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VOL. XXXVI
TRAIN CURTAILMENT'
HURTS THIS SECTION
RAILROAD COMMISSION ALLOW
SEABOARD TO DISCONTINUE
TWO TRAINS—M. D. & S. ALSO
WOULD ABRIDGE SERVICE.
With the railroad commission last
• week permitting the Seaboard Railway
to discontinue trains Nos. 13 and 14,
running between Savannah and Hel
ena, mail service to this section has
been seriously affected. The request
for the discontinuance of these trains
was due to the strike of the machin
ists and the necessity on the part of
the railroad authorities to husband
their equipment to handle mail trains
and maintain freight service.
Only two mails are now received
daily at Mt. Vernon and Ailey, at noon
from Savannah; in the afternoon from
Atlanta and western Seaboard points.
Mail previously received in the morn
ing is now routed byway of Vidal'a,
reaching these points about noon.
Application for the discontinuance
of two trains on the M. D. & S. Ry.,
the south-bound train from Ma>.on
reaching Vidalia at 10:40 a. m. and
the north-bound train leaving Vidalia
at 7:40 p- m., has been made to the
railroad commission, but it is under
stood vigprous protests have been filed
against the discontinuance of these
trains by the people of Dublin and
other points along the line of this
road. The discontinuance of these
two trains would be seriously felt in
Vidalia.
It is hoped that the curtailment of
train service is only temporary and
that there will be an early settlement'
of the differences of the railroad em
ployees and the railroad companies, so
that full service on these roads can
be maintained. V '
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LAYOMA YAMTD FOR
' NEXT PRESS MEET
* With the selection of Lavonia,
Franklin county, as the next conven
tion city, the re-election of President
William G. Sultlive, and the other ad
ministrative officers for another year,
the adpottion of a revised constitu
tion ana by-laws, and the passage of
resolutions opposing the existing post
age zone system and the bill
the Georgia Legislature affectinff the
publication of intentions to apply for
charter, the Georgia Press Association
concluded its 1922 annual session
Wednesday of last week, after one of
the most successful sessions in its his
tory.
The business feature of the day was
the apotion of a completely new con
stitution in which there were several
radical changes from the old, the
mot notable of which was a provision
for only one vice president instead of
three as heretofore, the vice president
by an unwritten law that has been in
violate, succeeding to the presidency
in line of seniority. The new system,
however, does not affect the second
and third vice presidents now in of
fice as that part of the fundam
ental code of the organization doe"
not become effective until 1928.
BURGLARS MAKE GOOD HAUL
FROM STORE OF G. C. SMIITH
The store of Geo. C. Smith in Vi
dalia was entered by burglars early
Thursday morning and several hun
dred dollars worth of clothing, suits,
shirts, hosiery, etc. were taken. En
trance to the store was gained through
a ventilator opening, the parties crawl
ing under the store from the rear and
gaining entrance to the building from
the bottom of one of the display win
dows.
The burglars were tracked to East
Park and Mr. Smith and Chief Mal
lard have some good clues and ex
pect within a short time to secure the
arrest of the guilty parties.
TRAINS DISCGNTIUED FRIDAY.
The request of the M. D. & S. to
discontinue temporarily the south
bound morning train from Macon and
the north-bound evening train from
Vidalia was granted by the railroad
commission and they will be discon
tinued after today.
ill? iHmtitm.
CLAUDE CHRISTIAN HAS
CLOSE CALL AT CROSSING
Saturday afternoon Claude \Chris
tian’s Buick car was struck .by a
switch engine near the Darby mill.
The car was considerably damaged,
but Mr. Christian and Mrs. W. H.
McWhorter, who were in the car, es
caped unhurt.
Mr. Christian was attempting to
cross the main line of the Seaboard
Railway, but did not see the approach
ing switch engine, owing to the fact
that some box cars on the siding ob
secured his view. Mr. Christian was
unable to stop the car and avoid a
collision, but headed his car to the
east, the pilot of the engine striking
the car well to the front, crushing
the right front wheel and demolishing
the fender and headlight.
