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FSD THE VIDALIA ADVANCE VOLUME XXV VIDALIA MARKET LEADSSTmTE INTOTALSALES PROSPECTS FOR THREE SETS OF BUYERS BEFORE END OF SEASON OBSERVATIONS FROM THE GALLERY OF THE GEORGIA SENATE * The senate is doing such little things in such a little way. The mem bers who came with a sincere wish to serve their state are handicapped in every conceivable way. If not by actual opposition, it is by the modern “Greeks who came bearing gifts” which bring an opportunity that “you and you alone, can make something of.” These gifts are usually in the tform of a chairmanship of an obscure nmittee before whom no important is are placed. So the fight is on, really two fights. A civil war in the senate, Patriotic Senators against Senator Politicians, and the other tilt between the gover nor and the senate. To quote a local paper “that Gover nor Hardman should have gently but firmly declined to accede to the “pe tition” of certain senators that he ap point Mr. Holder chairman of the highway board, should not surprise any one particularly. This senatorial ’ petitioning of the the Governor was rather an unusual proceeding.” The •Senate will have adjourned before the people shall have found that this is rather an unusual senate. senate that will dare anything -"'■r arry its point. We will not argue trie directions of the points—they are taken in diver ways. Darts have been launched at the State Banking De partment, at the Co-op Marketing, the Public Service Commission and in some cases at each other. In fact, a larger part are at each other, in that there are senators financially or politicaly interested in every one of 'these “questionable” operations. chief reason for this strife ££s< back further than the election for the President of the senate, which was the first skirmish in the open. It dates back to the election for governor. It is very unusual situation that finds the two candi dates for this office still in the fight after the election is over. The senate is divided two ways Holder ar.d Hardman. This, of course, is natural, but unfortunately it seems that neither the Governor nor the Senate will leave personali ties out of the issue. It is the opin ion of some in on the “know” that i£*J:he Governor had not expressed his opinion as to the candidate that he planned to appoint to fill Mr. Holder’s shoes, that there would have been no petition. It seems that the Senators feel that there would be something personal in naming Mr. Neel “Highway Man ” One way or the other, I am re minded of a story they tell back m 1920 when the discussion of candi dates for president came up. One plausible reasoD why Harding was nominated was given by Senaor Erandegee at Chicago, where he had a great deal to do with the nomina tion “There ain’t any first raters this year. This ain’t any 1880 or any 1904. We haven’t any John Annans or Theodore Rosevelbn S ve got a lot or second raters and Harding is the best of the second raters.” And such is the fix that the Senate of Georgia fin s self in petitioning the Oovernor of Georgia to reappoint Holder a chairman of the highway board Bu it 1S very hard for the Governor to se -11 * hv Mr Holder because * said to»' Hc was rather choose Mr. Hold t*_ hope , that the Mr Neel, the m - to Governor will con the sen spank these litt e 0 ch jidish a thing, at, -ho have done so word§ from two sense-. any F theyh thlt the P Governor might & ° ( Co*tUd Next Week) G, & F. AGENTS HOLD CONFERENCE IN VALDOSTA, GA. MEET HELD IN INTEREST OF I THE SEVERAL TOBACCO MAR KETS WHICH ARE ON THEIR ROAD. All of the agents of the Georgia & Florida Railroad from cities where there are tobacco markets, assembled in Valdosta for a conference with L. J. Rowell, assistant traffic manager; W. L. Graham, superintendent; W. O. Wall, claim agent and S. B. Thomp son, general agent at Augusta. In ad dition to these officials and the agents from Moultrie, Madison, Fla., Nash ville, Douglas and Vidalia, E. P. Bass, 'Valdosta, assistant general freight agent and J. M. Johnson, general, Valdosta, were also present. i The conference discussion centered about the movement of the tobacco from the various markets for this season and the general arrangement of schedules for the Georgia & Flori da tobacco special. This road hav ing more tobacco markets on it than there are on any other one railroad, is making every possible plan to han dle the tobacco each day with the greatest facility in order to promote the convenience of the industry. Superintendent Graham stated that before the closing of the market on the first day, the road would have a sufficient number of its own new freight cars placed on the warehouse tracks at each market to handle the business quickly and that on Tuesday night the “G. & F. Tobacco Special would make its initial tirp for the season. 