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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
SENIOR SENATOR
HARRIS GUEST OF
KIWANIS CLUB
GEORGIA SENATOR BRINGS AN
INTERESTING MESSAGE TO
CLUB MONDAY NIGHT.
The regular meeting of the local
Kiwanians was the scene of an en
joyable as well as interesting meet
ing, after the preliminary opening,
the club engaged in a number of Ki
. i
warns songs, after which the Presi
dent awarded the attendance prize
to Kiwanian Chess Abernathy and
donated by Oliver’s Filling station.
Immediately following the awarding
of the prize, the club was delighted
with a reading from Miss Alice
Adams.
The guest of the evening were:
Senior Senator Wm. J. Harris, of
Georgia, Mr. Cline, of Atlanta, Dr. 1
J. C. Brewton, and Mr. W. T. Jen- j
kins, of this city.
After the introduction of guest
and hearing of several reports from
-.various committees, the president
(prilled on Senator Harris for a mes- i
7 sage, who addressed the members and
guests present on several important
matters of government, finance and
politics. ' * iMJM
In part Mr. Harris stated that in
his opinion a very grave diplomatic
situation with the government of
Mexico had ben averted by the ad
ministration. He spoke for some on
the China situation, remembering
personal experiences in that country
on a rectn visit there with his family
at which time he studied the situa
tion on the ground. Mr. Harris
went into the recent visit therefW
went into the recent controversy over
the appointment of Judge Tilson by
President Coolidge and his own rea
=ons for resisting the confirmation of
1 vhis appointment. He explained that
Post Office buildings were not desig
nated as they had formerly been but
that a new manner of awarding
buildings had been instituted which
takes the matter some distance away
from the senatorial department of
the government and brings it more
nearly in the direct province of the
Post Office Department.
Mr. Harris was gracious enough to
- recall with pleasure a former visit to
the idalia Kiwanis club and made
some very pleasant remarks on the
growth and physical improvement
that had taken place in the city since
his hr * visit which occured about
tnre j ars ago.
Mr. Harris has some warm person
al friends among the membership of
the club and in Vidalia and his visits
to this place are always pleasant
ones.
A Memorial To
Dr. M. M. Parks
An intensive campaign is on from
May 2 through May 7 to secure
funds to build a Hospital on the cam
pus of G. S. C. W. as a memorial to
the late Dr. M. M. Parks. This is
done by the alumnae and students of
this institution as a token of love
they have for one who served as
president for so many years.
The Twelfth District is asked to
raiste $5,000 for this purpose. The
quota for Toombs County is $335.
It is hoped and expected that the
frieds of education who appreciate
the great work done by Dr. I aiKS
will respond gladly when the appeal
comes. Let Toombs County rally to
the call! On Thursday night, May
L. 5 from 8:15 till 9:15, Eastern time,
there will be a G. S. C. W. program
broadcasted over raido from Mercer
University. This will be interesting
to all former students.
Tobacco Tests At
The Coastal Plain
Experiment Station
The development of tobocco grow
ing in Georgia, which is second only
to cotton as a cash crop, has not been
, due to hit and miss methods or guess
work. A few years ago when in was
first realized that tobocco held prom
ise as a new money crop, carefully
laid out tests and experiment* were
began at the Coastal Plain Experi
ment Station at Tifton. As problems
in growing this untried crop would
prise, trained research men would
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4 NEW DIRECTORS
ARE ELECTED BY
THE GA. POWER CO.
J. LEONARD ROUNTREE, PRES
IDENT PEOPLES BANK OF
SUMMIT, FORMER LEGSLATOR,
ONE OF DIRECTORS ELECTED.
Atlanta, Ga., May s.—Four new
directors from as many cities in '
Georgia were elected by the Georgia |
Power Company at a meeting last
week. The four new directors, all .
of whom are well known not alone i
in their home cities, but throughout !
i
the state, are:
Billups Phinizy, president of the
Southern Mutual Life Insurance '
i
Company, in Athens; John M. Grah
am, president of the National City
Bank, Rome; George E. Patterson,
i executive vice-president of the
Fourth National Bank, of Macon, and
jJ. Leonard Rountree, president of
the Peoples Bank of Summit, Geor
gia, and a former state legislator
from Emanuel County.
