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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
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Vidnlia, Georgia ,
i R. E. LEDFORD, Editor & Publisher
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Nobody takes advice, but evidently every
foodv thinks it fun to give it away.
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An army aviator says man can do every
thing a bird can. How about laying an egg?
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Those who have the best qualifications
for position and place are often the last to
.seek it.
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Washington announces we have now re
-covered from the war—but fails to mention
what we have recovered.
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It is easier for a rich man to get on the
board of trustees of a church than it is for
him to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
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America's tennis hopes for 1927 hinge on
Bill Tilden’s knee, say sporting authorities.
From pictures of Bill we mlist admit it’s a
“slim” chance.
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Taking the national census in 1930 is go
ing to be a more difficult jo£> than ever be
fore. What with thirty million automobiles
in the U. S., the pedestrians cannot stand
■still long enough to be counted.
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The Commerce News, rhdkes point of f
|hat which Georgia editors have been urg
ng for a long time: , ~r • ~
But it is a fact that Georgia people who
fbuy food products will demand that said
products be put up in marketable condition.
And herein is one reason why Georgia
grown products do not sell. Products from
other sections are put up in marketable con
dition. They are in attractive packages.
The Georgia yams being shipped by South
Georgia growers serve as an example, They
attractively arranged. They are graded
»nd packed by experts. Oru farmers must
learn to offer their products in marketable
condition. ~
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BUILD SOIL, CONSERVE, IRRIGATE
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The world will need fresh water now
wasted for irrigation, and rich soil now
washed, millions of tons, innto the Gulf and
•ocean, if Professor A. E. Ross, of Wiscon
sin, ie;lined sociologist, is accurate in his i
Igurc s. j
He z:yß the earth’s population will multi- 1
dy its* 3f by thirty-two, by 2027. That date 1
B only 100 years away, and when it rolls s
jwifily around—some children living will 1
see it—the population of the world will be
sixty billions, instead of one billion nine (
hundred millions, as at present.
♦J Thicise figures are based on the fact that
life lasts longer, plagues and famines no
longer rage over the earth, even war is mild
er, since women, children and prisoners are t
no long r massacred. j
* ‘lHfce f gures need not frighten us. “God h
does not let trees grow into the heavens.”
Texas al me could feed the earth’s present (
population, with extensive cultivation, and (
have i inch left over.
fßut 60 billions, and later 100 billions, of j'
| hum a a beings, will need plenty of fertile
ground, and governments should begin to ,
| get it ready.
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ADVERTISING IN CONTRY WEEKLY
A recent issue of the Dry Goods Econo-
Ust. leading trade publication for manu-
I actureis, jobbers and dry goods dealers,
i jontained a leading article strongly urging i
nore general use of weekly newspapers as i
j idvertising mediums. Extracts fro mthe ar-
Icle follow. . .
| * ‘flVh ether your advertising appropriation
s hundred dollars or a hundred thous
ly. there is one form of advertising which
f vou ove: look, you will be many hundreds
If dollar, out of pocket. This advertising is
>n the weekly or country newspapers ill the
own« of from 500 to 3,000 population m
.our trade territory.
r“Go into the home of the farmer any time
n the week, and what paper do you find
•nnsDicuous on the table, or n the hands of
Sme member of the family? It is not your
Euv in which you have a paee advertise
fSit'Which cost you perhaps more than five
years of advertising in the small sheet
would cost.
“It is the little country paper, which tells
about old man Clark’s dying, George and
Mary Brown’s having a new sliver. It may
have an account of a barn dance at Henry
Smith’s and an item about the new baby at
Bill Wilson’s, who looks ‘just like daddy.’
“If you will pardon a personal illustra
tion: The writer was for many years on a
paper in Southeastern lowa. One copy of
the paper was read by a family named Ly
man. It was then passed on to Mrs. Lyman’s
sister, who, in turn gave it to a niece and she
sent it to a sister in Canada, who read and
again passed it on to another sister in South
America. The latter sent back to the city of
Burlington, owa, three months after a cer
tain advertisement was run, and inquired
about a silk dress advertised in this paper,
giving the date. A dress was eventually
shipped to South America, through the acl
in the small town paper.
“The writer has been in homes many
times, the day after the wekly publication
day, to find last week’s paper still being
read by some members of the family.
“This is not fiction—it is fact. No man
can plow or plant all day, take care of his
chores and have time to read the dailies.
