Newspaper Page Text
f
HE WILLIAMS
sentenced TO
[AUGUST THIRD
pal IS REFTISED__
BY COURTS-*
he post-search light
BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917
1.50 PER YEAB
WHTIT’S THE MATTER WITH BAINBRIDGE?
Contribute*
"I
u, KILLED another
i.as T si mmer and
m body in sawdust
death sentence
DISCED BY NEW judge.
Williams, colored, will pay
i penalty here on Friday,
r d. unless there is a stay of
the meantime. Judge
sentenced the negro last
afternoon, upon notice that
court had turned down
's appeal.
is killed another negro Inst
The trouble arose, as is
ie case, over
woman. The
was attempting to take
woman, and Charlie decided
n y to be undisturbed in his
was to kill his rival. This
d buried the dead man’s
pile of sawdust near Fowls-
ere it stayed until decom
et in and the body swelled
he sawdust otf and attract-
of flies. This led to the
of the dead negro,
is was convicted at the
term of court and sen-
die on December 29th, but
r a new trial was filed.
term expired before this
eard. The motion was over-
an appeal was taken to the
The higher court re-
nterfere and Judge Harrell
y had the unpleasant duty
lacing him last Saturday
Only a small crowd was
the court room at the time,
rrell had never before pro-
death sentence, and was
'ected by the unpleasant
ispensed with any comment
y read a formal sentence.
has been in the shadow
lllows before, and has al-
ounceil that he is prepared
created a lot of amuse-
the state a few weeks ago
Governor Harris for a par-
der that he might enlist in
Of course he was denied
till hardly be any further
ade to save Charlie, unless
lovered evidence should
the meantime or an appeal
made to the governor to
the sentence to life im-
^ in February
Kept It Secret
Until Last Week
The Red Cross has been canvassing the entire country for contributions to the hundred million dollar fund which
- 3£L raising to be used for i elief in our army. Over in Tallahassee, a city- with perhaps two thousand more inhabi-
advSambndge, the sum or fourteen thousand four hundred dollars was raised for this fund. In Quincy, a town
about the size of Bainbridge, the sum of four thousand dollars was raised. Monticello, Fla., about half as large as Bain-
bridge, contributed one thousand dollars. Bainbridge’s contribution to this fund was $197 ,
What is the meaning of this? Is-there less patriotism in Bainbridge than elsewhere? Surely the very name of
the town itself and of the county of which it is the county site, bespeak: the patriotism of its founders. Survivors of the
Civil War still point with pride to the patriotism of their generation. Will the survivors of the Great War be able to
tell a like tale of their children and grandchildren?
There has been no lack of patriotism among the young men of this county, those who will actually take part in the
war, those who will bleed and sutler and die. But we who stay at home, we who should be helping with our means in
order that our boys may be fed and cared for in decency, we, of whom they think and dream among the horrors of the
Greatest War, w r e for whom they are fighting, we upon whom they depend for food to give them strength to fight, for the
means of relief from suffering when wounded, we upon whose courage and love and self sacrifice they depend, what is the
matter with US?
A prominent and prosperous man of this town referring to the Red Cross, said “I thought when I gave them my dol
lar that was all I was in for, but here they are wanting more!” A cultured and intelligent woman said of the same or
ganization : “I gave them my dollar and that is all I will do. I think I am serving my country by attending to my own
business.in my own home!” Gave “them!” As if the work of the Red Cross was entirely removed from any interest of
ours! Just was cooly as one might speak of a movement to collect money for the purpose of giving a banquet, or some
thing else of as comparative unimportance! It is incredible that the majority of the people of Bainbridge should be going
on in the eevn tenor of their way, and thinking of the war as something distant and remote, as a cause to which one must
give an occassional dollar and put it down to charity!
L,
Oh ye of little perception! Do you not know that this is a period in the history of the world when the small con
cerns of our daily life are forgotten? When the first business to be attended to is the business of caring for the army
stands between US and the most grasping, the most cruel power the world has ever known? When every throb of the
heart, every beat of the pulse, every wish, thought and aspiration should be for our country? Can we do less than this
when our boys offer their lives as a sacrifice?
