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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
2
Published each Thursday the Vidalia Ga paper entered at the Post Office as second class main matter under act of Congress. Official organ city of Vidalia. Thursday December 14 1922.
Editor Isadore Gelders reports strong backing for the Jeff Davis Highway from Vicksburg to Richmond with Vidalia and Savannah links. Alabama favors 1923 expansion, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce pledges support, and Barber County officials commit to integrate county roads into the state plan.
The piece argues that strong cotton prices will persist as world demand for cotton goods soars. Southern growers face favorable conditions and reduced costs, with diversification and improved farming skills boosting profits. The outlook is hopeful, as farmers expect the boll weevil to be defeated and cotton to meet global demand.
Judge H C Peebles, new Bulloch County resident, flowers peanuts at Briarpatch. Last year he farmed 100 acres for 1 700 pounds per acre at four cents a pound, nearly seven thousand dollars. This year he expanded to 200 acres with lower yields and prices but still a solid profit, urging other farmers to join in larger acreage.
A call to install fire escapes in multi story schools after a High Point tragedy in Newton county where two children died. The piece urges Vidalia and all communities to fund safety measures and drill teachers and students in using escapes to prevent a repeat disaster.
The Thomasville Times Enterprise notes a campaign to plant two hundred trees along streets lacking trees or where trees have died. Early saplings will be small and unimpressive, but in ten years they will grow into beautiful evergreens, enhancing every residence street and increasing local pride. The editorial urges Vidalia to join a tree planting drive in the coming winter months.
The Laurens and Dublin Chamber of Commerce outlines a bright program for the coming year aimed at restoring prosperity. Goals include making each public road good, markets for farm products, 100 hens per farm, two dairy cows per plow, two pure bred sows per plow, permanent pastures, cream separators, deep wells, painted houses, home orchards, and greater town and county cooperation.
A series of town gossip notes records visitations and gatherings among residents of Vidalia Union Lyons and surrounding areas. Names include E L Meadows Lee Sharpe George Ricks Eva Ricks Kattie Ruth Neal Coral Ricks Alle Sharpe Jess Baker Jim Blount Mary M Sharpe M C Dickerson and others with multiple Sunday Saturday and Thursday visits noted.
Bargain sale lists an Oakland touring car in good running order with five tires and front and rear bumpers. Also offered is a Dodge Brothers roadster overhauled and in tip top running order with five tires.
Public notice from Dr R N Hicks announcing arrangements with J E Thompson to collect all debts for professional services and asking all persons due Hicks to settle with Thompson.
At a Methodist church meeting the board re elected I D Stewart as chairman for the coming year. He urged naming another man but was not heeded. T R Lee was reelected secretary and treasurer of the board.
M M Coleman Jr advertises grinding velvet beans for cow feed at five dollars per ton. Beans may be ground fine or mixed with corn in shuck and ground at the same price. Mill operates daily on Lyons Vidalia public road.
The bakery announces fruit cake baking begins Tuesday November 28 and continues every Tuesday and Thursday. Cakes must be in by 10 o clock on baking days.
Vidalia Georgia based Vidalia Cotton Oil Mill Company seeks to buy corn at market prices. Sellers are asked to contact the mill or write detailing available stock for sale.
A vintage advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment. It claims to ease pain soreness and stiffness in joints muscles and bones and to relieve sciatica lumbago backache and cramps by topical application without internal treatment. A small trial bottle is advertised to help readers “rub rheumatism away.”
Advertisement touts E. W. Grove's Bromo Quinine tablets as a remedy for colds and grip. The box shows Grove's signature and the product price of 30 cents.
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