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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE VOLUME XXV ts 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 (Continued on Local Page) Local Delco Dealers Return From Dayton i 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 H —— • 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. i - 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. -'W * ' Local Contestants For district Meet In Lyons Selected; - /> I 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. I 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. 1 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 (Continued on Local Page) / 4 M-tr 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. NUMBER 19