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POST-SEARCH LIGHT
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY MAY 4, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
Bridge wants trophy
£N0O DAY ATTENDANCE
t jie DIXIE B. B. LEAGUE
Citv are After Cup to be Offered by
°f/ n Ward of the League. Moultrie Will be
Club to Face Bainbridge Team. Season Opens
Monday May Fifteenth.
first
Here on
to Win
the
ling cuP
I the
“^ofieicdfor the largest
on opening day
pixie League. Moultrie
Monday May
are laying
ttendance 1
here on
t h Local fans .
to have 3,000 paid admis-
at the first game of the
Kanagei'
Lthe boy
Glass of the local club
.§ working out every
at the ball park now.
has a nifty crowd of ball
irl no and already tl
of
I'dow
a mtt.
sers lined up and already the
ibridge club shows signs
a winner. The men trying
[(“for places on the local club
all tried ball players and
[abridge will have a club that
ill bear watching.
In order to make baseball pay
in this city and to win the
ming day trophy it is necces-
that every true fan and
iter be on hand at the opening
THE BIRTH OF
IS, IS. 17
miTO BEITS
TRIIN TIME
LL10 S. F.
Buick Car Covers Distance
Between Cities in 10
Hours, 47 Minutes. Cuts
Mark 1 Hr, and 23 Min.
1ETHEE PLRNS
Farmers Association Will
Hold all Day Session.
Lewis, Perry, and Mel
ton the Speakers.
SPECIAL EDITION OF POST
SEARCHLIGHT INTERESTS
FARMER NEW YORK STATE
Man “Interested in Decatur County” Writes Local
Board of Trade Asking Information About This
Section. 'Booster Edition of Post Searchlight Attract
ed His Attention to Southwest Georgia.
Ten hours and forty seven mi
nutes.
This tells the story of how much
closer Los Angeles has been
brought to San Francisco by the
modern motor car and how, for
the second time within a year,
gasoline has triumphed over the
steam by besting the time of the
Callahan Theatre W i 111‘ Lark”, the crack Southern Pa-
Show Feature Picture of cific train between the twocities-
Reconstruction Days. To a 1916 Buick six-cylinder
Three Nights and Two tourin £ car 8° the ,aurels
„ . for setting the fastest pace which
a mees. a man has ever traveled on this
intercity run, for in setting this
mark the Buick cut 1 hour and
23 minutes from the automobile
record established last June, and
reached here some three hours a-
head of the “Lark’s” scheduled
running time.
In this remarkable run the Buick
covered 457 miles at an average
Manager W. J. Brackin of the
Callahan Theatre announced the
Birth of A Nation for three days
in Bainbridge May 15, 16, 17.
Three night shows and two
afternoon performances will be
given here of this wonderful
feature picture.
The Monday matinee has been
, . i speed of 43.6 miles an hour and
* *" d “ ^ . Tf .T .r 1 despite this fast dip for ton hours
handpve them their suptwrt | that,, will not confl.ct w.th tta| h .. hummtag
| r the season. Bainbridge has a opening of the baseball season!
^ to make good in pro-
iional circles and it’s up to w ill accompany this picture here,
Boosters of this city to help The Birth of A Nation will be
brought here in exact reproduc
tion of the greatest attraction
which is now in New York where
it has broken every record of the
ecity along.
I The ball park has been put in-
l excellent shape and fast ball
be expected there. New
indstands and bleechers will
Je erected before the opening of
pe season so that the fans can
ecomfortable during the games.
Ilie diamond has been scraped
Jnd put in first class order and
■verything is ready for the open-
pg of the^eason here.
| The proposed schedule as mail-
iout by president Ward calls
lor Bainbridge to play her first
fix games on the home lot. Moul-
rie comes for May 15, 16, 17
«d Eufaula for May 18, 19, 20.
as per-
, . , . i fectly as at the start and was’nt
here. The thirty piece orchestra; , , ... .
** in stopped once for tire change.
Certainly a tribute to the devel-
opement of automobile engineer
ing principles.