Surely Bainbridge is only sleeping! This inertia cannot mean that patriotism is dead. We have not realized yet the
part we must play. We are so busy riding and going to ball games and amusing ourselves in other ways that we haven’t
yet had time to stop and think.
Let us stop and think NOW! You mothers and fathers of boys who have already gone, it is unnecessary to say
aught to you. You have realized and you have made the supreme sacrifice in letting your boy go to the front. For you
the rest is not sacrifice. To give of your time and means, to save food for the government to export to our soldiers by
living frugally yourself, is to you a sacred privilege. But to those who have not aroused to the fact that this is our war,
these words are addressed. Germany is the foe of the world, a foe so unscrupulouh, so dastardly and so deadly that an
honorable nation like ours scarcely knows how to cope with her.
This war cannot be won without the help of the individual. Other communities are realizing this and responding
nobly.—WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH BAINBRIDGE?
MEN FOR ARMY TO
BE DRAFTED ON
NEXT SATURDAY
THAT DATE IS SET
UNOFFICIALLY
IT IS LIKELY THAT MORE THAN
A MILLION MEN WILL BE
DRAWN, AS EXEMPTIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY
ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO.
Moultrie Players Say
Packer Town Didn’t
Appreciate Team
the happiest surprise in
8 recently was the announ-
!t week that Richard Park-
the fire department, and
Smith, daughter of Mr.
K. Smith, have been
last February and have
matter a secret since that
:ov ery came about in a
'•l- Miss Leah Smith, sister
n e ’ Wa ' assisting in the
“Pyinn the registration
Ben enro '!cd under the con-
set and giving the names
rY 3 ' Coming across the
'• Parker -he noted that he
ttistercl ;... a married man.
at he had been keeping
*" her liter, and natural-
" the fact that her sister
W!th what she supposed
rr ' ln rnarr ied to some one
biink.ng f or a moment
r Wa " 'he wife mention
ed.
home and informed her
er discovery. Mr. Park-
ar amj was wfa]tt
£“ ld on his card. Seeing
u ., Wctec Y w as impossible
* lroe facts and admit-
r -i Anna were mar-
Pfbn
' ra ary, and had for rea
kept the matter
People have been
""intentionally delayed
their many friends
Hrs
Accordingto the Moultrie players
the people of the city they represent
ed in the Dixie league did not ap
preciate the efforts of those athletes.
.The boys who played under Schuyler
claim that the Moultrie folks are hard
{losers, and because they did not win
both halves were ready to quit.
I Bainbridge people who have seen
games played in Moultrie easily ap
preciate the fact that Moultrie fans
'are the hardest losers in the league,
j They could win ten straights and if
this was followed by two or three
Ilosese, the Moultrie people wanted a
I new team.
Schuyler won the first half for
| Moultrie by a margin of eight games,
beating every team in the league
more often than he was beaten. Y et
ibecause they didn’t walk away with
I the second section, the Moultrie peo
ple were ready to quit. They claim
'that they had their checks thrown in
their faces and that no one seemed
to care wether they stayed or not,
that nobody told them goodbye or
showed them other considerations
'which fans usual show base ball
players who have performed Tor them.
1 The Moultrie players were sore as
•could be and all said they never
wanted to se the packing house burgh
again. Moultrie fans are poor losers,
as has been demonstrated on numer
ous occasions, but it is hard to believe
tkat they would treat a bunch of play
ers that did as well as Schuyler s
men did, as they seem to have. It’s
a sweet lot of favorable publicity the
Moultrie folks will get from the
recommendation of their this year s
team.
SERIAL NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO MEN IN
DECATUR COUNTY OF MILITARY AGE
Griffin, Mr. J.
BaM f ielding Howell
l „ ° r ' Hwell motored to
**’ J;,.
and spent the
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Erwin, of
Allendale, South Carolina, are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. H. E. Per
kins. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin will prob
ably be in the city for a month or
more.
BAINBRIDGE, GA. |
g cr jal Address Given
No. Name On Card
1 Alva Asa Adams G66 Water St.
L G Adams 219 Crawford St.
Ben Aiken R F D
Cary Aiken 116 Jackson St.
John Aiken 316 Green St
Willie Aiken 421 Market St
G Willie Alday Bon Air Hotel
Pansy Allen 508 West St
Sandy Alston
Leroy Alston
Wash Anderson
Will Anderson 604 Clay St.
