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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY OCTOBER 19. 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
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OF FIFTH
Y MEETING HT
The Following is a program of
the meeting to be held at Pil
grim’s Rest Church Oct. 27, 28
and 29, 1916.
|n.~
ham, Ga., Oct. 16.—The
of Mr. J. L. Hand in Atlanta
ay night came as a great
, Pelham and this entire
of country, in the up-
of which he has been
prominent. None of the
rises with which Mr. Hand
connected was opened tor
jss this morning, and all
business houses in the city
at S:30 this morning for
tire day.
tically every citizen of Pel-
,nd several hundred from
iuntry were ac the station
orning when the body ar-
from Atlanta at 9 o’clock,
as accompanied by Mrs.
Dr. T. P. Hinman and
of Atlanta; [Mr. and Mrs.
Corrigan, of Atlanta and
nd Mrs. J. L. Hand, Jr., of
rnia. Mrs. Hinman and
Corrigan are daughters
r. J. L. Hand, Jr. is a son,
the first wife of the deceas-
sides these nine children
second wife, all of Pelham,
e him.
honorary escort of Pelham
who went to Atlanta
FRIDAY MORNING.
11:30 Devotional Service—B.
F. Phillips.
11:00 Sermon—Rev. W. F.
Cato.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 The duty of the pastor
to the church—P. D. Rich and
N. L. Stapleton.
SATURDAY MORNING
9:00 Devotional Services—T.
L. Steadham.
10:00 Evangelism—Rev. Ira
Martin.
11:00 Sermon— Rev. H. H.
Shell.
AFTERNOON
2:00 “Ministers Devotional
Life”—W. C. Underwood and
A. J. McLeod.
SUNDAY MORNIMG
9:40 Devotional S e r v i c e s—
Rev. T. A. Cumbie
11:00 Church members and
the Sunday School—H. B. Har
rell.
11:00 Sermon — Rev. N. G.
Christopher and singing Sunday
afternoon.
day also accompanied the
home. This party included
. M. Hurst, Sr., manager of j
and Trading Co.; Messrs.
McDonald, J. W. Parker,:
Twitty, C. J. Hurst, B. U. j
and Dr. D. A. Spence,
of Pelham. |
body was carried to the
nee, where it lay in state
ighout the day. The white
viewed the remains dur-
ie hours from 10:30 to 1,
which the colored citizens,
al hundred of whom con-
ted about the home were
an opportunity to take a
>ok upon thk face of their
ted friend.
r dray loads of floral tributes
? which was one from the
A. Releasing Commission,
ich Mr. Hand was a mem-
accompanied the. body from
ta.
T. Hand came to Pelham in
land was 66 years of age at
pme of his death. It was due
pt entirely to his activities
pis keen business ability that
was built to its present
Jrtance. At the time of his
1 he was president of the
f Trading Co., the Farmers’
of Pelham, the Pelham
facturing Co., (cotton mill);
Pelham Phosphate Co., the
lam Oil an( ] Fertilizer Co.,
fhe 1 hnt River & Northestern
F°ad Co. He was also largely
jested in a number of outside
Irprises.
|t- Hand was the first mayor
felham, and was [a member of
I c >ty council continuously
last February, when his
Mr. Thomas Dixon has arrang
ed with the lacal theatre present
ing “The Fall of a Nation” in
this city to extend to all scholars
of the public schools the courtesy
of attending the afternoon per
formance at fifty per cent of the
regular price for best seats. This
means that any student may at
tend the Matmee performance,
securing choice reserved $1.00
seats for 50c.
At the school there will be
distributed orders on the local
manager for seats on these terms.
Owing to the tremendeous crowds
that attend the two performances
ot 1 ‘The Fall of a Nation”, the
school children are requested to
reserve seats for Matinee a t
which time the rebate orders
will be honored.
CITV. TAX BOOHS OPEN
The city tax books are now
open and the citizens can come
and pay their taxes. Attention
is called to this important matter.
T. J. Morris, Treasurer.
Mrs. Hagerman and son of
Appalachicola are in the city,
the guests of Mrs. Will Russell.
1 Spired and he decided to
l0r re-election. Upon his 1
m ent he was presented a
l0me loving cup by the
1 ° ers of the council.
•p department store of the
“Trading Co., recently com-;
■ ■ is one of the many monu-
that stand to his memory. 1
,ne °f the largest stores and
"' omes t buildings of its kind I
Mrgia.
f funeral will be held at the!
etlce this afternoon at 3'
followed by interment in !
L .
will be conducted by Rev. J. P.
Lee, pastor of the Firat Baptist
church, and Rev. C. M. Weeks,
pastor | of the First Methodist
chutch. The services will be held
on the spacious front porch of
the residence, those attending be
ing congregated on the lawn.
The pall-bearers will be as fol
lows: Messrs. W. C. Twitty, J.
M. Hurst, Sr., H. McDonald, J.
W. Parker, B. U. Curry and R.
L. Goodson.
An honorary escort will consist
of the followings: Messrs. J. N.
