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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE VOLUME XXV “BETTER HOMES” MOVEMENT COM. PUN FOR YEAR MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED IN PAST TWO. YEARS; AIM OF COMMITTEE IS MUCH HIGHER FOR THINGS THAT MIGHT BE DONE THIS YEAR. Hand in hand with the “City Beautiful” ideas and works comes the “Better Homes Movement” for 1927. For the past two years, the feeble, but earnest efforts of the Better Homes Committee have culmi nated in placing Vidalia in the “Hon orable Mention List.” From Geor gia only two other places, Columbus and Americus, received honorable i mention. The committee is not con tent to sit back 'upon these achieve ments, but wishes to press forward, and with the assurance tha treal, last ing good has been accomplished. The aim of the Better Homes movement is much broader than just the construction of sound, comforta ble, ecnomical, and efficiently op- ; erated homes. One part of its gen- 1 eral purpose may be described as the 1 encouragement of thrift and civic i effectiveness in the community. Com- munity interest are as follows: Eco- j nomic Interests — those which have to do with making a living; Physical ; Interests—those which have to do j with private and public health; In tellectualual Interests —those which concern mental growth and develop- : ment; Social Interests —those which have to do with the things we do in our leisure time, and which affect the community as a whole; Religious Interests——those which have to do , with the moral and spiritual growth of our town; Political Interests — those having to do with the laws and government by which the individual and society regulate and control their common and other interests; j Asthetic Interests —concern our love for the refining and beautiful things of life. In this last interest especial- 1 ly, does the “City Beautiful” idea 1 reign. If the “City Beautiful” com mittee co-operative with the “Better Homes” committee valiantly fight for the improvement of these above community interests, what a trans- , formation may take place in our town! ' Let us not only beautify civically, but morally, intellectually and re ligiously. FRIGID AIRF SND ! DELCO SALESMEN OFF FOR TOLEDO ENTIRE LOCAL FORCE WILL ATTEND CONVENTION THIS YEAR. Mr. A- C. Jenkins, manager of the Figidaire and Delco-Light place here ! will leave this week for the facory and will be acompanied by every 1 salesman employed by his agency, all of them having earned a triß to Toledo by the amount of their sales during the past year. These trips are an annual affair and in order to win them the salesman must sell a given amount of Delco products. It is therefore a significient fact that all of the local agency salesmen have one of these trips. *McNATT MOTOR CO. NOW HAS AN UP-TO DATE SERVICE DEPT. IN ADDITION TO ENLARGING QUARTERS NEW EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED. The McNatt Motor Company of this city, authorized Ford dealers for this cpmmunity have recently cim pleted the installation of additional 'equipment in their service depart- ment that brings their shop up to , the standard of any city shop. With , the improvements and additional space, this organization is enabled to give service in much shorter time. An important feature added to the 1 service department of this concern is the painting service; facilities having r l been installed to give the very best . paint job obtainable anywhere. ■ Cars will be painted any color that ’ you wish, and painted while you wait -flge&most. REVIVAL CAMPAIGN STARTS HERE WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE BEGINNING ON SUNDAY AFTER NOON, MEETINGS HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED; SOME VERY INSPIRING MESSAGES BEING BROUGHT BY EVANGELIST. I, i On Sunday aft ernoon last the Un ’ion Revival Cam been planned and advertised for sev \ ora * weeks by the •^' n ' s * ers ' Associa tion of Vidalia ™ the Presbyterian, Mr. L. B. Kent Baptist, and Meth- Choir Leader odist churches of j this city started as exemplified by the large attendance, a great revival for this section, the number present were not counted, but was closely estimat ied at one thousand, the service fol ; lowing Sunday night was attended I by a much greater number, being es- I timated at about fifteen hundred, j Evangelist S. R. Sheriff, of the I Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, who : is doing the preaching, is as has been said, “a man of clear and illuminat j ing Christian faith,” and as another | has said, is “a prince among men”, Kas brought to the large audiences : some inspiring and indeed helpful mesages from the beginning. The large choir has added much to this great meeting, the singing being a splendid feature and Mr. Lynn B. i Kent, who is also from the same in ' stitution, being in charge of the mus ic, is an able master and his service is greatly appreciated and enjoyed. 