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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 14.
LOCAL ITEMS
Wanted —A tract of land from
150 to 500 acres. Write or see W.
O. Shnptrine. Lyons
Mrs J. P. Collins went down to
Reidsville one day this week to
visit relatives and friends
Wauted—soo head of cattle,
large or small. Highest market
price paid.—S. Usher, Lyons, Ga.
M. N. Rogers went down to
Reidsville Tuesday on a short
business trip, returning on the
evening train.
Judge G. T. Mason went to Mt.
Vernon Wednesday to hold a term
of the Ordinary’s court for Mont
gomery county.
For sale.—Three or four hund
red bushels good corn, best mar
ket price. Apply to J. M. Wilks,
Route 2, Lyons, Ga.
Charming Miss Nita Belle Cole
man, of Graymont, was here sever
al days this week visiting her
friend Miss Ora Jones.
Manager Hendricks and Opera
tor Collins, of the local exchange,
went down to Claxton to visit
friends and relatives last Sunday.
Rev. Pafford is at home again.
He went to Uvalda to help in a
tent meeting but was called home
on account of sickness in his fam
ily.
Lost —Somewhere on the streets
a geld watch fob with a cigar clip
per as pendant. Will pay liberal
reward for return of same. Chas.
A. Garbutt, Lyons.
Our postmistress, Mrs. Aaron,
is new having to count all the in
coming and outgoing mail and it
causes a little delay in the deli
very. This counting will go on
for a month.
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.,
Vidalia. Ga.
Some one started the rumor the
other day that Brooks Cowart was
to be married at Springfield last
Sunday. We are glad to say that
Brooks has made good at Spring
field and if he is married, we are
proud to extend hin congratula
tions and best wishes.
Our good friend W. G. Partin,
of the Collins Hardware Company,
has branched out in a business
wav. He and Dr. Kennedy have
put in a line of general merchan
dise in a new store in that little
town and we are glad to say that
they are doing a fine business.
The weather has turned warm
again and the young cotton is
getting new life. All the crop
prospects in Toombs county are
good so far and the farmers are
putting in good time. Outside of
the cold east winds last week the
seasons have been splendid.
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. —S. Uusher.
Dr. B. H. Clifton is at home
for a vacation after a studious
term at the Atlanta Medical Col
lege. Dr. Clifton has only one more
year before he will graduate and
we understand that he is making a
record that he may feel well proud
of. He is a fine young man and we
wish him well.
B. Best, one of our good farm
ers from down in the Center
neighborhood, says that he never
saw a harder rain fall than fell be
tween his home and Lyons last
Saturday. He picked up several
gopher eggs that he said were
washed up and he said great holes
were washed in the ground in
places.
The Singer’s Convention.
Our Toombs county people un
certainly fond of music and thev
take great interest in vocal muaic
especially. This was attested by
the great throng that gathered at
Sharpe’s Chapel last Sunday, the
occasion being the meeting of the
Toombs County Singer’s Conven
tion. Fully fifteen hundred peo
ple were there and they came from
every direction of the county as
well as from the neighboring coun
ties. The day was almost perfect,
too, and it passed off without a
single thing to mar the pleasure of
the great assemblage.
The meeting was called to or
der early by President Meadows
and the classes immediately began
to make music. It was music, too,
splendid voices and well trained to
sing. Among the leaders were
such as J. M. Tapley G. W. Mead
ows, M. C. Harden, Geo. B. John
son, B. M. Higgs, J. J. Odom and
several others that we did not
hear, but these are all good lead
ers and had pupils along to help
in the celebration. One of the
best leaders whom we have not
mentioned was a Prof. Faircloth,
of Laurens county. He was down
here visiting his uncle, D. S. Fair
cloth, of near Cedar Crossing, and
he proved conclusively to the great
crowd that he had a fine voice and
that he knew how' to lead a choir.
Hie singing was a treat and greatly
enjoyed.
At about 12:30 the Convention
adjourned for dinner, and such a
dinner we have never seen set.
Baskets and boxes were brought
out from every direction and it
was soon apparent that the table
was hardly half large enough.
Then it was that the crowd scat
tered and the person that did not
get plenty to eat and something
good can only blame himself. The
editor and his little son took din
ner with Mr. L. B. Heckle and his
excellent family, and we must say
that we had all we could desire and
it was prepared as if the kings were
expected. The dinner was splendid
and there was plenty left after
everybody had finished.
After dinner the singers went
back to the church and the first
thing was an excellent song, then
came the election of officers : The
Presidency was again put on G.
W. Meadows, with T. M. Tapley
as vice-President and Geo. B.
Johnson as Secretary.
It was a grand occasion, attend
ed by good people, and all went to
enjoy the music. The church was
not half large enough to hold the
crow'd but they gathered around in
some w'ay, and every one that was
present will certainly say that he
or she enjoyed the day We would
be glad to attend such Conven
tions every Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Clements,
of Buena Vista, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Hattie Tillmann Clements,
to Hon. Walter Wade Sheppard,
of Claxton, formerly of Savan
nah. Judge Shepard is judge of the
superior court of the Atlantic cir
cuit. They will be married June
21st at Buena Vista. We clip the
above because the groom to be,
Walter Sheppard, is well known
in Toombs. He is a young man of
I sterling qualities and he is now
' taking the proper step. Here we
extend congratulations.
