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LIGHT NO. 10. BAINBRIDGE; GEORGIA THURSDAY JUNE 1, 1916 POTTLE TO SPEAK IN E JUNE BTU m Exerci fl °! Abridge High Schoo Monday Evening at 00 1 Auditorium. en oftiieP rettiest ’ sweet- i daintiest sweet girl t es that ever received a graduated Monday even- ,,,,1 the Bain bridge High L The graduating exercises eld at Jthe school auditor ’s large audience of ad- friends were presen t. Stephen Pace, ot Americus, [dthe commencement ad- His speech “The Age of "was brilliant and well id, It was especially fitting i occassion as the class ie up entirely of young member of the class t in an interesting pro- From the first number till elivering of the diplomas tire program was through- njoyed. The young ladies eir teachers are to be 'mented on the exercises. el and Pine Hill played a of ball at Lynn, Saturday, re was 14 to 10 in favor el. farmers in thi 3 section are :ng by their corn. Roy Cloud visited relatives Bainbridge Sunday. • K. C. Reed, left Monday orida where he will attend Ussery’s daughter-in-law ing him a visit this week. • Moody of Boykin preach- Mt. Zion church Sunday. will be a debate at Beth- oo* house Saturday night, ite a large crowd from Lynn ded the funeral services at 1 Sunday. INN STATION Eusiah Rich happened to uent of falling out of doors , n S her arm, but isget- s ‘*g nicely. Moody delivered a fine "at Lynn church last Sun- ish every body could ° een there and heard it. s 3 have a fine base l 0v * r below Lynn. , !Ket hem play. S n n ay Schco ’' is J ust nne U!d ,; ke to have it better. S i6 c Yatesand Marie whc! !, Saturday for Val- ; N .^ e , th c e -’' w ‘l! attend the a l School for some- 'wj ieed went over to “‘day on business. * AiH to ,. anr:ounce that the meetin' ,U c 0t have their iced t' v Stmday as was fetoonou 8 9t Lynn ohurch Sun^L d ' j Until June 4th - ‘oottei^d for V ’ ant 6Very ‘cfine rlm We areex Pect- oa r j.'^ s an Q lectures !es on missionary ball Come : fine Hon Joe Pottle, candidate for Governor will speak in Bain bridge Thursday noon June 8th in the court house. Mr. Pottle is one of the best stump speak ers in the state and will talk to the people on the issues of the Governor’s race now pending. He has been solicitor of the Ocmulgee Circuit for a number of years and is known as one of the leading orators of the day. His friends will be glad to have him in Bambridge. Everybody is invited to be present and hear him. Noon at the court house Thursday June 8th. OF On Saturday at 8:30 p. m. the death angel rushed into the home of Mr. W. M. Williams without a minutes warning, stopped the heart-beats of his wife, and claimed her sweet spirit for the God who had given it. She was sitting on the porch with her husband when the sum mons came. The Dr. was hurried ly called and loving hands tried to revive her, but within two minutes life was gone. Prior to her marriage July 11th. 1832, she was Miss Temperance Elizabeth Josey, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Josey. Early in life she joined the Missionary Baptist Church and was a strong supporter of every phase of church work. She was a devoted wife, loving, sacrificing mother and kind and considerate friend. The remains were laid to rest in Bethel Cemetery Sunday p. m. The largest crowd the wiiter has ever seen at a funeral and the beautiful floral offerings at tested the friends Mrs. Williams had in life. Born April 9, 1859. Died May 27. 1916. Age 57 years, 1 month and 16 days. Besides her husband, aged father and mother, four brothers and two sisters, she leaves eight children viz: George, Isaac, Jesse, Ludie, Lonnie and Leon Williams, and Mesdames Mattie Whigham and Lawrence Phillips, to all of whom we extend sympathy. She will be missed at church, Sunday School, W. M. S. and home. To the sad husband and lonely children we would bid them look heavenward, and remember her when she pled so earnestly with them. May they remember the calm peaceful look on her face as she lay in her coffin, and strive al ways to meet her beyond the Pearly Gates, where the Savior is the light, and no pain nor death nor sorrow e’er can come. “A Friend.” IlliCi Sorr.e siok a f 0 °' me Eutle rhas been *Sali al dayS ' I WL Yates ' vent over to| ■j on business. Miss Sarah Farrar, who has been attending the Virginia College at Roanoke, will arrive in the city in a few days and be with her parents the balance of the summer. Miss Farrar, has had a most successful year at her school work and has won splendid recognition. Hats Cleaned and reshaped by an expert. Phone 373, Julian Hodges, Mrs. and Mrs. W. E. Griffin took a pleasure trip Sunday. Miss Florence Yates is fixing for a pleasure trip this summer. $1.00 PER YEAR LEWIS DOING T Farmers of Decatur County Eager to Learn How to ComDat Coming of the Mesican Pest. C. C. Lewis, farm demonstrator for Decatur county, is meeting with encouragement on all sides in his fight on the boll weevil in this county. Mr. Lewis has won the confidence of the farmers of the county by demonstrating to them that he is a rattling good man for .the place and that he knows farming