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The Lyons Progress
L. W. MOORE, Manager.
Published Every Friday at SI.OO Per Year.
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Entered at the Postotfiee at Lyons,
Ga.. as Second Class mail matter.
LYONS CHURCHES.
Primitive Baptist—Preaching at the
church 1 1-4 miles south east of Lyons,
on the third Sabbath and the Satur
day before
Methodist —Preaching every Sunday
at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Except third
Sunday. Sunday school every Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday nights. Rev. N. T. Paf
ford. Pastor.
Baptist —Preaching at the Baptist
Church every first and third Sunday
in each month, morning and evening.
Prayer meeting every Thursday even
ing at 7 o’clock Y. W. A.’s meet ev
ery Monday evening at 7 o’clock. W.
M. Society, lirst Monday after third
Sunday in each month, 3 p. m. Sunday
School every Sunday afternoon. J. W.
Kytle, Pastor.
Ohoopee News
Fred Willis went up to Vidalia
Monday.
Mrs. Frank Scott went up t*>
Vidalia last Saturday.
G. B. Johnson and little son,
Sidney went to Lyons last Satur
day.
Northern Tapley and sister,
Miss Ora, attend preaching here
Monday night.
Mrs. Irene Webb, of Hagan, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sentelle James.
Beldon Johnson came up from
Wadley and spent last Sunday
with his parents.
Dr. Guyton Howell and wife, of
Brunswick, are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Tate New
ton.
Wright Anderson, from down
on Cobb’s Creek, spent Tuesday
night of last week with relatives
here.
Prof. C. T. Carter went up to
Vidalia last Saturday, returning
Monday morning on the early
train.
Luther Stephens and wife mov
ed into our little town Monday.
We extend to them a hearty wel
come.
We are sorry to note that Mrs.
O. McCullough has been quite
sick with Lagrippe, glad to sav
she is improving.
Mrs. Rosa Howard, of Helena,
came down Saturday to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. And
erson. She returned home Mon
day.
Among those who attended the
funeral from here over at Mount
Moriah last Sunday were G. W.
Meadows and wife, G B. Johnson,
Alfred Webb, Elton Scott and
Miss Lelia Cowart.
Haw Thorn.
Rock Spring Dos.
Everybody in this section is now
getting ready tc plant.
Sunday school here every Sun
day evening Everybody come.
Mr. and Mrs W E. Morris were
guests of Miss Lollie Sharpe Sun
dav afternoon.
W G James and sister called
at the home of Miss Lollie Sharpe
Sundav morning.
Miss Delia Todd spent Saturday
and Sunday at Alston with her
sister, Mrs. Smith.
Wonder what two hovs got
scared Saturday night? Ask O.C
and B J about, it.
James Love spent the week end
up in Montgomery and Jim savs
he ei'joyed himself.
W H. Jackson, and daughter.
M iss Annie, made a business trip
to Lyons Saturday last.
Miss Cassie Wing and father at
tended preaching here Sunday
night. Come again friends.
Quite a large crowd from here
attended preaching at South
lhnmpson Sunday and they all
report a nice t ime.
We are sorry to note that, Mrs.
J 11 McCullough is on the sick
list, but we are glad to sav she is
better at this writing.
Rev J S Wood delivered an
interesting sermon here Sunday
night and he will preach here the
next third Saturday and Sunday.
There w: tl he a foot washing and
a Lord's supper here the Jlrd Sun
da}’ night in March.
Two Rowdy Kids.
The Old Methodist Circuit Rider.
Mr. Editor:—The 12th day of
tins month, (March) 1 will be 72
years old according to the record.
1 have been told by some of the old
folks that 1 was the largest child
at, birth they ever saw . My moth
er also told me that I never crawl
ed, but at 7 months o:d I went to
walking. She would bar the door
to keeji me in, but I would tear
out and go ahead. So you s»-e, I
was born, no doubt, on a windy
day for I have been in a tempest
all my life.
I have also been tidd that 1 al
ways had a perceptible tacultv of
seeing ami hearing every moving
event, and consequently had a
tenacious memory.
Very many 3’ears ago the Metho
dist church sent preachers, or cir
cuit riders as they wire generally
known, all through this were grass
region. They came from the
mountains of North Georgia gen
erally. and rode thorugh on horse
back, with a pair of saddle bags
with a bible and hyinm hook in
one end and a change of clothes in
the other. This seemed to be all
they possessed of earthly goods,
but they were baptised in the
cue so they had espoused, that of
preaching gospel.
