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PHE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
OLUME 3, NUMBER 44
BAI VBRIDGE, GA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918
$1.50 PER ANNUM
)CAL FARMERS
TO GET.
A STARTLING CASE.
strange Circumstantial Evidence Is
u "oflnstratcd to be False.
vernment To Sell Nitrate For
Fertilizer Through County
Agent.
"WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—
Dtlce has been given to J. Irwin Da-
Agricultural Agent for Decatur
unty, that the United States De-
rtment of Agriculture will sell at
t a supply of nitrate of soda to
mers in Decatur county.
The nitrate was purchased through
War Industries Board under the
ithority of the Food Control Act
a part of the program for stimu-
mg agricultural production. It will
unloaded at Atlantic ports and the
■ice will be $75.50 a ton, free on
>ard cars at port of arrival. Farm-
s are to pay in addition freight from
Drt of arrival and the State fertilizer
\g fee.
How To Obtain Nitrate.
Applications for. a part of the 100,-
00 tons of nitrate bought by the gov-
•nment will be received only from
:tual farmers or owners or holders
f farms for use on their land, and
ay be made through County Agent
Irwin Davis, or through any mem-
er of a local committee consisting of
. J. Perry, R. V. Griffin and W. H.
anleamlingham.
No money will be required with the
pplication but upon notice from the
ounty Agent, farmers who have sign-
J applications must deposit with a
ical bank, association, or individual,
esignated by the Secretary of Agri-
ulture to act as the farmers’ agent
or that purpose, money to cover the
of the fertilizer, except the
freight charge. After the money is
transmitted to Washington the ni
trate will be shipped to the farmers.
If applications for the nitrate exceed
the supply of about 100,000 tons the
government will allot the supply on
u pro rata basis among those who
applied. Applications must be re
ceived by Febuary 4th.
COAL, COLD STORAGE AND MEAT MAHERS
Investigated by Editor of the Post-Search Light.
“The*\(X-JC santial evidence is all
against the defendant,” declared
Judge Wallace on hearing the divorce
case of Landis vs. Landis.
Claudia Landis, the defendant,
heard this statement with dismay.
She was innocent, absolutely inno
cent, and she must prove her inno
cence to the judge in some unmis
takable manner.
But how could she do it?
“1 have a plan, a wild scheme,”
declared Claudia to her former lover,
Sanford King, whom she had gotten
to promise her help. “Will you help
me put it through?”
“Sure,” replied Sanford. “I cer
tainly will help you. What’s your
scheme ?”
So Claudia unfolded to Sanford a
scheme that certainly was wild and
hair raising.
But they put it through success
fully.
You can see what this scheme was
and how it was successfully put
through by seeing June Elvidge in the
new World-Picture Brady-Made, “The
Callahan Theatre. Two shows, 7:30
Tenth Case,” on Saturday at t.^e
and 9:00 p. m.
THE AEOLEAN TRIO.
Will Play in Brinson for the Benefit
of the Red Cross.
„ , , . , . The Aeolean Trio will give an en-
For some weeks past there nasiped in here and have the signed re- . , . „ . ,, „
, r .. . . . , . . tertninment in Brinson in the Metho-
been a stir in the county over the ceipts of the customers receiving
Memorial for Mr. Joe
Tucker.
Prayer Meeting
Thursday Evening
On last Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. W. H. Sapp, on Planters
street, the regular mid-week prayer
service was held. This was decidedly
the largest attended prayer service
since cold weather began. After the
iirst prayer, the people begun pour
ing into the parlor, causing those
present to entertain this thought,
“Surely they must be falling from the
clouds.” The iving room and parlor
were thrown together and honest,
both rooms were packed.
The Methodist prayer meetings are
rapidly increasing in attendance, and
it is predicted that before spring
comes—well, no home in Bainbridge
can seat the crowds that flock to these
services. Don’t stop coming, for an
overflow is desired.
On last Sunday afternoon, Jan. 20.
a Memorial Service was held in the
Methodist church, at Brinson, at
three o’clock, in horor of Mr. Joe
Tucker, who died a short time ago
of pneumonia “somewhere in France.”
This service was sad and impres
sive, all his young friends were pres
ent to honor the memory of this hero,
wearing black crepe on their arms in
token of their friendship. All his
class mates were present in a body.
