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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XX
JULIUS PEACOCK GETS
VIBALIA POSTOEEICE
NOMINATION AS POSTMASTER
SENT TO SENATE BY PRESI
DENT HARDING SATURDAY—
CONFIRMATION EXPECTED.
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. Dispatches from Washington Sun
day conveyed the news that President
Harding on Julius
Peacock to be postmaster at Vidalia.
No opposition is expected from the
Georgia senators to his nomination
and it is thought his appointment will
* be confirmed shortly and that possi
bly by middle of June he will assume
charge of the Vidalia office.
The appointment of Mr. Peacock
has been expected by the citizens of
Vidalia, following the examination to
secure a list of eligibles for the posi
tion, Postmaster S. P. Darby and
Mr. Peacock being the only appli
cants to be put on the eligble list.
Mr. Darby held the appointment un-
a democratic administration, and
Mr. Peacock is a prominent republi
can of Toombs county and served as
postmaster at Vidalia twelve years,
being succeeded by Mr. Darby, who
has served eight years. Os the two
eligibles, it was not surprising that
dispensers of patronage for the repub
lican party should pick Mr. Peacock.
Being well experienced in postof
fice management, Mr. Peacock ex
pects to maintain the service of the
office at its present high stan
dard.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY TAX
ASSESSORS HAVE SESSION
The board of tax assessors of Mont
gomery county, composed of Messrs.
F. M. Mcßae, W. T. Harris and J.
B. O’Conner, is in session in Mt. Ver
non this week.
They will doubtless continue in ses
sion for three weeks. The volume of
tax returns is greatly increased on ac
count of the return of poll taxes, with
slight incident increase in ad valorem
taxes, an account of the returns of
the women.
A SHORirai OF
• THE SUPERIOR COURT
DEPUTY SHERIFF S. A. HALL
WENT TO SAVANNAH FOR LEE
CURRIE BUT WAS UNABLE TO
BRING PRISONER BACK.
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» Owing to the fact that Chatham
county jail is quarantined it was im
possible for Deputy Sheriff S. A.
Hall to bring Lee Currie back to
Lyons Tuesday to stand trial for the
third time on a charge of murder. Mr.
Hall states that on reaching the jail
*he was informed by a guard that tnb
prison had been quarantined and
would not deliever the prisoner to him
Court adjourned last Monday after
moon for the purpose of securing
enough men to report Wednesday
morning so as to insure getting a jury
to try Currie, but after receiving the
information concerning the condition
of the jail Judge Hardeman stated
Wednesday morning that he had
written the Mayor* of Savannah re
questing^/^0 wire him at Louisville
as th^P^ arant ine was lifted
he mighTcdll a specal term
of court to try Currie.
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BIG DAY AHEaD FOR
ROUNTREE PARK.
On June 12th an excursion from Au
gusta will picnic at Rountree Park,
and on June 19th there will be an ex
cursion from Macon, and on July 4th
there will be the second excursion
* 1 from Augusta.
On each of these days there will
be a game of baseball between two
picked teams.
It. I. N. ROUNTREE, Prop.
END OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR DRAWING NEAR
STUDENTS OF VIDALIA PUBLIC
SCHOOL WIND UP WORK FOR
YEAR THIS WEEK GRADUA
TION EXERCISES TUESDAY.
The end of a year’s good work for
the students of the Vidalia Public
School comes this week, examinations
which are now in progress winding up
Friday.
The commencement exercises have
been in progress during the week, be
ginning Monday afternoon with a re
cital by the pupils of the music and
expiession departments, followed on
Tuesday by the Nevin recital, and on
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
by the contests between the music
pupils.
The commencement sermon w r ill be
preached Sunday morning at the city
auditorium by Elder Geo. D. God
dard of Milner. Monday night the
. senior class exercises will be held and
Tuesday evening the graduating ex
ercises will take place, the literary ad
dress being made by l3r. J. H. Fos
ter, former president of Bessie Tift
College.
BREWTON-PARKER ATTAINS
A TOP-NOTCH RECORD
It is very probable that Brewton-
Parker and South Georga College will
meet in a hotly contested game of ball
in the near future, being another notch
in the series now on between the
teams of the respective schools.
Ball fans of Mcßae and Mt. Ver
non are anxious to £ee such a game,
and they are anticipating an arrange
ment by which an agreeable schedule
can be arranged.
Brewton-Parker is .scheduled to play
several interesting games during the
commencement period. Soperton is
to play the local team at Mt. Vernon
on Thursday, the 25th. The Soperton
team came nearer defeating the Brew
ton-Parker boys than any since the
road.trip several weeks ago.
