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The Lyons progress.
Vol. 2, No. 28.
Local Items.
Gat Thompson and Abraham
Deaden beau, made a flying trip to
their old home at Kemp this week.
Who wants Toombs county of- i
flees? Don’t all speak at once,
but line up ana bring us a *’V,”
one by one.
Mr. \\\ C. Oliver returned from
Atlanta last Friday evening and
Monday, he was a business visitor
to Savannah.
Did you say you had selected a
site for the court house? Well ;
where is it? The site will be the i
next thing in order.
Mrs. Maggie Smith is visiting
relatives and friends at Swainsbo
ro, Kemp and Adrian this week.
We wish for her a pleasant trip.
Rev. V. P. Scoville and Louis
Alonso are attending the Indian
Springs camp meeting this week,
where they will no doubt have a
good time.
Mrs. F. M. Smith has been in
Atlanta with her husband for a
while. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will
probably spend a week or so at
the Springs before returning
home.
Mrs. J. P Brown and one or
two of her little ones are at Indian
S*' rings for a week or so. She will
l<e joined this week by Mr. Brown,
n* to Atlanta to help make
♦ comitv.
\mong those who went to At
m jta Sunday night were Messrs,
lio. H. Clifton, J. P. Brown, C.
Shewmake and the editor.
They will probably remain until
they can bring the Toombs coun
ty deeds back with them.
Mr. .J. J. Oneal, from Lass, was i
iin town "Saturday and ordered the
Tpombs county official organ sent
ito his address. We are getting
lots of new names now and it;
wont be long before it will have ;
the largest [circulation in South,
Georgia. !
Miss Johnnie Broughton left
Sunday night for Cuthbert, where ;
she goes to attend school. Miss
Johnnie was at Cuthbert the first
of the year but returned home
sick. She is now well again, how
ever, and is returning to resume
her studies.
Mr. T. A. Peterson, a hustling
merchant of Ailey, will be mar
ried in the near future to a charm
ing young lady. The name of the
bride we have learned, but
they will spend their honey moon
in the Eastern cities and we ex
tend hearty congratulations in j
advance.
That railroad to the river must j
be. The people down there want
to help build it, and they are only
waiting for some one to make the
start. This little road would pay
handsomely, even if it was only
built to the river, but who knows
but that it might be a great trunk
line some day.
The third nine of the base ball
team or a mixed team of raw play
ers, went down to Collins last
Saturday to play a game with
Dauton, and they were badly
beaten. The score was something
fierce and the game was entirely
without interest. The team that
went say the will never go off to
play another game until they prac
tice some.
New County of Toombs
I
Bill Passed Both Houses Unanimously, was Signed by the 1
Governor and it is now a Law.
Dixie Says “Come.”
To-dav, Dixie savs “come!’’
In this southern laud of ours,
the skies are bright and the dim
• ate delightful. The soil is divers
| isled, and produces many a!id
; widely different crops. New towns '
are springing up, and new maim-;
facturiug enterprises are being;
! erected. Markets are coming in-'
|to existence, and a hungry work- j
ing class must be fed. There are
wide plantations near factory
towns and near growing cities
which could with profit be cut up
into small tracts for diversified
farming and for market gardens.
Dixie needs a thrifty and indus
trious class to come in and cut up
these plantations into gardens
that bloom like a rose. So, Dixie
says, “come.”
To-day, Dixie says, “come.”
The South this year has furn
ished the fruit and melons of the
country. Georgia has been the
the source of supply for the peach
and the melon. In Louisiana and
Dalian? afe growing frpjts.
In northeast Georgia the silk
worm has been introduced. On the
southern coast rice and tea are
being grown. No section of the
world is more rich in promises
than is Dixie, and Dixie says,'
! “cornel”
To-dav Dixie says, “come!”
But it is not farm hands only
that it needs. While great as an
agricultural section, Dixie land is
I developing into manufactures,
i The new life of the South is in- j
I dustrial life. New factories and i
» mills are growing up. Cities and
; even the smaller towns are build
! ing their water works and electric
light plants and their systems of
sewerage. The South needs to-dav
skilled workers along industrial
lines aud technical experts. To
these, Dixie savs, “come!”
