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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
Advance Circulation More Than Double In Campaign
KIWANIS MEETING
COMPLIMENTARY
TO LOCAL NURSES
DR. J. W. PALMER OF AILEY j
MAKES ADDRESS OF EVEN-1
ING; HIGH SCHOOL ORCHES
TRA ADDS TO PROGRAM.
The luncheon of the local Kiwanis
Club on last Monday evening was
complimentary to the corps of nurses
from the Vidalia Hospital and includ
ing the Vidalia nurses that are not di
rectly connected with the hospital.
The program committee had pro
vided for the High School Orchestra
to be on hand for the occasion and
this organization added very much
to the evening’s entertainment with
their selections.
“That Old Sweetheart of Mine’,,
starring Mark McLemore, was pro
educed by Miss Lutie Neese, with the
portrayed by charming
Members of the Vidalia school facul
ty.
A very entertaining stunt was a
demonstration of an operation, put
on by Kiwanians, to show the nurses
just how such matters should not be
carried out.
Dr. J. W. Palmer, of Ailey, who is
president of the State Board of Medi
cal Examiners; secretary of the Rail
way Surgeons’ section of the South
ern Medical Association and presi
dent of the Twelfth District Medical
Association, made the address of the
evening. His remarks were well
chosen, declaring that he believed in
more “taffy” and less “epitaphy.”
He proceeded to lay a rather thick,
“coat of taffy,” stating that Vidalia
m had as go<sd business men as any
place; that better professional men
in habited the place than in other
towns; better doctors and nurses
were here than in most place and
that he had rather live at Vidalia
than at any other place under the
sun—Except Ailey 1
Dr. Palmer explained most of the
high class citizenship conceded to
Vidalia by the fact that the Hospital
was located at this point, giving the
city an advantage not possessed by
ordinary towns, and advised a close
association between the Kiwanis Club
and the Hospital corps.
The General Is Coming!!
TELEPHONE CO.
LEASES ENTIRE
MEADOWS BDLG.
BUILDING WILL BE REMODELED
TO HOUSE NEW EQUIPMENT
TO BE INSTALLED BY AMERI
CAN BELL TELEPHONE.
The American Bell Telephone Com
pany with which is affiliated the
Southern Bell operating the exchange
at this place, has leased the entire
building on Church street, owned by
E L. Meadows and recently occupied
by the Southern Bell and the Leader
and Rosansky depaitment store. This
building will be remodelled by the
new lessees, the ground floor to
house a new equipment which is de
signed to build up and to eliminate
nate noise on the coper circuits of
the American Bell company. The
coper circuits are the long distance
lines and the equipment will take up
every foot of space on the ground
r floor and will also require the full
k time of an expert operator. The
second floor will be occupied by the
central office of the Southern Bell
company, which has been located
there for some years. The lease is
of long duration and is on a scale as
cending which is a recognition of the
sure growth of this city and the en
hancement of property values- as
time passes.
Ochwalkee Creek
Bridge Completed
i
The steel and concrete bride over
Ochwalkee cheek, two miles east of
Glenwood, has been completed and:
accepted by the highway department.
The bride is modern in every respect*)
being built of steel and concrete. E.
M. Wiliams Construction company
had the contract at a cost of $17,000.
The completion of this bridge and
abuttments completes on of the most'
MACHINERY
FOR STREETS
i HAS ARRIVED
{factor ydemonstrator will
BE HERE TO PUT MACHINERY
IN OPERATION.
Street machinery, recently bought
by the Street and Lane committee of
the city council, arrived in Vidalia on
Monday of this week and was un
loaded from the freight cars. It
consists of a street sweeper and a
tractor to furnish power and to which
may be attached plows, scarifiers or
the sweeper. It in a machine with
ample power and will be sufficient to
keep the paved streets swept and the
other streets of the city scraped and
in good condition. A factory dem
onstrator will put the machinery in
commission and leave instructions for
its operation.
