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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
Council Orders $60,000 Sewer Bond Election
For Vidalia To Be Held Tuesday, May Wth
MS DOUBT rai THAT
VOTEBS Bill FAVOR
SEVER CONSTRUCTION
BONDS WILL RUN FOR THIRTY
YEARS AND WILL DRAW 6 PER
CENT INTEREST—SEWER SYS.
TEM REGARDED AS AN ESSENr
. TLAL FOR SAFEGUARDING
HEALTH OF CITY AND FOR
MAKING WATERWORKS SYS
TEM INCOME PRODUCER
At the regular meeting of the city
council held Monday night, an ordi
nance calling for the Submission to
the qualified voters of the city of the
proposition of issuing $60,000 in bonds
for the construction of an adequate
sewerage system for the city pass
ed and Mayor Jackson was instructed
to prepare the necessary advertise
, ments for an election to be held on
May 10th.
According to the decision of the
council, the bonds will run for thirty
years and will u:aw six per cent
interest.
The news of the decision of the
council to submit this matter to the
citizens was learned with much pleas
ure by a majority of the voters, who
feel that with labor costs low and ma
terial costs greatly reduced, that the
coming summer will be the best time
the city will ever have for putting in
sewers at low cost.
According to the plans drawn for
the system, four septic tanks will be
constructed in different sections oi
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the town, this plan making the sys
tem much less expensive. Estimates
submitted by the engineers show that
the sewerage system can be install
ed for a figure not in excess of $55,-
000.00.
Mayor Jackson presented to coun
cil what they considered an adequate
"Chicken Law,” and same was passed
and spread upon the minutes as an
ordinance. The
makes it unlawful for chickens, geese,
ducks, turkeys or other members of
the domesticated feathered tribe to
run at large and provides for them
to be. taken up if caught on the streets
or on the neighbor’s lawn. While
the law does not expressly provvide
for the means of taking up the fowls,
it is to be hoped that the citizens
who are having their gardens and
lawns scratched up by the outlawed
tribe will not be backward about
finding away to get the chickens
to the chicken pound.
The financial condition of the city
is fine, owing only SIO,OOO on open
accounts and notes and having nearly
$15,000 worth of due and mcollecfed
taxes with which to meet this amount.
The ten thousand dollars due finish
ed the budget for this fiscal year and
the $5,000 left over will of course be
available to build streets or to retire
some of the outstanding bonds.
At this meeting the council accept
ed from the engineers the Property
Map of the city and expressed them
selves as being well pleased with the
exhibits and the work of the engin
eers on the map. The work includes
a loose leaf register and summary
of the work, by the city block, each
subdivision or piece of property be
ing shown separately, and the block
and the number of the lot befog also
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921
KIWANIS CLUB
LADIES NIGHT
MEMBERS ARE HOSTS TO WIVES
AND LADY FRIENDS AT MEET
ING LAST WEEK COUNTY
BOOSTER MEETING TONIGHT.
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With their wives and lady friends
as their guests, the first ladies’ night
of the local Kiwanis Club since the
charter presentation was held last
Thursday evening, with the attend
ance running over ninety. The din
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listed. This will make it much more
easy for Vidalia real estate transfers
to be made and the boundaries des
cribed. It will also make it possible
for the city to collect taxes on every
piece of real estate within the corpo
rate limits, a thing that has never
yet been accomplished. Some of the
councilmen pointed out that it might
be necessary to sell a few pieces for
taxes before the owner could be final
ly located, but in mos't cases the map
engineers have located the owners
of the property and listed them. It
is certain that the map will be a
very important reference edition for
the future years and jhat the city
will make enough on the “lost” prop
erty taxes the first year to come out
ahead in paying for the map.
More stringent traffic rules have be
come necessary and new regulations
have been made, especially with re
gard to parking cars. The latest
regulations call for parking cars on
the east side only of the streets run
ning north ad south, and the cars
are to be turned at a -15 degree angle
so that they can easily be backed
out. The estreets running east and
west in the city are all of extra width
and no regulation has been thought
necessary on these thoroughfares,
except the usual load rules. Auto
mobile statistics show that Toombs
county Lias more automobiles regis
tered than any copnty of its size in
the state outside of the city coun
ties. They keep on coming, too, a
carload having been unloaded and
sold here last week.