1 Reports from the tobacco territory as submitted to this conference show ed that two-thirds of the crop is yet ‘to be gathered in every market terri tory except that around Vidalia, where the crop seems to be more ad vanced. At ail other markets it was shown by the reports that sales for the first two weeks of the season will be unusually light, but after that time the weed will begin to flow to mar ket in a greater volume, increasing each day. A. J. Thompson Dies At Age of Fifty-Nine The death of Mr. Andrew Jackson Thompson, age fifty-five, occurred j at the deceased’s home at South j Thompson near this city last Friday afternoon, after an illness of about three months. Mr. Thompson was a well-known farmer and a member of Masonic lodge. The funeral was held at the home last Sunday afternoon at four o’clock with Rev. J. H. Mc- Cullough officiating, being assisted by Rev. J. J. Snipes, pastor of the South Thompson Baptist church; the deceased being a member of that church. Interment was in the South Thompson cemetery. Mr. Thompson is survived by the following: His wife, Mrs. A. J. Thomp son and seven children: Messrs. E. L., and E. 0.. Misses Lilly, Claudia, Mrs. G C. Spell, of Vidalia; Mrs. T. J. Owen, of Webster, Florida and Clydia Thompson of Bustinel, Fla., also three brothers and three sisters survive, who are: J. T„ B. L., and D. W. Thompson of Vidalia; Mrs. H. W. Reeves, Miss Allie Thompson, also of this city and Mrs. A. F. Odom of Savannah. Pall bearers were: Messrs. Wrougn ton, Markham,: McGowan, Johnson, Screws and Wing. McColskey Undertaking company of this city was in charge of funeral arrangements. SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN VIDALIA DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE. VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927. VIDALIA COTTON SEASON OPENED HERE THIS WEEK MR. JAS. O’BRIEN OF HIGGSTON BRINGS IN FIRST BALE; MR. FULMER, WHOSE FARM IS IN ! THIS COUNTY, BRINGS IN THE SECOND BALE NEW COTTON. The 1927 cotton season opened in Vidalia this week when Mr. James » O’Brien of the Higgston section, brought the first new bale to market. The bale came to the warehouse on the third of the month, which makes the season here just one day eariler than it opened last year. The new bale was weighed at the Vidalia Cot ton Warehouse and bought by this concern. Mr. O’Brien is one of the best farmers in this section, he being on the Lowe farm near Higgston, just across the Montgomery county line. ! On the fourth, a bale was ginned by Mr. Walter Fulmer, whose farm is in this county. An inspection of the fields shows that the crop will be moving soon, but this in taken as an indication of a very short crop for this season, as cotton opening too ear ly is caused by unhealthy weed. Cotton this season in Vidalia will be bought by the same buyers as last season with a few additional bidders. The Vidalia Cotton Warehouse will be opened to receive the staple as it comes and the buyers will make headquarters there just as they did last season. Both the J. F. Darby Gin and the Vidalia Cotton Oil Com pany gins are in good condition and will be operated with a view to gin ning out each day, so that the next day’s start can be made fresh. Vidalia has been one of the lead ing markets in this section for a num ber of decades and the members of the local cotton fraternity will make every effort to keep a regular staple market from first to las., SHUMAN-HARRIS I OPENS IN IT’S NEW BUILDING TUES ATTRACTIVE NEW BUILDING, I CONSISTING OF SALES ROOMS, | OFFICES, PARTS DEPARTMENT j AND REPAIR SHOP OPENED. I Vidalia’s tobacco market opening Tuesday, which brought to the city more than 5,000 people from more : than twenty counties, was not the •only attraction of the day, the beau tiful new building recently completed by Mr. D. C. Harris of this city, for the account of the Shuman-Harris Motor Company, popular Chevrolet dealers of this city, was opened. The decorations profusely displayed add ed to the attractiveness of the build ing. In the afternoon from four to six, refreshments were served to those visiting. Mrs, Elizabeth Steoh | ens of Ohoopee Dies ! At Age of Eighty-One Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens, wife of Mr. J. A. Stephens of Ohoopee, Ga., died at her home Monday morning at the age of eighty-onc after several year’s illness. The funeral of the deceased was held Wednesday morn ing at nine o’clock at the Ohoopee Baptist church with Dr. J. C. Brew ton, pastor of the Vidalia Baptist church, officiating, the deceased be il;g a member of the Baptist church at that place. Interment was in the Ohoopee cemetery. Mrs. Stephens is survived by the folowing: Mrs. G. L. I,ane and Mrs. A. A. Webb of Ohoopee; Mr. H. M. Stephens of Ailey, Ga.; Mrs. J. W. Webb, of TJnadilla, Ga.; and several grandchildren. , DESK FACTORY IS i TO BE STARTED I IN VIDALIA SOON NEW ADJUSTABLE DESKS TO BE MANUFACTURED HERE; OR DER ALREADY RECEIVED FOR PRODUCT. i ' l Along with the many new improve ments and developments