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HE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
rGISTRATION DOESN’T NECESSARILY
MEAN A MAN IS TO BE CONSCRIPTED
KENT WOMAN
AWAY IN
,D.C.
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NUMBER 10.
BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917.
1.50 PER YEAR
BEEN ILL for
OMETIME
osTvisit to her
[ER. MBS. TILLER, AT
(E-FL'NERAL will be
IERE THURSDAY.
p ms .shocked Tuesday at
ir of the death of Mrs. L.
in Washington, D. C.
„ had been ill for a long
... death was not altogeth-
ted, yet the announcement
in S came as a great shock
iy friends here. She had
Jhington for some time on
her daughter, Mrs. Theo-
wife of a prominent news-
in that city. It had been
recently for her to undergo
operation for gall stones,
letter received from Mrs.
the week, the Post-
s told that Mrs. Pat-
but a slight chance to sur-
Patterson was with her at
nd all that could be was
re her life or ease pain in
nrs.
tterson was born in Vir-
ars ago, and was a woman
ly ability and personality.
Miss Grimmer before her
o Mr. Patterson, and prac-
of her life was spent in
was a member of the
in church, and took a lead-
tbe work of that institu-
as other forward efforts
in unity. That she will be
that her influence in the
will be hard to replace
it saying.
Mrs. Patterson are her
id four daughters, Mrs.
Her, of Washington, D. C.;
Clancy, of Niagara Falls,
t C. D. Tebo, of Atlanta;
well Erwin, of Atlanta,
tins were brought back to
yesterday afternoon, and
wed in the local cemetery
de children and grand-
ho have proceeded her in
ON THE CONTRARY, FAILURE TO REGISTER MEANS THREE
TO TWELVE MONTHS’IMPRISONMENT, AND THIS MAY BE
FOLLOWED BY CONSCRIPTION INTO ARMY AFTERWARDS
SLACKERS WHO REFUSE TO ENLISTWITH IDEA OF ESCAPING
ARE BARKING UP THE WRONG STUMP
IF PATRIOTISM IS LACKING, EXPEDIENCY SHOULD DICTATE THAT REGISTRA
TION IS THE WISER COURSE—WITH TEN MILLION BETWEEN PRESCRIBED
AGES, AND ONLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO BE TAKEN ON FIRST CALL
A MAN’S CHANCE FOR ESCAPING IS TWENTY TO ONE — DECATUR COUNTY
IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A VERY FAVORABLE SHOWING ON NEXT TUESDAY.
Remember that no duty is paramount to your duty to your country, and that the country
is calling on each and all of us to perform a duty in next Tuesday, June 5th.
Don’t get the impression that you have no duty in the matter or concern over it if you are
not within the prescribed ages of the conscription law reecntly enacted by congress. There is a
duty for each and all on that day. For those who are of the right ages, of course the duty is
registering, but other citizens too have a duty to perform... It is the duty of every citizen to see
that the country registers it full man power on that day. It is the duty of Decatur county, as
it is the duty of every other civil division of the nation, to see that there are no “slackers” on
that day. We don’t want any Decatur county citizens punished for failure to register, and it
should be the common-concern to see that this is prevented.
It is especially the duty of all to see that the ignorant and misinformed are enlighten with
reference to this law. Let everybody know that there is a penalty attached to not registering.
Information has been givento the officers of the district attorney to the effect that some
have been advising those eligible uot to register. The attorney is out with a statement to the
effect that these influences should be counteracted unless some one is looking for trouble.
One thing that is not generally understood is that REGISTRATION DOES NOT MEAN
CONSCRIPTION. There are, it is estimated, fully 10,000,000 between the ages of 21 and 31,
and the first conscription will take only 500,000. At this rate there will be only one chance in
20 of your being taken. Unless things come to a great deal worse pass than they are now, very
few people who are working at useful occupation will be taken. The first call is going to be of
those who can best afford to go—of people who are contributing least to economic welfare of
the nation, and who have the fewest dependents.
While registeration does not necessarily involve conscription, it may be the case that failure
to register will mean absolute conscription. If you are dead bent one escaping, or if you are so
situated that you cannot well afford to go, then you had by all means better register. It is the
opinion of those who seem to be best informed on the registration law that those who fail to
register will h$ -drafted immediately into the army upon the expiration of their terms in the
federai.ppnitfcnifary, if they are physically lit. So you can readily see that a fellow who fails to
register with an idea of escaping service is putting a spider into his own dumplings.
