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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XX
“When the frost is on the punkin and the fodders in the shock”
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THE COUNTY PASTORS
ARE ALL RETURNED
REV. J. M. OUTLER ASSIGNED TO
AMERICUS REV. H. C. JONES
NEW PRESIDING ELDER—NEXT
CONFERENCE AT SAVANNAH.
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Appontments announced by Bishop
Ainsworth «>t the closing session of
the South Georgia Conference held in
Waycross the past week resulted in
all county pastors being returned to
former charges—Rev. J. E. Sampley
to Vidalia, Rev. Theo Pharr to Ly
ons, and Rev. C. S. Martin to the
Altam/ia circuit.
Rev! J. M. Outler, former pre
siding elder of the Mcßae district, is
assigned to Americus. Rev. W. M.
Blitch goes to Louisville, Ky., as as
sistant secretary of the church exten
sion board.
Savannah was: selected for the place
of holding the 1923 conference.
The appointments for the Mcßae
district are as follows:
H. C. Jones, presiding elder; Ala
mo, R. W. Cannon; Altamaha Cir
cuit, C. S. Martin; Baxley, T. E.
Davenport; Baxley Circuit, N. M.
Olmstead; Cedar Grove Circuit, W. E.
Kitchens (supply); Chauncey, I. K.
Chambers; Claxton, E. L. Wain
wright; Cobbtown, W. W. Hill; Dai
sy, to be supplied; Eastman, Geo. M.
Acree; Glennvlle,- L. B. McMichael;
Hagan, J. E. Channell; Hazlehurst,
J. W. Tinley; Helena and Scotland,
C. L. Nease; Jacksonville, L. T.
Rogers; Lumber City, E. E. Gard
ner; Lyons, Theo Pharr; Mcßae, M.
R. Heflin; Mt. Vernon, L. E. Brady;
Pembroke, Moses Register; Reids
ville, R. F. Dennis; Rhine, T. B.
Kemp; Surrency, J. P. Dickerson;
Uvalda, E. C. Dowdy; Vdailia, J. E.
Sampley; West Green, W. C. Bry
ant ; President South Georgia College,
Joe E. Parker; Missionary Evangelist
Mcßae and Dublin Districts, H. N.
Benton.
Other pastors well known to the
people of this section were assigned
to the work as follows:
Rev| Jason Shirah goes to Plains;
Rev. J. H. House to Camilla; Rev.
Herbert Etheredgo to Sparks; Rev.
Albert W. Rees, President Emory
University Academy; Rev. M. W.
Carmichael to Rochelle.
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MRS. AMANDA G. DAVIS.
Uvalda, Ga.—Mrs. Amanda Gordon
Davis, aged 42 years, wife of the Rev.
J. M. Davis, a Baptist minister and
merchant of Uvalda, died here here
Thursday morning at 1 o’clock at the
family home. Mrs. Davis leaves ner
husband and two sisfPrs, Mesdames
J. T. Douglas and W. D. Kavakos,
of' Vidadia; three brothers, A. ( C.
Gordon of Uvalda, F. A. Gordon of
Jacksonville, Fla., and D. L. Gordon
of Vidalia; her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gordon of Char
lotte. / \
Funeral services were held Friday
morning at the Baptist church, the
pastor, Rev. L. S. Barrett, officiating,
assisted by Dr. J. C. Brewton of Mt.
Vernon Burial was in the Mosley
cemetery.
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HEMSTITCHING.
Hemstitching and Picoting. All the
thread furnished. 8 and lflc yard.
MRS. R. M. STANLEY,
At Vidalia Hardware Co. Store,
ts. Vidalia, Ga.
The most beautiful woman in the
world will appear at the Colonial The
atre next Tuesday and Wednesday in
"Queen of Sheba,” a great William
Fox super-special production.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922
COMMITTEE INSPECTS
THE ORPHANAGE SITES
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DIRECTORS FOR PRIMITIVE OR
PHANAGE HOLD MEETING IN
VIDALIA AND INSPECT SITES
FOR PROPOSED HOME.
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Following a rally its the interest of
the proposed orphanage to be built
by the Primitive Baptist - church, held
at the Vidalia church last Thursday
at 11 o'clock, which was attended by
a number of the directors of the home,
the visitors were guests of the local
church at a bounteous dinner served
in the church yard, and then were
taken for a trip of inspection to a
number' of locations which have been
suggested for the home site.
Na| definite decision as to any lo
cation was made by the directors,
though a number of locations were
eliminated, about four locations be
ing left from which a selection will
be made. The directors suggested
thaj a committee of Vidalia citizens
be named to serve with Elder T. E.
Sikes and the selection they make will
be ratified by the directors when the
plans have reached the point tjhat
they are in shape to purchase the site
selected.
Among the diiectors present were
Elder R. H. Barwick of Cordele, El
der W. B. Screws of Glennville, El
der W C. Kicklighter of Cobbtown,
Mr Wash Rountree of Cobbtown,
Mr. Jerrv Johnson of Alamo, and
Mis. A. H. Mobley of Lumber City.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Announcement is made by the man
agement of the Colonial Theatre of an
engagement of Kamaka’s Orifdnal All-
Native Hiwaiian Artists, now touring
this country w>‘th marked success, who
will appear, accompanied by the cele
brated Princess Lei of Honolulu, at
the Colonial on Monday, Dec. 11.
Official Organ City of Vidati*
fcj rfl * US qive lhanks,~nol far those gifts alone |j
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Ij \&C%SS or " ome ‘ an d family lies; for work, for play;
f-f; For beauty, and the qrace that lauqhler lends Hj
£. J To toil or trial, on our daily way. M
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typ W\/ | U7e can rejoice that Qooa alone has power, ijj
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GEORGIA HAS 15.3
PER CT. ILLITERATE
TOTAL OF 328,838 PERSONS IN
GEORGIA TEN YEARS OF AGE
ANID OVER THAT CAN NEITHER
READ OR WRITE.