On Friday the Eastman High, with
a strongly reinforced team, will come
to Mt. Vernon with a view to stop
ping the winning streak which has
been given Brewton-Parker in the
last • fourteen games in which they
have been engaged.
DR. J. W. PALMER OF AILEY
OFF ON TRIP TO ST. LOUIS
Dr. J. W. Palmer of Ailey is spend
ing the week in St. Louis, where he
is attending the annual meeting of the
American Medical Association, as one
of the delegates from Georgia.
Dr. Palmer left Saturday morning
in company with Dr. Wm. Rawlings
of Sandersville, the latter beng the
other delegate from Georgia to the
St. Louis convention.
VIDALIA CELEBRATES
MAOE-IN-GEORGIA WEEK
WOMAN’S CLUB SERVES GEOR
GIA PRODUCTS DINNER WED
NESDAY—GEORGIA PRODUCTS
DISPLAYED BY MERCHANTS.
“Made in Georgia” Week, named by
Governor Hardwick for the v/eek of
May 22-29, and first sponsored by the
FederatecJ Clubs of Georgia, was fit
tingly ol*>erved in Vidalia.
Displays of \Georgia-manufactured
and Georgia-raised products we re
made by a number of merchants and
did much to call the attention of the
people of this section to the great
variety of these products. Warthen’s
Grocery had an attractive window of
Georgia products handled at this store.
At the millinery establishment of Mrs
J. E. Thompson was a beautiful dis
play of Georgia-made hats and ging
ham dresses.
Wednesday at the old postoffice
building, the women of Vidalia serv
ed a delicious Georgia-products din
ner, which was well patronized by
the citizens of the town.
LOCAL COTTON MARKET—THURSDAY, l*c
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1922
CALCIUM ARSENATE FOR SALE TO
FARMERS AT ACTUAL COST
The Georgia state Board of Entomology has arranged with the
Seaboard Air Line to operate a car through the points named below
on dates mentioned, to furnish Calcium Arsenate to the Farmers
/at actual cost which is 9cts. per lb. f. o. b. points and on dates
ilsted bleow. Some to be sold at car door fr cash —in packages
containing 25, 50, 100 and 200 pounds.
SEABOARD'AIR LINE
TOWN COUNTY DATE
Claxton ..Evans Thursday, May 25th
Collins Tattnall Friday, May 26th
Lyons ‘ Toombs Saturday, May 27th
Vidalia Toombs Monday, May 29th
Mount Vernon / Montgomery Tuesday, May 29th >
Alamo Wheeler Wednesday, May 31st
The State Board of Entomology has found by actual experi
ment that Cotton can be grown successfully by this method and it
is furnishing Calcium Arsenate on an average of nearly 100 per
cent less than it could be purchased for, last year.
This is an unusual opportunity for every farmer in the county
to get this year’s supply of Calcium Arsenate at the reasonable
price of 9cts per pound, delievergd at his county seat. The Demon
stration Agents of the State College of .Agriculture are co-operat
ing with the Board of Entomology in this movement.
Detailed information will be given at the car as to how and
when to use the Calcium Arsenate.
Car will be on tracks of Seaboard Air Line on above dates.
For additional information see
YOUR COUNTY AGENT, LOCAL AGENT, SEABOARD AIR
LINE, OR GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY, ATLAN
TA, GEORGIA.
STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY*
By Ira W. Williams.
UK. 8 FLA. OFFICIALS
PAY VISIT 10 VIDALIA
GENERAL MANAGER PURVIS
AND SUPERINTENDENT DICK
SON GUESTS OF KIWANIANS
AT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.
Mr. H. W. Purvis, general mana
ger of the Georgia & Florida Railway,
and Mr. G. F. Dickson, superintend
ent, spent Monday in Vidalia, meet
ing local officials and conferring with
them regarding the business of the
road. Mr. Purvis was accompanied
by Mrs. Purvis and during the after
noon they were given an auto ride
about the city, especially enjoying a
visit to local dewberry fields.
Mr. Purvis and Mr. Dickson were
guests of the Kiwanis Club at their
meeting at the New Vidalia Hotel on
Monday evening, Mr. Purvis making
an interesting talk regarding the dif
ficulties of the short-line railroads
and of the hard struggles they had
had to keep going.
Georgia Products Feast.
The menu for the supper was com
posed entirely of Toombs county pro
ducts, dewberries from local fields
occupying a prominent place on the
menu. Every Kiwanian was called
on to tell the club about some Geor
gia products which he felt should be
a source of state pride.
"Pride of Emanuel” Wins.
