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0E POST-SEARCH ME. NO. 51 BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY MARCH 15. 1917 $1.50 PER YEAR MOT IS gedugii u TO SUBSCRIBERS Holding Secret Meet- Negro Church lien Three White Men 1st in the Door Iron Ga . Marc 14—A labor T"vho has been working lc the negroes in this sec- I* seV eral weeks was cap- 1 ;u<t over the Tunrer • line late yesterday Inoon by I. M. H. Fletcher,; IFlecher and J. C. High- , it of Chula. The agent Holding a secret meeting in ,j church when the white Jburst in the door. £ alleged the agent has ■telling negroes that South- Ivhite men oppress them that if they will go North [will get rich quick and be lual basis with other races, (agent jumped through a .... and ran but was bap- , after a halt'-mile chase, taken to the Sycamore jail, liner county superior court lession and the agent will Iven a speedy trial. Iternal Order Making plendid Headway and hows a Good Report, leorgia Masons Inter ned. litas lanta, Ga., March 15—Have an annuity certificate with Jasons’ Annuity? rgia Masons will be inter- to know that the assets of rder are now $920,569, while paid to beneficaries a of S891.949. Included in benefit list are 50Q widows 1,000 children. e Masons’ Annuity, of which supreme lodge is located in some quarters owned by the • > s a benefit institution, for 'ns only, and the oldest of its in America, ward P. Bums, superinten- the organ’-'-.tion depart- ts one of the best known ns in the south, while the board of directors and tie representatives are the most prominent ns in the Southern states. |t of Enthusiastic Meeting of the Business Men of the County Held Wednes day at City Hall. Plans OutJined. One of the most important meetings of the business men and land owners of this section that has ever been held was held here yesterday at the City Hall, The Georgia Land Owners As sociation met and took up the question of a state wide publicity campaign setting out the advant ages of this country and section to the world. Another matter that received their attention was a state wide effort to rid the state of the ticks and otherwise push to a successful advantage a state wide tick eradication movement. The business men of the town We are mailing a notice to every subscriber that is in arrears with us this week. We do not want to cut any one’s name off the list but unless these notices are regarded will be obliged to do so. Paper costs five times more than it ever cost before and we must follow this plan. One lone subscription does not amount to a great deal in dollars and cents but we have sent out in the neighborhood of 1000 and that will run up into big money. More money than we can carry with prices ranging for material as it is. No other business would try to carry such dead weight and we do not think that any business think ing person expects us to do so. Send in yours and get the paper right on. If you fail to get a paper next week you will know that we have had to cut you off.. If your notice is wrong kindly let us know, we have no other way of knowing except from you. Mistakes occur any where and are liable to do so with us. Send in your subscription, if you do not, don’t get hurt if you fail to get your paper. New Model 14 Linotype Instated this Week in the Office of the Post- Search Light. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ signebup fbr the work before them were C. S. Hodges, J, W. Callahan, L. Ball, H. B. Ehrlich & Co., M. E. O’Neal, S. T. Car ter, John E. Donalson, C. K. C. Ausley, G. Darbyshire, C. C. and E. J. 'Willis. The purpose and full intent of this organization will be set out in a detailed article next week. Among those of out of town prominence here were Mr. Aleck Sessoms of Cogdell, Ga., Dr. J. F. Fahey, State Tick Eradicator, Fort Andrews of the Waycross Herald-Journal, and H. Abbott, Western Representative of the Southern Development Organiza tion. The meeting was attended by considerable interest and en thusiasm, and we will have a complete detailed report of the meeting in next weeks paper. NEW BOOKS REGEIVEO . IT “ s Annie Neva. McKinna. Itrict Supt., Georgia Children’s :e Society, was in Bainbridge ' ay in the interest of the Bnization. She requests that one who is interested in the ^ are welfare of dependent Wren and know of any chil- • n "ho are orphaned, neglect- or nbused in any way will do children a great service by ling her attention to the mat- at rJOSt office box 984, Savan- h. Ga. foose.desiring to take a child J their homes to bring up as i ° Wn c h'ld will do well to fiie application with her at the lnnah addrkss. The Home L. et -' has many desirable chil- °h all ages on hand just The following books were re ceived recently at the Bainbridge