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THE LYONS PROGRESS. VOL. 8. No. 5. LOCAL ITEMS Mr. Dan Bradley, of Hagan, was iu the citv several tn-urs on a busi **|ießS trip last. Saturday. Mrs. L. W. Moore and Miss Inez Walker wei.t. to Savannah Friday to visit friends and relatives. Boys, how about that base ball club. We have good material for a team this year and we should get busy before the season is over. Superintendent Culpepper is moving his road builders over to the 1192nd district and they are giing to do something for the roads over there. Our repair department is up to date. Every thing iu Jewelry re paired High grade watches a spe ciality. Come to see us, will treat you right.—W. E. Walker, Jr., Jeweler, Vidalia Ga. Mrs A. L. Oliver and the little boy were here several davs last week visiting her mother, Mrs. John Howel, and also the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Oliver. She returned to Rincon this week. R. Lee Moore came over from Statesboro the first of the week to mingle with the people of Toombs county. Col. Moore is a camdate for solicitor general of the Middle Circuit and he will be a good one if he is elected. Dr. Masrow, the eyeglass man, was in the city the first of the week at ttie Aaron Drug Store, and while he had strenuous opposition, he did a splendid business. Dr, Masrow knows how to fit glasses that suit the eyes and he has given general satisfaction to his Toombs county customers. Something has been doing at court all bhis week and by Sat urday night the jail will be clear of prisoners and the criminal dock et almost clear of charges. The at tendance this week has not been * very great, however, owing to the ? fact that the farmers have been busy preparing to plant their crops. Chief DeLoach caught two blind tigers that were not so blind, one last Saturday and the other Sun day. One was selling the fire water in pints and half-pints and th» other was dealing it out by the drink, The city will or has gotten ! a hundred or more dollars out of j the law-breakers and we don’t j know yet just how much the Conn- j ty will get. Last week we had a short article advising the people to patronize merchants that advertise and we want to emphasize the advice. The man that advertises is the man that is wide wake, public spirited and full of business, while the man that don’t advertise is usual ly so close fisted that he thinks he cannot afford the expense. He don’t even think enough of you to trade with him. He don’t get the business tnat the live man gets and hia goods are often left on his hands. The advertiser always sells his stock and his goods are al ways fresh. Look ever these col umns and you will soon see who the live merchants are. Some of the lawyers have taken exception to the statement that we made last week about the de lay in the court business. Now we got our information from head quarters, (he Judge, who said no one seepied to be ready to go to trial. The mistake was probably made iu assigning the cases. We noticed, however, that the delay is mostly caused by the defense. In some cases it seems that neither side wants a trial and these cases should be dismissed. The Progress don’t mean to make a single mis leading statement, hut the people have turned loose and they are do ing some tall talking about the * slowness of courts in general and IVthe laxuess of justice on some ines, A move is being started to find a remedy. Center Community. James O. Coleman attended the services at Aim we 11 Sun da v. *- Ask Jim and Ezra how would like to be old bachelors. O. M. Poole was a business visitor to Vidalia last Saturday. Sherwood Boyd and Miss Pearle Grant attended preaching at Aim well Sunday. It seems as though Lester McGill intends giving a cake cutting some of these days. Sunday School at Center Church every Sunday afternoon. Every body is invited. Frank McSwain, and Misses Alice McSwain and Blanche Dixon of Lyons, visited Sunday School here Sunday. Most of the farmers of this com munity are busy preparing for the coming crop, as though all were expecting to make better crops this year than in the past. Among those from this section who attended C:>urt in Lyons Monday were W. L. Clifton, P. C. Tootle, N. S. Smith, Elbert Mc- Donald and .James T. Coleman. Our school is progressing nicely at present under the careful man agement of Prof S. M Findley. We do not think the trustees made a mistake in selecting Mr. Findley. Road Superintendent Culpepper has the road gang on the road from Center Church to Vidalia now and he is certainly doing some needed work, as we think it is one of the worst roads in Toombs Hoosier South Thompson Dots. Hugh Partin spent Sunday with L. James. Miss Connie McKay called on Mrs. L. Pittman Friday last. J. W. Pittman was ir Lyons on a business trip one day last week. Mrs. L. Joiner and family were at the home of E. D. Pittman the other day. J. L. Thompson and family vis ited the home cf John Brannen on Sunday last. J. W. Odom and family visited the home of his father, J.B.Odom, on Saturday night last. A certain young fellow got a “kicking” going to the ice cream supper and it is a guess who he was. Clem Wilson called on his best i girl last Sunday. Look out, boys, jwe are going to get some cake | soon. E. D. Pittman and family visit ed the home of I. L. Dukes on Sunday last and reported a pleas ant time. Meeting will start