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BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7.1917.
1.50 PER YEAR
JLOYALTY
EARLY SHOWN
IASI TUESDAY
lfK 1fANSW ER
{RESERVEDLY ..
win OLD AND SEVERAL
J- NG CAME FORWARD
FFEK THEIR services,
fsked to be listed
wanting to serve.
„ there has existed in the
(anytx* 1 ? ll:,ubt as t0 tbe
( [ the American negro in
national peril, Tuesday’s
„ 0 f available power for
{on was sufficient to disabuse
& of the most pessimistic,
the neproes responded whole-
I, gn d unreservedly no one
j with the work of registra-
I doubt. Here in Bainbridge
jistered in greater numbers
the whites, and the same re-
, fS to Bainbridge from other
the county. In this district
hoed fewdr exemptions than
whites- Despite the fact that
j f the negro marries at an
itte than does the white 'man,
fact that all married’ men are
in-the exemption class in
(, there were more negroes
district in the no exemption
than there were whites. Of
here were more to register,
ratio was slightly higher. It
experience of the men doing
iteritig that negroes offered
ousts than did the white
whole the negroes display-
t admirable spirit through-
day, and in many cases dis-
real eagerness to be enrolled,
egroes were no doubt enrolled
over the age, but they did
their ages and to be safe
irently registered. Many
r they were over 31 came
lied were turned down, some
Went disappointment. Many
ftt.e colored race under 21
ip and were turned down,
lager patriotism of the black
shown in the experessed de-
many to have put on their
the fact that they wanted to
tiers turned down said they
ady for the call, and would
they could. The recruiting
Id acquaint the negroes
lutes with the fact that they
enlist. We carry in another
sn explanation of this situa-
hcruiting is still open and all
made acquainted with the
ipirit of the Decatur county
population is something that
htizen of the county should be
Proud of. They 1 displayed
hiotism on Tuesday, and it’ is
that they will play a big
** Part in the world war now
They answered their ques-
mo ;t eases, with intelli-
I directness that did them'
’"lit. Perhaps many register-
*7 ^ar of prosecution, but
•m equally true of the white
each responded in a very
tkl ? man ner. It is believed
Ackers in both racese were
ely few.
Sunday Afterhoon
Band Program
The following program has been
announced for the regular Sunday
afternoon concert to be given by
Kodatt’s band from the band stand in
the city park. The concert will begin
at 4 o’clock.
PROGRAM
March, “The Billboard”, Klohr, March
“Battleship Alabama,” Miller, Over
ture, Extempore, Hayes, “Ragged
Ike,” Rag, McFall, “Kiss of Spring,"
Waltzes, Roife.
Intermission
March, “Depot Band,” Rosenkrans
Overture, “Victory,” Krill, “Cotton
Babes,” Rag, Wenrich, Overture, “It’s
UP To You,” Southwell, “The Em
blem,” March, Huff, Finale, “Star
Spangled Banner”, Arnold.
2256 YOUNG MEN IN DECATUR COUNTY
ANSWER NATION’S CALL TO LIST OUR
AVAILABLE MILITARY STRENGTH
SLIGHTLY MORE NEGROES REGISTERED
THAN WHITE PEOPLE
BAINBRIDGE DISTRICT REGISTERED OVER FIVE HUNDRED. DON-
ALSONVILLE CAME SECOND. FEW, IF ANY, SLACKERS IN
THIS COUNTY. ONLY 681 FAIL TO CLAIM SOME KIND OF
EXEMPTION. ONLY FIVE ALIENS IN THE COUNTY. REGIS-
ISTRATION ALL OVER THE COUNTRY VERY SATISFACTORY.
RED CROSS UNDER
GOOD HEADWAY
. Registration day passed off quietly
ir. Decatur county. There was no dis
order, and no attempt to evade the
responsibility. Young men of both
races went cheerfully up and gave
their names.
