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POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Published Every Thursday at
Bainbridge, Georgia
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OFFICIAL OKIIA.N OF TIIB CI'I'V
OF HA1NHKIIHIK AND DKCATT'K
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Telephone No. 239
Election day plays the very
mischief with figures and plans
does’nt it Bub?
Peace be with you, If you won,
:you need it and if you lost, you
flawed it right on.
Well Caspar it was a glorious
victory. For those that won but
bitter pilling for those that lost.
The days of B. V. 1). are num
bered and the main question is
now what are you going to do.
Once more Savannah was al
lowed to elect representatives to
the general assembly. What for?
Why does a woman act that
way when she sees a mouse?—
Enquirer Sun. What way?
We wonder if the cold weather
will lengthen out the short skirts
either at the top or the bottom.
Hughes is campaigning right
along lor Wilson andmaking him
votes every old time he opens
his mouth.,
Savannah only used 13000
quarts of liquor since May 1st.
Not a very thirsty gang after
all.
Put a little Pep into your fall
hustle for business. Twill do a
lot of good as encourage every
body around you.
If any of the charges and
counter charges against the can
didates are to be given credence
it is time to purify polites.
They are trying the Texas man
for killing an army otlicer this
week. If it was visa-versy there
would have been no trial.
When a man goes to carrying
liquor in his wooden leg things
are getting pretty tight. Wooden
legs can be used for almost as
many things as a hat or hairpin.
Glory be, the Tax rate has
been lowered in Laurens county.
Wonder if thev spoilt all the
good effect by raising the land
values? They usually do that.
There is not near so much
doubt in the minds of the people
this Thursday as there was last
Thursday. The agony is over
and the boys know who is who.
The worth of many men is not
measured by the good they do
but the cursing they get at the
hands of men who do not under
stand them.
If you want a real and just
cause for amusement watch a
thin old maid grabbing at these
short skirts when she hits a gale
amidships. It is enough to make
a monkey laugh and keeps you
wondering what she is [trying to
do. The genus home is never
armed with a spy-glass.
When the "fiddler sulls” the
dance is off, the lights go out
and the fun is all over. It is now
to that time. The fiddler ; lias
sulled, the campaign is over.
— ■ O
And now, Mr. Political Liar
you may return to your hole of
Iniquity and stay there for an
other two years, -unwept and
hated worse than the devil.
Good bye.
The wise guy, the fellow that
you never know who he is going
to vote for until you find out who
is elected is having his inning
now. He is on the usual corner
saying,” I told you so”.
The Hon. Potiphar Peagreen,
who was urged to run for office
by his "many friends” was
snowed under and he now won
ders whether they wanted to
vote for him or just get ajchance
to snow him under.
Some of the boys had courage
of their convictions, some of
them plenty of good friends and
some of them money but on last
“Chuesday” they sadly Idiscover-
ed that they needed mostly
votes.
A Russellville, Ark., woman
has just married her sixth hus
band. Now is that giving one
woman too many prizes in the
matrimonial market or should
these favors be viewed as the
multitudinous tribulations of
Job?.
The question that is hardest to
decide now is which lis the
meanest road hog, the man with
the team that wont give any of
the road or the Fordist who
takes it all and then some.
Which?
There is a bunch of fellows now
that we would like to see go to
work. They have seemed to think
that if they could get some [men
elected to office they could live
without work.
Georgia has never seen as in
teresting campaign as the one
just closed and it is to be hoped
that there will be never lie one
with as much bitterness in it as
evidenced this time.
Charles Hughes does not even
make a good jockey. Jockeying
with the hand full of Wyoming
voters he has imperiled New
York. Go to it Charlie old boy
you are doing real good work for
Woodrow.
The council discussed the mat
ter of having the fire truck in
sured. Now if that bunch can
not put out fire in their own ap
paratus better let the whole busi
ness burn up. Whoever heard of
fire burning up a fire depart
ment?.
We have been unable to find
out just why so many things
were promised during the cam
paign and why also that it is go
ing to be so hard to deliver any
of them that have been promised.
Very lew politicians are liars.
There could have been no such
thing as an election this year if
the wheels of progress had been
moving with their usual re
gularity. It is a very noticeable
thing that when the people get
restless over unexplained dull
times they dig up a hot political
campaign.
How illusive is fame. Gover
nor Pennybacher of Pennsylvania
is dead and few noticed it. He
was theman that tried kill the
liberties of the press because
they did not fall over themselves
supporting him for office. We
have some in this county that
would like to crucify every
editor that dent take their
political cue from them. Such is
• native vain-giory of a fool.
