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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB TO
OBSERVE “LADIES NIGHT”
OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED
AN EXCELLENT
PROGRAM HAS
BEEN ARRANGED
MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE
OMBERG-BERENICE HOTEL ON
MONDAY NIGHT
The 1927 officers of the Vidalia
Kiwanis Club will be installed at the
annual “Ladies’ Night’” program to
be held at the Omberg-Berenice hotel
next Monday night at eight o’clock,
as announced by the program commit
tee.
At this meeting, Kiwanian George
S. Rountree will be installed as the
president of the club, succeeding Ki
wanian W. C. Somers.
An excellent program has been ar-
Lranged for this occasion under the
direction of Kiwanian W.
L. Downs.
A large teendance is expected at
this first meeting of the new year.
The lacal Kiwanis Club has done a
great work in the past for Vidalia,
and the New Yeer brings many things
to be done for this city, and with the
strong and competent leadership of
the new officers, and co-operation of
the individual members, many things
will be accomplished.
It is very important that all mem
bers notify the secretary whether or
not they will be present.
THE GEORGIA
CROP SUMMARY
FOR YEAR 1926
GEORGIA CROP SEASON 1926
MARKED BY MATERIAL IN
CREASES OVER RECENT
YEARS
The Georgia crop seasop of 1926
was marked by material increases
over recent years in per acre yields
and total production of practically
all crops. From the standpoint of
production the season might be con
sidered quite satisfactory. However,
as is usual in years of heavy produc
ehi to,tn Asth ketaointtataoinetath
tion, the prices paid for farm pro
ducts have been discouragingly low,
especially with referrence to the
majoor cash crops. As the results
of lower prices,, the total value of
farm products produced in the State
showed a decline of about $20,000,-
000 from the value of 1925 and about
$45,000,000 from the total of 1924.
The estimated total value for 1926
is $211,599,000, compared with
$232,045,000 last year and $257,921,-
000 in 1924.
The comparatively low price re
ceived for cotton is the principal
cause of the loss in value as shown
above. Peaches and watremelons al
so showed smaller gross returns in
spite of a material increase in pro
duction as compared with recent years
Os the remaining cash crops, toba
cco, peanuts, pecans and sugar cane
for syrup exceeded last year in total
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I PAINTS, POLISHES, WAX, ETC. |
There are many articles in and around the g
home that can be made as good as new by the use g
I of a little Paint. See us for your Paint needs.
We have just received a shipment of John- |
son’s Liquid and Paste Wax—you know Johnson’s g
You will always find the best at
j lee HARDWARE CO I
Dr. L. G. Hardman
Will Address County
Agents At Athens
Athens, Ga., December 30.—This
is an age of invention and scientific
study. The results of the school
room and laboratory are quickly ap
plied to practical problems of the
farm and factory.
The marketing of farm crops is no
exception. Experimentation and
scientific reseach are rapidly being
applied to the solution of the prob
lems of marketing of farm crops.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, Governor
-1 Elect of Georgia will address the
! the county agricultural agents, home
! demonstration agents, specialists in
1 agriculture, farmers and members of
the business departments of the co
operative marketing associations on
this important subject at the Annual
Farmers’ Conference to be held at
| the Georgia State College of Agri-
I culture, Athens, Ga., January 24-29,
| 1927.
| Governor-Elect Hardman’s address
I will be of interest to every farmer
i and businesss man of the state who
'is connected directly or indirectly
with agriculture. It will take place
at 10:00 a. m. Monday, January 24.
I. C. C. APPROVES
I PLAN OF G. &F.
I
RE-ORGANIZATION OF SHORT
LINE IS UNDER WAY NEW
EXTENTION PLANNED.
Washington, Dec. 28. —Re-organ-
ization plans by which the Georgia
& Florida Railroad will be taken out
of receivership, and a new line 56
miles long constructed from Augusta
Ga., to Greenwood, S. C., were ap
proved today by the interstate Com
merce Commission.
