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HR POST-SMIRCH UME. 2. NO. 40 BAINBRIDGE. GEORGIA THURSDAY DECEMBER 28. 1916 $1.00 PER YEAR LIAMS JENNINGS HERE JAN. 3RD Wednesday evening, Jan. ‘t the school Auditorium the le of this town and surround- section will have the plea- 0 f hearing the Honorable Bryan lecture. The Great noner will work in the in- t of the library on this oc- n . Three times the stand- bearer of the Democratic Mr. Bryan is one of the rs that attract. Bryan is too well known d any laudatory remarks and the mere fact that be here will draw the pie to the city, prices of admission to ture will only be seventy ents and the proceeds will j for the library. Every- i urged to come and hear eat Democrat. J. 1. SMITH of se allow me space in your to say that we are glad to that Mr. W. J. Smith h?s it on himself to build a [ house [for the Eldorendo 1 rather to be and see tfce e taxed, with Mr. J. W. han giving the location for uilding. We have been ad- further that Rev. W. R. y will dedicate this butld- othe free use of all the ns of this district, will give er notice after the dedica- It seems from the last that was taught that the ns thought that it was the the trustees to furnish , if you wish to take this r up with, they will show duty of all. Prof. W. R. West Point, the teacher in position to open school ond Monday in January, arents are urged to have children ready on that Fathers and mothers come at date with your children nd your encouragement to ork. It retards the school em to loose one day. If re not aware of the new 1 Law read the Post-Search and you will see the need tr concert of action. J. L. Smith, Chairman. f Hatt thjrifcgp tail Doings A mon£ Those That See and Know. %= ^ BY SELENE v.-A ==J Eugene Zacharias wh«b has been attending Georgia Tech is ■spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gans at the Calla han. [ have just received a fine f Kentucky’mules and brood that we are offering at | v ery best market prices. , have well and carefully led them for the purpose of J being adapted to this sec ond its farm work. The are reasonable and the I first class. It will pay you - them. Buy your stock at and save money and as in touch with the folks juy from. You are cordi- invited to our barn to in- them. W. C. Cqx & Co. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Who will Lecture in Donalsonville Wednesday Af ternoon and Bain bridge Wednesday Night, January 3rd, 1917. MR. PERSONS TO ADDRESS THE WOMAN'S CLUBS On Thursday evening January 4th the Hon G. Ogden Persons, president of the State Senate will deliver an address to the Women Clubs of the city. Persons is a splendid speaker and most polished gentleman that will give those attending the occasion something worth listen ing too. The clubs extend an urgent invitation to the public to attend. STIC SUPPER nd dead early Saturday ng Dec. 19, a good old negro by tne name of lond Chesnut in the wood be branch. He left home Afternoon and was found norning by his wife. He ^ewhere about 80 years e will be missed by the as well as the white Iof he was a faitful old , nve f 8 of Vada was ‘ ne city’s visitors from l^on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Sam Seigel of the Busy Corner entertained a party of friends at a stag supper Tuesday ' night in tho old fashioned style. The occasion was just one of general good fellowship and a i bunch of hearty eaters, j The head of the table was : occupied by Mr. Seigel, the stagee and the following gentle men were on the side line: Will j and Max Kline, Joe Ottenberg, Israel Kahn, Morris Grollman, Julius Ulman, Will Billy, H. G. Born and Kid Dutch. One of the real enjoyable occasions of the old year. WILL HANG FRIDAY Appeal Is Withdrawn and Sheriff Has Made AH Arrangements. It ssems that there is nothing to keep Charlie Williams from the gallows here next Friday, Dec. 29. The appeal has been withdrawn and the sheriff has made his arrangements aiready to carry out the sentence of the court. Williams was convicted at the November term of. court here of having killed Miller Edwards, another neg;o, down near Fowls- town last summer. After kill ing Edwards, Williams carried his body to a sawdust pile and bufied it, discovery not being