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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. —■ i Presbyterian Church (CITY HALL) uIJT v * ; - r. 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 - —1 1 * ■ l■■ ■■ ' ' m " - -- - . '• ♦ y r'•'. - f ‘ i * % 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 ■Cßses- i 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 I < 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 * _ ‘ 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. i _____________________ i ■ ; “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. : —.— ! 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 i \ 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, ( — ■ “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 J 1 ■ -1 ■ ■ - • ~ 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. - NUMBER 29 ••