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BAINBR1DGE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917.
W. Bainbridge School
Closes Tuesday Week
| After a most successful term, un
der the management of Prof. Shiflet,
,the school at West Bainbridge will
come to a close week after next.
Commencement exercises will be
held Monday and Tuesday evenings,
May 21st, and 22nd, and programs
,t THE FRIDAY AND now bein & P^PMed indicate that the
iSnAPS GAMES INSUFFI- exercises will be of a high order.
"fn) p\Y GUARANTEE | Prof. Shiflet is completing his
TBE VISITING TEAM—IT second year in the West Bainbridge
■ TO THE FANS. school, and his work, as well as that
I®" ' of his able assistants, has given gen-
bridge has long had the name , eral satisfaction to the good people
cracker jack baseball town, Across the river,
develops seems to bring I —_—
rss superior court
tSJSSZSM HERE NEXT WEEK
ially supported at the prate. *
•ide of the opening game here MAy
Lek, receipts at none of the
■games
1.50 PER YEAR
with Eufaula were suffi-
operating expenses. In
■Friday’s game barely produced
to pay the S40 guaranteed
TERM WILL CONVENE
MONDAY MORNING—WILL BE
JUDGE HARRELL’S FIRST IN
HIS HOME COUNTY.
The May term of Decatur county
jiting team by each home team superior court will convene here next
iturday’s game was but a little Monday morning at 10 o’clock at the
Of course, threatening weath- court house. 1
other conditions beyond con-1 Especial interest will be attach to
ted against big crowds at this term as being the first superior
les, but even then the crowds cour t session at which Judge W. M. 1
what they should have been. Harrell has ever presided in his home
a of the opener was no county. Press reports and other in- j
for any decided fall off in at- formation from counties where Judge
:e at the second game, for the Harrell has already presided say that
of teams in the league lost be bag acquitted himself with dis-
game on their home grounds, tinction in all of his appearances,
ion is young and there is not That he will do equally as well be-
the league without a chance , f ore his home folks goes without
the pennant. 'saying. I
ibridge should turn out some j The coming term does not at pre
big crowds for the three sent prom ise to be an exciting one, a3
re with Moultrie this week. rega rds big criminal cases. There
has a bunch of high-priced are no capita] C ases coming over
nd will furnish some good from previous terms, but what the
I, well worth seeing. grand jury will find remains to be
tad the league, with one ex- * geen |
last year in point of atten-1 The following jurors have been
and our standing was never drawn f or services at this term: ,
itering the whole season thru. I Grand Jurors i
off to a much better start this R: j£ Reynolds, J. E. Johnson, I.,
failure to show up well in' A Allen> L R Rob inson, A. R. Ben- 1
:e will be inexcusable. ton> c g. Hodges, A. P. Gibson, J. C.
baseball is a proposition re-' Earnest| j. T . Lane, W. A. Wheeler,
financial support, and if we w . C. Husbands, Manton Smith, E. J.
have it this summer the fans Willis, D. W. Hodges, J. L. Donalson,
ve to turn out in greater num- w H Jetteri Ariel Co ok, M . D . Pcrry>
han they did last week. It Ei A Trawick, Isaac E. Brunson,
be a reflection on the public Jason Swicord, T. E. Roberts, G. D. 1
of the city to have it said that Cowart, R. M. Babb, J. V. Roberts, J.
mdge could not support a Class p Spe ight, N. T. Hodges, G. L. I
aeball outfit. Besides the $40 Earnest , John L. Fain, J. 0. Yates.
iust be paid each visiting team j Petit Jurors—First Week
me, the salaries of the players j E A ] day> j H . McFarland, J
mg on each day. The monthly M Miller, J. C. Cox, J. L. Burnham,
IS $000 per month for the H H Smallwood, A. L. Cleveland, C.
k and about 15 games are c Gibson, L. E. Cowart, H. P. Brooks,
m each town per month, or R A Jester> M A j 0 h n3 on, W. E.
that many, thus making it C umby, Burrell Davis, J. T. Barbee,,
'O’ to take in around $100 per j L Barber, M. T. Whitaker, Char E.
"' take care of guarantees to G i i8 Bon, J. J. Glisson, J. A. Barber, H. I
teams and players’ salaries. w Eagerton> John R. Donalson, J.