The receivership over the Georgia
& Florida system began in March
1915, and was conducted, until his
death, by the late John Skelton Wil
liams. His brother, R. Lancaster
Williams, was largely instrumental in
preparing the re-organization plan by
which a new company will take over
the entire enterprise, and undertake
the Greenwood extention which the
commission’s decision today said,
would give the system a prospect of
operating profitably in the future.
Issue of $9,000,000
The Georgia & Florida Railroad
Co., which will acquire the system,
was permitted by the order today to
issue $9,000,000 in six per cent pre
ferred stock, 100,000 -hares of com
mon stock of no par va. , and $6,-
500,000 in bonds. In addition, it will
guarantee payment of interest and
principal as to $750,000 in equipment
trust certificates and $795,000 in re
ceivers’ certificates. The face value
of all these obligations is $3,850,000
less than the par of securities which
were outstanding in the company
when it failed.
During recent years under the re
ceivership, the railroad has operated
with dificulty, but has shown im-
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN POWER CO.
TO HAVE FORMAL OPENING HERE
MODERN OFFICE AND SALES
DISPLAY ROOM COMPLETED;
$2,50 INVESTED IN IMPROVE
MENTS
The Georgia Southern Power Com
pany, which recently entered our city,
furnishing it, as well as the entire
section with current, and which has
had a large construction program on
since coming here, this wek announce
that the building that they have leas
ed to be used as General Office and
Sales Display Room, on which they
have greatly improved, making it
modern in every respect, will be
thrown open to the publi on cnext
Thurs-day, January the sixth, from
3 to 9 p. m., one of the main features
in this afternoon of entertainment
will be a Radio Concert. Refresh-
PUBLIC SCHOOL TO OPEN
MONDAY, JANUARY THIRD
ALL. CHILDREN MUST REGISTER
AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING,
, SATURDAY, JANUARY FIRST.
5 School opens Monday, January
the Third. All children must regis
’ ter at the school building Saturday,
January the first. The office will
! be open from nine to five. To wait
until Monday to secure entrance cards
will delay pupils in their class work.
All pupils without cards will have to
wait until arrangements have been
, 1 made for entering.
The fee for the spring term will be
• $2.50. Pay the whole amount at the
' beginning and save the children the
embarrassment of being called upon
from month to month.
Home economics fee for the spring
term will be $2.00. Laboratory fee
1 for physics, Biology and general
' i science will be 50c. All pupils
' through third grade will pay 25 cents
1 for paper for spring term.
provement, the commission observed.
1 The extention to Greenwood will give
1 it a new Northern outlet and add ef
’ I'iciency to its operation, as well as
, give it an opportunity to increase traf
! sic. This construction will cost $2,-
1 181,000 and the new security issues
funds to this total, as well as serve
! approved are expected to provide
' | for exchange with the securties of the
failed road.
: |
| Gotham To London
By Telephone For
$25.00 Per Minute
New York, Dec. 29.—Persons in
! New York and London soon will be
able to talk to each other over ordi
nary house telephones at a cost of
! $25 a minute.
Walter S. Clifford, president of the
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
in announcing that the service will be
opened to the public early in January,
said that as fast as it proves practical
to do so it will extended to other sec
tions of the country.
1 The charge will be $75 for a three
minute conversation and $25 for each
additional minute. There will be a j
report charge of $lO if the telephone ,
number, but not the designated party
is reached.
I
Editor and Family
Are Indebted To
Mr. Julius Peacock
♦
The Editor and family are indeed
indebted to Mr. Julius Peacock of
this city. Several days ago Mr. Pea
cock presented us with a half gallon
of real syrup, and it is delicious.
This is the second time that we have j
[received good syrup, Mr. Watson
Peacock earlier in the sasoii presented
us with a half gallon. These two
gentlemen KNOW HOW to make
syrup.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all the good peo
ple of Vidalia for their many deds
of kindness shown us during Christ
mas. May God bless each and every
one with His richest blessings.
