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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Publisher.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921.
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
It is time for the people of Vidalia to give se
rious thought to municipal improvements for the
coming year—time to agree on some definite pro
gram and then bend every energy towards its ac
complishment .
What are the civic improvements that we need
—improvements to promote the health and happi
ness of our citizens, improvements to attract new
citizens and add,to our progress ami growth and
that will keep us in the forefront of the fast-grow
ing towns of South Georgia?
First, sewers; a few blocks of paved streets in
our business section ; better street lighting for the
business section, and of course, and always, the re
moval of the freight depot from the heart of the
town.
These would make a fine record for our city for
1921, and every item is both feasible and possible.
Municipal improvements can be made the coming
year at reasonable costs; our bonds can be sold
locally, if par cannot be secured from other sources,
and money spent for public improvements will do
much to bring back normal times to our section.
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SOUTH GEORGIA HOGS
Ihe market for South Georgia hogs is widen
ing. The Observer was publishing a a few
days ago about hogs being bought on the union
stock yards here for shipment to Cuba. North and
South Carolina are sending here lor their feeder
hogs. The demand is so great at this time brokers
operating on the stock yards hold orders for thous
ands of hogs that have not yet come to market.
Cuban packing interests have had representa
tives here and are understood to be working for
shipping facilities that will enable them to take
hogs and cattle regularly from Moultrie territory.
They can use forty thousand head of cattle annu
ally for Cuban slaughter houses it we can furnish
them. However, they demand, cattle of the heav
ier beef type —700 pounds and up. This is our le
gitimate and logical field for the overflow of live
stock, if the overflow ever comes. The livestock
market is growing. It is tip to production to keep
apace.—Moultrie Observer.
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Dry branch school in Toombs county has been
given an award of SSOO by the State Department
of Education for progress in elementary consolida
tion .
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I he per-acre value bf tobacco last year in the
State of Georgia was $22200, wiiiie that of lint
cotton was $20.66. As a cash ciup, tobacco beat
cotton ten to one. 1
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Swainsboro is blazing the way to progress for
Vidalia. that enterprising city now being engaged
in putting in a light and water system and SEW
ERS. 'The idea of our taking Swainsboro’s dust!
RIGHT WAY PLAN
EXPRESS SERVICE
L. C. Outler, Local Agent, Organize*
To Expedide Shipments.
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L. C. Outler, loci'? agent for the
American Railway Express company,
has organized his forces for a "Right
Way Plan” movement in the interest
of increasing the efficiency of the
express service front the Vidalia of
fice. The movemo.t, which is ex
pected to reaeji eery employee of
the express company, meets with
the hearty approval and co-operation
of the men connected with the office
here. The effort of Mr. Outler is
in co-operation with a nation.wide
movement promoting a permrnveut
* educational policy of, the express
carrier.
Mr. Outler has Selected a rummer
of his most experienced workers to
act as a special "Right Way Commit
tee” to carry on an ambitious edu
cational program to instruct local
employees regarding the proper meth
ods for handling every phase of the
express business, it is expected that
all classes of express workers will be
reached by this plan, including ve
hiclemen, comprising express dri
vers and routemen, platform em
ployees, express inessenges, waybill
clerks, scalesmen, checkers and of
fice workets generally.
The co-operation »>i express ship
pers in Vidalia will he enlisted in
the movement. Special emphasis
will be laid on wba t is called the
right way of starting express ship
ments, with an explanation of the
packing and marking regulations,
the correct method for filing claims
and for sending shipments ;C- O, D.
as well as other subjects calculated
to be of interest to every express
user.
Colds Cause Grip and lnfluekiza
LAXATIVE BRCMO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bro.no ■Quinine.
E. W. GROVE S signature on box. 30c.
JIIRORSIFOR FEB.
SJFERIOR.COURT
DRAWN TO SERVE FOR TERM
THAT CONVENES ON FOURTH
MONDAY IN THE MONTH.