DOCTORS OF THIS SECTION
HOLD MEETING AT VIDALIA
The Leon Moye Medical Society,
which embraces Toombs, Montgomery,
Treutlen and Wheeler counties, met in
Vidalia at the New Vidalia Hotel on
Wednesday evening, July 19th, at eight
o’clock.
Those present were Drs- Odom You
mans, Currie, Mercer, Meadows, Hall,
Moye, Aaron, Thompson, Palmer and
Rivers.
Dr. W. A. Rivers of Glenwood,
who is president of the society, pre
sided over the meeting.
Dr. J. E. Hunt of Mt. Vernon, who
is secretary and treasurer, being ab
sent, Dr. J. W. Palmer of Ailey act
ed as secretary.
The scientific part of the program
consisted of a symposium on the dis
eases of the heart. Dr- J. E. Mercer
of Vidalia lead the discussion of the
different diseases of the heart and
their treatment, and answered all the
questions asked by members. The
members reported many interesting
cases of heart disease in which every
doctor gave his remedy for the treat
ment of same.
The social feature consisted of a
banquet tendered the society by Drs.
T. C. Thompsson and J. E. Mercer.
This sumptuous feast reflected much
credit upon the proprietress of the
New Vidalia Hotel, the doctors all ex
pressing themselves as having never
partaken of a better supper.
The next meeting of this society
will be held in Lyons the 4th Wed
nesday night in August.
The subject for discussion will be
Summer Diarrhoea in Children. This
symposium will be led by Dr. T. E.
Aaron of Lyons.
THE VIDALIA BOY SCOUTS
ENJOY CAMP NEAR MACON
Headed by the Scoutmaster, W. L.
Downs, the Vidalia Boy Scouts re
turned Monday from Camp Mason,
near Perry, where they spen* lastj
week in their annual camp. Last 1
week at the camp was given over to
the scouts from the Twelfth District,'
some ninety scouts from over the dis-i
trict enjoying the outing.
The camp was a delightful and help
ful one in every way, and the scouts
report a great time. The outdoor
life and the strenuous camp activities
gave the boys such appetites that
they voice considerable complaint as
to the quantity of food furnished, but
at next year’s camp Mr- Downs says
this will be remedied and the commis
sary department will be given better,
attention.
An extended and detailed account
of the doings of the scouts at the
camp will be given in our next week’s
issue.
LEADER & ROSANSKY CO.
IMPROVE STORE BUILDING
The past week workmen have been
engaged in remodeling the front of
the Leader & JRosansky Co. store
building on the Avenue.
The building now presents an at
tractive and imposing appearance and
the improvements made have resulted
in much favorable comment.
HEMSTITCHING.
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Hemstitching and Picoting. All the
‘ thread furnished. Prices reasonable.
MRS. R. M. STANLEY,
At Vidalia Hardware Co. Store,
ts. Vidalia, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922.
BIG CORPORATION IS
FORMED AT VIDALIA
PECAN PLANTATION CO., WITH A
QUARTER MILLION CAPITAL
STOCK, WILL DEVELOP PECAN
GROVES IN THIS SECTION.
The Pecan Plantations Co., recently
chartered with an authorized capital
stock of a quarter million dollars, was
organized at Vidalia Tuesday morn
ing, with J. B. Brewton as president,
J. P. Rabun, vice-president, and W-
A. Jones, secretary and treasurer.
The company starts business witn a
paid in capital of $25,000.
The company will engage in the
development and sale of pecan plan
tations, will sell land and develop pe
can groves for the purchasers, will
plant and care for groves for owners,
and in addition expects to operate
a pecan nursery having for sale the
improved varieties of paper-shell pe
cans. Such companies have been
very successful in southwest Georgia
and as this section is splendidly suited
to growing the paper-shell pecan, the
incorporators believe the corporation
can do a thriving business.
The first development project will
he in Bulloch county, where the com
pany has a tract of 750 acres which
will he planted in pecans and later
sold off in small acreages.
