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The Camilla Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
BACONTON HOLDS
BOOSTER
BANQUET GIVEN BY CHAMBER
OP COMMERCE. EX-GOVER¬
NOR OSBORNE SPEAKS.
By J. D. Gardner
With Mitchell county leading South
Georgia, and Baconton leading Mitch¬
ell county, a special banquet in the
interest of good roads was held in
Baconton Wednesday night when
about seventy-five of the most prom¬
inent men of this section attended.
There has been much agitation of late
to get the last lap of Mitchell coun¬
ty’s portion of the Dixie Highway
paved, but it remained for “The Little
Giant,” Baconton, to see to it that the
final forces in the dash before the
Highway Department headed up in
that little city.
So under the auspices of the Ba
conton Chamber of Commerce the
banquet was staged with success and
enthusiasm. R. M. Tiller, president
of the chamber of commerce, presided
in a snappy, business like way.
The first man, who was to hand out
the preliminaries, E. A, McCollum,
seemed to forget that he was a go
between and handed out one of the
best speeches of the occasion. Typi¬
cal of the Ranker that he is, his re¬
marks were short and to the point.
“What are the assets of a commun¬
ity?” he asked. “It is not climate,
many desolate places have that. It
is not good land and mineral resourc¬
es, the Indians had that. It is not
money alone, for that without user?
is mere rock and paper; nor is it not
a large number of people only, for
the most populous sections of the
world are noted for their periods of
famine and wretchedness. The prime
resources of any community is a peo¬
ple with a proper attitude toward
things, and I now present to you
South Georgia’s first citizen, reeog
nized as such because of his ideal
attitude towards life and its exper¬
iences—Chase S. Osborn, ex-governor
of Michigan and citizen of Georgia.”
Governor Osbon in his masterly
style of English and diction quickly
caught the attention of the listeners
and revealed the golden opportunities
of South Georgia in a new language.
His remarks were extremely practi¬
cal and to the point. “Strive for
things attainable,” be said. “It is all
right to shoot at the moon, but it
brings nothing. If you need a park,
build a park. If you need a telephone
system build that, but do not give it
away when you build it. If it is a
sanitary system see to it that you
have it. These things added together
make great things and you can see
the progress.” The speaker has a hap¬
py faculty of driving home his mean¬
ing by the use of well known terms.
He said that you could build a city
anywhere there was a will to build.
Referring to the beautiful songs given
by Albany’s able quartette, Messrs.
A. D. Gault, C. D. Stiles, W. E. Smith
and J. H. Hinton, he said; “We must
sin 0, together in Baconton; we must
slag together in Albany; and we must
sing together in South Georgia if we
would attract the traveler wih the
melody of our music.”
Changing to the negative of his
line of reasoning he said, “Any man
can run away, but it takes character
to stick where he has selected by
Ahoiee or accident of birth to live.
Every civilization that has gone be¬
fore us has toppled because of intol
leranee.” Great applause burst forth
as the speaker took his seat. Gover
or Osborne was requested one day this
week to send a three thousand word
telegram to The New York World
telling of the gospel of South Georgia
and this message' will be printed in
the Sunday issue of the New York
World, the paper that has the largest
circulation of any daily paper in the
world.
Mr. A. J. Lippitt, chairman of the
board of commissioners of Dougherty
county was the next speaker and out
of his nineteen years of successful
management of the affairs of a sister
county he gave an interesting talk
in which he pledged the assistance of
his county when ever it could be given
OT, was needed in any road building
movement. He was followed by Mr.
G. B. Baggs, chairman of the Mitchell
county board of commissioners, who,
as usual dealt only, as it was after¬
wards remarked, in “brass tacks.”
Mr. Baggs invited Albany, Baconton,
Camilla, Pelham, Meigs, Ochlocknee
and Thomasville to go with his com¬
mittee to Atlanta on the 29th of this
month and present Mitchell county’s
Vocational Students
At Athens This
Mr. J. F. Reid, vocational teacher
in Camilla High School, is chaperon¬
ing a party of boys from his class on
a trip to Athens this week to take
in the Farmers Week program that
is being carried out by the State Col¬
lege of Agriculture. The vocatioi al
teachers from Sale City and Pelham,
with students from those schools, are
also in attendance. Prof. Richards
and the Hopeful boys were unable to
arrange to make the trip at this time.
