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THE
POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Published Every Thursday at
Bainbridge, Georgia.
E. H. GRIFFIN
Editor and Proprietor
Entered at the I’ostofflee in Bain
bridge, Oa., as second class mail
matter under Act of Congress
March 18th, 1897.
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OFFICIAL OHOAN OF TUB CITV
OF BAINiiRIDUB AM) DECATUR
COUNTY.
Telephone No. 239
We wish you all a Happy and a
Prosperous New year.
We wonder if Mutt got Jeff’s
goat for a Christmas present?
The Turkey tribe can get a rest
now lor about eleven months.
They will be here with us again.
The usual amount of holiday
weddings were pulled off. Have
heard nothing as yet from Cuth-
bert as to Howell along this line.
It is a good thing that talk is
cheap. If it was not we know
some folks that would bankiupt
themselves in a short while.
We got our package and we
sure do wish that some one else
had gotten it instead of us.
“Shore” wish we had “loant”
our name out.
This was a rotten Christmas
for the Atlanta women. Kress’
Ten Cent Store being closed by
fire. You could almost hear [their
groans way down here.
Buffalo Bill wants to interfere
in Mexico. All of a sudden like
BUI, suppose you go on and do
the interfering. No objections at
all
Congressman Adamson is wor
shiper of spring water so we
learn but whether- it is Echo
Spring or Deep Spring we have
not been able to find out.
Have you enjoyed your holi
days. If not, look in side and
see what is the trouble with you.
Maybe there is where the trouble
lays.
Note where a magnificent Jack
ass was destroyed in a fire at
Cordele but the statement fails
to show how many legs that
Jack had.
The size of the Christmas
business done in Bainbridge was
real tremendous when you figure
tfeat the merchants had several
days of rain to interfere with
them.
if ■' • ■ - —
Everybody seems to have en
joyed their frolic [time and now
let's all get back to work on
Bainbridge and Decatur county
and see what we can do tor our
communities.
Tl\ere lias been some real
spirit of Christmas generosity in
Bainbridge this season as eviden
ced on the faces of the children
of the city that things are not
well|with.
Sometimes we*wonder that it
Christ knew how some people
celebrate his Birthday would he
not prefer that it be passed up
rather than be used a day for
debauchery and drunkeness. The
original purpose of the great oc
casion seems to be lost in the
melee bf gormandising in both
eating and drinking.
The death [of Judge Lambkin
was a distinct shock to the
friends of that gentleman all
over the country. An able Judge
that all men respected and ad
mired.
Death took a heavy toll from
among our prominent Georgia
citizens in the past ten days.
Judge Lambkin and Solicitor
Williams being both men of note
in their respective circles.
The Democratic papers of the
state seem to be lining up in their
purpose to slaughter any man
that starts [out for a senatorial
job that is or has been flirting
with the bolters. So mote it*be.
The President in common with
the balance of the world would
really like to know what the
nations of Europe are fighting
about. Switzerland is also desire-
ous of the same information.
The Kentucky troops have
fired on the Mexicans. The M?x
fellows must have poured water
in the Christmas whiskey of the
boys from the Blue Grass state
and reaped their own reward.
-O-
Would like to know how one
of Johnnie Spencer’s “cornfed”
girls looks now after that round
with turkey and cranberry sauce.
We doubt their needing any
weatherboarding” at any rate.
Did you see the booze line in
front of the express office all last
week? It was some line and
many in that line were sadly dis
appointed when the roll call
showed tjieir package shy.
Charles M. Schwab says that
the cost of steel is one third labor,
one third material and one third
transportation. We wonder now
Charlie where you poverty
stricken millionaires get your
two thirds.
The Statesboro News of last
week was a corking good issue.
If that fellow dont have a good
holiday season it will not be be
cause his folks have not patroniz
ed him liberally with his Christ
mas issue.
A good way to end this war
would be for an international re
quirement to make every emper
or and king in the war lead a
charge or two. If the crown
could smell a little gun-powder
peace would be at hand.
Now Mr. Planter is your time
to give care, judgement and
much thought to what is in front
of you. Pick your seed for cotton,
corn and peanuts very carefully
and you will reap the reward
when the harvest turns again.
Our friends fed, us on Christ
mas, some body fed Jim Williams
and now we will be wanting to
know if Camp’s neighbors over
in Walton remembered the
“Maine” thing that an editor
needs is rations and grub, then
giub and rations.
Well one thing is certain, the
man that said all the negros had
gone to the North most certainly
was not in Bainbridge Saturday
nor did he cast his eye down
Water Street. There was nine
million and two here in this town
alone.
