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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
COX DELIVERS
MAIDEN SPEECH
NEW CONGRESSMAN FROM THE
SECOND DISTRICT MAKES
GOOD IMPRESSION.
Congressman E. E. Cox from the
Second congressional district of Geor¬
gia made his maiden speech in the
national house of representatives on
Wednesday, December 16th, when that
body was in committee of the whole
house for consideration of the revenue
bill. The provision of the bill under
discussion was the inheritance tax
clause, the main purpose of which is
to equalize inheritance taxes in all
states of the union by providing that
the government will refund inheri¬
tance taxes to the state up to the
amount of the state tax; in states
where no inheritance tax is levied
the whole amount of the feder¬
al levy will go into the nat¬
ional treasury and the treasury
and the state will not participate at
all. Some of the members of con¬
gress have charged that this provis¬
ion is intended to force the states to
levy a uniform inheritance tax and
the contention is made that the pro¬
vision is in conflict with the Constitu¬
tion of the United States and is an
infringement upon local state govern¬
ment.
It was this feature of the bill which
Congressman Cox discussed and he
confined himself to the legal phases
of the question. From private sourc¬
es The Enterprise learns that Judge
Cox has made a very favorable im¬
pression upon the members of the
congress and that his courtesy, tact
and ability are making friends rapidly
for him. And friends in congress are
as necessary to success as in any oth¬
er career.
Judge Cox’s first speech is reprint¬
ed below as taken from the Congress¬
ional Record of December 16th.
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the committee, I apologize to the
committee for taking the floor in de¬
bate so soon after having become a
Member of this body, but there is an
important question involved in this
provision of the bill under discussion
which has not been developed in de¬
bate to my satisfaction. I am sure
that there is nothing that I might say
that would likely influence the Ways
and Means Committee to recede from
the position which it has taken, be¬
cause this committee must have sat¬
isfied itself as to the constitution¬
ality of all the provisions of the bill
before offering it to the House with
their unanimous indorsement. But I
take this opportunity, by way of sug¬
gestion, to make a few observations
for the consideration of the commit¬
tee before this objectionable clause
has been adopted as a part of the bill.
"This provision of the bill allowing
a credit to an estate to the extent of
SO per cent of the tax imposed by the
Federal Government, provided the es¬
tate has paid a State inheritance tax
equivalent to this sum is clearly to
my mind a violation of that provision
of the Constitution defining- the pow¬
ers of Congress to lay and collect a
tax which shall be uniform. The
power to lay a tax presupposes the
power to collect it, but under this
bill, while the tax is laid upon all
alike, it is not within the power of the
General Government to collect it from
all alike. To illustrate, in a State
levying a tax equal to 80 per cent of
the levy made under this bill the reve¬
nue derived by the Federal Govern¬
ment will be 20 per cent of the levy
made, whereas as to a State such as
Florida, which levies no inheritance
tax, the revenue derived by the Fed¬
eral Government will be 100 per cent
of the levy made, and so on as to all
of the States of the Union.
"The Congress takes cognizance of
the public laws of States, and if it
adopts this bill it will do so with full
knowledge of the fact that it will be
lacking in uniformity in its opera¬
tion upon estates of different States
which fall within the provision of the
bill.
"Certain enlightened gentlemen ad¬
vocating the passage of the bill upon
the floor have admitted that it was
not for the purpose of raising reve¬
nue, that the General Government
could well afford to get along without
the tax; that the almost unanimous
sentiment of the country demand the
retirement of the Federal Government
from this field of taxation, and that
it is its purpose to retire, but not un¬
til, through the operation of the act
(Continued on last page)
Sunday Afternoon
Raid Nets 6 Gallons
Doug Crosby, a young white man,
and Tom Barney, a negro, were ar¬
rested last Sunday afternoon by Of¬
ficers Mart Poore, Jack Stratford and
R. L. Hudson on the charge of violat¬
ing the prohibition law. Six gallons
of liquor, a ten-gallon keg and several
empty bottles were found in a fence
corner some distance from the spot
where the men were arrested, but the
officers think they have evidence to
prove the liquor belonged to the men
arrested. The arrest was made in the
Ninth district. Both men made bond
for their appearance at the next term
of the City Court of Camilla.
