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VOLUME XXIV.
HOGS BROUGHT
$10.51 TUESDAY
THREE CARLOADS HANDLED IN
SALE. SEVERAL FINE LOTS
% OFFERED BY FARMERS.
About three carloads of hogs were
sold here Tuesday in the co-operative
hog sale, the price received being
$10.51 per hundred, basis number one
grade. According to those in charge
of the sale it was one of the best lots
of hogs that has been seen here in
some time. There were only 232
♦ head, but the average for the entire
lot was nearly 200 pounds. The total
weight of the lot was 45,444 pounds
and the total value was $4,578.61.
Hall Commission Co. of Moultrie,
bought the hogs.
The lot was made up of 67 No Is,
#! v!9 No. 2s and 28 Roughs. There were
only eight head in the other three
grades.
Among those who had unusually
nice lots of hogs in the sale Tuesday
were Messrs. W. H. Joiner, of Branch
ville, and W. M. Acree, of Camilla.
Mr. Joiner had 31 head that graded
number one and averaged above 200
pounds, the total weight of this lot
being 6700 pounds. At present prices
they brought him as much as eight
or nine good bales of cotton would be
worth. Mr. W. M. Acree had 26 num¬
ber one hogs that weighed around
5,000 pounds, we were unable to get
the exact weight. He, also, carried
away a sizeable check.
One lot of hogs that attracted a
good deal of attention was several
pure-bred Poland Chinas which were
put in the sale by Mr. J. F. Hooks.
#■ Mr. Hooks was disppsing of his stock
♦ herd on account of a change on one
of his farms. One fine male was with¬
drawn from the sale and sold private¬
ly to Mr. T. R. Davis, of near Hope¬
ful, In the lot that was sold were
several fine sows which it seemed a
pity to ship away for slaughter, but
t no one seemed interested in buying
them for stock purposes.
Mrs. W. C. Dixon, of near Camilla,
had a pig in the sale that afforded an
impressive illustration of how quick
a hog will grow into money. This
pig was less than five months old and
weighed 215 pounds. It brought Mrs.
Dixon almost $25.00. The pig was
raised around the yard and of course
had exceptional opportunities, as op¬
portunities go with a hog, but it re¬
paid its owner for the attention given
it.
Those selling in the sale were ap¬
parently well pleased with the price
received, which was not far under the
i Chicago quotations. The hog market
♦ has declined something over $2.00 per
hundred from the peak during the
summer, but prices are still very sat¬
isfactory to those who are fortunate
enough to have hogs ready for mar
0 ket. The trouble is that hogs are still
scarce in this county, a great many
farmers having only a sufficient num¬
ber to supply their own requirements
for meat and these are not selling.
Tucker Ass’n. Meet
In Camilla Tuesday
An important meeting of the Tuck¬
er Association executives and church
0 workers will be held at the First Bap
* tist church in this city next Tues¬
on
day, November 10.
The meeting will open at 10 o’clock
in the morning and continue until 2:30
in the afternoon with intermission
for lunch. The members of the Exe¬
cutive Committee are all expected to
be present at the meeting, and also
all deacons, Sunday School superin¬
tendents and teachers and leaders in
* the woman’s missionary societies
within the bounds of the Tucker As¬
sociation. All these people are urged
to be present at the meeting. It is
important that every church in the
Association send representatives here
Tuesday.
Rev. J. G. Graham, chariman of the
Executive Committee, has arranged
the meeting Tuesday for the purpose
of discussing some plans for the work
of the Association for next year, plans
in which every church will be vitally
interested and will need representa¬
tives to join in the discussion and gain
needed information to carry back
home.
While here Tuesday, the delegates
at the meeting will be entertained as
guests of the deacons of the First
Baptist church, and at 1 o’clock lunch
will be served them at the church.
Methodist Quarterly
Conf. Next Sunday
Rev. O. B. Chester, Presiding Elder
of the Thomasville District, came to
Camilla Sunday to fill the pulpit at
the Methodist church for Rev. H. W.
Joiner, who was called out off town
by the death of a relative. Rev. Ches¬
ter gave one of his deeply earnest
and thoughtful sermons, which was
thoroughly satisfying to all who
heard him.
