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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- M THE VIDALIA ADVANCE KIWANIS CLUB TO SPONSOR MONTHLY CITIZENSHIP MEET I 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 , I 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 I I having a program with several num- ! I 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 | 1 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. 1 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. I, 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. |§ CALLING CARDS |j ) When you started calling yesterday, did you % find that you needed calling cards? $ CALLUS 'll Ask us to show you samples. If you already (J have your plate, let us get your cards. & | THE VIDALIA ADVANCE 3 | Frintits mb Jpatrnna 3 3u Mb upui ; ©ffire Sonins 3 J I HrintPßfcai}, 3Jimr QJuientu-£>enmb f i 3Frmn Srurntn sl. fH. | ~ J VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1927. Mr. W. T. Gay Buried Sunday Afternoon At Pine Crest Cemetery i 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. I l Vidalia Kiwanis Hosts To Number Reidsville Citizens I . 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 r 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 ?-*» ~ —. • I 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. | . 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. » 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.. NUMBER 27