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Camilla Enterprise.
flowing XXIV.
MRS. LEON PERRY IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
|END CAME TUESDAY AFTER¬
NOON AT ALBANY HOSPITAL.
FUNERAL THURSDAY.
oming as a distinct shock Tuesday
moon was the news that Mrs.
ista Bush Perry, wife of Mr. Leon
ry, had died at five o’clock at
Albany, toebe Putney Memorial Hospital in
and with the sad message a
gloom spread through the town where
the deceased had been a prominent
and generally loved lady since her
irlhood. Mrs. Perry had been re
porfed to be resting well up to Tues¬
day morning, when her condition
changed for the worse and before it
Was generally known, the second mes¬
sage came that she had passed away.
Mrs. Perry’s death follows a tedious
illness of a month’s duration, suffer¬
ing from a complication of troubles.
After being carried to the hospital
four weeks ago last Monday, her life
had hung in the balance many times,
doctors and nurses fighting valiantly
or her, and it was thought that the
ast crisis had passed when the fatal
'hange came. Her friends and rela¬
tives here at home have been con
srantly filled with anxiety for her and
in continual prayer for her recovery.
The funeral took place yesterday
morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Meth
| odist church, where the deceased had
L been a devoted and lifelong member,
■ the pastor, Rev. H. W. Joiner conduct
I ing the service with simplicity and
'
impressiveness. An unusually large
number of people attended the ser
I vice, many relatives and friends from
out of town being present. The casket,
| chancel and choir stand were banked
with most beautiful floral offerings.
I The choir composed by Mr. and Mrs.
i A. J. Pinson, Mrs. F. A. Brown, Mrs.
G. L. Wade and Messrs. J. C. Palmer
and W. C. Adams, sang, “Abide with
Me,” and “the Christian’s Goodnight.”
The pall bearers were Messrs. C. S.
Carter, B. H. Jenkins, J. B. Lewis and
T..A- Acree, of Camilla, J. P. Myers,
of Doerun, and L. E. Black, of Albany.
Interment was at Oakview cemetery.
Among the relatives and friends
here for the funeral were Judge and
Mrs. C. C. Bush, Miss Charlie Bush,
Mrs. C. C. Baggs, Dr. E. B. Baughn
and Mrs. P. E. Wilkin, of Colquitt;
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Perry, Miss Fran¬
ces Perry and Mr. Florence Perry, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. J. T. Perry,
Mrs. J. L. Green and Miss Marie
Green of Atlanta; Mrs. E. T. Newsom
nd little daughter, of Florence, Ala.;
Mrs. J. O. Hall, of Waycross; Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Black, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Myers and Mr. Lawrence McPhaul, of
Doerun; and Mrs. H. H. Perry, Mrs.
L Lawson Davis, Mrs. R. G. Riley, Mrs.
| I Cleve Cox, Mrs. W. N. Spence, Misses
Susie and Toy Spence and Mr. H. T.
Spence, of Albany; Messrs. A. R.
Baggs, W. C. Twitty, Dr. D. A.
pence, of Pelham, and others.
Mrs. Perry was born thirty-nine
■ars ago in Camilla and grew up
re. She was the daughter and
ungest child of the late Judge
ac A. Bush and Mrs. Calista Shef
:ld Bush, and was the last surviv¬
ing member of that large family,
roniinent and well beloved in social,
'.•business and religious circles for a
number of years. She graduated
from Camilla High School and later
attended Andrew College, Cuthbert,
Wesleyan College, Macon and Ran
l<lolph-Macon Womans College, Lynch¬
burg, Va. She was well accomplished
in music, and possessing a voice
i rare sweetness, was a leader in musi
| cal circles in the city and in the deve
' lopment -f that art. Brought up in
a pious family, she has always taken
a large interest in the work of the
church, had been leader of the Meth¬
odist choir for several years and
prominent offices in the Womans Mis¬
sionary Society, Sunday School and
church body. She had served as pres¬
ident of the Music Study club for two
or three years and was keenly inter¬
ested in all civic and social work
the community. Warm and
hearted, loving and generous, she had
held the affection of numbers
friends from childhood through life
and her death is mourned as a heavy
lpss, not only to the community where
her noble life meant so much and
gaping vacancy is left, but to the ten¬
der hearts of friends, sadly
by her untimely death.
