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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Publisher.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921.
CO-OPERATE WITH THE KIWANIANS.
Next Thursday, February 24tii, will be a great
event in the history of the Vidalia Kiwanis Club,
that being the day fixed for the presentation to the
local club of their charter.
The local club plans to make this a gala day.
Fully one hundred and fifty guests from the neigh
boring cities of Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Hawk
insville, Eastman, Cordcle, Columbus, Dawson and
Waycross are expected, and many of these visitors
will for the first time ’earn something about Vidalia,
its wonderful record of rapid growth, its promis
ing future, and its wide-awake, aggressive citizen
ship. The occasion can be made to mean much
for our town, and on this account ;iie Kiwanis Club
asks the co-operation of the people of the town in
making this day a success.
The local Kiwanis Club now has a membership
of fifty-six business men. After it receives its
charter, invitations to membership are going to be
extended to many other business men, who ought
to he and no doubt will be membeis, and the club
hopes to enter upon a work of splendid service for
the upbuilding of the town. With such a purpose
in view, the club, in every worthy undertaking, de
serves the hearty support of all the people of the
city of Vidalia.
Co-operate with the Kiwanians next Thurs
day, Help make our guests feel the warmth of
genuine hospitality, help make them feel that we
are glad to have them, help to impress them with
the progressive spirit of the town and our abiding
faith in its future. In this way you, too, will aid
in the upbuilding of our city.
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TREATMENT FOR WHAT AILS YOU
The farmer of South Georgia is setting a fine
example to a lot of us. He’s gone to work. —Vi-
dalia Advance.
Prescribing panaceas for all ills.
Cure-alls that excel the pills,
Stimulants and anesthetics, remedies for all
The ailments, aches and strains that may fall
Unto our lot—even for relief of bills—
Work’s the thing! Prosperity may glut
The social system, give it gout and torpor, but
Plain work’ll mighty soon relieve
Over fullness. * * * * And believe
Me when, 1 say hard times, with lean.
Emaciated, ennervated symptoms mean
Afflict us —work will promptly start
Circulation, clear the mind, calm the nerve.
Increase the faith and courage—finer part
Os character—and urge to serve
All the world by simply doing tasks at hand.
For self, thus help all others where they stand!
—I). G. Bickers, in Savannah News.
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PRODUCTIVE OF GOOD.
The Vidalia Kiwanis Club at its weekly lunch
eon last week had as their guests forty-two Boy
Scouts, these boys including both senior and junior
scouts composing the membership of the local troop.
I his gathering we are sure will be productive
of much good for the Boy Scouts in this section.
It convinced the boys that the business men of the
city are enthusiastically behind them, and on the
other hand it gave the business men a clear insight
into the purposes of the Boy Scout organization,
many of them for the first time learning of the high
ideals of the Boy Scouts. A number of citizens
spoke interestingly of the improvement in the boys
of the city since the troop had, been organized here,
paying a deserved tribute to Scoutmaster W. L.
Downs, who has labored hard to make the Boy
Scouts of \ idalia mean something for the town
and in the lives of the boys.
In every section of South Georgia a determined
movement is on to greatly increase the membership
of the Boy' Scouts and we ought not to lag behind
in this great work. The rural districts should have
and need the Boy Scouts as much as the cities and
towns. Every community needs some man who is
interested in boys, interested in seeing them develop
into honorable, clean .manly men. to take the lead
and organize a scout troop for his locality.
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FIGHTING HIGH-PRICED FERTILIZERS.
Earners in Brooks county arc waging a stiff
fight against high-priced fertilizers, at a well-at
tended mass meeting held in Quitman Saturday
passing resolutions to the effect that they would
not buy any fertilizers during the present year at
the scale of prices now published, and until a re
duction in price was made that would be accepta
ble to that body.
Resolutions were also passed uiging the farm
ers in other counties to meet and take similar ac
tion in self-defense.
FACTS ABOUT COTTON.
Marlboro county, South Carolina, claims the
distinction of average production of more cotton to
the acre than any other county in the Union.
Ellis county, Texas, in total number of bales
produced is the banner cotton growing county in
the United States. ______
The per acre yield, average for the United
States, has varied from 145 pounds of lint in 1871
to 224 pounds in 1914. The 10 year average is 182
pounds.
Egyptian yield of cotton averages 390 pounds,
about, to the acre. Cotton production in Egypt is
limited to irrigated acres along the Nile.
There are under cotton in India about 25,000.000
acres, covers such a wide climatic range that at
many seasons of the year planting and picking are
going on in different parts of the country at the
same time.
Cotton is grown in Asia as far north as the
latitude of Chicago.
There is now enough cotton in the world, un
spun, to last nearly tw'o years.
More than three bales of cotton, , weighing
500 pounds in weight, have been giown on a single
acre in South Carolina.
Eli Whitney, an American, invented the saw-gin
the original patent being dated Mai- 14, 1794.
On account of the labor involved in separating
the lint from the seed by hand, cotton was of un
known commercial importance prior to the inven
tion of Whitney’s gin.
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SOUTHERN GEORGIA WIDELY ADVERTISED
“Farming for Profit in Southern Georgia and
Alabama" is the title of an attractive, interesting
and profusely illustrated booklet of forty pages just
received from Jesse M. Jones, General Development
Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Rai’way Company,
Norfolk, Virginia, telling of the agricultural advan
tages possessed by the vast expanse stretching from
Savannah south to Jacksonville and west to Macon,
Ocala. Albany, Columbus and Montgomery.
“This broad area," he states, “is a rolling prairie
in contour, especially suited to cattle and hogs, and
.•where any type of general farming can be carried
on successfully.”
