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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV
Georgia Tobacco Markets Will Open August 2nd
BIG DAY PLANNED
. IN VIDALIA FOR
JULY THE FOURTH
VIDALIA BASEBALL CLUB TO
PLAY CLAXTON HERE ON THE i
FOURTH OF JULY.
July the Fourth this year, which,
is next Monday, will be celebrated
here. So far most of the merchants
have agreed to dost on that day; the
banks of the city and the local Post
office have already announced that
they will be closed on this legal holi
day.
The Vidalia Baseball Club is sched
uled to play Claxton on that day and
this promises to be one of th best
games of the season. Claxton has
an excellent team and they are com
ing here with the ntenton of winning
this game. The attendance and the
sprit at a game means much as to
who will win. The local team has
been playing some real baseball this
season and the games have been well,
attended by the fans. But on Mon- i
day, the Fourth, a larger attendance i
is expected and is deserved by the j
boys who have played so well and
have made such a fine record this
year. The managers of the local team
have brought to our city some good
bal lteams and they deserve credit,
so let’s show our appreciation for
their efforts in this matter by making
plans for the Fourth so as not to
miss this game.
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Presbyterian Church
(CITY HALL)
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A Christian is truly one in “The (
School of Chirst.” Every proper
Sunday school ought to teach people ,
of Chirst that in experience they may
know Him better and live truer to j
Him. At 10 o’clock this Sunday, go ,
to your Bible School and learn and
teach all you can of Jesus Christ.
At 11 A. M., Dr. Martindale wall
preach on “The Alternative of An
Experience With or Without Christ.”
Offering for Church Support and
Home Missions in Savannah Presby
tery. At 8:30 P. M., the message
will be upon “Christianity, More Than |
A Creed —A Way of Life.” We in-,
vite the public to our services.
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
will meet at 3:30 P. M.
On Wednesday, at 8:30 P. M., the
mid-week service will be conducted
by the pastor at Mrs. Cromartie’s
home. For it read Luke 24:1-49 on
BETHANY HOME
CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR JULY FIFTH
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Scene at Bethany Home
The annual celebration of the
Bethany Home will be held here next
Tuesday, July sth. The exerciss will
be opened at 11 A. M. at the First
Baptist church, where a suitable pro
gram will be rendered, consisting of
special music arranged by Mrs. Roun
tree, Mrs. Somers, and Mrs. Mathews,
Music Committee.
Short talks, by several speakers,
are being arranged during the exer
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MODERN THEATRE j
BUILDING IS TO BE
ERECTED HERE SOON
PLANS FOR NEW STRUCTURE
ARE NOW BEING WORKED OUT
AND ARCHITECT EMPLOYED.
Mr. H. H. Macon, manager of the
Colonial Theatre in this city, advises
that plans have been perfected to !
give to Vidalia a modern picture
theatre. The capable architect who
planned the Ritz at Valdosta, the
Riverside at Jacksonville, Fla., and j
;the new Theatre at Albany, Ga., is
preparing the plans and the new
quarters for the Colonial will be ready
sometime this year. Further an
nouncement will be made as soon as |
all details have been completed.
Little Leona Davidson
Dies Here Wednesday
After A Brief Illness
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< The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Davidson was saddened Wednesday
morning at two o’clock by the sudden
passing of their little daughter, Leona
v r ho was only ill about six days. She
was three months old at the time of
her death. The body was removed
to Rentz, Ga., -where the funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. Interment was in the ceme
tery at Rentz. Murchison Undertak
ing Company of this eity was in
1 charge of funeral arrangements.
Local Postoffice To
! Be Closed July 4th
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‘ Mr. hi. O. Carter, local postmaster,
'states that due to the fact that next
Monday, July the fourth, is a legal
holiday, the postoffice will be closed.
Those desiring stamps should secure
them not later than Saturday before
the fourth. The fourth coming on
Monday this year will cause the office
here to be closed two days in succes
sion.
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; “Christ Risen and Appearing To
Chosen Witnesses.” Friends and
members are welcome.
