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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
New and Modern School Plant Planned For Vidaiia
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
VIDALIA HIGH SCHOOL TO BEGIN
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY THE 20
NINETEEN MEMBERS
TO GET DIPLOMAS
TUESDAY EVENING
SENIOR PLAY AND CLASS NIGHT
MONDAY EVENING TO BE THE
FEATURE IN COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM.
The Commencement program of ‘
the Vidaiia High School will begin
on Friday evening, May the 20th,
and close with the graduating exer- i
cises on Tuesday evening, May the j
24 th.
Less than two weeks remain until
the nineteen members of the Senior |
class will have sung their last “fare
well” and have said their last “good
bye” to the school that has meant so
much to them in the years that are
past.
The inspiration they have received;
the lessons they have learned, and
the character they have formed will
be of inestimable worth as they go
out armed with diplomas from their
Alma Mater, to take part in the
various things of life.
The graduating class is indeed a
fine class and they will be missed
when they are gone, but the training
that they have received at the Vida- j
lia High School will mean much to :
their success when the time comes
for them to take up the responsibili
ties of life.
The program for the commence
ment exercises is as folows:
Friday Evening, May 20th, at six
o’clock in the school auditorium, the
grammar school recital, pupils from
the Expression and Music Depart
ments.
Friday evening, May 20th, 8:30
o’clock, at school auditorium, Cham
pion Debate, between the Lanier and |
Harris Literary Societies; subjeet:
“Resolved, That the U. S. Should j
Retain Permanent Control of the j
Philipine Islands.”
Sunday morning, May 22nd, 11 :15
o’clock, Baccalaureate Sermon by
Dr. Tuckly of Decatur, Ga.
Monday evening, May 23rd, at
8:30 o’clock, City Hall, Senior Play
and Class Night.
Tuesday evening, May 24th, 8:30
o’clock, at the First Baptist Church, 1
graduating exercises, Senator Walter
F. George, of Vienna, will make the
address.
,
Mr. J. A. Cowart
Died Suddenly On j
Saturday Evening
Mr. J. A. Cowart, cashier of the G.
S. & F. railway, died during Satur
day night, death following a sudden
attack of acute indigestion, lasting
only a few moments.
The deceased had returned home
from downtown and complained of
pain, and while an antidote was be
ing prepared for him, he passed away
He had been a resident of Valdosta
for a number of years, filling the re
sponsible position as cashier for the
L(j s. & F. here for many years and
was popular and highly regarded by
those with whom he had business
dealings, as well as with the officials
of the road.
The deceased was an active mem
ber of the Methodist church, a mem
ber of the board of stewards and as
sistant treasurer and he was held in
the highest esteem by the members
of the board because of his earnest
activity and willingness to undertake
at all time his full share of the work
of the church and the board. Being
a man of apparent robust health,
t the suddenness of his death was a
* shock to all who knew him.
Funeral arrangements were an-
for 5:30 Monday afternoon
at the Methodist church, in charge
of Rev. Loy Warwick, the pastor. j
The position as cashier as the G.
S. & F. freight offices brought Mr. 1
Cowart in close touch with the busi-
B ess interests of this city and sec-|
don, and his uniform couresy and es- ;
ficiency won for him the high es
teem of those with whom he came in |
NEW MACHINERY
PUTTING STREETS
IN FINE CONDITION
PRACTICALLY ALL STREETS IN
CITY HAVE BEEN WORKED
SOME SINCE THE PURCHASE
OF STREET WORKING MA
CHINERY.
W. J. Murchison, who is chairman
1 of the Streets and Lanes Committee
jof the City Council is making con
| siderable showing with the new
tractor which was purchased for the
use of this department by the City
government. The tractor is a one
man outfit whick makes for economy
of operation and the motor has pow
er enough to drag the scrape and
other attachments. The streets and
lanes of the city are beginning to
show the benefits to be derived from
keeping such an outfit on the job,
and the showing will be even better
when rains have fallen which will
season the roads so that the ma
chinery can be operated at its high
est efficiency. Practically all the
streets and lanes in the city have
been worked by the machinery al
ready and as it continues to go over
the roads they will show constant
| improvement and be kept in better
1 condition.
Federal and State
Highway Surveyors
Start Survey Here
Federal and State Highway Sur
veyors have been in this section this
week surveying the “Loop” road
which is to be built from the Coursey
place on the Cotton Belt highway,
designated more fully as Federal
Highway Number One, to this city.
According to the best reports that
! can be gathered at this time the road
will leave Highway No. 1 at right
angles and will be cut to Vidaiia,
, coming into the city and intersect
ing Mclntosh street at some point
about the “top of the hill” or pos
sibly on Peachtree or North street.