On next Sunday, November 8, Rev.
Chester will return to Camilla for the
purpose of holding the fourth and
quarterly conference of the year with
the pastor and church officials. The
conference will take place Sunday af¬
ternoon and final reports of the year's
work will be given by the various or¬
ganizations of the church.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
WELL
ENROLLMENT AND
ANCE RECORDS BROKEN THIS
FALL IT IS BELIEVED.
At the regular meeting of the
County Board of Education, which was
held Tuesday at the office of the Coun¬
ty Superintendent of Schools, the
monthly report of the County Attend¬
ance Officer, Dr. J. A. McDaniel, caus¬
ed a discussion of enrollment and at¬
tendance figures, which are
good for this season of the year.
is believed by school officials that the
county schools have broken all rec¬
ords this year, both for
and for average daily
though the exact figures are not now
available for comparison.
ly all of the schools are crowded and
the daily attendance figures show av¬
erages ranging from 80 to 95 per
in the country schools and above
per cent in the schools of Camilla and
Pelham. This condition is
both to an increased interest in
cational work and to excellent
conditions among the children of
county, which in turn may be
to the efficient work of school author¬
ities and County Health
er C. O. Rainey, working under
direction of the County Board
Health.
Miss Ella Foy, County
Agent, and Mr. O. L. Johnson,
ty Farm Agent, made their
reports to the board. County
Johnson reported something like
acres of legumes seeded in the
with the possibility of a
further increase in legumes and
crops. Miss Foy has also been
during the month and her
showed considerable interest in
work throughout the county.
Home Economics Agent is allowed
month off each year which she uses
attend special courses at the
College of Agriculture. The
approved a suggestion of Miss
that she be excused during
instead of December, it appearing
with this arrangement she could
ter take care of her work.
Prof. C. F. Richards, of
High School, appeared before
board and presented the body with
photograph of the Mitchell county
cational exhibit at the state fair
Macon which won first prize.
exhibit was put on by the
classes of" Hopeful and Camilla
the supervision of Prof. Richards
Prof. Reid. No attempt was made
bring together a large number of
products, but each product and
records given were taken from
actual records of the work in
schools and the Mitchell county
hibit scored the highest number
points among a number of strong
tenders.
The board authorized a change
the schedule of the school bus
Lake Pleasant to Cotton and
Evergreen and Branchville to
ful, so that these busses will
after make two trips instead of
It ’ was shown that the busses
unable to take care of the number
children that have to be hauled
the change was authorized to
over crowding. x
HOPEFUL ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT.
A delightful entertainment will
given this (Friday) evening at
school auditorium at Hopeful,
ning at 7 o’clock. An especially
program will J>e carried out and
eryone is assured of having a
time. Cordial invitation is given
all who will attend.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1925.
A. C. L. TO BUILD
IMPORTANT LINK
EXTENSION OF ITS LINE FROM
MONTICELLO TO PERRY
WILL BE MADE.
According to a story appearing in
the Albany Herald of last Saturday
the Atlantic Coast Line is planning
an extension of its line from Monti
eello to Perry, Florida, which will
connect up the Albany and Monticello
branch of the road with a direct line
to Tampa and other west coast points.
The announcement is received with a
great deal of interest in this section
because it is believed that the build¬
ing of this line will convert this
branch into one of the main lines of
the A. C. L. to Florida and that much
of the travel and freight traffic here¬
tofore routed through Jacksonville*
will be directed over the western
route when lihis link has been com¬
pleted.
The distance from Monticello to
Perry is only forty miles and for/the
past several years there have been ru¬
mors that the Atlantic Coast Line
was planning to connect up these lines
but nothing ever came of the matter.
It is now stated that a definite an¬
nouncement has been made to this ef¬
fect by high officials of the railroad
company.
The Herald published the following
announcement which it says was is¬
sued from the executive offices of the
Atlantic Coast Line in New York by
H. L. Borden, vice president:
“The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
has completed securing the right of
way from the end of its Thomasville
branch, in Georgia, to Perry, in Flori¬
da, a distance of 40 miles, which will
open a new through line from Tampa,
and other West Coast Florida cities
to the middle and northwest via Al¬
bany and Atlanta, and with the Louis¬
ville and Nashville, via Montgomery
and Chattanooga. The contract for
construction will be let as soon as au¬
thority is granted by the I. C. C.
