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THE LYONS PROGRESS. Vol. 7. No. 50. LOCAL ITEMS Local Cotton Market Corrected every Thursday morn* ing, at opening: Good Middling 14 50 to 14.85 Middling T 13.25 to IJ -O0 John Durst went to Savannah Tuesday morning on a business trip, returning on the evening train. Mr. Allen Thompson, cf Eman uel county, was in the city a few days ago visiting at the home of Jas. A. Sumner. For Sale —One milk cow with young heifer calf. Cow is about 3 years old and calf is about two months old. See D. D. Collins, Lyons. If you have land for sale or rent list it with me. It costs you noth ing. lam in touch with people who want land in Toombs county. Clement C. Mosely, Lyons. Ga. The Grimes Brothers are already doing automobile work and they have fitted up an improvised shop in the little building next to the poßtoffice where they are prepared to do good work. Revival services every day at the Methodist church at 3:80 and 7 p. m., and the public is given a cordial invitation. Rev. Cowan, the evangelist, is an able orator and a good man. A. S. Odom is representing the Savannah Chemical Company in the sale of fertilizers and he says he is anxious to supply the farm ers of Toombs county. See Alden Odom before buying your guano. The Grimeß Brothers, mach inists, are now' receiving the ma . terial for erecting their shop and *i[they hope to be ready for business fllm the very near future. Their shop is to be located east of the Morris meat market. The Seaboard schedules have been changed a little lately and the new' schedule will be found in another column this week. The changes are only of minor im portance and only of the trains were changed. Gould Mosely and Wilson Cole man left Tuesday morning for Macon where they are to take a business course at one of the schools in that city. Johnnie Cole man is to join them next week and it is possible that all of them will enter Draughon’s Practical Business College, one of the best in the south. Prof. Murph teils us that the ; colored school >s now getting along fine. He says the attendance is not as good as last year at this tine but he is expecting many pupils during this and next week. He says the colored people are making arrangements to enlarge their schocl building, the lumber for eame having already been ordered. The population of Lyons as given out by the census bureau is a disappointment to the people, | but. with all that it is a gain over | 1900 of over 100 per cent. We be lieve, however, chat we had an honest count, that not a single) person who does not live in the city ' proper was counted, and it may be j that the numerator missed a few. A telegram from the census bureau to the Progress tells us that we have 927 people inside of our corporate limits, wdiile in 1900 vie had only about 450. Parties in Lyons who own stock in the W. A. & L. railroad should be careful to whome they offer said stock for sale. They have a gilt edged investment in the stock because the road is being built very rapidly and it is going to be one of the best paying roads in Georgia. Then again enemies of Lyons would like to gam control and they would gladly buy every share offered. Keep your stock, it will be worth every dollar you have put into it and pay a hand some interest as w'ell. Additional Locals. The telephone has been put j back in the Court House again land it is in th° Clerk's office, ft is u great convenience to the people 11 generally to have this telephone and they will thank the Ordinary! for having it put back again. It is | No. 10 as heretofore. This locks like Spring weather but we are advised that winter is not yet over and that we may ex pect some of the worst yet. We have already had more cold weath er than is usually felt in this; southern climate but it has been steady and mostly pleasant, weather. The population of Vidaiia under the census of 1910 is something over 1700, a gain of over 1200 over 1900. This is over 800 per cent is a most remarkable showing. Our neighbor city continues to grow, too, and in another ten years if it makes the same latio of gain it will be quite a city. Col. Giles has figured on the bond matter and he says that it will not mcreease taxation on Q penney, that it will be more apt to decrease the levy. He promises to send a communication soon ex plaining the matter clearly for the people. Col. Giles is one of the largest tax payers in the county and he would hardly misrepresent the facts. The \V. A. & L stockholders’ meeting held at Adrian the first of the week did not finish its labors another meeting was held Wednes- j day. The Lyons end was repre sentec bv \\\ C. Oliver, the Vice- President, and Secretary Staten. We are glad to know that work on the line is progressing satisfactori ly. Up to the hour of going to press we had not heard who would be the financial agent The removal of the state Capi-j tal to Macon is attracting atten-1 tion all over South and Central j Georgia and if a bill is passed at ; the coming session of the legi-da- j ture giving the people a vote on | the question the Capital is going! to be moved. Macon is not asleep and the citizens are doing such hustling as they have never done before. Let it oome our way j should be the slogan cf all! South Georgians. J. P. Brown desires us to say j that he is in the market for all j kind of country produce such as j chickens, eggs, hides, sweet pota -1 toes, in fact, any thing that comes from the farm. For cotton seed he is paying .SBO per ton, for g">od hens 40 cents, for hides 15 cents, for eggs 25 cents and the highest market price for all other produce. Call at the old Trading Company if you have'anything for sale and want the highest market price. In spite of the Pinkerton men and others we hear that .S4O each were offered for votes in the city election in Savannah last Tuesday. The administration faction won, |it seems, but this vote buying i proposition should be thoroughly i sifted, and if that side bought the votes the men elected should not | be allowed to hold office. We peo- j i pie in the country are not interest jed much but we are tributary to | j Savannah, think a whole lot of the j city and we want men in office i there who will show us common | respect, at least when we go there. 