1 On Fridya night of this week, Evangelist Sheriff has announced that his subject will be “Mothers and Home” that night will be known as “Mothers’ Night.” co‘A sWthe whe in the course ofh ! Monday night of next week will be “Baptist Night,” however, this is not for Baptists only but for everybody. Tuesday night will be “High School Night” and the Glee Club of th local High School will render selections at this service. j These services are being held at eleven in the morning and at eight at night, marked interest is manifest at each service, and each congrega tion is larger than the preceding one. GEORGIA FOR GEORGEPLAN | INTHEMAKING MOVEMENT IN STATE TO GIVE HIM AN INSTRUCTED DELEGA TION. Atlanta, April 4.—Georgia-for ( George. i That seems to be the political cards in the state for the next Democratic National Convention. There is a very pronounced movement under way to send to the convention a delegation from Georgia instructed to vote for George all the time as the Democrat Presidental nominee. Much quiet work has been done , along this line b ythe friends of the senator. A National Figure It is claimed that George during the time he has been in th esenate has developed into a national figure j and that if he were a Democrat from ‘the North or the Wst he would be a serious contender for the Presidental nomination. His friends believe that Georgia should organize as thor oughly in his interests in 1928 as Alabama organized in behalf of Un derwood four years ago. They be lieve that George would stand a bet ter chance that did Underwood for either a Presidental or Vive Presi dential nomination. George has been .singled out by the newspaper corres- I pondents and others in Washington j i as an outstanding Democratic figure, ! aay those who are behind the move- j irrent to get him on the national j I ticket. L Reed’* Friend* Busy The Georgia friends of Senator i Reed of Missouri are showing some ' activity in his behalf in Georgia. • The Georgia-for George people de ’ clare that neither the Smith nor the > ■ McAdoo elements can be brought ih *to a harmonious element to back DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE. IHorf 3 arts J ABOUT THE PROSPEROUS CITY OF Uthalta I ■■■'-O' —' ■ ft 17IDALIA is the metropolis of an agricultural ft ▼ section. No other class of business rates jS close to agriculture in importance; in fact, prac- % \ tically all other businesses are operated as aux- 'ft ( iliaries to the agricultural industry and with ft these facts in view, it may b einteresting to note | the statistics available on this industry in J Toombs County. f * The county contains just over a quarter of a \j million acres of land and about a hundred and ft fifty thousand acres of the entire land area is in ft farms, the balance being in wild land, waste $ land, etc., of which a large part is capable of be- w ing developed as and when needed. Os the one tk hundred and fifty thousand acres in farms, &, about one-half the acreage is used strictly for 5 farming purposes, the other half being used as ([ pasturage, wood land, etc., which leaves about &■- seventy-five thousand acres which can be class- % ; ed as improved land in farms, ahd this land is L j [divided into about two thousand farms, the two J,. thousand figure being in round numbers, very few of which are operated by managers, owners IE operating about one-third and tenants the other ft two-thirds. | It will be interesting to know that cotton is jt not the major crop planted on the most of the T) Toombs County acregage; there being about * j 25,000 acres, while corn and other grains are g planted on twice this number of acres. Tobac- ft co takes up about three thousand acres this M '•year; sugar cane over a thousand acres; pota- & j) toes, both white and yellow, about two thousand r acres and other crop of all sorts have an aggre- (t f gate acreage which assumes importance. De.w- i) (V berries, rice, strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes, | beans and practically every class of producce ft ft being raised in quantities sufficient to supply ft $ the demand in season. It is also of interest to X ($ note that many thousand acres of the farming ft U land is now planted in fruit and nut trees, there y f) being over a thousand acres each set to apple, h P pear, and pecan trees. The pecan trees seem to M I fj be tffe most popular of this class, there being ft g about two thousand acres in this tree. ft (f Cotton yield amounts to about a half-bale per , j | acre, which at 20 cents per pound would amount L Q to a million and a quarter dollars per year. Corn ft ft and other grains are raised in the amount of