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jg Volume 3 farmers Supply Store To Be Established Mere Messrs. Jas. McNatt and E. T. Mcßryde oF Ailey and Mr. W. 0. Donoyan oF This City Purchased Lot on Mdntosh-st And Will Erect Modern Building If plans now being cansidered are carried to a successful term ination Vidalia will secure the one business enterprise that has been lacking heretofore —a gen eral farmers supply store. The gentlemen who are mentioned in connection with this proposed new business are Messrs. Jas. McNatt and E. T. Mcßryde of Ailey and Mr. W. O. Donovan of this city. A deal was consummated Mon day whereby these gentlemen are now owners of a lot fronting 42 feet on the east side of Mcln toah-pt and runnning back 90 feet the lot being located near the First National Bank building. It is announced that they will pro ceed at once with the erection of a two-story brick building to cov er thq entire lot, and that fcs soon as the building is completed a general supply store is to be lo cated there. -€)ur information cornea from a reliable source-and •it is almost a certainty that the plans will be suotjuessfully car ried throng. t It Is said that Mr. E. T. A! its success from the begmnng. —Jj,tL is-fuccgqize das cue oi the best merchants! in this section of the state, and the fact that he a -—i JOHN W. POE, President H. B. GRAHAM, Cashier U BANK OF VIDALIA Transacts a general banking busi- I ness. Issues certificates of deposit, I payable on time or demand. Savings Department j Interest paid or compounded quarterly on deposits at i FIVE PER CENT I Your money insured with us. ;• - - |LLLL - rj "^ I Blacksmith and | Genera! Repair Shop j I desire to inform the people of this section j that I have purchased the Ray shop and will jjl continue to operate it in connection with my § other shop. Am prepared to do all kinds of p blacksmith work on short notice. j IM. H. DAVIS j Meadows street, opposite Grace’s garage Vidalia, Georgia 1 is to become a Vidalia business man will bring quite a lot of trade to this city that has been going to other towns. When this new store begins operations a vacancy that has long existed in the business cir cles of Vidalia will be tilled, and much will be added to the city's importance as a center of trade. The need of a store of this kind has long been felt li£re, and we are glad to learn that it is at last i to be supplied. iacksoii st To Be Worked By Convicts. : Road Superintendtent C. W. Culpepper was in the city Tues t day and while here stated to a i, Local reporter that the work of putting the Vidalia-Center road i in good condition was progres [ sing nicely, and that it would be . completed to the city limits this . week. When th**-roud is completed to tho city limits Mr. Culpppner -. ? vr>ulu work Jackson st onto the, ] into re section of RaMroad-ave. j. This woy? tins lougbecitneeded, i and be greatly appreciated s by the people of Vidalia. VIDALIA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911 Walker- wint. Pretty Churc e Wc . . , g Solemn ized Yesterday Morning. One of theprut-tii church wed dings ever wi e *••- e m this city occurred yesterday morning at 9:20 o'clock, wlnn Miss Sarah Elizabeth Wai rer md Mr. Wil liam Lawrenc S\\ mt were uni ted in marriage at .he Presbyte rian church. The arrival of tlio bridal party was announced by the -singing of the “Bridal Chorus’’ from “Loh engrin,” rendered ;>y Miss Alice Scliumpert, pianis Mrs. John W. Poe, Miss Ann; Pettus, Mr. S. J. Baker, Mrs. IV. D. Greene, Mrs. H. B. Graham, M r Herbert Ethridge, Mr. A. F. Sawyer and Mr. D. R. Parti i And then, b I orapaui rnent of the eve: ing and inspiring notes ssohn’s Wedding Marc iy ren dered by Miss - .t, the ushers, Prof. Si ;o and Mr. L. M. Be i ntered from the vesti > wed in the order nam a h attend ants, Mrs. J. •>. . , Miss Frances Berge arietta Walker, Miss an and Mrs. Joseph ad the mfiid of honor, " l Walk er. Then cam beconi iwgly attired in a tn- sS g gown of champagne * bTilp : jor the. .i.rVr , M thr f V - T - ir finuu't Walker, while cite'i aisie cauue , 5h the ( arm of his bes* <) C t Thaxton. The T met i ■ directly in fro- Mtar, i j where the fieri s per . 