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Camilla Enterprise. VOLUME XXIV. CITY COUNCIL IN REGULAR SESSION U. D. C. SUBMITS PROPOSAL FOR CARING FOR CEMETERIES. PLAN IS APPROVED. The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held Monday night and several matters of general interest came up for discussion and action. Mrs. J. M. Spence and Mrs. Chas. Watt, Jr., representing the local chap¬ ter U. D. C., appeared before the council and submitted a proposition for caring for the two local cemeteries which was received with interest and tentatively approved by the council. The U. D. C. proposes to take charge of the cemeteries, employ a regular sexton whose duty it will be to keep the cemeteries cleaned up and to at¬ tend to digging of graves and other work in connection with funerals. The funds to defray the cost of this service, it was proposed, would be provided in part by the owners of lots in the cemeteries, in part by an ap¬ propriation from the city and in part from the sale of lots and sexton fees. It was pointed out that the city is now expending annually from $300.00 to $500.00 merely to have the ceme¬ teries cleaned up and repairs made to fences. The ladies of the U. D. C. believe that the property owners should be willing to match the city’s appropriation with annual subscrip¬ tions which will provide a sum suf¬ ficient to pay a man to give the work constant attention and that better re¬ sults could be obtained. The ladies also plan to erect a pergola at Oak view Cemetery, which is some dis¬ tance from town, so as to provide shelter in bad weather. As funds are available shrubbery and flowers will be grown and other plans for beau¬ tifying the grounds carried out. It is also proposed to have a blue-print made of both cemeteries, with each lot carefully marked and to keep a more careful record of the ownership of lots. This record would be kept at the City Hall, where arrangements will have to be made for the purchase of lots. From the discussion that followed, all the members of the coun¬ cil seemed to approve the plan and it was agreed to have the city attor¬ ney go over the matter with the la¬ dies and present a definite proposal at the next meeting of the council when the matter will be passed upon. Mr. W. J. Fleming, manager of the Columbian Peanut Co. business here, appeared before the council and ask¬ ed that the city extend the water main from the swimming pool corner to the company’s property, a distance of about 600 feet. Mr. Fleming stat¬ ed that his company is preparing to rebuild its shelling plant and that it is felt that better fire protection ought to be provided by the city. The council voted unanimously to extend the water main at once and instruct¬ ed Superintendent Hoggard to order the necessary materials and lay the main as early as possible. The council also placed an order for 750 feet of new fire hose for the Camilla fire department. Mr. A. H. Gore appeared before the council and asked for a reduction in the license fee on fire works. This matter was taken up later and the sentiment of council seemed to be more favored to an increase in the license than for a reduction. Anyway it was decided that it would be im¬ possible to change the ordinance in time to give Mr. Gore relief. The annual business license tax or¬ dinance was read twice, preparatory to final reading and adoption at the Jonuary meeting. It is understood that no material changes in the ordi¬ nance are contemplated. The feature of the meeting was a clash, good humored but hot enough to be interesting, between Council¬ man J. W. Butler and Mr. G. B. Baggs of the city school board. The cause of the encounter was a bill amounting to $388.00 for paint used on the school buildings which the Board of Trus¬ tees asked that the city pay. The school board knew what it was doing when it elected Mr. Baggs to act as “foraging agent” and sent him before the city council; the other members of the city council were likewise using their heads when they cast Mr. But¬ ler for the role of “watch dog” of the city treasury. It was a battle royal in which all of the tax problems that have worried councilmen and school trustees in the past came in for a re- Tourist Camp Is Being Cleaned Off The city has had several men clean¬ ing off the vacant lots on Scott street, just north of the Union Supply Co., which are to be used as a camp site for tourists. The place is well light¬ ed, and convenient to the business section where those camping will have police protection. The suggestion has been made that if the city would lease the Cullens property adjoining this lot, the small house on this prop¬ erty could be fitted up as a rest room for ladies and kept open for tourists or people from the country who care to make use of it. A few dollars spent for paint and repairs would transform this