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The Camilla Enterprise. VOLUME XXIV. DAVIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BUYS , 650 ACRE FARM IN MITCHELL COUNTY T , A. . oKU nT1/ . 11fx W JN . OI -, T r 0 j JT , UAn r UK. INltL r Kuril The Consideration Announced Is > $a0,000... Purchasers ,, . Buy ,, for Investment and W ill Make Important Improvements. _ The most improtant real estate transaction consummated here in some time was closed last week by Mr. F. A. Brown who sold his Win¬ gate place, an improved farm con¬ sisting of 650 acres, to the Davis Con¬ struction Company, of Atlanta, Ga., and Danville, Va. The consideration announced was $50,000, which is said to represent a profit of something like $20,000 Mr. Brown has cleaned up on this place in less than two years. The Davis Construction Co. was represented in the transaction by Mr. Jack Davis, Pres, of the company,who let it be known that he was for in¬ vestment and not for re-sale. He al¬ so announced that he has plans for extensive improvements which will include the erection of tenant houses, additional tobacco barns and other buildings necessary to accommodate several families he expects to move here from Virginia and North Caro¬ lina to operate the farm. Mr. Davis is familiar with the tobacco industry in the old belt and has faith in this crop for this section of Georgia, and with experienced farmers and land that has been pronounced well suited to this crop, he will undertake to give tobacco a fair trial. The Wingate place is located about two miles west of Camilla on the Bainbridge road. In addition to the well improved farm there is a 100 acre pecan grove on the place which is just coming into bearing. This grove is regarded by Mr. Davis as one of the most valuable features of the place and experienced pecan growers estimate that the grove alone is worth close to the price paid for the entire farm. The Davis Construction Company has been engaged for the past eight teen months in executing contracts for road and street paving in this county. The work already complet¬ ed, which includes fourteen miles of concrete roads and extensive street paving jobs in Camilla and Pelham, total considerably in excess of a half million dollars. This'company is now engaged on another paving contract on the Dixie Highway, extending the paving north from Camilla toward the Dougherty county line where it will eventually be linked up with the Dougherty county paving. While en¬ gaged in carrying out these projects Mr. Davis, the head of the company, has had ample opportunity to ap¬ praise the value of investments in farm lands in this county and his judgment led him to purchase a farm in the vicinity of Camilla. Mr. F. A. Brown has closed out his farm holdings in order to be able to give his full time to his real estate business which he expects to extend materially through the establishment of connections in North Carolina, Virginia and in the Northwest through which he will be able to get in touch with farmers in those sec¬ tions of the country who dimate~and are looking for cheaper the opportunity for a diversification of crops not offered farther north. Mr. Brown has had many years ex¬ perience in the real estate business, having been engaged in this business in Montana and other Western states before moving to Camilla several years ago. He came to Mitchell Coun¬ ty more by accident than anything else, but he quickly recognized the possibiities of this section and his recent sale of the Wingate place at a substantial profit is only one of sev¬ eral transactions that have vindicated his judgment. He is convinced all that is necessary to get a move¬ ment of farmers started this way from less favored sections is to place the hard facts before them, and this he proposes to do through plans has worked out and will put on in the nature of a private There are many indications this section is becoming the center interest for hundreds of who are headed South. The prices at which good farm land be purchased in. this section is one the attractions, and the variety TOBACCOPRICES HIGH AT WILSON AFTER OPENING LOW THE MAR¬ KET ATTAINS HIGHEST PRIC¬ ES SINCE 1919 SEASON. The Enterprise is in receipt of a letter from Mr. S. W. Smith, manager of the Planters Tobacco Warehouse in Camilla and the New Smith Ware¬ house at Wilson, N. C., in which he inclosed several account sales for to¬ bacco sold in his warehouse in Wil¬ son. He states that tobacco prices in Wlison are averaging about 35c per pound and that much GOOD TO¬ BACCO is being offered. He calls attention to the prices