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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE VOLUME XIX PRIMITIVE CONFERENCE ISjNVITED HERE BIBLE CONFERENCE FOR STATE WOULD BRING MANY DELE GATES TO THIS CITY. Acting' on behalf of the Vidalia Primitive Baptist church, Rev. T. E- Sikes has invited the Annual Bible Conference of the Georgia Primitive Baptists to hold Us next session in Vidalia. The confluence will be held next August or September and there will be over 100 delegates and visi tors in attendance. The decision as to where the next conference will be held will be made in the next few weeks by a special committee, of which Mr. Sikes is a member. The people of Vidalia are hopeful that this city will be selected for the site of the conference. HEATH AND BANKS SHOW PICTURE IN MANY TOWNS Messrs. Heath and Banks, who have she Southern rights for the beautiful Indian picture, “The Daugh ter of Dawn,” are showing their pic ture in many South Georgia town- Arrangements have already been made for running the picture at Mil ieu, Claxton, Swainsboro and Dulu lin and these gentlemen are now on the road booking the picture for future dates. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES M usic for Sunday morning: Offertory— Prelude —Bach. Solo, A Song of Confidence—Briggs -—Miss Willie Bomar. M orning sermon; Subject: Enlarge ment in our work for Christ. 1 Evening: Offertory—Allegro agitato—Czerny Quartet —Selected —Messrs. Mac- Donald, Turner, Phillips, Walker. HymnS to be" arranged. Evangelistic ser\ ice. l THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN I IS OUR SPECIALTY. l We provide glasses to meet every /f * l defect and give the eye free, easy / * I vision and increase ability for workt. |||JV | l or study. 1, $ l W. E. WALKER, Jr., Registered Optometrist \ ? I* „ * r” &K~*Z++Z*+4?*i* »!♦ ♦l****-*!*-*!**/* -3* *s> »f» »t* »}* *l* *3* •I* > *^*t**H Mi H*4 M !*^ H M* ♦X**!' '«* *t* wro—tin 11 la i!■ imi i iiia iii ■■ ma > 111 —— <sx>hcC THE UNIVERSAL CAR THE FORD COUPE ! More and more this tine enclosed car for two —but it will carry three is growing in popular demand. Strongly built, the body rests upon that marvelous Ford chassis. It brings to its owner every modern-day convenience; easy rid ing—while sliding plate glass windows make it breezy and cool in hot weather ; dust proof and water proof, when the windows are closed, it is cozy and comfort able in inclement and wintry weather. Then there is the durability' of the car, coupled with the low economy of first cost and the saving of money in operat ing - expense. Behind it, and every other Ford car. is that unsurpassed “Ford ■ After-Service” which is given by the army of Ford dealers scattered all over the country, together with some 15,000 authorized garages, until the Ford owner is always within immediate touch of dependable, reliable service, wher the genu in emade Ford parts, and the genuine Ford methods are applied in the care of this car. The Ford Coupe ministers toa great variety of owne r s. from the phy sician to the traveling man. from the engineer to the architect, and then tor the f pleasure car for two it is unbeatable. We ask your early order it you want a Ford Coupe, because \ve want to make delivery as quickly rtss we can, but we must have a little time. Come in and talk ii. over with us. STRICKLAND MOTOR CO. Authorized Ford Dealers ' PHONE 242 VIDALIA. CA. . I VIDALIA TO HAVE MIS CLOD EASTMAN CLUB STANDS SPON SOR FOR ORGANIZATION HERE —OFFICERS ARE NAMED. With this city recoinmedned tor a Kiwanis Club by officers of the nat ional organization and with the East man Kiwanis Club standing sponsor for a club here, temporary organiza tion of the Vidalia Kiwanis Club was perfected last Wednesday evening at a small gathering of local citizens at the New Vidalia Hotel.' Judge W. C. Griffin, of Eastman, 'who has interested himself in the or ganization of Kiwanis Club here, ; was the guest of honor at tne meet , ign, and following a delicious supper, explained the purposes and objects of the Kiwanis (We Build) organi j zation and offered his services to i ward the organization of the club ihere. He stated that there had been a preliminary survey of Vidalia and ‘ surrounding territory, which had been found fully satisfactory and I that the Eastman club had been ask led to sponsor the club here. A Ki j wan is club, he explained, is an organi sation of business men, featuring good fellowship and striving to be of genuine service in the upbuilding and progress of their home town. Following his talk, application for a charter for Vidalia was signed by those present and the following tem porary officers were elected :W. D. DeEoach, president; Ben Pope Jack son, vice-president, Royal Page, sec retary and W. A. Jones, treasurer. As soon as the charter is granted by the national officers, a permanent organization will be perfected. Present to mee( Judge Griffin and enrolled as charter members were J. E. Strickland, J. W. Dale, J. T. Ragan, W. J. DeLoach, Royal Page. T. W. Timmerman, J C. Timmerman, F. C. Or