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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Pwbiivher. FRIDAY, JANUARY >B, 1921. BUY NOW The wholesale houses of Vidalia arc preaching a splendid business doctrine in the advertisements they are carrying in the Advance. Unquestionably, the wheels <d industry and commerce have been slowed .ip by the with drawal of the public from the market. And yet with prices in nearly all commodities having reach ed the bottom, the way to set the wheels of busi ness going again and to bring back normal times is for the buying public to resume buying. If you failed to read the page ad in last week’s Advance, look up your paper and lead it; read the advertisement carried this week and watch for the balance of the series. If acted upon, they will make an excellent business tonic. x A REAL CLEAN UP WEEK The Vidalia Kiwanis Club is heartily in favor of a Clean Up week for Vidalia, from expressions of the members at recent club meetings, and their at titude is to get the city clean and keep it clean. Acting on this idea, they hope in the early spring to see a real Clean Up week put on in Vidalia, when all the business men, all the women of the city, the Boy and Girl Scouts, will undertake the job if cleaning up the town hacked by co-operation from the city authorities, with sufficient carts to haul off all trash and litter and with rigid inspection of premises and penalties for failure to put them in sanitary condition. * In this connection the Kinawanis Club hopes to see neat receptacles for trash *nd waste paper placed in the business section and ihat the business firms will use these receptacles, rather than sweep waste paper out on the street to he scattered all over town This week, too, might be made a “spruce up” week. Store fronts could be repainted, business signs could be touched up, and many little and prac tically inexpensive things done to make the city neater and more attractive. Wo arc going to have a Clean Up week, and if we will all co-operate we can make it a signal suc cess from the standpoint of making our town more attractive and healthful. + * + *:• + + ♦ + BAY HEAD NEWS. * ♦ + * * ♦ * 4 * * ** + + + + •*•* + Well. I have been absent for some I time, but here I come again. The people of this section are get ting ready to make another crop. The school at Bay Head is improv ing fast. We have a woman teacher and a man teacher. Mr. Rod Harden was at home last week from his job at Savannah. Mrs. Kate Kve was a visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ganey. Mr. Hoke Harden has been on the sick list, but hope he will soon re cover. Mr. Wade Fiveash was at tiie home Os Mr. Wm. Ganey's last week for first time in 22 years. We were all glad to see him. Mr, Bruce Yoiidel w r as a visitor in ! I I i| A Few Os Our Regular :. Prices U :: d Arluickl'e s Coffe 30c <> ♦ «* White House Co; fee 45c «• T Maxwell House 45c T Sug:|r, ‘pound 'J Lard, 4 lb. buckets 70c «> i Lard. 8 lb. buckets SL3S <> I Meal, per peck 35c X Rice, best, per lb 10c •X Octagon Soap. .1 bars 25c | We have Seed Irish Potatoes, | | Onions Sets and Cabbage . | ! Plants | j H. M. MATHEWS t Phone 150 % v m * t this section Saturday. Mr. Richard Ganey was the social guest at the home of Mr. Mack New last week. ( Arthur Ganey was a visitor in j Lyons Saturday, i SWEETHEART. | DEMOUNTABLE RIM ' ON OPEN FORD CARS The Lord Motor Company, Detroit, is now supplying demountable ritns as optional equipment for its open car models. This includes spare rim ( and tire carrier, and has been stand arde equipment on Ford enclosed models for some time. The charge is included in the price of sedan and coupe, hut is $25.00 extra when in . s'alled on touring cat or runabout. . Popuar demand >s said to be re- 1 I sponsiiile for the change. I i —To prevent a cold take 666. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. There is good news that comes from Washing ton to the effect that congress has defeated the ef fort to increase the membership of the house of rep resentatives from 435—the preseu number —to a number near 500 The size of the house of repi esentatives even at present is so large that it is unwieldy, and it would have been a calamity if congress had listened to the plea of those states that ate faced with a loss of one or more congressmen if the present ratio is maintained and ncreased the membership so that no state would have lost representation. In addition there would have been the expense of salaries and clerk hire, of fitting up offices for the new congressmen and the c ountry has escaped the burden of an annual expenditure "1 something like