and how to farm. When the United States de^ SECRETARY OF IDEE TO Field Secretary of the State Chamber of Com merce Will Succeed Quimby Melton Here. Eugene Southwick, for the past twelve months field secretary of the state Chamber of Commerce has been elected secretary of the local Board ot Trade to succeed Quimby Melton, who resigned some time ago. Mr. Southwick was elected over a score of ap plicants all of whom came well recommended. The new secretary is an ex- partment of agriculture was perienced man in this line of asked to locate a man who could, work. He was chosen principaly lead the fight on the boll weevil,*! because ot his experiene and they went into Louisiana and ability. His work with the found Mr. Lewis. They picked‘ state chamber for the past year out a man who had made a sue- j has clearly demonstrated that he cess raising cotton despite the is a good organizer and com- weevil. They picked out a man that knew how to teach farming and then sent him to Decatur county. Several well, developed weevils have been brought into the city by persons from the western section of the county. Mr. Lewis has examined these and is hard at work organzing the farmers. That cotton can be raised suc cessfully by rushing it to maturity and destroying the stalks, thus cutting off the food supply of the weevils, Mr. Lewis is con fident. He will spend .practically his entire time while here in do ing special weevil work. mercial worker. It is planned to hold a rousing meeting Friday night to welcome the new Bainbridge Booster. Every member of the organiza tion is urged to be on hand at 8 o’clock. While the membership and commissioners of the Board of Trade feel that they are loosing a good man in secretary Melton, who goes to the Constitution, still they believe that Eugene Southwick is the man who can fill the vacancy to perfection. JOLLY PARTY AT L Lanark-on-the-Gulf has already hove in sight as the Mecca for Bainbridge pleasure seekers thi3 summer. A party from this city has been camping at the resort all this week. The party is com posed of Mesdames W. J. Crum, Gamage, C. E. Parker. K. A. McCaskill, and Miss Laura Dell Parker. SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC There will be a Sunday School and Sun Beam Band picnic at Red Bluff the third Sunday in June. Everybody invited to at tend with well filled'baskets and help give the children a good time. I will appreciate a trial suit order call and be convinced. Gus Maxwell’s old stand near court house. Julian Hodges, Phone 373. Georgia’s Agricultural Waste Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture. Georgia’s aunual waste In agriculture amounts at least to $ 100,000,000; that it, it is possible to save that much outgo should proper methods o£ soil con servation and fertilization, crop production, live stock raising and improved farming methods in general be practiced. Consider these items of waste and methods of conservation: X. Erosion of cultivated land at 50 cents per acre yearly $5,000,000.00. 2. Dertclency in equipment of farm implements at $20.00 per farm $5,820,- 000.00 . .’ . 3. Fertilizer losses annually. a. 20,000,000 pounds nitrogen at 20 cents, $4,000,000.00. b. Unsuitable formulas, $2,500,000.00. c. Use of nostrums, $1,000,000.00. 4. Loss of nitrogen from cotton land due through failure to use cover crops, 10 pounds per acre, $10,000,000.00. 5. Utilization of defective and untested seed corn, four bushels per acre at 70 cents, $11,200,000.00. G. Utilization of cotton seed producing defective and short lint at $2.50 per bale, $«,750,000.00. 7. One-half loss from insect pests, easily preventable, $9,475,000.00. 8. One-half damage of ten per cent to cotton crop by piant diseases, pre ventable, $10,125,000.00. 9. Improvement of cotton by plant breeding 23 pounds per acre at 10 cents, $11,500,000.00. 10. Utilization of 12,000,000 acres of idle land for pasture and productive wood lots at $1.00 per acre, $12,000,000.00. 11. Failure to raise bread making cereals for home use, $5,000,000.00. 12. Lack of proper farm manager: ent ut $20.0u per farm, $5,820,000.00. 13. Failure to co-operate in buying and selling, $10.00 per farm, $2,310,- 000.00. 14. Careless marketing of cotton as an example; loss 1-4 cent per pound, $2,910,000.00. 15. Failure to cultivate a proper home garden at $50.00 per farm, $14,550,- 000.00 10. Hog deficiency 5 head per farm or $50.00 also 10 per cent loss by pre ventable disease, $14,550,000.00. 17. Cattle deficiency 2 yearlings per farm at $20.00 each, also 10 per cent loss by ticks, etc., $11,550,000.00. 18. Sheep deficiency—now two per farm, should be 10 at $2.00 a head, $5,- 820,000.00. 19. Deficiency in horses and mules one colt per farm at $50.00, $14,550,- 000.00. 20. Deficiency in houses and barn3 at $20.00 per farm, $5,820,000.00. 21. Waste of animal food stuff3 at $50.00 per farm, $14,550,000.00. 22. Neglect of proper sanitation at $15.00 per farm, $4,305,000.00. 