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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
RACE FOR $750.00
Campaign Starts With Rush When 20 Persons
Qualify—Splendid Openings Yet For
Ambitious Workers
COMPLETE LIST OF ENTRIES
Miss Claudia Mae Miller, Tarrytown 10,000 votes
Miss Louise Lee, Soperton w 10,000 votes
Miss Josephine Taylor, Lyons, Route 3 10,000 votes
Miss Sara Coursey, Vidalia 10,000 votes
Miss Levesta Coleman, Vidalia, Route 2 10,000 votes
Mrs. E. Holland,
Miss Lula Mae Leveritt, vidalia 10,000 votes
Miss Hattie Mae Hilton, Vidalia 10,000 votes
Miss Mildred Reeves, Vidalia 10,000 votes
Miss Lucille Thorpe, Ohoopee 10,000 votes
Miss Erline Carpenter, Uvalda, Route 1 10,000 votes
Mrs. R. D. O’Neil, Higgston 10,000 votes
Miss Ruby Carpenter, Ailey, Route 2 10,000 votes
Miss Amoret Conner, Ailey, Route 1 10,000 votes
Mr. J. M. Woods, Uvalda, Route 1 v 10,000 votes
Mrs. Ella Jenkins, Vidalia 10,000 votes
Mr. S. A. McColsky, Vidalia 10,000 votes
kMsss Pauline Godwin, Lyons 10,000 votes
Miss Cassye Brinson, Lyons Rt. A 10,000 votes
Miss Netta Adams, Kibbee 10,000 votes
Miss Mary Belle Waller, Uvalda 10,000 votes
Miss Lillie Wilkes, Alston 10,000 votes
The above is a list of candidates
nominated in the Vidalia Advance’s
Circulation campaign. The votes
opposite their names are free votes.
According to the rules of the cam
paign, the candidates reserve the
right to withhold their votes and cast
them at a later date.
The race for the Chevrolet coach
and other valuable prizes that the
Advance is giving away as awards in
its $2,000 Prize Distribution Cam
paign is now in full swing. But few,
however, of the large list of nomina
tions as published this week are
actively at work. There has hardly
been sufficient time to hear from all
of them, but it is presumed that
those who really mean business w r ill
step into the work right now and
make an effort to get their names up
toward the top of the list. All of
those who tried and made any effort
at all secured some subscriptions for
The Advance and will now be able
to go ahead and compete for the big
prizes. It is our purpose to remove
VIDUA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WIN
DOUBLEHEADER FROM SOPERTON
LOSE TO E. C. I. AND EASTMAN;
ALL GAMES WELL PLAYED
BY BOTH LOCAL TEAMS.
On Tuesday night on the local
court, the Vidalia High School girls’
and boys’ basketball teams defeated
the teams from Soperton High by one
point scores. The boys’ game, after
a poor start, was won 11-10, while
the girls’ game was a close one
throughout and was won by the score
of 9-8. This is the second double
header affair that the local school
has won from Soperton and all four
games have ben close. The Soperton
boys and girls were fast and played
good basketball in both games. Re
ton on Tuesday afternon of next
turn games will be played with Soper
wggk.
On last Tuesday (Jan. 18) a dou
ble-header was lost to Emanuel Coun
ty Institute. The girls losing 11-9
and the boys 21-8. The girls game
was close throughout and the E. C. I.
lassies were only able to forge ahead
in the final few minutes of play.
The Vidalia boys, although playing
a superior team played a very poor
game and never threatened to cut
down the lead obtained b ythe E. C.
I boys early in the game. The lads
from Emanuel County have by far
the best team they have had for sev
eral years and bid fair to be even
better before tournament time.
On last Friday night Vidalia High
also lost two games to Eastman in
Eastman. The girls were defeated
19-3, while the boys lost 16-8. East
man has a girls’ team composed of
players of several years experience
and simply outclassed our girls. The
Vidalia lassies did well to hold the
score down as low as they did. The
boys’ game was a thriller and the Vi
dafia boys played the best passing
and floor game they have played this
vear but were terribly off in shoot
ine Had they shot only a fear per
centage of their attempts the score
would have been different. The out
standing feature of the game was the
col’e guarding of the Vidalia earn
and the shooting of the Eastman team
when given an open shot near the
basket.
the inactive workers’ names from
the list just as soon as we find out
they are weakening and are not
making any effort to protect their
names and interest in the campaign.
It will not be many days before the
real workers will come to the front
with a handsome percentage allotted
to them for their activity.
