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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
Race For Chevrolet Coach Becoming Interesting
TRAVERSE AND GRAND JURORS [
DRAWN FOR FEBRUARY TERM
FLORIDAN IS
PURCHASER
OF FARM HERE
H. A. HOOD, OF ORLANDO, FLA.,
PURCHASES NINE HUNDRED
ACRES FROM MR. J. W. GLASS.
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Vidalia, Ga., Feb. 12.—A 900 acre
tract of land, located about five miles
south of Vidalia, and known as the
Call place, has changed hands this'
week, according to J. B. Brewton,
realtor of this place, who represented
one of the parties in the deal. The
land is transferred from Glass to H.
A. Hood, of Orlando, Fla., and the
I set price was S7O per acre.
tract is a farm, the turpentine
and timber having been worked off
some years ago, leaving no timebr
except some second growth, which
will not be ready to work until some
years have passed. The land is of
I
good grade and a large per cent of
the 900 acres is in cultivation. It is
t
provided with fences and buildings
and is operated as a farm.
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:00 !
O’CLOCK IN CITY AUDITORIUM
MINISTER’S
ASSOCIATION I
• CALLS MEET
: i
PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITY
MEETING ARE TO BE DISCUSS
ED; COMMITTEES TO BE AP
POINTED AT THIS TIME.
The Ministers’ Association of Vida
lia calls a Mass Meeting of all the (
churches in the interest of the com-
BASKET BALL
TOURNEY AT
HAWIONSVILLE
BOYS BASKET BALL TOURNA
MENT OF TWELFTH DISTRICT
TO MEET IN HAWKINSVILLE
FEBRUARY 24-26.
The Boys’ Basket Ball Tournament
of the Twelfth Congressional District
will be held in Hawkinsville, Febru-'
ary 24-26. Fifteen schools have al
ready entered. Since many of these
schools have very strong teams, this
promises to be one of the best tourna
ments ever held in the Distriot.
The people of Hawkinsville are
making every preparation to entertain
this meet in their usual way. They
are delighted to have the tourrfament
and shall make every one who ccanes
have a pleasant stay in Hawkinsville.
The Tarent-Teacher Association is
sponsoring the entertaining of the
tournament, so you will be royally
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Streets Here
Being Marked For
Parking This Week
The City Council, through the
Streets and Lanes Committee, have
made their mark this week, the mark
having to do with the parking spaces
on the new systetn of paved streets.
So far it is gathered that the nark
ing will be along the mside of the
two railroad avenues, leaving the out
side entirely to traffic. The angle
seems to be pitched at about ninety
degrees, but the marks are plain and
the rule is to put the car inside the
marks. When all the parking marks
have hen put down, then the rules
and regulations will b* promulgated.
The necessity for some stringent reg
ulations of traffic on the Pf ved^
is becoming more apparent every y.
In Memory
A dark shadow was cast over the
. An s Rev. O. 0. Williams on Feb
ruary 10, 1927, when the Death Angel
BELOW IS THE LIST OF JURORS
DRAWN TO SERVE AT THE
FEBRUARY TERM OF TOOMBS
SUPERIOR COURT.
Lamar Jones, L. C. Cox
T. R. McSwain, J. B. Warthen
W. L. Stanley, L. L. Clifton
W. W. Stanley, E. C. Banks
R. L. Currie, N. B. Jarriell
R. D. Smith, Fate Mosley
I. J. Harrel, H. P. James
E. L. Meadows, B. R. Page
W. B. Hart, J. W. Rollinson
W. A. Dickerson, Geo. L. Johnson
J. A. Bland, A. L. Mosley
E. P. Parker, M. F. Brice
W. E. McLean, J. A. Pughsley
'J. F. Love, H. H. Mann
Mack New, B. F. Wolfe.
List of Travis Jury Drawn To Serve
At February. Term, 1927
W. Y. Bowen, T. J. Ainsworth
E. R. DeWitt, M. V. L. Findley
C. M. Smith, W. L. Durden, Jr.
W. H. Right, H. H. Sharpe
, W. J. Hall, S. I. Hussey
O .L. Humphries, W. C. James
M. J. Rattray, H. V. Pope
D. E. Coursey, T. P. Spell
F. C. Shuman, J. D. Todd
E. W. Clifton, S. J. Rockett
J. C._ Price, J. H. Smith
J. J. Anderson, H. C. Rogers
A. L. Powell, Quitman Wilkes
W. L. Collins, W. T. China
E. G. Floyd, C. P. Autrey
J. R. Poole, R., M. Stanley
1 H. T. Taylor, W. F. O’Neal
H. D. Findley, M. H. Fountain
R. J. Drake, D. W. Branch
I G. W. Meadows, C. C. Monroe
! J. F. Darby, E. L. Conner.
