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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
2
The Advance outlines goals for Vidalia including a new high school building a moved Seaboard freight depot paving of the business section a sidewalk program and a merchants and professionals group to expand trade and assist farmers with marketing crops.
The article urges South Georgia counties to partner farmers and merchants to raise 50 000 to 100 000 bushels of sweet potatoes, build curing houses and elevators, establish syrup refineries, meat curing plants, and creameries. It argues coordinated effort will expand markets in the north and east and drive strong local growth.
A South Georgia farmer touts pecans as a wealth builder, claiming eighty acres yielded $48,000 in nuts this year and forecasting steady value growth. The note urges landowners to plant several acres this year and maintain the crop for future wealth.
In 1921 businesses and farmers endured deflation and gloom yet county banks held strong, few bankruptcies and fires occurred, inspiring cautious optimism for a new era of prosperity. The section urges diversification, food production, cotton surpluses, cash farming, and ending the credit system.
Georgia farmer J. W. Coleman testifies that marketing corn via hogs yielded over 1 dollar per bushel and higher gains. He fed hogs in a corn field near Moultrie, with hogs growing from 2,200 to 7,200 pounds and 350 bushels consumed, signaling strong profits beyond market prices for corn.
The State Sanitarium contracted to buy 2,000 pounds weekly of Georgia cattle beef from the Moultrie packing house at 7.77 cents per pound. The note urges all state institutions to specify Georgia products to foster a home market.
The Savannah Press and Corde Dispatch critique executive clemency amid rising crime. They argue Christmas pardons in Washington and Atlanta target higher felonies, undermining hard-won convictions and allowing offenders to escape accountability.
A reader urges paving Meadows Street with sidewalks from Church Street as a sample to test wider block paving. The piece notes tax shifts and optimistic South financiers claiming a turn in business, while Toombs County shows new consolidated schools in 1921 and hopes to score in 1922.
A New Year thought urges Vidalians to rally for a strong 1922 in their hometown. The message emphasizes community effort and local pride to spur growth and progress in the year ahead.
A handful of properties sold at a public sale Tuesday while many lots had claims filed and no sale. Judge I H Corbitt bid the land of W A and J A Nee Smith under a D J Moore and P P Driggers estate file for 500 dollars. The J C Timmerman home in Vidalia sold to W A Jones. The Smiley property in Vidalia bought by J D Mallard for 1250 dollars. An engine and boiler owned by E Hughes and J G Odom bought by Woodruff Machinery Co for 345 dollars. The Scarboro land bid by S and W Estroff for 600 dollars. Sale of land owned by D C Williamson N M Williamson and Minnie L Brown halted by filed claims.
A laxative syrup named LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN is described as specially prepared for habitual constipation. It relieves promptly and should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action, stimulating and regulating stools with a pleasant taste per bottle.
In Atlanta, 153 Fulton grand jury indictments are dropped by Judge Humphries on recommendation of Solicitor General John A. Boykin due to illegality, lack of evidence or duplication. Additional 50 bills also cancelled. liquor cases dismissed due to informant insanity. One case involving Julius McIntyre and a kidnapping charge against George and Irene Karr was dropped.
Deputy Sheriff H. L. Brown has been commissioned by Sheriff Culpepper and began duties the first of the week.
The tonic claims to purify and enrich the blood using iron and quinine. It advertises energy, color in the cheeks, better appetite, and suitability for children, noting it destroys malarial and grip germs with its strengthening effect. Price listed as 60c.
An odd promotional blurb urges wives to use Pepto Mangan to help men regain red blood and good humor. It touts the tonic as a daily, pleasant remedy for tired or pale men and suggests visiting drug stores for the liquid or tablet form. Bragg rage Vidalia.
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