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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE VOLUME XIX BIG BARBECUE FOR JULY 4TH - • BIG CUE TO FEED 5,900 TO 8,000 PEOPLE BEING PLANNED BY VIDALIA BUSINESS MEN FOR THAU DAY. A big Fourth of July celebration, with the main event a free barbecue sufficient to feed 5,000 to 8,000 people, has benn determined on by Vidalia business men the past week. Monday committees were appoint ed to canvass the town and a grat ifying response was met with, not only on the part of the business men but from farmers in this section as well. Full plans for the day are now be ing worked out by committees and these will be announced later, but people who come to Vidalia to spend the Fourth will find much doing for their entertainment. The baseball team will play two games, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. At noon the free barbecue will occur, and then a large part of the crowd who come will want to take a swim in Vidalia’s modern swimming pool. Other en tertainment features for the crowd will be announced later. LOCAL MEN INAUGRATE TRUCK LINE SERVICE Messrs. Abbie Vann and Sig Holmes are at the head of a truck line service which will make regular schedules from Vidalia to neighbor ing towns. Contracts have been signed up with local shippers and regular schedules will be made to neighboring towns, and the proprietors are confident they can give first class service, make quicker deliveries and greatly reduce loss and damage on shipments. —— % : 7 • I THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN f IS OUR SPECIALTY. | | We provide glasses to meet every t | defect and give the eye free, easy m * | vision and increase ability for work Wff £ % or study. * | W. E. WALKER, Jr., Registered Optometrist \ I A *** »»»■:■ •» » * *** _ _ ■' THE UNIVERSAL CAR Notice of Reduction in Ford Prices | The following prices on Ford cars are 9 effective June 7th, 1921, f. o. b. Detroit: I I Touring Car - - $415 | I Runabout - - - $370 1 | Chassis - -.-- 5345 | I Coupe - $695 | I Sedan $760 | I Ton Truck Chassis $495 N I No change in Tractor prices. | | STRICKLAND MOTOR €O. j I Authorized Ford Dealers. j I PHONE 242 VIDALIA, GA. I WOUNDED MEN BID FAIR TO RECOVER The condition of Tom Tippett, Cicero Mathews and Fred Mathews, who were dangerously wounded in a shooting affray near Sharpe Spur on the 6th, is consideratbly improved and physicians now feel that all the wouded men have a fair chance to recover. Tippets and Fred Mathews are at the Vidalia Hospital, while Cicero Mathews is at his home near Sharpe Spur. EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM. Subject—Our aged ministers. Song service. Prayer. St6ry of Paul %s revealed in Phil emon—Geo. S. Rountree. Scripture readings—Five Leaguers. Reading—Rebecca Mcßride. Vocal duet—Mrs. Mcßride and Mrs. Napier. Who are our supeiannates?—R. T. Mcßride. One minute quotations—Six Lea guers. Forgotten man a parable—Wade Linder. Conscience reflection?—Mrs. R. R. Price. Reading—Abbie Mathews. Offering. ' League benediction. JUNIOR MISSION BAND ELECTS NEW OFFICERS. The Junior Mission Bano of the Presbyterian church held their elec ! tion on Sunday afternoon, the follow ing officers being named for the en suing quarter, to take office on June 19th: *Egbert Anderson, president; Margaret Jones, vice-president; Vic i toria Cromartie, secretary; Katherine « ; Jones, chairman program committee; Lucy Poe, music committee ;Katherine Jones and Ruth Cromartie, visiting committee; Mrs. J. F.. Mercer, di ■ rector. MARGARET JONES, Sec’y- VIDALIA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15, 1921 ram co. ceis SEKICNIIKI WORK ON CONSTRUCTION EX PECTED TO BEGIN EARLY IN JULY AND WILL BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. Following the sale last week of the issue of $60,000 sewer bonds recently voted by the city of Vidaia to an Atlanta concern, at a price netting the city 96.25, the city council last Friday let the contract for the con struction of the sewer system to the J. B. McCrary Co., also of Atlanta. Work will begin when the issue is favorably passed upon by attorneys for the bond purchasers and as soon as material can be ordered and laid down. It is believed that work can be started by the middle of July and it will be pushed