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B. H. GRACE
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Special Attention Given to
Collections.
UVALDA, GEORGIA.
Telephone Connections.
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DR. CHAS. D. WILLIAMS
Practicing Physician
Vidalia, Ga.
Office in Post-office Building.
Phones: Res. 84-3; Office 84-2
DR. L. H. DARBY
DENTIST
EQUIPPED WITH X-RAY OUTFIT
Postoffice Building
VIDALIA. GEORGIA
DR. ELTON S. OSBORNE
SPECIALTY:
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
19 Jones Street, East
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
DR. M. L. CURRIE
Office rear of postoffie building.
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Furnishes his own medicine and fills
most of his prescriptions.
Phonel: Residence 164; office 151.
J. E. MERCER, M. D.
Vidalia, Georgia
Office OvergUnion Pharmacy.
Office Hours: 9 to 10 a. m., 4to 6 p. m.
Office Thone 136; Residence 189.
B. P. JACKSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Practice Civil and Criminal Law in
All Courts.
Office in First National Bank Bldg.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
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D. C. PATTILLO
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Collections, Estates, Bankruptcy
and Loans.
First National Bank Building.
Phone 145.
M. J. RaYTTRAY,
VETERINARY SURGEON
PHONE NO. 229
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
W. M. LEWIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
VIDALIA, GA.
Office over Bank of Vidalia.
W. J. DrLOACH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office over Citizens Bank. •
PHONE NO. 18.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
DR. F. L. HUIE
DENTIST
X-RAY EQUIPMENT.
Office in Bank of Vidalia Bldg.
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G. K. MURCHISON
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND
EMBALMER
VIDALIA, - GEORGIA
Pay Phone 92; Night Phone 36
PIERCE E. HOLMES
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
405-19 American Bank & Trust Bldg.
SAVANNAH, GA.
General practice in all Courts, both
State and Federal.
Our Orangeade ir mad* from
iresh, pure oranges and ife a delight
ful drink. One trial will convince
you. Page’s Drug Store.
Cd 4m Cause Grip end Lttmn
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E. W. GROVE'S slaoeture on be*. Kb-
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STORIES OF THE SOUTHLAND !
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| By T. LARRY GANTT |
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Superstition Among Ante-Bellum
Southerns
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A short time since 1 started on a
trip with a friend. My companion
was a large and successful farmer and
a man of education and unusual in
telligence. We had gone only a short
distance from his home when he stop
ped his horse, asked ine to hold the
lines, and getting out made a cross
mark in the road, spit in it and then
turning his gehicle arund drove back
to his house. 1 asked what he meant
by all of that rigamarole. He stated
that he had forgotten to leave his
barn keys, and to prevent any mishap
or ill luck, on retracing his steps he
always made a cross mark and spat
in it- On conversing with my friend
1 1 found him full of superstition as
an egg is full of meat. He told me
that he had frequently noticed that if
you did not pursue this practice some
ill forutie was cert a m to overtake
you before your return- He also
believed in spiritual jnanifestations.
and spoke of a in the
road near his home, where during the
. Revolutionary war, several Tories
were killed in a skirmish with Colo
nial troops. He said at certain times
in passing this spot he hear tramp
ing of horses and the rattling and
clashing of swords. On my express
ing doubts about the truth of his sto
he introduced me to several high
ly respected and intelligent men and
women of the settlement, all of whom
I found strong believers in th ehattnt
ed road-
There 'is a streak of superstition in
ali Southern wane.' raised during
slavery times, and which they imbibed
from the negroes Remove from our
blacks the restaining hard of the
white man and the intluences of Chris
tianity, ancl in a few generations they
would relapse into barbarism arid be
come converts to voudouisjU. witch
craft and other superstitions charac
teristic of their African ancestry, as
instance in St- Domingo and other
West Indian Isles, when the blacks
are in contfol and an overpowering
majority.
Even John C. Calhoun , the great
Business Cards
John T. Ragan I. D. Stewart
Vidalia Vault 8 Tile Co.
Manufacturer of
THE NATIONAL Steel Remforced
Waterproof Cement Burial Vault.
Pile, Brick. Coping, Flower Boxes.
Phone 131.
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VIDALIA. GEORGIA
O. K TAXI CAB COMPANY
Next to New York Case
CARS FOR RENT DAY OR NIGHT
WITH OR WITHOUT DRIVERS.
