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THE"ru8T-SEARCH LIGHT
VOLUME
6, NUMBER 39.
BAI ABRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920.
<1.50 per ANurar
the BAND CONTEST I
fails RANCIALLY
MANY MORE ARDENT j
YULETIDE REJOICINGS AND NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
B «Tppokters WHO WILL SUP-
S p 0B r THEM IN FUTURE
We have been complimented with
several requests that we write'some
thing appropriate for the Christmas
holidays. We appreciate the compli
ment, and though time is not exactly
what we have most at our disposal,
we will do our best tp interest our
readers.
At the same time we must confess
that we approach the subject with a
.. certain amount of misgiving, as well
that of greater public ocoperation and , as mixed feeling:; we make this state-
upport. The t Bal "’ , I ld l!.„ PU u b i 1 “’„ ! meat, not because we consider the
subject as being unworthy of consid
eration, but because, as our readers
^though the band concert held
cently, at which time the Bain-
organization won the honors,
Jikd financially, the fact that/ the
(, ovs showed the gods has re
nted in favorable publicity that is
causing
e them to realize another sue-
if not more, desirable—
ces; equally
j (t Vt the part which has hitherto
been doubtful or lukewarm in its sup
port
of the band, is now an ardent
supports
cn every
and can be heard boosting
hand. No doubt, if another
concert was played n^w, the house
„o„ld be packed by the band’s local
enthusiastic supporters.
Among the old supporters of the
band who have ever been faithful but
tfho are even now prominent in their
efforts to hold the organization in
tact arc Mr. C. S. Hodges, of Cyrene,
of the best supporters of any
public movement Bainbridge ever in
durate- and Mrs. B. F. Hardage of
this city, who is likewise one ever
ready to boost Bainbridge’s institu
tions.
There is another organization in
this city whose duty is solely that of
festering the bands interest, known
is the Band Auxiliary, composed of
young ladies of Bainbridge. These
ladies are ever devising ways and
means to support and encourage the
band, realizing that Bainbridge is
fortunate in having so good a band.
The officers of the Auxiliary are:
31s. F. W. McCorkle, Chairman; Miss
Jlargarct Williams, Vice-Chairman,
and Mrs. J. D. Gray, Treasurer.
will remember that some time ago
we were charged in these columns as
being Unbelievers, Bolshevists/ An
archists, Free Lovers and Socialists,
and if it were true, as well as possi
ble for us to be a combination of all
such accomplishments, we, and no
doubt our readers, might question our
fitness to write on such subjects.
As, however, mere names and indi
viduals as such, take up very little
space in our scheme of things, we are
uninfluenced by these appellations we
will therefore pursue our customary
practice of writing as we deem fit,
and leave our readers to form their
own collusions.
Nineteen hundred and twenty years
ago, the Master was born. Not in the
purple, with no silver spoon in his
mouth, not the heir to rank, wealth
or privilege, nor surrounded with
luxuries or even comfort.
No! He was bom in a stable with
nowhere to lie his head. As He
reached manhood, He went forth
among the people to propagate what
was then, and is today among us, con
sidered a strange and revolutionary
For something like twelve centuries
Christendom has celebrated the event
o fHis birth in some form or anoth
er, and as stock taking is annual pro
cedure in business, it will be appro
priate at this time, to take stock as
to how His followers measure up to
His standard and of how near twenty
ceftturies of preaching, proselyting
and professing have brought us to
the realization of His doctrines.
We do not propose to make -any
c/imparispn 'between the Faith, as
preached and practiced by the Mas
ter and the early Christians^ with the
Christianity of today, which to ail in
tents and purposes, is nothing more
than the cVeed of Constantine.
We do not, however, overlook the
fact and we admit its existence, that
for forensic purposes, or when the
masses show increased signs of slip
ping from the fold, some Divines to
retain or acquire prestige and justify
their stipend or some professional
Apostle, with his eyes upon the gate
receipts will on occasions deliver
themselves of some of the fundament
al truths enunciated by the Master.
But even then the superficiality and
mercenary motives underlying the
proceedings, must cause the Master
to weep at the cynicism of His fol
lowers, and their betrayal of the
Faith they profess.
It may be said that these are harsh
words, so be it, but let us look at the
situation as it anpears today.