Beautiful and impressive resolutions
were read, expressing their high re
gard, respect and admiration for this
dead hero and class mate.
Williams-Scott
Weir-Stegall.
Two weddings of recent date have
••ome as quite a surprise and shock
to the friends of the parties, but the
marriage of Miss Edith Stegall to
dr. Charles S. Weir, was no surprise
to the Bainbridge people, although a
marriage of great interest to the
many friends of this couple.
On Saturday night, Jan. 19, Miss
•Stegall and Mr. Weir, accompanied
l, y Misses Ruth Stegall and Lillie
Strickland went to the Methodist
Methodist parsonage and were mar-
tied by Rev. T. M. Christian at 7:00
oclock. Immediately after the cere
mony was performed the bride and
'-room left for the Bon Air Hotel,
where they will board for a few
weeks. At the expiration of this
t ' me > they will take a bridal trip, and
r ' n returning to Bainbridge, they will
***P house.
The bride is the attractive daughter
^Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stegall. She
'von the respect and admiration
The marriage of Miss Jessie Mil
dred Scott to Mr. Wiley Williams
came as quite a surprise and shock
to the many friends of the contract
ing parties. Miss Scott, late in the
afternoon came to the home of her
good friend Miss Merle Robinson, on
Washington street, to spend the night.
At 8:30 o’clock Mr. Williams arrived
on the scene, the Methodist pastor,
Rev. T. M. Christian, was called over
the phone and asked to come to this
home immediately. He granted this
request and at 9:00 o’clock the knot
was tied.
This happy couple left for Colum
bus at 5:00 o’clock via A. C. L. and
Central of Georgia, where they will
make their future home.
Miss Scott is a deserving girl, am
bitious and very attractive. Mr. Wil
liams held a splendid position in Bain
bridge, and to those who knew him,
he was praised in the highest terms.
He is a young man of a strong char
acter. He has accepted a position
with the Central of Geargio in Co
lumbus and he will command an ex
cellent salary.
The Post-Search Light joins in with
the friends of this couple in wishing
for them much happiness in their
life’s career.
question of the tale about the govern-1
ment confiscating all the meats in
the cold storage plants and other
things of like nature that were caus
ing unrest. The editor of this paper
has tried to get at the bottom of this
rumor and see how it could have got
ten abroad and it is our intention to
give the public just what we have
been able to gather. For a long time
we could only get the rumor, but
could not find any one that had made
.he statement that they had been re
used their meat or had trouble get
ting it. On Friday last, Mr. Geo. H.
Harrison telephoned the editor of the
paper to come to his place of busi-
less and immediately the editor went.
Mr. Harrison stated to the editor that
me Solomon Jenkins, colored, had
old him just a little while prior that
he had trouble getting his meat, and
that he was told in the plant that the
government was going to seize all the
neat. Mr. Harrison then went into
Mr. W. H. Sapp’s store, and Mr.
Sapp having heard the same con
,'ersation, he said that Mr. Harrison
lad or the same remarks, Mr. Sapp
hen stated that one Mr. Olivent or
Iliver was making the same statement
ind these gentlemen feeling the deep
l^mage such a statement was doing
he public asked the editor to do his
best to get at the bottom of it. The
editor then having two good honest
men who heard the statement went
to the ice plant and asked for infor
mation on the subject. The ice com
pany turned over any book or paper
to the editor that he desired. On the
cold storage record we found that
on Nov. 30th, S. J. Jenkins placed
325 pounds of meat on cold storage,
and that he took the same out on
January 1st, and on the slip it shows
that said Jenkins asked Mr. J. M.
Vereen about the rumor, and was
told that such was not the case. Also
Mr. Olivent on December 12th placed
n cold storage 605 pounds of meat
and that he called for same on Jan
uary 12th, and the ticket shows
comment.” On making inquiry as to
any conversation occurring between
the men handling the meat and the
man getting it, we could not find that
the men had been told anything about
any such rumor or that they had been
refused their meats. These, people of
Decatur county, are the facts borne
out by the records written of the
matter. Messrs Sapp and Harrison
are two of the best known citizens of
the county, and their integrity is un
questioned, and just as soon as they
got hold of the matter they, like all
good citizens wanted it cleared up,
and with their assistance, the editor
has been able to get that much of it
before the people.
