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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
E. L. MEADOWS
BUYS PROPERTY
OF RIDDLE ESTATE
LAND IS ON CORNER OF MEAD
OWS AND JACKSON STREETS;
MAY MEAN DEVELOPMENT IN
NEAR FUTURE.
The parcel of land at thfc
of Meadows and Jackson streets,
known as the Riddle place has been
sold through the real estate agency
of Mr, J. B. Brewton, the purchaser
being Mr. E. L. Meadows. The trans
fer is t'o made by the heirs of Mrs.
Laura Riddle. The property fronts
one hundred and forty-three feet on
Meadows street and fifty feet on
Jackson street, both streets being in
the paved district. It is occupied at
this time by a dwelling house, but
the price paid for the property indi
cates a value too high for residence
property and it is quite likely that
the near future will bring a develop
ment on the property which will make
it productive. The new purchaser
is the owner of considerable proper
ty on Meadows street, the parcel just
mentioned be adjoining property to
that already held by him. The corn
, er has been prominently mentioned
an ideal site for a moving picture
jP'«iace, but no definite announcement
confirming this phase of the develop
ment is available this week.
GRAVEL PITS NEAR
THIS CITY ARE TO
BE OPENED SOON
PITS WERE FORMERLY OPERAT
ED TO CAPACITY; IF REOPEN
ED WILL GIVE EMPLOYMENT
TO QUITE A NUMBER.
It is learned this week that parties
have been in Vidalia to make ar
• rangements for the reopening of the
gravel pits located just to the south
of the city on the right-of-way of the
Georgia & Florida Railroad. These
were formerly operated to ca-
T pacity, several thousand cars of grav
el having been taken out and shipped.
It is said that the gravel proved high
ly satisfactory, except the last few
cars from the old pit, which were
taken out after the old pit had be
come exhausted, but that another pit
of larger «#ize #md better gravel has
been located just across the track
from the former location. Both of
the pits are on lands owned by Mr.
R. L. Sharpe, and if opened, using
k day labor for loading the gravel o>n
the cars, quite a number of hands (
/ will be needed for the work. In
former operations, both manuel la
bor and steam shovels were used, j
the shovels being discarded in favor j
of the manuel labor, it being deemed
the cheaper method of operation. In
either case the industry will make an
important item in the labor market
through the summer months.
Mr. J. D. Crosby
Buys Large Farm
Near Cedar Crossing
Mr. B. P. Jackson reports the sale
for a client of a farm in the lower
part of the county near Cedar Cross
ing. which was purchased by Mr. J.
D Crosby, the farm containing about
a hundred acres and being partly in
cultivation, but with few improve
ments. The price was not given out
but was said to have been satisfac
tory to the seller. The new owner
will build a house and farm on the
place the coming year, it is announc
ed.
Mrs. W. B. Thompson
Building Home Here
Mrs. W. B. Thompson is erecting
a residence for her occupancy on
Third street, between Jackson and
Durden. The residence will be of
bungalow style with five rooms and
DOttle _ Delicious end Refreshing
sterilized
Come, visit our
plant. Note how
clean it is. Seethe
;aW many operations
IINEm that sterilize the
WpPEIjL bottles and seal in
IYUfcA the goodness.
JV7 million
COCA-COLA BOTTLING
COMPANY
Phone 176
Vidalia, Georgia
IT HAD TO BE GOOD
/TO PET WHERE IT_l*.
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The Union Prayer
And Training Sevice
On next Wednesday at the City
Hall at 8 P. M., Dr. Martindale will
speak at the Uuion Prayer and Train
ing Service on “Difficulties and Ob
jections in Winning Lives to Christ
and How To Be Met.” Let us make
this a good meeting in every way by
prayer and personal work for it.
The attendance more than doubled
up last week. If you have not been,
you want to go, and to take some
body with you.
At “The Community Prayerp
Hour” each day of the week, 12M to
1 P. M., let us beseige the throne of
grace for a gracious outpouring of
the Holy Spirit upon God’s people
that they may be at His disposal for
service with the unsaved.