house into a very at¬ tractive rest room which would prob¬ ably be worth more as an advertise¬ ment than the same money would buy in any other way. IMPROVEMENTS AT ICE PLANT COLD STORAGE FACILITIES ARE IMPROVED. NEW MACHIN¬ ERY TO BE ADDED. Extensive improvements in the plant of the Camilla Ice & Cold Stor¬ age Company have been commenced which will add much to the efficiency and capacity of the plant and cut the cost of operation considerably. The work was started about two weeks ago and will be completed in about sixty days. The total outlay on the improvements planned will be about $15,000. The cold storage rooms in which meat, vegetables and other perish¬ ables are stored, will be lined with cork throughout. This expensive improvement will not. only cut the cost of refrigeration but will also in¬ sure the best possible service to the company's customers. The cold stor¬ age facilities of this plant are already among the best to be found in this section of the state and with the im¬ provements now being carried out no plant in this territory will be able to offer better service. Several hundred thousand pounds of meat are stored by the local company every season and it is therefore important that the storage and refrigerating system be kept in first-class condition at all tinges. Tie other improvements consist of the installation of a new refrigerat¬ ing machine which will give the com¬ pany two units; also new ammonia condensers and certain other renewals and*repairs to machinery and equip¬ ment. The installation of the second refrigerating unit means that the ca¬ pacity of the plant will be increased somewhat and that the service of the company will be rendered doubly sure. In case of a break-down one unit will be able to take care of the refrigeration while the other is be¬ ing repaired. The installation of the new machinery will also enable the company to maintain refrigeration in the cold storage rooms without ope¬ rating the big plant, which will effect another saving in off seasons when it is not necessary to operate the ice making machinery. Capt. C. E. Watt, Manager of the company, and Mr J. S. Evans, Super¬ intendent of the plant, are supervis¬ ing the installations and it goes with¬ out saying that the work is being car¬ ried out in a thorough manner. The improvements will not inter¬ fere in any way with the regular func¬ tioning of the plant or the cold stor¬ age department and the company will be able to give its customers the same prompt service as before the work was begun. Mr. Bob Taylor left Sunday for At¬ lanta, where he is spending the week attending an automobile meeting. =-.....-........... . ..... : ........... airing. The ' argument was finally closed (for the time being) when Mr. Butler announced that so far as he was concerned he would oppose any further appropriations to the school over and above the amount that institution now receives from a seven mill tax levy and that he would resign before he would vote to divide 1 the funds received from the city’s five mill levy with the school board. Mr. Butler, being on home ground, had the best of the argument, but Mr. Baggs out of the fight, in fact he gave notice showed no signs of being permanently that unless the school board can find the money elsewhere he will be back at the next meeting. CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925. MR. I. MAPLES IS CLAIMED BY DEATH PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY LAST FRIDAY EVENING. Mr. 1. Maples, one of the pioneer citizens of this county, passed away at his home in this city on last Fri¬ day evening at nine o’clock. Mr. Ma¬ ples had been in failing health for several years, but his last illness was of comparatively short duration, ex¬ tending over a period of less than two weeks. His advanced age and im¬ paired physical condition rendered him an easy victim of the last attack in spite of the efforts of physicians and loved ones who ministered unto him and his summons was expected for several days before it came. The announcement of his death brought sorrow to a numerous family connection and a still wider circle of friends extending over this and ad¬ joining counties. The funeral was conducted from the Camilla Methodist church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, the pastor, Rev. H. W. Joiner, and Rev. J. G. Gra¬ ham, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating in the services. Probably the largest crowd ever seen at a fun¬ eral in Camilla attended the services, the church building being inadequate to accommodate all who came from this and adjoining counties. The sim¬ ple church ceremony was made more impressive by a large body of Masons and an escort of about forty men and women representing the Ku Klux Klan. After the services at the church, the Masons took charge of the casket escorting