Carter of Meigs; S. B. Brown, of
Albany: F. M. Smith and James
Watt, of Thomasville; F. R. Pid-
cock, of Moultrie and S. S. Ben-
net, of Albany.
A second honorary'escort will
be composed of Mr. Hand’s office
force the superintendents of the
cotton mill, oil mill, Pelham
Phosphate Co., and Mr. Hand’s
Mr. Subscriber
If you have not paid your subscription for
next year we wish to warn you that you will
save money by doing so now. The excessive
cost of paper is familair to all readers of news
papers and on January 1st. we will be compelled
to raise the price of Subscription to $1.50 per
year if not before then as paper continues to
rise. If your subscription is paid now in advance
for another year you just save that much but
if not you will have to pay the advance. The
Post-Searchlight does not wish to raise the
price unexpectedly and we are giving this warn
ing so that you can protect yourself for the
coming year. On January 1st. the subscription
to all standard weeklies of the state will ad
vance. NOW is the time to guard againt the
increase in rates. Pay one year in advance,
save 50 cents or perhaps one dollar. Do it NOW.
“THE FALL OF A NATION”
HERE OCTOBER 27
Thomas Dixon, author of “The
Birth of a Nation,” just released
to the entire United States his
sequel to the former work which
he calls “The Fall of A Nation.”
On the music side he has had the
collaboration of Victor Herbert is
the first of the the prominent
composers to write a complete
original score for a picture
spectacle. The musical accompani
ment will be performed by a
large orchestra.
In writing and staging “The
Fall of a Nation,” Thomas Dixon
has kept particularly in view the
world struggle between Demo
cracy and Imperialism as it af
fects the United States. After a
prologue exemplifying the for
eign immigrants’ debt of grati
tude to the Union, the play pro
per opens with the scenes of
political conflict preceding the
great conspiracy against the life
of the Republic. John Varsar’s
National Defense Bill is defeated
in Congress. Virgina Holland,
though admiring his pluck,
spurns his principles and en
courages Charles Waldron, the
professed friend of Peace.
Practically without warning
the storm breaks over New York
when 20,000 aliens of European
military training rise at Wal
dron’s signal, capture the Nation
al Guard armories overnight, and
train the big guns on New York’s
unarmed citizenry. A wild exodus
ensues to Long Island where an
American army is hastily raised.
But while this is taking place the
powerful fleet of the Confedera-
ot Northern Europe has met and
defeated the Atlantic squadron.
The convoyed Imperial army,
150,000 strong, effects a landing
ana in a three days battle routs
the Americans utterly.
Waldron puts on regal uniform
and is hailed viceroy of the
“Provinces of North America.”
The well-populated part of the
country is captured by the foreign
legions. Vassar is a fugitive in
the West. Waldron sends forth
Virginia on the mission ot enrol
ling her American sisters in the
“Woman’s Imperial Legion of
Honor.”
The final scenes of the play
show Virginia as of the stuff of
Joan of Arc. Professing to fulfill
the viceroy’s mission, she or
ganizes a giganic counterplot to
free the enslaved Union. Allied
with John Vassar, General Hood
and the other American leaders,
she atones for her former folly
by risking life and honor for the
cause of Freedom. Here are
IE TO BE
IE NEXT SUM
The following telegram from
Mr. Henry Maddox will explain
| itselt. Rev. Arthur Moore was
expected here last Sunday and
failing to come because of rea
sons that he could not help. Mr.
; Maddox sends the editor this
I telegram for he well knows that
most all the people of this county
that can will here to hear Mr.
Moore if they know he is to be
here.
Jesup, Ga., Oct. 1916.
E. H. Griffin,
Bainbridge, Ga.
Have had personal interview
with Arthur Moore he will sure
ly preach at Methodist church
in Bainbridge, next Sunday morn
ing. Give prominenceJto this in
this weeks issue sure.
H. J. Maddox
PASSES BAD TRADE
IS CHARGE
AGAINST ARLINGTON
Whighnm, Oct 16—George Arl
ington has been arrested by
Deputy Sheriff J. F. Knight for
passing counterfeit trade checks
on the Boyd Lumber Company.
When arrested $35 worth of the
bogus checks were found under
the seat of the buggy in which
Arlington was leaving the mill
quarters. They are aluminum
checks good only for merchan
dise at the store of the company
and are such good imitations of
the original that they have been
on the store and also on out
siders at a discount, amounting
to several hundred dollars.
The counterfeiting has been
going on for several weeks, but
was not until Saturday night
that officers had sufficieut proof
to actually justify the arrest.
Jim Swain, a negro, with some
of the bogus checks in his pro
session, was also arrested.
Swain disclaims any knowledge
other than the checks were per
fectly good. Arlington refuses
to discuss the matter. Com
mitment trial is set for Monday
morning.
Arlington is an itinerant
watch anp clock repairer and
claims to have traveled all over
the United States and Mexico.
Macon Telegraph.
JAPANESE NOVELTIES
T
Local Board of Trustees
Will Put Into Yeomans
School Book Provisions
as Soon as Possible.