Mrs. Perry is survived by her
band, Mr. Leon Perry, and two
children: Calista, a little girl
twelve, and Bush, five-year old
who are left desolate in their
Stolen Cat Recovered
Thro iteh Cold Spell
The freeze S i mday night helped a
Camilla man to recover a car which
was stolen fron i him last week. On
Wednesday nigh t of last week a Ford
coupe belonging to Mr. Lamar Cox of
this place was stolen from in front
of the hotel in ^ifton, where Mr. Cox
was spending night. The usual
notices were se nt out to the officers
over the state to be on the lookout
for the car but nothing was heard of
it until Mondajj', when Mr. Cox was
notified that hi: car had been found
in front of a h <>tel in Mapleton, Ga.,
near Atlanta, 'I’he car had been bad
ly damaged by the freeze and the
thief did not w ant to take a chance
on having it r* ■paired, so he left it
where he parke 1 it the night before,
Mr. Cox left re Monday night for
Mapleton to cla m his car.
CAMILLA SCHOOLS
OPEN NE XT MONDAY
RESIGNATION OF MISS DELL
CREATES \J lCANCY ON HIGH
SCHOO FACULTY.
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Camilla Publi<: Schools will re-open
Monday, January 4th, for the Spring
term. After a full two weeks vaca¬
tion for the Cl listmas holidays, pu¬
pils and teaehens will return to work
refreshed and pager for the duties
that confront them.
The prospects are that the attend
anee during thf Spring will equal if
not exceed that of the fall term, when
all records for the local school were
broken and Pi fa way and his
teachers will f; problem in
finding room fo: udents in some
departments of_
One of the ^H^^Wnents for the ! holidays since
school suspendes is a
vacancy on th< high school of Miss faculty
due to the resignation l Helen
Dell, teacher <f mathematics. Miss
Dell handed in her \resignation
some time before school ^suspended,
but no announcement w«h made of
the vacancy until some ®ie later.
Prof. Attaway and the Boai% of Trus¬
tees have several applicants, for the
place, but at the time this was writ¬
ten the name Of the teacher selected
to fill the vacancy could not be ob
ained.
The school [will open without for¬
malities, according to information
given The Enterprise. All pupils are
expected to cohie to school on the op¬
ening day with their matriculation
cards, which may be procured from
the secretary of the board at the city
clerk's office. Matriculation cards are
$5.00 for each child, regardless of age
or whether from town or country. It
is hoped that as many of the children
as possible will return to school on
the opening day, thereby avoiding
the confusion incident to making
room for late arrivals after the school
has settled down tp work.
G. B. Cochran Sells
Fine Lot of Hogs
Mr. G. B. Cochran, of this place,
sold a fine bunch of hogs off of his
Flint plantation last week which
brought him a nice sum of money.
There were sixty-eight hogs in the
lot and they averaged sligtly under
250 pounds each, the total weight be¬
ing 16,400 pounds. Mr. Cochran sold
the hogs to Swift Packing Co. at
Moultrie, ahd received about $9.75
per hundred, basis number one grade.
Mr. Cochran’, farm has swelled his
bank account from several sources
this ver>r. To begin with he averages
nearly a bale of cotton to the acre on
about 175 acres; the crop of nuts
from his pecan grove of some fifteen
or twenty acres was heavy this ^ar
and :>old for good prices; his yield of
peanuts, corn and other farm crops
was good, and now he has added
something like $1,500 to the total of
his receipts this year. Mr. Cochran’s
‘farm is one of the show places along
the Dixie Highway near Flint, and
he knows how to make it produce the
stuff
Other near relatives are her step-mo¬
ther, Mrs. Ida S. Bush, her foster
sister, Mrs. T. B. Perry, and niece and
nephews, Mrs. Eugene Hackett, and
Messrs. Ashley, Laurier, Edgar and
Winston Bush.
The entire community and numer¬
ous friends elsewhere mourn with the
bereaved family in a common grief,
extending to them in this dark hour
the hand of Christian sympathy.
CAMILLA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1926.
NEW DOG LAW HAS
RAISED FURORE
DOG OWNERS THREATEN AT¬
TACK ON VALIDITY OF RE¬
CENT LEGISLATIVE ACT.
The new dog law for Mitchell coun¬
ty, passed at the last session of the
legislature, has proven quite unpopu¬
lar with a considerable number of peo¬
ple, judging from comment heard on
the streets during the past week, and
interested parties are threatening to
employ counsel and make an atack
on the validity of the law'. Appar¬
ently a great many people did not
know of the new enactment until re¬
cently when a notice regarding the
enforcement of the law appeared in
The Enterprise and some of those
who had become incensed over the
matter were inclined to charge our
representatives with putting over
something on the people without giv¬
ing proper notice. A reference to the
files of The Enterprise, however, dis¬
closes the fact that the notice of local
legislation was run in the paper as is
required by law, but as it appeared on
the legal page buried among a num¬
ber of other legal notices very few
people saw it.
