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HE POST-SEARCH LIGHT 2 - N0 - 43 BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JANUARY 18. 1917 $1.50 PER YEAR [IP & COMPANY Our Customers: Ljng to the fact that we are baring to retire from busi ng we wish to ask that all that are due us and ons not made settlement to l35e do so at once or come 1 make satisfactory arrange- Intsasto their balance. We them to kindly give this Itter their attention We wish ] thank all our friends and Irons for their liberal patron- the years gone by and lure them that their busi- has been appreciated and thing all a prosperous New IV r are here for always, the iple of the county have been friends and patrons too ny years to leave them but |s change in business must be ide and we will appreciate KLINE’S BIG SALE The well known firm of Kline Brothers on Water street will open up their big sale Saturday. It is their first one in three years and they have some startling facts to present to the buyers of the section. Everybody knows them, knows their line and the fact that they are the real busy folks of the town and conse quently have no old goods on hand to offer the public. See them and get their prices. Judge Park seems to stand some considerable chance tor the United States Judgeship and so sure seem some of his friends that several have been mention ed for the possible vacancy that will occur in the event of his Among those Ur immediate compliance with ; a PP olntr nent mentioned in this week’s rounds i request. Respectfully, H. B. Ehrlich & Co. of the press from this county have been the Hons. P. S. Cummings and John W. Calla- lian. From the other counties are Col Bell of Grady, Judge Cox, of Mitchell and Judge Luke Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18.— A net' of Thomas. These mentioned tning ot 21.1G per cent on a candidacies will of course de ntal stock of $600,000 was the j pend on the disposition of the narkableshowing for its stock- mantle of the Federal Judge. HOW WE GAN IMPROVE THE SCHOOL There are many ways in which we could improve the school grounds: First— To make them look pretty and neat we should be careful and not throw paper etc., on the grounds. Second—There could be plant ed grass, shade trees and pretty flowers to help the beauty. Third—Swings, see-saws, trap ezes, etc., would help the looks and also afford the children pleasure. Basket ball, tenni3 and golf courts are needful. There should also be sand beds for primary children. In fact I think a school ground should be almost like a park. Annie Catherine Carr. Fifth Grade. CIGARETTE CAMPAIGN The American Tobacco Com pany have just closed through their advertising agency a big contract for the pushing of their famous Sovereign cigarettes. This campaign will be wide- THE GASH GROCER BEGINS CAMPAICN Attention is called to the ad vertisement of Mr. Gus T. Weil, the Cash Grocer on Water St., in this issue. Mr. Weil begans a special advertising campaign to interest the folks in buying their groceries for cash and saving all expense possible. He is quoting some prices each week that will prove a revela tion to those that buy their groceries and have them charg ed. Look for his space each week and you will see some prices that will make you think about that cash buying proposi tion in dead earnest. The Cash Grocer has no dead accounts to look after and his customers do not help feed any dead beats. Get your eye on that ^advertisement of his, it will be right there every week for the next year and full of fine suggestions to the housewife. COMING SOUTH Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18.—One million tourists pass through Georgia every winter on their way to Florida resorts, accord ing to figures just announced. At the present time most ot them Miss Mildred McArthur of this city and Mr. Travis Hathcock of Atlanta were married in that city on the night of January 4th, in the presence of a few friends. Miss McArthur is the daughter of Mr. E. A. McArthur of this city and lived i n Bainbridge practically all of her life, Mr. Hathcock is a young railroad man of Atlanta. Thev are mak ing their home in that city. BANKS CLOSE FRIDAY I The following banks, belong ing to the Bainbridge Clearing House, will be closed on the above date to observe Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, being a Legal Holiday. Bainbridge State Bank, First National Bank, Citizens Bank, Decatur County Bank. WILL WORK FOR PARDON Iders in 1916 by the Fourth ptional Bank of this city, thus lording another indication of s great and growing prosperity toad in the south. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Mr. Joe Nicholson, one of the most respected citizens of all this spread. This paper has received j travef "on "trains" " but "in "the I section came U P trom Havana its portion of the contract and it future a considerable proportion Saturday to enlist the aid of his is one of the real large ones of! will make the trip in auto- DANGER SIGNAL FOR COTTON FARMERS hundreds of friends in getting the year. The advertisements mobiIei seeing the statei getting are neatly gotton up and all in the very best of style and print. THE MECCA, SURE Merest ; The Mecca, the new place of amusement in Bainbridge, open ed just next to Bainbridge State Bank is the real Mecca of all the are served on the place and no Stop! Look! Listen! which is ‘he bank paid a 12 per-cent j booked to appear at the Calla- idend of *72,000, put aside 1 ban Theatre Saturday