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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
SPENCE DEFEATS
LEWIS IN PRIMARY
METCALF, WATT AND COCHRAN
RE-ELECTED ON BOARD OF
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
The primary election Tuesday for
nomination qf city officials and mem
berTof the city board of school trus¬
tees resulted i a sweeping victory for
the - entire old ticket. Dr. Jno. M.
Spence defeated Dr. F. L. Lewis in
the race for mayor by the substantial
majority of 89 out of a total of 357
votes cast for this office. While the
race for mayor was probably the cen¬
ter of interest for the greatest num¬
ber of people it did not much over¬
shadow the three contests for member
of the bqard of trustees of Camilla
Public Schools. In these races Mr.
M. H. Metcalf was re-elected over his
opponent, Mr. C. M. Stripling, by a
majority of 46 votes; Captain C. E.
Watt was re-elected over his oppon¬
ent, Dr. J. L. Gray, by a majority of
117 votes, and Mr. G. B. Cochran was
re-elected over his opponent, Mr. J.
R. Adams, by a majority of 53 votes.
The other candidates for city offices
were unopposed.
The election passed off quietly des¬
pite the fapt that each of the races
were warmly contested and the result
appeared to be accepted in proper
spirit by the defeated as well as the
victors.
There was a total of 365 votes polled'
out of about 420 qualified voters.
Quite a number of people were dis¬
appointed upon going to the polls to
vote to find that their names were not
on the registration lists. Some
thought that registration at the court
house for state and county elections
was sufficient while others really be¬
lieved themselves to be registered at
the city hall on account of the fact
that they had voted without question
in previous elections. As a matter of
fact little attention is paid to the reg¬
istration list except when there is a
contest for some important office and
it has been several years since there
was a contested election, so no new
names have been added in several
years, until just prior to this election.
The victory gained by Dr. Spence
over his opponent not only stamps his
previous administrations with public
approval but i&, also a tribute to his
political sagacity and ability to mar¬
shal his friends for a victorious drive
at the polls.
Capt. C. E. Watt, Mr. M. H. Metcalf
and Mr. G. B. Cochran have also been
complimented by substantial majori¬
ties which is a public endorsement of
their records on the school board, in
which position each of them has serv¬
ed for a number of years.
The fact that the voters have seen
fit to re-elect the old officers does not
in any way reflect upon the candidates
who were defeated. They are all
good men who would undoubtedly
have served the city well if they had
beqjj; elected. The voters merely
showed their preference, which is
necessary when more than one candi¬
date applies for the same office.
There was no contest for City
Treasurer, Mr. E. J. Vann, Jr., being
re-elected without opposition. The
three candidates for Alderman were
also unopposed. Messrs. A. J. Pinson
and B. H. Jenkins were each re-elect¬
ed to another terfn and Dr. D. P. Luke
was elected to succeed Dr. F. L. Lew¬
is who has been representing the
Fourth Ward.
Pie official consolidation of the vote
Tuesday follows:
For Mayor.
Jno. M. Spence----------------223
F- L. Lewis—I_______________134
For Treasurer.
E. J. Vann, Jr-----------------364
For Alderman from City at Large.
B. H. Jenkins-------L---------360
For Alderman from Second Ward.
A. J. Pinson__________________360
For Alderman from Fourth Ward.
D. P. Luke____________________363
For Trustee to Succeed M. H. Metcalf.
M. H. Metcalf_________________201
C. M. Stripling-/!—,—,________155
For Trustee to Succeed C. E. Watt.
C. E. Watt__________________-.238
J. L. Gray--------------------121
For Trustee to Succeed G. B. Cochran.
G. B. Cochran____________I----205
J. R. Adams__________________152
E. M. Davis, J. B. Lewis and O. J.
Culpepper were elected members of
the city Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee.
Note Book Covers and Fillers and
all school supplies may be had at The
Enterprise Office.
J. C. Carter Sends ‘
In Strange Fish
Mr. Keaton Cox, "of Hopeful,
brought a strange species of fish to
town Saturday which was caught out
of Flint River by Mr. J. C. Carter of
the Hopeful community. No one
seemed able t6 identify the fish except
an old negro who called it a sea gar.
To this writer it appeared to be a
cross between a gar and some other
fish. Its head and body somewhat
resembled an alligator except that its
mouth was underneath its head and
it had no legs. Mr. Carter caught
the fish on a trot-line. It was about
twelve inches long.