BURGLARS ENTER
STORE OF LEADER
& ROSANSKY HERE
DRESS GOODS AND OTHER
MERCHANDISE WEDNESDAY
CARRY OFF BIG QUANTITY OF
NIGHT. ,
On Wednesday night of this week,
unknown parties entered Leader
and Rosansky Department store and
carried off a quantity of Dress goods
and other merchadise. The entrance
was made through the wall from the
Building next door which is now
being remodelled for the United
Five and Ten cent stores. The rob
bers cut a hole throug a wall of
sheet rock using part of an old
drawing, knife and leaving the knife
at the hole. The entrance was made
easier on account of selecting a
room which was cut off in the part
back of the store and which when
closed made a good hidding place
from which to do the cutting as it
could not seen from the street. Just
how much the loss will be is not
known as yet, but the robbers took
more than they wanted as some of
the merchandise was scattered about
on the wrong side of the hole which
they cut through which to make en
trance and take out the goods.
COLONIAL THEATRE
Vidalia, Georgia
Program Week of Mar. 14th
Manday-Tuetday, March 14-15th
“Paradise For Two”
With Richard Dix. Also Comedy en
titled, “‘Loves Hurdles.”
Wednesday, March 16th
“Bachelor Brides”
With Rod Laßocque, Elinor Fair and
Julia Faye. Also “Topics of the
Day.”
Thursday, March 17th
“Sweet Daddies”
Wfth Charles Murray, George Sidney,
1 Jack Mulhall and Jobyna Ralston.
O you “sweet daddies”; see them.
Alsa sth chapter of “House Without
A Key.”
Friday, March 18th
“Sunny Side Up”
Misi Vera Reynolds takes the lead in
this one. ’Nuff said. A snappy little
comedy-drama. Also sth chapter of
“House Without A Key.”
Saturday, March ,19th
“The Cowboy Cop”
With our old friend Tom Tyler. A
rip-roaring, out in the open spaces
Western. Comedy is entitled “Soup
To Nuts.” Also “Aesop’s Fables.”
Positively coming next Monday and
Tuesday, March 21 and 22, Harold
Lloyd in “HOT WATE.R Say! This!
is a “scream.” Admission only 15-35. j
Also coming next week A Zane Grey
Western, “MAN OF THE FOREST”
with our friend Jack Holt. |
i important highway links on this high
| way, and eliminates the dangers that
traffic were subjected to in crossing
ove rat this point on the temporary
bridge used before the completion of
our present modern bridge,
j* It is understood that a move is on
to have the bridge officially named
“Clark’s Bridge” in honor of W. J.-
Clark, chief engineer of the highway
department, a former Wheeler coun
ty citizen. —Wheeler County Eagle.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927.
I Man Harts |
f) ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF $
| ItMta I
QNE of the finest things about Vidalia J&
j and one of the most important factors
W in the growth of the place is the attitude of a
f the citizens toward their city. This attitude $
ir may be termed the “Vidalia Spirit” and at ft
J the same time may be likened to a big fam- rM
\ ily of brothers and sisters who feel free to *jn
J “scrap” among themselves as much as they
pr like, but who are immediately mobilized as v
ji a “family” when there is need of a solid K
uL front. &
%> As an indication of the benefit and the 4
L specific working of this spirit several inci
s dents may be enlightening. 8
Recently two business men of this place
were on a trade for Vidalia real estate. The S
& trade envolved two parcels of land and the &
® parties in the trade were each to improve a
w their new acquisitions if the deal was sue- |
(u cessfully caried through, while if it did not m
k go through, neither of the pieces would be %
4? changed. In the final analysis the trade ft
£ reached a point when a lot of land adjacent d
r to the property was needed by one of the a
g parties to complete the trade and the owner u
Jr of the outside property sacrificed his price (?