TRAINING SCHOOL
FAIR BIG SUCCESS
COLORED STUDENTS MITCHELL
COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL
MAKE FINE SHOWING.
The second annual Community Fair
staged by the Mitchell County Train¬
ing School, (colored) at Pelham on
Thursday and Friday of last week
was a big success in every way. In
staging the fair the school had the
co-operation of the citizens of the
community, both white and colored, as
well as county leaders in school,
home economic and agricultural in¬
struction. The fair reflected the ad¬
mirable progress that has already
been made and gave promise of much
greater and more beneficial results
phich may be expected in the future.
Prof. Oliver W. Akers, Principal of
the school, gives high praise and
much credit for the success of the fair
to the splendid co-operation he has
received from the various county
agencies and the people of Pelham.
He expresses doubt that there is an¬
other community in Georgia or in the
South where such a varied and inter¬
esting exhibit could have been collect¬
ed, and especially where the most at¬
tractive and useful articles exhibited
were made by the colored school pu¬
pils. In mentioning the advantages
surrounding the school which has
helped to make the work a success,
Prof. Akers recites: “A beautiful
community spirit; a splendid colored
board of trustees to smile with, the
chairman of which is president of the
School Fair; a most intelligent and
whole-hearted Board of Education
which lends help to this cause re¬
gardless of cost; a group of honest,
unselfish and impartial business men;
co-operation of splendid white schools
and their officials, and seemingly spe¬
cial attention and help coming from
the agricultural department of the
state. Now, if the school fails, whose
fault is it? This school feels indebt¬
ed to the above organizations of
friends for our progress and asks fur¬
ther your prayers for the advance¬
ment of industrial work.”
The interesting display of the fair
filled six class-rooms and a large ex¬
hibit hall in the school building and
these reflected the skill and talent of
both pupils and teachers.
Among those who took part on the
program were:
Dr. A. G. Richardson, University of
Georgia, Athens, who spoke on Dis¬
eases of Animals and Prevention.
Prof. T. H. Wilkinson, Principal
Public School, Pelham.
Prof. Farmer, Agricultural Instruc¬
tor, Pelham.
Prof. T. H. Beauford, Agricultural
Instructor, Albany.
President C. G. Wiley, Georgia
State Industrial College, Savannah.
Prof. Alva Tabor, Supervisor of
Agricultural Education, Savannah.
Superintendent J. R. Sloan, Camilla.
Dr. C. O. Rainey, County Health
Commissioner, Camilla.
Miss Ella Foy, County Home Dem¬
onstration Agent, Camilla.
Prof. H. B. Dixon, Cairo.
Rev. Dummnity, Pelham.
Prof. Walden, Baconton.
Miss F. M. Cochran, Jean Super¬
visor of Mitchell County, Pelham.
Prizes to the amount of $50.00 were
awarded.
Fast Basket Ball
Game At Sale City
A fast basket ball game will be
played at Sale City Saturday night,
December 26th, between the Sale
City team and the Southern Sports
Team from Macon. This is expected
to be one of the most interesting
games that has been played in this
section during the season and a large
attendance is expected.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1925.
(gmittupa
To our Readers and Friends we
extend many Good Wiskes tkis
Ckristmas Season.
May Happiness and Prosperity
be yours eack day ol tke coming
year.
Tke Camilla Enterprise
NEW MANAGEMENT
FOR FORD AGENCY
CONTROLLING INTEREST SOLD
THIS WEEK TO MR. W. J.
HALEY OF CUTHBERT,
An important business transaction
of this week was the sale by J. D. Led¬
better and B. C. Gardner of controll¬
ing interest in the Georgia Motor
Company, local Ford agency, to W. J.
