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THE VIDALIA ADvaNC L
VOLUME XIX
BOARD HIKES HO
ACIIOKJN HIGHWAY
ACTION DEFERRED UNTIL THE
GOVERNMENT AND STATE EN
GINEERS CAN BE WITH THE
COUNTY BOARD.
Owing to the fact that the engin
eers from the State Highway depart
ment were nt present, the board of
county commissioners at the called
meeting Monday morning, took no ac
tion on the matter of Toombs coun
ty building a highway from the Mont
gomery county line to Lyons, but de
cided to wait until a later date when
engineers representing both the state
and national highway departments
could be present.
Practically all the members of the
board are in favor of constructing
the highway, and it is highly prob
able that this work will be taken up
by Toombs county. However, the
commissioners did not definitely com
mit themselves to the plan until they
have all the figures before them and
understand fully the conditions they
will have to meet.
Tick eradication wo.rk came in for
a large part of the board’s time and
plans were made for starting dipping,
the first of March and continuing ft
until summer, when it trie
dipping wil be at r.n end for fhis
county.
Economy was the watchword of the
board, salaries of supervisors of the
work, last year placed at S9O per
month, being reduced to $75. Again
instead of having four men to look
after the thirty-six vats in the coun
ty, or one man to each nine vats,
the board decided to employ only 3
men, giving twelve vats to each of
ficial. The men selected for super
visors are Pierce Walker and two
others names we did not get.
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THE UNI v <SAL
THE FORD TRUCK
For the farmer this one-ton truck is just what is wanted. There are so many ways
in which it fills in profitably in the activities of farm life that i t now is really a neces
sary part of farm equipment.■* For the truck farmer, for the contractor, for all the mul
tiplying - wants of our diversified city life the Ford one-ton truck answers a,nd is more
profitable than any other truck on the market. If you have any doubts investigate. Get
'our booklet from the dealer, telling about what Ford trucks have done. Take the endorse
ment of t!/ie strong merits <-i the Ford truckfrom the users, never mind what we say, lis
ten to the men who own and use the truck. \nd hack of tnat hord tiuck is that sp'cn
di ' “Ford After-Service” which insures the o actant, daily operation of your truck. |
Let us have your order without delay, so that we can make reasonably prompt deliv -
i
ery. We can only get a limited number each month.
STRICKLAND MOTOR €O.
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Authorized Ford Dealers
PHONE 242 VIDALIA, GA. I
12TH DISTRICT DENTISTS
MAY MEET IN VIDALIA.
Drs. P. L. Huie and L. H. Darby
spent last Thursday in Hawkinsville
vvher they attended the of
the 12th District Dental Association.
They report a good attendance and a
very interesting and enjoyable pro
gram.
No selection was made for the next
place of meeting of the association,
this matter being left to the officers
of the organization. The local del
egates invited the dentists to again
come to Vidalia, and there is a possi
bility that the invitation may be ac ;
cepted.
MALCOLM JACKSON DIES
AT HOME IN COLLINS.
Malcolm D. Jackson, aged 34 years,
and a son of Mr. and Mrs, D. A.
Jackson, of near this city, died at
his home at Collins Sunday morning
after a brief illness from pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at North Thompson church,
being conducted by Rev. McDaniel
of Collins.
Mr. Jackson was well known here
and the news of his death was a shock
to his many friends. He is survived
by his wife, who was a daughter of
Mr. «tml Mrs. Coo. Wilson, three
children, .his father and mother and
four brothers and five sisters.
GLENWOOD WINS CLOSE
GAME FROM LOCAL TEAM.
The Glenwood basket ball team won
a close game from the Vidalia team
last Thursday evening on the local
court, the score being 5 to 4.
V. C. I. Beats Graymont. v .
The boys’ team from the school \voi>
thdir game with Graymont-Summit
last Friday afternoon at GraymonJ.
Tire score was 16 to 14. The twm
city team is in Vidalia today (Thurs
day) for a return game with the |’’i
dalia school team.
Two Games Ahead For Girls.
The girls’ team from the school is
to play Claxton Saturday, and
f Tuesday they will have a game win*
I Metter.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBUARY 18, 192 *
HUMS CLUB -S
ENTERTAIKS SCOUTS
BUSINESS MEN LEARN PURPO
SES OF SCOUT MOVEMENT
AND PAY TRIBUTE TO SCOUT
MASTER DOWNS.
Desiring to prove themselves Big
Brothers to the Boy Sc.outs of Vida
lia, the Kiwanis Club last Thursday
evening entertained both senior and
junior scouts of the city at their
weekly supper, forty-two boy scouts
being entertained as guests of the
club. The program was turned over
to the scouts and they proceeded to
tell the Kiwanians of the purposes
of the scout organization, as well as
give the club members some of their
yells and songs.
In the absence of President De-,
Loach and Vice-President B. P. Jack- ,
son. Treasurer W. A. Jones did the
honor as presiding otticer. Follow
ing the singing of America by the
Scouts and Kiwanians, Rev. J. T.
B. Anderson delivered the invoca
tion, and the meeting was then turned
over to the Scouts.
