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ME VIDA LI At ADVANCE
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
Published E\'*ty Thursday
R. E. LEDFORD Editor and Owner
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per the Act of Congress.
Don’t mince your words, nor scramble them.
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Some late jokes may be found on our legislative cal
endars.
Few make any serious effort to reduce the fat in
their heads.
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The bread trust is not the only one that is concerned
Jyith dough.
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The cotton gin was invented in 1793, the synthetic
Jpariety about 130 years later.
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A good many white folks in China are making a rush
for the w. k. open door.
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Chicago dentists say we should chew alfalfa. Well,
Sve’ve been smoking it long enough.
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If Italy establishes that new national theatre we can
jguoss who will be the hero in all the plays.
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Rabbi Wise writes the season’s most effective adver
tising for what he declares to be “the most immoral book
«of decades.
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George Young, Catalina channel swimmer, has asked
that a trust company be named as his guardian. But a
lad with that much sense doesn’t need a guardian.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington, whose 195th birthday anniver
lary occurs on February 22, has been more widely discuss
ed during the past year than usual, owing to the appear
ance of two new biographies written in a rather iconoclas
tic vein.
The authors, Rupert Hughes and W r . E. Woodward,
Apparently have the documentary evidence with which to
Strip the Father of His Country of the halo which has
surrounded him, particularly- with respect to his private
life. Many of the myths, like the cherry tree story, have
been dispelled, and the fulsome adoration bestowed by
bis early biographer, Weems, has been materially dis
counted. ’ * -
As a result, the real greatness of Washington has
mot been depreciated, but h ehas merely been transferred
from a demi-god into a very* humqn person, with a fair
chare of the frailties which chathcferiZe all mortals.
Even though Washington did, as Mr. Hughes de
clares, indulge in all the frivolities of a gentlemen of his
day, including “foppery, dancing, gambling, polite drink
ing and exquisite flirtation,” it appears that he was con
servative in his indulgences anc} that hjs sterling character
and abilities we?e always in ,pviden.ce. (
Nothing that may &e dftcl<sSe4 aV-thisdate day will
dim Washington’s fame, nor detract fro mthe homage a
grateful nation will always pay to his memory.
Already a commission has been formed, with the
President of the United States as chairman, to arrange
for an elaborate celebration of the 200th anniversary of
Washington’s birth, in 193.2. On the 22nd of this month
President Coolidge will addtefcs Congress on the subject
of Washington, and his speech will be transmitted by 35
broadcasting stations to all parts of the United States, as
well as to South America and Europe.
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DO FARMERS WANT THIS?
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If the farmers of the country were fully informed
concerning the proposed Boulder Dam bill which is being
so strongly' urged in Congress,St is safe to say that a flood
of letters in opposition to it w;ould be dispatched to Sen
ators and Congressmen withotit delay.'
Briefly, the bill for a government appropria
tion of $125,000,000 for a dam in the' Colorado river,
which among other things would open up more than
• 2,000,000 acres of rich farming land through irrigation.
There are other objectionable features in the bill, but
these are what chiefly concerns the farmer. Water for
lx>3 Angeles and water-power also enter into the scheme.
Pertinent questions concerning Boulder Dam are
masked by the Lincoln (Neb.) Star: “If Los Angeles is to
have water at the expense of the taxpayers of the entire
country, why should New York City be denied the same
privilege? Where is the market for the power which is
to be developed? Why should the the situation be in
tensified by bringing more land into cultivation for the
production of larger orops, thus adding to the surplus al
ready produced?”
Other leading newspapers take a similar view, and
the Racine (Wis.) Journal-News declares that “no one
can make a good guess at the millions required for a
scheme carrying such possibilities of graft and politics.”
To which we may add that in view of the lack of
ability shown by Congress in dealing with Muscle Shoals,
it would be utter folly for the government to engage in
another similar scheme requiring $125,000,000 of the tax
payers’ money.
MODESTY OF GREATNESS
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Professional jealousy among artists and singers has
so long been taken for granted that it is refreshing to
note the modesty of two of the outstanding living tenors.
John McCormack, the famous Irish singer, who be
ame a naturalized American citizen in 1919, has given
ut an interview in which he objected to being advertised
s “the world’s greatest tenor.” He said:
“I am not the greatest tenor in the world. I object
to that title. The greatest tenor (Caruso) is dead, and
the next one has not arrived.”
