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♦ The Camilla Enterprise.
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VOLUME xxrv.
MOVE TO COMPLETE
HIGHWAY PAVING
COMMITTEE FROM BACONTON
AND ALBANY WILL APPEAR
BEFORE COMMISSIONERS.
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A news story in the Albany Herald
Wednesday afternoon tells of a move¬
ment that has been launched by Ba
eonton parties to have the paving on
the Dixie Highway in this county
completed at an early date. The high¬
way is now paved from the Thomas
county line on the south to the nor¬
thern limits of Camilla and contrac
tors are now at w’ork on another pro¬
ject for four and one-half miles which
will carry this paving to the Flint
and Newton public road, about four
miles south of Baconton. It is now
proposed to get the co-operation of
the county commissioners of Mitchell
county and the State Highway De
partment in completing this road to
'the Dougherty county line as early
as possible. The Herald prints the
following letter from R. M. Tiller,
president of the Baconton Chamber of
Commerce, which was sent to the Al¬
bany Chamber of Commerce with the
view of securing the co-operation of
that organization in this matter:
“The board of county commission¬
ers of Mitchell county will meet Tues¬
day, December 8 , at the courthouse
f in Camilla. We are going to appear
before them and urge, request and in¬
sist that some plan be worked out by
them and the state highway board
whereby the balance of the Dixie
Highway will be paved immediately
from four miles below Baconton to
the Dougherty county line.
“We would like to have a good
committee from your body to go to
Camilla that day and appear with us
and aid us in any way that you can
to get them in line to get this pro¬
ject completed and at once.”
The Herald states that a comittee
from the Albany Chamber of
merce has been appointed to attend
the meeting of the commissioners at
Camilla next Tuesday. The commit
tee is composed of the following gen¬
tlemen: J. M. Patterson, Paul Brown
and J. S. Etheridge.
The delegation from Baconton and
Albany will receive every possible as¬
sistance from the people of Camilla
and other sections of Mitchell coun¬
ty. «We think it can also be safely
predicted that the county commission¬
ers will also render whatever assis¬
tance they can. As a matter of fact
such a move has already been dis¬
cussed here and it has been suggest¬
ed to get all of the towns between
Albany and Thomasville, and includ¬
ing the latter places, to come together
in a concerted movement to secure the
early completion of this stretch of
road. The key to the situation, how¬
ever, is held by the State Highway
Department and not by the commis¬
sioners of Mitchell county. Early
this year a contract was entered into
between Mitchell county and the State
Highway Department to complete the
paving from Camilla to the Dougher¬
ty county line, the work to be finish¬
ed within four years from January
1st, 1926. The Enterprise is inform¬
ed that Mitchell county has already
paid to the Highway Department all
of the money required under this
agreement and the completion of the
work now awaits the receipt of funds
by the Highway Department which
4 can be used on this project.
It is believed here that upon proper
showing by the towns along this
Highway from Albany to Thomas
ville, emphasizing the importance to
this section of the state in connect¬
ing up this link of paving that the
State Highway Department will au¬
thorize the completion of this work
without delay. The completion of
this stretch of road paving, along
with the paving project now being
carried out by Thomas county, will
afford an unbroken paved highway
from the northern line of Dougherty
county to Thomasville, a distance of
almost sixty miles. It is undoubt¬
edly the most important highway pro¬
ject in South Georgia and the pro¬
gressive counties of Dougherty,
Mitchell and Thomas are entitled to
this consideration from the Highway
Department in view of the hearty co¬
that department has re¬
ceived from these counties in the past.
The Enterprise would suggest that
it would be a good move for the towns
of Pelham, Meigs, Ochlocknee and
Thomasville to send delegations to
the meeting Tuesday at Camilla so
that a concerted move in the right
direction could be started.
Branchville Farm Is
Sold This Week
Mr. W. H. Bullard, local real estate
man, has announced the sale of a farm
of 140 acres in the Branchville com¬
munity to Mr. J. M. Rycroft, who for
several years has been overseeing
for Hand Trading Co. in that com¬
munity. The sale was made by Mrs.
W. T. Williford, of Camilla, who is
reducing her land holdings. The
price paid for the 140-acre tract was
$2800.00. Several land sales have re¬
cently been noted in the Branchville
district, the prices ranging around
$ 20.00 per acre.
HOGS SOLD FOR
10.30 TUESDAY
THREE HEAVY CARS HANDLED
IN CO-OPERATIVE SALE
AT CAMILLA.
