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THE LYONS PROGRESS. Vol. 8. No. 1. LOCAL ITEMS k Local Cotton Market. Corrected every. Thursday morn ing, at opening: Good Middling. 14 50 to 14 85 Middling.. 151.25 to 14 00 Col. C. C. Curry, of Yidalia, was in the city the first of the week to look after some legal affairs. Tuesday is sales day with the Sheriff and he has quite a list ad vertised if all is not settled before the day of sale. Gardeners are getting busy and it seems that the people are get ting ready to have vegetables this year if they have nothing else. Peach blooms have begin to show up and this means that we are to have no fruit this season if we have the usual March freeze. Charlie Phillips, the market man, went to Savannah the first of the week and he bought a line of groceries for his place of business. Mr. Phillips says that he is going to try to have what the people want 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. The charter for the new bank and trust company will soon be , applied for and some of the best men in the country will be stock holders. It is said that most of ' the stock will be taken by coun- | try people and they are certainly the back-bone of the country. Manager Willis will pet on a moving picture show every night during court and he is getting some pictures that will be fine. P.e is to have a good musician also well as a good vocalist. He says /that he is going to furnish the >■ people some amusement and he hopes they will appreciate his ef forts by giving him liberal patron age. We have a number of mischiev ous cows that roam the streets, cows that lay around and eat up the feed that the farmers bring to the city for their own stock, and they have learned to raise the j backs of buggies, take out meal or, flour and tear up goods that are valuable Such cows should be! kept up and if they are not kept up council will be urged to pass the stock law again. It is a sight to see the new farms ‘ being opened up all over Toombs county. Out on the Cedar Cross ing road one can see at least a doz en and some of them are real big ones. The farm of Thompson brothers is oneand there is not a prettier one in the entire county. They have opened up several hun dred acres of new land and they built three or four nice farm houses. L. L. McGregor has open ed a nice farm on the same road and Dr. J. Q. Clifton has cleared nearly a hundred acres. We saw many others, too, while we were out there the other day and we hear that the same work is being done all over the county. Mr. A. E. Clark don’t want the people to forget that he is in the fruit tree business again this year. He is a home man and represents j a home nusery, Smith Bros., Con- j cord, Ga. He earnestly solicits or-, ders from those who want trees | this season. He is selling the regu lar line of peach trees and apple trees at 20 cents each and a regular line of pear and plum trees at 35 ceDts each . The'best cans by the dozen and upwards at cents each. Save your orders ,r him as he will see you all be- the season is over and he can ggre you money besides furnish vea with trees suited to this soil and climate. He also has a nice line of yard trees, roses, etc. Dont forget to w r ait fer A. E. Clark. From a Country Girl. This is niv first attempt to writn and I hope to see it in print. Whv should we all not be followers ot | Christ and trust in Him and His I wonderful love? There are so many caring for worldly affairs ’till they never think that there is a Christ, much less the heavenly Father above. You must turn to the Lord to-dayand don’tdelay. Just think how Christ died for us, some pu pils say that Judas did not betray Cr.rist, but if I am right in what little I know in the bible, no one else did betray Him but Judas,for it plainly tells you all in the 26r,h chapter of St. Matthew, that one of the twelve desciples called Ju das Iscariot, went unto the Chief Priests and said unto them. “What will ye give me and I will deliver Him unto you?” and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver, and from that time he sought opportunity to be tray Him. Now r when the men were come, He sat down with the tw r elve desciples and as they did eat he said, “Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me,” and they were exceedingly sorrow ful and began every one of them to say unto Him, “Lord is it I?” and He answered and said, “He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray me.” Then Judas which betrayed Him answered and said “Master, is it I?” He said unto him, “thou said rise, let us be going. Behold he is at hand that doth betray , me,” and whil* he yet spake to Judas, one of the twelve came and ! with Him a great multitude with swords and stones from the Chief I Priests and Elders of the people, i Now he that betrayed Him gave them a sign saying, “Whom soever I shall kiss, that same is He, hold Him fast.” And forthwith he come to Jesus and said, “hail Master,” and kissed him* And Jesus said unto him, “Friend where from art thou come? Then came they and laid hands on Jes us and took Him away to be cru cified. If you will read the word of our Father above you will know j more about His works. It grieves us to think if we were turned away from God and hear him say, “depart I know ye not.” Christ died to save us and why can’t we | abide by His love for us? This I old world can’t stand much longer ; for these people of money are I raising laws of their own to part -Ily punish the poor, and it is not 1 just at all. God is looking down lon them and they will have