' munity-wide effort for Soul-Winning
| and real Revival, and of everybody
interested in the same at 4:15 p. m.
i
in the City Hall this coming Sunday.
I Plans will be talked over and com
| mittees, and the work begun in ear
! nest looking to the opening on April
|3 (Sunday). If you have any ques- (
1 tions in mind bearing on the same, j
present them.
The live, prayerful and active in
terest of the laymen is especially de- j
sired. All who have the well-being
t
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Postmester Here Has
Two New Mail Boxes
Erected Conveniently
Due to the fact that there are pa- j
' trons of the local post office who
have mail that they desire to go away j
on the early morning trains, and
since it is the rules of the postoffice
department that the local office be
| closed at a specified time at night,
j Mr. N. O. Carter, postmaster at this
city, has had erected directly in the
front of the postoffice a mail box, in
I order that those going to the office J
| after it is clsoed, may drop their
mail in said box and be assured of it
going away on the early morning
,trains, since the box is there for this
purpose only, mail will be taken from
it only once a day.
Mr. Carter also announced that he
had erected another box at the Vida- '
lia hospital, making it more efonveu
ient for the patrons living beyond ,
the hosnital, who at times ,had to
come all the way to the postoffiue
only to mail letters,
i The two boxes will certainly add
to the postoffice facilities here, and
the local postoffice officials, should
be commended in their efforts to co
operate vritih the public.
swo*>ed down and claimed this great
man as its prey. Bro. Williams was
66 years of age at the time of his
i death. He was reared near Douglas
-1 ville, in North Georgia, and was eon- I
i verted and began preaching in young !<
manhood in Laurens and Montgomery j
' counties about 30 years ago. He has |
lived a life og great aonsecration to
| our Lord and as a Christian gentle
! men and Baptist preacher has bee*
rated among the highest. Faithful
to his oonvictfcms of what he thought
l ight, he has built up and developed i
many ahurches in this section of the ;
country and was the spiritual farther ,
■of many yo»ng preachers and has
•helped many of them on the road to
' success. I
1 i He leaves a wife, three sons and j
! four daughters: Leroy, Lakeland, Fla. >
i Lawrence, Soperton, Ga.; Suurgaon,;
Nashville, Teifn.; Mss. Trqy Tiarrett,
■ I Mrs. Perry Blount, Mrs. Jim Walker, i
»I all of Treutle* county, and Miss Duf- j
. fie Williams, a student a Bessie Tift 1
I College, Forsyth. Another son, Dr.
.Edgar Williams, preceded him to the
'grave a few years ago.
Funeral services were co*ducted at
. the First Baptist Church in this city
- on Friday afternoon by J. C. Brewto*,,
1 pastor of the eharch, assisted by sev-1
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1987,
| Jlorp 3 arts |
fi ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF |
| Malta 1
V) The youngest big industry of this section
|| . is the Tobacco Growing Industry. The §
J business did not grow in this country like a y
S, weed, but on the other hand, is a fostered §
L industry, “hand-made and bottle-nourish- >5
C ed” by some of the foresighted citizens, who U
2 had a vision of the importance of the tobac- jf
co crop as a money crop and of the various «
3 by-products that would develop along with \\
the culture of tobacco in commercial quanti-
$ ties. g
\ This season will open the seventh sucess- \ d
{T ful year in Vidalia as a tobacco market, and (J
this year will be the first year that the n
l\ planters of the immediate territory about g
the city will profit by the fact of having a $
5 Tobacco Selling Market at their door; the g
% history of former years showing that the
market that was established six annums ago s*
]) has been used mainly by planters of adjoin- \.
| ing counties than by those of Toombs. (I
fa However, this year Toombs tobacco grow- $
£ ers are going to plant over three thousand j.
r acres in tobacco, the beds having been pre- \
| pared on a scale of this size—land already %
!jr being broken for this much acreage and ar- j?