«mtee money about pays a 0 Darge „ W . G . Talbert, W. R. Wil-,
expenses while on the road. 'son, W. D. Hester, J. H. Brinson, 1
e fans said they wanted Emmett T. Johnson, John T. Me-,
‘Hand said so often. Now, that Len don, J. E. Royal, W. H. Oliver, W. 1
it. let every loyal one of c Unde rwood. J. L. Wilson, A. J. |
l,!" P !T ati ? n by Pa ™°' McLeod, Arvah Griffin, J. E. Barber. |
Petit Jurors—Second Week
R. F. Smith, T. H. Davis, Eldridge
Thursby, W. G. Powell, W. R. Brown,
Steve Miller, T. S. Anglin, Jr., D. F.,
Faircloth, E. J. Drake, J T. Powell,*
J. R. McLendon, J. F. Reynolds, E. D.
Burke, James Jarnigan, D. C. Ballou,
J. E. Cross, D. H. Alday, Chas. L.
S. Cuimuings, of Lela, has ' Perr *’ W ’ C ’ Gibson ’ W - G “ nn ; W -
‘o the Bainbridge Hospital E. Langford, W. n T W T
0 handsome lots on West street, Griffin ’ J - W ' Donalson, W. .
"« the hospital site on the Roberta ’ H - V ‘ Tonp > e ; H ’ T ’ , DraP .?’
• to he used as a park for the Ellis 0dum - E - L - Moore - 3 W '
h%e Hospital. The hospital will Durham, S. A. McNair, J. A. Booth,
‘ his tract into a beautiful W G - Harrell W. T. Williams, A. T.
i t0 be «ed in connection with , Williams, A. T. Sh.ngler, H. R.
r°spital. Strickland.
• Cummings’ generosity and pub-1 1
s own in this donation is Sealed Bids Asked On
commended. ‘
GREAT INFLUX OF
NEGROES TO NORTH
BECOMES SERIOUS
1,500 REACH CINCIN
NATI IN ONE DAY
COME FROM GEORGIA AND TEN
NESSEE PRINCIPALLY.—
WHITES WHO ARE REPLACED
START RIOTS — MORE THAN
100,000 NOW IN THAT SECTION.
Cincinnati,.. 0.„. May.. 7—A., most
serious situation exists in this city
today as a result of the increasing
influx of negroes, particularly from
Central Georgia and Western Ten
nessee. Fifteen hundred arrived here
last night in one shipment, result
ing in several minor bloody riots be
tween the incomers and the whites
they were displacing.
Prominent social workers met the
negroes at the depots and begged
them not to leave the depot, scores
of the strangers being compelled to
sleep on the floors of the Central
Union railroad station. Every room
of the Ninth street branch of the Y.
M. C. A. was occupied last night by
as many as fourteen negroes to the
room, while thirty slept in the cor
ridors.
MAY ORGANIZE A
COMPANY HEREFOR
HOME GUARD DUTY
OLD MILITARY MEN
BEHIND MOVE
WOULD NOT BE ACTIVELY AFFI
LIATED WITH U. 8. ARMY-
DRILL DUTY WOULD BE LIGHT
—WOULD BE USED TO KEEP
ORDER AT HOME.
Bainbridge may soon have a com
pany all her own. There is a move
ment on foot to form here a company
of home guards for service in this
vicinity during the period of the war,
and in the absence of the men and
boys who will be doing service in the
regular army.
There are a number of old military
jmen in the city, who hove seen ser
vice in the state troops, and who are
not subject to call under the recently
enacted draft measure. These men
are all middle-aged, and would hard-
be called if the war is prolonged for
several years.
The idea back of the movement is
that, with the young of the communi
ty away in the service of their coun
try, some force ought to be kept here
to prevent insurrections and to pre-
F if teen negro families are being serV e order. The proposed home
cared for and fed at the Park street j guards would not be enlisted under
church. Miss Jennie D. Porter, prin- j the federal army, and would be pure-
cipal of the Harriet Beecher Stowe ] y a volunteer organization. Old
Public School called upon the city Springfields rifles would likely bp
mayor and demanded immediate ac-' used> and it ig gaid that thog „
tion by the police and the ■•nitary nW(?e of the mavement arc p ract | cal .
authorities- j j y sure „{ tbe j r „bility to secure suffi-
Each week, Miss Porter told Mayoi-' c j ent r jf| eg 0 f t hU type to arm a
Puchta, the situation is becoming company. It is likely that the com-
Whighm Light Plant
Damged I^ast Week
The little city of Whigham was
without the service of its light plant
last week from some cause unexplain
ed. It was evidently the work of
some maliciously inclined person or
persons, who cut a number of wires
and short circuited as many as pos
sible.
