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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE *1 • f..i ... • * VOLUME XXV GYPSY SMITH HOUR AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH; CAPACITY AUDIENCE AT NOON TUESDAY —■ % - J. T. RAGAN’S CAR FOUND MONDAY IN SAVANNAH ANOTHER CAR STOLEN SOME TIME AGO FROM NEAR PLAZA CAFE ALSO RECOVERED. According to reports received here Monday from Savannah, the Chevro let coupe which was stolen last week | from J. T. Ragan of this city, has ( been recovered in that place. The i car was not badly damaged and was | found parked on one of the main , streets of the city. Officers there, reading the tire cover sign on the rear of the car called the Chevrolet dealer at this place and identified the car. -* •„ . i i ~<■>!%»« > Local officers also recovered a Chevrolet touring car last week, this one having been pulled out of Tiger ■ Creek near the Toombs and Emanuel county line. This car is said to have been the one stolen some three weeks ago from in front of the Plaza Case here, and for which search has been made since that time. This car was reported by motorists who could just see the top of the car above the water and it is thought that the car was run in the creek during higher water, which kept it from being visible until the creek had run down. rtf fir... *■»'"** REV. ETHERIDGE IN REVIVAL AT CLAXTON, GA. U 7 THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCE MENT IS FROM CLAXTON EN TERPRIZE; MEETINGS ARE OF UNUSUAL INTEREST. Unusual interest is being mani fested in the revival at the Claxton Methodist church. Rev. Herbert Eth eridge is indeed an unusual preacher. One reinorked that his preaching re called Sam Jones. Rev. Etheridge has conducted 254 revivals. In only seven of these did he fail to have congregations that more than filled the house. Despite the fact of a large auditorium, Claxton is not go-. ing to be one of those rare exceptions. Marked interest is manifested at each service, and each congregation is larger than the preceding one. The singing, is another splendid feature of these services. Rev. Mr. Stanaland is an able master at the art of sing ing and getting people to sing. Aided by a splendid choir and orchestra he is providing music that is one of the great features of the meeting. Rev. Mr. Etheridge will preach at both services Sunday. At the even ing service specific announcment will j be made as to what services, if any, will be held next week. Those wish ing a seat Sunday night will need to come early to avoid the ‘inconveni ence of hunting a place to sit. Sunday school Sunday morning at 10:30. We are looking for every member and visitor tfiat can possibly come. Every DOtvlC Ddioou* and RefretHing sterilized Come, visit our JL plant. Note how clean it is. See the many operations Iwtmu that sterilize the bottles and seal in the goodness. Sp-jkjL V 7 million a day COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Phone 176 Vidalia, Georgia IT HAD TO BE GOOD 70 GET VHEREJTJ^ , J EVANGELIST COMES HERE FROM DUBLIN | WHERE MEET IS ON ACCOMPANIED ON TRIP HERE BY SEVERAL DUBLIN PAS TORS. BRINGS AN INSPIRING MESSAGE. i ~ Through the joint working of | Messrs. C. O’N. Martindale, Royal Page and Geo. S. Rountree, the great j Evangelist, Gypsy Smith, Jr., came j over from Dublin with Rev. J. C. G. ' Brooks, Rev. Dougald Mclntyre and | Mr. H. W. Bailey for a special serv ice at noon this past Tuesday. The auditorium of the First Baptist Church of this city was crowded to the limit by High School pupils and in and out of town people by twelve o'clock. After prayer by Rev Royal Page I and preliminary exercises under Dr. J. C. Brewton, Rev. C. O’N. Martin- D. D., introduced the evangelist, after a brief mention of the commun ity-wide Revival and Evangelistic movement now on. Gypsy Smith, who is a thoroughly educated minis ter, read First John, chapter 5, and preached a heart-searching mesage from the sth verse: “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.” His theme was “Believing in Christ, Or What is Faith?” In which he very graphically and tellingly traced the steps in real faith; show ing that it consisted in: I.A knowl edge of the facts about Christ, and on Back Page) DIRECTORS OF THE VIDALIA TOBACCO WAREHOUSE MEET PRESIDENT’S REPORT IS HEARD AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ELECTED. The Vidalia Tobacco Warehouse Company held their regular annual meeting at