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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
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VOLUME XIX
ROAD AND BRIDGE !
IRK IN TWELFTH
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MANY FINE HIGHWAYS BUILT
PAST YEAR AND MILLION AND
HALF DOLLARS SPENT.
Dublin. Ga., —Although little has
been said about the progress of the
work- on bridges and highways in
the Twelfth district this year, a recent
trip over the district by a Dublin citi
zen with Division Engineer E. N.
Parker, whose headquarters are at
Dublin, brought out some information
that few people hfie were aware of.
For one thing, the cost of projects
just completed and under construction
op the highways in this (TTririct, totals
more than a million and a half dol
lars. Some of the?e are large bridges
the appropriation for which was rriade
before the district office was opened
here, and some were made after it
was opened. All projects are now
under its supervision.
Included in the work this year are
a new bridge over the -Oconee river
at Dublin, six new bridges on the
River road in Laurens county, a
large ne\v bridge on the Dublin-
Macon road near Dudley, another
bridge at Sandy Ford, two bridges
under construction in Laurens be
tween Dublin and Adrian. In Bleck
ley county, adjoining, two bridges
have been completed, and the road is
to be rebuilt from Cochran to the
Laurens line.
A new- bridge over the Ocmulgee
at Hawkinsville. two large bridges
over.creeks at that place, also, a new
bridge over Big Indian creek at
Perry ,on the the National Highway,
a stretch of road from Alamo to the
Oconee river, including all bridges
and culverts, a new bridge over the
Oconee at Mt. Vernon, ten miles of
new road from this bridge to the
Toombs county line, ten miles of the
Telfair county, between Mcßae and
Lumber City-, a laige fill near Abbe-
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BASKET BALL GAME FOR
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1
On Saturday afternoon, Jan. Ist a
j picked team from the young men of
the town will play the high school
'team.
An admission of 25c will be charged
and the public is invited. The
game will be called at 3 o’clock.
TEACHERS LEAVE FOR HOME
Wednesday witnessed the exodus
of the school teachers tor their homes
to spend the holidays, Miss Lucy
Gilman leaving for Atlanta, Mitts
Clarice Turner for Boston, Miss Ima
Green for Sparks, Miss Lois Rogers
for Oglethorpe, Miss Lucy Merritt
for Americus, Miss Estelle Walker
for Madison, Miss Evelyn Taylor for
Cochran, Miss Louise Hart for Beuna
Vista, Miss Marie Hicks for Cedar
town, Miss LaHentz Bramlett for
Buford, S. C.. Prof. Stanley for Quit-,
man and Prof. Downs for Watkins
ville.
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ville, repair fourteen miles of road
between Hawkinsville and Perry, nine
miles of road between Dry Branch
and Jeffersonville, to be started after
the first oft Tie year, and completed
surveys for a bridge at Lumber City.
All these and several minor jobs
are now either actually under way or
will be under way soon. Bridges must
be built before roads are possible, and
these are receiving first attention.
There are 45.5 miles of road build
ing in hand, howeier, and as time
passes the amount put on the roads
can he increased greatly.
The district highway office has
been open at Dublin considerably less
than a year, but is making a splen
did showing already. Three large
bridge projects are being pushed to
conclusion, those at Dublin, Hawk
insville and Mt Vernon.- Others are
coming along steadily. Work'on the
bridge at Perry has just begun. All
are being built of reinforced concrete
with the most approved design and
solidity of construction.
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VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1920
New England Tourists
Stop Over In Vidatia
First Personally Conducted Tour From Boston To Jack
sonville, Under Auspices Os Green Book, Makes
Trip On Schedule Time.
Speeding from snow-bound New
England to sunny Florida, a person
ally conducted motor tour comprising
a party of fifty New Englanders in
twenty cars spent Saturday night in
Vidalia, leaving Sunday morning for
| Waycross, their next night stop.
The tour is being conducted by the
Automobile Green Book and is prov
ing a success from every viewpoint.
Every schedule is being kept.
The tour had headquarters here at
the New Vidalia Hotel, and Saturday
evening a number of Vidalia citizens J
called at the hotel and welcomed
them to efur city. Sunday morning
Manager Omberg, J. E. Schumpert
and N. C. Napier piloted the party
to Town’s Bluff Ferry.