it to Oakview ceme¬ tery where the final ceremonies were held. The following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: Messrs. G. B. Baggs, J. H. Phillips, W. E. Holton, L. H. Hayes, W. C. Hilliard, and H. J. Gauldep. Mr. Maples was almost 77 years of age, having been born on January 29th, 1849. He was a son of the late Israel Maples, one of the first set¬ tlers in Mitchell county and the de¬ ceased had spent practically all of his iife in this county. He came to young manhood during the troublous period of the war between the states and at the age of sixteen volunteered for service in the Southern army, serving two years with distinction. After the war he returned to Mitchell county and engaged in farming. In 1869 he was married to Miss Mar¬ garet Pullen and they reared a large family of children. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Maples married Mrs. Margaret Shivers in 1908, and of this second union one son was born. In 1898 Mr. Maples was nominated and elected as representative from Mitchell county in the State legisla¬ ture and served three successive terms in that capacity. Though this was the only public office he held, he always took an active interest in pol¬ itics and wielded considerable influ¬ ence in county affairs. Mr. Maples was a member of the Methodist church and the Masons, having attained the Royal Arch de¬ gree in the latter ordey Few had ' friends than men m ore Mr. Maples. He was a man who al¬ ways presented a smiling counte¬ nance to the world. Such troubles as he had he concealed behind a pleas¬ ant smile and had a jovial word and a friendly handclasp for everyone he met. He was quick, however, to note the other man’s distress and never lost an opportunity to sympathize and help if possible. Loyalty to his friends was almost a fetich with him and it was only natural that such devotion should create like sentiment in those whom he trusted, and hun¬ dreds of these were here Sunday af¬ ternoon to pay their last respects to their departed friend. The deceased is survived by his widow and nine sons and daughters, as follows: Mrs. C. E. McSwain, of Fitzgerald; Mrs. L. A. Threatt, of Montgomery, Ala.; Mrs. E. A. Bar field, of Macon; J. M. Maples, of Da¬ rien; M. W., A. A., Albert, C. E. and John Maples, and one step-daughter, Mrs. A. J. Pinson, all of this county. Of several brothers and sisters only one sister, Mrs. J. M. Keaton, Sr., of this county, survives. Among the relatives residing out¬ side of the county who attended the funeral, were: Dr. and Mrs. Irving Stallings, Thomasville; Mr. Armoncl Rayburn, Valdosta; Mrs. Emily Mc¬ Clure, Jackson, Miss., Mrs. T. A. Cull, PEANUT COMPANY IN MARKET AGAIN PEANUTS WILL BE STORED AND SHELLED IN NEW PLANT TO BE BUILT AT ONCE. Mr. W. J. Fleming, local manager for the Columbian Peanut Co., return¬ ed Saturday from Norfolk, Va., where he wont for a conference With the of¬ ficials of his company with reference to the re-building of the peanut shelling plant in Camilla and imme¬ diately re-entering the market for peanuts. Upon his return Mr. Flem¬ ing announced that his company is preparing to re-build its plant at once and that it would be in the market for peanuts from now on at the high¬ est prices. In line with this announcement the Columbian Peanut Co. began buying peanuts Monday morning, their re¬ ceipts Monday and Tuesday being dose to 100 tons. Peanuts afre being stored in the New Camilla Warehouse, which will take care several hundred tons. The for peanuts Wednesday was $70.00 per ton, which it is understood is in line with the markets South Georgia. Mr. Fleming announces that company is preparing to rebuild its plant immediately and that the facil¬ ities for handling peanuts will be larger and better than before the disastrous fire which destroyed the old plant several weeks ago. Mr. Fleming states that plans for the new building have already completed and that work will begin as soon as materials can be placed on the ground. It is the intention of the company, Mr. Fleming states, to have the new shelling plant ready for op¬ eration the first of April or May and that as soon as the plant is ready to begin operations they will start shell¬ ing the peanuts which will be bought and stored here during the remainder of the season. This will enable them to get the new machinery adjusted and in good working order by the time the new crop of peanuts begin to come. The new plant will have a shelling capacity of fifty to sixty tons of peanuts daily. The plant site where the old shell¬ ing plant was burned has already been partially cleaned off. The in¬ surance company salvaged a quantity of partially cooked peanuts, some of which were fit for oil mill stock, and the balance sold as fertilizer material. The farmers throughout this sec¬ tion will be interested in the an¬ nouncement that