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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
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Union Revival Campaign To Close With Sunday .Services
EXHIBITION TRAIN
OF G. & F. TO STOP
IN VIDALIA ON TRIP
‘officials ANNOUNCE THAT
SINCE THIS CITY IS ONE OF
MOST IMPORTANT ON LINE,
UNUSUAL LENGTH OF TIME
WILL BE SPENT HERE.
Augusta, Ga., April 21.—1 t was of
ficially announced Tuesday that plans
have been made for the operation of
* special exhibition train over the
tines of the Georgia & Florida rail
road. The train, on which which will
te exhibits of farm machinery, in
stuments used in conection with
dairy operations, agricultural instru
ments, household goods and other
jfcmes that are necessary to modernize
fte farm and farm home, will be in
charge of W. E. French, general in
dustrial agent of the railroad.
Vfl'he special exhibition train will be
lines of the railroad for an
Spire week. It will start out of
Augusta the morning of May 23 and
will cover the main line from Augus
ta to Madison, Fla., and all branch
lines, including the lines from Mc-
Adoo to Sandersville, Vidalia to Mil
len, Douglas to Broxton and Nash
ville to Adel and Moultrie.
The train will be composed of an
office car for transaction of business
maVJers, a passenger coach for mo
tion picture and lecture room, Pull
man sleepers for convenience of ex
hibit managers and all others going
on the trip, and such number of bag
gage cars as will be required to pro
vide room for the various exhibits
and displays. Stops will be made at.
700 mile iteniary. From 30 minutes
fl£il important stations civered in the
tp. three hours will be spent at the
various towns to be visited, while
each night will be spent in the larger
cities along the lines in order to af
ford those going on the trip an op
portunity to obtain desired recreation
and amusqityept.
Along with all exhibits will go
special demonstrators and factory
representatives and citizens along
the lines of the railroad wil be as-
the ppportunity to obtain de
lved and amusement.
* Along \yith,, all exhibits will go
special demonstrators and factory.
representatives, and citizens along
the lines of the railroad will be af
forded the opportunity of thoroughly
reviewing thq, displays of all machin
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Local Delco Dealers
Return From Dayton
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Messrs. A. C. Jenkins, R. C. Wilson
and H. C. Powell have returned to
Vidalia after an extensive trip to
Northern points where they went to
attend a meeting of Delco salesmen
in Dayton, Ohio. While away from
home they made inspection tours of
the Capitol buildings and other in
teresting points in Washington and
also made a trip t/ Detroit to look
ever the Chevrolet automobile fac
tory
Dr. Fred Huie Has
L Started Work on
k Modern Office Bdlg.
Fred Huie has started the
Section of an office building which
will be occupied by himself, the
building will be located just west of
the apartment house on
street. This building will be of tile
blocks, two-story, the lot having 31
feet frontage on Meadows street and
running back through the block.
J. T. Ragan and Company are the
contractors .
Dr. H. A. Deen To
Build New Home
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Dr, H. A. Deen has contracted with
J. T. Ragan & Company, for the
erection of a handsome residence to
be\»uilt on the corner of Church and
Sixth street. The house will be oc
cupied by Dr. Deen and family as a
residence. The strucuture will be
of brick, finished in hardwood, with
Hlilt-in features and sun porches.
vArk will be begun immediately on
44ar-frome.
DATE OF BRIDGE I
OPENING CHANGED
COUNTIES AND CITIES ON THE
ROUTE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY; EACH
COMMUNITY TO SHARE IN
MAKING IT A BIG EVENT.
The date for the Altamaha bridge
opening has been changed from Wed
nesday, May 4 to Thursday, May 5.
This change was made for the con
venience of important road officials
who wished to pttend and had other
engagements outstanding which made
I it imposible for them to come on the
day first named.
Announcement was made here on
Wednesday that the approaching
opening of the Altamaha bridge was
taking on state-wide interest, and
that the highest enthusiasm is reign
ing in counties to the north and the
suth who see immeasurable direct
benefits that will come to them as a
result of removing of this barrier to
travel and the opening of this route,
regarded as the shortest and the best
from the eastern states into Florida.
