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POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Published Every Thursoay
8ainbridge, Georgia.
E. H. GRIFFIN
Editor and Proprietor
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March lMh, 181)7.
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OFFICIAL OKCIA:
OF HAINHKIIKJI5
COUNTY.
; OF TUB CTTV
ANO DELATER
Telephone No. 239
The German situation being
somewhat relieved Mutt and Jeff
stay in Mexico for a while
.ot and complete that war and
that will be a relief to evey kid
in America.
Did you hear it? It starts Mon
day morning. The Dixie league
will fling its banner to the
breezes and show the baseball
world what a wiregrass team can
do.
Mitchell county fellow tried to
walk on water last week and
came near getting drowned. Did
not know that there was any
such thing as water up there at
all. We never could find it.
It is pitiable to see the Jews
have to fight for those European
countries that wont let them own
even a homestead in the country
they are battling for. Could men
make good soldiers for any nation
that with-holds that from them?
The German note reminds a
fellow of one of the literary ef
fusions of some.gink that is try
ing to maintain that the sale of
whiskey is a divir.e privilege and
ought to be protected. Trying
to defend a mighty poor position.
A man is entitled to one dollar
per week of his own spending
money rules a New York judge.
We know that he is entitled to it
but where in the dickens is he
going to get it is what concerns
the man that is married.
The convention is over and all
the boys satisfied with what they
got except a very few.
Harris denies that he will re
tire from the race for Governor.,
lie dont think he will but 'there|K et on d‘ e front page when
Germany and Mexico had bet
ter do around right lively if they
want to stay on the front pages
of the papers long. The baseball
season is on and June weddings
beginning to be announced.
Takes some tall news stripping
Yet a tew more days and the
black-berries will be ripe. Who
cares for expenses or wars.
Many predict a sudden fall in
headache remedies since May
1st, Beleive the point is well
taken.
is a retirement in store for him
that he cant dodge, make any
promise about only to break.
With several more very promis
ing candidates for governor, the
water must be getting more in
viting. Blalock, Pottle and Dorsey
are slowly incubating. The game
is young and is liable to improve.
such things as there are on the
board.
W. J. Harris has shown him-
A fellow in Thomas county
failed to qualify for their primary
over there and a seemingly
spineless Committee re-opened
the entries just to let in one man
and some of the other retired as
| a result. Any man living in a
j county that does not know when
| he should qualify for
There is said to be a big de
crease in drunks in Atlanta.
There is plenty or room tor it al
right.
Be hi ave sad heart and cease
repining. The blackberry crop
is most ready and every editor
has a bucket.
Are you going to attend the
May Ball at Lanark on May 19th.
That will be some kind of a time.
Everybody is “gwine" and you
ouglu to be there.
The A. C. L. Depot at Pine
Park, Ga.. was robbed. Wonder
is they really did take that horse
rack away from there?. That
is all one ever sees.
county
. , ,,, . .primary has not the needed
self to be the Warwick o: Georgia “ , „ . . C11 , ~
.... .... .. , i judgement to fill and office,
politics and it is a matter of deep |
regret that he is not. now gover- j ° 1
nor of Georgia. He would have! Dorsey’s announcement for
made the state a mighty good j governor will give the yellow
chief and everybodj
mits it.
now ad-
Bainbridge will have to take
those three games from Moultrie
next week to keep in good trim.
We need them as a starter and
are bound to get them all in a
bag.
journals the very things they
have been wanting. A prejudiced
bone to gnaw on. If every solic
itor general in the state that does
his duty runs for governor there
will be a bunch of them that
have just as much claim to the
promotion as Mr. Dorsey.
o j The American Tin Can Com-
m, 0 ,„, , 0 , , . . . pany is being dissolved by the
the Sunday School picnic at „ . %. , , : ,
f 'government. They ought to be
Lanark last week was one of the y . f .
„ ■ . , , „„ , tor they have been tied to more
enjoyable event of the season. „ . , ...,, , .
, c ,. „ ... we -meaning and little doing
Bub and bis were there witn , , ..
... ... . , men and dogs than any other
their blue ribbons on. lhe day * . ,.
... , , , , .thing. Who wants the can any-
was-a beauty and the work of I . ... , . ,
j , , , , , . :\vay. lou cant get but one kind
the red-bugs unobstructed. .
I m Georgia now.
« |
Savannah tried Id blind-tigers j o ur c [ty fathers have asked
last Saturday. 12 foreigners and j f or i^g f , n more tenches for the
1 negro. All convicted, rioes; men the P a rk for u s e on Sun-
In this day of saving the babies > th ,s 8j ve y°u any idea? Who is j afternoons. It is to be patient-
breaking our laws? It is evident- ■ | y toped thatthe ladies will get a
Iv the outsidei that wants the chahee. to occupy some of them
occasionally. The men are so
everlastingly delicate here that
it might be better to provide
lounges and Morris chairs lor
them and benches for the ladies.