Marcus Anderson 636 Planter St
Melvin Arline 547 Fleming St.
C Banks Arnold Broughton St.
iu C. M. Manuel Averince
17 J W Bateman Broughton St
18 Jesse Newton Barber R F D A
W Eugene Barrow Water St.
Trevar R Battle 115 Donalson St
Well Baldwin
David H Baker 222 Planter St.
Willie Barnes Albany Road
Isac Baker 309 Monroe St.
Tom Belvin 529 Crawford St.
Hance Balkman 36 Crawford St
Harrison Bolvin 531 West St
William Bell
Cecero Belvin 507 Nelson St.
Charlie Bell, Crawford St.
Henry W Berry 329 Boulett St.
John Belvin 502 West St
Elmer J Belcher
C W Beasley 344 Broughton St.
Henry Grady Bell Shotwell St.
Raymond Blair, Fowlstown, Ga.
William Walace Botts Evans St.
aCnlcy Dixon Boutwell R F D
Henry C Bostwick 301 College St
James Walter Bostwick
Henry Bouie 323 Calhoun St.
Jesse Bolden Orange St.
Archie Bouie, Ford
Will Brown
Emmett Brett 136 Greene St.
Lonnie Briett
Zollie C Brooks 408 Scott St.
Clifford Clarence Brown
Bartow Brown
Albert Brown Calhoun St
Ned Brock, Jr.,
George Brown
Elder Brown Bruton St.
54 Denmark Brooks Calhoun St.
55 Henry Brown 511 Planter St.
56 William H. Brown, 221 College St.
57 Leonard C Brown 213 West St.
56 Roy Randall Brady
Ira W Brinson, Sharpe
1
59
Ivy Robert Brock
Robert G Bruce 203 Water St.
Samuel L Brooks 231 Shotwell St.
Grover Arthur Brinson
George W Brooks 219 College St.
Clifford B Brocket West St.
Sholton Smith Brinson
Ollie Turner Bracken
Arthur Burgess 219 College St.
Sarnie Burgess 168 Washington.
Earnest Burke, 518 Century St.
Melvin J Bush 630 Bartow St.
James Campbell, 309 Bruton St.
Charlie Carthen, Albany St.
Douglas Carter 317 Back St.
Eddie Lewis Carter, 222 Hall St.
Mat Carter, 222 Hall St.
M. B. Carson West St.
Iven Carter, Back
Dan Carter Calhoun St.
Tom Cartwright
A J Callahan, Jr. 126DonalsonSt.
A M Campbell Decatur Co.
Joseph M Caldwell, Planter St.
John Capers
Arthur Cherry Cammilla Road
Herbert Chisom
Bunion Chance, 119 Potter St
Aaron Chisom, Back St
Arthur Cherry
Bob Lee Cherry
Charles Richard Chestnut
James D Chester
Collie Clament
Arthur Cleveland
Tom McIntosh Clark, 603 Planter
Willie L Clinton
McBride Cloud, R F D 1
William J Clark
Edward Albert Cloud
Hugh Alexander Clinton
Anderson Carley 316 Benton St
H H Coleman 509 Cemetery St.
Lucius Colenial Cooper
Willie G Cooper, Albany Road
James Colbert Fowlstown, Ga
Allen R Cooper 246 Perry St.
John Colbert Fowlstown, Ga.
Jettie Coston 57 Bartow St.
Albert Cooke, Albany Road
Lucious Marion Cobb, R. F. D.
Carter Harrison Cobb
Ben E Cooper 624 Sharp St
John S Cooper, Sharp
Abram B Conger 323 West
R R Crocker 502 Broughton St.
Charles F Crosby Florida St.
Hardy Crawford 323 Calhoun
Charley Crowley
Andrew Duffle Cuntble, R F D
Lonnie Cunningham
(Continued On Page Six)
Live Stock Census To
Be Taken In Decatur
County By Galloway
Unofficial reports sent out from
Washington set Saturduy, July 14th,
as the date for making the draft
from among those who are to serve
in the great conscript army. It is
certain that the drawing will begin
as soon as the numbers are all in the
hands of the war department.