His interviewer asked who he * considered greater
than himself, to which McCormack promptly replied:
“The Canadian singer, Edward Johnson, is the best
all around tenor in the world, and in addition he has a
perfect figure which so few tenors possess.”
And when McCormack’s compliment was conveyed to
Johnson, that fine artist returned it by saying: “As com
( ing from one tenor to another, I should say it was the
acme of generosity. Further, although startled by its
pleasing flattery, I must say that his expression is exact
ly my fejeling for John, a great artist and a kindly friend.”
The truly great, even in the artistic world, are usual
ly kindly and modest.
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JIM WILLIAM’S WARNING
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Mail order men watch weekly newspapers very close
ly. Their fire is concentrated in towns where local mer
chants are poor advertisers and leave the door open for
i invasion. There is a concentration of fire on Greens
boro now, by mail order houses. Catalogues are now
being mailed in mass formation, now that our local mer
chants, as a whole, are slumbering.—Greensboro Herald-
Joumal.
This is editor Jim Williams’ warning to his town
storekeepers. It is pretty good advice he gives ’em. The
merchant who wants to get the business of his home folks
lets his light shine through the home newspaper. He can
not reach the mail order houses but the mail order houses
can reach his home folks through catalogues and national
advertising.—Bill Biffem in Savannah Press.
THEY WILL CALL HER BLESSED
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Ocilla Star: She is the mother of several children
and does her own housework. This is but a feeble way
of saying that she is a very busy woman from early morn
ing till late at night. Yet she has time to give to the
training of her boys, not only in manner but in morals.
Her clothes are not always of the very latest style,
and she has been seen to wear a hat more than one sea
son. But she is always neat.
She does not have the money to pa ya negro girl to
look after her children. If she had, she would not be
willing to entrust their keeping and training to such un
skilled hands. She does not think it any hardship to
look after and care f orthem herself. She seems very
happy at her task.
She is very strict in her views about how children
should be trained. She sees that her children do the
things they ought and keeps them from things she thinks
wrong. She does not ask them anything about it. She
realizes that the responsibility of rearing them is hers
and she does not seek to shirk her responsibility. It is
not enough that other mothers let their children do cer
tain things that she thinks wrong. Because “they all do
it” is no argument to her.
She does not rank very high in “society.” She does
not squander her husband’s modest salary in the clothes
that would be necessary to shine in that realm even if she
cared to do so. She really believes that there are more
interesting and important things in life, than card parties i
and pink teas. She really has not the time.
She has time to do some reading; for she realizes that
if she does not she will be a bac knumber not only to her
friends but later in life to her children.
Truly her children will rise up and call her.blessed
in the years to come, and when they leave home and write
back to thank her for the way she managed them in their
youth she will feel repaid a thousand-fold for the little
deprivations she is undergoing now.
There are still such mothers.
LET’S MAKE THIS CROP FOR LESS
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Full T barns this year help lots. , . ' ( '
The Lord helps those who help tlierftseltreS.
Plant fobd sfufffe enobgh, so be plenty,
even if it’s too dry. ' w -
Double your Poultry and Dairy ISncome.
Raise something to sell every month for ready
money. - y -j
Do without most things you can’t buy for cash.
If you owe little the price of cotton won’t
matter much.
Plan as well as pray—
It takes more labor to kill grass
Than to make more hay.
Gather in more young pigs for this wiftteVs
smoke house.
Sow down pasture land for future fertilizer
free.
“Soon to bed and early to rise,
Work like the devil
And win the prize.”
The Greatest Prize in Life is
INDEPENDENCE
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According to figures furnisched by experienced men,
the cost of growing and handling a tobacco crop amounts
to two hundred dollars per acre, and the income should
be about three hundred dollars per acre. The income is
based on a thousand pounds of tobacco at 30 cents per
pound.
The three thousand acres planted this year will there
fore require expenditures amounting to over half a mil
lion dollars before any returns are counted; this money
will be spent with local merchants, for fertilizer, ma
chinery, tobacco bed cloth, labor, clothes and rations, and
the profit to the growers o fthe weed at one hundred
dolars per acre will amount to over a quarter of a million
dollars in the county, which comes in August and may
also be spent locally, for more clothing, furniture, auto
mobiles, life insurance, etc., making in all three quarters
of a million dollars that will be circulated in Toombs
county through the new industry in the next eight
months and showing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that
the tobacco industry has assumed importance in this coun
ty second to none, as is rapidly assuming proportions
which will easily make it of very first importance in the
commercial life of the county.
