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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
The Vidalia Advance Launches $2,000 Prize Campaign
$750.00 CHEVROLET COACHTO BE CAPITAL PRIZE OF
TEN HANDSOME AWARDS
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“Everybody Wins, in Advance’s Salesmanship Club
Prize Distribution Campaign
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A Short and Snappy Campaign—Only Six Short Weeks To Work—Open to Energetic Men and
Women, Boys and Gris To Enter and Compete For The Big Prizes
Today sees the announcement of the most stupendous
and liberal prize distribution campaign ever inaugurated
by a weekly newspaper in South Georgia. More than
$2,000.00 will be distributed to the workers in this cam
paign.
A $750.00 “Chevrolet Coach” purchased from the
Shuman-Harris Motor Company heads the list of the ten
prizes. Great care has been exercized in selecting this
wonderful prize list and since each and every prize is to
be awarded to workers in this campaign, the Vidalia Ad
vance is naturally proud of the list.
Every man or woman, old or young, boy or girl, who
is interested in increasing their earnings during the next
few w T eeks is invited to enter and compete for these prizes
and cash awards.
It Costs nothing to Enter—No Losers
It costs nothing to compete for the prizes, all subscrip
tion blanks, sample copies of the paper, instructions, etc.,
will be furnished by the Advance without charge. Each
candidate will be given definite instructions as to the best
method of proceeding and every possible co-operation
will be extended by the paper and the campaign manage
ment throughout the race.
Under the rules, there will be no losers, for all who
take an active part are guaranteed either one of the valua
ble prizes or a generous cash award based on their new
subscription collections. By “active” we specifically mean
as defined in the rules published in this issue, one who
makes a cash collection report at least once a week during
the life of the campaign.
Representatives Wanted
Representatives are wanted from every locality em
bracing the Vidalia trade territory, including: Lyons, Sop
erton, Uvalda, Mt. Vernon, Alamo, Ailey, Normantown,
Ohoopee, Tarrytown, Cobbtown, Collins, Reidsville, Als
ton, Glenwood, Higgston, Oak Park, Glennville, Kibbee,
Graymont and Summit.
Anyone Can Take Part
Men, and women, married or'single, boy or girl, over
seventeen, (or under the written consent of their parents
or guardian) who live in Toombs county orsurrounding
trade territory, are eligible to take part and win one of the
prizes. You do not even have to be a subscriber to the Ad
vance to enter. The Advance is particularly anxious to in
terest actively, people of ambition and energy who are ac
tive in church, civic or social work of their respective com
munities. It is not necessary that you have any experience
in this kind of work as we give you full instructions as to
the best and easiest way to get subscriptions.
Salesmanship School
An entrant in the Advance campaign is nothing more
or less than a student taking a course in salesmanship as
all the fundamental principles of salesmanship are taught
and instilled into the workers by the club manager. A book
on salesmanship is being prepared bv the club manager
and furnished all workers. This little books tells just how
business can be secured and makes it easy for the new be
ginners to get worthwhile experience right from the begin
ning. Enter the Advance salesmanship club school and
ear nwhile you learn.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Here is the opportunity that a number of our friends
and readers have bee nwaiting for. Here is an opportunity
to earn about $150.00 a week for the next six weeks. This
is not a drawing offer. We do not hope to attract the inter
est o hope to get something for nothing. This is
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO BE
GIVEN CHANCE AT SCHOLARSHIP
THE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK AND
MEAT BOARD TO SEND AN
NOUNCEMENTS TO THE HOME
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS.
Local high school girls are to given
an opportunity to win a university
scholarship through competition in a
national meat story contest, accord
ing to formal announcement of the
event which has just been sent *ut
to home economics teachers by the
National Live Stock and Meat Board.
Several scholarships are being offer
ed, it is said. It is the fourth annual
contest to be sponsored by this insti
tion of research and education.
To compete, a student must write
astory or theme on some phase of the
subject of meat or the live-stock in
dustry. The stories are to be judged
by a committee of home economics
authorities. Dr. Louise Stanley,
chief of the bureau of home econom
ics, United States Department of Ag
riculture, who has been chairman of
the judging committee for the three
previous contests, will again serve in
this capacity, it is said.
The Board gives as the reason for
this annual competition for scholar
ships a desire to stimulate a greater
interest in the study of home eco
nomios, a subject which is considered
of gTe»t importance to the coming
generations of housewives. It is
pointaed out that today education
is playing a most important part in
the solation of the housewife’s many
problem*. More than 10,000 girls
competed last year, it is said, and the
contest directors express the belief
that even more wil enroll for the
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present contest which will come to a
■ close on March 15.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE,
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927
a competitive sales contest where all who take an active
part will be awarded in exact proportion for the effort that
they make, and in which the earnings of the leaders will
be large.
