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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 7.
LOCAL ITEMS
Peas tor Sale—For your seed
peas write C. P. Daniels Sons
Waynesboro. Ga.
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Wanted—soo head of cattle,
large or small. Highest market
price paid—S Usher, Lyons, Ga.
For Sale—Selected planting
peas, all kinds and for anv size
order. Write for prices to H. M.
Franklin, Tennille, Ga.
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.
Our repair department is up to
date. Every thing in Jewelry re
paired High grade watches a spe
ciality. Come to see us, will treat
you right.—W. E. Walker, Jr.,
Jeweler, Vidalia Ga.
H. C. Willis, the jailor, left a
fine pearl handle Smith & Wesson
pistol in a closet back of his
place of business Sunday and some
one took it off. He is anxious to
get the pistol back and is offering a
reward for it.
The hunting season is over and
the boys can now get the rod and
fish line. Fish are rather scarce
in the creeks around Lyons but it
is a pleasure to go out in the woods
even for an afternoon if you don’t
get many fish.
The Union Supply Company has
a few buggies on hand and will of
fer them for almost cost in order
to make room for several car loads
of goods to arrive at once. See
them at once if you want a good
buggy very cheap.
At least 20 car of guano were
unloaded at the Lyons depot last
Friday and Saturday. The wagons
were so thick around the depot
that a team could hardly pass. The
farmers are busy now and they
mean business too.
Charlie Garbutt went to Savan
nah this week and he will have two
or three more fine Buick cars out
here in a very short time. He says
that the factory can hardly turn
them out fast enough to supply the
demand. The Buick is a good car
for the country and it is getting
to be popular in Lyons and
Toombs county.
Rev. N. T. Pafford and the Dea
cons of the Methodist church have
announced a meeting of the mem
bership to be held at the church
next Wednesday night, the pur
pose of the meeting being to per
fect the membership roll Every
member is asked to attend the
meeting, as it will be of the great
est importance.
Mr. Daniel Proctor and Miss
Sallie Coursey were quietly mar
ried at the home of the bride’s pa
rents last Sunday, Rev. N T. Paf
ford officiating at the ceremony.
Mr Proctor, we understand, is cue
of the prominent young men of
the county and his bride, Miss
Coursey, is the daughter of Mr.
Lum Coursey, and a charming
young lady. We extend to the
young people heartly congratula
tions and we wish for them a fu
ture full of happiness and pros
perity.
Fakers are a menace to any
country and «e are only sorry that
the laws regarding them are so
lax. For instance the fake pic
ture agent, who takes a valuable
photograph, being slick tongued
enough to talk a lady cut of it, to
transfer it to glass. He soaks the
photograph in water, pastes it on
a lOcent window pane, hacks it np
with a half a cents worth of wall
paper, puts a penny brass chain
around it and charges a dollar or
98 cents- This is what we call
robbery. These agents wont go to
the head of the family but hunts
the good lady whom he thinks he
jean gull. Our good ladies should
watch out for just such hobos.
Rock Spring Chips.
Ernie Cowart called on MiBS An
nie Jackson Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Foster visit
ed the home of T C. Clark Sun
day.
Quite a large crowd attended
Sunday school here Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. W. J. H. Foster visited
Mrs. M. E. Morris Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. G. F. Morris spent Tues
day afternoon with Miss Lollie
Sharpe.
Mitchel Copehn called at the
home of G. V V. Love Sunday af
ternoon.
Eune Cowart and Lawrence
Sharpe went down to Ohoopee
Tuesday night.
Mrs. H. F. Carroll and her two
daughters were pleasant visitors
at the home of G. W. Love Sun
day.
Wonder who L. and E. over
took Thursday evening and went
home with. Oh you school child
ren.
Lewis Morris and Miss Annsule
Sharpe were out driving Sunday
afternoon and they looked good
to me.
Ezra Claxton went home with
Bertha Carroll Sunday. Hurry
up, Ezra, we are all getting cake
hungry.
Wonder what 3 girls it was that
played on the saw dust Sunday
morning? Ask Misses M. L., A. S.
and E . S. about it.
Mrs. Lollie Sharpe and charm
ing daughter, Miss Eula, spent
Wednesday night at Alston with
T.D. Ricks and family.
Lucian Snarpe and Bruce Mor
ris called at the home of H. A.
Garrett Sunday night. Say, boys
there must be some attraction.
Two Rowdy Kids.
South Thompson.
Measles are new raging in this
section.
E. D. Pittman visited Tommy
Neesmith Sunday.
W. G. James was in Lyons Sat
urday on business.
J. W. Odom visited J. L.
Thompson Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia Ryan visited Mrs.
A. E. James Sunday.
M. W. Wiggins and wife visited
Mrs. A. E. James Sunday last.
Frank James spent Sunday with
his uncles, John and Mack Pitt
man.
Guess who hauled the married
ladv Saturday night? Don’t ask
D. R. P.
It is dry weather in this section,
and the farmers are almost ready
to plant.
