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VOLUME XXV
BIDS FOR CITY HALL
NOTACCEPTED BY
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
INJUNCTION IS FILED BY CITI
ZEN AND STOPS PROCEED
INGS.
Bids for the purchase of the Muni
cipal Auditorium and City Hall and
for the construction work on a forty i
thousand dollar school building 1 were
not accepted by the board of Mayor
and Council at the meeting of the
council Tuesday evening as had been
advertised, the board having been
served on this occasion by an injunct
ion signed by Judge R. N. Hardeman
of the Middle Circuit at the instance
of a citizen of this city which halted
the proceedings. ,
The injunction recited that the
bids which had been recived for the
city buildings were too small, being
much below their value and that the
funds in hand which were to be used
. on the erection of the school build-
F ing along with the proceeds from the
city buildings, had already been pass
ed to the sinking fund account and
that any such use of the funds would
be a misuse of the money. j
The city hall is about ten years of
age and occupies an important corner
in this city. It is outfitted for tenants
on the ground floor and the two up
per stories are used for a municipal,
gathering place, being seated, staged
and balconed. The building s fifty
feet by eighty feet, while the city
clerk’s office laying just across an al
ley is twenty-five by fifty feet, two
stories and outfitted as Fire Depart
ment headquarters, clerk’s office, hall
and Mayor’s office. The property is
carried on the books of the city at
$17,000 and the bids for it ran up
tb $15,000.
The moneys in question are part
cf the purchase price of the city light
plant' which was recently sold to the
Georgia Power Company, the money
it seems had in some manner become
accredited to the sinking fund ac
count and the contention that if used
for any other purpose than to retire
bonds would be a misuse, is based
on this fact. 1
| Bids for the city property were ad
s vertised in the Advance for the usual !
time and the public has been in- ,
formed of the intention of the city j
government to use all the funds for i
the erection of some much needed j
schools facilities. The plans which
have been displayed here show that
one of the buildings proposed would
be outfitted as an auditorium with
seating capacity equal to that of the
present municipal auditorium.
The joint meeting of the council,
school board and some citizens had
agreed on a committee composed of
two councilmen, two school boaid
k members and two citizens whose duty
it would be to have charge of the
work of awarding contracts and see- i
to the details necesary in building
the school auditorium. It was thought
that the buildings would be ready for
occupancy in September when the
fall term of school is scheduled to
open. i
Four bids were opened at the
meeting of the city council on the
month, which is the regular meeting
night of the said council, but none
wre accepted at that time it being
carried over to Tuesday the 14th in
order to get all details arranged.
Both meetings were open. Just what
steps will be taken by the city gov
ernment is not known at this time,
Attorney D. C. Fattillo is out of
Plown at this time on his vacation, for
the week. In the meantime, all
matters connected with the sale and
the awarding of the school contract
are at a standstill in accordance with
the injunction served Tuesday night.
Mr. H. C. Powell Gets
Delco-Light Agency
In Tattncl! and Evans
Announcement is made that Mr.
H C Powell of Vidalia has been
t awarded the agency for Tattnall and
Evans counties for Delco-Light prod
ucts. This is a newly created dis
trict for these products.
Mr . Powell has been connected
with the dealership at Vidaia in the
capacity of salesman. He is well
known throughout the territory.
According to a statement by Mr.
Powell, he will shortly make his home
Claxton, where the headquarters
for the new dealership will me locat-
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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
KIWANIS CLUB TO
SPONSOR MONTHLY
CITIZENSHIP MEET
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JUDGE R. N. HARDEMAN, OF
LOUISVILLE, TO DELIVER AN
ADDRESS ON CITIZENSHIP ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 21.
Last Monday evening, Kiwanian
i Rountree, president of the club, made ,
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the announcement of a mass meeting
to be held in the city monthly and
which is to be sponsored by the local
Kiwanis Club and to be known as
Citizenship Meetings, each meeting
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having a program with several num- !
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bers along the line of citizenship.
The first one of the meetings will be
■ held on Tuesday night, June 21, at!
the city hall and the public is cordial
ly invited to attend these meetings, in
fact, they are intended to be attended
by the citizens of this city and sec
tion. The club has had this feature
under discussion for some time and ,
have been making preparation for j
these meetings, and as announced by
Kiwanian Rountree, the programs will
be made interestng, and since this is
a very vitally important subject for
any community or section, you will .
surely enjoy the programs. An
nouncement was made that the prin- j
cipal address of the first meeting j
would be delivered by Judge R. N. |
Hardeman. Judge Hardeman is well
known to most everyone in this sec
tion as an orator of note and also
that he is much interested in this
special subject. Other numbers will |
be on the program and will be an- j
nounced at a later date.