The past few days have been de
voted in the various states and coun
ties to arranging the men who regis
tered on June 6th in serial order. In
other words, the names have been
aranged alphabetically for the whole
county and the first name on the list
has been numbered 1, nnd so on down
to the last name which wil bear the
highest number. The Post-Search
Light carries in this issue a list of
the names and serial numbers in this
county. It might be well for those
who arc registered to look the list
over and for each to familiarize him
self with his own number.
Four copies of these lists are made
in each county or in each city of more
than 30,000. One copy goes to the
provost-mashal general in Washing
ton, another to the state ndjustant
general, a third copy is made avail
able to the press for publication, and
the fourth copy remains in the hands
of the eounty board.
When these lists from the various
states are all in the hands of the war
department at Washington, the darft
will be made. It ia considered like*
ly that all the numbers will be put on
a wheel and turned off. One suic*
geation has been that the total fot
the whole country will be divided into
30,000 lists of equal number for each
list and that each time the Wheel i»
turned 30,000 be selected. For in
stance, if the wheel stops on number
13, every number 13 on the list will be
taken. In this way only 40 turns of
the wheel will be required to secure
the 1,200,000 needed.
Mr. Wiley Galloway of the
state department of agriculture is in
Decatur county this week counting
nosese on the hogs and cattle. Wiley
is an old Bainbridgeite and has many
friends in this county.
The work is a very important one
and Decatur county is fortunate
being one of the first counties select
ed for this work. The state depart
ment has the work in charge and
has sent Mr. Galloway as its special
representative to begin here. Only
four counties were selected for the
first census. Mr. Galloway attributs
much of the success of Decatur coun
ty in securing one of the initial cen-
cusese to Hon. J. W. Callahan, who
was in Atlanta Monday and saw State
Commissioner Brown. Mr. Callahan
called attention of the department to
the fact that Decatur is one of the
leading live stock counties and the
importance of including it in the cen
sus.
Mr. Galloway arrived in the coun
ty Tuesday and immediately began
his work. Information is being se
cured as to the number of hogs, cat
tle, etc., a man has this year and the
number last year, with a view to as
certain what increase, if any, has
been made. That Decatur county wifi
make a most favorable showing is
certain. As a matter of fact, if an
accurate census were taken of the
hogs in all the counties, Decatur
would be among the leaders, if not
on top.
Another interesting announcement
to live stock people in this section-
was brought to town by Mr. Galloway.
He has been promised by the rail
road people that a special stock train
will be put on this fall, a train which
will haul nothing but stock, as the
watermelon trains in the summer
carry nothing but m dons. This will
insure the raisers of stock as well as
the buyers better facilities for reach
ing the market. Spock pens can be
Present plans contempate th®
drafting of about 600,000, and in or
der to be sure of this many it a likely
that the department will draw tv/ic®
that many names to allow for exemp
tions. It is estimated that the ex
emptions will average about one ia
two for every man drawn.
As soon as the draft '* mad® ia
(Continued On Last Page)
We Find That There
Is Really Such Thing:
As a Watermelon
We have heard that they grow
watermelons in this county, and
have even seen things on sale at
the grocery stores which we
were told were watermelons, but
further than this our information
does not extend. As to actual
experience with us .there “aint
no such animal.”
The above squib appeared in our
columns last week. Mr. W. E. At
water, a Decatur county farmer liv
ing near Chattahoochee, read the sad
wail contained therein and took pity
on us. While in Bainbridge Saturday,
Mr. Atwater dropped into the Post-
Search Light office and left us v/hat is
perhaps the largest watermelon seen
here this year. It tipped the scales
at 40 pounds and was one of the most
delicious the editor ever stuck his
teeth into. We thank Mr. Atwater
and can now admit that there is such
an animal as a watermelon.
Due to the dry weather the water
melons this year have been unusual
ly small. The southwestern part of the
county seems to have had luck, how
ever, judging from the size of the
melon we received Saturday.
built along the tracks, and buyers can
purchase stock in advance and put
them up for the coming of the stock
train.
Mr. Galloway will probably be in.
Decatur county for two or three
weeks on his present assignment, and
will be assisted by County Agent
Lewis and others. The Bell Tele
phone people will also lend their
splendid facilities in securing this in
formation. .