’They rode from Moutgonery
county to old Salisbury, on the
coast in Liberty county, and
preached every day in the week,
sometimes at cross roads and in
neighbors’ houses, and wherever
they could gather asmall congre
i gation, for churches were scarce
and the little log houses supplied
with a box or pulpit in one end
raised several feet above the floor.
This box or pulpit would remind
\ou of an old fashioned dairy,
with a door on one side, with a
button to fasten. When the
preacher would enter, he would
fasten the door and th ; s always
reminded me of fastening a horse
in a stable. This box w’as so high
that a low built man could not see
over the front board where he
placed his books and when he sat
down he was hid from view.
This sweat box would cause some
of them to pull off their coats in
warm weather.
John M. Marshall was an Eng
lishman, a very stern, positive
man. He was preaching one day
in a log house and men had car
ried their old long flint and steel
rifles to'church and had stacked
them away outside One fellow,
peeping throng.i the crack, saw a
large buck passing and he. cried
out, “boys, look what a buck,”
and they all jumped for their guns,
but the buck passed. They all re
turned to their seats on tiptoes as
though nothing had ever happened.
In the mean time the preacher had
taken his seat, but he arose and
went on with his sermon as if
nothing had ever happened. He
said it was so perfectly natural
that he did not care to rasp them
with a reprimand.
Then we had Jack Dovers and he
was so full of the holy ghost that
he could not preach for crying and
singing such songs as “There’s a
better day coming,” and “Come
my loving sisters and go along
wfth me.” One time he got aw
fully happy, unbuttoned thedoor
came down among the congrega
tion, singing “Babaloi: lias fallen
to rise no more.” Old Aunt Sal
iie, a good old sister always at
tended church, and always
took the first seat on the right of
the door. She entered with her
grand daughter, “Sary,” and
Sary was like Lucy’s lamb, for
everywhere Aunt Sallio went, Sary
was sure to follow. The old lady
was somewhat deaf and under
stood Jack to say “the devil is
rising, etc. She took Sary by the
hand and left the church, almost
frightened to death, and pulled
for home walking. She wore an
old fashioned leghorn straw bon
net that reared up behind and
kicked up in front like the cover
of a North Carolina tobacco wag
on. I tell rou when a woman got
a bonnet like that it lasted her
a life time unless t he house caught
on fire and burned it up. Nowa
davs the women must have a
spring bonnet, a summer bonnet
i fall or winter bonnet, and some
of them look like walking flower
gardens.
A few years ago I had a game
horse and was driving with Major
Bob JGuinu, of Atlanta, in a bug
gy with me. We met two young
ladies with flower gardens on their
heads My horse became so fright
ened that he had a fit and fell and
THE LYONS MARCH 10 “il
we had to rut the harness off him.
Major Guinn will verify this.
But I have never known anything
of this kind to frighten a young
man into fits, yet it makes him
dread matrimony if he is poor.
Next comes along parson Wats,
unit be was holding a revival meet
ing near us, and the people had
gathered in from the regions
around about. They were fixing
to take sacrement when two mas
sive dogs in church hitched for a
fight. Brother Wats caught one
by the tail and Brother Snolgrass
the other, and set back to pull
them apart, when old Aunt Annie,
who atone time was adjudged a
lunatic, became so excited that
she ran up and ordered the dogs
turned loose that they might have
a fair fight or no fight at all. Be
fore this occurred Aunt Annie was
grinning and making ugly faces at
one of the good old local preachers
for having a set of false teeth in
his mouth. She approached him
in church and told him, the good
old brother, that he was wanting a
young wife. A bucket of water
stopped the dog fight. When or
der was restored it was found
that the table was knocked down,
the bottle of wine broken, and
Aunt Annie bad recovered from
her fit, but both dogs had their
tails dislocated and went with
dropped tails as long as they liv
ed, and the brother felt badly
chargrilled about his false teeth.
The next preacher took his text
on dogs and condemned the prac
tice of carrying dogs to church,
aud this offended his congregation
Finally two old local preachers
came to my father’s bouse to spend
the night. The family had all
gone to bed when they arrived,but
my mother got up and prepared
supper for them, and then they
had to have family prayer. After
reading a portion of the scripture
they sang “The day is past and
gone, the evening shades appear.”
and then it was midnight. Not
satisfied with this they sang
“Beaming indulgent, His glory
eternal shines on the children of
love in the skies.” By this time
the dogs were barking, the cats
meowing, the roosters crowing,
the mules braying, horses neigh
ing and every child on the place
squalling, and I woke up in a
fright and saw my shadow on the
wall of the room, thought it was
the devil, struck it with my fist
for a fight, and Knocked the skin
off my knuckles, etc., so it took
the balance of the night to re
store order
Now, this all accounts for my
being such a staunch old Metho
dist. .John H. Clifton.
