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THE VIDALIA. ADVANCE
N. C. Napier, Editor and Publisher
Published every Thursday, 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 15, 1922.
SUPT. BRITTAIN TO QUIT.
Stating that he lias a growing distaste for poli
tics, State School Superintendent M. L. Brittain
has announced that he will not be a candidate to
succeed himself in the election to be held in Sep
tember. This leaves the field so far to N. H. Bal
lard of Brunswick, who sometime ago announced
his candidacy for this position.
The retirement of Mr. Brittain from active
work with the public schools of the state is a big
loss to our state. Under his administration wor
derful progress has been made, and while we be
lieve the people of the state are aroused to the
question of bettering the school facilities for their
children and that the next five years will see mar
velous improvement, yet it will be difficult to find
a successor to carry on this work with the enthu
siasm, the devotion and wise direction which Mr.
Brittain has brought to this office.
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WHY NOT A COUNTY MANAGER?
The success of the city manager plan in many
cities of the state has caused many papers to be
lieve that this plan could be employed just as suc
cessful by our counties. The Tifton Gazette is
impressed with the city manager plan in Tifton
and believes that the plan should be tried out by
the county. It would take no special legislation,
it says, but simply action by the county commis
sioners who could employ a competent business
man to take charge of the county affairs and ad
minister them, and hold him responsible.
’v Discussing the matter further, the Gazette
says: *
plan has worked well in Tifton, and the
suggestion has been made that it be tried out in
Tift county. It need require no special legislation,
but simply action by the Board of County Com
missioners.
.“As a rule, County Commissioners are business
men and have to look after their own affairs.
They cannot neglect them to attend to the county’s
business without great personal sacrifice and finan-'
cial loss. But they could meet together once a
month or oftener and supervise tire work of a
County Manager, who could be paid a salary com
mensurate with his ability, and who could devote
his entire time to the county’s affairs.
“The success of the plan would depend on the
character and capacity of the man who was em
ployed as manager, but we believe the right man
could save the taxpavers of the county with the
foresight to employ him a great deal of money and
have the affairs of the county in nmeh more sat
isfactory shape.”
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With the banks composing the Atlanta Clear
ing House having agreed to make a loan of five
million dollars to the Georgia Cotton Growers Co
operative Marketing Association, and with further
loans promised from the Federal Reserve Bank,
the association is now assured that it will he able
to handle the crop raised by the members of the
association.
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With the election of Mrs. Frank Lawson of
Dublin as vice-chairman of the Democratic Exec-j
utive Committee for the Twelfth Congressional 1
D istrict, the naming of a number of women from
different counties as members of the committee,
the enfranchised sex cannot say that they are not
being given a hearty welcome into the councils of
the party and a fair share of its responsibilities, i
SOME WISE BURGLARS !
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about the value of good bank service. He told I
! ! us of an experience he had that shows the value of i
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i Burglars entered his store one night and blew t
I ! open his safe. It contained about $l5O. but most T
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MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
State School Supervisor Smith, who for a long
number of years has been in close touch with edu
cational conditions in this section of the state, does
not hesitate when speaking to a Toombs county
audience to tell the people of their shortcomings
and of their neglect in providing educational op
portunities for the boys and girls of the rural dis
tricts.
Up to two years ago, states Mr. fsmith, the
cells of the county jail at Lyons represented a
greater investment than all the school buildings
and equipment in Toombs county outside of the
two towns of Lyons and Vidalia. It is hard to
conceive of a more terrible indictment of a people
than this. The school interests in the two towns,
since the towns were incorporated, were steadily
moving forward, but for nearly twenty years the
cause of good schools in the rural sections stood
still.
But that was the condition two years ago.
Since that time we have had the splendid school
buildings at New Branch and at Johnson Corner;
the Lyons consolidated school district will put
hundreds of children in the rural districts in reach
of a splendid grammar and high school, with all
modern equipment, taught by capable and trained
teachers. The people of the Vidalia section are
studying the question of coming back into the
county system and having a large district laid off
around the town. Ts this is done, another large
group of the hoys and girls in the rural district
will have their educational opportunies greatly in
creased .
And while telling us of our shortcomings of
the past, Mr. Smith is impressed with the awaken
ing of the people of Toombs county and of their
determination to make up for lost time. He freely
predicts that the next five years will see wonder
ful strides in the improvement ms the rural schools
in Toombs countv. and that from standing next
to the bottom of the counties in this section in
the educational opportunities afforded the children
of the rural districts, we will be near the top.
Our boys and girls are Georgia’s greatest pro
duct, and the boys and girls of the country within
the next twentv vears will he the leaders in everv
walk of life. Let us look upon money spent for
our schools ns an invstment in happv and useful
lives. Let us not rest content until everv bov and
girl in our rural districts is in reach of a thoroughly
modern school. —Lvons Progress.