These meetings are non-political, 1
there is no special object in view, on
ly that of citizenschip, what citizen
ship means to any community, and
they are only being planned for the
best interest of the people of this
city and section.
The other civic organizations oNi
the city are co-operating with the
Kiwanis Club in the success of these
meetings.
NEXT SUNDAY TO
BE OBSERVED AS !
“FATHER’S DAY”
In the past years there has been i
quite a bit of “why don’t they have a
fathers day” or why don’t they ob
serve a day for fathers, however,
this has been mostly suggested by
1 the “fathers”, and by the way, they i
have gotten out of obscurity enough
to keep on suggesting, in a round
about waty, the idea of “Fathers Day” j
until for a fact, it is going to be ob- j
served. Now we know who started
“Mothers Day” and the love and ap
! preciation we have for her, for the
thought that she had for Mother, and
our love and appreciation goes out
to her. but right at this writing we
do not know who is responsible for
this “Dads Day” movement.
The white carnation was selected
and is used as the official flower for
, Mothers Day, not because of its
beauty, but because of its particular
significance. In the language of
flowers this blossom signifies sweet
ness and purity. Because of its own
qualities and meaning so ascribe the
’ qualities of the ideal mother it seem
ed the appropriate flower to symbol
ize the occasion. The official flower
for Fathers Day is the dandelion,
and at this time we are unable to say
how or why the dandelion ascribes
or will symbolize Dads Day, someone
said, the simplest method is to wear
a dandelion, so there you are Dad.
Mothers Day has been observed
about sixteen years and everything
so beautifully said of Mother, and of
Mothers Day have been rightly spok
-1 en, because as someone has said,
“Life would be futile and discourag
ing if its harsher lights were not mel
lowed by the Mother love that guides
us through childhood, into maturity
and on through life.”
Since we do not know who started
this movement for poor old dad, ve
feel like it was a Mother.
So remember next Sunday, June
; 19t h will be “Fathers Day”, another
red place on the calendar, and if
Dad’s credit is still good, we can soon
tell that the day was observed or not.
; Yes, a man is writing this, but we will
wait now until some member of the
female sex writes or says something
for Dad, then won’t we have fun
quoting them.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
TOOMBS TAX AS
SESSORS WORK IS
ALMOST FINISHED
THE VIDALIA BOARD OF TAX
ASSESSORS IS IN SESSION AT
THIS TIME.
The Toombs County Board of Tax
Assessors have practically completed
I their work for the year, having been ’
|in session at Lyons during this
month. When everyone whose re
turns have ben raised by the equali
-1 zers have had a chance to make their
presentations to the board, the 1927 j
session will be over. The board con- i
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sists of the folowing: Messrs. Jesse
Meadows of Ohoopee, Chairman, B. j
R. Grace of Uvalda and M. A. Rus
-1 sell of this city. I,
j The Vidalia Board of Assessors is
also in session at this time, compiling
the returns and going over them for ,
inequalities. It is stated that this |
board will also be through with their
work in the next few days and notices ,
will be sent immediately afterward
'to all whose valuation has been deem- j
ed out of line with the other returns. .
This board is composed of the follow
ing: Messrs. G. L. Thomas, A. C.
Jenkins and L. K. Youmans.
WOUNDFATALTO
KENNETH WOLFE
OF UVALDA, GA.
ACCIDENT OCCURS WHILE HE
i WAS CLEANING REVOLVER IS
j REPORT.
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i Mr. Kenneth W. Wolfe, about 30
years of age, of Uvalda, accidently
shot and killed himself Monday morn
ing while in the act of cleaning a gun. .
Mr. Wolfe was employed at a service
station in Uvalda. He is survived by
is wife and two children.
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T. W„ Bray Re-elected
S ecretary -T r easurer
Superintendents Asso.
Mr. T. W. Bray, a valuable attache ;
! of the Vidalia Cotton Oil Company, I
j of this city, was re-elected Secretary
j Treasurer of the Interstate Oil Mill !
! Superintendents Association which
| closed its annual convention in Atlan
ta last Saturday. Mr. J. B. Morgan, j
of Ozark, Ala., was elect. . , esident
of this organization.
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VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1927.
Mr. W. T. Gay Buried
Sunday Afternoon At
Pine Crest Cemetery
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The death of Mr. W. T. Gay, a
well known citizen of this city and
section, occured at his home here
last Saturday afternoon at four
o’clock. Mr. Gay was sixty-six
years of age at the time of his death
1 and is survived by his wife and five
children. The children are: Mr. J.
