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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. Napier, Editor and Publisher
Published Every Wednesday, and entered at the
Postoffice in Vidalia, Ga„ as second-class mail
matter, according to Act of Congress.
Official Organ of the City of Vidalia.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922.
FOR A GREATER AND BETTER SCHOOL.
The City Council of Vidalia and the Vidalia
Board of Education have for some time been study
ing the plan of abolishing the present independent
#chool system of Vidalia and having the county
board of education lay out a large consolidated
ichool district with Vidalia as the center. They
have studied the plan from every angle and have
been favorably impressed with the proposition.
\Ve hope petitions to ascertain the sentiment of the
voters in Vidalia and in the territory surrounding
Vidalia will be circulated at an early date, - so that
if the people approve this plan Representative Lank
ford can be asked to introduce a special bill abol
ishing the yidalia independent system at the com
ing session pf the legislature.
If such a plan were carried out it would give
school district extending about half way to
Normantown, half way to Center, to the county
line on the west, and half way to Lyons on the
east. Every boy and girl in this district would
have access to the district grammar and high school
on equal terms with the children of Vidalia, and
transportation would be provided for those children
living too far from the school to walk. It would
require at once an additional building in the shape
Os a modern high school building large enough to
take care of the growth of the school for several
years to come.
The plan of abolishing the independent city
Bystems and going back into the county system is
being adopted by progressive towns and cities all
over the state. We want to see it adopted in Vi
dalia. It would place several hundred boys and
girls living outside the city limits within re’ach of
a splendid grammar and high school and would be
a great step forward for this section of the county.
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S' The other day a good man suggested to the
editor that it might be a good idea to let Superior
Court Judges preside over courts in districts other
than the one in which they are elected, and we
have to admit that the plan has its good points.
We have always thought that they should be swap
ped about over the state anyway, thus taking them
away from political influence, but the plan as set
forth above might be better. Os course no man
who is elevated to the judgship could be accused of
letting politics interfere with his work, but all men
are human and all have special friends, and they
can’t help it.—Springfield Herald.
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OUR BEST GEORGIA PRODUCTS.
Ask a' Brooks county man and he will say
“ham., Ask a Houston county man and he will
say “peaches.” South Georgia farmers will show
you a long green melon as the finest Georgia pro
duct. A North Georgia man answ’ers this ques
tion in several ways: “Georgia marble, apples, etc.”
E. E. Mack of rhomasville can tell you something
of fine Georgia raised stock. •
Georgia products are too numerous to mention
in detail, but we want to call attention to our lead
ing state product—our Georgia raised boys and
girls.
I hey are today the most valuable asset to this
any other state, and deserve the very best at the
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i! has already gained while he earns more. His cred- *
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! ! i° e of the bank more helpful than ever before. His t
< ► banekr is always ready to talk with him about his
, . plans and to help solye his problems when possible. J
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hands of the fathers and mothers, city, county or
' state officials. ,
Let us give our best Georgia raised product all
the chance needed to make a future citizenship,
' with the great, strong character and educational
: ability to cope with the great problems which this
] generation will leave them. Let our slogan be
“More money'for education, less jazz and more
school buildings.”
The best Georgia raised product is one that
must first be developed in the hot house —the
home. If those influences which make good citi
zenship do not touch the early life of Georgia sons
. and daughters, then unhappy is our State, for the
failure of the home means the failure of the State
and Nation*.
May* old Georgia be fully alive to her respon- -
1 sibility to the best Georgia raised product—our
' splendid boys and girls.—Moultrie Observer.
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l WORKING AN INJUSTICE.
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With the government engineers insisting that
the route of the state highway from Vidalia to Ly
one be changed to an entirely new route, running
south of the Seaboard railway, so as to avoid twa
grade crossings which at present exist on the road
between these two towns, the county commission
ers of Toombs county are trying to arrange to be
gin work on the highway at the county line of
Tattnall county, building the first section from the
Tattnall line to near Lyons. If this can be done,
they hope later to reach some satisfactory agree
ment with the government authorities as to the
route of the highway between Lyons and Vidalia.
We think the position of the government en
gineers in trying to build state highways so as to
avoid dangerous grade crossings is, in the main,
the correct attitude, yet where this position re
quires the abandonment of a long used road and
the construction of a new road for the distance
such as would be required in Toombs county, it
seems to be putting a very heavy burden on the
county, which has built a splendid road between
these towns, and also-would work an injustice on
every landowner who has built a home on this
road on the faith of its being maintained as a coun
ty highway.
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CHASING THE CATTLE TICK.