The boys will come in contact with
some of the leading farmers and fore¬
most agricultural authorities of the
state at this meeting and will hear
and see much that will be of value to
them in future life.
COLUMBUS FIRM TO
OPEN STORE
]
WILL BE ONE OF A CHAIN OF
SEVERAL DRY GOODS STORES
IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
The announcement has been made
here that Mr. Schuessler, of Colum¬
bus, will open a dry goods business
in Camilla about the first of Feb¬
ruary. The Columbus concern has
secured a lease on the Mrs. J. M. Mc¬
Nair store on Broad street, heretofore
occupied by the We-Have-It grocery
business of Gaulden Bros., who are
vacating the building this week.
Mr. Schuest ler is a successful busi¬
ness man and in addition tq his mer¬
cantile establishment in that city is
said to own a chain of dry goods
stores in South Georgia. The busi¬
ness to be established here will be un¬
der the management of Mr. Johnnie
Marshall, a well known traveling man
who was reared in this county and
who has a wide acquaintance here.
It is understood that the new con
corn will carry a full line of dry
goods, shoes, notions and ready-to
wear. The location secured is one of
the best in town and is admirably sit¬
uated for a retail business of this
nature.
Mr. Marshall is expected to arrive
in Camilla Monday and the new es¬
tablishment will be open for business
soon after the first.
j Luke Revival Closes
i In Newton Sunday
j I
The people of Newton were indeed
j favored last week in having Judge
Roscoe Luke, of Thomasville, with
them in conducting a series of revival
services.
Services were held every night at
the courthouse where court had been
in session during the day and the
courtroom was crowded at every ser¬
vice. Judge Luke, in his plain and
earnest way of speaking, just man to
man, delivered some impressive mes¬
sages from the Gospel, which were
heard with appreciation by Newton
people, court visitors and other visi¬
tors from the surrounding towns.
Sunday, the closing day of the
meeting, was marked with large at¬
tendance at all services, a good many
Camilla people going over to both
m °™ n * and afternoon services,
Adding much to the effectiveness of
the meeting was the music, which was
led by Rev. and Mrs. Jas. D. Deans,
of Camilla. Their special songs and
leading of the congregation in sing¬
ing made the song services very in¬
spiring and put every one in receptive
mood for the sermons.
claim for the funds to finish the Dixie
Highway from Flint to the Dougherty
county line.
Mr. J. S. Davis, of The Albany Her¬
ald, president of Albany Chamber of
Commerce, brought a laugh when he
told of the Swede, who after traveling
in this country wrote back home.
“They are building some mighty good
roads over here. A Mr. Lincoln has
builded a good road and a Mr. Dixie
has also made a good one, but this
Frenchman, a Mr. DeTour, he ought
to be stopped.”
Col. E. M. Davis, legal representa¬
tive of the county commissioners,
Mitchell county, closed the program
and many charged the committee with
saving the best wine for the last. The
applause that followed his remarks
was certainly not stinted.
Harry U. Jackson presented the
quartette and the frequent calls for
more showed the high appreciation
that was given them.
CAMILLA, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926.
DAKOTA MEN HAVE
FINE PECAN GROVE
MESSRS. JACKSON AND DE
GRAFF HAVE MUCH SUCCESS
, IN DEVELOPMENT HERE.
In our publicity efforts to attract
investors in Mitchell county farm
lands none of us have thought to
capitalize the success of two South
Dakota men who came in here some
seven or eight years ago, purchased
a 600 acre farm just south of town
and quietly set about the development
of a pecan grove that is now recogniz¬
ed to be one of the 1 most valuable in
this section of the county. We speak
of the Dakota-Georgia Pecan Co.
grove located on the Hawthorne Trail
on the place formerly owned by the
late Judge W. N. Spence, and the gen¬
tlemen responsible for this develop¬
ment are Messrs. Chas. Jackson and
Geo. W. DeGraff, of Watertown, South
Dakota. There are 400 acres more
that will soon begin bearing and an
additional 100 acres of young trees
is being set out this winter.
Messrs. Jackson and DeGraff prob¬
ably paid in the neighborhood of $25,
000 for this farm in 1918. In eight
years they have built up a property
that is worth many times the original
investment, basing its probable value
on recent sales of pecan groves in this
county. Groves of young trees have
recently sold in this county at from
$200 to $500 per acre. Bearing pecan
trees of well-selected varieties are sel¬
dom offered for sale in large tracts,
but experienced pecan growers fix the
value at from $600 per acre upward.
