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THE BAINBRIDGE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
Red Cross Shipped
Several Boxes
One of the Red Cross members re
marked this week, ‘*1 did not believe
that we had done much work the
past month until I saw those several
boxes packed and shipped last week.”
The Red Cross Linen Shower, which
was universaly asked for, received a
hearty response from the Bainbridge
chapter, and all Auxilliaries. Each
of them responded liberally and by
way of parenthesis it can be said
that every auxiliary in the county has
been very active lately and have ac
complished good work.
In the Red Cross linen shower,
wfiich the Bainbridge chapter was
asked to give, 805 pieces of hospital
supplies were shipped—a little over
the quota which was asked.
The Dixie Steam
Laundry Wants Your
Regular Patronage
A HOME INDUSTRY—STRICTLY
AMERICAN.
Our plant is up-to-date in every re
spect. It has a capacity large
enough to take care of this entire
city and surrounding country. If you
have laundry it should come to us.
American investments should be kept
in mind regular. The citizens should
know as much about the place their
laundry is done as they want to know
how and where their food is prepar
ed. Germs are found in places other
than food. If you knew that your
laundry was well boiled and then dried
in a room that is hot enough to kill
Besides an y germ, you would then be safe in
the above mentioned box the following J sending your clothes there. Without
bhxes were shipped containing the a doubt there are places here at your
Cooperative Hog
Sales October 2^
On Tuesday, ~0ctT”29 th «.
be a cooperative hog 9a!e ^
grading pens near the \ r , h
depot at Bainbridge. ' '
This is the first sale of th.
and the first held on the sal. •
These sales are under the J"
ment of the County Agent ??
M. C. Gay, P ie , d Agent** t ^
Eureau of markets. Every Z 1
has hogs for sale may bring J
hogs on the day of the sa I e
hog will be run over the scale,
arate, and graded according
weight and finish. One hundred ,
sixty five pounds and up ?rad ’
1. One hundred and thirty five ,
one hundred and sixty fi ve , CT ,A'
2 Nmety to one hundred and thin
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It stirs every American heart
Who was not thrilled to read of
the American soldier who supported
a wounded comrade, and fought his
way with the little detachment back
through the Bodies to the American
lines?
That is only one deed of heroism
among the many happening every day
and looked on as a matter of course
by the boys fighting for us over there.
It shows the stuff that’s in them.
They are our own sons and brothers.
Is the same stuff in us over here?
We have the opportunity at home
to show our patriotism by other
deeds of valor. We can fight and we
MUST fight. And we must WIN,
no matter how heavy our burdens
may be.
Our former habits are the Huns
we’ve got to battle with. We can’t
go on living as we used to. We can’t
go on spending our money for things
we like. We must set up new stand-'
srds—war standards—and stick to
them—loyally.
From now on there con be only one itandard for those
of us who fight behind the lines—by saving and lending
We must buy bonds to our utmost
'♦o^ooooooo This Space is Contributed to Winning the War by <x>oooooooo
C. S. HADDON
Decatur Trading Co.
NEW LIVE STOCK BUSINESS
Help win the
War by buy
ing Brood
Mares and
raise MULE
COLTS.
We Got Them!
ONE CAR
Choice Tennessee Mules
Arrived
Come in and Get Your First Choice!
We will hnveon hand at all times good Brood Mares—the kind
that raise good mules, also a SELECT lot of Mules. We have opened
up in the Waterman & Company old barn on North Broad St. Come
to see us. Will be glad show you our stock. Mr. S. T. Barber is in
charge of this business—a man who has had a number of years of ex
perience in the Live Stock business. ' ‘
We Buy, Sell or Swap.
Decatur Trading (Bo.
Bainbridge, Ga.
following articles.
05 knitted garments.
265 surgical dressings.
50 hospital garments.
20 comfort pillows.
This chapter’s recent allotment has
been received, consisting of paper
back pads, property bags and chil
dren’s ehimeses. The two last men
tioned are being worked on now and
those who are in position to make
either, or both of them, are requested
to phone either Mrs. J. H. Gary or
Mrs. Max Nussbaum.
On Tuesday morning Miss Alice
Curry was very busy making gauze
masks for all Red Cross workers to
wear and ere this paper comes out
she will doubtless have a sufficient
quantity for all workers to wear. A
limited number of Red Cross workers
will work daily and ALL will be re
quired to wear the masks.
very door that are ill kept and a dan
ger to your life.
