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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
HERRIHENT MARES /
MIS CLUB
NEW MEMBERS SENTENCED TO
“BONE-HEAD” TABLE FOR DE
LAY IN JOINING CLUB.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Vidalia Kiwanis Club held at the New
Vidalia Hotel last Thursday evening
was marked with good-fellowship
and merriment. Two new members
were received into the club, R. M.
Stanley and T. W. Willets, Jr., and
they were promptly sentenced to
seats at the “bone-head” table for
failure to recognize a good thing
more promptly and delaying signing
on the dotted line.
George Rountrre, 0. D. Warthen
and J. L. Strickland were unable to
get off their dignity sufficiently and
persisted in calling some of the older
members of the club “Mister,” and
were also assigned seats at this table.
County School Superintendent T.
B. Youmans was a guest at the meet
ing, as was J. L. Joel of Jackson
vile. The club membership now num
bers fifty-five, and several other bus
iness men who neglected to come in
as charter members are expected to
join the club this week.
Plans for the charter presentation
were discussed and when the date is
set all Kiwanians will declare a legal
holiday and devote the day to the en
tertainment of their guests.
At the meeting tonight, Vidalia’s
needs will be discussed by a number
of members and a constructive pro
gram covering the spring months Will
no doubt be adopted.
ENCAMPMENT MEETING.
There will be a special meeting of
Century Encampment Lodge No. 100
at the Odd Fellows hall on the first
Monday night in February and all
members are urged to be present.
G. W. I-EVERITT, C. T.,
W. C. JOINER, Scribe.
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No Change In Ford Prices For
Several Months
We recently received the folloiwng letter from the Ford Company, with the request
that it be given publication.
Several inquiries have recently come to us concerning the likelihood of another reduc
tion in the price of our cars, and as these inquiries no doubt emanate from prospective
purchasers, we want to state again with greSt emphasis that Ford cars are already be
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* ing sold at a figure actually below cost, and for an indefinite period another reduction
or change in design is entirely out of the question and not at all contemplated.
You c»n, therefore, give assurance to prospective purchasers of Ford cars that now is
their real opportunity to buy below cost and obtain delivery. Every one is familiar with
the heavy demand for Ford cars in the Spring and this year will be no exception, as in
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spite of conditions, business is already rapidly accumulating, so that many who desire
Ford cars will be obliged to wait perhaps until mid-summer for delivery, causing consid
erable inconvenience and possibly financial loss, particularly to commticia, customers.
STRICKLAND MOT^o
Authorized Ford Dealers
PHONE 242 IDAI ’ .
LARGE BANK MERGER
TAKES PLACE IN DUBLIN.
One of the largest bank mergers
that has taken place in the state in
some time was announced in Dublin
Tuesday when the First National
Bank of Dublin and the Dublin and
Laurens Bank issued statements that
the two had been consolidated. All
liabilities of the Dublin and Laurens
Bank were assumed by the First Na
tional and all assets were taken over
by that bank. Ail depositors in the
Dublin and Laurens Bank are asked
to transfer their accounts to the First
National, where, they will be given the
same service and banking strength
that' the Dublin and Laurens gave
them. In other words, the business
of the Dublin and Laurens Bank has
been consolidated with the First Na
tional Bank, and the business of both
banks will be handled by the First
National from now on.
w scoms to
HIVE IM Dll
CITIZENS TO BE AKSED TO CON
TRIBUTE TO WORTHY CAUSE
ON SATURDAY JAN. 29TH.
With a determination to surpass
the record of the Boy Scout Tag Day
last year, when the sum of $lB6 was
given by the people of Vidalia, the
local troop of Girl Scouts will have a
Tag Day on Saturday, January 29th,
and stores, offices and residences
will be visited and every person will
be given an opportunity to contrib
ute to this worthy cause.
The Girl Scouts are anxious to fit up
their club room in the Scout Hut and
the money realized from Tag Day
will be used for this purpose.
The local troop is in a flourishing
condition and with many needed
furnishings for their room in the Hut,
they will be in position to greatly en
large their sphere of usefulness and
it is hoped the girls will meet with
a generous response from the people
of the town.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 21, 1920
SLOGAN OF BUY NOW
SOUNDED IN GEORGIA
BUYING NOW THE THINGS THE
PEOPLE NEED WORKS TWO
WAYS FOR GOOD.
Atlanta, Jan 19. —Buy Now is the
slogan in many Atlanta establish
ments and with many people. Leal
merchants, mare than ever before, are
advising that every one buy now the
things they need. Ju*t at present,
according to close observers in b usi
ness circles, the wheels of commerce
are sluggish, business is dull and peo
ple are hesitating.
"So long as we deliberately culti
vate this spirit there will be a con
tinuance of these things, and as soon
as we open up and forget, things will
promptly right themselves,” said a
prominent Atlanta business man.
The Buy Now campaign is attract
ing attention in numerous places. As
pointed out by those who are push
ing the movement, buying now the
things they need now, it opens up the
trade lines and will set the wheels of
manufacture in motion, which in turn
will start commerce booming in many
directions.