To give a little fun to the program,
three members of the club who are
known to be fond of Emanuel coun
ty shine were assigned to take the
affirmative side of the question, Re
solved, That Emanuel County shine
is superior to the imported product
The negative was championed by
three members who are known to
have a weakness for Johnny Walker
and think there is nothing better than
a drop of Scotch. The judges were
also carefully chosen, being three tee
totallers who turn their noses up to
Jboth shine and Scotch alike. The
decision of the judges /was unani
mously in favor of the side champi-,
oning the “Pride of Emanuel.”
RESIDENCE OF LYMAN HALL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE,
The large two-trory residence of
Mr. Lyman Hall, situated in the ex-!
treme north-western section of Vida-!
lia, was destroyed by fire last Friadyj
morning. The fire was discovered
about three o’clock and seemed to
have originated in the roof. When
discovered the entire roof was ablaze
and it was impossible to save any of
the furniture. Mr. Lee Orr, who
slept on the second floor, had a nar
row escape and was able to save
hut a few articles of clothing.
The loss was partially covered by
insurance.
Official Organ Gty of Vidalia
THE 6. P. I. WINDING
DP SUCCESSFUL YEAR
ATTENDANCE DURING YEAR IS
105 IN HIGH SCHOOL COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES BE
GIN FRIDAY; CLOSE TUESDAY
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The exercises for the commencement
season of the Brewton-Parker Insti
tute are to begin Friday evening, the
26th, at 8:30 o’clock, with the con
tests in piano and expression, and
continue until Monday evening, the
29th, at which time the graduating
exercises and the literary addresses
will constitute the program.
During the year the attendance in
the high school work has reached 105
students, besides those taking work
in the special departments. The
graduating class has a largeer per
centage of the enrollment than is us
ual, there being as many members of
this class as there are in the gradu
ating classes of many schools of much
er enrollment. Counting those
who are irregular, though classed as
seniors, there are now seventeen in
the class. Last year there were 24.
This showing for this year is splen
did, when the financial strain upon
the people -of the section is consid
ered.
The Brewton-Parker Institute now
enjoys the distinction of a place on
the accredited lists of the Georgia
Association of Colleges and on the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, and this distinction, won by
the hard work of the faculty for the
past three years is evidently bringing
its fruitage in the larger enrollment
in the graduating class; sos students
enter for the senior year’s work on
the grounds that their certificates
from Brewton-Parker entitle them to
college entrance without examina
tions. Any of the colleges of the
South will accept them on the : r cer
tificates, and recently the information
came that such institutions as Yale
would also accept them. The com
j munitv is to he congratulated upon
I the fact that we have an institution
of the highest rank that can he. reach
ed by a secondary institution.
| The contests Friday evening will be
1 between representatives of the two
societies, the Damon and the
: Pythian. /
In the music content those partici
j gating will*be Misses Elizabeth Bar
i rett. Beverlr Salter. Vivian Helmev.
and Helen Mcßae, having drawn their
places on the program in the order
named. The contstants in expression
, are Misses Charlie Peterson, Willie
Carelock, Gladys Hughes, and Alvah
HVlmey, these also having drawn
I places in the order named.
| The winners will he announced at
the close of the contests, a« soon as
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SEEKIOG MANAGER FOR
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
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STOCKHOLDERS OF COMPANY
HOPE TO AGAIN SECURE J. W.
WARREN TO MANAGE VIDALIA
WAREHOUSE THIS SEASON.
While no definite arrangement has
been made, officers of the Vidalia To
bacco Warehouse are in correspond
ence with Mr. J. W. Warren, who
has managed the local warehouse for
the past three seasons, and hope to
contract with him for the manage
ment of the local market.
However, in the event that Mr.
Warren is not secured, the warehouse
will be operated and every effort be
made-to keep the Vdalia market up
to present rank as one of the leading
tobacco markets of Georgia.
Reports from tobacco grawers in
this section are to the effect that the
crop in in good shape a good
yield is expected. Tobacco men are
predicting that growers will secure a
fancy price for good tobacco this
year.
STATE EXAMINATION FOR
TEACHERS AUGUST 4 AND 5
The regular state examination for
teachers will take place on Frday and
Saturday, August 4th and sth.
The 1922 reading course for teach
ers is as follows:
Primary and General Elementary.
Manual for Georgia Teachers—from
County Superintendent, free.
Kendall & Mirick’s How to Teach
the Fundamental Subjects—Southern
School Book Depository, 121 Auburn
Ave., Atlanta, postpaid SI.BO.
Dressler’s School Hygiene—South
ern School Book Depository, 121 Au
burn Ave., Atlanta, $1.20.
High School and Supervisory.
Manual for Georgia Teachers—from
■ County Superintendent, free.
Rapeer’s Consolidated Rural School
—Southern School Book Depository,
121 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, postpaid,
$1.75.