We first ask you to consider and if
you are convinced that we are right,
then send your laundry to us regular.
Our plant is open to you—you are
welcome. No place is free from germs
when the operators are allowed to
cook and sleep in the same room where
the general laundry work is being
done. No germ can live through our
washing method. We want your bus
iness regular. We have prepared to
handle it. Do you think we should
do it?
Yours truly,
The Dixie Steam Laundry.
Almost Serious—
Quite Scarry
Kill-the>Rat Campaign
ninety, N 0 . 4 1
five, No. 3, and under
Buyers bid on the whole i ot .~
basis of the bid price for Xo i i ■
der for No. 2, lc under No. 2 for Nof
3, and lc under No. 3 for N 0 , *
Stags and piggy sows are l](d
in accordance with the rules 0 f
stock yards.
Mr. Gay will see to it that bar-
are on hand to bid on the ho ss '
Remember these sales are f or y 0 nj
benefit and you get every penny t J
hogs brings, and the man with oJ
hog can get advantage of the carlo,!
price. "
Sales will be held every two week.*
during the season.
J. IRWIN DAVIg,
County Agent.
LOCALS
Mrs. G. E. Robinson, and little sonj
left today for Richland to sp
Several weeks ago we had publish
ed a communication from Mrs. Em-
mis T. Martin, 1627, Candler Build
ing, Atlanta, Ga., relative to the cam
paign. Mrs. Martin is offering all
the ceunties who are interested
special prizes an opportunity for any
number of individuals who wish to
sell membership cards at 50c apiece
which will entitle them to a card,
bearing a number which may win a
Hanson six car. This car is to be
won by some one in Georgia and this
money sent in for the membership
cards is to be invested in special
prizes for the Rat Campaign, proper,
which will begin on the 21 of Oct. and
eml on the 26.” Anyone who is suc
cessful enough to sell 100 of these
cards will be entitled to 10 extra
cards with numbers entitling him to
10 extra chances at the auto. Now
if you have not been selling cards, get
busy at once, and as one of the boys
in town suggested, get some one to go
in with you, and together you will
find it easier to sell the 100 cards.
Just send in the money to Mrs. Mar
tin as you get it, and she will pend
you the cards to distribute to those
to whom they were sold. This money
must be gotten in at once as the
prizes are to be bought during the
present drive, and the killing week is
only a few days off.
We were trying to see all the
schools as they opened but the Fair
and now the “Flu”, has hindered us
And we will have to trust to your
reading the paper if we do not get
to see you in time.
We have gotten some local prizes
for those killing the largest number
of rats during the Campaign week, in
addition to those offered by Mrs. Mar
tin, and hope ever}’ boy and girl in
the county will feel it his or her pa
triotic duty to take part in this much
needed campaign, making it a con
tinuous one throughout the year.
Now ask your teacher or some one
l in your community to be your
j “counter” at the end of the killing
week. Bring all your rat tails to
him and he will keep a record, send
to us and the prizes will be awarded
to the ones who have killed the larg
est number of rats, and so on as long
as they last. A list of the prizes of
fered and the winners will be publish
ed, and we shall expect a splendid re
port and showing for old Decatur.
We all know that the rats and mice
destroy millions of dollars worth of
food and clothing every year, as well
as spread diseases of many kinds
and all should be interested in this
State campaign, to rid our country
of these pests.
Remeber anything in the shape of
rat or mouse, be it big, middlesized,
or little, will count in the counting,
would suggest that you trap or kill
them by hand, however. Don’t for
get the dates, October 21-26.
Miss M. Stella Matthews,
Emergency Home Dem. Agt.
On Tuesday afternoon Editor Grif
fin came near having a serious car
accident. As he was returning from
his regular trip to Colquitt, while in
that deep sand bed, by some unknown i * ew days with Mr. Robinson,
means a large gate opened in front Mrs. ^ ear * Barnwell, who has beei
of him and seeing the danger of run-! visiting friends near Tallahassee, Fla.,
ning into the gate he tried to whirl returned to her brother’s, Mr. P. A,
his car out of the deep rut and when Pournell’s home on Washington St
he whirled he was whirled on his this town where she visited man;
head several feet from the car. While f families were stricken with the influ-
he was being whirled through the air,, enza - One family of eight were dow
the car turned, over but he managed j a *- one time and she volunteered as
to turn it up alone, as soon as he patriotic duty to nurse them. In|
realized that he was not hurt. He three days, nurses from Tallahassei
reached Bainbridge about five o’clock, 1 arrived to relieve the situation,
dusty, his hand scratched a little and
one scratch- on his face. The editor
says that it was nothing serious but
that it could have been and it looked
scarry for a time.
