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^E POST-SEARCH LIGHT
BAINBRIDGE, GA,, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917.
1.50 PER YEAH
kL BE 199 MEN, AND AT LEAST
jgE THAT MANY WILL BE CALLED
uwTrunning high and
MAY BE SUMMONED
aniMONKD UNTIL 199 ARE QUALIFED. A
JSrV OF THOSE IN THE FIRST 400 TO BE MAR-
*5have other t. B0ARD WIT f:
cnx WORK \SS0ux^-“ W8D adyEIVED
(( WASHIN ETON. MEET IN GRAND ,1 iiv, ROOM.
ji^-j w heel of fortune turned last Friday and 199
1 voun! , men will be among those whose fates were
le county's quota was originally fixed at 257, but 58
jered their services for the national guards or the
and these are credited on the 257, leaving only 199
jjactice in all places will be to call twice the the num-
tie assumption being that at least 50 per cent, of the
exempted for various reasons. It appears, however,
reading of the first 400 that the exemptions will be
one half. This is particularly true in Bainbridge,
is that 75 to 80 per cent, of the list are married men.
not secured in the first 398, the others will be called
they tvere drawn until the required number is secured,
familiar with the result of the registration here on
me will recall that there were only about 700 in the
iid not claim or state some exemption. Of course, it
jfjly true that all of these had exemptions simply be-
claimed them, but the majority of those whp were
ie exemption column had dependent relatives. From
eseen that the exemptions may run as high as 2 out
In such case the list will be gone well into before the
are secured.
no check was kept as to the whites and black, it is
it the number of negroes will be greater than the
whites from Decatur county, or about in the same
to the actual population. The draft seems to have
ly fair, or as nearly so as could be hoped for. The
it}’noticed so far, is in the distribution with reference
itricts. Some districts were hit much harder than
larger population. It is not known what plan the
iard has for correcting this, but it seems that it
good idea to assign each district its proportionate
full quota of 257 men, then deduct from each the
have volunteerd from the district, then take in the
the required men from each and every district. This
the same plan as the state and county quotas are
county will have a representative body of young
national army when it is gathered, and one that, will
troic traditions of the old county which has shed the
is in every war this country has ever waged, since
county. There has been little if any complaining
® e » "'ho were drawn, many of whom have already
1 it they are ready ancTthat they will claim no exemp
li list of every man’s number and the order in which
has been prepared by the war department and print-
ttform. Copies will be forwarded to the exemption
time this week. The local board, composed of Sheriff
i. Judge H. B. Spooner, and Dr. Gordon Chason, will
™ their sessions just as soon as the list is received
are selected in their order of being drawn. This
little task, as we can testify from having done the
•s appears below. The men will be called in the order
®n, first examined as to physical fitness and then
te any exemption claim they may have. If the
allowed, the government still retains the right of
tne exemption is denied, the drafted man has the
ms case before the district board of appeals. The
district board will be final. The members of the
ar e: Northern District—Dr. E. C. Davis, Thomas B.
■ ■ Massey, W. P. Raoul, E, J. Reagan; Southern
It°Vp l—E. Comer, Col. A. R. Lawton, Dr. T.
’ • J. Smith, W. C. Vereen; Southern District, Divi-
™ es L; Anderson, W. C. Davis. W. H. Felton, Dr. A.
"“E »uliams.
roe! r< | * 1a3 arranged to hold its sessions in the
Ki, ° t le count y court house, or the room to the
.lJ 5 . e steps. They will stay in session practically
,i:/ ,® e ^e lists are received and checked until 199
, ° r service. As many men will be axamined
durance of the board will permit during the day.
(i. ‘ ? r the men who have exemptions to claim to
jf Jl e } es u 'ith the regulations in advance, so that
6^. . JOarc ' may be lightened and expedited. No
1 Q to employ a lawyer to plead his case, and no
acount of occupation can be heard before
.. ese must go to the district board,
toriff ° nta ' ns considerably more than the 398 men
I hist examination on the assumption that the
I* 0 high that the necessary 199 cannot be got-
*r> an i ^ '■hey are not, the others will be called in
jg,' , happroximately as we have them here. We
lhat We n °t vouc h f°r the correctness of
lio,,, that we prepared it from lists appear-
es a ;i- v Papers of the state, and there will likely
fca!t-n . ^ ave checked it as carefully as we could
tm f!’ e ? as anything but the official list can be.
