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POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Published Every Thursday at
Bainbridge, Georgia.
E. H. GRIFFIN
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OFFICIAL OHOAN OF TIIB CI'I V
OF nAIMIItinOB AM) DIvCATlTH
COUNTY.
Telephone No. 239
A beautiful brainless woman
was on the streets here Saturday
with more stocking and less skirt
than any piece of statuary that
we have ever beheld. Had to
look or bust. Had’nt looked
would have made the lady mad.
Well, there is no question
about Joe Pottle being some
speaker and a man of great
ability. He can hold and enter
tain a crowd as any man in
Georgia and his speech here will
make him friends.
Hugh Dorsey it seems wont
turn loose his job as Solicitor
until after the election for fear
that Governor Harris will appoint
I some friend to the job that will
help. Surely Hugh does not ex
pect to pick his own successor
among those that are going to
help him.
To move the capitol from At
lanta to Macon will require the
vote of the people. This for the
information of the fellow that
dont seem to know that our folks
will have to approve the Removal
Hill at the polls.
The courts have held that the
right to destroy whiskey is legal.
They have no idea how thankful
we are for this ruling. After
destroying all that we have in
years gone by we would hate to
think that we were outlaws while
the destruction was going on.
The rain hate descei d d and
the potato situation is saved.
Some people just want an
argument “I will spile” if they
dont get it. Have you ever butted
into that kind.? Make you tired?
Men may abuse the patience
of their friends and when one
does, occasionally he gets what
he needs. He is then far more
disgruntled than the fellow that
never en.'oyed any consideration
at all.
Inncs got seven years sentence
in the penitentiary. Light sen
tence if the gink is guilty at all.
The wolf ought to get the full
dose.
Dr. Waite thanked the jury that
convicted him for murder and
the judge that sentenced him.
That is some Alphonse and Gas
ton business with a vengeance,
Ben Tillman of South Carolina
wants all the big guns he can
possibly get. Ben must think
that McLaurin is getting back
into politics or is going to take a
ball team down to Quitman for
a series. In either event if re
port be true Ben will need the
guns.
Girard has an enviable reputa
tion now in the country and has
shown that they can use more
whiskey titan any town on earth
the same size. No wonder that
the Chattahoochee river is a little
off for the needed water for that
tiger whiskey would strain the
supply of any respectable river.
We just, had to wallop that
Eufaula bunch. It had to be done
and it was done and done right,
just like anything else is done
that ought to be done. Last week.
The low and distant rumblings
indicate that we are liable to
have a stormy time of it before
summer is over and the politi
cians will have a feast.
Local self government is a
priceless privilege and when that
right becomes a pawn in a cheap
political game our affairs are go
ing towards the rocks mighty
fast.
I j
In Cordele you have to pav an
extra tax to get water for a bath
says the last issue of the Sentinel.
Those ginks over there must
play havoc with water when
they do wash.
The government is going to
coin a new kind of money. We
are thankful that such is the
case. We never succeeded in
getting any of the old kind and
we may have better luck with
the new, Here’s hoping anyway.
Decatur county is truly a King
dom in itself. Everybody happy.
No dynamiting of vats, no lynch
ing, no mobs, no political growl
ing and grouches and everybody
attending to their own business,
of advancing the best of county
interests.
We refused 46 columns of free
stuff last week, offered by every
conceivable concern that you
could think of. Most of them
were merely trying to get free
advertising by apparently boost
ing charitable matters BUT at
the expense of the country
publisher.
Really now, the Republican
povv-wovv going on in Chicago is
some real lively old tilt. Justice
Hughes will make the best re
publican president if we have
one and here is hoping that he
will be nominated. The poorest
democrat will make a better
president than the best republican
and the country knows it.
Honest now ai’nt you sorry for
the folks that are sweltering in I
the heat of the cities and towns
of North Georgia and around up |
in there. Does look like they I
would use common judgement'
and come down here where the
breezes from the Igulf make life)
on grand sweet summer song.
Judge Harrell is out this week
If the Bainbridge base ball
team wants to win, they had bet
ter send for old aunt Maria Sut
ton, the champion rooter for the
home team and keep her here.
Our luck is never as good unless
Maria sees to it that we win.
Get her and furnish her with a
pass and plenty ofehero cola and
Bainbridge will get that rag.
If one of our citizens will pick
on the hustings “kinder norating” up some of the exchanges that
around among the boys. The come to this office and see the
Decatur man has that judgeship great number of Sheriff sales
sewed up in a bag and the level advertised he will be more than
headed old voters of the Albany!proud of the fact that he lives in
circuit are only waiting until Decatur county. The month of
September 12 to ratify the choice
of the people at the polls.
Well, if they take the Goddess
of Liberty off their silver dollars
we dont want any of them, so
there. Getting up a new design
with the hope of restoring it to
a more general circulation. Holy
Smokes. We have always circul-
May only one legal was carried in
this county and in April only
two while the pages of our ex
changes are full of them.