START FROM SOUTH
The start was made from Los
American stage. These achieve- j Angeles on Monday night at 8 o’
clock with Joe Nikrent at the
wheel and with Fred Nikrent and
George Daniels as passengers.
Joe Nikrent drove the car to
Fresno, 225 miles, without leav
ing the wheel in G hours and 5
minutes. At Fresno, Earl Jackson
joihed the party and acted as pil
ments alone have aroused more
comment upon the subject ot this
great story than was ever devot
ed to a theatrical enterprise be
fore.
The merest statement regard
ing “The Birth of A Nation”
leaps to superlatives because
there is no other form in which j ot into San Francisco, arriving at
it can be written. Simple facts Guerrero and Market^., the of-
in relationship to its develop
ments sound extravagant until
you have seen the production
ie fans will have a chance to and rea lized a tithe its sweep
it a line on the home club the | ant i power. It covers the es-
tweek of the season.
I Two practice games with the
sential details of American his
tory ranging through three
luiticy ball club have been ar- centuries. Actual battles are
l*iil have
by Manager Scarborough
the Florida club. The first
®e will be played in Quincy
May 10 and the second here
® 12. The Quincy crowd ex-
t to give the locals a tussle
The game and those here who
1Ve seen Quincy play the nation-
Pastime know that they can
we good their threat.
"hile Bainbridge expects to
ld a wod ball club, still the
ler fi' e clubs in the league
teams just as strong
, ... season of sixty games
"til be close and exciting. Good
L ? baseball can be expected
E, I fans - Professional base-
eliminates many of the ob-
^onable features of amateur
Jiff5 rect ° rs ° f the iocai dub
S r ‘ n 8 automobile parking
a ; the park for a
°*ner^n!?ii f‘ gure - Automobile
cate with 1 o 0 .Y e l 1 t0 communi-
s4 , h c S ' H ' Uramtley and
parkinrr ese r v ations. Checks for
•“ed and ? r l vi eges wid be is '
thei r "JJi a at° owners will have
P;aee s reserved for them
lerverl Fu ’ st come first
Posin'!,' ■ 1 ' 1 lje the motto in dis*
Am r , 3 parkin 2 Places.
4 tr-, tue m ? n manager Glass
teekVv-'- j 'd w ‘ tb bis club are
Bell «i.; ' “°wman, Blackwell,
Birrarri- 1 VT' 1, ^armedy, Cordell,
Class^'.'^theiders McGregor,
t lv «s Clark 6 « Sandlfer * Abt,
fcrow Harrow; Catchers
Class p"? d Clwk; Pitchers
shown with tens of thousands
of soldiers in the conflict, 18,000
people participated in the telling
of the story. Three thousand
horses were used to give the
cavalry and other thrilling effects
of the wild dashes over miles of
territory. Cities were built up
only to be destroyed by fire.
The total oo3t of the entire pro
duction was in the neighborhood
of $500,000.
Five hundred costumers and
seamstresses worked for three
months to make the costumes
worn by the people. 10,000 yards
of cloth were worked into the
costumes worn by the women
while 25,000 yards of white
fnuslin were used up in regalia
of the Ku Klux Klansmen. And
yet with all this a simple, human
story of love and romance weaves
through the vast spread of the
action and grips the hearts of
ficial end of the intercity record
run, at 6;47 yesterday morning.
Jackson’s time for the 222 mil
es he drove was 4 hours and 42
minutes. He could doubtless have
cut this time close to 30 minutes
had he cared to take chances
from Redwood City into San
Francisco.
At Redwood City Jackson had
the Buick bowling along at about
60 miles an hour when he sudden
ly observed the dangerous kink
in the state Highway which has
been causing motorists much an
noyance. He pulled on his brake
suddenly and must have snapped
the brakelrods, for the car kept
moving rapidly and hit the gully
at about 50 miles an hour, nearly
throwing the two men in the ton
neau out of the Jcar. From then
on Jackson cut down his pace ma
terially. He knew that he had
the record and he took no chance
of running into anything that
might cross his path along the
road. As a result, he pulled up to
the finishing point more like the
driver of an ordinary touring car
than a record breaker.