CARS TOBELOADED
FOR ORPHANS HOME
BAPTISTS OF MITCHELL COUNTY
TO SEND TWO CARLOADS OF
PROVISIONS THIS YEAR.
A live and enthusiastic all day
meeting of the Tucker Association
executives was held at the First Bap¬
tist church here on Tuesday.
There was a splendid attendance at
the meeting and every one was in
high spirits and in tune with the pur¬
poses of the gathering.
The meeting had been called by the
Executive Committee with Rev. J. G.
Graham as chairman to discuss and
plan in detail several important
church affairs that required concerted
attention. A large number of church¬
es were represented at the meeting.
Judge B. T. Burson was eleced
Clerk of the Executive Committee and
Rev. J. G. Graham was re-elected
Chairman.
Work of the Sunday Schools for the
coming year was discussed at length.
A large part of the time was devoted
to necessary routine business.
One of the outstanding features of
the day’s meeting was the discussion
of plans for: the two cars to be loaded
for the Baptist orghanage, Hapeville.
It has been a custom of this Associa¬
tion for several years to send a car of
food and produce to reach the orphan¬
age at Thanksgiving. This year the
generosity of the people has reached
larger bounds and at the recent an¬
nual session of Tucker Association
two cars of food and produce were
pledged, instead of one. These cars
will be placed, one at Camilla and one
at Pelham on November 24 and 25,
for loading. All people in the lower
half of the county will take their
contributions to the Pelham car, and
those in the upper half will bring
theirs to Camilla for loading. As
heretofore, any of the edibles, meats,
potatoes, syrup, pecans, corn and so
on through the list of things raised
on the farm, are wanted for the cars.
At the noon hour the ladies of the
church served a delightful dinner for
the visitors, which was given by the
deacons of the church. The day was
altogether highly successful with bus¬
iness affairs, pleasure and fellowship.
Ewell Powe Comes
pear At Hearing
Mr. Ewell Powe, a white farmer liv¬
ing in the.western part of this county
who was arrested about two weeks
ago by Federal Officer R. L. Hudson
and County Policeman Mart Poore on
the charge of operating a liquor stift
on Sister’s Island in the middle of
Flint River, was discharged by Dis¬
trict Deputy Commissioner Rodden
berry at Albany Saturday. Accord
fng to reports reaching here no defi¬
nite charge could Jbe proved against
PoWe. The arrest of Powe was made
by the officers after they had met
him coming from the river and at their
request he had accompanied them
back to the island. The officers claim¬
ed that the tracks found leading to
the still appeared to have been made
by someone wearing shoes similar to
Powe’s. The evidence was all cir¬
cumstantial but the officers felt justi¬
fied in making a case.
19,354 Bales of Cotton
Ginned In County
According to the last ginners re¬
port for Mitchell county, made public
Thursday by Mr. J. F. Hooks, County
Enumerator, there was 19,354 bales
of cotton ginned in this county prior
to November 1st, as compared with
9,597 on the same date last year. On¬
ly about 400 bales have been ginned
in the county since the last report. I
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1925.
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BOYS
AT COLQUITT FAIR
MITCHELL COUNTY BOYS WILL
COMPETE IN THE LIVE STOCK
JUDGING CONTEST.
The five vocational classes in this
county were represented in the an¬
nual live stock judging contest which
was held at the Colquitt County Fair
in Moultrie Thursday. Boys from
Camilla, Hopeful, Pelham, Cotton and
Sale City were entered in the contest
along with five other schools from
other counties and the Mitchell county
delegation left here confident that one
of their teams would bring back the
“bacon," which in this case is a ban”
ner which is offered for the highest
score made by any team in this dis¬
trict. In addition to the main .event
there are a number of cash prizes
which are awarded to the individuals
making the highest score. »
Prof. J. F. Reid, Vocational Instruc¬
tor in the Camilla High School, took
his entire class over to Moultrie and
in addition to engaging in the con¬
test they expected to spend the day
looking through the exhibits at the
fair and probably making a trip
through the big packing plant of
Swift & Co. The Camilla team won
first honors in the live stock jndg'ing
contest last year at Tifton and were
expecting to make a strong bid for
the honor again this year.
