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THE POST-SEARCH LIGHT Published Every Thursoay 8ainbridge, Georgia. E. H. GRIFFIN Editor and Proprietor Entered at the PoKtotHeein Bain- bridge, Oa.. as second class mail matter under Act of Congress March lMh, 181)7. Subscription Rates ONE YEAH H.OO .SIX MONTHS 50c Advertising Rates Advertising rate depends on position, number of insertions and other requirements, and will be furnished at the business office. 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. m 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 Wait until you have inspected our line of Summi Weight Suits before making your selection elsewhere. PRICES $5.00 $7.50 to $12.50 They are marked by a distinction of style that appea most strongly to good dressers. They are just the thing for this hot weather—light weight, cool and comfortable in Palm Beach, Cool Cloth, Crashe and Summer Worsteds Nothing in Bainbridge that will compare with thei either in style or price.. Step in and Look Them Over The Fashionable Haberdasher.