To buy now, as one Jocal merchant
explains, one doe.: not have to rush
out and buy recklessly or extrava
gantly. That, he says, is just what
is not wanted. But to go out, he
says, and buy the things that one re
ally needs, all doing this, will start
some things and all things.
According to Atlanta merchants,
buying now the things the people
need will empty the shelves of the re
tailer, send him io the jobber and
manufacturer for more stocks, start
the manufacturer to producing, and
that will mean buying the raw mate
rials, cotton and other necessities,
and start cars carrying merchandise
all over the country.
If all Georgians and Southerners
were to start out today and buy the
things that they need now 1 , there
would be no such thiig as a depres
sion anywhere of any kind, say busi
ness men in Atianta. “The way to
do this is for us to go to it ourselves,”
said a passing citizen who overheard
the conversation between a group of
merchants and the correspondent of
this newspaper.
SHAD SEASON NOW OPEN.
The Shad season has now opened
and we have made arrangements to
have shipments from Savannah reg
ularly. Phone your orders to 143.
PHILLIPS’ MARKET.
Official Organ Gty of Vidalia
MEDICOS WEE
MEET IN VIDALIA
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TRI-COUNTY DOCTORS NAME
VIDALIA AS THE PERMANENT
’ MEETING PLACE.
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Vidalia whs selected as the perma
nent meeting place for the Tri-Coun
ty Medical Association at the meet
ing of the doctors held Wednesday
evening at the Vidalia Hospital. The
physicians (also adopted the group
plan as recommended by Dr. Palmer,
each member of the association to
select some branch of medicine as a
specialty, agreeing to give special
study to this subject and to takf the
post-graduate courses in this line.
The great advantage of this plan
will be that within the hounds of the
association there will be one member
who has specialized in a certain line
of study and where consultation
needed for a particular case the phy
sician who has specialized in a cer
tain line will be called.
The physicians were guests of Drs.
Mercer and Thompson for this meet
ing, an elegant six o’clock dinner be
ing served the doctors and a few' Vi
dalia citizens who were guests at the
meeting, following the dinner, Dr.
I. E. Aaron, the president, took the
meeting in charge.
Dr. J. E. Mercer told of an in
teresting clinical case, following which
there was discussion by Drs. Palmer,
Currie and Thompson. Dr. Palmer
then gave a scholarly address on the
progress of medicine .stating that
physicians were the only profession
trying to put themselves out of bus
iness. Dyththeria, smallpox, mala
ria, typhoid, hookworm and many
other diseases had been •conquered
and the spirit that animated the med
ical profession was to prevent hu
man suffering and sickness. m
There were thieves and charlatans
that had broken in upon the medical
prq/fession, and Dr. Palmer dwelt
at length upon the chiropractic doc
tors and told of the facts about the
chiropr,.ctir school, short time of
study required, and said that the peo
ple should demand that the man who
handles human life should have the
- ,sanie educational qualifications as
the regular physician.
A constitution and by-laws for the
association were adopted and Vidalia
was selected as a permanent meeting
place of the association. Resolu
tions on the death of Drs. Rountree
and Mobley were adopted and a com
mittee consisting of Drs. Palmer,
Moye and Thompson were named to
draft suitable memorials of the life
of each of the deceased.
Dr. Council, of Mcßae, Dr. Nelson,
of Alamo, Dr. Harris, of Collins and
Dr. Bell of Reidsville, were elected
honorary members of the association
and the next meeting was fixed for
the third Wednesday night in Feb
ruary to begin at 7:30 o’clock. Drs.
Barwick, Williams and Meadows were
asked to read papers at t-.e next
meeting.
Present at the meeting were Drs.
M. D. Council of Mcßae, T. H. Nel
son, Alamo; W. W. Odom, Lyons;
J. C. Harris, Collins; E. F. Thomp
son, Soperfon, F. O. Bell, Reidsville;
I. E. Aaron, Lyons, O. B. Moye, So
perton; G. M. Barwick, Soperton;
J. W. Palmer, Ailcy; H. G. Kennedy,
Collins; J- E. Hunt, Mt. Vernon;
J. M. Meadows. J. E. Mercer, T. C.
Thompson, M. L. Currie, L. H. Dar
by, F. L. Huie, Vidalia; E. M. Rack
ley, M-t. Vernon: Messrss. D,. C. Pat
tillo, W. J. DeLoach, Geo. S. Roun
tree, N. C- Napier, Vidalia.
MRS. RIDDLE ENTERTAINS
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLESS.
Mrs. D. W. Riddle entertained her
Sunday school class at her home on
Jackson street last Friday afternoon |
from 3 :30 to 5 :00. After many games
were played in the parlor and library
the guests were ushered into tl*e din- J
ingroom where delightful refreshments ]
were served, after which they played
more games on the lawn.