The Macon Telegraph must be
hard run to get something to
bolster up Governor Harris’ los
ing race for Governor that they I keep * hat bunch on the jump
should concoct a cheap political i fifty years ago. A great old man
tale about Hardman running for | gone to his reward,
congress. Little politics indeed.
Some fellows up in Middle
Georgia want to create a “peach”
county. They have forgotten that
this is the peach county of the
state. If you dont believe it just
ated the old kind just as fast as | look them oyer here on Sunday
we could get it. afternoon when they are on dress
—————a ' parade. More real “peaches” in
The death of Col. John S.'this county than one on the
Mosby, the Great Confederate'globe.
Raider will lend a more secure
feeling to the surviving members
of the G. A. R. Old Mosby did
day morning. Two weeks lale
fellows we found one here in an
automobile three weeks ago.
Tis a terrible thing to think
about. Called on a little two-by
four merchant a few days ago
and solicited a little business
from him and he said that adver
tising did not pay. Awful to
There will be some activity on have made old John Wanamaker,
Thomasville will try to mimic! the Capitol Removal proposition I’hineas Barnum and a few more
and copy after Bainbridge. Now | w j, en j g pu t before the people ' of their kind out liars about that
they found a baby on a porch of | f or ratification and those that thing was’nt it? Poor little simp,
a residence over there last Tuet- have an idea that all the state is he will find that it wont pay
not interested on the matter will him, not a cent,
find their mistake. The bill goesj
before the people before it be-j The Dipping Vat matter seems
comes a law. “People’s capitol to have gotten to be a pretty
The bi-ennial session bill will and people’s jobs’s” and what- large proposition and old brindle
come up right off the bat at the | ever they do is their business. is not taking onto it as fast as it
coming session of the Georgia! o—— was hoped. The farmers will
Legislature. Who will line up on i j n an interview in Savannah give it a tair trial we believe
this bill is a matter of much j i as t week T. Bosh Felder says and then if it proves useless as
curiosity among the would-bes, ^at the only man that represents some contend it will pass the
of the state. | prohibition in this campaign is way of all isms. It is too import-
| Governor Harris. We are of in- ant a matter to not be tried out
Occasionally some little chap quiring mind and would like to out thoroughly and the people
will take a shot at a well circulat-: know if Tom got this information gradually enlightened on the
ed paper in the hope that they'out of some of the liquor jugs benefits. No good or useful thing
will be noticed and thereby get a that he used while representing ever became dominant without
nifty little bunch of free adver- the liquor interest as a lobbyist, set-backs. Ten years ago folks
Judge Cox will open his cam
paign at Tifton and announce his
platform and the issues that he
proposes to discuss in a few days
now. The people of the Second
District are awaiting that open
ing gun with interest and then
the cannons will roar in every
county in the districts. The does
of war will be unleashed and
things will get Fvely “thar or
tharabouts”.
The papers that seem to be
little Hugh Dorsey’s candidacy
for Governor ought to bear in
mind that this same Hugh is go
ing to get a big a big vote in the
state and one that ridicule will
not drive from him. If they
want Hugh beaten it would be a
good idea for them to go on the
fact that he is a big factor and
one that will have to be reckoned
with. We think his candidacy
illtimed but not unsupported.
Walter Andrews, the high
Mogul of the Shriners was in his
element in Atlanta last week en-
tertaing the brethren from all
over the section. We opine that
said Walter will find that his
generous treatment of visitors
to his city has made for him
many friends over the state that
will lend him great aid when he
is elected President of the senate,
perhaps not this term but the
one following.
The charge that Tom Felder
offered to throw the prohibition
vote of the house and senate to
Pierpont of Savannah is causing
considerable wonder over the
state and those that know Tommy
are not surprised at his trying to
commercialise whatever influence
he may have among the members
of the prohibition ranks. Felder
has such a rotten reputation that
none are surprised at it or any
other thing that he might do to
try to get money.
It is said that a poor boy can
not get within gim-shot of one of
the high officials of the navy and
recently because of this fact the
navy lost a chance to get one of
the most useful inventions of the
year. A young mil k-wagon driver
of New York was the inventor.
Such superciliousness and bigotry
on the parts of army and navy
officers is the reason that our en
listing proceeds so very slow.
What high spirited, patriotic
young man full of fight for his
native country wants to have
to black boots for a two-by four
lieutenant and do scullery work
of all nature for a lot of officials
wives. This goes on and the
private soldier that is spirited
enough to complain of it is im
mediately disciplined. If a strap
on the shoulder has any polishing
effect on the interior of a man
we have yet to learn it.
Using. Nope; nothing doing here
bub. One or two that are trying
it will find their little game in
known.
Just about as much sense in the in the small towns were
remark as there is in taking fighting sewerage and drainage
Tom’s sudden conversion to the just as determinedly as they are
prohibition cause as serious.
this proposition at this time.
Well I will be darned if Ap-
palachicola has not brought out
some new stunts in politics.