A committee of ladies had in
charge the matter of securing some
one to decorate the young men ts
they registered. White and colored
NEW MEMBERS BEING ADDED w ” wer ? L station f' in tbe lobby
' ■ of the court house here and as the
DAILY, AND LOCAL CHAPTER 'registered men came down he was
WILL SOON BE ONE OF THE decorated with the arm band by a
BEST IN THE ENTIRE STATE. 1 woman of his own race.
The response was about what was
The Bainbridge Red Cross chapter I expected as to numbers, and the
is daily adding to its numerical manner in which the young men gave,
strength and interest in the move- the information was cheerful and
ment grows with each day. The lit- [ willing. There was little whining
tie booth on the public square is and effort to claim puny excuses,
bringing results and dollars too. I Reports from all over the state and
If you are not aware of how much 'the nation indicate that the day was a
good a dollar spent in the Red Cross complete success everywhere, and
service does go by the booth and have that about the figures expected were
one of the ladies tell you. It will secured. Of course the official un
make you feel that you want to give | nouncement cannot be made until
something to help lessen the suffer- | every precinct is heard from, but it
ing that is sure to flow from our en- i s expected that the number will
try into the struggle. reach the ten million predicted.
Despite the fact that many people Georgia’s registration is expected to
are badly misinformed as to what the be over a quarter of a million.
Red Cross really is, the response has I Two thousand two hundred and fif-
beeh good and indications now are ty six young men in Decatur county
that the local chapter will be a very 1 0 n Tuesday enrolled their names
active .WsjjB, Everybody, men, women j among the available military timber
and children fcrl eligible for member- jn the United States. Of this number
ship by the payment of $1.00, which 1082 were white citizens and 1169
entities them to oiie year’s member- colored and 5 aliens jmake the differ-
ship. It is to be regretted that there ence .
are those who look for the evil side of of this number there were only 681
everything, and who are so misin-' w ho did not claim some exception, or
formed as to think that the Red Cross who did not come under the heads
is a money making scheme, a graft j 0 f legislative and judicial officers,
game, or something else equally as those having dependent relatives and
bad. Of course it is a lack of infor- t h 0S e who are totally disabled. The
mation causing such idea. It is like- total disability column was very, very
ly that before the conflict is ended sma ll, as was the legislative and
the Red Cross will have bound up ( judicial column, while a relatively
wounds and ministered to the suffer- small number claimed exemption on
ings of some who now critcise it, and grounds other than having relatives
have soothed heart strings reaching entirely dependent on them,
back to the breasts of all of us. | The C81 who claimed no exemption
A partial list of the Bainbridge Red ■ an( j w ho offereed no reason why they
Cross members secured so far is should not answer the call included
published below. This is not complete, 1 300 whites and 381 colored. The total
was secured hurriedly just before ' 0 f 681 is less than one-third of the
press time, and if your name is left 12266 registered.
out, it will appear next week. We will j _
publish a revised list each, or rather ~ ■
the additions made each week, and \TATp RANK MAKFS
hope to see it increasingly Wrge. Ulrtlii UrtlllV HinilLU
Those in the list secured yesterday
However, the fact that one has
claimed an exemption will not be a
guarantee that he is to be left at
home when the call comes; and the
fact that a man failed to claim any
exemption will not act as a bar to his
claiming exemption when the proper
time arrives. As a matter of fact,
the exemption qualifications have not
been determined, and will not be for
sometime. It is likely that the ex
emptions will not be determined until
the call is made and then each man
will hnve an opportunity to show
cause, if any he can, why he should
not serve.
It is the opinion of many who are
conversant with the situation, or as
nearly as conversant as an outsider
can be, that the selective draft will
take such young men as can best af
ford to go, regardless of whether or
not they have made any claim of
exemption. For instance a 'married
man with nothing to do and his wife
keeping him up, is in better shape to
go than is a single man with a good
crop of food stuffs, or a mechanic who
can forge instruments of war.