The Baptist meeting closed
Wednesday night and a great con
gregation was out to hear the last
sermon of Rev. J. R. Gunn. The
j meeting was a great success so far
as waking up the members of the
church, but we hear that the new
members did not materialize. Rev.
Gunn is a splendid preacher and
an earnest worker. He was liked
by all who heard him and he had
fine congregations during the en
tire meeting.
Rev. Dr. Brewton, of the U. B.
1., will fill the Baptist pulpit Sun
day morning and evening, in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. J. W.
Kytle. The public is cordially in
vited.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Our u"Btmistress is now cutting
some of the finest home gown cab
bage that we have ever seen grown
in the county. The heads are
large, and firm, some of them
weighing nearly ten pounds. She
is selling them, too, which shows
that market gardening in Lyons
will pay.
Manager Willis has ordered a
fine lot of pictures for next week
and he proposes to put on shoss
for three nightß at least We have
not had pictures for some time
now and the ppople should give
him liberal patronage. The date
of the shows will be announced in
hand bills.
W. C. Oliver attended a meetbig
of the Board of Directors of the
W. A. & L. railroad at Adrian one
day last week and he said every
thing is working fine. Mr. Oliver
reiterates the statement of the
Progress that it wi.'l be only a short
time now before track laying will
start on the Lyons end of the line.
Rev. J. R Gunn, the evangelist
that is conducting the meeting at
the Baptist church, is waking our
people up. He is a strong preacher
and we believe that he is a pure
Christian gentleman. His meeting
is warming up and he is going to |
do great work in Lyons. Go out and
hear him, you certainly wont re
gret the time spent.
The Florida direct highway
scout cars were in Lyons as we
are going to press and our people
are giving them a royal reception.
They are to be given dinner at
the New Lyons and a party of our
citizens are to escort them through
the county. They will strike about
twenty-five miles of gsod roads in
Toombs county and this visit will
be an advertisement for us.
The cld Confederate veterans
are asked to meet in a body at the
Court House in Lyons next Sat
urday pursuant to a cal! issued by
the Commander. This meeting will
be of the greatest interest to the
members of Wade Hampton Camp
in particular, but it is hoped that
all the old soldiers in the county
will be present. The election of a
new Commander for the Camp will
have to come up, as Col. Mann has
been appointed on the staff of the
General. Remember the meeting is
to be Saturday, May Gth, and every
member of the Camp is ordered
and asked to be present
F. F. Goddard is the new pro
prietor of the New Lyons Hotel,
having taken charge Thursday
morningbefore breakfast Mr. God
dard says that he is planning
many improvements in the rooms
and his aim is to make the house
home-like and inviting. He pro
poses to see that the table is sup
plied with the very best and he
will gather around him able as
sistants who will work to make
the Hotel popular. Mr. Collins
has done well since he took the
house and he gave it up because of
the sickness of his wife. He will
make Lyous his home and he says
that he is going to be one of the
improvement cUib, as he is al
ready planning to erect a few neat
little cottages for rent.
We see it in several of the lead
ing papers that Alf Herrington
j has decided to lock horns with
Congressman Edwards in the next
j race for the nomination. Tele
grams in the Macon Telegraph,
the Savannah Morning News and
a write up in the Forest Blade
give out this information and it is
now accepted as true. Alf Her
rington is a hustler in politics
and we don’t know of a man in the
entire district that is better known
generally, it is rather early to
announce for a race that is over a
year off yet, but the old saying is
that “the early bird, etc.,” and
Alf always did believe in being an
early bird. The “kinky headed
statesman from the state of
Emanuel” is going to have a
strong following.
The Jail Breakers.
Editor Lynns Progress —I am
informed that on the night of
April 25th two prisoners made a
successful escape from our county
jail, and I feel as a law abiding
citizen and as one who appreciates
the good name of our great coun
ty that the time has come for
some vigorous action and inves
tigation for the cause of these fre
quent escapes.
It has oulv been a short tune
since two desperate criminals
made their escape successful ly,
also a negro woman who was con
victed for the murder of her hus
band, and under a life sentence.
It occurs to me that the idea of a
woman making a successful escape
from our jail is absolutely prepos
terous, but if the talk that was on
the streets of Lyons at the time
she made her escape be true, evi
dently some one had a deep inter
est in having her out of the way.
I have absolutely no interest in
the world in this matter, except
that which every citizen of our
county should feel. I have the
kindest feelings for all our county
officials, am not a candidate for
any office, or am I taking an inter
est in this matter in behalf of anv
prospective candidate, but I am
prompted solely by my duty as a
. citizen who values the good name
and reputation of our county, and
as an evidence of good faieh I will
pay a reward of $25 00 for the cap
ture and de’iverv to our jail of
either of the two men above re
ferred to or for tie woman.
In neither of these cases, so tar
as I have been able to learn, has
any reward been offered for their
capture, and very little physical
efforts on the part of our county
officials.