Decatur county wants to make the best possible showing on the national day of account
ing. We want every citizen to..put his shoulder to wheel in one mighty effort to turn out our
complete man power. We can do it if we will exert ourselves. Everybody should spread the in
formation as widley as he can; let nobody be punished for ignorance or neglect. Let the an
nouncement of this day be made at every white and colored church in the county, at every lodge
meeting and every other public asembly.. Let it be made clear with each announcement that reg
istration does not mean conscription.
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Closed Today
d Each Thursday
£ this afternoon and con-
Mgh the summer at least,
'bops and practically every
ness in Bainbridge will be
» half day each week
"toy afternoon at half
' business suspends in
and folks will take a rest.
1 has been in operation in
1 bhis size for some
* ere >t has been given a
has been found to be a
. the working people.
?° n becom « accustomed to
1 a >> and don’t go to town
unless they go for a
aaie or some other amuse-
lp ' Housewives will learn
r wpper orders placed in
* early closing.
trslly admitted that a fel-
«ter service when treated
an Wing, and feels more
J® merest in his em-
ness when employer
i [ C8t * n Him. It is not
" an >'>)ody will criticise
” nure °n account of any
itnce to which he may
act that the working
« th nee ded rest
„ ‘"convenience to be
°w would you like to
*«ek then know you had
ANOTHER FEATURE
AT THE CALLAHAN
William A. Brady in association
with the World Pictures presents
“Tribly,” the startling and thoroughly
satisfying film which will be the at
traction at the Callahan theatre on
Monday June 4th with Miss Clara
Kimball Young in the title role, sup
ported by a superior cast including
Wilton Lackaye as Svengali.
Svengali is a weird, strange man
from the east who has a startling
hypnotic power and through his pow
er he gains control of the body and
soul of Tribly and used hia control
to change her from a beautiful girl
with no voice into one of the most
successful singers in the entire
world. This change in Tribly’s life
works havoc with her love affair with
Little Billee and leads to a tragic and
surprising climax.
Needless to say this is a thorough
ly enjoyable offering. All the thou
sands and hundreds of thousands of
people who have read the famous
book of George du Maurier from
which this drama has been filmed, will
want to see this picture and see the
famous characters in the book come
to life.
The film “Tribly” follows the novel
very closely and that is one of the
reasons why it is such a thoroughly
convincing, satisfactory and consis
tent pKoto-play.
jSf U until 10 or
**»y night?
, J m t °MB» and out te
asing idea and make
ir "I"*’ business
Thursday i n Bain-
this.
b* 8 returned
16 wLl** and other
Veterans Invited
Editor Griffin is in receipt of
letter from Mr. W. S. Johnson,
Commander of Camp 1076 U. C. V., at
Valdosta, in which he states that
veterans from his section are get
ting up a special coach from Valdosta
to Washington, for those who intend
going to the reunion. Mr. Johnson
states that this coach , will leave
Valdosta June 3rd, at 8:00 a. m., and
asks that we extend to all veterans
in this section an invitation to join
the Valdosta camp on this trip.
U. D. C. Meeting
The U. D. C. of Bainbridge will give
an entertainment Monday afternoon
in the Presbyterian Lecture room
from 6:J0 to 6:30. Visitors, especially
'all Decatur county veterans, are cor
dially invited to attend.
i Secretary of'v. D°C. it Bainbridge. [ Tuesd * y -
Military Registrars For
Decatur Met Tuesday
The county board of registrars
which is headed by the sheriff, clerk
of the court, ordinary, and solicitor of
the city court, met at the court house
here Tuesday morning for further in
structions as to their duties next
week, Tuesday June 5th.
Registration cards and certificates
were issued to the registrars from
each militia district. A book of in
structions issued by the war depart-
men of the government was furnished
each registrar. Points of interests and
about which different registrars were
in doubt, were brought up for discus
sion in this meeting.
A11 of the registrars seem to be
taking a great interest irt the volun
tary service they are rendering the
government on this day, and there
is every indication that the work will
be well handled in Decatur county.
In addition to the work of register
ing next Tuesday, which will last
from 7 o’clock in the morning until
SCHOOL CLOSES
THURSDAY NIGHT
The closing exercises of the Bain
bridge Public School will be held at
the auditorium tonight. The class
receiving their diplomas will huve
charge of the program. There will
be no address, and the exercises will
consist of a salutatory address,
poem, a debate on military service
from a compulsory view point,
prophesy and valdictory.