The following- citizens of Toombs
county have bee drawn to serve as
Grand and Traverse Jurors for the
February term of Superior Court,
which convenes on the 4th Monday:
GRAND JURORS :
J. S. Alexander, Butler Wilkes
D. \\ Branch, t . F. Love
V R. Salter, L. T. Haskins
L. A. Findley, N. B. Jarriel
\\ . L, Peacock, h. M. Wimberly
T. A. Clifton, A. H. Lilliott
R. L. Currie, Geo. L. Johnson
J. F. McSwain, Hiram Clifton
J. R. Jones, G. A. Thompson
Win. Smith, A. S. Humphries
R. L. Page, J. B. Wart hen
S IC. Webber, 11. Hitchcock
J. F. Murchison, S. J. Brown
H. H. Mann, H. IC. Grace
J. A. Pughs ley, IC. L. Meadows
TRAVERSE JURORS:
F. F. Goddard, \V. F„ McLain
C. J. Phillips, A. J. Thompson
h. L. Brinson, L. B. Edenfield
W « 1. Grayhill, G. C. Smith
Alva Nobles, W. D. Wolfe
T. R. Lee, J. E. Newton
H. A, Turner, F. 1„ McCullough
C. B. O’Lhtinu, T. Y. Williford
M. F. Findley, F. L. Huie
G. VV. Wilson, H. T. Taylor
W. J. Hall. J. F. McLeod
Geo. L. Johnson, J. W. Anderson
J. S. Jenkins, W. A. Jcyes
W J . Scott, T. W. Willets, Sr.
J. X. Patrick, T. C. Smith
W L. Chandler, I). E. Odom
A. S. Humphries, C. A. Hamilton
T. G. Poe, M. J. Rattray
J. H. Smith, W. O. Donovan
S. 1. Hussey, T. J. Ainsworth
A. VV. McSwain, W. B. Wilkes
S. J. 1). Hall, J. M. Meadows.
CALL THE NEXT WITNESS.
The controversy between Hon. Jesse Mercer,
state enforcement officer, and Mayor Stewart, re
garding open connivance of police officials of Sa
vannah as to violations of the prohibition laws, took
an interesting turn last week when the editor of the
Macon Telegraph went to the aid of Mr. Mercer
and advised Mayor Stewart to sock information
from anv negro bell-boy in Savannah. The editor
of The Telegraph relates the follow-ng experience:
“'The editor of 'The Telegraph was in a party of
more or less convivial friends in the Savannah Hotel
last August. One member of the party expressed
a desire tor some whiskey. A heii-hoy was asked
where it could he obtained. He walked to the door
and pointed out a man in front of the hotel as be
ing the medium through which to proceed further
The white man quoted different glades and brands
of whiskey at $65 to $ 1 (X) per case. The party did
not Ini}', hut went aMng the street a little further,
and was accosted by another white man who had
seen the conference, this second individual stating
the advantages of his brands as against all others
and quoting his prices.
“The visitors turned the corner and went into a
soft-drink place, where bottled soda was kept—in
front, behind an improvised counter. The party
bought soda water, and asked for a “spike,” which
was promptly and unceremoniously furnished at
60c per rlrink. Inquiry %s to the charges per case,
brought prices about as the others had quoted, with
the explanation that “protection” cost so much,
and that there was no other way to provide the
means except to levy the charges upon the traffic.”
Mr. Mercer will please call the next witness.
And if they had hejcl that mid-wintet meeting of the
press association, at Savannah, they would un
doubtedly have had a larger attendance, and then
some of the weekly editors might have had some
‘interesting testimony to give regarding a party of
“more or less convivial friends” and their search
after truth and a glass of “spike”.
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“BASIS FOR BUSINESS BOOM.”
'This is the heading of a verv interesting cur
rent advertisement hv the Third National Bank of
Columbus, ('.a. From this text the bank preaches
the following timely business sermon :
“Few people have the audacity to even think
that, but it is in the making. Liquidation m the
stock market is nearing its end. Good securities
are going steadily into investnfcnl boxes.
“Commodities have been reduced and wages
are being adjusted. Export corporations are be
ing formed of gigantic possibilities. Congress
must and will change federal tax laws. Confi
dence and sanity are the only things needed. \\Y
will work our way out.
“Keep Cool, but keep busy. Cu ; out cxt":iva
gance. 'The South has never dodged economy.”
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Ten million bachelors in the United States.
Make them victims of the single tax.
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Vidalia regrets to lose Mr. J. W. McWhorter
as a citizen, as the departure of such a man is a
distinct loss to the community. Always standing
for the right, always fighting for progress, for the
best interest of his town, we need him and are loath
to see him leave. 1 lie best wishes of countless
friends for his health, happiness and prosperity fol
low him to his new home.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
OF TOOMBS COUNTY.