The regular opening of a scout
“meeting was given, then the boys re
peated the scout oath, and twelve of
*t he scouts gave the twelve scout
laws. Interspersed with scout songs
and yqlls, the different tests for ten
derfoot, second-class and first-class
scouts were told the Kiwanians.
The scouts were introduced in Ki
wanian style, each boy stsating his
name, scout rank, and nickname, and
some of the boyish nicknames gave
much amusement to the older boys.
R. M. Stanley wanted to know
what a scout would do in case of
snakebite, and one of the first-class
scouts promptly told him.
A tribute to the Scoutmaster’s fine
work with the boys of Vidalia and to
the manly character of the boys be
longing to the organization was paid
• F. H. Barker. A number of oth
er members also gave a few words
of appreciation of bis splendid work,
and how the evening’s exercises had
Liven them a better insigjit into the
splendid purposes of the scout organ
ization .
Afier joining the Kiwanians in a
couple of songs, the hoys said good
/night, the Kiwanians remaining to
discuss plans for charter presenta
tion night.
Will Banquet At Colonial.
Definite decision has been reached
to have the charter presentation, to
be held on the evening of Thursday,
Official Organ City of Vidalia
DIPPING TO BE RESUMED
IN COUNTY MARCH FIRST.
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Dr. H. F. J. Arundel, in charge of
tick eradication work in this section,
states that dipping in Toombs coun-
W will he resumed on March Ist and
that if proper co-operation is shown (
by the people, he hopes to have the
work completed by July Ist.
The schedule for dipping dates at
the different vats will be published
next week.
Many Cattle Being Shipped.
Arundel reports cattle ship
ments very active, the past week .J.
S. Alexander and his neighbors hav
ing shipped a car.oad to Savannah,
while four cars were shipped from
*jiley.
J Close to a thousand head of cattle
om the counties of Montgomery
and Toombs have been shipped out
since the first of the year.
STRICKLAND MOTOR CO. TO
OPEN BRANCH AT LYONS
\
I On March Ist the Strickland Mo
tor Company, authorized Ford deal
>'s for Toombs county, will open a
branch at Lyons.
Mr. J. L. Strickland, manager of
the company, states that he has al
ready rented the building next to
IE. O. 'Williams grocery store in
■ Lyons.,
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COUNTY TEACHERS MEET
AT NEW BRANCH. .
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Teachers of Toombs county gath
-1 ered at New Branch school house
j last Saturday for their monthly in
; stitute. Prof. \V. L. Downs made
on interesting talk on the relation
\of a teacher to a community.
j\ Patrons of the school served the
i teachers with a bounteous picnic din
ner at the noon hour, and in the af
ternoon a round-table discussion of
school problems war. enjoyed by the
teachers.
The next institute will be held in
Vidalia.
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, STOCKHOLDERS OF CITIZENS
**■' BANK HAVE MEETING.
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Stockholders of the Citizens Bank
of Vidalia met at the bank Tuesday
. for the purpose of perfecting perma
nent organization and attending to
different matters of business which
had come up since the consolidation.
A permanent hoard of diretors con-
J sisting of the following was named:
jWj. T. McArthur. J. K. Darby, W.
" iT. French. M. W. Mathews. W. T.
j McArthur, Jr., L. M. McLemore, T.
jj. Ainsworth. L. R. Godbee, F. L.
'Huie, J. B. Rrewton.
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LOCAL FARMERS WILL PLANT
ACREAGE IN IRISH POTATOES
Messrs. G. N. Mathews, Mark W.
Mathews and J. C. Austin are plant
ing fifteen acres in early Irish pota
toes this spring and hope to make a
pice profit from this crop. This
acreage will enable shipments to he
made in carload lots to the eastern
market, and as the local crop will
be on the market shortly after the
Florida crop. these enterprising farm-]
j ers are figuring on realizing hand-,
Isomelv from the venture.
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1 February 24th, at the Colonial Hotel. !
'l'he event will he Ladies’ Night, and ;
! covers for more than two hundreil
will be laid.
The charter will he presen
District Governor V essels of Atlanta
and will he accepted by President W. j
1. DeLor.ch of the local club.
Large delegations are exneted to j
he present from Eastman. Hawkins-,
'. 'He and Macon, while Cordele. Sa- j
vannah, Augusta, Dawson, Columbus j
end possibly other places will he rep-j
resented.
Return From Cordele.
Messrs. C. V’. Alcorn, W. J. Be- 1
Loach. Royal Page. ID. C. I’attiHo,
■ loc Hack cl, A. F. Fanning, J. T.
i Hagan and I)r. T. C. Thompson re
turned Friday from Cordele, where j
jon Thursday night they attended the.
; charter presentation of the Cordele
Cllib. A splendid banquet was serv
jed the visitors at the Suwanee Hotel
in Cordele. covers being laid for 240
! guests.
W. O . Donovan At Macon.
I' W. O. Donovan, district trustee for
'the local club, spent last Thursday in
1 Macon, attending a meeting of the
| district (trustees for Georgia. Mr.