Therefore, the farmers eliminate the ex
pense, take the home paper for the news
right around home, and read it Sunday.
It wil Inot cost you as much for a dozen
small town papers as the continuous large
ads in the ctiy papers, with which you aim
to catch country trade.” l£'"7
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“BETTER HOMES WEEK”
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“There are few projects of more vital and
universal interest to the citizens of the Unit
ed States than the movement for better
homes,” wrote Secretary Jardine of the U.
S. epartment of Agriculture recently.
“We have made great progress in this
field in recent years, as is manifest to any
one who will compare the architure and the
household conveniences of forty years ago
with those pervading today. We ned,e how
ever, to make still further advances. In par
ticular, we ned to develop a rural architec
ture which is adapted to the various aspects
of the the American countryside and which
meets the actual needs of the farm family.
,We ned not only greater prosperity, but
'greater beauty and.greater convenience on
the farm.” i:
The occasion for Secretary Jardine’s
statement wa sthe launching of the sixth
annual campaign for Better Homes in Amer
ica, which will culminate this vear in Better
Homes Week, April 24 to May 1.
All over the country, in more than 3500
communities of every size, there are Better
Homes Committees working under the di
rection of the Washington headquarters of
Better Homes in America to observe that
week with suitable and helpful programs of
lectures, contests and demonstrations. Many
small houses, valued at figures which would
be within reach of families of small mans,
will be demonstrated, fully furnished and
equipped.
The value of the campaign is also attested
by other national leaders.
Secretary of Labor Davis, says:
“With all the active minds gathered in
the movement, it is bound to succeed in its
purpose. It is a great national service, in
which I wish it the upmost success.”
, Dr. John M. Gries, Chief of the division of
of Building and Housing, U. S. Department j
of Commrece, is an authority on these sub
jects, and his words bear unusual weight:
“The small home in America is improving j
in convenience and in general appearance
and is becoming more attractive for all mem j
bers of the familv. This improvement is en
couraging to all those who are interested in
the welfare of the home life of our nation, j
A generation of so ago it was possible for a
family to maintain its unity in what we now
i consider nnconvenient and unattractive
I quarters. At that time there were relatively
few things which tended to destroy the fam
ily’s interest in the home. Today, however,
varied activities and contacts keep people
away from their homes for a great part of
their time. This makes it especially neces
sary that the home be comfortable and at
tractive, and fill real needs in the lives of all
members of the family.
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President of Stan
ford University, writes:
“Simple but artistic and attractive homes
have a profound influence upon those who
■ occupy them, particularly upon growing
I children with the increase in cultivated
? plants, better understanding of gardens,
• and improvement yi architecture, the taste
. | of a whole generation can be improved by
i the Better Homes movement.”
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
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1 | Our School Page !
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i THE VIDALIA SCHOOL TATTLER
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5 Personal*
1 Miss Lurline Almon was a visitor
j to Douglas last week-end.
Mr. W. L. Downs spent last week-
T end in Douglas.
f; Miss Lucy Jones spent last week
- end in Dublin.
1 The following members of the sac-
I ulty attended the various contests
’ held during the District meet at
Lyons: Misses Harris, Neese, You-
I mans, Jones, Coile, Johnson, Peter
-1 son, McDonald, Arnow, Ruth Hicks,
r Hearn, Castleberry and Messrs.
L Downs, Butler and Tarpley.
r , Boy Scout Notes
The Junior Scouts had a very in
l teresting Field Day program mon
> day afternoon. The contest was be
tween the two patrols. The one
thing that made it most interesting
was the fact that firs one parol
’ would be ahead and hen the other.
. When the last event was over the
1 Pigeon Patrol was one point ahead of
> i the Dove Patrol. The score was 40
J to 39. -r ~
The regular monthly meeting of
the troop was held at the Scout
House Tuesday night with thirty
boys present. There is a contest on
STATE’S LARGEST
BRIDGE WILL BE
DEDICATED MAY 5
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STRUCTURE OVER ALTAMAHA i
AT PINEY BLUFF COST $275,-
OOO; GREAT CELEBRATION TO
DRAW THRONG OF 20,000.
