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\ Bie Paper * n 'he best town, in the I best county, in the best state in the Union. WE NEED YOU The Post-Searchlight Good schools, rood churches; good roads—and the Uvest people the South. YOU NEED US l VOLUME 8. NUMBER 29. BA1NBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16th, 1922. 91.50 PER ANNUM STATE AT LARGE IS INVITED TO CUE AT MARSHALLVULE Big Celebration will be Held There Friday as Result of Peach County Defeat fort valley not TO PARTICIPATE Citizens of Houston and Macon Counties Will Gather for big Jollification to Celebrate the Death of Proposed County. MARS1ALLVILLE, Ga., Nov. 14.— All civic clubs of Macon and adjoin- towns, including the Lions, Ro- arians, Civitans, Kiwanians and the Chambers of Commerce, have been ted to attend the Reunion Barbe- to be given by Macon and Hous ton counties here at noon Friday. All the Mayors in the state have been nvited to attend and have been ask- to notify their citizens of the in- ation, which is extended to the State at Large." Fort Valley has icen especially invited. According to plans anonunced here oday, there will be used in the ‘Cue four barrels of pickles, 10,000 pounds meat, 160 hogs, 5,000 loaves of read, 8,000 feet of tables taking 30, 00 feet of lumber to construct. Pre parations will be made for 10,000 icople. The movement is being backed by iarshallviUe, Perry, Montezuma, Og lethorpe and Ideal, under the leader- lip of C. J. Goodwin, general chair- Sam Nunn, of Perry, John B. luerry, of Montezuma, and Mrs. J. Hays of Montezuma. Fort Valley Declines FORT VALLEY, Ga., Nov. 14.— a mass meeting of the citizens of irt Valley last night the invitation if Macon and Houston counties to he advocates of Peach county to at- end a get-together and home-coming arbecue in Marshallville Friday, was lined. In explaining the action taken at meeting, Mrs. Cleone D. Bras- ell, of Fort Valley, said: Since the same conditions obtain hat make just as worthy and essen- ial a new county, and since this sec- ion has in no sense given up the ght for Peach county, the hospital- y of the opposing counties under guise of a get-together spirit, uld not be accepted. "With appreciation of what meas- re of good will the invitation con- the citizens of Fort Valley urteously and unanimously have lined the invitation." MODERN SCHOOL FOR WEST BAINBRIDGE (instruction Work on Hand some New Building Progress ing Rapidly, and Will be Com pleted in Near Future. The new school house in West lainbridue, which will serve a con- l»lidated school district, is nearing tmpleton, and it is one of the most penificent buildings of the kind in county. The citizens over there jsued bonds to erect and equip this hiding, and it will be one of the ‘ading consolidated schols in this •ction of the state, and a credit to iecatur county. [They have a right to be proud of pit new school building, and in a far or two it is certain that they will Ve one of the big schools of the [>unty over there. Mr. Godwin, Mr. • V. Griffin and several of the other Jtizens in that neighborhood deserve pdit for their work. All took an ftive interest in the work, but these fntlemen seemed to be especially *Ply interested in the progress of school. lay Not Contest Will of Senator Watson [ATLANTA, Nov. 15.—Probate of V *U of Senator Thomas E. Wat- 1* has been put off until Thursday, sported here that Mrs. Alice L. one of the beneficiaries, has sndered all her interest in the |°P*rty, with the exception of a 100- farm. Mrs. Lytle was bequeath I two farms, a cottage in Thomson *30.00 a week. She had been as sisted with Mr. Watson for many krs in the publication of his papers. |Mrs. Watson was dissatisfied with bequests and was contemplating faking the will, it is understood. Lytle, it is said, rather than to a c >urt fight, agreed to give up r Khtji u ri der the will. The bulk r ‘* is in real estate hold- tbroughpnl the country, con- ■’te largely of fartn*. Well-Known Prison Worker in the City Dr. A. B. McDonald, the well known prison worker, was in the city Wed nesday visiting the jail and the con vict camps. Dr. McDonald has made the improvement of the condition of the prisoners a study and a work for many years, and he has done a great deal of good in that direction. He finances himself, and asks no help from any one. He bears letters of splendid tenor from the wardens of all tlie leading prisons of the en tire country. DECATUR SUPERIOR COURTJN SESSION Convened Monday Morning, With Judge W. V- Custer Pre siding for First Time in His Home County. Decatur Superior court convened here Monday morning, for the regu lar fall session. The grand jury was immediately