GAS. OILS, GREASES.
CARS WASHED AND STORED.
• TIRES CHANGED.
PHONE NO. 268.
P. H. HASKINS, Manager
• VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
INSURANCE
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FIRE. LIFE, THEFT, TORNADO,
BONDS, AUTOMOBILE AND
LIVE STOCK LIFE.
LEADING COMPANIES.
V. B. HERRING
Office over Citizens Bank; Phone IS3
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
R. A. MAYER
LOCAL ACENT
DELCO LIGHTING SYSTEM.
PARTS IN STOCK.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
BUILDERS SUPPLIES.
Lumber, Brick, Lime, Sand, Cement,
Sash and Doors Beaver Board,
Roofing, Shing'e*, Hardware,
and Nails.
Mill Work o' All Kinds.
■fek Sherwin-Williams Paiats.
JOHN T. RAGAN A COMPANY,
Phone 131
VIDALIA. GEORGIA
South Carolina statesman, had a broad
vein'of superstition running through
him, and believed in spiritual mani
festations. Mr. Calhoun was often a
visitor at the home of my great-grand
father, Judge Gantt, of Grennville, S.
C- My father told me he has' often
heard. Mr. Calhoun marrate
stories and he told of his own evper
iences. He said while a member of
the U- S. senate before the days of
railroads and when travellers made
long journeys on horseback, he was
tn route to Washington 'and spent
the night with a large planter and
intimate friend in Virginia. Oil re
tiring at night, Mr. Calhoun was con
signed to. a room and bed with an
other gentleman who - was also a
guest for the night. On conducting
them to their chamber, the host re
marked that if they heard any com
motion during the nigh\ not to be
disturbed. He had had information
that his ekler son had landed from a
vessel, having attended Oxford Col
lege in England and he expected him
at any hopr, having sent a horse to
Washington for him to ride home.
After being asleep for some time
Mr. Calhoun says he awoke by being
shaken by his bed-fellow who re
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“Great God., Mr. Calhoun! Just
look in the window, for there stands
young Blank (son of their host) with
his throat cut from ear to ear and his
blood dripping all over the window
sill."
Mr. Calhoun said a that hour a
clock struck and he knew the exact
time the apparition had appeared.
His bed-fellow was very much ex
cited hut Mr. Calhoun told him that
what ,he saw was purely imaginary
and cautioned him not to say any
thing to their host, bi t to go to sleep,
hut his companion was so excitCTl he
could not sleep again tliat night.
they found that the
young man had not returned, and af
ter bidding the family good-bye they
mounted their houses to cont'Tute the
j'urney. Just before starting a man
dashed up to the door on horseback
with the horrifying news that the
young man had stopped at a barroom
on the *oa<l and got into an alterca
tion with some drunken 'rowdy and
the trouble ended in his having his
throat cut exactly as seen by the bed
fellow of Calhoun, and also dis
closed that the killing occurred ex
actly at the hour the spectra appeared
at the window of his father’s house.
In ante-bellum days nearly evefv
settlement had its haunted house or
spot. I remember when a boy hear
ing several of these stories connected
with neighboring places both in the
lower and up-country.
In the early 4t)'s near Rockdale the
hotne of Judge Richard Gantt in the
county of Greenville was a large two
story wooden residence a
short distance fiom the public road
known as the Markley Place. It is
said that this old house was haunted
and the s,ory was implicitly believed.
The story runs that more than one
murder had been committed in the
house. A traveller was murdered in
an up-stairs room, and a cruel step
mother kicked a little girl down the
steps and death ensued. A highly
respected lady who lived at this old
home when a bride told me that the
house was unquestionably haunted,
for she had seen and heard manifes
tations thatcould not he attributed to
natural causes. She said often in the
broad day-light, when sitting down
stairs, she could plainly hear the
steps of a small child coming down
the stairs and they would then as
cend and repeat the walking up and
down. There* was a trend in the
stairs and she often moved her chair
so as to see half way up the stairs,
when the steps would stop the bend
and then ascend. When she moved
her chair so as to see the entire flight
of stairs, the pattering ceased alto
gether. until she moved when it was
resumed- This lady also said that
flie would make up a feather bed in
an up-stairs room and smooth it very
neatly. She would then, both night
and in day-time, hear apparently some
one pouring a sack of pears on the
floor from near the ceiling, or other
strange sounds. On ascending to the
roon; nothing could he seen out of
order, except that in the middle of the
bed the imprint of a man was seen-
She said that she would smooth the
bed and soon the noise wouid 'he re
peated. and the shape appear on the
bed. Other weird stories were told
in connection with this old haunted
house.
