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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
SCHOOL PROBLEMS
AREDISCUSSED
KIWANIS CLUB ENTERTAINS
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND
LEARNS OF PROGRESS AND
PLANS OF AUTHORITIES.
• Last Thursday night was School
Night for the Vidalia Kiwanis Club,
and with the members of the City
Board of Education as their guests,
the members heard some interesting
talks as to problems the board had
met in the past, and were told of the
ambitious plans they had for the fu
ture.
“Hard Up” Stanley was the winner
of the attendance prize and was en
vied by all the club members when
it developed that the prize was a
$2.50 gold piece, donated by D. C.
Pattillo. The prize made Mr. Stan
ley feel so rich that he at once vol
unteered to donate the prize for the
coming week.
The special guests for the evening
included W. T. Jenkins and J. F.
Darby, and with Messrs. L. H. Dar
by and Rountree members of the
club, the full board of education w.as
present, with the exception of H. L.
Cromartie, who was unable to at
tend. Mr. W. T. Jenkins, who has
been on the board of education since
it was first instituted and who has
devoted time, money and effort to
the work of seeing that the children
of Vidalia have ihe benefits of a
splendid public school, w|ts the prin
cipal speaker, and told of the humble
beginning of the Vidalia public school
system and how it has grown with
the town until now fourteen teachers
are employed in ihe white school,
four in the colored school, and over
$1,600 per month was being expended
for teachers’ salaries.
L. H. Darby told of the splendid
spirit oif co-operation between the
board members and how he had
found his work for the school a la-
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VIDALIA PROPERTY MAP
IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
Mr. Carter, who is under contract
to furnish a property map of Vida
lia to the city council, for their con
venience in checking tax returns
and for the convenience of making
1 property transfers, etc., is about
ready to make delivery ot tne map.
Besides the comprehensive ot the
city, which shows all streets and
lanes and such other divsions and
subdivisions as have been made, as
well as the farm lands in the corpo
rate limits, the city will be furnished
with a loose leaf iegister which will
list every piece of property in the
city by block, with description, own
er’s name and a place for describing
transfers. This record will be kept
T>y the city clerk and to be indexed
by property owner’s name and also
cross indexed by the block, so that
any piece of property in the limits of
the city can easily be located and the
owner designated. This map will fill
a long-felt want, both for the city ad
ministration and for the real estate
dealers, as well as the owners of
property.
bor of love. Geo. S. Rountree paid
a tribute to the good work of the
‘superintendent, Mr. W. L. Downs;
the superintendent telling of the high
rank of the Vidalia school, and while
additional laboratory equipment was
necessary to put it in Group A, this
matter would have to be deferred
until a proper lab'oiatory room could
be secured.
Fun was not lacking in the meet
ing. Mr. Jenkins s.arted things by
calling attention to the one thing
lacking in Superintendent Downs, and
Mr. Downs admitting that it was
fate, not choice, that caused his con
dition of single blessedness. The
superintendent sa>d the bachelors of
Vidalia made it difficult for him 'to
keep a full faculty, and made a plea
to the Kiwanis bachelors that if they
won one of his teachers, not to do
like Tom Timmerman did, but wait
until the end of the school year be
fore having the wedding bells to ring.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1921
. Teachers Institute
Was Well Attended
5 The regular monthly institute of
r Toombs county teachers was held at
t Vidalia last Saturday and was well
attended. Superintendent T. B. You
, mans presided, and the folowing pro-
I gram was carried out.
I Song—America—Audience.
; Prayer.
Phonics—Demonstration by class of
I small children—Miss Lucy Gilman.
I Play grounds—Miss Oree Meadows.
Health crusade—Miss Pear] Price.
Music.
Reading in grades—Miss Estelle
: Walker.
Doctors Have Fine
Meeting At Soperton
The regular monthly meeting of the
Tri-County Medical Association was
held at Soperton Wednesday evening
and proved one of the most delight
ful sessions the association has held.
The physicians, together with a
number of the leading business men
of Soperton, and a few out-of-town
visitors, were guests of the Civic
League of Soperton, an elegant ban
quet being served in the auditorium
of Treutlen county’s handsome new
court house. Dr. J. C. Williams
acted as master of ceremonies, Mayor
Stallings expressing the pleasure of
the Civic League and the people of
Soperton upon having the physicians
with them.
