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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. NAPIER, Editor .nd Publi.her.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921.
OUR FUTURE PROGRESS UP TO THE
CITIZENS OF VIDALIA.
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The news that the city council of Vidalia has
.ordered an election for the purpose of voting a
bond issue of $60.0(X) to construct an adequate sew
erage system for Vidalia is heartening and inspiring
to every citizen who loves \ idMia as ins home, who
wants to sec the town made healthful and clean
and sanitary, and who feels* that this town has a
great future and believes in doing everything within
bis power to stimulate that growth as well as re
moving everything that may hamper and retard
that development.
The future is bright for Vidalia, but we have
reached a point where future development is de
pendent upon the citizens of the town. The city
must have sewerage. We have m the past lost
as citizens men who desired to locate in this town,
but who put the health of their families ahead of
business success, and located in other towns, when
there were many reasons that made them wish to
locate in Vidalia.
This is one great reason why sewers are nec
essary. Give us a sewerage system and we will
find many new citizens coming to Vidalia to cast
their lot with us, who will invest money neie, enter
business or manufacturing lines, and aid in the up
building of our town.
Another reason sewers are necessary is to safe
guard the health of the people of the town. Any
physician will tell you that is has been marvelous
that a town of this size with no sewerage system
has escaped a serious epidemic. Such luck will not
follow us always, and the way to insure the health
of this city is to take the proper measures to safe
guard our health.
The city owns a splendid waterworks system.
Water lines are laid to evfcry Section of the city,
and for the small expense oif pumping the city au
thorities have nothing to do but read the meters
and collect the water rents. A greatly increased
use of water on the part of the citizens would make
the waterworks system a sp’endid levenue produc
er. Heavy consumption of water will never come
until a sewerage system is installed. When that
ig done we will go to getting an ever-increasing in
come from our waterworks department From this
point alone, it is a good business investment for the
city to install sewers.
jr Sewer construction costs are mainly labor c >t~
and the expenditure of $30,000 to $40,000 fur labor,
and for local labor at that will put an end to the
local business depression and stimulate business in
all lines.
1 he election of May 10th will put the citizens
of Vidalia on trial. Vidalia has a reputation in
South Georgia of being a fast-growing, progress
ive town, and may 10th will give us-an opportunity
of proving ti again, as we have proved it many time*
in the past.
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We are glad Toombs county farmers are to be
represented at the cotton growers convention to
be held in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 12th, when the
California co-operative marketing plan will be
Studied. Messrs. E. J. Giles and G. W. Lankford
have been asked to represent the Toombs County
farmers at this meeting.
NOTICE OF SALE.
GEORGIA—Toombs County.
Under and by vntue of the power
of sale vested in the undersigned by
deed made and delivered to liijn by
Mrs. R. A. Maj,ei, dated Septem
ber 12th, 1919, aiid lecorded in the of
fice of the Clerk of Superior Court of
Toombs county, Georgia, in Book 9,
page 197, the undersigned will sell at
public outcry to "he highest bidder
for cash, on Tuesday, the 12th day
of April, 1921, between the legal hours
of Sheriff’s sale, before the court
house door at Lyons, Georgia, the
following described property, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in the
City of Yidalia, 51:.t District G. M.,
Toombs county (formerly Montgom
ery county) Georgia, and bounded on
the north by lands of A. C. Thomp
son, (formerly E. L. Meadows), east
by Jackson street, south by L. H.
Darby, and west by Leader & Ro
sansky, fronting on Jackson street a
distance of one hundred and five
(105) feet, and running back west an
even width a distance of two hun
dred and ten (2iU) feet, containing
One-half (Vi) acre, and being the
same land conveyed to Mrs. Mary
O. Outler by Allred Herringtqn, by
deed dated June 3rd, 1909, and re
corded December eth, 1909, in book 2,
page 490. Clerk’s office, Toombs coun
ty. Georgia.
Said land will be sold as the prop
erty of said Mrs. R. A. Mayer to
pay the indebtedness referred to in
said deed, and moie particularly des
cribed as follows: One principal note
for the sum of six hundred, twenty
five ($625.00) dollais, dated Septem
ber 12th, *1919. with interest thereon
from date of same to April 12, 1921,
at the rate of eight per cent per
annum; also all expenses of this pro
ceeding. Said note being made and
delivered to the undersigned by the
said Mrs. R. A. Mayer, and the
amount of principal and interest due
to date of sale being $704.17, togeth-
er with the cost of this proceeding.
