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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. _ ______ 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. / J