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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THIS
CITY IN LARGE REAL ESTATE
TRANSFER: BANK IS TO MOVE
IMPROVEMENTS j
PLANNED FOR I
NEW OUARTERS'
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BUSINESS HAS GROWN TO SUCH)
LARGE PROPORTIONS THAT j
LARGER QUARTERS ARE NEC
ESSARY.
The first real important transac-!
tion announced for the new year oc
curred this week when the First Nat
ional Bank of Vidalia acquired by
purchase the three-story building at
the corners of Meadows and Church
streets known as the Darby building,
now occupied by Deen’s Pharmacy
No. 2, on the ground floor, some of
fices on the second floor and by the
Vidalia Lodge of Masons on the third •
floor.
It is announced by Mr. Geo. S.
Kountree, cashier of the bank that
the business of the institution had
grown to such proportions that addi
tional space was necessary for the
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LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB HAD FINE
MEETING LAST MONDAY NIGHT
THE ANNUAL “LADIES NIGHT”
WAS OBSERVED; EXCELLENT
PROGRAM PRESENTED.
The Vidalia Kiwanis Club met at
th 1 Omberg-Berenice hotel in their
first session of the new year 1927 last
Monday night, and from every angle,
it was one of the most delightful
meetings ever held.
The session was opened as usual
with the singing of the opening song, j
and the invocation led by Rev. N. A. i
Thompson, pastor of the Tabernacle j
'efrych. This was followed by a num
.her hi songs.
President W. Coit Somers then took ;
charge of the meeting, and in a very ■
graceful manner, gave a report on
last year’s accomplishments, after
which he introduced the guests pres
ent, which included: Mr. and Mrs.
Guy H. Wells, of Staesboro; Mr. and
Mrs. J. Frank Darby and Rev. and
Mrs. N. A. Thompson of this city.
The ladies present were then asked
by the president to tell some things
that they would like the Kiwanis
Club to do for the new year, all pres
ent responded splendidly, suggesting j
many things that should be done and J
among them things that every Kiwan
ian is going to do his best to have a
part in their accomplishment.
The club was then delighted with
a violin solo by Miss Lorna Lawrence,
accompanied at the piano by Miss j
Gladys Code. Immediately following
this the attendance prize was awarded
to Mrs. Guy H. Wells.
Following the awarding of the at
tendance prize, came the installation
of the new officers. Dr. Fred L.
Huie, an ex-president of the club, in
a very splendid manner, presened the
president’s button to the incoming
president, Kiwanian Geo. S. Rountree.
Mr. Rountree, one of the most enthu
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i banking quarters, and that the new
i building was located at the most con
venient spot for the accessibility of
! their customers.
j The building was primarily erected
jfor banking use and can be rearrang
’ed and brought up to date with a
; very small amount of work. New
j fixtures to fit the room will of course
be installed and ground floor space
now occupied by Mr. Darby as offices
will be taken into the bank quarters
and utilized for their own purposes
which will give quite a bit of addi
tional floor space.
In the purchase from Mr. Darby
the bank gave as part of the consider
ation their old quarters at the corner
of Mclntosh and Railroad avenue,
and it is understood that Mr. Darby
will use this building for his own of
; fices for the present. The total con
sideration has not been announced,
but it is conceded by real estate men
of this place that new banking quar
ters will be valued at not less than
thirty thousand dollars when the new
fixtures have been installed.
Mrs. T. J. Ford
Long Resident Os
This City Passes
! Mrs. T. J. Ford died at her home
iin this city Saturday morning at 7
o'clock at the age of forty-six. Mrs.
j Ford was well known and loved by
| many in Vidalia and Toombs county,
having been a resident of this citj
for sixteen years, moving here frG»om
I Jefferson county, Georgia, where she
was born and reared.
Funeral services were held at the
Tabernacle Baptist church Wednes
day afternoon at three o’clock. Ser
i vices were conducted by Rev. Wil
j liams and Thompson. Interment at
Pine Crest Cemetery.