These four men are leading busi
ness executives in their respective |
cities, and it is belived that their ad
dition to the board of directors of
the Georgia Power Company will
enable it to give even better service
to all parts of Georgia where it op
! erates.
Their selection is in line with the
company’s policy of being a Georgia \
! corporation for Georgians, as all
members of the board of directors,
with two exceptions, are Georgia
citizens.
At the same meeting, William E.
Mitehall, of Birmingham, was elected
, vice-president and general manager
l of the company, to succeed W. H.
j Taylor, who resigned several months
| ago to become vice-president of the
United Gas Improvement Company.
I Mr. Mitchell will assume his duties
j in the next few weeks.
| Mr. Mitchell, for many years a
; leading figure in the water power
I development of the South, is one of
| the best known men in electrical
j circles in the country.
Preliminary Plans
For Two New Filling
Staiions Being Made
•_
A filling station of the drive-in
variety will be erected at the corner
of Pine and Mclntosh streets, the
Standard Oil Company having con
tracted for the building of the station
’ The land is the property of J. W.
; Poe and it is said that after the fill
ing has been erected it wjll be operat
ed by a sublessee. The stand is on the
North and South highway through
Vidalia and is considered a good
| place for the gas business. A .S.
, Odom, owner of the lot of land at
the corner of First street and Jack
son, is removing his dwelling house
to a site just back of the corner lot
and it is reported that the land on
! the corner will be used for a filling
. station.
;i
Training School For
S. S, Workers
Vidalia, Ga.
May 8-13
Time is drawing near for this
great event. Let everybody be ready
on time. This is an unusual oppor
tunity for the S. S. Workers of all
this section—an opportunity to get
, this fine training just for the com
ing and studying a week—coached
by competent instructors—on the
lines we need so much.
There will be three subjects in the
Standard Course and one in the
Cokesbury Course. The Cokesbury
is adapted to the needs of the smaller
schools in the country and is just as
i beneficial as the Standard. There
will be no fees charged for admis
sion into this school. The Sunday
Schools, or rather the different
charges have been asked to pay in a ]
small amount to help take care of ;
the expense of the school.
] The subjects to be taught are as
follows:
Standard Course
The Worker and His Bible—taught
by Rev. Reese Griffin, Dublin, Ga.
Organization and Administration — .
taught by Rev. G. E. Clary, Americus,
Ga.
j Principles of Religious Teaching—
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
GEORGIA COTTON
GROWERS RE-ELECT
OFFICERS FOR TERM
w. t. McArthur, sr., of m c -
GREGOR, RE-ELECTED FIRST
VICE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Conwell was re-elected pres
i ident and general manager of the
'association; W. T. McArthur, first
I vice president; J. M. Council of
Americus, second vice president, and
, Claude Eubanks of Eastman secre
| tary and Treasurer. These officers,
| with B. L. Redwine, of Madras and
i J. A. Bowers of Meigs, constitute the
executive committee. Messrs. Con
| well, Bowers and Council were named
as representatives of the association
on the board of trustees of the Amer
ican Cotton Growers’ Exchange.
The meeting ratified the recent
I election of the directors by members
of the association in the various dis
tricts of the state. Among the new
directors chosen were N. J. Guner,
farmer and business man of Wash
ington; E. W. Cihlds, farmer and
I former state senator of Omaha; Dr.
W. J. Wade, farmer and business
man of Cuthbert; and R. Lee Moore,
lawyer and former congressman of
Statesboro.
Poultry Car To Run
On Thursday, May 12
! The next poultry car will be in
Lyons Thursday afternoon, May 12.
