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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XIX
TIE Oil COUNCIL
VII7 TRUST REV
PASS RESOLUTIONS TYING UP
fltY FUNDS FOR NEXT TWO
YEARS—IIS,OOO LEFT OVER OF
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THE SEWER ISSUE
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Afraid to trust the incoming city I
council, which will take charge of
city aftairs the first of the year, the
present city council at their meeting
last Monday night passed a resolution
placing the left ovtr from the
sewer bond issuf on deposit for two
years with ideal batiks ,ju ,4. ptr cent
interest. :•■■ ■ V ”
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$3)500 can be expended for thfe con
struction of a new reservoir, and 30
days notice will have to be given the
banks before this sum can be dfaivn
out. ‘ 'i •
Mayor Jackson protested against
the action of the council in tying ihe
hands of the incoming adrtfinjatration,
and told the counci) that he doubted
the legality of the attempt to bind the
next administration, but the resolit
titon was voted by the councilmen.
He caHed attention to the fad that
in the event it bdtame necessary to
, do sewer extension work, it would be
necessary for the city to borrow the
money from the banks at 8 per cent,
while the city was only receiving 6
per cent for the sewer money.
The matter of building the reservoir
was postponed until next year and it
will bfc handled by the**new adminis
tration in the spring.
The last meeting of the old council
will be held on Monday night, Dec.
10<h, when the slate will be cleaned
up for the new administration.
Dr and Mrs. J- E Mercer returned
from Savannah Tuesday, haying pone
down to attend the McCormack con
cert. i
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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR BEING
HELD BY METHODIST LADIES
The ladies of the Methodist church
are conducting a Christmas naza&r m
the building next to the Advance of
fice and visitors will find ta large
number of beautiful Christmas things
on dispilay and reasonably priced.
The Bazaar will be open until 10
o’clock each night.
Dinners and lunches will be serv
ed Friday and Saturday, the menu
being as follows:
♦’ Friday.
Dinner, 60c per plate.
Baked chicken—dressing.
Sliced ham —rice —potato salad.
Cranberries —rolls—coffee.
Choice of lemon or chocolate pie.
Special:
Chicken salad sandwiches, 10c.
' Ham sandwiches. 10c,
Hot Chocolate, 10c; coffee, sc.
Saturday
Roast turkey—dressing.
Cranberry sauce —Celery—pickles.
Rice—turkey gravy—sliced ham.
Candied sweet potatoes —hot rolls.
Pie—coffee.
Supper Menu.
Oysters—ham and eggs.
u 'Hot coifs of biscuit—coffee.
Oyitari.
Oysters will be served both Friday
and Saturday. Stew 25c; fry 25c. •
I. D- STEWART HEADS
METHODIST BOARD
At the first meeting for the new
1 conference year of the board of stew
ards of the Methodist church, held
Monday evening .at the parsonage, Mr
I. D. Stewart was .elected chairman of
the board, succeeding Mr. L. B. God : ,
bee, who has served for the past two
years and who has asked to fee re
lieved • Mr. T. R. Lee was elected
secretary and treasurer.
A new ad-dit/on to the board for the
coming year is Mr., Chester shuman.
Plans for the new year were discus
sed and the members of the board
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hope-to make she coming year the
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best in the history oi .the church-
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VIDALIA, GEORGIA.THURSDAY. DECEMBERS, 1921
11l UR MARSHAL
«ES DOTIES
McLEOD ANNOUNCES FEW AP
POINTEES AND EXPECTS TO
CONCLUDE LIST OF ASSISTANTS
IN SHORT TIME
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Col, Joe Davie retired a» United
States marshal tor the southern dis
trict of T?eorgia, ’ and Geo. B. Mc-
Leod, of Lyons, Gg„ recently appoint
ed to succeed him, was inducted.
The oath of office was administered
by >L L. Erwin, clerk of court, who
congratulated the tjew official on his
appointment and expressed regret at
’ the resignation of Col. Davie, who has
1 servgd for eight years and four
1 months.
There has been bo definite or
complete list of appointees to the
various offices within the gift of the
new marshal announced so far, and
only a few changes tbgt are penn
ing are known at the Present time.
Among them,~Scott X. Rdwarde, who
has held the position of dffice deputy,
becomes chief deputy, suepeeding Ma
jor Cooper/ who has held the po
sition eight years; Lucien Fuller, of
Culloden, Ga„ replaces Edwards In
the capacity of office depifjy; in the
Savannah office. Deputy Marshal J.
O. Maddox will be replaced by A. W.
Stewart and in the Albany office,
Charles E. Hibbard will succeed J. S.
Davis. Jr.