There will he a special examina
tion held in the Lyons school build
ing on January 22nd, 1921, for the
benefit of those teachers who have
not certificates or who wish to take
the examination.
T. B. YOU MANS.
l-21-2t. County School Supt.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fail,
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can ge>
restful sieto alter the first anpUcation. P-ice 60c
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or 1 ess stomach disturbance
GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regu
larly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood,
im prove the digestion, and act as a general Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child willbe
in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
The MeNab-Grimsley Co. Inc.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
PHONE 113
CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER.
METAL LATH, ROOFING.
BEST PRICES OBTAINABLE ON
RED AND GREEN SLATE SUR
FACED ROOFING.
WHITE FOR PRICES.
«^^RWARE,m
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W. E. Walker, Jr
RELIABLE JEWELER
Vidlaia, Georgia
GET THRIFT HABIT
Saving Money Is More Important
T han Earning It.
All May Not Have Ability to Acquire
Wealth, but Few Cannot Save
Part of Earnings.
A story was related in the Journal
recently which illustrates the cumu
lative value of thrift. A woman died
in an eastern city leaving a fortune
said to be close to $200,000, a large
part of which was made from a small
fruit stand.
In the accounts of her death it was
stated that she was not a miser, but
she was noted for her beneficent deeds
in the community in which site lived.
Site was liberal and thoughtful in her
attitude toward those of her neigh
bors who were in poor circumstances,
but through the years of her life she
was careful to save the profits from
her small business. She eliminated
waste us much as possible. She
watched the little tilings, stopped 1 lie
little leaks and knew the worth of
making every penny count.
One of the great financiers of the
world once said that it required much
boldness and caution to make a great
fortune, but that when you got it it
required ten times greater wit to keep
it. It is not every one who can be
come a successful money-maker. The
ability to acquire wealth is a knack,
but it requires no special aptitude to
learn to save money, and it is more
important to save money than it is to
earn it.
It requires will-power and moral
stamina to practice thrift, for, no mut
ter how great may be our earnings,
otir temptations are always of corre
sponding magnitude. Those who can
not save money on a limited income
will find themselves unable to do so
if their incomes become large, for the
principle is tlie same, whether great
sums or small.ones are involved.
The foundations of most of I lie solid
fortunes iu America today were laid
through the practices of thrift. Wealth
gained too quickly or too easily sel
dom lasts; so that., from the stand
point of material riches, thrift is nec
essary for perinauehcy and stability.
No man can afford not to be thrifty,
whether he lie wealthy or poor. It is
within the power of every one to save
money, even though the amount may
be small. These practices will not
bring a guarantee of wealth, but they
will assure at least modest success
and often prevent total failure. —Chi-
cago Journal.
War Made Smokers.
A French economist told me that the
war had added 10,000,000 to the list
of tiie smokers in his country, says L.
S. Hirtland in Leslie’s. Almost every
soldier eventually smoked. Smoking
had a solace all its own to ease the
terrific tedium of the trenches; and
in times of crisis it acted in its own
subtle way as an anchor toward calm
ness. Often in France there were to
bacco crises—and terrible memories
they are.
In southern Poland, any one possess
ing a package of cigarettes rented a
safe deposit vault One of the Ameri
can Y. M. C. A. secretaries in Krakow
discovered that he could Outclass and
overlive the aristocracies of the pal
aces. For one cigarette per day a
valet (who had had his training in
New York) came to ids room and
looked after his clothes and boots and
shaved him. A hair cut came at the
same rate.
Different Social Standards.
Since the war. Long Island has gain
ed many residents who, to the critical
residents there, are known as rough
neck millionaires. The verandas buzz
with stories oi crude social errors
made by the new rich. There is one
rugged old fellow who purchased a
near-castle near Bayside. There is a
magnificent estate with private gar
dens and lake and all. He has a fac
tory in one of the towns near by. His
wife is large, rosy-cheeked and until
three years ago had never been in an
automobile. Consequently she is just
a iittie awed by the swift change.
Her husband's first name is Mike.
From her porch the other afternoon
she yelled to the liveried chauffeur:
“Oh, Mr. Kelly, drive around by the
shop and pick up Mike.” —New York
Times.
Origin of the “Castanets.”
In the “castanets” we have a sur
vival of the “erotola” of the Romans.
