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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. NAPIER, Editor and Publisher.
FRIDAY, JUNK 3, 1921.
THE NEXT STEP FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.
The Advance believes that the next forward
step the citizens should take looking to the im
provement of our home town is the removal of
the old freight depot from the heart of the business
section. We hope the Kiwanis Club or some or
ganization of the citizens will take this up and will
appoint a committee to confer with the Seaboard
officials and see if some agreement cannot be con
summated looking to the realization of this dream
of many years by every Vidalian.
This is another case where there are no argu
ments against the proposition. The Seaboard Ry
is the town’s most important fine and they are in
terested in the development of the town. The old
building is fast falling into decay and a new and
better depot is needed. Vidalia gives a large
amount of business to the Seaboard, and with the
future that is before it. the good will of the people
of this city is well worth cultivating on the part of
the Seaboard officials. We know of no one thing
the officials of the Seaboard could do that would
prove such an investment in the good will of the
people of this section as a declaration on their
part that at an early date this eye-sore would be
removed.
We hope that our city officials or some of our
civic organizations will see that a committee con
fers with the Seaboard officials and put this mat
ter up to them in the right light. It may be all
true that railroads, like all businesses, are hard
pressed at this time, and the people of Vidalia arc
•willing to take these facts into consideration. Rut
what can be given and what should be given is an
assurance on the part of the railroad that this de
pot will be moved this coming fall. The matter
has been put off and deferred until the people of
Vidalia want to get down to brass tacks.
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“FULL AND EXACT JUSTICE.”
Last week in Atlanta appropriate exercises
were held commemorating the birth of Henry W.
Grady, the South’s great journalist. In these
times when so much is being said about the state’s
treatment of the negro, it will be well to read and
read again what this gifted son of Georgia said
about this problem.
"Our future, our verv existence, depend ir~>on
our working out this problem in ftil 1 and '*xact ms
tice. The South, with the North, protsts agams*
injustice to this simple and sincere people. Faith
■will be kept with him in the future, if the South
bolds her reason and integrity.
“Not in passion but in reason—not in narrow
ness but in breadth—that we mav solve this prob
lem in calnmess and in truth, and lifting its sh i low
let perpetual sunshine pour down on two races
walking together in peace and contentment.
"If the problem be solved at all—and I firmly
believe it will, though nowhere else has it been—
it wiF be solved bv the people most, deeply bound
in interest, most deeply pledged in honor to its
solution. 1 had rather «=ee mv people render back
**”’s ouestion rightlv solved than to see them gather
all the spoils over which faction has contended
since Cataline conspired and Caesar fought.”
COFFINS and CASKETS |
Day Phone 82 At Reasonable Prices Night Phone 220
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
HEARST OR EMBALMER FURNISHED IF WANTED
Vidalia Hardware Co.
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STREET PREACHING.
We present this week a letter from Rev. A.
R. Easters, a colored pastor of the city, calling at
tention to the fact that some negro preachers who
drift into Vialia and harangue such crowds as they
can gather about them on the streets, are attempt
ing to stir up strife between the races. It is a
matter worthy of consideration by our officials.
Rev. Rasters states that where these itinerant
preachers are worthy the colored people stand in
readiness to throw their churches open to them; if
they have no message that can safely be delivered
yWiFhin a church, there is no reason why! they
should be permitted to preach on the streets.
A municipal ordinance requiring a permit from
the chief of police would give us the machinery for
controlling this practice and it might be well for it
to be carefully looked into by the city officials.
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SERVICE.
The manager of a South Georgia railroad re
cently received a letter from a patron compliment
ing the road upon the courteous treatment he had
received from the railroad’s employees. This in
spired the official to send out a circular letter to
(ticket and baggage agents and train crews, in
which he said:
Learning of he comment of the passenger as
above, General Passenger Agent W. W. Croxton
issued the following circular letter to “Ticket and
Baggage Agents and Passenger Train Crews.”
“It is very gratifying to the management that
our employees generally are doing everything in
their power to render satisfactory service' to pa
trons. and in this way create a favorable impres
sion . As a rule, simple acts of kindness gracious
ly bestowed make a lasting impression.
