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The Lyons progress.
J 6 Vol. 7. No. 49.
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** rTT_ LOCAL ITEMS
Local Colton Market.
-» Corrected every Thursday morn
ing, At opening:
Sooff Middling 14.50 to 14.85
Middling 1ii.25 to 14 00
; '4 ' "
Col. Jones has gone no in Jeffer
son county to spend a few days
with his old friends and relatives.
Dr. T. A. Scarboro has been at
Sharp’s Spur for a week assisting
Battle & Jones in opening up their
place of business.
Cotton continues to come in
freely and it is bringing a good
price. The sample, however, is
not as good as it should be.
Mrs. Allison Smith and her
daughter, Miss Annie, have gone to
Orlando Fla., to spend a week or
so with relatives.
For Sale—One milk cow with
young heifer calf. Cow is about 8
years old and calf is about two
months old. See I). D. Collins,
Lyons.
See those new horses this Friday
and Saturday and you may get a
bargain. Mr. Holland says he has
somjfine ones to offer on this
market.
Judge Rogers has moved his of
fice from the Toombs Countv
Bank* building tenths Coleman j
buildfig over the old Davis & Cole
man iorner.
Misses Ellen Wimberly and An
nie Ldu Brown have gone to Ali
gns taaWaynes boro and Bartow to
gpendj several weeks visiting
friepcß and relatives.
v*u have land for sale or rent
ISA-fith me. It costs you noth
in touch with people
wfcjiftut land in Toombs county
tpt C. Mosely, Lyons, Ga.
Misa|Lurline Thomas left Wed
neßdayfmorning for Richmond to
resume her studies. Her father,
str. A.|P. Thomas, accompanied
ttec part of the way, returning
ho re Thursday.
: j f
( Sweat went down to
!Na lvjjle, Ga., last Sunday to
via friends and relatives. Mrs
ESw and little Hazel are there
rLIaJ itJd they will remain for a
week for a week or so.
Mr. H. A. Galbreath is enter-j
taming a brand new son up at |
J his comfortable home on the hill
< He is a tine one. too, and we are
. glad to say that mother and child
' are getting along nicely.
Gordon Floyd has resigned his
position with ‘’Uncle Ike” Hussey
and he has not yet decided what
be will do. Gordon is a splendid
lisalesman and he will have no
Htrouble getting a good location.
ll' John E Coleman, of Cobbtown,
|icame over one day last week to
||visit friends and relatives. Mrs.
||Coleman and the children have
Ipbeen visiting the home of her
lather, Mr. Martin Herrington,
I or a week.
I For the first time in several
ill-ears we hear that cotton pickers
‘■are yet wanted in some parts of
Kbecoaity. It has been hard to
K e t cotton picked this season and
Koine few farmers are not yet
Khrough' picking.
I) CaptlSixby, who was down sev
|lra| wefts ago looking over the W.
fl LJrailroad for the capitalists
arfluto take the road’s bonds,
I llivtitling down this way now
after some property on the
J He was greatly impressed !
1 .Ifcpufitry and the fact that
1 property shows that the
I Jo ists are behind the proposi
1/ x Wo *k on the line is going
Y jpmoothely and in a few
| Lore we will see mucn ac-
Mi tbe Lvons end. Capt.
J[ She President, is to meet
iji B capitalists in a very few
1 1086 the deal lj y which the
I be turned over for the
Jury List February Term.
The following is a list of the
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
to serve during the February Term
of Toombs Superior Court and
thev are hereby summoned to be
aim appear at the Court House in
Lyons, at 9 o’clock a in., on the
3rd Monday m February 1911:
Grand Jurors
J. B. Anderson. 1 hos. Harden,
E. R. DeWitt, M. M. Coleman,
J. L. Wolfe, R. L. Page, S A. Mc-
Colsky, W C Oliver, D. L. Muth
ews. j. A. Kitchens, C. E. Adams,
R. L. Curry. L. N. Brown . T. J.
Coursey, A P Thomas, B F South
well, E L Williamson, M Laeder,
E L Carpenter, W H Sharpe, M W
Meadows, FE Long, IQ Coleman,
J W O’Neal, H T Stanley, W A
McNatt, J A McDildea, F \V Mc-
Call, D S Faircloth, L L Mc-
Gregor.
