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TO CONTEST IS TALK OF DECATUR COUNTY
UN THE FORD FIVE PASSEMGER TOURING CAR-IT’S FREE
'HE FOST-8EARCH LIGHT
IjME. 1. NO. 43.
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JANUARY 20. 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
IB ItETINS
IE
IILLJITENDED
for Combating Boll
Weevil Made by Promi-
ent Farmers Who At-
Jnded Meeting. Execu
te Committee Appoin-
e meeting of farmers and
iess men called tor last Sat-
y at the court house was
attended by prominent far-
and business men of this
ty. Several talks were
e by prominent men and it
agreed that some steps
Id be taken to combat the
ican pest.
n executive committee of
nty was appointed to take
ler advisement different plans
jgested to provide markets for
produce th.*n cotton. This
mitte consists of Dr. J. D.
son, Chairman; E. J. Perry,
, Carter, J, A. McIntosh, J.
Calls han, C. S. Hodges, T,
hint? ler, Paul Trulock, P. S.
mings, J. C. McCaskill, L.
J. A. B. Sykes, W. E. Smiih,
Dickinson, J. W. Napier,
:. Benton, Dr. Thos. Chason,
. Bush, J. B. Wight and W.
Roddenberry, of Cairo,
ohn W. Greer, of Moultrie,
e father of the packing plant
south Georgia, made a talk
d ad\ ocated the erection of a
eking plant in Bainbridge as a
lution of the cotton problem.
talk was interesting and the
mniittee appointed will take
der advisement the plans sub-
itted by him.
A meeting of the committee
pointed at the meeting last
turday will be held Thursday
n. 27, Dr. Chason chairman,
ill notify every member. A
11 attendance is expected as
e future of the county is in
heir hands to a great extent.
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DVEH Bill COURT
Moultrite, Ga., Jan 19th.—
The Colquitt county superior
court convemed here Monday
morning with Judge Cox pre
siding, in the place of Judge
Thomas the regular official of
of this court. This session is
likely to be a busy session ex
tending over two or more weeks.
Local Parties Will Buy
Peanuts and Grind Them
Provided One Thous
and Ton Can be Secured
in This and Adjoining
Counties.
Phone 242 the Star Grocery Co.
or fresh vegtables, fruits and
Toceries they will deliver them
uick. I
Farmers who are wondering
what to grow next year in place
of cotton have had the question
answered fbr them by a promi
nent local party who represents
one of the largest interests in
the state. This party states that
he will finance a peanut oil mill
for Bainbridge provided he can
be assured that enough peanuts
will be raised to keep the mill
busy.
It will be necessary for the
farmers to raise 1,000 tons of the
“goobers” to make it worth
while to build a plant. This is
'the minimum supply a plant
could be run on.
I As there is no way to estima-
| te the price of peanuts next fall,
| it is impossible for the proposed
j mill to set a price just now. But
the market price then will pre
vail. At present the nuts are
bringing 3 cents a pound at sev
eral mills in Alabama.
The local Board of Trade will
be glad to put any farmer who
wants to raise peanuts as a mon
ey crop, in touch with the proper
parties.
MANY SETTLE UP PAST AC
COUNTS WITH ASSOCIATION
FIRST LIST OF NOMINEES
ENTERED IN AUTO CONTEST
SEHD III YOUR NAME IF YOU WANT AN AUTOMOBILE FREE.
Handsome Prizes Offered by The Post-Search Light
Brings Forth Big List of Entries—$10 in Gold Goes
on Saturday, Jan. 29th. Win It! It is Not Too
Late to Enter This Contest.
When The Post-Search Light asked for a list of nominees, and
invited the folks to send in their names (or the names of friends)
to compete for the Ford, 5 Passenger Auto and other prizes, we
expected that a few names would reach this office, but didn’t ex
pect a flood—but the big list announced in this issue shows that
the people of this section recognize a proposition of real merit as it
passes by. Now we will see who the real hustlers of this section
really ARE.
ALL CLASSES REPRESENTED
A Ford, 5 Passenger Auto costs $475, and $475 for 6 to 8 weeks
work is PAYING YOU about $60 to $80 a week for your time,
The proposition is BIG ENOUGH TO COMMAND THE SERIOUS
ATTENTION OF ANY PERSON IN THIS SECTION, no matter
of what consequence that person may be for there are very few of
us earning $60 to $80 the week. Consequently the list of nominees
embraces all classes of people. And the best worker will WIN.