Baxley, Ga., April 26.—0 n Tues- ,
day, May 5, probably the largest
crowds ever gathered in Apling coun- j
ty will witness the formal opening of j
the new bridge across the Altamaha
river at Piney Bluff on the road be- |
tween Lyons and Baxley. Fully 20,-
0(00 people are expected and a pro- j
gram of speches will be presented
from an improvised platform. After J
Oie speaking a dinner will be spread j
sufficient to feed the crowds that
come. One of the committeemen on
entertainment says that 16,000
pounds of barbecue already have j
been provied and there will be im-1
mense kettles of Brunswick stew and !
ten of thousands of loaves of bread
to feed the multitudes.
Largest Bridge in Georgia
This bridge is the largest in the
stete of Georgia nad one of the larg- j
est in the South. The Altamaha riv- |
er is formed by the confluence of the j
Ocmulgee and the Oconee rivers.
This makes the Altamaha the largest \
river in the state, and it always has
been a barrier between Appling and j
adjoining counties and the eastern
part of the state. It was the divid
ing line for nearly 100 years hejtwen
the whites and the Creek Indians. ]
About the year 1815 the Creek In
dians ceded what is now all South
Georgia and in 1818 Appling county l
was laid off out of the new territory. !
For more than 100 years the new' ter- j
ritory was cut off from the early set
tlements across the river and develop
, meat was necessarily slew.
The need of this bridge across the
Altamaha river has long been felt, ,
and about 1924 the Cotton Belt high-.
{way was established and that soon
■ W as followed by the Woodrow Wilson |
, highway and Federal Route No. 1,
all to cross the Altamaha river at
Piney Bluff. The contract for the
bridge was let by the state highway
i department to the Hardaway Con- j
\ tracting company, of Columbus, and j
work was begun about May 1, 1926.
This is the same company that con
ducted the immense steel bridge
across the Ocmulgee river at Lumber
City. The cost of this new bridge is
§275,000 and the length of the draw :
span is 210 feet; on each end of it .
a 100-foot steel span making the
total length of thes teel portion of
the bridge 41C* set, all set on five
concrete piers which penetrate into
the earth 31 feet below the river
bottom.
The approach on the Appling coun
ty side is short on account of the
bluff being only 76 feet, while on the
5 Toombs county side the river swamp
) extends nearly a mile and the ap
r proach has been filled with dirt up
j to a distance of 3,496 feet, over which
has been constructed substantial tres
> tie work providing for the greatest
' freshets that ever come down the riv
r , er. The bridge is 11 1-2 feet higher
.than the highest known high water
now among the patrols which will
last until camp. The Silver Fix
Patrol has a lead thus far ahead of
any other patrol.
The main idea of the program was
centered around the making of Scout
ing count in the lives of the boys at
school, in the home and in the com
munity.
The plans for camp were started.'
Every boy has been urged to make
i all of his camp fee if possible. If
every parent would study carefully
i the value of the camp and would
I lend every effort to make every
phase of it helpful the boys would
reelize more real results from it.
I If your boy is going to camp get
, interested in it and help him make
his plans. Just to give him the
money is not the best plan. He needs
you help.
I The camp is not planned for the
benefit of the supervisors. In fact,
it is a great sacrifice to them, but if
■ any pleasure or profit can be derived
, from it by a boy or any number of j
, boys the time and effort are gladly ‘
given. , , 1
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I Help make it a great camp.
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I mark made by the freshet of Janu
ary 1925, which broke all previous
records.
Gigantic Draw Span
The steel work of this immence
structure was done by the Roanoke
Iron and Bridge company. It is de- j
signed so that on the approach of a
i boat up or down the river one man
I can open the draw span in two nun
i utes and the draw span is large
i enough to allow any battleship of the
| U. S. Navy to pass,
j R. P. Norris, resident engineer of
i the state highway department, and
| D. D. Hankins, of Savannah, bridge
, engineer of the department, were in
charge of this work, and the Harda
way Contracting company made a
i record of completing their part of
I the contract four months ahead of;
[ schedule time.
The funds for the erection of this
I bridge have been provied by Appling
and Toombs counties and the state
j highway board and federal aid. The
j uortion contributed by Appling and
Toombs counties was from their pro
■ rata share of the state gasoline tax.
During the time since the opening of
these highways, the traffic has been
handled by a ferry run by Miles &
I Dunn, of BaxFejt. The ferry was
large enough to accommodate as
many as eight automobiles per trip
and was propelled by a motor boat.
When this new bridge is thrown open
to the public many hundreds of auto
mobiles besides wagons and buggies
will pass over it day and night. It
will be in charge of Roan Hutcheson,
who has a ten-year contract as bridge
keper, and he will have a filling sta
tion and case on the Appling county
end of the bridge on the bluff.