“The new construction, it is esti¬
mated, will cost about $1,200,000, ex¬
clusive of the price paid for the right
of way which will bring the road’s
total investment in the project up to
several millions. No new financing
will be required as the funds for the
work will be drawn from the road’s
treasury.
“The tremendous expansion in Flor¬
ida during the past two years and the
corresponding growth in traffic in¬
fluenced the Atlantic Coast Line offi¬
cials to open up the new gateway.
Heretofore, ‘it has been necessary for
the road to route most of its freight
and passenger traffic from the West
Coast through Jacksonville, in the
Northeastern part of the State.”
The Circus Attracted
Big Crowd Wednesday
Walter L. Main’s circus played in
Camilla Wednesday and attracted the
largest crowd that has been seen here
in a long while. From ten o’clock in
the morning hntil nearly ten at night
the streets were jammed with vehi¬
cles and the sidewalks were crowded
with people. Even while the perfor¬
mance was going on the streets were
crowded and those who attended the
show could hardly be missed. There
was no disorder during the day and
the few extra police who were sworn
in as a precaution had very little to
do. The school turned out at noon
and gave the children an opportunity
to attend and most of them were on
hand when the performance started.
The young folks pronounced it a
cracking good show. The older peo¬
ple shook their heads and grumbled.
From this we would judge that it was
about the average small town circus
and filled the bill in that it provided
the excitement and amusement which,
apparently, a large number of people
were hungry for.
Bread Contest On
Saturday, November 7
The Bread Contest of the 4 H Girls
of Mitchell county will end on next
Saturday, November 7th. Not until
then can we form even an idea as to
who the successful contestants will be.
Girls from nearly all the communi¬
ties have been at work practicing for
the final production of their skill in
baking and will profit greatly by this
splendid practice, even if they cannot
all be winners at the close of the con¬
test. f
PRIMARY
NEXT TUESDAY
FOR MAYOR AND
THREE PLACES ON SCHOOL
BOARD TO BE SETTLED.
The city Democratic white primary
nominating candidates for city of¬
and members of the Camilla
school board will be held next
November 10th. There are
contests to be settled in the pri¬
and all are eliciting considerable
on the part of the voters of
city. Chief interest, probably, is
in the race for mayor be¬
Dr. J. M. Spence, the present
and Dr. F. L. Lewis, well
local professional men who are
with the voters. This con¬
is generally conceded to be close
to leave some doubt as to the
and to permit the friends of
candidates to predict victory for
favorite with some substance
of their predictions. The three
for members of the Board of
of Camilla Public Schools
ranking close up to the mayor’s
in the amount of interest mani¬
by the general public and the
of these contests are about
much in doubt as the main “bout.”
The three old members of the board
terms expire this year are
M. H. Metcalf, C. E. Watt, Jr.
G. B. Cochran. Mr. Metcalf is be¬
opposed for re-election by Mr. C.
Stripling. Capt. Watt is opposed by
J. L. Gray, and Mr. Cochran is op¬
by Mr. J. R. Adams. The city
committee has ruled that
for member of the Board
Trustees must name the member
place they seek, therefore the
are paired in three separ¬
and distinct contests. This ruling
made by the committee to pre¬
single-shoting or other meth¬
that might defeat the Democratic
of majority rule. The can¬
for trustees are conducting
in a manner that is fitting
those seeking an office that carries
it more responsibility than emol¬
but they are managing, never¬
to let their friends know they
seeking the places and each of the
has a following of his own
is backing him in this contest.
of the gentlemen are well fitted
the place and whatever the out¬
the school will have the bene¬
of the services of conservative
men who are deeply inter¬
in the welfare of the school and
improvement of the educational
consistent with reasonable
Besides candidates for mayor and
trustees, there are also to be
in this primary a City
and three members of the
Council. There are no contests
these places, Mr. E. J. Vann, Jr.
unopposed for re-election as
which is also true in the
of Mr. B. H. Jenkins, candidate
Council from the city at large,
A. J. Pinson, candidate from the
Ward and Dr. D. P. Luke, can¬
from the Fourth Ward. Messrs.
