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THE
POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Published Every Thursday
Bainbridge, Georgia.
E. H. GRIFFIN
Editor and Proprietor
Entered at the PoHtofflce in Buin-
bridge, Ga., as second class mail
matter under Act of Congress
March INth, 1H97.
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OFFICIAL OHO A N OF TUB CITV
OF HAiVhKIIKIK ANO DKCATllR
COUNTY. , ,
Telephone No. 239
An old superstition sets out
that it is unlucky to plant cedar
trees in a yard. In our early
days we learned that it was un
lucky tor a boy when a gall-berry
bush was anywhere about.
If we can just get by until
blackberry season everything
will be pretty. This old black
berry proposition is very consol
ing to the country editor in this
section.
Are you in the Decatur Boos
ter Edition? If not you want to
figure for space right now.
The Valdosta Times says that
city needs a new city prison
Why don’t that bunch behave
themselves and this necessity
would be removed.
Now if we can just get Emmet
Shaw in the race for Congress
we will have some pair if he will
hook up with “JET”.
The County Unit plan does not
prevail in the coming state cam
paign and every vote will count,
Watch the boys hustle for every
vote they can get.
Bring along that subscription.
It will help along a good cause.
Don’t pester your neighbor this
year borrowing his paper.
Is there anything more delight
ful than to read of an automobile
turning over on one of Collier’s
collectors? Saw where one re
cently .got treated thus gently.
Let the state committee, meet
endorse Wilson, name the state
primary date, resolute a little
and then go home. That is all
that is necessary to do.
Hen-pecked Henry was played
here on the stage Friday night
tor the edification of the public.
He is privately staged though
every day in the week in Bain
bridge and may the Lord have
mercy on him as we know him.
The short dresses will be short
er this spring than ever says
Dame Fashion. Well cut ’em off
and see if we care. The ladies
have more in the dress than we
have and they must think the
men are from Missouri, to be
shown.
The man that kicks on the
price of a paper for one dollar
per year and will pay $1 for a
pint of biind tiger liquor is the
kind of a citizen that objects to
churches having revivals with
out their especial permission.
Donalsonville is lining out
things early for their Fair this
Fall. They go on the wise prin
ciple of preparedness In the west
side city and will be in fine shape
for their fair by the time it is to
come ofi. They will have the ad
vantage this year of more ex
perience.
If Nat Harris is not playing
politics, very small politics too,
in the Stripling case we know
nothing about the game. Well
he needs something to stand on
and this on and this will do
about as much good as anything.
The County Unit School Sys
tem, that will be voted on by the
people at the primary in March
seems to be lagging in interest
because of lack of information
on the subject. This paper in
vited discussion on it but only
one man has signified any inten
tion to discuss it.
Let The Committe Do It.
The hue and cry that seems to
be going over the state as to
what to do about sending dele
gates to the National Convention
is about as useless as can be.
This year at least, while it would
be a bad precedent ordinarily
but it would economy for the
state committee just to elect the
delegates und send them to the
Convention pledged to Wilson.
There is no question, or not even
a shadow of doubt that Georgia
will endorse the present admin
istration. No democrat in the
state will oppose Mr, Wilson
and why is it necessary to go to
all the expense to hold a conven
tion to instruct folks that are al
ready instructed in their minds
and hearts. This state and every
democrat i n it is for Wi Ison. We
dont know of any man that
doubts it.
Now friends, if it is something
new and classy in woman’s wear
you don’t have to see it in the
pictures but just stand on the
streets and in a few minutes you
will see some Bainbridge lady
come down the street with it on.
Man, they know how to put on
and wear those glad rags in this
here town.
A girl came down the street
a few days ago with about a
Lynching Will Occur.
Much is being said and nothing
being done about the so-called
mob law that prevails in Georgia.