REGULAR STOCK CAR USED
The Buick that was used to do
The Farmers Association of
BetheLdistrict will hold ail all
day session on Friday at the
Bethel school house. Fifty of the
most progressive farmers of De
catur county compose the mem
bership of this organization.
The program for the day in
cludes speeches by experts along
different lines of work of vital
interest to the members. An
open descussion of problems that
face the farmer will also be on
the program!
C. C. Lewis, farm demonstra
tion agent for Decatur county
will deliver an address on
“Scientific Farming and it’s re
lation to the school”. Mr. Lewis
is not only a practical demonstra
tion agent but is a successful
farmer himself.
E. J. Perry’ president of the
Bainbridge , State Bank, and
chairman ot the board of com
missioners of the Board of Trade
will speak on “How to keep the
boy and girl on the Farm”. Mr.
Perry himself only recently in
augurated a plan to provide
cholera immune registered hogs
for members of the pig club. The
pig club, the corn club, and the
Sfirls canning club, are in them
selves vital factors in keeping
the boys and girls on the farm.
Quimby Melton, secretary of
the Bainbridge and Decatur
county Board of Trade will res-
spond to the address of welcome
and will discuss “The Farmer
and His relation to the develop
ment of a city.”
A. J. Dukes is president of the
Bethel Farmers Association, Mr.
Campbell is secretary and Prof.
Johnson is assistant secretary of
the organization. Already the
association has been the means
of starting several matters that
have resulted in great good for
the members.
It is believed that many as
sociations like the Bethel Farmers
Association, will be organized
over the county. A good live or
ganization such as this one would
be a great factor in the develop
ment of Decatur county.
TUESDAY NIGHT
FORBALL CLUB
Boosters Set Date for Big
Minstrel Show. Every
thing is Ready for Cur
tain Tuesday Night
May 9th.
the audience. The narrative is this trip was a regulation
filled with tears and smiles, A sy- stock, the smallest type turned
mphonic score accompanies the j ou t by the Buick factory this
action and lends a potent force! yea r. It was stripped of fenders
to the drama. Seat sales Thurs- a nd the top. But one extra tire
day May 11th. at 9 o’clock. j was carried and this was never
! unstrapped from the rear end of
nr TilPAll/P 'thecar. The car was checked in
Ur I HnNIld at the finish by Fernand0 Nelaon
t • , , '.v 1,-11 t u„ f-jpnriq one ct the best known local mot-
andnefghbomfortheii kindness oring enthusiasts who once held
to me during my illness as a re- j the Los Angeles automobile re
sult of an automobile accident, j cordj and w ho is the honor of
Their kindness will long be re- j
membered. ^ ed O’Donnell. 1 (Continued on last page.)
The big Boosters Minstrel
which was to have been held
this Friday night has been post
poned until next Tuesday night
on account of the big Union Sun
day School picnic which will be
held .on Friday. The boys are
ready for the curtain to ring up
and believe they will give mins
trel lovers a treat when they put
on their show.
Clever jokes and tuneful songs
make the opening interesting
and entertaining. The opening
will compare favorably with the
opening of the road minstrels
that have been here this season.
The specialty acts land after-
piece that make up part two are
screams from start to finish. The
closing number is a skit on Ot-
ficial Washington and is a laugh
producer. John Mitchell, of local
fame is the author of this alter -
piece. "v
Music for the occassion will be
furnished by the Bainbridge
band. Besides the concert before
the performance they will play
during the show. Plenty of snap
and ginger is thereby insured.
Tickets for the big minstrel will
be placed on sale Friday at
several of the drug stores. The
proceeds will be appropriated by
the Boosters to the local baseball
Association. Price 25, 50, 75, and
1.00.