These figures will give some idea of
what the South Dakota investors have
been able to do with the Spence farm
in the short space of eight years.
No better advertisement of the pos¬
sibilities of this section can be pub¬
lished than the experience of Messrs.
Jackson and DeGraff, neither of whom
had any previous experience either as
farmers or orchardists in this climate
until they made this investment here.
The experience of these new-comers
will have greater weight with strang¬
ers than will the many instances
where local people have developed
valuable groves, for the reason that
the local grower is supposed to' be in
possession of information and exper¬
ience which gives him a great advan¬
tage over one who is not familiar with
the business nor acquainted with soil
and climatic conditions.
Messrs. Jackson and DeGraff spend
a part of each winter here looking
after the Dakota-Geoi'gia Pecan Co.
property. The resident overseer and
manager is Mr. J. E. Smith who re¬
sides on the place the year round.
When the Dakota-Georgia Pecan Co.
was organized for the development of
this place, 300 acres of the grove
which had just been set out in young
trees was offered to investors in five
and ten acre tracts and these offerings
were all sold to Dakota parties.
Messrs. Jackson and DeGraff each re¬
served about fifty acres. They are
planning to build on their property
and to make this their home during
the winter. The small tracts which
are owned by other parties have been
under the care of the company and
have been developed along with the
balance of the property. The com¬
pany is now engaged in shaping
up the grove, turning the land and
putting out something like 200 tons
of fertlizer around the trees, which
appear to be healthy and in fine grow¬
ing condition. In this grove the pre¬
dominating varieties are Schleys and
Stuarts, which are among the most
popular. In making their selection
of varieties the promoters were for¬
tunate in avoiding certain varieties
which were quite popular several
years ago but which of late are not
looked upon with so much favor. Very
few trees have had to be cut back on
this place and as a result the entire
grove will come into full bearing at
a much earlier date.
The famous Baconton district in
this county is the home of the paper
shell pecan and there are thousands
of acres of bearing pecan trees in
that section of the county. The “pe¬
can district” is spreading rapidly and
a number of large groves will soon
come into bearing in the vicinity of
Camilla. One of the biggest devel¬
opments that is being carried out
near town is that of the Davis Con¬
struction Co. on the Wingate place
recently purchased from Mr. F. A.
Brown. There was a ninety acre
grove of pecan trees on this place
when the company bought it and Mr.
A. C, Swilley, local horticulturist, is
WORK HAS BEGUN ON
NEW PEANUT PLANT
LARGE FORCE OF WORKMEN
AT WORK. PLANT WILL BE
RUNNING AGAIN SOON.
The work of re-building the peanut
shelling' plant of the Columbian Pea¬
nut Co., at Camilla is progressing rap¬
idly despite numerous delays in get¬
ting materials delivered. A large
force of men is now at work on the
building and it is expected that the
building will be ready for the installa¬
tion of machinery at an early date.
The foundations for the structure
have been completed and work has
begun on the frame work of the struc¬
ture. This work can be carried on
rapidly and judging by the amount of
lumber on the ground there will be
no further shortage of material.
The main building will be consid¬
erably larger than the old one, a de¬
cided increase in storage capacity be¬
ing arranged for in the new structure.
The shelling capacity of the new plant
will be the same as the old plant, but
later and more efficient machinery
will be used.
Mr. W. J. Fleming, local manager of
the plant, has announced that as soon
as the new plant is finished and ready
for operation he will begin shelling
a large stock of peanuts the company
has accumulated in warehouses here
since the old plant was destroyed by
fire. By starting up now the new
plant will be broken in and adjusted
ready for the opening of the new sea¬
son next September.
The Columbian Peanut Co. has
played an important part in the devel¬
opment of the peanut industry in this
section and has been one of the
strongest factors in the maintaining
of a spot market for peanuts. The
announcement that the company is re¬
building its plant here and making all
preparations for the opening of the
new season will be of interest to pea¬
nut growers throughout this terri¬
tory.
Lions Club Invites
Highway Speaker
The Camilla Lion Club has invited
Hon. John R. Phillips, member of the
State Highway Commission, to visit
Camilla and address the club on the
subject of highways and he has ac¬
cepted the invitation. The date of the
engagement has not been set, but it
will be within the next few weeks.