OSp about one million bushels, which at 75*bents per bushel yields an income of $75,000. The three V 1 % thousand acres of tobacco is said to be valued \ at a half million dollars and the potato crop, ft {( raised on the two thousand acres, setting the 1/ yield at 100 bushels per acre and the price at JL 5 SI.OO per bushel, will amount to another quarter n j/, of a million dollars. % £ The most promising crop of all in Toombs % j; County in the pecan, which is said to consist at w ft this time of about 25,000 trees. The trees are in U J a suitable climate and are said to bear in mar- j k ft ketable quantities at the age of five years. Prob /ft ably ten thousand of the trees are now bearing, ft % while the rest will come in from year t year. § ft Over a SI,OOO worth of nursery stock in Toombs % D . County will be ready for the market in the •v course of the next three years. All of which ft gives an idea of the growing importance of the ;.5 pecan industry in this section. ft ft As stated in the beginning of this article, al- ft o most every business in the county is operated as ft ‘h an auxiliary to the farming industry. The coun- jl a ty employs an experienced demonstration agent ft g who gives his time to the crops, while growing, (f 1 ft and to marketing facilities when they are gath- ft | ered. Resources of the Toombs Count ybanks /) are for the larger part used by the farming in- $ jjj dustry and the merchants are stocked with such ■ as are in demand by those engaged in the farm ing industry. y An analysis of thesp figures should prove in- £ J 2) teresting and profitable to business men gener- ft ally, a reasonable conclusion being that the $ jj greater part of the values in the county are pro- ft V duced by farmers and in order to participate in ft 1 Jn the distribution it is necessary to do business ; !fa with the folks who produce the values ft 1 si j 11 11 " ' ■ ' either of these candidates and that eo send an instructed George dele gation would not only cement the ! differences of the party but would ,be the proper recognition of the ability of a native Georgian by the i l Democrats of Georgia. VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1927. Mm rart in Procession Ton know how the Rotarlans do at their dinners, when the; stand op and tell In what business they are en gaged. George Marble tells of an un dertaker, when called on at one of these meetings who rose and said, “1 follow the medical profession.”—Cap j per's Weekly. “DEMONSTRATION WEEK” TO BE HELD M’NATT MOTOR CO. WEEK BEGINNING APRIL 9 AND RUNNINNG THROUGH THE 16 ! WILL BE DESIGNATED AS “DEMONSTRATION WEEK” BY LOCAL FORD AGENCY. Designation, of the period from April 9 to April 16 as “Demonstra | tion Week”, during which time the ! general public will be invited to ride in and drive new Fords of every type has been announced by I. B. Groves, 1 Manager of the Atlanta Branch of the Ford Motor Company, in a com- 1 munication to all dealers in the terri tory served by the Atlanta Branch. In his letter to McNatt Motor Com i pany, Ford Dealer in this city, Mr. ! Groves stated in part, “We want the I public to know about Today’s Ford ] Car, to know the merits of the best car the Ford Motor Company has ever ' built.” Dealers in all sections of the At lanta Branch territory are preparing ( , to have everything in readiness for ! the big event and expect it to be one jof the most successful undertakings ; in the long history of the Ford enter prise. The local dealer has a number of demonstrators of every type on hand at the present time, but he is plan ning to make additions to his stock and wants every citizen in this com munity to take advantage of the op portunity to ride in and drive one of the new Ford cars. The McNatt Motor Company an nounces that the firm will keep “Op- ' en House” throughout the week and I invites the public to make the build-' ing headquarters for the purpose of seeing at first hand the company’s splendid factilities for furnishing complete service to Ford owners in this section. “There are not any strings to this invitation to drive a new Ford car,” asserted Mr. McNatt, manager of the local dealership. “A person may con sider that he knows the Ford car. He may have been a Ford owner for years and thinks he is familiar with the splendid satisfaction which the Ford gives, and yet, unless he has made it a point to examine THE FORD CAR AS IT IS BUILT TO DAY, to drive it and note its im proved engine performance, relax in it over rough roads and experience the increased comfort which it as- . fords, and to learn of the many re- 1 cent improvements, he does not know ' the Ford car. Many of ' the new Ford features are obvious, balloon tire equipment, 1 wire wheels, a choice of colors in py.