a million ..ad a half dollars. It is realized now that the incr -ase in member ship made in 1910 should never have been made, and it is to he hoped that congress now resolves that a membership of 435 is a maximum that shall not he passed. • X BACK THE GIRL SCOUTS. The average man or woman may not know much about the Girl Scout organization, the com panion organization of the Boy Scouts. Some of the things this organization teaches are briefly set forth in this article clipped from the Saturday Evening Post: “If any superior young lady is inclined to turn up her sophisticated nose at the Scouts, let her get a copy of Scouting for Girls—the official handbook of the organization —and discover in its pages the amazing depths of her own ignorance about the commonest everyday things, indoors and out, that every bright girl should have at her finger tips. If she knows a good thing when she sees it she will make an effort to join the nearest troop, and very lucky she will be to get in, for the nominal dues do not begin to pay the expenses of mainte nance and administration any more than they begin to measure the real value of what they buy “ Any parent or elder brothej who will take the trouble to spend an hour over Scouting for Girls will be amazed by the amount of interesting matter it contains and the skill with which it is presented, ft is not too much to say that the brain power behind the Girl Scouts is as great and as efficient as that behind the average college. It is a pitv that at present only about ninety thousand girls can avail themselves of the pleasures and ben efits that this admirable organization has to offer.” We are glad that our town is represented in I this movement. And Saturday they -'r-. roin" to have a Tag Day with the purpose of aisirg inds for fitting up the Girls’ Scout room in on - i out Hut. We trust the business men and citizens gen erally of Vidalia will respond liberally to the ap peal of the girls. It is a splendid organization, de serving of our support, and we are sure no com munity will make any error when they stand liber ally behind the Boy and Girl Scouts. THE VIDALIA ADVANCE. VIDALIA GEORGIA —LOST— Somewhere in V idalai or on the road from Uvald* to Vidaiia, one leather case nrarked on outside J. M. H. Inside of case was hill folder with land deeds, notes and other papers. It found return tr The Vidaiia Ad vance office and leceive reward. J. M. HILL, Charlotte. Ga. A TONIC Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is simply I Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So ! pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor ating Effect. 60c. The McNab-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. ; Jjljfjirlf. WATCHES, Pf ttIjSIWERWARE.ETC. W. E. Walker, Jr RELIABLE JEWELER Vidlaia, Georgia ■ jj n IIHII hunM r S ' j Uds6E Brothers .■ MOTORCAR : ,<■&;:■ ■ ■■*?>■ *■. l W*- ■ r •*-„ p e- ’ _ : ■ - ■ - 'vt-xi* i , "■"s& - It ■ It is owned by many who = ; can afford to pay anything r .\• * . , ‘ | they wish for the things v ’ 3 g g they use. s £ l It is always bought be- .-- . cause of its known value = a ■> , St : and its after economies. = I ~ The (aaoline coniumptloo ia unusually low - - * 3] s the tire mileage I* unusually high 4 ■ = P 5 P h Jf T - - ? I J. E. SCHIJMPERT MOTOR CO. H {4 * S - = a . '■ * - ! ■ 1- _il r ii niin nir innr nii iiTmTrrrmnr 1 :? T r ~r'TT; 17 .7Ti .i-’Linnnr lUl.m 'i J. it u. anll nll iL>X(—• ~— ! Vidalia Public School | $ Notes | f ♦ T • •• J. The members cf the litn grade have twenty stars again for prompt attendance, making the third time they have been awarded a half holi day since school began. This grade has lost one member, Cecil Spence, since Christmas. We were sorry, as we had hoped to have the whole class to stick to the last. Work on the contest in ready writing has been started by the Sen iors. They have been w writing themes on the great question of J “Democracy. ” The 9th grade enjoyed its first half holiday last Frida>. It is a pity to have one or two sorry pupils to ruin the attendance of a whole grade. All parents should have sufficient pride in their children's, work to see to it that they are never tarcK-. Ruth Wilson has returned to school after several weeks absence on ac count of illness. Mary Thomas and George Mcln tosh have been at>: ent this week be- j cause of sickness. Wade Carpenter has been trans ferred to the lOtlV grade. The 7th grade extends a hearty' welcome to Neva Sutton, who comes j to us from Reidsviie. The second section of the 2nd grade has made an excellent record in at tendance. They have not had anyj tardies in over a month. The 3rd grade