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THE POST-SEARCH LIGHT Published Every Thursday at Bainbridge, Georgia. E. H. GRIFFIN Editor and Proprietor Entered at the I’nstofTIcc in Biun- brldge, Oa., as seeon<l class mail matter under Act of Congress March 18th, 1HII7. Subscription Rates ONE YEAH $100 SIX MONTHS 50c Advertising Rates Advertising rate depends on position, number of insertions and other reriuirements, and will be furnished at the business office. OWIOIAI, OKOAK OK THE CITy OK HAINKKIlKiK AND DECATOB COUNTY. Telephone No. 239 How long before black-berries will be ripe? May 1st is on you. Are you fixed? Our advice now to the boys is to drink buttermilk or. branch water. A skin full of cheap whiskey, a cheap gun and a big fool can do more harm in one community than a ton of dynamite. Roosevelt did not run so well in New Jersey. He did not take his new bird down there with him on an exehibtion trip. Theda Bara gives a full descrip tion of the kind of a man she wants. We had an idea that the man she wanted was not made yet. Well we have got enough to last us a few days anyway. Good old corn wont last last long, not near so long as the headache, that awful headache that follows. Candidate Ivakes for the State Treasurer’s job seems to be some what of a live wire and is hand ing out some dope that will make the boys sit up and take notice. — ——<> What is the use of all this talk •about that preparedness. Have'nt. ■we gof Teddy with us yet. We need not fear with him in the ^country. I — o - These very high topped shoes will relive the women of wearing garters if they add another inch to them. Well if they can stand it there is no reason why the men should kick. An Ohio mob attacked a street Carnival in Cleveland. We dont blame them much but we are waiting to read one of the hysterical attacks on the south about an occasional mob. Lilian Russell wishes that she was not beautiful. Now we have a fellow feeling of deeu sym pathy for Lil in that desire. It does get in our way dont it Lil, old gal. The boys that drive their cars on West Street are improving in their speed now and can come mighty near trimming the whisk ers off a stray goat that might blunder onto the race track. Thomas, the Dirty Felder fail ing to get that thousand beans in Savannah for his corruption fund is meeting the first of a series of set-backs that come to the cheap grafter of his type. Marion Jackson’s The Way should be named the Liar since he has gone out of his way to belittle |as good a man as Dr. Hardman. And for no other rea son than the fact that Hardman knows the littleness of Jackson and wont bow to him and his ilk. The Savannah District it going to have a warm old congressional race now since Charlie Edwards refuses to run any more for the job. Overstreet of Screven seems to have the call on the job. Peace, politics, pumpkins and potatoes seem to be the watch word now. If old Hank Fork will furnish the peace, the Decatur county farmers will furnish the politics, pumpkins and potatoes. The two-bit white hose that is fast becoming the leading wear, especially if they have a black dot or two in them will boost the price of cotton in a short while. Keep at it ladies, one fad ought to be beneficial sometimes. The new prohibition law is in force and the boys are wonder ing now where their next supply of juice is coming from when what they have on hand is given the jug-handle twist. Coffee pots will be in great demand in a very few days. Dreamed a few nights ago that there were no more blind tigers, speed fiends or suffragettes on earth. Found out latter that it not intended that such an earth could exist. All of these are modern products of civilization and it is hard to tell which is the most useless or aggravating. The Waterwagon is running under full headway. Now we what to suggest to the reformers that they take a little side-swipe at Uncle Asa’s cinch. The coco cola evil is |very paramount but when a man swats it, he is doomed to private life because of that powerful lobby. A fellow named Flem Dame is editor of the Homerville paper. We dare anyone to say that name three times very fast. Grease up the Ford, trim old Mol’s fetlocks, coal up the engine, or get a good pair of heavy bottomed shoes and hit the trail for Bainbridge on the I5th of May. Everybody is sure to be here as everything is going to be done here that day. Judge Thomas over in the 11th district is going to win that con gressional race from that district and we are ready to bet a sum mer hat on it. No better or truer man is in the state and he is worthy of every honor that he seeks. We always try to spare any one’s feeling when we think they are honestly sorry that they in jure any one in an unexpected manner but we never do this that we dont have occasion to regret by an exehibtion of non appreciation or an example of commercialism on the part of the party whose feelings we are try ing to spare. Bainbridge folks that took in the Grand Opera in Atlanta say that the dagoes did some pretty good warbling this spring sure enough. (“Many went but few understood what they were listening too”. We had one law yer to go and when he found out that an aria could not be eaten or drank he came home. Charlie Edwards quit Con gress because he saw that he starving to death and now some folks are saying that he quite be cause he feared defeat. What unkindness this is. We move that Chatham county and the Frst send Herman Shuptrine up there and let him starve