to bear their own punishment, no one else will. M. C. The traveling salesmen speak well of Lyons as a business point. They are our best boosters and they are doing some advertising for us that is telling. They tell without hesitancy that Lyons is the best business point on the Sea board east of Cordele and they certainly know what they are talk ing about. We must have some building done in Lvon before the city can grow one particle. Now, citizens, get together and study out some plan by which these houses can be erected. We need a factory or so also, but they will come later. Lets have the houses for the peo ple to live in first thing. Mr. Geo. W. Vann and Son, carpenters and builders, are out I for work now, and they will take ! contracts or they will do work by the day. We have no bet- I ter workmen in the country and they are reasonable in their charg es. They will take work either in the city or country. For Rent —Fine four horse farm near Oak Park* fair farm houses and excellent land. Will take sure rent or let it go to good share farm er. Address S. H. FiudJty, Route 2, Lyons. Ga. Mrs. S. I. Hussey was seriously sick the first of the week, but we are glad to say she is getting much better. Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911. The College on Wheels. The Agricultural College on Wheels Sent Out by the State to Be Here on February 20th The Agricultural train that is now touring the will visit Lyons this time and it will remain here from 3:530 p. in., on the 20th of February until the early morn ing of the 21st. The exercises are to take place on the 20th upon the arrival ot the train and the seven cars with their loads of machinery, fine stock a»d excellent exhibits will be open to the public with an expert in charge of each car to ex plain and lecture on the contents. Our Superior Court will convene the day that the train reaches our city and as a consequence it will be a splendid time foroverv farm er in the county to be present. The train will be here all the after noon of the 20th and it will give plenty cf time for the people to inspect the exhibits and to hear the lectures. The train will spend Sunday in Savannah and the schedule through this section the week following will be a3 follows: Feb. 20 —Leave Savannah over Seaboard Air Line, arrive Pem broke Ba. m.; Claxton, 10 :30 a. m.; Collins 1 p. in. ; Lyons, 3:30 p. m. Feb. 21—Mt. Vernon, 8 a. m.; Abheville, 12 m.; Cordele, 3:30 p. m. Feb. 22—Americas, 8 a. in.; Preston 12 in ; Cusseta, 3:30 p. m Return to Columbus. Feb. 23 —Leave Columbus over G. F. & A. March 3 —Forsyth, 8 a. in.; Barnesville, 11:30 a. m.; Thomas tou, 3 p. m Return to Macon. March 4—Arrive Gordon 8 a. m.; Toombsboro, 10.30 a. m.; Tennille, 1:30 p. m.: Wadley, 4 p. m. March s—Spends—Spend Sunday in Sav annah. March 6—Arrive Statesboro, 8 a. m.; Still more, 11:30 a m.;. Adrian, 3 30 p. m. March 7 —Rocky Ford, Ba. m. ; Milieu, 10 am.; Waynesboro, 1 p. m.; Augusta, 4:30 p. m, March B—Leave Augusta over Augusta Southern, arrive Hepzi bah 8 a. m.; Wrens, 10 a. m.; Midville, 1 p. m.; Swainsboro, 3:30 p. m. Return to Augusta. I will reward liberally the per son that will return to me a young setter dog that left, my house last Saturday, January 28th. Color white with black ears and answers to the name of Jack. Dog is only partially trained. Apply to P. S. Hagan at the Court House. E. M. Wimberly is getting about all the business that he can do with his tw'o machines. Mack keeps them in shape and when a traveling man wants to go on a trip he is ready to take them there and bring them back. R. S. O’Neal is not making any great noise but he isconstanly ad ding to his stock of groceries and he has a nice line. He is doing a nice business, too. His place is opposite the Boatright stables. J. H. Morris has decided to farm this year and he is moving his family out to the W. H. Morris place in the edge of the city. Jul lien is a hustler and he has a good place to work on this year. Mies Upchurch, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. S. Odom, for a week or so left for her home at McDonough Wednesday. Mrs. Odom accompanied her as far asVidalia. E. T. Davis, of Collins, was in the city a few hours Wednesday and we were glad to see him look ing so well. Ed says that he is do ing a nice business at Collins. Mrs. G. L. Johnson, of Vidalia, was in the city the first of the week visiting at the hime of Sher iff Thompson. Additional Locals. The different fertiliser concerns are doing some hustling for busi ness now and the agents tell us they are selling lots of stuff. The farmers ought to be careful what j thev huv. The Bank of Uvalda is advertis ing in anothsr column of the Pro- j gress this week and the ad is verv attractive. This is a young bunk ing institution but it is alive and t hey ar° out for business W. L. Coleinan has moved into the city and he is occupying the home vacated by Sheriff Thomp son. Mr. Coleman is in the dray business and he says he is going to give his customers prompt service. We are afraid that our people are going to make the mistake of planting too much cotton this sea son. Friends look out for a big crop and low prices. Plant corn and make hay and von will be bet ter off at the end of the rear. Try it and see. ' Mr. I. K. Reddish, of Jessup, has moved his family to Lyons and he has purchased the Morris restaurant. Mr. Reddish is a bro ther-in-law of Mr. J. H. Morris and he is a good citizen. His family is occupying a part of the house east of the Progress office. The communication written and sent in by