at this place on Saturday before the first Sun day in March and everybody is in vited to attend. Bro. Wood will conduct the meeting. We notice that J. W. Odom, one of our best farmers has burn ed about all the stumps in his field, cleaned up all the stalks, and he plows about two acres a day. He must be going to farm some. Plow' Boy. Around Cedar Crossing. George Gray was on the streets of Lyons Monday. J. W. Gay called at the home of Bob Brady last Sunnay. What two boys got left Sunday? Don’t ask A. F. about it. J. A. Geiger and Dr. Hall, of Cedar Crossing, made a business trip to Lyons last Monday. D. Geiger called at the home of H. A, Williams Sunday afternoon. Come again, Dalton, you are al ways welcome. We are having some fine weath er and the farmers are getting busy. Old June time is getting close, w'hen the grass will start. The entertainment given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mc- Bride last Wednesday night was enjoyed by a large crowd. Lamp Shade. Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEOLCxIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1911. Superior Court. Second Week Convened Monday and Many Cases Have Been Tried When Judge Rawlings convened court last Monday morning at 9 o’clock business was started, law yers, witnesses and jurors were on hand and it seemed t hat all were ready to do business. The civil docket was taken up again and case after case was tried Three and tour jury cases came up each day and many divoreeg wer<* granted, judgements taken and cases otherwise stricken from the docket. Wednesday morning the crimi nal docket was sounded, several pleas of guilty made and half a dozen cases tried. Henry Stanley was again before the bar of justice and found guilty of burglary. This time he will no doubt get the full limit of the 1 aw, as he had only been out of the chain gang a short time. Two or three other criminal cases were tried but we shall wait until next week to give all the par ticulars as the Judge has not yet passed sentence. Thuisday morning the case of the negro that killed “Wid” Drig gers was again started. He was giveu a hearing at the August term last year but it resulted in a mis trial. Two or three other murder cases are to come up at this term also, and several other cases that are of more importance than usual. Mr. Guthrie, the paint er, wa9 given his liberty Wednes day, the grand jury failing to find any bill against him, This is a case where there ought to be some redress for the accused. The per son who had him arrested has never shown up to prosecute the case, and this class of prosecutions wouldstopifa few of the prose cutors were caught and made to suffer like the person prosecuted. In our next issue we will give the docket as it appears, every case as it was tried and terminated together with the sentence as pass ed by the Judge. The grand jury presentments will also appear in our next issue and it will be a pretty fair record of the doings of our court. Alston News. Mrs. Ida Sharpe spent Saturday and Sunday witn parents. Miss Lillie Wilks spent Sun day with Miss Kathleen Sharpe. Mr. and Mrs. S. Clark, of Long Pond, attended services at Alston j Sunday last. Pate Mclntyre, of Hack Branch, attended Sunday School Sunday. Come again. Miss Della Todd visited her sis ter. Mrs. Nancy Smith, last Satur day and Sunday. Miss Beatrice Sharpe, ofVidalia, spent last week with her brother, Dr. H. C. Sharpe, Quartly Conference was held at Alscon the 22nd inst., and was en joyed by all present. Mrs. Eudelle Y oumans spent I Sunday afternoon very pleasantly with Mrs. Jennie Dulfie. Miss Lota Gibbs spent Saturday and Sunday with parents, return ing to school Monday morning. Cleveland Wing and sister, of South Thompson, attended serv ices here Sunday last. Come again. Miss Annie Clapp, of Hack Branch, spent Saturday and Sun day with her sister, Miss Ruth Clapp. Say, E. G. S., and T. S., how did you enjoy your ride Sunday? Think they must have got disap pointed, how about it? t Bro. Pharr filled his regclar ap pointment at Alston Sunday last ! and delivered a very interesting sermon to a large congregation. Guess what boy started home with his girl from Sunday School Sunday and for got his hat. Ask B. S. and see what he can tell about it? Mama’s Pet. Additional Locals. Henry Grimes went to Savannah Sunday to spend the day with his many old friends. Col. E. C. Collins, of Reidsville, came up Tuesday, having business in our Superior court. Our good friend Jay Moseley, of Vidalia, was in the city the first, of the week attending court. B. F Alexander, ex-Ordinary of old Tattnall county, was in the city this week on a business trip. Dave Weitz, of Savannah, was in Lyons Tuesday mingling with his many friends. Dave is popu lar among the boys and he always treats them nicely when they call on him down there. Stillmore has a new paper now and it is tha Herald. It is email but it has many pages and it seems to be well gotten up. Stillmore needs a good paper and we wish the new venture much succss Mr. Swain, the night telephone operator, has taken a position with J. Me. Mann on the Cedar Crossing line. Mr. Mann is build ing lines right along and he is giving his suberibers good service. J. A. Vann is at home again after spending a week or so in Savannah with relatives. He and his father are doing job carpenter ing and they are anxious to be