rapidly in order to give employment to local labor that will be available as soon as crops are laid by, which will be used for the major part of the work. Under the terms of the contract entered into with the McCrary Co., the company guaranteees that the cost will not be in excess of $51,400. and they are to be paid a per centage of this figure for supervising the con struction. However, all expenditures are to be supervised by the council and the contract stipulates that if the work is done at a lesser figure, the city is to pay only actual cost, plus the percentage to the McCrary Co., for superintending the work. Several changes in the survey as originally drawn have the principal one being on Durden street, which will be sewered from Fourth to Sixth. Even with this in crease in the work, the cost of the. system has been reduced from $55,900 as originally estimated to $51,400. and it is hoped that even these fig ures can be considerably reduced. Mayor Jackson and the members of the council make a thorough in vestigation as to the working of this contract and in every case cities that ■ had installed sewers under this con • tracjt felt that they had save Tia con ; siderable sum of money. Such *was ; the experience at Swainsboro, city ■ authorities there estimating that the • McCrary Co. had saved them about ' $15,000 in the construction of their ' system. .. —For Sale-Beautiful pansy blos soms. 5 cents per dozen. Duffy; Williams, 115 West c t., Oconee Hts. Official Organ Gty of VidaMi POSTOFFICE OFFICIALS NOW SPORT REVOLVERS. You need not be unnnecessarify alarmed if one of the postoffice em ployee approaches you with a big revolver strapped around his waist, for he is but obeying an order of Uncle Sam put into effect some time ago. Army revolvers have been issued to all offices, and all employee? who handle valuable mail are required to either wear the revolvers and have them where they are quickly reached. SMITH PITCHES HIT GAME PRETTIEST GAME OF THE SEA SON PLAYED AT CLAXTON OT TUESDAY, VIDALIA WINNING BY SCORE OF 1 TO 0. *>%► • • With SmiHh on the mound for Vi dalia and giving up but one hit, the Claxton fans Tuesday, at Claxton, saw the prettiest game of the sea son, the score being one to nothing in favor of Vidalia. Butler was un able to catch, owing to an injured huger, and Brown did the receiving for our boys. The Claxton team plays a return gpme in Vidalia Wednesday after noon (today) and a great crowd of rooters is expected to be on hand. Thursday the team ges to States boro for a game, and will play Stiff more on Friday at Stillmore. Vidalia 1; Claxton 0. Score: R H F. Vidalia—ooo 001 000 1 5 0 Claxton —000 000 000 0 1 2 . Batteries: Smith and Brown; Thomas and Durrence. Vidalia 12; Hazlehurtt 8., Score n H F. Vidalia—o4o 21)1 14x 14 12 6 ' Batteries: Smith and Butler; Meeks and Holton. Vidalia 5; Stillmore 6. Score R H E Vidalia —002 002 <X)I 5 8 5 Stillmore —001 200 005 6 9 4 Retteries: Smith, Taplev. Btitler, Brown; Hudson. Foster, Coleman. B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM. Subject—What can the Bible do - for me? Scripture—Birdie Palmer. Prayer. The Bible helps the Christian to know himself—Robert Saffold. Poem—Lorene Anderson. The Bible will help us in our daily ! living—Ruth Peacock. | The Bible helps the Christian when j he is tempted—Mr. Sanders. The Bible comforts the Christian ! in time of trial—Mr. Armour. i The Bible teaches the Christian what his duty and privileges are while : on earth—Eva Hart. Tt is necessary to know the Rible — T.onella Hudson. EVA HART. Leader. SANITARY INSPECTOR DOING FINE WORK. ! , . Sanitary Inspector G. \V . Leveritt j j is quietly doing some splendid work |in safe guarding the health of the city, and those who are familial- with the excellent work he is doing say j that his employment by the city au thorities was one of the best moves tha\t could have been made. Mr. Leverjtt is urging local raar |,ket> to use every possib!e ( precaution j j ■ in the handling of fresh meats, and j is meeting with snlendid co-oueration j in his work. This week he inspected | local dairies and called attention to several things which the proprietors promised to remedy at once. I NOTICE TO HOG AND CATTI E RAISERS. j* I pay the highest market n I price for cattle and hogs. Car- R load shipments going