ENTER YOUR NAME TODAY
Send in your nomination today. A blank appears else
where in this issue and when received at the Advance of
fice will bring to you full particulars and supplies. A re
quest for information does not place you under obligation
and we will be glad to give you a personal explanation of
the details at your home if it is not convenient for you to
call at this office.
FREE VOTES
In each issue of the paper there will be printed free
vote coupons good for 200 votes. These coupons may be
clipped and turned in to credit of anyone wishing to take
part.
Pearl Necklaces
A beautiful strand of pearls will be given to every one
who enters this contest and remains active for 10 days and
turns in two or more clubs of subscriptions. Step in the Ad
vance office and have the club manager show you these
pearls. These pearls are an extra prize and do not conflict
with the other prizes as announced in the double page an
nouncement elesewhere in this issue.
EVERYBODY WINS
One of the most attractive features of this campaign is
that everybody wins. There will be no losers—for all who
take an active part, according to the rules of this cam
paign, are guaranteed one of the more attractive prizes or
a generous cash commission. You pay yourself and write
for your own price tag. You cannot win without work, but
you can win one of the prizes that will be given with only
about 10 per cent, of the work that would necessary to
earn the money to buy it. The more who enter the more
likely it will be for you to win one of the awards. Just a
few short weeks to work and see what a wonderful oppor
tunity the Advance is offering you. An hour a day inter
viewing your friends and asking them to take the Advance
will pay you a handsome dividend. One can rise to the oc
casion when properly enthused and sell something useful
and needful to someone else. You ca neasily sell the Ad
vance to those wh oare not regular subscribers—try it and
see.
SQUARE DEAL TO ALL
The Advance, in putting on this great circulation cam
paign, positively guarantee fair and impartial treatment to
everyone who enters and takes an active part. This is easi
ly the most liberal prize offering ever made by a newspa
per in this part of Georgia and it now rests with the enter
prising people of this territory to get busy and secure a
share of the big prizes to be awarded. This is “YOUR
OPPORTUNITY” to secure, without a single cent of cost
to you, prizes which would take years of saving and self
denial to acquire. Here they are for you “ABSOLUTELY”
for just a few weeks of your spare time. The wise candi
dates will send in their nomination coupon at once and be
among the first in the field. Your friends will give their
subscriptions to someone— WHY NOT YOU. The cam
paign department of the Advance will be located in the
Advance office and will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. in.
week days. The telephone number is 23. Call the manager
for any information you may want to have about this in
teresting campaign and the same will be promptly fur
nished.
VIDALIA HOSPITAL IS TO BE
ENLARGED; NEW UNIT TO HAVE
14 ROOMS: TO BE FIREPROOF
BOTH UNITS TO
BE MODERN IN
EVERYDETAIL
PRESENT BUILDING IS TO BE
RECOVERED WITH FIREPROOF
MATERIAL; WORK TO BEGIN
IMMEDIATELY.
Plans are now in preparation for a
new addition to the Vidalia Hospital,
The contest has been most suc
cessful due to the fact that teachers
have found it especially valuable as a
class project, says the Board’s state
ment.
! which will be a complete separate unit
, connected with the present plant; the
; new unit to contain fourteen rooms,
I each with a connecting bath and the
! entire unit to be heated with steam.
According to the plans, the con
. struction will be of fire-proof ma
-1 tcrial, all the walls to be of hollow
. tile with concrete facing and the eov
ler of metal shirlgles. The present
! building will also be recovered with
fire-proof materials to conform with
the new unit.
The Vidalia Hospital has for some
[ time been too limited in room for
patients who are making use of it
and while the board has been looking
forward to the new addition, it was
not definitely decided, until the meet
| ing of the board this week, to do the
REMODELING OF NEW BANK
BUILDING TO START AT ONCE
RAGAN & CO. GET CONTRACT
FIRST TWO FLOORS TO BE USED
BY BANK; VIDALIA MASONS
TO OCCUPY THIRD FLOOR.
The three-story brick building at
the corner of Meadows and Church
street recently acquired by the First
National Bank of this city from J.
F. Darby, has been vacated this week
and the contractors will start immed
iately remodeling the first two floors
for the use of the bank.
The third story, ocupied by the Vi
dalia Lodge of Masons, will not be
VIDALIA KIWANIS CLUB HOLDS
VERY INTERESTING MEETING:
UNUSUAL LARGE ATTENDANCE
FIRST THREE MEETINGS OF NEW
YEAR HAVE EXTRA LARGE
ATTENDANCES WITH EXCEL
LENT PROGRAMS.
Starting the new year with the
usual Ladies Night program,, and the
two meetings to follow were of un
usual interest to those fortunate
enough to attend.
With many objectives in view for
the new year, and with a new inter
est in the club’s work, and with a de
termination to put things over, has
been exemplified in the attendance
and enthusiasm of the past three
meetings, about forty members be
ing present at each meeting so far
this year, also several visitors.