Small Receipts
Verbal reports from -several can
didates for the first half of the wees
show receipts far below expectations,
and while many of the contestants
have worked hard they have not pro
duced anything like what we thought
they would. However, the race is
young yet and our disappointment
may be overcome. The first full
written reports are due Saturday.
Has Public Approval
The stamp of public approval has
already been placed upon our cam
paign. Nothing but words of com
mendation have come to this office
on the liberality, fairness and square
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TALMADGE TELLS
WHAT STATE NEEDS
COMMISSIONER-ELECT SPEAKS
TO FARMERS CONFERENCE IN
ATHENS; STRESSES VALUE OF
DIVERSIFICATION AND BETTE
BETTER FREIGHT RATES AND
DIVERSIFICATION.
Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.—Eugene Tal
madge, commissioner-elect of agricul
ture, told the annual farmers confer
ence at the State College of Agricul
ture here today that diversification
and better freight rates were neces
sary to the advancement of Georgia
as an agricultural state.
“Conditions can get no worse than
they are now, so we may as well
look toward their improvement,” Mr.
Talmadge said. “The time has come
for Georgia to look into the farming
situation closely and begin action
that will enable her to keep
leading position as an agricultural
state.”
Mr. Talmadge declared that some
way must be found to “avoid the
violent fluctuations which the mar
ket is subject to before the farmer
can know within a reasonable fig
ure what to base his estimates upon.”
The commissioner-elect also urged
that something be done about the
freight rate. “The hauling cost of
a carload of melons, for example, is
out of all propotion to the price re
ceived for the product. Local rates
from port are also entirely too high.”
he said.
In speaking of diversification he
said that if Georgia had done as she
j should have in this respect, there
i would be no such “condition as the
present overproduction of cotton
l has brought on the state.”
M. C. Gay, representative of the
Southeastern Federated Fruit and
Vegetable growers, told the confer
ence that trained specialists in the
various phases df marketing were
necesary if the co-o-perative move
ment is attended by success.
Discussion of co-operative market-
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1927
CHEVROLET IS NOW ON IN FARNEST.
12TH DISTRICT MAIL CARRIERS
ARE INVITED TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING IN VIDALIA MAY 30TH
THIS CONVENTION WILL BRING
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED VISI
TORS TO VIDALIA.
The Twelfth District Mail Carriers
Association has been invited by the
Vidalia members to hold their annual
meeting at Vidalia this year. This
meeting takes place on May 31st and
will attract about fifty to seventy-five
visitors. The organization has held
its convention here on two occasions
and its acceptance of the invitation
for this ye& will be a compliment to
the Vidalia brand of hospitality.
All carriers of the Twelfth Dis
trict, both rural and city, are eligible
to mebership in the association and
and influence during the past sever
the body has been growing in number
al years since it was organized.
BANKERS OF NEW ORGANIZATION
HOLD SECOND MEETING AT LYONS
BANKS OF TOOMBS MONTGOM
ERY, TREUTLEN AND WHEEL
ER COUNTIES REPRESENTED;
RESOLUTIONS DRAWN.
The second meeting of the new or
ganizatio nknown as Zone Eleven of
the Georgia Bankers Association, com
prising the banks of Toombs Mont
gomery7, Wheler and Treutlen coun
ties was held with the banks of Lyons
on last Tuesday evening. The first
meeting of this body was held in this
city at the Omberg hotel January 14,
at which time the organization was
formed and the following officers
named to serve: W. A. Peterson,
i Ailey, President; E. J. Giles, Lyons,
Vice President, and George S. Roun
tree, Vidalia, Secretary.
The cashiers of the several banks
composing the group were voted an
executive committee for the organi
zation. They are: George S. Roun
tree, First National Bank, Vidalia; S.
J. Henderson, First National Bank,
Lyons; W. T. China, Toombs County
Bank, Lyons; W. M. Pope, Farmers
Bank, Alamo; W. G. Futrell, Farmers
Bank, Glenwood; W. A. Peterson, Mt.
Vernon Bank, Mt. Vernon; J. E. Hall,
Bank of Soperton, Soperton and F.
E. Ward, Peoples Bank, Soperton.
Mr. W. A. Peterson, of the Mt.
Vernon Bank, was named chairman
of the Executive Committee and Mr.
George S. Rountree, secretary.
The new organization has been
designated as a zone of the Georgia
Bankers Association for the purpose
of establishing a uniform code of
ethics to avert losses experienced in
rendering certain services to the pub
lic, those that do, means better bank
ing practice, and at the same time,
without a loss to the banks offering
this service. The public will be noti
fied before any changes are made by
al lthe banks of this organization.