Default havii)g been made by the
said Mrs. R. A. Mayer in the pay
ment of the princ : pal and interest
due on said note, the power of sale
contained in said deed has become
operative. The proceeds of said sale
will be applied first to the payment
of said indebtedness, and expenses
of this proceeding, and the balance,
if any, to the said Mrs. R. A. May
er.
This 16th day of March, 1921.
J. E. MERCER.
D. C. PATTILLO. Attorney.
TAX RECEIVER’S 2ND ROUND.
Every Friday in Yidalia.
Every Saturday in Lyons, at the
court house.
All court week, beginning March
21st, at court house till Thursday af
ternoon.
Monday, March 28th, Harden’s
Chapel. 10 to 1.
Same day, Johnsons Corner, 2 to 4.
Tuesday, March 29th, Cedar Cross
ing, all day.
Wednesday, March 30th, Hardy’s
Store, 10 to 2.
Same day, C. N. Walker’s, 3 to 4.
Thursday. March 31st, Cowan’s
Chapel. 10 to 2.
. Friday, April Ist, Vidalia.
Saturday, April 2nd, Lyons.
Monday, April 4th, Spring Head,
10 to 1.
Same day. Durden’s Store, 2 to 4.
Tuesday, April sth, Ohoopee, 10 to 1
Wednesday, April 6th, Normantown
10 to 4.
Third, And Last Round.
Monday, April 11, Harden’s Chapel,
io to i:
Tuesday, April 12, Cedar Crossing,
10 to 4.
Wednesday, April 13, Hardy’s Store,
10 to 2.
Thursday, April 14th, Cowan's
Chapel. 10 to 2.
Same day, Blue Ridge School
House, 1 to 3.
Friday, April 15th, Vidalia.
Saturday, April 16th, Lyons.
PRODUCING COSTS
Farmers and Farmers organizations who dur
ing the past winter gave figures for the cost of
producing a pound of cotton and who were more
or less criticised for the high figures given, have
been reinforced by the U. S. Department of Agri
culture which recently announced after a study' of
costs last year, that every pound of cotton produced
by a Georgia farmer last year, cost 33 per pound.
Man and mules rates for labo; in this investi
gation and seed and fertilizer co.->ts, the depart
ment says, constituted 84 per cent of the total op
erating expenses, exclusive of land rent. Other
expenses amounting to 16 per cent of the total in
cluded such items as ginning, manure, equipment,
taxes, insurance and overhead. Man labor was
charged at the rate of .X) cents per hour, mule labor
20 cents per hour, seed $Bl a ton and fertilizer at
$46 a ton. From the total cost oi $56.16 an acre,
a seed credit of $3.90 was deducted, making a to
tal net cost of $52.26.
Asserting that the rates for labor and seed did
not start to decline until after the 1920 crop had
been produced, the report adds:
“With cotton around 12 to 15 cents per pound
the returns not only allowed no interest on capital,
but failed to pay operating expenses at going rates
for labor and prevailing prices for agriculture.
With cotton at 15 cents per pound it would require
a yield of approximately 450 pounds of lint to cover
operating expenses.”
We do not know how these figures will apply
to Toombs farmers in this section, but we presume
they are approximately correct. With them as a
basis any farmer can sit down and figure out just
how much he lost on last year’s cotton crop.
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WHERE WE STAND.
’flie census department has just issued a pam
phlet giving the density of population of Georgia
by counties, Toombs having a population of 35.4
persons per square mile. That you may see where
we stand, the figures for counties in this section
are given below.
Toombs—393 square miles, 13,897 population, 35.4
per square mile.
Treutlen—l37 square miles, 7,664 population,
55.9 per square mile.
Tattnall—466 square miles, 14,502 population,
31.1 per square mile.
Emanuel—Bß 9 square miles, 25.862 population,
29.1 per square mile.
Montgomery—l9o square milts, 9,167 popula
tion, 48.2 per square mile.
The figures show that Toombs county, while
leading I attnall and Emanuel, is behind Montgom
ery and Treutlen. We put both these counties on
e that by 19.30 we are going to catch up.
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And 'twas a famous Clean-up da)’!