Judge Johnson down there hap
pens to be editor of the Times of
that city and one of his opponents
has hurled a thunderbolt of de
nunciation at the said Judge-
Editors head because forsooth
the judge has not duly made
public the fact that said candidate
was in the city on divers occasions
and that perhaps said candidate’s
baby had cut a tooth. What a
wicked and cruel judge to use
the great power of the press to
keep stifled the great fact that a
man’s kid had cut a new tooth.
Of all the fool things that we
ever heard of this is the limit
and we do pity poor Appalach
if this is the biggest thing she
can get up “agin” the judge to
beat him.
state capitol and they have never j lished somewhere
Poor old Ceorge, George Wath-] The people of Georgia own the | A little two-b
ington we mean what he did miss 1 i,« U an„„«.ii;.i..)
by living too soon. Never enjoy
ed a dipping vat row, a short
skirt exehibition, a suffragette
argument or a sewing circle
gossip. Never had to dodge a
fool driving an auto or play 27
innings of baseball during busi
ness hours. Poor George.
given it of their own free will
to Atlanta and the Cocola Com
pany and if they want to vote on
the location of it, it is their right
to do so. If they want the biggest
portion of the people of the state gall, we reckon u 1
to enjoy the conveniences and j has it; He is - ■-
borhood of Bainb^
throwing’ dirty fli ‘*
Anti-Saloon Jag!" 81
commonwealth
Now of an 'the
benefits of it. That is their busi- j four page,~fi ve^ol
ness. The Carpet bag influence ed a newspaper and* 1 ^
audacity to spe^k n f
bridge Post-Searchlight
“ asl * “Inmn, ,»?
teen pages of unusally
mg matter. But
put it in Atlanta and the Cracker
influence wants to have some
thing to say about it now. Who' is
will say they shall not.
we are!
Record Johnson has showed ? nsed at Eicks states
his ignorance of the whiskey 1S °^ ten making <
marks.—Richland New,
Nevermind friend
per-riveted, double-distil
subject to begin with and is dis
qualified to rule any more. He
says that a man may have his -.. wu ,
two quartes but when he splits it ^ sa .‘ em finished liar kno]
up in half pints he is guilty of ls ai '°und a tfl
wrong intent. Dont that fellow ay ® ra £ e when he
know that two half pints fit two 1 Tf 11 ® P a P er has never
hip pockets better than a quart j tae Anti-Saloon Leagl
fits under [the arm. Dont he' kas . and w1 ^ give old Eq
know that if a man does not split an d Tom Felder til
that two quart matter he will be| brunt . 11 until the!
in a hole when he wants to take I grafting by the sale of tH
a sip in front of a friend. If he I . e ™; e to any one that \y|
pulls a measly half pint said old I 1 *” These two character f
friend will touch same lightly are ru ' n ’ n 2 the work!
but when he pulls a F. Q. that t lea ®ue and this paper ijl
will dig deep down below the! to saov vit U P- The wrii
rim on said quart. Judge John-j a mema er of the ka?t|
son dont know anything about it , ore ®chey a chai
at all. make m oney pilfering i
name and while Tom Fell
stealing the good name i
The good name of Quitman as man in the state that
a peaceful and orderly town is ■ prohibition. One of thesi
being badiy ruined by the treat- things will tell a lie and|
ment that is being accorded the called on it they will jug
visitors and visiting ball teams' hind the good name
to that city. The treatment that i league to shun the conseql
Bainbridge received down there of their own lie. We all!
has made the editor of this paper that and their time is at h|
hang his head in shame because 0
he was raised there and it is . .
“back home” but now comes , e , ls a ' ;o1 ' wko vo l
Valdosta with a grievance againt j s orten tke term of M ^'°n
the same town and [in the samelP° nt ’ of Savannah, will hi
manner. The people of Quitman | ot of e P x P! ai !?l ng ta d ,°
must not really know that she is I aa f. e of kls lf , e ‘ And| M
fast building up a reputation as !W1 ,j " 9t , be u ab e to , c , on ®
a rowdy and rough town. The ? elf that , he / an * d t,e f
Quitman Free Press has surely law enforced.-Elberton
heard these complaints and ought He ™ 1! aIs ° hav9to exp H
tocall down the rowdies there S"
that are injuring the town. Bam- prohibition vote to Pierpont!
bridge citizens say that they are : To be a good and conscieJ
really afraid that bodily harm prohibitionist he does not]
will be done them and their!to permit himself traded!
players in Quitman.
MONEY TO LOAN
sold on every proposition]
comes up by such thing
Tom Felder who poses i
high mogul to dispose
votes of the prohibitionists ii
legislature to the highest bi^
Tom Felder is known
MONEY to LOAN in amounts
rom ten to fifty thousand dollars
on ten years time at 6 per cer.t, that sed anything
per See G G Bower.
Bower Building, West Street i 0U s air can’t make the
foil
anctil
Bainbridge, Ga.
1 forget his previous charactl
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
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Step in and let us show you our line.
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