organized, and Prof. Toole named as foreman. The judge then charged the grand jury in a most splendid discussion of the coun ty affairs, and the duties of the jury. The court was adjourned Wednes day, and nothing much of importance had been handled up to the hour of going to press. One of the cases of general interest set for this week will be trial of the damage suit against the Elberta Crate Company brought by Mr. Williams for the death of his wife, which happened several months ago when the clothing of Mrs Williams was caught in some machin ery and she was killed. This case will perhaps take up most of the time of the court for the bal ance of the week, if it is called on Thursday morning, as expected. Soli citor Gardner is looking after the in terests of the state in his usual able and equitable manner. FARMERS FINDING RADIOVALUABLE Experts Declare the Radiophone Means More to the Farmers Than to any Other Class of Citizens. ATLANTA. Nov. 16.—Radio with in a year will bring to most farm ers the information and nearness of the outside world they have been so long deprived, radio experts here to day pointed out. At the present time the government is making a very definite use of the radiophone in broadcasting crop and stock market reports, weather re ports and news items of general in terest to the farmers especially. Very instructive health lectures furnished by the medical authorities at Wash ington are being broadcasted regu larly from a number of the country’s leading radiophone stations. Another agency which has brought the outside world nearer to the peo ple of the South is the Atlanta Jour nal and its able editor. Major John S. Cohen. The Journal, recognized as one of the best known newspapers in the southern states, and which holds its own with publications of a national character, installed a radio outfit of immense proportions and at considerable expense, which has now been operated for several months with great success. It has contribu ted much to the entertainment and instruction of the people of Georgia and the South, as the paper has spar ed no expense in providing concerts and distributing important news thru its radia service. While radio is very instructive and highly entertaining to people in all walks of life, yet, experts here de clare, the radiophone means more to the farmers, perhaps, than to any other class of citizens. The Atlanta Journal, recognizing this fact, has urged the erection of radio outfits in the rural sections. Farmers Find Radio Valuable Before the coming of the radio phone the farmer, agricultural lead ers show, was entirely isolated from enjoying the entertainments within reach of the city folk, and was also ignorant of the latest market quota tions with which he was intensely in terested, so as to know the best time to sell his produce. Now with a ra diophone receiverphcyne the fanner can be just as quickly well informed of the important information of the citydwellers and can enjoy the best entertainers and musical artists while sitting around his fireside, or resting in »n easy chair—and furthermore, he can get all the news and entertain ment free of charge, if he owns radiophone receiver. When one realizes that perfect ra diophone costs less than a first-class phonograph, is just as easy to oper ate, and costs less than a phonograph to keep going, and there are no new MRS. FELTON TO ATTEND OPENING OF U.S. SENATE Will be in Washington Monday Ready to Take Oath of Offi ce if Occasion Presents no titleTto seat SAYS HARDWICK Mrs. Felton Ceased to Hold Title on the Day of the Election, is the View Held by Governor Hardwick on Situation- ATLANTA, Nov. 14.—With Gov. Hardwick s plainly expressed opinion from New York that it will not be legal for Mrs. William H. Felton, the Senator from Georgia ad. interim., to sit as a Senator in Washington, when the Senate convenes in extra-ordinary session, and Mi’s. Felton's announce ment that she has made plans to be in Washington next Monday when Congress opens, the situation today seems to place the Governor and his appointee at loggerheads on the issue. “While I have no information other than that generally, known be the public," Mry. Felton said, “I i’eel confident that the situation as it now exists, with Senutor-elect George un able to secure his commission for the time being, will permit me to be for mally and officially sworn in before the bar of the Senate next Monday as Georgia's junior senator. “It is my sincere desire to gratify the wishes of the tens of thousands of American women who have so earnestly petitioned for this favor. I am willing to make the effort to gratify them. Whether I am sworn in or not is is an