In God’s Name, let us live and la
bor and pleasure like Christians
should—supporting His cause and do
ing His work in every way proper.
A representative of the State Wel
fare Board is being asked to be pres
ent and address the people on some
important subjects along its line of
work. A basket dinner, by friends
in and out of town, will be served on
tables in Bethany Home yard, at 1:00
P. M., and a closing program furnish
ed there in the afternoon.
J The local Kiwanis Club is co-oper
ating with the churches and the man
agement of the home in making this
| event a real pleasure to our people.
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.
RAGAN & COMPANY
GET CONTRACTFOR
TWO NEW SCHOOLS
LOCAL CONTRACTORS AWARD
ED CONTRACTS IN LIBERTY
AND BURKE COUNTIES.
John T. Ragan & Company con
tractors of this city, who hold a rec
' ord for the number of school build- :
ings that they have erected, are again :
sucessful in securing the contracts |
for two more large schools,
j The school authorities of Liberty
county have awarded the contract
for a new modern school plant to cost
$15,000. This school will be built
at Dorchester Villiage.
The other contract awarded this
firm was at Gough, Ga., in Burke
county, this plant calling for expendi
tures totalling $20,000.
It is understood that these two
buildings will be started immediately
iso they will be ready for occupancy
for the fall term.
These contratcors haVe built more
, schools in the past three years than
•any others in this section; this work
being a specialty of this firm.
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IS
SWEPT CLEAN
ALL OF SALARIED EMPLOYES
HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BY
NEW COMMISSIONER; THOSE
ON FEES TO GO NEXT.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Personally
notified, or beyond reach of person
al notification, every salaried employe
|of the Georgia State Agricultural
department under the recently closed |
regime is out of a job, Eugene Tal- j
niadge, of Mcßae, installed in the 1
'office of agriculture commissioner on
Saturday, announced today.
Commissioner Talmadge notified
all office employes of their removal
Saturday, in accordance with his
'“clean sweep” Campaign pledge,
j “If I am unable to reach all of
the salaried field men in time for
delivery of discharge notices,” the i
commissioner said,“ they will f
about it anyway, for there will be no ,
more checks. I’m going to sign none
for them and the jobs won’t be worth
i much without pay.”
j Felix E. Boswell, director of the
bureau of markets under the retiring
) The Steering Committee is appoint
i ing special collectors who are ex
' pecting to make personal calls to so
licit support for the Home.
1 Our people are justly proud of this
institution and appreciate the noble
work it is doing,and it is hoped that
a substantial fund will be raised to
assist and encourage this worthy
cause. ■ , ;
Quite a number of out of town visi
tors are expected to be present on
this occasion.
GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY TO SELL
PREFERRED STOCK
STOCK OFFERED WILL PAY A
YEARLY DIVIDEND OF $6 PER
SHARE AND SELL FOR $97.
Beginning the first of July, 1927,
Georgia Power Company, through its i
i employes and its investment depart- j
! ment will invite residents of Georgia
Ito become partners in the company
by buying $6 preferred cumulative
stock of the company. This is the
first time in its history the Company
has offered its securities direct to
the general public.
The stock offered will pay yearly
dividends of $6 per share, and will
sell for $97 per share plus acrued
dividends. At this price the divi- i
dends will be a little better than six
per cent on the money invested. Divi- (
dends will be paid quarterly on Jan
uary 1, April 1, July 1, and Octoberl
of each year. (
Stock will be for sale only to resi
dents of Georgia, and may be pur
chased from employes or the in
vestment department, Electric and
Gas Building, Atlanta. Any employe
of the Company, no matter where lo
cated, or in what position, may sell
the stock.
It will be offered for sale either
for cash or on a time payment plan.
The time payment plan provides
fir an initial payment of $lO per
share per month thereafter until the
contract is completed. One hundred
shares is the limit that any one "per
son may purchase under the cash
plan, and twen-five shares is the -lmi
plan, and twenty-five shares is the
limit under the time payment plan.