Mrs. Ford leaves in addition to
her husband, seven children, they are
as follows: Mrs. Jim Taylor, of Vida
lia; Mr. Ernest Ford, of Langly, S. C.;
Herbert, Willie, Leon, T. J. and Cath
ine, all of this city,
i Among the out of town relatives
'who attended the funeral were: Mrs.
J. D. Kidd, of Knoxvilee, Tenn.; Mr.
John Ford, of Avera, Ga.; Mr. and
I.Mrs. Jim Sheperd, of Stapleton, Ga.;
and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Sheperd, of
Wrens, Ga.
Pallbearers were as follows: Messrs
Brogiden, Sessen, Gay, Pope, Mosley
, and Lively.
Murchison Undertaking Company
was in, charge of funeral arrange-
NOTICE
The Bronte .Study Club meeting
| for Thursday, January sixth has been
called off. The next meeting date
will be anounced later.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927.
FORMAL OPENING OF POWER
COMPANY’S DISTRICT OFFICE
HERE ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS
MODERN OFFICE
DISPLAY ROOMS;
THROWN OPEN
OFFICES AND SALES ROOMS j
HERE WILL SERVE LYONS, MT.
VERNON, AND SOPERTON AS
WELL AS THIS CITY
District offices and sales display
rooms of the Georgia Southern Pow
er Company for the Vidalia district
serving Lyons, Mt. Vernon, and Sop
erton as well as Vidalia were opened
formally Thursday with a reception
which was attended by hundreds from
the district which is being served
through the Vidalia offices.
Paul Thomas, who has been in
charge of this disrict since the pur
chase of the local plant will be super- (
intendent of the new district. He
will be assisted in his office routine
LITTLE I. J. THOMPSON KILLED
INSTANTLY BY SEABOARD TRAIN
MRS. WING DIES "
IN SARASOTA, FLA.;
BURIED IN VIDALIA
FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS
CITY BROUGHT HERES FROM
FLOkiDA CITY.
Mrs. Ben Wing, formerly of this
city and later a resident of Sarasota,
Florida, died Sunday, January the
second, the deceased being brought
to this city for burial.
Funeral services were held at the
grave, being conducted Dr. C. O’N.
Martindale. Interment was in North
Thompson cemetery Wednesday morn
ing.
The deceased is survived by her
husband and six children also two
brothers and four sisters. The chil
dren are: Misses Lorine, Helen,
Christine and Sam Wing, all of Sara
sota; Mrs. Hattie Dial, of Derrice,
Florida. The two brothers are: Mr.
George L. Jonhnson, of this city, and
Mr. John G. Johnson, of North Caro
lina. Sisters surviving are: Mrs. A.
S. Blount, of Vidalia; Mrs. J. L.
Yoornings, of Meldrin; Mrs. Horace
Gay, of Garfield; and Mrs. Billie
Warren, of Sarasota.
Murchison Undertaking Company
were in charge.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the good people
of Montgomery and Toombs counties
for their many kind deeds extended
after our loss in recent fire.
Mr. A. T. Moxley and family
JOHN T. RAGAN & CO. GET
TWO LARGE SCHOOL CONTRACTS
At The Colonial
NEXT WEEK
Monday and Tuesday, January 10-11
“PADLOCKED”
A Paramount Picture. A Rex Beach
story. You can’t afford to miss this!
Wednesday, January 12
“BROKEN HEARTS
OF HOLLYWOOD”
“Something Big and Different.”
Thursday and Friday, January 13-14
“THE SHOW-OFF”
With Ford Sterling. ‘nuff said.
Saturday, January 15
“DOUBLING
WITH DANGER”
With Richard Talmadge. Last Epi
sode of “RADIO DETECTIVE.” Al
l_ Good Comedy.
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j work and in the management of the
office by Evelyn Vickers, cashier, and
Ovid Hutchison, salesman.
! The force at the plant and forces
which are responsible for the main-
I tenance of the transmission and dis
| tribution lines will remain about the
same as before the new district was
organized.
