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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
BETTER PRICES
jOR TOBACCO
20,000 POUNDS SOLD TUESDAY
AT AVERAGE PRICE OF 12.32,
TOP PRICE REACHING FORTY
CENTS.
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With new buyers on the ground, a
better grade of; tobacco coming in
and better prices prevailing, tobacco
growers in this section are much
pleased with the improvement of the
market and believe that fairly satis
factory prices will be secured for the
season’s crop.
Tuesday was the best day the Vi
dalia Loose Leaf Warehouse has had
since it opened for the season, 20,000
being sold at an average price of 12.
32, the range of prices being from 1
cent to 40 cents. A lot of 10,0000
pounds from the Collins neighbor
hood brought an average of 16 cents.
Mr. J. W. Rewis, of Collins, has
brought in the best lot of tobacco so
•far, 120 ponds selling at 37 cents, 134
at 34, 110 at 4 1-4, 130 at 32, 114 at 36.
200 at 39 and 178 at 38. A number of
successful tobacco farmers in the
Collins section will make from S2OO
to S3OO per acre from their tobacco
this year.
The quality of the tobacco coming
in shows a steady improvement and
the market is bearing out the pre
diction made early in the year by
Mr. Warren that good tobacco would
bring a fairly satisfactory price.
AN EXPERT PLUMBER
LOCATES IN VIDALIA.
Mr. H. B. Seckinger, an expert
plumber of Savannah, has located
ted in Vidalia and can be found at
the store of the Vidalia Hardware
Company, where they are putting in
a full stock of plumbing and bath
room supplies.
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Big Reduction In Ford
Parts
It affords us great pleasure in
in announcing to the public the big
reduction on Ford parts. It will be
possible to repair your Ford at a
very small cost. Come In and
figure with us.
Strickland Motor Go. Lyons Motor Co.
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COUNCIL PURCHASES LAND
FOR NEW DUMPING GROUND
At the regular monthly meeting of
the city council Monday night an or
dinance was passed authorizing the
purchase of two and two-tenths
acres of land from S. B. Meadows
for a new dumping ground for the
city.
Considerable routine business was
transacted. Clerk J. H. Duggan
announced that he was mailing out
notices to all property owners to the
effect that weeds on vacant lots
must be cut within ten days.
Superintendent O. C. Tate of the
water and light plant informed coun
cil that owing to the delay of many
customers in making payment, that
the rule requiring payment by the
10th of each month would, begn
ning this month, be rigidly enforced.
BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS.
The pastor will be out of town on
Sunday, and possibly longer, as the
church has granted him a month’s
vacation. No definite arrangements
at present for preaching services.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
The superintendent desires that all
teachers and workers in the school
be at the Hall Wednesday evening
for the purpose of organizing a coun
cil of teachers and workers. This
meeting immediately after the prayer
service.
Jr. B. Y. P. U. at the hall at 4
o’clock.
Sunbeams in basement of the new
church at the same hour.
Sr. B. Y. P. U. at 7:30 Sunday
evening.
W. M. S. circles meet on Tuesday
evening at 5 o’clock in the following
i homes:
No. 2.—Mrs. O. O. Williams.
.No. 3 —Mrs. W. J. DeLoach
No. 4—Mrs. H. A. Threlkeld.
The circles are doing good work
and had splendid reports along all
lines of sendee at the monthly meet
ing of the society.
Prayer services on Wednesday
evening at 8 :30.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 1921
PS ITEMS FROM
NEIGHBOR COOITIES
EXAMINATION FOR THE MT.
VERNON POSTOFFICE AP
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PLING FARMERS MAKE GOOD
MONEY ON WATERMELONS.
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--(Montgomery Monitor)
Under an executive order issued
by President Harding on May 12th,
the Civil Service Commission has
call an examination to fill the va
cancy at the Mt. Vernon postoffice.
The examination will take place at
Vidalia on August 13th. This office
is of the third class, and the place
has been filled nearly five years by
Mr. D. W. Folsom, who was ap
pointed by President Wilson on July
25th, 1916, and reappointed by Mr.