has gotten a star* every day for the last eight. We j hope to keep up this record. The 3rd grade has two new pupils who are Louis Black and George Ed- j ward Kitchens. We are very glad ( to have them with us. This grade! will begin the study of Geography l Wednesday. Up until this time they had interesting stories about Geog- 1 raphy read every day by the teacher.: The new books premise to be just as i interesting and the children are anx-! ions to begin this study. The sth and 6t'i grade boys are! . interested very much in basket ball. . After more practice they will play some well contested rival games. There will be several additions to the Girl Scouts from the sth and 6th grades. These girls seem to be very much interested and enthusiastic in anticipation of becoming Scouts. The 6th grade is now entering upon the study of the Crusades made by the Pilgrims of long ago for the re capture of the Holy Land. This will lend interest and attractiveness to i the Modern Health Crusade. They 'begin to understand the significance of the name. Win Over Brewton-Parker. On Friday afternoon the Girls' Bas ketball team went over to Mt. Vernon tor a game. It was a beautiful day and a large crowd was present to wit ness the game, several cars from here going over. The first goal was made by the girls from the 8.-P. 1. but that was also their last one. while our team made one after the other ! until fifteen points were scored, the j final score being fifteen to two in jour favor. The girls were ‘in fine trim and played well. Each one played their' I respective places with credit to them- J selves and to the team. The follow ing girls composed the team: Elizabeth Poindexter, Lucile Cour son, Olin Bland, Gertrude Anderson, i Estelle Poindexter and Maybelle jStith. Nell W ilson and Lavert Hall i were substitutes. On Saturday afternoon, Jan. 29th, !at 3:00 o’clock, on our court, our girls will play the girls' team from ( j Claxton High J School. The admis- j J sion will be 10c and 15c. Show your I | public spirit by attending the games j 'on the home court and by backing up 1 the home team. Friday afternoon, Jan. 28th, at 4 •o’clock our boys will play the 8.-P. I. j team on our court. This will be an i interesting game. The V. C. 1. team j has already won tw o games over the team from Mt. Vernon this season. . The admission to this game will be |loc and 25c. A number of the piano pupils are planning to go to the concert 'of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Savannah Monday. They will leave Sunday lmorning, attending church on Sunday and tnc two concerts on Monday-, matinee and night, and re turn Tuesday morning. The first section of the 2nd grade was awarded a half holiday Friday for promptness during last month. The Junior Scouts had an interest ing meeting Satu -day night at the Club House. Aftei a study of parts of the Tenderfoot test, a number of games were enjoyed on the lawn in front of the house. We are sorry to note that the tru ant officer has had to look after a number of pupils this week for un called-for absences. This responsi bility rests entirely with the parents. This first visit has been a lenient one but it must not be repeated or els£ the matter will be turned over to the Board of Education for prosecution. The Snail and the Screw. It is no doubt true that nearly all himian inventions have been suggested by pat oral objects. Fremont of the French school of mines points out an interesting example in the case of the screw, the fundamental idea of which, he believes, was suggested to primitive man by the spiral shape of the edible snail. It was not the shape of the shell that suggested the screw, but the spi ral motion which it is necessary to give to the body of the snail in order to withdraw it from the shell. This at once showed that an object of a screw shape embedded in a solid pow erfully resisted attempts to withdraw it by a straight pull. Tlie hint was enough, and the screw became one of the earliest of man’s inventions. Not on Supreme Court Rolls. Daniel Webster, one of the most ac tive lawyers before the bar of the Uni ted States Supreme court, never signed | the membership roll of the court. Associate Justice John 11. Clarke, a member of the Supreme court, never practiced before the Supreme court as a lawyer, and ids name is not on the i rolls as having been admitted to the bar of the court. The same 4s true of former Associate Justice David Davis, who, after the Hayes-Tilden contest t for the presidency, left the Supreme court to serve as United States senator from Illinois. But as Senator Davis he appeared several times before tha Supreme court. ,