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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
N. C Napier, Editor and Publisher
Published every Thursday, and entered at the
Postoffice m Yidalia, Ga„ as second-class mail
matter, according to Act of Congress. /
OFFICIAL ORGAN CITY OF VIDALIA.
Thursday, November 23, 1922.
THE WHY OF THE SOUTH’S COMING
PROSPERITY.
From the Merchants Journal and Commerce vve
reproduce the following review 01 the business sit
uation in the South, tending to show that the South
will be the first great section of the country to
“come back” and lead in the forward march to
prosperity in the business cycle so plainly now un
der way:
Cotter)—The South will have .31 per cent more cotton
to sell this year than last at an average price of 22 cents
or higher, compared with an average last year of slightly
under 13 cents. In twelve months the price of cotton has
increased 71 per cent, corn ten per cent, and wheat has
actually decreased 15 per cent. In 1913 it took 7.87 lbs.
of cotton to buy one dollar’s worth of goods. Today the
same amount of cotton buys $1.73 worth of gdbds. Thus
a given quantity of cotton today will buy 11.5 per cent
more goods at current prices than it would in 1913, while
the same quantity of wheat will buy 31.7 per cent less
goods than in 1913, and the same quantity of corn will
buy 35.2 per cent less. The purchasing power of cotton
is at a premium, that of wheat and corn at an actual heavy
discount. With higher prices still in prospect for cotton thjs
favorable situation in the South will he still further ac
centuated.
Sugar—This concerns Louisiana chiefly, but the price
of sugar is 15 per cent higher than last year, with the pros
pect that the new tariff will raise prices still further.
Tobacco—This year’s crop is one of the four largest
it: history and 50 per cent larger than last'year. Even at
present prices, the purchasing power of the tobacco grow
ing sections will be considerably more than last year.
Lumber—The building boom has brought prosperity to
Southern lumber sections. Orders have been in excess of
production and operations have continued above normal
during the entire season. Labor has been fully employed
and there has actually been a labor shortaeg in some sec
tions. Construction work shows the following increase
over last year: Mobile 535 percent; Knoxville 380 per
cent; Jacksonville .34 per cent, etc.
Textiles—ln striking contrast to the New England dis
trict,, Southern mills have expanded their operations under
such favorable circumstances that the production of cot
ton yarns shows an increase of 77.6 per cent over last
year and the number of employees is 44 per cent greater.
Hosiery mills show a production 22 per cent greater than
last year, and overall factories 42 per cent greater. No
labor troubles have occurred and there has been no strike
whatsoever.
Coal and Iron—Birmingham district reports coal pro
duction at 20,000,000 tons per annum, an increase of 100 per
cent over last year. This is being produced at fancy pro
fits which will bring millions to this district. The iron
and steel trade of this section is booming, furnaces being
constantly increased, while Pittsburg has shown a steady
decline. Pig iron at $25 per ton, the highest since the
war, assures enormbus profits from this source
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Practically every senator who took active part
in seating Senator Newberry was defeated in the
recent election. The statement that his term in
the senate hangs by a thread seems to be well found
ed. as it is expected that this issue will again be
brought up in the next session of congress.
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! Savannah is to have a hot municipal campaign,
with an administration candidate for mayor and an
anti-administration candidate. In other words, a
fight, between the “ins” and “outs.”
Vesta Policies Make
Vesta Battery Service
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Behind every Vesta Service Station is J**
the policy of the Vesta Battery Corpo
ration: complete equipment, expert
service and guaranteed repairs.
. Our ability to install complete equip
ment, our skill in battery repair work
and our willingness to use both our
equipment and experience for the best
interests of motorists place at your dis
posal the highest type of battery service.
( We do everything in our power to help
you get maximum service from your
present battery —no matter what make
it is. All Vesta repairs are guaranteed
for six months.
We are able to do this because in repair
ing any battery, we use the patented
features which have made Vesta batter
ies famous. We do not charge for test
ing your battery. Drive in and let us
look it over. You will like Vesta Serv-
ice and the plan behind it.
Southern Storage Battery Co.
Vidalia, Georgia
A TOBACCO MARKET.
The announcement by officers of the Yidalia
Tobacco Warehouse that the warehouse had been
leased for next year to competent warehousemen
and that a market for tobacco would again be main
tained at Yidalia next year is a source of gratifica
tion to all who are interested in the agricultural
prosperity of this section and believe that tobacco
i- destined to he one of the great money crops of
South Georgia.
Expert tobacco men declare tha tthe soil and
climate of this section are splendidly suited to to
bacco growing and the success that a number of
farmers have made in growing tobacco shows that
it can be made a great money crop for South Geor
gia. The history of some sections in South Caro
lina, where millions of dollars worth of tobacco are
grown each year and where the value of land has
jumped to around three hundred dollars per acre,
will be duplicated in this section of South Georgia
in years to come.
What the business men of Vidalia should do
and what we believe they will do —the employment
of a competent tobacco demonstrator to work with
the farmers who are unskilled in the cultivation
and curing of this crop —will do much to get to
bacco estabished as a money-crop in this section.