shown on the account sales as indicating that there is always a demand for good tobacco and a big profit for the farmer who can produce it. From other sources we learn that the North Carolina market opened very low, prices averaging even low¬ er than on the South Georgia market when the difference in the quality of the tobacco is taken into considera¬ tion. After the market had been op¬ en seveval weeks the Export Tobacco Co. and the Imperial Tobacco Co. be¬ gan to buy strong and prices shot up to the highest point since the 1919 season, when tobacco prices were the highest ever known. From the same source it is now learned that prices have dropped considerably from the highest level but are still very satis¬ factory. Our informant States that one reason for the sag in prices has been that .the Wilson market has been swamped with a tremendous volume of tobacco that has been drawn there from all sections of the belt. The congestion at the sales, in the opinion of this party, has operated against the satisfactory marketing of the to¬ bacco and has caused the tobacco companies to make a sharp cut in prices. This party states, however, that this year’s tobacco crop in North Carolina has been the most profitable one raised since 1919 and that the growers are highly pleased with the results. Mr. S. W. Smith, in his letter, states that he expects to come down to Ca¬ milla about Thanksgiving and will see as many of his friends here as pos¬ sible during that necessarily short visit. He is anxious, as is everyone interested in the success of the tobac¬ co industry in this section, to see the farmers here raise one crop of good tobacco and retrieve the loses sustain¬ ed during the past season. Mr. Smith is confident that tobacco of the very best quality can be raised here and he is boosting for quality rather than quantity production. We are copying several of the ac¬ count sales below for the informa¬ tion of the growers of this county: G. M. Boykin, Grower: Price Price Amounts 120 40 $ 48.00 84 60 50.40 170 59 100.00 152 99 150.48 80 99 79.20 50 1.00 50.00 40 99 39.60 Average, $87.00 per hundred. Smith & Strickland, Growers: Price Price Amounts 90 50 $ 45.00 68 51 3468 102 38 38.76 146 64 93.44 88 45 39.60 94 43 40.42 122 45 54.90 76 48 36.48 110 72 79.20 74 85 62.90 66 33 ° 21.78 48 46 22.08 Average, $52.40 per hundred. Joyner & Wells, Growers: Price Price Amounts 122 91 $111.02 170 75 127.50 124 53 65.72 124 42 52.48 134 36 48.24 100 35 35.00 164 31 50.84 Average, $52.50 per hundred. B. A. Lancaster sold 428 pounds of tobacco for $160.00, an average of $37.39 per hundred. C. E. Strickland sold 410 pounds for $179.76, an average of $43.84. K. J. Smith sold 1436 pounds for $643.46, an average of $44.50. Note Book Covers and Fillers and all school supplies may be had at The Enterprise Office. that can be profitably grown is another, but the big factor with a great many people, especially those in the North and West> seeins t0 be a desire for a milder climate where the hardships °f rarm life are not so In spite of our backwardness letting the world kpoW) the truth about South Georgia’s wonderful eli has become known and it is be lieved that this section will be the scene of the next rush for land. CONVICTS HERE WELL CARED FOR COMMITTEE ON INSPECTION TOUR GIVES OUR WARDEN HIGH PRAISE. A legislative committee, selected to make inspection of convict camps in this section of the state, arrived in Camilla Tuesday afternoon and spent Wednesday here, visiting the convict camps here and at Pelham and Sale City. The committee had no com¬ plaint whatever to make of conditions here and complimented Warden A. A. Maples and the County Commission¬ ers highly for the manner in which the prisoners in this county are han¬ dled. The committee was composed of Senator C. F. Owen, of the 41st dis¬ trict, whose home is in Gilmer county, and Representatives E. Wheeler, of Pickens county; Dr. C. D. Williams, of Johnson county, and O. P. Milton, of Gilmer county. This committee visited six counties in this section of the state, as follows: Early, Miller, Seminole, Decatur, Baker and Mitch¬ ell. According to statements made to The Enterprise man they found conditions fair to good in all of the counties vjsited in this section. They stated without hesitancy that condi¬ tions in Mitchell county are the best of any County visited. They found no evidence here or in any of the other counties in this section indicating that prisoners have been mistreated in the matter of punishment for in¬ fractions of rules or from neglect of living conditions. There are several