the office of the company or. March 15th. The president’s re port was heard and a board of di rectors was elected. The directors for the new year include S. B. Mead ows, E. L. Meadows, G. N. Mathews, M. W. Mathews and W. A. Jones, a director’s meeting which took r' at the same time, S. B. re-elected president and general n|t ager and G. N. Mathews was ed vice president. Plans were dis cussed for enlarging this popular warehouse when the additional room is needed in which to conduct the business. The company owns a piece of land adjoining the present warehouse on which a large addition , can be builf. HI SCHOOL GLEE CLUB TO PRESENT “MARY WAKE UP” THIS PLAY IC CONSIDERED THE BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR. On Friday evening of this week, the 18th, the High School Glee Club will give the operetta, “Mary, Wake Up.” There are twenty-five partici pants in the play and this is consider ed the biggest musical performance of the yean. During khe first part of the pro ! gram the entire Glee Club will sing ! several numbers.. The Scout Or chestra furnishes music on the pro gram also. About iifteen of the ' young students in the music depart ment will give two folk dances as j 1 part of the rhythmic exercises and |. these will be accompanied at the 1 piano by Eula Hatcher and Dorothy * Brewton. The performance will begin at 8 ( o’clock. The charges for admission will be thirty-five and twenty cents. ! THE LEON MOYE MEDICAL ASSO. TO MEET THURSDAY ' The Leon Moye Memorial Medical | DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE. VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927. I Man Karla | ( J ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF I | Malta I This space for a period of six weeks has been $ used with but one idea in view, namely: to sell J “Vidalia to Vidalians.” J? u Today’s space will be used to tell of an in- ft l stance in which a Vidalian shows beyond a $ f shadow of doubt that he is thorouughly sold on A j) the city, as it is, and at the same time displays $ an abiding faith in the future of our little city ? and the details form the story of one of the most | r important developments that has taken place u w in Vidalia during the past decade. jg (l The Advance is authorized to announce that f Mr. J. F. Darby, one of Vidalia’s leading citi- 7 jf zens, who recently aquired through purchase $ tJ and otherwise, several parcels of land on the 7l Jv North side of Railroad avenue at Mclntosh » W street, will in the near future improve the entire SI parcel, which includes the old First National Oj § Bank building on the corner and reaches West W & a distance of one hundred a£d twenty-five feet, ft jY The improvements will include the construction K V of a two-story building just East of the bank J iR buildinfs, which will conform to the architec- £ &l ture of the other building and the two buildings 79 M now on the East end of the tract of land will be j 1 remodeled to conform to the general appear- g u ance of the new building. n Mr. Darby announces that he will use the cor- d J ner building in which to conduct a private bank & K ingi business with which will be combined a /. building and loan department. The building (l (| and loan department will be conducted along S aggressive lines as it fits in with the lumber and J 4 building material business conducted by Mr. Darby. - * —* •- , jp \ The second building will be used as an under -4 taking establishment, with Mr. J. Herman Me- £ {? Colsky in charge. Mr. McColsky formerly re y sided in this city and is well known here. He is M [? thoroughly equipped for this line of work, hav § ing had yeaTs of experience in the business and 4 if being a graduate embalmer. The other stores f ft are occupied at this time, and it is quite likely fl y that the present tenants will not be disturbed. ft The upstairs story of the first two buildings d will be outfitted is office buildings and should prove popular, as the location is desirable and | those having the future good of the city at heart “a of the prospective tenants. P Mr. Darby is especially fitted to conduct a J banking and, building and loan business, having jL .id years of banking experience and having 5 ouilt over a hundred houses in this city and in S other sections on terms such as will be offered u a in the building and loan department of the pro & posed business. r? j The announcement of this department, com- t! ing at this