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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
(lurns CLUB
DISCUSSES SEWERS
MEMBERS ARE UNANIMOUS IN
FAVORING $60,000 BOND ISSUE
-MEMBERS TO TAKE HOLIDAY
ON DAY OF ELECTION.
Believing that the most important
thing they could do for the good. of
their town was to get behind the pro
posed bond issue for sewers and co
operate with all citizens of the town
favoring sewers, the Kiwanis Club
last week cancelled invitation issued
to field representative of the Greater
Tech movement and devoted their
weekly session to a full discussion of
plans for making the bond issue a
success. A delegation from East
man Kiwanis Club had been invited
to visit the club this week, but this
invitation was also withdrawn.
At the meeting last week every
member was called on to state his po
sition on the sewer bond issue, every
member declaring for it. Mayor B.
P. Jackson explained the cost of the
bonds and went into a detailed state
ment of the city’s financial condition,
stating that last year there had been
an addition to the school building
and extensive improvements made at
the light plant. With all this ex
penditure the city had uncollected
taxes sufficient to meet all bills and
wipe out the floating debts and that
for the coming year the tax rate
ought to be considerably reduced,
even if bonds were voted.
Mr. W. O. Donovan showed his
interest in ‘sewers by suggesting that
every Kiwanian take a day off on the
day of election and give the day to
a united effort to earn,' bonds by a
good majority. That the people are
in favor of. the issue was the opinion
of D. C. Pattillo, who had many sug
gestion? for bringing the facts to the
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Some FACTS About
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Here are authentic figures from the Ford factory at Detroit. They show you just how many
Ford cars and trucks have been built each month since January Ist, 1921, and how many have been
sold to retail customer' in the United States.
Produced j Delivered to Retail Customers
- January , 29,883, January 57,208
February 35.305 February 63,603
March , 61,886 March 87,221
Total Production 127,074 Total Retail Sales 208,032
showing that actual sales for the first three months of 1921 exceeded production by 80,958 Ford cars
and trucks.
Appril requisitions already specify 1Q7.719 addi ional cars and trucks and the estimated April out- ■
put of the factory and assembly plants combined calls for only 90,000.
These facts clearly s’how that the demand for Ford products is growing much faster than man
ufacturing facilities to produce, and were it not for the dealers’ limited stocks, which are now be
ing rapidly depleted, many more customers would have been compelled to wait for their cars. It a
will be only a matter of weeks, therefore, until a big surplus of orders will prevent anything like fj
prompt deliveries. ; ,
If you would be sure of having your Ford car or truck when you want it, you should place your
order now. Don’t delay. Phone us or drop us ajeard.
STRICKLAND MOTOR CO.
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PHONE 242 VIDALIA, GA.
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WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DM
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I DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
WILL HONOR CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS NEXT TUESDAY—
RF.V. W. M. BLITCH ORATOR.
Keeping up their custom of many
years, the Daughters of the Confed
eracy will observe Memorial'Dad next
Tuesday with an appropriate pro
gram .
Confederate veterans of this sec
tion and their wives will be guests
of honor at a picnic dinner which is
to be spread at 1 o'clock in the grove
near the Methodist church. Follow
ing the dinner, the veterans will be
guests in an automobile ride to Tiger
Spring, conducted by Dr. L. H. Dar
by. On their return, public exercises
will be heid at the city hall, where, be
ginning at 3 o’clock, the following
program will be rendered:
“America”—by audience.
Invocation. •
Welcome to Veterans—Rev. J. T.
B. Anderson.
‘‘Dixie.”
Reminiscences—by Veteran C. S.
Meadows. »
“Bonnie Blue Flag."
Memorial iAdtfress —Rev. W. M.
Blitch.
Solo—“ Break the News to Mother”
—Mrs. T. L. W. MacDonald.
“Star Spangled Banner”—Audience.
Benediction—Rev. B R. Ander
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son.
Rev. R. B. Anderson will act as
master of ceremonies and following
the exercises the audience, led by the
Boy and Girl Scouts, will march to
the old cemetery, wher flowers will
be placed on the graves of departed
veterans.
A half holiday will be given the
school children, and they are request
ed to bring flowers and wreaths.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1921
County Commissioners
Meet In Dublin May 5=6
Atlanta, April 19.—Now a greater
impetus will be given the highway
movement by the Georgia Associa
tion of County Commissioners at the
seventh annual convention to be held
in the city of Dublin May sth and
6th. when their slogan will be “A per
manent system of highways connect
ing every county scat and important
town in Georgia,” and addresses will
be delivered by Governor-elect Hard
wick, Chairmen Charles M. Strahan
of the State Highway Board, and oth
er prominent advocates of highway
improvements.
