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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE!
N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Publiaher.
FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1921.
QUIT KNOCKING.
The past year has been a season of knocking,
blame for high prices, accusations of profiteering
being freely made by one crowd against another.
Hardly any line of business has escaped, the latest
to get their knocks being the, fertilizer men.
The Madisonian says there is neither justice
or wisdom in the criticism aimed at the fertilizer
people. “It is argued,” says this paper, “that the
fertilizer dealer should take his 'oss, just as the
farmer and merchant has taken his, and reduce the
fertilizer prices to pre-war schedule. Those who
make this comment must have lost sight of the
fact that these men have already incurred serious
Josses in bad debts of last year in no-collectible
and uncertain carry-overs. Besides this, the fer
tilizer manufacturer bought his materials at the
usual time last summer when prices were at their
highest. It is from these materials that fertilizers
must be made for the trade this spring. On account
of credit losses and losses on these high-priced ma
terials, the fertilizer manufacturers claim they have
been so hard hit that they can not venture further
in reducing prices in order to aid the farmer V
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THE WAY UNCLE SAM SPENDS IT.
The United States appropriations for 1920
amount to $5,686,005,706, and this huge sum is spent
for the following purposes:
1. Past wars, $3,855,482,586, or 68 per cent.
2. Future wars, $1,424,138,677, or 25 per cent.
3. Civil Depts., $181,087,225, or 3 per cent.
4. Public works, $168,203,557, or 3 per cent.
5. Education and science, $57,093,661, or 1 p. c.
Think of your Uncle Sam spending only three
per cent of his income for public works and a measly
one per cent for education and'science! Yet with
past wars taking sixty-eight per cent of his income,
and with Germany refusing to be good, and Japan
trying to be boss of the Pacific, and other nations
ready to fly at one another’s throat, and ready to
throw a lighted match in the powder magazine,
your Uncle is almost “obleeged” to keep his army
and navy in good physical trim.
The only hope seems for our country to invite
England and Japan to join with us in an effort to
plan for peace by a reduction of armaments. When
that is accomplished perhaps, we can stop building
thirty-million-dollar battleships, wnich will have to
be scrapped in a few years, and put this money on
roads, and spend it in other ways that will do the
country some real good.
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CONTEST ELECTION
IN TARRYTOWN.
As the result of a town election held
in Tarrytown February 2oth, in which
irregularities are charged, Mr. C. L.
McGahee has filed proceedings look
ing to the annulment of the elec
tion.
It appears that Mr. McGahee and
Mr. Frank Simons were candidates
to fill a vacancy or. the town council,
and that the forme- received .18 votes
and the latter 39, making a total of
77 votes; but a cnunt of the names
on the voters list seems to have
shown only 76 votes.
In his petition Mr. McGahee has
claimed that a number of votes were
illegal on account of defects in com
pliance with; the registration law'.
Quite a number of ladies voted on
the occasion..
The first hearing will be had be
fore Judge A. L. Wheeler next
Thursday and later the matter will
probably come before the ordinary
•of the county. Same interesting
points are involved, and the case will
be watched with no little degree of
concern locally.—Montgomery Moni
tor.
A CATTLE SALE HELD AT
ALSTON LAST WEEK.
Alston enjoyed the distinction of a
successful auction sale of cattle yes
terday. The sale was along the line ; I
advocated for the past few years by
Mr. Wj. W. Webb during visits to
this county in connection with his
work as a representative of the Bu
reau of Markets.
The cattle were sold at auction by
Mr. W ? cbb, and there were -a num
ber of stock fbuyers present. The,
prices ranged front $4.80 to $5.75 per
hundred, which was about two cents
above what the farmers had been
anticipating.
This demonstrates the wjsdom of
concerted action or. the part of the
farmers. The sale is arranged for
some date in advance, Mr. Webb is
notified, and the buyers are invited
to attend, making the sale of cattle
more successful than the farmers
could ordinarily enjoy if acting inde
pendently in the sale of livestock.
Three carloads ot cows were sold
in the Alston sale, and it is probable
that Mr. Webb will oblige the citi
zens of other sections of the county
with similar sales if he is invited to
do so. This is undoubtedly sound and
profitable.—Montgomery Monitor.
THE VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER.
1 never took a newspaper that did
not pay me more than I paid 1 for it.