J. R. Twilley will remain as chief
engineer of the plan; Paul Hudson,
elecrician; A. J. Shelton, linesman;
E. J. Davidson, engineer, Sid Calvert,
engineer and fireman; Wayne Smith,
linesman and Ed Timons, fireman.
The opening of the new offices and
salesrooms have been welcomed as
a great convenience to the citizens
of this district.
| The new salesrooms will offer the
citizens of this section the opportunity
to purchase the same quality of ap
pliances as are carried in Atlana,
Chicago, New York, and other large
cities, , u
YOUNG THOMPSON’S HEAD WAS
CRUSHED WHEN ATTEMPTING
TO LOCATE BALL THROWN
j Th± heavy wheel of a freight car
on the Seabord Railroad line brought
! death to Little “I. J.” Thompson of
this city, the accident occuring near
the lads home, causing one of the
j most tragic deaths in this section in
I sometime.
11 Young Thompson was playing with
, ! one of his play mates, Flanders Lord
, when he received the fatal injuries,
it is reported that they were playing
I with a ball in front of the deceased’s
I home, when the ball was thrown un
; der the string of freight cars that
usually stand near and in front of
t the Thompson home. The child not
i aware of the fact that the string of
{cars were connected to an engine or
! that they would be moved at that time
| attempted to crawl under the cars
I to get the ball, as he went under, the
; long string of cars were moved in
I order to get out, the slack which is
j customary before moving a string of
, cars, the train only moving two or
three feet, I. J. being near the wheel
when he started under.
Little I. J., son of Mr. and Mrs.
1 1. F. Thompson, was nine years of
! age.
Funeral services were held at the
home Saturday afternoon. Inter
ment was in Pine Crest cemetery.
Rev. Brewton, Shaw and Martindale
officiating, Murchison Undertaking
Company in charge.
Pallbearers were: J. E. Harrell,
Charles Lee, William Wilson and John
Andrew McNeill.
I. J. is survived by his father and
mother and two brothers and one
sister, Arthur, 14; Frank, Jr., 3; and
Dorothy, 12.
LUDOWICI STRUCTURE TO COST
$25,000; WORK TO BEGIN ON J
JAN. 15; OHHOOPEE SCHOOL
TO COST $10,000; CONSTRUCT
ION TO BEGIN AT ONCE. 1
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The contract for the new grammar
school building at Ludowici has been
let by the board of education of the
Ludowici Consolidated school district
to John T. Ragan Company, Vidalia.
It is understood that the work on the
building will probably begin by Jan.
15, the cost of construction to be
$15,000. The furnishing of the new
building as well as the refurnishing
of the old building and its renovation
will cost SIO,OOO. It is expected that
the construction will be completed in
three or four months.
This same local construction com
pany was again successful bidders on
another school, this contract being
let by the Ohoopee School District,
for a new school building to cost ap
proximately SIO,OOO. Construction
to begin at an early date.
I This firm broke all records in the
I past year in school building, and with
the two above referred to, have start
ed the new year right for not only
holding the record in the past but
breaking their own records.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK HAS AN
EXCELLENT YEAR SEMI-ANNUAL
DIVIDEND PAID FIRST OF YEAR
NEW VIDALIA i
HOTEL UNDER I
NEW MANAGER
BUILDING HAS BEEN REMODEL
ED THROUGHOUT; ABOUT $2,-
000 EXPENDED IN IMPROVE
MENTS.
The New Vidalia Hotel is undergo
ing considerable improvements at this
time, and when completed will be one
of the neatest hotels in this entire
section. Considerable improvements
have been made in the lobby, in fact,
it has been arranged entirely different
making it larger and much more at
tractive in every detail. Not only the
. lobby is receiving improvements, but
every room, including the dining 1
room, has been redecorated.
The hotel has been leased and is
now under new management, the new i
manager and lessee being Miss Pen- 1
nie Hodges. Miss Hodges has con
siderable hotel experience, coming to ,
this ciy from Claxton, where she op- |
erated the hotel in that city known (
as the the Hodges hotel.
Miss Hodges states that the hotel
I will be opened Monday ready for
business; those in charge of the im
provements are rushing the work to
completion so that it may be opened
on that day.