Georgia-FIorida Fair
At Valdosta Postponed
Owing to the danger of the influ
enza and other troubles now incident
on the country and section, the Geor-
gia-FIorida Fair at Valdosta has been
postponed indefinitely. This will be
a piece of sad news to all, but the
management of the fair feels that it
was their duty to do so.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ANXIOUS FOR BOOKS
American Library Aesociation Pro
viding Reading Matter for Boy*
On Battle Fronte
Despite the fact that the ocean
transportation facilities are being tax
ed to the utmost, the task of provid
tng reading matter for the boys tn
the trenches is being handled with
an efficiency and dispatch that is sur
prising even to those who are closely
in touch with the situation.
The American Library Association,
which has shouldered the responsibil
ity ef collecting books, magazines
and newspapers by the millions in
every eity and town throughout the
country, Is distributing this huge
quantity of rending matter to the
men in France through the Y. M. C.
1 A., the Red Cross, the Knight* of
i Columbus and the Sa'vatlon Army.
Mrs. W. W. Baker’s little daughter
has recovered from a case of the|
“Flu.”
Lieut. Wilmot Wimberley, who is]
now in France, has recently been add
ed to our list of new subscribers.
Funny thing about the journalistic]
world. When paying time comes folks
don’t like the paper, but when dus|
season passes every mail brings let
ters inquiring why they failed to get
their paper.
Miss Julia S. Gay, from Montgom
ery, Ala., Dr. J. A. Bush, Jr., of Ca
milla, Percy F. Smith, from Troy,I
Ala., Dave Harvard, of Thomasville,
W. G. King, from Savannah, Roy
Dunaway, of Valdosta and M. T-
Johnson, from Macon, spent a while
in the city Monday.
Among the Tuesday visitors were
B. F. Greene, of Atlanta, W. T. Ten-
nent, from Camilla, T. A. Sherman,
of Savannah, A. E. Tucker, of Sav
annah, W. T. Powers, from Mont
gomery, Ala., M. D. Bozeman, of
Dothan, Ala., W. L. Smith, of Phil
adelphia, Pa.
A smile menas something these
days. So few are guilty.
We sterilize beds, mattresses,
pillows and knock out accumula
tion of dust and germs.. Give
as a trial and be convinced.
2t Dixie Steam Laundry .
Please Phone Your
Items in Early
We are always glad to get your lo
cals and personals but some people
do not seem to know that the paper
is being continually made up from
the time that it comes out one week
until going to press the next week.
Now, for instance, if you have a visi
tor on Thursday why wait until the
next Tuesday afternoon, the last min
ute. to call up? Why not call not
later than Friday for often if people
wait as late as Wednesday it is too
late for that week’s paper and always
bear in mind that the paper must go
to press on time. We realize that the
locals go a long way toward making
a paper and any items which you
have we will appreciate it if you will
phone them in to this office. It is
impossible for us to know of every
“comer and goer", even though Miss
Robinson would like to be a mind the material used in the repa>
reader and get your visitor’s name. | of your car. ^ , ^-g
Sylvania Facts
Well, Sylvania is back once more.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and Miss
Susie Hickey, were the guests of - r -
and Mrs. George Howell last Sunday-
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson, of >•
C., are the guests of friends and re
latives. -
Misses Susie Hickey and H 9t
Howell were the pleasant gues®
Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Smith *ast
day - J Mrs
The many friends of Mr. and ■ •
Alex Johnson were shocked *o ea ,
of the death of their little baby t 1
The little girl had been ill i° r F ° ,
five or six days but the death an
called it to a bright world e S
Slay God be with them.
NOTICE!
On account of recent rulings of
Fuel Administration to conserve ^
and eliminate waste will have 10
all that have charge of switches
trolling bracket lights for street 1
ing purposes to see that same an
off at an early hour each m0 ‘ 71in J w
this is not done the City will 3 ,
discontinue service for above n
4t. te E. N. EDWARDS, Supt
In order for me to succeed he*®
der my own management as "
I have for large corporations. * ^
be necessary for me to please j
the finesh as well as in the qua
Help us out in this matter please.
A. C.