legislative com¬ mittees now engaged in inspecting the county convict camps of the state and a sensation was recently caused by reports that in several counties the legislative committees have found that prisoners have been subject to various forms of tortue in, order to quell rebellious spirits and force com¬ pliance with prison rules. These methods, some of them quite ingen¬ ious and original, have been resorted to in lieu of the lash, which can no longer be used under the Georgia law. The legislators who have visited the counties complained against say that the lash is unquestionably more mer¬ ciful and less barbarous than some of the methods which have been resorted to and it is indicated that there will be strong sentiment for restoring the lash at the next meeting of the Gen¬ eral Assembly. Some of the mem¬ bers of the committee visiting Mitch¬ ell county are in favor of returning to the old method of punishment. It is pointed out that while this method of meting out punishment was abused by a few heartless wardens, the same type of wardens are n ° W fi " din / ™ y8 and means more vicious ana mnu mane than the lash for quelling un¬ ruly prisoners, and that it is more of a question of securing wardens of the right type and character than of the method of punishment. Senator Owen, who headed the dele¬ gation that visited this county, is edi¬ tor of his home county paper, which is published in Ellijay. He and the other members of the party were very much impressed with agricultural conditions in this county and marvel¬ ed at the large number of crops which are grown successfully here. They will return to North Georgia with a good report not only of the manner in which our officials deal with the un¬ fortunate men who find their way in¬ to our prison camps, but also of the fine farm lands and prosperous con¬ ditions they found in this section of the state. Local Market. Cotton, Middling -----------18 l-2c Cotton Seed, per to__________$31.00 (Peanuts, per ton-------------$77.50 CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925. EDUCATION WEEK IS OBSERVED HERE AN INTERESTING AND HELPFUL PROGRAM IS CARRIED AT LOCAL SCHOOL. Camilla public schools fell in line with numerous other schools of the state this week in the observance of American Education week and a most inspiring program of speeches has been carried out from day to day. The program for our school was ar¬ ranged by the Parent-Teacher Asso¬ ciation under the direction of the State School Superintendent. Monday was Constitution Day and the school body and visitors had the privilege of hearing Col. E. M. Davis speak on the “Federal Constitution” and in his clear and illuminating way, bring out many facts that made hearts swell with pride at the great¬ ness of this bulwark of our govern¬ ment. Col. Davis said that the fun¬ damental law of our government is an instrument to a great extent inspired by men whose vision extended far in¬ to the future and it’s main purpose was the exaltation and preservation of rights of property and regulating relative rights of citizens of a govern¬ ment under this fundamental law. He called attention to the fact that this instrument is remarkable in that although it has been in existence one hundred and thirty eight years and has been the fundamental law for the government from a very small group of people, to the greatest nation of the earth and fixing and controlling the relative rights of unnumbered millions of dollars of property, that it has become necessary to amend it only about eighteen times and most of these amendments were intended to broaden and give wider preserva¬ tion to the liberties and fundamental rights of the citizens of this nation. Mr. Davis held his audience through every word of his speech, which not only stirred the hearts of young America with patriotic pride, but brought them into closer knowledge and understanding of the Constitu¬ tion of these United States and its worth to Us. Tuesday was Patriotism Day and Congressman E. E. Cox was the spea¬ ker of the day, taking the subject, “The Flag of our Country.” He be¬ gan his speech by saying that we hardly knew just when flags originat¬ ed, that in olden times every family had its flag, telling of the flag of the Washington family and of the Lee family. Then he gave the facts in connection with the origin of our flag and when it was first hoisted, how that the thirteen stars and thirteen stripes stood for the thirteen colonies and how, after other states began to be added to the union the design of the flag had to be changed somewhat, a new star being placed on the