The tour is under the direction of
Mr. James A.- Hemstreet, but was
worked out by Mr. M. Rocamora,
president of the Green Book Co., who
is giving personal supervision to the
trip. It was planned to convince
niotorists of New England that they
can motor through to Florida in all
comfort. Leaving Boston December
Bth, the party stopped in New York
December 9th, Wilmington Dec. 10,
Baltimore Dec. 11, Washington Dec.
12, Richmond Dec. 13, Oxford, N. C.,
Dec. 14, Pinehurst Dec. 15, Camden,
S. C., Dec. 16, Augusta Dec. 17, Vi
dalia Dec. 18. Sunday night they
stopped at Waycross, reaching Jack
sonville Dec. 20, where they will dis
band and scatter to different points
in Florida.
From Augusta it was originally
planned to go to Macon, but on learn
ing that the Augusta-Vidalia high
way was 104 miles shorter than the
route by Macon, and that this road
was in good shape, the itineracy was
changed and . the ’Vidalia route to
Waycross was adopted.
Members of the tour declared that
the tour had been a success from ev-
I ery standpoint. Not a single car
i had any serious mechanical trouble
in the entire trip from Boston to V i
dalia there had been only three punc
tures. and every car had checked in
for evtry night and noon control.
Beautiful roads had been encounter
ed as far south as Virginia, hut some
of the Virginia roads had been bad
and there was tough going through
the Carolinas. The road from Au-
Official Organ City of Vidali*
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gusta so Vidalia was the best they
had found since leaving Richmond,
the party declared.
Every effort was made to make the
tour a success. An advance man has
been kept one day ahead to make
hotel , reservations, reporting hack
each night as to road conditions.
An expert mechanic was in the party,
driving the rear car in the line and
being ready to assist any driver who
needed help. 4
A unique feature the tour was
that every ear was driven by the
owner, one woman, Mrs. Isabellle
Moore, having driven the entire dis
tance.
It was the concensus of opinion
tHat niqtoring to Florida is in its in
fancy and that next year will see a
great increase in this line. Practi
cally every member declared they had
many friends in New England who
would make the trip to Florida by
motor next year as a result of the
comsfortable manner in which this
tour had been negotiated.
The membership of the party con
sisted of M. Rocamora, James A.
Hemstreet, Mrs. Isabelle Moore,
Fitchburg, Mass.; Mrs. Fred D. Ho
sie, Franklin, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Hall and two children, Miss
Colby, Concord, N. H.; Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Richardson, Revere, Mass.;
Mrs. M. Kingston, Lawrence, M ass.;
Mrs. G„ O’Brien, Revere, Mass.; Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Wood and son, Leb
anon, N. H.; Mark N. Savage, Carl
E. Savage, Cecil E. Savage, Guj’’
Bigelow. Lewiston, Me.; Mr. and
Mrs. Ft M. Gilliland, Roslindale,
Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Leo
nard, Waterbary, Conn.; Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund Spooner, .Worcester, \
Ma<s.; i\li . F. D. Hosie, rraiiKlin,
Mass..- ■vm Jo jin H. Smith, Tulsa,
OkL: sir. and Mrs. Bert* ?* Hassock,!
Master James Haliock, Miss Alice
Denning, Willxmantic, Conn.; Mr., and
Mrs. O. G. Sargent, St. Johnsbury,
Vt,; Mr. and Mrs. George G. Gentli
ner, Westboro, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur W. Sharp, Elmhurst, L. L;
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Deekand, Strat
ford, Con'i.; Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Parker, Fast Lynn, Mass.; Mrs.
V. C. Davis. Miss M. P. Stowell,
Mr. L. A. Stoddard. Portland, Me.;
Mr. Chris H. Foster. Winthrop, Mass.;
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Coffrey, l.aw-
| rence. Mass.
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Christmas Day
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VIDALIA LODGE AGAIN
HONORS JOE HACKLE
Lodge Will Not Renew Leases To
o*her Orders for Coming Year.