It is deplorable but there is no
need of our papers playing hypo
crites over the matter for they
well know that they do not re
gret to see any man lynched for
rape and there is not any U3e of
throwing any fits about it. They
dont fool any one by their frantic
holy-horror attitude. We are
law abiding, we want to be law
abiding but we are human first
and when a woman is worse than
lynched we are sorry to hear of
it but dissapointed sadly if the
brute that did the deed is not
swung to the first tree they get
him to after he is identified by
the woman and they are sure
they have the right man, Ater
a woman has suffered this horri
ble experience it is nothing but
common humanity to relieve her
of having to go into a court
house and go through a second
raping in the presence of a bunch
of gaping curiosity seekers, tell
the awful story and be questioned
by lawyers about the terrible oc
currence. Our papers rant and
rave about the majesty of the
law being trampled under feet
when every man in that commun
ity knows that the editor that
wrote the article would join his
neighbors in a. man hunt in a
moment when some of the la-
WITH THE EXCHANGES
number nme shoe nailed to the, djeg of that city or community
end of her and some guy said | has been treated thus> It is all
she had on common sense shoes. t0 t t0 make left handed
It was common sense not to try | apoligies to the outside world for
and put that nine foot in a four
shoe after all.
The weekly papers all over the
state will soon have to raise
their subscription price if the
paper situation does not loosen j never been any color line in
a matter that bears on a certain
community alone. We deplore
lynching, but not near as much
as we loathe the thought of a
good woman being murdered in
this manner. There is and has
up. In many sections this has
already been done. This paper
lynching a man for the raping
of a woman and there never will
continue to advance.
Editor Fleming, of Blakely
seems to have lost out in his race
for Post-master. The Early coun
ty editor has done some yeoman
service for his party but at usual
ithasnot been appreciated.
A bigger, better business in
Bainbridge makes not only an
alliterative but a very atttactive
slogan tor the live ones. That is
what our Special Trade Edition
means.
Bainbridge needs that white-
way from depot to depot. Had
you thought of it Mr. City
Father? It will be worth some
thing to the town and com
munity.
Jet Bowden is running for
Congress. Well there is no law
keep Jet out of the game and he
may get a few votes. Strange
things happen at times to every
body.
If you like the Post-Search
Light and any of the handsome
ladies that are contesting for the
Auto, kill two birds with one
stone. Get a good paper and at
the same time show the lady
consideration.
Henry Fullbright says that
Marion Jackson lied pure and
simple. Well that settles it for
Fullbright is in the habit of tell
ing the truth. His life has been
one of truth, sincerity and
honesty and if Henry says that
JacKson lied, why Jackson lied
that is all there is to it. Folks
all said that Marion Jackson
would hit the wrong man after
awhile and he ”sho did done it”
this time.
The exceedingly warm weather
last week was very suggestive of
black-berries, water melons,
white dresses with blue ribbon
sashes, and other joys of the
good old summer time. How the
ice man did smile in unholy glee
when the thermometer hopped
up about 40 degrees last Friday.
Brunswick is to have a double
hangnig shortly. The Judge
sentenced one and later on he
had another one, so he fixed the
dates on the same day. Nothing
like having company is there?
However this is a case where
said guy can’t choose his own
associate.
The stock business has receiv-
considerable boost around Donal
sonville lately. A number of the
citizens around here have been
getting in new blood. Mr. P. S.
Cummings has just returned
from Kentucky with a prize
winning bull that brought $1500
on the market. This splendid
animal will be bred locally and
great results will be looked for.
The strangest thing that we
have ever come in contact with
is that men will do all kinds of
acrobatic stunts to keep from
paying a little newspaper sub
scription bill when they would
not live in a commuity so non
progressive that there would not
be one published therein. We
have Tmade a sincere effort to
collect our past due subscrip
tions and in so doing we have
found some of the most wonder
ful performers that we have
ever known.
has tried to keep from it a long - be. Papers can preach all they
time but will have to soon join wa nt to but when a woman is
those that have done so, if prices raped in this country by a man
be he white, black, yellow or
green he will dangle at the end
The more we try to please of a rope and this can no more
some people the more they growl be stopped than can a leopard
In the future we will try to change his spots. These holy-
operate on strict business ideas horror preachments on the sub-
and let the big guy that thinks ject do more harm than good,
he ought to be petted go to the But to lynch a man for any other
dickens. Show that kind of a crime is a terrible thing and all
gink one courtesy and he never men are saddened to hear of it
wants to deal with you any other but few of us ever know the
way. ! local conditions that brought
j about such a deed. While these
local conditions could not warrant
the act they will in a measure
condone it.