One time an old frieud of mine star
ted a paper way down south and
sent a copy to me and I subscribed
for it just to encouiage him, and af
ter a while it published an order to
sell a lot at public auction. So I in
quired about the lot and told a friend
to run it up to SSO. Jde bid it off
at S3B and it sold in less than a month
for SIOO, so I made $6.1 clear by tak
ing that paper. My father told me
that when he was a young man he
saw 7 a notice in a paper that a school
teacher was wanted away off in a
.distant county, and he went and got
the position, and a little girl was sent
to school to him, md after awhile she
grew up sweet and beautiful and he
married her. Now. if he .had not
taken that paper what do you sup
pose would have become of me? I
would have been some other fel
low, or maybe 1 wouldn’t have been
. at all. —Bill Arp.
LANE S BRIDGE NOW
OPEN FOR TRAFFIC.
Lane's bridge across the Altamaha
river was opened for traffic at 4:00
o’clock Monday afternoon when a
party composed ot two members of
the building Icommittee and three
county officers drove to the structure
and proceeded across the span. The
trip was made in a Velie-Six auto
mobile and those in the party were
J. W. Delk and P. W. Kicklighter
of the building committee and R. B.
Anderson. W. B. Surrency and J. L.
Stanfield.
The opening ceremonies will take
place March 12, but vehicles may now
use the bridge, thus establishing com
munication by automobile between
the big eastern section, with Savan
BEAUTIFYING OUR TOWN.
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“1 think 1 shall never sec
“A poem as lovely as a tree,
“Poems are made by fools like me,
“But only God can make a tree.”
A new town ’ike Vidalia has not many beauti
ful trees to admire and be proud of, but there are
some, thanks to the love of beauty of some of the
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early citizens of the town. But trees grow fast in
the empire of South Georgia, and we should not
delay further a concerted effort to make our town
beautiful.
The ladies of the town have taken the lead in
this important civic work, and in a few years the
double rows of trees planted along the avenue lead
ing to Pine Crest will be a priceless possession.
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HOW IT WOULD WORK.
Discussing the plan of Senator Watson,"Con
gressman Park and other who 'ai c advocating a
plan to “monetize” Liberty bonds and Victory notes,
the proposition being to exchange them at par for
"Liberty Gold Notes,” the same to be legal tender
for all debts, public and private, except duties on
imports and interest on the public debts, The Re
view, issued by the Fourth National Bank of Ma
con, says this is the way it would work :
“Were this to be done it has been figured out
by economists that we would have about five times
as much paper money in circulation as we now have,
or $31,000,000,000, the gold basis would be reduced
from over 4C per cent to about 8 per cent. Prices
would be multiplied by five. Eggs would cost
from $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen and a pair of work
man's shoes $25.00. Europeans who owe us some
$14,000,000,000, would be able to pay us off at 25
cents on the dollar in our depreciated currency, and
while working men’s wages would in a short time
be adjusted to the new scale, all those who are liv
ing on vested funds and the hundreds of thousands
who work on practically fixed salaries, like preach
ers, teachers, and men and women holding'c’erical
positions, would literally starve to death. It is a
beautiful idea.
“Advocates of cheap money never have the
faintest idea where such a process would end. Let 1
us assume the unthinkable, that the bills in Con- i
gress should be enacted into law. Farmers would
be able to se’l their cotton now at # say a dollar per !
pound- They would be quite happy. But next
year their cost of production would be such that
they would have to get two dollars per pound, and
the insistent cry would be for more paper money
to pay higher wages, and so on. We would even
tually gel into the position where Germany and
Russia now find themselves—thor money worth
practically nothing. Indeed, the Bolsheviks in Rus
sia have recently destroyed all money and gone
back to a barter system.”
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE, VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
nah as a side-center, and all the re
gion of the southwest. There are
thousands of persons in the counties
and towns of the territory beyond the
Altamaha who will welcome the com
pletion of this bride.
A large attendance is expected at
the formal opening March 12. A bar
becue is planned and people from all
over the country have been invited
to take basket dinners and spend sev
eral hours at the bridge, inspecting
the work and listening to the speak
ers. It was originally intended to
have the opening and barbecue on
‘March 4th, but the 12th has now
been definitely chosen for the affair.
—Tattnall Journal.
BIG FIRE IN BUSINESS
SECTION OF SOPERTON.