LARGE BUNCH OF RUTABAGAS
PRESENTED TO THE EDITOR
The editor and family were pres
ented with a bunch of large rutaba
ga’s this morning by the ladies of
Bethany Home. We are sure they
will be good and want to thank these
good ladies for their kind remem
brance.
CANADIAN CAPITALISTS INSPECT
GEORGIA LANDS: STOP ATVIDALIA
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Elder A. V. Simms Os j
Valdosta To Preach
At Primitive Friday j
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Elder A. V. Simms, of Valdosta,
Georgia, will preach at the Primitive
Baptist church Friday night, January
7th, at seven-thirty o’clock. Elder
Simms will be remembered as the
minister who preached the Commence
ment Sermon in this city last May. i
He is an able, pointed speaker.
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IN MEMORIAM
I
Charles W. Sparks, who died on
December 25, 1926 was born in 1854 |:
in Putqam county. He attended Mer i
cer University and guaduated with <
high honors. Soon after graduating i
he moved to Swainsboro, where for i
some time he was editor and publish- 1
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#■ Condensed Statement Os
First National Bank
Os Vidalia, Georgia H £ 1
y At Close of Business December 31, 19 26
RESOURCES: J
Loans and Discounts $450,189.53
U. S. and Other Bonds 74,735.00
Premium on U. S. Bonds 298.96
Building, Furn. and Fix. 12,940.50 "
Other Real Estate 8,292.42
Cash on Hand and in Banks 193,542.04
TOTAL $739,998.45
LIABILITIES:
Captital Stock $35,000.00
Surplus and Profits 45,177.35
Circulation 35,000.00
Deposits 624,821.10
TOTAL $739,998.45 C
Dividends Paid Since Organization 46,200.00 J
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MARKS 27TH
DIVIDEND PAID
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RATE OF DIVIDEND HAS BEEN
RAISED; INSTITUTION IS A
“ROLL OF HONOR BANK.”
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The First National Bank has had
another good year, the semi-annual
dividend of six per cent having been
mailed their stock holders on the first
of this year, this being the 27th divid
end of the bank. The rate of divid
j end payments was raised last year
from a regular semi-annual five per
cent to six semi-annual and after the
payment of dividends his year the
bank still has a surplus and profit of
$45,000.00 making it a roll of Honor
' Bank, with a considerable bxcess to
spare.
The cashiers books at this time
show that considerably over a hund
red per cent has been paid on every
! share of stock of the institution, the
1 exact amount is $46,200.00 and the
I statement published in this
paper in another place exhibits the
fact that the resources are beauti
fully balanced for safety and service,
the reserves being well above require
ment and the loans showing that .the
bank is serving the customers t 6 a
i limit of sound judgement.
Officers of this Bank are J. W.
' Sharpe, President; D. C. Pattillo, Vice
I President, P. J. McNatt, Vice-Presi
-1 dent, G. S. Rounree, Cashier, Miss
1 Emmie Roberts and H. C. Carter, As
sistant Cashiers, W. O. Davis and
Normwood Moody Tellers. Mrs. Nora
I Cochran, Clerk. Mr. Rountree ha 3
| been cashier of this institution since
j it was organized.
FAVORABLY IMPRESSED WITH
[ LANDS IN TOOMBS COUNTY;
WILL RETURN HERE LATER
1 M. E., F. B. and F. M. Robins, Jr.,
Mr. Herminston and Colonel C. C.
liarbottle, of Robins Limited, Toron
return again at a later date. Mr. M.
to, Canada, were in Vidalia and will
E. Robins is senior member of the
large concern, and Colonel Harbottle
is an officer of the Canadian army in
the World war.
The company is engaged in one of
the largest development projects ever
undertaken in this section. It is buy
ing large tracts of land, building
good homes and outhouses and bring
ing desirable residents from Canada
and the northwest who want to get
away from the rigors of the northern
climate. Special efforts are being
made to draw more attention to dairy
ing and truck-growing. The company
will likely build canneries to take
care of many vegetable crops. f
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