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BAIN BRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5.
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! Capt. BiSckner Finds
Definition of “Gink”
EE SHORT
The Post-Search Light has fre
quently Keen fit to make use of the
gink" in its colums. Capt. T.
Buckner has worried somewhat as
ATT VCtHT) t0 exact definition of this word,
IJJDS ™ " ' ' and feels considerably relieved after
reading what Hub Perdue, an old
Southern and National League ball
player has to say about it.
Captain Buckner mails us the fol
lowing' clipping which we take plea
sure in publishing for the elucidation
of any one else who may be in the
dark about what constitutes a “gink.”
„ . ./‘Hub Perdue of Gallatin, Ky., a
Will wc continue to r “is^ j v ^ terjm 0 f the ma j orS) now pitching
hungry, » r with the Louisville club of the Ameri-
tte armor or agtam | Association, believes he has the
/. -j.L hattie. , . . .
| regular definition of a “gink.
“ ‘A gink,” Hub said, in his South
ern drawi, ‘is a fellah with mud on his
boots the yeah ’round who lives so
BT
men
STVTE ALRICUL-
h SHOW THAT
fOOl) oh
K° il,K 10 d0
land go forth to ba
LET’S LINE UP STRONG FOR
KQPPI1G THAT 1LD KUP ’
FOR LARGEST ATTENDANCE
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD, IS OPENING DATE FOR
BAINBRIDGE TEAM
Mayor Issues Proclamation Asking Business
Houses of City to Close for First Home
Game. Twenty Five Hundred
Needed to Kop the Kup
The Masons’ Annuity
Own Municipal Bonds
facing |
the real situation
and those of the en
* today. It is a lumen
(t0 ta denied facts, that f ab hack in the woods that the owls
sleep with the chickens and he uses
a ’possum for a watchdog.’ ”
Mt and have not produced
anything to eat to feed our
[or some years past.
jUge has been pronounced
but it will become
“jlds'year if something radi-
done ami done right now,
season. New demands
loon the agricultural sup-
gouth this year, demands
not been made in years. In
to the imperative require-
the South feed itself, we
fed with the problem of
| the soldiers.
jte department of agricul-
prepared a table, published
which shows in the first
it Georgia will need this
way of food, and in the
lain what we made last
will be seen that we are
MILITA AND SHERIFF
HELD BACK MOB
MUCH DISORDER BY MOB
OVER NEGRO WHO HAD CON
FESSED TO MURDER AND
ASSAULT CHARGES.
Atlanta, April 26—Municipal bonds
issued by forty-eight municipalities
within the state of Georgia are now
owned by the Mason’s Annunity, ac
cording to figures just issued from
the home office of the order in this
I city.
! The Mason’s Annuity,, a benefit
order for Masons only, has its
supreme lodge here, and owns its
j building in the heart of the city.
John R. Dickey is president and Ed-
| ward P. Burns is superintendent of
the organization.
The bonds of the. order, forty-
eight on Georgia municipalities and
one on a North Carolina municipali
ty; aggregate 809 V4 bonds of the
denomination of $1,000 each, their to
tal face value being $809,000. They
yield an annual income of $39,810.
The present assets of the Masons’
Annuity are $920,560.36. It has paid
$891,949 to beneficiaries, and over
1,000 widows and orphans are now
enred for regularly by the order.
FIRST GAME TO
BE PLAYED ON
THE THIRTIETH
FIRST HOME GAME
MAY 3RD.
supply of this grain to
of her people and her
Here is not an item in the
i the possible exception of
st we should not produce to
it of our requirements,
have any ground unplanted,
i this list, and see what you
i lessen our shortage. Every
helps, and no effort is too
teip mount the total. Every
to the wheel and all togeth-
bost year of food crops
tate has ever known.
Tampa, Fla., April 22—For nearly
three hours this morning two compan
ies of milita and a number of deputy-
sheriffs at the county jail kept back a
mob of several hundred men who
were determined to get at and lynch
Will Miles, negro, who hits confessed
to the murder of Mrs. W. S. Palmer
and her infant at Ellenton Thursday
sssry item mentioned. Corn | nd assu u U p 0n the person of a young
but we are sure that i y 0Utl g white girl of the same neigh-
will have to materially in- j ‘ borhood the sa(be day.