The 112th county in the state has been freed
from the cattle tiok —Toombs having completed its
eradication program and being now officially de
clared tick-free. "Ihe Vidalia paper reports the
fact with genuine and pardonable enthusiasm under
this > trumphant heading: ‘Cattle lick Chased
Across The Altamaha.” In Toombs the work
which entailed much irksome labor and no little
inconvenience for many was carried forward to
thoroughness and completion by the people who
generally and steadily stood by the program to be
rid of the great enemy to the cattle business —a
coming business in all this section of the "state. It
is now declared that the entire state may be freed
from the tick by the close of the next year. There
were hopes some time ago that the end of this year
would see the work done of clearing up the last
Southeast Georgia county. There is work of erad
ication now progressing in fifteen counties to the
south of Toombs and in most of these counties the
people are co-operating with the county and state
and federal officials so that the work may progress
as rapidly as possible. There has never been such
interest in cattle raising as now in South Georgia —
the raising of cattle for beef purposes and partic
ularly for dairying; creameries established have
given a great impetus to the business of buying and
raising better milk-yielding cattle—pure breds.
The future for the cattle business in South Georgia
i presents the most promising outlook for prosperity
?|of any sign today.—Savannah News.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
LABOR UNIONS ENDORSE
BUSH FOR RAIL BOARDS
ATLANTA, Ga.—Organized labor*
representatives at a meeting of the
Chamber of Industry in Savannah, it
was announced in political , circles
here today, referred the name of Dr.
O. A. Bush, of Pelham to the various
Savannah labor organizations with
the recommendation that be en
dorsed for state railroad commission
er to be elected at the general elect
ion next fall.
Dr. Bush, it is understood, says a
Savannah dispatch, will receive the
undivided backing of labor in that sec
tion of state, because of his plan form
plank in reference to having various
rates of public utilites lowered.
Recenty Dr. Bush, while in Savan
nah, assured J. G. Valentine, presi
dent of the state labor organization
that he would make a fight to lower
public utility rates if he is elected.
The Pelhayi physician is quoted by
Mr. Valentino as declaring he believed
there are many rates increased dur
ing the war that should be reduced
now. '
Dr. Bush, who is well and favorab
ly known in Atlanta, is a former mem
ber of the state legislature and a for
mer member of the state demoncratic
committee. He has been a leader in
state politics for a number of years.
He is a cousin of Billie B. Bush, prom
inent Atlanta lawyer. I
BIG EAIERSGET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
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Take a glass of Salts before breakfiut
if your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers you.
The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trouble,
because we eat too much and all our food
is rich. Our blood is filled with uric
acid which the kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork, become
sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and
the result is kidney trouble, bladder
weakness and a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like lumps of
lead; your back hurts or the urine is
cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night; if you suffer with sick
headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid
‘stomach, or you have rheumatism when
the weather is bad, get from your phar
macist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for generations
to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the acids in the urine so it
no longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney flush
ing any time.
—FREE EVERY SATURDAY—
Two Kling Klose hair nets with ev
ery SI.OO purchase of Toilet Articles.
Be sure and get yours. Page’s Drug
Store.
—Ask Page’s Drug Store first.
YOUNG MEN NARROWLY
ESCAPE IN CAR ACCIDENT
Driving to Vidaha Saturday night
a car containing Elmore Mart'n and
Venable Anderson, of Fitzgerald, and
Hal Macon, of Vidalia, ran off the
bridge over Gum Swamp creek near
Alamo and overturned. Martin suf
fered a sprained arm, his companions
escaping uninjured. The car wa*s
badly damaged.
The banister on the bridge had been
j knocked down and just as their car
j got on the bridge the driver turned
aside to pass a car coming off the
bridge, and their car went off and
turned completely over.
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You 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 Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
erties never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood. .
The Strength-Creating Power of GROVER
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-five years ago. folks
would ridt a long distance to get GKOVt a
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
stare. 60c per bottle.
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■ ■ ■ cigai: etteS
A year ago—
almost unknown
Today —a leader
A sweeping verdict for QUALITY
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Anything For Money
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We have heard of people who werg so unprin
cipled that they would do anything for money. It
is not exactly true. Most of them might do any
thing for money —except work for it. They would
not do thatl
The man w’ho is willing to work for his money
is usually a reliable citizen, and if in addition he
saves his money he becomes doubly valuable, both
to himself and to the community in which he lives.
Money saved and placed in the bank puts thg de
positor on the road to prosperity.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF VIDALIA
Vidalia, Georgia
RESERVeJ^
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Enough to Weather
Any Storm
IT is in time of business readjustment that the
real value of a bank foundation is shown.
• Our Resources have been conserved in prosperous
days for just such a readjustment period as this
and with the added advantage of our Membership
in the Federal Reserve System we are better
equipped to serve you now than ever.
THE BANK OF SOPERTON
CAPITAL $25,000.00 SURPLUS $25,000.00
N. L. GILLIS, President. J. E. HALL, V.-Pres & Cash.
J. B. O’CONNOR, V.-Pres. I. H. HALL, JR., Ass’t Cash. '
SOPERTON, GEORGIA > m
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