There ought to be a few acres of tobacco on every
farm, and with a tobacco demonstrator working in
this section we beljeve this goal can be attained.
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We note the Governor of Alabama is to enter
tain the Governor of Georgia. Now we wonder
if one of these governors will make a remark that
will go down the halls of time as happened on that
memorable occasion when the Carolina governors
met ?
BACK UP THE BOY SCOUTS.
Monday evening at the city auditorium
a very delightful play will be given by local talent,
,the proceeds from the play going to pay off an in
debtedness that exists on the Boy Scout Hut.
Scouting is a movement that for a number of
years has been very dear to the hearts of Vidalia
.people and the cause will make an appeal to their
patronage and is one we are sure will be gener
ously responded to. Vidalia is one of the few
.cities in the state that has equipped its scouts with
an attractive home, and having done so well so far
we ought to finish the work so well begun and
remove the small indebtedness now remaining on
.this hut.
Let us pack the house for the scouts. Even
if you can’t go, buy a ticket and help swell the box
receipts for this splendid'cause.
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Vidalia has two pressing problems for the com
ing year —the matter of paving for the business
section and the enlargement of the public school
building.
THE DISTRICT PRESS.
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The meeting of the Twelfth District Press As
sociation in Hawkinsville last Friday was well at
tended and the helpful discussions participated in
by the members present and the delightful hospi
tality of Editor J. J. Harvard of the Hawkinville
News-Dispatch made this one of the most thor
oughly enjoyed sessions in the history of the asso
caition. The next session will be held at Cochran
in March, Editor T. L. Bailey of the Cochran Jour
nal being the host at this meeting.
There are several newspapers ‘in the district!
which are not at the present time members of the
association, and the editors of these papers are
themselves the losers in not joining forces with
their brethren of the press. The social feature of
these gatherings three times a year are well worth
while, while the interchange of ideas, the discus
sion of mutual problems and the development of a!
spirit of co-operation well repay the members for
the time they give to these occasional meetings.
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The latest issue of the Farmers Bulletin, pub
lished bv the Georgia & Florida Railway, was an
interesting “Cotton F.dition.” containing many help
ful suggestions to the cotton farmer.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
HUNTING SEASON OPENED
MONDAY NOVEMBER 20TH
ATLANTA, Ga.—As the hunting sea
son opened Monday with ideations of
an abundance of game throughout
Georgia, J. Frank Rhodes, commiss- \
ioner of game and fish, called atten- j
tion to an error in a recent newspa
per article which stated that a hunter
must have a federal license.
The only thing necessary to hunt in •
a county where the hunter resii.es, he 1
said, is a county license costing $1 I
and a state license costing $3 entitles*
the hunter to pursue his calling in
any county in the state.
Commissioner Rhodes Raid reports
to his office show an abundance of
game, especially in South Georgia,
where quail and duck are plentiful,
with lots of duck anu geese along the
coast.
“Georgia’s reputation as a game
state is rapidly spreading throughout
the country,” he said.
A TONIC
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 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 • Destroys Malarial germs and
Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor
ating Effect. 60c.
Thursday, November 23, 1922.
COTTON HAS BEACHED
IHE HEW HIGH MARK
ONE BALE BBOUGHT *I,7OO—WA*
BOUGHT BY FORBEST ADAIR
FIRST RAISED l> (.A. IN 1922
PRO! ELDS 00 TO HOSPITAL.
ATLANTA, Ga.. —Cotton has reaches
the new high mark of $3.44 a pound in
Atlanta.
One bale, weighing 500 pounds,
brought $1,700. It was Georgia grown
cotton, sold at public outcry, ant,
Forrest Adair, nationally known At
lanta business man, was the auction
eer. The proceeds went to the Scot
tish Rite Hospital for Crippled Child
ren.
The scene was on the main floor of
the Atlanta Commercial Exchange.
One bale of cotton, the first raised in
Georgia in 1922, grown in Tift Coun
ty, near Moultrie. Ga., was shipped to
Atlanta by express to the Atlanta Com
mercial Exchange by the Georgia Cot
ton Company for the groiver. It was
received at the exchange on July 18.
On July 19 it was sold at auction for
50 cents a pound, being bought by J.
.T. Williamson, of the ivell know firm
of Williamson-Inman.Stribling Com
pany. The proceeds went to the grow
er; the bale was given by Mr. Will
iamson to the Crippled Children’s
Hospital.
Now another auction has just taken
place. Half a dozen times it was pur
chased, at prices ranging from 50
cents to 26 cents a pound. In each
instance it was returned to the Child
ren’s Hospital, only to be reauctioned
by Mr. Adair.
John Manget, Atlanta cotton man,
is the present owner of the much-ex
ploited bgle, and announced that he
was as yet undetermined as to what
he would do with it.
The Scottish Rite Home for Crip
pled Children, started through the ef
forts of Dr. Michael Hoke, Forrest
Adair, Sr., and other leading Shriners,
some years ago, is now recognized as
one of the largest and best equipped
institutions of its kind in the United
States. It was the pattern for a num
ber of similar hospitals which have
been established in various parts of
the country by national Shriners; in
fact, the idea of establishing these
hospitals was obtainec from the At
lanta hospital and action for a nation
wide movement was decided upon at
a meeting by a national board, of
which Forrest Adair was elected
chairman.