Messrs. J. B. Johnson, G. W. Lank
ford and E. J. Giles, together with the
party from Baxley, have returned
from a trip north through the coun
ties on this route, to invite officials
and citizens to the bridge opening.
| They were guests of the Kiwanis
Club of Louisville at lunch Tuesday
and the Augusta Board of Commerce
Tuesday night. They were joined at
Louisville by a party from that point
for the Auguta trip headed by John
R. Phillips, member of the State
Highway Board and Booster for the
ill. S. Route No. 1 and the Altamaha
bridge.
Mr. Johnson stated that the party
received the warmest reception at
both places, and patricipation by
thes counties in the enterprise is as
sured. Augusta embraced the op
portunity in the big city spirit, and
announced that they will come down
in a big motorcade to help celebrate
the occasion. The party will be head
by one of the city bands, and they ex
pect to make a lot of noise.
Big parties are expected from
Emanuel, Jefferson, Burke, Washing
ton, Thompson and Eleberton coun
ties. A similar visit will be made to
'the south, and besides the counties
directly on the route, invitation to
participate will be extended to Tatt
nall and Montgomery counties, who
will be greatly benefitted, having
several roads leading to the bridge. _
It is the desire of those responsi
ble for the success of the occasion
| that every town and community in
the counties of Toombs Appling unite
in one grand effort to make the
‘ bridge opening a great success. It
is predicted by state road officials
that it will eclipse any bridge open
ing held so far in the state.—Lyons
Progress.
District Kiwanians
Indorse Bickers
\ Waycross, Ga , April 17. —Dan G.
Pickers, associate editor of the Sa
vanah Morning News, was animously
nominated by the" divisional confer
ence of the Kiwanis clubs which met
it: Waycross this week, for poet laur
eate of Georgia to succeed the late
Frank L. Stanton. Bickers has pre
viously been nominated by the Way
cross club, but it was desired to give
this nomination the unanimous vote
of the 12 clubs in the southeast.
D. C. Pattillo Moves
His Law Offices To
New Bank Building
Attorney D. C. Pattillo this week
has moved his law offices from the
old First National Bank building to
the new building, which is being re
modeled for the use of the bank. As
quickly a the new fixtures have been j
set in place the bank will move their j
headquarters to the new place.
IflM Wirt fn Froce»*ton
Ton kn«w 4 haw the Ro tartans do at
their dinners, when they stand np end
tell tn 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, “I
follow the medical profession.” — Cap
per’s Woehlj.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
| CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
MEMBERSHIP APPEAL
EXTENDED TO MAY 25
NEW BRANCHES ARE TO BE
ESTABLISHED IF GOAL IS
8188 AND MUSCOGEE.
Th Georgia Children’s Home So
ciety’s state-wide membership appeal
will be continued through the week
of April 18th-25th to secure the
funds necesary to carry on its state
wide child relief work through this
year, it was announced by members
of the Society here today on word
from Robert E. Harvey, president.
TJie appeal for members was
launched last Monday upon the open
ing of Underprivileged Children’s
Week and has been carried directly
into many of the counties of the
state by local executive committees.
An additional week was granted to
give time for each county to raise its
full quota of memberships, 10,000
being the total number needed in the
state.
Establishment of new branches of
the Society in Maco nand Columbus,
to enable qukicre service to children
reported in distress in middle and
western Georgia, depends on the out
come of campaigns for $5,00 each
made in Bibb and Muscogee counties
during the coming wek, it was an
nounced.
The Columbus appeal began last
week and substantial progress toward
the goal was reported Saturday. The
Macon appeal, scheduled to start
Monday, is under leadership of a
joint committee of presidents and
past presidents of the Macon Kiwanis,
Rotary, Exchange, Civitan and Ma
sonic clubs and the American Legion.
Other branches of the Society are
maintained in Savannah and Atlanta,
where the Community Chests of those
cities provide for the Society's sup
port, and in Augusta.
The number of orphaned, abandon
ed and destitute children who can be
helped by the Society this year will
depend entirely on the results of the
present membership appeal as its
work outside of Atlanta and Savan
nah is supported entirely by the an
nual dues of its members. It is the
only agency in Georgia organized
for state-wide relief work for child
ren and the only one legally authoriz
ed to find homes for adoption of
those who have no family sor sup
port.