Generally made either of ebony, box
wood or metal, they differ little in
shape from those of '"classical times,
and are an essential complement to the
national music of Spain. The Auda
luses are the most expert in the ma
nipulation of this instrument, expert
ness with which' is only attained at the
expense of much practice. It may be
said that they are indispensable for
the accompaniment of popular dances
such as the Jota. Mulaguena and Se
quidilla, marking with insistent em
phasis the characteristic rhythms of
each.
Has Something to Boast Os.
The city of Winnipeg, Canada,
boasts of having the largest individ
ual railway yards in the world, and
the cheapest electric light, the finest
transportaton facilities and widest
streets in America.
The Proof.
“Do they show any degree of high
er Intellectuality in that town?"
“Sure they do. Every man you
meet now is wearing a wrist watch.”
||j Liver 11
[SSI “Black-Draught is, in fIW
my opinion, the best liver
medicine on the market,” Mj\
L-9&K states Mrs. R. H. White- VjflEf
side, of Keota.Okla. She
Gl* continues: “I had a pain GiiN
yw in my chest after eating—
uncomfortable feel- KgV
QEfi) ing—arid this was very
disagreeable and brought IgM
| on headache. 1 was con-
Rmi stipated and knew it was Fjftn
vjfK* indigestion and inactive yaEfi
qw liver. 1 began the use of
Cl* Black-Draught, night and G&ifc
morning, and it sure is ¥l9
jPP|j splendid and certainly
Thedford’s
BLACK
DRAUGHT
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! IMS f' or over seventy years >£fi9
fijSr this purely vegetable
I preparation has been
| found beneficial by thou-
I ran sands of persons suffer
i Wro »ng from effects of a for- «TO
; gj/j- pid, or slow-acting liver, jgjfay
¥J9 biliousness, ytiw
g 8 colic, coated tongue, diz- figSg
ziness, constipation, bit
ter taste, sleeplessness,
lack of energy, pain in
back, puffiness under the mEr
I eyes—any or all of these gjra
symptoms often indicate
r ' that there is something IggP
) the matter with your jftßi
i liver. You can’t be too s3^
, careful about the medi
j tp-X cine you take. Be sure vEgJ.
that the name, “Thed
| ford’s Black-Draught,” is
iw2 on the package. At all
| jglQ druggists. ft*
fepi Accept Only jSeS
By) the Genuine. mW
CLAIMS FOR LOST
PACKAGES PAID HERE.
Postmaster Darby Annouces lnno--
vation Which Will Please Patrons
Os His Office.
Postmaster Darby announces that
beginning Monday a tracing and
claim service will be in operation at
the postoffice. It is in conformity
with a new ruling from Washington
giving first and second class post
masters authority to settle for all
claims for losses due to insured mail
going astray.
The service will do away with a
lfcit of the red tape now suffered by
patrons and will insure a more prompt
settlement of losses.
Immediately upon the receipt of a
[complaint a tracer will be sent out in
[an effort to locate the package and
[if this fails settlement will then he
arranged for.
Another innovation has been inaug
urated in the special delivery system.
Hereafter no receipt will be required
as a special delivery letter will be left
at the house whether the addressee
is at home or not.
MRS. E. A. DUNAHM
Mrs. E. A. Dunham, aged 63 years,
died Tuesday night at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. S. B. Mills, of Uvalda.
Although she had been an invalid for
a long time, her condition did not
not become alarming until a short
time before her death and her death
came as a shock to many friends.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon, the body being laid to
rest at Mt. Vernon besides that ot
her husband who died several years
ago.
Mrs. Dunham is survived by three
sons and four daughters, E. P. Dun
ham. Vidalia, H. H. Dunham, Dublin,
W. R. Dunham, Milledgeville, Mrs.
Maggie Daniels, Dublin, Mrs. Flor
ence McGowan, Quitman, Mrs. Lena
Wall. Eatonton. Mrs. Maud Mills,
l.’valdfi.
Wednesday being the birthday ot
Gen. Ro!»t. E. Lev, ail local banks
were closed for the holiday. The
public school was also given a half
holiday Wednesday afternoon, ex
ercises commemorating the day be
ing held in the moixung. This weea
also includes the birthday of Stone
wall Jackson, who was born on Jan.
21st, 1824.
DCF EC T fN EXISTING MiM
That They Are Not Drawn to Unifo»g
Scale Is Felt to Be an Educa- »■
tional Handicap.