and Pinson are now members
the Council. Dr. Luke is offering
succeed Dr. F. L. Lewis on the
The election will be held at the City
under the usual rules governing
The registration books
kept open for the registration of
up to Saturday, October 31st,
on Monday the list was turned ov¬
to the City Registrars who are now
in going over it fqr the pur¬
of purging it of the names
those who may not be qualified un¬
the law to participate in the pri
as voters. Where there is any
of the qualification of the vo¬
a notice will be mailed to him or
citing such voter to appear before
the registrars on Monday morning,
9th, at 10 o’clock, and show
why their names should not be
from the list. The city char¬
ter provides that, those residents of
city who are qualified to vote for
of the general assembly and
have paid all taxes assessed
against them shall be eligibe to vote
city elections.
Local Market.
Cotton.
Strict Middling-----------------19c
Middling--------------------18 l-2c
Cotton Seed.
Per Ton___________-.........$34.00
Peanuts.
Per Ton —-----------------$75.00
Butler To
Broadcast Monday
Friends in Camilla of Charlie But¬
will be interested to learn that he
an evangelistic party with which
is connected in a revival meeting
St. Louis will render a program ov¬
the radio Monday night, November
from 9 to 10 o’clock. The pro¬
will be broadcasted from station
St. Louis, and should be heard
easily by those possessing a ra¬
set. Many radio fans in Georgia
particularly in this section of the
will listen in to hear Mr. Butler,
reputation as a singer is well
throughout the country. Peo¬
in Camilla, Mr. Butler’s old home,
be particularly interested and sev¬
radio parties will likely be ar¬
for this occasion.
SESSION
OF CITY COURT
RECESSED OVER UNTIL
SATURDAY MORNING FOR
FINAL SITTING.
The September adjourned term of
City Court of Camilla convened
Monday morning and was in ses¬
until Tuesday morning, when a
was announced by Judge Bur
son until Saturday morning for the
of one or two important eases
could not be tried the first of the
Several cases were disposed of Mon¬
though only one jury trial was
the others being disposed of by
or direction of the court.
Charley Caldwell, a colored farmer
near Baconton, who had entered
against the Atlantic Coast Line
for damage to his crops due
hogs and cattle getting into his
through a cattle gap, was award¬
a verdict for $400 against the rail¬
Caldwell sued for about $500,
that the stock destroyed
peanuts and velvet beans of this
as a result of the railroad’s fail¬
to provide a cattle gap at the
where the road crossed his field.
plaintiff was represented by
E. E. Cox and the railroad was
by Pope & Bennett, of
and Col. J. D. Gardner, of
Camilla.
Other cases called and which it had
been expected would be tried at this
were passed over on account of
absence of witnesses or other rea¬
sons which made it impossible to try
them Monday. Some of these cases
may be called Saturday when court
reconvenes. A jury has been drawn
to serve Saturday.
Commissioners Meet
In Special Session
A special call meeting of the Coun¬
ty Commissioners was held at the of¬
fice of the board Tuesday. The pur¬
pose of the meeting was to consider
a proposition for the purchase of
tractors for county road work, the
meeting was adjourned, however,
without any action being taken. It
is understood that the Commissioners
are planning to sell a nunjber of the
county mules and replace these with
tractor power, it having been found
according to members of the board,
that much of the work can be handled
more economically with tractors. An
advertisement is now being run offer¬
ing about twenty-five head of mules
for sale and it is understood that sev¬
eral parties are negotiating with the
county for the purchase of the entire
lot.
Farmer Has Hand
Mangled By Hog
■Mr. S. J. Johnson, of Pebble City, is
nursing a badly mangled left hand as
a result of an encounter he had with
a hog on his place on Sunday, Octo¬
ber 25th. Mr. Johnson had a sow with
some young pigs in a pen. Something
happened to the pigs and he got over
into the pen to see about them and
the sow attacked him. In trying to
ward off the attack the hog got hold
of his left hand and inflieted a severe
injury before he could get loose. Mr.