Electrician Phil Moore was called
from this city to help straighten out
the tangle. Mr. Moore and others
soon rectified the trouble and left the
plant in god shape. An effort is being
made to ascertain the identity of
those who perpetrated the trick.
DECATUR SCHOOLS
CLOSE GOOD YEAR
PRACTICALLY ALL SCHOOLS IN
THE COUNTY SYSTEM ARE
CLOSED OR WILL CLOSE
SHORTLY. TEACHING FORCE
GOOD.
more serious. Superintendent P. B.
Edmonds of the Associated Charities
declared today the demand would be
made upon the United States authori
ties to prosecute labor agents respon
sible for the false reports being
spread in the South to induce the ex
odus of negroes by the thousand.
Over a hundred thousand negroes
have come into the Central states
from various Southern states within
the past six months. Few find houses
and most are camping out in tents in
vacant waste lands near the large
cities.
I ihow his
I ran (liee P Koing on well wishing
f st ha a support at the box
i Cummines Gives a
Pai’k Site to Hospital
k p
Band Concerts Will
Not Be Discontinued
Bainbridge is not to lose her Sun
day afternoon band concerts, as was
announced in the last issue of the
Post-Search Light. Funds have been
pledged, and these really delightful
Sunday afternoon entertainments will
still be heard in the park.
Mr. Kodatt had assurances of pub
lic support before he agreed to put
on these entertainments. For awhile
contributions were sufficient to keep
the band going, but of late it had
come to pass that the band was
scarcely receiving funds enough to
buy music. With no signs of im
provement in sight, Director Kodatt
announced that after last Sunday
there would be no more concerts in
the park on Sunday afternoon.
Realizing the value of these enter
tainments, Mr. S. T. Carter, presi
dent of the board of trade, and one
of the most public spirited men in
Bainbridge, came to the rescue and
agreed to take charge of raising the
funds. Under this arrangement, the|
pany would drill without uniform*,
at least for some time this would be
the case. The demand will be *o
great for uniforms for the regular
soldiers that the various home guards
springing up all over the country will
no doubt have to wait.
It is understood that Major T. S.
Hawes, who was one of the best offi
cers in the old state troops, has
.agreed to drill the company. Mr. E.
A. Wimberly, who held a lieutenant’s
commission, has also offered his ser
vices, and is in fact one of the mov
ing spirits in getting up the organi
zation.
The company would perhaps drill
once a week until a thorough mastery
of tactics could be gained, and then
it is thought that one drill a month
would suffice. The movement is
meeting with favor wherever men
tioned, and it is believed that the
Bainbridge Home Guards will soon be
an active institution in our midst.
Those interested in enlisting for home
service should see Mr. E. A. Wimber-
ley at the office of the clerk of the
superior court, in the court house.
Only those not likely to be called in
to the national service will be taken
into the home guards.
The schools of Decatur county are
closing the current year just now.
Most of thorn have completed the
term, and such as have not are draw
ing to close. County Superintendent
Barber announces that the terms just
closing have been unusually good
ones on the whole, and that the pat
rons and teachers have worked to
gether in a manner that speaks well
for the future of the schools. He re
ports that farmers have quit work at
the very busiest time and gone to
[closings of their schools, and have
(taken great interest in plans for an
other year.
The superintendent reports that the
enrollment in the county system this
year has been, considerably higher
than ever before, and that the aver
age attendance has the been the
highest the schools of Decatur have
ever enjoyed.
The teaching force of the county
has been of a high order this year.
There have been more teachers with
normal training than ever before, and
a great majority of them held first
grade licenses. Mr. Barber is just
back from the annual meeting of
county superintendents in Macon,
and there found that few counties
surpass Decatur in personnel of
teaching forces and money expended
on education.
Mr. Barber is very well pleased
with educational conditions in Deca
tur county, but declares that it will be
his purpose to continually improve
conditions as he can. He has in mind
a number of progressive moves for
the county schools and will undertake
to put these in operation from time
to time.
