in paving the balance of the route.
Chairman Holder also stated that
there are bright prospects for linking
up the paved stretches on the Wes¬
tern Dixie Highway between .Ameri¬
cus and Mac on at an early date. This
route will soon be paved from Amer¬
icus to Thomasville and plans are on
foot now to get through a project
which will extend the paving through
Macon and Peach counties. The pav¬
ing of the highway for the entire dis¬
tance from Macon to Atlanta is as¬
sured, Chairman Holder is quoted as
saying, and these two unpaved
stretches represent about all of this
route that is not now paved or under
contract to be paved at an early date.
The Highway Department is also
working on another route through the
Eastern part of the state. When
these north and south lines are com¬
pleted the Highway Department plans
to undertake some east and west
routes linking up these highways and
important points in the state with
Alabama.
Rev. J. D. Deans To
Speak at Bainbridge
Judge Luke and his singer are hold¬
ing a big tent meeting at Bainbridge.
Next Sunday several hundreds of
children will fill the tent at ten in the
forenoon. The plan is to go far into
the country and bring all the children
possible to this meeting. The speak¬
er for this great gathering of young
Americans is our local Presbyterian
pastor, Rev. J. D. Deans. He will
speak at Cairo in the afternoon and
at Pelham in the evening. No ser¬
vices will be held by the Presbyter¬
ians in Camilla outside of Sunday
school.
DEANS PROMOTED
BY PRESBYTERY
ANNUAL SESSION OF SOUTH¬
WEST GEORGIA PRESBYTERY
HELD IN PELHAM.
The Southwest Georgia Presbytery
of the Presbyterian Church met at
Pelham on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week. Ministers and laymen
were present from all the towns in
Southwest Georgia, as well as from
Atlanta and elsewhere.
The meeting was opened by the
Moderator, Rev. J. D. Deans, of Ca¬
milla and Pelham. Tuesday’s meeting
was taken up with a conference on
missions led by Dr. Ficken, of Atlan¬
ta, and Dr. MacMillan, of Assembly’s
headquarters at Chattanooga.
Wednesday’s meeting was taken up
mostly with business, though inspir¬
ing address were given by Revs.
Ward of Bainbridge, McGirt, of Fort
Valley, and by Chapman of Blakely.
The items of business carried
through were many, but the one item
of interest to the readers of this pa¬
per concerns our local pastor, Mr.
Deans. He was appointed treasurer
of the Presbytery's Home Mission
Funds, amounting to several thousand
dollars a year, and lie was also given
supervision of all the home mission
churches in the Presbytery numbering
around fifteen.
Dr. Deans will, however, carry on
as heretofore for the next six months
with headquarters at Camilla and
preaching at his usual appointments,
taking in Cairo the first and third
Sundays in the afternoons.
whiteTabTfound
IN MUD HOLE DEAD
CHILD NOT OVER 24 HOURS OLD
IN ROAD SOUTH OF CAMILLA
THURSDAY MORNING.
A white girl baby, not over 24 hours
old, was found in a mud hole about
two miles south of Camilla Thursday
morning. The child was dead when
discovered by a negro about ten
o’clock. It was a fully developed
child and every indication pointed to
its death as a result of violence or
abandonment. The baby was wrap¬
ped in a newspaper and there was no
clothing on the body.
Immediately upon discovering the
body the negro notified Mr. W. A.
Bennett who in turn called the sher¬
iff’s office. Sheriff Crow and Deputy
Sheriff Jack Stratford went to the
scene of the discovery and began an
investigation. A jury was empaneled
for the purpose of holding an inquest,
but at the time we go to press no ver
dic had been rendered by the jury.
Such clues as were found by the of¬
ficers are being thoroughly investi¬
gated and every effort wil be made
to find the party or parties guilty of
the crime.
The point where the baby was found
is near the Atlantic Coast Line Rail¬
road and is reached by a little used
road. The officers are confident, how¬
ever, that the body was thrown in the
mud hole some time Wednesday night.