An entire block in the heart of the
business center of town was in dan
ger of conflagration this morning
when the store occupied by H. V.
Daley was discovered in flames about
five o’clock.
The heroic work of the vuiunicer
fire department c, nfined the flames
So this building, thereby saving thous
ands of dollars in valuation to pro
perty owners and business firm.
The store is located in the Holmes
block and was built about two years
ago. The stock of goods of Mr. Daley
valued at several thousands dollars,
was totally destroyed, but was par
tially covered by insurance.
• It is not known how the fire ordi
nated.
This is the first fire Sopcrton has
’ had since the installation of the water
1 works stystem.—Sr.perton New.
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BIG FARM DEAL IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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? This week the largest real estate
r deal of the season was consummated
. when J. Wade and Henry Johnson
. of this place purchased the farm of
Mr. Carl C. McAllister, located near
e Longpond in this county,
v The purchasers will make this a
- model stock farm, engaging in the
a raising of pure-bred stock, both cat
- tie and hogs.—Montgomery Monitor.
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The farmers of this section are
about ready to plant another crop.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Wilkes
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
Jesse Wilkes.
Messrs. Walter and Lois Wilkes
were visitors to Vidalia Sunday.
Messrs. A. W. Phillips and J. M.
Taylor attended services at North
Thompson Sunday.
Little I. J. Phillips spent Saturday
night at the home of his brother,
Mr. A. W. Phillips.
Mr. Lott Stith was a visitor to
Vidalia Saturday.
Mrs. A. W. Phillips and Miss Ma
rie Sheppard spent Thursday with
Mrs. Loy Allmond.
Those who enjoyed going fishing
Thursday night were Messrs. .Bill
and James Taylor, Lott, Remer and
Henry Stith.
Mr. Bill Taylor and sisters, Misses
Rosa and Sarah and Mr. Lott Stith
spent Sunday with Miss Marie Shep
pard.
PRIMROSE.
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Misses Emmie and Ruby Blue
spent Saturday with relatives in Vi
dalia.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wheeler of
near North Thompson spent Sunday
with the latter’s parents, Judge and
Mrs. John L. Mclntyre.
Mr. Frank Taylor was the social
guest of Miss Estelle Thompson on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Massie Mclntyre
s|pent the week-end with the latter’s
parents. Mr. arid Mrs. Richard Hard
man, in the Kibbec section.
Messrs. DeWitt Hutchinson, Eschol
Sharpe. Otis Jackson, Frank Thomp
son and sister, Miss Estelle, visited
the home of Mr. Allen Sharpe on
Tuesday night. '
Messrs. Eschol Sharpe and Ofis
Jackson were the social guests of
Misses Dula and Luella Thompson
Sunday afternoon .
Mr. Dewey Lamb was the social
guest of Miss Ruby Blue Sunday af
ternoon .
I Dodge Brothers
4 BOOR SEDAN
The simple explanation of its great
popularity is that the Sedan deserves
all the good things that are said of it
In addition to its good looks and the I
protection it provides, the car has * B
an unusual reputation for consistent B
service B!
The gasoline consumption is unusually low H
The tire mileage ie unusually high S,
Brewton & Schumpert Motor Co. i|
Mr. Ely Smith made a business
trip to Vidalia Saturday.
Mr. DeWitt Hutchinson and Otis
Jackson called at the home of Mr.
O. V. Sharpe Friday night.
Mr. Eugene Patrick of the Center
section visited 'he home of Mr.
Henry Thompson last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wheeler
of near North Thompson spent Sun
dav with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sharpe.
Messrs. DeWitt Hutchinson and
Troy Cordon were the social guests
of Misses Neita Mae and Oree Sharpe
Sunday night.
Miss Yeteva Mclntyre of Hughes
Chapel section spent Saturday night
with her brother, Mr. Massie Mc-
Intyre.
Mr. Alex Thompson and daughters.
Misses Dula, Esthe*- and Luella, vis
ited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Thompson Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dickerson
of Union spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Sharpe.
NOBODY’S DARLING.
For Sale Curled Rucker Cotton
Seed, three weeks earlier than any
other variety; will yield to common
land two bales pet acre. $2.25 per
bushel in five ana ten bushel lots.
jSend money order. Geo. A. Hailey,
; Hartwell. Ga. >3-11-2tx
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