To-day Dixie says, “come!”
No section of the country offers
greater inducements to the home
seeker or the small manufacturer.
No section of the country is richer
in present achievement or future
promises than Dixie. —Advertiser.
Mr. J. P. Brown will leave for
New York in a few days, and
i while away he intends buying a
j stock of organs, pianos, sewing
j machines, bicycles and clocks for
his new Lyons installment house.
Mr. Brown is fitting up his old
store for this line of goods aud he
expects to keep a full stock on
hand. This will >be a Bide line
with him but he is going to have
a good salesman and we predict in
advanee he will make a suc
cess of it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R-. Minter are
at home again, after three weeks
pleasantly spent in Eastern cities.
While away, they visited West
Point, New York City, Brooklyn,
the Long Island watering places,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, and other points. They
are both looking extraordinary
well aud they report having had a
grand time.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1905.
Toombs county with Xvons as
the County seat, is now an as
sured fact. The bill the
county passed the House unani
mously last Monday and on Thurs
day it passed the Senate without
a dissenting vote.
In this tight for Toombs, county
the people of Lyons did tl-eir best
and they hid nothing. They had
opposition of the str kind,
but before this opposi*> cqmc
ill) oiv pos’Gor J V‘l- v
fortified. The lines outfle north
were very materially changed and
the new county of Toombs gets;
very little of Emanuel, but this
change was for harmony and those i
. '
1 who are left out can get in through j
the legislature one year hence.
Our neighbors, Reidsville on j
the east and Yidalia on the west
fought every inch of ground, but
we were too strong, and they now (
acknowledge their defeat. Vida-1
j iia's last fight was not against ;
I Toombs county, but it was for'
a change in the lines with the'
ultimate hope that they would get ;
the court house. On this question
Mr. S. B. Meadows and other
Vidalia citizens did their very
best. As far as we know they did
it openly, however, aud we glory
in their grit. We are proud to
have them in the new county of
Toombs, believing they will make j
us good citizens and earnest work
ers. The establishment of the,
county will help beth towns, and i
the people must be a unit on one;
thing—the building up of the'
grand county of Toombs. Os
course we know there will always
be a spirit of rivalry, but such a
spirit can live without petit jeal
ousy. We can work for our res
pective towns and yet be friends.
Vidal ia and Lyons are both j
made up of good people and we do j
hope to see the hatchet buried and |
the right hand of fellowship ex
tended from both directions. We
are citizens of the same county
and our common interests are
growing closer together. To our
friends at Reidsville, we also ex
tend our hand. They still have
the seat of government of one of
the grandest counties in Georgia,
and that it will remain with
them is very natural.
Later. —Gov. Terrell signed the
bill creating Toombs county a
few minutes after ten o’clock this
morning, and it is now a law.
Hurrah for Toombs, now for
the big barbecue. ,
Reflects oa One’s Credit.
' Every country newspaperman'
has probably been chided by .b—
--linquent rubscribors at some time;
or other for not discontinuing his j
; paper when the time paid for o>x
j pires, “like ti»® big papers do.” |
•As a matter of business
should l>e done, but as a matlef <
of policy it would be very foolish.
Where one man would appreciate
your having done so, ten men
would take it is a reflection on
their credit and would become of- i
fended.
On this subject the Milieu.'News
says:
When a subscription is paid to
a certain time, the time expires
and the paper is stopped, it looks
as though the publisher doubted
the integrity of the subscriber,
and nine times out in tea.the sub
scriber will give the publisher a J
calling down, for insinuating that I
his credit is no good.
Rather than cast any reflection ;
against a neighbor’s honesty to j
pjyv xsm :H 'Dbt. it ha? bocouw I
necessary tor country newspapers ;
to continue sending the paper as- j
; ter the time has expired.