Traverse Jurors —Ist week
II C Willis. J W Currie, Thos.
Thompson, W R Jones, R C Giles,
W D DeLoach, S T Stanley, Mel
vin Collins, R A Peavy, R L King.
A H C Mann. V H Coursey, Dun
can Odom, M \Y Mathews, D W
Thompson. D H Holland. D W
I Galbreath, C M Carter, B F Mor
ris, E L Davis, P M Mann, W 0
Shuptrine, G S Spell, G *.V Harden
G H Mcßride, J E Shumpert. W
F Peacock, J H Cowart, F M Dur
den, H H Mann, A C McCorkle,
! D F Clarke, A J Thompson, Den
nis Moseley. Joe Perry Collins, J
P Dees,
Traverse Jurors —2nd week.
M \V Williamsan, J P Collins Jr
J A Bland, C A Clifton, L Clifton,
Robt A Smith, \V \V Odom, F J
Jones, W R Griner D P AvOrett,
T A Rockett, Thus. Clifton, A S
Mosely, II C Gibbs, N M William
son, J II Smith, F P Shuman, R
S Sharpe, S G Jesup, C H Ham-1
mons, D G McLenuey, W J YY il
liamson. J L Wilks, C C Ander
son, H V Mosely, B L Thompson, j
J L Mclntyre, J A Dent, E H Xew-
H P James, R E L Maun, R J Par
tin, B F Brown, E M Wimberly,
W F Caulev, S I Hussey.
J E. Thompson,
Sheriff Toomb3 County.
The Obsolete Family Bible.
A Philadelphia publishing house
that makes a specialty of the sa
cred book says the family Bible
! trade is languishing. The Bible
I continues to be the best seller, but
j it is no longer the immense vol
i ume that stood on the parlor cen
ter table and contained marvelous
steel engravings of the Tower of
Babel and the fall of Ninevah and
had room for ail the family rec
ords. The thing now is a thin pa
per student edition with flexible;
covers, concordances and notes,
and all suited to the overcoat
pocket. It hasn’t room for any
family history, but it can be in
troduced into a stingy city flat
without crowding the family.
The passing of the family Bible
is significant of an interesting
change in the keeping of vital sta-j
tistics. Records of births, deaths
and marriage? have ceased to be I
a family and become a state func-j
tion. It is done better and more
completely than in old days and
the records are more useful to the :
public. That fact need not pre
vent our dropping a tear at the j
passing of an old cherished instu-j
tion. —Success Magazine.
A Solemn Pledge
To my family and friends and ,
especially to my mother, I do sol- j
emtily swear to abstain from
drinking any intoxicating liquors
for the period of 10 years, eo help
me God, unless prescribed by a
physician in case of sickness.
Realizing where it was leading
me to, and the humilation that it
causes me and my family, and the
trouble and worry that I have
caused my mother, has caused me
to take this step in what I hope
may be the road to sucsess, and
also to win the esteem and respect
of'my fellowmen.
\ * Morgan Claxton.
OhooV*e, Ga., Jan. Ist 1911.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911.
ConstabL* Anderson Wounded.
Cut Badly in the Neck while Arresting
Negro Named Bill Owens, Monday.
Last Monday morning Constable
Brvce Anderson wa» cut and ser
iously wounded by a negro named
Will Owens neat’ the farm of Mr.
Henrv Odom a few mites south
west of Lyons. Particulars of the
affair are hard to get at as Mr. An
derson went to Vidalia as quick as
his horses could carry him after
the wound was inflicted, where he |
was given medical attention, and
he had not been removed to his
home at Lyons up to the hour of
going to press. A report, however,
sent out from Vidalia gives the i
particulars about as follows:
Anderson had arrested Ownes,
who is wanted in Tattnall county,
and had hin in his buggy carr/ing
him to Lyons, the county seat,
when the negro, catching him un
awares, took a knife which had
been concealed in his sleeve and
had been missed in the searclUand
very seriously stabed the officer
about the head and cut him in va
rious places over the body m the
fight that ensued. He broke away
and ran carrying with him a grip
that Anderson had in the buggy
with him.