A. Gay and Mr. George Gay 6f this
city; Mr. Henry Gay of Kibbee; Mr.
John R. Gay of Meeks, Ga.; and Mrs.
A. G. Meeks, of Lyons, Ga.
Mr. Gay moved to this city from
Kite, Ga., residing here until his
death. He was a member of the
Methodist church of this city.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 at the Methodist
church and were conducted by Rev.
M. A. Shaw, assisted by Dr. J. C.
Brewton. Interment was in Pine
Crest Cemetery here.
The pall bearers were: Messrs. W.
H. Sasser A. J., Brundage, L. L.
Yates, George Page, N. N. Ricks and
H. B. Pope.
Murchison Undertaking Company
was in charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
Dr. C. D. Williams
Opens New Offices
Dr. Charles D. Williams has taken
over the offices over Deen’s Pharmacy !
formerly occupied by himself and Dr.
Mercer, and is planning to add con
siderably to the equipment of the \
same.
Miss Elizabeth Price, who has re- i!
turned home after several years in
North Carolina, has been secured as
office assistant. Special attention
will be given to diseases of children.
Work Begun on Filling
Station This Week
The new filling station at the corn
er of Church and Meadows streets,
was started on Monday of this week.
The building is being erected for the
account of Foster Thompson, who is
agent for the Texas Company. Mr.
j Thompson will sub-lease the station ,
i to an experienced operator who will
i be responsible for the conduction of
the place. The station will be fire- i
. proof with the drive-in feature and
| the location will be handy for cus
-1 tomers, it being right in the middle
lof the down town section.
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Vidalia Kiwanis
Hosts To Number
Reidsville Citizens
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The Vidalia Kiwanis Club was host
last Monday evening of the business
men of Reidsville at a dinner given
at the Shuman’s Case near Reidsville.
A dozen of the business men of
Reidsville attended this entertainment
and enjoyed the excellent fish dinner
and the entertaining program given
by the Vidalia Kiwanians.
Mr. Stanley, formerly a citizen of
this county, who gave his name, oc- j
cupation and address as being “R. M.
Stanley, hardware and hardup, Vi
dalia, Georgia,” delivered the address ■
of welcome. Mr. Stanley is widely !
known for his oratorial abilities, and
he certainly succeeded in making
those with less pretentious abilities
feel perfectly at home.
Following Mr. Stanley’s masterly
address, George Rountree, president
of the club, in an excellent discourse,
explained to the Reidsvile visitors the
things for which Kiwanis stands, cit- j
ing particularly the club’s desire to ,
promote a friendly feeling between
several towns in a community.
Two selections were sung by the
club’s quartette following Mr. Roun- (
tree’s talk, this was followed by a
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one-xmund bout between ‘Kid’ Adams
and ‘Knockout’ Thompson of the Ki
wanis Club, with Joe Hackel as pro
moter and several Kiwanians as
referees.
j Several of the Reidsville guests
were then called on for talks and each
responded by praising the progress
of Vidalia.
! The guests from Reidsville were:
J. V. Kelley, 11. C. Beasley, J. E.
Newton, John P. Rabun, St. Jas. B. j
i Alexander, R. J. Rogers, I. S. Smith,
i W .G Mauk, C. L. Cheney, M. N. I
i Rogers, R. Watkins, J. M. Rogers and
H. P. Smith.—Tattnall Journall.
ANNUAL CELEBRA- ;
TION OF BETHANY
HOME JULY FIFTH
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LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB IS TO
SPONSOR ANNUAL CELEBRA
TION OF HOME.
; The annual July the 4th celebra
tion of the Bethahy Home of this,
city will be held on July the sth, the ;
4th coming on Monday this year it j
was decided by those in charge to
hold it on Tuesday the sth. An
j nouncement was made IMNmday night
at the meeting of the local Kiwanis
1 club that the celebration would be
1 sponsored by them, the ministers’ as
sociation of the city was representd
i at the club by Dr. J. C. Brewton, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, who
j made a few interesting remarks with
reference to the Home, after which
! the club decided to sponsor the cele
tion this year. Announcements of
I the program for that day will be made
at an early date.
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New Market For
Your Peanut Crop
The peanut shelling factory at
> < Charleston, S. C. was purchased last
] week by the Planters Nut & Choco
late Co. of Suffolk, Va. An addi
tional Storage warehouse is now be
ing erected and improvements made
! for increasing the shelling capacity.