Haley, of Cuthbert. The transaction
was closed Monday and Mr. Haley
will take over the management of the
business on the first of January, ac¬
cording to announcement made after
the deal was closed. In the transac¬
tion Mr. Gardner disposed of all of
his stock in the Georgia Motor Com¬
pany, and Mr. Ledbetter sold enough
of his stock to give Mr. Haley sixty
per cent of the stock and actual con¬
trol of the business. The considera¬
tion was in the neighborhood of $20,
000.00, it is understood.
Mr. W. J. Haley is a successful
Ford dealer and for some time has
managed the agency at Cuthbert. He
is a brother of J. T. and W. B. Haley,
of Albany, who operate the Ford
agency at that place and are inter¬
ested in other agencies in this section.
It is announced that Mr. W. J.
Haley will move his family to Camilla
at an early date and make his resi¬
dence here, taking charge of the bus¬
iness here and giving it his personal
attention. Mr. J. D. Ledbetter, who
has managed the business in the past,
will continue with the company but
his duties will be on the outside in or¬
ganizing and conducting the sales
campaigns.
Improvements are already being
considered, we understand, which will
greatly enlarge the business and pro¬
vide better service for its growing list
of customers. Additional garage space
for the storing and repairing of cars
is one of the improvements being
considered and negotiations are now
being carried on for adjacent prop¬
erty suitable for this purpose.
The Georgia Motor Company is one
of the oldest Ford agencies in this
part of the state and from its organi¬
zation the business has been a profit¬
able one. Recently Mr. J. D. Led¬
better, the manager of the business,
has found that in the interest of his
health it would be necessary for him
to shift a part of the duties involved
in the management of the business
to someone else, and the negotiations
with Mr. Haley was the result of this
decision. Mr. Ledbetter is an exper
eir.ced Ford man and is very popular
with the trade and the shift in man¬
agement which will place him on the
outside in closer contact with the cus¬
tomers of the company is regarded
as a good business move as well as
giving him an opportunity to recup¬
erate from the inroads made upon
his health by the close confinement of
the office.
Mr. Ralph Middleton, of Miami, Fla.
came up last week to spend the holi¬
day season visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Middleton.
TYSON & DAVIS
MILL OPERATING
NEW LUMBER CONCERN BEGINS
OPERATION ON EHRLICH
PLANTATION.
The new saw mill of Tyson & Davis,
which has been erected on the old Ehr¬
lich plantation in Southwest Mitchell,
is now operating to full capacity and
the first carload shipments of lumber
from the nfew plant were made from
Camilla the first of the week. The
mill has a capacity of about 15,000
feet of lumber daily and employs
twenty to twenty-five hands regular¬
ly. The company is cutting some fine
timber now and the market for this
class of lumber is very satisfactory,
prices ranging from $30.00 to $75.00
per thousand, f. o. b. shipping point.
Tyson & Davis employ several trucks
to haul the lumber to Camilla for
shipment.
The firm of Tyson & Davis is a new
partnership in this county composed
of Mr. T. G. Tyson, the well-known
saw mill and lumber man, and Mr.
J. B. Davis of the firm of J. B. Davis
& Co., naval stores operators. The
partnership was organized a short
time ago when Mr. Tyson severed his
connection with the large company
at Cross City, Fla. The Enterprise
learns that the firm of Tyson & Davis
owns or holds options on several large
tracts of fine pine timber in South
Georgia which they expect to cut in
the next few years. The body of tim¬
ber they are cutting now contains
something like 4,000,000 feet.
Both Mr. Tyson and Mr. Davis are
highly rated in business circles and
have ample financial resources to car¬
ry through the rather extensive pro¬
ject they have undertaken together.
We are glad to have a firm of this
character set up business in Mitchell
county and wish them success in the
venture.
