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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
ME FIGHTINg FOR
IEMMUJF DEPOT
KIWANIS CLUB WILL SEND W. J.
DeLOACH TO ATLANTA FOR A
CONFERENCE WITH HIGH SEA
BOARD OFFICIALS.
Carrying •« their ight for the re
■Mval •{ the Seabnard freight depat,
the Ktwaais Club at their meeting on
Monday night decided to send W. J.
DeLoach to Atlanta for a conference
wrih Mr. W. L. Stanley, a high of
ficial of the road, whom the club has
beou trying to have visit Vidalia for
a personal inspection of the situation
Eypre and for a conference with city
officials and business men.
Mr. Stanley holds the position of j
special counsel for the road and the j
club feels that if he can be induced ;
to risk Vidalia and will recommend
the aoaaaval of the depot to another
location, that his recommendation will
he a long step toward the solution of
the paohlem.
Tbe matter of the removal of the
freight depot is of vital importance
both to the railroad and the city.
The present building is in a dilapida
’ed rendition and the constant switch
ing of ears across the main streets of
he city is a constant danger to the
people of the city and the public gen
erally. The removal of the depot to
aaothor location would make it possi
ble for the city to begin to make plans
for the paving of the business section
and would start a wonderful improve
ment in the down-town area of Vi
dalia.
It is believed that a friendly confer
ence with Mr. Stanley will do much
good, and Mr. DeLoach hopes to ar
nge lor an oarly conference with
Seaboard officials here.
Rev. W. R. Baggott left Monday
to attend the annual conference at
Tifton.
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4,898 BALES ARE GINNED
IN TOOMBS TO NOV. 14
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The Toombs county figures on cot- j
ton ginnings up to November 14th
will show 4,898 bales, and although
gin days are being observed by the
various gins of the county, it is the
opinion that at least two or three j
hundred more bales will be ginned by
the time for the final figures, which j
is March 20th. This final figure for
the season will compare favorably j
with 5,800 bales ginned last year, and
the difference will not be so great as !
I was thought at the beginning of the
seasan.
The money received for the crop
in Toombs county by the planter will l
be slightly larger than the money
which was brought by last year’s j
crop, on account of the fact that the
selling was more general while the !
prices were up this year than last
I season, when a holding movement
j was in full swing.
. Bales will be lighter this season
I than last season, last years weight
averaging about 490 pounds, while the
j cotton this year will not weigh over i
I 470 on an average.
This season’s cotton was made for
considerably less expense than that !
'if last season, and picking was not :
l less than .13 per cent cheaper. The
cost of ginning was cheaper, too, this
eason, and the farmer made a big
saving on bagging and tie 6, the cost
of this commodity having fallen from
$4.50 to $2.25 for this crop.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
This is to notify the county officials
and the public of this section gener- ;
ally that an effort is being made to
bring the proposed State Highway
through my field, to which plan 1
most emphatically object. I have al
ready given right-of-way for befch
highways and railways through my
property, and consider this all that
could reasonably be expected of any.
man. I am willing to give all land
required to make the present highway
the width desired for the new road,
but nothing more.
* DENNIS MOSLEY.
"VlSafia CofioriTflafKefc, 1 Ffilimlay: M
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921
FARMERS HERE WILL
PLANT WATERMELONS
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NUMBER OF LEADING FARMERS
| HEAR ADDRESS OF J. J. PAR
RISH AND AGREE TO PLANT|
GOOD ACREAGE NEXT YEAR. 1
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Following a meeting at the city hall
Wednesday morning, at which an in
i teresting address was made by J . J . j
! Parrish, secretary of the Southwest j
j Georgia Melon Growers Association,
I a number of leading farmes of this
I section pledged an acreage of over
10* acres in watermelons for next |
j year.
The meeting Wednesday was under
the direction of F. M . Conner, devel- l
opment agent for the Seaboard Rail- j
way, who is visiting a number of the .
! towns along the Seaboard and plan
ning a good acreage in melons for
i next year.
The local growers will be connect
ed with the Southwest Georgia Melon
! Growers Association next year and
: this association will keep a represen
tative here during the shipping sea
son to see that melons are properly
treated and loaded, and will control
the shipments to different markets,
thus insuring the growers a much
better price. Instruction during the
planting season will also be given the
farmers who have signed up with the
association.
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Superior Court
Neels Monday
The November term of the Toombs
superior court will convene at Lyons
next Monday morning, with Judge R.