But with the abolitioa of slavery
and breaking of the kindly I nks that
bound the children »f planters to the)
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black staves, the superstitions have
passed away and you now never hear
of a haunted house or place. But
there are still lingers in the minds of
our older generation a certain amount
of superstition but with a new gener
ation this will also disappear.
Near Lowndesville, in Abbeville
county, S- C. were two ’haunted hous
es and also a spot in th ( e road where it
is said a traveller was murdered, and
a large black dog with him was killed.
This spot was said to be haunted, and
that between sundown and dark a
large black dog was seen to run across
the road with its head cut off- Negroes
avoided this spot after dark, and
many whites believed the story. There
lived nearby a family, amo * wnom
was a beautiful young girl, just bud
ding into womanhood. One day the
girl went to visit a neighbor and her
walk carried her by the haunted spot.
Just before sundown her brother re
marked his sister had not return
ed. and as he would have to pass the
haunted spot,about dusk, he would
go and meet her, lest she be afraid-
So he started, but did not notice that
a large Newfoundland dog, belonging
to him had trotted -on aneau. Just
before reaching the haunten spot he
heard his sister give a heart-rending
shriek, and on rushing to her assis
tance found the girl lying in the road
in convulsigns- It seem that his dog.
unnoticed by him, had gone on ahead
and just as the girl reached the
haunted spot. Tier mind doubtless on
the story of the headless dog, the
animal chanced to cross the road just
before her. She undoubtedly mis
took the animal for the ghost dog and
with a shriek dropped in the road.
She was tenderly carried home and
every effort made to restore her but
without avail. An egiinent physician
of Lowndsville, Dr- Alexander Ar
nold. was sent for and in spite of
every effort she continued in convul
sions. The girl was finally sent to an
.asylum for the insane, and after
years shd died without regaining her
mental faculties-
In ye olden time women of
intelligence and education werepreg
nant with superstition, and many hon
estly believed in ghosts and haunts.
County grave yards were favored sites
for ghostly scenes- One night, near
Lowndesville, S. C- a party of young
people gathered at a neighbor’s house
not far from an old grave-yard. The
con versation ' turned on spirits when
a young girl present remarked that
she (lid not believe in such r.onsense,
and to sliow; her courage woum visit
alone the grave-yard as the clock
struck twelve, and to prove her visit
would stick a sharpened peg in the
grave of a noted gambler and desper
ado. She started to carry out her
boast, but after being absent an un
reasonable time, her young friends
went to the cetneter> see what de
tained her. On nearing the gambler’s
giave they saw something white
stretched across it, and rushing to
the spot found the young girl lying
unconscious- Investigation showed
that in driving down the peg iu the
grave it caught in the edge of her
dress, and when she started to move
away of course it drew her back, as if
caught by a human hand- Her fright
was so great that she fainted but hap
pily after a time was restored and the
whole thing explained to her. A ner
vous shock was all the result that fol
lowed.
How’s Your Appetite ?
When Stomach Distresses You, Take
This Advice
Newport, Ky. “About three years
ago I had become all rundown in health.
I had popr appetite and suffered with in
digestion and severe headaches. The
main trouble appeared to be my stomach.
I was advised to gei. Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery, and I did so, and lie
fore I had taken a half dozen bottles I
was well as ever a>d have had no stom
ach trouble since." —Mrs. Lida Sayers,
528 Elm St.
You can quickly put yoiirself in A-l
condition by obtaining Dr. Pierce’s Gold
en Medical Discovery in tablets or liquid,
or write Dr. Pierce 1 , president Invalids’
Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for free con
fideutialtnedical advice.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
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The public is hereby notified that
dogs found running at large on the
streets of Vidalia without muzzles
will be killed.
By order of the Mayor and City
Council of Vidalia. Ga.
This 4th day of October, 1921.
J. R. LOVE. Chief of Police.
Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you
can get restful sleep after first application. 80c.
