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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
2
The Advance outlines goals for Vidalia including a new high school building a moved Seaboard Freight Depot enhancements to paving the business district a sidewalk building program and a merchants association to expand trade and organize professionals with leadership to aid farmers in marketing crops.
Census data show 3000 dairy cows in Toombs County with abundant feed. If one third of cows are milked and butter-fat sold to creameries, farmers could gain about 100000 dollars annually. Skim milk could fatten pigs and poultry, building cash-based farms without disrupting existing programs.
The Telfair Enterprise argues that towns split into dead from the ground up, active doers, and bright, quarrelsome elites stall development. It urges united effort and broad support for good ideas regardless of faction, warning that internal bickering dampens improvement projects.
Old freight depot appears to remain in service longer than planned as Seaboard authorities show strong attachment to the facility, indicating continued operational use and strategic value.
The Nation's Business article by Will Hays notes the US Postal Establishment with 300000 employees handling 1.7 million letters hourly. It sells 14 billion stamps yearly and 9 million stamped envelopes daily. Annual turnover is 3 billion dollars with 600 million in expenses and 500 million in debts settled via 150000 money orders yearly. The Dead Letter office processes 19.6 million undelivered letters annually. New York handles over 250000 misdirected letters daily.
The Cochran Journal urges Bleckley County to honor World War I veterans by securing a vacant lot for a park and memorial tablet. It proposes a countywide effort to beautify the space and inscribe the soldiers' names, and suggests a memorial avenue from Lyons to the court house hill in Toombs County as a joint project for the New Year.
Hon Morris G Michael president of the Advertising Club of Athens told the Eighth District Press meeting that advertising creates demand and adds latent value to goods through targeted newspaper ads He said newspapers do more than fund ads by building communities attracting outsiders to trade and socialize with locals.
Tax Collector Pughsley announces all registered female voters in the city and county elections must pay their poll tax. The notice emphasizes full compliance for upcoming contests.
A local issue extends warm greetings to friends and readers with a Merry Christmas message, reflecting seasonal goodwill from the publication.
An Iowa couple, W. H. Whitbeck and wife, settled near Waycross eight years ago with $3,000. They built a diversified Georgia farm on ten acres, growing peaches, pecans, oranges and figs, plus 700 pure Bluff Orpingtons. Net profits from fences and grape vines, fruit trees, and poultry yield substantial income, with pecan grove growth projected to reach high returns in years ahead.
An old tonic claims to restore energy by purifying and enriching the blood. It emphasizes iron and quinine, its pleasant taste for children, and its supposed ability to destroy malaria and grip germs with a strengthening effect. Priced at 60c.
Farmers in Brooks county benefit from the county exchange sales of syrup at 40 cents per gallon and plans for a syrup refinery and bonded warehouse. A grain elevator is being considered and efforts to fill large orders for corn and poultry expand to Florida markets. The exchange promotes selling farm cured meats and educating farmers to market produce effectively.
Vidalia Lodge K of P meets every Tuesday night at half past on Railroad Ave. Visiting brothers welcome. J. B. Todd and T. R. Lee sign as officers. Store promotion offers a jar guessing game with prizes for the closest guesses. Walker signed.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as restoring energy by purifying and enriching the blood with iron and quinine. It emphasizes color return, non patent-medicine status, and appeal to families, noting a 60 cent price and a 35 year history of use for malaria and strength.
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