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THE LYONS PROGRESS. Vol. 8. No. 9. LOCAL ITEMS Peas for Sale—For your seed peas write C. P. Daniels Sons Waynesboro, Gn. Wanted —500 head of cattle, large or small. Highest market price paid.-*-S Usher, Lyons, Ga. Charming Miss Lizzie Taylor, of Darien, is here for a week or so visiting at the home of her uncle Mr. F. L Bowen. For Sale —Selected planting peas, all kinds and for any size order. Write for prices to H. M. Franklin, Tennille, Ga. P. H. Patrick was on the sick list all last week but we are glad to say that he is now able to be up and we hope that he will soon be all right again. 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. Strayed—One hound dog, color red with white ring around his neck. Answers to the name of Joe. Left about March Ist- Liberal re ward for his return to Lester Clif ton, Lyons, Ga. 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. Charley Garbutt, the Buick agent for Toombs, brought out another Model 21 the other day and he says that the car has already been placed. Charley is a hust ler when it comes to selling cars A new Case car was seen on the streets last Saturday, brought, here by the general agent at Atlanta. It was a beauty, too, and Dr. Bo mar, the local agent, says that he has just about sold three cars in Toombs. Col. G C. Jones announces that he has regained his health and he has decided re-pntered the practice of law. He will continue with Col. C. W. Sparks, of Vidalia, and Col Jones will look after the Lyons business of the firm, The Knights of Pythias are well organized again and they promise l a grand entertainment at a very eariy date. Several applications for membership are in sight and we are satisfied that the lodge will grow rapidly from this time tn. Tne First National Bank build ing is being worked over with stuc co and when finished it will re semble a stone building. It is a neat building already but it will be much prettier when the con tractor finishes the improvements now being made. Cols. YV. E. Brown and L. J. Cowart have formed a co-partner ship for the practice of iaw and they are soon to open handsome offices in the Rountree building. The firm will bid mostly forcrim- J inal practice, both being well up in that branch of law, hut they will also practice in all branches of the business. They are hustlers, too, good lawyers, and they will look after the interest of their clients. The Progress wishes the new firm sucess. Mr. K. S . Warrock, who for two ,years or more has held the posi tion of foreman in the Progress •ffico, has resigned, having decided to rest up for a few months. His health has not been so good since he fell, a month or so ago, and the rest will probably be a benefit to him. We are sorry to lose him and hopo that he will come back, as he has been a great help to ns in our work. Ho has been faith ful to his trust, strictly honorable, and wherever ho may decide to cast his lot he will have with him the very best wishes of the Pro gress editor and force. James B. Aaron is Dead. The end has come for another of our good cit izens—he has gone to his reward and if we judge from the life he lived, he has gone to a higher and better home than ours. Our postmaster, our good citizen and our noble friend, James B. Aaron gave up the fight for life, surrendered to the beckoning call of his Master, Tuesday night at 8:80 o'clock. He had suffered long but he took that suffering as his portion of life. He bore it with fortitude, and was bright and cheerful to the end. That dread disease consumption, was the im mediate cause of his death. James B. Aaron was born in Emanuel county about fifty-two years ago, came to Lyons in the early days of the city and he has been a prime factor in its building up. He has always been ready to help in any public enterprise and many times he streched his limit ed means to help in boosting some thing that was for the benefit of his home city. He was what could be termed a loyal citizen. He has been postmaster for about ten or eleven years, having secured the appointment after having been in jured in a wreck while acting as mail agent on the road. He took the office when it barely paid a living for one, but during his ad ministration he has built up the business until the office is now one of the best in the country. He worked hard for this change and just as he was beginning to reap some of the benefits of his labor, he is called away . Deceased was a member :>f the Baptist church and was also a Ma son, to which order he devoted quite a little of his time. His wife, daughter and son survive him, and besides these he leaves a father i and several brothers and sisters to j mourn his loss. He was a loving j husband and father, a loyal citizen and his cheering words and kind presence will be sadly missed. The remains of this good man were laid to rest with Masonic; honors in the Lyons cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J.W. Kytle preached the funeral ser mon. A host of friends and rela tives followed the remains to their last resting place, thus attesting to the great popularity of the man in life. The Progress extends con dolence to those bereaved and we ask them to live the life of our devoted friend so that all can meet in a purer and better world when the beckoning hand is ex tended. A Pleasant Evening. The Methodist parsonage was the scene of a miscellaneous show er last Friday night and the many things carried by those who at tended would have filled very com fortably a one horse wagon. Table linen, dishes, towels and many other useful things for the home were supplied in abundance. Rev. and Mrs. Pafford were the! hosts of the occasion and they j were ably assisted by several young j ladies. A pretty program had been i arranged in advance and it was ! pleasantly carried out. The prin- ; cipal game was that of picking up > peanuts with a hat pin and it was carried on in the progressive style, i prizes having been provided for | the couple getting the best, score. Mr. John Davis and Miss Ellen! Wimberly seemed to get the high-1 est score and they were declared the champions with “the hatpin.'’ j Delicious refreshments were ser- j ved and those who attended de clare that they spent a most pleas ant evening. They are axnious that the entertainment be repeat ed at an early date. Have you looked over J. A. Pnghsley’s millinery line yet? It is a beauty, and Mrs. Pughsley is ever ready to show her customers and friends the line. Mayor Smith is still having his little matinee every Monday morn ing and with each one of them the city treasury is made better off. Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911. Additional Locals. W L. and J. Frank Darby, of Vidalia. came down for a short business trip Tuesday. YV. O. Tally, agent at Ohoopee. came up Tuesday on a short busi ness trip. He is getting ready to do some fanning this year as well i as act as agent for the Seaboard. How about the base ball team, boys. We ought to have a good team this year, ap'd we can get plenty of help if wfe ha vent mate rial enough at home. Organize and get busy • YV. O. Donovan tells us that the 1 Altamaha Fertilizer works at Vi dalia sold this season nearly six 1 thousand tons cf guano and they have decided to double the capa city of the plant next year. F. A. Thompsan, of Surrency, came up Tuesday and will spend a day or so with his many friends. We were glad tn hear his 6ay that he is doing well with his turpen tine place down in that section. Next week will be a busy week at the court house. Judge Mason is to hold his regular term of the Court of Ordinary, the County School Board will meet, in month ly session and the Sheriff will sell all advertised property. B. F. Brown wants us to tell the ladies for him that, his millinery department is complete this year and lie has a milliner that second to none. He wants all the ladies to call and see the styles as arranged by Mrs. Warner. The Baptist meeting will come next month, the exact, date to he i announced next. week. In this meeting Rev. Kytle will be ably i assisted and the church people are | looking foward to tire meeting with i a great deal of pleasure and inter ! est. Remember all you Knights of I Pythias, be at the Castle Hall next Monday night, promptly at 7:80 o’clock. The officers are to be in stalled and business of importance will come up. Be on band and help us get up a grand smoker or ban dq not. Otir good friend Mr. 1 haxton, of the Vidalia Cocoa Cola Bottling Works, sent us a few nice pencils this week and we are using one to say that this concern is doing a fine business. They bottle all kind i of soft, drinks and they put up the very best too. i Strayed or Stolen—One white speckled blood hound puppy, had block on him when he left, answers to the name of Dooly, has been i gone- about three weeks. YVili pay a liberal reward for the dog or for information leading to his reeov erv. Notify Hiram Clifton, Lyons. Ga. Special to farmers, I have a fine i 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. I No charges unless work is entirely j I satisfactory. Write me at. Lyons, | Ga- —S. Uusher. Rev. Pafford, pastor of the! Methodist church, desires us to mention specially his services for | Sunday. At the morning service his subject will be “The Mother’s ! anxiety, ’’and lie is anxious that i the congregation be large. The ! public generally is given a cordial invitation to attend both the morning and evening services. In an issue last week the Macon Telegraph carried an advertise ment for one firm that covered j twenty-five pages. That is what we! call advertising some and it shows thatthere must be some real live merchants in the future capital of Georgia The person who said that Macon was a dead city or that her merchants were behind the times made a gave mistake. Macon is the goods. B. F. Brown’s Millinery Display* Beginning next Monday evening at 7 o’clock. Mrs. C. ’.V. Warner, head milliner for B. F. Brown,will be ready to show her display of Spring and Summer styles in mil linery This exhibition will con tinue ali through Tuesday and the ladies of Lyons and the adjoining country are urgently asked to call. Mr. Brown’s stock was shipped by freight from Baltimore and X> « York and it has delayed him, l>ui he has received a duplicate of the order by express and Mrs. Warner is now getting every thing in readi ness. She is direct from Chicago, where she has had several years experience as trimmer for the Gage Hat Co., and for Fisk, two of the largest milliners of the country . That she is experienced goes without suving and our ladies will have the benefit of her excel lent taste in selecting their hats for the season. s. Mr. Brown will also show a line of Gage hats, said to be as fine at any in the country and his prices are going to be so reasonable that any lady can afford to be in style. Aside from the millinery Mr. Brown is also showing a handsome line of the newest up-to-date dress fabrics, and all the ladies who visit his place will be pleased. Remember the display begins at 