Farmers are strongly urged to get
all their friers ready for this car if
possible. Rush them just as fast as
you can as the frier market will now
drop fast and you want as much as
you can get for your friers. The last
! poultry car paid more for friers than
they were paying for them in Sa
i vannah. Push them to from 1 1-2
to 2 pounds and have them ready
for this sale. In fattening friers and
chickens for a sale it is a good idea
to shut them up for 10 days. But
I when you do that do not give any
j thing but water the first day. This
is important as the first day will let
them get hungry. Give them a light
feed the second day, then increase
the feed to all they will clean up in
j five minutes. Do not let any feed
1 stay in the troughs as they will go
I stale if you do. A wet mixture of
! shorts and corn meal mixed with but
! termilk is fine for fattening both
! hens and friers.
j Remember to bring the chickens,
: hens, friers and roosters. Do not tie
I their legs, it takes too long to untie
them.
Presbyterian Church
(CITY HALL)
Sunday, I*o A. M., Bible School.
No preaching morning or evening
on account of pastor’s appointment
at Aimwell.
! Junior Chirstian Society at 3P. M.,
and all of our children are invited,
j On Tuesday at the Manse the Wo
man’s Bible Study Class meets at 4
P. M., and all of our women are
i urged to come.
Wednesday at 8 P. M. Dr. Martin
dale will conduct the mid-w'eek serv
ice at Mr. S. A. McColsky’s home;
'subject: “How Much God Loves Sin
ful Men.” Read Luke 15, and come
—members and friends.
taught by Dr. Sarah Ritter, Macon,
Ga.
Cokesbury Course
The Small Sunday School— taught
by Rev. M. A. Shaw, Vidalia, Ga.
The assignments for first lessons
are as follows:
The Worker and His Bible —Old
Testament Section, chapters 1 and 2
to be carefully read.
Principles of Religious Teaching—
Read forst two chapters and prepare
a paper on the topic: “The Best S. S.
| Teacher I Have Ever Known.”
Organization and Administration —
Read first two chapters.
Small Sunday School—Read first
| three chapters.
j It will be necessary to get books
and the assignments of lessons not
ilater than 3:30 P. M., May 8, in order
|to have time to prepare the lessons
by Monday, 7 P. M., the time for
the first lesson.
Remember one must not be absent
from more than one lesson period,
if he expects to get credit of these
courses.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927.
MRS. PEARSON OF I
REIDSVILLE BURIED
ON LAST SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF MONT
GOMERY COUNTY: PNEUMON- ,
IA CAUSES DEATH FRIDAY
NIGHT AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Gussie Pearson, wife of Dr.
W. R. Pearson, died Friday night,
just before midnight in the local
hospital after a week’s illness with
' pneumonia. She had gotten in such
condition that she was rushed to
this city early in the morning and ■
was thought to be doing well until
about night.
Mrs. Pearson would have been 58 i
years of age in July. She was born j
and reared in Montgomery county, ;
but had been a resident of Tattnall j
! county for many years. She was Miss
\ Gussie McCullough before her mar- !
riage. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church of Mt. Vernon.
She was a good woman, loved and
respected by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband
and the following children, Earl,
who is in a hospital in San Antonio,
Texas; Miss Marjorie, who teaches in
the public school at Quitman, and j
the following children who are at ,
home: Leroy, Miss Inez, Charley and
Lamar. She is survived by two
brothers and two sisters; Mrs. Bas
com Anthony, of Thomas; Mrs. Min
jnie Bizell, of Jacksonville, Fla.;
l ! James McCullough, of Jacksonville, I
Fla.; and Joseph McCullough, of Sa
! vannah.
| Ipterment was made in Reidsville
’ cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock, with Murchison Undertaking
’ Cortipany of Vidalia in charge of the
'[ funeral arrangements.
!| : •
• A, S. Johnson Elected
i Athletic Director And
;! Head Coach For 8.P.1.
? Sid Johnson, popular line coach of
t the Mercer varsity football team for
; the past season, in addition to being
; Freshman basketball and baseball 1
i coach, has been elected athletic di
ll rector and head coach at Brewton-J
) Parker institute. Mount Vernon.
’ Johnson will take over his new posi- ,
-1 tion next fall. Sid is a graduate of
i Mercer and won many scholastic, as
! well as athletic honors while attend
, ing the Baptist university. He was a
; splendid student as well as an ath- I
: lete.
