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Water and Rum.
Water, there is no poison in, j
that cup, no fiendish spirit dwells 1
beneath those crystal drops to j
Jure me and you to ruin.
No spectral shadows play upon
it’s waveless surface; no widow's
groans or orphans’ tears rise to
God from those placid fountains
misery, crime, wrechedness, woe,
want and rage come not within
the hallowed precincts, where cold
water reigns supreme. Pure now
as when it left it’s native heaven,
giving vigor to cur youth, strength
to our manhood, and solace to our
old age. Cold water is beautiful,
bright and pure, everywhere in
the moonlight, fountains, and the
giant river, in the deep tangled
wildwocd, and the cataracts spray
in the hand of beauty, or on the
lips of manhood. Cold water is
beautiful everywhere.
Rum, there is a poison in that
cup, there is a serpent in that cup
whose sting is madness and whose
embrace is death. There dwells
beneath the smiling surface a
fiendish spirit, which for centuries
has beeu wandering over the earth
carrying on a war of desolation
and destruction against mankind,
blighting and bewildering the
noblest affections of the heart and
corrupting with it’s foul breath
the tide of human life and chang
ing the glad green eartli into a
lazarrfitto. Gaze on it but shud
der as you gaze. Those sparkling
■ drops are murder in disguise, so
quiet, now yet widows’ groans and
orphans’ tears, and maniac yells
are in that cup. The worms that
dieth not and the fire that is not
quenched are in that cup.
Peace, hope, love and truth
dwells not within that firey circle,
where dwell that desolating mon
ster which men call rum. Corrupt
now aB when it left it’s native hell,
giving fire to the eye, madness to
the brain and ruin to the soul.
Rum is vile and deadly, and ac
cursed everywhere. The poet
would liken it in it’s firey glow,
to the flames that llicker around
the bodies of the damned. The
theologian would point you to the
drunkard’s doom, while the his
torian would unfold the dark re
ords of the past, and point yon to
the fate of empires and kingdoms,
lured to ruin by the siren songs of
the tempter, and sleeping now in
cold obscurity. The wreck of what
once was great,grand and glorious
Yes, rum is corrupt and vile and
deadly, and accursed.
Fit type and semblance of all
earthly corruption, base art thou
yet. oh rum, as when the w ise
men warned us of thy power, and
bade us flee from thy enchantment.
Vile art thou, yet as when thou
first went forth on thy unholy mis
sion, filling earth with desolation
and madness, woe and anguish.
Deadly art thou vet, when thy en
venomed tooth first took fast hold
on human hearts, and thy serpent
tongue first drank up warm life.
Written by
H. G. Kekl,
Elza, Ga.
A Parable on Boys.
The following trite article was
written by Editor Ernest Camp
in the Walton Tribune.
‘‘Verily in this day and genera
tion the father raiseth up his son
on the streets and sidewalks. He
layeth around the soda founts and
imbibeth slop and hookworms. Ho
groweth in knowledge in nothing
save cigarettes and cuss words.
“When he attaineth the age of
16 he acquireth a 6uit of clothes
turned up at the bottom two fur
longs above his feet. He display
ed! a pair of noisy sox, with pur
ple background and violet to the
frount. He weareth lowcut tan
shoes and a green tie He look
eth like a banna merchant on the
srteets of Cairo.
“The inside of his head resem
bles the inside of a pumpkin.
lie falleth in love with a swin
dle shanked girl with pink ribbons
in her hair, and he craveth an au
tomobile that he may ride her
forth in the spring time. ID
thinketh work is sinful . He scut- :
tereth his mother’s pin money like j
a evcione scattereth a rail fence
He sitteth up at- night, to write
poetry, and giveth no thought to
the multiplication table Hi«
mind rurneth to the vanities of
life, and not the high cost of corn
bread.
“Verily, verily, he needeth a
board applied vigorously to the
southwest corner of the anatomy, j
“H. thinketh his father a plod
der ami his mother a back mini-
I her. He pictureth to himself
great relies suddenly acquired.
He dreamed) of steam yachts and
private cars.
“Yes, lie thinketh himself the ;
real stuff. He butteth in where he !
:s not wanted; he criteciseth his j
elders; he purchased! cheap per
fume and smells louder than a
hilly goat.
“When he groweth up he get*
teth a job as clerk in a store at
.SI.OO a day and swipeth extra
change from the boss until he is
caught..”
The Poor Man’s land.
In an interview in Chicago the
other day Mr. Champ Clark, the
next Speaker of the House of Rep
resentives,said : “Believe me, the
South is the poor man’s land and
you will live to see the day when
the South is going to be the rich
est part of the United States ”
That is a statement and a predic
tion to which those who know the
South best will willingly suberibe.
