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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.