the Columbian Pea¬ nut Co. is again in the market for peanuts and that the shelling plant is to be rebuilt right away. The Col¬ umbian company, through their meth, od of dealing directly with the grow¬ er of peanuts, is highly regarded by the growers and the announcement that the shelling plant is to be re-built here is expected to have an important bearing on the acreage planted in pea¬ nuts in this section next year. Mr. Frank McEIvey’s Residence Damaged Mr. Frank McEIvey’s residence was slightly damaged by fire Saturday about twelve o’clock. The fire start¬ ed from the stove-flue, igniting the shingles of the roof. The fire was put out before it gained any headway. Mr. McEIvey’s chief damage was due to moving furniture out of the house before it was discovered that the blaze was of little consequence. Begin Work Soon On Service Station Mr. D. V. Thompson is having ma¬ terial placed on the ground for the new service station that is to be built at the comer of Scott Street and Oak¬ land Avenue. White brick are to be used in the construction of the build¬ ing and when completed it will be one of the handsomest and most complete stations to be found on the Dixie Highway south of Atlanta. Mr. Tnompson has not announced yet who will operate this station. Moultrie; J. M. Maples and family, Darien; Mrs. L. A. Threatt and chil¬ dren, Montgomery, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McSwain, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McSwain, Jr., Fitzgerald; Messrs. Ernest, Jr., and James Bar field, Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mil¬ ler, and Mrs. Emma Livingston, New¬ ton; Mrs. R. H. May, of Florida. Special Meeting Of Board To Be Called Mr. G. B. Baggs, chairman of the county commissioners; Dr. J. M. Spence, representative from this coun¬ ty, Dr. C. O. Rainey and Mr. J. A. Hayes drove over to Ashburn last Friday where they met Chairman John N. Holder of the State Highway Commission and presented a formal request for a special meeting of the Commission at an early date at whieh citizens of Dougherty, Mitchell and Thomas county can be heard with ref¬ erence to the early completion of the paving on the Dixie Highway through this county. Mr. Holder received the committee cordially and while he was non-committal as to the attitude the Commission may assume, he acceded to the request to call a special meet¬ ing of the board. The date will be early in January and all parties con¬ cerned will be notified in due time. DEATH TAKES MR. J. P. CROSS WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIED SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. Many friends and relatives through¬ out the county were sadly shocked by the news of the death of Mr. J. P. Cross at his home on South Harney street on Wednesday morning at five o’clock after a short illness. He had taken his bed last Friday, but was not thought to be seriously ill until a day or so before his death. Funeral services were held Thurs¬ day morning at Hopeful church, where the deceased had been a member for a long number of years. The service was conducted by Rev. J. G. Graham, pastor of the Camilla Baptist church and there was a large gathering of friends and relatives, and there were many beautiful floral offerings. The body was laid to rest in the cemetery beside the church. Mr. Cross was about forty eight years of age when his earthly life came to a close. He was born and reared in this county and had lived practically his entire life at his home near Hopeful, moving to Camilla about four months before his death. He was happily married to Miss Mit tie Hollingsworth about eighteen ago, and she survives him, together with their three children. Mr. Cross was a man of staunch Christian char¬ acter, happy experience and strong faith, and his warm, friendly and brotherly nature had caused him to be generally loved and appreciated. He had been a member of the Baptist church since childhood. Surviving the deceased are his wife and three children; Willie Kye, aged 16, George, aged 12, and Regina, aged 9. He leaves one brother, Mr. F. R. Cross, of near Hopeful. The warm and tender sympathy of many friends goes out to the heart¬ broken family in their loss. Methodists To Have Christmas Tree The Methodist Sunday School is planning to have a special service at the church on Christmas eve in com¬ memoration of the first Christmas and the birth of Christ. A Christmas program in song and story will be¬ gin with the prophecies concerning the advent of Christ and giving all the events of the Natal night and the adoration of the Eastern sages. It is hoped that by the time of the close of the program, Santa Claus shall have arrived, having accepted a warm and urgent request from the Sunday School to be present, and it is hoped that the old saint will relate some of the experiences of his