SOMETHING NEW
Everything new is not beauti
ful but this something new anil
beauliful, a real work of art, a
miniature of a Bainbridge lady,
painted on ivory by our artist
Miss Avriett. Don’t fail to see
it on exhibition at her studio at
the residence of Mrs. J. E.
Reynolds. Everybody invited.
Studio always open. Also see
hpr china exhibit in Miss Story’s
window in the Callahan Bolck.
OF
TRACTORS OPENS HERE
The Griner-Stewart Construc
tor Company is the name of a
new contracting and construction b^t'^ato'rlin this section
company that opens up here,
this week.
AN UNIQUE PARTY
To be given by the ladies of
the Go-Foward Class of the
Methodist Church at Mrs. J. I.
Reynold’s residence, next Friday
evening May 12th.
At the porch and lawn party
Miss Avriett will fire her China
Kiln, and exhibit the china in
its various stages of heat, until
it becomes red hot. A sight
everybody should see. All are
invited. The kiln is at its pretti
est only about 15 minutes, which
will be about 9 o’clock. Refresh
ments and band music free. A
silver offering will be taken for
the benefit of the church.
“After reading the Booster
Edition of the Bainbriege Post
Searchlight, I have decided to
write you asking for full parti
culars of Decatur County and
southwest Georgia.” This was
the opening paragraph of a letter
received this week by secretary
Quimby Melton, of the Bain
bridge and Decatur Board of
Trade.
The letter came all the way
from New York State and the
writer |described himself as a
“man with a family anxious to
get out of this snow bound
section and settle down where
conditions are more favorable.”
Descriptive literatue of De
catur county has been sent this
party and every effort to inter
est him in southwest Georgia
will be made by the local boost
er organization. The writer
stated that he had $5,000 ready
cash that he wants to invest
and wants to move next fall.
That the Booster Edition of
the Post-Searchlight found it’s
way to Auburn, New York and
into the hands of a progressive
settler there, only carries out
the claims of the editor that
this edition would be a great
factor in the development of
this section, Thousands of the
copies of the special edition
were scattered broadcast all
throughout the north where
they were placed in the hands
of the farmers most likely to
be interested in our country.
This only one of many in
quiries the Board of Trade has
received as a direct result
of this special edition.
Secretary Melton states that at
least fully fifty parties from the
north and northwest have
written asking particulars of
Decatur county whose interest
can be traced directly to the
booster edition.
The Post-Searchlight is al
ways found fighting for the de
velopment of the county and
this section of the state. We
believe that decatur county has
an unbounded future before
her and that all she needs to
become the banner county of
the state is publicity of the
right sort.
JUDGE HARRELL INVITED
Judge W. M. Harrell of this
city has been invited and has
accepted the kind offer of the
Baker county folks to deliver
the commencement address at
Newton on May 22th.
Judge Harrell is one of the
and
will interest the folks up there
„ . | on this occasion as he has
I nese gentlemen come to Bain- j nterested the people of this and
bridge from Pelham very high-; Qther countjes on sjmilar ^
ly recommended and will be well; casion He delivered a Memoriail
corned to Bainbridge by every- ; address ^ week at Cairo and
body in the city. They are all; the folks were very highly
affable high-toned gentlemen and pleased and entertained on that
will do well here. occasion.
MR. 0. P. HINSON DIES
Mr. Dan Hinson, of Hinson,
Fla., a well known citizen of
that section died last Wednesday
morning at his home in that
place. Mr. Hinson was well
known through here, having
been a man much interested in
the development of this section.
He was a brother-in-law of
Judge T. B. Maxwell of this city,
and well connected all over this
part ot the country. A good
citizen and one that will be mis«-
edlby his people. Ho was buried
Thursday afternoon at Hinson.
Many friends from northwest
Florida and southwest, Georgia
attended the funeral.
Mr. Hinson wa3 one of the
very first merchants of the town
that bears his name and he took
a prominent part in the con
struction work of his native
section.
Mrs. Emmett Cooper of Albany
is spending a few days with her
mother Mrs. John O’Donnell,