Notwithstanding that the armistice
was signed over two years ago, the
world is still in the midsts and in the
sixth year of a war that for its aims,
causes, effects am! methods by which
it was brought about and carried on,
By S. E. NEGOID
state of war existed with Russia. The j of organized international fratricide
servile aequiessence, of the people of where every nation involved was civi-
'this country, is responsible for untold i lized and of the Christian persuasion,
millions of American wealth being thi sinstance will stand as a classic
drained out of thd country to support t example.
such criminals as Denikin, Kolchak Yet, each nation regardless of the
creed. He preached and announced w ‘" K° d°wn in history as one of its
hood of man. The creed of love and
peace, the creed of charity and for
giveness.
He was the apostle, and is now
named the Prince of Peace.
His eloquence on behalf of the op
pressed did not require the stimulus
of gaudy, luxuriously appointed tem
ples, cathedrals or churches.
He did not wait for, nor answer
calls in accordance with, nor the pros- trampled under foot and the people
These ladies are ever to be seen in-! the coming of the Universal Brother-
terested in this band.
The Board f Trade also endorses
the band and encourages the people
to support it. Its officers^are keenly
interested and are always on the job
with ivew of promoting this addition
to the community’s building organiza
tion.
'The L. P. CluT
Mr. Bernard Dukes entertained the
members of the L. P. Club with a
dove shoot at his place north of Bain-
bridge Wednesday morning. The
Party met with splendid success;
many birds answered the roll call dur
ing the morning and kindly permitted
themselves to be shot, for all of which
the L. p. Club thanks them.
Board of Trade Meeting
There will be no Boardr of Trade
meeting on Friday night, as that will
* Christmas Eve. However, the next
meeting, which will take place on
the second Friday night in January
"ill hold interest to the membership.
All are invited out %>n that occasion.
Statement of the Condition of the
BAINBRIDGE STATE BANK
Located at Bainbridge, Ga., at the
elose of business Dec. 15, 1920.
most damnable pages in the records
of human events.
At this very moment, that sham
called the League of Nations, with the
secret covenants, secretly arrived dt
is laying the foundation for future
wars.
In this land of glorious traditions,
we have seen the Constitution treated
a ,sa scrap of paper, liberty of the in
dividual and national self-respect
pects of remuneration. Not receiv-
in gany pay. He was under no obliga
tions to derive His inspirations from
the same sources as His salary. He
set forth to expound a sublime doc
trine that imbued Him with the in-
conquerable spirit to think and re
solve, to dare and do. He could not be
daunted by scorn, indifference, per
secution or hardships.
His purpose was not to bolster up
the citadel of wealth and privilege nor
was it hidden under a cloak of unc
tuous platitudes and academic casu
istry. He had received no special
training in the art of verbosity. His
language was plain, to the point, un
mistakable; the aims of His doctrines
and His efforts were for equality,
liberty and fraternity the general up
lift of the masses, and He therefore
| spoke to them where they were then,
as they would now be found that is
in the market place, and the street
cowed into submission by one of the
most despotic autocracies on record.
Men and women imprisoned and
tortured as during the inquisition’s
most palmy days for their religious
convictions. We have seen the affairs
of the nation administration in ac
cordance with the wishes of the Brit
ish imperalist ruling class, which, as
adea rfriend, who himself had royal
blood in his veins, told us on many
occasions was the most astute in the
world. The absolute mendacity, the
shameless perversion of facts and
wanton deception this country was
flooded with by that prince of yellow
journalism, Lord Northcliffe, former
ly Alfred Harmsworth, the tool of
British Imperalism beggars descrip
tion.
We sent our troops, many to die of
of cold and privations, into Siberia
to protect Japanese and British in-
terests^when as a matter of fact, no
and Wrangel in theft- efforts to collect
French debts and re-establish Czar-
ism.
Thousands of Jews have been mur
dered, thousands of women and girls
have been violated, homes looted and
destroyed by armies that could never
have come into existence without the
money, arms, ammunition and food
provided by America.
We see the Red Cross (shades of
Florence Nightingale) becoming part
and parcel of the international con
spiracy against liberty, for it is ad
mitted by its head, that hundred mil
lion dollars were used to help France
stay in the war, the Red Cross re
fuses help to Russia, the Red Cross
refuses help to Ireland, and in Poland
the Red Cross systematically excludes
Jewish nurses.
We see the present administration
intensifying the sufferings of the
greht panic, that inevitably followed
the war, by refusing to enter into
business relations with Russia.