The meeting Monday night was
opened in the usual manner with Ki
wanian George S. Rountree, presid
ing. The opening song was followed
by the invocation by Kiwanian W. L.
Downs, immediately following the in-
I vocation, the president introduced
the following guest; Mrs. Geo. S.
Rountree and Mr. Timmerman.
Much interest is being given to the
attendance prize which is given every
meeting night to someone. The
prize was donated by Mr. P. J. Mc-
Natt and awarded to Mr. A. C. Jen
kins.
A very interesting part of the pro
gram was the talk delivered by Ki
wanian B. P. Jackson on “History
and Objectives of Kiwanis Interna
tional,” these remarks were enjoyed
J. W. GILLIS KILLED IN BOILER
EXPLOSION AT SOPERTON LAST
THURSDAY; OTHERS INJURED
MOTHEROF
SLAINMAN
RESIDES HERE
ACCIDENT OCCURES WHEN THE
MILL NEAR SOPERTON.
BOILER EXPLODES AT SAW
A deplorable tradegy which claimed
the life of a young white man, a neg
ro, fatal injury of another negro and
injuries of a lesser serious nature
; to several others, occured yesterday
afternoon about four o’clock when
the steam boiler at the sawmill of Mr.
Murdock Gillis exploded without the
least warning.
No reason has been given for the
explosion of the large boiler which is
said to have been in use for a number
|of years. The fireman was not at
his post when the accident occured,
being a few hundred yards away at
the time. He is the only member
of the crew that was not more or
less hurt.
Mr. Murdock Gillis, the owner of
the mill, together with the other men
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RECIPROCITY
A county superintendent in a neigh
boring county asked every teacher at
the county institute who took their lo
new work at this time.
Dr. T. C. Thompson, Secretary and
Treasurer of the institution, and also
surgeon for the hospital, states that
the work will start within the week
or not later than ten days at the out
side. • '
included in the remodeling, as it haa
recently been gone over.
The first floor of the building will
be used as banking quarters and the
present s>lans call for modern banking
furniture and two vaults, one of the
vaults for use of the safety deposit
department, will be separted from the
regular bank vault so that the custo
mers can more conveniently use this
facility.
The second story will be used for
offices.
Jno. T. Ragan and Company have
the contract for the remodeling.
by all.
Another interesting talk and one
that was very appropriate at this
time was that of Kiwanian M. F.
Brice, who’s subject was “Making
the City Beautiful.”
Kiwanian O. D. Warthen brought
to those present some interesting re
marks on “Advertise Vidalia.”
A delightful feature of the ejitOTig
was the piano duet rendered by Mrs.
Rountree and Miss Gladys Coile. Im
mediately following this duet which
was immensely enjoyed was an in
teresting speech on “Better Relation
between City and County.,” deliver
ed by Kiwanian Ragan, this topic be
ing thoroughly enjoyed.
A very important as well as inter
esting talk and one that was very
much enjoyed was that delivered by
Col. D. C. Pattillo, on “Building and
Financing a School Program in the
City of Vidalia.
After the splendid talks by these
enthusiastic Kiwanians, the chair
called for the “stunt” which is always
an enjoyable part of the program, Ki
wanian Fred Huie having charge of
the stunt at this meeting, and the one
used deserved the prize.
The president called attention to
an editorial printed in the last edi
tion of the Kiwanis magazine, after
which the club engaged in a number
of songs officially closing the meet
ing, with everyone feeling that an
hour had been well spent.
eight in all, were under the mill shed
when the accident occured. Mr.
Gillis was thrown backward and cov
ered by falling timbers. He was •
caught in such manner that he did
not suffer serious injury, although he
sustained a severe lick across the
head. Young Mr. Gillis was killed in
stantly, the negro living a short time.
Others either hurt or severely shock
ed were MessrS. John M. and Obid
Gillis, brothers of the dead youth.
Huge pieces of the boiler were hurl
ed several hundred yards through the
|air.
The young man who was killed is
a son of Mrs. Sara Gillis, who re
sides at Vidalia. Hte was about 20
years of age. He was a very likeable
young man and his tragic death was
a shock to his loved ones, a mother,
four sisters. Funeral services are to
be held this afternoon at the Gillis
cemetery. ~ ~ (
Mr. Murdock Gillis is one of the
wealthiest and most prominent citi
zens of the county, being engaged
in naval stores and lumber business.
He is also vice-president and one of
the directors of The Bank of Soper
ton.—Soperton News.
cal or county paper to hold up their
hands and only six responded The
superintendent expressed great sur
prise: “You don’t spend a doflr.r a
year with those papers, yet you ex
pect them to print free of charge,
notices of all institutes, insert lorg
Urograms, expect them to advertise
you, thus assisting you to climb the
ladder to better positions and better
salaries, without a cent in return.”—
St. Peter (Minn.) Herald.
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