here is a new enterprise for this city and the Southern States, that is, a manufac toring plant for the building of ad justable school desks has been started by the J. F. Darby Lumber Company, of this city. The desk is very unique and is the \ invention of Mr. W. T. P. Geiger, who is not only the inventor and manufacturer of this article, but has served our state for many years as a teacher, making him familiar with \ the requirements of a school, especial ly when it comes to chairs or desks, for the pupils. This school desk has many advantages qver the common t cast or steel end desk, but the most advantageous feature is the adjust ments. This desk can be adjusted to fit the child rather than the child adjusted to fit the desk. ; Work has already started on the first order of these desks, which are proving very popular and sell readily when shown and Mr. Geiger is very ' optimistic over the prospects for this new invention. Vidalia appreciates - this new industry, ar.d with its many advantages as to location and rail -1 road facilities, is attracting many peo ' j pie who are comtemplating moving | ! somewhere . Thousands eagerly await Final Key in $30,000 Coca-Cola prize contest MR. H. LEON ADAMS, OF VIDA LIA, BOTTLER, HOPES TO SEE FIRST PRIZE OF SIO,OOO WON BY LOCAL CONTESTANT. ________ As an experiment in the creation of reader-interest in modern advertising the $30,000 cash prize Coca-Cola con test presents one of the most impres-. sive demonstrations the country has ever seen according to Mr. H. Leon Adams, president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Vidalia. j “During the first two weeks of ; August,” Mr. Adams said, “Coca-Cola I advertising will probably draw a greater audience of attentive readers : than any other single series of ad vertisements ever printed. This is because at that time the sixth and final 'key to the popularity of Coca ! Cola,’ which each participant in the | contest must discover in order to win I the prize, will be illustrated. ! “Reports from Coca-Cola dealers ! all over the country and my own ob- I servations indicate that, now that it ! is almost time for the contest entries j to be mailed in, thousands of people ji n every section are growing more land more inerested than ever in the ! possibility of winning a first prize of SIO,OOO. 1 “There i sno reason in the world i w hy at least some of the $30,000 ir. ! cash prizes whch the Coca-Cola Com tianv is offering in this contest pan y m v/a A*.* »***, shouldn’t be won by local partici pants. And I’m hoping that when the check for SIO,OOO is sent out it will be made to the order of a resident of Vidalia. ; * “The basis of the contest is to get the public to read our advertising and to reward those who have been most alert and most discerning in cash prizes. To compete for the ( Continued on Back Page) - « —nw— w— The pall bearers were: Jarley Stephens, E. W. Stephens, Schalk Stephens, Rabun ar.d Alvin Webb and W. A. Brazil. McColskey Undertaking company was in charge of funeral arange ments. Possibilities of Georgia Extolled By Dr. Elliott In Civic-Moral Sermon I PASTOR SHOWS AMAZING FA MILIARITY WITH THE STATE’S CONDITION IN SERMON AT LAWRENCEVILLE Lawrenceville, Ga., July 31.—Show ing an amazing familiarity with the state of affairs, past and present, in Georgia, Dr. Thomas M. Elliott, pas- 1 tor of the Lawrenceville Methodist church, took advantage of the fifth Sunday in the month today and de livered a civic sermon on “Georgia’s |Place in the Sun” to an audience that crowded the city auditorium, where the exercises were held. i The other churches and civic or ganizations such as the Kiwanis club joined to make the service a success. Mrs. T. T. McGee, assisted by li Lawrenceville girls, rendered appro priate music for the occasion, the songs being “Georga Land” and “America” and “Cherokee Rose of Georgia” and “Georgia.” Dr. Elliott, the originator of the idea of such a meeting in Lawrenee ville, deserves much credit for the time and interest put forth for the success of the occasion. He was ably •backed and assisted by the Kiwanis club and Lawrenceville citizens. His civic-moral sermon was forcibly and fittingly delivered, he being an earn est student in Georgia economics and a great believer in the future of the Empire State of the South, the possi bilities of which are 'exceled by no 1 country, he said. The sermon consumed fifty minutes of eye-opening information or. educa tional, mineral, agricultural and in dustrial resources hroughout the state and the audience listened with rapt attention during the entire dscourse. Dr. Eliot, n part, sad: “Georga i the workshop of the South, the reservoir of southern fi nance, the supply depot of the South, the South’s distributing pivot, the /ideal climate spot of the South, the land of beauty, the coming textile .center of the world, the mineral bed ,0f the nation, the water power and 'electric generator