1 formed by the ] c Chas. | Montgomery, t : i l and impressive m - of the ] Presbyterian e* . llged| ( | and the bride I , away , by her father. Immediately aft. th „ „ prp . ; mony the ha PP y y hag couple were driven to the ibo ., rd de . pot, and they board,: t j jq.0,,. train for - . \ ; will spend a few da-,, vr i the i groom’s parents 1: , l: gto ! Atlanta to be p t the i Music Festival, T' e- v . make their future home c - Way css. The church was Usiefully dec arated in green, v, >u> and pink, and the costun.es .' ,ni by the attendants were in b rmony with the decorations. Among the on o: \ .vn visitors who attended th • i i o wore Mr. and Mrs. Gcoo! \■ alley of Louisville, Mrs J. | /alker and children o IS , , and Miss Mary Quiiiiac Mcßae. . The bride is the ilighter of Mr. and Mrs. Jan- Walker of this city, a young possess ing many accoi pii nonets and much persona) a : activeness, and is loved and -on irod by a large circle of fr ,!s and ac quaintances. The groom is a successful traveli. --alesman, but for several mo \ as em ployed in the fr igi ! pactment of the Seaboa” i > !S point, and during his ta j>. bis con duct was such s ' win the es teem and contii v ! ! sasso ciates and tho.*.e v otn he came in contact in ess or social way. The Local extend ’atula tions and joins in \ them a life filled with i-n- Georgia News Notes To!d In Paragraphs. Interesting Incidents That Have Occurred In Georgia During The Past Week Tersely Told—A Brief Summary of The Important Incidents. A. G. Leslie, of the firm of Les lie & Graver, general merchants of Chelsea, Ga., lost his life in a tire which destroyed his store ■ Monday night. As a result of a row among negroes at Way’s still, ten miles from Thomasville, late Saturday night John McKinnon is dead, , Milton Brown is badly wounded and Tom Lawyers is in jail. In an encounter in the public road near Griffin Monday Cleve Dorough, a negro, had both eyes shot out with a shot-gun by Hay good Hood, another negro, for whom a warrant has been issued, charging assault and attempt to murder. Fire completely destroyed three negro cabins in East NJa con Monday night. A three year-old negro boy lost his life in the flames, the charreir LcMy being found in one of the housek bjtjihe' firemen some time after £■( fire had been extinguished, -| "* ■ , - t»-i - : the mnttuy both.. * .. efi sixty . feel deep the hotly of Mack Dun- j 1 can, aged 80, was found Monday j ■ at 422 Broad-st, Columbus. The!' foul play theory is advanced and | a rigid investigation will be made i by the coroner. An annual county fair at, P-azle hurst has been assured b’y the organization of the Je-d Davis County Fair Associ h IQ o. Mr. J. J. Frazier has been elected president and !) J - JohnM. Hall scare tary. v committee con- V Have You Tried 1 I Our Soda Water and 1 | Milk Drinks? If not you 8 have missed the great- j j est treat in town—de- I | lioicus, appetizing and | | nourishing. Nunnally’s Candies always on hand. Ask the soda man. The Peoples Drug Store 1 C. T. ALCORN, Manager J PHONE No. 44 ... VIDALIA. Gff. | sisting of Senator John A Crom artie, Judge R. T. Williams and J. P. Hinson was appointed to solicit stock subscriptions - . In a trial for brutal treatment of a pupil a lady teacher of Lau rens county was acquitted, and the prosecutor, the father of the child who had been punished, was adjudged guilty of malicious prosecution and required to pay the costs, which amounted to about twenty dollars. Judge Samuel B. Adams of Savannah delivered an address Monday to the boys of the Sav- V annah High School. He irnpres - sed upon them the need to standi *, for state rights, and for the ww, premacy of the law. He sashST* Georgia’s record as to lynchings was unfortunate and disgracfol. His talk wa,s the first of tnat the boys of that school wiki' hear from prominent ‘^4 i ’ *'• ■ S&iil Two "charges of shot .mag* ! Tr. the tuighanJ rjdoafcin - - ■ | )f Will : ' ‘C-u-d/o r'- ■ over a platform dr.n- J.A’o The shot *> came, from aefoss the".' D. >dge county line, and we re ‘ jre.i from a gun in the hands of | unknown parties. It is impos- J oibie to determine the outcome of the wounds. The shooting oc curred Saturday night. Messrs. M. B. Peterson and J. 0. Knight, prominent farmers of the Petros section, were attend ing to business matters in. the city yesterday. Number 42