Wilson at the end of the term, but
the appointment, with hundreds of
others, was held up and not confirm
ed by the senate. Several have ap
plied for application blanks and will
probably take the examination.
Our community was shocked a few
days ago when it was announced
that a cable dispatch to Mrs. H. C.
Fentress told of the drowning of her.
son, William Fentress. No one has
been able to get particulars of the
sad occurrence, but it is stated that
he was drowned off the coast of Man
Chester, England, and that the body
was being sent home. It will be
recalled that the young man, a neph
ew of Messrs. Angus and Everett
McLeod, near here, has been in the
ocean freight service and has visited
many foreign ports and seen a lot
of the world. Friends of the grief
stricken mother and the family have
been greatly distressed over the un
timely death of the young man. who
was a general favorite with all.
Again the hearts of Mt. Vernon
people were made sad; onec more
the grief erf loved ones came to re
mind them of the death in battle of
Harold C. Geiger, as his remains
reached home from the vinej-clad
hills of France last Tuesday. A lit
tle over three years ago he crossed
t the ocean to battle for the homes
and firesides of his native land, and
on June 16th, 1918. he sacrificed his
all upon the altar and passed on to
“fame’s eternal camping ground.”
Amid a large concourse of rela
tives and friends, the casket bearing
the precious dust of this favorite Mt.
Vernon son was placed in its last
resting place in the Mt. Vernon
cemeteTy by the side of his father
Official Organ City as VidaK*
SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION
NOW WELL UNDER WAY. |
With Mr. L. W. oame, construc
tion engineer for the J. B. McCrary
Company, on the ground, work on the
Vidalia sewerage system was begun
in earnest last week. About thirty ,
men are now employed on the sec
ond ward cut and considerable pipe
Fias been laid since the work was
started.
It is probable that a trench ma
chinjt will ,be shipped here for the
purpose of cutting the ditches in the
main section of the city.
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TRUING OUI
i A HEN CROP
PROGRESSIVE JOHNSONS COR
NER FARMERS RAISE EARLY
SWEET POTATOES AND MAKE
SHIPMENT TO PHILADELPHIA.
. Following the suggestion of Mr.
J. G.Duncan of Eastern North Car
olina, who on a visit to the county
w£s impressed with the possibility of
railing early sweet potatoes for the
northern market, a number ot pro
gressive Johnsons Corner farmers
the past spring put in eighteen acres
ip Big Stem Jersey sweet potatoes,
and last Thursday made their first
carload shipment to Philadelphia.
Potatoes were quoted in Philadel
phia at from $9.00 to $ll.OO bar
rel and the growers are expecting to
have very satisfactory returns from
their shipment. Sufficient potatoes
have been raised to ship two addi
tional cars.
The farmers who planted this va
riety this year were Messrs.R. D.
Smith, A. S. George, Frank George.
W. J. Braddy and L. C. Smith, and
if the: venture this year is successful
they plan to put in about 100 acres
All effort will also be
made to have the potatoes ready for
shipment some weeks earlier than
i this year, in which event a better
price will be ecured.
The Big Stem Jersey is what is
known as a custard potato and com
mands a ready sale in the northern
and eastern markets, and it is be
lieved its cultivation in this section
can be made very profitable to the
local farmers.
FOR SALE.
Watches, watches, watches, and
watches on top of watches; also
below wholesale cost. See
them. Now is the time to get the
time. R. J. ANDERSON,
Jeweler, Vidalia, Ga.
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and Judson Carlton Geiger, a broth
er who had also made the supreme
sacrifice. The funeral services were
held in the Baptist church and con
ducted by Dr. J. C. Brewton, the
pastor, assisted by Rev. L. S. Bar
■ rett. An escort of ex-service men
accompanied the remains and behind j
the hearse marched in solemn form
the boys who were his schoolmates
and friends and who had also seen
service in the World War.
(Baxley News-Banner)
The crest of the melon movement
from this county was reached Wed- j
nesday when six carloads of Irish j
Greys and Tom Watsons were ship
ped. The highest price received fori
a carload was $275, shipped to the;
South Georgia Produce Company, in
| Cincinnati, Ohio, grown by Ed Cros
| by, and bought for this concern by
jL. C. Lewis, averaging 35 pounds,
j The largest in the shipment weighed i
j 5(1 pounds.
