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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
WILL BEDICHE
HEW BUILDING
BIG EDUCATIONAL RALLY AT
JOHNSONS CORNER OCTOBER
19TH—MASONS TO LAY THE
CORNER STONE.
The citizens of the Johnsons Cor
ner Consolidated School district will
Hold a big school rally, and dedicate
the school building on October 19th,
at which time the .Masons will lay
the corner stone.
The following gentlemen are ex
pected to be present and deliver ad
k dresses:
Hon. M. L. Brittain, State School
Superintendent, Atlanta.
Prof. E- A. Pound, Dirctor of High
Schools, Atlanta.
Mr. I. S. Smith, State School Su
pervisor, Reidsville.
Miss Elizabeth G. Holt. School
Architect, Auguta.
Col. E. J. Giles, County Attorney,
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Hon. Geo. W. Lankford, Repre
sentativee of Toombs County in the
Georgia General Assembly, Lyons.
■Hon. T. B. Youmans, County
School Superintendent, Vidalia.
Col. W. J. DeLoach, Member of
Board of Education, Vidalia.
Everybody is cordially invited to
come and as many as will may please
bring filled baskets. Dinner will be
served on the school ground.
Friends of Mrs. A. F. Fanning
are delighted to know that she is re
covering nicely after an operation for
appendicitis at the Vidalia Hospital
Saturday.
THE RELIEF OF EYE STRAIN §
IS OUR SPECIALTY.
We provide glasses to meet every
defect and give the eye free, easy // X
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BOOTH AND TIPPETT
RELEASED ON BAIL
Mannie Booth and Tom Tippett,
who have been held in jail on a
charge of murder, Booth na i g been
ed and a mistrial resulting, were
released from jail last week on bond
for $1250 each.
Emory Williamson, charged with
the larceny of a bale of cotton at
Normantown last year, l|he jetton
later being sold to local parties, was
found guilty in the superior court
Wednesday.
The court adjourned Thursday af
ternoon, after disposing of practically
all jail cases.
STRICKLAND MOTOR CO.
NOW IN NEW QUARTERS
The Strickland Motor Co., local
•dealers for Ford cars and Fordson
ti actors, last week moved to their
new quarters in the Hamilton build
ing on Railroad Ave.% which has been
especially fitted up for them. The
work of straightening out their stock
is proceeding rapidly and everything
will soon be in tiptop shape.
The company plans many improve
ments for serving their customers
better than they have in the past
and invite all their friends to visit
them in their new home.
HASKINS. BARKER-
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Haskins of
Uvalda announce the engagement of
their daughter. Beatrice Mae, to Mr.
Benjamin Arren Barker, formerly of
Cordele but now of Rebecca, the wed
ding to take place on October 26th
at home.
-—FOR SALE—House and lot on
Peacock street at a bargain. Apply
to Mrs. G. F\ Huckahay.
Vidalia Colton Market, Wednesday: 20 c
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5 1921
LIIKATIC SHOOTS SHERIFF LID BROTHERS
THEN THUS HUH AND KILLS HIMSELF
TRAGEDY AT JOHNSONS CORNED WHEN SHERIFF C. W.
CULPEPPER ATTEMPTS TO TAKE ADAM DRIGGERS,
A LUNATIC, TO JAIU-TWO BROTHERS OF UNFOR
TUNATE ALSO WOUNDED.
Determined that he would not er side. The other shot pene
be taken to jail, Adam Driggers, trated the muscles of the leg.
of the Johnsons Corner section. The wounded officer was rushed
whose mind recently became un- to his home in Lyons and given
balanced, Wednesday afternoon medical attention, and while his
seriously wounded Sheriff C. W. wounds are serious, his recovery
Culpepper, his two brothers, Ed j s looked for.
!and Frank Driggers, and then After shooting the sheriff down
turning his gun on himself, com- . _ , .
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nutted suicide. . b
Sheriff Culpepper received two <>" his two brothers, painfully
wounds, one bullet entering the wounding them, and then shot
right side under the shoulder himself through the head, death
blade and coming out on the oth- resulting instantly.
BRIDGE OPEHIHG IMS CLUB IS
ONJCTOBER 14 PLANNIRG BIG SHOW
PLANS FOR FORMAL OPENING
OF MT. VERNON BRIDGE NOW
BEING' MADE BY AUTHORI
TIES OF TWO COUNTIES.
The big federal aid bridge omit by
rler and Montgomery counties
over the Oconee river near this place
is practically finished, and plans for
its formal opening are being made
by the authorities of the two coun
ties interested and the engineers in
charge of the work.
The opening date has been fixed
for Friday, October 14th, and on this
occasion a large number of people
&re expected. The local people of
the two counties are expected to
bring baskets to supplement the bar
becue.
Details of the plans have not been
announced, but it is quite certain
that the occasion will be held at or
near the bridge, in order to be as
sured of a supply of pure artesian
Official Organ City of Vidaff*
1 MINSTRELS TO BE STAGED ON
r THE MTH ,AT THE CITY HALL
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OF THE SEASON.
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The Big Twentieth Century Min
-5 strels to be staged by the Vidalia |
: Kiwanis Club at the city auditorium
' Friday night, October 14th, is fast be
: ing whipped into shape. These men
- are determined to make this show
i eclipse anything ever given by local
talent.
i The Kiwanis Club has engaged Mr.