No more terse and accurate defi
nition of the state highway system'
now being consti acted in Georgia
could be put into words than the slo
gan of the county commissioners con
vention, as quoted above. Georgia’s
highway laws enacted in 1919 pro
vide for a state-wide system of per
manent roads connecting every coun
ty seat in Georgia, these roads to be
built and maintained by the state and
to be supplemental to the local roads
in the several counties. Coming in
to existence on January Ist, 1920, the
Highway Department in 16 months
surveyed, located and mapped the
highway system contemplated, a sys
tem embracing 4,800 miles of road,
and has built of that system more
than 1,000 miles up to date.
Georgia county commissioners thru
their association, which holds its 7th
annual convention in Dublin, have
been one of the strongest single fa--
tors in bringing about tHe creation
of a highway department, and a pow
erful factor also in the remarkabble
speed with which the construction of
Georgia’s, highway system has made
headway since the department began
to (unction on January Ist, 1920.
From the very outset of the pro
gram, the assistance of the county
commissions: ? has been indispensa
ble, and they have given it in a very
broad-minded, progressive manner.
Hon. Fred Houser, Secretary of
the Georgia Association of County
| Commissioners, \s making an effort
! to bring together in Atlanta the com
! missioners of the northern part o*
j the state to make the trip to Dublin
jby automobile, traversing some of
I the finest lines of road in the high
! way system, notable among them be
ing the concrete boulevards through
Spalding and Bibb counties, and al
so several fine stretches of sand-clay
road. The wives and daughters of
the county commissioners have been
specially invited to attend the conven-
Official Organ City of VmWw
r tion. and Dublin and Laurens coun
/ ty, which are famous for their hos
- pitality, are planning to give the vis
: itors a very delighful entertainment.
1 The program is one of the best the
1 association has ever had, and the at
- tendance is expected to establish a
- new record.
t The convention will be called to
I order at 10 o’clock on the morning of
Thursday. May 5, !>y Charles L. Davis
i ol Warm Springs, president of the as
■ sociation. Reports of himself and
r Secretary Houser will be read, com
, mittees will be appointed, and ad
dresses will be delivered by Governor
Elect Hardwick, William J. Vereen of
Moultrie, a prominent manufacturer
artd chairman of the Democratic Ex
ecutive committee of Georga, Charles
M. Strahan, chaiftnan of the state
highway board, Benjamin F. Mann,
resentative of Glknn' county in the
legislature.
During the noon recess the conven
tion delegates wilt have their pictures
; taken, will be the guests of Dublin
-t a complimentary luncheon, and at
the afternoon session will have a
; question box conducted by Frank U.
Garrard, of Columbus, followed by
report of the legislatuive committee
and a automobile ride over Laurens
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county in the afternoon and a ban
quet in the evening.
At the morning session on the sec
ond day of the convention addresses
will be delivered by r W. S. Walker,
engineer of the state highway depart
merft of Alabama, W . B. Wallace, sec
retary of the Griffin Chamber of Com
merce, who will tell bow Spalding
; county with the aid of the state high
way' department and the federal gov
ernment built the famous concrete
boulevard through the county, J. W.
Wallace, chairman of the Spalding
county board of commissioners, Paul
S. Etheridge, chairman of the Fulton
comrty’board of commissioners, W. R.
Neel, state highway engineer of Geo
gia, who will discuss the plans and
progress of the state highway system j
S. R. Bennett, of Moultrie, the South I
: Georgia member of the state highway'
board, and W. A. Crossland, United
i States government highway engineer
in Georgia.
The addresses of these several
speakers will form one of the most in
teresting highway improvement pro
grams ever heard at any convention.
They will be followed by the election
of officers for the ensuing year, the
selection of the next meeting place,
and a barbecue.
The officers of the county commis
sioners association are Charles L.
Davis, president. Warm Springs; A.
T. Lippett. first vice-president, Al
bany; R. O. F'incher, seedhd vice
president, Canton ; Frank U. Garrard,
third vice-president, Columbus.
TOOMBS COUNTY SINGERS
WIVL MEET AT LYONS.
Prof. Dennis D. Moore, president
of the Toombs County Singing Con
tention, announces that the conven
j tion will be held at the court house
at Lyons on the Ist Sunday in June.
Heretofore the convention has been
held on the Ist Sunday in May each
year. It was decided that the first
Sunday in June would be a better
date for this year.
President Moore announces that he
expects to have present some of the
best singers in tfiis part of the state.
He will make evciy effort possibU
to make this the greatest convention
yet held) in the county.—Lyons Pro
gress.
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DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL
RALLY HELD TUESDAY.