All of the vocational teachers of
the county attended the contest and
they were also planning to attend a
conference of the vocational teachers
of the Second Congressional District
which was scheduled to be held in
Moultrie Thursday afternoon.
The Colquitt county fair this year is
said to be the best ever staged in
that county, the agricultural and live
stock exhibits being especially good.
A considerable number of people from
this county have attended during the
week.
COUNTYAGENTIS
SHIPPING CORN
SEVERAL CARS WILL BE LOAD¬
ED AT CAMILLA THIS WEEK.
PRICES ARE FAIR.
County Agent O. L. Johnson has
announced that he will load several
cars of corn at Camilla on Friday and
Saturday of this week. Anyone who
has corn to sell may haul it here and
load it in the cars and get the advan¬
tage of selling in carload lots.
The corn must be dry and in good
shape. If it is raining the loading
may be postponed so that the corn
can be loaded dry. Mr. Johnson is
not buying corn, but is selling it for
the farmers. There will be no charges
for handling other than the actual
expenses such as telephone and tele¬
graph bills and demurrage on cars
in case they have to be held on the sid¬
ing for several days before ffiey are
loaded. Mr. Johnson will not pay for
the corn when it is delivered but will
disburse funds as soon as drafts are
paid.
The quotations he has received will
assure those selling corn in this way
a net price, of about 75c per bushel in
the shuck. The prices may vary from
day to day and no price guarantee is
gifen. Mr. Johnson is acting strictly
in the capacity of agent for the farm¬
ers and any profit accruing from his
services will go to those selling com¬
modities through him. On the other
hand those selling will have to bear all
expenses and losses which may occur.
It is not anticipated that there will
be any losses but Mr. Johnson wants
everyone to understand his position
before entering into the sale.
The cars will be stationed at the
G. A. S. & C. tracks near the Georgia
Manufacturing Co. gin. Scales are
convenient for weighing the com and
the loading can be done rapidly. The
(jars will be ready for loading on Fri¬
day and Saturday of this week. For
future loading days see Mr. Johnson.
SAM KING DEAD.
Sam King, an old and well known
negro about town died suddenly Wed¬
nesday afternoon at his home. Uncle
Sam hfs been a familiar figure about
town foV a number of years having
been employed for the past several
years in looking after the cemetery
lots in the old cemetery.
CITY COUNCIL IN
MONTHLY SESSION
CITY WILL TAKE AD IN COUNTY
SUPPLEMENT IN MACON
TELEGRAPH.
The Camilla city council was in reg¬
ular session Monday evening. Due to
the fact that it was-the eve of the city
primary and also because there was
very little business to be attended to,
the session was a short one.
The council received a proposition
Mr. Saunders, representing the
Macon Telegraph, to take some space
in a four page Mitchell cobnty supple¬
ment which will be issued by the Tele¬
graph at an early date and after con¬
sidering the matter decided to take
one-fourth of a page in the supple¬
ment. This supplement, as planned
will -carry a story of the resources
and enterprises of Mitchell county and
the cost of issuing it will be covered
by advertisements which are being
sold to business men in Camilla, Pel¬
ham, Baconton and Sale City. We
understand that Mr. Saunders has met
with liberal response from the busi¬
ness merr in Camilla and that he anti¬
cipates no trouble in putting over the
proposition. Councilman F. A. Brown
and City Attorney J. D. Gardner were
appointed on a committee to assist
Mr. Saunders in getting up the data
for the write-up of the county.
Dr. N. J. Taylor, veterinarian, was
appointed by the council to succeed
Dr. B. E. Carlisle, who has moved to
Florida, as city meat and milk in¬
spector. No change was made in the
fees which the veterinary is authoriz¬
ed to charge nor in the rules hereto¬
fore in force.
The question of employing an au¬
ditor to make the annual audit for the
city was taken up and it was decided
to employ the man who made the au¬
dit last year. He will be notified to
have this work completed in time for
submission to the council at the first
meeting in January,
The council adopted a resolution
under which the city will hereafter
ask the local banks to bid for the
city’s business. Under this plan on
the first of each year the banks will
be asked to submit proposals as to the
fine of credit that wil be extended the
city, the rate of interest the city will
be required to pay and the rate of in¬
terest the bank will allow the city on
its daily balance. Under this plan it
is believed that the city will effect
a saving on its interest account and
its affairs can be handled in a more
business-like manner. Heretofore
the city’s business has been alternated
from one bank to the other with no
definite understanding as to interest
rates or the amount of money to be
advanced during the year and al¬
though the banks have been very con¬
siderate and fair, it is thought that a
more definite arrangement will be to
the best interest of both parties.