time, will be of especial interest to \ (t those having the future good of the citv at hart 4 & as residence property is at a premium just now, § r many houses being Used by two families and no w m vacancies being reported. There is a heavy de- jf I mand for residence accommodations and this jjp J fact bespeaks a success from the beginning of any business calculated to Temedy this shortage. ft / The bank will be the second bank in Vidalia, $ (r and should have a successful start as on former occasions three banks were prosperously engag € ed in business here. K The Advance wishes Mr. Darby success in his | d development, but this story is not written as an t) U advertisement for either him or his business, but Jr V as an indication of the fact that Vidalians are g W becoming sold on their town and its opnortuni /} ties and to show that there is no especial need jj of outside capital with w r hich to develop the city fr but just a will on the part of our own citizens to % | place their own earnings and income at work in |§j 0 the Best Little Town in South Georgia.” jy? Association, which is membered by doctors from three counties, includ ing Toombs, Treutlen and Montgom- ( ery, held a meeting at the Vidalia Hospital on Thursday evening of this week, Dr. T. C. Thompson being host to the organization. SPECIAL SERVICE CENTER CHURCH There will be special services at Center Church Sunday at the morn ing hour, 11:30. Everyone is urged to come to this service. Royal Page. THOUSAND PECAN j TREES PLANTED ON BANK PROPERTY ; TREES ARE FURNISHED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT BY MR. J. B. BREWTON OF THIS CITY. The Georgia State Bank, owner of | the big farm on the South Thompson road, has completed setting a thous and pecan trees on this farm, Mr. J. B Brewton furnishing the trees to be used in this improvement. The trees > VIDALIA GIRLS ATTEND TWELFTH DISTRICT MEET FINE SPIRIT OF SPORTSMAN SHIP IS MANIFESTED DURING GAMES PLAYED AT COCHRAN TOURNAMENT. The tournament of the Twelfth District, which convened in Cochran the 10th and 11th, was declared a great success by all who attended. Every game was pleasant, manifest ing a fine spirit of sportmanship. From the coaches, players and rott ers came praise for the splendid man ner in which the tournament was con ducted. The cordiality and hospitality of the Cochran people made a perfect tournament. Cochran should be complimented on the excellent enter tainment given the girls. Friday night the Vidalia-Rochelle game was played. Our girls played well and did their best fighting. The game ended 1616 in favor of Vidalia High. I At the colse of the tournament on 1 . Saturday night the following had won the four highest places: First place, Cochran A. & M.; Sec ond place, Eastman; Third place, Cochran High; Fourth place, Vidalia. The all-district team was selected by the coaches from the fourteen teams represented. The girls were: Vidalia Blount (Guard) A. & M. Lane (Guard) Eastman Mullins (Center) Eastman Mullis (Center) A. & M. Jones (Forward) Cochran Hi Randitte (Forward) IMPROVEMENTS DEVELOPMENTS IN REAL ESTATE WALKER BUILDING UNDERGO ING IMPROVEMENTS: RECENT , LY COMPLETED HOMES OCCU PIED; HOME AND FILLING I STATION BEIN GERECTED. 1 -<—oi . —i v . The building at the corner ‘f of Railroa. venue and Church street 1 haß undergone a brightning-up pro- j i |ceß* this week; all the offices on the J j i second floor having been repainted 4 j and the upstairs of the building slightly remodelled to make it more j | convenient for the tenants. This , | building occupies one of the most j important corners in Vidalia and the - offices are occupied continually. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Darby have 'moved to their new home on Wer , j theim place, and their old home on Jackson street is undergoing some ) 1 remodelling to make it suitable for [ two apartments, and as soon as the f work of remodelling has been com pleted, the apartments will be occu pied. Mr. and Mrs. Herman McArthur j have completed their home on Dur , 'den street and moved in last Week. I ' The home on Jackson street vacated i by the McArthurs was recently pur , ; chased by Dr. J. H. Dees of Alston. | A filling station and store and a •dwelling house are being erected on < \ the Jeff Davis Highway just to the 'east of the city, but outside the city j limits, on a plot of land recently I I acquired by the builder of the new station aw) residence. I