We have seen the country plunged
into an orgy of grnft, corruption and
plundering of the public treasury,
such as cannot be paralleled in the
history, of the human race.
The farming industry, that main
stay of civilization and human ex
istence, is bankrupted, and the bank
ing system on the verge of collapse,
and in the midst of this sinister chaos,
we find our legislative Moses resort
ing to the old political anesthetic of
tariff revision as the panacea for our
present national dilemma.
In Austria the condition of the peo
ple are reduced to the point where
even thd yellow press is afraid to r<^-
fer to ththn.
In Germany ninety per cent of the
children are afflicted with tubercu
losis, the mothers are so reduced by
starvation that they cannot 'nurse
their babies, and milk from other
sources is not to be had. The French
government, with sinister intent, has
quartered black troops in the country
and they violated the homes, and ape
the women with impunity. The Unit
ed States maintains an army of oc
cupation and without justification, but
for whi(Ji Germany has to pay two
and one-half million dollars per
month.
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and
practically every other country are on
the verge of revolution, and Ireland
is being systematically bled to death,
in spite and notwithstanding all the
academic palaver and grand stand
oratory about self-determination, new
freedom and war for Democracy.
To return at home, we find hundreds
of thousands forcibly unemployed,
thousands upon thousands starving
and freezing, in the midst of a ple
thora of all that is needed for the
comfort of every man, coman and
child throughout the land.
Now, if ever there was an instance
COMMUNITY SING
CHRISTMAS TREE
THE BIGGEST EVENT OF Vtfi
KIND TO BE STAGED ON
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON.
side it was on, in the paroxism of its
greed, in the apotheosis of its upos
tacy called upon THE FATHER to j
grunt that its weapons of murder and
desturction might be more successful
than those of its opponents.
One vestige of mofal courage, one
atom of sincerity on the part of those
who canstimoniously profess to be
followers of the HUMBLE NAZA-
RENE would huve sufficed to have
made that never to be forgottep hollo-
caust an impossibility.
And here we pause to ask where
were, and how stood the acknowledged
and ordained spokesmen of the RE
DEEMER in face of their unmistak
able duty??? With a few glaring
exceptions, who were victimized and
persecuted for daring to be Daniels,
the overwhelming majority, like the
dog of phonographic notoriety, they
had heard the voice of their master
and with sinister irony their voice
and influence were thrown on the side
of shambles as wholeheartedly ns
those of the insanest jingo.
And now it is once more yuletidc,
the anniversary of the birth of THE
REDEEMER. Once again, if only to
conform to traditions, you will sally
for th to your churches and chapels,
adorned in you frills and furbelows,
with your pigments und other shams,
or arrayed as was not Solomon in all
his glory, you will sully forth to hepr
the annually repeated words "PEACE
DSrrrr reereds etaoin shill etaoinnn
ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO
WARDS,MEN" which when uttered
in the light of present day events and
conditions can be nothing more than
a sinister platitude.
We are not siting ,in judjfJMpt UP;
on our fellows, we belive in "Judge
not that you may not be judged,” we
also believe that owing to false teach
ings the majority “Knew not what
they did” but, in face of the inevita
ble and irrefutable facts we dnre to
ask: How can you think of joy and
happines when millions.of your fel
lows are crushed to earth by misery,
want and degradition?
If we may be so bold as to issue
a message it will be to the effect that
‘‘With heads bowed down in shame,
with all the humility of your guilt for
betraying the trust HE has placed
upon you, spare HIM, when on this
occasion you go to your churches and
chapels, spare HIM tfce insult of ask
ing forgiveness for your sins of omis
sion and commission, instead pray
that HE may grant you the moral, in
tellectual and spiritual courage to re
solve in doing your duty to hasten
the dawn of the day HE came to an-
The present indications are that that
biggest event of its kind ever staged
in Bainbridge will be the pageant, in
connection with the community sine
and Christmas tree, Christmas alters
noon.