Dr. Bascomb Anthony
Preaches Sunday Night
Rev. Bascomb, D. D., the new pre¬
siding elder of the Thomasville Dis¬
trict, who succeeds Rev. O. B. Ches¬
ter, will visit the Methodist church
here Sunday for the first time in his
official capacity, and will preach Sun¬
day evening at 7 o’clock. Dr. An¬
thony is one of the most prominent
figures and well beloved ministers of
the South Georgia Conference. Ev¬
erybody is given cordial invitation to
come and hear him preach.
Woodmen of World to
Have Oyster Supper
Notices are being mailed out to
members of the local camp Woodmen
of the World by Clerk J. T. Kelley,
that an oyster supper is to be given
at the local lodge rooms on Tuesday
night, December 29th, and all mem¬
bers of this camp are invited to at¬
tend, provided they notify Mr. Kelley
of their intention to be present by
Saturday night, December 26th.
Banks To Be Closed
Friday and Saturday
Both of the Camilla banks will be
closed from Thursday evening till
Monday morning. Friday is Christ¬
mas Day and a legal holiday here and
Governor Walker has designated Sat¬
urday as a legal holiday, also, and it
is understood that practically all of
the banks in the state will be closed
Friday and Saturday.
Customers of the banks and local
business men who will need extra
change during the holiday period are
expected to supply their wants on
Thursday.
FARM LANDS ARE
CHANGING HANDS
SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS ARE
REPORTED IN VICINITY
OF CAMILLA.
Although no land boom has struck
Mitchell county as yet, there is con¬
siderable activity in farm lands and
the several transactions that have
been recorded in the vicinity of Ca¬
milla lately have been at fair prices.
The demand seems to be mostly for
small farms and one of the obstacles
to any Considerable amount of trad¬
ing in lands is due to the fact that
most of the farms are too large for
the man of small means to finance.
Among the important transactions
recently concluded in this section of
the county was the sale of a 625 acre
farm four and one-half miles north¬
east of Camilla by J. L. & E. W.
Stripling to T. G. Brooks, of Camilla.
The consideration was given as $17,-
500. This place is kanwn as the E.
W. Stripling place and has been ope¬
rated by him for a number of years.
The greater part of the place is un¬
der cultivation and it is regarded as
one of the best plantations in that
section of the county. Mr. Brooks
has already taken charge of the place
and getting things in shape to ope¬
rate it next year. He expects to run
about twelve plows on the place.
Since the sale of the above place
E. W. Stripling is reported to have
purchased 250 acres of the Townsend
place, west of Camilla, for which he
paid approximately $5,000. He pur¬
chased 100 acres from J. W. Middle
ton and 150 acres from the Townsend
heirs. These transactions have not
been recorded in the county clerk’s
office and the exact details of the
transaction are not known.
Two important land sales were
made this week by Mrs. Ida S. Bush,
of Camilla. Mrs. Bush sold A. R.
Bolton, of Pebble City, 227 acres of
land at Pebble City for $45.00 per
acre. The consideration for the land
and certain personal property includ¬
ed in the deal was $11,332.20. At the
same time and on the same terms
Mrs. Bush sold 241 acres of land to
M. L. Wood, of Pebble City, this be¬
ing the place now occupied by Mr.
Wood. The land in this transaction
was valued at $45.00 per acre, the con¬
sideration for the land and personal
property included in the deal being
$11,625.05. This Pebble City proper¬
ty is considered among the best farm
property to be found in the county
and the price and terms at which this
land was sold is considered very at¬
tractive from the purchaser’s stand¬
point. Mrs. Bush owns a considera¬
ble amount of farm land in this coun¬
ty and she has been selling off her
farms on attractive terms to respon¬
sible white farmers. During the
past year she has sold approximately
1,000 acres of land under this plan.
A small land deal near Flint is
worthy of note as indicating the val¬
ue of land on the Dixie Highway. J.
E. Collins recently sold ten acres of
land with a small house on the south¬
east corner of the intersection of the
Flint and Newton public road with
the Dixie Highway to M. O. Davis, of
Flint. The consideration for the
tract was $1,250.00 or $125.00 per
acre. This is an unusually attractive
site for a home and we understand
that Mr. Davis expects to make his
residence on this place and improve it.