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Council passed the responsibility for sewers on
to the people—where it belongs,
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At a conference held in Washington, D. C.,
this week between Southern bankers and govern
ment fiscal agents, one of the speakers was W. P.
G. Harding, Governor of the Federal Reserve Sys
tem. In the report of his speech it is said that he
“implored bankers to back to the limit the farmer
who has established a record for honesty.” We do
not doubt for a minute that Southern hanks have
acted on this principle and that a record for honesty
has resulted in needed assistance to both farmers
and business men during this trying period of de
flation .
THk VIDALIA ADVANCE, VIDALIA GEORGIA
Monday, April 18th, Ohoopee, 10
to 2.
Tuesday, April 15th, Normantown,
10 to 4.
Wednesday, April 20th, Spring Head
10 to 1.
Same day, Mt. Moriah Church,
2 to 4. .
Court house, Lyons, from April 20
to May 10. It.is very important that
all state and county tax be returned
by the date last named.
W. C. MASON,
Tax Receiver, T. C.
RECEIVER’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Toombs County.
By virtue of an order granted on
the 22nd dtft of March, 1921, by Hon.
R. N. Hardeman Judge of the Su
perior Court of said County, the un
dersigned will sell at public outcry,
on the 16th day of April, 1921, at the
hour of 11 o’clock a. m., on the; prem
ises, to the highes; bidder for cash,
all of the assets of the Vidalia Mill
ing Company, the same consisting of
two acres, more cr less, of land, the
mill house and all machinery, belts,
flour and corn mills, and a 20 h. p.
boiler and engine, and all fixtures
and appurtenances belonging to The
Vidalia Milling Company.
Said sale is subject to confirmation
by the Court. Tne successful bidder
is required to deposit 10 per cent of
his bid with the undersigned as evi
dence of good faith, which amount,
in event of failure of confirmation,
will be returned lo him. The right
to reject any and all bids is hereby
reserved. Prospective buyers may
inspect the property by calling on
the undersigned.
This, the 22nd day of March, 1921.
W. M. LEWIS, Receiver.
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—For Sale—Two Registered Poland
China boar pigs, about five months
old, from splendid blood line. Will
take cash cr farm produce. See A.
F. Sawyer at Advance office.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP.
Statement of ownership, manage
ment, circulation, etc., of the Vidalia
Advance, published ‘weekly at Vida*
lia, Ga., for April Ist, 1921.
State of Georgia—Toombs County.
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and County aforesaid,
personally appeared N T . C. Napier,
who, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the editor and publisher of the Vi
dalia Advance, and that the following
is, to the best of his knowledge and
belief, a true statement of the own
ership. management, etc., of afore
said publication foi the date shown
in the above caption, required by the
Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in
section 443, Postal Caws and Regula
tions, printed op the reverse of this
form, to wit:
That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing edi
tor, and business manager is N. C.
Napier, Vidlaia. Ga.
That the owners are N. C. Napier
and M. L. Napier.
That the known bondholders, mort
gagees and other security holders
owning or holding 1 per cent or more
of total amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities are. none.
N. C. NAIER,
Editor and Publisher.
3wern to and subscribed before me
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Tlie Sunken Grave
Nothing- can be sadder than a grave that is no longer a mound. The
inevitable has come to pass —the weight of the sodden earth has
crushed in the last protection. It helps nothing to close the imagin
ation to what happens then ! Yet there is not the slightest necessity for
this barbarous, unsanitary, old fashioned method of burial. The Norwalk
Vault —at little cost —will protect absolutely and forever. Cement and
steel, waterproof and airtight, it seals in plain sight and becomes one solid
piece of masonry that literally “Lasts through the Ages.” The best under
takers insist oil its use.
Ask Your Dealer or Write
Vidalia Vault & Tile Company
MANUFACTURERS
this sth dayof April, 1921.
J. B. BREWTON, N. P.
My commission opires 1923.
COUNTY POLICEMAN
CONFISCATES “SHINE.”
County Policeman •Mallard discov
ered, confiscated and brought to town
Saturday a consignmment of seven
teen gallons of “shine” which was con
tained in the usual half-gallon fruit
jar, making thirty-four pieces to the
consignment. The shine was found
by Policeman Mallard near the side
of the road to the north qf the city,
being scantily concealed in a bunch
of bushes, which w;ould indicate that
it had just been deposited and was
awaiting disposition in the market.
No arrests have been made.
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