The South is the poor man’s iand
because it offers to him the best
opportunity to be found in all the
world to better his condition. He
lives for less iu the South than in
any other part of this country and
he can make'a living with lese ef
fort, particularly if he buys land
and cultivates it properly. Land
that 13 worth having can be bought
for less money and he requires less
clothes and less fuel and, Mr.
Clark says, less food than in any
other part of the United States.
It is remarkable with what un
animity of opinion the leading
men, periodicals and newspapers
are saying that the South is the
coming section of this country,
and the South is responding to
this opinion. The census shows
that her growth, during the last
ten years, been great but it was
small in comparison with what
her growth will be in the next
ten. The movement of iniigrants
and capital to theSouth is be
coming greater all the time. It’s
proportions in the next few years
will be such as will attract more
attention than did the movement
to the West when that section was
making tremendous strides in
wealth and population. Mr. Clark
is right. The South is now the
poor man's land and is destined
to become the rich part of this
country. Go oil builduig sky
scrapers and up-to-date hotels.
There will be a demand for them
as fast as thev are completed.—
Ex.
When you punish your boy, do
you spring that old one on him
about how you are only doing it
because you love him? We have
a friend who tried that once and
his son answered: If I were big
enough, dad, I would return your
love.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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?
Prom 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. (Deware
of those whom you do not know to be compe
tent. Deware of the man who is here to-dav
and somewhere else to-morrow.) I am always 1
: n ray place of business, and take care of all
ease's where others fail. (Special engage- •
ments can be made.)
W. E. WALKER, Jr.,
Optometrist,
phone no. 215. Vidalia, Ga.
IHE LYONt: PROGREtot, MARCH 24 1011.
t
April sth, 1911
-- Let above date remind you that deposits in our Savings Department, “
;; when made on or before the FIFTH of ANY month draw interest from the “
;; FIRST day thereof, and that the time to place idle money safely at interest is “
!! When You Get It. This should appeal to Farmers who still hold a portion of !
:: the 1910 cotton crop, and to others making collections at this season. U
it ", N f
Four t per cent, and SAFETY for your idle funds is what we offer,
“ While we reserve the right to require 60 days' notice as to a withdrawal, it is
;; also true that we have never required such notice in the more than SIX
“ /EARS that our Savings Department has been operative, and that our policy ;;
;; °f keeping a strong Cash Reserve makes a deposit in our Savings Derartment
;; practically available on demand. - <>
!! Procrastination is the thief of time. Deposit your money WHEN “
;; /OU GET IT. Bank with us BY MAIL ;;
Notice!
All persons who became indebted to the
New Lyons Pharmacy for prescriptions, medi
cines. etc., during the year 1910, and have not
paid up. are hereby requested to pay same at
once to J. J. Williams. Your accounts can be
showu you by calling at the offices or Williams
6 Williams, where the books of said business
can be found. All abcounts not settled by
April Ist will be sued. Z. P. Williams.
Fire Insurance.
Insure your property with Bruce
McLeod, representing a number
of strong English and American
Companies. He issues policies
on desirable country dwellings
and banjs, and on system gins.
Office in New Lyons Hotel.
Macon, Dublin & Savannah
SCHEDULE.
T.pitvft .Arrive
No. 18 No. 20 Stations No. 19 No. 17
a. m. p m. a. m. p. m.
700 330 Macon 11 05 440
7 50 4 IS 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 Rockiedge 8 26 1 51
10 02 627 Soperton 809 134 ■
10 40 700 Ar Vidalia Lv 735 100
Connections—At Vidalia with S. A. L. Ry.
and Georgia & Florida; at Rockiedge with
W'adley & 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. Streyek.
Gen. Pass. Agent.
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 s u l! your house
or your Lyons property, then come
to see us anyhow, because Mr. .
wants to buy it
If you wish to buv a farm in
Toombs County, let us show you
wimt we have.
We have newcomers in our office
everv day, wishing to purchase
land m Toombs County. So if
vnu wish to sell you r farm or
binds, then list it with us.
Williams liealiy Co.
Toombs County Batik Bldg.,
Lyons, Ga. j
' RED SEAL SHOES jgjjgfc I
are all right for a birthday JqliHJm
present —they frequently last
till the next anniversary;
“Dollar a Pair Saved in the Wear’*'
J. K. ORR SHOE CO., ATLANTA
SEABOARD AIR LINE
SCHEDULE.
iEave Lyons—6.2 Ba. m.
5.40 p. m. ) For Savannah, Ga., and Points Beyond.
10.00 a. m. I For Helena, Cordele, Americus, Mont
-7.50 p. m. \ gomery, and points beyond.
For information and reservations, call on nearest Ticket Agent,
Seaboard Air Line, or write R. H. Stansell, A. G. P. A.,
C B. Ryan, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. Savannah, Ga.
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