I shall watch with interest the
efforts of our officers to capture
these last escapes, and in this con
nection wish to say I think the
time has arrived for a full, vigor
ous and searching investigation of
the cause of ttiese frequent escapes.
If our county jail which, cost our
county in the neighborhood of
$15,000.00 is not a safe place to
confine criminals it is high time
we were finding it out; and with
this very desirable end in view
would suggesT t hat the Ordinary
employ a jail expert to examine
the jail and report to the next
Grand Jury what in his opinion is
the fault if any with our county
jail, from which it seems prisoners
have been able to escape almost at
their will. Respectfully,
C. W. Driggers.
Big Hill News
i We hear that Mrs. Pleas Duke
l is quite sick. We wish for her an
early recovery.
Mr and Mrs O’Berry spent
Sunday with W.D. DeLoah’s fam
ily, and reported a good time.
Nathan Neville, and wife spent
a while with their parents, W. D.
DeLoach and wife Sunday even
ing last.
Wonder why Tom Sanders
looked so sad the other dav?Cheer
up Tom, there are others waiting,
so be quick and get ahead of the j
j other fellow.
We hear of lots of sickness and j
deaths, but we should be prepared
i for all such. It’s the worst and
most troublesome times have not
come upon the people yet. Be
ready, dear friends, for the great
and terrible day just ahead.
W. D. DeLoach is quite sickly j
these days, but we hope and trust ,
in God that he will soon regain j
his good health, as sickness is aw
ful,and it pains us to see our good
friend suffering so much. Let us (
hope and pray for his early recov- ;
erv, kind friends .
Well, there was another couple |
joined in holy wedlock recently.
The happy parties were Mr. Alfred
Merritt and Bessie Merritt. They
were married at the homg of her
uncle, Charlie Rogers, on Thurs
day night, 27th. Rev. G. R.
Sanders officiating. We wish for
them a long life of joy, peace and
happiness.
Soap Sticks.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Hon. Frank H.Saffold.of Swains
boro, was in the city Thursday on
a short business trip.
Mrs. Schuler, of Savannah, is
here to spend a week or so with her
daughter, Mrs. F. F. Goddard.
C. A Garbutt, the Toombs
countv Buick agent, went up to
Swainsboro Wednesday on a busi
ness trip.
Mrs. Mark Rogers and two of
the children are down with the
measles and we hope they will
soon be alright again.
P. H. McNatt and Dr. Odom,
two tiustling citizens from the
Crossing were in the city Thurs
day on a business trip.
B. F. Brown returned from At
lanta last Saturday morning but
Mrs. Brown remained with her
mother who was very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Meeks are
entertaining for a week or so the
aged parents of Mr. Meeks. They
came down the first of the week.
Mark N. Rogers has a couple of
nice umbrellas that he picked up
at the church during the meeting
and he wants the owmers to call
and get them.
The entire family of Mr. Z. P.
Williams is suffering with the
measles. Mrs. Williams is quite
sick but the children are not seri
ous. and we hope for then an early
recovery.
Mr. Allie Garbutt,with his good
wife and baby,went up to Swains
boro the firßt of the week to spend
a day with friends and relatives.
They went up in their fine Buick
car and they report a pleasant
trip.
Rev. J. W. Kytle was called to
the bedside of a sister that was
reported to be dying a few days
ago. We have not heard since he
left how the lady was, hut we
hope that she was better when he
arrived there.
F. M. and W. P C. Smith are
now farming on a large scale. They
have the DeWitt place and they
are running a large farm. This is
one of the best places in the coun
ty and Messrs. F. M., and W.P C.
Smith say they are going to make
great improvements on it.
Mr. W. J. Donnell, of New
York, is here this week with his
wife. The will leave in a week or
so for the west where they will sed
the sights . Mrs. Donnell was Mrs.
Clyde Howard, daughter of Mr. J.
R. Collins, and she has b*en here
several weeks for her health.
W. L. Kemp, the first Vice Pres
ident of the Southern Mortgage
Company, of Atlanta, was in the
city this week inspecting loan
propositions for the Lyons Loan &
Abstract (Jo. The Lyons concern
is doing some business and they
inspected some twelve thousand
dollar’s worth of property this
week with Mr. Kemp.
Jesse Brooker, salesman at Wil
son's Parlor Grocery, went to Jes
up on a business trip this week.
Jesse wrote a letter back that he
had found a bride at Jesup, but
when he returned Thursday morn
ing the bride was missing. The
boys are now after Jesse to know
i where he left his good lady and
jhe is telling them that it was a
I joke.
The handsome brick livery sta-
I bles belong to J. B. Jone 9 Jr., at
Uvalda, were burned to the ground
| last Tuesday morning and they are
a total loss without any insurance.
The store and stock of j. B. Martin
was also burned and two or three
other smaller buildings, the total
loss footing up nearly SIO,OOO.
Martin had SO,OOO insurance. The
loss on Mr. Jones falls heavily, as
it is ihe second fire he has had in
the last few months, his ginnery
having burned at Cedar Crossing
I last year.