Mr. P. J. Knies and family.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY* DECEMBER 30, 1926.
ments will be served and souvenirs
will be given to those attending this
opening.
This building in conection with the
office will have at all times neatly
| displayed the many things that are
I electrical, from curling iron to elec
j trie range, in other words, “every
i thing electrical” is their slogan. This
j thipg electrical. This company iswhe”
company is doing much work in order
that they may serve this city. We
quote the following from one of their
announcements: “The Opening of our
new store and general office repre
sents in but a small way the expense
to which this company is going in
order that Vidalia may have the best
electric service.’*^
Presbyterian Church
(City Hall)
The first Sunday in A New Year is
a good time to get the Church School
j Attendance habit. Go to your Sun
* day School at 10 A. M. and get a
good taste of the Blessed Word of
God. You Need It. It will help
j you to be a better man, a better wo
t ■ man, a better boy, a better girl. But
j don’t stop with the School of the Bi
! ble, stay by your Church.
’ j At 11 A. M. be sure you hear the
’ | preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
1 | you need his message, too: “What
; is the relation between Religion and
,! Morality?” Support your church at
j home, and remember the cause of
j Home Missions in the Savannah Pres
. . bytery. At 7:30 P. M. the message
. I will be one in the series on “The
Great Doctrines of Christianity, Study
IX: “What is Regeneration, and How
it differs from Adoption? What is
I the New Life in Christ we call Christ
> ian? What is meant by Becoming a
. j Child of God? How does one come
5 to Exercise the Rights and Privileges
l of a Child of God? What is the Lib
. erty of a Child of God? How do you
3 know who you are?” Come out to
! this service, and let God’s servant
> help you; and be sure and get some
> body to come with you. Improvement
lis based on instruction of Life, you
know. May every one of us use the
[means to better our lives!
j On Tuesday at 4p.m. at Mrs. J.
E. Mercer’s the Local Circle of the
I Woman’s Auxiliary will meet. Plan
!to be present, ail of you ladies. Get
■, a good start in the New Year’s local
work. There is much to do.
Wednesday at 7:30 P. M. Dr. Mar
tindale will conduct the mid-week
service at the Manse, the study being
on Luke VII: “Jesus’ Claim and Exer
! cise of the Right to Forgive Sins.”
Let up pray earnestly as well as to
work hard for a good service. You
will profit by it.
! A Good and Happy New Year to
our own folks and everybody else.
But Remember, the goodness and the
, Happiness of it will depend altogether
i on Whether You Are A Christian and
Live Like One.
NOTICE—
The Toombs County Singing Con
vention will convene in the Baptist
i Church of Lyons on the Secon Sun
| day in January, and the public is in
j vited to attend, bring lunch and spend
I the day. Singers have a special in
vitation to come and bring song
( books. Some good quartetts are ex
pected to come. The convention was
to meet in the new school auditorium i
but owing to the fact that it is not yet
complete it was necessary to change.
W. H. MORRIS, Pres.
Farmers Week At
Agricultural College
Getting Prominence
Farmers Week at the Georgia |
State College of Agriculture, January
25-28, 1927, is getting National prom- 1
inence for the State. Following is a
clipping from the Official Record of
the United States Department of
Agriculture:
Georgia Holds Short Course On
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TOOMBS AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES TO PLANT MORE
TOBACCO THIS SEASON
DR. M.M. PARKS
FATALLY HURT
G. S. C. W. PRESIDENT IS RUN
DOWN BY AUTO IN TAMPA.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 29.—Dr. Mar
vin M. Parks, 54, president of the
Georgia State College for Women
at Milledgeville, Ga., died at a hos
pital here tonight of injuries he
suffered today as he was run down
at a street corner by an automobile
driven by a negro woman.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 29.—Dr. Marvin
M. PParks, president of Georgia
State College for Women, Milledge
ville, Ga., was hurt here this after
noon when struck by an automobile
He was knocked unconscious and pos
sibly suffered a fracture of the skull.