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Joe Hackle, prominent Vidalia
merchant, was again honored by
Vidalia Masonic lodge at their meet
ing Friday night, being re-elected
Worshipful Mastei for the coming
year.
Other officers named were: H. L.
Carter, S. W.; H. L. Burkhalter, J. :
W.; A. F. Fanning, secretary, D. R.
McArthur, treasurer, Leon Olive, S. i
D.-; Royal Page, J. D.; J. E. Gunter,
S. S.; M. F. Bush, J. S.; W. E. Wal
ker, Sr., Tyler, George S. Rountree,
Chaplin.
Following the election the new
officers were installed, Past Masters
F. L. Huie and I. D. Stewart acting
as Grand officers.
An enjoyable feature of the meet
ing was an interesting talk on econo
mic and political conditions in Russia,
Captain Alex Holmes, who has just
returned from Vladtvosok, Siberia.
The lodge decieded not to renew
leases to other orders for the coming
year, but will make the hall an ex
clusive Masonic home, and plan to
purchase new equipment during the
coming year and equip the lodge
room in a thoroughly modern man
ner.
B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
FOR DECEMBER 26.
Subject—China.
Scripture lesson—Rom. 10:110—Fan
nie Kate Bland.
Introduction —Leader.
Heathenism abounds in China—
Estelle Stith.
Dissatisfaction in China ,Lois
Peak.
Can China do tilings?—Claude Phil
lips.
Uplifting Chinese women—Bertha
Willets.
The need of the Central China
j Mission—Mrs. Dale,
j Interior China Mission —John Lee
i Meadows.
’) The North China Mission—Mary
’ I Thomas.
The South China Mission—Ruth!
Darby. '
Poem—Louella Hudson .
B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM.
* Subject—New things in old China.
Song—The Whole Wide World.
New political and commercial out
look, by the g overnment.
A new education, by the missiona
ries .
Our forces —missionaries 'and na
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tives.
Gleanings from the field—by six
juniors.
Geography lesson.
Lillian Moore, Group Cap'.
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CHRISTMAS TREES
FEATBRE SCHOOL CEOSE
LITTLE FOLKS MAKE MERRY
AND EXCHANGE GIFTS—POPU
LAR TEACHER RESIGNS, i.
Tuesday morning was a happy time
for the little folks at the VJdalia
public school, for besides being the
last day of school, the morning was
given over to a number of Christmas
trees which brought much joy to the
pupils.
The pupils of Miss Gilman’s room
had a tree, while sections taught by
Miss Green and Miss Bland, Miss
Meadows and Miss Rogers, Miss
Turner and Miss Peacock, combined
for their entertainments and trees.
Many mothers weie present at the
exercises and the children had much
pleasure over their interchange of
presents and Christmas songs. After
the close of the exercises for the
sections taught by Miss Meadows and
Miss Rogers, home-made candy was
served by these teachers to the au
dience.
Teacher Resigns
Miss Marie Hicks, of Cedartown,
one of the popular teachers of the
school, recently tendered her resign
ation to take effect the first of the
year. At a meeting of the board of
education held recently, Miss Mary
Downs, of Wadkir.sville, was elected
to the vacancy.
LOCAL FIRM PLACED IN
BANKRUPTCY LAST WEEK
Last week an involuntary petition,
in bankruptcy was filed against
Louis Shiffrin, a Vidalia merchant,
in the United States District Court.
The largest creditors are said to be
Dannenbcrg & Co., Macon Woolen
Mills, of Macon, and Epstein Bros.
& Co., of Savannah. The liabilities,
while not' definitely known, are es
timated to be in the neighborhood of
$12,000.
Attorney D. C. Pattillo was ap
pointed trustee for the bankrupt by
) the court.
Tierce Blitch of Savannah and Lee
Blitch of Emory University will spend
the holidays with their parents, Rev.
and Mrs. W. M. Blitch, in this city.
Miss Elizabeth Andefson, who is
attending college at Raleigh, N. C.,
is at home for the holidays.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a horn,a cap pis
tol and some candy, nuts and fruit,
and 1 will he a good hoy.
't our little friend,
Jack Cannady.