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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
VOL. 7. No. 52.
LOCAL ITEMS
E. “
Local Cotton Market.
Corrected every Thursday morn- J
ing, at opening:
Good Middling. 14 50 to 14.85
Middling 18.25 to 14 00;
For Sale —2 good gentle work
horses cheap for cashor good note
see W. H. Morris, Lyons, Ga.
Parties wanting Stephens cot
ton seed can secure them now by
calling at the old J. L. Sutton
place north of Lyons from J. W.
Eight.
We have a few thousand cabbage
plants for sale. Parties wanting
them in thousand lots or more
will save money by seeing the
Progress.
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.
Mrs. R. P. Sweat with little
Hazel and Mrs. J. R. Anderson,
Mrs. Sweat’s mother, came up
from Nashville last week. Mrs.
Anderson will visit her daughter
for a week or so.
Must Be Sold —Four adjoining
residence lots in Lyons, 50x190
feet, within one block of school
building. For location enquire of
W. C. Oliver. Best offer gets them.
V. P. Scoville, Waverly Hall, Ga.
Wanted —A good man to cut up
500 acres of land near Plains. Ga.,
into 25 and 50 acre tracts and dis
pose of it for us. We will offer an
excellent contract to the right
man. National Loan and Trust
Company , Tifton, Ga.
Special Notice —I have taken
the agency for the Virginia-Caro
hna Chemical Company’s fertili
zers and will be pleased to take
orders from all good customers
who want first class guano. See or
write me before buying. Solomon
Mosely, Route 2, Lyons, Ga.,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Duffie, who
have been living at Alston, came
up the other day to visit Mrs.
Duffie’s mother, Mrs. Peter Clif
ton. Mr. Duffie has sold out his
business in Alston and he is now
looking around for another lo
cation.
Manager Willis, of the moving
picture show, says that he expects
to run his entertainment during j
the two weeks of court. He is go- j
ing to get the very best film ser-!
vice and he is expecting a fine
vocalist and a good musician to
help him'
E. M. Wimberly and Paul Cow
art went to Savannah Monday
morning and we understand that
Mr. Wimberly has purchased an
other car anc^ he intends to get
into the automobile livery busi
ness right. He has a fine Cole 30
already and he has decided to get
a runabout.
Dr. John Meadows seems to be
anxious to get up a controversy
with the P'rogress on the road
question but we are not going to
give him a chance yet awhile. In
every article he writes he speaks
sarcastically of some little item
he has seen in our columns. Now,
Doctor, this is for you. We want
good roads for Toombs county and
we believe the only way we can
get them is through a bond issue.
We want Vidalia to have good
roads, we want Lyons to have the
same kind of roads, we want the j
same roads iu Cedar Crossing, also j
in the Ohoopee district and in the
39th We have no choice as to j
where the work begins The lit Me
item that you saw about ‘’Vne
next road to"be worked” happened
to be what we had heard. It was
a mistake, howevre, as we have
since learned that the gang is on a
road to Uvalda. Let’s don t show
any jealousy, all work for the
same thing. It is Toombs county
and we want Vidalia to get just
as much as any other district gets.
Many Present At Meeting.
Officers of \V. A. & L. for the Present
Ensuing Year Electad
; There was a meeting of
i directors of the Wrightsville Adri-;
! ai> and Lyons railroad last week |
j and the following named officers 1
were elected :
Mr. T. J. James of Adrian,
w r as elected President, Mr. VV. C.
Oliver of Lyons, was elected Vice-
President, Mr, W. F. Staten of
Adrian was elected Secretary, Mr.
E. J. Sumner, of Wrightsville, el
ected Treasurer, and Mr. J. H
Rowland, of Wrightsville, Super
intendent.
The following directors were
named:
At Wrightsville —J. H. Row
land, W.C. Thompson, Win. Fair
cloth and E. J. Sumner.
At Adrian —C. R. Williams,
T. J. James, W. F. Staten and
Neil Grill is.
At Lyons —W. C. Oliver, I. Q.
Coleman. Dr. I. E. Aaron and
P. W. Williams.
All of the directors are men who
are thorough business men and
have a reputation of pushing
things that they get behind, and
it looks like success to eee this
lineup behind our railroad mov
ment.
Messrs. McKinzie and Snider
contracted to finish grading the
road from Wrigthtsyille to Adrian
and we understand these gentle
men have taken quite a nice block
of stock in the road. This shows
that they have confidence in the
fact that there is going to be
something doing. We undestand
that these gentlemen are experts
in this line of work and that the
grading will soon be finished.
We are told that the grading
from this end of the line is now
past the Ohoopes river and from
the other end they have graded up
to this side of Gillis’ Spring.
They are cutting ties every day,
and it is beginning to look more
and more like a railroad every
day, and it is the intention of the
parties interested to have trains in
operation on this road by the late
summer or early fall which is both
possible and probable.
Mr. J. H. Rowland, of Wrights
ville, was appointed Superinten
dent, this means that he is the
man who will put his shoulder to
the wheel and will shove business
along, he is selling stock every day |
and ail the ppopte between here j
and Lyons are very enthusiastic
over the bright prospects. If Joe!