No and neither has Germany
and theyAllies used up all the
powder because 49 tons were
shot up in this town in fireworks
Saturday and Monday nights.
Enough powder burned to equipp
a regiment for a days fighting.
Bainbridge has been quite and
orderly this Xmas and the good
results of the little 2 quart limit
was in evinence. A fellow was
afraid to pitch one on just 2
quart limit was in evidence. A
fellow was afraid to pitch one on
2 quarts because of the next day
after.
Gordon Lee of the Rome dis
trict is trying [very hard to get
an aimor plate factory in his dis
trict. That man seems to be a
working'congressman and from
all appearances that work of his
has given him a copper-riveted
hold on his job.
Gardner wants the Republicans
to form policies says an ex
change. Well it is about time
that they had some policies of
some kind other than those that
can be bought and sold by the
boodle barons. Their old policies
is now so worn out that they
cant work ’em any more.
The child looking for the
tracks of the reindeeijdriven by
Santa Claus on Sunday night
was no more simple or credulous
than the man that looked for fun
and pleasure in the quart bottle
ot juice, distilled from gun
powder and lightning.
Having had our fill of turkey
and cranberry sauce we are pre
pared to radiate and scintillate
for another year and hope to do
so faithfully at so much per
radiate. If a man cant hand out
glory after such a feed as our
neighbors gave us, he is not
much of man.
a HaPPY NEW YEaR.
Boys you have all misconstrued
the remark of Bro Jim Williams
of the Herald-Journal. He said
that he lived so he could look
every man in the face and tell
him to go to H but he did
not say that he was going to do
it. On the same principle that a
man can live so he can spit in a
tiger’s face but he has’nt got to
do it because he feels that way.
TJie Apostle of Sunshine from
Green County is anything else
but a grouch.
The gobbler was a little sparing
with his gobble but some few of
us heard his familair yelp. Of
course now since a friend sent us
that turkey, every ugly girl that
marries a sorry boy from now on
for another year will be beauti
ful and the boy a “prominent
young man” and every ugly hair
lipped youngster that shows up
will be the prettiest baby that
ever was seen. Oh there io noth
ing like a turkey to brighten up
one’s vision.
Say what you please about the
New Prohibition law. Many a
child got a few things for Christ
mas that had not gotten them be-
Spre as a result of the law and
its operation. We have seen
many men come to town, get
drunk and loose or squander the
money they brought with them
to buy their children a few
things and go back to a set ot
poor little dissapointed chaps. It
is a help to the kiddies whether
you like the law or not.
Dont it make you gag to send a
gimp a paper on his say-so for a
year or so and then send him a
statement and have him get mad.
It is a lunny thing that he will
get mad at the little dun for one
dollar when his old butcher or
grocer duns him every time he
sees him tor a ration bill that has
been running about as long as
his paper unpaid. That kind of a
man is to draned mean or
senseless to read a paper. He
could not get an idea out of the
Zenda Vesta let alone a news
paper.
The liquor men that are send
ing their advertising to the
country press under the guise of
news are about the most simple
set that we have ever seen. It is
bad enough to carry the adver
tisement for the actual money
but for them to try and work the
weeklies for tree advertising it
is more than disgusting. The
automobile [fellows that send
great long art'cles of auto news
with their particular car shining
like a star in the write ups are
| on a cold trail too. Why dont
j these fellows learn sometime that
j the country editor has cutTnis
j wisdom teeth so tar as they are
concerned.
We wish to extend to the
friends, patrons and readers of
the Post-Searchlight our wishes,
for % happy and prosperous New
Year to all. The paper has made
some strides in the past year and
we hope with a continuance of
the favor of its friends to make
more this year. We have striven
tc make it a newspaper and while
we have not always pleased every
reader we are willing to admit
that we can not nor will we at
tempt to do so. If we issue a
paper that will please all we will
have to send out a blank sheet
and that is not what is paid for.
However we have done as we
thought best and we believe that
we have pleased most of the
people most of the time. We
have had to sometimes be sharp
to advertising shark but not any
more so than any other business
trying to take care of its only
stock in trade. We are going to
make a better publication in the
year 191.7 because we will be bet
ter equipped and feel that we
owe the patrons every modern
advance that we can make in
a'ny department. Here is to a big
and a prosperous Decatur in the
bg year of 1917.
The New Year is at hand and
we hope that it is the dawning
year for this town and county.
There will be no politics to take
the minds of the citizens off of
their section and we believe that
in the next twelve months we
will see more improvements here
than we ever have before. The
city government has some work
before it and it is thought that
before the spring opens up this
will be well under way. The
town has enjoyed the best busi
ness this fall that it has in ten
years and the folks are all ready
to get busy. Who leads off with
a material improvement in the
New Year?
