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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
TOM GALBREATH IS
HELDJOR MURDER
PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD
AT LYONS SATURDAY BEFORE
ESQUIRE FINDLEY— TIPPETT
AND BOOTH NOT TRIED.
At a preliminary hearing before Es
quire J. F. Findley at the court house
in Lyons Saturday, Tom Galbreath
was bound over to the superior court
on the charge of murder and remand
ed to jail without bond.
The case grew out of tne shooting
affray near Center church early in
June, when William Galbreath was
killed and Cicero and Fred Mathews
received mortal wounds, dying with
in a short time.
The interest of th« state was 1
ed after by Williams & Corbitt, Lank
ford & Rogers and C. W. Sparks
representing the defense. The trial
was hard fought and occupied the
entire day. <
Tom Tippett and Mannie Booth,
who are also in jail charged with
murder, were not tried Saturday, but
their cases went over to Monday. On
Monday the cases were deferred and
it is now thought probable that they
will waive preliminary trial, in which
event they will be held in jail pend
ing final disposition of their cases
by the superior court.
CHEAP RATES.
Every Sunday, July 17th to Octo
ber 2nd, inclusive, the Georgia and
Florida Railway will sell round trip
tickets between all stations in their
line in Georgia at one and one-fourth
fares for the round trip, limited re
turning good on all trains arriving
at original selling point by noon
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H. W. WATSON, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Georgia.
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
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Notice of Reduction in Ford Prices
The following prices on Ford cars are
effective June 7th, 1921, f. o. b. Detroit:
Touring Car - - $415
Runabout - - - $370
Chassis - - - - $345
Coupe - - - $695
Sedan $760
Ton Truck Chassis $495
No change in Tractor prices.
STRICKLAND MOTOR CO.
Authorized Ford Dealers
PHONE 242 VIDALIA, OA.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION.
John Skelton Williams, formerly
a member of President Wilson’s
cabinet and now sole receiver of the
Georgia & Florida Railway, was in
Vidalia last Friday in the G. & F.
official car, in company with General
Superintendent Dickson and other
officials on a tour of inspection of
the railroad property.
Mr. Williams had not been over the
Georgia & Florida line since 1912.
when he was connected with the
road, and expressed himself as great
ly pleased with the improvement of
the road, as well a? the wonderful
growth of the towns served by the
railroad.
FIREMEN SUBDUE
DANGEROUS BLAZE
BUILDING OCCUPIED BY EVER
READY STORAGE BATTERY
CO. DESTROYED BY FIRE ON
THURSDAY NIGHT.
The two-story brick building on
Railroad avenue occupied by the Ev
eready Storage Battery Co. was des
troyed by fire last Thursday night.
Mr. C. W. Hamilton, the owner of
the building, carried no insurance and
his loss is estimated at about $6,000.
Mr. S. B. Davis, proprietor of the
storage battery business, carried
$3,000 on his stock.
The fire was discovered about, 12:30
o’clock and when the firemen reach
ed the scene the entire lowr floor
was ablaze. The second story had
ben fitted up as an apartment, with
windows on both east and west
sides. Flames were soon bursting
through the windows and the build
ings on each side were threatened,
but -fine work by the fire department
soon had the flames under control.
Mr. Hamilton will start wot * re
building at an early date.
VIDALIA, , GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 20 1921
NEWS ITEMS FROM
NEIGHBOR COUNTIES
OVERf-SEA HERO BROUGHT TO
HIS HOME—TWO NEW LAW
YERS—HIGHWAY APPROPRIA
TION-PARSONAGE SOLD.
(Montgomery Monitor.)
The body of Harold C. Geiger, who
lost his life at Chateau-Thieerry on
June 16, 1918, will arrive in New York
on the date of July 15th, according
to a telegram recently received by
Mrs. J. B. Geiger, mother of the
young man. The exact date of the
ariival of the remains at Mt. Vernon
cannot be determined as yet.