made until nearly a .week after wards when putrefaction set in. The doomed man seems re- concilned, although he has been thwarted in one attempt to escape from the county jail. He announces now, however, that, he is ready to go and that he is confident of the reception await ing him behind the bars of gold and gates of pearl. Ellington Willis is home from school for the holidays. Edwin Pei last Frii for city last Barents > arrived in the to be with his oliday season. TO BE IN The Hon. William J. Bryan will lecture in Donalsonville Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the school auditorium, t , Mr. Bryaa is too well known to ' ( need a:^-^introduction. The prices will bo very reasonable and a big crowd is expected to attend this momentous occasion N. J. INC FDR ROME Washington, D. C., Dec. 27- President Wilson was urged to day by William J. Harris to take and interest in Rome’s fight to secure the $11,000,000 govern ment armor plant Mr. Harris called at the White House this afternoon and h%d a long con ference with the president. Following the interview he did not indicate what success he had in enlisting the president’s aid with the committee of the navy department, which will re commend the location of the plant. Mr. Harris also praised the work of John D. Walker Dr. Mortimer Ehrlic'fi of Van derbilt Medical University is home for the holidays., Miss Cecil Harrell is spending the week with Miss Mattie Ball in Moultrie. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sinow of Quitman arrived Sunday tb spend the holidays with her parents Judge and Mrs. Wm. Harrell.. I. N. Kornman and wife amj son Leonard Marks Kornman of Val dosta arrived Wednesday to spend a month with their parents Mr. Gus Kornman ami wife. John Fisher of Valdosta is visiting; Mr. Gus Kornman and wife. Miss Pearl Floyd who has been attending school at Bamesville is spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Floyd. C. L. Walker Jr. is spending the week end the guests of re latives in Birmingham, Ala. Roland Bower and wife have as their holiday guests Byron Bower and wife of Atlanta. E. J. Perry who has been at tending “The University of Georgia’s at' Athens arrived Saturday to spend 1 the Christmas holidays with his parents E. J. Perry and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Friedman complimented their little daugher Clara Louise with a neighbor hood Christmas Tree on Christ mas morning, Those invited were: Jane Harrell, Benton Nussbaum Dorothy Harrell, Eugenia Hi rell, Melvin Nussbaum, Jr. Miss Katharine Morgan of Charlotte, N. C. is visiting her grand-parents Mr. Jno. Shai‘p and wife during the holidays. Roy Callahan , of Tallahassee, Fla., was the guest of A. J. Calfa- han and wife during the week end. J. E. Ferrell and wife o>f Thomasville, Ga., spent thfe Christmas holidays the guests o|f Geo. H. Field and wife. MisS [Lamar Coleman after ja pleasant visit to Atlanta, halts returned home. Mrs. R. H. May is spending ipeni the holidays the guest of Mr. an Mrs. L. O. Benton of Monticello. rel, Mary Salter, Berhafd Nusi- baum. Dr. and Mrs.t H. F. Hamil, Dr. and Mrs. Jno, E. Toole, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Brown of Memp his, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hagan of Donalsonville, Ga., Mrs. C. J. Chestnut, Mrs. Harry Gammage, Mrs. E. A. Harrell, Misses Lamar Coleman, Frances Kwilecki, Al berta O’Donnell, Kathrine Chest nut, Stella Nussbaum, Florence Hawes, Edna Nussbaum, iLida Lee Bruton# Euzers McCarty, Elenor Brooks, Cora ClarkJPearl Papi Floyd, Messrs. Linsey '.Pappy, Dr. Sigo Ehilich, Jack Currenn, Richard Hart, Max Kwilecki, J Joe Budd of Quincey, Oliver Miss Cora Clark is spending IjFleming, Grady Johnson, Joe .— ^ *- —• '’Bruton. Harry McCaskill, Joe Salma, Twitty Harris, John Fisher of Valdosta, Willie Kwi lecki, Horace Lucky, Owen the week end with her sister in Monticello, Ga. Mrs. J. K. Simon of Albany has returned home after a visit to Mrs. Melvin Nussbaum. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Landau after a delightful Visit to H. B. Ehrlich and wife returned • to their home in Albany on Thurs day. Paul Battle is spending holidays with his patents and Mrs. T. M. Battle. the Mr. Mrs. Geo. Fields, and Mrs. E. S. Varner entertained with a de fightful sewing party for Mrs. Pray of Boston, who is spend ing the winter at the Callahan, Those invited were: Mesdames D. C. Gurley, C. L. Harrell, H. L. Gans, L. Gurley, C. L. Parker, Kennith McCaskiii, I. N. Korn man of Valdosta, Sam Hawes, E. J. Perry, A. B. Belcher, W, S. Townsend, Roland Bower, R. B. Coleman, Laurel Tonge, Mercer Baggs, Miss fllara Sutherland. Miss Clara Sutherland enter tained with a six o’clock dinner Monday evening, the table was decorated fin the Christmas colors, those invited were: Misses Lida Greene, Emma Sutherland, Messrs. Walter Williamson of Al bany, Bryan Fain of Tampa, Mr. and -Mrs. E. A. Vainer, and Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Sutherland. Thg young men complimented their girl friends with a bird sup per at the country home of Tom Arrington on Christmas night, those going were: Misses Miriam McClellan, Etelle Dorsey, Pearl Floyd, Messrs. Willie Kwi lecki. Loyd Rich, Richard Hart, Ralph Kwilecki. Roy Callahan of Tallahasse, W. Soule, Mortimer Ehrlich, Eugene Zacharias. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hawes enter tained quite a few of their friends with an enjoyable dance on Thursday evening, the house was beautifully decorated with tfie Christmas Colors those danc ing were Mr. ana Mrs. E. J. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Biin- son, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Varner, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Belcher, Mrs. Walter Perry, Mrs. Harry Gam mage, Misses Lamar Coleman, of Sparta and his associates, in j Euzera McCary, Joe Bruton, Joe ■ aisiag money for the democra- McDuffie, Lewis Ciiett, A. J. tj^ampaigm—MacooTelegrapMAcoe^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fields, E. J. Perry, Jr.’, Eui (Gans, Dr. Mortimer Ehrlich, Koy Poole, W. S. Poole, Perd Brown o f Jacksonville, W. M. Goodrich, 5*. H. May, W. W. Wimberly. Ch,<is, Chestnut, B. L. Hook, Eujgene Bloomenstein. (i)ne of the most delightful af fairs of the Holidays was the dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Gus R^ornman, and the Misses Myrtle .and Blanche Kornman in honor of ufieir brother and sister Mr. and Mie>. Irvin Kornman of Valdosta, and .Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown of Memprl i s Tenn., who are visiting Mr. ar.ul, Mrs. Ben Ehrlich during the ^Christmas Holidays. The dance hudl wa g beautifully decorated in .-Holly, Bambo, and Ferns, the. rov».«- where punch was served was de corated in Smilax JapaneeSe lanterns and ferns Mrs. W. S. Townsend and Miss Nan Philpot served punch, Mr. and .Mrs. Kornman were assisted receiving by Mr. and Mrs. I, N. Kornman of Valdosta, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown of Memphis, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Mussbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nussbaum, Misses Korn man. At a late hour a delightful buffett luncheon was served. Those invited were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ehrlich, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ehrlich, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cole- Cecil Harrell,'.Kathrine Chestnut, M jl; * n ^ rS x,^ elV w Nu ^' baum, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Krause, Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Tonge, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Baggs, Mr. and Mrs. - Attacus Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nussbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wal ker, Mr. and Mrs. C L. Harrell, Mr. hnd Mrs. Douglas Harrdl. Mr. and Mrs. Sam JIawesj Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Coombs, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bower. Mr. and Mrs. Bryron Bower of Atlanta, I. Kwilecki, Mr. y. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Jasper Gray. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Varner, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fields, Mr. and Mrs. B. Brinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wright, ot Quincy, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. R. Love of Quincey, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. May, Mr. Mrs. H. L. " UUB