the young man that wanted his name signed“bad boy” was entirely too personal. Friends we want you to write for the paper, giving the local news of your neighborhood, but we don’t want you to write things that might cause hard feelings. The Agricultural College on wheels is to come to Lyons this time and it is to be here on Feb ruray the 20th at about 3:80p. m. It will be here all the afternoon and will spend the .light, leaving for Mt. Vernon early the next morning of the 21st. Every farm er and business man in th* county should make it a point to be here on the day mentioned as they may learn something of great interest. Just as we are going to press our young friend'Otto Deistel, who is in the far away canal zone, sends us a long communication against the bond issue for good roads. It was impossible for us to set it up for this issue and we understand that the election will be called cff. If the election is called off we will not publish the communication, otherwise it will appear in a later issue. Some big real estate deals are promised Lyons in the very near future and one of the most success ful real estate men in Georgia is going to take a hand in the deal. It will mean the opening of a new section of the city and the com pany that, is to take it in hand will be able to lend the money to build homes as well as sell resi dence lots. Just wait and watch Lyons a little. We understand that John L. i Huggins is arranging to open a: chair factory in our little city. He has a patent on a self-rocking chair that is the best thing we have ever seen, a sample of which ; can be seen at the Oliver Hard ware store, and he will manufac ture these chairs in Lyons. John Huggins believes in the future of Lyons and we will be more than glad to have him interested in our little city. Secretary Staten of the W. A. & L. railroad, was in the city the first of the week and he seemed to be j highly elated over the road situ-1 ation. He says that worlds going right along and it won’t bo long be fore the entire line to Wrightsville will be graded. Ties are being cut all along the line and it is only the steel that is now delaying the track laying. The steel makers have promised the first shipment of rail this month. Subscription sl.oo< LOCAL NOTES Judge Mason went down to Ohoopee Monday morning on a short business trip j Mre. Ellen Brown bas a neat i home for rent. Her home is a nice place, too, and it will not be vacant long. P. H Banks, the blacksmith ‘non down in the High Point neighborhood, was in the city the first of the week on business. Messrs. Faircloth and Morris, two prominent young citizens of the Cedar Crossing section of the county, were in the city Monday on a short business trip. John Durst & Co., the Vick smiths, are building stalk cutters as good as can be gotten anywhere. This firm is alive and as a conse quence they are getting about as much work as they can turn out. R. E. Bishop went up the road the first of the week to repair some saws. He is kept quite busy now and his work always gives satis faction. Mr. Bishop is one of the best saw and mill repairers in the business. We hear that we are to have a bakery in the city of Lyons and if it is conducted right we believe that it will pay handsomely. Our people use lots of baker’s bread and they would use more of it if they could get it fresh every day. W. C, Oliver went to Rincon the middle of the week to spend a day on the turpentine place of W. C. Oliver & Son. He certainly has a fine place up there and Messrs. J. B. Johnson and A. L. Oliver, who are in charge, are doing quite a little farming as well as turpen tine work. Chas. A. Garbutt went to Sav annah the other day to look over the 1911 Buick cars that are now on exhibition down there. 'Charlie is agent for this excellent car in Toombs county and he has sold several in the past few months. He is expecting a car load of the 1911 models to arrive in a very short time. The hunting season will soon be over and the rod and reel can then be taken up. If the people will quit putting traps in the streams and stop so much seining it wont be long before the creeks will be full of fish again. The opeu season for killing deer ended Jan. Ist, for killing quail or other game birds the law will be out March 15th, for killing duck or geese the law was out Feb. Ist. Hon. S. B. Meadows, of Vidalia, has come out in a card asking the people not to vote for bonds. He was late in his advise, however, because Judge Mason had already decided not to give them the chance to vote for bonds right at this time. Right here we can not help but add that a few people are showing jealousy because a few roads have been worked to Lyons. Think of this the first clay road ;in the county was built in the jVidalia district. As many roads have been built in that district as have been built in any other district in the county. More money has been spent by the road department in the 51st district than in any one district in the county. We are not jealous, how ever, and we want more work done in the 51st district. We want good roads all over the county and we are willing to abide by any plan that the people may decide on to get them. We don’t believe in Commissioners but if the peo ple think it thd best plan let 9 have commissioners. We are wil ling to trust the Ordinary and the grand jury and we believe they will do the right thing by every section of the county. We hope that Judge Mason will send the gang to the 51st distrtot right away and let them work out the district’s prorata share of the road fund at once.