The service has reached 5,000
children in 105 counties but cannot
continue unless financial support can
be secured.
Presbyterian Church
(CITY HALL)
Sunday, 10 A. M. Bible School
work. Be sure to be there. Bring
an offering for Nacoochee Institute,
which is doing such a great work for
the mountain boys and girls of Geor
gia. They need your help.
At 11 A. M. Dr. Martindale will
speak ■on “What God Expects of Us?”
Don’t forget your church must be
supported by You, and the Assembly’s
Training School for Lay Workers has
a claim also upon your beneficence.
At 4 P. M. and 8 P. M. the closing
services of the Union Revival Cam
paign led by Bros. Sheriff and Kent
will take place; let us do all we can
to get all we can to these finul ser
vices of one of the best meetings ever
held in Vidalia.
On Tuesday at the Manse at 4:30
P. M. the Women’s Bible Study Cir
cle will be conducted by Mrs. Martin
dale; let all th women of the church
show their loyalty to the Church by
coming and learning all they can
from the direct study of God’s vVord.
On Wednesday at 8 P. M. the mid
week service will be led by the pas
tor at the home of Mrs. Catherine
Moore, the subject being taken from
Luke 13 on “The Folly of Godless
ness.” and friends are in
vited.
' Lot Purchased From
Riddle Estate By The
Vann Warehouse
Mr. J. B. Brewton reports the sale i
of a lot of land on Durden street, in I
the number one block, which was
purchased from the Riddle heirs by I
I the Vann Warehouse. This land wiM
VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927.
VIDALIA HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS
TRACK MEET HERE; DUBLIN,
SWAINSBORO AND LYONS ENTER
W. A. Jones Buys
L J. Harrell Home
Mr. W. A. Jones this week bought
the residence of Mr. I. J. Harrell on
First street and announces that he
will remodel same throughout, this
work to start immediately. Mr. Har
rel, who is moving to Bainbridge to
make his future home, has occupied
this place for sometime. In addition
to being remodeled, tjiis home is con
veniently located, being near the
public schools.
New Fixtures For
Addition To Hospital
Purchased This Week
Dr. T. C. Thompson has returned
from a business trip to Atlanta,
where he went to select fixtures
needed in the completion of the Vi
dalia Hospital addition of twenty
five room, which is almost completed.
PRISONER ESCAPES
WHILE ON LEAVE
GRIFF GRINSTEAD MAKES GET
AWAY FROM GUARD WHEN
ALLOWED TO VISIT HOME.
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Mt. Vernon, Ga., April 19. —Griff
Grinstead, tried at the February
term of Montgomery superior court
for the murder of Alvah Burton
some weeks before, and sentenced
to life imprisonment, today at noon
escaped from his home seven miles
of Mt. Vernon. Grinstead, it
appears ,had been allowed to come
home under guard, and while at din
ner hurriedly left the premises, des
pite the efforts of the guard whose
name is Adams, and who accompanied i
him here from Milledgeville, with
permission from the govenor, as stat- j
ed by Adams.
County Warden C. F. Ferrell was |
at once summoned, and with the
county track dogs made an effort to
locate Grinstead, but without sue-1
cess. It is thought he got away in
a car brought to the home for the
purpose. Grinstead and the guard
arrived Saturday.
This escape recalls the disappear
ance of S. L. Fullford, Wheeler coun
ty convict, from a gang in Decatur,
early in the year, after having been
given permission to go fishing in a
nearby stream. Fullford was tried
three times, twice in Alamo and once
in Treutlen county, where he was in
October of last year, given a life
sentence for the killing of Wheeler
County Policeman J. F. Bland in the
fall of 1925. These unwarranted es
capes, one from Montgomery and
one from Wheeler, adjoining coun- •
ties, have roused public question of
methods employed to safeguard pris
oners in servitude. The Wheeler
county grand jury has recently asked
the governor to offer a reward for
the apprehension of Fullford.—Sa
vannah Morning News.
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Local Contestants
For district Meet
In Lyons Selected;
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As a result of the inter-school
meet on the local campus last week
the following boys have been selected j
to represent Vidalia High School in '
the Track and Field events to be held
in Lyons on next Friday.