Beari- 0 '*! ■ convience and information of the pub-
J Vts c ‘ a! . m it to be perfect. We are not drafting
r I*™? 'his list makes a mistake with reference
' J -. ame us ! we did our best, and somebody
L the Ll^JI'^.take first. Here is about how they will
MOVING PICTURES
OF DECATUR CO.
WILL BE TAKEN
RECORD - HERALD IS
TAKING VIEWS
IS WORKING WITH WILEY GAL
LOWAY, OF STATE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE, WHO
IS TAKINK THE LIVE STOCK
CENSUS OF THE COUNTY.
Decatur county’s advantages and
resources will soon be advertised to
the world on the moving picture
screen. A Chicago Record-Herald
man is here working in conjunction
with Wiley M. Galloway, of the State
Department of Agriculture, in his
live stock census of the county.
State Commissioner J. J. Brown
decided to take the live stock census
of some half dozen counties in Geor
gia, and at the request of progressive
citizens of this county he decided to
include Decatur county in the list, and
sent Wiley Galloway, the “ring-neck
ed dog from Mitchell, here to do the
the work.
The Record-Herald man is making
views all over the county of hogs,
cows, sheep, corn, cotton peanuts,
and other crops. In addition he will
take views of pretty homes in Bain
bridge and other parts of the county.
These views will be published in the
great Chicago paper and be shown on
the screens of the thousand of motion
picture theaters ail over the country.
The value of the advertising to be
gained through this medium is almost
incalcuable.
Mr. Galloway is progressing nicely
in his work of enumerating the meat
producing animals in Decatur county,
and while not a stranger here has
been amazed at the wonderful devel
opment in stock raising in this part
of the county. Decatur county in past
year lias gone from fourth to first
place in the number of head of live
stock, and the beginning has hardly
been made. It is the opinion of the
state department man that this sec
tion is one of the most wonderfully
adapted to live stock in the whole
country and that in a few years this
part of the world will be a potent
rival of the great western prairies in
the production of hogs and cattle.
Much natural interest is being dis
played in the outcome of the census
now in progress, and it is the duty
of not only the stock owners but the
citizens at large to do all in their
power to see that every animal is
listed, for the reputation of Decatur
county is at stake, and only a partial
census would cause the outside world
ti believe that the county is not hold
ing its high place among the stock
raising centers of the South. It is
the duty of every man to see that
every animal in the county is listed in
this census. If you know of any that
have not been reported in the districts
covered so far, you should see that
they are given. Decatur county must
be presented in her true light in this
matter so important to her and her
farming class.
' Cou nty board:
1 inbridge.
Kf v 8oute b -
Facevilie.
.Climax.
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''W,’DVaie terdam '
1813 D. McIntyre. Attapulgus.
1858 Eugene T Wilder, Att’gus.
1752 C. S. L. Bass, Attapulgus.
1117 D. E. Musselwhite, F’ville.
1572 G. A. Moore, Iron City.
1/48 Oliver Hopkins, Leila.
1784 Oliver Hopkins, Lela.
2195 Chas. O. Carter, Climax.
(Continued on Page 2)
State Department Has
Food Inspectors Busy
Atlanta, July 28—If any citizen of
Georgia anywhere find anything
wrong with any of the foods or feed
supplies he purchases, it is his own
fault if he continues to be imposed
upon. The department now has three
inspectors whose sole duty it is to see
that the pure fod laws are obeyed.
These inspectors arc subject to call
at any time. When vou find anything
wrong with a food or feed product,
a postal card addressed to the State
Pure Food Inspector, P. A. Methvin,
will immediately start the investiga
tion and put a stop to any further
violation of the law. Georgians are
invited to write the department in
every case.
Freak Raddish
One of the most peculiar freaks
of vegation we ever saw was bought
to this office last Saturday by Mr. G.
B. Brackin. The thing was a raddish
some 36 inches long and 20 inches in
circumference, and the shape of a
man without arms. The body and legs
were perfectly developed as were
other parts of the anatomy. The freak
was left here on exhibition and has
atraetd a lot of attention.