Polk county Florida has just
placed a large contract for roads
at a cost of $1,500,000 by bond
issue. This is the biggest thing
of the kind ever done by any
county and jn five years it will
prove to be the biggest invest
ment any county ever made.
The moment that the contract
was placed the demand for lands
on all sides became insistent.
For information of the unititat-
ed, either wilfully so or other
wise, if you want to air your
personal views on matters you
will have to pay for it unless we
think that your views are big
enough to be asked for. This
paper is operated on business
principles and is selling space
and if you want any, you must
buy. It is not an incubator of
Moses’ that are willing to lead us
all into their personal way of
thinking.
When the present prohibition
law keeps most of the money in
the state that has been going out
for liquor gets into good working
order and those dollares are put
to work here at home in the
regular local channels of trade
the people are going to be pleased
with every requirement of it.
Many dollars that should have
been spent here for shoes,
groceries and school books have
gone out that way and none but
the foolish will deny that it will
get better results here at home.
what has become of the woman
'With the poodle dog? How does
she stack up in this new social
stunt.
The most dangerous man to
trust is the man that calls him
self your best friend but has an
axe to grind. Watch him if you
c.in locate him.
liquor lasvs squelched.
This paper will carry your
advertisements out in the districts j
where no other paper goes Mr.
^Merchant and bring home re
sults.
The story of the shortage of
dyes as a result of the European
war dont seem to hold good on
the paint proposition judging
from the views presented by the
faces of some of the Bainbridge
women on the park Sunday after
noon. Gee, they can dab some,
cant they Sis?
Pete McCullough of Missouri,
the Hanging Judge of Anderson-
ville died this past week and not
a tear seems to have been shed
or sigh offered on his bier.
It is reported that Governor
Harris will retire from the race
for Governor. He will do well to
got out now before he is beat
out. He is facing defeat as sure
as shooting and his best friends
know it and will make it plain to
him if they feel for him.
Occasionally some wise guy
proceeds tc tell us of the needs
of a daily paper here. It would
do fine if one could be operated
on air and vapor but it takes real
support to keep a paper alive and
the patronage of the ioeal mer
chants in times like these can
scarcely keep a weekly going. It
is usually the opinion of the man
without any practical knowledge
of the business.
Since the demise of John
Barleycorn last week we have
seen several mourners but none
whose grief seemed to have
overwhlemed them.
“Boys flying kites haul in their
white tvinged birds but you cant
do that when you are flying
words” is an old maxim that
carried strong meaning in the
past c nd one that some of our
politicians could recall with great
profit now.
worthy starter..
Get your ticket to that opening
ball game. Get in line with the
rooters and boost the game. The bitter attacks of the Macon
Help make the first game a x e i e g ra ph on W. J. Harris is re
called by their admission that
said W. J. was the moving factor
at the State Convention. The
whole state made a mistake in
picking their Harris for governor
when W. J. started in the field.
The inquiries that we are re
ceiving from the prospective
home-seekers each day indicate
the wisdom of sending out that
Special trade edition of the paper.
When the call to arms comes,
we have a list of guys here in
Bainbridge that [have been abus
ing the president because he
wont get them up a war to talk
about around the post office
lobby and on the Park that we
are going to see are conscripted
for the very first fight. These
blood thirsty ginks that want
war so bad and will abuse their
Chief Executive because he wont
send the sons of American
mothers to slaughter to furnish
them food for gossip must go.
The action of the Nebraska
democracy in repudiating W. J.
Bryan will do much to clarify
the political atmosphere. A man
whose often-repeated betrayals
of the democfacy of his native
state, and as well his betrayal of
of Wilson should be booted clear
^of the party.
‘‘The Lord loves the Irish”
says an old proverb but of a
modern interpretation it is in
dicative that he dont love them
too well to keep them from get
ting shot. Or half-shot for that
matter. England has to shoot
one every morning so that Em
pire can rest easy during the
day. Poor Erin.
The baseball season opens
Monday and we are extending a
most special invitation to the
fans of Quincy. We look for them
to come up and root for Bain
bridge and pull for her to win
Quincy and Bainbridge will
scrap with each other over the
baseball business but they dont
want any other towns meddling
with their little private scraps
and each roots for the other with
different foemen. The Florida
city has a bunch of fannettes
that are always more than wel
come here, if they did take our
goat on one occasion.
Bainbridge is the best town, ini NOPE, WE WAN"
the best county and state onj« TTr> „
□u dont think so, move OUR COLONELS.
earth. If you
out and see what others are do
ing and if you dont still think so
for God’s sake get out and stay-
out. We have seen them from
uneend of the country to the
other and there is none no better.