Under existing laws the stock is
free from state, county and munici
pal taxes in Georgia, and the normal
j federal income tax.
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! administration, refused to accept his
dismissal. Commissioner Talmadge
' disclosed, however, that he had legal
, authority for the belief that a state
employment contract extending be
yond the fiscal year is without force.
Oil Inspectors Next i
Mr. Boswell and “two or three
others” whoiVt the commissioner de
-1 dined to name, declined to accept
their dismissal, he said, relying on
'commissions issued by J. J. Brown,
retiring commissioner and on their
face valid for several months,
i Premptory dismissals from the de
partment for the moment will not be
extended to fee workers, among whom
are the 189 oil inspectors appointed
by Mr. Brown, the new commissioner
stated.
I “I’ll get around to them later’,’ he
said.
; New' temporary officials of the de
partment, who will assume their du
ties tomorrow morning are: Max L.
Mcßae, of Mcßae, director of the bu
reau of markets; Walter Vance, in
charge of oil inspection fees; John H.
Andrews, former custodian of the
capitol, pure food inspector; J. J.
i Mann, of Kirkwood, in charge of
fertilizer inspection; Dr. C. Wells, of
Georgia Tech, state chemist; Dr.
Steed, of Cordele, state drug inspect
or; J. W. Puckett, of Canton, clerk;)
Miss Isabel Hanson, and R. 1.. Yeo
mans. assistant chemists; R. M. Car
ricker, of Jackson, cashier; Miss Eliza j
beth Hines, Kirkwood, clerk; Arch
Winn, of Decatur, clerk; Laymen C.
Anderson, of Williamson, Clerk; J.
H. Williams, of Fitzgerald, clerk.
Number To Be Reduced
Filling the places made vacant by
dismissals may be rather a slow pro
cess. Commissioner Talmadge said,
declaring he intends to put on new
workers only as observations prove
the need. Under the retiring admin
istration, 69 persons were employed
: in the Atlanta office, and the remain- j
dcr. a total of more than 300, in the i
field.
I “So far, I’m inclined to believe that
it takes about 69 persons properly
to do the business of the headquarters ;
office,” Mr. Talmadge said. today,
“but one thing is sure—they’ll all be i
I new ones and they’ll be appointed
' only when actual need for them is
shown.”
He said he expected to name “three
of four” more headquarters office cm
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ployes tomorrow. j
Merchants Want The
Whiteway Lights To
Burn At Night Here
A petition has been circulated
among the merchants and business
men of this city asking the city offic
ials to have the street lights and the
“whitew'ay” lights repaired so that
they will all burn. It is understood
1 tha tthe whiteway lights were erect
ed about two years ago through the
effortsof the merchants and the Amer-
I
ica* Legion, and that the city was to
keep them in repair and lighted at
night. For a year or mote some of
th lights have not burned at all and
it seems that no effort has been put
forth to make them burn. Some of
the ather whiteway lights have burn
ed some nights in th past year, but
j have not burned every night, as it is
1 understood they should, thereby caus
ing practically the entire business
1 section of the town to be in darkness.
It seems that these lights should be
burning at night, not only for those
who live here and have to traverse
the streets of theb usiness section, but
for the benefit of the stranger who
enters the gates of our progressive
city at night.
EDWARDS FREED ON
BOND OF SIO,OOO
EVANS COUNTY MAN KILLED
J. E. GRINER JUNE 3; HEARING
A LONG ONE; PROSECUTION
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSES MO
TION FOR BAIL.
Claxton, Ga., June 24. —P E. Ed
wards, prominent farmer of this
county, who killed J. E. Griner near
here recently, was tonight admitted
to SIO,OOO bail by Judge H. B.
Strange after a hearing which last
ed practically the entire day.
■ Announcing his decision Judge H.
B. Strange said: This occurance is
indeed an unfortunate one, and
while I do not intened to express my
opinion of the case I do think it has
been clearly shown that the young
man is of good character and has no
intention other than to apnear for
trial. I am going to admit him to
bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, witn
provision that the ball be in forfeit
should he not appear and be ready for
trial at any term of court held The
judge and the sheriff will pass on the
acceptance of the bond.”