are of standard varieties and the fact ' that the thousand tres have been put 1 out on t'h : * "’•operty enhances the i value con Si,., bly. Just what the . bank plans for this piece of property I l is not known, but it fronts on one of | the main highways of the county a»id \ one that will no doubt be paved ih i the near future, with frontage on each side of the highway, which makes it a desirable place for sub dividing into small tracts for truck I farming or for a fancy residence sec- j ’ tion. I STREETS OF CITY I BEING IMPROVED NEW MACHINERY i, SEVERAL OF CITY’S STREETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN GREAT LY IMPROVED SINCE ARRIVAL OF NEW STREET WORKING MACHINERY. . The one-man street building equip- « ment f*irchased by the city govern- i ment which arrived last week has ) TOBACCO BEDS - SHOWING U P WELL REPORT • _________ AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE OF KIWANIS CLUB REPORTS CON. DITION OF GROWING WEEI> BEDS HAS BEEN SATISFAC TORY. The Agricultural Committee of the ! Kiwanis Club reports to the club that conditions for growing to bacco bods have been ideal and that the Toombs county beds are showing up well at this time. A specimen of the plants from the farm of E. L. Mead ows brought to Vidalia on Monday of this week was large enough for planting. The average planting sea son in this section is around March 20th to April Ist, and by this date,, practically all plant beds will be raedy for planting. The fact that dog wood is in full bloom and that flying ants have made their appear ance is said to be a harbinger of spring and no fear is felt for the tenders plants on account of cold weather. 'Judging by plant beds, fertilizer purchases and forward plowing, it is said that three thousand acres will be planted in Toombs county this season and that if. proper care is taken to grow and cure top grades the prices will be good. It is also reported that prices on low grade tobacco are unsatifactory and will! probably be so at the selling time in this section, so a warning to grow and cure high grade tobacco is in order at this time. The fact that two sets of buyers will be sent to the Vidalia market (Continued on Editoral Page) TAX EXEMPTION > “DIRT FARMERS" BEING APPROVED MANY COUNTIES HAVE APPROV ED TAX EXEMPTION FOR Ilf. DUSTRIES AND OTHERS ARE PLANNING ELECTIONS FOR ! THAT PURPOSE. Seventy-five Georgia counties have approved tax exemption for manufac turing industries and a dozen others : are planning elctions for such exemp ! tion < Why not state tax exemption for the leading industry in almost every county—agriculture? That the proposal of the agricul tural committee of the Atlanta , Chamber of Commerce a state; tax 1 exemption for ten years es the first [ 100 acres of cultivated land! and the i implements and live stock thereony will be adopted by the next session of the General Assembly is indicated (Continued on Editoral Page) been put into operation by the streets and lanes committee and the work done by the machinery is said to B® highly satisfactory. West Meadowsr street, west and north Railroad ave j nue, and Mclntosh and Jackson ! streets have been worked, the ma— ! chine scraping off the rough spots | and cutting ditch lines in apple pie order. The work is snappy enough but wfll be speeded up as soon as the engineer on the machine has become used to the work of his engines. There are fifteen miles of streets in Vidalia, and when the paved sec tion is taken out of consideration, it jis said that the machine in use will* ,be ample for working the other J streets as often as needed and for 'scraping them after each rain. Other machinery used this week for the first time included the sweep er, which is equipped with a sprink ler and uses mule power, this ma chine automatically bringing alf the trash to the curbline where it is : | gathered up in wheelbarrows and re- I moved by carts. The work done by this machine is accomplished early i> n the morning before automobiles are parked in the which would interfere with (he operation. The city, is expecting a power fire siren which has been purchased and reported to be on the way. This whistle will be installed at the power plant and will be operated by elec tric power. The system of signals will be enlarged so that fires may be located to a more exact site than could be done with the old wildcat whistle, which only signalled for the four wordb of the city. NUMBER 14