The Lions Club has been discussing -
the proposed bond issue for road im¬
provement and wishes to lend its in¬
fluence to the carrying through of
that plan which seems the most prac¬
tical and wisest for the state.
“Flu” Is Reported
Prevalent In State
The daily newspapers report the
prevalence of influenza in many sec¬
tions of the state. The disease ap¬
pears to be of a mild form and no
deaths have been reported. The great
danger of “flu” arises from exposure
before one realizes that the disease
has been contracted. For this rea¬
son it is well for the general public
to know that the disease is prevalent
so that ordinary precautionary mea¬
sures may be taken. So far there is
no reason for expecting an epidemic
of the proportions or seriousness that
visited this state several years ago.
Paving Contract Is
Almost Completed
The Davis Construction Co., the
concern which has the contract for
paving a five-mile stretch of the Dix¬
ie Highway extending from the north¬
ern limits of Camilla to the Flint and
Newton public road, is expecting to
finish up this work next week, weath¬
er permitting. Monday morning the
contractors still had a little more than
a mile to pave and under favorable
conditions this work should be com¬
pleted by some time next week. The
completion of this stretch of paving
will give Mitchell county an unbroken
stretch of twenty miles of concrete
paving on this important road.
just completing a contract to set out
an additional 127 acres in pecans.
This place is being developed as an
investment by this firm of road pav¬
ing contractors and no part of this
property is likely to be placed on the
market.
Highway Hearing
In Atlanta Today
A delegation of South Georgia eiti
zens headed by the County Commis¬
sioners of Mitchell county and includ¬
ing officials and citizens from Camilla,
Baconton, Pelham, Meigs, Albany and
Thomasville, are in Atlanta today for
the purpose of appearing before the
State Highway Commission to urge
the early completion of the paving on
the Dixie Highway in Mitchell county.
Only about nine miles remains to be
paved which will connect up the pav¬
ing of this county with Dougherty
county on the north and the comple¬
tion of this work at the earliest pos¬
sible moment is greatly desired. The
Highway Department is under con¬
tract to finish this stretch of road
within three years, but it is hoped to
have it completed within the next six
months if possible.
FERTILIZER RUSH
IS EXPECTED HERE
LOCAL DEALERS WILL DOUBLE
OUTPUT THIS SEASON, AC¬
CORDING TO REPORT.
The present indications are that
there will be a considerable increase
in the demand for fertilizers in this
vicinity this year and it is reported
that local dealers are planning to dou¬
ble their output over last season. The
local mixing plants are already stock¬
ed with materials and will begin op¬
erations within a few days. The lo¬
cal manufacturers are The W. F. Cul¬
lens Fertilizer Co., the Georgia Man¬
ufacturing Co., and the T. A. Acree
Co. In addition to these concerns
which mix their own fertilizers, G. B.
Cochran & Son and Adams & Fleming
will act as agents for well known fer¬
tilizer concerns.
The number of local dealers who
will be bidding for the farmers’ busi¬
ness ought to insure the best possible
service and rock-bottom prices. It
is stated that fertilizer prices will be
about the same as las.t year, that is
the price will range from $25.00 to
$33.00 per ton, depending upon the
grade. These prices are based upon
the cost of materials pui'chased
months ago. The same materials are
considerably higher now and the ten¬
dency of the market is upward.
Last year a large per cent of the
fertilizer business handled here was
for cash and the indications are that
the volume of cash business will in¬
crease this year. The difference be¬
tween cash and credit prices is from
$6.00 to $8.00 per ton, not counting
interest charges, we are informed.
This tax on the man who buys on
time will not be borne except where
the purchaser is unable to make ar¬
rangements to pay cash. Those who
can borrow the money at a reasonable
rate of interest will be able to effect
a considerable saving over the plan
of purchasing on credit. Besides the
accommodations which will be offered
the farmers by local banks, the Geor¬
gia Agricultural Credit Corporation
will make loans to those who apply
for and have loans approved in time
for financing their crops. This agency
put out over $100,000 through a local
bank last year and it is announced
that in all probability a quarter of a
million of dollars will be advanced to
the farmers of the county this year
through the same agency. These
loans are made to members at the rate
of six per cent for the time the money
is used. Each member is required to
become a stockholder in the corpora¬
tion to the amount of ten per cent of
his borrowing. This ten per cent
will be returned to the borrower when
his obligations are paid if he should
desire to withdraw, or may be left on
deposit with the corporation to quali¬
fy him for future loans. The funds
loaned through this agency are secur¬
ed from the federal government and
it is managed entirely in the interest
of the borrower.