opportune time to meet the members of the Senate as an ex-Senator. Anyhow, I have de cided to attempt the trip. “Those who know Senator-elect George best tell me that he is a fine and broad-minded man, and I feel sure that he will do all in his power to illustrate Georgia in this momen tous event. Georgia was the first state to have a college for women— Wesleyan at Macon. Georgia before the war had a bill introduced to give married women their rights—the first state in the Union to take such a step. Andrew J. Miller of Augusta introduced the bill. We have taken some long and advanced steps in the past. Anything that will give added glory to Georgia, I am sure Senator- elect George and I can shake hands upon, and do our best." No Title to Seat, Says Hardwick. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Mrs. W. H. Felton, Georgia's woman Senator, lost her title on the date of the el ection of her successor, and she will not be entitled to sit with the Sen ate when it convenes next Monday. This was the opinion expressed here today by Governor Hardwick of Georgia, by whom she was appointed. “I don't want to hurt Mrs. Felton's feelings," said the governor, “and I hesitate to offer her any advice un til she asks for it. But I will say that, according to the law of the na tion and the State of Georgia, she hasn't a shadow of a title to a seat in the Senate. Whether her successor, Walter F. George, is declared officially elected, whether he qualifies and is sworn be fore the Senate convenes Monday is beside the question. Mrs. Felton ceased to hold title on the day of the election, according to the law, and there is no way of getting around it.“ Kidnaping of Child Charged to Couple MACON, Ga., Nov. 15.—Charged with kidnaping Rose Campbell, 12- year-old Atlanta girl, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wilson were arrested in Ma con today by a policeman. Macon authorities had been notified by T. H. Campbell, 332 Kirkwood ave nue, Atlanta, to be on the lookout for the couple and the child. “We are guilty of nothing," said Mrs. Wilson. “The child wanted to come with us, and we brought tier.’ Wilson said he married Mrs. Camp bell, who claims to be the mother of the child, several months ago and the little girl, when they left for Florida, asked to go with them they took her along. Cotton Report For Oct Shows Large Increase The tabulated report of the Bu reau of the Census shows there were 8,273 bales of cotton ginned from the crop of 1922 prior to Oct. 18th, as compared with 1,882 baleB to Oct. 18th, 1921. Seminole county report for 1922 is 4,338, aa compared to 2,663 up to a similar date in 1921. The above figures were submitted for publication by T. J. Tucker, the locnl representative of the Bureau of the Census. mrjOlmanoris CALLED BY DEATH Weil-Known and Highly) Re garded Citizen Passed Away Wednesday afternnon. at his Homr in This City. Mr. W. M. Manor, who had been ill for so|ne time, died yesterday at his homo in the eastern part of the city. Mr, Manor had been a citizen of Bainbridge for a good, long time, and wag formerly in the mercantile businesa near the A. C. L. depot. He has iben failing in health for a number of. years, and of late has been going down very rapidly. He was buried today in the presence of many of his old friends and acquaintances. Mr. Manor leaves a wife and two children, Mr. J. E. Manor and Mrs. G. H. Cliett, to mourn his death. B. Y. F. U. CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN VIENNA, GA. The Southwestern Regional B. Y, P. U. Convention will be held in Vi- enna, Ga., on the 22nd and 23rd of November. Every Union in this Re gion is urged to send representatives to this Convention. BRANSON HARRISON, Associations! President. ANNUAL SESSION OF THE U.D. C. BEGUN Portrait of Jefferson Davis is Presented to Organization— To Seek Funds for Comple tion of Memorial Projects. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 14.— The twenty-ninth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Con federacy was formally opened here tonight with delegates in attendance from all parts of the United States, and from several foreign countries. Mrs. S. T,» Ledbetter of Birming ham occupied the chair, and address es of welcome were delivered by Mrs. Mary Echols, city commissioner of Birmingham, on behalf of the city, by Mrs. E. L. Huey, president of the state organization in Alabama upon behalf of the State; and Mrs. Chap- pel) Cory, upon behalf of the local chapter. Mrs. Decca Lamar West, State president, Texas, responded to the ad dresses upon behalf of the delegates. Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler the president general, was presented by Mrs. Roy McKinney, past president general. Mrs. Schuyler, whose home is in New York, is the first woman residing north of Mason and Dixon line to hold this position. Memorial Funds .Sought A feature of the session was the presentation to the national organi zation of a portrait of Jefferson Da vis by Mrs. J. A. Perdue. Following the session an informal reception was held. Among the principal problems com ing before the convention h< * cording to officials, will be the ing of plans to create furids for the Washington and Lee University me morial chapel, and for the completion of the Jefferson Davis monument at Fairview, Ky. Plans will also be en tered into for the completion of the Jefferson Davis Highway, a national road extending from Washington, D. C., to the Golden Gate at San Fran cisco. Educational work of the organiza tion will also be discussed during the present session. The national body is aiding more than 300 young men and women in securing college training. Among the social events of today were a luncheon i nhonor pf the na tional officers given by the local chapter, and a tea this afternoon en- tended to the delegates by the Bir mingham chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Reports of standing committees and officers wil be the principal mat ter coming before the morning ses sion tomorrow. In the afternoon memorial session will be observed with Mrs. Charles R. Hyne, chair man of the memorial committee, pre siding. A session will be held to morrow night. Friday's session of the convention will be held in the State capitol of Alabama in Montgomery, the first capital of the Confederacy. The en tire convention will move to Mont gomery on a special train. The con vention will adjourn Saturday even ing. TRIBUTE PAID TO UNKNOWN SOLDIER ARMISTICE DAY Tomb of the Unknown Dead is Decorated With Flowers by Hundreds of Visitors PRES. HARDING PAYS TRIBUTE Simplicity and Sincerity of the, Ceremonies Was a Wordiest Greeting From the Heart of America to Soldier Dead. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Presi- dent Harding laid a wreath of re membrance today on the tortib of thi Unknown Soldier at Arlington Nat ional Cemetery. It was set there as a wordless greeting from the heart of America to a valorous honored son and commemorated the first anniver sary of his home-coming from France. And the utter simplicity and sin cerity of the tribute today was in a way ns grippng to the few who saw it made, as was the day-long tide of emotional fervor that marked the home-coming. It set a custom for the national observance of Armistice Dny and will make the unknown from France the keeper of America's an nual expression of pride and glory with her sons who fought in France, be they living or dead. There were no other tributes brought to the tomb during the day. Sometimes little groups of men and women from a distant city made the journey to lay bright flowers on the moulded stonework that holds the body of a nameless American, for whom no honor has been too high; sometimes the blossoms were laid there by men moved to individual tribute. It was thus that General Pershing's tribute was placed. The man who commanded this hum ble sleeper and the searching ranks of his comrades in France had hop ed to go himself and alone to carry his tribute to the fallen to the tomb. But he wur called elsewhere to talk with patriotic men on the living is sues in Jhe nation's life and reluct antly Assigned his aide to go after all others had come and gone with their flowers and place his offering i the tomb. A mere handful of spectators and little detachment of armed men made up the group of soldiers, sail ors, and marines to represent the three fighting services of the nation, were at hand when the President ap peared with Secretary Weeks and Secretary Denby to pay the nation's honors to the dead. Cavalry had es corted the presidential party from the White House, but had turned aside before the tomb was reached. There was no word spoken on the terrace sweep where the tomb lies except the commands that moved the rifles of the guard of honor to salute. The President seemed to feel deep significance in the moment as though he sensed the solemn approval of his countrymen in what he did in their name. He placed the great wreath against the stone work of the tomb, then stepped aside to pause a mom ent looking Gown on the plain block of masonry that covers a plain so! dier chosen to typify the greatest, among the nation's heroes. The hush the terrace wah almost breathless and every eye was fixed on the still figure of the president standing with bared head bent as though in reverie. Slowly, almost as though