Official Organ Gty of Vadati*
THE TOWN GETS REAL
CLEAN-UP THIS WEEK.
The Twentieth Century Woman’s
Club took charge of Clean-up Week
here, and after dividing the city into
various zones with a clean-up chair
man for each zone, they have made
a magnicent sho.ving. The city
carts have been very busy hauling
off the Waste and refuse matter that
was raked up, and according to the
drivers they have made a record
haul for iany week in the history of
the department. Sanitary Inspector
Leveritt seemed very glad of the co
operation! of the ladies comniitees,
and the ladies made good use of the
Boy Scot|t and Girl Scout organiza
tions in their campaign. The ladies
ask that the merchants, in making
their morning clean-ups at the stores,
burn the trash and not sweep it out
on the streets, as they have done in
the past, to be blown to the four
winds. They also want trash cans a
little later on or as quickly as they
can be secured, but in the meantime
they insist on the paper being burn
ed that is swept out on the streets.
PROMINENT COVENA
FARMER TO MOVE HERE.
. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Phillips of
near Covena have bought a 20-acre
tract frontng on the Swainsboro
road from Mrs. Sophia Holmes and
expect to build on heir property and
move to Vidalia within a short time.
Mr. Phillips is a prominent farmer!
of hiS section and he and his family
will be cordialy welcomed.
Desire to have access to a good
school for the purpose of educating
their children resulted in Vidalia be
ing selected tor their home.
ing room of the New Vidalia Hotel
was attractively decorated, and with
an appetizing menu and a good mu
sical program, the meeting was voted
one of the best that the club has yet
had.
The laxlies’ atttendance prize was
won by, Mrs. Lynch, the consolation
going to Mrs. DeLoach. W. A.
Jones won the gentleman’s attend
ance prize, W. L. Downs being call
ed for the consolation.
Kiwanis introduction of their wives
wives and friends brought much mer
riment, but the ladies got eveh when
their time came to introduce their
husbands and eseoils. Mrs. Eman
uel Hackel, the wife of “Murphy”
Hackel. who on account of his nick
name is always designated as one of
the Irishmen of the club, made one
of tbe hits of the evening when she
declared that up to a short time ago
she had believed that she had mar
ried a man of her same race and re
ligion, but since the organization
of the Kiwanis Club she was aston
ished to find that she had married
an Irishman.
As representatives of the Woman’s
Club, which is undertaking a great j
work to beautify the town. Mrs. L.
B. Godbee and Mrs. VV. O. Donovan .
spoke briefly of matters about which
the women needed the co-operation
of the Kiwanians. The old freight
I depot came in for its usual scoring,
land the members were told that
I when work was started on Leader
I Park they were going to count on
some good work by the Kiwanis
Club.
The musical program was unusu
ally good. The Vidalia quartet, com
posed of Messrs. Walker, Turner,
Phillips and MacDonald, sang two
songs; Mr. _and Mrs. MacDonald j
i rendered a pleasing number, and the
ladies’ chorus, sung by Mesdames
| Rountree, MacDonald, Napier and
Jones was much enjoyed.
Toombs County Booster Meeting.
| The meeting tonight has been des- |
| ignated by the orogram committee
as a Toombs County Booster meet
ing. State Highway Engineers Neel j
and Parker and the Toombs County |
Commssioners will be the 1 guests of j
the club. In addition, about twenty
five representative business and pro
fessional men of Lyons have been in
vited as guests of individual mem
bers. Mr. E. J. Giles has been in
vited to speak on the Progress oi
Tpombs County, and Representative
G. W. Lankford will be assigned the
subject, “Why I am Proud to be a
Citizen of Toombs County.” |
SUNDAY GREAT
DAY J1 BAPTISTS
DR. W. B. SCARBORO, A NOTED
BAPTIST DIVINE, DELIVERS
INSPIRING ADDRESS TO GREAT
AUDIENCE AT CITY HALL.