Our representatives in the legisla¬
ture, Dr. J. M. Spence and Col. O. B.
McElvey are publishing a statement
this week in which they give their
reasons for passing the bill, and they
disclaim any intention of putting any
legislation over on the people that is
not wanted. The representatives of¬
fer to repeal the law at the forth¬
coming session of the legislature, pro¬
vided Governor Walker can be in¬
duced to include this matter in
his call. It is regarded as very
unlikely that the governor will do
this, but the offer of the representa¬
tives shows that they are inclined to
abide the wifi of the majority and that
whatever the merits or demerits of
the new legislation, it did not origi¬
nate with them but that they acted
solely in response to what appeared
to them to be the sentiment of a large
number of people of the county.
The bill provides, according to the
notices that have been published, that
all dogs in the county over four
months old shall be registered and
that such animals must wear tags
showing that license fees have been
paid. The law fixes the license fee
for male dogs at $1.50 and for female
dogs, $3.00. The law becomes effec¬
tive January 10th, 1926. The sheriff
is re quired to impound all dogs not
tagged and sell or destroy them after
three days.
The purpose of the law, as explain¬
ed in the statement of our represen¬
tatives, is to get rid of the worthless
dogs of the county that prey on poul¬
try, game birds, sheep and other ani¬
mals and to make the owner of a dog
responsible for such damage. It is
pointed out that a great many people
own dogs that they are not able to
feed and that these half-starved ani¬
mals become a nuisance in the com¬
munity. That those who own good
dogs will not object to paying a small
tax.
The trouble with the bill seems to
be that no one owns a “worthless
dog.” The man who has a hungry
looking cur around the yard thinks of
him in the same terms of value and
will fight for him just as quick as the
man who owns the $100 bird dog.
Some people admire lap dogs, others
want a bird dog, a bull or a hound,
but the great majoirity of people are
not particular and a plain dog suits
them up and down. As to the damage
done by dogs to poultry and farm ani¬
mals, there is a difference of opinion
as to the extent and the proper meth¬
od of correcting it.
The Enterprise learns from Dr. J.
M. Spence that the proposed dog law
was submitted to he and Col. O. B.
McElvey at the opening of the last
session of the legislature by parties in
this county interested in its passage.
After considering the bill the repre¬
sentatives returned it, declining to
introduce it. Later the bill was sent
back to the representatives in Atlan¬
ta, accompanied by a petition signed
by a large number of people in this
county asking that it be passed. The
representatives then introduced the
bill and passed it. They had no in¬
terest in the matter, according to Dr.
Spence, other than serving the people
of the county, a large number of
whom were asking that this bill be
enacted into law.
If the bill is not repealed Sheriff
Crow will need a flock of deputies
about the tenth of this month to help
REALTOR
BUYS LAND HERE
S. H. FLOYD. OF JACKSONVILLE,
ADDS TO HIS HOLDINGS IN
MITCHELL COUNTY.
That Mitchell county farm lands
look good as an investment to exper¬
ienced Florida real estate operators
is indicated by a transaction closed
here this week in which Mr. Grover
Jones, of this place, sold a 187-acre
farm to Mr. S. H. Floyd, prominent
realtor, of Jacksonville, Fla. Mr.
Floyd has been dealing in real estate
in and around Jacksonville for the
past several years and Florida has no
stronger or more loyal bosster
than he is, but in common
with many other Floridians he recog¬
nizes that a great opportunity is
awaiting investors in Southwest Geor¬
gia and Mitchell county farm lands,
particularly, look good to him. Mr.
Floyd made his first investment here
about three years ago when he pur¬
chased a farm in the Liveoak com¬
munity. He is having the place set
in pecans and expects to develope a
valuable property. Though no an¬
nouncement has been made by him, it
is probable that he has similar plans
in view for the development of the
farm recently purchased, which is
also located in the Liveoak commun¬
ity within a short distance of his oth¬
er holdings. The farm purchased by
Mr. Floyd is known as the McCarty
place and is about seven miles from
Camilla. The consideration named
in this transaction was about $5,000,
which is a little less than $30.00 per
acre.
