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THE POST-SEARCH LIGHT Published Every Thursday at Bainbridge, Georgia. E. H. GRIFFIN Editor and Proprietor Entered al the I’ostofflcein Kain- bridgc, Oa., as second class mail matter under Act of Confess March 18th, 1897. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR -11.00 SIX MONTHS 00c Advsrtising Rates Advertising rute depends on position, number of insertions and other requirements, and will be furnished at the business office. 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! READ DRESS TALK NO. 11 Many a man is hot and irritable simply because his underwear is uncomfortable, yet he doesn’t realize it. Here you will find the comtortable kind right in the weight, and perfect in fit, whether you are long or short, stout or thin. Step in and let us show you our line. The largest and best in Bainbridge. Geo. H. Fields ‘•THE FASHIONABLE HABERDASHER” BAINBRIDGE. GEORGIA.