> James Mathews, the famous South
: ern minstrel director, to train and
f produce their show, and he has ar
rayed about him thirty of the best
- local singers, dancers and comedians
with a big golden voice chorus, and
i from the progress already shown at
rehearsals, the people of Vidalia will
have the pleasure of witnessing a
real high class show with beautiful
scenery and special costuniingN for
1 this occasion, and with their own
home boys, that promises to far sur
pass many of the professional min
, stiels now touring the country.
| Great care has been taken to secure
’ the best voices in the city to handle
• the ballads in the show. The com
. edy will be in the hands of six of
’ the best local dispensers of joy. The
famous Vidalia Quartett will render
some close harmony in the second
part of the show and you will regret
it if you are not present to hear that
funny fellow, Royal Page, in his mon
ologue on politics, women, prohibi
tion and the cost of high living.
The after-piece of the minstrel, a
screaming black face farce entitled
“Boots and Bumps in Mexico,” prom
ises a laugh a minute. Space for
bids us mentioning this time all of
the big things that are going to be
pulled off at this big Kiwanis Show-
Tickets are on sale by the Girl Scout
organization and if you wish to en
joy two hours of real fun, frolic and
entertainment, the slogan is to buy
your ticket now, as it is already an
ticipated that there will he a packed
I house to greet these Kiwanians when
the curtain goes up at the city audi
torium at 8:30 o’clock Friday evening.
October 14th.
McNATT-HOULE.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McNatt an
j nounce the marriage of their daugh-li
ter, Alberta, to Mr. Holsey I. Houle
of Cocoa, Fla., on Wednesday, Sep
j tember 28th, at Uvalda.
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water.
This structure), ot tne tcinfbrced
concrete type, 2378 feet in length, is
a credit to the state —in fact it is the
.longest bridge of its type in the eight
states comprising .his district. Work
was commenced in the summer of
1918 hut has suffered many delays on
account of high water 'from time to
time. The concrete work was done
by the Dawkins Construction Co. o t
Jacksonville, Fla., and the steel sec
tions we-e erected hv the Southern
! Bridge Co. nf Birmingham, Ala.
j When finished it wi'l cost in of
j $200,000. —Montgomery Monitor. |
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MEADOWS & CHRISTIAN
NEW BUICK FIRM HERE
Mr. Claude Christian, formerly lo
cal Buick dealer and who recently
sold his business to Mr. E. L. Mead
ows, has decided to re-enter the au
tomobile business and will be asso
ciated with Mr. Meadows in the lo
cal agency, the new firm being known
Meadows & Christian.
The territory for the local agency
has been greatly enlarged and now
includes 6 counties in this immediate
section. After October 15th, the firm
will move into the building on Mead
ows street formerly occupied by the
Strickland Motor Co., and an efficient
organization for pushing the sales
of this popular car in this section
w‘ll be built up.
FRANK J. STUKES GETS
FOUR YEAR SENTENCE
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Hazlehurst, Ga-. Oct. 1. —Frank J.
Stuks, former agent of the Southern
Railway Co. at Hazlehurst, who Was
supposed to have been drowned in
the Ocmulgee river where he disap
ared, leaving his car on the Lt;m T
br City ferry, together with his coat,
hat and railroad passes, and who was
located about a week later by M.
F.. Madden, superintendent of the
Southern, at Birmingham, in the Hill
man Hospital, while people at Hazle
hurst and Lumber City were drag
fjjjng and dynamiting the river in an
••ffort to recover his body, was con
tic ed here by a jury in Superior
Court and the penalty fixed at not
less than two or more than four
years. •
Stukes was indicted by the grand
J jury two weeks ago for the embez
zlement of large rums from the Scu
hern Railway while agent here and
has been on trial for the past three
iays.
BRAGG A WAY GARAGE
TO HAVE NEW QUARTERS
The Bragg & Way (Garage, which
for some time has had quarters in
the rear of the city hall bunding,
wall about the middle of the month
move to the Meadows building on
Meadows street.
In their new quarters this firm will,
in addition to their general work,
have charge of the service work for
the Meadows-Christian Buick Co.
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OUT-DOOR PAINTING
Requires the best quality of
Paint. It requires a paint that will ),
wear well, and will not crack, peel $
or blister. Our ever increasing I
paint business is good evidence I
that the people of this section ap- I
preciate the wearing and lasting 1
qualities of our paints. I
Lowest prices consistent with I
quality. I
See us before painting your I
home. i I
Lee Hardware Comp’y I
Telephone No. 16
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NUMBER 40
EEBRGE B. M'LEOft
FOR 11. S. MAUL
HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY STATE
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS AND IS
ALMOST SURE TO SECURE.
THE APPOINTMENT.
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George B. McLeod of Lyons is ex-
I oecte<} to be the next United States
Marshal for the Southern District of
Georgia to succeed Joseph S. Davis
of Albany, the democratic incumbent.
He has been endorsed by J. L.
Phillips, chairman of the new repub
lican state committee for Georgia,
and that endorsement will control,
according to present indications.
According to reports from Wash
i nfgton, Chairman Phillips is being
consulted by the Postoffice Depart
ment before appointments are made
as a result of the examination by the
Cavil Service Commission. After
the tests are held the eligible lists
are sent to Mr. Phillips and his re
commendations usually are controll
of he veterans every man entitled to
matter has been held up for some
reason. It is reported that further
investigation of the fitness of the va
rious applicants is being made by
representatives of the Civil Service
Commission.—Savannah News.
Washington. D. C., Oct. 4.
George B. McLeod of Lyons, Ga.
was nominated bv the President
today to he U. S. marshal for
the Southern District of Georgia,
to succeed S. Davis, of
Albany, resigned. The appoint
ment was made on recommenda
tion of the newly organized Re
publican committee of Georgia.
TREUTLEN COUNTY FAIR
ATTRACTS MANY VISITORS
, The firt annuel fair of the Treutlen
County Fair Association, which is in
progress this week at Soperton i&
attracting many visitors from this
section.
Friday Governor Hardwick will
speak at the fair grounds in the af
ternoon and an unusually large crowd
is expected to be present that day.