-oxylin finish, improved uphols tery, etc., but owners of Ford cars are amazed at the increased power resulting from the new Vaporizer, the smoother engine operation, the increased gasoline mileage, the im proved riding qualities and at the way this car handles and performs in traffic and on the open road. The McNatt Motor Company will be glad t'o furnish additional inform ation covering the “Demonstration Week” for Today’s Ford Cars. Railroad Crossings Os Three Streets Are Now Being Paved The paving work, which has been completed so far as the city is con- j 1 cerned, is getting its final touch this , week, the Seaboard railroad having ( a crew at work putting in the three crossings at Leader, Church and Pea cock streets. This work is to be ( done with gravel, which binds the j read nearly as well as would con- ' | Crete, but which may be taken up and replaced when it is necessary to j 1 put in new cross ties. The finishing of the thre crossings will complete the paving project undertaken by the city in the down-town district. Many Cabinets Are Sold By Gunter In Big Sale Saturday The sale conducted on last Satur day by the Gunter Furniture Com pany, at which time they had a car load of kitchen cabinets of a popular < ! make to offer on that day, was a i success, according to manager Gun- s | ter of this firm. The cabinete, which < OHOOPEE GIVES UP BODY ON LAST SATURDAY MORN MISS CORNELIA HOLTON WHO WAS DROWNED IN OHOOPEE RIVER IS FOUND WEEK LATER Miss Cornelia Holton, age 17, pop i ular young woman of near Johnson corner community, who was drown ed about nine o’clock Sunday morn ing, March 27, at Nail’s Dam on the I Ohoopee river, was recovered from I the water early Saturday morning, . almost a week later. I Miss Holton and Mr. Bernice New, her cousin, were boating on the river above the under-surface dam, using l only a piece of board, its is said, for an oar. They drifted too near the dam and the boat was caught in the swift current, carried over the dam and up under the water-fall. It ! soon emerged, but one side of the j boat was tom away, making it use less only as a float. Miss Holton | could not swim, but managed to I keep up until the two drifted with the boat about 200 feet down the river. She went under the water several times in the very swift cur rent, and finally disappearing, she said goodbye to her brother and sis ter on the shore and, after request ing that she be buried at Holton ceme tery in Truetlen county, went under for the last fame. On Thursday of the week that Miss was drowned the deep sea divers from the Kehoe Iron Works of Sa i vannah who were brought here to locate the body, gave up the task, but { friends and sympathizers from miles around remained faithfully oil the job night and day until the body had been recovered. Miss Holton was the daughter of A. E. Holton, residing on the Billie Bell place. It is said that this is the eighth person to have drowned in the swift reach of the river extending from above the mill site to half a mile be low. 0. J. FOUNTAIN IS WINNER IN FORD MILEAGE CONTEST SEVEN CARS THAT ENTERED THE CONTEST MAKE AVER AGE r> OVER FORTY THREE | MILLa oN ONE GALLON GAS. 1 For three weeks the Ford dealers of Vidalia, Mount Vernon, Uvalda and Lyons have asked their custom ers to test out their Ford cars -and enter a contest for a number of valuable prizes, the first being SIOO.- 00 in silver, and on Saturday night, April 2nd, the preliminary test closed and each Ford dealer selected their two highest men who ran the contest off on Tuesday April sth, the cash prize being won by Mr. O. J. Foun tain of Vidalia. Mr. Fountain ran his Ford 50.1 miles on one gallon of crown gasoline, this run was made in the presence of quite a large number of people besides the judges in the contest. Mr. Fountain made a good run, but had, some close competityirs, as the average mileage made by tha| seven compettitors in the contest? test was more than 43 miles per gal lon, each man was given a measur -1 ed gallon of gas by the judges and 'a final check up shows that the sev en gallons of gasoline issued to the competitors ran a distance of 306. 1 miles. I- . .' ■- ’ j It is very interesting indeed to see I just one gallon of gasoline put into 1 each car and see the wonderfully long , distance that they made, one car in ! this bunch ran over five hous on one gallon of gasoline, --*■*’ ? 7 ’ The winner of this cash prize was a proud man, but he says he would rather have the carburator on his car than ta have the SIOO.OO if ho could not deuplicate it, it is the new improved vaporizer which now comes on all Ford cars as standard equip ment. • Reason's Great Help We ought to call In reason, like s good physician, ns s help In fnne occupied most of the down stairs floor space at the beginning of the sale were purchased by the citizens of this section. NUMBER 17