It has long been the dream of geog
raphers to make a series of maps of
the world on a uniform scale. Indeed,
! it is considered unfortunate for school
; children that the geographies do not
1 show all countries by maps on a
I single, uniform scale, for unless a
j student observes very carefully the
! figures showing tlie scale of each map
or tlie figures showing the area of the
country mapped he is likely to get the
impression tiiat certain distant lands,
which are generally mapped on a
small scale, are smaller than those
with which he is most familiar. Take
Australia, for example: The maps in
the geographies now used in most of
our schools show it on a small scale —
about one-third as large as that used
for the map of the United States; yet
Australia is, in fact, nearly as large
as the United States —only about one
fortieth (2% per cent) smaller. China
is generally shown smaller in area
than the United States, yet it is about
one-third larger.
The work of preparing maps of the
entire world on a uniform scale of one
.to one million —that is, maps on which
one unit, (any unit —inch, centimeter,
millimeter, etc.) represents one million
like units on the ground—has beea
under way for several years, and the
United States geological survey, De
partment of the Interior, has made
considerable progress in its work on
the parts of this map that were as
signed to tiie United States. The
principle used in preparing these
maps, if adopted by tiie publishers of
school books, will give the children ac
curate impressions of the relative
sizes of the countries of the world.
TEMPTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS
Adventurous Bossie Attempted to
Make Her Way Into Vaudeville
in City of Dallas.
Gentle Bossie, tired of the humdrum
life of giving milk and butter for the
hungry mouths of some family, and
bored with the pastoral quiet of the
farm, determined the other night t®
have a taste of the gay life of the big
city at least once before she crossed
the River Styx. Accordingly she
sought out tiie brightest lights of the
city, a vaudeville house.
But first lier bovine majesty saun
tered gayly up Film street from La
mar, gazing in the show windows as
she roved. While in this vicinity site
even attempted to enter a street car.
Then, pursuing her primrose course, she
plodded on toward the center of the
city until she was confronted with the
gray, yellow lights brightening the
front of a vaudeville show. Not con
sidering whether site would he a wel
come guest, Bossie walked into the
lobby of the show, thereby nearly
causing ihe head fisher to be smitten
with* hysterics. He finally/ recovered,
and, Caking courage and a stick, he
rushed at Bossie. Feeling that she
was not wanted there, Bossie walked
out again.
At the door site was met "by a re
ception committee consisting of two
policemen who had been summoned
and without ceremony she was roped
and led away to the city pound, w'here
<ie brooded over the sights of the big
city as site had seen them. —Dallas
News.
Expect New Boom in Yukon.
That, with the discovery of the large
silver areas in the vicinity of Keno
Hill, the Yukon is entering on a new
industrial era, is the statement made
by Colonel Thompson, M. P. for the
territory, who recently arrived in Ot
tawa after a three months’ absence In
the Northland. He expresses the
opinion that the new silver find wMI
take the p'jpee of the gold that first
pur the 1 ukon country on the map.
Keno Hill is on the Mayo river, a trib
utary of the Stewart, 250 miles south
east of Dawson. The camp has a popt
lation of about .iIH). The ores are ga
lena. carrying, very high values of
lead and silver, the latter rurmiug
from SO to 250 ounces to the ton. Dis
coveries have been made ever ar. area
50 miles in extent.
Madonna and Child on Stamps.
Religious subjects are not commonly
used as tiie basis of stamp designs, al
though figures of the Madonna are
known on the early stamps of the Vir
gin islands and more recently on the
high values of Bavaria. A set of three
special postage stamps, newly issued In
the small principality of Lichtenstein,
in honor of tlft* eightieth birthday of
the reigning prince. Johann 11, repre
sent the vision of the Virgin and the
Holy Child appearing in the heavens
above the capital town of Vaduz. The
stamps are lithographed in large for
mat. and comprise the denominations
50 heller green. 80 heller carmine and
2 kronen blue.
Woman Best Hunger Striker.
Could a woman set the world’s rec
ord for hunger striking?
Reports from Vienna, where the
American relief administration Euro
pean children's fund is feeding 160,
000 hoys and girls a day, indicate that
a woman can live longer without food
than a man. ,
“Girls show more resistance in
fighting malnutrition than boys,” said
Iguatz Panzer, representative of the *
New York Produce exchunge, who has
just returned from Austria. “Pkysi
cians have found that a girl can g 0.,)
lpnger on less food with less serious
results than a hoy of the same age.”
—New York Sun.