it were un consciously, the president raised his hand in military salute to the dead, his shoulders straightening. Then he turned away and a moment later was speeding back to business affairs in Washington, behind the trotting cav alry. There are thousands of other war dead from France sleeping among the quiet hills of Arlington. Their flam ing headstones flank the great amphi theatre on one side as those other glorious dead of older wars fland it with time-greyed monuments and markers on the other. And while the nation paid its tribute to all those who sleep beneath the newer stones today in the honors accorded at the tomb of the Unknown, sorrowing rel atives did not forget that Armistice Day is above all the day of the men of the American army in France and their brothers in arms at home who stood ready to join the ranks over seas. As the day passed there blos somed among the newer gravestones flowers of every hue rivaling the splendor of the autumnal coloring in the woods that flank the field of the dead. The Business and Professional Wo men's Club will meet Tuesday night records to buy, but a constantly changing program, the* only logical j November 21st, in the City Library, thing to do, agricultural leaders pointj at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance la out, is to install a radiophone outfit, requested. Monster Lemon Grown In Decatur County Mr. J. M. Robinson brought into this office Saturday the largest lem on that we have ever seen. It weigh ed two and three-eights pounds. Mr. Robinson raised the lemon on his farm near Faceville, and has a*tree three years old, from which the monster lemon was plucked. It is of the Pondcrosa variety, and he tells us that they make as good lemonade as any lemons he has ever used for that purpose, but that they should bo used as soon as cut open. GUN CLUB TO HOLD SHOOT FRIDAY P.M. Bainbridge Sportsmen To Hold Competitive Shoot Friday to Mark Close of the Trapshoot ing Season.—Much Interest. Some twetfty-fivr Bainbridge sportsmen have recently organized a gun club for sport during tho clos ed game season. The trap is install ed just outside the city limits on the Fowlstown road, and is visited twice a week by a number of the members, and an afternoon of sport is enjoy ed. On Friday afternoon the club will have its final shoot, and a prize has been offered for the marksman break ing the largest number of the clay birds. Keen competition has already been developed, and the shoot prom ises to be very close and interesting. The public is invitod to watch tho contest, which will commence at 2:30 tn. Anyone desiring to compete may do so upon payment of a Hmall sum to the gun club. Parties desir ing to become members of the Club may make application to Ralph Kwil- ecki or F. P. Prescott. 'Regular shooting afternoon will be resumed after the open season for birds is over. Mr. O. L. Worn and daughters of Climax spent Monday in the city shopping and attending to business. Judge Eugene Cox of Camilla, and Judge Pottle of Albuny, Col. Ledford of Cairo, Col. Joiner of Tbomasville, and Col. Middlebrooks of Atlanta, BIG INCREASE IN SALEOF BREAD Installation of Modern Electric Ovens Here Being Apprecia ted by the Ladies of Bain bridge. The growth of the use of bakery bread in Bainbridge has been the sub ject of discussion m several gather ings lately, and to satisfy our own idcBB about the thing the writer paid a visit to the Electrik Maid Bakery one day this week, and in an inter view with Mr. George H. Harrison, the proprietor, we leared that the in crease in the bread trade has been about 600 per cent, since the instal lation of the new electric plan of baking bread, cakes and pies, and all things of that nature. Mr. Harrison has been connected with the bakery business hero for some fifteen years past, and in the doys of the old style oven cooking he supplied our folks with their breud. The use of basers' bread at that time was very limited, and so far as cakes were concerned, the peo pie baked their own cakes, very little being cooked by the bakery. Borne two or three months ago Mr. Harrison installed the new electric process, which is the cleanest and most sanitary method of baking breud yet devised, and the growth in the use of bread aince that time haa been marvelous. The bread that haa been shipped ire here from C .,\'ltiid< has been about crowded out, for the plre and simple reason that the la dies have been invited to, and many take advantage of the invitation, to see the bread baked, and they see it when it comes out of the oven. The merchants that make a prac tice of using out of town bread have been practically forced by their pa trons to use