N. Hardeman prisding and local court
officials expect about a four days
session.
Both civil and criminal cases will
be handled and in addition Judge
Hardeman expects to dispose of a
number of motions which are now
pending.
HUNTING SEASON OPENED
MONDAY; BIRDS PLENTIFUL
The hunting season for quail and
wild turkey in Georgia opened Mon
day and a large number of hunters
took to the fields and woods for a
day’s sport.
Quail are reported to be plentiful
and the swamps are reported to con
tain a number of wild turkey.
Official Organ City of Vidalia
'CARL BUNCHARD IS
RILLED ID MACON
POPULAR M. D. & S. FIREMAN
; TOUCHES HIGH TENSION WIRE
AND IS KILLED BY FALL AS
RESULT OF THE SHOCK.
Carl Blanchard, aged 23, of Macon,
U popular fireman of the M. D. & S.
j Railway, and well known in Vidalia,
died Monday night iVi the Macon
hospital as the result of being hurled
j from the steel uprights of the Fifth
street bridge Monday afternoon about
5 o clock by 6,000 volt 6 of electricity.
He hit the street below, where his
head came in contact with an exposed
j water main, fracturing his skull at
j the base.
Eyewitnesses to the accident said
! Blanchard climbed up the braces of
the bridge in an endeavor to witness
the performance of a man known as
the Human .Cork, who was to be
thrown from the bridge to the river.
As he neared the high tension wires,
he was warned by bystanders to look
out, and one man stated that he was
beckoning to a patrolman to make
Blanchard come dowm, when the
wire struck him on the left shoulder.
There was a flash and a crackle and
Blanchard was hurled to the street
twenty feet below, head first. The
back of his head struck the exposed
water main, which carries water to
East Macon, fracturing his skull at
the base.
ANDERSON-CARTER.
A wedding of unusual interest will
be solemnized Thursday evening at
the Methodist church at 6:30 o’clock
when Miss Lorene Anderson of this
place will wed Mr. Thomas Edward
Carter of Atlanta.
The church will be decorated with
many pot plants aud baskets of gar
den chrysanthemums, carrying out
the season’s colors.
The ushers will be Dr. L. H. Dar
by, Dr. F. L. Huie, Mr. H. A. Tur*
ner and Mr. Weyman Gunter.
Miss Louise Barton of Spartanburg,
S. C., cousin of the bride, will be
bridesmaid and Mr. George Donovan
will be her escort.
Miss Margeiite Solomon of Jeffer
sonville will be maid of honor and
the groom will be attended by his
brother, Mr. J. H. Carter of Roys
ton as best man. The bride will be
given away by her brother, Mr. J. T.
R. Anderson. Jr., of Charlotte, N. C.
Master Frank Anderson, the bride’s
younger brother, will be ring bearer
and little Miss Dorothy Huie will be
flower girl. Rev. J. T. B. Anderson,
father of the the bride, will perform
the ceremony.
Just preceding the ceremony Mr. T.
L W- MacDonald will sing “Because”
and “For You Alone.”
A chorus consisting of the following
young ladies will sing Lohengrin as
a processional: Misses Elizabeth
Price, Julia Meadows, Madge Bland,
Nellie Jenkins, Ruby Darby and Em
ma Davis, Mrs. Ethel Bomar Giles,
accompanist.
The bride will be dressed in a
handsome suit of peacock blue Du
vetyn, with accessories to match, and
will carry a shower bouquet of bride
es, orchids and valley lillies. Her
attendants will be dressed in' white.
Miss Anderson is the only daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. B. Ander
son of this place and is a young lady
of unusual charm and grace. The
groom is a rising young lawyer of At
lanta and well connected in the state.
The happy pair will take the north
bound train to Atlanta.
The best wishes of a host of friends
will follow them to their new home.
Some of the out of town guests
will be Miss Louise Barton of Spar
tanburg, S. C., Miss Margerite Sol
omon of Jeffersonville, Mr. J. H.
Carter of Rovston, Mr. J, T. B
Anderson, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C.,
•>nd Mrs. 1,. J. Whalev of Columbia,
S. C.
The le 'ies of the Baptist Mission
ary Society are preparing animated
ds to bemn Decembe-- 16th. Be pre
pared to meet the familiar figures
c “om the CoM Dust 't'wins to Prince
M’ e~ f T nts of fun and a good time;
Jr, rrone-at promised to those who par- j
f ieipate and attend. The proceeds
will be used in the church building. ,
THANKSGIVING DAY TO
BE GENERALLY OBSERVED
Thanksgiving Day will be generally
observed as a holiday by Vidalians.
