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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
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N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Publisher.
I'HI PAY, APRIL IS. 1921.
ALL FOR TOOMBS COUNTY
That was a splendid meeting ;n Vidalia Last
Thursday evening, when the memoers of the Ki
wanis Club invited as their guessts many of the rep
resentative professional and business men of
Lyons to hear the address of Mr. la. N. Parker, dis
trict engineer for the State Highway Department,
and hear him explain the plans of the highway de
partment and the cost to this county of building
this highway front the Montgomerj county line
across pur county' to the 1 atnall county line.
Jt was a fine get-together meeting, with the
Sole purpose of uniting the citizen; of these two
towns to work for the upbuilding of foombs county.
As Pres. I)eLoach so will expressed it, all present
were citizens of I'ooiub* county and interested in
everything that meant its development and growth,
the speaki r declaring that he time had come when
Lyons at. : \ idalia ought to join hands in working
for the progress and prosperity of our home county
The meeting developed a delightful spirit of
fellowship, and we trust that it is the forerunner of
many such.meetings and that the old days of aloof
ness, of suspicion, of hitter rivalry between these
two towns and between tlvc citizenship of these
towns are gone nevef to return. In a sense there
is and always will be a spirit of nvalry between
these towns, but. it ought to be friendly rivalry,
and nothing ought to be permitted to come up that
\yould interfere with onr meeting together, plan
ning together, working together, for the upbuild
ing of Toombs county.. Every movement for the
progress of our county should have the hearty sup
port of these two towns and when w'e realize that
whatever helps Toombs county at the same time
benefits each town, and that when we pull together
we can accomplish many things which we can never
put over.if we fail to coordinate our efforts, this
will be a bright day for our home county.
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THE TRUE EDITOR.
Editor H . M . Mclntosh, of the Albany Herald,
writing Reminiscently of his forty-four years serv
ice to the people of Albany, has the following to
say of the relationship of an editor to the people
of his community:
“The relationship between an editor and
the community which he serves, it he take the
responsibilities of bis position seriously and is
honest with the community as well as wit’
himself, is about as closely interwoven wit 1 ,
trials and temptations, and as constantly con
t cerncd with the ebb and flow of the varying
streams of human nature as that of any man
in the community, not even excepting the fam
ily physician, the legal counselot, or the pas
tor. And he may do things or fail to do them,
. nt times, for which he may inctir unkind criti
cism, when he feels within his own Heart he is
doing the right thing in the sight of God and
serving the best interests of the church, of so
t -defy and the community at large. But, as a
matter of course, editors are only human, and
are liable to make mistakes, just as doctors and
preachers. I can look back and see where I
have made them: but 1 can s p.j with a clear
conscience that I never permitted any man or
set of men to intimidate me. or failed, for the
sake of policy, to meet an issue.”
No good editor could say mote, and no true
editor should be able to say less. The editorship
NOTICE OF FELECTION. <
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To the Qualified Voters of the City !
of Vidalia, Georcir. :
You are hereby notified, that in ac- 1
cordance with an ordinance neacted 1
by the Mayor and Council of the
City of Vidalia, Ga., passed April 4th,
1921, an election will he held Tues
day, the 10th day of May, 1921. at
which will he submitted to the qual
ified voters of said City of Vidalia,
Ga., for their determination the ques
tion whether bonds shall be issued
by said City of Vidalia, Ga., in the
amount of Sixty} Thousand (SOO,OOOI
Dollars, principal, for the purpose of
producing funds with which to es
tablish and conslruct a system of
Sanitary Seweis iii said city.
Said bonds shall be known as San
itary Sewerage Bonds, and shall be
in the amount ot Sixty Thousand
($60,000) Dollars, and of the denomi
nation of SI,OOO each, and to be num
bered 1 to 60, both inclusive, and the
principal to be paid as follows: Bonds
in the amount of $2,000 to be paid
one day before the expiration r
twelve months from the date of is
sue, and bonds in the amount of
$2,000 to become fine and payable
each successive twelve months there
after as per number, so that the last
of said bonds amounting to $2,000
which shall be numbers 59 and 60
shall-' become due and payable one
day before the expiration of thirty
(20) years from the date of their is
sue. Said bonds shall bear interest
.at the rate of Six (6) per cent per
annum, which said interest shall be
due and payable and shall be paid
semi-annually on the first days of
July and Januaryy of each year.
Said election shall be held at the
Council Chamber in said Citv of Vi
dalia, Ga., and the polls for'said
election shall be open at 8:00 o’clock
A. M. and close at 4:00 o’colck P.
M. All those desiring to vote in fa
vor of issuance of Sanitary Sewer
age Bonds shall do so by casting bal
lots having written or printed there
on the words, "FOR SANITARY
SEWERAGE BONDS,” and those de
siring to vote against the issuance of
said Sanitary Sewerage Bonds shall
do so by casting ballots having writ
ten or printed upon them the words,
“AGAINST SANITARY SEWER
AGE BONDS.”
Dated this the 6th day of April
1921.
B. P. JACKSON, Mayor
City of Vidalia, Ga.
I. J. HARRELL,
M. J. RATTRAY,
G. L. JOHNSON,
J. F. DARBY, %
H. L. BURKHALTER,
Councilmen, City of ( Vidaliaj
Georgia.
TAX RECEIVERS 2ND ROUND.
Every Friday in Vidalia.
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 I‘, Harden’s Chapel,
10 to 1.
Tuesday, April 12, Cedar Crossing,
10 to 4.