The Ministers’ Assocation has de
cied that commencing April the 3rd,
Evangelist Sheriff will hold services
in the Vidalia Tobacco Warehouse ,
at the following hours:
On Sundays: 4 P. M. ... an 8 P. M. ]
On week-days: 11 A. M. and 8 P. !
M.
The churches during the meetings
will reserve fjundtf/ mornings for
their usual Sunday School and preach
ing services.
With Rev. S. R. Sheriff of the
Moody Bible Institute Extension
Staff as our Evangelist, will be asso
ciated Mr. Arthur B. Kent as Musi
cal Director, from Chicago.
The Warehouse Committee are be
ginning construction work in readi
ness for the meetings. Let us ex
pect large thing from God and at- ,
tempt large things for God in the !
power and under the direction of
Hi sHoly Spirit.
Mrs. E. Holland Buys
Property To Build
Residence On Soon
Mrs. E. Holland has bought from
Mr. J. L. Hart, a lot on Oconee
Heights near Orange street. It is
reported that the property will be ,
used on which to erect a residence.
FURNISHINGS FOR
BETHANY HOME’S 1
ANNEX ARE GIVEN
TWO ROOM OF THE RECENTLY 1
BUILT ANNEX OF BETHANY
HOME ARE PRESENTED WITH
COMPLETE FURNISHINGS.
, Below we reproduce a letter from
. the Mens’ Bible Class of the First
j Methodist Church to the manage
i ment of Bethany Home, stating that
| this class had voted to furnish one
room in the new annex complete.
The Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
same church expressed a wish to fur
nish one room also, so two rooms of
this new annex will be nicely fur
nished by these two fihe organiza
tions. The management in accept
ing the offer wishes to extend thanks
and appreciation for these gifts.
The letter from the Mens’ Bible
Class follows:
The Bethany Home,
Vidalia, Georgia,
Greetings:
At their regular meeting yesterday,
The Mens* Bible Class of the Metho
dist Church Sunday School, voted on
the question of furnishing one room
complete in the new annex to your |
present buildings, which is now under j
construction, and as we understand, 1
near completion. The vote on this
matter was unanimous, and a suffi
cieat amount of money was paid in
to amply furnish the room.
So please be advised that you may
depend on us for this furniture for
one room and please advise when you
will be ready for it.
Fraternally yours,
The Mens’ Bible Class,
Methodist Sunday School.
$500,000 Keaton
Comedy Coming To
Colonial Theatre
Acclaimed as the costliest and the
most lavish comedy ever produced, j
“The General,” Buster Keaton’s
I
laugh and thrill picture of the Civil
War comes to the Colonial Theatre,
Monday and Tuesday, March 28 and '
29. I
“The General” is unique in film
dom, in that it picturizes a true story
of the sixties, is historically accurate,
contains thrills never duplicated in
the biggest dramatic photoplays, and
i at the same time is comedy from the
opqning fade-in to the final fade-out.
When Buster started work on “The
General” as his first picture for Unit
ed Artists, he did so with the idea of
making the year’s bigest comedy.
When critical Hollywood audiences
previewed the completed opus they
pronounced it not only the greatest
comedy they had ever seen, but a
feature that ranks in dramatic ac
tion with some of the outstanding
photoplays of the past decade.