sent for by those wanting repair ing or building done. “Private” R. H. Walker, of Appleton, S. C , wa9 in the city this week on a business trip Mr. Walker ownes valuable property around Lyons and we understand that he is preparing to put some of it on the m uket The Grand Jury has been doing a little investigating during the week and their report is going to be a surprise to some. We under stand that they are going to get an expert auditor to look ever the affairs of the county and his re port i 3 to be published. The c’tv court proposition has been up in the Grand Jury this week and a rutner has gotten out that they are going to report in favor of it. We have never favor ed such a court but if the people want it we say let it come. The Grand Jury, however, should in vestigate carefully before they make a recommendation. About the neatest little thing for the home that we have seen lately is a small cane grinder. It is operated entirely by hand and in cane season, with one of these little mills, cane juice can be had at home at any time. The Minter- Smith Hardware Company have taken the agency and they will have a stock an hand very soon. Mr. G. C. Beck, Southern Bell Telephone exchange manager,with headquarters in Savannah, and Mr. McDonald, plant chief for the same company, were in the city Tuesday looking over the Lyons exchange. Manager Ledbetter, of the local exchange, is anxious to get out so that he can go to North Carolina and it is possible that a new mau will be put in charge here at once. A sad case comes tc light in the announcement of the sudden death of Mrs Mixon. She was living, with her children on one of Mr. J A, S. Moselv’s farms, and on Fri day night of last week she died of heart failure. Her husband is serv ing a term on the Toombs county | chain gang for killing a man and , 1 she leaves seven or eight children to dig for themselves. Mr. Mix ! on, the father, is not a had man it seems, and this is one time that the pardoning power should lie ex ercised. Since the death of the mother he eliould he allowed to go home and care for his llock and some influential manshculd take the matter up with the Governor at once. Subscription SI.OO. LOCAL NOTES Peus tor Sale—For your seed peas write C. P. Daniels Sons, Wav nes boro. Ga. Alfred Herrington, Jr., of Vida lia, was in the city last Saturday on a business trip. For Sale—Selected planting peus, all kinds and for anv size order. Write for prices to H. M. Franklin, Tennille, Ga. Col. Frank H. Saffold, from Swainsboro, was in the city this week attending Superior Court. We are glad to see him looking so well. Men and Women, sell guaran teed hose. 70 per cent profit. Make $lO daily. Full or part time. Beginners investigate Wear Proof, 3088 Chestnutt St., Phidelphia, Pa. Guano is moving now and at the Lyons depot we are receiving about seven or eight car loads a day. The sales this year are al most double what they were last year. We are glad to say that the cold last week injured the fruit in this section very little if at all The trees all look green yet and the bloom is not shedding to any great extent. Mr. Phillips has been runing the restaurant this week and he has served meals for many people. A good restaurant will pay in Lyons and we will be glad to see one started H. L. Friedlander & Co., of Willachoochee, are moving to Toombs county and they are locat ing at Vidalia. They are merchants and they are making an announce ment of their opening in this issue of the Progress. Col. G. C. Jones arrived from Atlanta and Louisville the other day. Col. Jones has purchased a car for his own use and he came back as far as Atlanta in it. At the latter place, however, he had some trouble and he had to leave the car. It will be down in a few j days. I'he Seaboard used the Lyons water works to advantage Sunday night and Monday morning. The water stations both at Garbutt & Donovon mill and at Ohoopee were out <»f repair and 9even or eight trains had to be given water here. It would pay the Seaboard we be leave, to put in a station here, as we have plenty of water all the time. Compulsory education, it seems, is going to be made an issue again at the coming session of the Legis lature. It is a good move, but a ! more important one would be to compel the parents to look after their children, keep them in school and off the streets. Many a mother and father don’t know where their children are from early morning until late at night and they don’t seem to care either. Atlanta must be taking some I notice of the Capital fight Macon ! is making. They are trying to get in good grace with the press, it seems, and the first intimation of it was a beautiful engraved invita tion to be at the Southern Com mercial Congress meeting to be held in that city next week. At i lanta is a great city, however, and j it may be that they sometimes for i get that we newspaper men are in the same state with them. Reckless driving of automobiles must be stopped if we ever expect | to get the country people to ap prove of them We can never build county roads until the country peo ple want them and they will not want them as long as they are so prejudiced against the automobile craze. Careful drivingcar. kill this prejudice and the owners of mach ines are going to see such a pres sure. brought to bear that will compel them to either have care ful drivers or be legislated against.