At early dusk, on Christmas after
noon, 5:80 o’clock, to be exact, th*
band and choir congregated nn the
square facing the vacant lot in front
of the postofllce will commence with
the song, “Joy of the World.” Imme»-
diately following this, with a pleasing-
and appropriate stage setting, will:
come the pageant, full of thrills and:
interest to the young and old, inter
spersed throughout with sfcecialljt’
provided songs by the choirs. Tfcte
pageant, carries a story of keen in
terest and the enthusiasm of the '
ticipants insures an elaborate
duction. Following this will
Santa Claus, who wil (distribute i
ents fro hi the huge and beautiftdfp
decorated and illumimated Christa
tree to all the children of the city J
county. The presents to each
will be similar—there will be nn dis
crimination—an^ >n order to mnAi
omission, no package will bear, a-
name. At the proper time in the pro
gram, ov^ry child will be asked to UJt
in line' and march by the Christmas
tree where Sunta will furnish than
with presents. r
Sufficient money hag been subscrib
ed nnd there will be no ned for emhsr-
assment of any community or organ
ization, as enough is provided for ttH
und all are welcome, country and city.
This is a day of joy when no one
should feel unwelcome in any affair
of this kind. The occasion will be
made happier by the out of town chil
dren joining in with the town folks.
Thanks to the whole-hearted co
operation of all the people, the affair
Will be a complete success." ‘Ac mem
bers of the various churches and or
ganizations, committes and city offi
cials Mre each performing their pact in
a way very creditable indeed to t
city and county they represent.
Everyone should be imbued with,
the spirit of the day and come oak
to the community gathering and odd
to the Joy of the occasions.
Christmas afternoon at 5:30 o’clock.
Public Schools Close.
The public schools closed Wedtaeo-
day at noon for the Christm’ae beB- •
days to re-open on Monday,
ary the third.
Statement of the Condition of
THE CITIZENS BANK ANffi
TRUST COMPANY
Located at Bainbridge, Ga., at the
close of business Dec. 16, 1920.
RESOURCES
Demand Loans
.... , .. . „ .Time Loans
nounce, and in the cause of which He Overdraft
gave HIS life.
PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL
TOWARDS MEN.
„ RESOURCES
Demand Loans .... $ 9,849.04
Lmie Loans 780,754.39
°tmds and stocks owned
by the Bank 10,170.00
Wing House . 17,190.00
furniture and Fixtures .... 7,394.15
ls jb in Vault and Amount I a t a
Deported in Banks 153,683.29 Club were the hosts pcrfect--at
Cash Items 2,719.271 very elegant and beautiful dinner
^faring House 2,045.80: dance complimentary to their young
htht S 4l tS n ° l Included 94 ! lady friends.
’’ bove Five tobies were arranged congen-
T0TAL $984,409.18; j a |i y near in the center of the long
, , LIABILITIES i dining room and covers were laid for
^P'tal Stock Paid in $100,000.00 ^ thirty guests. Glistening crystal
THE DINNER DANCE, FORMALLY) and that was in the absence of its
ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL. most popular member, Mr. Owen
Fields.
On Monday evening at the Callahan The chaperones, Mrs. S. S. Brinson,
Hotel, the young men of the E. Z. WO re d pretty frock with bodice of
electric blue satin and skirt of frills
of white tulle with tiny rosebuds;
Mrs. Guy Overstreet, a charming
toilette of green Georgette over black:
Mrs. Frank McCorkle, dainty gown
of blue taffeta with pink ostrich tips.
Miss Sadie DesVergcs, was lovely
..us Fund 20,000.00
*• "divided Profits, less Cur-
re «t Expenses, Interest
. and Taxes Paid 94,181.96
“dividual Deposits Sub
ject to Check 389,540.01
“>vings Deposits 157,108.04
W Certificates 91,730.26
febicr’s Checks 1,848.91
'D? Payable, In cl u di n g
lime Certificates Repre
sent ing Borrowed
•uonev
baskets filled with Poinsetta and Nar
cissi made the appropriate and pretty
center pieces and Shearouse’s orches
tra played bright and sparkling mus
ic during the excellent service of the
five course dinner.
Charming girls in charming toil
ettes and gallant young men smartly
I groomed presented an enchanting
130,000.00; scene. The favors, very becoming
1 and typical of the season, were cor-
TOTAL $984|409.18I eg of exquisite pinkish red roses,
* of Georgia—Decatur County : ^ | w jjj ch a n the girls wore with abandon
The couples took advan
Before me came J. J- Walters,
uashie r< 0 f Bainbridge State Bank, and grace
very stylish on this occasion in rose
colored taffeta and silver ribbons.