City Grocery Company
Enters New Quarters
The City Grocery Company, one of
the most progressive retail firms of
this section, has broadened out, open
ing up a new place at the old stand
of the Citizens Bank in the Bon Air
block. Their old place on Broad street
will also be operated as in the past.
The formal opening of the new
place was held Wednesday and free
, . j, entertainment was given the public,
band people agreed to go forward. * . ... * ,
All callers were served with Armor s
■
Touch of Winter
® ln ^ er tried to stage a
th j 3 After spring
frf u j knockout, and summer
at hand, the Old Man
» r l' ipls of coming to life again
5 part of this week. Follow-
s, " " at: her of the last part
and the first part of this
f ".r.l whipped around from
Hi " e ' t and s ent shivers down
0 lne thinly clad. Over-
aav eri on tbe streets here
horning and fires were built
e'ery home.
'■ A i
kiebr..'
Blair
of Faceville, was
gt ‘ on business Saturday.
Heating Court House
GEORGIA—Decatur County: *
Sealed bids will be received by the
County Commissioners of Decatur
County at their office, Bainbridge, Ga,. |
at 10 o’clock, a. m. on the first Mon-:
day in June, 1917, for heating the
Decatur county Court House with
either steam or vapor, according to
specifications which will be furnished
by Alexander Blair, Architect, Macon,
Georgia. The right to reject any or
all bids is reserved. . ,
By order of the Commissioners,
this May 7th, 1917. _ .
5-10-4t. L. BALL, Chairman.
with the Sunday concerts.
Accordingly Sunday afternoons will
not be without something to break
the monotony, and this delightful
means of drawing Sunday visitors to
the city will not be lost.
The following program has been
announced for next Sunday’s con
cert, beginning at 4 o’clock.
The Black Mask March, A1 Hayes;
Sunnyland Waltzes, Rosner; Some
Band Roy, Jewell; Maynet Overture,
Huff; A night in June, serenade,
King.
Intermission.
American Musician March, Myers;
Inspiration Overture, Hayes; A
100 per cent Grape Juice and the
National Biscuit Company’s products.
Mr. Robert Wimberly, of Thomasville,
representative of that company, had
charge of the entertainment feature.
Hundreds of people called during the
day and were impressed with the
hospitality and the facilities for
serving the trade offered by this en
terprising firm.
Mr. G. S. Johnston, of Statesboro,
was here Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
Johnston is a relative of the late
Capt. Sharpe, and came over to at
tend the funeral.
Bad Eyes Keep Another
Bainbridge Boy Out
Mr. Nelson Bruton, who was in the
j city from Jacksonville Sunday and
Southern Overture, Hayes, A South- j Mondayj reports that he hag been
em Dream Waite,JJncoln^ The^Scout | ejected from the officenj , trainin)?
corps on account of one of his eyes
being defective.
Mr. Bruton had made application
Mrs. D. T. Sutherland entertained f or a captaincy, and passed ail other
at her home for Mrs. Elliot during the ^ requirements in perfect style. He is
past week, and her guests numbered a graduate of the Georgia Military
Mesdames Brinson, Baggs, Mathis, * Academy, and held a captain’s place
Parker, Fields, Hawes, Gray, Cole- ’ there, where he is said to have been
man, Senter and Perry, and Miss ^ one of the best military men in
Emma Sutherland. I school.
M. H. Young Died
Monday Evening
Mr. M. H. Young, one of the oldest
und most respected citizens of Brooks
county, died at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. I. E. Bozeman, Mon
day evening at 7:30 o’clock at the age
of seventy-seven years.
The deceased is survivd by his wife
and four children, Wm. H. Young,
Bainbridge, Mrs. I. E. Bozeman of
this county; J. L. Young, Miami and
J. It. Young, Clearwater, Fla.
i The funeral was held Tuesday at
* four o’clock, Rev. Guyton Fisher,
pastor of the Methodist church, con
ducting the services, and the inter
ment took place at the old cemetery.
Mr. Young was raised near Thom-
asvillc, and came to this county at
the outbreak of the civil war, when
he married Miss F’annie Hudson. He
I served four years in the civil war,
I first in the infantry, and later in the
cavalry under General Hood and
Rainey. He was a member of the
Methodist church and a splendid type
of the citizen who has made Brooks
county a leading community in the
state. He was a member of the camp
of local veterans and was respected
and honored by all who knew him.—
Quitman Free Press.