J rangements are now being made for barns r IJ
| to cure three thousand acres of bright leaf X
k when it is gathered in the late summer and
marketed. S
% In this section of the state experienced % $
J growers average a thousand pounds of to- *) f\
r bacco from each acre planted to the weed. *0 \f
I g A five-acre patch is called a quota for a one
:It horse farm, and five acres can be handled <2
\ through one barn. With three thousand
'L acres planted in this county it will be seen %
jS that six hundred farmers have become to- w
| bacco farmers, that six hundred barns, with
d flue equipment, must be maintained and
g that with an ayerage yield three million (i
lb pounds of Toombs County tobacco will be JjJ
p furnished to the warehouses doing business
t here next season. When the three million
; y) home-grown pounds are added to the other
jj poundage produced in the territory North of Si
£ the Altamaha river—the tobacco from this
(\ territory geographically belongs to the Vi
| dalia market —tne reader can readily under- X
6 stand why the big buyers and manuiacturers \
$ of Georgia bright leaf tobacco have sent X
X word to Vidalia that they will have two 3
jf complete sets of buyers on the market next a
S season. The statisticians of the manufac- JJ
« turers know that the weed will be on the
h market and the manufacturers are making 4
$ preparations to get it. Boarding and room- X
» ing facilities of this place were taxed to the j£
I $ fullest last season to care for one set of buy- £
I ? ers and the citizens of the city will again be
ff confronted with the problem early in Au
-5j gust of this year, having to do with the hous- n
¥ ing and feeding of double the number of &
n handlers, etc., as they did last season. S
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* Sadie Church
Next Sunday at 3 p. m. Dr. Mar
i tiridale will preach at Sadie Pretfby-j
terian chi*-«h, and everybody in the
ccgnmunity is invited heartily to at
! tend. The attention ®f the members
! is called to the “Loyalty Week” offer
ing for Benevolences at this service. 1
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teral ministers of the Association and
j those of the other churches of VidaKa
I after which the remains w(*e
j ed to Red Bluff Chureh, where he
! the pastor for about twelve years, and ■
there among a great throng of sor- |
rowing friends and relatives, the
burial services were conducted by I
Rev. S. D. Walker. He lived the gos- j
pel of Jesus Christ which he so faith
fully preached.
t One Who Knew Him.
Mrs. Atha Biggerstaff
Buried Last Thursday
t Funeral services for Mrs. Atha
Cooper Biggerstaff were held last
Thursday afternoon at Tarytown.
All I Biggerstaff died at her home in
ViJcdia last Wednesday night at the
age of »6 after an illness for some
j time.
1 In addition to Her husband, Mrs.
Biggerstaff is survived by two chiW-
I ien, Syeble and Ray Biggerstaff.
The funeral service* were conduct
ed by Eev. Walker of Tarrytovfi.
Murchison Undertaking Conyiany of
' this city were in eharge of faneral
arrangements. z
City Building Pump
House For It's New
Electric Water Pump
The CiUr Light and Water Com-
AMORET CONNER TAKES LEAD AS
BIG RACE GROWS MORE SPIRITED
CONTESTANTS ARE BUNCHED IN RACE FOR
HANDSOME CHEVROLET COACH
Saturday, February 19th is Last Day for Big Votes in
Second Period; Contestants making new spurt to win
Prizes, which will be awarded March 5. Your sup
port now will help more than regrets after the Exciting
Race Has Been Won.
Amoret Conner, Ailey 974,900
Lula Mae Leveritt, Vidalia 923,900
Josephine Taylor, Lyons 817,150
Mrs E. Holland, Vidalia 810,330
Willie Mae Lord, Vidalia 601,500
Ruby Carpenter, Uvalda 586,940
Mildred Reeves, Vidalia 583,150
Lillie Wilkes, Alston 562,000
Sara Causey, Vidalia 432,770
Hattie Mae Hilton, Vidalia 417,730
Erline Carpenter, Uvalda 165,000
By hard and persistant work Miss Conner jumps from eighth position to
first, with Miss Leveritt, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Holland close at her heels.
What a close race this is developing into. Next week with the selling of
advertising and job printing coupons, ought to produce some interesting
figures in next week’s paper.
’Tis the coward that quits to misfor
tune;
’Tis the knave that changes every day
i ’Tis the fool who wins half the battle,
Then throws all his chances away.
The time to succeed is when others,
• Discouraged, show traces of tire;
The battle is fought on the home
stretch
And won—’twixt the flag and the
wire. |
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Campaign Ends Saturday, Mar. 5
The campaign will come to an end
Saturday, March 5, and from this
coming Monday until that time, the
candidates will sell not only subscrip- |
tions to this paper, but coupons rep
resenting $5.00, which will be good
for advertising and job printing at
any time within one year from date.