“This booklet,” says Mr. Jones, “treats of ev
ery phase of agriculture, and is for general distri
bution to inquirers regarding this territory, it is
prepared especial’y for use in follow-up work in the
Seaboard’s advertising campaign, which is being
carried on in far more than one hundred agricultu
ral and industrial publications, magazines and news
papers in all parts of the United States and Canada.
These have a combined circulation per issue of
more than 25,000.000 copies- As the actual num
ber of readers of newspapers and magazines is close
to three times their circulation, this means that the
Seaboard advertising is reaching fu'ly 75.000,000,
or over two-thirds the entire population of the Uni
ted States. Certainly, the campaign is attracting
wide attention in every state and province in Amer
ica. It is possible that this undertaking will be
one of the most valuable that has ever been put on,
not only for South Georgia and Alabama, hut for
the whole South, by cal’ing attention to possibili
ties here.”
The booklet is profusely illustrated, many of
the photographs having been taken in Vidalia ter
ritory, among the pictures being one of the McAr
thur plantation near Ailey, a view of a sweet po
tato field near Vidalia, a view of the Vidalia To
bacco Warehouse and of a tobacco field averaging
994 pounds to the acre, while the stories of success
in different agricultural lines arc many of them
taken from this territory.
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It is estimated that there will be 9.000,000 bales
of cotton on hand at the end of the present cotton
year, July 31, 1921, and the world carry-over, in
cluding American cotton, may reach a total of
13.000,000 hales. Now, if for the coming year we
make a normal crop of 12,000.000 hales, making in
all 21.000,000 hales available for the market next
fa’l, will mean nothing hut ruin. The safe rule for
Toombs county is to make the farm sustaining as
to food and feed, and to make cotton a surplus
crop, and not the only, but one of many money
crops.
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The Harding cabinet boat seems to he stuck
in the mud of indecision.
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The knowledge of cotton growing wild in the
islands of the West Indies is as old as the history
of their discovery by the Spaniards in 1492.
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The straggling Florida-bound tourist, we im
agine, meeting up with South Georgia spring
weather, must fee! inclined to turn his flivver
around and trek back home.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE, VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
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(Last Week’s Letter.)
School is progressing nicely under
the care of Mrs. Mattie Taylor.
We are glad to note that little Eer
ral Taylor is improving, after a short
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Phillips and
Marie Sheppard attended services at
North Thompson Sunday.
Mr. Lott Stith was a visitor to Vi
dalia Saturday.
Mrs. Jesse Wilkes spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Thomp
son .
Mrs. Mansfield Taylor was the
guest of Mrs. A. W. Phillips Sat
urday.
Misses Rosa and Sarah Taylor and
brother. Bill, spent a short while at
the home of Mr. F.lisha Taylor Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Jack Garland of Nunez is
spending a few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Stith.
Misses Rosa and Sara Taylor and
Marie Sheppard were the guests of
Miss Gertrude Wilkes Saturday.
Mr. Remer Stitli was the guest of
Messrs. Elisha and Moye Edenfield
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mclntyre
spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Phillips.
TRIM ROSE.
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We are having some very pleasant
weather these days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Scott were
in town Saturday.
Mr. Roy Holmes was the guest of
his father, Mr. B. P. Holmes, last
Sunday.
Mr. Rodney Allmond was a caller
in this community Friday.
Mr. M. M. Wiliamson and son,
Jimmie, made a business trip to the
city Wednesday.
A crowd of young people were out
kodaking Sunday afternoon, among
the party being Messrs. Alvern Phil
lips, Jimmie Williamson, Otis Holmes.
Alpha McLeod, Misses Laura Holmes,
Abbie Phillips, Attie and Adel Phil
lips.
DBOBBIRnfUBBS
4 ODOR SIOAN
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Will you stop and think, and
try to recall if you ever knew
or heard of a Sedan owner
who did not speak of it as
one of the best investments
I that he or she had ever made
I The gasoline consumption is unusually lo»
The tire mileage is unusually high
Brewton & Schumpert Motor Co.
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Miss Johnnie Mae McLeod was
the guest of friends on Sunday after
noon .
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Todd visited
relatives near Vidaha Sunday.
Mrs. G. L. Norris of Jacksonville,
Fla., spent last week with her sister,
Mrs. W. W. Phillips.
We are sorry to learn of the ill
ness of Mrs. B. P. Holmes, but hope
for her a quick recovery.
Mr. J. A. McLeod and children
motored over to Tiger Spring Sunday
afternoon.
VIOLET.
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The farmers are having some fine
weather for their work.
Mrs. W. G. Smpson was sliop-
Iping in Vidalia Saturday.
| Miss Adel Phillips, who has been
| attending school at Norwood, is at
home for several days.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
W. L. Rachals is improving, after
several days of illness.
Miss Ruby Walker of Higgston
spent last week-end with her sister.
Mrs. W. D. Scott.
Mrs. Wilson Lamb and daughter,
Miss Hattie, spent Friday afternoon
at the home of Mr W. L. Rachals.
Miss Attie Phillips, who is teaching
at Poplar Head, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Phillips.
Mr. John A. McLeod and sister,
Miss Fronia McLeod, were visitors to
Vidalia Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Simpson
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Rachals.
Misses Attie and Adel Phillips were
shopping in Vidabh last Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. Henry who has been visit
ing her daughter. Mis. W. L. Rachels
returned to her home at Meeks, Ga.
last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs.' YV D. Scott spent
last Sunday with the latters parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walker of Higgs
ton.
TULIP.
Cotton Seed. Plant genuine Half
and Half seed that are selected with
care. I made five bales on eight
acres in 1920. ROY PETERSON,
Vidalia, Ga.
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