Os prime importance to the tobacco growing indus
try is the warehouses through which the tobacco is sold
and without which facility, no industry could be main
tained. Vidalia is equipped at this time with two of the
largest and best arranged warehouses in the state of
Georgia. The houses are of about equal size and have
floor space sufficient to accommodate a quarter of a mil
lion pounds at one time. With two sets of buyers, this
amount of tobacco can be sold and shipped every day
throughout the season with ease.
It has been announced that the Vidalia Tobacco
Warehouse will be operated this season by Messrs. Bo
land and Cuthrel, both of whom are well known in this
section, and that the Georgia Tobacco Warehouse will be
again under the management of Messrs. Hester, McDaniel
and Hester, who have operated it successfully for the
past two seasons.
Every business man in Toombs county is interested
in this industry and may share in the distribution bf val
ues during the next eight months if arrangements are
made to handle goods required by the growers and buy
er of the crop.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
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THE VIDALIA SCHOOL TATTLER |
Scout Orchestra Organized
j The Scout Orchestra, which has j
recently been organized under the
I supervision of Miss Lawrence, is al
most ready to make its first public
appearance. They have practiced
i faithfully and with great enthusiasm, j
j They will play at the next meeting !
j of the P. T. A. as a part of the Scout
program.
Personals
Prof. W. L. Downs spent the week
end with his mother in Watkinsville.
H ewas accompanied by Mr. H. M.
Tarpley.
Miss Jewell Youmans will spend
the week-end with relatives in Soper-1
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North Thompson News
Everybody is invited to attend the
preaching here at 3:30 p. m. next
Sunday.
Our school began last Monday af
ter having been closed on account of
the illness of our teacher.
We were very glad to have Broth
er Harrison of Rockledge with us on
last Sunday evening.
We had a very good Sunday school
last Sunday afternoon. Everybody
is invited to attend our Sunday school
every Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock.
Mr. Frank King and Mr. W. F.
Fountain returned from a trip to
Orlando, Fla., last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Frost and little
daughter, Emily, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Frost and little daughter, Eve
lyn, attended church at South Thomp
son last Sunday.
Mr. A. B. King and son, Frank,
attended church at South Thompson
Sunday.
Miss Etta Mixon was the guest of
Miss Ida Frost last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kelly visited
Mrs. T. J. Frost last Sunday.
We were very glad to have Mr.
1 and Mrs. Johnnie Wiggins out with
|us last Sunday.
We are very sorry to learn of the
illness of Miss Ida Frost at this time
and wish for her a spedy recovery.
IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. Ann Eliza Lennon, after several
months affliction and patient endur
ance, pased to her eternal reward on
Wednesday, February 9th, 1927. Be
fore her marriage, she was Miss Cal
houn, daughter of Hon. T. B. Cal
houn of Montgomery county. She
was in her 59th year at the time of
her death. Her husband preceded
her in death, nearly twenty-nine
years.
She is survived by two sons and
one daughter and a host of friends
and relatives who loved her dearly
for her many womanly virtues and
her upright Christian character.
She expressed herself as ready for
the departure and was only waiting
for the call to come. A good woman
has gone to be with her Lord.
Her Friend, ,
T. E. Sikes.
—Saturday, February 19th, Fred
Thompson and Silver King in “Lone
Hand Saunders” at Colonial Theatre,
Vidalia. This will be also shown on
Monday, February 21st.
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FARMER IS GIVEN
LIFE SENTENCE
Grenstead is Convicted of
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Murder of Alva Burton
Mt. Vernon, Ga., Feb. 15.—Griff
Grenstead, farmer of Montgomery
' County, was convicted here today of
* murder in connection with the slay
ing of Alva Burton, 17, last Christ
mas day, and sentenced to life im
prisonment by Judge Eschol Graham
1 of the Oconee Circuit.
Grenstead’s son and two nephews
: were also indicted for the murder of
■ Burton, and they will be tried later.
The killing of Burton is said to
1 have been precipitated by a sued said
■ to have been existing between the
i 'two families. Grenstead’s trial lasted
two days. The jury was out only
one hour today before a verdict was
reached. I
Young Burton was shot as he was '
riding in his car down what is known
as the settlement road. Grenstead,
his son, and two nephews are said to
have opened fire on the youth as he
passed in the car. Burton’s younger
brother was also wounded at the time.