Harold C. Geiger was the son of
the late Col. J. B. Geiger, and was
a favorite in the town and commu
nity. He enlisted in thte U. S. Ma
rines April 12th, 1917, and atter a
few months training at Paris Island,
S. C., was sent to France, serving
continuously until the date of his
death. He was a member of the
sth Marines, who with the 6th Ma
rines, so gallantly withstood the ad
vance of the Germans in their last
major offensive, covering themselves
with undying glory in this achieve
ment. It was at the close of this
drive that Harold lost his life, being
mortally wounded and dying a few
hours later.
Under bar examination held before
Judge Eschol Graham on June 29th,
Mr. J. Wade Johnson of Mt. Vernon
and Mr. H. T. Sharpe of Alston
were admitted to the practice of law
in this state.
These gentlemen both stand high
in this section and no doubt will en
joy from the start a lucrative prac
tice in their chosen profession.
It is understood that Mr. Johnson
will maintain his office in Mt. Vernon
hut the Monitor is not advised as to
where Mr. Sharpe will locate.
Mrs. H. W. Cockfield and Miss
leddie Cockfield of Lake City, S.
C., visited in Mt. Vernon last week.
(Metter Advertiser.) (
Mr. Friedman, representing the
State Highway department, met with
the board of commissioners in Met
ter on Monday afternoon and re
leased an appropriation which has
been Reid by the state for this coun
ty of SIO,OOO by that organization to
be expended on the Dixie Overland
Highway, and it is necessary that
the county convict force begin work
on this road on the 15th of August
Official Organ City of VidaHt
WILL OPERATE DUBLIN,
VIDALIA & LYONS BUS.
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Mr. S. L. Kemp the first of the
Week inaugurated a bus line between
Vidalia and Dublin and Vidalia and
Lyons, which will fill a long-felt
want with the traveling public.
One round trip each day will be
made between Vidalia and Dublin,
leaving Vidalia each afternoon at 2
o'clock, and reaching Dublin at 5,
with ifive minute stops at a number
of flbvdns between the two cities.
Returning, the bus will leave Dublin
at 7 jp. m.
One trip daily is made between
Vidajia and Lyons.
The full schedule will be found
elsewhere in these columns.
FAIRCLOTH & JOHNSON
NEW GROCERY FIRM.
M. E. Faircloth and) T. H. John
son have formed a partnership under
the name of Faircloth and Johnson
and have opened a grocery store on
Railroad avenue in the building for
merly occupied by Dickerson & Hol
ton.
COUNTY’S FIRST BALE WILL
BE GINNED IN JULY
From the large number of open
cotton bolls reported from all sec
tion? this week, it is probable the
county’s first bale will be ginned in
July.
The average year the first bale df
cotton generally comes in from 1
first to third of August.
in order that the county may fulfil
its part of the contract.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Meadows
left Monday afternoon for Ashburn
where they expect to reside.
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(Telfair Enterprise.)
The district parsonage trustees of
the Methodist church here sold the
•dkt-rfbt parsonage, now occupied by
Rev. J. M. Outler, to Mr. E. C. Ry
als and bought the residence formerly
owned by Mrs. Emma Wooten from
Mr. M. K. Pittman, which will be
used by Rev. Outler as soon as he
can arrange to occupy it.
(Tattnall Journal.)
Miss Maggie Bethea, home dem r
onstration agent, recently organized
an egg circle at Lynns Bridge School
met with the ladies composing the
circle and demonstrated how to
grade eggs for shipment. Thirty
dozen eggs were shipped to a pro
duce man in Savannah.
And here’s the interesting and
profitable part of it.
On the day the eggs wer-e shipped
quotations showed them to be worth
in Savannah 21 cents per dozen.
These eggs were candled and the
receipts for the shipment showed
that they brought 37 cents per doz
en all the way round.
Do egg circles pay?
Mr. John W. Kirkland of Cobb
tovvn was in Reidsville yesterday and j
told of the killing last Sunday near j
his chicken farm of a five-foot rattle |
snake with fourteen little ones.
Mr. Kirkland says that the old
! snake was discovered in the mouth
of a gopher hole just back of his
place and was killed. The snake I
looked so large, Mr. Kirkland said. |
that he deckled to cut it open, and I
when this was done the fourteen j
little ones came wriggling out. They
were jlain too. ■».
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Treutlen county will hold a fair I
this fall, despite the hard times.