The council checked over the adva
lorem tax lists and' found that quite
a number of taxpayers have not yet
paid th,eir city taxes. The city clerk
was instructed to begin at once issuing
fi. fas. against those who have not
paid so that this matter may be closed
up promptly. Those who have not
paid-their taxes may escape the extra
cost by paying this week, according
to unofficial information given this
writer.
In spite of the extraordinary ex¬
penses the city has incurred during
the year it is expected that the annual
audit will show that finances are in
good shape compared with former
years.
Hopeful Girls Club
Gives Fine Program
The entertainment given at Hopeful
last Friday night for the benefit of
the Girls Club work in that commun¬
ity was very good.
A large house manifested the inter¬
est of that community in club work.
The players were at their best, and ev¬
ery one present felt that it was one
of the most enjoyable evenings of
the season. A nice sum, too, was
realized for the Club work there.
Local Market.
Cotton.
Strict Middling!-------*----------19c
Middling____________________18 l-2c
Cotton Seed.
Per Ton_____________________$31.00
Peanuts.
Per Ton----------------------$75.00
Negro Is Killed In
Northeast Mitchell
A negro named Frank Chapman
killed Sunday morning by another
egro named Jim Oliver. Oliver
Chapman with a pistol, according
to the officers' after an altercation the
details of which are not known. The
shooting occurred in the road some
distance north of Sale City. Chap¬
man lived on Mr. A. T. Jones’ place
and Oliver worked for Mr. K. D.
Phelps. At last accounts Oliver had
not been located and arrested by the
officers.
PAVINGSTARTED
ON DIXIE HIGHWAY
ROAD CLOSED AT FLINT WELL.
DETOUR IS NECESSARY
BUT ROAI) IS GOOD.
The Davis Construction Co., began
pouring concrete Monday on the pew
paving project on the Dixie Highway
north of Camilla and the highway is
closed at the Flint well where the
Flint and Newton public road crosses
tne highway. Traffic between Camilla
and Baconton will have to make a de¬
tour but the road is good and the
distance is not much farther than by
the direct route. Coming south on
the highway traffic will turn west on
the Flint and Newton road at the well
and follow this road to the negro
church at the Flemin'g place where it
will turn south and come into the
Camilla and Newton road at the ceme¬
tery. This route will be marked so
that travelers will have no trouble in
following it.
Another detour that is a nearer cut
and will be followed by those who
know the road is to turn off the high¬
way at the well, taking the road east
to a country road and follow this
which comes into the highway again
south of the D. B. B. Collins place.
Still another route fe to turfi off the
highway at the Caldwell place and
come into Flint and from there follow
the road out by Mr. S. C. Boynton’s
and Mr. E. L. Butler’s place on into
Camilla.
The county authorities will see that
these roads are kept in good shape
even in bad weather and travelers
will have no reason to dread the de¬
tour.
The Davis Construction Co. is
equipped with ample machinery and
equipment to put this contract
through in record time. A large
quantity of materials has been assem¬
bled at Camilla and provision has been
made for speedy loading of trucks
which will convey the material to the
mixer. With good weather it is ex¬
pected that the entire stretch of about
four and one-half or five miles will be
completed in between sixty and nine¬
ty days.
This project is part of a sixteen
mile contract the County Commis¬
sioners of Mitchell county have enter¬
ed into with the State Highway De¬
partment which will connect up the
paving in this county with the Dou¬
gherty county paving at the county
line. When this is completed the Dix¬
ie Highway will be paved for the en¬
tire distance^ through Mitchell county,
which is about thirty miles. Thomas
county "has already begun paving at
Meigs, tying on to the Mitchell coun¬
ty paving, and will carry this improve¬
ment on into Thomasville, a stretch
of about twenty miles. The paving
work causes the public no little in¬
convenience while it is being carried
on but when it is completed we will
have a highway that will serve for
many years with little or no cost for
up-keep.