In nearly every district in the
the county the negroes outnumber
the whites in about the same proport
ion as obtains in the actual popula
tion. In the Bainbridge district there
are 232 whites and $20 negroes, with
4 aliens. Only 172-in Bainbridge dis
trict failed to claim some kind of
exemption and only 79 of these were
white*. Donalsonville came next to
Bainbridge in the number registered,
her qiutb being 227, divided 98 white,
128 negroes and 1 alien. Fine Hill,
Iron City and Brinson came next in
order. .
The wqrk of registering was not
completed until 9 o’clock Tuesday
night and the consolidation in each
district had to be done after that hour
Then yesterday the county officers in
charge had to tabulate the returns
from all over the county. This was a
job of enormous proportions and took
all day. In fact as we go to press it
had not been fully completed. The
cards had to be divided first as to
whites, colored and foreign. Then the
An Important
Grocery Change
Mr. C. N. Wlison sold his stock of
Groceries located on Water St. this
week to his brother, Mr. O. M. Wilson,
who will replenish the stock and
carry a full and up-to-date line of
stuff at all times. Mr. Wilson has
been actively at work in the grocery
business of this city for five or six
years and is well posted on the needs
of the trade. Mr. O. H. Mathis will
be with the new firm and he invites
all his : T . B.
him an — ' ady
again. ~~ ~
The new firm wil carry the line and
work hard to get the patronage of th«
people. The phone number will be
the same old number 19. The new firm
has experience and goods, prices and
every element that leads to a success.
EUFAULA DROPS
TWO OF THREE
TO LOCAL TEAM
THE NEW MANAGER
SHOWS UP WELL
MRS. E.J. HAYES IS
CALLED TO REWARD
MOTHER OF MRS. A. C| TARTE
AND MRS. J. W. NAPIER, OF
CLIMAX DIES IN CAMILLA ON
WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.
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IMPROVEMENTS
are: Mrs. J. T. McLendon, Mrs. H. J.
Maddox, Mrs. J. W. Callahan, Mr. Joe
McDuffie, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sim- PROGRESSIVE INSTITUTION
imons, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hodges,
Miss Edith Taylor, Miss Blanch Korn-
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First Cotton Bolls
TO
HAVE ONE OF THE HAND
SOMEST HOMES IN THIS SEC
TION OF THE STATE.
^ a th of Infant
,?J y fritn,is Of Mr. and Mrs.
• “« »ere shocked last week
J s , of ,he death of their 16
1 daughter, Eugenia. The
E. had been sick for only a
^ e, and here passing was a
■° the young parents. The
- c Jrred last Thursday and
"as at the local cemetery.
i/ eartb !j ight joins other
. '■ -'■tending sympathy to the
5 Patents.
frst Watermelon
^‘watermelon of the year
^ !tS ap P e arance in Bain-
. Luther Jones, who lives
^ r,ver - had one in town
r, j Wa ® Ea ‘d to be about
1 ' nt * tn °w, for we didn’t
, ' week he brought in
ori - s > and they were the
|ft, ^ lntere3 t around the
. | ° apany - a is believed
' !00n h* * n full swing
The Bainbridge State Bank on
Monday morning moved temporarily
into the building next door to Mill’s
Mr. J. L. Dickerson, of Donalson-! Pharmacy. The object of the tem-
ville, sends to the Post-Search Light porary transfer is to make room for
this week the first cotton bolls seen carpenters and decorators to make
this year. They came in Modnay, improvements on the interior,
and are much in advance of the usual) The plans contemplate the instal-
first appearanc of such. The bolls lation of entirely new fixtures, floors,
were well formed and about the size wall, etc. In fact, everything will be
of a quail’s egg. Mr. Dickerson, in entirely new except the vault, and
addition to being one of the best this will include a new safe of the
merchants in Donalsonville, is latest and most improved pattern,
one of the most progres- The new fixtures will be marble and
sive farmers in Decatur county. With | mahogony throughout,
the start his cotton has, there should , In connection with the improve-
be little worry by him about the boll ments under way, the building will be
weevil This cotton should be ready enlarged by taking out the stairway
for the gin by the middle of July. | at the rear and give the bank more
Mr. Dickenson sent the cotton in and floor space. The stairway will be
we weer not able to learn what parti- j moved back about 20 feet,
cuiar variety it is, but we presume it
some forward kind and planted
with a view to early maturity.