G. W. James has gone to work
in earnest. He was hauling guano
Saturday.
Mrs. Alpha James visited her
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.D.
Pittman, recently.
Mrs. Sallie O’Neal has been
spending the week with her sis
ter, Mrs. L. Pittman.
The little baby of Mr, and Mrs.
A. P. Thompson, which got burnt
Wednesday, is improving.
Mrs. L. Pittman and Mrs. Sal
lie O’Neal spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Lula Thompson. Come again
you are always welcome.
The entertainment r\the home
of J. H. Pittman was a success.
Among those attending were John
Pittman and Daniel Partin, and
they report a fine time.
Plow Boy.
Fifty dollars a front foot was
refused for tw’o lots in the business
section this week, but the parties
who want to buy are still looking
around and they hope to get a lot
soon to build a business house on.
Some building is going to be start
ed in Lyons very soon and then it
will go on with a rush for a year
or so.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1911.
Additional Locals.
The Tax books are open and
Clerk Collins wants the tax payers
to be prompt in giving in.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McGregor’s
little babe has been quite sick for
several days with cold and a fever,
but we are glad to say that it is
better at this time and we hope
that it will soon be well again.
Elisha Moore, at one time a
, prominent Toombs county citizen
but who has been in Mississippi
tor the last five years, came to his
old home on a visit this week. He
has been in bad health and we
hope the stay at his old home will
bring back his health
Mrs Owen Clement, who has
been here for two weeks or more,
, accompanied by her little children
visiting at the home of the
editor, returned to her home in
Macon Thursday. She seemed to
enjoy her visit and we hope she
’ will return again soon.
J. P. Collins, clerk of the coun
, cil, wiil he at the office of Wil
liams (feWilliams over the Toombs
County Bank, every day from 9
o’clock until 11:80 a. m . and
from 2 to 4:30 p. m. Call and
! give in your taxes early and avoid
the rush toward the last days.
W. L. Proctor, who now resides
i in Savannah, was in the city this
week, and while here tie 6old to F,
L. Bowen hi« lots on the hill near
the Godwin House. Mr. Bowen
. says that he is going to build a
neat home up there and he expects
to start on it as soon as he can get
material.
Sheriff Thompson went to Sa
vannah the first of the week to
bring back for the Toombs county
road gang a three year assistant
The young man brought whs con
victed in the Chatham court of
forgery and he will do service in
Toombs county for three years
under the conviction.
Dr. Bomar informed the writer
this morning (Thursday) that he
expects to go to Savannah this af
ternoon with young Mr. Willis, of
Ohoopee, who will probably have
to be operated on for appendicites
The young man has been sick for
sometime, but we hope he will
soon be all right again.
Col L. J. Cowart has tendered
his resignation as Justice of the
Peace to Governor Brown and he
and Col. W. E. Brown have form
ed a co-partnership for the prac
tice of law. The new firm will
begin business together at once
and they will have the same of
fices in the Aaron building.
The Lyons Bargain Store has
joined the Progress advertisers this
week and they are inviting the
public to look over their immense
line of goods. S. Levin is the
manager and he is one of the best
salesmen in the city. Read the
advertisement and remember it is
in the Davis & Coleman old stand.
The article in this issue on giv
ing in taxes is very timely and if
the people generally would follow
the law our tax rate would be so
low that it w’ould be an advertise
ment. The idea of S4O land being
given in at $4, SIOOO lots at S3OO.
Give in your property right and
insist on your neighbor doing the
same thing.
Card of Thanks.
We want, in this maner, to
thank the good people of Lyons
for their kindness to us during the
recent sickness and death cf our
dear mother. Every attention
i was shown us in these trying times
i and we know God and His infinite
i wisdom, will bless these good
; people. We hope never to be call
ed on for these good friends in the
same capacity, but will be ever
ready to help should neccessity
, arise. Again expressing thanks
■ we beg to be, friends always,
John Durst and Family.
Ohoopee News.
Jus. Tapley and wife were in
Ohoopee Saturday.
G. W. Meadows went down to
Norden Sunday evening.
Mrs. W. O. Tally went to Grove
land Sunday to visit relatives.
Miss Annnheile Scott went up
to Lyons to visit relatives recent ly
Profs Carter and Cowart went,
down to Collins Saturday evening
Mr. and Mrs. L B. Heckle from
near Lyons were in Ohoopee Sat
urday .
M. C. Harden, from Edmond,
attended the Masonic Lodge here
Saturday.
Next Sunday is Bro. Sumner’s
monthly appointment, everybody
invited to come.
Col. Sparks and wife of Vidalia,
spent last Sunday at the home of
Morgan Claxton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C Tapley spent
Saturday and Sunday with the
latter’s sister, Mrs Ed. Orr.
James Holland and family,
from near Manasses, visited rela
tives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tate Newton
spent ‘Saturday and Sunday ut
Lyons visiting relatives.
Floyd Willis is quite sick with
appendicitis. It is feared he will
have to go to the hospital.
