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All The New* Os Toomb* and Surrounding Countie*
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
Published Every Thursday
Vidalia. Georgia
R. E. LEDFORD. Editor & Publisher
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The Vidalia Advance is entered at the Vidalia Postof
fice as mail matter of the second class, as provided for
under the Act of Congress
The man who watches a fire is paying
handsomely for the spectacle, because the
costs are distributed to men and indust! ies
which pay insurance premiums, and ulti
mately to every consumer of goods.
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THE THIRD TERM
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Speculation runs riot as to w hether Presi
dent Coolidge should be a candidate for a
third term. Inasmuch as he only had two
and a half years on his first term his parti
sans insist‘that “he didn’t have any first
term.” Evidently the President is not par
ticular on the point at issue, and unless very
serious objection is raised by the American
public he will perhaps not offer any dissent
if the Republican uarty insists that he con
tinue as the standard bearer.
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SEEKS THE HIGH PLACES
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One 6f President Coolidge’s best friends
in Washington habitually discounted every
suggestion that he w’ould spend the summer !
in the various places that claimed him in j
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. “He
seeks the high places, and that includes al
titude,’ 1 ’ insisted the prophet. Evidently
this President-friend had the right dope.
Washington is a “low” place—barely (
Above sea level, and its residents, including j
the Coolidges, get hungry for the air of the
“high places.”
If young C. A. L.—Lindbergh the high
flyer, should hop into Washington the first
week that the other “al” is away, local en
thusiatics might want to take him over to
the Wnite House to live.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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The annual National Conference on
Weights.and Measures has held in
Washington. Despite the fact that the
American colonists through their legisla
tures began passing laws on ‘the subject
provided for the testing of commercial in
struments used by the merchants in the
Colonies as early as 1600, there still remains
a great variety of state laws upon the sub
ject. However, steady progress has been
made in stopping fraudulent weights, and
nn marking goods fictitiously. Neverthe
less, one can still step on a spring scale
weighing machine with out finding out def
inately whether to commence to diet, or not.
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STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTION
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Incident to the holding of the finals of
the National Oratorical Contest in Washing
ton, Randolph Leigh, organizer and director
of the contests, states that in the last four
years more than six million high school boys
and girls have taken part in these contests
on the Constitution. Hesays “the finalists
are to the entire movement merely what
the sparkling crest is to a wave,” and adds:
"‘'They are the heirs to the drive and surge
and enthusiasm of six million minds.” The
National Oratorical Contest has performed
its great duty toward humanity, as Mr.
Leigh states because “it is an agency for
taking the Constitution to the people thru
the children of the people. In the act of in
forming and inspiring themselves on the
subject of the Government of the United
;Stateß. they also quicken and enthuse their
elders *»’id associates.”
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GOOD ROADS DEPEND ON MODERN
BUILDING METHODS
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Do not grumble at the “detour” sigp.
They are unavoidable when roads are being
improved. But what does a little incon\ en
ience amount to in comparison with the per
manent advantages w T hich a good road as
lures? . . r.
Twenty years ago a detour sign was un
known. Men worked slowly with picks and
shovels, wheelbarrows and horse drawn
dump wagons. There was seldom enough
road torn un at one time to prevent traffic
from going right through where the work
was being done. ; ,
But today, it is often necessary to have
miles of road under construction at one
toe in ordter to furnish sufficient w S rlj,for
the caterpillar tractors and steam shovels
i which move a wagonload of dirt where a
laborer used to move a shovelful.
With such equipment, it is cheaper for a
county or a state to build good roads than it
I used to be to maintain what would be con
sidered today as merely cow trails. Coupled
with scientific methods of road grading,
! which can only be accomplished with mod
ern machinery, have been developed stan
dard methods of hard-surfacing.
In a recent issue of “The Surveyor,” pub
lished in London, England, British engin
eers acknowledged indebtedness to Ameri
cans who successfully pioneered the use of
i asphalt as a surfacing for a cement concrete
road base.
The article predicts the substitution of
bituminous concrete for hydraulic concrete,
claiming that this form of construction will
prolong the life o fthe asphalt road, in addi
tion to speding up the completion of the
j large amount of resurfacing work demand
|ed by the development of modern motor
traffic.
In recent years extensive developments
have been made in the use of other than
i hard broken rock as solid material for as
phaltic foundations, with the result that at
the present time clinker, furnace ash, col
liery refuse, broken concrete, slag, etc., are
employed with success.
