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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
MISS MILDRED REEVES LEADING
IN RACE FOR CHEVROLET COACH
Contestants Urged To Make Supreme Effort For Votes
Before Ending of First Period February 12
Mildred Reeves, Vidalia 583,150
Lillie Wilkes, Alston 500,000
Josephine Taylor, Lyons 470,150
Ollie Pearl Mullis 416,000
Lula Mae Leveritt, Vidalia 412,650
Hattie Mae Hilton, Vidalia 411,000
Mrs. E. Holland, Vidalia 410,750
Ruby Carpenter, Ailey 410,550
Willie Mae Lord, Vidalia 310,100
I Sara Causey, Vidalia „ 210,450
Amoret Conner, Ailey _. 210,250
Cassye Brinson, Lyons 110,200
Erline Carpenter, Uvalda 87,000
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If you think you are beaten, you are,
I.lf you think you dare not, you don’t
’' If you’d like to win, but think you
§ can’t j
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose you’ve lost;
ML For out in the world you’ll find
begins with a fellow’s will,
**ip|t’s all in the state of (nind.
P* If you think you’re outclassed, you
are;
You’ve got to think to rise;
You’ve got tc be sure of yourself
Before you can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go to
ifThe strongest or fastest man,
But soon or late, the man Who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
LUNCHEON HOUR OF KIWANfS
| CLUB INTERESTING OCCASION
INTERESTING REPORTS ON NEW
WORK OF CLUB MADE; LARGE
* ATTENDANCE; THREE NEW
U MEMBERS.
After* the preliminary opening of
the club, consisting of the opening
song and invocation, the President, |
Mr. Geo. S. Rountree, called for and
introduced the guests present. He also
introduced the new members who
were: Messrs. E. F. Thompson, H. M.
Tarpley and W. E. Walker, after
which the club engaged in a series of
r songs led by Kiwanian Downs.
Kiwanian R. M. Stanley made a j
very interesting talk gathered at the
recent trustee meeting in Macon.
A report from the City Beautiful
Committee was made by Kiwanian
Ragan, this report showing that the i
work of beautifying the city has al- j
ready started and that much will be I
accomplished through this committee j
and the co-operation of other civic J
organizations.
At .this time the club was delighted !
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CITY GOVERNMENT BUYS NEW
STREET WORKING EQUIPMENT i
W. J. MURCHISON, CHAIRMAN OF
STREET AND SIDEWALK COM
MITTEE ANNNOUNCES PUR
CHASE OF FACILITIES.
Announcement is made that the
city fathers have purchased a modern
Austin-Western road working outfit,
also a street sweper, to be used on the
newly paved streets of the business
section of the town. Mr. Murchison
and the city officials ai-e commended
by the citizenry for this much needed
and progressive move they have made
by getting this new, up-to-date equip
ment.
)URDEN IS ARRESTED HERE IN
AUTO THEFT AT BRUNSWICK
MAN GIVING NAME OF CARROLL
DURDEN ARRESTED BY CHIEF
OF POLICE J. B. FROST LAST
SUNDAY.
Officers from Brunswick came to
Vidalia on. Monday of this week to
carry back to Brunswick one Carroll
Durden, who was arrested here on
Sunday and charged with some con
nection with an automobile which had
been stolen in Brunswick in October
of last year.
“Chief of Police Frost made the ar
rest. taking Mr. Durden an dthe auto.
.The car was a Buick sedan ar*i
had in it considerable goods, consist
ing of men’s suits, 16 pairs of hose,
o
To say big things are going to
happen in The Advance campaign
this week would be putting it mildly,
i The campaign manager made a trip j
! over the territory calling upon can
; didates and if his trip may be taken
ias a criterion there is going to be
I some real work done this week.
Votes will soar—that is sure.
They are one and all working with
the same object in mind—the Chev
j rolet coach.
With the closing of the biggest vote
offer in the race on February 12th,
contestants are putting forth their
greatest efforts to win the leadership
in the race for the Chevrolet coach.
1 Never before have candidates been
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with several selections rendered by
the Glee Club of the Vidalia High
! School, the members of the club
'present were: Miss Gladys Coile, Miss
! Evelyn James, Miss Lorna Lawrence
Miss Juanita Thompson and Jack
Rountree.
j Kiwanian O. D. Warthen, Chair
man of the “Advertise Vidalia” com
mittee suggested several ways that
we might advertise the town, much
' interest is being shown in this part
of the club’s work and as soon as pos
sible some concrete plans for adver- ’
■ tising Vidalia will be put in effect. !