Bessie Tift College Notes
The Bessie Tift Dramatic Club 1
presented in Junior Recital Evelyn
Walker, reader, assisted by Mildred
; Foster, violinist, Tuesday afternoon
; at four-thirty. A great deal of tal
ent and training was displayed by
, both young ladies. The program
was as follows:
Across The Border —Beulah Marie
; Dix.
Shanson d’Armour —W. Bendall.
a. In Flanders’ Fields—John Mc
! Rae.
b. An Answer—Selected.
c. The Flanders Lilies Lucy
Hyatt.
The Swan —C. Sant Saens.
His Magesty, The King—Kipling.
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Miss Duffie Williams spent last
week-end in Atlanta. While there
, she attended two of the operas:
I “Romeo and Juliet” and “Madame
Butterfly.” This term she has also
attended two Shakespearean plays:
i “Macbeth” and “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.” ... - _
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I The “Vidalia Club” met Saturday
night after the play “Nothing But
The Truth” which was given by the
Mercer players. Thelma Lacy and
| Catherine Boatright were the charm
i ing hostesses for the night. Flowers
and other decorations made the
j room very attractive. The salad
'course was followed by ice cream
and cake. The evening was through
'ly enjoyed by everyone.
Other than Methodist have the
privilege of coming in with us if they
like. We will be glad to have then,.
All together for a great school.
M. A. SHAW, Dist. S. S. Supt.
P. S. Get books from M. A. Shaw, '
[Vidalia, Ga. i
Rev. W. H. Budd
NamedAs Presiding
Elder Mcßae District
Rev. W. H. Budd, missionary sec
retary of the South Georgia confer- 1
ence, was named Tuesday to serve j
as presiding elder of the Mcßae dis- j
trict, to fill the post left vacant a ]
few weeks ago with the death of
Rev. E. L. Wainwright, who died as- ]
j ter an operation in a Macon hospi
| tal. The appointment was made by
Bishop W. N. Beauchamp.
Rev. Budd will serve in both ca-
I pacities until the South Georgia con
ference convenes in the fall, while
1 j
Mrs. Wainwright and the four child- ,
ren will have use of the pasonage at !
i Mcßae until a permanent successor
! to the late presiding elder is named
|in the fall, Bishop Beauchamp ex
i
' plained.
Rev. Budd has served a number
! I
lof the largest churches in south
J Georgia and is well known in south
ern Methodist circles.
P.-T. A. Meeting To
Be Held May 13th
The last meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association for the year will
( be held on Friday, May the 13th, one
: week early, on account of the regu
j lar time falling on the last day of
school. The program will be pre
' sented by the Home Economics De
j partment in the form of a little play
entitled: “Fashion Review Down Pet-
I ticoat Lane,” also an exhibit of the
year’s work in Household Arts. We
would be glad if all who attend will
bring a donation of ten cents of
more, which will be used to pay the
last month’s grocery bill.
The publis is cordially invited.
BOOSTSPLAN FOR
STATE ADVERTISING
COMMERCE AND FINANCE COM
MENTS ON THE MERCER PLAN
TO BE INTRODUCED AT NEXT
SESSION.
For the purpose of assisting the
' program of legislation promulgated
by George A Mercer, to get an
J amount appropriated for advertising
: the resources of the counties, the
i April 27 issue of Commerce and Fi
nance carried an editorial on this
subject, which was written • he re
quest of the Convention and Tourist
Bureau of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Mercer’s proposal will be in
troduced at the next General Assem
| bly by Chatham county delegation.
Following in the boost to the proposal
given by Commerce and Finance,
i “Now Comes Community Advertis
ing—“The cities,” wrote Rudyard
Kipling, ‘are full of pride, challeng
ing each to each.’ Today, not only
cities but whole states are vying with
each other for more industries, more
residents, and more visitors.
“The medium through which the
challenge is expressed is advertising
and the conduct of promotion cam
i paigns. More than a hundred cities
are advertising their advantages.
They are spending annually amounts
| ranging from SIO,OOO to $30,000
each for a total expenditure of some- |
by states is a more recent move but
thing like $10,000,000. Advertising
one which gives promise of great ex
pansion and development. California,
Maine and New Hampshire all go in
for group activity in this direction 1
The funds are generally obtained by
private subscription although in some j
cases they are secured by virtue of .
a public tax levied for the purpose. |
An act to amend the constitution of (
the state of Georgia to include a tax
levy for ‘advertising the resources of ,
the Counties’ will be voted on by the |
people at the forthcoming elections.