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The following is clipped from the 1923
file of the Advance, and it is very gratifying
to know that these things have been accom
plished, together with a great many more
not mentioned below, but at the time the
! following was printed they had not been
'accomplished. The first one mentioned,
that of a new high school building has not
been built, but as announced, plans are al
ready under way for it to be erected, in fact
the bids for the construction of same have
been asked for, and by the next term it is
the plan to have the building ready for oc
cupancy. As stated above many things
have been accomplished here in addition to
the ones that were the ambition of the Ad
vance during the year of 1923, but adequate
school facilities and paved streets seem to
be, and we think are, two of the most impor
tant things that any city or community can
put over. Since we are ambitious for all
things that make our little city more pro-'
gressive and more beautiful, we will pub
lish at times other things that we need, and
will not only print them, but will support
them in every way that we can. The things
referred to below have not been accomplish
ed because the Advance was interested and
ambitious for them, and because we were
willing to support them as a newspaper sup
ports any progressive move, but because
right here in this city of ours, there were
men, men w r ho have a progressive spirit in
them, men who think of others, men w r ho
have vision, men who have the interest of
others at heart, men who are proud of Vida-!
lia and proud that it is their home, and men
who think that we have the best town in
South Georgia. With the spirit that exists i
here among the people and the fact that Vi
dalia is known out of town and even out of x
the State for its hospitality, progressiveness,
public spiritedness and otherwise, is already
showing that Vidalia is destined to continue
to grow, numerous expressions have been i
received from people out of the city with j
reference to this city as a town that they
would like to locate in, and some of them
have already located here. Mr. Vann of the
new Vann Tobacco Warehouse which is
now under construction here, said in an in
terview, “after traveling all over Georgia
with the idea in view of building another \
warehouse to be operated by us, we decided
that Vidalia was the best place.” And their
faith in Vidalia is exemplified by the large
warehouse now under construction, repre
senting a large sum of money.
“THE ADVANCE’S AMBITIONS
FOR VIDALIA ’
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1— A new High School building.
2 The Seaboard freight depot mov
ed out from the heart of the city.
3 The business section of the city
paved.
4 The city started on a scide-walk
building program. ’
5 The organization of our retail
merchants for the purpose of increas
ing and enlarging the city’s trade terri
tory.
6 The organization of the business
and professional men of the community
with an experienced man at their
head, to aid the farmers in marketing
the diversified crops of. this section.
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
FURNITURE MEN
SEEK PLANT SITES
IN THE SOUTH
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By W. S. KIRKPATRICK
In Atlanta Georgian
While the people of the South have
. been sitting in more or less wonder
. ment, watching the rapid shifting of
the textile industry of America from
the Northeast to the Southeast, the
movement of another gigantic indus
■ try in this direction has been taking
. place, quietly, but persistently. Hugh
f A. Murrill, Jr., editor of The South
; ern Furniture Journal, who has been
touring Georgia during the last few
days, states that within ten years
“ the furniture industry of America
will have become centered in the
South. According to Mr. Murrill,
who is in position to speak with auth
ority, Northern manufacturers either
1 are beginnng to move their plants
■ to the South or are establishing
' branch factories here for the follow
ing important reasons:
To be nearer raw material, power
' and fuel; ;to get away from the large
cities and industrial centers; to be
nearer complementery and allied
, plants; to get better plant facilities
. all around by moving out of the big
city to a planned area; to gain the
advantages of lower operating costs
and plant investment due to climatic
conditions; to be nearer important
markets or gateways of transporta
■ tion.
“The Southern States possess these
advantages in an admirable way.
Seventy-five per cent of the hardwood
is in the sixteen Southern States,”
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said Mr. Murrill.
“Over 400 factories now produce a
j third of all furniture made in the
i United States, and the combined val
lue of their products is over $120,-
annually.
j Daily Vacation School
of Missions To Hold
Session Next Week
Beginning Monday of next week,
and continuing throughout the week,
I the Daily Vacation School of Mis- !
sions will, be in session at the Metho- j
; dist Church, For the past two years
l this school has been put on here, i
| with great success. This year will
be an improvement on preceding
ones. All the children under four
teen years of age are urged to attend.
Nothing of a denominational charact
er will be taught. We appreciate
the co-operation of the other churches
: iir sending their children to our school
last year and hope for a repitition of
this. Os course, we expect every
, child of Methodist parents to be pres- j
ent Teachers specially suited to
the different subjects will be in
charge of the three age groups.
The schedule follows:
9:00 to 9:ls—Worship period.
9:15 to 9:4s—Bible Study, Mrs. J.
I C. Williams, Supt.
Junior (9-14) Teacher—Mrs. J. C.
! Williams.
Primary (6-9) Teacher —Mrs. G.
F. Granade.
i Beginners (1-6) Teacher—Mrs. E.