TOOMBUOiITTEE
FIXES ASSESSMENTS
MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC EX
ECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD
AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR
PRIMARY OF SEPTEMBER 13.
At a meeting of the county Demo
cratic executive committee held Mon
day, July 17th, provisions were made
for defraying the expenses of the
September primary in Toombs coun
ty, and declared that the rules pres
cribed by the state committee for the
election of the candidates for state
offices, and by the district congress
ional committee for the nomination
of a congressman, shall be adhered to.
The committee directed that the
time for entries for the legislative
race shall close at mianight on Thurs
day August 10. All entrants will be
required to pay their entrance fees to
the secretary of the county committee
by that time in order o qualify in the
race.
, The fees fixed by the committee to
i defray the expenses of the primary
! in the county are as follows:
' For Congress $25.00
■ For Senator 20.00
i For Representative 20.00
| For Judge Superior Court .... 25.00
'! Since there are only one candidate]
; i for Congress, two the senate, two j
; anc. probably four for the legislature
; and two for Judge Superior Court, it I
; will be seen that the assessments will
I i yield something like $200.00.
j So far there is only one in the race
I I for Congress, Hon. W. W. Larsen, of
Dublin, who is unopposed.
] For Judge of the Middle Circuit, R.
! N. Hardeman, who is at present,
Jur.ge of this circuit, opposed by F. 11.
Saffold, of Swainsboro.
I For senate, Col. Geo. W. Lankford,
of Lyons who has served in the Legis
-1 lature for the past 6 ygars and Hon.
S. P.. Meadows, of Vidalia, who has at
( times past represented Toombs coun
ty in the Legislature.
, For the Legislature, Mr. Ernest C.
• Wimberly of Lyons, Judge B. H. Grace]
-of Cedar Crossig, Worth D- Poe and;
!j. A. L. Glaze of Vidalia. Possibly]
. others may enter before the time of
| entry closes.
|!—P:yons Progress.
Lee Blitch, son of Rev. and Mrs.
\V. M. Blitch of Douglas, will un
dergo an operation at the Vidalia
: Hospital today for appendicitis, from
. I which he has suffered for some time.
I Mrs. Blitch is visiting friends here
and will he at his bedside until he is
out of danger.
ANOTHER HOG SALE
EORJONTGOMERY
COUNTY AGENT TYRE ANNOUN
CES SECOND HOG SALE FOR
SEPTEMBER 20-PLACE TO BE
ANNOUNCED LATER.
County Demonstration Agent Tyre
announces another hog sale, which
will be held on September 20th, the
place of sale to be announced later.
There will be at least two carloads
shipped, one of these to be made up:
entirely of hogs raised by the Pork
Club boys. These boys are urged to|
give their hogs regular attention so*
that on sale day they can show their j
parents and other grown-ups what|
they have really done and can con
tinue to do
lt will be remembered that the last
sale, which was the first ever held in
Montgomery county, was held in Ai
ley on July 19th, and its success sur
passed the expectations of the most
optimistic.
Those who have hogs that they ex
pect to enter in this sale are asked]
to begin at once to get them in good
condition, so they will he first in qual
ity and thereby bring the highest in
price. The attention of the public is
also called to the fact that the mar
ket is steadily advancing, and it is
very . probable that high prices will
continue to prevail.
191$ NOTES MM !
IEIOHBOR COUNTIES
TATTNALL COUNTY TAX DIGEST
SHOWS HEAVY LOSS—TRAIN
ING GEORGIA BOYS TO JUDGE
LIVESTOCK, _
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(Swainsboro Forest-Blade)
Mr. John H. Medlock’ who is one
of our most successful merchants and
progressive farmers, brought us last
Saturday a full grewn, open boll of
cotton.
Mr. Medlock says that his cotton is
opening very fast and In a few days
hopes to have a new bale ginned.
(Metter Advertiser)
The State College of Agriculture,
through its extension division, is do
ing a splendid piece of educational
work that wll) bring permanent re
sults in the training of the hundreds
of club boys of the State in judging
livestock.