At the business session following
the banquet, Dr. T. C. Thompson
made an interesting report of the
meeting of the Council in Atlanta
recently. The matter of the mem
bers of the association specializing
in their work was taken up and the
following selections were announced:
Dr. J. C. Williams, Genito-Urinarv
diseases; Dr. O. B. Moye, Neurol
ogy; Dr. J. W. Palmer, Diseases of
Children; Dr. M. L. Currie, Diseases
of Women; Dr. G. M. Barwick. Dis
eases of the Stomach; Dr. T. C.
Thompson, Surgery; Dr. Frank
Thompson, Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat; Dr. J. E.’Mercer, Heart and
Lungs.
It is hoped at the next meeting,
which will be held in Vidalia, that
every member of the association will
announce his specialty. Each phy
sician plans to devote special study
to his specialty and where possible :
will take a post-graduate course in :
Official Organ Gty of VidaHa
Special day programs—Mrs. E. W.
Smith.
The importance of Parent-Teacher
Associations—Mrs. J. W. Poe.
Scout demonstrations—Vidalia Girl
Scouts.
Following the exercises, a picnic
dinner was served the visitors and
loca] teachers by the Parent-Teach
er Association.
Superintendent Youmans announc
ed that this would be the last insti
tute for several months, as most of
the county schools are closing their
spring term.
his line. Dr. Mercer stated that he
expected to leave May 15th for spe
cial study in his line.
The doctors devoted some time to
a discussion of the need of the El
lis Health Law, and endorsed the
plan for the three counties to adopt
the Irfw and employ a joint health
commissioner for the thrfce counties,
the expenses to be pro rated between
the counties until such time as each
county preferred to have an individ
ual health commissioner. Judge
Wallace, of Soperton, agreed to give
a written opinion as to whether this
plan was permitted under the law.
Smallpox Prevalent.
The prevalence of smallpox in the
three counties was commented upon,
there being more or less of the dis
ease in the three counties. Dr. Mer
cer reported the death of a white man
from a malignant type of smallpox
two weeks ago; ifiere were seven
cases in Vidalia, he said. Dr. Pal
mer stated there were a larg-e num
ber of cases around Higgston and
McGregor, with scattering cases over
the three counties.
FLORIDA WAY AHEAD
IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
A A. Darby Writes Interestingly of
His Trip to the Land of Flowers. 1
Being an old citizen of Vidalia, and I
having drifted down in the Land of
Flowers, I thought it might be inter
esting to quite a lot of the readers
of the Advance to know, probably,
something more of Florida than they
already know. So I decided that I
would give a brief description of some
things that have come under my ob-
I servation. Now, gentle reader, do
j not take it for granted that I am
trying to induce anyone to come to
j Florida, for 1 am not, and will say
! further that if anyone should come
i they will find that they will have to
work for the dollar the same as in
any ollitr place.
As to this country, its beauty can
not be excelled. The natural growth
|of tropical plants *nd trees would
IJ make one want to be here, to say
nothing of the cultivated growths.
The orange and grape fruit groves
are the most beautiful things that I
jhave ever seen. You pass through
! them for miles and miles on asphalt
roads and see trees by the hundreds
of thousands, hanging full of the gold
en fruit, on many of the trees both
ripe fruit and blossoms, and such
sweet smelling flowers as you have
never seen before. We also see the
lemons, guavas and numbers of other
fruits that belong to the tropics.
Then as to vegetables, they are un
limited—cabbage by the hundreds of
acres, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, straw
berries, and in fact anything that
grows in the vegetable line.’
And as to improvements. Florida is
away ahead. Polk county alone has
■ over 400 miles of brick and asphalt
11 roads, and other counties are making
H improvements proportionately. This
9' country is not hit so hard with the
■ panic. People here do not cry hard
9 times like they do in Georgia, and
H there is quite a lot more money in
9 circulation, and if anyone decides to
RI come here he should put a S2O bill in
I j the bottom of his shoe, so that if he
I did not find things to suit him, he
I | could get back to Georgia.
[ Respectfully,
| A. A. DARBY.
Bartow, Fla.