Plans are now under headway to
make this one of thr: fairs in
this section. The Treutlen County
Farm Bureau is behind the move
ment, as well as many farmers and!
business men who ace >t members
of the Bureau.
The fair will he held October 2nd !
to Bth inclusive, and many interesting
and novel features will he introduced
during the week. It is the intention j
of the fair association to try to hold ,
an old-time singing convention one |
day. and this alone will he a great j
drawing card, as there are many j
good singers in this section who |
would he glad to participate in the
occasion.
Mks Rebecca Estroff of Louisville,
who is visiting her brother, Mr. W.
A. F.stroff at Lyons, spent Tuesday
here as the attractive guest of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Estroff.
TOBACCO SEASON
OPENS THURSDAY
BIG CORPS OF BUYERS WILL BE
PRESENT FOR OPENING AND
THROUGH SEASON AND GOOD
PRICES ARE EXPECTED.
After consultation with the tobacco
warehousemen in this sect on, Mr.
J. A. Warren, lessee and manager of
the Vidalia Tobacco Warehouse, an
nounces that the local warehouse is
to open Thursday morning for the
season.
However, owing to the fact that
none of the buyers have received full
instructions from their companies, few
sales are expected to bem ade before
Tuesday or Wednesday of next week
when it is believed buying will be
active.
A number of buyers representing
the leading tobacco companies have
reached the city and sales will he
made every day, with the exception
of Saturday, until the crop in this
seciion is sold.
Mr. Warren, the manager, states
that while there is little demand for
the poorer grades of tobacco and
the market for these grades will be
very poor, the better grades will
bring good prices, and the farmers
who have given proper care to their
crops will he pleased with the price
they will secure.
VIDALIA FLOUR MILL
DOING SPLENDID BUSINESS.
The Vidalia Flour Mill, which re
sumed operations some two months
ago, after being shut down through
the winter, is doing splendid busi
ness, both day and night runs being
made in order to handle the large
amount of wheat being, brought in.
Wheat from a number of counties is
brought here.
The mill is putting a fine brand of
flour. “Melva,” on the market, and
quite a bevvy demand for it is being
reported.
Mrs. M. C. Tarver of Scott spent
Monday here, visiting Miss Claudia
Stith.
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Cultivate a habit of econ
omy, but not stinginess. You know
that below a certain price it is im
possible to manufacture
GOOD HARDWARE
of any kind. When you have an
article offered for less than we ask
for it, it is inferior. We do not
handle shoddy stuff, but our prices |
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NUMBER 29
TANNER-BRICE CO.
HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Tanner-Bnce /Yhole
sale Grocery Co. was held on Friday,
July 15th. The out-of-town st’oek
hclders present included E.i L. Tan
ner and M. F. Brice, of Douglas,
and K. L. Davis, of Zirkle.
The reports of the officers showed
that the company had a fairly suc
cessful yeaT considering the business
depression. The old officers: E. L.
Tanner, president, M. F. Brice, vice
president and J. W. Dale, manager
were re-elected for the ensuing year,
SEWERAGE WORK
STABTSjHIS WEEK
MATERIAL RAPIDLY ARRIVING
AND 75 LABORERS WILL BE
GIVEN EMPLOYMENT AT THE
BEGINNING.
With Mr. C. B. Williams, of the
J. B. McCrary Co., on the ground
superintending the unloading of ma
terial which is rapidly arriving, ar
rangements' are beng made for the
commencement of the sewer con
struction work this week. About
seventy-five laborets will be given:
employment to start with, but as the
work progresses this number will be
largely increased.
The first work will be done in the
southwest section of the city, and it
is planned for the present to dig all
ditches with local labor. Mayor B.
P. Jackson and the McCrary Com
pany-are* of the opinion that owincr
to the loose sandy soil, it tnay he
possible to do the work cheaper by
hand than by machine, and costs are
to be carefully checked. Later, if
it is found that the machine will be
less expensive, one wtff be ordered.
Construction work will be pushed
as rapidly as possible and it is hoped
to have the work largely done with
in the next two months.
Misses Kathleen and Ruby Strick
land are in Tallahassee, Fla., on a
visit to relatives.