CITY POLITICAL
POT WARMING UP
FROM DAY TO DAY
dr. toolIFentered
MAYOR’S RACE
LEE PARKER ANNOUNCES FOR
ALDERMAN, AM) OTHERS ARE
EXPECTED TO FOLLOW SUIT
IN QUICK SUCCESSION. ELECT
ION DATE NOT YET FIXED.
While politics in Bainbridge can’t
exactly be said to be simmering, yet
the pot is showing a few bubbles on
the surface and that it will begin to
boil shortly can reasonably be ex
pected.
One reason the situation hasn’t
warmfed up as much as it could is that
no definite date has been fixed for
the primary. As stated last week,
there has been no fixed custom with
reference to holding this qualification
election, and no one seems to know
exactly when it will be called. As soon
as the date is fixed there will no
double be a flood of announcements
for places on the aklermanic board,
to which it is reported a bunch of am
bitious citizens now aspire.
The only new parties in the race
since last week are those of Dr. Jno.
E. Toole for mayor and Mr. Lee A.
Parker for alderman. Dr. Toole has
been bayor of Bainbridge on previous
occasions, having been elected for
tow whole terms and an unexpired
jterm of one year, and is naturally not
unknown to the Bainbridge voters. He
is said to have made an excellent
mayor during his previous terms and
his friends are predicting his election
at this time.
Mr. Parker is a well known business
man of the city and is well known in
political circles, having been elected
county treasurer three years ago. He
held this office only one term and re
tired voluntarily, not offering for re-
election last year. That he will
make a strong race in conceaded, and
his friends feel sure he will be among
one of the leaders on the aldermanic
ticket.
The registration Jist this year is
one of the smallest ever issued for a
city primary, and some efforts have
been made to have the books reopen
ed and to allow those not registered
to enroll their names. There arcjpnly
three hundred and forty odd voters
on the list, as aaginst 600 voters in
the city, and much dissatisfaction is
being voiced over electing a city
ticket on such a small percentage of
the- voters, many claiming that the
expression should be from the whole
electorate.
The registration law for city re
quires a voter to register anew each
year. The books are open during the
month of November, at a time when
there is little interest being displayed
in city politics, and nearly a year be
fore the primary. The law practically
requires a man to register twice to
vote once, since he is required to reg
ister anew each year and there is a
city election only once every two
yars. In other words, if a men reg
istered next NovcniDer, when the
books open, he will not be qualified
to vote in the next city primary, the
next election to be held after his reg
istration. Naturally the law is com
ing for a good deal of criticism on the
part of those who have been disfran
chised through its operation.
Some have suggested that the pri
mary, which was originated to elimi
nate the negro, be done away with
this year, and wait for the general
election in January, thus giving
those not registered an opportunity
to enroll their names in November. It
is not likely, however, that this will
be done, as many announcements are
already in and the primary campaign
is already under way.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA & ALABAMA RAILWAY
CO. STRIKE MAHER COMES UP IN COURT
MONDAY MORNING FOR FINAL ARGUMENT
INJUNCTION HAS RESTRAINED
FOR THE TIME BEING
STRIKE
DEMANDS OF TRAINMEN' CALL FOR REINSTATEMENT
OF ENGINEER STRICKLAND, AND FOR A NEW
SCHEDULE OF RATES. CLAIMS OF BOTH SIDES ARE
STATED. UNION OFFICIALS ARE HERE ON THE
CASE WHICH IS ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION.
Fine Tomatoes
Mr. H. A. Gee, of Fowlstown,
brought to our office last Saturday
a bunch of the finest tomatoes we
have seen in some years. The toma
toes grew in a cluster, like grape
fruit, on one stem, there being six in
all, and they were large, well formed
tomatoes. They were of the Stone
variety and were among the best we
have ever eaten. Mr. Gee has earn
ed the thanks of the force of the
Post-Search Light, who ate these deli
cious tomatoes.
Judge Harrell on last Friday afternoon granted a tempor
ary injunction restraining the trainmen of the Georgia, Florida
& Alabama Railway Company from striking. Argument will be
heard on the matter next Monday morning at 10:00 o’clock to
|determine whether the order shall be made permanent or dissolv
ed.