—FOR SALE —150 acre* farm land
located 5 miles north of Vidalia, 40
•acres in cultivation, home and out
building, near public road, for sale
cheap and can make terms if desired.
J. B. Brewton.
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| The three greatest
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blending MILDNESS
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“COTTON MONEY.” *
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Cot urn should not be thrown on
1 the market as fast as picked, hut
• should he sold period of
I several months to prevent a de
-1 cline. The Savannah Cotton
1 Factorage Co., of Savannah, Ga.,
; has money tp loan on old and new
r crop cotton, .either for prompt
sale oc to be held. They solicit
1 your consignments. 10-25-4 t
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—Why have malaria ? Page’s 222
f is guaranteed. Only 25c a bottle at
Page’s Drug Store.
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Georgia & Florida Railway
r PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES
' “THROUGH THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”
| 3Ex Sun. 5 Daily Eastern Time 2Ex Sun. 4 Daily
3:00p • 8:00a Lv' Augusta AT" 10:30a 6:05p
t 4:40p 9:25a Keysville 8:50a 4:40p
. 10:50a Midville 3:20p
t 11:30a Swainsboro 2:40^
e * 12:35p Vidalia 1:4«P
1:55p Hazlehurst 12 28p
r 3:05p * Douglas ll:20p
3:50p Willacoochee 10:32a
. 4:32p Nashville 9:50a
5*:35p Ar Valdosta Lv 8:45a
; 5:48p Lv Valdosta sGS&F Ar 12:05a
. «9:50p Ar Jacksonville Lv 8:20p
, 11:05p Lv Valdosta Ar 8:30a
12:30p Tr Madisoh Lv 6:30a
I IS* 3x 43x Tennille Branch 44x 2x 14*
8:00a 3:00p 8:00a Lv Augusta Ar 605 p 10:30a 6:05p
>:3oa 4:40p 9:30a Lv Keysville Ar 6:35p 8.:45a 5;10p
12:61p 7:30p 1 :01p Ar Tennille Lv 2:50p 6:00p 2;50p
11 Daily 9 Daily » Millen Branch 8 Daily 10 Daily
2:15p 7:10a Lv Augusta (CofG) 1 :ft)p 8:30p
4:30p 9:20a Ar Millen (CofG) I.v 10:00p 6:20p
6:08p 11:28a Ar Stillmore Lv 7:48p 2:47n
7:15p 12:35p Ar Vidalia Lv 6:55a 1:40p
J. A. STREYER, Traffic Mnaager D- F. ftIRKPATRICK, G. P. A.
NEW FALL MILLINERY
My fall line of Sylish Millinery is Being received.
Modish Felts, Beavers, Patter Hats, Sport Hats Trimmed and
Untrimmed. ,
A nice line of Childrens Hats in Beaver and Felt, up-to
date colors and materials.
Will be glad to have you inspect my line.
Mrs. F. E. Dennis
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA
M. D. & S. SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Vidalia, Ga.
ARRIVES LEAVES
10:55am Macon, Dublin 8:00am
7:2opm Macon, Dublin 7:4opm
For information as to through schedules fares, etc.,
* apply to Ticket Agent or
C. J. ACOSTA, Trat. Mgr
i Macon, Ga,
WARDEN J. B. JOHNSON IS
HONORED BY GOVERNOR
County Warden J. B. Johnson was
recently honored by Governor Hard
wick by being appointed a delegate
to the American Prison Association
which meets in Jacksonville Fla., on
October 28th to November 3rd.
The American Prison Association
is a national association and the com
ing meeting is the first to ever be
held in the South.
I. N. ROUNTREE FINDS THE
WOOL COTTON PROLIFIC
Mr. T. N. Rountree last week left
at the Advance office a boll of what
cotton men call wool cotton, in ex
perimenting with which he has be
come much interested this year.
Mr. Rountree started out with ouly
a few seed, which he planted in his
garden. The plants have grown to
shoulder height and have proved very
prolific, being filled with bolls.
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Y'ou Do More Work,
You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness, laziness/
nervousness and sickness.
GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON
to Eprich it. These reliable tonic prop
erties never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE’S
TASTELESS Chill TONiC has m’ade it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-five years ago. folks
would ride a long distance to get GROVE'S
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member of their family had Malaria or
needed a body-building, strength-giving
tonic. • The formula is just the same to
day, and you can get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.