Our Christmas day reading
was brightened up considerably
by having the North Georgia
Citizen, the Monroe Advertiser,
The Walton Tribune and the
Greensboro Herald-Journal and
two quarts of Cognac and two
dozen eggs. Eggs are mighty
good fried soft and turned. With
each succeeding egg these fel
lows’ paragraphs would radiate
and scintillate until they almost
blinded the imagination. But a
brighter set of weeklies could
not be read. AND we are saying
this the morning after when the
world is usually dark and gloomy.
Our best wishes to you boys,
you helped out on our. Christmas
wonderfully.
The Savannah Press seem to
think this paper unfriendly to
Savannah. He never misjudged
a man or a paper as badly in his
life. We are more of a friend to
that city than she is herself and
would be proud of the fact did
she occupy the place that she
was destined to, the greatest port
for all things in the south. A
word was unfortunately left out
that changed entire meaning of
the paragraph that gave our
friend this impression. The lack
of that same bridge keeps many
visitors from this section away
from Savannah and we would get
more pleasure than any one we
kno#of out of %hose visits. If
we were going to pick out a
Georgia city to pull for we could
pull for Savannah with more
feeling of working for home
folks than any of them. You
have us wrong brother, we have
no grouch at all against your
city or anything or any body.
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Ribbon. T/.KB no ornm. Bay *f y•mpV/
Drigglit and ask fop CHI-CHlIft-TER 9 V
DIAMOND BRAXD PILLS, for twente-five
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In fact we wish everybody a
happy New Year except those
that are more than a year behind
with their paper. They cant
have one until they pay up for
their conscience sake. No use to
wish them any happiness at all.
They cant enjoy it when they
are behind with their home
paper, can they?
hole for rat'pur^ses”^
to send an arch light : '
crossing the line li quor 2
and see if we cant kill tha
liquor purposes. Then,?
into Florida did a bL k °
last week and a little 8 i?
the matter might destroy*)®
After Christmas You Will Nee
Some of These For Your Bicyc
School Baskets soc and 7
Bells 25c and
Wild Cat Whistle
Claxon, for bicycle SlV™
Don’t let your wheel be stolen, get a lock for.. lOcand 1
Lock and chain g
Can full of oil j
Can of cup grease j
Graphite and tire tape "
Tool Bag
Wrenches
.... oe
* 20 to 5
Hand pump -. ... 25
Frame pump
Foot pump 3q
ELECTRIC LIGHT outfit j 7
Rubber pedals 1.50 to 1.7
Rubbers tor small pedals, gS
Luggage carriage .' 73
Mud guards j 5<
Rim Cements lOc, or 3 for 23
We lace dress guards for, 30
We Sell Sporting Goods;
SKATES
Plain steel roller $1,0(
Rubber cushion roller ! [.. ; l.gi
Ball bearing 2.7
Basket Balls
Full size $2.0(
Large size 2.5(
Grain leather “Official” sizes, from ...... 3,00 to 5.0i
Foot Balls
Boys size $l,7i
Official size 2.7i
Genuine rubber bladders for foot balls and basket
balls, from 50c to l.OC
Overland Juvenile Bicycles
Boys or girls 20 inch S17.5 1
Boys or girls 24 inch 20.0 1
Boys or girls 26ineh -r 22.S'
Coaster brake extra 1 SO 1
Oxford boys wheels with coaster, 28” wheels, 20”
frame 30.0 1
READING STANDARD 32.5
Royal RACER, we can furnish these from
(according to equipment 27.50 to 35.0
Tires of Every Kind
Firestone Tires red tread, each.,
$3.0<
Firestone Tires blue tread
4.0<
Goodrich White safety tread
3.0(
Overland and GIANT tires each
. 3.0(
Nobby tread tires
. 2 5<
Empire pebble tread red each ...
2.21
Dixie itires
2.0(
Hunter tirss
... 181
Juvenile tires
150 to 2.5(
We have some second hand wheels that
took in exchange for new ones that we have
enambled and put in good condition, some «'it'
new tires from $7.50 to $1S.5<
Don’t forget, we are
the only exclusive bicy
cle store in the city. We
carry the largest stock
of repair parts and bicy
cles ever kept in Bain
bridge, and we can
make any repairs your
bicycle may need.
The Motor-Bicycle Company
J. ROBERT HAIRE, Manager and Prep.
In the Shingler Block BAINBRIDGE, GA. 0° Erold H