H. fails, it will be his first failure,
in fact neither Mr Rowland or
any of the other gentleman con
nected with the road have any
such word in their vocabulary as
“failure.” The road is now a cer
tainty, it is no more a dream, it
is just a question of time how
soon you can buy a ticket from
here to Lyons.—Wrightsville
Chronicle.
It is now Col. F. F. Goddard
and he is to hang out his shingle
right here in Toombs county. Col.
Goddard has been reading and
studying law for several months
and he passed a splendid examin
ation before Judge Rawlings in
December. He got his sheep-skin a
few days ago, has registered with j
the Clerk of tne Superior Court
and he is ready for practice. He
will have offices in the McNatt
building.
SpencerS. Brown, with his wife
and two children, left Thursday
morning for San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Brown’s health is not good
and he finds thac the Texas clim
ate is better for him.
Judge Walter W. Sheppard, of
the Atlantic Circuit, .passed
through Lyons last Saturday en
route to south w-est Georgia on a
pleasure trip.
W. R. Lilliott, of the Lilliott
Bros., went down ou the river Sun
day to spend the day with his
mother.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Mrs F. M. Smith went up to
Mt Vernon last Friday iu the in
terest of Mission work.
I “Hog killing” weather again
| and we can hear of many that are
! making meat while it is cool.
Dr. Brewton, of the Union
Baptist Institute, Mt. Vernon, was
in the city Tuesday on a short
business trip.
A. S Odom is selling guano also
as will be seen from his half page
advertisement See Alden Odom if
: you want the good kind.
McNatt & Mcßride are putting
up a car load of fine wagons. This
is about the second car load they
have received this seasou.
The Sothern BeU Company has
run a line of poles to the western
section of the city and they are
now putting in several new phones
in that section.
W, L. Proctor who recently
moved his family from Toombs
county to Savannah, was up here
several days this and last week
looking after some business mat
ters.
R. F. Scarboro has moved his
family to his country home.
Frank lias a beautiful place down
in the lower end of the county and
we know that ho will do well down
there.
The Vidalia architect, Mr I. P.
Crutchfield, was in the city the
first of the week and we are of the
opinion that he is getting up plans
for a fine residence to be erected
in Lyons.
All the old subscribers of the
Progress will remember that a new
year starts on the 12t> day of Jan
uary and we will be glad to issue
receipts. All who come to court
will please bring along the dollar
: and mark up lor the year.
The weather man at Washing
ton dont give us any hope for a
change in the weather soon and it
looks as if real winter is jnst now
getting to ns. We have had plenty
of cold but the disagreeable weath
er is just beginning to appear.
C. J. Phillips has purchased the
Morris meat market and we under
stand that he is also going to put
iin a neat stock of groceries. His
[ place is small and he wont bo able
to carry a great line but he can do
a nice little business and we wish
him well.
Will Bradly of Hagan, who shot
and killed the city Marshall of
Claxton a little over a year ago
and who surrendered himself to
the Sheriff of Tattnall, county last
week, was released on a $25,000
bond last Friday at Reidsville.
His bondsmen are his father, Dan
Bradly, D. C. Newton and G. W.
DeLcach, three of the wealthiest
men in Tattnall.
The fertilizer agents are rushing
around like mad men these days
and it might be well for the farmer j
to look well ahead before he signs
a contract for the season. We
have a few home enterprises that |
make fertilizer in Toombs county ;
and their goods should be inves
tigated before the other firms are
given the business. We are strong
believers in patronizing home en
terprises every time.
Quite a number of the promi
nent people of Ailey came down
.Monday to attend the funeral of
the late Peter Mcßride, an old re
sident of that town Mr, Mcßride
died Sunday at his old home, after
a long illness, and his remains
were brought here for burial. He
waß the frther of Mrs. W . A. Me- ;
Natt and Mr. G. H. Mcßride, of
our city, and his death, while ex
pected, caused sadness to reign on
our streets. The funeral was large
ly attended, thus attesting to the
popularity' of this good man. The
Progress extends condolence to
those bereaved.
G. C. & P. Extension.
)
Ready to Build to Brunswick and to
Lyons and Vidalia
It was learned in Savannah yns- j
, Urday that the Georgia. Coast, and
Piedmont Railway Company has)
completed financial arrangements !
with New York and foreign bank
ers for the financing of an exten
-1 sion on the west ro Lvnns and Vi- i
dalia and on the east fjom Durien !
to Brunswick.
It is understood that the com
pany’s new plan contemplates the
laying of the entire mileage with
70-pound rails, making the entire
road modern and first-clasß in all
departments. The road has already
acquired extensive terminal prop
erty in Brunswick, it was learned,
and the necessary surveys have al
ready been made, and the work is
to commence shortly and will be
pushed to completion by early'
fall.
The proposed extent ion and im
provements also contemplate a
large amount of new equipment,
station houses, sidings, etc. When
the extentions have been complet
ed, this road, in conjunction with
the Macon, Dublin and Savannah,
will have an additional route
from the west to the coast —Sa
vannah News.