It is thought that after the engineers
have made their survey, the county
gang will be put to work on this cut
off. No news of when the South
Thompson road will be put in shape
for paving has been obtainable.
contact, and his very sudden death
was a matter of wide interest.
I Mr. Cowart is survived by his wife
and three sons, Leon Cowart, aged
sixteen, Rudolph, aged twelve and
Tillman, aged two.
Old Folks Service
At The Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Sunday School at 10 A. M., Dr. L.
H. Darby, Superintendent.
Preaching at 11 A. M. by the pas
tor, on Josh. 14:6. We especially
want all the people above fifty to
come as we will have a service such
as the people had fifty years ago.
Cars will be furnished on Sunday
morining to carry any old person who
have no conveyance. A series of
Revival Services will begin with the
morning hour and will continue for
eight or ten days. Preaching will be
done by the pastor and Dr. J. C.
Brewton. The music will be con
ducted by Evangelistic singer, W. C.
Grindle, who is a graduate of the
Moody Bible Institute and has had
some fourteen years’ experience as
a singer and personal worker.
B. Y. P. U. at 7 P. M. P. F.
Phillips, President.
Preaching at 8 P. M. by the pastor.
The W. M. U. will hold its monthly
Bible study at the church on Monday
4:30 P. M. This study will be con
ducted by Mrs. L. H. Darby, which
gives the assurance that it will be in
teresting.
The prayer service on Wednesday
i evening will be conducted by Rev.
Levi Phillips at 8:00 p. m.
I Let me beg that you come and wor-
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
RECITAL TO BE
GIVEN AT SCHOOL
MONDAY EVENING
PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND
RECITAL OF MISS LUCY POE
AND MISS KATHERINE JONES
IN MUSIC AND EXPRESSION.
On Monday evening, May 16th,
in the school auditorium, the public
is invited to attend the recital of j
, Katherine Jones and Lucy Poe.
Katherine completes the two-year
high school course in Expression and
Lucy receives a certificate in piano
for high school work.
jDR. C. W. FINDLEY
TO OPEN MODERN
OFFICES SOON
NEW AND UP-TO DATE EQUIP
MENT HAS BEEN BOUGHT FOR
NEW PLACE.
Dr. C. W. Findley, who has just
returned from Chicago, where he
qualified as an Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat Specialist, has leased offices
in the Poe building on Railroad Ave
! nue. The quarters are to be re
modeled and redecorated especially
1 for the needs of Dr. Findley and his
equipment, which is arriving from
' , Chicago at this time will be installed
; i as soon as the rooms have been put
in shape.
Negro Boy Killed.
White Youth Hurt
In “Chariot” Race
Glenwood, Ga., May 7.—A negro
■ boy is dead here and another, a white
1 youth is in the hospital as the result
of the two today endeavoring to
emulate the drivers of the old Roman
chariots, but instead of having real
chariots, the two boys substituted an
old army forage wagon and wo mules.
Racing through the main street of
town, all the while whipping the
mules to a greater speed, the driver
of the wagon swerved around a corn
er, throwing both himself and his
companion out. The negro was
■’.pled by the mules and died in
stantly and the white boy, escaping
the hels of the mules, was run over
by the wagon and seriously injured.
toombsTfarmers
| RECEIVE LARGE SUM
FROM COTTON ASSO.
♦
NINETY-FIVE PER CENT COTTON
SOLD DIRECT THROUGH ASSO
CIATION DIRECT FROM THE
GROWER TO SPINNER.
Checks totaling $12,674.95 were j
received Monday by Toombs county
farmers who sold their cotton this
season through the Georgia Cotton
Growers’ Co-operative Association.
The Association settled on the bas
is of 12.65 cents a pound net for
middling white cotton, 7-8 inch
staple after paying all expenses.
This is 2 cents a pound more than
the average of prices last October,
November and December. Expenses
were 1.14 cents a pound, the princi
pal item being for interest. The As
sociation advanced more than $3,-
000,000 to members on delivery last
fall before any considerable amount
of this cotton was sold.
In a statement accompanying the
final settlement, President J. E. Con
well announced hat 95 per cent of
the cotton the association sold in this
country went direct from grower to
spinner.
In accordance with the decision of
the directors, in response to the needs
of members for an early settlement
to provide cosh for making his year’s
crops, all th epools were closed out
by April 12. The most of the cot
ton was sold in February, March and
up to April 10, hence the high aver
age price obtained.
ship with us. A cordial welcome
will be extended to all. The Spirit
and the Bride says, come.