The repair work is under the super
vision of the Richardson Engineering
and Construction Co. and the fixtures
That Mr. Dickenson does not con-.will be installed by an Atlanta con
fine his whole agricultural efforts to cern. The contract will represcnt an
cotton was evidenced by the fact that expenditure of about $10,000.00 and
he sent to the Post-Search Light by will give the Bainbridge State Bank
the same messenger a bunch of one of the most complete and up to
Spanish peanuts from this year’s date homes in this section of the
crop These peanuts are almost state.
matured, and this is the first week in | It is understood that the repair
June The bunch was well filled out work will be completed in about two
with’nuts and if it is an average months. In the meantime the Bain-
Tjximen tee tract will produce a bridge State folks wil! be at home to
* >eC , . 'their friends in the Callahan Block,
good yield.
HALF HOLIDAY IS
SUCCESS ALREADY
NO INCONVENIENCE OCCASION-
NED BY CLOSING STORES ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS —
EVERY STORE CLOSED.
Last Thursday afternoon saw the
first trial of the Thursduy half holi
day plan recently inaugurated, and
the success of the movement is in
sured from the jump. So far as can
be ascertained, every store ami busi
ness house in Bainbridge was closed
as tight as Dick’s hat band. We
don’t know how tight teat waB, by the
way, but the stores were very tightly
closed.
There was some fear that all might
not close, but this fear was uncalled
for, as every store seemed to be as
anxious to close as every other one.
It is now certain that the closing idea
will be a permanent feature in Bain
bridge business circle each summer.
The closing on last Thursday ap
parently caused little inconvenience
to the ladies of the town in making
their supper orders, and it is pretty
certain that they will not forget in
tee future.
Most of the clerks and proprietors
took advantage of the half holiday for
some kind of outing. A good many
went fishing, and others went to
Moultrie for the ball game. Plans
are already being made for this
week’s closing and a good many will
see Bainbridge play in Quitman this
afternoon, and others will still be
teasing the finny tribe.
The entire community wub deeply
shocked and saddened by the news of
the sudden death Wednesday morning
at 1:30 o’clock of Mrs. E. J. Hayes,
mother of Mr. J. A. Hayes. Mrs.
Hayes was here on a visit to her son,
having come about two weeks ago
from Stockton, with another son, Mr.
H. R. Hayes, of that city, to visit for
a while. Her death was caused by
heart trouble. She had a slight at
tack on Monady evening, but got
over it all right and seemed to be
well as usual. On Tuesday evening
tee greater part of the family had
gone to the commencement exercises
at the city hall, Mrs. Hayeq’ grand’
daughter, Miss Clyda Hayes, being
among the graduates.
Just a short while after the family
had returned home and retired, they
were wakened by the struggles of
the grandmother. A doctor was quick
ly called, but death had taken place
before he reached the home.
The remains of the aged lady were
taken to Climax Wednesday after
noon where the funeral was held and
interment made at Cedar Grove ceme
tery.
Mrs. Hayes was eighty years old.
She had lived a long and remarkable
life and was a devoted Christian. She
was horn and raised at Oak Grove, S.
C. Her husband, Mr. H. R. HaycB
preceded her to the grove twelve
years ago. 1
Mrs. Hayes is survived by the fol
lowing children; three hons, Messrs.
R. H. and H. R. Hayes of Stockton,
and J. A. Hayes of Camilla; and six
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Napier and
Mrs. A. C. Tarte of Climax; Mrs. Z.
D. Napier of Chipley, Fla.; Mrs. J
Ricl\ Hayes, Mrs. J. M. Berry and
Mrs. A. M. Meggs, all of South Caro
lina.
Mr. J. A. Hayes and family have
the deep and tender sympathy of the
entire community in the death of
their love one.—Camilla Enterprise.