The militia drew a dead line and (
the mob was told that the first man
who crossed it woul be shot. The
members of the mob who became
pbstreperous were yanked out of the
ranks by the officers and thrown into
cells. At daylight the mob dispered.
Early to-day the negro was spirit
ed away from the jail and taken to
another city—Jafcksonvillc, it is un
derstood here—for safekeeping.
The milita, ordered out yesterday
by Governor Catts on request of
Sheriff White, was withdrawn to-day.
Hullie Fraust, accused by Miles of
being his accomplice in the murder,
but not in the assult, remains in jail
here.
Well, here’s what the Mayor says about it:
“WHEREAS’ the baseball season will open Thursday,
May 3,1917, with a game between Bainbridgp and Eufaula,
and
“WHEREAS, there is a strong sentiment in our city for
clean, wholesome sport which should be encouraged, and
“WHEREAS, further it is the wish that Bainbridge
should again win the cup for the largest attedance at the in
itial game,
“NOW THEREFORE, I, J. W. Callahan, Mayor of the
City of Bainbridge, do hereby earnestly request that the
managers of all business houses located in the corporate
limits of the city, closp their doors between the hours of 3
and 5:30 o’clock, on Thursday, May 3, 1917, thereby signify
ing our united approval of the ball learn which will furnish
I amusement during the summer months, as well as our desire
to win the attendance trophy over the other cities in the
Dixie League.
I “J. W. CALLAHAN, Mayor”
I There will be little doubt about the loyal co-operation of the merchants. 1 federate reunion
They are expected to close as a body, as they did last year. This givs us a ma de public today
good start, but it does not Kop the Kup by any means. It will take 2500 f rom General C-—
FULL ATTENDANCE
AT REUNION URGED
WASHINGTON COMMITTEE
WRITES OF FLAN FOR PA
RADE REVIEWED BY PRES
IDENT WII.SON.
Uowing table was prepared
Agent Hart of the Depart-
Agriculture:
Needed 1917
isWs
9,536,000
•toes, bushel
.18,750,000
Ststoes. bushel
.18,750,000
izen
.135,000,000
lands
.687,500,000
ter. gallon..
393,120,000
•lion
.13,500,000
Produced 1916
bushels
.3,808,000
toes, bushel
1,000,000
otatoes, bushels
7,800,000
flen
.35,000,000
oundrf
310,000,000
tt Ballons
100,000,000
•lions
10,300,000
1 '“K’lyinc f„od
for 2.700.-
e r* Hart showed the state
a , a,?0 mu rt supply food for
larm animals.
Washington, April 26—The Con-
committco her"
a gen*'
.jral order
people to kop that kup, and everybody must do his utmost, and then some, command'-* _orge H. Harrison,
if we are to get by. | O'' .r-in-chief of the United
| -iiiederate Veterans, urging full at-
Are we going to Kop the Kup this and remember that it Is yp* - I tendance at the annual reunion at
' year? j whoso reputation is ftt » f '" , “ r town Washington, June 4-8.
I Naturally, you will say yes. wire, and not the ba’’ , '. a e a "On to Washington was the cry of
Then, the thing for us to do it to will bo hero w v .* a ■„ . 1 town Confederate soldiers after the victory
get busy r- ftnd mul<e arran ge- art. CbaI ' 18 a the first Manassas,” the order
ments to sed that the Kup is Kopped. |
topped last year is noi . .
reason that we will kop this year. We j and that we open with Eufaula and
will have a fight on oUY hu*J da - There | not with Moultrie. Manager Robin-
are five other Kup Koopcrs thia. son will bring fast bunch here, and
| year. Tifton is a new town in u 1 *®, a cracker-jack game is assured. j
I league, and they will bring with them fell everybody and his brother, and
all the enthusiasm of a new convert
to a cause. Tifton will have to be
j watched. Moultrie is some baseball
town, and that wide awake bunch
over there will be hard to head. They
opened last year with the second
WE OPEN ON ROAD WITH QUIT-
MAN INI) THEN COME BACK
FOR BATTLE WITH EUFAULA
—FOURTH OF DOUBLE HEAD
ER TO BE PLAYED HERE.