In the regular monthly co-operative
hog sale held here Tuesday of this
week, 278 head of hogs, three heavy
carloads, were sold to Hall Commis¬
sion Co., of Moultrie, at $10.30 per
hundred, basis No. 1 . There were
several bidders for the lot and the
price received was considered the
very top of the market.
It was a nice bunch of hogs, how¬
ever, there being very few undesira¬
bles in the lot. Out of the 278 head
sold, 188 graded No. 1 ; 64, No. 2; 14,
No. 3; 7 No. 4, and 6 Roughs.
Mr. W. W. Webb, representative
of the State Market Bureau, was on
hand as usual and cried the sale.
There were several very fine lots
of hogs entered in this sale, but The
Enterprise was unable to get definite
information about all of them. A
few that we did learn about are given
below:
C. II. Cross & Son., of Baker Coun¬
ty, one of the regular patrons of the
sale, had sixteen hogs in the sale that
averaged 276 pounds each. This was
regarded as the best lot in the sale
in point of size and finish.
Mr. E. J. Anderson, of near Pel¬
ham, had the next best lot and a
mighty close second to those from Ba¬
ker county. Mr. Anderson had thir¬
teen head that averaged about 242
pounds, the total weight of the thir¬
teen being 3,146 pounds.
Mr. J. Gordon Payne, of near Pel¬
ham, had twelve fine hogs in the sale
but we were unable to get the weights.
Messrs. B. C. Gardner and J. D.
Gardner, Camilla lawyer-farmers, had
a nice lot of hogs in the sale.
Several loads of number one hogs
came in from Grady and Miller coun¬
ties, but The Enterprise was unable
to get the names of the parties.
There is evidence of an increased
interest in hog raising as a result of
the very satisfactory prices that pre¬
vail and the co-operative sale is the
popular method of marketing hogs.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Maples
In Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. I Maples of this place
were in a rather serious auto acci¬
dent last Saturday morning which
occurred on the Dixie Highway near
the Redmond corner. Mr. and Mrs.
Maples were driving toward Pelham
when a truck owned by Mr. Bob Ste¬
vens and driven by a negro drove on
the pavement from a side road, strik¬
ing the Maples car and overturning
it. Both occupants were thrown out,
Mrs. Maples receiving painful bruis¬
es and Mr. Maples a severe cut on the
arm. Their car was badly wrecked.
Executive Committee
Meeting In Pelham
The Executive Committee of the
Tucker Association will hold a meet¬
ing in Pelham Friday (today) at the
First Baptist church, the meeting to
begin at 10 o’clock central time.
There will be many affairs of the As¬
sociation to come up for discussion
and there will doubtless be a large
attendance of the committee member¬
ship.
Camilla City Court
To Convene Monday
The regular December term of the
City Court of Camilla will convene
Monday. A list of the jurors drawn
to serve at this term will be found
elsewhere in this issue. According to
court officials the docket is light and
a short session of court is expected,
CAMILLA, GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1925.
REV. H. W. JOINER
RETURNED HERE
REV. O. B. CHESTER GOES TO
WAYCROSS CHURCH. OTHER
CHANGES MADE.
The closing session of the South
Georgia Conference in Macon, held
Monday morning, adjourned with the
reading of the appointments of pas¬
tors to their charges for another year
and soon the news was going over
the wires to the home churches.
About 1 o’clock the message came to
Camilla that the pastor, Rev. H. W.
Joiner, was returned, and the news
was received with a general delight,
not only by Rev. Joiner’s flock, but
his many other friends throughout
the township. His two years stay
here have been a strength' to his
church and a spiritual benefit to all
who have come in contact with him.
The entire Thomasville District re¬
grets losing Presiding Elder, O. B.
Chester, who goes to First Church,
Wayeross. There were a good many
other changes in the appointments of
the Thomasville District. Rev. C. M.
Ledbetter, pastor of the Pelham
ehurch for the past two years, applied
for superannuate relation. Rev. W.
A. Tyson was sent to Pelham to take
his place. Rev. I. R. Kelly, who was
pastor at Sale City, goes to Faceville
another year and Rev. John Swain
takes his place.
The appointments for Thomasville
District are:
Thomasville District—Baseom An¬
thony, presiding elder; Albany and
Mission, O. F. Cook, A, E. Hancock
junior preacher; Attapulgus and Cal¬
vary, A. G. Brewton; Baconton and
Newton, R. F. Dennis; Bainbridge,
C. A. Jackson; Berwick, R. M. Wesley;
Boston, G. R. Partin; Bridgeboro, J.
F. McTier, supply; Brinson and Iron
City, F. J. Jordan; Camilla, H. W.