Those present were Georgia Mae I
Whitaker Mdurine Darby, Hazel j
Shuman, Eliose _ Mcßride, Juanita
Thompson, Dorothy McGlohon, Gus
sie Lee Coleman, Dorothy Huie, Ola
Price, Olive Horton, Marie Price, Eu
delle Faulk, Jessie Mae Hall, Eliza
beth Strickland. Alberta Coleman,
Mildred Herring. Ethel Roberts, Eu
!a Lee Peterson. Tcssie Mae Shuman,
'i nie Retie W baker, Katherine
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AT BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23.
Morning:
Subject—Consecration.
Offertory—Op 34, No. I—Chopin.
Today the Savior calls —Messrs.
MacDonald, Turner, Phillips, Walker.
Evening:
Subject—Salvation.
Offertory—Song without words—
M endelssohn.
Solo—Mr. N. S. Meadows.
DEATH CLAIMS
HIJJ. ERENCH
END CAME TO PROMINENT VI
DALIA CITIZEN FRIDAY EVEN
ING-FUNERAL SUNDAY
Mr. J. E. French, aged 64 years,
long a prominent Vidalia citizen and
pioneer wholesale merchant of the
city, died last Friday afternoon at
his home on Jackson street, after a
lingering illness of several weeks.
Mr. French had been a semi-invalid
for a number of years and a short
time ago suffered a stroke of paraly
sis, and for many days had been grad
ually sinking.
Funeral ‘services were held from
the Methodist church, of which Mr.
French was a leading member, Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock, every seat
being taken by sorrowing friends
who gathered for a last ‘tribute to
their fellowtownsnian. Showing the
esteem in which he was held, no
services were held at the Baptist and
Presbyterian churches at the morning
hour.
Rev. J. M. Mather, of Eastman,
preached the funeral sermon, touch
ingly relating many incidents sjbow
ing Mr. French’s devotion to this
church and loyalty and helpfulness to
his pastor. Rev. J. G. Harrison, of
Columbus, spoke briefly of Hit spot
less life of the deceased ami how he
had learned to love him during close
association as a neighbor many yea*s
ago. “The Lord is My Shepherd”
was sweetly sting by Miss Agnes
Thomas, the service being concluded
by Rev. W. M. Biitch in a beautiful
prayer of thankfulness for Mr.
French's noble life and example.
The interment followed at the
Pine Crest cemetery, the grave being
covered with the floral offerings of
friends and neighbors.
Mr. French moved to Vidalia in
1909, establishing the first wholesale
house here, and by fair and upright
business methods had built up a
splendid business- He was devoted
to his church and had long been on
the board of stewards, where he
served with untiring zeal and devot
ion. Before moving to Vidalia, his
home had been in Plains, a large num
ber of old friends showing their love
SEASONABLE
SUGGESTIONS
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Express Wagons
Pocket Cutlery
Table Cutlery
Sausage Mills
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Lard Cans CJ
Q Heaters Q
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NUMBER 3
men proves
1 MONEY CHOP
PER ACRE VALUE LAST YEAR
WAS $222, WHILE COTTON WAS
ONLY $20.66 PER ACRE.
Tobacco growing in Georgia, if
given proper attention, can be made
'the most profitable of all farm crops,
says Tobacco Agent B. L. Ring of
the Southern Railway System’s De
velopment Service, commenting on
the report of the United States De
partment of Agriculture and Geor
gia’s State Department of Agricult
ure, showing that the per-acre value
of tobacco last year in Georgia was
$222.60, while that of lint cotton was
only $20.66. Mr Ring, who has had
years of experience as a practical to
bacco grower, has prepared the fol
lowing suggestions for the benefit of
the tobacco growers of Georgia:
It has been demonstrated that to
bacco growing in Georgia is profita
ble and when given proper attention
is the most profitable of all farm
crops.
There were some failures last year,
due to preventable causes. In every
instance where results were unsat
isfactory the cause was due to either
late plnting, insufficient quantity of
fertilizers, allowing suckers to take
up the growth which should go into
"the leaves, pulling the leaves when
too green, packing down in improper
order after curing.
To be successful it is absolutely
necessary to prepare for more plants
than will be needed so that none but
strong plants of uniform si2e may be
used. It should be transplanted
early in April. Eight hundred to a
thousand pounds of high grade fer
tiliser should be used per acre and
put in drill several days before the
plants are set.
Judgment should be used in top
ping as to the number of leaves each
plant can support. After topping the
suckers should be taken off once each
week so that the growth will go in
to the leaves. Tobacco should be
thoroughly ripe before housing and
curing and judgment used in packing
away in proper order after curing.
Bud worms which attack the small
leaves in the buds are the most dam
aging of the insect pests, but are eas
ily controlled if sprayed with a solu
tion of arsenate of lead as soon as
the first small worm is noticed.
for him by attending the funeral
services.
He 'is, survived by his widow, two
sons, Messrs. W. T. and Herbert
French, and one daughter, Mrs. W.
T. McArthur, jr. He also leaves
two brothers, Mr. VV. B. French, of
Glennville, and Mi. jas. E. French,
of Plains.