The State was represented by M. H.
Boyer, Solicitor General of the Oc
mulgee Circuit. Grenstead was de
fended bv the firm of Saffold, Sharpe
& Saffold, of Vidalia, and L. B. Un
derwood, of Mt. Vernon. Attorneys
for the farmer have failed to appeal
for a new’ trial.
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i Mr. Downs, Mr. Tarpley and Mis
Johnson accompanied the basketball >
girls to Alemo Tuesday afternoon.
P.-T. A. Meeting
Friday, February 18, the regular
[ meeting of the P.-T. A. will be held
in the School Auditorium. The hour
is 4 o’clock. The topic “Scouting,” :
with Mrs. Geo. S. Rountree as direct
or.
Let’s have a ful attendance, as a
good program is scheduled and you
I will enjoy it.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
j THOMPSON WILL BE
IN VIDALIA FEB. 23
Mr. R. C. Thompson, United States
Deputy Collector, will be in the city
Wednesday, February 23, for the pur
pose of assisting taxpayers in filing
their income tax returns, as announc
ed sometime ago by the Internal Rev
enue Collector, that they would as
sist taxpayers in making their re
turns by sending a collector to overy |
city in the state. Mr. Thompson will
be locatel at the hotel.
Chevrolet Now Has
Thirty Seven Zone
Offices In Operation
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Reflecting increased activity under
the 1927 salles program, the Chevro- I
let Motor Company has just announc- I
ed the opening of three new zone of-
I fices located at Columbia, S. C., Salt
I Lake City, Utah and Richmond, Va.,
making a total of 37 zone offices now
operating.
fi whe in the course of human
Possibilities of increased sales of
Chevrolet automobiles in the terri- j
tory embraced in the new’ zones are J
such that it was vitally necessary to j
create new zone headquarters, with
adequately increased staffs, to handle
the business, according to C. E. Daw
son, assistant general sales manager
of the Chevrolet Motor companiy.
The new zone offices will supervise
more closely the activities of field
forces and Chevrolet dealers. Offices
will be supervised by zone sales man
agers, with an assistant and the neces
sary clerical force to maintain proper
records. The opening of the new of- ,
fices is in line with the Chevrolet |
Motor company’s policy of concen-1
trating more closely on districts
where past sales in dicate a rapidly
growing market.
Large Artesian Well
Completed At Lyons
Lyons, Ga., Feb. 17.—The big new
eight-inch artesian well just com
pleted for the city of Lyons, is now
being finished and will be Rooked up
to the bi gtank this week and start
j furnishing the city its. new supply of
j water. The old well was too small
• so rthe demands of the city and was
’ too expensive to operate with an
electric pump. This well will fur
* nish up to 900 gallons of water per
minute which should be ample for
. the town’s needs.
| Lyons, Ga., Feb. 17.—C01. E J. ,
I Giles has purchased a lot and is hav-
I ing the timber laid down for build
s ing a new home here. Col. Giles
iOwns a large farm eight miles south
/of Lyons on the Jeff Davis highway,
8 where he has made his home for the
s past several years.
FARMERS BUSY
Lyons, Ga., Feb. 17.—With the
general dropping of fertilizer prices
. around here, farmers have begun to
buy freely and are hauling it out to
their farms wehere they are further
advanced with their preparation for
a crop than they have been at this
j time in several years. The general
I feeling among the farmers here seems
to be good. They are making plans
for more hogs this year than last,
though they increased their crop con
siderably this year over the past.
POULTRY CAR RUN
I Lyons, Ga., Feb 17.—The last
poultry car run, operating from Mi
lan, Alamo, Lyons and Collins was
highly successful. This run loaded
a good car. Lyons loaded 4,300
pounds last Friday afternoon, which
brought in $984. At the same time
an egg sale was held and $124 paid
out for them.
Aimwell Church
On next Thursday night at 7:30
Conference” at Aimwell Presbyterian
o’clock, there will be a “Stewardship
| church, at which Rev. A. F. Carr, D.
D., of Savannah, and Rev. L. A. Dav
is, Evangelist of the Presbytery, will
deliver addresses; and all of our peo
ple and friends are urged to come.