100 yd. Dash—Huie Clarke; 220
yd. Dash—Hampton ReevesJ or Huie |
Clarke; 440 yd. Dash—Robert Alex- |
ander; 120 yd. Low Hurdles-—Hamp- |
ton Reeves ;Shot Put—Leland Shu- J
man; Discus —Albert Harris; I
High Jump—Chess Abernathy; Broad
Jump—Robert Alexander; Relay— '
Hampton Reeves, Robert Alexander,
Walter Jenkins and Huie Clarke.
' be used as an entrance on Durden
' street, giving the customers of the
new warehouse an entrance privilege
I on First street, Railroad Avenue and
Durden street.
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VIDALIA ONLY TEAM ENTERED
TO PLACE IN EVERY EVENT
HELD.
The quadrangular Track Meet held
on last Wednesday afternoon was
closely contested and enjoyed by the
large crowd attending. The four
teams entered finished in the follow
ing order: Dublin came first with 38
points, Vidalia second with 34 points,
Lyons 3rd with 12 points and Swains
boro fourth with 6 points. Dublin
won 6 first places, 2 second places
and 2 third places; Vidalia won 3
first places, 5 second places and 4
third places; Lyons scored only on
second and third places, getting 3
second places and 3 third places;
and Swainsboro won 1 first and 1
second place. Vidalia was the only
team to place either first, second or
third in every event. In several
events the locals placed two men for
instance the 220 yd. dash, in which
Hampton Reeves and Huie Cladke
took Ist and 2nd places and in the
440 yard dash, when Robert Alexan
der and Chess Abernathy came in
for 2nd and 3rd places. The two high
point scorers of the meet were Bell
of Dublin as Dublin and Reeves of
Vidalia. Bell won Ist places in the
broad jump and high jump and ran
on the Ist place relay team to score |
11 1-4 points, while Reeves won Ist
in the 220 dash and the 120 low hur- I
dies and ran on the third place relay
team to score 10 1-4 points.
Vidalia and Dublin were tied with
33 points each up until, the 1-2 mile
relay, which Dublin won, and this se
cured their lead of four points. ,
Prizes were given to all first and sec- j
on dplace winers (these being donated
by the Vidalia merchants) and were
much appreciated by the boys.
Tht meet was run off in a very
systematic and efficient maner by
Prof. G. T. Butler of the local high i
school.
The summary of all events follows:
100 yard dash—lst, Holton, Dub- j
i lin; 2nd, Clarke, Vidalia; 3rd, Gal
breath, Lyons. Time, 11.1 seconds.
| 120 yard hurdles—lst, Reeves, Vi
dalia; 2nd, New Lyons; 3td, Moxley, |
Swainsboro. Time 17.T* seconds.
1 Shot put—lst, Rich, Swainsboro;
2nd, Shuman, Vidalia; 3rd, Galbreath
Lyons. Distance 36 feet. .
Discus throw —-Ist, Linder, Dublin;
2nd, Lease, Dublin; 3rd, Harris, VjJKrj
lia. Distance, 85 feet, 4 incmJsT
High jump—Ist, Bell, Dublin; 2nd,
Abernathy, Vidalia; 3rd, Carter,
Lyons, 5 feet, 4 inches.
Broad jump—Ist, Bell, Dublin;
2nd, Dominy, Dublin; 3rd Alexander,
Vidalia. Distance 19 feet, 4 inches.
220 yard dash —Ist, Reeves, Vida
lia; 2nd, Clarke, Vidalia; 3rd, Dominy
Dublin. Time, 24.9 seconds.
440 yard dash—Bedenfield, Dub
lin; 2nd, Alexander, Vidalia; 3rd,
Abernathy, Vidalia. Time 59.4 sec
• onds.
I Pole Vault—lst, Jenkins, Vidalia;
'2nd, Clarke, Lyons; 3rd, Linder, Dub
lin. Height, 9 feet, 9 inches.
1-2 mile relay—lst, Dublin (Hol
ton, Green, Dominy and Bell; 2nd,
Lyons; 3rd, Vidalia. Time 1 minute
42 seconds.
Points scored—Dublin, 38; Vidalia,
34; Lyons, 12; Swainsboro, 6.
Officials—Starter and referee, G.
|T. Butler; scorer and announcer,
'Coach Tarpley; Assist, scorer, Oscar
[Joiner.
