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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 i THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN t IS OUR SPECIALTY. % x We provide glasses to meet every X | defect and give th£ eye free, easy f * * vision and increase ability for workjj £ | or study. 1 % | W. E. WALKER, Jr., Registered Optometrist \ ! ■*- «- -« J- -♦ t. A.t.A.*. " 4* [: ~ • , i ■ • THE UNIVERSAL CAR That Mighty Serviceable Truck In the few years it has been on the market, the Ford One-Ton Truck has mounted rapidly to pop ' ularity. During the past year, more than one-third of the total number of trucks sold in the L nited States were Ford One-Ton Trucks. It is a record of achievement made entirely on demonstrated merit. * Wherever the Ford Truck has been used —on tire farm, in the city, its sure, economical service i ' an( j simplicity have made it a success. So that today it is a necessity for the wholesaler, the retailer and the farmer. It offers efficient and economic hauling for etvery business. Demountable Rims and g Pneumatic Tires. , jj The Ford One-Ton Truck costs less to buy than any other truck; it cost# less to operate and f to maintain. Added to this is the Ford service organization; Spare parts and Ford mechanics are I always convenient and ready to keep the Fori. Truck on the job. The Ford Truck cuts delivery costs. Because of increasing demand, orders should be placed without delay. We will give you prompt attention. If you have any doubts on the subject drop in to the undersigned authorized f Ford Dealers and get further facts. £ * v STRICKLAND MOTOR CO. Authorized Ford Dealers 4 PHONE|242 VIDALIA, GA. * e 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. * 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 ““““ • 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 ' *• Telephone No. 16 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.