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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
4
R E Ledford lists subscription options and rates for the Vidalia Advance. The page then blends witty aphorisms on intelligence, politics, and society, noting economic trends, legal ideals, and social commentary with light sarcasm about insurance, marriage, and taxes.
A remark suggests that the choice may provoke readers to examine their own beliefs and motives, provoking personal reflection about the implications of the upcoming decision.
Postmaster General New asked Congress to raise the depositor limit in the Postal Savings Bank from 2500 dollars to 5000 dollars, expanding savings capacity for customers.
The Vidalia School Tattler lists teachers spending holidays in various towns and notes former students visiting. Scouts report Christmas basket efforts and Red Cross drives, a breakfast hike to The Rocks, and plans for 1927 with troop registrations and a January 8 meeting at the Scout house now debt free.
In parliamentary debates on farm relief E. V. Wil cautions that removing tariff protection would backfire. He argues farmers could seek revenge by aiming to reduce employment and shrink the market for farm products, harming the industry through retaliation.
A third transcontinental long distance line will be completed soon after the year begins. The central line opened to San Francisco in 1915 and the southern line to Los Angeles two years ago. The northern line ends in the Pacific Northwest, ensuring nationwide telephone service.
A California Teachers' bulletin compares car capacity to classroom seats, noting 5.2 million available autos versus 1.2 million school desks. It claims last year Californians spent 145 million on gasoline, more than 130 million on education, suggesting a broader national imbalance.
The will of Charles Millar of Toronto bequeaths 800000 dollars in brewery shares to the Methodist Toronto conference and 25000 dollars to a rocky club for two lawyers and Benjamin Spence of the Prohibition Union. If any beneficiary declines these gifts the sums revert. After nine years the remaining property is to be sold and the proceeds go to the largest number of children born in Ontario within that period. The unusual provisions stir debate over acceptance of brewery and race track money.
House leaders agreed there will be no increase of the 435 members under any reapportionment this winter. The 435 was reached in 1911 and likely will stand until after the 1930 census when redistribution and equalization may be required nationwide.
Congress begins a new session with major and minor tasks ahead. Leaders urge citizens to view the national government as an institution and a friend, acknowledging flaws but praising its overall excellence and strength.
President Coolidge pursues Hoover for radio control as major broadcasters back him while independents seek a Commission free of Commerce. The struggle pits big interests against smaller players and may be settled by Congress.
Officials press constant efforts to improve child health and distribute literature nationwide. Leading health officials concede it is better to keep children healthy rather than pursue investigations into child deaths.
The article explains a new seismic method using blast shocks and pendulum seismographs to map underground structures. It notes that salt domes and anticlinal traps in Texas and Louisiana have been more accurately located since 1924 1926, aiding oil discovery though not guaranteeing producing wells.
The United States Forest Service urges farmers in the upland hill sections of the South Ohio River basin central Mississippi to plant black walnuts this fall. A bushel holds about 1 500 nuts and planting should occur two inches deep in waste strips corners or along fence rows. Nuts should be stored in a soil pit or damp cellar if hogs or squirrels roam the land. Walnut wood is prized cabinet material with market value noted at 150 to 200 dollars per thousand feet.
A wartime era appeal lists Christmas wishes from several children then describes a Georgia and Florida Railway organized personal tour through Florida and Cuba by the Augusta Business and Professional Women's Club. Depart Augusta February 13 for eight days at $196 total. The itinerary includes Havana visits, Cuban Carnival events, Spanish handball games, theatre, and hotel stays.
A collection of childhood letters to Santa include Herbert Blaxton requesting a stopper gun a rubber ball and a wiggly snake Odessa Jackson McCord a four year old girl asks for Sunday school love and trust in a visit Cyril Blaxton a Route 3 child seeks a wagon knife bugle ball and fruit Juanita Blaxton asks for a pretty doll a ring and candy
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