CO-OPERATE WITH THOSE
WHO CRITICIZE YOU
You think you are very anxious to
to get to the top in your chosen work
but what do you do and how do you
!act under critism?
Do you “get by” as soon as possi
-1 hie ar.d bewail the fact that your
work does not receive commenda
tion?
Are you always sorry for yourself
when you are told that your work is
I unsatisfactory that you can not really
remember in what way your work or
1 effort is lacking?
As soon as you receive works of
critical import, do you shut the doors
to your mind and your soul and turn
: sour with illtemper?
Do you snarl back or become sar- ;
castic to those who have the temer- j
ity to suggest that you do cerain
things in a different manner?
Do you know that it is your atti- j
' tude toward critism which proves
, your actual?
Do you know that it is only by !
critism that you can grow better?
| The kindest thing your friends can
'do is to put you in line for better
things by letting you know wherein
. you lack.
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You should be so glad to know
| where your failure lies that whether
or not it is pleasantly stated melts
into insignificence.—Exchange.
Eight Page. Every Week
New Frigidaire To
To Sell At Lowest
Price In It’s History
A new model Frigidaire, selling at
the lowest price in the history of the
business has been announced by the
Frigidaire Corporation, subsidiary of
General Motors. Its colling mechan
; ism is built in a single unit, concealed
in the top of a specially designed
metal cabinet, the announcement
. says.
“This addition to the Frigidaire
line, will bring the two factories to
a production level of 2000 units 8
day, a new high mark for the indus
try, and it is expected, will enable
Frigidaire Corporation to easily
! maintain its established leadership,”
Isays E. G. Biechler, president and
' general manager.
“By building the cooling assembly
as one unit, doing away with many
special parts and connections, and
utilizing our well known mass pro
duction facilities, we have cut manu
facturing costs of this new Frigid
aire on al sides. Its cost of installa
tion in the home is also lessened
! considerably.
'“The hew model is announced after
f many years of research on the part
J of our large enginering department.
■Exhaustive field tests under all sorts
of climatic conditions have proved
that it is just as economical in opera
tion and as well built as any of our
higher priced models, tt can be sold
for less money, simply because it can
be built, for less money.” . .
Announcement of the new model
i marks a further step in the Frigidaire
policy of larger production and lower
prices, according to Mr. Biechler
who says:
“We were committed to this policy
1 months ago when we undertook a
$20,000,000 factory expansion pro
gram’ which gave us 53 acres of
floor space and a production capacity
of 50,000 units a month. At that
time we made drastic price reduct
ions oh all our models, passing on
the savings we expected to make in
the future through the tremendous
production anticipated.
“itesults have proven the wisdom
of this policy and made it possible
for us to offer this new model, selling
at a still lower, price. With it added
io our line, resulting in the enlarg
ment of our field, we are confident
of more than doubling our unit sales
of 1926, a year unprecedented in this
new industrial field.”
An Optimistic Picture
Os South Georgia Is
Painted By Hovnes
DISTRICT MANAGER OF STAN
DARD OIL RETURNS FROM MO
TOR TRIP THRUGH SECTION;
REPORTS OUTLOOK IS GOOD.
“South Georgia Looks good to
me,” is the enthusiastic report
b- ought in by Thomas M. Hoynes,
district manager for the Standard
Oil Company, who has just re turned
from a motor trip through the south
ern section of the state. Mr. Hoynes
visited the connections of his com
pany in the counties of this section.
Optimism
A spirit of optimism prevades the
entire section, Mr. Hoynes states.
The favorable weather conditions
permitted the farming operations to
progress rapidly, and work is some
what ahead of what it usually is at
this time. “People everywhere are
very optimistic, and the spirit of
prosperity is in the air,” Mr. Hoynes
said.
Diversify
One especially gratifying observa
tion by Mr. Hoynes was that the
farmers were diversifying this year
i more than ever “It appears to me
j that the reduced acreage has been
reduced, while more tobacco and pea
[nuts are being planted.”
Wanted Rain
Mr. Hoynes said the planters were
I wishing for rain, and that they got it
! while en route home. He believes
i the moisture of the past two days
was just what they wanted, and that
it will have a good effect on the grow
ing crops.
Beautiful
Speaking of South Georgia from
the beauty standpoint, Mr. Hoynes
said the section is a pretty picture,
with the field and woods in their
most attractive green. Savannah
Press.