3 thirty-three percent and put it in so that the
trade could be completed. This exhibition fr
jL of the “Vidalia Spirit” will be the controll
ft ing factor in over ten thousand dollars It
5 worth of immediate improvement in the
wontown district. jr
I Another incident of the same sort of spir
it was shown in response to the Clean-Up a)
and Plant A Tree campaign conducted here {£
which resulted in the planting of over two '£
thousand trees on the streets and many /
thousands of flowers and shrubs on the if
lawns about town. /)
The tobacco industry is highly competi
tive, and if run to capacity, the warehouses 3
show a good profit. Sensing this fact, a '4
I group of local capitalists recently decided jr
to go into the matter of erecting a third to- 7)
bacco warehouse. A conference developed 5
the fact that in all probability the two ware- $
houses could take care of the tobacco for •
the next season and the third group prompt- \
ly agreed that they would build the new 4\
warehouse when the “Tdbacco Board of ft
Trade,” which at this time consists of com- JM
petition, decided that the additional space
is needed. This will give the two existing w
warehouses a chance to get their business yC
on a firmer foundation before competition
starts and will also give the competition a 2
chance to start making money at least three -w
years before they could hope to do so, if &
they entered now. *
Many such instances are on record at Vi- %
dalia, and many more will be put on record %
as the years pass. New industries may £
‘ come to Vidalia with better confidence. £
" knowing that they will not be held up by ex
orbitant realty values, that they will not be !/J
gouged wit hextra assessments and that al- £
~ though competition may be keen, it will be 3!,
fair and ethical. 4!
I
I
j The General Is Coming!!
The Community Mid
i Week Service At City
Hall Wednesday P. M.
All the Churches will remember
the Union Prayer and Training Ser-1
! vice on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock (
in the City Hall. Leader: Rev. N.
A. Thompson, of the Tabernacle
• Baptist Church, his subject being— |
“THE WORK THAT WINS LIVES
TO CHRIST,” emphasizing the prin
ciples involved in Individual Work
I for and with Individuals, followed by
any present layman or preacher, de
i . |
I siring to speak a few words germane
I to the occasion.
I Let us bear in mind day by day our
“COMMUNITY PRAYER HOUR”,'
J from 12 Mto 1 P. M. Let us bend j
J our knees and our souls before God
! for real blessings for ourselves and
! others, for Christian Revival and for
i Life Winning. I
I
The General Is Coming!! j
MRS. E. HOLLAND WINNER OF
- PRIZE IN THE ADVANCE’S
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CONTEST
808 LANE IS
CAPTURED IN
SWAINSBORO
LANE ESCAPED CITY JAIL BY
SAWING THROUGH BARS IS
CAPTURED BY SWAINSBORO
OFFICERS.
Bob Lane, who escaped from the
city jail here last week by sawing
through three of the iron bars of the
window as reported in last week’s is
sue, was captured at Swainsboro and
held for officers who needed hjm in
their business. Lane, when captur
ed here, was in good shape, being in
possesion of quite a stock of mer
chandise, which was identified and
claimed by Mcßride Brothers of Als
ton. When recaptured by Swains
boro authorities, he was again in fi
nancially good condition, havjng in
his possession a stock of merchan
dise which had disappeared from
stores at Stillmore. He is also said
to have had an automobile in his pos
session. His description, broadcast
ed by officer Frost of this place, was
complete, and the authorities had no
trouble in taking the right man.
R. M. STANLEY BUYS
McKEE PROPERTY
ON CHURCH STREET
LOWER FLOOR WILL CONTINUE
TO B EOCCUPIED BY SERV-U
MARKET; TOP FLOOR WILL BE
-USED BY MR. STANLEY.
It was announced this wek that the
two-story brick building at the cor
ner of an alley and Church street, oc
cupied by the Serv-U Market has
been sold to Mr. R. M. Stanley by
Mr. Kee of Seale, Ala. This build
ing was at one time the property of
Mr. Stanley; he having sold it when
he moved to Arizona some years ago.
It has changed hands in the past few
years oftener than any other piece
of property in the down town section,
having had ten owners in five years.
The" building is of substantial con
struction, having a front on Church
street, with an alley on the side and
beck, maing kis especially desirable.