It has been stated as probable that
two or three of the attaches of the
Macon office in addition to My. Ed--
'.i wards, will be retained, though
nothing is authentically known in
this regard as yet. The complete
personnel win be made public later
. on in the week, said Mr. McLeod.
Col. Davis will return to Albany
where his family is residing and
there enter the banking business in
vice president of the,
i Citizens National Batik, of which
Utitution be has been a director' for
some time
Mr. McLeod nerved one term as
sheriff of Toombs county, declining
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> a second. He has since resided on
I his farm, located near Lyons. He
| stated that his family would remain
* at their present home, and that he
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t did not intend to take up Residence
‘ here, but would remain in Macon only
[ as long as his duties required.—Ma
con News.
—Several well located vacant resi
dence lots for sale cheap. Ask Brew
ton. ,
Official Organ Gtf ntf Viffafr
DOUCUSII HAVE
II (MS CLUB
LOCAL CLUB SPONSORS ORGAN
IZATION IN SISTER CITY-AN
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING WAS
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT.
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Following suggestion made to the
international headquai teis that Doug
las should have a Kiwanis Club, which
itlet with the hearty accord of a num
ber of leading citizens, of Douglas,
President W. J. DeLoach, Secretary
VV. A. Jones and Messrs. J- W. Dale,
P. C„ Pattillo and Joe. Flackel met
about twenty-five of the leading citi
zens of Douglas at an enthusiastic
meeting -in Douglas Friday night and
preliminary steps looking to the or
ganization of a Kiwanis Club in that
1 city were taken. .
1 The result of the meeting was the
: .enrollment of over twenty-five char
’ members, and perfecting of tem
porary organization. It ib believed
• the necessary fifty members will be
’ easily secured, and international head
quarters have assigned field organizer
to?visit Douglas at an early date.
New Officer* Nominated.
1 a meeting of the Kiwanis Club
* Monday bight the nominating commit
• the following report of sug
• ges|jons for the new officers to serve
• the jplub sos next year:
President. D. C. Pattillo.
Vicb-plesident; B. P: Jackson.
t Treasurer, T. W. Willetts, Jr.
* Directors, I. D. Stewart, L. M.
McLemore, Joe HackeF, O . D. War
-1 then, W. J. Murchison, J. L. Strick
‘ land and Chess Abernathy.
* The annual meeting of the club will
held on December 19th, when the
officers for next year will be elected.
Addres* By Fred L. Bridge*.
* At the meeting Monday night the
1 members of the . club heard a splen
ic dm by. Mr. Fred*!/. Bridges,
of Dublin, who 1s connected with the
.State--, Bureau of Markets. Mr.
Bridges went into some detail as to
' the successful operation of the grain
’ elevator at Dublin and Waynesboro,
1 and told of the cash qiarkeAs afforded
farmers by these elevators and of the
1 aid ,thejt,.were proving to the farmers
in giving them a ready market so/
grain Crops, peantrM.ahd velvet beans.
He urged the erection of an elevator'
r at Vidalia, and following the meting,
conferred with thfl committe on pub
lic'affairs. This committee has the
proposition under consideration -and
will make a reporj to the chib at an
early date. "'■/
Mr. French, development agent for
. the G. & F., made a short address,
! telling of the success the G. & F,
|. was meeting with in securing setflers
for the colony at Brooker.
CITY ELECTION WILL BE
HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY
The regular city election will be held
next Wednesday, December 14th, and
so far as known, there will be only
one ticket before the voters. They
will be asked to ratify the result of
the primary held last month, when
the following ticket was nominated:
Mayor, B. P. Jackson.
Counciltnen, W. O. Donovan, T. R.
Lee, J. T. Ragan, Geo. L. Johnson,
W. J. Williamson.
For School Board, W- T. Jenkins,
F. L. Huie.
MRS. C- S. CALHOUN SAVES
M- D. & S. TRAIN FROM WRECK
Walking up the M. D. & S. railroad
track at Almond Sunday afternoon
while waiting for a train, Mrs. C. S.
Calhoun discovered a heavy iron bar
on the track, which had it not been
removed would have derailed the
train-
Help was secured and the bar re
moved. It is believed that some mis
creant placed it on the track with the
purpose of wrecking the south-bound
pasenger train.
WESTERN UNION FORCES
REBUILDING VIDALIA LINE
The Western Union construction
force have their work train parked
in the Vidalia yards this week and
are engaged in rebuilding their cir
cuit through the city. The circuit
is a ten pin copper wire route and
runs from Savannah to Montgomery.
LACK OF BUSINESS FORCES >
a A F. TO LAY OFF TRAINS •
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Lack of business has forces! tb« (j\
& F. railway authorities to jp'et'itkm
the Georgia Railroad Commission' for
permission to discontinue trains No.