1 Superintendent Culpepper tells j us that he has finished the Cedar Crossing road, with the exception of a few rough places that have not yet been packed it is a fine piece of road. He is now opening a new road to llvalda from the Cedar Crossing section and when he fin ishes this road he will move his gang to Marvin church and begin working the Marvin road back this way. This road needs work a bout as bad as any road in the ! county, but it will be easily done because good material abounds all along the route with which to i build a good rorui. Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEOrniA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1911. Three Killed at Abbeville. AbU-ville, Ga , Jan. 10. —As a result of a terrible fight with knives, pistols and guns Muir, Wilson. James Mixon and Noah White are dead, and N P. Wilson is painfully cut in several places. It seems chat Mr. White had j been working for N P. Wilson, I who runs a saw mill three miles west of Abbeville, and thev disa greed over a settlement, and that White and Wilson engaged in a fight and Wilson was cut in thrpp different places. After cutting Wilson, White went to his home. Matt Wilson, who is the son of N. P. Wiisou, on hearing of the trou ble, met. Mixon and went tc White's house to guard him until they could send to Abbeville and get the sheriff. When White saw them coming he met them at the front gate and opened fire on them with a double barreled shot-gun. They returned the fire. After exchanging several shots Wilson. Mixon and White fell dead. N. P. Wilson and his son, Matt Wilson, are very promi nent people and are well-to-do farmers and mill men. White has onlr been in South Georgia about six weeks, having come from Jack son county. The killing caused great excitement about town, where they are well known. Some of the witnesses seem to think that White’s wife might have killed the Mixons. Some of the witnesses seem to be sure that \Y hite and Wilson did not fire but \ one time eaen. Death Visits a Family. Isiah Toole, who resides near Ohoopee, died on the 3rd of Jan uary. 1911, following a brother to the grave, who died October 14th, 1910. They leave both father and mother, four sisters, two brothers and other relatives to. mourn their loss. May the Good Lord bless them, f hope that they have gone to a better place and I hope that on the resurrection morn we will meet. We know not the hour of the com ing of death, we do not the uncer tainties of life, bht we do know that sooner or later our time will come, that the Lord will call us and if our hearts are right we will be taken to the happy home above. Let us sing and pray, and help some soul to lead a better life. Let us he workers for good, walking always in the footsteps of the Lord, trusting in His word. To live such a life will insure us that we will meet our dear ones who have gone to the happy land | before us. Isiah and Walton were good boys, kind and true, Walton being 30 years of age and Isiah 18. Walton left a family as well as his parents, w hich made his death doubly sad. I hope they are both at rest and I also hope that some day we shall meet to part no more. A Cousin. We are requested to say that owing to bad weather and other hindrances the funeral and Mason ic burial of the late W. D. Right has not taken place. The Mason ic brothers of Ohoopee, Lyons, Yi dalia and Cedar Crossing Lodges are requested to meet at Harden’s | Chapel the 3rd Sunday, the 15th inst., for the purpose of doing ; this work. Please take notice and I govern yourself accordingly. By request of family, signed G. W. | Meadows. County School Commissioner | Brantly is now in charge of the county schools. He made his bond several days ago and he was induc ted into office. The office of County Surveyor seems to be vacant, how ever, and Judge Mason will have to appoint a successor. This office has not been of much importance but the county surveyor is now be ing called on very often and it is necessary that we have an experi enced man in the place. The Tatnall Bank, Reidsville, Ga.,will be closed on Robert E. Lee’s birthday, Thursday, Jan 19th, 1911. B If . Grover, Cashier. Additional Locals. Mr F. M. Smith was u business visitor to Savannah Tuesday, re turning on the evening train. Next. Thursday, the 10th in stant, being the birthday of Rob ert E; Lee and a legal holiday, both the Lyons Banl s will be clos ed Parties having business at the banks on that date will please take notice The Empire is udding some shelves, making arrangements to carry a larger line of shoes than ever. This store carries as fine line of shoes as can be found in the country and they are building up a trade on them. Secretary Staten of the VV. A & L. railroad, was in the city several days last week and on Tuesday he attended a meeting of the stock holders at Adrian. He ha 3 been on the sick list since the holidays and we are glad to see him out again. Senator J. P. Brown will sup port a measure to move the capi tal from Atlanta to Macon. We have heard him make such a state ment and his constituency will be with him in his vote. South