Jan. 20th 1,000 to undivided profits and is another of Charles Dilling- balanee was reserved for ham’s success. It contains a and taxes. It is under- health of cleverly written’songs, jyoung men at"nightnow7 They that the nearest approach a remarkable cast of vaudeville have i nsta li e d a bowling alley the Fourth National’s net head-liners, wonderous costumes j and an up . to -date bil i ard room> nings of 21.16 per-cent was a couple of carloads of impres-1 and j^ j g a straight amusement ther bank’s earning of 18 siomstic scenery and entertain- hall No soft drinks ol kind cent. ment enough to make three 'aptain James W. English, a shows of its type. There are itinguishod Confederate veter- lots of girls and pretty ones and and former mayor of At- things never lag. The chorus is ta, again heads the bank as large in number, excellent in sident, and the other officers voice, with lyrics of the most re likewise re-elected, these jingling variety by Irving Ber- John K. Ottley vice presi- hn. What more could be asked? and Charles I Ryan vice It comes to Bainbridge direct from a phenominal run at the Globe Theatre, New York City. Sale of seats begins today. 50c to $1.50 no $2.00 seats at all. acquainted with its people and its resources, spending their money along the way. MOVES SALE ROOMS I Mr. P. T. Rich has moved his Buick sales rooms from the former Toole building, just in front of the Post office to the building formerly occupied by the Baughman Auto Company, Mr. Rich will keep on exhibi tion in the Toole building his _ , cars as he lias been doing but gambling of any nature allowed b j s s t ock and conveniences will and the young men are fast tak ing hold on their chance to have some place to go in the evening and have some harmless amuse ment. psident and cashier. be in the Baughman building. A sample car of each pattern can be found in the , . , building now occupied by the The boys are having jy chAuto gupply Company, some very interesting bowling | ____________ j contests evety night now. IS COSTLY Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18—Getting door to an advertising Fchant in order to catch some I the trade that comes to his F* ' s the latest trick of the SOUTH IS PROSPERING Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18—South ern people are becoming lenders 1 advertiser and the advertis- 108tead of borrowers, are becom- ! men newspapers of Atlanta in8, P urch asers of investment common with those in other securities on a steady upward lies over the country, are de- | scale > according to William Hurd pm? ways and means of dis-! Hill y er - a well known capalists tmtenancing the practice and antl financier of this city who it uncomfortable P e who resort to it. £ or has obtained some interesting I? and significant data on the sub- I the higher tribute could be paid je ^; . iU 4 . . ! power of advertising than! The fact that the south is be- a non-advertiser who refuses coming more and moro a market , te H the public about himself j for investment securities is one d his goods, to take a location of the most encouraging signs 't to the store of a mer- j of the times ’ for showes that who believes in advertis- southern people are getting STATE'S RATION BILL DEATH OF LEE Mr. Lee Williams died at the . , T . home of Mr. Eivy Parker about Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18 Notwith- three miles west of Bainbridge nmr 11+nflint I ... pardon for his son recently con victed in Valdosta. The case was a very sad one as the boy was arrested in con junction with another older man and sentenced to purnishment before Mr. Nicholson knew any thing about it. It is a case of a young boy getting in bad com pany and being led off into trouble by others. The boys previous record was good and his father hopes to be able to get the sentence reduced or a pardon. Joe Nicholson is a good citizen and a good man that has raised a family of good, people and his burden is a heavy one. He only Here is a warning we wish every farmer in America could hear and heed. Especially should such a warning be an effectual answer to such advice as Col. E. H. R. Green is giving Texas farmers—telling them to plant the whole earth in cotton next year and the fence Conors around it and risk buying their food stuffs from other sections. If there ever was a time when the farmer should make “safety first” his motto in business, that time is now. The world can get along better without clothes for awhile than it can foodstuffs and feedstuffs and so whenever the crash comes cotton prices are likely to drop more quickly and to suffer longer than the prices of foods and feeds. ‘‘Woe unto the farmer next fall,” says the Progressive farm er, “if he is forced to pay for everything out of his cotton crop when an over-production ot that crop and disturbed financial conditions work together to force down the price! Surely we have not so soon forgotton the lessons of 1914!” The "safety first” should be the motto of business men gen erally, it should ten times more emphatically be the motto of the southern cotton .farmer.—Macon News. GUTHBERT ADAMS GETS FIVE-YEAR SENTENGE ■Camilla, Ga. Jan. 18.