Local banks, the postoffice and the
majority of the stores will be closed,
and the public school will suspend on
Wednesday afternoon for the bal
ance of the week.
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held at the Presbyterian church
Thursday at 11 o’clock.
Many citizens will spend the day in
the field enjoying a hunt, while Macon
and Savannah will attract others, a
number of local Shriners planning a
trip to Macon to witness a ceremonial-
A number of other citizens expect to!
visit the Montgomery fair at Mt.
Vernon during the day.
In order that the Advance force
might enjoy a holiday, our issue this
week is printed one day earlierr than
usual.
CHILDREN’S PLAY WAS
GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT
“Garden Seed,” a fantasy fsor
children, was presented at the city
auditorium last Friday night, under
the direction of Miss Geneva Wil
liams, teacher of expression of the
Vidalia public school, assisted by Miss
Mary Cantrell, music teacher.
Seventy children from the public
school made up the cast and in their
costumes impersonated well-known
flowers and vegetables, all acquitting
themselves with credit, the play be
ing well received by the large audi
ence which witnessed the presenta
tion.
Preparing To Try
Road Defaulters
Following the instructions of Iks
county commissioners, as decided on
I at their last meeting, Clerk F.J F.
Goddard is sending out summons to
( a number of citizens of the county
who have neither paid their ro&ff taX
, nor put in the time in work, and who
have been reported to the county com
missioners as being road defaulters.
The alleged defaulters are required
to appear before the commissioners
at their next regular meeting, whieflil
will be held the second Monday in
December.
The county commissioners will at
this meeting place every man on trial
and all proven to be defauters wil be
sentenced by the commissioners.
Since the announcement of the inten
tion of the commissioners to try the
defaulters, a number of men who had
neglectGd this important duty have
appeared before the authorities and
paid their road tax.
—A nice line of Furs, with an un
usually large line of chokers, and the
prices are reasonable, too. Mrs. J.
E. Thompson.
OUT-DOOR PAINTING I
Requires the best quality of I
Paint. It requires a paint that will I
wear well, and will not crack, peel I
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 I
qualities of our paints. I
Lowest prices consistent with *
quality.
See us before painting your
home.
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Telephone No. 16
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NUMBER 47
YIDALIA WOMEN HAVE
TAKEN TO POLITICS
MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF LAST
WEEK BROUGHT OUT LARGE
NUMBER OF THE FAIR SEX
WOMEN WORK ABOUT POLLS.
The Municipal election last week
hi aught out a large vote as the wo
men as Vidalia, and the women of
the city worked about the polls all
I day, just as has been the custom far
- the politically inclined men far a tang
number as years.
Writing of the effect of women be
ing in politics, Mr. W T . A. Jones, the
local correspondent for the Savannah
Maming News, sent the following to
his paper:
"The influence as women- on par
ties <and the effects of politics on wo
j men will in all probability be the
| same the country aver, and in the
municipal election here today the
matter has been given close atten
tion and study by the practical poli
ticians, a good opportunity having
been afforded on account of the fact
that women were voting in a closely
contested election for the first time
in this section, and a woman candi
date had offered for the first time for
political preferment in competition
fa men.
"It developed that women will be
about the polls, just as men have been
for years, they attempt to use influ
ence just as men have done, and the
enthusiastic ones go or send for the
lukewarm suffragists just as the lords
of creation hare done. In fact, most
, of the automobiles used in today’s
* clash were driven by the women who
were workers, and the telephone sye
> tem has been strained to the break
i ing peak by sisterly political conver
satiaa.
» "A brand new job has been invent
ed, too, for the poll workers, they
! having been called o*t numerous
times -during the day’s battle to sit in
j cars and entertain babies while the
I mother was voting.
L "There has been a general opinion
advanced that the advent of women in
politics would have no turti er effect
than increasing the man vote by what
ever number of women there were m
his family, but it developed in a con
ference ©f old heads today on the
subject, that each head of family in
the conference had been informed by
I his better half that she intended to
vote as she darn pleased. So theres
1 “There was a marked absence of
! invigorating beverages today, but it
is not yet determined whether this was
due to the additional uplifting influ
ence or t© the well known Volstead
regulation
—Lot of new, up to date hats just
arrived at Mrs. J. H. B. Pages.