■ This season’s shipments will be
more than twice the number of that |
transported last year and it is pre-j
dieted that this number will be ex
celled next v ear by a half dozen
times as many more.
The most popular melon and the
melon that is bringing the highest
price is the Irish Grey, one of the
late varieties.
Georgia has shipped 10,213 cars of i
melons this season, more than three
timei the number of last season, and
the melon and peach crops are des
cribed as bumper crops. The rain
in this section has done little dam
age to the crop; in fact this season
has been generally regarded as an
ideal one. '
FARMERS RALLY
HERE FRIDAY
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COTTON GROWERS OF COUNTY
HEAR INTERESTING ADDRESS
BY W. T. HANSON SAPIRO
PLAN EXPLAINED.
A large number of cotton farmers
of Toombs county heard the Sapiro
marketing plan explained at . Vidalia
last Friday afternoon by Mr. W. T.
Hanson, field representative for the
Georgia Cotton Growers Co-operative
Association, and a number of con
tracts with the association were sign
ed up following Mr. Hanson’s ad
dress.
It was expected that Hon. E. K.
Overstreet of Sylvania and Hon.
.Threat Moore of Butts county would
be present and make addresses, but
these gentlemen found it impossible
to fill their engagements and Mr.
Hanson was accordingly assigned to
meet the farmers of this county.
A state-wide campaign is being
waged by the Cotton Growers Asso
ciation to explain the Sapiro market
ing plan to the farmers of Georgia
and secure pledges from the cotton
growers of the state for the mini
mum number of bales required to
put the organization in operation.
FARMERS LEAVE ON A
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Four well known local farmers —
M. J. Rattray, John Lee Meadows,
Walter Fulmer and Joe Todd —left
Tuesday morning for a four days
trip to Thomasville, Moultrie, Albany
and Quitman, for the purpose of
studying #he livestock industry as
developed in these communities.
The party expects to return Friday
afternoon.
SADIE CHURCH SUPPER.
On Friday night, August sth. there
will be given a supper for the bene
fit of the church at Sadie. The re
freshments will sell for five and ten
cents. Come and spend a dime
with us.
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When Buying Hardware
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 stuff, but our prices
will compare favorably with those
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NUMBER 31
559 DIE OF MALARIA
IN GEORGIA IN 1920.
This was the fearful toll of human
lives which malaria claimed in Geor
gia during 1920, according to the re
ports made by physicians and under
takers to the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics of the State Board of Health.
This is not only a sad condition,
but it shows the cheapness of human
life even in this highly civilized and
Christianized land, since malaria is
not only a preventable condition but
can be controlled for about one
tenth of what the people are now
paying for the privilege of being sick
of this disease.
Incident to the death of these 559
persons there were more than one
and a half million wage or working
days lost on account of sickness
from malaria. This, together with
the drug bill, doctors’ bill and funer
al expenses, represents the loss of
snore than $5,000,000.
This condition, however, is by no
means hopeless, as this disease can
be controlled for a small per cent of
whaf it is actually costing. Tndeed
a ray of hope is seen in the intro
duction of a bill in the House of Rep
resentatives by Mr. Vocelle of Cam
den county providing for an appro
priation of $25,000 to be used in help
ing malarious communities ro get rid
of this expensive disease. Ts \this
bill passes it will no doubt be instru
mental in the saving of hundreds of
thousands of dollars and many hu
man lives.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
L. L. LOWE CO. OPENS
TWO NEW GROCERY STORES
The L. L. Lowe Company ’
two new stores this week, one at
Hazfehurst_and the other at Metter.
Mr. I. F. Thompson will be mana
ger of the Metter store, moving
that place Tuesday to tae charge.
The Lowe Company expects to
open an addiktional store here at an
early date and new stores will be
opened in towns in this territory as
rapidly as possible.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our friends of
this section for their kindness during
the sickness and death of our little
son.
*Mr. and Mrs. J. C. ROBERTS.