The following banks were repre
sented at the Lyons meeting: Mt.
Vernon Bank, Farmers Bank, Bank
of Soperton, Soperton, First National
Bank, Lyons, Toombs County Bank,
Lyons, Farmers Bank Glenwbod, Peo
pls Bank, Soperton, Mt. Vernon
Branch Bank, Uvalda, First National
teank, Vidalia.
The bankers were delightfully en
tertained on this occasion.
Uvalda Approaches
Hot Election Day
Uvalda, Ga., Jan. 24.—J. B. Moss,
pncle, and W. O. Wolfe, nephew, are
running for Mayor in the election
here February 3. R. E. Johnson, R.
L. O’Neal, Idus Jones, W. M. Moxley,
A. W. Bendamire, J. B. Brown, W. M.
Moses and Dewitt Calhoun are run
ning for Aldermen. This will be the
hottest election that Uvalda has ever
known.
WANTED TO BUY
I w-ant to buy Corn, Hay and Fod
! der. See me at Vidalia Hardware
j Co.. D. W. Wilder, ltp.
! irg, its aims and its methods, oc
| cupied most of the time of the con-
| ference.
BETHANY HOME
TRUSTEES HOLD
ANNUAL MEET
ADDITIONS TO BE MADE TO
PRESENT HOME; BETTER FA
CILITIES NEEDED.
The regular annual mee ting of
the board of Trustees of the Bethany
Home was held on Thursday, January
the thirteenth, at which time the
trustees ordered that another build
ing be erected at the home to provide
additional room, the work has already
started on this new building.
McNatt Severs His
Connection With
Mt. Vernon Firm
As seen by notice in this issue
Mr. P. J. McNatt, senior member of
the Mt. Vernon Motor Co., has re
tired from the company at this place.
Messrs. B. C. Anderson and E. D.
White, other members of the com
pany, will continue the business as
heretofore.
I Mr. McNatt, one of the pioneer
, automobile dealers in this section, has
j been markedly successful in this and
| other lines of endeavor. For several
years he was prominently identified
j with the McNatt Motor Co., Vidalia,
1 and the Lyons Motor Co., at Lyons,
j While in the office a few days ago
he spoke very interestingly of a re
cent trip to Florida, where, he re
! lates, conditions are far from being
' as promising as they are in the good
old State of Georgia. The Florida
i boom has been suspended, while the
I prospect in Georgia reflects substan
; tial and steady progress in all lines.—
Montgomery Monitor.
KIWANIANS
HOLD EXTRA
FINE MEETING
MANG OBJECTIVES REPORTED
AND DISCUSSED; LARGE AT
TENDANCE.
The New Vidalia Hotel .was the
; scene of a highly enjoyable affair on i
j last Monday evening when the Vida
lia Kiwanis Club gathered there for i
j their regular luncheon hour. The
meeting was one of enthusiasm, there
I being several objectives thoroughly :
! discussed. A number of the object
| ives of the new year already have ac
tive committees appointed to see that
! they receive attention necessary for
heir accomplishment. At this meet
i ing Monday evening the chairmen of
these various committees made a
splendid report as to what has already
been done.
The meeting opened with the usual
song service, after which the invoca
tion was given, immediately following
the invocation, the president ascer
i tained if any guests were present,
and introduced same.
The attendance prize for this gath
ering was awarded by Taner-Brice,
after which the club engaged in a
number of songs under the efficient
leadership of Prof. W. L. Downs.
Kiwanian Tom Timmerman made
a report on the Road Proposition, this
being an important subject at this
time, Kiwanian Timmerman is chair
l man of the Public Affairs Committee.
| Several interesting remarks were
| made from the “Advertise Vidalia”
Committee, Kiwanian Warthen being
chairman of this committee.
, The objective “Better Relations be
tween Cou nytand Town” w r as thor
oughly discussed by Kiwanian John
Ragan, several other members made
i talks along this line.
! Another important subject was in
teresting brought the club by Kiwan
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CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND
CITY GOVERNMENT START CITY
BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN HERE
GEORGIA VETERANS
PLAN FOR REUNION
DIVISION COMMANDER WANTS
BIG DELEGATION IN TAMPA;
MURCHISON ASKS RESPONSE.
Plans for having a big delegation
of Georgia veterans who wore the
gray in attendance at the general re
-1 union of the United Confederate
Veterans in Tampa, Fla., April 5-8,
are disclosed in general orders No. 3,
' and No. 4, issued by Gen. M. G.
Murchison, commander of the Geor
; gia Division, and just made public
j here.