The city weeklies and daliesdo
; not generally follow this rule, as j
j their subscribers live at a distance, j
I and besides they are not ncquain- i
i ted with them and do not know'
their financial standing.
One should deem it an honor to
know that nis credit is not doubt- J
led when the publisher continues
!to send the paper. Should the
' subscril>er desire to have his paper
1 discontinued he should inform the
publisher and remit to date, if'
. . I
any amount is owing.
Democratic Meeting.
All the white Democratic voters
of Toombs county are requested
to meet at the county seat, Lyons,
on Thursday, Aug. 24th for the !
| purpose of organizing the Demo-,
jcratic party of the new county, j
( Election for officers will be held!
i in October and it is requested that j
all good citizens meet and take
! part in the organization of the
Executive Committee. Many other
important matters will also be
disposed of at this meeting.
W. C. Oliver, Chm’n.
L. W. Moore, Sec.
“After all the various kinds of
! swindles, misrepresentations and
j kindred attempts at fraud against
j Mr. Farmer, the man that han
dles the plow and gathers the
crops is slowly but surely falling
into his just inheritance and be
ginning to enjoy in full measure
the fruits of his efforts,” saj’s an
exchange. You may talk aud fig
ure all that you can but the farm
er is the man that feeds them all—
yea, verily, he is the man of the
hour?”
Wanted. —Lands between Lyons
and the Altamaha river. Those
having land to sell will find it to
their interest to see J. P. Brown, |
Lyous, Ga., at once.
Subscription SI.OO.
Electric Li Again.
The Progress has from time !:>
1 time suggested that Lyons should
he lighted by electricity and we
| now want to add force to our
! former words. The town is now
: to be a county sejvt and its growth
is going to be »mewut on the
. boom order. In fact, people are
; already looking t iis way tor homes
and we should make our town ns
: attractive as possible to
home seekers.
An electric light oiant sulcient
to light the town would cost- less
i than two thousand dollars, and
'.sufficient lights- could be placed
right now to pay a handsome prof*
!it on the investment. The town’s
; growth will help, too, aod the
'plant could be enlarged as the ne
cessity demanded it.
We have it from good a .who ri tv
! that two of our enterprising citi--
zens are already looking into* the*
. cost of such a plant witil a view
of putting it in. 'ln fact, they
will probably, lay the matter be
fore the town council its nexa
meeting, and if they are given
any encouragement all, the
plant will be installed They are
now getting., estimates from elec
trical contractors and they will- be
ready to begin business just as
soon as they get the proper en
; eouragement. These men mean
■ business, ana they have the money
besides, so we see no reason, why
we should not have electric lights
lon the streets of Lyons in a very
snort nine, del u liuatu <». > »u.
selves, gents, and don't let some
one else come in and get ahead of
I you*
■
EDMOND NEWS.
They are building a bridge across
I Rocky Creek tvo miles below Ed
mond.
i
Dr. E. P. Bo mar A 0 hooper
! was a pleasant visitor at Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Driggers one day this
week.
Toombs, county, Ga., now. and
; it wont l>e long before the voter
; will look up as the shepherd looks
up his Rock.
Prof. J. M. Tapley is teaching
a ten days sing at Mt. Moriah.
Singing days, Friday and Satur
da; Sundays given.
Some of the good people in this
; section see now what they have
long l>een in need of and they are
■ putting their need into action.
-
! We have always been a friend
to the Progress and Coombs coun
ty, and would take her part on
every occasion it wa3 assailed.
Fodder pulling is over, cottou
picking is on hand and there is
some kind of work for us to do,
instead of gossipping about our
neighbors,
The R. F. D., man was survey
ing the route going South from
Ohoo|>pee Saturday last, and at
this writing we don’t know wheth
er it will pass or not. (Hope it
will.)
Several correspondent letters
were left out this week for want
of help. These letters will all
appear next week and we trust our
correspondents will understand
the situation.
We will try to publish in our
next issue the entire bill creating
Toombs county. This will show
the exact lines and how the couu*
jty is to be organized.