Wednesday, April 13, Hardy’s Store,
10 to 2.
Thursday, April 14th, Cowan’s
of a paper, whether powerful daily or obscure
weekly, carries with it wonderful opportunities of
service to a community, but oftentimes the editor
must get his reward foor the things he does or faiit
to do for the good of his community from the feel
ing within his own heart that he is doing the right
thing.
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FOR THE COMMON GOOD
From reports that have reached us of a partial
canvass of the citizens of the town, it is certain
'• that a great majority of the citizen., of \ idalia favor
| a bond' issue for sewers, and for the sake of the
health of their families and to promote the growth
Os their home town, are anxious to see sew er con
struction begun at an early date* and completed as j
soon as possible.
There are some who say that the}' favor
'sewers but that they favor waiting until next year
Ito sell the bonds and beginning actual construction!
work. Such an argument as this is distrustful o! j
lour present city officials and is shutting our eyes
to the sac ts that Libor costs for the coming summer
will be lower than we can reasonabl} expect them]
ever to be again and that material costs are great!;
reduced. Material costs may go lower but the big
. gest item r*f sewer construction is labor and we do
not believe that the city could ever find a better
time to build a sewer system than the coming sum-
Imcr and fall.
It is true that at the present time bonds are
[a little hard to sell, but this is a matter whenever
jany city bonds are voted, that must be trusted to
! our city officials. These men are going to get the
best price obtainable for our bonds, and if a satis
factory price cannot be obtained, no contract will
be let until conditions improve and the city gets a
fair return from the salt' of its bonds.
To delay sewer construction is to run the risk
of a serious epidemic and is playing with fire. The
homes of many of our best citizens have been sup
plied with a private sewerage system at considera
ble expense. These citizens believe sewerage is
a good thing, or they never would have gone to
this expense. For the city to vole sewerage is
for us all to unite to safeguard the health of all
the citizens of the town and to make it possible
for the man of limited means to hhve sewerage in
his home. A democracy is a government for the
common good, and no man who looks to the com
mon good but must admit that a sewerage
system is for the best interest of our town. The
man who opposes sewerage because it may mean
a slightly, higher tax rate prefers a few dollars in
his pocket to living in a healthier, more prosperous
town; how different from him is the man having
sewerage in his own home, realizing its benefit to
the town, yet willing to he taxed that all may have
s< w ’ age and the health of all the people be pro
u d.
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Phc Republicans announce that they have found
one indispensable Democrat at Washington and he
has been reappointed to his position. At the same
time it is safe to say that there are several hundred
thousand Democratic office-holders whose serviecs
can safely be dispensed with, from the Republican
viewpoint.
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To he able to devote himself fully to the work
of representing Montgomery county in the state
legislature, Editor H. B.i Folsom has leased the
Montgomery Monitor to Messrs. Fred M. Harris
and Herman Mfißride, who assumed the manage
ment of the Monitor last week. Mr. Folsom has
been editor of the Monitor for the past eighteen
vears and we, feel sure he will be greatly missed.
However, the new management is making a most
creditable start in giving the people of Montgomery
a newsy paper.
rHE VIDALIA ADVANCE, VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
Chapel, 10 to 2.
Same day, Blue Ridge School
House, 1 to 3.
Friday* April 15tl>, Vidalia.
Saturday, April 16th, Lyons.
Monday, April 18th, Ohoopee, 10
to 2.
Tuesday, April 19th, 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 couniy tax be returned
by the date last named.
I W. C. MASON,
Receiver, T. C.
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
HEALTH IS WORTH SAVING AND
SOME VIDALIA PEOPLE KNOW
i HOW TO SAVE IT.
Many Vidalia people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these or
gans need help. Weak kidneys are
responsible for a vast amonut of suf
. sering and ill health—the slightest
delay is dangerou o Use Dona's Kid
ney Pills—a remedy that lias helped
thousands of kidney sufferers. Here
is a Vidalia citizxns recommenda
tion ;
| Mrs. J. B. Palmer, 204 First Ave
says: “A short time ago my kidneys
were slightly out of order. I had
pains in the small of my back con-
I tinually and it was hard for me to
1 bend over. I heard of Doan’s Kid
ney Pills and aftei I had taken a
few tliev fived me up in fine shape
again. I highly recommend this
remedy.”
;,; Price 60c at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
, Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Palmer had. Foster-Milburn
; Co.> Ms s, Buffalo, N. Y.
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* HUGHES CHAFEL DOTS. *
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The farmers of this section are al-!
most through planting.
Mrs. Mary Moore is spending a 1
while with her son, Mr. j. W. Moor*
Mr. and Mrs. M.assie Mclntyre
.pent a while at the home of Mr.
J. \Y. Moore Saturday.
Messrs. J. C. Baker and Lee Roy
Sharp attended prayer meeting at
this place Sunday night.
Miss Yeteva Mclntyre is visiting
relatives in the North Thompson se’c
i tion this week.
Misses Ella and Esther Thompson
| are visiting Miss Fannie Thompson
jin the- South Thompson section this j
week.
We are glad to note that Mr. J. W l ’!
I Moort i improving, after an illness!
' several days.
Remember the Sunday school ar I
prayer meeting at the usual hours.
Everybody Come.
A BRIDE TO BE.
—For Sale—Two Registered Poland
China hoar pigs, about five months
old, from splendid Mood line. Will '
take cash cr farm produce. See A.
F. Sawyer at Advance office.
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To seal in the
delicious Burley
tobacco flavor.
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