Parker’s Methods of Teaching in
High Schools, Ginn & Co., Commerce
Hall, Atlanta, postpaid, SI.BO.
A six weeks course at any standard
summer school will automatically re
new professional or first-grade certi
ficates just as well as the reading
course test, provided the teacher
shows her certificate from the sum
mer school authorities that she has
completed three courses in education.
Very truly
T. B. CONNER C. S. C.,
Montgomery County.
MRS. W. A. JONES
ENTERTAINS CLUB.
Mrs. W. A. Jones was hostess to
the Round Dozen Club last Saturday
afternoon, the home being attractively
decorated wth yellow daisies. Top
score was made by Mrs. J. B. War
then. During the afternoon a deli
cious salad course was served.
COMMISSIONERS 10
POSTPOIE ACTION
AGAINST SHERIFF CULPEPPER—
DECIDE TO GIVE SHERIFF MOKE
TIME TO STRAIGHTEN UP MAT
TERS WITH THE COUNTY.
Acting on instructions from the
county commissioners, .County Attor
ney E. J. Giles did not file any pro
ceedings seeking to oust Sheriff Cul
peprer before Judge R. N. Hardeman
this week. At a special meeting of
the commissioners held at the court
house Monday, instructions - being
given Mr. Giles not to take any legal
proceedings at this time.
According to instructions from the
commisioners, Sheriff Culpepper will
be given until the next regular meet
ing of the board, which will be tael:’
the second Monday in June, to straigh
ten up matters with the county, and in
the event this is not done the com
missioners state that possibly lega.
action against the sheriff will be un
dertaken later.
NUMBER 21
COWIMTED SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS FAVORED
VIDALIA BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND CITY* AUTHORITIES BE
LIEVE MOVE WILL BE BEST
FOR THE SCHOOL.
After spending two evenings with
State Supervisor Smith, of Reidsville,
going into the advantages of a con
solidated school district for Vidalia,
both the members of the Vidalia
board of education and the city coun
cil believe such a plan will be for the
best educational interest of this sec
tion. At an early date petitions will
be circulated seeking an expression
from the people of the city, and if
the matter is approved by them Rep
resentative Lankford will be asked to
introduce a bill abolishing the Vida
lia public school system and the coun
ty board will then lay out a large
district about Viddia.
Now that counties are levying a
county-wide tax for schools, a great
many of the towns and cities of the
state are abolishing their independent
systems and going back in the county
system, thus making it possible ors a
good, sized district to be grouped
about the cities as a center. These
consolidated school districts have full
control of their school, the selection
of teachers, and the amount of tax
to be levied.
The Vidalia school is now badly
crowded and if this plan is followed
it would be possible for the consoli
dated school district to vote bonds to
build a thoroughly modern high
i school building. The school would
then be in line to be named a coun
ty high school, receiving aid from the
state, and could also secure funds
from the government under the Smith-
Huges bill, which would mean about a
thousand dollars each year to the
i support of the school. In addtion, alt
people living near Vidalia and in the
I new school district would have access
, to the school on the same terms a$
, people in the city. Transportation
would be provided by the county for
t pupils living a good distance from the
school.
JOHN D. AND COLON
PHILLIPS SURRENDER
AFTER BEING AT LIBERTY FOR 3
MONTHS PHILLIPS BROTHERS
DECIDE TO SURRENDER TO
SHERIFF CULPEPPER. *■
'rt
i Sheriff Culpepper’s predicltion that
John D., Colon and Willie Phillips,
tried and convicted for the murder of
i Otis Holmes in the February term of
Toombs Superior court and escaped
immediately after they had been re
turned to jail, would return after they
had made their people a visit came
true in part last Tuesday when
John D., and Colon gave themselves
up to the authorities. *
WiUie Phillips however did not ap--
pear, which action on his part auto
matically nullifies is motion for new
trial and renders it impossible for
him to appeal to higher courts for
mercy. If at any time he is captur
ed, which is very doubtful, the sen
tence Imposed upon him in February
will be executed.
John D., and Colon Phillips had
their hearing before Judge Hardeman
, Wednesday morning but wether or
not they will be granted a new' trial
will not be kn nvn for some time.
SPECIAL PRICES THIS WEEK.
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On Fruit Jars, Caps, Fruit Jar Rub
bers, Garden Hose, Pipe, Lawn Mow
ers and Composition Roofing.
VIDALIA HARDWARE CO.
LOOK—REDUCED FARES.
Greatly reduced week-end round
trip fares via Georgia & Florida Ry.
good from Friday morning until the
following Tuesday night.
Consult nearest ticket agent.
D. F. KIRKPATRICK,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
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