The class is composed of eight
young men and four young ladies,
and is said to be one of the best ever
turned out by the Bainbridge school.
Supt. Thomason will sever his con
nection with this school with tonight,
bringing to an end a six year tertn
filled with good for the institution he
has successfully managed. A majori
ty of the people regret to see him
leave, and realize that in many re
spects he is the strongest man ever
at the head of the Bainbridge schools
Certainly he haB raised the cirriculum
!) o’clock at night, the registrars will a higher standard than it ever en-
have to compile the totals from the j oye( j j n the past,
different districts and the executive
officers will have to compile for the
county. Much interest will be mani
fested not only in names of the differ
ent men registered, but as to the
total from the county. Opinions vary
as to the number, but it is conceeded
that there will be at least 2,500.
Gets Church Contract
The Ludlam Construction Co., of
this city has just received notice that
they have been awarded a nice con
tract in Florida. They are to build a
new Baptist church at Alachua, Fla.,
near Gainesville. The church is to be
one of the handsomest in that section,
and will cost about $22,000.
The Ludlam Construction Company
is one of the best equipped and most
progressive construction companies
in the South, and this award is one of
the many tributes to their efficiency.
“QUALITY” IS SLOGAN OF TOBACCO
PEOPLE; PROSPECETS FINE FOR CROPS
The writer took an afternoon off nl
few days ago and went down into the
great tobacco section of the county,
and found the prospects were very
bright for good tobacco.
For the first time since 1906 the
warehouses were about clean and the
indutsry looking like a million. There
is now the brightest chance for to
bacco grown with an eye to quality
und not quantity, grade not pounds,
that there has been in many years.
The article must be raised right and
not by folks who have tried every
thing else und then set out to muke
their big pile in tobucco.
Several years back every man in
the country tried to raise tobacco
whether he knew anything about it or
not and raised millions of poor to
bacco thut crushed the market and
PROF. D.H. WOOD
NAMED PRINCIPAL
ATTAPULGUS MAN WILL HEAfr
TEACHING FORCE IN BAIN
BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE
NEXT TERM OF SCHOOL.
The board of education for the city
of Bainbridge announced this week
that Prof. Dallas H. Wood, of Atta-
pulgus, has been selected as principal
of the high school for the ensuing
school year.
The selction is considered one oT
best ever mode for the local schools.
Mr. Wood is a teacher of splendid
equipment and long experience, but
disrupted the industry. The crop' at the same time abreast with
Other features of the commence
ment programs were the commence
ment sermon and the recital of the
musical department. The sermon was
at the school auditorium last Sunday
morning, and Dr. T. M. Christian, of
the First Methodist church of this
city, preached. The address is said
to have been a very strong one and
a large audience heard the noted
divine. The music recital on Monday
evening was by the pupils who have
been under the direction of Mrs. J. M.
Fleming for the past year. There
was a packed house for this recital,
and the program was one of the best
ever rendered here, or in this section,
and reflected wonderful credit upon
the training the participants had had.
Despite the fact that a fairly good
shower fell here Monday morning the
ground was dry by Wednesday noon,
and more rain is badly needed just
I now. May is always stingy with its
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Smith, of [rainfall, and it is hoped that with the
Bingen, were among the visitors here passing of this month there will be an
, improvement.
will be good this summer from all ap
pearances and the folks will get a
good price for it and then the danger
ous time for the industry will come.
When those who have tread the wine
press of low prices get their reward,
the wise guy will step in and try to
get rich and at one fell swoop and
then kill the market with poor to
bacco.
The purpose of this article is to
raise the banner of “QUALITY” and
warn the folks of what may follow
poor judgment in the event the pros
pects of the tobacco crop enrry out as
look now. We intend to do our “bit”
to help raise this industry to revenue
bearing proportions, by keeping the
folks reminded of the penalty of poor
judgment as evidenced by past ex
perience of many.
The market is healthy, very heal
thy, but can’t well digest a lot of poor
leaf that ought never to be planted,
let alone put on tho market. A little
poor tobacco can obscure the radiance
and price gathering qualification of
many hundreds of pounds of good
tobacco.