If passed, it will become effective in j
1930. Under the act, each county j
could levy a tax of two mills for this j
t purpose. Chatham county, in which !
j Savannah is located, could raise j
about $125,000 for advertising its
resources. The state, comprising 161
I counties, could raise millions under
the plan for telling the world about
Georgia.
“Group activity is the order of our
economic universe. Cities and states
are, after all is said and done, mere
ly composite business enterprises.
Georgia has grasped this idea and
gone about selling her service as a
I business would.
FORMAL OPENING
NEW HOME LOCAL
BANK ON TUESDAY
)
NEW BANKING QUARTERS HAVE
FORMAL OPENING TUESDAY,
AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8?
! OCCASION IS ENJOYED BY A
LARG NUMBER. MANY OUT
OF-TOWN GUESTS PFESENT.
Six hundred citizens of this sec
tion attended the formal opening of
the First National Bank in its new
quarters here, the opening taking the
form of a reception. The bank’s
guests were received at the door,
served with punch, signed the guest
i register and received souvenirs of
i the occasion, after which they were
shown over the new quarters of the
institution and served an ice course,
j The new bank quarters are at the
| corner of Meadows and Church
streets in the very heart of the busi
ness section of Vidalia, the
space is ample for all needs of the
bank and in addition a community
room is outfitted which can be used
for all sorts of small gatherings,
committee meetings and stockholders
1 meetings of the bank. There has
i been provided two burglar and fire
i protected vaults and the bank’s fur
i nishings are of marble and hard
wood. In the receiving line at the
reception were the officers and di
rectors of the bank and their wives.
More Contributions
Made To Relief Fund
Since Last Report
Other contributors who have do
: nated to the Mississippi Relief Fund
j through the Vidalia chapter of the
i American Red Cross since the list
published last wek include: Miss Em
; mie Roberts, Miss Lucile Hodges, H.
1 A. Turner, W. C. Somers, Mark Mc-
I ' Lemore and R. C. Wilson,
j The quota assigned to the local
chapter is about one-third filled, and
' l it is hoped that those who wish to
. i contribute to his fund will ge in
I touch with the chapter officials be
fore Sunday jmd rr\ake their dona
tions as Sunday is the last report
| ! day on the quota assignment. Con
i tributions will however be sent by
J the local chapter any time they are
* received.
;l
Veterans To Lose 30
Billions in Insurance
Unless They Act Now
. ■ Unless World War Veterans heed
the warning of the United States
Veterans Bureau and the Red Cross
to convert their war term insurance
policies by July 2, 1927, some thirty
billion dollars of insurance will be
come void on that date and will be
finally lost to veterans.
I Although numerous bills to extend
this date were introduced during the
last session of Congress, none of
these were passed. The law as it.
now stands requires that men ex
change (“convert”) their war term
policies which they purchased while
in service for one of the more per
manent forms of Government Life
Insurance.
There are seven forms of convert
ed insurance. These are: Ordinary
Life, Twenty Pay Life, Thirty Pay
Life, Twenty Year Endowment, Thir
ty Year Endowment, Endowment at
Age 62, and Five Year Convertible
Term.
The final date for conversion can
not be extended this year, as has hap
pened in the past. Congress has ad
’ journed without amending the law
and the date connot be changed by ,
Bureau regulation. July 2, 1927,.
; is therfore final. , - •
1 Even if no term insurance prem
iums have been paid for many years,
j the majority of veterans can still re
! instate at very small cost.
The Vidalia Chapter of the Red
i Cross is prepared to explain the rela
-1 tive value of the various types of in
surance and to assist with the techni
cal work of filing applications with
the Veterans Bureau.
“This new advertising, if general
lyadopted, bids fair greatly to alter
our industrial and economic picture.
Meanwhile, the b“':.le lines are be
ing drawn alonj; community lines.
The spectacle should prove well
worth watching. The trend is one
whose significance cannot be denied
or ignored.”
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