Mr. \f. Slotin of Savannah spent
I Tuesday in the city. ■
THE TOURIST CAMP
NOW IN FINE SHAPE.
f Many Tourist Parties Are Taking Ad
vantage of Camp— Novel Convey
ance Seen.
A register of guests kept at the
Touristts camping site shows twen
ty-one parties for the past seven
days, which gives an average of three
parties for each night. The parties
four persons, so that there
have stayed at the camping site
nearly one hundred persons this weekt
and the local merchants have aoubt
less profited accordingly.
The camp site itself has been put
in apple pie order, a neat sign put up,
all fences having been built, gate put
up, electric lights and water installed
brush piled conveniently for fires and
the necessary outhouses put in place,
so that it is easily believed that the
tourists who have started their return
trip to the Norh will be well pleased
with the accommodations received
at Vidalia and make their plans to
come by this place next year.
One of the most novel conveyances
that has been seen here for some
time registered at the Camp site on
Wednesday. The party consisted of
four Pennsylvanians, two men and
two ladies. The auto house was con
structed on a Ford chassis and was
built of beaver board, being about 9
x 18 and divided into two compart
ments. The house was furnished
with electric lights, hot and cold wa
ter and the walls carried built-in mir
rors. An oil stove was carried for
cooking and the seats, which were
built along the walls, Pullman fash
ion, easily converted themselves in
to bunks for the night. Ths party
was "going fishing, *' they said.
JR. B. Y .P. U. PROGRAM.
Subject—The friend who gave his
life.
Special song, a solo.
James —Frank Anderson.
lames with Jesus —•
At the raising ol Jairus' daughter
—Emory Herring.
At the Transfiguration Marie
Price.
In the garden—Jack Meadows.
James giving his life to Jesus —Del-
mas Hester.
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“MICROBE OF LOVE”
DELIGHISAUDIEHCE
LOCAL TALENT STARS IN THIS
BRIGHT MUSICAL COMEDY AT
THE CITY AUDITORIUM TUES
DAY evening.
With every seat of the city audit
orium,taken, local talent scored a dis
tinct hit in the presentation of the
musical comedy "The Microbe of
Love” Tuesday evening, the audience
agreeing that the play was one of the
best every seen here. Miss Margaret
Davison, of the Wayne P. Sewell,
Lyceum & Producing Co., of Atlanta,
ably directed the comedy, and star
red as Madam Hymen Cupid. Mrs.
Sewell, who arranged the play and
witnessed the performance Tuesday
evening, complimented the local play
ers highly upon the quality of the
performance.
The play was given under the au
spices of the Parent-Teacher Associ
ation and box receipts ran over $350.
The local hits added greatly to the
merriment of the evening, roars of
laughter greeting some of the sallies
at local bachelors. Mrs. J. E. Mercer,,
the leader of the Spinster Club, J. E.
Schumpert, head of the bachelors,
Barron Godbee as Mr. rlenpeck,
Mrs. J. W. Poe as the deaf old lady,
were all excellent. Marion Schum
pert as U. B. Careful and Jack John
son as Simon Sly made distinct hits
with their singing and acting parts.
The costumes wctc artistic and the
scenic effects were greatly admired.
A bevy of attracts e girls composed
the chorus, fnd all the chorus num
bers were enjoyed. Especially good
was the "Old Fashioned Wife,” sung
by Miss Elizabeth Price and chorus,
“Catch ’em Young.” sung by Mr.
Heivpeck and bachelors, “I’m Looking
for a Sweetheart,” by Marion Schum
pert and Miss Eudine Meadows, “The
Girl in the Gingham Gown,” sung by
Jack Johnson and chorus, and “Cozy
Little Home,” sung by Miss Davison.
J. E. Schumpert and chorus.
The Spinsters Club brought out
some wonderful costumes and delight
ful acting, the maxe-up l>affling the
audience, reference to tnc cast of
characters being necessary to estab
lish the identity of some of the spin
sters. Mrs. Shufflebarger as Sophia
Sweetgtim, Miss Annie Pcttus as Ara
bella Antique starred in this scene,
while the Left Ovei Club, consisting
of Mrs. Poe, Miss Taylor and Mrs.
W. T. Erench, made one of the dis
! tinct hits of the evening.
Little Mary Grace Donaldson and
Darby were beautiful cupids.
The cast was as follows:
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