and Middle Georgia must stand to gether on this matter. Constable Bryce Anderson, who was so badly cut in arresting the negro, Bill Owens last week, has recovered sufficiently to be up and around attending to his business. The negro has never been captured but Mr. Anderson says he thinks he can soon round him up. The city dads have ordered the “honkey-tonk” closed and they are to allow no more dance halls in the city limits. That is a move in the right direction and we can thank our Chief of Police for his work in the matter. This place in the eastern section of the city has been a disgrace and we are glad to say that the city dads have seen fit to act in the matter. Elza Meadows, the hustling wagon and buggy dealer of Vidai ia, was in the city the other day. Elza is representing one of the leading guano companies of the State and he is anxious to sell the farmers what guano they may need th'B season. He says that he can make it specially interesting for the farmers if they will see j ; him before they buy. Parties attending entertainments at the Opera House must remem ber that reserved seats are sold at the Aaron Drug store before the night of the show and they are designated by coupons, and par ties who do not buy or secure re served seats must not take them hy force. To take a seat sold to another causes confusion. Re member this hereafter and secure coupons when you want to sit on reserved seats. A club destined to become pop ular has been formed at Carlyle, S. D. It starts out with fiftymem hers, with the privilage of increas ing the membership to 100. Each member is a batchelor who wants a wife. The club will publish an official circular each three months in which the members will be cat alogued, with their portraits and a summary of their personal ! charms, present, resourcess and! prospects. A well known statesman recently said : “Each year every local paper gives one hundred to a thousand dollars in free lines for the benefit of the community in which it is located . No other agency can or will do this. The local newspaper man, in proportion to his means, does more for his town than any other ten men. In fairness, then he should be supported, not be cause you happen to like him or admire his viewpoints and his way of expressing it, but because a lo cal paper is the best investment a local community can make. Subscription SI.OO. LOCAL NOTES We lire sorry to say that Mrs. O. C. Tate has been very ill for sev eral weeks. She is getting better, however, and we hope that she will soon be well again. Col. El more, a popular young attorney of Pembroke and former deputy sheriff of Tattnall county, was in the city Tuesday, his busi ness being to look up some legal matters for one of his many clients. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Pughsley are making arrangements to go to market together this winter to se lect a Spring stock. They have had a fine business and they say they are going to put in a better line than ever. B. F. Brown has rented the Kelley place recently vacated by Col. Lankford and he moved his family to it this week. Mr. Brown is one of our leading merchant and he promises a clearance sale in the next week or so that will benefit all purchasers. Messrs. M. W. Phillips, of Au gusta, and J. C. Keel, of Barns well, S. C., were in the city last Saturday looking after some prop erty interests. They are interest ed in the Walker land south of the city, and they are making a move to put it on the market at an early date. Col. F. H. Saffold, of Swains boro, was in the city Saturday, the purpose of his visit being to consult with some prominent South Georgia citizens on some legal matters. Col. Saffold is con sidered one of the very best attor neys in South Carolina and he is in demand from all sections of the country. Daniels, the Magician, gave a pleasing entertainment at the Opera House last Friday night and he had a very good audience. His work as a magician, ventrilo quest and spiritualist medium was first class and he is so pleasant that his audif-nces can’t help but be satisfied. We hope to have him back again at some future date. It is a great waste of money to leave valuable machinery out in the weather or the plows and har rows caked with earth and rusting so that it will take time in the i Spring to get them to running smoothly. Clean them well and wipe off from machinery the oil and dirt and put some kerosene on them. —Progressive Farmea. Mr. L. DeWitt Osborne is step ping around quite lively since Tuesday morning and he was ex amingthen “push mobiles” in the city all day. Dewitt says that he must have one of the best going for that brand new boy that has taken up his residence with him. It is a fine son and we are glad to say that mother and child are doing well. Traveling Freight Agent Ander son of the Macon, Dublin & Savan nah with headquarters at Dublin, was in the city Wednesday ming ling with the Lyons people. Mr. Anderson thinks that the M.D .&S. should arrange to come on down to Lyons so as to connect with the W. IA.& L. and we see where he is right. It wouldn’t surprise us one bit to see such a move made in the I near future. It does us good to ride out in the neighborhood of Lyons and see the great quanity of new land that is being opened for cultivation. On every side we can see where new farms are being opened and nice homes are being erected also. Dr. Aaron is opening a three hundred acre tract about two miles from town. T. J. Coursey has a fine four horse farm. Judge Williams has a new two horse farm almost in the corporate limits. L. L. Mc- Gregor also a 2 horse farm ready. Dr. Clifton has has a new farm ready and we could mention many others.