General Order No. 3 says:
“To the various camps composing
the Georgia Division, U. C. V.
“Greeting:
“In the rapid passing of the years
another opportunity is offered the fol
lowers of Lee and Jackson, who are
living, to meet and mingle and break
bread with each other and to live
over those momentous days of the 60s
that cannot be more pleasantly
brought to mind in any other way
than by a reunion of the survivors.
On April 5-8, 1927, the City of
Tampa, Florida, will open its arms to
welcome us as veterans of the Confed
erate Army in annual reunion, and it
; behooves us to join with the good peo
ple of that city in making this re
| union a success in every way, princi
pally by a large attendance.
Appeal To Every Camp
“To do this I am appealing to every
camp in the State to send delegates
thereto. We cannot get around the
fact that there are not many of us
to enjoy many more of these glorious
i occasions of meeting up with old com
' rades, and we should avail ourselves
of the opportunity, especially when
the invitation from Tampa seems so
i cordial and sincere.
| “I therfore suggest that delegates
to Tampa be selected as soon as the
camps have a ful meeting, and that
; they send in their 1927 dues and re-
I port to the Adjutant-General at once.
Also, where possible, estimate the
number of veterans who will attend.
“With best wishes for the New
Year just begun, I am,
Your friend and commander.
M. G. MURCHISON, Commander.
“Bridges Smith, Adjutant-General
A special notice, in the form of a
foot-note at the bottom of the order
reads:
“The adjutant general respectfully
and urgently requests the command
ers of the various camps throughout j
the State to fill out and mail at once
; the enclosed questionaire. Also to j
j estimate as near as possible the num- J
ber of railroad certificates that will 1
be wanted. Do not wait until the
last minute to do this please.”
—LOST—On Friday, January 21,
Stickpin, between Pope’s Barker
Shop and the Omberg hotal. Finder
return to Vidalia Advance and receive
reword, ltp.
j PAINTS, POLISHES, WAX, ETC. |
! There are many articles in and around the E
home that can be made as good as new by the use E
of a little Paint. See us for your Paint needs.
We have just received a shipment of John- |j
son’s Liquid and Paste Wax—you know Johnson’s §£ /
You will always find the best at
! LEE HARDWARE CO 1
| I '
CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE
| IS FORMED
TREE PLANTING IS AMONG THE
MANY OBJECTIVES TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED IN CAMPAIGN;
MAYOR DARBY ISSUES PROC
LAMATION.
, The Annual Spring Clean Up,
, Brighten Up Proclamation from the
Mayor’s office over the signature of
• j Mayor S. P. Darby, appears this week,
: slightly earlier than usual this year
j on account of the fact that the city
i has just been treated to a quanity of
■ paved streets and some incidental
j street work, and these changes from
the old order % make it incumbent that
. j some immediate effort be made to
. ! clean up the downtown section and
k some addition regulations be enacted
. i in order that the clean condition be
, maintained.
s | In response to the Mayor’s Proclam
r 1 ation, the various clubs of the city
r all of which are vitally interested in
the appearance of the place have or
• ganized themselves through a co-ordi
s nating committee composed of a mem
ber of each club of one of its “City
; Beautiful Committeemen.” In this
- manner every club is tied together
. for the work outlined by the Mayor.
■ The co-ordinating Committee will in
this manner be in touch with each of
the clubs and in position to receive
r suggestions and assistance from every
; member of the clubs.
The meeting of the centrals has
’ been held and a thorough organiza
-5 tion perfected. It was decided to
• | split the business at hand three awys.
! ; One branch will bend their energies
1 j to a tree planting and flower plant
-1 , ing campaign, with a view to pleasing
the eye and furnishing shade in the
1 summer on every street in the city.
1 Some three years ago A campaign of
■, this nature was sponsored by the Ki-
w T anis club during which time over
five hundred trees were planted.
Another section of the committee
will have as its main objective, the
j clean up and brighten up phase of the
work and will do their stuff with a
view towards staying clean. A part
of their job being to figure out away
of forming a habit in the citizenship
Jof placing trash and papers in re
ceptacles instead of throwing them
upon the streets and roads.
Still another section of the com
mittee will have charge of keeping all
i clubs in touch with one another
through the central committee so all
I the objectives of the campaign will
i come to the notice of the citizenship
and thus assure co-operation from
everyone in the city.
The complete organization is pub
lished below:
Landscape Committee: John T. Ra
gan, Kiwanis club chairman; Mrs. W.
A. Jones, Woman’s Club; Mrs. San
ford Darby, Bronte Club and Mrs. J.
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