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The Lyons progress. J 6 Vol. 7. No. 49. . W j' ** 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.