Opening plans for the Dixie
League as announced in last week’s
issue have undergone several change**
since then. First draft of the sched
ule received by officers of the club re
veal the fact that the season will
open on April 30th, and that the first
gume will be played here on May 3rd.
It was first thought that the first
game will be plnyed here May 7th.
Bainbridge plays in Quitman first,
as was originally planned, but her
first home game is with Eufaula, in
stead of Moultrie.
Fourth of July double-headers go to
the clubs thnt open on the road, thus
assuring Bainbridge of a twin bill for
Independence Duy.
Most of the time the team will play
three games here and go away for
three, but there arc four occassions
when we play six games at home be-;
fore going away. AH other *■'
have about the sajB" * " teams
the only •”* schedule. About
rv ~~ ...avorable feature of the
. oposed schedule to Bainbridge is
the fnct that we nr compelled to open
and close of the road, and the closing
is some closing too, if any one should
chance to inquire of you. We wind
up with six games on the road three
each against Dothan anil Eufaula.
The opening dates will see Baia-
bridbe at Quitmnn; Moultrie at Tif
ton; Dothan at Eufaula;. Fourth of
July dates are exactly reversed with
Quitman at Bainbridge; Tifton at
(INC CAMP
SORES MARKET
CITY COURT IN
SESSION MONDAY
n of
Apirl 26—Georgia farm-
* foo<i C! '°PS this year will
a nearby market for
urn tbe government lo-
, ■ tra >ning camp in At-
15 rc 8arded as practical
ly War Department has
' for uniforms and other
an army of 20,000 men
ere and placed in the
T ‘ ""“rehouse already tak-
i e l, ®'®mment as a sup-
r the armies
the
ntor i’ and this move
■ te wn as
ted
A tli
A short session of the city court
was held by Judge H. B. Spooner
Monday Morning. Practically all the
business before the court was the dis
position of a number of motions.
The motion of C. R. Cooper, the
colored physician, who was tried in
the mayor’s court a few weeks ago
was postponed.
The motion of S. C. Bland against
John Scott was heard by the court,
and the verdict agairtst John Scott
was heard by the court, and the ver
dict of the lower court affirmed.
A Jury was drawn for the June
term of the City Court, which con
venes the third Monday in that month.
The list of jurors drawn to serve at
that court follows:
FIRST WEEK
L. E. Cowart, J. H. Welyls, H. E.
Weeks, L. H. Tonge, Issiah Lovette,
N. W. Kinard, J. H. Spooner, J. H.
Richardson, Fred A. Cohen, J. C.
Eearnest, J. A. Lane, J. R. Haire, C.
O. Worn, J. P. Speight, Jno. L.
Earnest, J. A. Lane, J. R. Haire, C.
J. L. Burnham, James Cadden, Calvin
Faircloth, Carl R. Cook, J. T. Wilson,
Albert Odum, R. R. Davis, W. C.
Borum, H. B. Durham, R. W. Max
well, S. W. Gray, Mathew Faircloth,
J. D. Faircloth, H. A. Gee, W. J. Har
ris, Sr., W. N. Long, J. W. Wylly, W.
C. Thompson, H. E. Williams.
SECOND WEEK
J. T. Lane, J. H. Dunn, J. E. Sand
ers, R. V. Griffin, P. D. Moore, A. J.
Dollar, Ellie Powell, J. J- Adams, J.
' -ents to sed that the Kup is Kopped. 1 Renumber, too, that th e opening' f® ju<l f me ' U of the ,cad -
Because ™ SJ* 2* ^ Futh^orf the trenches Tear” the ! Moultrie and Eufaula at Dothan
city were defended by a line of men Bainbridge closes with Eufaula at
in blue ready to dispute any attempt ; Eufaula August 9, 10, and 11; Dothan
on the part of the confederates to ell- ®I°*®s In Moultrie on the same dates;
ter their territory. I an<I Quitman in Tifton, on the same
,. “On to Washington is again shout- I dute8-
if need be his sister, thnt the big e(1 throughout the southland, and Tlle liat of Proposed games for the
game of this section is to be played now Ule leadcrH t . llee rfully urge their Bainbridge team follows:
here May 3rd. Urge your friends at commanders forward, while the op- , AT H ^ ME
a distance to turn out and help swell posin) , bIues we i comc with cordin | ” “ ‘
the crowd. There is no other profes-. handshaking their lute foes,
sionl baseball team in this section, j .. To mar ,. h down Pennsylvania
largest crowd in ag cold, dnzzlin since Albany dropped out of the Sal- avenue f u n uniform, to be review-
rain.. , This year, they will perhaps ( ly, and there is no reason why we ed by tbe president of the United
have better conditions. j should not have them here from all states K urrounded by all the foreign !