Athens, Ga. —From a careful study
of the 1920 United States .Census fig
ures the students in the Rural Soci
ology classes in the State Normal
School have found these facts about
illiteracy in Georgia.
Georgia has 15.3 per cent illiteracy.
This means that there are 328,838 per
sons in Georgia ten years of age and
over that cannot read or write.
Georgia has 5.4 per cent or 66,796
native whites ten years old and over
that cannot read or write.
•There are in Georgia 54,580 native
white men and women 21 years of
age and over that cannot read the
ballots.
Total number of native whites in
Georgia between the ages of 14 and 20
are 435,320 and from that number
there are 160,632 or 39.7 per cent at
tending school, and greatest part of
this attendance is between the ages of
14 and 15 or 67.7 per cent.
Illiteracy of native whites in Geor
gia counties range from 1.2 per cent
in Chatham county to 15.1 per cent
in Lumpkin county.
EMANUEL COUNTY ROADS
ARE NOW IN GOOD SHAPE
Tourists are finding this route from
Augusta, through Swainsboro and Vi
dalia, the practical route to travel
'this season and large numbers of them
are coming this way.
Various other routes are pointed
out to them, but this being a much
shorter and the roads being just as
good, seem to be the one appealing
to them the most.
So far as F.manuel county is con
cerned, the roads this way are above
the average over any route that has
yet been suggested, but the roads in
Toombs county are not altogether as
good as they should be, unless recent
repairs have been made. However,
by going via Lexsy and Oak Pa-k a
pretty good road can be had.
In going by Nunez it will be found
that the road from Moore’s bridge to
Vidalia is rather rough, but is passa
ble. —Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
IHE KHANS WILL
NAME JEW OFFICERS
THE -NOMINATING COMMITTEE
MAKES REPORT AND MEM
BERS WILL SELECTION
—GATES DELIVERS ADDRESS.
V.
According to the report of the com
mittee to nominate new officers for
the Kiwanis Club for 1923, »he mem
bers are asked to suggest their pref
erence as between I. D. Stewart and
N. C. Napier for president, the loser
to be consoled with the office of vice
president. D. C. Pattillo was nomi
nated for trustee, Harry Powell for
treasurer, and seven members named
for the board of directors as follows:
A. K- Fanning, Jno. T. Ragan, T. C.
Thompson, J. B. Warthcn, F. L.
Huie, E. T. .Mcßride, J. H. Jack
son.
Ballots will be mailed each member
by the secretary, and they are to be
returned to the secretary in time for
the result to be announced at the
meeting to be held Dec. 11th.
Pre»iden* Gates Guest of Club.
At the meeting Monday night, Dr.
A. M. Gates, president of the Brew
ton-Parker Institute, Mt. Vernon,
was the guest of the-club, and made
an interesting address. Mr, Gates
invited the club members to attend
the football game at the school on
Thanksgiving Day, when the B. P. I.
team will play Statesboro. He also
told the members that he was anxious
to have them visit the school in a
body.
Bird Supper December sth.
The meeting next week will be de
ferred until Tuesday night, Decem
ber sth, as the bird hunters of the
club have, notified the club of their
intention to have a bird supper and
they expect to take to the field Mon
day and secure a sufficient number
of birds for the supper.
CARNIVAL COMPANY LEAVES
AFTER DISASTROUS WEEK
The Majestic Carnival, which play
ed in Vidalia last week, folded their
tents Saturday night, and after spend
ing the night loading their equipment
on their special cars, left on an early
train Sunday morning for Dublin.
The stay in Vidalia was an unpro
fitable one for the company, as the
different shows drew but a small
amount of patronage.
NUMBER 48 .
SPECIAL IERM OF THE
' UNITED MITES COURT
W!ILL BE HELD IN, SAVANNAH
BEGINNING JAN. 8 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CLEARING THE
DOCKET OF LIQUOR CASES.
The criminal and civil docekts of
the United States Court, whch are at
the present time in a state of conges
tion, wi(l in all probability be re
turned to a condition of normalcy as
Judge William H. Barrett has ordered
a special session of the court begin
ning jan. Bth. The court will be in
session for four wee*, s.
There are more than 400 prohibition
cases awaiting trial and as the num
ber will continue to be incresed by
tfie arrest of defendants by the federal
agents in this part of the district. In
addition to the cases involv'ng viola
tions of the national prohibtion act,
there are several cases of conspiracy
and of violating the Harrison narcotic
act which will receive the attention of
the court at the coming special ses
sion.
At the regular November term of the
court Judge Barrett disposed «of more
than 200 prohibition cases in addition
to white slavery charges against two
defendants and charges of robbing
post offices against a negro. In spite
of the large number of cases mat
were disposed of either by pleas of
guilty or by juries, there still remain
approximately 500 criminal cases to
be tried.
Judge Barrett will not only try the
criminal business, but will dispose of
a number of civil matters that were
not reached during the one week’s
session of the court which began T)fi
Nov. J4th. •
The same grnd jury that was en
panellecj at the time the November
term of court convened will also be
in session, beginning the second Mon
day in ;fcwuary. There will be a large
number of matters to be laid before
the grand jury which include a huge
liquor conspiracy which will involve
prominent citizens of several differ
ent states.—Savannah Morning News
See the most beautiful woman ever
known make love to the wisest man
in history,, at the Colonial Theatre
next Tuesday and Wednesday. “The
Queen of Sheba” will be run on these
two days.