of the South, the ‘ market basket of diversified crops and industries, the South’s education al center, the land of opportunity 'with its great potentialities bespeak ing wealth and opportunity and em ployment for not only it present citi-. zenry, but for homeseekers and inves tors throughout the entire country. I “We direct your attention to lour j matters that demand our attention in seeking to promote Georgia interests and give her her rightful place ,n the .sun. Lop-Sided Farming “In the first place, Georgia has deprived of her true place in the sun by a strict adherence to a lop-sided system of agriculture, in wliicn we followed a one-crop system with a blind fondness, and produced crops ( the marketing and pricing of which • we had no control over. True it is that the system was forced upon as during the days of reconstruction, when we were helpless, impovished and faminished by a tyranny that controlled the money we needed for meat and bread, and that would loan us that money only when we agreed , to fololw the one-crop system and plant cotton alone, mortgaging the • crop before ever the seed were put , in the ground. Though handicaped by that iniquitious system of 60 years 1 ago, we have been able to climb out \ from under that yoke and make some 1 degree of progress, until now we are \ no longer forced to continue such a 1 course. ] 1 “Last year Georgia raised i,i>oo,- a 000 bales of cotton, which Herbert t Hoover says cost 18 cents a pound to raise, or the sum of $135,000,000. 1 Georgia sold that cotton for SBO, 1 000,000, and thereby lost the sum of i $55,000,000 on cotton and the one- t (Continued Next Week) x FS MARKET OPENING DAY BRINGS MORE THAN 5,000 HERE THE HIGHWAYS AND PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE FILLED WITH CARS FROM TOBACCO SECTIONS. Today (Thursday) the third day of the tobacco market it appears that Vidalia will again lead the entire state in sales, tonnage today will go over 300,000 pounds. At this time we go to press with sales still on in two of the large warehouses, with an average of 22.65, however, we are unable to give the full report of to day’s sales due to the fact that we must publish before the sales are over. Reports from the Georgia tobacco markets yesterday (Wednesday) re veal that the sales on a number of markts were slightly under those made on the opening day Tuesday and also the average price on several of the 20 markets scattred through out the belt was slightly under that of the first day. According to both buyers and growers this drop is cus tomary in the first few days of the market, as always at the beginning of the season the poorest grade of the golden leaf is marketed first. The opening day was the greatest in the history of the leaf markets in this state, with sales totaling well over 3,000,000 pounds and the price aver aging 21.56 cents per pound. The 'market at Vidalia led the state for the total sales made on the opening day, that market selling 825,000 at an average price of 21 cents. The growers on the Vidalia market realiz ing $173,250 for the day’s sales. The sales for yesterday were light due to the fact that considerable to bacco is still in the fields due to the weather retarding the season but the growers are anticipating the best season this year and prices for the estimated crop of 50,000,00 pounds are expected to average something above 20 cents. The sales will continue light forth 9 I next week, growers say and by that ! time the majority of the crop will be cured and brought to the market for j sale. Wednesday’c Sales On Wednesday Vidalia again le<f i the state for the sales during the day with 400,000 pounds sold and was followed, it is said, by Metter with sales of 250,00 and Douglas had the third largest sales with 200,- j 000 pounds. Three Sets of Buyers ''*» Before this year’s season opened, predictions were that Vidalia was destined to be the largest and lead ing tobacco market in the state, since opening on Tuesday of this V'eek, and with over a million pounds here in that day and the three large warehouses filled to capacity, the prediction the leading tobacco men made with reference to this market being the largest in the state, is be ing made a reality. The need of the present floor space being increas ed, which consists of 200,000 square feet, or more warehouses and three sets of buyers, is already being talk ed among the prominent tobacco men here. Since this sect on produces the very grade of tob; -co, the grade that is in the greate t demand, and wdth many other i: ortant advan tages here, and w ,: t earnest effort by both growers am’ warehousemen put forth to this en , the prospects were never brighter for these predic tions to be made a reality and in the very near future- The warehouses have the very bforces here to handle the v.eed i. is possible to get and they nre ing everything that they can for the grower and the manufacture. NUMBER 34