“The service of a railroad is not a thing sup
plied by any single individual. It is not special at
tention to any one patron. It means the limit of
courtesy, efficient attention from each particular
employee to each particular patron.
"Every item of extra courtesy contributes to
ward a better pleased patron, and every pleased
patron contributes toward a better and more pros
perous railroad.
“A railroad has just one thing to sell. That
one thing is Service.
“The railroad that sells poor service is a poor
railroad.
"The railroad that sells good service is a good
railroad.
"We should so conduct our business as to im
press the public mind with the idea that "A. B.
& A. Service” always means “The Best Service.”
“The co-operation and courteous attention of
every employee to each patron is necessary to ac
complish this.”
You can take the statement of this official
with reference to railroads, and paraphrase it to
apply, to vour own business. For illustration, we
might say:
A newspaper that sells good service is a good
newspaper.
A newspaper that sells poor service is a poor
newspaper.
If your store sells good service it is a good
store: or if it sells poor service it is a poor store.
Courtesy, patience, kindness, attentiveness all
count big business. Too many of us are Overlook
ing them.—Moultrie Observer.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE. VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
! FORD PRODUCTION IS
4.SSO CARS PER DAY.
Ford i? building cars at full speed
And, according to an official state
-1 ment from the factory at Detroit, the
demand for Ford cars and trucks
still exceeds the output, despite the
fact that a new high level of produc
tion has been reached.
By the first of May the figures rep
resenting daily production were in
the neighborhood of 4,000 a day. so
the May schedule was set at 101,125
cars and trucks, not including the
output of the Ford Canadian plant or
any of the foreign assembling plants.
The output mounted daily; May 12th
brought forth 4,092, the greatest num
, her that have been produced in one
day so far this year. Since the month
| has 25 working days, present indica
tions point to a new high record,
f A comparison of Ford production
1 figures for 1920 and 1921 discloses the
fact that for April. 1921, the output
was greater by 34,514 than for the
corresponding month of a year ago.
The output for May, 1921, will prob
ably overshadow May, 1920, by be
tween fifteen and twenty thousand
cars and trucks.
Approximately 43,000 men arc at
work in the Detroit plant of the Ford
Motor Company. The factory is op-
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Present lines of new Buick six-cylinder
models will be carried thru the 1922
season. •
Beginning June Ist the new series and
prices will be as follows, f. o. b. factories,
Flint, Michigan. : *
, Old Prices New Prices
Model 22-44 Three Passenger Roadster, $1795 $1495
Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring, - $1795 $1525
Model 22-46 Three Passenger Coupe, - $2585 $2135
Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan, - - $2895 $2435
Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe, - $2985 $2325
Model 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring, $2065 $1735
Model 22-50 Seven Passenger Sedan, - $3295 $2635
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICH.
Pioneer Builders of Valve-in-Head Motor Cara
Bmnchrs in all Principal Cities —Dealers everywhere '
Local Dealer
CHRISTIAN BUICK CO.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
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The 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 on its use.
Ask Your Dealer or Write
Vidalia Vault & Tile Company
MANUFACTURERS
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crating on full time, six days a week
and three shifts a day.
“We were never in a better condi
tion than we are right now,” said
Henry Ford recently.
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Ten for 10 cents. Handy
size. Dealers carry both.
10 for 10c; 20 for 20c.
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er. Relieves pain and soreness, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, Sprain*, «*«=.
To Stop « Cough Quick
take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a
cough medicine which stops the cough by
healing the inflamed and irritated tissues.
A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Croup is enclosed with every bottle or
HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve
should be rubbed on the chest and throat
of children suffering from a Cold or Croup
The healing effect of Haves’ Healing Honer":
side the throat combined " lth *he healing effect <*
Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores at
the skin soon stops a cough.
Both remedies are packed in one carton and tne
coat of the combined treatment is 35c.
Just ask your druggist for HAYES
HEALING HONEY.
W. E. Walker, Jr
RELIABLE JEWELER
Vidlaia, Georgia-