In addition to the regular club
work the boys are being grouped to
gether in their respective communi
ties and Instructed by the county
agents in judging and selecting bet
ter livestock.
To keep up the interest in the work,
counties are to select a team of three
] boys by a competitive judging contest
] These county teams from each dis
trict will contest against each other
!in a district contest and the county
winning in the district contest will be
awarded a free trip to the Southeast
ern fair this fall, where the district
teams will contest against each other
in a State contest. The district team
winning in the State contest will be
given a trip to the Internationl Live
stock Show in Chicago.
The club boys in this county, it is
understood, are now doing -'practice
work in judging and feel that they
have a splendid chance of winning
the district contest. The date for the
county contest has not been fixed but
will likely be herd about the first of
August, according to announcement
jby County Agent IT. J. Prance, who
! has the work in charge here. The
; district contest will be held the lasi
of August.
If Georgia is to be a great livestock
State some day, which it In a’l prob
ability will, no greater work can be
done now than to train the boys to
know and appreciate better livestock.
fTutlniill Journal)
The Tax Digest for Tattnall county
for the year 1922 has been comp eted
and shows a net deficit of $546,333.00 ,
in values of taxable property as com- J
pared with last. year. There shows
to be quiet a lot of property in the
FIFTH SUNDAY RALLY AT
MT. VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH
The Second District division of the
Daniell Association will have a fifth
Sunday rally at the Mt. Vernon Bap
tist church next Sunday. The pro
gram is as follows:
10:30 lnspirational prayer and
praise service T. B. Conner, Mt
Vernon.
11 :00 —The value of team work in
the church —led by Judge E. C. Col
lins, Reidsville, followed by volun
tary discussions
-2:3o—lnspirational prayer and praise
service—M. L. Stephens, Ailey.
3:oo—The value of business meth
| ods in church work—led by V. B.
j Herring, Vidalia, followed by volun
itary discussions.
B:4s—lnspirational prayer and praise
■ service—B. A. Conner, Higgston.
I 9:15 —The value of expository study
! of the Bible in congregational worship
—Rev. W. R. Barron, Helena.
Judge Whipple of Cordele is also
expected to be present and will ad
dress the convention.
Dinner will be spread at the church
and all the ladies will be expected to
bring baskets-
MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN
S. S. PLANS FOR CONTEST
On last Sabbath morning a contest
for new members was begun in the
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Sabbath
school. The school was divided in
two equal parts, one side known as
the “Blue Ribbon” and the other as
| the “White Ribbon.” Each student
| was given a ribbon according to the
! side to which he was assigned.
1 We have set as our mark 100 en-
I rolled students by the first of Sep
tember. The contest is already flam
ing with enthusiasm and it will be a
close race at the end as to just who
will win. The losers will give a
good-time to the winners. So, look
out, Blue; look out, Whites. Get
busy or the other side will get your
scalp. w
NEGRO THIEF WENT TO
PANTRY ONCE TOO OFTEN
George Laftgston, colored, made a
successful raid on the patitry of the
Vidalia Hospital some ten days ago,
but when the pantry was raided again
last week Dr. T. C. Thompson went |
on the war path, and finding some of i
the stolen goods at Langston’s house,
had him arrested.
Langston admitted the crime, plead
guilty in the city court and started to
serving his sentence this week.
GROCERY STORE TO MOVE
TO NORTH SIDE LOCATION
B. W. Godbee, a well-known gro
cer, will move his business the first
of the month to the north side of the
Avenue, having rented part of the
building now occupied by the City
Market.
Mr. Godbee carries a large stork
of groceries and the people of the
city will find it very convenient in do
ing th'-ir marketing to find a grocery
jstrirc and market in the same location.
JAILED FOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLORED GIRL
Will Japes, a negro employed at
Haskins Mill, is now in jail at Lyons
charged with attempting to rape the
daughter of Kibbee Bell, colored, who
lives near the mill.
The assault was made early Tues
day morning when the girl had gone
to the watermelon patch, but her
screams attracted the attention of her
mother, and Jones fled to the swamps.
