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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 ' ,fl • •—**• 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. 11 1 ■ 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, _ — (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. NO. 12