The papers that seem desirous
of making fun of the proposed
race of Jim Woodard for Gover
nor would not have very much I
room for their mirth if four or j In this issue we publish a four
five of the same school get in single page advertising contract
the race. Old Jim runs like a for the Busy .Corner. This be-
tornado N a broken field and has mg the second time that this
a bunch of fellows all around paper has handled a four page
that state that would vote for advertisement for a local firm in
him. Old Jim and his unques-[this section. Quite a stunt that
tioned honesty would make a will bring its good results,
dangerous campaign slogan with
The Athens Banner tells of
batchelors organizing ‘ ‘so as to
be ready for the leap year pro
posals.’.' The chances are that
any girl who proposes will get
stung, because the fellows who
have not sufficient backbone to
do the proposing wouldn’t be
worth a cuss as husbands—South
Georgia Progress. What do you
suppose, Brother Ames, a girl
who would propose would be
worth?—Cuthbert Leader. Why
you crazy loon she would be
worth her weight in gold. They
don’t have to come right out
and propose in words, they
“kinder sinuate 'em” and the
job is complete. Gwan and learn
something about ‘ ‘wimmen folk. ”
The tin medal for the'stingiest
man goes to an Ohio farmer,
provided his wife told the truth,
who is suing for divorce. Al
though well-to-do, she alleges
that he wouldn’t let her sweep,
to save wear of the broom.—
Gazette. That’s stingy some,
but that fellow is in the amen
corner compared to the man who
weekly, walk out a quarters
worth of shoe soles going to his
neighbor's house to borrow the
home paper, rather than sub
scribe for it himself. He is the
king of kings among the stingiest
of the stingiest. —Richland News.
How about the guy that stands
on the corner and criticises his
home paper and never spends
one dollar with it in a ten-year
scope. Have you any of those
hyphenated jackasses friend? If
not you have missed the joys of
journalism.
Between the “most beautiful
man,” who is giving dancing
lessons in Atlanta, “an ex-bandit
who is running a revival meet
ing there, the Atlanta papers are
making fools of themselves, as
well as of many of their readers.
Valdosta Times. Oh no bub,
that Atlanta bunch became fools
by natural process and evolution.
These ginks being in the city
aided a little but the work had
been done long before Ex-con
vict Jenning and the He-skirt
dancer appeared on the scene.
There are lots of things that
ought to be invented for y
stance: A rooster that won't
crow at four o’clock in the mom
ing, a wife ’that won’t wakj
when hubby returns home late
Awoman’s hat that will be stylish
in all seasons. A device for tell-
ing a man when he has had
enough to drink. A husband wh tt
will dance with his wife in pt*
ference to another woman.-'
Macon News. Yep, all these
would be good, but why not a
man that will shut the door
when he comes in out of the
cold? Or a woman that will keep
her snout away from hubby’s
bread basket sniffing around
when he comes in late of nights,'
Certain business concerns of
Thomasville are in the habit W
sending their job work out of
town, while at the same time
they pose as earnest advocates
of the “buy at home” proposition.
Consistency, thou art a jewel.-
Thomasville Press. Oyez, you
have some of these tool see.
These guys are also very earnest
in their desire to see you adva-
cate the elimination of the mail
order business and the “trade at
home feature.” A. swift kick in
the wind pipe is the only re-
medy we can suggest for one of
them.
Gregoris Carcutti, sword-
swal lower, has offered his ser
vices to the United States
Marine Corps in the event of
this country being plunged iuto
a foreign war. Might be a good
idea to put him in the front
rank.—Thomasville Press. Sort
of an ‘‘eat ‘em while they are
hot proposition.
Talk about lightening the
housewife’s work — how’s the
new invention of a flat iron with
a headlight attachment?—Athens
Banner. Man what are you
about? A flat iron is heavy
enough now for their ordinary
use. Do you want a fellow hit
in the head with a pile driver
when he comes in late?
a bunch of candidates in the
field. Jim has decision, another
thing we need that we have not
had in that job recently.