Getting back to the fertilizer move¬
ment. Local dealers are expecting
the biggest rush they have experienc¬
ed in a good many years. This will
be due in part to the increased de¬
mand and to the usual habit of pur¬
chasers waiting until they are about
ready for their fertilizers before plac¬
ing their orders. Local dealers are
planning to anticipate the require¬
ments of their customers as far as
possible and will accumulate a large
supply of fertilizers that can be deliv¬
ered on short notice, but these acci -
mulations are usually quickly used
Continued On Last Page.
NUMBER 42.
TO SELL QUOTA OF
MEMORIAL COINS
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN TO BE PUT
ON THIS WEEK. HONORS FOR
YOUNG LADIES.
A clean-up campaign to sell the re¬
mainder of Camilla’s quota of Confed¬
erate Memorial Coins is being plan¬
ned for this week by Judge Ben T.
Burson, local director, and the co-op¬
eration of all local organizations is
being solicited and will likely be re¬
ceived. The quota of coins allotted
to Camilla was about 800. Of this
number something over 200 were sold
in a previous campaign. There re¬
mains yet to be disposed of 570 coins,
if Camilla is to attain the quota as¬
signed, according to Judge Burson.
It is planned to sell the remainder of
the quota in an intensive one-day cam¬
paign and Saturday, January 30th,
will probably be the day selected for
this drive.
The local U. D. C.’s, and all other
women’s clubs are being asked to
sponsor this movement and to lend aid.
The Lions Club will also be asked to
lend its influence to the movement and
every other local organization or
agency is invited to help. It is plan¬
ned to have each organization to se¬
lect one or more sponsors, preferably
young ladies whose pictures will look
good in the rotogravure section of
the Atlanta papers, as photographs
have been requested of each o£ the
young ladies who engage in this work.
The young ladies will sell the coin
certificates, which are redeemable at
the bank in memorial coins. The
young lady selling the largest number
of coins will be given a free trip to
Atlanta, according to Judge Burson,
and will be the guest of the memorial
association at a monster reception
and ball arranged for those who win
this honor in the various communi¬
ties and cities of the state. When it
is considered that this reward is of¬
fered for one day’s intensive effort no
trouble ought to he encountered in
securing a full corps of workers.
An appeal is made to the general
public to respond liberally to this
movement. Practically everyone is
familiar with the gigantic task that
has been undertaken by the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association in
cai'ving a memorial to the soldiers of
the Confederacy in the living granite
of Stone Mountain. The valor of the
Southern soldier and his devotion to
the cause of the Confederacy has *ev
er been equaled in the records of his¬
tory and it is fitting that his descen¬
dants who now undertake to create a
monument commemorating the gray
army and its achievements should plan
it on a magnificent scale. The Stone
Mountain Memorial, when completed,
will be the greatest ever undertakes
by any people to honor the vator of
its soldiers and the movement to ac¬
complish this worthy purpose has at¬
tracted the admiration of the world.
In raising funds to cover the cost of
carving this memorial on Stone Moan
tain, the United States government,
against whom the Southern soldier
fought, has come to the aid of the
Memorial Association and has caused
to be minted several million memorial
silver half-dollars which are to be
sold at a premium of a half-dollar
each. These coins have the same
monitary value as any other half
dollar, but are intended as keep-sakes
to be treasured by the holder because
of what they represent.
The young ladies who sell the coins
will issue a certificate which will he
honored at the local bank upon which
it is drawn for the number of coins
called for. The coins are $1.0# each
and all of the fifty cents premium
goes to the memorial fund. Every
Southern man and woman should pos¬
sess one of these coins and those who
are able to do so should buy more as
gifts to relatives, friends or to be
kept for their descendants. The
cause is worthy of a prompt, liberal
matter to dispose of our quota k» a
response and it ought to be an easy
one-day canvass. It will be everlast¬
ingly to our credit if we come up
promptly with our share in this un¬
dertaking.
The Men’s Bible Class of the Bap¬
tist Sunday School held a social meet¬
ing at the class room on last Thurs¬
day evening which was thoroughly
enjoyed by those attending. In adl
dition to a very interesting program
of speeches and music, a delightful
supper wa3 served by a committee of
members assisted by their wives.