W. H. Bullard Sells
Two Tracts of Land
Mr. W. H. Bullard, local real estate
man, closed two small sales during the
past week. The Glover place in the
Twelfth district, consisting of about
80 acres was sold to Mr. Dwight Shi
rah, of Flint. The consideration was
$800. Mr. Shirah has been oversee¬
ing for Mr. G. B. Cochran at Flint. It
is understood that he will move on
the place he has purchased. Another
deal made by Mr. Bulard was the sale
of 125 acres off of the Kemp place,
south of Camilla, to Lee Irving, a col¬
ored farmer. The consideration for
this tract was $3500. The place is on
the Camilla and Branchivlle road. Mr.
Bullard states that he has many in¬
quiries for land in large and small
tracts and hat he expects to close
several important deals in the near
future.
Local Market.
Cotton.
Strict Middling______________18 3-4 c
Middling ___________________18 1-2 c
Cotton Seed.
Per Ton_____________________$31-.00
Peanuts.
Per Ton.....................$75.00
Mitchell County
Ginning Figures
The latest figures on cotton ginned
in Mitchell county were made public
Wednesday by County Enumerator J.
F. Hooks. The report shows 18,950
bales of cotton ginned in the county
prior to October 18th, as compared to
9,265 on the same date last year. Al¬
most 2,000 bales of cotton were ginned
in the county since the last report,
which was made up to October 1st.
With nearly 19,000 bales ginned up to
the 18th of this month, some are pre¬
dicting that the final total for the
year will exceed 20,000 bales. What
little cotton there is now remaining
unpicked will be of very poor grade
and on the present market will not
bring much over 15 cents per pound.
DESIGNATOR
ROAD CROSSINGS
NINE RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN
COUNTY DESIGNATED AS
DANGEROUS.
Under a new law enacted at the last
session of the Georgia legislature,
the county commissioners in each
county of the state are required to in¬
spect all railroad .and public road
crossings in the county and to desig¬
nate those found to be dangerous.
This information is then furnished to
the railroads which are required to
erect suitable signs at such crossings
to warn the traveling public. Cross¬
ings are termed dangerous where per¬
sons approaching the railroad on a
public road are unable to get a clear
view of the railroad for some distance
in each direction.
Acting upon the provisions of this
law, the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Mitchell coun¬
ty at its last meeting appointed the
chairman, Mr. G. B. Baggs, County
Attorney E. M. Davis and County
Warden A. A. Maples on a comittee
to visit the road crossings in the coun¬
ty and to designate those that are
dangerous. A few days ago the com¬
mittee made a trip of inspection and
nine crossings were designated as
dangerous. All of these crossings
are on the G. A. S. & C. Railroad and
the F. R. & N. E. Railroad, as follows:
G. A. S. & C.—Crossing at Green
ough, Camilla and Lester public road.
Crossing at depot in Lester. Cross¬
ing one-half mile northeast of Lester
on Albany and Sale City road. Cross¬
ing one and one-half miles northeast
of Lester on Lester and Sylvester
road.
F. R. & N. E.—Cool Springs cross¬
ing on Sale City and Doerun road.
Crossing one-half mile east of Cotton.
Crossing at Five Forks on Thomasville
and Chastain road. Crossing at Wa¬
ter Tank at George Cranford place.
Crossing at E. H. Holmes place on
Pebble City and Pelham road.
No dangerous crossings were desig¬
nated on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Under the provisions of the law, ac¬
cording to the information given The
Enterprise, persons approaching a
crossing designated as dangerous in
an automobile will be warned of this
fact by the sign erected by the rail¬
road and will be required to stop and
then proceed across the railroad at a
speed not greater than six miles per
hour. In the case of other railroad
crossings a full stop is not required
but <ftivers of motor vehicles are re¬
quired to slow down to six miles per
hour in crossing the railroad.
This law was passed both for the
protection of thq public and the rail¬
roads and its strict observance will
prevent a great many of the accidents
that are now being reported every
day. Those who violate this law will
not only lay themselves liable to pro¬
secution but in case of accident will
not be able to go into court and claim
damages against the railraod com¬
pany.
