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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 CITY OF VIDALIA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922.
THIS HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS.
South-haters and South-baiters, always ready
to take a lynching for murder or an unspeakable
crime as a pretext for denunciation of southern
lawlessness and mob rule, should now devote their
attention to the Herrin, 111., massacre, from forty
to seventy-five men being tortured and assassin
ated, their crime being no more heinous, says the
Macon News, than ‘‘the effort to make an honest
living by hard work.” As expressed on the floor
of the senate. German atrocities in Belgium were
not more horrible.
The Associated Press, always reliable and con
servative. gives some of the details:
Open statements from scores of persons on thp streets
here were to the effect that the working men surrendered
at the first onslaught, and after having been tied into
groups of three and six, were cruelly massacred, told to
run a gauntlet of rifle fire only to he shot to death at
distances of a few feet, and when wounded, one or two
of a group would fall and drag the others to the ground;
stahhed and hacked to death wdth knives, beaten with
clubs and at least three of them hanged.
Out in a road near the mine, six men tied together,
r!1 of them wounded by bullets and blows, lav in a scorch
ing sun while hundreds of men and women laughed at
their pleas for water.
One of the men, his fact bloody and one shoulder
shot away, apparently was within a few minutes of death.
“Please, boys, give me a drink,” he moaned.
A laugh from the hundreds of spectators was the only
response.
The correspondent rushed to a house for water and
whn hereturned he was forced back by a crowd and quickly
drawn pistols and told to keep away.
When the man begged again for water, “For Cod’s
sake.” a young woman with a baby in her arms placed
her foot on the mangled body and said:
“I’ll see yon in hell before voti get anv^vatpr.”
The men had apparently been dragged down a rock
road behind an automobile. Their elothes were torn
and pieces of gravel were imbedded in their mangled flesh.
There is no 'excuse for Ivnchings and burnings,
in Georgia, or massacres, such as happened in Tlli
nois. but the South is not alone in its sins against
the law, i
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THEY APPRECIATED THEIR EDITOR.
Here is a story published in an exchange which
shows how greatlv the people of a community in
Kansas appreciate the'r editor. Tn appreciation of
the work of a Kansas editor for their community,
a bunch of citizens recently p r esented him with a
bouquet. On the same occasion a quartette from
a local church sang a few sweet and a min
ister made a little talk. \fter the minister’s talk,
six hiiskv men carried the popular editor from the
house and placed him tenderlv in a mcvM 1021
plumed sedan, and the whole town formed in pa
rade behind the expensive ear. \ftcr the parade,
the appreciative crowd returned to their homes
serene in the thought of having provided one
bright day in the life of their local newspaper pur
veyor. even if they did wait until he was dead to
do it.—Fourth Estate.
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The Lincoln Journel says one advantage to the
preacher in taking babies to church is that they
keep eevrybody awake.
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A GREAT UNDERTAKING.
The hinterland of South Georgia is deeply in
terested in the proposal of a great maritime expo
sition to be held in Savannah in 1926 to celebrate
the first centennial of the inauguration of ocean
steamship transportation, and the spirit with which
the business men of of Savannah are getting behind
the project augurs well for the undertaking.
The plan now is to have an exposition consist
ing of three units. The centennial of land trans
portation is to be celebrated by a great exposition
:tt Atlanta, largely industrial in character. The
ocean navigation will be celebrated with a great
maritime exposition at Savannah, containing also
many industrial and agricultural phases. The
third unit is to be celebrated throughout the entire
state of Georgia with each town providing its own
particular exhibition and with each city building
at least one permanent building, which is to be
used for public purposes after the 'exposition is
over.
This is a great undertaking and as Secretary of
State McLendon says, it is the big chance of this
generation to do something hi" for the state and
for the people of the South. “The exposition will
place Georgia before the world in her true light.”
snys Mr. McLendon, “and the people behind the
exposition will see to it that the people who come
here have a good time while they are here. With
such epoch-making events to celebrate, and with
Georgia the acknowledged leader in one of them,
the exposition should he the hiost unique and most
successful one of its kind ever held.”
Tn cetting behind the exposition plan and in
their efforts to make Savannah a great state port
the business men of Savannah are working wisely
and building well. We expect to see them carry
these plans to a successful culmination. Thev can
count not onlv on the cood wishes, but the. active
co-operation of all South Georgia.
WELL UP WITH THE BUNCH.
Mr. Martin V. Calvin, Statistician for the
Georgia Department of Agriculture, recently com
piled some figures showing the per capita wealth
by counties in Georgia, the per capita wealth be
ing derived bv taking the tax digest of each coun
tv and dividing this total by the total county popu
lation. .
According to his figures, our section of South
east Georgia compares verv favorably with the
balance of the state. The figures for counties in
this section are given below:
County Population Per Capita Wealth
Emanuel 25.862 $292
Montgomery 20.138 54a
Treutlen ' 504
Toombs - 15.897 5/8
Tattnall
Wheeler ' °.Bl/ 307.