Sunday was a great day for the
Baptists of the Daniejl Association,
rallies in the interest of the 75 Mil
lion Campaign being held at Urew
ton-Parker Institute Sunday
noon and at Vidalia Sunday night.
Dr. Scarboro, president of the
Southwestern Theological Seminary,
and director of the 75 Million Cam
paign, made an address at Brewton-
Parker, as did Dr. Rufus Weaver,
chancellor of Mcrcqj University sys
tem. Owing to an engagement pre
viously made for him at Collins, Dr.
Weaver was not present at the rally
at Vidalia Sunday evening.
Churches Unite For Meeting.
Because of the rally, the congrega
tions of the Methodist and Presby
terian churches worshipped with the
Baptists Sunday evening, and on the
rostrum, besides the speaker and the
pastor of the local church, Rev. J.
T. B. Anderson, were Rev. O. O.
Williams, Rev. B. R. Anderson and
Rev. W. M. Blitch. Dr. Scarboro
said he deeply appreciated the co
operation of the different churches
in Vidalia and that what he had to
say would apply in a large measure
to both Methodists and Presbyteri
ans, who were in the midst of re
deeming their pledges to the Cente
nary and Forward Movement funds.
Dr. Scarboro’s address, besides be
ing an appeal to the Baptists of this
section to keep their pledges to the
75 Million Campaign, as well as their
covenant with their brethren and
their God, was an inspirational re
view of the progress being made by
the Baptist church with the addi
•nal funds secured for all branches
of church work by the 75 Million
Campaign. The increase of mission
aries in the foreign fields, the build?
ing of new orphanages, the erection
of additional hospitals to serve hu
manity, a generous support for worn
out preachers, were eloquently told
of and inspired the Baptists who
heard him, as well as members of
other churches, to make whatever
sacrifices that were necessary in or
der to keep their pledges and con
tinue the forward movements their
SEASONABLE
SUGGESTIONS
Ice Cream Frezers
Screen Wire Cloth
Water Coolers
Plow Hoes
Paints
Shovels I
Hoes, Rakes I
Garden Plows |
Cotton Planters I
Gnano Distributors I
And such other goods as you I
expect to find at a first class I
Hard store store.
Lee Hardware Comp’y I
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NUMBER 14
METHODISTS MAKE
PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN
I- A .
LOCAL. RALLY fO BE HELD ON
THE 17—DISTRICT RALLY ON
THE 1# DELEGATES BACK
FROM McRAE.
Rev. W. M. Bhlch, pastor; B. P.
Jackson, campaign director, and E.
T. Mcßride, chairman of minute-men
speakers for the Vidalia church, spent
Tuesday in Mcßen, attending the
gathering of pastors and represen
tatives of all charges in the district,
held to make plans for the educa
tional drive this coining spring. Out
of 2B preachers in the district, 21 of
-them were present, and about 80 lay
men being in attendance.
Os the $33,000,000 which the South
ern Methodist church plans to raise
in this campaign, the quota for the
Mcßae district will be about $150,000.
More than this sum, or $210,000, will
go to the South Georgia College at
Mcßae for endowment and imptprove
ment. *
A rally at the Vidalia church Will
be held 'Sunday in the interest of
this movement, at which time Judge
Max L. Mcßae and A. W. Pullen, of
Mcßae, will be present and make
addresses.
The local church, together with
the charges of Lyons, Mt. Vernon,
Uvaldg, Cente>- and Altamaha, have
been grouped into one district, and
a district rally wiii be held here on
Tuesday. April 19th. Prominent
speakers- will be in attendance and
I morning and afternoon meetings will
be held. With a picnic dinner served
at the noon hour.
—For Sale —Cleveland Big ®ofl
Cotton Seed, the best cotton for this
section; also seed potatoes. The
prices are right. Meadows Mercan
tile Co.
churches have undertaken.
Revival Service* Continue.
The revival services for the local
Baptist church, which began Sunday
morning, will continue through the
week and longer. Rev. J. T. B.
Anderson is doing the preaching and
is delivering stirring gospel sermons
and great interest in the mee'ting is
being proposed. A n.umber of addi
tions to the church have alerady
resulted from the meeting.