M. Auld.
9:45 to 10:15 —Mission Study—
Mrs. J. H. Duggan, Supt.
! Junior (9-14) “Friends of the
Caravan Trail”—Mrs. Inez Sharpe.
'Primai { (6-9) “Two Youngl
Arabs” —Miss C. B. Sharpe.
Beginners (1-6) “Picture Stories”
Mrs. C. D. Williams.
; 10:15 to 10:45 —Handwork, Mrs.
.C. D. Williams, Supt.
Junior (9-14) —Sewing and Note
Book Work.
1 Primary (6-9) —Sewing and Wood
• work.
Beginners (1-6)— Crayonwork.
Teachers of the above will be the
j Social Service Committee.
11:45 to 11:15, Music Instruction
Period —Mrs. George Rountree.
Refrshments served by Womans
Missionary Society.
The above schedule will be carried
out every day. Please be on time
i the very first day and every day.
i No admission is charged.
Mrs. M. A. Shaw.
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Mrs. Elmer Shuman, Miss Tressa
Mae Shuman, and Messrs. Preston
land Wilbur Mimbs, motored to Ath
ens Tuesday to attend the Gradua
' tion Exercises, at the State Normal
College. Miss Maude Mimbs, who
was a member of the class, accom
panied them on the return trip.
vJdTUi pue
Mies Evelyn Walker arrived Wed
nesday from Bessie Tift College,
Forayth.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dunwoody and
.jfre. B. G. Lassiter of Macon were
thr recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
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I Mr. Elbert Brown of Towns, is
, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Auld.
Mrs. C. W. Sanders is spending a
, few days in Jesup as the guest of j
relatives.
Miss Louise Mathews and Miss
Margaret Mathews left Sunday for
Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., where
they will spend some time as the
guests of friends and relatives.
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Mr. John H. Carr of Columbus is
spending some time here as the
guest of his grand-parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Carr.
i The Tabernacle Baptist
Church Sevrices
Sunday School at 10 A. M. Broth
er M. E. Hall, the assistant superin
tendent, will be in charge. A teach
i er to meet your every need.
Preaching by tlie pastor at 11 A.
M.
The music will be directed by
Brother Howard Jones, which mans
good singing.
The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 7:30.
Brother Claud Phillips, the new presi
dent, will be charge. Miss Hattie
Mae Hilton will have charge of the
group. A splendid program will be
1 rendered by these young people.
Preaching at 8:30 by the pastor. j
1 Prayer meeting each Wednesday
; evening at 8 :30 P. M. Meeting will j
1 be conducted by the Sunday School.
The Wednesday evening following, j
the B. Y. P. U. will be expected to j
have charge.
The W. M. U. will hold its business
’ meeting at the church on Monday j
at 4:30 P. M. Mrs. L. H. Darby, |
the president, will preside.
We crave your sympathy and pray
ers in this great work. Whatever j
! may be your trobules, we want to be ■
|of service to you. Come and wor
! ship with us. “I was glad when they
| said unto me, Let us go in to the
I House of the Lord."
Sincerely,
D. S. GRINDLE, Pastor.
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(Continued From Local Page)
Mr. J. W. English and .Mr. Willie
Carr attended the graduation exer
cises at G. S. C. W., Milledgeville on
Monday. Miss Juanita Carr is a
member of the graduating class.
Mr. B. R. Page and Mr. Max Smith
spent Wednesday in Savannah on
business.
Miss Juanita Coleman has returned
to he£ home in Helena after being
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. W.
English,
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Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Shuman and
little son of Winter Garden, Fla.,
i are the guests of Mr. and Mrs S. R.
| Shuman. <
Mrs. J. W. English spent Monday
jin Millen as the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Lovett Brown.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Meadows spent
Sunday at Jay Bird Springs.
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• Mrs. Bob Poole spent the week-end
in Jacksonville, Fla., with Mr. Poole.
Mr. P. C. Lord of Macon is a busi
ness visitor in the ctiy this week.
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Jfr,, and Mrs. 0. D. Warthen left
Thursday by motor for Savannah
where Mrs. Warthen will attend the
United Good Roads Association,
wl>ich is in session this week.
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Miss Dorothy Phillips of Helena
and Miss Mary McMichael of Wrens,
were the guests of Mrs. M. M. Dun
ford Tuesday.
Miss Katherine Coleman of Omaha
will arrive Friday to spend a few
days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Coleman.
Mr. E. M. Auld was a visitor to
Savannah last Sunday.
Miss Duffie Williams has return
ed from Forsyth where she graduat
ed from Bessie Tift Colllege.