Candler 0.228 oOS *
Os the twelve congressional districts in the
state, our district does not make such a good show
ing. ranking tenth, all the districts of the state ex
cept the ninth and third having a greater purchas
ing power than the twelfth,
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Life in the United States senate must have
a great moderating influence, and we may vet live
to see Tom Watson known as the Great Pacifier.
Notice where Ire served as peacemaker between
I two scrapping senators. History may repeat it
self; Ben Tillman went to the senate a fire-eater,
hut before many years sent his pitchfork to the
scrap heap. There must be something soothing
in long senate speeches.
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Governor Hardwich has named the week be
ginning July 3rd as Watermelon Week, requesting
the citizens of the state to make the juicy melon
a special article of diet for that week. It ought
to be easy to enlist the juvenile citizens in the
proper observance of the week.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 19::.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Judge Middle Circuit.
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for Judge Superior Courts
of the Middle Circuit, subject to
the coming primary.
Respectfully,
F. H. SAFFOLD.
For Judge Middle Circuit.
To the Public:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Judge of Superior
Courts, Middle Judicial Circuit.
Very respectfully,
R. N. HARDEMAN.
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For Representative Toombs County.
Subject to the rules of the white pri
mary, friends from Waycross and Heb
nrdsville, Ga., announce J. A. L.
Glaze as a candidate for representa
tive. He begs the ladies, for the sake
of their children, to keep an eye on
immorality and their fingers on every
rotten, being, roguish, crooked politi
cian who invades America and rapes
a civil sovereignty, thus characterized
as a disgrace to Southern politics. A
thousand gratified thanks extended
those seven hundred and eighty-seven
plebiscites of Toombs county who
wrote their names on a stolen ballot
two years ago. Read the 11th chap
ter of St. Luke, 52nd verse, and get
on the firing line. Speaking dates to
be announced later.
BOLL WEEVILS WORK IN
W ET WEATHER—SO WI ST
THE COTTON PLANTER
If you expect to whip the boll wee
vil in a fair fight, you have got to
show as much energy as he does —
which means that though the opera
tion may be both difficult and un
pleasant, poisoning must be done
even when the plants are wet and the
ground mudc.y, so says the Unit d
States Department, of Agriculture
with regard to poisoning the weevil
With calcium arsenate. The Depart
ment lias found that, during the crit
ical stage, the poisoning should be
done at intervals of about four days.
Two or three applications, made in
good weather, may have got the wee
vils under control. Then there comes
a rainy spell and the farmer lets the
time for poisoning pass while he
waits for fair weather. But that is
exactly the time when the weevil is
busiest. The numbers are likely to
increase so rapidly that the control
already gained is lost. In tat event
the weevil inflicts about as much dam
age as if no poisoning had been done
and the farmer loses, in addition,
what he has spent in poisoning opera
tions. The only way to prevent that
sort of result is to let wet weather
interfere as little as possible with
poisoning operations. Stick to the
schedule, the department says, re
gardless of weather conditions.
The Department realizes, of course
that poisoning cannot be done in pour
ing rain but the farmer, the special
ists surge, should take advantage of
the earliest opportunity to get back
into the fieild after the rain, that he
should make every effort to get the
cotton again dust?/.’ re~ul~r , i?y, even
put on poison even 'ed weath
or. It may l>o weeh'd off again
shortly but, cn the of'er hand, the
weather, even when it looks most
threatening may stay fair long enoug
to allow weevil contro’ to operate.
Every farmer, it is pointed out, must
expect to lose some poison by rain
hut the operation Is sufficiently pro
fitable to justify it.
TYPHOID FEVER INCREASING
The Typhoid Fever season has come
and many many peop.e in Georg a
are still unprotected so far ss being
vaccinated is concerned. Time ano
again the State Board of Health and
the County Boards of Health have
sent out warnings and advised, even
begged, the people to be vaccainatel.
Last year 798 people who turned a
deaf ear to such timely advice have al
ready crossed to the unknown.
Any one who wants typhoid vaccine
this year had better order at once.
The supp’y 4s by no means unlimited.
Order your vaccine from the State
Board of Health today. Have your
physician or health officer administer
it at once.
Georgia State Board of Health.
VIDALIA LODGE K. OF P.
Meets every Tuesday night in hail
on Railroad Ave. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
J. B. TCDD, C. C.
T. P.. LEE. K. of R. X- S.
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hi] h Fever, Bilious Fever,
Colds and LaGrippe.
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Is there sweeter word or one that recalls any
more tender memories than that one word? It
means so much to all of us.
We think of the mother in the home, surround
ed by the family, leading a life of willing sacrifice
for these she loves, protected by the sturdy hus
band and sons, assisted by loving daughters. It
is an ideal picture. But sometimes the picture
fades, when adversity comes. If the husband
should die and the wife has no business training,
her burdens are doubled. Wouldn’t it be a good
plan to open an account at our bank for mother ?
She would appreciate having an account of her own.
Try it and see.
ITHE CITIZENS BANK
OF VIDALIA
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Vidalia, Georgia
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 & Crsh.
J. B. O’CONNOR, V.-Pres. I. H. HALL, JR., Ass’t Cash.
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