Anderson pursued him on the
horse, which he to<sk from the
buggy, until the negro was hope
lessly lost in the swamp, and then
rehitched the horse to the buggv
and drove into Vidalia, where lie
collapsed from the loss of biood be
fore he could have his wounds
dressed.
Anderson is one of the most
fearless officers in the county It is
| impossible as yet to determine the
: ultimate effect of his wounds and
ihe is too enfeebled from loss of
| blood to give the full details of his
I fight with the prisoner.
We are glad to sav that Mr. An
derson is fast recovering from his
wounds and it is expected that he
| will be brought to his home today.
The officers are cn the track of the
culprit that inflicted the wound
and they are almost sure they will
land him behind the bars before
many days,
Dr Guyton Howell Shot.
A special from Brunswick to
the Savannah Press tells of the
wounding of Dr. G. G. Howell, a
former Lyons boy, in that city
last Mouday night hv a burglar,
the result of which wound
caused Dr. Howell to loose a foot
The report of the matter as given i
hv the Press is as fellows :
‘‘Grappling with a burglar at j
his home early Tuesday morning, j
I Dr Howell, a prominent dentist ;
of Brunswick, was seriously shot j
in the foot with a shotgun, which
wound has since necessitated am
putation of the limb.
A series of daring burglaries
have been committed in that city
recently, and only Monday, when
Dr. Howell was warned of the bur
| glars operating in his neighbor
hood, did he procure the gun from
I which he received the wound
Suddenly awakened by the in
truder, who struck a chair in the
| bed room, the dentist called out i
to know who was there No re
sponte came, then the doctor
sprang for his weapon. The strug- |
| gle for mastery was tierce, but;
with most unfortunate results. I
| The burglar escaped.”
.
The Scliodl Board met Tuesday
i and the new Commissioner. Prof.
Brantlv, was to have been sworn
in, but his bond had not arrived
He has some hard work before
him to straighten out the tangle
left by Commissioner Corbitt, but
he is a good man and we believe
ihe will be equal to the occasion.
Tuesday was a bad day and only a
few of the Board met. consequent
yl very little business was trans
acted.
Geo. W. Meadow’s, of Ohoopee,
was in the city the first of the
week looking after some business
matters.
Hoke Smith to Recommend Reforms.
The Atlanta Journal recently
• niiiiouncH-i. with the apparent
sanction of Governor-elect Smith, i
sum*- of reforms that are to be
recommended at the coming ses
sion of the legislature. The chang
es represented to be in contempla
tion are as follows:
‘’lnaugurate the governor dur
ing the first week in January, in
stead of in midsummer, as now
“A ten-dnv meeting of iii- !>hh
eral assemble in January, to in-;
stall the new governor, organize 1
both houses, appoint committees,
introduce general and iocal legis
lation and when necessary elect «
United States senator.
“A forty-day session of the gen
eral assembly in midsummer or
such other time as may’ suit the
convenience of the legislators, for
the consideration of general and
local legislation and such other
matters as may* demand attention
•‘Consc 1 idate the October gen
eral elections with the congress
ional elections of November, so
that all will fall on the same day
in November. ”
Other proposed reforms are also ;
mentioned but they are not of
much importance. \Y’e do see some
virture in the changes to be recoin
mmended as per the above and
we hope that the Honorable Hoke
Smith can have his way ii; them.
The consolidation of the elections
will be a great move that will save
the state much money and we have
always thought the Govrii'i
should begin his term of office with
the firstof every new year m which
he should go in. As to the ten
days session in January of each
vear, it might also be a good thing,
because it would give the commit
tees time to study matters of legis
lation before the regular term.
Good Luck Dots
Here’s hoping for every body a
happy new year.
We hear that Bud Coursey is to
move m a few days.
Daniel Proctor was seen in this
section last Sunday.
Mrs.Vennie Collins called at the
home of C. C Coursey last Friday
afternoon.
We are glad to welcome John
Kight and his good family to our
sett lement.
We saw Lonnie, Billie and Ivey
Moselv in this section looking
around last week.
James M. Y\'ilks and wife visit
at. the home of C. C. Coursey lust
| Sunday afternoon.