early a year elapsed from the time
Buster and his staff began research
work on “The General” until the
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DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
| More 3 arts |
p ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF
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> COR a period of the next thirty days the Com- $
[C * munity Revival Services to be held at the Vi- <7
J dalia Tobacco Warehouse, beginning April 3rd p
5 will hold most of the public interest. U
£ All churches of the city will be bound togeth-
IT er in the meeting, the Evangelist coming for a <*\
7) Series of meetings from the Moody Bible Insti- S
% tute in Chicago. The singer, who will be in
j charge of the music for the meetings, will also |
| W be sent by the same institute. p
u The local Ministerial Association, will, of jt
9 course, be the Central Committee for the entire g
F organization, and from this body sub-commit- 7
a tees have been appointed, whose duty it is to $
% take the responsibility for parts of the work and >
$ see that nothing goes undone in their sphere p
i that can be done for the furtherance of the $
fcp cause. . # x
$ Some of these committees have already made
!a report, among which are the Committee on
Place; the warehouse having been selected on p
account of its immense housing space; the Com- /)
mittee on Seats, who have made purchase of the
seats now being used in Dublin for the Gypsy |
Smith meeting. These seats will be taken apart %
shipped to Vidalia and reassembled and will <v
accommodate about twenty-five hundred peo- A
pie. (1
The acoustics of the Warehouse have been ft
tested and found to be good. A platform will p
be so located that the voice of the speaker will p,
j carry to best advantage and a choir loft will be \
r so arranged that five hundred can be seated W
p about the piano. p
fp Parking space is easy about the warehouse,
1 the entrances from both streets making ample J]
I 7 roo unavailable for this purpose. (I
| The Committee on Entertainment report that
' $ they find it advisable to make arrangements for f
J the preacher and singer at local hotels and the f
Music Committee have made arrangements for p
p a mammoth choir, drafting talent from every y
b congregation in the city. b
& The Finance Committee has not yet made a \
jp report, beyond the statement that the expenses ((
| of the meeting must be met by local funds, these L
ip expenses including the cost of the seats and the &
jj platforms, the drayage on musical instruments
-g* and the expenses of the preacher and song lead-
er. The s. which have been purchased at
5 a very low cost will have a good salvage value.
Sr The evangelist is being furnished by the Moody f)
Bible Institute and a collection will be taken at ?
1) some time during the meeting which will be rp
b sent t‘o this institute for use in work undertaken
by the institution. </
k) Two meetings each day will be held, morning it
j & and evening, and an effort will be made to have a
! business and social engagements conform to the
p hours of the meeting so that everyone will have (f
[t an opportunity of attending the services. p
$1 The fact that the ministers of the city and (f
"\l the congregations are able to join hands togeth- §
C er for a meeting of this sort, speaks well for the $
J “Vidalia Spirit”, which is imbued with the leav- \\
S ening grace of co-operation. This display ar- p,
gues well for the success of the undertaking and 4;
)) the fact that all committees are working on their J-
problems and are finding on the part of the citi- V)
zenship as a whole, a disposition of encourage- p
ment and help, is a further indication of a great g ,
meeting. < j
The Publicity Committee, through the col- $
umns of The Advance, will make an effort to />
keep the public informed as to the developments p
and arrangements a sannounced by the various (
committees. , *«. *g|
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comedy was completed. Several
months were spent on location in
Oregon, where Civil War towns were
built, railroad leaded, three looorno
tives and scores of cars purchased
and converted into woodburners and
equipment of the sixties, and thous
ands of National Guardsmen and
former soldiers recruited for battle
scenes.
One of the big thrills in “The Gen
eral,” which is based on the Andrews
railroad raid and locomotive chase, a
vivid chapter of the Civil War, is the
plunge of a speeding locomotive from
a burning trestle into a raging river.
This scene was made at a cost of S4O, 1
000; the wreckage still reposes in the
bed of the river near Cottage Grove, •
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VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURS DAY, MARCH 24, 1927.
Oregon.
Personally directed by the star
and photographed by several of the
best-known cameramen, “The Gen
eral was produced by Joseph M.
Schenck.
Missionary Program
Sunday School Hour
First Baptist Church
At the regular Sunday school hour ,
Sunday morning at the First Baptist |
Church “Missionary Sunday” will be 1
apropriately observed.
: A special missionary program has |
’ been arranged for this day, according !
to announcement by the superintend
j ent. A record attendance is expe»t
--!«d for this special day. |
!Two Stolen Cars Are
Recovered This Week
The Pontiac Coach belonging to
Mr. J. B. Warthen was stolen from
its parking place in front pf the
Dixie Hotel last week. Chief of Po
lice J. B. Frost reports that he found
the car this week where is had been
left near a creek some distance from
the city.