CLASS ENTERTAINAAENT
The Philathea Class will give
a Birthday entertainment at the
First Baptist Church Friday
evening, Oct. 20th, at 7:45. Af
ter a short program will be a
social hour. Everyone, and
especially the adult classes of
all the Sunday Schools, is in
vited. A free will offering will
be taken at the close of the
program.
The many friends in the city
of the Rt. Rev. F. F. Reese,
D. D., Bishop of the Episcopal
Church in the Diocese of
Georgia will be glad to know
that the Bishop will be here for
I the meeting of the Archdeaconry
I of Albany on Nov. 14-16th and
will also preach and administer
' the Rite of Confirmation, Sun
day night, Nov. 19th. The Bis
hop has many friends in this
city who are always glad of the
opportunity to hear him.
The Ladies Guild of the Epis
copal Church will have a large
assortment of Japanese Articles
and Novelties on sale at Mills’
Pharmacy next Friday after
noon, October 20th. This sale is
for the benefit of the Organ Fund
and it is hoped that the patronage
will be large. These goods are
imported direct from Japan by
the Japanese Art Company of
Chicago, and the Ladies Guild
will have quite a large assort
ment on display this week. This
will afford a splendid opportunity
to the people of Bainbridge to
get many of their Christmas
Presents at reasonable prices.
Come and see the Display even
if you don’t want to purchase
anything.
GHOLSON-STAGY
■fat
Vespers, where an entire popula
tion rises to exterminate foreign
usurpers. Conspicuous in the
dreadful yet glorious day are the
Daughters of Jael, an oath-bound
band of women-patriots.
The story as a whole brings in
many extradordinary types of
the polyglot, nationalities of
which America is composed.
Besides the big army of super
numeraries, a very large cast
of principals was employed,
some of the more important be
ing Arthur Shirley, Lorraine,
Huling, Percy Standing, C. E.
Geldert, Philip Gastrock, Paul
Willis, Flora MacDonald, Leila
Frost, Edna Mae Wilson, Mild
red Bracken, Clarence G. Barr,
The marriage of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Gholson of Savannah
I and Mr. Henry Grady Stacy of
j Flemmington, Ga., Sunday after-
|noon was an item of much
interest to their many friends.
The happy young couple left
for St. Ausustine and other
points in Florida after which
they will return to their future
home in Flemmington. Mr.
Stacy is a young business man
of that place.
The bride is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Gholson and has made many
friends in Savannah who wish
them much happiness.
NEW LAW FIRM IN ATLANTA
The friends of Mr. Jim Wade
Talbert of Atlanta, but formerly
of Bainbridge will learn with
pleasure of the formation of
the law firm as below announc
ed this past week.
James W. Austin, John- A.
Boykin and James W. -Talbert
announce the formation of a
partership for- the general prac
tice of law under the firm name
Prof. Thomason states to the
Post-Searchlight that the school
trustees will immediately take
into investigation the proposition
of the trustees buying and fur
nishing the school books as per
the law just passed known as
the Yeomans bill. There is grave
dissatisfaction over the way the
book proposition has been manag
ed this year and if the trustees
do this it will do away with a lot
of unneccesary confusion about
the book business. Under the
new law books will be furnished
free to the smaller grades as far
money goes and arrangements
will be perfected whereby the
other books can be handled bet
ter. We dont propose to charge
any one with the fault but if the
citizens of Bainbridge have to go
through with any more such con
fusion on the book business as
has been this fall there will be
open rebellion as well as much
profanity. We know that the
folks have kicked until they have
been sore enough to mail quite a
number of communications to
this paper which we held up
simply because we did not want
the outside world know that we
had such a racket going on in
our school affairs. This move
ment on the part of the trustees
if carried out as suggested by the
superintendent will better mat
ters wonderfully and we hone to
see that day [at hand and that
quick.
OF THE
COUNTY AT FAIR
The following colored people
of this county were winners
of prizes at the Southwest
Georgia Colored Fair at Albany
last week. Quite a number of
them carried stuff up to Albany
and these were the lucky
winners.
Agent, Mabel Cox.
Ada Emanuel — Embroidered
dress, second prize. $1.
Phillis Emanual—Embroidered
dress, first prize, $2.
Ellen Williamson— embroider
ed child’s dress, first prize, $1.50.
Ruby Patterson — crocheted
slippers, first prize $1; drawn
work centerpiece, second prize,
$1.
Gladys Harp— “A. B. C.” quilt
first prize $2.
Mellissa Cullen— one jar pre
served pears, first prize, 75c; 1
quart canned blackberries, fust
prize 75c.
S. Mitchell— 1 quart canned
peaches, second prize, 50c; one
quart canned pears, first prize,
75c.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The regular services will be
conducted in this Church next
Sunday as follows:
10:00 A. M. Sunday School.
11:00 A. M. morning prayer
and sermon.
7:30 P. M. evening prayer and
sermon.
The people of the community
are cordially invited to attend all
services.
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