Dr. Parks was visiting his son, M.
M. Parks, Jr., a local real estate sales
man.
Isabelle Johnson, ngress, St. Peters
burg, driver of the car which struck
the man, ( was arrested and ordered
held pending the outcome of his in
juries, which were said to be serious
The accident occurred at the inter
section of two residential streets.
Wife Hurries to Tampa
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 29
Mrs. M. M. Parks, wife of the presi
dent of the Georgia State College for
Women, left tonight for Tampa, in
company with her daughter, Miss
Dorothy Pars s and L. S. Fowler,
i bookkeeper at the college, to be near
Professor Parks, who was seriously
i injuried in Tampa this afternoon
j when struck by an automobile.
Dr. Parks left last Sunday to
spend part of the holidays with his
son, Marvin M. Parks, Jr., and his
daughter, Miss Katherine Parks both
whom now resides in the Florida City
While he was crossing the street he
was struck by an automobile driven
by a negress. He was rushed to the
| tion revealed that the Georgia educa-
Cook Hospital and the first examina—
tor had sustained a fractured skull.
Dr. Parks has been head of Georgia
State College for Women for several
years. He is now about 53 years of
| age.
NOTICE
To Public Patrons of Vidalia, Ga.:
Each pupil of the Public School
of the City of Vidalia shall be re
quired to a get a physician’s certifi
cate stating that he or she has been
vaccinated for smallpox within the
past five years before such pupil shall
be allowed to enter the Public School
of the City of Vidalia during the
Spring Term, beginning January 3, |
1927.
Done by order of School Board of
City of Vidalia, this 29th day of
December, 1926.
H. L. CROMARTIE,
Chairman Boa rdof Education
W. L. DOWNS,
Secretary
(Adv.)
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VIDALIA IS
ASSURED OF
! 2 SETS BUYERS
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PROSPECTS GOOD FOR
ANOTHER WAREHOUSE
PLANTERS ATTRACTED BY THE
GOOD MARKET CONDITIONS, IS
REASON FOR INCREASE IN
ACREAGE.
I
I All indications point to a great in
; crease in the tobacco acreage in
Toombs county and this sestion for
the coming season. It is estimated
that there will be an increase of at
least thirty per cent, this fact being
! exemplified by the fact that bedding
i has already started and that a large
I quantity of seed has been bought.
Planters in this county and section
have been attracted to the raising of
! tobacco by the excellent market,
good tobacco lands and the large de
mand for the weed.
Two Set Buyers
The fact that Vidalia is a large and
important tibacco market and destin
ied to be one of the largest in the
state, is assured by the fact that
! through the efforts of the Vidalia Ki
wanis Club this market will have two
sets of buyers this season, therefore,
with two large warehouses and two
sets of buyers this market will be
able to handle a large increase of the
weed this year.
I No Danger of Over-Production
There is no danger of over-pro
duction this year, as the demand is
greater than the supply, especially for
a good grade, the only essential in
growing the weed is to get the grade,
as, if the grade is not good the price
will be a little low. This territory
is known to grow some of the best
tobacco in the entire tobacco belt.
Prospects for Another Warehouse
Prospects at this time are that an
other warehouse will probably be
built in this city this year, to be ready
for the season’s crop. Mr. N. B.
Tuck, an experienced warehouseman,
from Birmingham, Virginia, has been
in our city several days looking over
the situation and prospects of another
j warehouse for the weed. Mr. Tuck
plans that he will build the warehouse
! or that it will be built by local people.
It is reported that he will return to
| Vidalia at an early date. On a recent
visit to this city Mr. Tuck stated that
: after visiting other tobacco markets,
i Vidalia had the best future as a mar
i
ket for the wed.
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More Barns Being Built <
More barns are being built in this
ccunty to take care of the 1927 crop.
FIRSTNATTONAL
BANK TO CLOSE
SATURDAY, IST
The First National Bank of this
ciyt will be closed Saturday, January
first, this day being a legal holiday.
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