It is said that for the present the
Serv-U Market will continue to occu
py the first floor and that Mr. Stan
ley will use the top floor as additional
space for his furniture business,
which has outgrown the space allotted
to it in the hardware building on Rail
road avenue.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS PREPARING
FOR TOURNAMENT
FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE BE
ING MADE FOR 12TH DISTRIST
TORNEY TO BE AT COCHRAN
THIS WEEK.
The girls* basketball team of the
local high school is making final prep
aration for the 12th District tourna
ment to be held at Cochran on Fri
day and Saturday of this week and
expect to be able to make a credita
ble showing in this elimination tour- j
nament where the fourteen best bas
ketball teams in the District are en
j tered. For the first game Vidalia 1
'drew Rochelle and should they de- *
I feat this team will then play their
| next game in the semifinals as they
have a “bye” for the next day’s play.
The girls all realize the importance
of winning the first game and all are
determined to do their best in order
to do this. However, they all realize
that they have a difficult task before j
them.
In preparation for the tournament
tha local “lassies” have played two
games this week and have given a
good account of themselves in both.
On Monday they were defeated on ]
I the local court by Alamo 26-14 and |
then on Tuesday night lost a close j
! game to Abbeville 17-16. However. 1
*
in both games they were handieaped
by the absence of “varsity” players. *
JOSEPHINE TAYLOR
RUNS CLOSE SECOND
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ADVANCE CAMPAIGN CLOSED
SATURDAY WITH GREAT SUC
CESS; PRESENTATION OF THE
PRIZES AT GEORGIA TOBAC
CO WAAREHOUSE.
After six weks of hard work and
anxiety on the part of the candidates
and those interested in the individual
candidates, culminated the closing of
the Advance’s Prize Distribution Cam
paign last Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Georgia Tobacco Ware
house where the prizes were awarded
to the successful candidates.
The candidates were energetic and
ambitious from beginning to end and
showed a commendable spirit of good
sportsmanship and fair play. Their
efforts to increase the circulation of j
the Advance was a great success and
an accomplishment of which we are
proud. The circulation was more
than doubled in this drive.
From the beginning the stamp of
public apropval was placed on our
campaign. Nothing but words of
commendation have come to this of
fice on the liberality, fairness and
squareness of the whole proposition,
and this was exemplified by the fact
of the generous support extended to
the candidates by the people who
were aproched by the candidates in
this campaign.
Immediately folowing the arrival
of the judges -who represented the
different candidates, the counting of
the votes began, after which the
prizes were aw r arded by Mr. Geo. S.
Rountree. t> _,*
TOOMBS GRAND
JURY IN FAVOR
TAX EXEMPTION
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT
CERTAIN TAVES BE GRANTED
FREE ON INDUSTRIES DESIR
ING TO LOCATE IN COUNTY.
Among the important business
transacted by the last Grand Jury
was a recommendation that certain
taxes be granted free to new indus
tries desiring to establish business in
Toombs County. It is not known
just what processes of law will be
necessary in order that this induce
ment to new industries may be avail
able, but the fact that a Grand Jury
of the county makes such recommen
dation is an indication of the temper
ament of the citizenry with regard to
new industries in this section. The
that railroad facilities are of the best,
climate is agreeable, labor reasonable
and well banlanced power in unlimit
ed quantities and that the people
want neve business enterprise should
go a long way towards inducing such
concerns as can find raw materials
handy to locate in this section. t(
The General Is Coming!!
CAR STOLEN FROM ‘
MR. JOHN RAGAN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
I Mr. John T. Ragan reported on
Thursday morning that some party
|or parties had carried off his Chev-
I rolet coupe, taking it from the drive
way at his residence. The car was
piactically new and a very important
part of Mr. Ragan’s equipment as he
used it every day in going from one
of his contracts to another. The
robbery was a very bold one as the
Ragan home is close down town and
the driveway runs just under the
ieaves of the house.
For the Alamo and Abbeville games
two varsity players were absent. We
hope that by Friday all of the regu
lar players will be back in the lin >
i up and we are sure that our girls will
present a formidable team for tKe
game with Rodhelle to be played in
Cochran on Friday night at 7:30.
1 Let’s go Girls!! t
NUMBER 13