We are not on the boosting line
either but merely stating facts
and here and now we invite any
man that does not like the town
to move, there is not a string on
a man here. The man that stands
on the corner and knocks his
All this talk about takiJ
the title of “Colonel”
lawyers is poppy-cock
here and now object to a|
high-handed proceeding!
in the name of goodness!
we know while on the ]
that Potphar Peagreen
“eminent council” unll
heard some brother addrd
as colonel. Never take tH
tinguishing mark away fj
lawyers. That would pj
all down on a low level
own town is a stench in the
nostrils of the universe. We have [ common herd and who is
two or three sore heads here that to more important respa
came uninvited to this town from
others and they wont join our
workers but have taken member
ship in a knockers outfit. If any
of these are not satisfied here,
the trains are running and we
have built 1300 miles of darn
good roads for them to walk out
of here on. Your hat is handy,
what is your hurry.
the fresh young attornej
'he hangs out his shing
would be allowed blush
or spend ten dollars tor]
fessional card in the
paper before folks woul
out that he was a lawyer!
rob him of his title of
These older lawyers that 1
ready got a bunch of cliJ
pay their grocery bill f or |
ing war ought not to try a
the glory away from the \|
fellow that has got to|
“Left our kurnel be’
them and their title to disci
them. All those that are
sleep over the use of the I
applied to them can
Well we got another note from
Germany telling us in polite
Dutch to go to Hades and that
she will do as she pleases on the
seas or words to that effect.
Now we are going to write them
another note and then watch the
results. When Uncle Sam un
leashes the dogs of war it will!the result and the hars
not be any j tea-party affair and j w dl not be used on them
the folks here had better think 'them not interfere wi
over the matter seriously before privilege of others. Just
they urge on war without due
cause. The American has ever
been the safest and hardest
fighting man that the world has
ever seen and while they fairly
hats war, they can war with a
vengeance when once they are
aroused. Only a mollycoddle or a
darn fool has fears for this
country in any combat that may
be forced on them. If fools will
think, they will know that a
stout heart, a good cause and
citizen soldiery has whipped
every war that has yet been
fought. The volunteer soldier
that goes to war because he feels
that his duty calls him can take
care of a dozen men that were
driven in the ranks with a knout ]
or a cat-o-nine-tails. :
change the name of Arkar
to take our “Colonels’’ a
wont stand for it.
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Palm Beach Suits pi
done for 50 cents. Dixie
Laundry.
The election of Hon. P. S.
Cummings as one of the Dele
gates At Large, to the National
Democratic Convention has given
eminent satisfaction to the people
of this section. Our county fared
well, Mr. Cummings carrying
the vote of every county in the
state and District delegate John j
W. Callahan carrying every'
county in the district. Verily we
are on the map politically and
our recognition is due to the
solidity of the folks that went
after the honors. The united
and undivided effort of a millitant
Decatur democracy brought home:
more honors then has been |
customary.
Mr; J. B. Lambert, one of the
well know farmers living out a
few miles from the city brought
to the office of the Post-Search
Light, last Saturday as pretty a
bnnch of wheat as can be grown
in any country or climate. Mr.
Lambert has been giving the
wheat industry considerable at
tention with splendid results.
A good 250 acre farm
$7.50 per acre. Located j
two short miles west fi
Faceville, Ga. about 90at
in cultivation. Variety
soil—-Stiff clay, bottom
fine loam. An excell
spring with good fall s
able for driving a la
vane for irrigation.
— SEE ME QUICK -
J. B. L. Barbi
Office opposite Court
House Hamil Bldg
BAINBRIDGE. :
It is said that the vote of the
state convention for delegates
at large to the National conven
tion showed the Decatur county
man, Mr. Cummings with a solid
show down from every county in
the state. The Decatur crowd
went in behind their man solidly
and put him over with a rush.
There is no more staunch demo
crat in the state than Mr. Cum
mings and he deserved this re
cognition at the hands of the
democrats in convention as
sembled.
The Speeder is still in evidence j
and will be it seems until they;
are fined enough to hurt theiir tol
pay. It is a fact that a man j
don’t mind a fine of five dollars
for speeding his car, but when
he^ets hit for fifty he will set
up and take notice. The sooner
our Mayor begins to lay on fines
that are really punitive then that
much sooner will the speeders
take notice. Most any city official ‘
hates to punish a man for any
offense and if the man who
speeds hated to break the law as
bad as the Mayor hates to pun
ish one we would have little of
it. But so long as they don’t
care enough about the city
ordinances to respect them, the
officials need not hesitate to
give them what they want. A
good stiff fine in these parlous
times will correct the defect|
in their vision that makes every
street in town look like a race
course and every child look like
a chicken.
IT’S GOOD POLICY T<
Read Dress Talk No 22
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