j The business of turning out the j up the G., F. & A. j dignataries in Washington, this !
| biggest opening day crowd is one in | Circulars will be placed in all the should arouBe the enthusiasm of the
j which every one in the city has a towns and communities and this sec- n)of , t callous. The general in command
I vital ineerest. Don’t sit back and say . lion, and announcements made in urce8 every one to attend the ussoni-
“let the directors do it.” The directors every other way. Bainbridge will ox- bly, which promises to be one of the
have all they can well attend to, and pect at least 1,000 visitors. It is most notable events in American his-
probable that special trains will be tory.”
run and that reduced rates will be j The reunion cq'mmitte today rc-
those who were not able to contribute
so heavily can at least help work up
enthusiasm for the day.
The ground will hold all that can
get there, and there is no occasion
for any one to stay away on that
score. Keep the matter talked up,
made on regular trains.
Let everybody get on the job at
Kopping the Kup, nd keep it up until
the Kup is definitely Kopped.
reunion
ported receipt of news of the appaint-
May 8, 4, 5 with Eufaula.
May 10, 11, 12 with Moultrie.
May 14, 15, 16 with Tifton
May 21, 22, 23 with QuitimM*.
May 24, 26, 26 with Dothan.
June 4, 5,-6 with Eufaula.
June 11, 12, 13 with Tifton.
•Tune 14, 16, 16 with Moultrie.
June 26, 26, 27 with Dothan.
July 2, 3, 4-4 with Quitman.
July 9, 10, 11 with Eufaula.
Jqly 10, 17, 18 with Dothan.
July 23, 24, 25 with Tifton.
July 26, 27, 28 with Moultrie.
August 2, 8, 4 with Quitman.
JH
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ment of Mrs. Ernest G. Baldwin, of ; BOAD GAMES—
COUNTY PURCHASES
A JEFFREY TRUCK
IMPROVED PIECE OF ROAD
MACHINERY ADDED TO THE
EQUIPMENT WHICH COUNTY
USES IN ROAD WORK.
MR. R.S. HARDIN
Roanoke, as sponser in chief for the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans, I
who also will meet here, to succeed 1
MrB. Thomas J. Latham, who died ■
several days ago in Memphis.
DIED AT BRINSON BETHEL SCHOOL TO
CLOSE MAY THIRD
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF THAT
COMMUNITY PASSED AWAY
MONDAY. HAD LIVED HERE
ABOUT TWENTY YEARS.
In keeping with its policy of hav
ing the best available equipment for
its plendid system of roads, Decatur
county on Monday mane a very
profitable addition in the purchase of
a Jeffrey Quad Truck. The purchase
was made through the local agent of
the Jeffrey people, Mr. P. T. Rich,
and it is the opinion of all conversant
with the merits of the machine that
it is one of the best investments the
county has ever made.
The machine will be used in keep
ing the roads in condition after they
ire worked, and its efficiency in this Lillie Hardin; one
April 30, May 1, 2 at Quitman.
May 7, 8, 9 with Tifton.
May 17, 18, 19 at Dothan.
May 28, 29, 30 at Eufaula.
May 31, Jlne 1, 2, at Moultrie.
June 7, 8, 9 at Quitman.
June 18, 19, 20 at Tifton,
June 21, 22, 223 at Moultrie,
June 28, 29, 30 at Dothan.
July 6, 6, 7 at Eufaula.
July 12, 13, 14 at Quitman
July 19, 20, 21 at Moultrie.
July 30, 31, August 1 at Tiftmu
August 6, 7, 8 at Dothan.
August 9, 10 11 at Eufaula.