m berg, B. P, Jackson, D, JJ. Pal lie TT J. R. WartheiV. jf. it. Schiimpert and W. A Jones. VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920 Finds Pigs and 801 l Weevil Profitable A few days ago Mr. C. C. French, Industrial Agent for the Ft. Worth Stock 'l ards, was in my office and presented the following clipping from a live stock journal: “Comanche, Texas, September 7. — This section has one farmer who not only has no fear ol the boll weevil, but actually turns it to an advant age. His name is W. B. Sterling and be lives near Blanket, aljout ten miles southwest of Comanche. He says he has now about a half bale of cotton to the acre matured, with good prospects for continued maturi ty. He lias his farm fenced into sub divisions with hog-prooi fences. As soon as the boll weevil begins to make its appearance he turns his hogs into the cotton field. He has about 30 to 35 head of pigs big enough to eat and range, and these pigs gather every fallen form punctured by the weevil and knocks off the punctuerd forms which still adhere to the stalk. They actually fatten on the larvae thus devorued and seem to be specially fond of the combined vegetable and animal diet. “In addition to destroying the en tire weevil crop, they also loosen up the soil without the slightest damage to the plant in their rigid cleaning up of the fallen forms. Fields ad joining or adjacent to his farm, where no hogs have been ranged, will not make cotton enough to pay for the picking. (Mr. Sterling is well known as a man of the highest veracity and integrity and his statement may be absolutely depended upon as true.)” In discussing the matter with Mr. French he decided to make the trip to Blanket immediately for the pur pose of checking up the story, and as Spring Term Os School Wilt Open Monday The spring of the Yidalia public School will open Monday morning and Superintendent Downs hopes that every pupil and teacher will be in their place ready for hard work for the spring. Indications now point to a splendid attendance and with the wrok of all the different departments well organized one ot the best terms in the history of the school is ex pected. Prof. Downs will he in his office at the school building on Saturday, Jan. Official Organ City of Vidalia ter making a thorough investigation on September 27th he reports the conditions he found somewhat as fol lows: In an adjoining field consist ing of 12 acres from 85 to 90 per cent of the bolls were punctured and the entire twelve acres would not make more than two bales of cotton. On the experimental plot of 23 acres where the hogs were allowed to range the cotton will make a half bale to the acre and probably more. Mr. French states that he took up one stalk of cotton with 52 bolls, none of whiefc were punctured. The herd of hogs consists ot 3 sows, 6 gilts and 14 pigs. They have been running in the patch ever since the first punc tured forms have fallen. As a further evidence of the value of the pigs running in the cotton field, Mr. French found that where the pigs slept at night near tne barn and their watering pace, there were practicaly no punctured bolls; but in remote jx'fts of the field where the pigs range less frequently the punc tures wore more numerous. The cot ton was in no way damaged by the hogs. Mr. Sterling has been con ducting this experiment for the past six years, and has found that it has given him uniform results every year. I am passing this information on to members of the Better Secretaries’ Club for I believe it is a momentous discovery due to the fact that it is a very hard task to produce hogs at a profitabe price and cotton under boll weevil conditions. I havp made arrangements with two reliable farmers to conduct this experiment to determine its value in this section. —M . E. Melton in Far mer and, Stockman. 1 1st, and patrons are requested to ‘send there for entrance cards. It is hoped that all patrons will attend to this matter aturday so that there will be no interruption in the school work Monday m ruing. NEW TRAiThAS BEEN GRANTED IB LEE CIiRRY WAS UNDER DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE MURDER OF BURLEY PHILLIPS LAST SPRING. J* ————— i Under a ruling passed by Judge R. jN. Hardeman of the Superior Court of Toombs county, Lee Curry, under ; sentence of death for murder, has been granted a new trial, after a mo tion to that effect had been filed by David S. Atkinson and Lawrence & Abrahams, attorneys for the pris oner. Curry, who is now confined in the Chatham county jail, was convicted last August of the murder of Burley Phillips, a prominent young man of Toombs county. Owing to the high feeling in Toombs county at the, 1 time, the prisoner was brought to Chatham county. The prisoner claimed at the trial that he had been forced to kill Mr. Phillips in self-defense, when they were out riding together in an au tomobile. —Savannah News. " I DR. MERCER GLAD IT RAINED SUNDAY NIGHT, j 1 That heavy rain Sunday night may not j<ave been appreciated by a ma jority of our citizens, but Dr. J. li. Mercer is very thankful