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About The Vidalia advance. (Vidalia, Ga.) 19??-1977 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1921)
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. rT r 'i' T * T ■ w *- VV T *' tT T V TW*rTV VV V V * A T Vl’ TT TV * i vt'*”. TT V* " T j; THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN 1 £ IS OUR SPECIALTY. ! t We provide glasses to meet every (. JjjgPL I ;• defect and give the eye free, easy/' | vision and increase ability for work! ||# | |: or study. U | [ W. E. WALKER, Jr., Registered Optometrist \ 1 h*r■<*-:—fr-fr»?■ «!■ 4- -t»•> »;• <?• •!*4**frfr-t*•£<•*!►»!• »** *t« *t*❖ ❖❖ ♦!*-I* '-❖•r-fr 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. . 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. k 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., I ! ~ COUNTY TEACHERS MEET AT NEW BRANCH. . mr * 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. i , STOCKHOLDERS OF CITIZENS **■' BANK HAVE MEETING. > 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. '! 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. \ _ 1 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. I 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. • 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 • A 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.