23. Deficiency in the home supply of milk and butter at $20.00 per farm, $5,820,000.00. Total possible saving for the state of Georgia annually, $200,635,000.00. Reduce by one-half, to be very conservative, we have $100,000,000.00. In the third and last game of the series, Dothan defeated Bain bridge in Wednesday game by a score of 7 to 6, making seven games in succession to Dothan’s credit. Both sides used two pitchers and both made numer ous errors. Dickerson, pitcher, given credit for winning the game tor Dothan. Score by innings: she Bainbridge 000 500 001—6 6 4 Dothan 320 011 00x-7 9 5 STANDING OF DIXIE LEAGUE Eufaula W. 9 L. 5 PCt. 643 Dothan 9 5 643 Moultrie 8 7 533 BAINBRIDGE 6 9 400 Valdosta 6 9 400 Quitman 5 9 357 AT ST. JOHN'S EPIS- L Regular services next Sunday as follows: 10:00 a. m. Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. Holy Communion and Sermon. 8:00 p. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon. SOCIAL AT VADA The entertainment given in honor of Miss McArthur at Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Harrell was quite a success. The guests were received by J. E. and Clara Harrell. Punch was served on the spacious porch by Katie Harrel. The winners in the guessing contest were Mr. Will Cochran and Miss Annie Reve McEarcline was given a tie and two linen handkerchiefs. The out of town guests were: Misses Eddie King, Susie Stev ens, Annie Reve McEarcline, Vera Harrell and Annie Cochran. Messrs. Roy Rackly and Julius Johnson from Pelham, Will and Guy Cochran and Dan Palmer of Camilla, Carl Thompson and sister and Miss Alice Drake. After four hours of real enter tainment the guests bid the hostests good bye wishing for another at Vada real soon. RECOVERY NEWS Rev. Jordan preached a very interesting sermon at Recovery Sunday afternoon and also Sun day night we are always glad to see the fourth Sunday come so that we can go to church. Mr. Gordon Whigham, of Bain- ridge, visited home folks Sun day. Mr. John Adkinson took Miss Mary Spear to church Sunday night. Mr. Willie Howell, of Sylvania was down at Recovery Sunday afternoon and also Sunday night. Miss Essie Johnson took dinn er with Miss Ellen Whighan Sunday and went to church. Guess that everybody will go Chattahoochee Saturday June the 3rd. We hope tor them to have a grand time, Messrs. George Thigpen and John Whigham are attending court this week. Summer is here and guess that the picnicers will be glad to bear of one. LEWIS INSTRUCTS FARMERS TO FIGHT THE ROLL WEEVIL County Demonstration Agent Tells Farmers to Get Busy During the Next Thirty Days. C. C. Lewis, county demonstra tion agent, has furnished the Post-Searchlight with the follow ing special article to guide the farmers in their fight on the boll weeevil. NOTICE COTTON FARMERS. The Mexican Cotton weevils have been located in several sec tions of our County, and will be found generally over our county after this general rain. All the old weevils will have come out within the next thirty days, will have done their work and died. I believe that most of them came out during the dry spring and died for lack of mosture. Per haps only 10 to 15 per cent are yet to come into the fields. Hence the cotton crop will be secured or lost during the next thirty days. The crisis will have been past by July 1st. Let every Cotton Farmer pick the weevils from the cotton buds early in the morning, pick up all the fallen forms ahead of the plows, and burn them. Be sure not to cover them up, as they will hatch and destroy the cotton forms during the remainder of summer. It is possible to raise millions of weevils from very few punctured squares. The only good weevil is the dead one. Ee sure to take no chance on them; but get them. The squares will flare open and turn yellow soon after the eggs have been deposited, and general ly fall to the ground. If they should not fall, they should be picked off before they hatch. They will hatch from two to three weeks after the eggs have been deposited. It is the new crop of weevils that may be al lowed to escape from the punc tured squares during the next thirty days that will live all the summer and multiply to millions that will punish the farmer who is not wide-a-wake. This fight need not cost anything much as it can be done by small children and those who have finish hoe ing. Force your cotton to early and rapid maturity by light cul tivation each week till cotton is ready to pick. Keep the plows going all the time, unless too wet. Let us make a full cotton crop for the high price seed and staple this fall. I have fought the weevils by picking 5 J to 100 weevils from a row and then made a crop. You can do it also. You now have the weevil under the your control, and you can keep him so if you will. When you need my help, I hope you will feel free to command me. C. C. LEWIS. F. B. Hughes the eyesight specialist will return to our city and can be consulted at the jew elry store of N. J. Smith & Son for two days, Friday June 9th, and Saturday June 10th. This means expert expert ser vice at home if you need eye heb* and want the best. John L. McFarland, wife and Ladies Palm Beach suits clean-{daughter of Quincy, drove over ed the right way for 50c. Phone! Sunday and took in the ban ! 373. * concert. i