Joiner; Cairo, Leland Moore; Cairo
circuit, J. A. Thornton; Colquitt, E.
M. Wise; Donalsonville, A. S. Tru
lock; Faceville, I. R. Kelly; Jakin, A.
P. Foster, Jr., supply; Meigs and Och¬
locknee, M. F. Beals; Metcalfe, J. N.
Sarrett; Pavo, W. D. McGregor; Pel¬
ham, W. A. Tyson; Pelham circuit,
L. E. Pierce; Sale City, John Swain;
Thomasville, H. T. Freeman; West
Bainbridge, B. F. Girman, supply;
Whigham and Climax, I. C. Walker;
missionary to Japan, W, E. Towson;
district missionary evangelist H. P.
Stubbs.
Rev. Geo. M. Acree, who has just
finished a four years pastorate with
the Eastman church, is sent to Way¬
nesboro in the Savannah District.
Rev. A. H. Robinson, who has finished
a four years pastorate at Cairo, goes
to Epworth church, Savannah. Rev.
Jas. H. Wilson goes back to Leslie
and Mt. Zion for another year. Rev.
J. H. House has been changed from
Cuthbert to Blakely, where he will
serve this year. Rev. W. P. Blevins
goes back to Quitman for his fourth
year and Rev. W. A. Huckabee is re¬
turned to Sylvester. Rev. C. T. Clark
another former pastor at Camilla,
goes to Davisboro. Rev. J. J. Sand¬
ers, one of Sale City’s former pastors
goes to Oglethorpe. Rev. G. W.
Hutchinson, one of Pelham’s former
pastors, and Rev. E. O. Heath, who
has served in Camilla, have both been
transferred to the Florida Conferen¬
ce. Rev. W. E. Towson, who with
Mrs. Towson and their daughter, Miss
Manie, are at home from Japan on
furlough on account of illness of Rev.
and Mrs. Towson, will resume his
work in the mission fields as mission¬
ary from Thomasville District. Rev.
and Mrs. Towson are both greatly
improved in health.
City Election Held
Here On Wednesday
The regular general election for
city officials was held in Camilla Wed¬
nesday and passed off so quietly that
but few people knew that it was be¬
ing held. Only eighteen votes were
cast, which indicates a dearth of in¬
terest in an important governmental
function, but were effective, never¬
theless, in establishing the official
status of the nominees in the recent
primary. Those elected were: J. M.,
M. Spence, Mayor; E. J. Vann, Jr.,
Treasurer; B. H. Jenkins, A. J. Pin¬
son and D. P. Luke, Councilmen; M.
H. Metcalf, C. E. Watt and G. B.
Cochran, Members of the Board of
Trustees of Camilla Public Schools.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harper spent
Sunday in Thomasville with friends.
THE “GAS” LINE
PAYS DIVIDEND
SHORT LINE IS ON THE ROAD
TO PROSPERITY REPORTS
SHOW AT MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock¬
holders and directors of the Georgia,
Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Rail¬
way Company was held at the offices
of the company in Moultrie on Tues¬
day of this week. At this meeting
the officers of the company “laid all
the cards on the table,” so to speak,
in the shape of a report on the year's
operations and the finances of the
company. This report showed that
the road has done a very satisfactory
business during the past year and in
addition to paying ordinary expenses
and for considerable improvements,
has amassed a sizeable surplus avail¬
able for retiring a part of the com¬
pany’s outstanding indebtedness and
for the annual dividend to the stock¬
holders. The officers confidently pre¬
dict that with the continued co-opera¬
tion of shippers along this line the
road will sooon be completely out of
debt and take rank among the best
paying small railroad properties in
the Southeast.
A divident of 3 1-3 per cent was de¬
clared on the company’s outstanding
stock and the checks for this payment
will be mailed out in time for the
stockholders to enjoy their opulence
at Christmas.
While much credit for the success¬
ful operation of the “Gas” Line is
due the famous Pidcock organization
at Moultrie, which also operates the
Georgia Northern and the Flint River
& Northeastern Railroads, these offi¬
cials in turn give the lion’s share of
the credit to the loyalty of friends
along the line who have turned a large
volume of freight to this line.
Fifty per cent of the stock in the
“Gas” Line is held by business men
and farmers along the line and fifty
per cent is held by the Pidcoeks, of
Moultrie, who have the active man¬
agement of the road. The southern
terminus of the road is at Camilla
and the northern terminus at Ash¬
burn. It is a part of the old Hawkins
ville & Florida Southern Railway,
which was ordered scrapped several
years ago by the Interstate Com¬
merce Commission, at which time the
interests above referred to purchased
sixty miles of the line from Camilla
to Ashburn.