The interest of the editor of this
paper in this matter is that of any
lover of his country, and this is the
most damaging thing to the country
at large that we have known in the
|(list church nt 8:00 o’clock on Wed
nesday night, Febuary (1th, for the
lbenefit of the Red Cross. The ad-
i mission will be children 25 cents;
adults 35 cents. This company is
highly recommended ns good enter
tainers. Everybody in the surround
ing towns are urged to patronize this
, , , , , , performance—for, don’t forget, it is
we would have been amply supplied. , ... „ , ~
_ „ _ , , . , ' r for the benefit o fthe Red Cross.
The Post-Search Light has corre-1
spondence between the ice company
and the fuel administrator which
shows that they have tried to get the I Tbp Melville "c^dians will open
coa! here, this being on file in our | thejr mgesemmt here under the au-
596,600 pounds. Last year Mr. Wheel-1
er sold some coal and one or two
other dealers, and this year Mr. Had-
don has handled about as much if not
more than ail the other dealers hand- I
led last year. Therefore, we have not
been in such a bad way for coal, and
had the weather not been so awful,
Old Undertaking
Establishment in
New Quarters
hi S
^ all who know her. For the past
0 years she was clerk in the Fa-
• 'ous, and every one who knew her in
° us iness way liked her. The groom
made Bainbridge his home for
e past year, being prominently con-
- ( -ted in the timber business in and
'^■* r Bainbridge. During his stay
' he has won the esteem of those
* ho know him.
th^ ^t-Search Light joins in with
The moving of the Brackin Under
taking establishment to the rooms in
the First National Bank Building that
were formerly used by Ramsey-
Wheeler Company, is a business move
of the week that attracted interest
here this week. This business has
been running for a long time, and for
sixteen years past Mr. W. J. Brackin
has served the public in the capacity
of undertaker and embalmer. Having
served them faithfully for this long,
he is now preparing to give really
more time to the work. He has a
jam-up auto equipment, and will
serve the people in a radius of 150
miles of this city. Read their re
moval announcement.
Mr. P. D. Plank and daughter, Miss
Edith Plank, are occupying rooms at
Mrs. C. T. Dickenson’s home, on West
LET THE CHURCHES
FALL IN LINE
Why
Not Union Services
Sunday Night to
Save Fuel.
Om
Melville Comedians.
office. On Tuesday of this week a s p lcea
car load of coal to Bainbridge Ice Ba .
Company was taken by the officials 1
of- the Bainbridge Concert
Monday, January 28. The>
... . , opening play is that late New York
of Montgomery for use there. I lie j s
truth of this is also on tile in this
success, “Where the River Shannon
. Flows,” with high class vaudfcville
office. The question has been put up between the actSi also featurinK the
to the South Georgia contingent thus: ^ 10 . pjece orcheatra ever hear(1
‘Have you any suffering for lack of | under canvas _ There is not one id , e
fuel ? can’t you get wood enough to
prevent suffering? Has any one
froze to death?” And the real truth i
of the matter is that wc really can
moment from the time the orchestra
starts until the close of the perform
ance.
, , The company will open here under
get wood, and there has been none ^ new 8pread of water proof can
in Bainbridge freezing to death. The vaa Qn the Broa( , atreet show , ot
Don’t miss the free band concert
Monday noon, and hear Happy Jack
Vinson, the Baritone Singer.
truth is the truth, and if we can’t use
wood and let the coal be used to car
ry stuff to our men in the trenches
we are no people. We are not offer
ing our lives on the altar of the Na
tion, while the men in the ranks are.
Can any one tell the truth and say
that we are reully suffering for coal
here. There are some institutions The farmerg an over thig country
that would like to have it, it would have substituted other things for
be very convenient, and would help , cottoni for aince the boll weevi , prop
quite a great deal, but the truth is ogition haa faced our farmers this
that there is no real suffering as is c(dd f ac (_ necessitated a substitute
n some sections where they are really and many 0 f our f armcrs i n Decatur
Messrs. Willis Realize
on Big Peanut Crop.
freezing.
The business houses have respond'*
ed to the call for conservation of fuel,
and it seems to the average observer
that our churches could do the same
thing. 250 personswi 11 cover all that
attended the churches here last Sun
day night, and why can’t all of them
meet in one church, save about a ton.
and a half of coal and lights. They,
are all Protestant churches and their
members are all of the same blood.