FOR II dUll LIRE
The hull of the steamer, John
W. Callahan, Jr., was launched
Friday of last week at Apalachi
cola. The new steamer will be
rushed to completion and will be
ready for tervice within a few
weeks at the most. This latest
addition to the Callahan Line is
an up-to-date steamer in every
respect and one that will prove
a valuable addition to the Calla
han Line.
CMTE FACTORY
f
THE PRIZE LIST
A Ford Five Passenger Automobile
A $400 French Piano
A $100 Business College Scholarship
$25 in Cash Prizes
A Cash Commission to all Non-Prize Winners
Merchants will Meet Tonight and ListCredit Custom
ers. Three Standards will be Used.
This is the last day for settling
up past due accounts with mem-
uers of the Retail Merchants As
sociation so as to clean up the
late and be rated as "good
credit. ”• Many have already
akenRthe opportunity to settle
accounts or make arrangements
bout paying them with the mer-
hants.
Tonight the twenty-seven mer
chants who compose the Retail
Merchants Association will meet
in the council chamber at seven
u’clock. Eveiy one will have his
list of credit customers and will
turn them over to the credit man
ager of the association.
Credit customers will be rated
ccording to the way they pay
their bills. The three standards
will he "poed pay,” “slow pay”
nd “bad risk. : ’ < >nes rating will j
figured from the several re
ports handed in by the different
merchants with whom one deals.
The merchants will not only
list the bad customers but also
the good customers. This will
enable any member to ascertain
immediately the rating of anyone
who should apply to him for
credit.
The Retail Merchants Associ
ation is a co-operative organiz
ation which seeks to improve
business conditions in Bainbridge.
The good customer will profit and
the bad customer will find his
chance to "sting” merchants
eliminated.
It is expected that every mem
ber of the association will attend
the meeting tonight at the city
hall. Chairman Get). Fields is
anxious for every member to be
present. The meeting will be
called to order promptly at 7
o’clock.
WHY THE POST-SEARCH LIGHT PUT THIS CONTEST ON
The above prizes will be won by SOME ONE. WHY NOT
YOU?
The Post-Search light is conducting this contest for two rea
sons: First, this newspaper has several hundred dollars due it on
subscription accounts and wishes to collect this money in. Also,
The Post-Search Light feels that there are several hundred possi
ble subscribers in our field that can be secured who are NOT tak
ing the paper. The Post-Search Light offers this magnificent list
of prizes, and ANYBODY may compete for them- There are no
charges to enter; everything is free; and if you DON’T WIN,
under the rules, The Post-Search Light pays a CASH COMMIS
SION on business secured for this paper. ALL GET SOME
THING. THE REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS CHARGED,
and there is no increase in the price of the paper to either old or
new subscribers, hence the prizes given doesn’t cost our readers
one penny additional s) far as the subscription rate of The Post-
Search Light is concerned. TURN TO THE LAST PAGE and
read the full details ot the plan.
GET BUSY AT THE START
This 5 Passenger Ford Auto, or $400 Prench Piano, or $100
Scholarship will be won by candidates who get busy AT THE
START ot the contest. You want to go to work at the start,
WHEN IT IS EASY TO GET SUBSCRIPTIONS. A hustler of
average ability who will start in now and see friends and ask them
to subscribe or renew to The Post-Search Light, can get at least
$10 to $20 or more a day in on subscriptions. This would mean
36,000 to 72,000 votes a day,. Also it would mean a couple of dol
lars a day IN COMMISSIONS ALONE, IF ONE DIDN’T WIN
ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CONTEST.
ON JILL TIE
Elberta Crate Factory Big
Addition To Manufactur
ing Industries Of Bain
bridge And The County
Full .Force Working On
Big Rush Orders
The Elberta Crate Factory
is operating now on full
time with a full force of hands.
Orders for baskets and crates
are pouring in from all sections
of this and adjoining states.
President Simmons and manager
King of the plant are working
over time suppling ths orders
coming in tor spring delivery.
The Elberta Crate Factory with
it’s pay roll of $3,000 a week is
one ot the largest manufactur
ing industries in Bainbridge.
Employment to 250 people is
given by this enterprise. It is
well worth anyone’s time to visit
the plant and watch the hands
at work. The officials are always
glad to welcome visitors.
GroIIman-Kaufman
Mr. and* Mis. Grollmari ari-
ounce the engagement of their
daughter, Blanch, to J)r. Samuel
Kaufman.