Cordially,
D. S. RINDLE, Pastor.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927.
HARRIS TO ERECT
MODERN BUILDING
ON BARWICK LOT
i
JOHN T. RAGAN & COMPANY,
LOCAL CONTRACTORS, ARE
AWARDED CONTRACT. BUILD
ING TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE
SHUMAN-HARRIS MOTOR CO.
NEW J. F. DARY BANK
! WILL BE OPENED IN
THIS CITY ON MAY 28
| A contract was awarded on Tues
day of this week for the erection of
a building to occupy the lot on Rail
road Avenue where the Barwick
hotel formerly stood. Mr. D. C. Har
ris, who recently purchased this
' property, will do the improving. J.
T. Ragan and Company, local con
i tractors will have the contract for
1 the building which will have a sixty
foot front and run back a distance of
one hundred and twenty feet. The
j front will be in keeping with ideals
of new construction in Vidaiia and
the building when completed will be
occupied by the Shuman-Harris Mot
or Company as a sales office, repair
shop and filling station. The build
ing is to be completed and ready for
occupancy by the first of September.
Other construction wo:jfcj started
this week in Vidaiia included work
on the home for Dr. H. A. Deen on
Church and Sixth streets; the remod
elling of the old First National Bank
building for the use of the new own
er, Mr. J. F. Darby, who will occu
py it as a private banker and opera
tor of a building and loan organiza
tion. Work on the Vann Tobacco
(Warehouse on First and Durden
streets was started on Monday and
this work will be completed by the
first of July.
, 1 It is reported that the Seaboard
workmen who have just completed
the Seaboard Railroad part of the
crossing paving on all Railroad Ave
nue crossings will do the work for the
account of the M. D. & S. road at
all of these crossings and a comple
tion of this job may be expected by
next week.
Other construction work in the
city which is progressing rapidly is
the office building on Meadows street
i for the use of Dr. F. L. Huie and the
. new addition to the Vidaiia Hospital.
The hospital work is ahead of sched
ule at this time, the outside work
having been completed on the addi
j tion and considerable progress on the
! inside finish is being made. After
i the addition is completed the old
part of the hospital will be given a
; treatment, calculated to bring it up
to the standard of the new part.
Furnishings and fixtures for the new
rooms are arriving, including electri
cal machinery for sterilizing, diet
kitchen, washing machines, and re
frigeration plant.
Spring Sale Now
w On At Rushing’s
I
A two-page advertisement else
where in this issue of the Advance
calls your attention to a fifteen-day
sale at A. Rushing’s of quality mer
chandise at economy prices. Many
bargains are to be found by attend- ,
ing this “call to economy sale,” and
in addition to the attractive prices,
another inducement is being offered
to those who trade a certain amount
during this sale. This sale begins on
Friday, May 13th.
rOOMBSCOUNTY j
TO VOTE ON FENCE i
OR NO FENCE LAW
ELECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE
CALLED IN JUNE OF THIS
YEAR.
Sufficient names have been af
fixed to petitions to warrant the
calling of an election in June relative
to a fence law for Toombs county.
The petitions will be filed with the
ordianry, whose duty it is to call the
elecion, not later than the second >
Tuesday in June. Last year the no
fence side lost by a small number of
, votes. There being a difference of j
only five or six votes.
I
MORE DONATIONS
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
FLOOD RELIEF FUND
LOCAL QUOTA NOT NEAR COM
PLETE; BOOKS ARE OPEN AND
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE YET
MADE.
Among the Red Cross subscriptions
received this week by the local chap
ter for Mississippi River Relief fund
were donations made by R. C. Wil
son, Mrs. Otto Lowe, Miss Myrtle
Lowe and Mr. G. N. Mathews, Sr.
The local fund is not near the amount
of the quota assigned but the Red
Cross chapter officers are holding the
books open so rthe present and will
accept subscriptions right on as pre
sented to them.
According to a bulletin sent to
Vidaiia from Washington the Ameri
can Red Cross is today caring for the
tremendous total of 323,837 men,
women and children who have been
driven out of their homes in seven
states by the relentless flood waters
of the Mississippi and its tributaries.
This record total is increasing with
the rapid exodus of the people in the
parishes in northeastern Louisoana
which are steadily going under water.
Never in its history ha 3 the Ameri
can Red Cross been called upon to
care for the needs of such an army
of refugees in any one catastrophe.
The total of 323,837 refugees is
compiled from reports received by
Director Baker from all the area of
fices, and includes not only those ac
tually gathered in the refugee camps
established by the Red Cross, but
those who are sheltered and cared
so rin public buildings, and others
marooned in second stories of flood
ed homes.
There are 173,566 mobilized in the
concentration camps, of which there
are now 66, an increase of eight over
a previous report.