It is time that this matter was taken
hold of by our preachers and a plan,
formed whereby this saving could b»
made and maybe more brotherly ’
spirit worked up among the member
ship of the churches. A talk with.'
Rev. J. E. Ward, of the Presbyterian
church, on the subject brought out
the fact that he is heartily in favor
of the idea, and we are sure that alt
the others are. Every business ele
ment and all citizens have responded
to this matter,’and it seems that our
churches can do the same thing. It
is being done in many of the towns,
and if the words of the Bible are to
be accepted, it should be put over.
If the spirit of God is with them it
does not make any difference where
they worship just Bince they wor
ship. The movement will be watched
with interest and all the membership
we feel sure will gladly co-operate.
The Order of
Conservation
county have acted wisely and dis-
Now we are getting down to the creet [ y
milk in the cocoa nut. The coal men , Meggrg c c and E . j. Wiuis own
are all doing their best, and we arc a (jqq acre f arm on tbe p bn t River in
doing very nicely for a nation at war. j Mitchell county. Last year these gen-
But the sad fact remains that there Uj emgn dec i de d that they would raise
s some undercurrent here among our I Qn their landi and cven
own. people, cither from lack of in-; thoupr h it was just common, ordinary
formation, at the behest of some dis- ] and g 0i w hen the crop was made
gruntled dog or from sheer ignorance a d j scovcry was noted and an agree-
that is working against America. We ab ] e ^ t 00 T be pcanu t s made on
can’t understand where it comes from |this land averaged a little more than
but we have found out that the
50 bushels an acre; which, when sold,
poison is being planted by some of brought these owners $4,500.00 gross,
our own folks. The public is inter-1 Mr. Willis says that hitherfore they
ested and it will be the duty of this bave ra j sed mostly cotton and when
paper to run down every one of these jj bey ra j scd peanuts they fed them to
kinds of canards and place the au- 'their hogs. But a profitable lesson
thorship where it belongs. If you bag bcen ] car ned from this year's ex-
nre repeating such stuff and you can’t ! per j cnce
give your author, you had better not
repeat, for we intend that our nation
and our people shall not be deceived
to their hurt by some man who is
cither a fool or paid by the German
government for spreading things that
are untrue and liable to inure our
people. When you hear a preposter
ous lie you had better take due notice
of who told you, for it shall be placed
into hands that will trace it to you,
and if you are the fountain head, you
may look out. We don’t care who
the man is, be he high, big, rich or
thirteen years that we have been here, poor, if we can got the goods on him
Coa! Matters. we shall let the P e °P ,c know who are
There has been quite a lot of dis- the ones responsible, directly or in-
cussion as to the coal business here directly, for anything that will tend
too, and the record shows that al- tear U P and disrupt the people,
ready more coal has been shipped in I These facts that we have set out
here than was shipped last year. In are from the records and the people
the year 1916, 322,250 pounds were may take them into due consideration,
received by the Bainbridge Ice Com- There is no rumor in anything that
pany and delivered to their customers, we have put before you, but cold
and this year they have already ship- facts. Think them over.
Rich-Harrel! Wedding. A. M. C. Girls Entertain.
A wedding of much social interest The A. M. C. girls delightfully en
to the friends of both parties through- tertained at the home of Miss Geni-
out the State, occurred in Thomasville vee Bell, on East Broughton street, on
on last Thursday night, when Miss last Friday evening. Games and con-
Cecil Harrell was married to Mr. | tests were enjoyed by all. Dainty
Lloyd Rich. This was a runaway mar- refreshments were served to the fol-
riage, the couple being motored to Rowing guests: Misses Florence
No one stops to question in this
day and time as to who is the man of
the hour, for it is an undisputed fact
that the farmer is. No longer docs
he sit in the background, but right
in the front he is.
Mrs. S. L. and Miss Lena
Belcher Die.
Two of the saddest deaths which
have occurred in our midst for some
time occurred in Whigham last week.
Mrs. S. L. Belcher and her daughter,
Miss Lena, had only bcen sick a week
with pneumonia, their deaths occur-
ing within a day’s period of each
other.