Master March, Fambam; Star Spang
led Banner, Arnold
Equips Hospital Room
Hon. B. F. Page, a prominent citi
zen of Raleigh, N. C., has sent to Dr.
A. E. B. Alford, of this city, his
check for $275.00 to equip a room
in the new Bainbridge Hospital in ap
preciation of Mrs. Pages’s regaining
her health under treatment of Dr.
Alford.
Mr. Page is a member of the re
nowned Virginia family of Pages, to
which John Nelson Page belongs.
CAPT. J.R. SHARPE
PASSED AWAY LAST
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
WAS AT HERNDON,
GA. AT TIME
PROMINENT FARMER ANp
NAVAL STORES OPERATOR-
STARTED LIFE WITH NOTH
ING AND ACCUMULATED A
LARGE FORTUNE.
Bainbridge people were shocked
last Friday afternoon when word was
flashed over the wires telling of the
death of Capt. John R. Sharpe at his
Herndon, Ga., plantation.
Mr. Sharpe, or Capt. Sharpe as
everybody knew and called him, had
not been in very good health for some
time, but no one considered his condi
tion serious until a day or two before
his passing away. As he grew worse,
he asked that Dr. J. D. Chason, his
physician and friend for years,
be called. Dr. . Chason went,
but the sick man realized that it was
too late and so told him. The end
came shortly after noon on Friday.
The remains of Capt. Shprpe were
brought back to Bainbridge Saturday
for burial in the local cemetery. Fun
eral services were conducted from
his home on Shotwell street at four
o’clock Saturday afternoon and were
largely attended. Rev. T. M. Chris
tian, of the First Methodist church,
and Rev, J, M. Ward of the First
Presbyterian church, conducted the
obsequies. The floral tribute
was one of the most beautiful ever
seen here, and attested the high es
teem in which the deceased was held.
The pall bearers were selected
from among the friends and associate
in life of Capt. Sharpe. Then includ
ed Dr. J.| D. Chason, Messrs. E. J.
Willis, John T. McLendon, H. J.
Bruton, Geo. H. Fields, Frank S.
Jones, Joe McDuffie and J. B. Mayes.
Capt. Sharpe is survived by his
wife and three daughters, Mrs. J. G.
Garrett, of Bainbridge, Mrs. M. J.
Yoemans, of Dawson, and Mrs.
Randall Cooper, besides a number of
grandchildren. All of the children
were here for the funeral.
Capt. Sharpe was one of the strong
and influential men not only of this
town and section, but of tho state. He
was one of the strong typo of men
which tho free clime of Amerioa has
delighted to produce. Starting life
with nothing but his determination,
he amassed a fortune given to but
few to enjoy. Mr. Sharpe was bom
in Screven county 6B years ago, and
is reported to have started life with a
rented farm and a borrowed mule. He
soon turned his attention to turpen
tine, and it was in this line that he
met with his greatest success.
Capt. Sharpe came to Bainbridge
about 15 years ago. He was at that
time connected with the G. G. & A
railroad, but he soon acquired sonie
valuable turpentine property in this
section. Later in life, as turpentine
began to grow scarce here, Mr.
Sharpe began to devote his attention
to farming. He was a believer in the
best in the agricultural line, and his
farms in many parts of Georgia were
among the 'model ones of the state.
He had large plantations in Miller,
Baker and Jenkins counties.
To those who knew Capt. Sharpe
well, he was a friend of the closest
kind. Not easily approached, and per
haps seeming a little abrupt at tim
es, he was a warm hearted man, and
generous in the extreme. His be
quests to charity were large, but al
ways given in a quiet way, and gen
erally unknown to the world. Bain
bridge has lost one of her strong men,
and his kind will not be easily replac
ed.
Services At St John’s
Episcopal Church
The regular services will be held
in this church next Sunday, 13th
as follows;
10 A. M. Sunday School.
11 A. M. Holy Communion and
Sermon
8 A. M. Evening Prayer and Ser-
Picnic at Rhodes Ferry
The Post-Search Light has been
asked to announce that there will be
a picnic at Rhodes Ferry on Satur
day, May 19th. The public is Invited
to attend and bring well filled baskets.
There will be plenty of food, includ
ing good Spring Creek fish, for all, '