Mitchell County
Jail House Empty
’The only person in Mitchell county
who has any just ground for com¬
plaining of poor business now is
Sheriff C. D. Crow. The county
boarding house, of which the sheriff
is the “cherry host,” after a long per¬
iod of declining business which dates
back to about the time prohibition be¬
gan to “take” in this county, has suf¬
fered another serious business slump.
The last and only boarder left several
days ago and the clanking of iron
doors and the merry song of the jail
birds is heard no more in this county.
Sheriff Crow is looking somewhat
“put out," but is trying not to com¬
plain. The condition at the county
jail is the best possible answer to the
moanings sometimes heard regarding
the disregard for law. Undoubtedly
there is disregard for law, in a meas¬
ure, but the more serious infractions
are far less numerous than only a
few years ago when every term of
court found,,several murder cases, of¬
ten involving prominent white peo¬
ple, on the docket for trial and the
jail was packed to overflowing with
prisoners charged with minor felonies
and misdemeanors.
Pelham City Primary
Was Held Thursday
As we go to press (Thursday after¬
noon) our sister city of Pelham is in
the throes of a red-hot city primary
in which two of her prominent citi¬
zens, Dr. D. A. Spence and Mr. A. R.
Baggs are waging a vqry interesting
contest for mayor. Dr. Spence is the
present mayor of Pelham and he is
being opposed by Mr. Baggs, who has
previously served the city in this ca¬
pacity. The outcome of the election
appeared to be considerably in doubt
according to the information this pa¬
per had at press time. We are un¬
able to give a complete list of candi
•ates for city* council, but under¬
stand that there are several close con¬
tests for these places.
Tucker Association
Minutes Published
The minutes of the Tucker Baptist
Tucker Association for 1925 are off
the press and will be distributed to
the various churches of the Associa¬
tion this week by the Clerk, Mr, W.
M. Harrell, of Pelham. The minutes
contain very comprehensive increases
in membership, finances and general
interest in the work is shown. The
grouping of the reports and statisti¬
cal data and the arrangement of the
minutes in general is such as to give
quick access to the facts contained
therein.
FATALAUMOBILE
ACCIDENT SUNDAY
FLINT FORD, LEE COUNTY OFFI¬
CIAL, DIES OF INJURIES
RECEIVED NEAR HERE.
Mr. Flint Ford, deputy sheriff and
road tax collector of Lee county, was
fatally injured in an automobile acci¬
dent near Camilla Sunday afternoon
about four o’clock and died a few
hours later in a hospital in Albany.
The accident occurred near Mr. John
Acree’s place, on the Flint and New¬
ton public road which is being used as
a detour during the paving operations
on the Dixie Highway north of Ca¬
milla. Mr. Ford was driving a Ford
roadster at a rapid rate of speed and
lost control of the car on a curve in
the road, i>..e car overturning and pin¬
ning him beneath it. Mr. Med Aus¬
tin, of Bainbridge, came along a few
minutes after the accident and suc¬
ceeded in getting Mr. Ford out from
under the car and brought him to Ca¬
milla for medical attention. Mr.
Ford was able to walk when he ar¬
rived here and it was not thought at
first that he had been seriously in¬
jured. Dr. J. M. Spence and Dr. F.
L. Lewis were called to attend him
and found that his right arm was
broken and that he had suffered in¬
ternal injuries. The physicians ad¬
vised that he be rushed to a hospital
for treatment. Chief of Police Wade
Baggs and Mr. Groover Jones took
the injured man to Albany, where he
died about two hours after reaching
the hospital. He became unconscious
before leaving Camilla and never re¬
gained consciousness again.
When Mr. Ford was brought to Ca¬
milla he stated to^ those attending him
that he was driving rapidly toward
Albany; that the brakes on his car
were not working and that he ap¬
proached the curve unexpectedly and
was unable to slow down. He said
that the steering gear appeared to
lock and when it did respond the car
was whipped around so far that it
turned over.
A strange thing about the accident
was that several people here recog¬
nized the injured man as Mr. Wade
Laramore, of Leesburg, and this name
was given the hospital authorities in
Albany and the true identity of the
man was not known until Mr. Lara
more’s brother arrived at the hospi¬
tal and disclosed the error.
Camilla Methodists
Welcome Pastor Back
To show their feeling of pleasure
and appreciation at the return of Rev.