Miss Grollman is a popular
young lady of this city. Dr.
Kaufman is a dental surgeon in
the employ of Uncle Sam. t
STATE SANK PIG
CLUB IS POPULAR
01IER TRECOUNTlf
President E. J. Perry Be
ing Swamped With Let
ters From Boys Who
Want to Enlist in Pig
Club. Pittman Will Sup
ervise Work.
The announcement published
in last weeks Post-Searchlight
that the Bainbridge State Bank
would finance a registeied Duroc-
Jersey pig club for Decatur
county has met with public ap
proval. President Perry ot the
bank has been besieged with re
quests from boys who want to
enlist in the club.
The bank has asked the local
Board of Trade and farm demon
stration agent Pittman to orga
nize the club, select the twenty-
five boys who will compose the
first club, and supervise the
work of the organization. The
pigs that will be furnished will
be registered stock immuned
fiom cholera.
The bank has agreed to “foot
the hills” for the purchase of the
stock for the boys. The actual
purchasing will be left with Mr.
Pittman. He wiil also select the
twenty-five boys who will be en
rolled as the neucleus of the club.
Every boy who joins the club
and gets a pig must raise it ac
cording to the rules of the state
pig club. Reports must be made
from time to time and the pig
must be shown at the Tri-State
fair here next fall.
The boys will be expected to
return two pigs from the first
litter at the end of the year. If
they comply with the regulations
of the club, the sow and all the
other pigs will become their
property. The two pigs they
return to the club • will -then he
given to two other boys who will
raise them under the same regu
lations. From;
^ year tlu^.
plan will be followed until every
deserving boy in the county >S:
given a registered pig.
Full particulate can be ob
tained from the bank, the local
Board of Trade, or Mr. Pittman.
HOLLAR DINNER PLAN
NED AS A BIG FEATURE
Win $10 in Gold Saturday, Jan. 29th.
The Post-Search Light will make a present of $10 in
Gold to the candidate in the contest that turns in THE
MOST CASH SUBSCRIPTION BUSINESS up to Saturday,
January 29th, at 2 p. m. WIN THIS FIRST SPECIAL
CASH PRIZE and SHOW YOUR FRIENDS that you possess
WINNING ABILITY.
WRITE, PHONE, OR CALL
If there is ANYTHING that any candidate, or any person in
terested in this offer of a FORD AUTO FREE, does not fully un
derstand about this contest, we urge that person to write to The
Contest Manager, Lock Box 314, or phone to him at The Post-
Search Light, (phone number 239) or COME IN AND SEE US.
We will have our Contest Manager fully explain anything not un
derstood, help you lay out a plan for your campaign, and give you
any advice that he can give. If YOUR name is entered in this con
test, and you are NOT interested, let us know it, and we will send
postage for the return of the receipt book sent to you.
BOUGHT OF LOCAL PEOPLE
The Ford Auto was purchased ot the Bainbridge Motor Co.,
and is on display at their ware rooms. Including freight, this car
Advance Sale of Tickets Indicates Full Attendance at
Big Get-Together-Meetmg.
Continued on Page Fonr
The Dollar Dftiner to be held
Friday night at the Hotel Calla
han for members of the Board of
Trade and allied organizations
bids fair to be a success from
every standpoint. Chairman Ger.
Fields of the committee reports
that quite a number of tickets
have been engaged and that he
expects a large number of people
to be present.
The announcement that this
Dollar Dinner or banquet is being
held for the members and their
wives and sweethearts has met
with the approval of all. Many
have secured tickets for them
selves and their “best girl.”
Friday morning is the latest
the tickets can be gotten. This
will enable manager Brantley of
the hotel to know how many he
will have to prepare for. And the
manager of the hotel has promis
ed a spread fit for the gods.
An attractive program will fc
rendered during the dinner and
good time is guaranteedj fc
everyone that attends. Plans fc
the good of Bainbridge durinj
the next twelve months will b
discussed at this meeting of th
booster organizations.
Tickets can be secured fron
chairman Geo. Fields, E.Blumen
stein or J. D. Gray, members o]
the committee in charge of th<
committee in charge of the dim
ner.
GLMYERS REPORT
The official government report
shows 13,823 bales of cotton
ginned in Decatur county up to
1915. This is a shortage over
the crop of last year of 5462
bales. In this report round bales
are counted as one half.