The “stunt” at this time to be pull
ed by Kiwanian J. W. Gunter, was
one that caused a pang in everyone
for a minute, but as he finished the |
laughter came .as with the usual !
! stunts that are always very much en
j joyed.
) Several interesting suggestions on
I Advertising Vidalia to Vidalians were !
| brought by the following Kiwanians: 1
j Gunter, Barker, Turner, Stewart and ;
I Hackel. j
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It was also announced that the old
j
tractor that was used by the city for j
road working purposes was sold for ,
a handsome sum, this amount how- j
ever, to be placed on the new pur- 1
chase. j
The sidewalk and street committee J
of the city have plans to and keep :
the streets here in first-class condi- j
tion, and with this machinery, a little i
j time and the co-operation of the citi- ;
; zens, much will be accomplished in
j the way of street work. ,
Vidalia should be proud of this new
investment, and give the city author
j ities all the co-operation possible.
2 overcoats, and some cigars and cig-' |
arettcs. There was also confiscated .
along with the car two 38 caliber pis
tols. * j ’
According to the Brunswick offi
cers, the car was taken from the own- !
;er at Brunswick last October. It had
been insured against theft and the
, insurance had been paid on it. Ac- f
cording to Mr. Durden, he obtained
the car from another man, and it
was substantiated that the car had
been taken from Brunswick to West
Palm Beach and traded. :
Mr. Durden was formerly of Soper- I,
k
ton, Ga., but had been in Florida for j
some time. t
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1927
IJarts J
! ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF |
TOalia f
It is suggested that this space be used for &
I a few weeks in which to present to the citizens w
of Vidalia well known facts about their city and &
themselves, with a view to making the facts 3
come to the attention in such a manner as to 2
prove to each of us that Vidalia citizens are real- r l
ly prosperous and that there is no need for pes- E
simestic conversations. In other words, “Sell 4
' Vidalia to Vidalians.” V|
“Money,” being a measuring rod easily un- *{g
derstood by everyone, is taken for the subject \
f’ of this paper. I
f? It is generally conceded that the City of Vi
t} dalia contains thirty-five hundred citizens and ?(
that there are about five members to each fam- b
(j ily. This would indicate that seven hundred P
w families make Vidalia their home. Thisisprov- ?
% en again by the fact that about seven hundred 2
| houses are listed in the city by the tax assessors
£ and by the insurance companies that make a
(V census of the houses periodically. - 9
The property in the city is taken by the tax
assessors at approximately two million
assessed value, which being at the rate of 60 jl
r per cent of the true or market value would make * J
g a total valuation of real property amounting to (j
:L about three millions and a half dollars, which, \\
| f divided among the 3500 population, would give f
g a valuation of about 1000 dollars per capita or P
% about five thousand dollars to each family. })
I The bank statements show that there is on d*e- ft
(; posit in the local banks, counting the “frozen” r |
j] deposits which are the property of the depositors i
about one million dollars, making the same di- \
fr' visions.as above, there would be “cash” money \
Jj amounting to about fifteen hundred dollars per J
family for every family in the city and about %
three hundred dollars for every man, woman and /'
Hr child within the city limits. J
■<s i It is estimated by the government census a
s[g bureau that families of five spend about thirteen
k hundred dollars average over the country per
g annum, so it will be seen that there is cash money P
| enough in the City of Vidalia on deposit in the $
| banks to run the citizens for more than twelve U
0 months, if no more money wore made. This
3 should make an easy feeling in the pocketbooks. i
l& each man knowing that the necessary cash is k
3 heie and that it can be gotten arc! used by each <5
i in proportion to his needs, by making he 2
| U3ual an dattending to business as usual. y
f) , A llttle further analysis of these figures . 1
\ snows beyond a mathematical certainty that for U
(i each family in V iclalia there is in real estate and 1
l cash about sixtv-five hundred dollars and that i
l for each citizen cash and real estate values exist 6
g to the rune of $1300.00. This compares very u
j favorably with the average figures in towns of Fr
% three to five thousand where the usual figure is P
f|j Riven at about five hundred dollars per capita, fr
I some 1 mining as low as one hundred dollars per %
l capita. ' \ ®
. Readers of this column can check these u
3 figures for themselves, and may easily know if $
e? they and their families have their prorata part %
Jj of the wealth that is in the city. g
| It might be profitable to the citizen and to J
n me city, if the figures are agreed upon, to come /j
f to some understanding as to what we will do %
h about keeping the cash part of the money in
tb equitable cii culation and to work the property /)
yy represented by these figures to the best advan- '()
% ta ße during the coming year. All Together For %
Q Vidalia! ’
MANY PECAN
TREES BEING
PLANTED NOW
MR. J. B. RREWTON, PRESIDENT
OF GEORGIA PECAN PLANTA
TION REPORTS LARGE NUM
BER TREES SOLD.