Women have got to dressing
like men so that they can hobo
from one town to another accord
ing to some our exchanges.
Women clothes have got so
scant we believe they do it to
keep from freezing.
Just a short while now and the
possum and persimmon diet will
be on the bill of fare, then who
cares what about the boll weevil
or any other of the recent in
iquities that have befallen the
“ninted” of the section.
We wish to remark that we are
satisfied with the [results of the
election and have just as good
bunch of officers as any other
fellow. We might have made a
change or so but we bow to the
wishes of the majority. Our head
is not sore one bit, is yours?.
See where a preacher advocates
the churches advertising pro
vided the press will do it for
nothing. How generous cf him.
The press has enough dead beats
on its list now without this
sanctimonious brother adding
any more to it.
The promise is made that
dancing will be reformed. They
must be “gwine” to quit entire
ly. Dancing is a wholesome
amusement if you have a good
looking partner that can stay off
your toes but tangoing is not
dancing sister. It is man and
maid mimicing a pair of fools.
The merchants of Bainbridge
are now ready to get down to
business and the people of the
section will find that they can
get just what they want in this
city at the very lowest and pre-
vialing prices. Trade in Bain
bridge and help build up your
own town is a good slogan to
follow.
The marriage license records
show plainly that the women
are evidently not taking advan
tage of the Leap Year chance or
that they cant hem the men up
long enough to discuss the mat
ter with them. Fellows get very
leary of this matter now for fear
they will get a “ceeciety” woman
woman that will keep their
noses to the grind stone the
balance of their lives.
One of the esteemed Atlanta
papers sent us a bill for their
sheet for the coming year. We
ought to pay the poor daily for
their paper but having in mind
the usual concern which the
dailies have for the weeklies we
can only say Bub, if you can get
along without us we can you.
If the dear fatherly dailies can
run without imbibing the wis
dom of the weekly press all we
have to say is go to it and die in
ignorance if they want to.
The time for mullet-suppers
is drawing nigh and happiness
adorns the face of every country
negro that has been in town for
the past week. The average citi
zen that has no idea of what a
mullet supper means has missed
the closest and the most acute
observations ot his section. It is
an institution that brings forth
much merriment and plenty of
razors. Some corn | liquor and a
lot of cussedness.
The state road and the Ellen
N. seemed to have been twin
sisters of iniquity in the cam
paign just closed. For the in
formation of a few that were
terribly upset we wish to observe
that a law passed at the last ses
sion of the legislature makes the
disposition of the state road a
matter for the people to decide
at the ballot box. Hence none of
the candidates could do any good
or damage there-
We have had enough of the
state campaign. Let’s get to
gether now and get out that big
vote for Wilson. Let’s at least
assure the democrats of other
states that while we let bolters
meddle with the state democratic
party we do not let them inter
fere with the great Georgia
majority in the Nationl elections.
The Pelham Journal says that
the banks are bursting with
money up there and we expect
that is about right from the
amount of cotton we saw there
Saturday but we thought that
banks usually bursted for the
lack ot money. However that is
Pelham and they can do as they
please without any objections
from this quarter.
Now is a pretty good time to
indict some of the fefipws that
offered so much money on the
election. Notice last week where
two banks were using or being
used as depositories for mcney to
bet on elections. Ttys i9 against
the law and the grand jury of
each county should immdiately
investigate.
Quincy wants paved streets.
Good idea, get them boys and
you wont be with out them again
for anything. Put some Pep into
your town as you say and get the
pleasure of these things while
you can. There is nothing that
every citizen will appreciate so
much. If you cant get paved
streets get a [ball team and we
will come down and give you a
little Pep.
There can be no mistake now.
We want to watch lots of the
fellows that voted in the primary
Tuesday and see where they will
be when the first Tuesday in
November* roll around. See if
they will follow Watson’s advice
and butcher the only real great
Democrat of the day, Wilson.
Watson delights in cursing and
abusing him and would lead us
the Republican. Will any true
born southern man swallow that?
The rotteness of politics, was
thoroughly exemplified here Mon
day afternoon by the 11th, hour
canards being circulated that no
one believed. The last hour yarns
are usually about the most damn
able that can be gotten up and
the reason they are not circulat
ed before is because the authors
of them know that 4hey can not
stand the light oi investigation.