Another real estate deal announced
this week was the purchase by Mr.
G. W. Cochran, of this place, of the
170-acre farm on the Baggs Ferry
road, west of Camilla, known as the
Chambliss place. The consideration
in this transaction was $3,000. Mr.
Cochran is both a successful farmer
and a trader and it is probable that
in the purchase of this place he had
an eye open to the double opportuni¬
ty for profit—as a permanent invest¬
ment and as a speculative proposition.
We understand he intends to improve
the place and shape it up for opera¬
tion in 1926.
Those who are familiar with the
lands involved in both of the above
transactionAegard the price at which
they sold as very low. Hundreds of
similar opportunities for investments
in good farm lands at rock bottom
prices are being offered throughout
this county. Investors are beginning
to realize this fact and sales are be¬
coming more numerous each week.
Coldest December
Weather In Years
The cold wave which struck South
Georgia last Sunday and sent the lo¬
cal thermometers down to about fif¬
teen above zero is pronounced by ob¬
servers as the coldest December wea¬
ther we have experienced in several
years. Here in town those who are
called upon to foot the wood and coal
bill welcomed the break in the cold
spell which came Wednesday. A good
deal of damage was done to plumbing
and to automobiles by the freeze and
frozen water-backs in stoves forced
a good many residents to resort to
the old time method of preparing
meals in the fire-places. Farmers,
have welcomed the cold
weather as it has afforded them a
season for killing their hogs or
meat that has been kept in cold
City Home
Destroyed By Fire
The John Akridge residence near
Pebble City, which was occupied by
Mr. Harry Bacon and family, was des¬
troyed by fire Sunday. The fire oc¬
curred about mid-day and originated
around the stove flue. Neighbors ar¬
rived in time to help Mr. Bacon save
most of his household effects. A
smokehouse near the residence was
also destroyed, but a large quantity
of meat in the house was saved. The
loss amounted to between $2,000 and
$3,000. It is not known whether or
not insurance was carried on the
house.
him catch the tagless dogs of the
county and the county commissioners
will nec : a suitable pound, as remote
as possible from human habitation, in
which said dogs are to be impounded.
New Ford Manager
Moves To Camilla
Mr. W. J. Haley, of Cuthbert, who
recently bought a controlling interest
in the Georgia Motor Company, of
this place, is moving his household
effects to Camilla this week and he
and his wife expect to take up their
residence here about the first. It is
understood that Mr. and Mrs. Haley
have rented the residence of Mr. Jno.
C. Butler, on Scott street, and will
occupy this home after certain re¬
pairs have been made. Mr. and Mrs.
Haley will be given a cordial welcome
in Camilla where they are expected
to be important additions to the social
and business life of the city. Mr.
Haley expects to take up his business
connections here on January 2nd.
CASH STORE GIVES
AWAY TWO FORDS
48 OTHER PRIZES AWARDED BY
BRANAN STORES AT CAMILLA
AND PELHAM.
Saturday was a big day for custom¬
ers of Branan’s Spot Cash Stores at
Camilla and Pelham. Two Ford cars
were given away to lucky ticket hold¬
ers and forty-eight other smaller
prizes were awarded to fortunate cus¬
tomers of these stores. Twenty-five
prizes, one of which was a Ford tour¬
ing car, were given away by each
store and the drawings were held
separately.
Fully fifteen hundred attended the
drawing here, indicating the interest
taken in this trade boosting plan first
inaugurated by Mr. Branan about
eighteen months ago. Last Christ¬
mas a Ford car and a number of
smaller prizes were awarded lucky
customers and the plan proved so pop¬
ular that Mr. Branan announced this
year that he would repeat the offer,
and a similar offer was made by Mr.
Branan’s Pelham store.
In the drawing last Saturday, Mr.
Julius Crosby, of Camilla, was the
holder of the lucky number whidh won
the Ford, and the twenty-four other
prizes, each consisting of a 48-pound
sack of a popular brand of flour sold
by this store, were awarded to cus¬
tomers, white and colored, holding the
lucky tickets.
In Pelham the Ford ear was won
by Mr. J. B. Sellers and the twenty
four other prizes were distributed as
in Camilla.
Mr. Branan told the crowd gather¬
ed here Saturday that his prize
scheme had been entirely satisfactory
from a business stand point, the in¬
crease in the volume of business han¬
dled by his store here more than jus¬
tifying the expense incurred in the
purchase of prizes.