field for each new state and the thirteen red and white stripes left unchanged, representing the thirteen original colonies. He told of the march of the flag through the history of our country and brought out the truth of what the protection of our flag means, what the flag insures us, and the great thought that we were not born in a country where we were bound by some certain caste, but were born free and equal. At the end of his speech, his hearers felt more for¬ cibly than ever the reality and great¬ ness of our flag, that it is not just a banner to fly on patriotic occcasibns and to be saluted in war times, but has a significance that is real, sacred and solemn, the insignia of the great¬ est government on the earth, and which, shelters an inconquerable na¬ tion. Wednesday was School and Teacher Day and Rev. J. G. Graham, pastor of the First Baptist church, was the speaker of the occasion. His sub¬ ject, “The School and the Teacher,” naturally called for a more intimate disucssion than the others, but cer¬ tainly no less interesting. He told at the first of his speech of the high place that the school holds in every community, reciting forcible incidents of families refusing to move into towns or communities where there were no good schools. He discussed the teacher in the school, the quali¬ fications that every teacher must pos¬ sess to make any success in the work in the school room, a higher and a nobler calling than many people rea¬ lize and one that some teachers fail to value as they should. He then told of the sympathy, the apprecia¬ tion and the co-operation that should be given the teachers, how their work CHAMBER OF COMMECE IS ORGANIZED AT MEETING HELD HERE MONDAY NIGHT is crippled and ineffectual unless they have the backing of parents. To the school body he spoke of their part in making the school a success, their respectful obedience to the teachers and diligent work in the class room. All these several parts form, he said, the successful and growing school. Thursday was Thrift Day and the school body and visitors were to be honored by having Mr. W. C. Cooper, President of the First National Bank of Pelham, to speak to them on the subject of “Conservation and Thrift.” Mr. Cooper is said to be splendid on this subject and his speech was un duobtedly heard with large apprecia¬ tion. An account of his speech will be given next week. Friday (today) is “Know Your School" Day. Prof. T. L. Anthony is the speaker of the day and will use as his subject, “Education Must Ad¬ vance With The Times.” Everybody who can should hear Prof. Anthony speak on this important subject. Owing to the fact that the program for Education week was not announc¬ ed until a few days ago, few people knew that these splendid speeches were being given at the school chapel every mornning and the number of visitors has not been very large. It is unfortunate that the whole town¬ ship could not have a part in this in¬ spiring program. It has been very impressive, especially so to the young people of the school, and of wonder¬ ful value in building better citizens for our nation. BAPTISTS TO LOAD ORPHANS CAR HERE ONE CAR WILL BE STATIONED AT CAMILLA AND ONE AT PELHAM NEXT WEEK. Next week is the time set aside by the Baptists of Tucker Association to load their two cars of food and pro¬ duce to be sent to the Georgia Bap¬ tist Orphanage at Hapeville. Sending a car to the orphans home as a Thanksbiving offering is a yearly custom with the Baptists of this As siciation and the custom is observed by a good many other Associations at this time, but this year Tucker Bap¬ tists pledged two cars instead of one, and already a large amount of the produce to fill the cars has been pledged. To make it convenient for every one, the plan is to place one car in Pelham and one in Camilla, and the people in the lower half of the Asso¬ ciation will carry their gifts to Pel¬ ham, and those in the upper half car¬ rying theirs to Camilla. Ihe cars will be on the track at each place two days, November 24 and 25, or Tues¬ day and Wednesday of next week, ready for loading. If anybody wish¬ es to carry in stuff before that tiime, it will be taken care of for them. In Camilla Mr. J. E. Brooks will be in charge of the car and any supplies carried to him or Mr. M. H. Metcalf or Mr. M. B. Mock at the depot, will be taken care of and put in the car when it arrives. Any information concerning the car may be obtained from Mr. J. E. Brooks. At Pelham Mr. B. U. Curry will have charge of the loading of the car with the assistance of several other gentlemen. They have provided a place