awhile Shup could love that gang up there out. of most anything. The baseball season will open here m a very short while and things will get lively for a few days afterwards. The day that the gambling begins on the games, that day will the fabric and structure begin to crumble. Every time a gink looses two- bits on the home team he be gins to knock. Did you ever see it fail? A glance at the papers over the district last week will show that South, [the Bainbridge photo grapher is some taker of pictures. Any man that can get a fair looking picture of a lawyer is going some and South has done pretty well with several of that stripe here recently. He did pretty- well with a Bainbridge whole sale grocery man too. POLITICS AND BANKING. In the dailies last week appear ed an article with the above cap tion and from Senator Eakes, the candidate tor State Treasurer and in reply to a circular letter that went out from the Treasury Department. This article makes some startling statements that are going to be taken up by the people and looked after. Mr. Eakes shows that there is some very big politics in the Treasury Department and makes plain al most the fact that any bank that was in line with the bunch now in the saddle could have little privileges but if they were not in line they would have to hew right square to the line. Senator Eakes is an experenced banker and shows very conclusively in this article that depositors over the state have been the chief sufferers from the lax methods of enforcing the banking laws used by the treasury de partment. The question is not one of picking a treasurer but of taking care of the uususpecting public who deposit in these banks and the Senator shows in several ways that the public receives the least consideration from these matters. The present Treasurer has gathered about him a cabinet of political advisers, making it al most a point to employ most any man that fights him if he can get him and he has held on this office for more than thirty years by virtue of the activity of this conclave and it is about time to change. Decatur county has not supported this regime in the past several years and will not do so this year. The candidacy of Senator Eakes has been very ma terially advanced by this article of this week, WITI-I THE EXCIIAX^ The Early County News takes a side-wipe at Congressman Park and the Albany Herald in their last week’s issue. Things are be ginning to wake up. The Blakely The people of the Albany cir- Editor got a draw deal and is not cuit have the chance to get a | heatetmg to talk out m meet- splendid Superior court judge ini in /’ Gotol , t , B . ub ’ T ff cl s ° me Bill Harrell of Decatur and they | tif th ® pollt!C!ana that they are beginning to get close to the cant play fast and 00s f ™ tbe idea. Abetter man never offered!' country papers and get by wlth Senator Jim Ham Lewis says that we are going to have another party. We are pleased to learn that and hope that said James Ham, Teddy, Bryan, Watson, Patterson, Eckelberger and Tom Felder will all join it. Tvvould be a most beautiful sight to see these brethren dweling under the same banner. And now comes Governor Harris and disappoinnts thous ands by not naming Joe Hall judge after saying that he was going to do it. Why will that man get balled up on all his ap pointments? Naming some man that was not an applicant to avoid the bad job of settling a dispute is getting several congressmen in dutch as well as the governor of the state. ff Governor Harris did not ap prove of the dirty and contempti ble methods of Atlanta’s prize Jackass Marion Jackson he would say so and let all know that he was disgusted with him. So long as Jackson abuses and villifies good men in this state just that long will his supporting a man mean that man’s slaughter. Jack- son. Felder and Echelberger are all indulging in the business of cut-throating character to boost Harris and every time this gang attacks Hardman either with the Governor’s approval if not bid ing they make Hardman votes. for the job and reports that come from over the circuit indicate that he will not have much op position. Some splendid gentle men have been mentioned for the jobs and this paper finds no fault with either of them. Just our man’s time, that’s all. it easy. Sir Tomas Watson is right in behind the State School Com missioner Brittain and we have a hunch that Thomas will come pretty near making it very un comfortable for that gentleman. There is perfect accord and harmony between Mr. Brittain and the school book magnates. Hence Thomas has begun to Doubt. Can you be very severe on said Thomas for doubting? Dont you? Tom Felder went down to Savannah and tried to gobble some of the funds in a political pot and falling down on it he started a row with the Mayor and the Chief. We knew that Mazuma was the main object of Tommie’s work from the very- beginning and say here and now that unless the Anti-saloon league gets rid of Felder and Echelberger they are going to lose ground, yes even lose cast and respect the people. The West Street Race course is showing some remarkable bursts of speed these nice warm days. The good weather seems to grease up .to the old [cars and they get from tarty to sixty miles an hour down] West with a per fect ease that is x-emarkable. No harm done at all. at all. Only the women on that street that happen to be mothers are verging on nervous break down but that must not interfere with the joy riding ot the half-baked, idiotic