Pecan tree growers are doing a
heavy business in this section of Geor
gia this month. J. B. Brewton, pres
ident! of the Georgia Pecan Planta
tions Company, of this city, estimates
that something like 10,00 trees will
bt set in Toombs and Montgomery
i counties again this year, and that
at the end of the setting season there
will be between 30,00 and 40,000
trees growing in the two counties.
The climate and soil in this area is
especially suitable to the pecan tree
and the pioneers in the peoan grow
ing industry are already reaping a
rich harvest at nut gathering time.
Nuts this season sold up to 60c per
pound, averaging for the standard
varieties 45c per pound. The trees
bear some nuts at the third year and
at seven years are bearing in com
mercial quantities. ,
UNITED 5 & 10 CENT STORES TO
LOCATE BRANCH HOUSE HERE
PART OF BUILDING NOW OCCU
PIED BY LEADER & ROSANSKY
HAS BEEN LEASED; TO BE IM
PROVED.
Mr. A. Mazo stated to a represent
i ative of this paper this morning that
i plans were under way for a new
chain of 5 and 10 cent stores to be
operated throughout Georgia with
headquarters in Savannah. Mr. Mazo,
who is vice president of this new or
’ ganization, known as the United 5
and 10 Gent Stores, announced that
1
G. & F. OFFICERS
NEWLY ELECTED
I
H. W. Purvis, of Agusta, is
Now Road’s President
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 26.—Officers
1 and directors of the Georgia and Flor
; ida Railroad, which organization takes
5 over the property and assets of the
t old Georgia and Florida Railway, have
' been completed here, according to an
? nouncement made today by the elec
-13 tion of H. W. Purvis as president and
i general manager, with R. Lancaster
| Williams, of Baltimore, vice president
and Sam W. Saye, of Augusta, secre
tary, M. T. Lanigan, Augusta, assis
tant secretary, and Walter Blanchard,
1 of Augusta, treasurer.
The following board of directors
was named:
) K. W. Purvis, Augusta; R. Lan
caster Williams, Baltimore; W. V.
| Griffin, New York; W. If. Coverdale,
i New York; Franklin Q. Brown, New
> York; A. C. Sherwood, New York;
Robert W. Daniel, New York; Fran
cis H. Weston, Columbia; Thomas J.
v Hamilton, Augusta; George A. Sack
| er., Augusta; W. J. Vereen, Moultrie;
W. R. 'Strickland, Valdosta; John R.
Slater, Douglas; W. B. Smith, Ten
J ! nille; and ,1. W. White Atlanta,
i Construction work on the extension
; of the line to Greenwood has been de
i cided upon, work to start in the next
I j3O days. The new organization takes
over the operation of the road effec
j tive as on Jan. 1, 1927.
BOYS ATTEMPT
BOLD ROBBERY AT
CITIZENS HDW. CO.
’DAYLIGHT ROBBERY ATTEMPT
ED BY THREE COLORED BOYS;
ESCAPE, BUT WERE LATER
i CAUGHT AND LODGED IN JAIL
I Tin ee small colored boys of this
plr e made a very bold attempt at
ro', e - y on Monday of this wees.
j when they entered the Citizens Hard
ware : tore while Mr. Purcell, manager
jof th< business, was outside loading
j some goods on a truck, and made
their best effort to open the cash reg
ister.
Mr. t’urcell returned to the store
before they had succeeded in open- ,
iri;r the register and collared the three 1
of them, but they were so numerous j
that he was unable to handle the
bunch and they made good their es
! cape for a few minutes.
; Chief of Police J. B. Frost' got
word of the attempted robbery in a
' few minutes and made a wholesale j
I capture, rounding up the tree boys >
in the Vann pasture, near town, j
where they had taken sanctuary.