Donovan came hack thoroughly im
bued with the Kiwanis spirit and de
clares it is one of the greatest organ- ,
natrons to which he has ever he- |
longed. I
SCOUTS CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY
CLEAN UP CITY FOR GOOD TURN
—ATTEND SERVICES AT CITY
AUDITORIUM SUNDAY ’NIGHT
IN BODY.
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Boy Scout Anniversary Week was
fittingly celebrated by tnc v idalia I
Boy Scouts, and the members will
look back upon the week as one of
the best in their history.
Thursday night the Scouts were
the guests of the kiwanians at their
weekly meeting; Friday night they
had a big rally at the Scout Hut,
and Saturday night they gathered
en masse and cleaned up the busi
ness section of the city, the neat ap
pearance of the down-town section
Sunday mornig being generally com
mented upon. 'I he boys carried
brooms, rakes and other clean-up ■
tools and did a good job. Sanitary
Inspector Leveritt was especially
pleased with the pattern set by the
Boy Scouts.
,The week’s exercises came to a
close Sunday night when the boys at
tended services at the city ball in a
body, appropriate talks being made
by Rev. W. M. Biitch and Rev. J.
T. B. Anderson, the services being
largely attended.
The Scout organization in Vidalia
is live and enthusiastic. The sen
ior troop is well organized, Prof. W.
L. Downs £>eing scoutmaster, and
Venable Anderson Assistant scout
master. The troop now has five
first-class scouts, and during the com
ing summer it is expected the num-
Iher will he considerably increased, as
a number of second-class scouts'
hope to pass the test.
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SAM GREEN, DEFRAUDING
FARMERS, NOW IN JAIL.
j Sam Green, colored, who about
j two years ago defrauded a number
of farmers of the county out of va
rious sums of money, has finally been
caught and is now in jail at Lyons
awaiting trial.
Green, it is said, would meet up
with a farmer and bargain to move
on his place. Theo he would request
an advance of sls. S2O or $25, would
packet the money and fail to show
up. The sheriff’s, office has been on
•he lookout for him for a long time
and at last nabbed him.
WOLCOTT-RING COMPANY
LAST LYCEUM NUMBER.
The Wolcott 1 -Ring Company, en
tertainers, the last attraction of the
local lyceum course, appeared at the
city hall Wednesday evening.
A good crowd was piesent and the
number was greatly enjoyed.
SEASONABLE
SUGGESTIONS
Bent Foot Plow Stocks
Ratchet Plow Stocks
Hame Strings - I
Singletrees I
Double Trees !
Collar Pads Back Bands
Plow Lines Heel Pins
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I Clevises Collars
| Bridles Hames j
Shovels Spades
, Rakes Forks
> Hoes
Lee Hardware Comp’y
Telephone No. 16,'
NUMBER 7
FUNERAL OF MRS. JACKSON
WAS HELD LAST FRIDAY,
Funeral services of Mrs. rrances
Jackson, who died early Thursday
morning at the family residence on
Church street, were held Friday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock from the Metho
dist church, being onducted by Rev.
W. M. Blitch. The paid a
beautiful tribute to tlie life of the
deceased and her influence for good.
Many beautiful floial offerings show
ed the love held for her by a wide
circle of friends.
The interment followed at Pine
Crest cemetery. ,
INCOME TAX EXPERT
HERE AIDING CITIZENS.
Inspector Dußose, of the Internal
Revenue Department, was at the lo
cal postoffice on Monday and Tuesday
of this week and rendered consider
able help to citizens of this place in
getting their income returns in or
der.
The forms this year are slightly
changed from those in use last year
and Mr. Dußose. made them clear to
all wito availed themselves of his as
sistance .
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
MEETING AT LYONS.
Thursday, February 24th, at the Ly
ons Methodist church, a meeting to
organize for the Educational Cam
paign soon to he put on by the South
Georgia Conference, will he held.
Sessions will he held Thursday morn
ing and evening.
Drs. W. F. Quillian and W. A.
Shelton will be present and sfleak,
and delegates from the churches of
Vidalia, Lyons, Cobbtown, Uvalda
and Center will he on hand. The
campaign will he put on this spring
for the purpose of raising funds for
the educational work of the church,
THE P.. F. D CARRIERS TO
MEET HERE FEB. 22ND.
All RuraFl.etter Carriers of Toombs
comity are requested to- uicet in Vi
dalia February 22nd at 10 O’clock a.
m. for a business meeting. Meet
ing will he held in 'the city hall, and
visiting carriers will be welcome.
Bring your wives also.
All will he entertained at the home
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hart. The
j afternoon will be devoted to singing,
j Singers are invited to attend.
W. H. MORRIS, Pres.
C S MEADOWS Sc SON
OPEN STORE IN VIDALIA.
C. S. Meadows & Son, well known
merchants of fsjormantown, have
(tpened a general merchandise store
in Vidalia, beig located in the Leader
& Rosansky building on Railroad
avenue.
Both these gentlemen have wide
j acquaintance and will be a valuable
(addition to Vidalia business cirles.