The votes for the money received on
LOCAL KIWANIANS ENJOY A
VALENTINE PARTY MONDAY
ALL COMMITTEES MAKE RE
PORTS INDICATING THAT THE
WORK OF CLUB IS PROGRESS
ING NICELY.
i Local Kiwanians enjoyed a Valen
| tine Party on Monday evening of this
week, the program having been so
constructed that the idea of the holi
day season was emphasized.
The attendance prize, which was
furnished by R. C. Wilson, was a box
|of Valentine candies. The drawing
for valentines was “crooked” to the
| extent that each bachelor member of
! the club draw a “baby doll” for his
j valentine and the valentine box dis
-1 • gorged valentines more or less suita
: ble to each member of the club.
A series of readings by Miss Doro- j
thy Huie were very much enjoyed by
the club and the club singing was a
feature of the entertainment.
A quartette, calling themselves the
“Crescent Four” made an appearance
and the fact that they got away with
their lives indicates that they were
j
First National Bank
To Be Repository
For G.& F. Rairoad
The Georgia and Florida Railroad,
recently organized, has designated
the First National Bank of this city |
as >n official repository, to become
effective immediately. The local ac- j
count of this road should aggregate
about one hundred and twenty-five
to one hundred and fifty thousand
, dollars per year, counting freight
1 and passenger receipts, and the fact
| that the local institution has been
designated as a repository is consid
j ered quite a compliment to the stand
| mg of the bank and its officers.
“Cake Walk” To Be
Given At Tarry town
Friday Night, Feb. 25
, There will be a “Cake Walk” at'
the School Building at Tarrytown,
Friday night, February 25. The i
funds will go to the Girls’ Athletic j
Club. Please come.
mittee is this week building a pump
house at the water plaat and wll in
,staH a« electric pump at once, Mich
‘will be furnished with power from
the Power Company, with which the
city has a contract. This pump is of
the latest design and v*tfl be of saffi
cient size to pump all the water need
ed by the city for the next decade.
The pump formerly used was for
I steam power and is useless since the
steam plant has been sold to the
Power Company.
these will count the same as five
year subscriptions for the last periods
and will give the hustling candidates
,their second wind and an opportunity
to display their initiative and sales
manship, and at the same time an op
portunity to roll up big votes in this
, race. No candidate should think
I that she has the Chevrolet coach won
as yet as these last weeks, bringing in
! as it does the selling of advertising
[ and job printing coupons may turn
the batting order upside down, mak
ing the first last, and the last first.
The Advance is naturally proud of
the representatives in this great sub-
I scription contest. In our list will be
, found representatives of our very
best families. We have real people
contending for honors in this cam
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not so rotten as might have been ex
pected. The personel of this four
, is Turner, Gunter, Jenkins and God
• bee. It is said that they are open
' for engagements with Lyceums,
Chautauquas and circuses having cir
cuits in other sections of the state.
The main feature of the evening
, was an address by Rev. Herbert
Etheridge, pastor of the Methodist
Church at Lyons, who is well and
favorably known in Vidalia. where ha
formerly resided, having left his sififH
here years ago, before making his
mark at his present vocatio*. ♦
i Rev. Etheridge gave a thirty min
l utes talk, including both prose and
| poetry illustrating therby the good
: ness of Ham and other things to eat
! and of practical things, but making
the point that a measure of idealism
is necessary as well to the Good
Builder.
Committee reports indicate that
work of the Club is going on satis
factory.
Lee Hardware Buys
Citizens’ Stock Os
Hardware-Furniture
The stock of the Citizens Hardware
company, consisting of hardware and
I furniture, was this week purchased
i by the Lee Hardware company and it
!is understood that the stock will be
merged with that of the purchasing
concern, with the exception of the
furniture, which will be disposed of
in another way.
RAGAN & COMPANY
GET CONTRACT FOR
BROOKLET SCHOOL
' PLANS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL
| CALL FOR LARGE MODERN
AUDITORIUM; PLANS TO HAVE
NEW BUILDING READY IN MAY
\
Brboklet, Ota., Feb. 9.—Great inter
terest was shown here by the fitizens
kii the opening of the bids for the new
! school building bo be erected soon.
1 John T. Ragan Gqmfiauy, of Vida
. lia, was the successful bidder, which
j buildings near and around this
l-fact was gratifying to many, citizens,
' for this company has built several
recently and not a kick has ben raided
against any of them ;
The plan for the iew building, in
cluding an auditorium, is modewi hi
every respect and well add much to
the educational value of the sefooql
‘as well as to enb noe tfce value of
property in the tCwn of Brooklet.
The work of construction will begin
at once with the view of getting it
ready for the commenoerient exer
cises in May.
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