Adjourned Term Of
Camilla City Court
An adjourned term of the City
Court of Camilla will convene next
Monday, November 2nd, for the trial
of business scheduled for trial at the
regular September term, but which
was adjourned on account of the rush
of farm work. It is expected that the
adjourned term will be in session for
at least two *days. The jurors drawn
to serve at the regular September
term are ordered to appear at the
adjourned term for service. A list
of the jury will be found in this issue.
NUMBER 29.
BAPTISTS MEET
WITH UNION ML
ASSOCIATION IS LARGELY AT¬
TENDED. HOSPITALITY
SHOWN DELEGATES.
The Tucker Baptist Association
opened their thirty second annual con¬
vention Wednesday morning at Union
Hill church, six miles below Pelham.
Representative delegates and visitors
were present from many churches
when the session convened at 10:45
o’clock, Eastern Time. Judge Ben T.
Burson, of Camilla, presided' as mod¬
erator and Mr. F. E. Joines, of Sale
City, as clerk.
Opening devotional services were
led by Mr. B. U. Curry, of Pelham.
Organization for the new session then
took place. Judge B. T. Burson was
unanimously reelected as moderator
and Mr. W. M. Harrell, of Pelham,
was elected clerk. Recognition and
welcome was then given several dis¬
tinguished visitors to the Association,
among whom were Mr. J. W. Merritt,
Business Manager of the Christian
Index, Rev. Walter P. Binns, pastor
of the First Baptist church at Moul¬
trie and Rev. J. L. Claxton, State
Field Worker.
Dr. C. O. Rainey delivered the re¬
port on publications, after which Rev.
J. W. Merritt delivered a splendid
and inspiring address. Rev. J. G.
Graham, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Camilla, gave a fine report
on Missions.
The introductory sermon was de¬
livered' by Rev. J. T. Rigsby in a high
spirit of faith and steadfastness and
was inspiring to the entire body.
Rev. J. L. Claxton, State Field Wor¬
ker, had an interesting message to
deliver, discussing affairs of the de¬
nomination.
Rev. Walter P. Binns, of Moultrie,
delivered an address that was full of
interest to the entire gathering,
speaking at length op the Baptist Pro¬
gram, stressing of course the part of
foreign missions.
The good people of Union Hill com¬
munity were most gracious in their
hospitality to the Association body,
giving them a glad welcome. At
the hour of noon recess they served
a most delightful and bountiful bas¬
ket dinner, and pleasant food, warm
hospitality and general fellowship
put in everyone the true feeling of
brotherly love. , t
The afternoon session was. devoted
largely to routine business and' to re¬
ports from various committees.
Yesterday, the second day of the
session, with its start off in a clear,
beautiful day, gave promise of even
larger attendance than the first day,
and certainly no less of enthusiasm
and optimism, which was the spirit
of Wednesday’s session. Many af¬
fairs of vital importance were to be
'discussed and necessary routine of
business to finish. Work of the Sund
day Schools, young people organiza¬
tions and womens work were included
op the program for the day. Rev.
J. G. Graham, of Camilla, was chosen
to Meliver the missionary sermon to
the Association body Thursday morn¬
ing.
The next place of meeting had not
been decided on up to Wednesday
night.
Camilla vs. Dawson;
Game Here Friday
Our boys went to Thomasville Fri¬
day and got licked by a better and
larger team by the score of 61 to 0.
But let’s not get discouraged because
Thomasville has a larger and more
boys to pick from than Camilla.
We held them real well at the first
of the game but in the last quarter
they sent in fresh boys, whom our
boys could not stop because of Ex¬
haustion, and having had to play the
whole game.
But let’s forget the defeat and start
anew Friday, when we play Dawson
on the home field. Dawson licked us
in Dawson in the first of the season,
and Friday afternoon we will put our
best in the game for sweet revenge.
We want Camilla to turn out.
Hopeful Will Have
Entertainment Nov. 6
On Friday evening of next week,
November 6, an entertainment will
be held at Hopeful by the 4 H Club
Girls for the benefit of the work there.
The entertainment begins at 7 o’clock.
Everybody is cordially invited to at¬
tend.