J. E. GROOVER DIES IN
TOOMBS COUNTY FRIDAY
Mr. J. E. Groover, 83 years of age, i
oied at the family home near Vidalia,
in Toombs county, last Friday morn
ing at 9 o’clock.
Mr. Groover was a Confederate
soldier and served throughout the
Civil War in the armies of the South.
Surviving the deceased are his wife
and the following children: Mrs. J.
W. Johnson of Lyons; Mrs. S. Par
rish of Lakeland, Fla.; Mr. J. D. Groo
ver of Blanton, Fla.; Mr. J. S. Groo
ver of Metter; Mrs. R. L. Hall of Vida
lia; Mr. C. A. Groover of Los Angeles,
Cal.; Mr. B. F. Groover of Savannah;
Mrs. F. E. Houser of Tampa, Fla.: Mr.
Eddie Groover of Tampa, Fla., besides
fifty-two grand-children and seven
teen great-grand children.
Funeral services and interment oc
cured at Lower Lo ts Creek church
Sunday afternoon, Eh.er Swain of
Graymont officiating.—Metter Adver
tiser.
CORN WANTED.
We want all the good ear corn you
have for sale and will pay all ihe
market affords for same. Sec us or
write us what you have.
VIDALIA COTTON OIL
MILL COMPANY.
Vidalia, Ga.
I FOR
CONSTIPATION
BILIOUSNESS
Headache
INDIGESTION
Stomach Trouble
-SOLD EVERYWHERE-
Colds Cause Grip and I&fluenza
LAXAT IVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove th*
cause. There is only one “Qroaio Quinine '
E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. SOc.
GARAGE
B BRAGG’S GARAGE
GOOD 5 uccessor to Bragg & Way Garage j
SERVICE |
nSI Same Location
REASONABLE Same Good Service
CATES 1
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MECHANICS
H||J Prices Reduced
convince On All Repair Work
£ilMl
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| TO ALL AUTOMOBILE OWNERS: ±
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% You have a battery in your car and occasionally it needs
£ attention —maybe merely an o. k., maybe a little “first aid.” -*
X We would like you to kown that we are in the battery busi
jj* ness, which means we are manned and equipped to look after «|
f ALL makes of batteries. » * *
X If vour battery is not giving the service you have a right . ►
I to expect of it —that is, if your lights dim on the road or «►/
+ your starter balks in the morning—bring it in to us, no mat- **
* ter who manufactured it. Our batterv clinic is not one bit '*
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% Os course, it is a better plan to let us begin taking care «.
£ of your battery before it is a subject for hospital treatment. A
% We will be glad to put water in your battery and give it reg- • •
£ ular testing. When repairs are necessary, we do skillful
£ work at a moderate cost. **
X If you are an Exide owner, probably you have registered ..
* your battery with us. But are you coming in as often as A
t you should for the good of the battery?
X Even an Exide needs a little attention. *»
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| VIDALIA BATTERY COMPANY
I EXIDE BATTERIES OILS ACCESSORIES ||
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| Georgia 6c Forida Ry
.. Passenger Train Schedule . ►
:: ‘THROUGH THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”
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!! Main Line
y. No. 5, daily, leaves Augusta 7:35 a. m., arrives Vidalia 12 20 ;;
; | p. m., arrives Valdosta 5:35, arrives Madison 12:45. **
•• No. 4, daily, leaves Madison 6:30 a. m., arrives Valdosta 9:00 <•
*• a. m., arrives Vidalia 1:50 p. m., arrives Augusta 6:45. !!«
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* I Millen Branch. 1»
«• No. 8, daily, leaves Vidalia 6:55 a. m., arrives Millen 9:20.
t No. 9, daily, leaves Millen 9:55 a. m., arrives Vidalia 12:25 p. *
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y Tennille Branch.
!t No. 5-1, daily, leaves Augusta 7:35 a. m., arrives Tenille 11:30 U
II No. 2-4, daily, leaves Tennille 2:50 p. m., arrives Augusta 6:45 ,►,
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;; Moultrie Branch. «>
it No. 2 9 daily, leaves Nashville 5:00 p. m., arrives Moultrie ||
‘‘ 12:30 p. m. —. <»
* No. 24, daily, leaves Moultrie 1:15 p. m., arrives Nashville y
X 9:30 p. m. y
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| R. CHICKS, D. F. KIRKPATRICK, tt
* Traffic Manager. Gen. Passenger Agt. ;*
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I MACON, DUBLIN & SAVANNAH RAILROAD COMPANY |
|| Schedule it
Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains ::
•• Vidalia, Georgia. i:
* t Arives from Leaves for y
7:20 PM Macon 8:00 AM y
*t 10:55 A M Macon 7:40 PM L
|| For information as to through fares, schedules, etc., y
;; apply to Agent or ||
• C. J. ACOSTA, Traffic Manager,
tt Macon, Ga. ••
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