P. S. If you all get to heaven
before I do, just tell them over
there I’m coining too. —J. H. C.
Remove the Strain.
I advertise what I do. I do what I advertise.
Do you realize the serious consequence of
continuous eye strain in both young and old?
From constant tugging and straining of vari
ous nerves and muscles, which causes more
headache than any other one thing. If your
eyes trouble you in any way. come to see me.
(My system is not experiment.) My knowledge
of the eye enables me to determine exactly
the kind of glasses you should wear. (Beware
of those whom you do not know to be compe
tent. Beware of the man who is here to-dav
and somewhere else to-morrow.) I am always
in my place of business, and take care of all
cases where others fail. (Special engage
ments can be made.)
W. E. WALKER, Jr..
Optometrist,
Phone No. sis. Vidalia, Ga.
Special Notice.
I will not be responsible for any notes, ac- ,
counts or debts of any kind unless authorized
or made over mv own signature.
Harry L. Grimes.
Manager Lyons Auto Repair Co.
Lyons, Ga., Feb. 17, 1911 —4t
in Health I
“My mother died six years ago,” writes Miss Ruth
H Ward, of Jerseyville, II!., ‘"and left me to care for six
II children. I had never been strong; and this, with the shock ]
H of her death, was too much for me.
“I failed in health. I was tired all the time and did
not want to go anywhere, nor care for company. 1 had
n the headache all the time and such bearing-down pains.
“A very dear friend advised me to take Cardui, as it
had done her so much good, ?> so I commenced to use it
and now 1 am in good health.”
I* CARDUI
I The Woman’s Tonic I
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If strength is quickly restored, by Cardui, the woman’s tonic. jB
You yourself know best if you need it, or not.
If you do need it, do not delay, but commence to use ■
it at once. Every day of delay, only lets you slide further
Don’t wait, then, but begin to take Cardui today, for its
I use, no matter how prolonged, cannot harm you and will |j|
Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn..
for Special Instructions, and 64-page book, "Home Treatment lor Women, sent free. s*l
Vidalia Chemical Company,
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Manufacturers of High-Grade Fertilizers.
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Macon, Dublin & Savannah!
SCHEDULE.
Lf'vo Arrive
No. .5 No. 20 Stations No. 19 No. 17
a. m. p m. a. m. p. m.
7 00 3 30 Macon 11 05 4 40
7 50 4 18 Jeffersonville 10 17 3 47
8 34 5 04 Dudley 9 32 2 57
900 530 Ar Dublin Lv 905 225
905 535 Lv Dublin Ar 900 230
9 42 6 09 Rockledge 8 26 1 51
10 02 6 27 Soperton 8 09 1 34
10 40 700 Ar Vidalia Lv 735 100
Connections—At Vidalia with S. A. L. Ry.
and Georgia & Florida; at Rockledge with
Wadley & Mt. Vernon; at Dublin with Wrights
ville and Tennille, C. of Ga.. Dublin & South
western; at Macon with Southern Ry,, C. of
Ga., Ga. Southern & Fla.. Macon & Birming
ham and Ga. Railroad. J. A. Stbeyer,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
FRANK F. GODDaRD,
Attorney-at-Law,
Public Accountant and Auditor.
Lyons, Ga.
System Installed.
Thoroughly Practical.
No Red Tap?-
Audits made for Corporations,
Firms and Individuals.
Fire Insurance.
Insure your property with Bruce
McLeod, representing a number I
of strong English and American
Companies. He issues policies
on desirable country dwellings
and barns, and on system gins.
Office in New Lyons Hotel.
WE ARE IN THE
Real Estate
BUSINESS.
Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons.
2nd. For the benefit of Toombs
County,
3rd. For the benefit of ourselves
If you wish to buy a nice Lot iu
Lyons, either to improve or for
investment, call on us.
If you wish to sell your house
or your Lyons property, then come
to see us anyhow, because Mr.
wants to buy it
If you wish to buy a farm in
Toombs County, let us show you
what we have.
We have newcomers in our office
every day, wishing to purchase
land in Toombs County. So if
you wish to sell vou r farm or
lands, then list it with us-
Williams Realty Co.
Toombs County Bank Bldg ,
Lvons. Ga.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA —Toombs County:
j All parses having demands against the es
tate of A J Williamson, late of Toombs
county, deeeased. are hereby notified to pre
sent them, properly made out. for pavment
and all parties indebted to said estate are
hereby notified to make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
This the Ist day of February, 1911.
. J. H. Williamson,
mch3-6t Executor of said Estate