The new owners are said to be the
largest peanut operators in the in
dustry and have several factories in
Suffolk, -and others in San Francisco,
Cal.; Toronto, Canada, and Wilkes
i Barre, Pa., with branches in many
large cities.
In Charleston, S. C. they will deal
only in white Spanish farmers’ stock
and will 'too in the market to buy
thees pear-uts from farmers interest
ed as soon as the new crop is ready.
T. B. Ellis, former manager of the
plant, will be manager for the new
owners and will be glad to hear from
any farmers in this section who may
be interested, he said.
Sadie Church
I Regular services this Sunday at
3:30 P. M. at Sadie Presbyterian
Church, Dr. Martindale preaching.
Sunday school immediately after
I preaching. People of the community
' are most welcome. Offering for
Mssissippi flood sufferers and China
Missionary Relief as asked by the
! General Assembly.
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EX-SERVICE MEN IN %
GEORGIA WARNED
BY BUREAU HEAD
WAR TIME INSURANCE MUST BE
REINSTATED AND CONVERT
ED BEFORE JULY 2, 1927.
John M. Slaton, Jr., Regional Man
ager of the U. S. Veterans Bureau
,in Georgia, has issued an vgnt plea
, t 0 veterans of the World War to re
instate and convert their War Time
i Insurance before the final date, July
j 2, 1927. In discussing the situation,
, Mr. Slaton said
“A national tragedy is about to
take place, for where there are thous
ands of ex-service men in our State
of Georgia who are on the verge of
losing forever their War Time In
surance, there are literally hundreds
of thousands of veterans throughout
this nation who are about to let pass
a golden opportunity which means
future protection to themselves and
their families. During the terrible
days of 1917-18 when Georgia's and
America’s manhood was being sacri
ficed freely and willing for the sake
of Democracy and the very existance
ernment made provisions for the
of the nation itself, a generous Gov
natural consequences as they would
affect our combatants in the great
conflict, by creating War Risk Insur
ance, which was in brief, term insur
ance at a minimum rate for all mem
bers of our military and naval forces.
Now that the great conflict is over
j and this nation is again approaching
normalcy, the Government feels that
the debt to those citizens who as sol
jdiers in 1917-18 offered their all for
their country, is still unpaid, and it is
I obvious that this in one of the rea
sons why our NNational ongress has
iby legislation provided for the re
instating and convcrtng of War
Time Insurance at this late date to
i standard forms of policies.
Any veteran in good health can re
instate and convert his insurance by
paying two premiums, one premium
■at the tej*i rate for the month of
lapse, and one premium on the con
verted insurance at the veteran’s
present age. A veteran is permitted
to reinstate all or a port of the term
insurance which he carried during
the War. A veteran who is not in
good health and who is not perma
nently and totally disabled, and
[whose disability is due to his service
for his country, may reinstate and
convert his insurance by paying all
back premiums plus five per cent
interest compounded annually frdm
their several due dates on the amount
of insurance to be reinstated, and
then the current premium o nttie con
verted insurance. If the veteran in
that statue is unable to pay all back
premiums, the law provides that the
Government may permit the back pre
miums due to act as a lien against
the policy in the form of an interest
bearing indebtedness,
j The final date for reinstating and
converting is July 2, 1927., and it is
my hope that the World War Vet
erans of Georgia will be far-sighted
1 enough to avail themselves of this
wonderful opportunity befiore it is
too late.”
Mr. Slaton added that all ex-ser
vice men interested should communi
cate at once with the Regional Os
. fice, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, 96 Pine
■ Street, North East, Atlanta, Georgia.
Presbyterian Church
, (CITY HALL)
; Sunday, 10:00 A. M. is the Bible
, School. You are invited.
[ At 11:00 A. M. Dr. Martindale
I will preach on ‘‘The Purpose of The
i Lord’s Day.” Special offering for
. Mississippi flood relief China
. Missionaries Emergency Fund asked
by General Assembly. At 8:30 P.
, ,M. the message will be upon “What
Is The Gospel and What Shall We Do
i With It?” Citizens and strangers
are cordially invited.
On Wednesday at 8 30 P. M. the
mid-wee kservice will e held at Mrs.
J. W. Poe’s home. Subject, ‘‘The
| Illegal Trial and Unjust Condemna
tion Jesus.” Read Luke 22:47-23:25
The pastor will lead. Come and be
with us, members and friends.
All of our servic ? are open to the
' public.
FOUND- -One Key Ring, contain
ing six keys. Owner may have same
by applying at Advance office and
j paying for this ad. 1..
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