Dr. T. D. Ellis, of Macon, presi
dent of the Board of Missions of the
South Georgia Conference, was the
principal speaker at the district rally
held here Tuesday, the rally being
preparatory to the educational drive
to be put on by th_' Methodist church
in May. The following were among
the out-of-town delegates :
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Brewton, Mrs.
Wiltz, Mt. Veinon; Rev. and Mrs.
Jason Shirah, Mr. E. J. Giles, Ly-]
ons; Mr. E. S. Martin, Mr. Barr,!
Alston; Rev. B. C Prickett, Uvalda;
Rev. W. D. McGregor, Altamaha;
Rev. O. H. Rhodes, Center.
At the noon hou - a bountiful pic
nic dinner was se;ved by the ladies I
of the local church. j
BREWTON-PARKER
'. COMMENCEMENT
TO BE HELD MAY 21-24—GREAT
GATHERING OF ALUMNI IS
PLANNED—PROGRAM FOR THE
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Plans are being perfected for a
great gathering at the Brewton-Par
ker Institute, Ailey-Mt. Vernon, on
the 24th of May, the closing day of
the,, present scholastic year.
Committees have been in conference j
and decided upon a joint meeting of
all former teachers and students,
whether graduates or not, and other
friends of Brewton-Parker, and are
planning entertainment for those w!‘
will accept the invitation to visit
the school and community at that
time. Invitations are to be sent out
to these as soon as correct addresses
can be secured and the invitaitons
issued.
The committee will appreciate it jf
■'e former students and teachers
will write at once tc Mr. T. B. Con
ner, Mt. Vernon, Ga., and give their
addresses, stating at the same time
jf they will likely attend.
The commencement exercises will
o held May 21st to 24th. The an
nual debate between the Damon arid
Pythian Literary societies will take
place Saturday night. The sermon
is to bo preached .Sunday morning.
The graduating exercises and litera
address have been changed to
'nnday, the 23rd, instead of Tnes
'-y, so as to give the entire day
Tuesday to the re union. » Monday
afternoon the senior class wijl give
their exercises and that evening the
contests in music and expression
will be given.
The program for Tuesday will in
clude music, addresses, a business
meeting of the Alumni-Alumnae As
sociation, and a b'g dinner, which is
Jto he served by the people of the
I community and county in the shade J
|of the trees on the campus. A large
[attendance is expected for this oc- ■
casion.
t ARE YOU AWAKE AT 10 O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING? J
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X We are at the Vidalia Methodist Church. Here you *
X will find a live Sunday School, growing rapidly, with every J
£ department well organized. «•
| WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US.
I A cordial invitation to all —men. women, children, to *»
attend this Sunday School. One hour —10 to 11. Our Mens ~
Class will be an inspiration to you. Now numbers 60 and ~
increasing every Sunday. “
VIDALIA METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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% Screen Wire Cloth
Water Coolers-
Plow Hoes
Paints
Shovels
Hoes, Rakes
Garden Plows
Cotton Planters
Guano Distributors
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And such other goods as you
expect to find at a first class
Hard store store.
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Telephone No. 16
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NUMBER 16
BAPTIST REVIVAL
STILL 111 PROGRESS
CHURCH HAS BEEN GREATLY
REVIVED AND STRENGTHENED
BY THE ACCESSION OF MANY
NEW MEMBERS.
The revival services at the Baptist
church, which have been in progress
for the past two weeks, and which
are being conducted by the pasto .
Rev. J. T. B. Anderson, have great-
Uy revived the chinch and tlie cor
munfty H Fifty-six additions to the
church have resulted from the meet
ing, some being by letter and resto
ration, the great majority of the new
members coming in on profession of
faith.
It was at first planned to close the
' services Sunday night, but the inter
est continued so great that it was
thought best to continue the services
through the week. Two services are
being held each day, at 9 in the
morning and 8 in the evening. Pray
er services are being held each even
ing at i :30.
SECOND QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE HELD.
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The second quarterly conference of
the Vidalia Methcdist church was
held Monday night. Rev. J. M. Out
ler, presiding elder cf the Mcßae dis
trict, being present and presiding.
The reports of the officers were very
good- Mr. J. L. Strickland, formerly
a steward of the First Methodist
church of Tallahassee, Fla., was elect
ed a steward of the local church.
Delegates to the District Confer
'■nec, whjch will be held at Uvalda
May 11th and 12th, were named as
follows: Geo. S. Rountree, I„. B.
Godbee, E. T. Mcßride, Mrs. A. F.
Fanning. A. J. Hilton, Chess Aber
nathy, G. L. Thomas, Rev. G. W.
j Pharr, Rev. J. G Baggett; alter
nates, Mrs. Geo. S. Rountree, I. D.
! Stewart,’ Mrs. I. D. Stewart, Mrs.
| H. 1,. Burkhalter.