C. O’N. Martindale, Minister.
—Saturday, February 19th, Fred
Thompson and Silver King in “Lone j
Hand Saundets” at Colonial Theatre, *
Vidalia. This will be also shown on
Monday, February 21st.
PROGRAMME
COLONIAL THEATRE
Vidalia, Georgia
Week of February 21, 1927
Monday, February 21»t
“Lone Hand Saunders
With Fred Thomp.on and Silver
King. The Comedy i* “CREEPS;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 22-23
“The Cats Pajamas”
With Ricardo Cortez and Betty Bron
son. Also “TOPICS OF THE DAY
and Comedy “LOTS OF GRIEF.
Thursday, February 24th
“The Ace of Cads”
With Adolph Menjou. Also Chapter
2 of “HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY.”
Friday, February 25th
“Her Man O’ War”
With William Boyd and Jetta Goudal.
Also Chapter 2 of “HOUSE WITH
OUT A KEY.”
Saturday, February 26th
“The Merry Cavalier”
With Richard Talmadge. Comedy is
“MY STARS” and “KRAZY KATZ.”
“OLD MAID’S CONVENTION”
AND “YE OLE DISTRICT
SKULE” IS COMING SOON
The Parent-Teacher Association is
and “Ye Ole District Skule” featur
-1 to sposor an “Old Maid’s Convention”.
t ing all local talent at the City H djj
on Tuesday evening, March 1, umjlhfc,
the direction of Miss Lutie Neese.
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING
Newspaper advertising is known to
! be the most economical form of ad
' vertising. As compared to handbills,
I the difference is so great that no think
| ing merchant would resort to the lat
ter method. Supposing a merchant
wanted to reach 2,500 people. His
printing would cost him in the small
* est handbill $lO. To cover his town
| he must hire several boys at $1 each
I to distribute at least 1,000 of them;
, 1,500 must go through the mails at a
! cost of sls. He now has an ex-
I pense of over $26 aside from labor of
1 mailing and cost of envelopes. A
1 quarter of a page in the newspaper
•would cost him sl2 and his adver- a
tising would have been read
the newspaper is a welcome guest in
the homes. His advertisement would
have been larger, illustrated and car
ried with it the prestige of the news
paper.
V The local newspaper is the most
powerful of all advertising mediums.
Foreign advertisers realize the tre
‘mendous interest in the local news-
I paper and for that reason, you cannot
| pick up any local newspaper without
se ing advertising from national con
: cems. National advertisers do not
spend their money foolishly. Th»
mere fact alone, that national advert
tisers use the local newspaper should
be sufficient recommendation for its
use as a medium for advertising. Mail
order houses study every community.
They take note of the amount of ad
vertising carried by local merchants.
If there appears to be a lack of ad
vertising, they immediately flood the
community with additional catalogs,
for the field offers better opportuni
ty for them. How much better for
the community if every merchant
w-ouM give the people a chance to
study and read his advertising every
week. All the merchandise handled
by catalogue houses can be procured
in your home town at prices even bet
ter than mail-order prices— quality
considered, but people will not know
this unless the fact is constantly kept
before them. A merchant who thinks
he is saving money by not advertising
is fooling himself. If he sits quietly
by and waits for people to look him
up, he is surely going to lose a large
amount of business. This business
will not necessarily all go to mail-or
der houses, but to competitors and to
nearby cities, simply because custom
ers have not been attracted to his
f ore ; Their opinion is formed as
to whether this merchant has what
they want or not; if they know he has
W. R. Frier, Jr., Named
Red and Black Editor
At Georgia University
By Ernest Camp, J r
Athens, Ga., Feb. 12.—William
Ryan Frier, Jr., of Douglas Ga wm
elected editor o fthe Red and Black
un ™T“ ty paper here Friday
Other officers elected to the ed
\?f la are: Thomas St. John
HLrdv S ’j f r rSt B a n SS ° Cia m editor; Ben H
nardy, Jr. ( Barnesville, second asso
editor; John S. Candler Atlanta
ton, w as elected president of the'.X
Mr 1 Hav S °i« latl ° n -a ° f the univ ersity.
Si n „ t f he t h He K Shoo" of
editor of the Red and Black is a in.
now°r ISn )r ° f the univer s>ty, and J is
the s£ff ° Ut his third year on
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Three Good Ford Coupe,
nd Three Touring Cars.
AH m good condition, have
been thoroughly overhauled.
McNatt Motor Co 1