Several other deals of more or less
importance are talked on the streets
but have not as yet reached the stage
of transfer of papers. The higher
priced lands are slow to move, most
of the trading being in the medium
price class where there is an oppor¬
tunity to realize on prospective ad¬
vances in land values and the finan¬
cing can be more easily arranged.
NUMBER 37.
FARM RALLY HERE
ON JANUARY I4TH
WILL BE ONE OF A SERIES OF
160 MEETINGS TO BE HELD
THROUGHOUT STATE.
The itinerary of a series of farm
meetings to be held in every county
in the state during the week of Jan¬
uary 11-16 has been announced by
the State College of Agriculture at
Athens. The meeting for Mitchell
county is scheduled to be held at Ca¬
milla on Thursday, January 14th. Ac¬
cording to the program arranged, a
general meeting to which every far¬
mer in the county is invited will be
held at the court house at 10 o’clock
in the morning. At this meeting sev¬
eral speakers from the State College
of Agriculture will be heard, as well
as any local citizens who may have
something to say. In the afternoon
another meeting will be held which
will be attended by the County Agent,
the members of the Mitchell County
Advisory Agricultural Committee, the
Vocational Agricultural instructors
and others who will join in a round
table conference with the representa¬
tives of the State College for the pur¬
pose of discussing the county exten¬
sion program.
The meeting to be held in Camilla
is one of a series of 160 meetings
which are to be held in one of the
most extensive farm rally programs
ever inaugurated by the State College
of Agriculture. Twenty-two groups
of speakers have been appointed and
are being trained especially for the
task assigned them. They will hold
two meetings daily during Farmers’
Week, with the co-operation Of farm
extension agents throughout the
state.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss special problems confronting
the farmers of each particular sec¬
tion of Georgia, and to assist them in
formulating a well-balanced farm pro¬
gram for 1926 and succeeding years.
The extension work in this county,
as carried on in the past, has been
based upon a definite program or goal
of attainment. Some features of this
program have been attained and
County Agent O, L. Johnson and the
members of the County Agricultural
Advisory Committee are expected to
get together prior to the date of the
farm rally to be held here and formu¬
late a revised program which will be
submitted at the meeting for discus¬
sion and approval by the farmers of
the county.
That much good has resulted from
the extension work in this county in
the past no one doubts and a big fac¬
tor in the success of the work has
been the time and attention given it
by the members of the Advisory Agri¬
cultural Committee and the co-opera¬
tion of leading farmers throughout
the county. The diversified agricul¬
tural program which has worked so
satisfactorily in this section during
the past few years is undoubtedly re¬
sponsible in a large degree for the
favorable conditions prevailing among
the farmers of Southwest Georgia as
contrasted with the failures that have
occurred in other sections. But just
now the faith of the farmers in this
program is being put to its severest
test and it is expected that the temp¬
tation to enlarge the cotton acreage
next year will cause many good men
to forget the lessons learned in 1922
and 1923. The principal object of
these meetings to be held throughout
the state is to try to prevent the
stampeding of our farmers to any one
crop.
The meeting here January 14th will
be an important occasion for the far¬
mers of Mitchell county and a large
attendance is expected.
The dates of the meetings to be
held in this section follow:
Group Twenty.
Monday, Jan. 11—Donalsonville.
Tuesday, Jan. 12—Bainbridge.
Wednesday, Jan. 13—Cairo.
Thursday, Jan. 14—Camilla.
Friday, Jan. 15—Moultrie.
Saturday, Jan. 16—Sylvester.
On Friday afternoon, January 16th,
Group Nineteen will hold a meeting
in Newton, Baker county.
Camilla Boy Returns
From Business Trip
Mr. Dallas Cross is at home for the
holidays, having just returned from
a business trip through California,
Wahington and other Western states.
Mr. Cross holds a responsible posi¬
tion position with the Callaway Mills,
of LaGrange, Georgia.