—With all of the evidence in and the case ready to be argued, attor neys for the defense and the state, with the consent of the court, reached an agreement yesterday afternoon, permitting , , , , Cuthbert Adams, charged with had to saj the word and every i the muder of his father, Judge friend i.e Had was anxious,-j, T< Adam9i t0 enter a plea willing a> ' ready to help him. j 0 f g ud ty to voluntary man- If there wu. "m> a case worthy | s | aU{rb ter of gubernatorial latency, this Adams'at or.ee was sentenced is one and we believe it w. 11 be execised in this case. I ana c °unts it as the strong- a ‘ actor in building up his a well-known and Advertised concern in Chic- secured a verdict of $60,000 cst a competitor who came e immediate vicinity and ■n . lcat ^ d the advertiser, s store ‘ The false-front merchant U “ ot an advertiser himself ;‘ e had business brains a 5' n 1° appreciate the value ' ert ‘ 8 i n K. and business dis- oft \ enou gh to attempt to ‘ by the advertising mer- rn ’ j’ ex P e nditure and well , reputat i° n - After a long K22.litigation tl standing the fact that Georgia produced no less than $37,000, 000 worth of beef, pork, mutton, milk, butter and eggs during 1916, millions of dollars went out of the state to buy meat and forage, showing that there is still room for a great advance in living at home. That the state is not asleep, however, is shown by the rapid growth ot the live stock industry and the multiplication of packing plants in various sections ot the state and adjouring states where they are being located within convenient reach of Georgia cattle and hogs. According to a bulletin just after an illness of several months, Mr. Williams was twenty-three years old and having lived here the biggest portion of his life. He was employed at the Bab cock mill for some time. Mr. Williams is survived by two sisters Misses Maud and Minnie Parker of this county. He was buried last Monday at 11:00 a. m. at Bethel cemetery, Rev. Bluett pastor of the Bethel Church conducted the funeral services. LOCATES NERE Dr. P. M. Lewis, an eye, ear issued by the U. S. Department ( nose and throat specialist has ahead of the financial game and 0 f Agriculture, the pecan is * oca ted in the city and will do ^advertijiBgl are able to put aside an ever- growing surplus The high price of cotton, the raising of diversified crops, the practice of economy during the past few years—these and other factors have all contributed to the improved financial condi tion of the south. Mr. Hillyer declares and he shares the view of other leading authori ties that the south will be in better position after the close of the European war than any other section of the country. rapidly becoming the finest nut j tk ' s _ Practice exclusively. Dr. raised in America. The depart- j T^wis is a graduate of the At- ment has assigned a corps of j Medical College an was experts to co-operate with pe- j an associate professor at the can growers in improving both 83016 institution and for the the quality of production and oas t ^Sd 1 * months has been the the department ventures the i h° use surgen in one of the lead* prediction in its bulletin that! 10 ? New York hospitals where the pecan is destined to play a class of work is done ex^ prominent part in off-setting the deficit caused by the boll weevil. BASKET SUPPER There will be a basket supper at Alliance School house Friday The Flint River Milling Com-i . , , .* pany is now paying 95 cents per " lgh ^ January ^ th >, f °5 the nnnhrl fnr ntifllMtoMMMMlttBfi“ clusively. Dr. Lewis will bring his family here, wife and one child and cast his lot with our people and every citizen will welcome his coming to be one of us. The Flint River Milling Com- The regular services will be held in this church as follows: 10:00 a. m. Sunday School and Men’s Bible Class. 11:00 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon. 7:00 p. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon. Wednesday afternoon, Litany Service at 4:00 oclock. Thursday Jan. 25th, Conver sation of St. Paul, Holy Com munion at 10 o'clock. Thursday afternoon at 3:30 Mrs. Mclver, oi Savannah, Presi dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary in the Diocese of Georgia will deliver an address to the ladies of St. John’s Church, and it is hoped that every lady in the Congregation, whether a mem ber of the Auxiliary or not, will be present promptly at 3;30. The Ladies of the missionary socities of all other churches in the city are cordially invited to attend this service. CARD OF THANKS We take this method of thank ing the friends who ministered to our dear mother in her last illness and by their many deeds of kindness, showed their love for her. by Ju2,.e Harrell, ot Mitchell county superior court to five years in the penitentiary. When the case was called Thursday it was the third time that Adams had been tried for the alleged murder of his father, who was one of the best-known men in this section of the state. At all three trials the plea of the defense was insanity. The first jury, after deli berating three or four days without reaching a verdict, was dismissed and a mistrial was declared. When the case was called at next term of court the first question put before the jury was Adam’s mental status. He was adjudged insane and sent to the asylum! After observing him for several months the asylum authorities pronounced him a sane man. He was brought back to Camilla and the trial which was abruptly ended by the plea of guilty was started. Adams shot his father to death after the latter reproved him for going at a dog. Several witness asserted that the young man was drinking heavily at the time. 'j! COTTON GINNED There were 9427 bales of eotton counting round as half bales, ginned in Decatur county, from die crop of 1916 prior to Jan. iiirnimiimHffiiTi rom