Public Library: The Thoroughbred, by Web ster; The Mark of Cain, by Wells; Oh, Mary Be Careful, by Weston; Wild Fire, by Jane Grey; Limpy, by Johnson; Dumb Bell of Brook field. by Anon: The Hillman, by Oppenheim; The Postmaster’s Daughter, by Tracy; Skinner’s Dress Suit, by Dodge; I/Ove and Lucy, by Hewlett; The Man Next Door, by Hough; Man and the Moment, by Von Houton; Glory of the Conqured, by Glaspell. i t ? s McKinna is also secretary • e Georgia Conference on * work Those desiring to Pfov HEN LAYS CURIOUS EGO 0. S. TO HAVE Atlanta, Ga., March 13—The United States is not going to war, according to W. A. McKee of this city. How does he know? Be cause he has a hen that has laid an egg with a large capital “P” stamped on it, and below the let ter is an out line of a submarine. The “P” stands for “Peace,” as he dopes it out, while the sub marine refers to the controversy with Germany. 10-25th, Anniversary; Home Trade Edition THE POST-SEARCH LIGHT WILL ISSUE AN NIVERSARY AND HOME TRADE EDITION IN MAY PEANUT SHELLER Fails to Find Machine to Suit Him and Builds one of His Own—Will Apply for Letters of Patent. This newspaper is nearing its 10-25th Birthday. The Post was founded by the present owner nearly ten years ago, while the Search-Light was established 25 years ago. The combined pa pers under the present manage ment have always been at the forefront pulling for the progress and prosperity of the city of Bainbridge and Decatur county. In order to celebrate this an niversary in a manner fitting the occasion and to help spread the progress of our city and county The Post-Search Light has decided to issue a “10-25th Anniversary and Home Trade Edition,” which will be issued early in May. This editition which we expect to go to sixty pages will spread the story of our community in words and pictures far and wide, and we urge all our business men, Board of Trade and all those who are doing things for the the city or county to have their story prepared for this edi tion. A copy of this edition will be mailed to every library in every city in the United States of ten thousand or more inhabi tants where it will be placed on file in the reading room of these libraries. In this manner this edition will bring great publicity to our community. The entire edition will be set on our new linotype which we are now installing and will be a thing of beauty from a typo graphical standpoint. This particular edition will be in charge of the National Effi ciency System, a company which makes a specialty of developing communities through newspaper publicity and of which Gordon Nye, publisher of the Tropical Sun, Palm Beach, Florida, is president, and A. B. Codrington, treasurer. These two exper ienced men, with a special writ er, will give all of their time for four or five weeks covering the entire county in a thorough man ner. In case you are overlooked or missed by them you will oblige us by communicating with this officer In a later edition we will tell you the exact date of issue. We are not only going to make this a celebration for ourselves but we are going to make it a HOME TRADE EDITION for our mer chants. It will give them an op portunity to reach everybody in the county with their store and bargain news and in this way, we will help them make it a bang-up week of trading jn this city. So everybody get ready—to help us help you—tell the story of city and county as it has never before been told. This is the electro of the new machine that you will read trom next week. It will be the first of the kind ever instaled in the county of Decatur and we hope that the matter will pan out as the managment of the paper has planned. This week will be our last hand set paper and it is not without strange feeling of sorrow that we bid good bye to the old hand compostion methods. The editor of this paper has worked the old Washington hand press, one that has a name in this country for responsibility. In the past twelve years, we have had some ups and downs but this machine will cor rect the one weak spot in this or ganization and if the people will just continue to back up the pa per we will give them the very best. j We have an element of embryo i and peanut politicians here that endeavor to build up opposition to the paper every time we refuse I to let them use the columns for their ows personal ends but real element that counts have alwavs been back of the publication, i The next year will bring many changes in the newspaper field here, provided that people show that they really want a paper often enough to back it with lib eral patronage on a daily basis. Edison, Ga., March 14—L. L. Duke, a farmer living near here, failing to find a peanut sheller that was thoroughly satisfac tory to him, has invented a machine