Johnson considers himself fortunate
to have escaped with so slight an in¬
jury as he says the sow was so infur¬
iated that it is remarkable that he es¬
caped with his life. Mr. Johnson is
under the treatment of a physician.
It is not thought that his hand will
be permanently disabled unless infec¬
tion should occur.
NUMBER 30.
FINE REPORT FROM
CAMILLA CHURCH
LOCAL BAPTISTS SUBSCRIBE
MORE THAN $3,000 TO OTHER
THAN LOCAL OBJECTS.
The thirty second annual convention
of the Tucker Association came to a
close on Thursday afternoon of last
week at Union Hill, after two days
of wonderfully high experiences in
faith, fellowship and thanksgiving,
rejoicing at the progress of God’s
kingdom during the past year.
Judge B. T. Burson, who was re¬
elected moderator, presided over the
Association convention. Mr. W. M.
Harrell, of Pelham, was elected clerk,
and Mr. W. C. Adams, of Camilla,
treasurer. The Executive Committee
named to serve for the ensuing year
is as follows: J. G. Graham, Chair¬
man, S. B. King, B. U. Curry, G. L.
Smith, W. H. Hoggard, O. L. Johnso*,
J. T. Rigsby, H. N. Burnett and Ivey
.'Davis. Moderator B. T. Burson and
Clerk W. M. Harrell are ex-officio
members of the committee.
During the business sessions a pe¬
tition was granted to the newly con¬
stituted church at Laney for admis¬
sion into the Association. Mr. L. M.
Shiver headed the delegation present¬
ing the petition.
Numbers of excellent reports of
progress among the various organiza¬
tions of the church were heard with
large encouragement. The First Bap¬
tist church of Camilla made a splendid
showing, reporting more than $3000.00
raised for various denominational pur¬
poses outside of the local work. The
entire amount raised by the church
for all purposes this year, including
local budget, will run considerably be¬
yond $8000.00.
During the second day of the meet¬
ing the high peaks in discussion were
the work of the Sunday School, the
Hapeville orphanage and the Womans
Missionary work. The Tucker and
Mallory Associations have joined in
assuming the employment of a Sun¬
day school worker, who shall give full
time to these two associations. The
money has already been raised for
this work, whicji will be largely help¬
ful and stimulating to the Sunday
School work in the rural sections,
since the worker will be able to give
individual attention to each church
and its needs.
It was decided by the Association
to ship two cars of food and supplies
to the Baptist orphanage at Hapeville
this year instead of one as previously,
the cars to be sent just before Thanks¬
giving, according to previous custom,
the cars to be stationed one at Pelham
and one at Camilla on the days set
for bringing in the food and produce.
Rev. Water M. Lee, representative
of the Southern Baptist Seminary at
Louisville, Ky., was among the visi¬
tors at the Association, and gave in¬
teresting talks on both days, telling
of the work of the seminary. Rev.
Walter P. Binns, of Moultrie, Rev. J.
L. Claxton, State Field Worker, and
Mr. J. W. Merritt, Business Manager
of the Christian Index, were honored
visitors and interesting speakers also.
The next meeting of the Associa¬
tion will be held with the First Bap¬
tist church at Pelham. Rev. S. O.
Thomas will preach the introductory
sermon and Rev. Spencer B. King will
deliver the missionary sermon.
Mr. B. U. Curry and Rev. Spencer
B. King were elected to represent the
Association as delegates to the Bap¬
tist State Convention, which convenes
in Savannah next month.
Delegates elected for the Southern
Baptist convention in Houston, Texas
next May, were Rev. Spencer B. King
and Rev. J. G. Graham.
Parent-Teacher Ass’n.
Meets Next Tuesday
The regular meeting of the Par¬
ent-Teacher Association will be at 3
o’clock on next Tuesday afternoon,
November 10, at the school auditor¬
ium. All mothers who are interested
in their children’s work and the school,
are urged to be there.
An interesting program will be ren¬
dered. Mrs. B. L. Holton will read a
paper, “The Relation of the Parent
to the Parent-Teacher Association.”
A short talk will be given by Mrs. J.
D. Gardner from the subject, “What
the Parent-Teacher Association can do
for our School.” Refreshments will
be served. A large attendance of
parents at the meeting will be expect¬
ed.