10 and 11 between Vidalia and
Rn. The railroad authorities State
that there is not enough business he*- '
tween these towns ( at his time to
warrant them finning all thb train's
now in Operation.
Discussing the matter, General Su
perintendent Dickson says:
“VVe lealize full well that to take
off any of the trains means a hard-|
ship on some of our patrons, and
while we regret it very much, we are
faced with the problem of either cut
ting off some trains that are not pay
ing expenses or making a further re
duction in the wages of employes.
We have l already, as you know, made
two heavy reductions in wages apd
we do not want to make any further
reductions if there is ahy way to re
duce expenses in any other direction.
We know that one passenger trdi» ;
in each direction will not be .satisfac
tory service to onr patrons, hut we
feel that this is all that we can af
ford to run until business conditions
improve.” ' ■ 1
If th£ trains are discontinued Mr.
Dickson says they will he put' back'
just as soon as business conditions
warrant, and calls attention to the
fact that two .rains were discontin
ued last March and were later put
back as soon as conditions improved.
LOCAL SHIPPERS MAKE
FINE RECORD FOR NOVEMBER
During the month of November,
which was observed bv the railroads
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and expres companies as perfect
package month, in an effort to cut
down loses to the failroad and express
companies due to shipments not be
ing properly packed, the shippers of
Vidalia made a fine record-
Six hundred and fifty four railroad
shipments were made, and four hun
dred and fifty seven ship
’ merits, malting a total of lltt ship
ments- This gives the local office a
( percentage for the month of .991, ex
cept um being taken to only one ship
ment.
I The local offcials, Me.srss F. H.
Barker, A. F. Fanning and L. C. Out
( ler, are very proud of the fine show
ing, they have been able to make dur
month and greatly appreciate the
co-operation wliich has been given
them by local shippers
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waVts to make up carload
I OF FAT HOGS FOR SHIPMENT
Mr, G. S- Rountree desires to get in
touch with farmers who have No. 1
hogs which they would like to Sell
next week. Mr- Rountree has part pf
a car and has arranged a sale at a
good price and would like for several
farmers to go in with him so one
or two carloads could be shipped.
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OUT-DOOR PAINTING
' Requires the best quality of
Paints Jt 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 I
qualities of our paints. V
Lowest prices consistent with I
quality. §
See us before painting your I
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GRAND JURY in SESSION ONE
Oii*p < v
..iß*r and returns « bills—
Rive indictments are for
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MURDER.
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The November term of the Toambfe
rtupgrwr court adjourned Friday after
4 “hwSy week spent trying civil and
cfixddnal cases. The grand Jury aum
iponed for Wednesday was in session
o#' day, returning eight true bills.
Tpe evidence submitted to th*
grand jury with reference to the kill
ing of Otis Holmes resulted in the
indicting five men for the mur
der—Pulton Williamson, Willie Phil-
Jphn D. Phillips, Colon Phillips
jjMr Foster Williamson. No arrests
haVd jheen made.
'ln'Addition to a large number of
defeat* verdicts, the folloVtng cases
disposed of:
S£‘lT. Fountain vs Smith A Currie;
plaintiff.
ts *E. T.. Meadows vs J. F. Brinson,:
verdict for plaintiff for $52.50.
1 MrS. EUa Ricks vs Roy and J. Sk
FiCuban; verdict for plaintiff against
Roy. Pittman for $lO3.
State vs Lee Collins; assault and at
tempt to murder; verdict of not
guitty.
LOCAL MASONS TO ATTEND
■1 CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY
Sunday evening at the city auditor
ium, special services will be held under
the auspices of the Vidalia lodge, No
-330 The services will be conducted by
,tfie Ideal pastors and an atractive m,u
sicol p/ogram has been arranged.
Mtjjdbers of the lodge and visiting
brethflrn who desire to attend the ser
vice- %re requested to meet at the half
at 7‘o’clock, where the Masons will
forjn and. march in a body to
-Trtdfium. The services £t ffcjr 2*(4MR
-1 lutn will begin prcfflfffllly jw t*K.
o’clock. i?
LOCAL BAPTISTS ATTENDING
CONVENTION IN SAVANNAH
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Rev. J. T. BV Anderson, Rev. O.
O. Williams, Dr. L. H. Darby and
' Mr. W. T. Jenk'ns are in Savannah
1 this week attending the State Bap
tist Conventidh.
This is the one hundredth conven
tion of Georgia Baptists. The re
ports which have been made show
that great progress has been made
by the denomination in all lines ofi
endeavor during the past year.
Mrs. W C. Langston, of Tuscaloosa,.
Ala., k expected the last of the week
for a visit; to her parents, Dr. and Mrs
W. F. Peacock.
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