The market looks better now und
promises more than it has in 11 years
and the purpose of the power in go
ing into this matter at this time is
to wurn the folks against over pro
duction of sorry tobacco. In casting
nbout among the experienced growers
of tobacco to find a good formula to
present to our readers, we got follow
ing statement for n citizen that has
given it many yearB, a life study.
This statement is a succinct state
ment from this citizen as to what will
be the best method of the growers to
insure markets and constant fair
price for their tobacco.
Every thing looks bright, cupidity
on the parts of the uniriftated in the
business alone stands as a menace to
the future of one of our most promis
ing industries. Read this statement
carefully and if you are able to get
the wire and finance you a crop of
shade tobacco under this formula you
will get promising results and if you
are not, it will be well for you to
look well before you take the leap
that lots of men took a few years
back, with sad and sorrowful results.
When the fame of tobacco spread in
1907 nnd men went wild, they planted
their back yards in the subtle weed,
to their regret and loss. People,
don’t make this mistake this year.
You will be warned. Read the state
ment below, get a line on where you
are, profit by it, and plant by it if
you see fit, and you have promise of
good returns, otherwise look the jade
in the face another time before you
put your treasure in the ground and
in cheese cloth. This is a bit
slangy, but a real hard down state
ment of facts. Think .them over.
Here is what this man has to say
about it:
“Prospect* good to sell fine
shade tobacco this fall. Don't
pitch in and make a big crop
next year; put aiat shade on well
drained land, fre of disease, with .
second hsnd cheese cloth under
neath slats; Then provide irriga
tion with proper fertilizers and
efficient care... These provision*
almost insure a crop against
drought and hnil. Such a crop
should be fine and bring a fancy
price.”
all the best in.modem education. He
is a graduate from Emory College, at
Oxford, Ga., and since completing hi*
school work, some 17 or 18 years ago,
has devoted his time to school work.
With the exception of one year spent
in the Florida schools, Mr. Wood has
conducted the school in hiB home
town of Attapulgus since leaving
college. The Attapulgus school un
der his management has risen to the
front ranks of Decatur county educat
ional institutions.
Mr. Wood is a married man with a
family, and is expected to be a force
for good in the school here. He is a.
leading citizen of the county, being
chairman of the county board of
education, and deeply interested in
all matters educational.
Mr. Elcan, tho superintendent, is.
to be congratulated on having as bin
right hand mnn a teacher of the
ability und experience of Dallas
Wood.
Mr. Z. W. Daughtry, of the Park
ers district, was here Tuesday,
WEEK’S SUMMARY
OF BAINBRIGE TEAM
Another even break is our baseball
summary this week. After taking
two out of three from Dothan here
the latter part of last week, and going
to Eufaula and winning the opener
Monday, we were simply manhandled
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thursday’s game with Dothan was
a victory for the home club. Hicks,
the new left-hander from Augusta,
worked his first game for Bainbridge
and got away. He gave up 12 hits,
but was usually able to check Dothan
when hits meant runs. Culpepper,
working for Reidy’a bunch was *»
wild as a March hare, walking 9 and
hitting one.
Friday' saw Dothan lose another
contest to the Bainbridge team. Gib
son worked for Bainbridge and pitch
ed a masterful game, weakening a
little in the eight, after having scor
ed from second, with the winning run.
Dothan touched him up somewhat in
their half of this inning, and Foster
relieved him in the ninth. Only three
men faced the big boy in that frame.
Paige, for Dothan worked a good
game, but was a bit too wild.
Then came Saturday, with a sad
tale. It’s an old, old story about firing
a pitcher and having him come bock
and humble you. Holloway was the
pitcher, Bainbridge, the team, and
score 6 to 1, breaking Bainbridge’s
winning streak of three games— the
longest of the year. Foster pitched
for Bainbirdge and was hit pretty
hard, but Ed is one of these old heads
who depend upon support, and that
of the intelligent kind. He failed to
receive this in the outfield, where ha
tried to have the batten played tor
and couldn’t get it.
Monday saw victory return to our
standard' once more. Hicks won his
second- game, defeating Eufaula in
Eufaula.by the score of S to 8. Riley
made a home run in this inning scor
ing Penner ahead of him, with the
winning run. Stewart pitched for
Eufaula and gave a very good account
of himself.
Tuesday brought sorrow to the
camp. Gibson went in the box for
Bainbridge and was hammered un-
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