which he says does the Work much better than any other machine he has seen. He says he will be able to sell this machine at such a price that it will be within the reach of all farmers who need a peanut hul- ler. It has a daily capacity of 300 bushels and can be operated with a 2-horsepower gasoline engine. Mr. Duke has applied for letters of patent. INTERESTING SERVICES AT METHODIST CHURCH At the Methodist church Sun day morning, the pastor Dr. j Christian, will preach and the subject ot the sermon is “Heart I Cry of the World,” at the even ing service his subject is, “God’s Pay Roll.” No doubt there will I be large congregations at both ! services to hear these interesting subjects discussed. A CORRECTION DOG TAX DUE The owners of dogs in the city are hereby notified that the Dog Tax is due and must be promptly feel frl>n y C °" dltl< T: paid. All are asked to attend to - - free to call upon her for, f his matter at once, i - ne! P or information needed. D. R- Barber, |S^2^Box96 1, Savannah, I Chief of Police. In hurriedly getting a news story of the death, last week, ot Mr. Mayo, the well known and beloved citizen of Whighain, who was bi ought here for operation we leave the impression that he was operated on here, while as a matter of fact he was too weak when he arrived that nothing could be done for him. Mr. Mayo, had been for many years the railroad agent in that city and numbered his friends by the score. It was not lack ot information that caused this error, but the fact that we did not have the time to get the details of the matter before going to press. Our attention being calied to it just at press hour. STREET TAX NOW DUE The Chief of police will begin at once to collect Street Tax for this year. Get that change ready for them as the city needs it. The amount is only three dol lars. Quite a number of the folks are now fortunate in view of the fact that they are not tax ed according to the use they make of the streets, if we were, some of us would go bankrupt The collections will begin right away and everybody will bear in mind that they must come across BIG SALE AT NEW IN HOUSE Mr. T. J. Hicks and wife of Tallahassee was in the city a short while Sunday afternoon. Mr. W. B. Johnson of. Climax was in the city a short while Sun day afternoon. This company will open up their big spring and summer sale Saturday, March 17th and run for 21 days a feast ot good things will be at your service. They are not petting or mis leading anybody, not knocking anyone but they mean to have the biggest sale that has ever been pulled off here. Watch and read their announcement. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep est gratitude lo our friends and relatives for the many kindness shown during our recent be reavement, the death of our baby. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lester. OR. LEWIS’ OFFICE Dope Fiend Makes Raid on Doctor P. M. Lewis’ Office for the Much Prized Stuff. Doctor P. M. Lewis, our eye, ear nose and throat specialist, had occasion to go to his office Mon day night about 9:00 o’clock and greatly disturbed a burglar who had gdfned entrance to his office. Dr. Lewis had lost a great quantity of cocain from the office last week and as he returned to the office on Monday night un* expected and not surprised to meet his despicable guest at the door. Doctor treated him as cordially and strengthening as possible by pushing him back into the office, locking the door and’ going to get the police. Before an officer could be ob tained, which was done in less than a minute, the intruder had jumped to the ground from a rear window, but was soon caught near tl)e rear of the office, which is in the Hamil building, A large amount of cocain is used in his operative work on the eye, ear, nose and throat and as the drug is very expensive at present, he does hot care to be called upon to supply any dopers. Naturally he is hoping that this particular one will be put away for safa keeping. THAOE AT HOME An Atlantian who loves to see his wife well dressed has made a discovery that points an interest ing moral to purchasers of wo men's wearing apparel in smaller cities and towns. On a visit to friends in a flourishing little Georgia city his wife invested in a spring suit and coat and hat, with accessories to match, that looked perfectly stunning when she returned; and the best part ot the transaction, especnlty where the Atlantian yas con cerned, was that his Bill let kfm down about 25 per-cent lighter than he expected. All of which goes to show that the man or woman who trades at home not only saves money, whether they live in a small Georgia city or in a big Georgia City, but also they are helping their community by patronizing home industries and. enterprises.