7 o’clock, Monday night, April 3rd, and it will continue all through Tuesday following, and during this display Mrs. Warner will take pleasure in showing and explaining all the styles of the season. New Officers of the K. of PJs. The Knights held a verv pleas ant meeting at the Castle Hall last Monday night and the attendance was very good. All were heart.ly ii: favor of keeping the Lodge up and many new recuits are promis ed right away. The following of ficers were elected to serve for the term and they will be installed at the Castle Hall next Monday night: T, J. Parish, Chancellor Com mander; C. A. Rogers, Vice Chan cellor; H. V. Lvnn, Master of Work; Lewis N. Brown. Keeper of Recordn and Spal and Master of Exchequer; .1 A. Sumner, Master at, Arms; W G. Dickerson, Inner Guard; L. L McGregor. Outer Guard; M. N. Rogers, Prelate. The officers are all good live men and we believe they mean to make Toombs Lodge one of the livest in this section. M. N. Rogers will be the next Repreaenative to the Grand Lodge. The people of the city are a little slow m giving in their tax returns, and the first thing they I know the books will be closed and they will be double taxed. Clerk Collins is at the office of YVilliams & Williams every day to receive returns, so it will be to your ad vantage to call on him and give in before it is too late. Little Ralph, the eldest son of Sheriff Thompson, was quite sick Monday and Tuesday and for a time the Doctors almost lost liopfs for the little fellow. We are glad, j however, to say that he is better I now and his early recovery is J hoped for. Boys, let’s organize that, fire de -1 partment. We need it. and we need it very bad. An organized band of fire fighters with the splendid water service could cope with al most anv kind of a conflagration. Tax Receiver Cave has bis first official announcement for 1911 m the Progress to-day. He starts out on his regular rounds soon, and he is anxious for the people to meet him. I Charming Miss Emilio Stone, of ! Summertown. was in the city this week visiting friends. While here she was the guest of Mrs. Lewis N. Brown. YV. C. Oliver, Dan Odom, Jas. A. Sumner and Hiram Clifton went to Savannah on a business j trip Thursday. Subscription SI.OO. LOCAL NOTES G. W. and J. A. Vann have gone j out to farm of Mr. Dickerson, where they are erecting an addit ion to his home. Our jovial friend, C N. Walker, from down in the Marvin neighbor hood, w ig in the city Tuesday on a business trip. Tuesday is regular sale day with the Sheriff and he will have quite a little property to offer if settle ments are not made in the mean time . A Mr. Connell is plating knives, forks, spoons,surgical instruments and other things in the little build* ing next to the Aaron Drug Store on the west. He uses nickle for his work and it looks to be fine. Lumber is being put on the ground to complete the trestle work on the W A & L. railroad over Swift and Pendleton creeke. Dr. Bomar’s mill is cutting the timbers and it is being delivered as fast as possible. Sutton & Smith, the merchants down at Johnson’s corner, have their spring line of goods in now and they want their customers to call and see what they have to of fer. They are live merchants and they are doing a nice business. Good-Bye! Having given up my position in the Progress office, I will soon leave Lyons—probably for good—and take this method of saying farewell to friends and ac quaintances through the county. Mav you have long life, prosperity and happiness. E. S. Wakrock. The county road patch gang is still working up in the 1192 nd dis trict and Tol Parker, the foreman, is doing some good repair work up there. The regular gang is still work ing on the Center Church road out of Vidalia and they are making a fine road out of it. Lyons is supplying water for about eitht trains daily on the Sea board and we don’t see why the company don’t make this point a regular watering station. The city has plenty of water and it is an excellent qua'itv for commer cial purposes as well as for drink ing. People living in a town should speak well of all it’s enterprises. It. matters not whether you like the promoter or not it is the enter prise you are talking about. For goodness sake don’t be a grouch or a pessimist. Move away first and let some one else take your place. For the first time in years there is a vacant store house in Lyons but it went stay vacant long. This does not mean that some one has gone out of business at all. One man has crowded his stock so as to give room for another who wanted to spread out. Our business houses are all enjoying a good trade and they are on a firm footing. Strangers came from far and near to see Miss Pope’s millinery display at the Empire Store this week and they were pleased with what they saw. The styles are more attractive this vear than last and Miss Pope made selections for this section that were very appro priate. She has been kept busy night and day filling orders and she is now working two or three assistants all the time. The position of postmaster is now vacant and we are sorry to say that it seems as if there is going to be a sciamble for the appoint j ment. We believe that this ap pointment should go to the widow at least for the unexpired term if for no other reason than the fact that J. B. Aaron was a loyal citi zen and a hard worker for Lyons. Let’s all join together and do our beet to have Mrs. Aaron given the appointment She has been doing most of the work for any way j and we believe that she will give ; satis fat ion.