Further synopsis of the schedule
The Bethel School, up in the Pine
Hill district, and one of the best in •
the county, is planning for its clos- j
Mr. R. S. Hardin, a well known ’ ing P’riday, May 3rd. Prof. H. A.
citizen of Brinson, passed away at Smith has been in charge during the
his home Monday morning about 6:30. past year, and Miss Matttie Brown P r ®P° Be< l shows that we play at borne
Mr. Hardin had been a citizen of has acted as assistant. Patrons of and on tPle roa< * as follow*:
Decatur county for about 20 years, the school report thatt he term has
coming here from Dallas, Ga., in been an especially good one, and that
Paulding county. During this time the children have shown a marked
he has been connected with the progress.
Stewart Lumber Co., at Brinson, and j The closing exercises will be mark-
has made a record for himself as a j ed by a public examination of the
model citizen and a Christian gentle- j pupils, in which the visitors are in-
man. vited to join. Dinner will be served
The deceased was a man about 54 on the grounds, and speeches will be
years of age, and leavs a wife, Mrs. I made by orators from this section.
confirmation of
* *1^ from Washing-
atra? n ^ Wou ^ * Je chosen as
*° n cam P in the south-
i *‘ Cri cam P will bring to - , f
! a 7 66,000 men, probably E ' Rowe11 ’ B ' L ' Powe "’ Grady Une,
• '"■600, and the feeding of' W ' T ' Miller ’ E ’ D ' B “ rke ’ „ V ‘
Wl11 require thousands : Brock * D - A1(la y» Yate ®» J *
U of ‘orshels of “d Camp, T. W. Drake, N. K. Holley,
H‘ ;at quantities of for- " ‘ ~
ras.
Of D ftebb and Mrs. M. E.
are speadi "B a
6 p , the quests of Mr.
«nnint-s.
T. A. Connor, Carl Brock, W. V.
Smith, M. S. Guilford, W. B. Fleming,
W. C. Aultman, L. C. Brown, E. P.
Townsend, H. D. Alday, O. C. Duke,
O. L. Smith, M. T. Whittaker, D. W.
Hodges, Ellis Odum, J. S. Ard, J. L.
Funderburk, V. F. Kelly.
are worsen, anu n-s eiuciency m U iiic narain; one uaugnter, miss' The school under the management
Tine is said to be wonderful by those Pearl Hardin; and two sons, Mr. E. of Prof Smith and Miss Brown has
who have seen it demonstrated. L. and R. O. Hardin. He was a mem- reached an enrollment of 88, and the
i One of the greatest problems in ber 0 f the Methodist church, and lead average attendance has been 63 for
good road work has always been a )if e consistent with its teaching. | the term. A cordial invitation has
keeping the roads in condition after The funeral of Mr. Hardin was held bee" extended the public to attend
they have been built, and it is saifi Tuesday morning, and interment oc-jthe closing exercises on May 3rd.
that this new Jeffreys truck is sup- curred at the Brinson cemetery.
erior to anything of its kind in this j Mrs. Hardin and other members | Bainbridge friends will be interest-
particular. of the family have the sympathy of ed j n t bt > announcement that Mr. and
Mr. Rich’s firm has only recently the whole community in their be- Mrli . T . M . Hines, and daughter, Miss
secured the agency for this truck, reavement which follows closely upon R u th Hines, have returned from
and although it is a high priced piece the death of a son of Mr. Hardin’s in Jacksonville, where they have resid-
of machinery, they have already sold an accident at the Stewart Lumber. ed f or the past few years, and will
several of them, and other, sales are Company, a short while ago. j ma ke^heir future home here. Bain-
in sight. | . br jdge is the old home of this excel-
! Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hughes of Bab- lent family, and friends here have
Mr. Clarence Baily of Colquitt was coc k spent Sunday here as the guests felt all along that they could not. stay
here on business Monday. I of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Norris. I away always. They will come back.
April
Home
01
Road
1
May
15 .
uf
June
12
14
July
16
11
August
3
T
Total -
. 46
4t
GREASERS STILL
LOVE US DEARLY
El Paso, Tex., April 21—American
Ambassador Fletcher was hissed amt
the German Minister, Von Kckhart,
was ovaled at the opening of the
Mexican Congress according to
American business men arriving here
today from Mexico City.
A committe of six escorted the
German Ambassador to the House of
Deputies and for thirty minutes he
was cheered. During the ovation
cries of “Viva El Easier” and “Yiva-
Eckhart” were heard.