every ci Thursday. Located at tlje Na- * tional Stock Yards. fi See me if you have cattle or B hogs to sell. S J. E. THOMPSON, 1| j . VIDALIA, GA. j mm .. sz&sasavazsgmms DISTRICT DOCTORS MEETIN VIDALIA BUSINESS AND SCIENTIFIC PRO GRAM AT CITY HALL—KIWAN IS CLUB TO GIVE BANQUET TO MEDICOS TONIGHT. With a good attendance of mem bers, the 12th Congressional District Medical Society is in session in Vida-, lia today, convening at 2 o’clock in the city hall for a business and sci entific session. Following this session the doctors will attend a motion picture exhi bition at the Colonial Theatre, the film being entitled “Unhooking the Hookworm,” and having been prepar ed by Dr. O. H. Cheek, of Dublin. The management of the Adams Nat atorium had invited the doctors to be their guests for a swim in the' new pool, and every effort was made to have the pool ‘ ready by today, but owing to the delay in receiving some necessary material it was found im possible to have it ready. At 7:50 this evening the visitors be the guests of the Kiwanis Club at a banquet to be given at the New Vidalia Hotel. W. J. DeLoach, pres ident of the club, will preside and there will be a number of interesting addresses. The progrant for the scientific and business session is as follows:; Invocation—Rev. W. M. Blitch. Address of welcome on behalf of •the City of Vidalia —Mr. D. C. Pat tillo. Address of welcome on behalf of Tri-County Medical Society—Dr. J. W. Palmer. Ailey. Response to addresses of welcome —Dr. J. F,. New. Dexter. The heart in pneumonia—Dr. F. O. Bell, Reidsville. Paper by 1,. H. Darby, D. D. S.. i Vidalia. 1 Cancer control—Dr. G. R. White, . Savannah. What we know about cancer.—Dr. T. C. Thompson, Vidalia. Presentation of two orthopedic cases, showing the importance of early recognition and treatment of foot troubles. —Dr. Theo. Toepel. <.-> *><• *:«:» ♦>*;—■>•> ♦»* * *•**> <**l* *> ■<• •> •> v -* ❖ •> •> f X A f' THE YOUNG MENS BIBLE CLASS % f * i OF THE BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL t I I & Invites you to join them. Meets Sunday morning at 10:00. £ One hour in worship and studying God’s word. T .£ Come. welcome awaits you. ♦ | . m I I SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS Ice Cream Frezers Screen Wire Cloth Water Coolers I Plow Hoes 1 | Paints I I Shovels 1 I Hoes, Rakes I I Garden Plows 1 Cotton Planters p Guano Distributors g And such other goods as' you I expect to find at a first class i N Hardstore store. I Lee Hardware Comp’y I •] Telephone No. 16 NUMBER 24 COUNTY EQUALIZERS ISSUE WARNING TO CITIZENS __ 0 Teh board of county equalizers now ’’in session in Lyons have issued a warning to citizens of the county who have failed to make their tax returns. All who fail to have their returns "in the hands of the receiver before the board completes its work will be doubled taxed. The board is composed ot Messrs. J. M. Meadows, B. F. Wofe and J. W. Linder and they expect to be session about two weeks longer. SECURES CIVIL SERVICE POSITION IN WASHINGTON Pierce Holmes, who graduated trom the University of Georgia law school, left Sunday for Athens where on Tuesday he received his degree. From Athens Mr. Holmes will go to Washington, D. C., where he will ac cept a civil service position. During his stay in Washington Mr. Holmes expects to take post-grau ate work in law in one of the splen did law school in that city. METHODIST S. S. TO PICNIC ON FRIDAY The Vidalia Methodist Sunday School will have their annual picnic Friday, and will spend the day at Pendleton creek near Lyons. Trucks and autos will he provided for all and the members of the school are requested to meet at the church Friday morning between 9:30 and 10 o’clock. Atlanta. Cancer of the womb and its treat ment with Radium. —Dr. G. T. Ber nard, Augusta. The Georgia Workmen’s Compen sation Act. Its medical aspects.—* Dr. C. W. Roberts, Atlanta. Pseudo-Medical Cults. —Dr. J. W. Palmer, Ailey. j The X-Ray and its uses. —Dr. W.j C. Thompson, Dublin. Report of fracture of femur, fol* lowed by false joint.—Dr, M, £j ’ Pruitt. Atlanta. < i F.lection of officers. Dr. F. B. Claxton of Dublin is president of the society. Dr. T. E. Blackburn of Swainsboro, vice-presi dent, Dr. T. C. Thompson, Vidalia, second vice-president, and Dr. J. H . of Dublin is secretary-treasurer.