Finish Judges—Wiallace Moses,
Winslow Barker, Ovid Brogdon, J.
C. Austin. Mr. Taylor.
Timer—Tom Sawyer.
Field Judges Messrs. Johnson,
Connor and Downs.
Vidalia Athletic Club
Are To Play Mercer
Freshmen Here Soon
Manager Bob McNatt of the Vida
lia Association’s Baseball Team has
arranged for the locals to play two
1 games next week with the Mercer
i Freshmen. While it is understood
that the games will be the latter part
of the week, it is too early to make
definite announcement as the date
depends on contingent engagements
at Mt. Vernon.
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TWO SERVICES TO
BE HELD SUNDAY,
4 P. M. AND 8 P. M.
THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES
SATURDAY AS USUAL; EVAN
.GELIST SHERIFF TO PREACH
CLOSING SERMONS SUNDAY.
The Union Revival Campaign ser
vices under the able and consecrated
leadership of Rev. S. R. Sheriff and
Soloist and Musical Director L. B.
Kent, continue in unabated interest
at the Vidalia Tobacco Warehouse
each morning and night of this week,
omitting Saturday, and closing with
the afternoon and night services on
Sunday (4 P. M. and 8:00 P. M. re
spectively) open to everybody.
Dr. Sheriff’s preaching has been of
an exceptionally clear and strong,
appealing and practical type, and Mr.
Kent’s' well-modulated tenor solos
and masterful leadership in song have
been markedly in evidence to the de
light of all, adult and child.
Dr. Sheriff’s sermon Tuesday morn
ing on “Sympathetic Andrew’’ well
illustrates his good work. A sum
mary follows:
The apostle Andrew is encouraging
to Christians of moderate talents An
drew must have been useful, but he
was not a genius—he attracted very
little attention. He was brilliant in
speech or action. So far as we know
: he said no striking thing nor did he
a striking deed. There was no out
; standing act recorded in his life.
There was nothing of briliancy and
should we see the apostles grouped
together going leisurely down the
in all we would see An
drew with some of the less prominent
disciples—probably Philip, quite 'a
distance in the rear. He was a com
[ sortable soul—a rare spirit.
I It is to be noted in the study of this
man that he is spoken of as Simon
Peter’s brother, the relative of a
1 great man. Very few of us enjoy be
ing known as the relative of a great
person, but there is no reference
1 made to this man except is “Simon
I Peter’s brother.” So far as we know
! he wrote no epistles, no letters. An
; drew was a folllower—Peter, his
brother, was a leader. Andrew was
the dependent, Peter independent.
Andrew Mentioned Only Four Times
Andrew’s name is only mentioned
four times in the Gospels outside of
the list of apostles. Two incidents re
veal the character of this man. In
John 1:40-42 we read:
“One-of the two which heard John
speak and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter’s brother. He first find
eth his own brother Simon, and saith
unto him, We have found the Messias,
which is, being interpreted, the
Christ. And he brought him to
Jesus.”
Long into the night did he talk
with the Lord and after the evening
conversation was ever, thoughtful
J6hn probably spent many hours un
the starlit night musing and praying.
Not so with Andrew. He goes immed
iately and arouses Peter and together
the two brothers return before dawn
to see Jesus, the new found Messiah.
Andrew was communicative. To hear,
to see, or to hav anything good
prompted him at' once to share it
with another. Neither could wait.
Andrew leads the way. He is not a
briliant man, but he is a sympathetic
man. Christianity has meant more
than individual salvation. It is too
large for one, it must be shared. To
my mind, this is the new Testament
method of evangelizing the world.
The church today has many schemes
—many man-made devices, but none
o 4 these have yet succeeded in get
ting men to Jesus Christ. Note that
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Seckmger Property
Church and Meadows
Leased Is Report
It Is reported that E. F. Thompson
has leased for a long period the lot
at the corner of Meadows and Church
streets, which is the property of Mr.
J. B. Seckinger of Glennville. Mr.’
ihompson is in the gas business and
according to the report will improve
this lot of land with a filling station.
The land frons 40 feet on Church
street and 80 feet on Meadows street
and has a wall privilege cn the north
side.
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