1 The preliminary hearing developed
into one of the hardest fought cases
ever brought before a judge in Evans
county, with the prosecution fighting
every inch of the way against Ihe
admission of the accdsed to bail. The
homicide occured on June 3. A brd
liant array of legal talent appeared
for both sides and twenty-four wit
nesses were examined, a numbey of
whom were called in rebuttal.
When the case was called this morn
ing Judge Strange directed that the
court room be cleared of all men
whose names were in the jury and
who were not related to either side.
The first called was Dr. B. E. Mil
ler who attended Mr. Griner. He
made the statement that he was called i
first by telephone and within a few t
minutes J. R. Edwards appeared and
j asked that he attend the deceased.
He stated that J. R .Edwards was act
ing for R. S. Edwards, the slayer, (
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“THAT SETTLES IT”
Absolute knowledge have I none,
But my Aunt’s washerwoman’s son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a laborer on the street
That he had a letter just last week, A 4
Hand written in the finest Greek,
» From a Chinese coolie in Timbuctoo
Who said that a son in Cuba knew
Os a colored gent j n a Texas town, ®
. Who got it right from a circus clown
i \ \ That a man in Klondyke got the news
From a gang of smooth American Jews
About some fellow in Borneo
\ Who knew a man who claimed to know
A hermit who lived beside a lake
Whose mother-in-law will undertake
To prove a friend’s sister’s niece
Has stated in a nicely written piece
That she has a son who knows rbout
The date the new Ford car comes cut.
McNATT MOTOR COMPANY
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COMMITTEE
NAMES DATES
CURING IS GOIFG
AHEAD RAPIDLY
IN THIS COUNTY
TOBACCO ASSOCIATION OF THE
UNITED STATES SETS DATES
FOR OPENING OF SOUTHERN
MARKETS.
Official announcement of the open
ing date of the Georgia Tobacco Mar
ket was made last Thursday by the
United States Tobacco Association in
session at Morehead, N. C.
August the second is the date se
lected and first auction sales for 1927
will be held on that date in all the
warehouses operating in the state.
In the next few days it is expected
that there will be some interesting an
nouncements regarding the markets,
it being intimated that buyers will
be withheld from some of the former
markets for the present season, be
ginning the usual plan of eliminating
weaker markets after a number of
years of operation. Buyers take the
position thatY. large number of mar
kets are not necessary and add to
the cost of handling the business, and
this added cost is taken from the
price paid to the growers.
Gradually smaller markets will be
closed and the business centered in
the larger places where ample ware
house facilities are provided for the
expeditious handling of the business.
The tobacco crop throughout this
section is the best that has ever been
produced and the curing season is
now getting under way. The acreage
■ ,as a whole is about the same as that
of last year, but in this county and
'section there seems to be a large in
crease of the weed.
METHODISTREVrV AL
AT SMYRNA TO BEGIN
SUNDAY, JUS.Y THIRD
On Sunday night, July 3rd, we will
begin our revival meetng at Smyrna
Methodist church, which is one of the
oldest churches in this section of the
country. It is perhaps more than 100
years old. Without doubt, it has ren
dered a service of inestimable value.
Everyone is indebted to this old
church for the splendid contribu
tion to our whole life in its every de
partment. Inasmuch as this is true,
let everyone in reasonable reach of
the church come to all the services
which will run for at least eight days
and will be held at 4:30 in the after
noon and 8:30 in the evening.
Brother H. C. GriiTin, one of our
splendid young preachers, will be
with us and do the preaching through
the entire meeting.
Dr. Miller described the location of
the wound.
J. M. Sconyers testified to the lo
cation of the wound and the location
of the car from the field fence. B.
M. DeLoach a tenant of B. B. Ed
wards brought out the charge that
Mr. Grfner had left with him word
| that any man who attempted to fix
J the fence in dispute would be hauled
out of the field.
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