jour¬ ney from the far, wint’ry North. Anyway the important thing is that he has requested the boys and girls and little tots to write him just what they want on the tree, as he just de¬ lights in making little folks happy, and some of the grown folks might possibly be remembered also if they have been very good during the year. So the Sunday School and its com¬ mittees, who are arranging for the nrogram and for the tree, are expect¬ ing a large number of people to be present at the tree, to enjoy Santa and his gifts and to carry home the ■cal Christmas spirit and deep im¬ pressions from the old, old story of the Christ child. Mr. Frank Cordell spent Friday in Albany on business. NUMBER 36. PREPARING FOR TOBACCO CROP INDICATIONS ARE CROP WILL BE ALMOST IF NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS LAST YEAR. Tobacco growers in the Camilla territory are making preparations for the 1926 crop and the indications are, judging from expressions this writer has heard, the acreage will be almost if not quite as large as it was last year. There was considerable dis¬ couragement in evidence among the growers soon after the tobacco mar¬ ket closed this past season and from the sentiment which prevailed among the growers then it was expected that there would be considerable curtail¬ ment of the tobacco acreage in this vicinity. Recently, however, there ap¬ pears to have been a considerable change in sentiment and it is believed that the acreage in this territory will not be appreciably reduced. A few of the larger growers who experienc¬ ed difficulty during the past season in finding labor sufficient to handle the crop will cut down their acreage somewhat, but this reduction will be made up by increases planned by oth¬ er growers and by flew growers. Mr. J. A. Hayes, sometime referred to as the “daddy” of the tobacco in¬ dustry in this section, will have a considerable acreage this year, though he has not yet decided what the ex¬ tent of his plantings will be. Mr. Hayes is one of those who is trying to pitch his crop on a scale justified by the labor available. Last year he and his associates had 125 acres of tobacco and it is probable that he will be interested in close to 100 acres this year. Mr. €. F. Earp, an old North Caro¬ lina tobacco grower who grew about 85 acres of tobacco here last year in partnership with Mr. Leon Perry, be¬ longs to the tribe that it is hard to discourage. His crop this past sea¬ son turned out about like the aver¬ age grower in this section and in the place of making a “killing" he broke a little better than even on his opera¬ tions. Mr. Earp and Mr. Perry are now making preparations for next year’s crop. They will have not less than 60 acres and probably more if the labor situation warrants it. In addition to his own crop, Mr. Earp is arranging to demonstrate a limited acreage of tobacco for other growers in the vicinity of Camilla. Among the demonstration acreage he has signed up is twenty-five acres for Mr. Jack Davis of the .Davis Construc¬ tion Co. who recently purchased the Wingate place from Mr. F. A. Brown. Fifteen acres of tobacco was grown on this farm last season. Mr. Davis plans to build two additional barns to take care of additional acreage. He is also building several tenant houses in which to house his farm labor. Demonstrators working in this sec¬ tion are experiencing no trouble in signing up all the acreage they can take care of Mr. W. T. Gibson, who had a very successful season here this year in spite of generally unfavorable conditions, will have a large acreage under his direction next year and it is probable that he will have several assistants. Mr. Gibson has the con¬ fidence of the growers due to his good work here last season and he has the assurance of as much acreage as he can handle. Mr. W. B. Hodges, who has demon¬ strated tobacco around Hopeful for the past two seasons, is another suc¬ cessful demonstrator who will have no trouble in securing all the acreage he can look after. In a conversation with the writer several weeks ago, Mr. Hodges stated that practically all of the growers in his territory who grew tobacco this year are planning to plant about the same acreage next year. Mr. Hodges is a conservative man and due to his advice the grow¬ ers in his territory who have exper¬ ienced unfavorable conditions have not been hurt by the tobacco crop. Many growers in this section made a handsome profit on their tobacco this past season in spite of the most unfavorable conditions, and these, of course, will plant this crop again next year. The general opinion seems to be that while there is need of caution, especially with regard to over-crop ping, the tobacco crop is no more hazardous than many other er«ps grown in this section, and the reward for success is considerably greater than with any other crop grown here.