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' " DON’T BE A SLACKER.
Collections are not as good as they should be.
'Phe reason is that lots of folks who really can pay
won’t do it. They won’t do the decent thing.
This stops the next fellow from paying, and so on
down the line, until the flow of credits is impeded
to an unneccessary degree.
Ts you owe a man a hundred dollars, and can
pay only five or ten, do the decent thing and pay
that. Oftentimes it’s the spirit that counts for
as much as anything. The spirit of those who owe
us helps some, even when we are unable to collect
that which is our due.
Another thing, if you owe a man an honest
debt, don’t get “raw” when he asks you to pay
him. Remember, he did you a favor to let you
have goods or service on credit —he has a perfect
right to ask and expect you to pay him.
You should pay promptly. But if you cannot,
be decent enough to pay every cent you can, and
then give a definite promise as to when you can
pay the remainder.
It does you no good—in fact lowers you in
the estimation of your creditors every time you
say mean, ugly things about an account you owe.
Do the right thing—brace up, pay up, get right
with the world: the world will take on a brighter
hue; you’ll love your fellowman a wee bit more.
—Cartersville Tribune-News.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
GEORGIA GOOD
ROADS ASSOC IATION
ATLANTA, Ga.—lnterest in the pas
sage of the $75,000,000 bond issue for
good roads is being manifested
throughout the state in the most def
inite and practical way possible—by
applications for membership in the
Georgia Good Roads Association and
the payment of the five-dollar annual
fee, it was announce today by Will
iam E. Keith, secretary of the associa
tion.
, “The results from our invitation to
Georgians, men and women, to join
the Good Roads Association and sup
port the campaign for state bonds for
, state highways has met with a res
ponse even beyond our expectations,”
said Mr. Keith. “The membership
certificates are being accepted and
the fees paid by business firms, banks
professional men of many pursuits
and men and women individually to
an extent which is surprising. The in
vitation to join the association and
thus actively support the bond move
ment went out only two weeks ago.
Every Georgian interested in the bond
■ plan for ‘Pulling Georgia Out of the
Mud’ is invited to become a member,
sending the application to the associ
ation, 205 Walton Buildings, Atlanta.”
More and more support is being
given the bond issue plan by the daily
and weekly press as the time ap
proaches for the convening of the Leg
islature, and many additional sena
tors and representatives are pledging
their support to the proposed amend
ments. Several strongly influential
members of both branches are enthu
siastic backers of the bond issue, be
lieveing it the only system which will
give Georgia complete highway sys
tem within a reasonable time and se
cure the millions of dollars of federal
aid funds.
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GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
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More than thirty-five years ago, folks
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TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
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GEORGIA G. 0. P. CHIEF
DEFENDED BY FRIENDS
ATLANTA, Ga. —Republicans in
Atlanta, as well as leaders through
out the state, in communications to
party headquarters here, have come
to the defense of their chief—John
Louis Philips, who is facing charges
in Washington on a charge of conspir
ing to defraud the government in
handling contracts. Many , telegrams
have been sent to Nr. Philips ty
Georgians, regardless cf party affil
iations, assuring him of their support
and confidence. Washington dis
patches received in Atlanta quote the
Georgia Chairman as follows:
“All my dealings with the govern
ment are an open book and I have,
nothing to conceal. I am just paying
the price of being in politics.”
It is known here that Mr. Philips
has referred to the charges on more
than one occasion, as they w-ere first
made a year or so ago. At the time
they were investigated by what is
known as the Graham Commission and
Mr. Philips was given a clean sheet.
Local republicans point to the fact
that the charges had been made and
threshed out before Mr. Philips was
placed at the head of the G. O. P.
fitrees in Georgia. The charges, it is
further stated, were known to mem
bers of the national republican or
ganization and Vo President Harding,
none of whom placed any credence in
them, and Mr. Philips was chosen as
the big chief and distributor of fed
eral patronage in Georgia.
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I Little Girls**
“There was a' little girl and she had a little curl
right in the middle of her forehead,” etc.
Well, she didn’t remain a little girl for evry
long. , She soon passed the “little curl” stage and
became a woman —and that means a voter these
days, and maybe was elected to congress. Times
have changed for the women folks. They are
now supposed to be the equal of the men —possi-
bly they have always been %uperior for all we
know, but we do know that every little girl should
be taught something- about modern banking by hav
ing an account of her own. The experience is sure
to be helpful in after years. <
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF VIDALIA
Vidalia, Georgia
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IT is in time of business readjustment that the *
real value of a bank foundation is shown.
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Our Resources have been conserved in prosperous
days for just such a readjustment period as this M
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,
J. B. O’CONNOR, V.-Pres. I. H. HALL, JR., Ass’t Cash.
SOPERTON, GEORGIA
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