The matter hinges about the claims of the railroad em
ployes for a more liberal schedule of rates of pay, and for the re
instatement of Eengineer G. S. Strickland, who was discharged
about a year ago. t
, The matter was under discussion all last week. The rail-
Iroad employes have several of the officials of the four brother
hoods down here consulting with them in their dealings with the
'officials of the road. Being unable to reach an agreement during
'the fore part of the week, the trainmen announced that unless a
I satisfactory answer should be received by a certain time, the men
would vote to determine whether a strike should be called. The
injunction has delayed that vote so far.
Claims of The Trainmen
The brotherhoods are represented by Mr. F. A. Burgess, of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Mrs. W. C. Turner, of
the Order of Railway Conductors, and who is also acting for the
;Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen; and by Mr. C. J. Goff, of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. They
have offices at the Callahan hotel, and It was here that a represen
tative of the Post-Search Light called on them for a statement.
|Mr. Burgess did most of the talking. He said, in the first place,
I that a strike hail never been called and that he and the other
brotherhood officials here had merely served notice on the offi-
Icials of the road that in the event the demands made were not
'granted the men would be asked to vote on whether a strike.
!should be called.
Mr. Burgess was aaked if he thought the injunction would
be made permanent. He said that he did not unless there is suck
a thing a3 involuntary servitude which a refusal to allow a mail
to quit work would amount to. He expressed pleasure, however,
that the matter had reached the court, as the trainmen and their
officials are extremely anxious that the public shall know the
whole situation as it exists.
Mr. Burgess also said that he felt sure other lines would
have adjusted the matter in double quick time and thereby have
left their men in a much better frame.of mind, whereas the hand
ling of the matter here has only resulted in discontent and left
the men feeling that they had not beeri falrTy treated. He further
stated that the representatives of the brotherhoods had attempt
ed to have the matter mediated by some other railroad officials
or by the federal board of mediation and that propositions to this
[effect were turned down.
! The brotherhod men stated that they and the local mem
bers would religiously obey the edict of the courts and would
‘make no move before the injunction is disposed of next Monday.
The union officials will remain in town uhtil the hearing, and it is
understood that they will have able legal talent on hand to argue
[their side of the case. In fact Mr. Burgess said in the interview
that the four brotherhoods represented in the controversy have
[at their disposal a fund of fifteen million dollars and that they
[will expend it just as freely to see that justice is done an em
ploye of a small line as they will for a man on the mightiest trunk
line on the continent.
Officials Issue Statement.
Mr. R. B. Coleman, general manager of the road, on Tues
day issued a signed statement of the road’s side of the contro-
[vesy. This will be given wide distribution in an effort on the
[ part of the road to show the public that the road is not at> fault.
Mr. Coleman states in his card that Mr. Burgess, of the
B. L. E., called on him last February and agreed that Mr. Strick-
jiand, the discharged engineer was at fault and asked that he be
extended mercy and allowed to come back into thd[ employ
[of the company. When this request was not granted, says the
i statement, Mr. Burgess appeared in Bainbridge last week and
demanded that the engineer be reinstated.
' Mr. Coleman recited that Strickland was discharged
among other things, for leaving a terminal point ahead of the
I time authorized in his order, and for later “splitting a swith from
la dead stop in broadopen daylight, and twenty minutes later a
I passenger train running into the switch was wrecked.” Mr.
Coleman stated to a representative of the Post-Search Light this
week that the safety of the lives of the passengers on the road
dmanded that Strickland be discharged, and that the attempt to
have him taken back amounts to saying that a man can operate
an engine without regard for the lives of passengers.
Submits Correspondence
After Strickland left the G., F. & A., he went to the A., B.
& A., where he was employed as a hostler, which position he soon
lost. It has been charged that the G., F.' & A., in an effort to
punish Strickland, blacklisted him with that road caused him to
be discharged. The statement of the road contains copies of
the letters passed between Strickland and Coleman, in which the
former asked to have the A., B. & A. informed as to why the G.
F. & A. discharged him. There was also a request for a recom
mendation. The reply of the general manager mentioned two
causes as to why Strickland was discharged and closed with a
a statement to the effect that Strickland-would make a capable
man in the position which he held at that time.
Mr. Coleman says that this is the only letter which ever
passed between himself and the A., B. & A. or any other road
with reference to the discharged man. He says that there has
been a studied effort to misrepresent the attitude of the road in
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