Miss Agnes Moore, in pure white
satin and metal lace and her red roses
was one of the winsome girls of the
evening:
Miss Gladys Hooten, always cherry,
one scarcely notices her clothes, but
a buff foundation of taffeta with blue
tulle and pastelle ribbons was too
pretty to miss:
Miss Grace Halstead was precious
A SAFE TEST
*bo being duTy'sworn, C says that the te ge of the balmy, moonlight night
fsyswwta esww : * — f*~
( i^ ,v °tn to and subscribed before me, j served the delicious fruit. !‘ un ^ 'beauty of Miss Wagoner: Miss Mar-
“ ■* ij£
N. P. Decatur County, Ga.
in an exquisite little gown of light' j a a j^le soft gown of befrilled white
blue taffeta whose over-skirt finished net an(i Mr „ w M Jackson hand-
in a large butterfly bow in the hack, j jp an elegant gown of embroid-
Rather high in neck and with the ered black net with Beaver trim; Mrs.
short puffed sleeves and the touch of Jewe) Milton, striking in a fascinat-
Dresden on the girdle impressed one dress of blue taffeta and silver
as a trifle old fashioned. I lace; Mrs. Euzera Bruton wore an
Miss Pearl Floyd wore a very beau-1 exquisite peach-colored taffeta to the
tiful and handsome gown of orchid ^ height of prettiness; Mrs. Clarence
satin with an over dress of cerise tul- j Everett, in an adorable frock of flesh
le, which was elaborately finished in j tulle over tucked net and satin foun-
spirited bouffant tendency over the j dafcion with metal trimmings, and
hips which extended a little below the j Mrs. Gammagc, tail, graceful and
skirt—a prevailing fashion. Miss i 0V ely in cream net, topped with a be-
Floyd was lovely: j coming little pink tulle hat, Watteau
Miss Frances Wagoner wan elegant- ; style. ^
black Chantilly lace over The men, Messrs. Monroe) McAl
lister, Lane, Crews, O’Neal, Wijjtch-
ard, Willis, Jones, McBrien, Mayes,
Simmons, Brinson, Overstreet and Dr.
McCorkle, are all to be congratulated
For those who are in need of a rem
edy for kidney troubles and back
ache, it is a good plan to try Doan’s
Kidney Pills. Ask your neighbor!
They are strongly recommended by
Bainbridge people.
Mrs. J. P. Massey, 350 Hall St.,
Buinbridge, says: “I have used
Doan’s Kidney Pills with benefit when
my kidneys have been out if order.
1 had pains through my back and
shoulders and I had dizzy spells and
spots floated before my eyes. My
kidneys didn’t act right and I became
weak and run down. I know my kid
neys were the cause of the trouble
and I bought Doan's Kidney Pills
from the Eariich Drug Co. Doan’s
were just what I needed and soon
strengthened my back and kidneys
and made me feel better in every
way.”
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milhurn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—(adv.)
Because a man is in a happy mood
is no sign of sainthood A fellow
can be happy when he has done no
wrong; and again, a fellow can be
happy because he wasn’t caught in
the act.
$ 38,856.71
533,376.6a
4M.T&
Bonds and Stocks owned by
the Bank 5,950.86
Furniture und Fixtures .... 4,050.06
Cash in Vault and Amount
Deposited in Banks 47,702.40
Clearing House 8,360.94
Other Asset? not included
in the Above 54.20
Bonds Borrowed 24,300.06
Collection Item* 1,314.78
TOTAL $664,368.42
LIABILITIES
Capitol Stock Paid In .....’...$100/KI0Ja: .
Surplus Fund 20,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses, Interest
and Taxes Paid 23,000.744.
Due to Banks and Bankers
in this State 176.46
Individual Deposits Sub
ject to Check S123,388.44
Savings Deposits *.102,299.74
Time Certificates _ 172,049.50
Cashier’s Checks 3,039.39
Notes and Bills Rediscount
ed 66,048.04
Bills Payable, Including
Jime Certificates Repre
senting Borrowed Money 40,00089
Other Liabilities not In
cluded in the Above 75.00
Bonds Borrowed 24,300.00
TOTAL $364,368.42
State of Georgia—Decatur County:
Before me came E. F. Vickers,
Cashier of The Citizens Bank on<i
Trust Company, who being duly
sworn, says that the above and fore-
goig statement is a true condition ot
said Bank, as shown by tbe hooka ot
file in said Bank.
E. F. VICKERS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
'this 22nd day of December, 1920.
JOHN L. DAVIS,
N. P. of Georgia. State atLavga >