The boys are locked up in the city
jail pending trial.
DEATH CALLS
PROMINENT
VIDALIA MAN
MR WILLIAM ASHWORTH JONES
SENIOR, PASSES AT AGE OF j
SEVENTY-TWO YEARS.
{
Mr. William Ashworth Jones, Sr., j
prominent citizen of Vidalia died on j
Friday evening at the home of his i
son, Mr. W r . A. Jones, Jr., pneumonia '
being the immediate caus eof his
death.
Mr. • Jones was seventy-two years
of age and was associated with his j
son of this city. Although not active j
i hbusiness at the time of his death 1
he will be missed as a figure ih the |
social and cultural world. Before j
coming to Vidalia from Washington,
D. C., where he was connected with
the Government Printing Office, he
, was in the Wholesale Drug Business,
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part of the building now occupied by
the firm of Leader and Rosansky had
been leased and that same would be
immediately improved, making it mod
ern in every respect. The plans of
this new company is to open a branch
store in every good town in the
state. Mr. Mazo also stated that Vi
dalia was easily decided upon as one
of those good towns, and that the
future prospects of this city for im
mediate growth were the brightest.
More definite plans as to locating
here will be announced later.
U. OF G. TO HOLD
CONFERENCE AND
“PARENT’S DAY”
RAYMOND D. FOSDICK OF NEW
YORK TO DELIVER THE AN
NUAL ADDRESS.
i
By Adele Hackel
Student in the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism
Athens, Ga., Feb. 3.—The Third
Religious Welfare Conference and
“Parents’ Day” will be held in Wood
; ruff Hall on the University of Georgia
' campus on April 19.
Raymond D. Fosdick, of New York
City, special attorney for John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., will deliver the ad
dress, it is announced by Chancellor-
Charles M. Snelling.
The address on this occasion irv
1926 was delivered by Dr. George E.
i Vincent, president of the Rockefel
i ler Foundation. In 1925, at the first
I such conference ever held in the
I South, the main address was made by
Newton D. Baker, secretary of War
' J In Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet.
Mr. Fosdick, the 1927 speaker, is
jr. brother of the Reverend Harry
; Emerson pastor of the Park
| Avenue Baptist Church, New York,
1 , and an outstanding modernist preach
' j er.
• | Mr. Fosdick is a graduate of Prince
*! ton University an dos the New York
Law School. He has written exten
sively, was chairman of training camp
activities of the army and navy dur
ing the War, treasurer of the Nation
al Democratic Executive Committee
in 1912, and is a member of Phi Beta
I Kappa.
The purpose of this convention is
| to stimulate the religious life of the
University, especially among the stu
dents by bringing the parents, pas
tors, and friends of the students to
the campus for one day. On the two
previous occasions hundreds of pa
rents and preachers have been orr
the campus to participate in the pro
grams and University officials ex
press the belief that they have been
eminently satisfactory.
Special letters are being sent to
the parents and pastors of the stu
dents by the committee in charge of
affairs, inviting.them to Athens.
SOCIETIES OF
LOCALSCHOOL
HOLDCONTEST
HARRIS AND LANIER LITERARY
j SOCIETIES TO HOLD ANNUAL
CONTEST
The Harris and Lanier Literary So
j cieties of the Vidalia High school have
- each made their selections of contest
! ants for the annual loving cup contest
which takes place in the early Spring.
| This has been an annual event for
j two years.
S Representing the Harris Society
in the contest will be Lucy Poe, in
J piano; Katherine Joiner, domestic
i science and cooking; Walter Jenkins,
declamation; George Blount, Litera
jture;; Katherine Jones, history; Myr
i tice Johnson, voice; Katherine Jones
, in girl’s reading; Katherine Phillips,
! sowing; Lucy Poe, French and Clinton
i Harris, mental arithmetic,
j Representing the Lanier Society
'are: Marjorie Hackel, piano; Lucy
, Youmans, cooking; Chess Abernathy,
I reading; Marie Hilton, literature;
j George Dean, history; Dorothy Huie,
'girl’s reading; Leonard Powell French
| and Hampton Reves in mental arith
metic.
I It will be seen that practically all
| branches of the high school stui’y
courses are competitive subjects and
j the contestants will be given consid
erable time in which tb y may furth
eh prepare themselves or the con
test.
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