speed fiends. The Georgia Republicans have in their “flatform” a plank that requires a county to pay the family of a lynched man ten thousand dollars. That may look very fine but Bub, [is a dirty low down rapist worth that much to his county or his family either. It might not be a bad idea to do something like this and exempt the rapist. Folks may fume and fret, snarl and resolute but when a man rapes a woman in this country he will be strung up in- stanter and there is no use in be ing mpaly-mouthed about it. Law and order is a most priceless thing but no more priceless than a good woman. We never did believe in giving flowers to a black box or to fellow that has cashed in. Did you know that Harris, the local manager of the Telephone com pany and that able bunch of lady assistants that aid and abet him in the telephone work have given this town about the quick est and best service that is ren dered anywhere by any phone company. The operators are kind, gentle voiced and lady-like despite the fact that about half of the folks they serve show very little courtesy. It looks like they might absorb some of.'the boorish ness of their patrons but they have not. There was a guy in this office several days ago from “up ter Atlanta” whoblowed off his face about telephone service and we just decided to give him a touch of it sure enough. He told how quick they did business up there and in just 2 1-4 minutes we had one of the hotels in a neighboring town some distance away in actual conversation with us. The Atlanta guy shut up and moved on. BASTIONING THE CASH Regardless of which direction the State road problem ultimate ly takes there is no gainsaying the fact that its disposition has become far and away the livest issue in the State. Now comes the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight: If the State road is sold and the Legislatures spend the money what will we have then? To The Macon Telegraph. Can you place anv restrictions around that money so that nothing but the 'interest could be spent, in the j event that it did not take it all Jtopaythe bonded indebtedness of the State? The thing is quite simple as the sale advocates have planned it. Any sale of course should be subject to reatification by vote of the people. On the ballot should be printed a condition of sale that the several millions left in the treasury after paying the bonded indebtedness of the State might be spent only for the pur chase of five per cent county or municipal bonds issued in Geor gia, and the interest money to be so derived shall be expended only through the common school fund. A simple enough procedure, safe enough and guaranteed to protect the millions of cash from the so much feared onslaughts of the grafters it is taken for grant ed we shall pack into our General Assembly the moment the Gen eral Assembly is given some money to spend.—Macon Tele graph. This paper is not one that be lieves that our legislatures will will wilfully waste money that belongs to the state nor that our people are such poor judges of human nature that they will only use thieves to serve them but we do know that a proneness on their parts to not [be as careful with the appropriating of the state money as they do their own will give the proposition hard- sledding unless there is a limit to the expenditures of the money in the event the road is sold. Let your mind wonder to the many desperate attempts to raise the 5 mill tax limit fixed by the con stitution and you can see the justice of these fears, these misgivings on the parts of the people. Eight out of ten men in this state know that road ought to be sold, that the state has no right to compete with its citizens and to pass laws making a monopoly for that road or toj counties in which i t r J petition or a chance to 7 their resources but the° •reckless appropriations *i money has got to be re J fore that road will be J you know it. Since J] anarchistic preaching thi been going on in this s y the past 10 years by detj that all men that have twj shirts will steal, you hav e l make some provision as yj gest above. The political! ing that has been going 1 Georgia for the past te n | has been very detrimental in more ways than one. \\ the school was opened, an J we are going to pay f or 1 our best motives being j mp L in every public movement! 0 There never lived a mal understood women. There] will. There never was a didn’t understand the mal cared to take the trouble 3 to understand. There neved —Albany Herald. There never lived a mail could fool a woman six ml after they were married( never will. ' The name of one promt Georgian has never beenmej ed for governor; but that ca easily accounted tor. No he has warned the space-v.. to “hands ofP’and if we are! mistaken, he owns a gun] can shoot straight. - Dari Gazette. That fellow is tail about us right now. Some L is always disturbing our eq| brium. Judge W. M, Harrell, of bridge, candidate for judges ot the superior courts of I Albany Circuit, spent Wed| day in Arlington getting quainted with the voters. Jul Harrell alreadvhad manyfriel here and on this his first visit! made quite a favorable imp] sion upon many who chanced| meet him the first time on visit. In this connection r ii Courier is authorized to say ti Judge H. M. Calhoun, of tl city who for a while contempll ed making the race for this pof tion, has decided not to run.] Calhoun County Courier. Read Dress Talk No 5. 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