Dr. Bascom Anthony
Preaches In Camilla
!Dr. Bascom Anthony, Presiding El¬
der of the Thomasville district, was
present at the evening service at the
Methodist church last Sunday and
preached to the congregation. This
was Dr. Anthony’s first visit to Ca¬
milla since his appointment as Pre¬
siding Elder of this district and the
membership here was delighted with
the opportunity of hearing him
preach. He is regarded as among the
strongest preachers in the South
Georgia Conference. His message
Sunday night was most practical and
timely and was greatly appreciated
by all who heard him.
Will Begin Work On
Peanut Plant Soon
Mr. W. J. Fleming, local manager
for the Columbian Peanut Co., an¬
nounces that material has been pur¬
chased for the new peanut shelling
plant, to be erected on the site occu¬
pied by the old plant and which was
destroyed by fire a few weeks ago,
and that work on the new plant will
begin shortly after the new Year. A
force of men has been employed re¬
cently cleaning off the ground for the
new plant. Shipment of building
materials has been delayed somewhat
on account of the holidays but are
expected to begin coming in next
week. The local market for peanuts
is $70.00 per ton and a large quantity
of peanuts is being stored here await¬
ing the re-opening of tS
plant.
NUMBER 38.
WILBURN WILLIAMS
PASSES TO BEYOND
OLD AND HIGHLY RESPECTED
CITIZEN SUCCUMBS TO
HEART ATTACK.
Mr. Wilburn Williams, one of Mit¬
chell county’s oldest citizens and a
man who was highly regarded by all
who knew him, died suddenly at his
home near Duffle Tuesday evening
about 6:30 o’clock from an attack of
heart trouble. Mr. Williams had been
sick for about six weeks and for a
time his condition was regarded as
serious but for several days prior to
his death he appeared to be much
improved and his family was much,
encouraged over his condition. The
end came without warning Tuesday
evening as Mr. Williams sat laughing
and talking with the members of his
family.
The news of Mr. Williams’ death
brought sorrow to an unusually large
family connection and to friends
throughout this county. In his death
the county lost a solid citizen whose
character and integrity had remained
unquestioned after almost fifty years’
residence in the community where he
died. He was a kindly man, devoted
to his family, his friends and to the
welfare of his community and exert¬
ed a wholesome influence over all with
whom he came in contact. Since
early manhood he had been a member
of the Baptist church and was one
of the founders of Pleasant Hill
church, in the work of which he took
an active interest up to the time of
his death.
Mr. Williams was 78 years of age.
He was born in Brooks county, Geor¬
gia, April 4th, 1847. In 1865 he mov¬
ed to Taylor county, Florida, and in
1871 he was married to Miss Eliza¬
beth Towles, of that county. In 1878
he moved to Mitchell county and set¬
tled in the Pleasant Hill community.
He acquired a considerable body of
land in that community and for a
number of years was regarded as one
the county’s most successful farm¬
In late years he relinquished a
portion of his farming
interests to his sons, retaining the
homestead for himslf.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, seven children, thirty-nine
grandchildren and twenty great
grandchildren, besides a large connec¬
of other relatives. The surviv¬
children are: Mrs. E. V. Fair
Mrs. W. C. Palmer, Messrs.
J. W. and B. C. Williams, Mrs.
S. H. Peacock, of Perry, Fla., and Mr.
P. Williams.
The funeral services were held at
Hill Baptist church, Wed¬
afternoon at three o'clock,
by Rev. H. N. Burnett, a
life-long friend of the deceased, who
a high tribute to his Christian
character and worth while achieve¬
as a plain citizen and God-fear¬
ing man. After the church services
Masonic order took charge of the
and conveyed it to the family
lot in Pleasant Hill cemetery where
the remanis were laid to rest with
impressive ceremonies of this or¬
der.
The following old friends and Ma¬
sonic brothers acted as pall bearers:
Messrs. J. L. Palmer, J. H. Phillips,
P. E. Bailey, T. E. Akridge, D. H. Ak¬
ridge and W. M. Stevens.
The Enterprise joins many others
extending sympathy to the bereav¬
ed widow and other members of the
family in their sorrow.
Regular Hog Sale
Here Next Tuesday
Next Tuesday, January 5th, is the
of the regular monthly hog sale
in Camilla and a nice lot of hogs has
been promised for this sale, accord¬
to the officials of the sales asso¬
It is expected that at least
cars will be offered at this sale
that prices will be satisfactory.
present market would indicate a
of between $9.00 and $10.00 per
for number one hogs.
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