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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C. Napier, Editor and Publisher
Published every Thursday, and entered at the
Postoftice in Vidalia, Ga„ as second-class mail
matter, according to Act of Congress.
OFFICIAL ORGAN CITY OF VIDALIA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922.
WHERE THE BLAME BELONGS.
We presented last week a very interesting re
sume of the work of the recent session of the leg
islature by Representative 11. B. Folsom of Mont
gomery county. According to the record of impor
tant bills passed by the house as given by Mr. Fol
som, the senate is more to blame than the house
of representatives for the paucity of important
measures enacted into law. We hope all our read
ers read Mr. Folsoms’ article, for his discussion of
the work of the legislature is informative, and we
think his work in the house has been marked by
sound judgment and a true devotion to the inter
ests of the people of the state.
Living in a county that has been subdivided
until she may well be called the “Mother of Coun
tie's,” Mr. Folsom thinks a grievous mistake was
made in the creation.of Peach county, w’ith the line
of the new county running in sight ot rerry, the
county seat of Houston county. Back in the old
days, when rivers were impassable much of the
time, and sandy roads made a twenty-mile trip to
court something todje dreaded, there may have been
an excuse for the creation of so many new coun
ties in South Georgia. But w’ith the era of good
roads and the day of the automobile upon us, there
is little excuse now for the creation of new coun
ties in Georgia.
Mr. Folsom has promised to give us later a re
view’ of the Ellis bill which provides, when accepted
by the individual counties, that the county commis
sioners may choose a county manager. This bill
is a development of the city manager plan which
has proven so successful wherever tried. We be
lieve it ought to be a success in county government,
for with one good business man charged with full
•responsibility and giving bis full time to county af
fairs, it would seem that a county’s business w’ould
be more efficiently and economically handled.
Nearly all the counties of the state have secured
splendid results from management by a board of
commissioners, but many of the commissioners feel
that to pay one man a fair salary and hold him res-'
ponsible for the full management of the county’s
affairs would be for the best. However, the full
details of the bill will have to be carefully studied
by the people before they are ready to consider
such an innovation in county affairs.
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THE OLD NORTH STATE LEADING US.
North Carolina is setting a great example to
the other Southern states. In the fiscal year just
closed the Old North State spent $42,000,000 on
public education. In two years $25,000,000 have
been spent on roads, and in the past two years
about hundred million dollars have been spent
for education and good roads. In describing what
this great sum for education means, the Asheville
Citizen says:
“Forty-two million dollars on public education
in a year! Consider what that means. It means
an immensity of happiness, pow’er and wealth for
North Carolina. It means that boys and girls who
would have gone into cotton mills and furniture fac
tories with minds untaught to think will have their
imaginative powers so stimulated by schooling that
they will contribute labor-saving and money-making
invention to the w’orld of machinery. It means
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that men who would have fished the mountain
streams will harness those waters to industrial un
dertakings. It means that young men and women
who would have idled away days empty with igno
rance will develop that genius which paints undying
pictures and carves cold marble into warmth of
beauty. It means that mothers who would have
cherished no dream of greatness for their children
will give them the home life that leads to fine
achievement. It means, in brief, that North Caro
linans from mountain top to ocean edge will be wor
thy of North Carolina, the state which in natural
resources is the outstanding leader of all America.”
Georgia can profit by the pattern set bv this
great old state. While we hum and haw over a
small bond issue for roads to match the govern
ment appropriation, North Carolina is going ahead
spending millions for roads. Schools are being
supported generously and North Carolina boys and
girls in future years will show in lives of fine
achievement what a splendid investment the good
schools have been.
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LOOKING FOR THE BEAUTIFUL IN
COUNTRY LIFE.
For his own part, if the writer had to list off
hand the country sights and sounds that, give him
most delight he would mention:
The serenity and strength of ancient aoks, un
moved by all the storms of a century.
The rich mellow note of the raincrow. uttering
his prophecy in the dampness of a cloudy dawn.
The smell of hay and old hay-lofts.
The low song of the corn-blades as they grasp
brotherly hands across the furrows when winds are
blowing over the fields.
The clean white limbs of sycamores against
their background of green foliage.
The ever grateful smell of fresh-plowed earth,
and the prosperous, comfortable, well-fed feel of a
rich soil filled with humus.
The pungent, aromatic smell of fat lightwood,
and the more subdued fragrance of freshly cut oak.
The rare beauty of form, so much loved by art
ists, of grape leaves and hanging grape bunches.
The penetrating, mouth-watering fragrance of
ripe scuppernongs at dew-fall in early September.
The rare beauty of a line of longleaf pines sil
houetted against a twilight sky.
The grace of well-kept meadows or lawns with
straggling wild flowers on the edges, reminding one
of Swinburne’s line—
“ Where tides of grass break into foam of
flowers.”
The unhurried but steady and resi-tless move
ment of the rivers as they sweep majestically past
overhanging willows to their home in the far-off
sea. —Progressive Farmer.
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GIVING A CHECK WITH NO MONEY
IN THE BANK.
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The action of the legislature in making an ap
propriation of practically a million dollars for the
new class pensioners without making any effort to
raise the money so that the appropriation could be
met was like giving a qheck with no money in tho
bank. ’ v
In vetoing the bill. Governor Hardwidc - has
been generally commended, and the Moultrie Ob
server thinks Governor Hardwick is doing the best
work of his life. In a day when politicians are
willing to promise much and perform little, says
the Observer, and when public officials are passing
the buck from one to the other, it is refreshing to
find a governor who will stay out. who speaks plain
ly, deals frankly, opposes hypocrisy, works in the
open, hewing to the line in his official conduct and
allowing the chips to fall wherever they will.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
For State Senator.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for State Senator, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary of September 13th, and
solicit the support of the voters of
Toombs county-
S. B. MEADOWS.
For State Senate.
To the Voters of Toombs County:
I am a candidate for State Sena
tor from the 15th senatorial district,
composed of the counties of Toombs,
Montgomery and Wheeler, and will
appreciate your support.
G. W. LANKFORD.
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.
For Representative, Toombs County
To the voters of Toombs county:
I am a candidate for representative
from Toombs county, subject to the
coming primary, and will appreciate
your support.
Very respectfully,
WORTH D. POE.
For Representative, Toombs County
I use this privilege to announce my
candidacy for the office of Represen
tative of Toombs county. I will ap
preciate your support.
ERNEST C. WIMBERLY..
For Representative, Toombs County.
Having an honest desire to repre
sent my county in the legislative hall
of Georgia, I hereby announce myself
a candidate for representative from
Toombs county, subject to the rules
and regulations as prescribed
democratic primary to be held Sept.
13th, 1922.
Respectfully yours,
B. H. GRACE.
For Representative, Toombs County.
Having consulted with and having
been requested by quite a number of
friends in different sections of the
county to offer for representative, 1
yield to their wishes and offer my
services and announce myself a can
didate for the legislature, subject to
the white primary to be held Septem
ber 13th next.
V elected I promise to render the
best services that are in me for the
relief of the over-burdened taxpayers
of my county and state and at all
times to safeguard the interests of my
people td the best of my ability, the
only thing any honest man can offer.
For Representative Toombs County.
Subject to the rules of the white pri
mary, friends from Waycross and Heb
ardsville, 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
these 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.
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