Mr. Victor Herring’s Chevrolet,
that was reported stolen last Sunday
r.ight from in front of the First Bapt
ist church, where it was parked dur
ing the evening services, has also
been found and returned.
Presbyterian Church
(CITY HALL)
Your Bible School will be delight
ed to have your presence at 10:00 A.
M. on the coming Lord’s Day. Don’t
you think you might honestly try and
help those who are trying to built it
up? We do.
Your minister, Dr. Martindale, will
preach Sunday at 11 A. M. on “The
Authority of Jesus To You”, and at,
8:00 P. M. on “The Many Sidedness
of Jesus Christ.” It is the last Sun
day in the Church Year, let it be one j
of the best you can make it. Let us ,
wind up all accounts.
On Tuesday at the Manse at 4:00
P. M. Mrs. Martindale will teach the
Bible Study Circle of the Women’s
Auxiliary. As the spring is on, why
not every lady in the church come
and seek to increase in knowledge of
God’s Word?
The Union Prayer and Training
Service at the City Hall will be led
by Dr. Martindale on “Difficulties
and Objections in Life-Winning
Work, and How To Be Met.” Let
all Christians in the community do
all they can to come and help make!
this the most interesting and helpful
of the meetings held. You are in
vited.
STATE MAPS PLANS
TO LET $3,500,000
ROAD CONTRACTS
300 MILES OF CONSTRUCTION
AND TWELVE BRIDGES ARE
INCLUDED IN LIST.
427-C.—Toombs county, grading
and drainage structures on Lyons-
Baxley road from Lyons to Altama
ha river. Length, 18.0 miles.
Contracts for the construction of
more than 300 miles of highway and
twelve bridges involving an expendi
ture of more than $3,500,000, will be
awarded by the state highway depart
ment on April Bth, according to a»-
announcement by the highway de
partment.
This is the largest volume of high
way construction to be awarded at
cne time in the history of the state
• and is considered as one of the most
important events in the development
cf Geprgia’s transportation facilities.
Paving of 126.4 miles of roal in
various sections of the state is pro
vided for in the contracts to be
awarded April 8, all these paving pro
, jects being links in the state system
i r.ow being hardsurfaced throughout.
Grading, topsoiHng and draining
cf 189 miles of road also is included
in the contracts on which bids are
now being prepared. In most of
these projects the work now being
done is preparatory to paviag opera
tions as soon as the grade is suffi
-1 cLently settled to permit of hard sur
facing.
Specifications Prepared
Detailed specifications on the va
rious projects will be available to
contractors after March 25 and the
1 ids will be opened April 8 at the '
East Point headquarters of the high- ,
| way department. ,
Mr. R. S. Harrel
Formerly of This City
Promoted to Cashier
Friends oi Mr. R. S. Harrell will
I be glad to learn that he has bdfcn ap
pointed Cashier of the Geo. D. War
[ then Banking Co., at Sandersville.
j Mr. Harrell was raised in Vidalia,
| having gone to Sandersville several ,
years ago to be connected with this j
I banking firm. His rise has been con- j
j sistant with them and his appoint- i
! ment as C&shier is a recognition of
his ability as a banker. The War- .
j then Bank is a private institution and >
i has responsibility of over a million
dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Somers, Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Peterson and Mrs.
T. C. Thompson motored to Savan
j nah Friday to attend Grand Opera.
A “REVIVAL”—
WHAT AND HOW
1. ‘REVIVAL” is only predicable
of a Christian or Christians, the
Saints of Gid, His People: since only
those who have the Life of God in
them by faith in His Son and through
the power of His Spirit can have the
the life of them quickened, revived,
invigorated, renewed, stimulated to
I greater responsiveness to the Will
and Word of God. “Sinners” are
“Dead in Sin” and need to be
brought to “life in Christ” before
any reviving of that “life” can be
experienced.