The remains were brought to Bain
bridge the latter part of last week for
burial in the burial grounds adjoin
ing the father and husband in Oak
city cemetery. Three sons and two
daughters survive this mother.
The Search Light joins in with the
many friends of these bereaved ones,
extending to them sympathy in this
sad hour.
Auction Sale At
Dixie Farm Today
The big auction sale of the famous
Hampshire Hogs at the Dixie Farm
Thomasville by a friend. Immediate-1 Buckner, Vivian Brooks, Eva Floyd,!“ on today, and the stock folks from
ly after the ceremony the bride and Julius Thornton, Louise Hardage, aI1 over the country are in the city,
groom left for various points in ; Grace Halstead, Martha Oliff, Sybil Dr. Derbyshire has thia aale well ad-
Georgia for a several days honeymoon Martin, Louis Jordan, Bessie Darsey, yertised and he has the attention of
trip Evelyn Ellis and Gennivee Bell; the folks in the hog world drawn on
The bride is the beautiful and at- Messrs. Roy Jones, Arthur Gaines, E. Bainbridge. The sale is one that will
, ,, , „ . „ J. Willis, Jr.. E. G. Rich, George be lon K remembered in this city ns
tractivedaughterofMr.andM^ J ■ ’ * the stock is just about the best ever
C. L. Harrell, who was one of the ^ ^ ^ shown anywhere. The interest is
Dexter Subers, Palmer Tinley, Doug- keen and it is thought that this sale
ass Ellis, Julius Grollman, Bert Glis- W ‘>1 mean the beginning of the real
ion, Louis Knowles and George Wil- Hampshire hog business. This is a
, on Hampshire county now, but this
♦ stock showing has stimulated interest.
many friends of this couple in mo. v>. ». —
‘*ning for them unlimited happiness street. These people are recent com
the,r future life’s career.
most popular young ladies in the
younger society set in Bainbridge,
groom is prominent in social and
business circles and is connected with
Rich Auto Supply Co.
The Post-Search Light joins in
with the friends of this couple in
wishing for them much happiness in
their future life’s career.
Miss Fain, of Faceville, was an at- Mf BlumgIuit<!in returned Urt
tractive shopper in Bainbridge Satur- weok from a business trip to New
day. York.
The first order from the government
to cIobb down the industries and other*
things that were using fuel was pret
ty generally obeyed in Bainbridge. IE
there was any disobedience it was-
from not understanding the order and
not from purpose. The shops closed
down and the stores tried to obey*
their instructions as far aH they were
understood. The confusion arisfcv
from misconception being alone re
sponsible for whatever dispoditipfr.
that was shown to not co-operate with,
the government on this very needed,
movement. The wisdom of this order
being very apparent, most of our peo
ple willingly obeyed it. The local sit
uation does not cut a big figure sue
there has been a shortage of coek
here for sometime while there i»
enough wood to last us forty yeans,
if wehad the labor to cut it. But be
cause of that difficulty there is little
or no means of handling the wood sit
uation as only a very few folks are
engaged in the business. The govern
ment can’t complain of the spirit eT
our folks as far as they understood
though we, like other towns, have
some merchants that don’t like to
close on Thanksgiving day tfr any
other, that is if it will cost them a
penny, but we have so few of them
that they never are strong enough
to interfere with the spirit of any
occasion.
Mr. J. L. Gilmore III.
Mr. J. L. Gilmore is well known
throughout Georgia and Alabama, for
he has devoted practically all his life
to school teaching and preaching; for
the past several months he has been
clerking in a store in Bainbridge. Re
cently Mr. Gilmore has suffered a com
plete breakdown, his left side beiiig
affected, although the doctor saya
that it is not a stroke of paralysis.
At present he is confined to his home
on River street, but his friends hopa
that he will soon recover from hi*
illness.
Red Cross Notes.
The Red Cross classes cpntinue to
increase in attendance and interest.
On Tuesday morning, regardless of
the inclemnent weather, a large class
of workers were hard at work, abso
lutely too busy to allow their atten
tion to be attracted to visitors or
passersby.
Are you working for the Red Cross?
Think of this matter seriously, and
if you are not a worker—well, won’t
you become one?
Scott-Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Scott announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Lyda Odell Greene, to Mr. Walter B.
Williamson, of Albany, the wedding
to take place in the early spring.