A number of colored men hurriedly
gahered to capture the criminal, which
was affected at the farm of Mr. R. L.
Sharpe.
Miss Pauline Stith has returned from
Gracewood, where she has been at
tending the training school.
county that has not been given In
th.s year. This property should be
locate*, if possible and double taxed,
]as a failure to return property for
i taxation helps to make the burden of
taxation heavier for those who make
their returns as the law requires.
MONTGOMERY WOMEN
SLOW IN REGISTERING
ONLY 251 WOMEN REGISTERED
FOR FALL ELECTIONS—SHOWS
LACK OF INTEREST IN POLIT
ICAL AFFAIRS OF THE STATE.
The following is a complete list ot
the male and female white voters o£
Montgomery county, as shown by the
records of the county registrars, who
completed their work some time ago:
Districts Male Female
Longpond 487 62
Mt. Vernon 209 88
Tarrytown 243 32
Ailey 163 44
Kibbee-Tiger 262 20
Higgston 139 5
Total 1503 251
These figures go to show there is
still a lack of interest in politics ot*
the part of the women. Six times as
many men are registered as there are
ladies. The ladies should no longer
he backward in taking advantage of
this privilege which is extended them,
and has become a duty which all the
white women should be glad to exe
rute.
SEA ISLAND COTTON GIN CO.
TO MANUFACTURE RAT TRAPS
The Sea Island Cotton Gin Co. of
Vidalia recently purchased a patent
on an improved mouse trap and within
a short time will manufacture them in
large quantities.
The ravages of the boll weevil and
the consequent destruction of the long
staple cotton crop has resulted in the
company having very few demands
for their roller gins, hut they main
tain a splendid machine shop and the
plant can easily he equipped to man
ufacture small articles.
DEATH CLAIMS PROMINENT
NORMANTOWN CITIZEN
Mr- T. A. Rockett, aged 48, one of
the best known and most substantial
citizens of Normantown, died Sunday
afternoon about one o’clock at his
home at that place. Death was due
to heart trouble, in combination with
j paralysis, and came after an illness of
I but a, few weeks.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 11 o'clock from the resi
dence, being conducted by bis pastor,
Rev. C. E. McDaniel, and were at
tended by hundreds of sorrowing rel
atives and friends. Mr. McDaniel
paid a beautiful tribute to the life of
the deceased. The interment was at
the Fine Crest cemetery and was in
charge of Vidalia Masonic lodge,
VVorshipfijJ Master H. L. Carter di
recting the beautiful burial service.
Besides bis wife, Mr. Rockett leaves
four children, Mrs. S. S- Youtnans,
Mrs. Herman Mullis, Miss Ethel Rock
ett and Cannie Rockett. His aged
mother, Mrs. S. N. Rockett, also
survives him and he leaves two broth
ers, Messrs. R. H. and C. W. Rock
ett, and four sisters, Mrs. M. T- Trull,
Mrs. VV. H Morris of Stuckey, Mrs.
Thos. of Wrightsville, and Mrs.
Ben. D. Patrick,
Mr. Rockett came of a prominent"
Johnson county family and moved to-
Normantown seventeen years ago,
engaging in farming, later entering
the mercantile business and being a
partner in the business of the Farmers
Grocery Co. He was quiet and unas
suming, but a man of sterling char
acter and integrity, a devout member
of the Magnolia Springs Baptist
rhtirrh, and his going away i a great
loss to his church' and commuuity-
COLORED BLACKSMITH HELD
FOR WIFE POISONING
Da ■/«• Coney, colored blacksmith Fm'-»
ployed bv the Vidalia Buggy Co., was
arrest'd Wednesday by Chief Mallard
charged with poisoning his wife when
died very suddenly Saturday mornfng-.
Coney, it is alleged, bought some
strychnine at the Vidalia Pharmacy
and as his wife died with many symp
toms of strychnine poisoning, it is
believed that he administered the pois
on to her in a of wine. It is
possible that the body will be exhumed
and subierted to examinaton to ascer
tain whether death was due to strych
nine poisoning.
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