H. W. Joiner to Camilla, the Metho¬
dist congregation gave a warm wel¬
come to the pastor and his family on
Wednesday evening at the regular
time of the mid-week prayer meeting.
The church was all alight and dec¬
orated with gorgeous roses and chy
santhemums, looking fit for a wed¬
ding, when the pastor and his family
arrived to see an unusual number of
people filing in to prayer meeting,
which was in itself enough to warm
the heart of a pastor. After the in¬
spiring prayer service Mr. M. M.
Acree went forward to the chancel
and asked that the congregation re¬
main seated for a few minutes while
he told how glad he was to have Rev.
Joiner back. He was followed by a
number of others, who made short
and cordial speeches of appreciation
of Rev. Joiner. The entire company
then went back to McRee Hall, where
refreshments were served and a pleas¬
ant social time enjoyed. In honor of
the joyous occasion a shower of sim
nle gifts were bestowed on the pastor
and his family to add to the surprise
and warmth of the welcome. These
were on display in the Wesley Class
room. The officers of the Womans
Missionary Society acted as hostesses
of the occasion.
NUMBER SA
PREPARING PLANS
FOR PEANUT PLANT
NEW SHELLING PLANT WILL BE
LARGER AND BETTER THAN
PLANT DESTROYED.
Before the fire which destroyed the
Columbian Peanut Company’s shelling
plant here last Wednesday night had
burned itself out, plans were being
prepared for a larger and better
equipped plant which will be erected
right away so as to be ready for the
next crop of peanuts raised in this sec¬
tion, and the company was also en¬
deavoring to make arrangements for
warehouse space so as to be able to
continue in the market for peanuts
this season.
The above is literally true, for as
this is written on Wednesday night,
one week after the peanut shelling
plant at this place was destroyed, to¬
gether with 2,000 tons of peanuts, the
fire is still burning in the huge mass
of peanuts.
Following close upon the report of
the disaster to the shelling plant here,
Mr. W. J. Fleming, local manager of
the plant, was advised from the head¬
quarters of the company in Norfolk,
Va., that plans were being prepared
for a new plant and he was instructed
to make certain arrangements looking
to the early beginning of the work of
rebuilding. Mr. Fleming states that
the plans will provide for a consider¬
ably larger building, with improved
machinery and equipment and possi¬
bly increased shelling capacity. Mr.
Fleming states that the farmers
throughout this territory who have
patronized this plant in the past may
rest assured that the Columbian Pea¬
nut Co. is planning adequate arrange¬
ments for taking care of their peanuts
in the future as they have in the past.
As soon as suitable warehouse space
can be secured, and negotiations are
now in progress for these facilities,
it is expected that the Columbian
Peanut Co. will be in the market
again for peanuts, which will be ship¬
ped as needed to other points of the
company in Georgia, North Carolina
and Virginia. Mr. Fleming was ex¬
pecting to give The Enterprise a defi¬
nite announcement regarding the
buying of peanuts Wednesday even¬
ing, but at that time the necessary
arrangements had not been complet¬
ed.
The announcement that the peanut
shelling plant here is to be rebuilt is
an important piece of news to this
whole section. The peanut crop has
become one of Southwest Georgia’s
several money crops and probably
ranks next to cotton in the amount
of cash turned loose among the farm¬
ers. The Columbian Peanut Co. was
one of the first concerns to establish
a market for peanuts in the Georgia
territory and its plant at Camilla has
been a big factor in making the pro¬
duction of peanuts a permanent in¬
dustry in this section.
Baptists Will Have
Decision Day Sunday
The First Baptist church will ob¬
serve next Sunday, December 6 , as a
day they have set aside some time ago
as Decision Day. The services of
Sunday School and church will be
combined for the morning into a spe¬
cial service to begin at 10 o’clock. All
parents are urged to come and bring
their children to the service which will
be of special importance to all. The
officials of the church and Sunday
School have been planning some time
for the day that it may be a great day
in the work of the Kingdom.
Sunday night there will be a spec¬
ial follow up service after Decision
Day and a full attendance at this
service also is desired.
Live Stock Business
Good, In This County
Local mule dealers report business
good in this county, and this fact is
attested by the number of loads of
mules and horses which are received
here almost weekly. Last week both
the local stables, G. B. Cochran A
Son and the Metcalf Live Stock Co.
received shipments of mules and this
week Mr. Metcalf was forced to make
another trip to Atlanta to replenish
his stock of mules at Camilla and Pel¬
ham. The mules and horses being
sold here are of the best class and the
conclusion to be drawn is that the
farmers are getting ready for a big
crop next year.