The Way cross Treasurer has
“Absquatulated” with about
eleven thonsand dollars of the
peoples money. That is what
° | a town gets for hoarding up
The Post-Search Light wants money any such way as that,
every man in the county on its If they would put that money
subscription list and we suggest
that every citizen that wants
it to subscribe now as the rapid
and steady advance in the price
of paper will make it almost
imperative to raise the subscrip
tion price if it continues that
in civic improvements they
would not tempt a poor down
trodden city official in any such
way.
Editor Eerger of the Thomas
ville Times-Enterprise married
wav much longer. Material is j Saturday and left on his honey
getting to be more of an item
than it has been in the past. We
are operating under an era of
unsteady price of commodies.
Three Valdosta sports went
to Quitman recently to attend a
dance and were charged three
dollars for a room to dress in.
To put on their gegalia as it
were and show “them Quitman
ginks’’ how a Valdosta sport
looks on full dress parade and
now they howl that they have
been the victims of a hold-up.
Wonder if one of these guys was
in Quitman to see the hotel
clerk’s girl. If so, no deep
mystery attends the three dollar
end of the stunt
moon carrying with him the best
wishes of all his friends, the
state press and everybody that
knows Ed Jerger. Mr. Jerger
married Miss Emily Hatch, a
charming young lady of Thomas
ville. showing his appeciation
for the home product in deed
and truth. The Post-Search
Light wishes for them all the
good things in life, health,
happiness and all prosperity, a
long life and a useful one too.
As a progressive helper Ed
Jerger has been more service
able to Thomas county than any
of the list of editors that has
guided the Times-Enterprise in I
the memory of the writer and he
deserves all the good things. 1
If your will read the advertise
ments as carefully in this paper
as you do the news you will find
that you can very materially re
duce the cost of living. Bear
this in mind and try it out for
your own satisfaction. The mer
chant with the punch in his
price and business is right in the
columns of his county paper.
The Bainbridge State Bank
has installed a machine that bal
ances a fellows account, rings
when he overdraws and almost
speaks to the depositor when he
comes into the bank. It is one
of the latest and most improved
machines that is used in banking
circles and the local institution
was the first concern in this sec
tion to put one in use. It is
worth a visit to the bank to see
the accuracy with which a ma
chine can work and as well the
system that is being installed by
the bank. The layman cant well
explain the technical part of this
machine and make it plain to
the other fellow. The point that
we wish to impress is that Bain
bridge has a live set of bankers
and they get all the most im
proved methods of accuracy, care
attention to your business.
Cotton-Stocks-6 rain
Bought and sold on a com
mission basis; also carried on
conservative-terms. Direct
wires to all markets.
Meabcrr.
Ntw York Colton Excknngc
Oiicafo Hoard ol Trade
C. D. Cates & Company
Jacksonville, Fla. Augusta. Ga.
Fla. Lite Bldg. 104 Jackson St
Heferences: Bradstreets, Florida
National Bank, Jacksonville Fla.
New York eorr<spon4e»t. L F*
Hatton A Or.
There has been some com
plaint in the past about large
land owners not cutting up their
large tracts of land into small
farms and give the small farmer
a chance to buy an establish a
home. It will be seen from an
advertisment in this paper that
the Bainbridge Farm Co., is
cutting up their land into small
tracts and giving long time for
payment so as to enable the
small farmer to buy a home in
stead of renting. In conversa
tion with Judge Bower a few
days ago he told the editor of
this paper that the Farm Com
pany would not only do that but
would sell any colonising com
pany large tracts of the very
best lands on long time pay
ments for colonization purposes.
Giving either the colonizer, or
the small farmer plenty of time
and easy terms, easy enough to
accomplish any development de
sired. The Post-Search Light
takes note of this matter with a
fine feeling for the future of this
section.
Money to Loan
and Farms to Sell
I will assist you in securing
money on your farm land or
city property, 6 per cent, inter
est. I have listed several big
bargains in small farms that
must be sold at a sacrifice in
price on account of past due
mortgages. I shall be pleased
to quote prices and descriptions
and take you out to see these
farms. I am also Special Agent
for the Penn Mutual Life In
surance Company.
J. B. L. BARBER
First National Bank Building
Bainbridge Ga.