We are glad to say that Mrs. O
McCullough, who has been quite
eiek, has almost recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, from up
above Vidalia, visited their daugh
ter, Mrs Sallie Hall last week.
J. H. Cowart has just returned
from a trip over in Florence, S. C.,
where he has been prospecting.
Erastus Findley, from up near
Cowan’s Chapel, spent Sunday
night in Ohoopee with relatives.
G. B. Johnson went up to Ala
mo Saturday to visit his son, J P.
Johnson, returning home Sunday.
Mrs. G. B. Johnson spent sev
eral days of last week up above Vi
dalia with her her sister, Mrs Ben
Price.
Mrs. T. J. Willis has returned
home after spending several weeks
down in Bullock county with her
daughter, Mr*. Annie Fordham.
Remember the Singing Conven
tion at Sharpe’s Chapel the sth
Sunday in April. There was a
resolution passed that all schools
or classes furnish two dozen books
apiece.
Millard Findley, Solomon Ro
land, Homer Anderson, Marvin
Wing and another young man
whose name we did not iearn,
from Lyons, were in Ohoopee Sun
day evening.
Haw Thorne.
Center Community.
George Morris was in town ship
ping Saturday.
Jas. T. Coleman was a business
visitor to Lyons Tuesday.
R. L. McGill was visiting in
South Thompson community Sun
day.
Someoody went fishing last
week, but instead of fishing they
brought bacK a load of ax bandies.
Because of the negligence of
“Hoosier,” Center news did not
get in last week, hut we will do
better here-after.
Mrs. M. L. Southern, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jas.
T. Coleman, has returned to her
home in Savannah.
Rev. G. W. Pharr will fill his
regular appointment here Sunday,
l providence permitting, and every
body is cordially invited.
Rev. J. H. House, of Vidalia,'
will preach here Saturday morn- j
ing and also assist our pastor in
holding a church conference. All
members of Center Church should
be present.
“Hoosier.”
A miscellaneous shower will be
given at the Methodist parsonage
on Friday evening, March 24th, ut
eight o’clock. All the church
members, both men and women,
are cordially invited to attend.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. L A. Thompson, of Finley
, soli, came down the first of the
week and is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Oliver.
Mr.J.A.Brown,of Snnimertown,
i is in the city this week visiting
his sons, Messrs Lewis M., and
B F Brown, also his daughter,
! M rs. C C. Moseley.
J. Perry Brown went to Atlanta
Senday uight, returning Tuesday
morning, and while away he
bought another car load of mules
and horses. They arrived Wed
nesday morning and Mr. Brown
has a few for sale to those who
want good 9tock.
Special to farmers, I have a fine
machine for terracing hill lands,
putting it in condition to prevent
washing, and I will be glad to
consult with any farmer that wants
terracing done in a practical way.
No charges unless work is entirely
satisfactory. Write me at Lyons,
Ga.—B. Uußher.
Clerk ot the Council, J. P. Col
lins, is now taking the city’s tax
returns and he will be at the of
fice of Williams & Williams for
the next thirty days. Citizens,
give in your tax for just what you
would take, all cash, for your prop
erty. It will help Lyons make a
good showing and the tax rate will
be low
The editor took a short ride in
Dr. Bomar’s new car last Monday
evening and we will have to pro
nounce it one of the very best in
the county. It is practically noise
less and climbs hills just as easily
as it runs on levil ground. Dr.
Bomar has the agency for the
county and he has prospects of
selling two or three more cars
away.
W. F. Staten, Secretary of the
W. A <fc L. railroad company,
was in the city Tuesday and he
seems highly pleased with the
work now being done on the line.
He says that the first shipment
of steel is expected to arrive at
Lyons in less than thirty days and
that the company has ties enough,
very near, to get to Adriap. Let
the good work move on.
The several railroads entering
Vidalia have agreed to build a
union passenger station to cost
about SIO,OOO and we must say
that such a station is badly need
ed in our neighboring city. They
have three roads, one of which
has no 3tation at all and the other
two use the Seaboard station,
which is not as good as the one at
Lyons. The new station is to be
erected in the western part of the
city, near the crossing of the Sea
board and the Georgia & Florida.
The banks have all been called
on to mako public statements of
their business on March 7th, and
the Lyons banks both make ex
cellent showings in the statements
published elsewhere. Our banks
have seemingly plenty of capital
for the season and they are find
ing business better than ever be
fore. The available cask on hand
at the two banks now is near $45.-
000 and this seems to he increas
ing instead of diminishing. The
deposits are better than ever be
fore at this season. In fact our
two banks are strictly all right and
growing.
J. P. Brown, successor to the
Lyons Trading Company, has con
solidated his business now so he
wont need so many clerks. He has
put everything into two of the
; large stores of the Trading Com
pany building and it don’t take so
.many cierk« to look after the cus
tomers He has a fine line of
goods, too. and since he can cut
expense, he says he is going to
give the customer the benefit of
the cut. Friend, if you want a
good place to trade, where you
will get the full value of your
money all the time, call on Perry
Brown or his courteous salesmen.