the home product baked by the Electrik Maid, because of its superior nutrition, taste and flavor, as well ns home pride. For awhile some of the merchants continued to use this shipped-in bread, but they have been gradually forced to use the Electrik Maid product. The fact in that they are so well pleased with the new bakery that they don't want anything else, and aguin, they can go and see it made prepared and cooked, and then get the bread fresh as it comes from the ovens. The Electrik Maid will be a boon to the ladies of the town in their preparations for the holidays. It will be a wonderful thing for them to have the many advantages this will offer. If you are really interest- ad in what you eat, go around and ase what they are doing at the Elec trik Maid plant. HARDWICK WIRES FOR QUICK SESSION OF ELECTION BOARD Will Likely Defeat Hope of tho Women for Mrs. Felton to Sit as Senator SECY M’LENDON IS INDIGNANT Says he will not be a Party to Any Such Procedure—Judge George Going to Washington Monday; So is Mrs. Felton ATLANTA, Nov. 18.—In order that Senator-elect Walter F. George may receive hie commisaion and be sworn in when the extra aesslon of congress convenes next Monday at Waehington, Gov. Hardwick hat call ed for an immediate session of the state board of election canvasser* to check up the returns from the Nov. 7 election. The call came in. a tele gram received today by his executive secretary, Mias Myrtle White. Returns from fourteen counties were still to come in, It was learned at the state capitol, and it was on the absence of there returns that friends of Mrs. W. H. Felton, ad Interim sen atorial appointee, based their hopes of having the Georgia woman become tho''first of her sex to occupy a teat in the United States senate. Won’t Take Part Secretary of State McLendon de clared today that in his opinion the governor did not have the legal right to delegate his power t ocall the state hoard together until the returns were nil in, and indicated that he would not be n party to any such meeting. Both Going Senator-elect George was expected to reach Atlanta today and it was stated by hia friends here that he would call at the eapitol for his com mission, understood to have been pre pared by order of Governor Hard wick and only lacking the state seal, so that he would be able to go to Washington and be sworn in on th* first day of the extra session. Mrs. Felton announced yesterday that she too would: be in Washington next Monday, prepared to be swom in aa Georgia's Senator, if cireumstnaces prevented the qualification of Judge George. NEW SALES STUNT HERESATURDAY First Co-operative Auction Sate Ever Held in Thia Section Will b« Staged In this City Next Saturday. A new sale ..stunt will be pulled off here next Saturday that will set the folks to talking for months to come. The first co-operative auction sale over held in this section wilt be pull ed off in Bainbridge on the publio square at 10 o'clock Saturday morn ing. Every merchapt in town will offer for sale some very needed and staple article. Some mules and hones will be sold also, as well as farm imple ments nnd most anything that a wise buyer will need. The sale will be conducted along business-like lines, and there will be no by-bidding at all, but a genuine sale proper. If you attend the sale you are most likely to fiqd soma article offered that you can sav# mwaeyon. The idea is a new one htra, but ouls that has proven very successful elsewhere and beneficial as well. Circulars are to be sent all over the county an nouncing in part the articles that will be offered, and it will he to your in terest to read it Be here and get your share of the savings from this sale.. Remember Saturday morning, November 18th. Be here because you are wanted, and get a chance at some free gifts that will be listed later. Messrs. Eustice Shelfer and Paul Thomas of Quincy, were in the city this week. I Mr. J. T. Rogers and daughter of Faceville were among the visit q^s tn Bainbridge Monday. Mrs. Ruth Jennings Good Will Candidate Mrs. Ruth M. Jennings, popular employee of the G., F. 4b A. Railroad, and one of the must popular young matrons in the .city, it the candidate advanced by that corporation for tho free trip to France, in the ,Good Will campaign being conducted by the Atlanta Journal. Mrs. Jennings hat a boat of friends in Bainbridge and thia section who will give her the benefit of thair in- guence and active support. If any ladyt wins tha trip to Franca we hop* that Mrs. Jennings will bt accorded the honor. The details of tha cam paign can be secured from Mrs. Jen nings. She will very much appreci ate the support of her fHoods tn tljiis l> Alt I teat