J. W. Henry, of Sale
City Died Saturday
Mr. J: W. Henry, an old and res¬
pected citizen of Sale City, died last
Saturday morning at the advanced'
age of 70 years. He had been in fee¬
ble health for several years and the
end came as a result of the attrition
of time and the infirmaties of age.
The funeral services were held at
Funston Sunday afternoon, Rev. H.
N. Burnett, pastor of the Sale City
Baptist church, being in charge of
the services. Besides his widow the
deceased is survived by the following
sons and daughters: B. F. Henry
and J. M. Henry, of Lakeland, Fla.;
Mrs. J. J. Cheshire, of Moultrie; Mrs.
L. V. Fletcher, of Clearwater, Fla.;
Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Doerun; Mrs. I.
J. Barksdale, of Lakeland, Fla.; and
Mr. J. D. Henry, of Sale City.
NUMBER 31.
IN
SESSION TUESDAY
PURCHASES THREE NEW
TRACTORS FOR USE ON
COUNTY ROADS.
The County Commissioners met in
monthly session last Tuesday,
all the members of the board
Among the matters handled by the
board during the meeting was the
purchase of three new tracto^ to be
used on the roads of the county. Mr.
Carl Maples, representing the manu¬
facturers of the Huber tractor was
present and a proposition previously
made by him to take in the old trac¬
tors : at a valuation of $500 each and
27 head of mules at a valuation of $50
each on the purchase of the three new
machines was accepted by the board.
The three new tractors are valued at
something like $15,000. The new
machines are not quite as large as the
old ones, but the board decided that
they would meet the requirements of
the county and the investment is con¬
siderably less than would have been
the case if the two old tractors had
been replaced with three new ones of
the same size and make. The com¬
missioners propose to cut down the
number of mules maintained for road
work and to do much of the work now
done with teams with tractor power.
In making this change the board has
been guided largely by the advice of
Superintendent A. A. Maples, as well
as by their own observation of the effi¬
ciency of the machines. Many of the
roads of the county, it is said, can be
practically kept up by the tractor
crews who will go ovej- them at regu¬
lar intervals, whereas with the pres¬
ent force of men and mules the cost
would' not only be much higher but
the force would not be sufficient to
get around to the roads as frequently
as necessary to keep them in good
shape.
The board passed a resolution call¬
ing on the State Highway Department
to adopt the Camilla-Pelham-Cairo
road and the Camilla and Bainbridge
road as state highways, these roads
connecting the county seats of Mitch¬
ell, Grady and Decatur counties. It is
understood that before federal aid can
be secured for these roads they will
have to be taken over by the State
Highway Department and incorporat¬ and
ed in the state highway system,
the board hopes to have this, done.
The Camilla-Pelham-Cairo road is now
paved as far as Pelham and it is only
a few miles from that place to the
Grady county fine, so that it would be
an easy matter to complete Mitchell
county’s portion of this road. The
Camilla and Bainbridge road runs in
a southwesterly direction from Camil¬
la to the Decatur county line, about
twenty miles distant from Camilla.
It developed at the meeting during
the discussion of road work that the
surfacing of the Camilla and Moultrie
road is now progressing satisfactorily
and that this work will be pushed to
completion as soon as possible. This
road ij? being surfaced with gravel
and clay found along the road and
some of this material, it is said, will
make a very satisfactory road proba¬
bly as good as the gravel that has
been shipped in here from Alabama
and other points. The grading of the
Camilla and Moultrie road was com¬
pleted some time ago and when the
surfacing has been finished this im¬
portant road will again be in first
class condition.
It is also learned that very satis¬
factory work is being done on the Cot
ton-Pelham road, which is a part of
the Sale City-Pelham highway which
has been under construction for some
time. The concrete bridges on the
new road between Cotton and Pelham
will soon be completed and one of the
county road gangs ,is now at work
clearing the right-of-way and grading
the new road. When this highway is
completed it will be of standard widtti
with practically all of the bridges
constructed of concrete and the dis¬
tance by this route from Sale City to
Pelham will be materially shortened.
Several applications for new roads
were presented at the meeting Tues¬
day and the board appointed commit¬
tees to go over the proposed roads and,
make a report at an early date.
“SO BIG” popular new picture star¬
ring Colleen Moore, at the Camilla
Opera House Friday night, NoV. 13.
If you enjoyed the story by Edna Fer
ber, you'll want to see the picture.
Admission 15 and 25 cents. /
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