2. “REVIVAL” also implies that
the life of the Christian has not been
as close in its conformity to christ as
it should have been, or as responsive
to the will of Christ in relation to
His Word and Work as it ought to
be, and needs quickening from on
high, that there may be greater re
sponsiveness, closer conformity and
better service to Christ and human
ity. It means that there has not
been that “separation from sin and
that devotion to righteousness” that
really constitutes one a “saint” in
God’s Kingdom; “saintliness” or
I “sainthood” is something that per
tains to the present life rather than
|to the life after death. The need of
| a quickened sense of sin and devo
: tion to the Lord, therfore, is funda
mental to any Real Revival, such as
we desire.
3. Hence, the Vital Matter with us
is—From what quarter, in what ways
' and by what means may this sort of
| “Revival”—the only kind the Bible
knows anything of —to be brougt
about?
It would seem to be—
1. By real prayer: Genuine depen
dence on God and actual communion
with Christ. Earnest desire on the
part of God’s people that their sur
render to God be complete, and their
i lives be held subject to God’s dispo
sal.
| 2. By Bible Searching: If we want
to know God’s Will for our lives and
• for all of life we must go to His Rook
t’fhe Bible), and suffej Him to give
; us the Light on Life we need and to
j Live by that Light.
3. By Spirit Power: Only the Spir
i it of God and His Christ yielded to
can beget or renew and impulse, and
' direct, and possess, and employ the
life in ways God-honoring and man
; helping. The Spirit helps us to know
fmoTe "and more of Christ and to do
i more and more for Him.
> 4. By Christian Fellowship: As
Christian comes into close spiritual
contact witn Christian, friction is
stimulated. Oh, what room for
sweet accord and real encourage
ment, for helpful suggestion and cor
relation, for uplift and rejoicing, is
here!
5. By Christian Service: The more
we love Christ the more we want to
be what He wants us to be, and to do
what He wants us to do, for Him.
■ The more we are ready to honestly
look up to Him and ask with a view
to doing: “Lord, What Wilt Thou
Have He To Do?”
Using these means of Grace, a
Revival of the Individual Christian
and Group of Christians is bound to
come. The more we will be willing
to hear God speak to us and to speak
for God to others, to know His will
and to do it, to live in separteness
rfrom evil and in devotedness to what
is good and right, no matter where
we are or with whomsoever thrown.
Let us who are Christians in Vida
lia and vicinity ask God by His Spir
it to show us anything that may be
wrong in our lives and to give us
grace to put away the wrong and to
be and do as we ought toward Him
and our fellows, whom we may have
offended, and He will use us in amaz
ing ways to accomplish His good pur
poses, especially in reaching the lost
for Christ and the Church of Christ.
C. O’N. MARTINDALE,
Minister, Presbyterian Church
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COLONIAL THEATRE
Vicfalia, Georgia
The Coolest Phice in Toombs County
Program Week of March 2&
Monday and Tuesday, Mar. 28-29
i “THE GENERAL”
. Starring Buster Keaton. Positively
the greatest picture we have shown
,this year and at popular prices. Be
: here on time and get your seat. Ad
! mission 20 and 40 cents.
Wednesday, Mar. 30
“A REGULAR SCOUTS
' der horse. Silver. This picture should
Starring Fred Thompson and his won
be see by all Scouts, both boys and
girls. And remember, part of the
proceeds is to go to our local Scouts,
benefit. of repairs recently made on
scout house. Be loyal, come and see
this greatest #f all “out-door’ T pic
tures and help the Scouts. Also
“TOPICS OF THE DAY.” Admission
15 and 35 cents.
j Thur*. and Fri., Mar. 31-April 1
“THE BAT”
A Big Super-thriller. Also 7th chap
ter “HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY.”
'Admission, 20 and 40 cents.
Saturday, April 2
THE MERRY CAVALIER'
With Richard Talmadge. Comedy,
is entitled “THE FIGHTING DUDE”
, and “KRAZY KATZ.”
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