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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 A delegation from East man Kiwanis Club had been invited to visit the club this week, but this invitation was also withdrawn.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 (Continued to Page Four) ****** ** ******»*********-****»*****.f>,:~M~M>*********+*4~» | THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN I IS OUR SPECIALTY. $ ;; We provide glasses to meet every i ” defect and give the eye free, easy H t jj* vision and increase ability for work * j| W. E. WALKER, Jr., Registered Optometrist \ I * . i ***fr*************************************** ********** V • . : J Some FACTS About I . , 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. ; ! : Authorized Ford Dealers PHONE 242 VIDALIA, GA. •-'. ■ ■ . - WILL OBSERVE MEMORIAL DM ” / 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 * • 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 i 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. i 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 i •* t 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. i . * »»»»»»»■!■» »» ,1-,|. l 1 'l''l' M ‘l* ■»' t 1 ■»'■!''t' SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS \ Ice Cream Frezers % Screen Wire Cloth Water Coolers- Plow Hoes Paints Shovels Hoes, Rakes Garden Plows Cotton Planters Guano Distributors « # And such other goods as you expect to find at a first class Hard store store. Lee Hardware Comp’y Telephone No. 16 \ '■ '■ ;f- : .A -1-rnfiiiii-R R 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. » i • 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.