over the fact that it rained in torrents and that as a result the roads were slippery and dangerous. The reason is that sometime Sun day night thieves entered the garage at the Yidalia Hospital and stole the doctor's Ford Coupe. The car was later found out at the G. &■ i‘. Ky. crossing, where the thieves had got ten into a flitch and had been forced to abandon the car. Mr. Carl Jones, of Nunez, was in Yidalia Sunday. SALE OF PURE BRED HOGS MARI m Richmond & McArthur sale AT AILEY WILL ATTRACT A LARGE CROWD OF FARMERS. Friday, January 7th, beginning at 1:00 o’clock, Richmond & McArthur of Ailey will sell at auction 42 pure bred Duroc hogs and it is expected that a large number of farmers from Toombs county will attend the sale. The sale will be preceded by a barbe cue and a band will dispense music during the day. H. L. Inglehart, of Elizabethtown, Ky., and Co], Hengst, of Louisville, will act as auctioneers. Mr. Robt. J. Evans, secretary o.f the American Duroc Association, is expected to be present at the sale. Advises Farmers to Buy Hogs. Mr. T. Y. Williford, County Agent for Toontbs county, advises farmers to attend the sale. Discussing this he says: "I would call the attention of the farmers to the big hog sales the last of this week and all of next week in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. Especially do weS want the farme of Toombs county to take advantage of the sale at Alley on January 7th, when Mr. McArthur sells 42 head of fine Durocs. This is a bred gilt and sow sale of the best individuals and blood lines that the world can boast, and they will be sold so you can afford to buy some of them. We do not believe there will come a time in the next ten years when it will be as profitable to buy some real good pujre bred bogs. Prices aer low just at this time, due to temporary depressed business in other lines, and you can buy hogs at a bargain. By all means attend this sale. It will be the best day you have spent in twelve months.” CARD OF THANKS The brothers and sisters of Mr. t. C. Smith desire to take this method of expressing their deep appreciation to friends for kindnesses shown them following his death. They also wish to thank Dr. Franklin, of Swains horn, for untiring services. BURGLARS MAKE HAUL ON TWO VIDALIA FIRMS. Sunday night burglars broke into the store of the Yidalia Pharmacy and made away with a considerable quantity of jewelry. The same night the office of the Vidalia Ice & Coal Co. was entered and the cash regis ter robbed of a number of checks and some money. Up to this time there has been no clue to the thieves discovered. SEASONABLE I SUGGESTIONS I Express Wagons Pocket Cutlery Table Cutlery W Sausage Mills Velocipedes O Lard Cans ® Q Heaters Q I < Glass 2 -I Etc. Prices to suit the times. Quality right. Lee Hardware Comp’y Telephone No. 16 NUMBER 2 C. C. SMITH (HIES IN IM ACCIDENT BUGGY IN WHICH HE WAS DRIV ING STRUCK BY CAR NEAR SWAINS BORO. C. C. Smith, a well-known business man of Lyons, died Sunday night at the Franklin Sanitarium near Swins boro, as the result of injuries receiv ed late Friday evening when the buggy in which he was riding was struck by a Hudson touring car driven by R. B. Williams, of Dublin. Mr. Smith suffered a fractured skuil and though carried promptly to the Sana tarium and given tile best medical attention, never regained conscious ness. At the time of the accident Mr. Smith was accompanied by his son in-law, Walter Stephens, Mr. Stephens having his face and legs badly bruised, hut iiis injuries not be ing serious. The occupants of the automobile, R. B. Williams, helix Williams. Messrs, Edenfield and Ellington all escaped with but slight bruises. The acident happened about two and a half miles from Swainsboro. As the car approached the buggy, it is said the driver .ost control of the car, Ihe auto striking the left front wheel of the buggy, splitting the buggy in two. The car crashed through the buggy and headed into a deep ditch on the side of the road. The remains of Mr. Smith were brought to Vidalia and funeral ser vices were held 1 lesdav from the residence of his sister, Mrs. Wynn, being conducted by Rev. Dan Walker. The interment followed at the Pine Crest cemetery. Mr. Smith was On years of age and is survived by five brothers, S. M., E. W„ J. A., M. H. and Gordon Smith, of \Vrightsx ille, three sisters, Mrs. 1. i. Brantley, of Savannah, Mrs. J. F. Bi-finflcyY of Harrison. Mrs.' B. C. Wynn, of Vidalia. .ltd two daughters, Mrs. Walter Stephens, of Kibbee and Mrs. P. D. Scott, or Uvalda. | MRS. CHESS ABERNATHY COMPLIMENTS VISITOR. Mrs. Chess Abernathy entertain ed Wednesday night in honor of her visitor. Miss Mary Knox Henderson, of Savannah. The home was very attractive with holiday decorations. Rook was played during the evening, following which dainty refreshments •re served. Those present were Misses Sarah Smith, Claudia Stith, Gertrude Stith, Tommy Belle Coleman, Henderson ; Messrs. Leon Oliver, Dalton, Stith, Venable Anderson, Leighton Tillman, Hal Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Aber nathy.