Enlistment Still
Available To All
It was noticeable in tee registering
here Tuesday that a good many, es
peciallly negroes, thought that if
they failed to register there would be
no chance for them to get into the
army. In fact, many over age and
under age tried desperately to have
their names enrolled.
Enlistment is still open to all, re
gardless of age. If a man registered
on Tuesday, this is no reason why he
cannot still volunteer for the army,
navy, or any other branch of the ser
vice needing recruits. If he did not
register, and is not a babe in arms or
is not old and gray, he can still serve
his country.
The draft from among those regis
trered Tuesday will not be made until
some time in the fall, possibly about
the first of September and between
now and then they ore free to volun
teer. Those not in the ages will
have a chance even after that time to
get into the service.
It was a matter of regret that the
story of the Red Cross movement
here was crowdede out of our last
issue. The story, with the names of
the members up to press time, had al
ready been put into type, but a late
order for advertising crowded the
story out
TEAM SHOWS MORE PEP, AND
IS PLAYING MORE INTELLI
GENT BALL THAN HAS BEEN
PLAYED BY THE LOCAL LINK
UP DURING THIS SEASON.
Since last Thursday’s issue the
local team has had another evm
break on games won and lost, but m
these six are includede the two out
ofi three lost in Moultrie. The series
concluded yesterday faternoon With.
Eufaula was a victorious one for us.
Ed Foster has the team now, and
the boys are out there fighting for
the games, something that they have
not done in the past. Sacrifice hits
and stolen basese are figuring more
largely in the summary now than be
fore. The two games won were taken
after the opposition had assumed the
lead in each, and showed that the
bqys did- not - give up. It is- true
that yesterday’s game could have had
a little more pep in it, but all teams
will Inch the ginger at times.
The team leaves today for Quitman,
where they will play three games,
then they come back here next Mon
day for three games with the Moul
trie team. Moultrie is leading the
league, but Tifton knocked them loose
in a recent series, and It stands to
reason that we can give them a battle
with a little of the old fighting spirit
in evidence.
Thursday’s Game in Moultrie was a
pitchers battle between Long and
Larisoy, with Long having the better
of the argument. This was vha little
left hahder’s first time out for us and
he looked like a million dollars after
bank failure. Moultrie never had
a chance to score.
Thursday’s game was a lop-sided
victory for the Moultrie club, the
score being 12 to 4. Saturday’s wa»
little better, with Moultrie winning 7
to 2.
Monday saw the team back at home
under new management. Long again
worked for Bainbridge and worked in
approved fashion, yielding but 4 hits.
Eufaula was tho opposition, pnd we
won 6 to 3, with some good hefty
hitting and a few errors on their
part.
Tuesday’s game was in many re
spects the best yet Gibson was pitch-
in great style all the way through
and Robinson was unhittable for
seven innings. Neither side scored
for the first seven innings, but in the
eight Eufaula put two over on hits,
outs and an error. Up until this time
but 23 men had faced Robbie is look
ed like the game was gone, but we
were looking through old glasses. The
boys jumped in and hammered Rob
inson out of the box in short order,
making four hita and scoring two
runs. Fuss relieved him with two
on and the other was soon added
through and error, making the count
8 to 2. Eufaula failed to do anything
in their half of the ninth.
Wednesday’s game was won by
Eufaula 6 to I, principally through
the effective pitching of Stewart, who
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Burden of War Is
On United States
Baltimore, Md. June. .3—Senator
Joseph E. Ransdcll, of Louisiana,
speaking at a defense mass meeting
here today, warned objectors, con
scientious or otherwise, to service in
the war to “get out of the country;”
expressed the fear that Russia might
become the silent partner of Germ
any,, or get out of the war and added:
"If each man or woman of us does
his or her part we will win. If we
do not God knows what black pall
will fall' upon us for the chief burden
of the war is now upon the United
States.”
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The regular services next Sunday
will be as follows:
10:00 A. M. Sunday School.
11:00 A. M. Holy Communion and
Sermon.
8:00 P. M. Evening Prayer and
Sermon. ,