C. C. Coursey is preparing to,
' run a three horse farm this year
and we wish him luck.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McLendon,
from Laurens county, spent Xmas
: at the home of C. C. Coursey.
Alien J. Thompson lias moved {
to the home of old “Uncle Bill” j
Coursey. We gladly welcome him.
Guess what young girl in this
section had six young fellows t all
on her New Year’s day. Ask Miss
Sallie C.
Good Luck.
The country people are taking,
great interest m the organization j
iof the new Trust Company that j
the Progess has been talking about, j
We had not heard of it lately and'
we had supposed that the promot
ers had decided to wait awhile,but
jit lias broken out afresh and it
| seems that the staunch farmers of
the country are ready to back it
up. It is to be a financial insti
tution as well as a trust company
Some developements will come
out in the very near future.
In the advertisement offering
reward for persons that broke
! into the McLeod place we find an
I error in the signature. It is R.
; Bruce McLeod that makes the
offer and he is anxious to find the
culpr'ts.
Guyce Hussey has taken up his
work at the Toombs County Bank
and wo beleive he is going to make
a splendid assistant for Cashier
China.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
i
Dr. Ben CHfton was at home for
the holidays, returning to his stu
dies the first of this week.
•W C Oliver went to Rincon
the first of the week on a business
trip, returning home Tuesday.
Mrs. E. L. Brown went to Sa
vannah for a few days, returning
leone the first of the week. ‘
Henry M. McQueen, book-keep
er at the First National, spent last
Sunday in Vidalia with his father
and brothers.
J. H Morris had a slightattack
■>f the “grip” this week, but we
are glad to say that he is getting
i all right again.
J. B. Jones, Jr., and Mrs. J. El
. ton Jones, from the Cedar Cross
ing section, were in the city a day
j or so ago on business.
R. S. O’Neal is handling a nice
; line of groceries now and he keeps
a splendid stock. He is located
j opposite the Boatright stables in
; Ins old barber shop.
j C. C. Mosely got the finest
Christmas presents we have heard
of this year and it came on Christ
mas day. This present was a fine
boy and we are glad to say that
mother and child are both doing
nicely.
Don't forget that Daniel, the
I magician, will be at the Opera
Friday night and he comes
heralded as being one of the best
in the business. Seats are now on
sale at the Aaron Drug Store and
the reserved seats are only 115 cents
John Howell and Tate Newton
went to Brunswick Tuesday m re
sponse to a teiegram telling of the
wounding of Dr. G. G. Howell.
They have sent a message that Dr.
Howell is getting along very nice
ly, considering the nature of the
wound.
T. W. Holland, a stock dealer,
is bringing 20 head of good Mexi
io horses to Lyons and he is going
to offer them very cheap We ail
know that the New Mexico horses
are good and we believe they will
sell well. Mr. Holland will be
here Friday and Saturday, Janu
ary (sth and 7th, and he is offering
his horses at from SBS $l5O each
See his advertisement in another
column.
The annual meeting of the
Toombs County Bank stockholders
was held at the banking rooms last
! Saturday and after reviewing the
business of the institution for the
last twelve months all the old of
ficers and directors were unani
mously elected to serve another
term. The showing made hv the
institution was very gratifying and
| the usual 10 per cent d ividend was
declared, besides a snug Bum was
passed to reserve fund. This bank
ing institution has had a most
phenominal growth and its stock
is increasing in value so rapidly
that none of it can he bought
at all at this time. We are proud
i of the insuitution and we hope its
! rapid growth will continue right
| along.
Parents, what can you expect
| of your boys when you allow them
|to roam on the streets at night,
join in clans and waylay and beat
other boys, and stop them when
thev are sent on errands? You are
getting them ready as cigarette
fiends, as loafers and chain gang
subjects. We deem you, the pa
rents as our friends, and we want
to tell you what vour boys are do
ing, but we are going to give you
the opportunity to study it out for
yourself. We have a bunch of bad
ones in Lyons and , the names of
them are on file with a dozen good
citizens to swear to some of their
meanness. See if ycu can’t stop it
parents, and try to raise your
boys so they will show common
resp -ct for their elders. We will
give you the list of names in a
1 few weeks if a change is not iViade.