The above will be good news to
our people. We have heard often
of the move to extend the line but
it was slow in taking shape and
we had about decided that it was
given up, and we dont vet know
any of the arrangements made but
before the next issue it may be
possible that we can tell some
thing of the plans.
Mr. F. F. Goddard, on last Fri
day, received a certificate from
His Honor, Judge B. T. Rawlings,
to the effect that he had satisfac
torily passed the examination for
admission to the Bar, which was
held before Judge Rawlings at
Sandersville in December, and ac
cordingly license to plead and
practice law was issued to Mr.
Goddard bv Clerk of Court P. S.
Hagan. So Mr. Goddard is now a
full Hedged Georgia Colonel. We
understand it is Mr. Goddard’s in-
I tention to remain with us for the
practice of law, and he will have
offices in the McNatt building
formerly occupied by Col. Parrish. I
jln addition to law it is said that j
Mr. Goddard’s purpose to also of
fer his services as a Public Ac
countant and Auditor, and from
his long and varied business ex
perience, coupled with his well
known and recognized ability as
an Accountant, together with a
thorough knowledge of the law, we
have no hesitancy in predicting a
successful career for Mr. Goddard.
Our good old friend, the Sage of
High Point went off into a canter
last week about the bond issue, i
We love to read after our good old
friend, we love to have him write
for the Progress, but he is just as i
liable tc get wrong a* any of the
j other people of the county. We
; hope that some of the other older i
! citizens of the county will answer ; 1
! what he had to sav on the bond
l
issue.
. i
Toombs county property seems <
to lie jumping in value very rapid- 1
ly. Dr. Gray bought last year a
tract of land down near the Cedar >
Crossing section that cost him in ■
the neighborhood of $lO an acre, j
He sold it for about S3O an acre- “
and the party he sold it to let it 1
go a few days later for S4O un acre
That is what we call rapid advance- j
ment in the price of real estate.
Only a very short time now and ,
the bird law will come in again, j
We have had more birds this year j 1
than in many years past and if :
the people will respect the law we
will have still more when the law
is out again.
— I
Manager Meek, of the Union
Supply Company, is back at home i
again and he says that he had a
fine time up at his old home.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
.
J. W. Crosby, of Helena, was in
the city tin- first of the week on a
business trip.
Eas'Ui Collins went up to Ailey
i last week to spend a few days with
| friends and relatives.
Mr. Thaxton, the clever man
ager of the Coca Cola bottling
works at Vidalia, was in the city
the first of the week on a busihess
trip.
Col. C. C. Curry, of Vidalia,
and Col. Kemp, of Mt. Vernon,
were in the city the first of the
week t) look after some legal mat-
I ters.
Mr. Geo. W. Vann, who has
been at his old home in North
Carolina for the past six months,
has returned home, much to the
delight cf his friends.
W. P. Scruggs, traveling freight
and passenger agent of the Georgia
& Florida railroad with head
quarters at Douglas, was in the
city Friday morning a few hours.
Col. G. C. Jones has sold his in
terest in the firm of Battle and.
Jones at Sharp’s Spur, ou ac
count of his ill health. We hope
that Col. Jones wilV soon regain
his usual good health.
D. W. Cuurrie. J. B. Moss and
several other boys from down in
the lower end of the county, were
in the citv the first of the week.
Mr Currie is in the real estate
business in Florida but he is also
doing business in Georgia.
Mrs. Grimes, of Claxton, came
up Saturday to visit her boys, and
we hear that she is also looking
for a ‘home in Lyons. Vacant
houses in the city are very scarce
and we would like to impress upon
our people the necessity of build
ing more houses.
John W. Greer, of Tifton, was
in the city several hours last Sat
urday. Mr. Greer is editor of the
magazine known as Wire Grass
Georgia and he is at the head of
the greater Georgia movement.
He is a hustler, too, and he seem
ed pleased with his visit to Lyons.
Truck farming is catching on
with our people now and we can
hear of several market gardens.
Postmaster Aaron is putting out
10,000 cabbage plants and plant
ing other vegetables, ard Mr.
Vann is going to use about two
acres for vegetables. Market gar
dens will pay, and we are anxious
to see others make a start.
The protracted meeting at the
Methodist church is still going on
and Rev. Cowan, the evangelist,
is just beginning to warm up to
his work. He had large congrega
tions both at the morning and
evening services last Sunday and
the people are beginning to warm
up to the work. Such preaching
as Rev. Cowan is doing is needed
in Lyons
The Wrightsville people have
come right in with us in the W.
A. <fc L. railroad proposition and
they are doing their share right
along now. As will be seen from a
clipping in another column they
have contracted the grading from
Wrightsville to the city of Adrian
and the grading from Lyons to
Adrian has about been completed.
We will soon be able to say “all
aboard for Wrightsville” over the
W. A. & L. railroad.
The impression seems to have
gone out that wo should have
county commisssioners if we vote
bonds and if we don’t have the
bond issue we don’t need the
county commissioners We have
always opposed the county com
missioner form of government
for our county but if the majority
of the people want the county
commissioners we are willing. We
want good roads all over the
county and are willing to take the
commissioners if it takes them to
get the good roads.