already to store any supplies brought in for the car, one corner of the freight warehouse having been engaged, and they are already storing gifts that have been brought in for the car. As last year corn and potatoes, hams or other meats, syrup, or any¬ thing raised on the farm that will fill little hungry mouths or anything from the shelves of the stores either, directed to the same purpose, will be appropriate for the cars, and provid¬ ed you have none of these things and do not want to bother with them, gifts of money can be used on the freight and will be gladly accepted by Mr. Brooks or Mr. Curry. The plan is that everyone have a part, large or small in sending the cars, for it is a work of love, rewarded by the knowl¬ edge that you are feeding the par¬ entless and hungry little ones. A “fiddlers convention” was held at the court house Wednesday night. It was not very well attended. NUMBER 32. FUNDS RAISED FOR PUBLICITY Entire County Will Be Invited To Join In Oorganization of a Body That Will Represent All Interests. The organization of a chamber of commerce was started at a meeting held at the City Hall Monday night and which was attended by a num¬ ber of Camilla citizens and several farmers of this community. A ten¬ tative plan was adopted providing for a county-wide organization in which all sections of the county would have equal representation, and the perma¬ nent organization was deferred until this proposal can be submitted to the other communities of the county. The temporary organization was formed by electing F, A. Brown, President; P. E. Bailey, Treasurer, and O. J. Culpepper, Secretary. In the event county-wide co-operation can be se¬ cured it is planned to raise a fund sufficient to employ a high-class man to direct a publicity campaign for the county and to give his entire time to the organization. It was argued by speakers at the meeting that bet¬ ter results could be obtained from a united effort baeked by the entire county than through several local or¬ ganizations working in their own way in the interest of strictly local propo¬ sitions. There was a good deal of enthus¬ iasm manifested at the meeting and there was evident a disposition on the part of the citizens present to sub¬ scribe liberally for the support of an organization that is prepared to function in a practical way and on a scale large enough to get results. All the speakers were agreed that the greatest opportunity ever offered this section is now before us and that with the proper effort hundreds of invest¬ ors can be attracted to this county in the next year or two. The wonder¬ ful resources of this section need on¬ ly to be brought to the attention of investors, it was said, in order to con¬ vince them that South Georgia and particularly Mitchell county has as much to offer as any section of the United States, with the advantage that this section has not been ex¬ ploited and lands are offered at low prices. Col. E. M. Davis, President of the Camilla Lions Club, mentioned a pro¬ position which had been submitted to the Lions Club to take an advertise¬ ment in a special edition of the Atlan¬ ta Georgia and American, but which the club was unable to finance. In a few minutes a fund of $250.00 was subscribed for this proposition and an invitation was extended to the At¬ lanta paper to send representatives to Camilla to confer with a committee of citizens with reference to getting up the data for the space to be taken by Camilla. Another meeting will be held at an early date at which time it is expect¬ ed definite plans for the permanent organization will have been worked out and will be presented for adop¬ tion. Pelham Primary To Be Held On Dec. 3rd According to reports received here candidates are active in the race for mayor and members of the city coun¬ cil of Pelham, which is to be settled in the city primary to be held on De¬ cember 3rd. Mayor D. A. Spence is offering for re-election and he is be¬ ing vigorously opposed by Mr. A. R. Baggs. Both gentlemen are popular and it is predicted that this contest will be a very interesting one. In the race for council the following are mentioned as certain or probable can¬ didates: L. D. Hand, Fifth Ward; W. M. Turner, Fourth Ward; D. T. Holland and W. J. Adams, Third Ward; Louis Williams, Second Ward, and Grover Thigpen, First Ward. There may be more in the race for council before the entries close at six o’clock Saturday evening. Under an amendment to the city charter passed at the last session of the legislature, Pelham will elect officials for a two year term instead of one year, as heretofore.