Some day maybe this method of
politics will be changed. It is at
least hoped that they will.
Our man Judge Harrell fought
a good clean fight, a hard fight
and an honorable one and his
friends are proud of his work.
No man ever had a set of better
friends or any that worked hard
er and more unselfishly for the
man than his did for him. High
above it all, the loyalty and un
shaken faith of his law partner
Judge John R. Willson shine like
a banner of good shriven especial-
ly^for the faithful. Such men
keep a permanent place on earth
for real true frendship. David
had Jonathan and Bill had John.
We got a letter from a poor
fool last week telling us to stop
his paper as he had heard that
we did not vote for a certain
man for governor. Why the poor
ignorant fool, it does not seem
to have occurred to him that we
have as much right to vote as he
has and like him to vote for who
we darn please. A fool like that
has’nt sense enough tc lead a
paper no way so we suppose he
is better left to his ignorance
and intoleiance. If that same
fool brought a bale of cotton to
town and the buyer would tell
him that he could not buy it
because he did not vote his way
he would want to get up a mob
and lynch the buyer and he
would yell like a panther. Such
men make us disgusted with
them.
Have your quilts and blankets
laundried before the“cocl nights
call for them, 25 cents each.
Dixie Steam Laundry.
NOW TO WORK.
The campaign has passed into
history, the sores are |healing al
ready and the good citizen will
forget the sting and heat of bat
tle and get down to business right
away and help make this fall the
best from a commercial stand
point, that we have ever had. It
is time Jto devote your attention
to sterner matters. Get in be
hind developing the advantages
of this section now and push
for all you are worth. If your
man got beat, why that is al
right, it just means that more
folks did not want him and you
were in minority. If your man
got elected, why it is alright. He
will know you until Saturday
night and you will only need an
occasional introduction to keep
on his visiting list. Politics will
do to kill time with but Decatur
county and Bainbridge want to
get down to advertising their re
sources and get something that
sticks long after the campaigns
are all over and the growling
hushed. We may win a man or
two and lose a man or two in an
election but we have with us all
the time one of the best sections
on earth that only needs our
activity to boost her to top
notch. Quit growling now and
go to work.
This is a funny old world.
Some of us curse and abuse the
negro with almost fanatical
hatred at times but the minute
that some agency from other
sections comes in to carry him
off we raise the devil like we had
lost a brother. It does seem that
folks would wake up to the tact
that we cai’t get the negros
labor and not have him in the
country. The wise men of the
white race regard this matter
with due thought but the very
element that takes a delight in
cuffing him around is the one
that kicks up most when he is
carried off. The Conneciticutt
agencies that have been here
after him have one dickens of a
time getting him because of the
interference of some lof the very
men we have heard advocate that
they be colonised. We dont seem
to want him until a yankee can
find use for [him. If we would
open our eyes to the fact that he
is useful and help to make him
more so |by setting a good ex
ample as a race we would make
him a far more profitable laborer.
int BAIR.
Everybody now t Urn j
tention to the South wS
FairatDonalsonville Th
of battle has cleared 'a?/ "
political and other fields
is now time to get down * i
ness. This Fair means m°J
Southwest Georgia and nl
county most especially Tsl
best in the section
out for the inspection 0 fl
visitors and it now tj
every citizen of the county J
a- 3 , nd put hls best e]
both individual and collectivJI
the wheel and push this Fal
a glorious success The J
nothing now to take theatJl
of the people off of the Fair!
its work and we wish to see el
man in the county that f ee ]J
interest in its developementl
down to hard work f or
county. Everybody take a 1
strong pull and altogether J
for the Southwest Georgia pj
Stop using this dangero
drug before it salivate]
you! It’s horrible!
You’re bilious, sluggish' coni
pated and believe you need vi|
dangerous calomel to start yJ
liver and clean bowles.
Here’s my guarantee! Askyoi
druggist for a fifty cent bottle!
Dodson’s Liver Tone and take!
spoonfull to-night. If it dosed
start your liver and straight!
you up better than calomel _
without griping or making )3
sick I want you to go back totlj
store and get your money.
Take calomel to day and tl
morrow you will feel weak an|
sick and nauseated. Don’t
a days work, lake a spoonful (j
harmless Dodson’s Liver Toni
tonight and wake un feelml
great. It’s perfectlv harmless
so give it to your children anj
time. It can’t salivate, so
them eat anything afterwards
Let us do your Palm Bead
Suit, at 50 cents. The Dixi
SteamJJLaundry.
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