I The Red Cross now has 64 area
! relief offices in operation, and it is
significient there are more area of
i fices in Louisiana than in Mississippi,
which shows the increasing serous
ness of the flood stuation in the
former state. Mississippi has 14
area headquarters, Louisiana 15, with
the possibility that the number may
be increased.
There are 826 power boats, each
flying the Red Cross flag with its
crimson emblem, plying the flood
waters to rescue the marooned and to
keep the food supplies moving.
Twenty-seven airplanes are o ndaily
duty, sweeping over the entire flood
area to watch for danger points, to
do rescue work, and to carry supplies
to points that are isolated and where
the need is too great to wait the
slower progress of boats.
Thirty radio stations are in opera
tion maintaining continuous commun
ication between points in the flooded
territory and he general relief head
quarters in Memphis where Director 1
Baker is located. Most of the radio
stations are located on boats. '
The Red Cross relief fund now has
reached a total of $7,813,908.
The small chapters in practically
every state in the midwestern part
of the country are now showing
splendid response to the relief appeal,
reports to National Headquarters
stated. In many cases these chap
ters have doubled, and even trebled
their quotas.
McNait Motor Co.
To Handle Fish Tires
As Exclusive Line
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a page advertisement of the
McNatt Motor company of this city,
Authorized Ford Dealers, announce
ing the fact that they have taken on
the Fisk Tire ihs their exclusive line,
and from this line can fill every pos
sible tire requirement as to type, j
size, price, etc., this tire having an
international reputation for quality
and endurance.
Clara Bow in “IT” Thursday and
Friday.
Don’t miss “IT” Colonial Theatre,
May 19 and 20.
'KIWANIANS HEAR
SCHOOL PLANS AT
MEETING MONDAY
I
INTERESTING AND ENTHUSIAS
TIC MEETING HELD MONDAY
NIGHT AT KIWANI3. CLUB.
PLANS OF THE NEW .CHOOL
BUILDING FEATURE OF PRO
GRAM.
The main feature and one that was
interesting to everyone present at
the Kiwanis Club last Monday night
was that of the new school facilities
that are planned and being worked
out by the Board of Education, Super
intendent of School, City Council
and probably three or four citizens
ox the town as a committee. Not only
is this matter interesting to the
I
members of the club and those who
have already heard the plans, but it
is of interest and importance to every
citizen of this city. Every one
I
, realizes the need of additional school
facilities both in the High School and
{
1 in the Grammar school department,
with the town growing so rapidly,,
educational facilities must be up tc*
* |
. the standard in every respect to con
-1 tinue to go forward as Vidalia is now
r | doing.
The plans brought to us and as
l |
r are planned by the committee are
- as follows:
■ ; “The local Board of Education ha 3
3 felt for some time that some steps
j must be taken to relieve the congest
s ed situation of our public school.
- | At a recent meeting of the Board it
; was decided that a joint meeting of
1 ‘ the Board of Education and City
- ! Council was necessary to make a plan
r ! for a beginning At this joint meet
! ing a committee was named consist
-1 i ing of two members of the Board,.
* two members of the Council and the
' | superintendent. Authority was giv
’ en this committee to make a start.
An architect was secured. The
buildings and grounds were inspect-
ed thoroughly, having in mind just.
1 what was needed to meet the de
mands. Two weeks later the archi
tect presented three sketches, but
1 j neither was acepted as he had the
’ | plan. With a few changes, looking ta
' the symmetry of the layout, a sketch
is being prepared for the approval
of the authorities. This plan will
cost the city between thirty-five and
| forty thousand dollars.
| The next question of importance
lis that of finances. The city has
twenty-three thousand dollars which
| can be turned into this channel. If
jit is possible to sell the City Hall for
a good price, it will be possible to.
, finance the project without any ad
ditional tax upon the people.
, As all public business is carried on
by committee, it has been the plan
of the Board and Council to place
full authority in the hands of the
above committee with probably two
or four citizens added to proceed
with every detail of the construction
when the money is in hand.
To many of the people this seems
a most feasible plan. Now it is up
to every broad-thir.fcjng citizen to
get directly behind the movement
and see that it is brought to success
ful completion.
The motive of this committee is
to have a school building erected
, upon an economical plan approved
by the people. It is hoped and in
-1 tended that not a move be made that
could not be approved by our best
citizens. Every effort will be made
to leave no impression for criticism
on the part of the public.
There are no conditions that could
exist that would make it impossible
for Vidalia people to r .-et together
and do this big thing for the progress
of our community,
j This is a critical moment in the
history of our school ind even in the
progress of our community. Good
I citizen, you should realize that one
of the biggest draw : ”g cards of any
community is the educational ad
vantages! Another great asset to
a city is a spirit of loyalty and co
! operation. Again let it be said that
! it is not impossible to do things now.”
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