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The Lyons Progress
L. \V. MOORE. Manager.
Published Every Friday at SI.OO Per Year.
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Entered at the Postoffice 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 Bp. in. Except third
Sunday. Sunday school every Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday nights. Rev. N. T. I’af
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. YV. A.’s meet ev
ery Monday evening at 7 o’clock. W
M. Society, first Monday after third
Sunday in each month, 3 p. in. Sunday
School every Sunday afternoon. J. W.
Kytle, Pastor.
New Cotton Pest.
Washington, May 3. —An insect
believed to be the boll weevil or an
equally destructive pest has ap
peared in Tattnall county and is
destroying the cotton crops in the
vicinity of Claxton, Ga.
Professor L. 0. Howard of the
federal bureau of entomology in
Washington has been furnished
with several bottles containing
specimens of the insect. He hopes
to classify the bug shortly, and
* immediately the federal depart
ment of agriculture will co-oper
ate with the Georgia state ugri
cultral authorities in trying to ex
terminate the pest.
Representative Charles G. Ed
wards of the first district to day
conferred with Entomologist
Howard with reference to the in
sects and urged upon him the ne
cessity of speedy action if the cot
ton crop of Georgia is to be saved.
Professor Howard agreed to co
operate with State Entomologist
Lee Worsham of Georg’a aud it is
not unlikely that experts from the
uepartment of agriculture will
proceed immediately to Tattnall
county, to enlist in the fight
against the bug. J. M. Scon
yers of Tattnall county, who sup
plied the federal entomologist
with specimens cf the bug, states
in his letter —
“The farmers say that at the
rate these insects have worked in
this immediate vicinity it will not
take them a great while to destroy
the entire cotton crop in this sec
tion of Georgia. Several healthy
fields of cotton have already been
destroyed by the bugs and manv
of the farmers have abandoned
them. The insects bore into the
middle of the cotton stalks, which
soon die and break oil.”
It is regarded as unfortunate
that the classification of the in
sect is unknown. It is sincerely
hoped that it is not the boll wee
vil, but from the information at
hand the experts feel that it muv
prove to be a new pest equally uh
destructive as the Mexican insect.
—Savannah Press.
Ohoopee News
G. W. Meadows went to Savan
nah Sunday evening.
Rev Sumner and G. B. John
son were in Lyons Monday.
Mackie Odom, of near Lyons,
was in Ohoopee Sunday evening.
Rev Sumner and family visited
relatives down at Met ter recently
C. S. Meadows, of Vidalia, came
down to Ohoopee Monday on a
fishing trip.
Northern Taplev and sisters at
tended Sunday school here Sun
day afternoon
Mrs. G B. Johnson visited rela
tives down on Cobb’s Creek the
first of last week.
Willie Stephens and family
spent last Sunday with Luther
Stephens and wife.
Master Sidney Johnson is spend
ing a few days with his brother.
J I*. Johnson, at Alamo.
John Rollison, who lias been in
Orlando, Fla'., for ab mt. tw > years,
is at home visiting relatives.
Misses Julia Stephens, Charlotte
and Lois Johnson spent Saturday
night \\ ith the Misses Taplev and
attended preaching at Mt. Moriah
Sunday.
Haw Thorn.
Racket From Rackley.
R. J, Wrenn and wife visited at
tlte hone of T. C . Collins Sunday
last
M. T. Collins and J. J. Wrenn
were rnisinees visitors to Oak Park
Saturday.
J. J. Wrenn and daughter were
in Lyons Tuesday of last week
shopping.
Uncle Elbert Findley was in
Oak Park a short while Friday
| afternoon.
J. H. Collins and wife were in
Lyons attending to business Sat
urday last.
Schley McCullough,of Oak Park,
visited relatives in this section
Sunday last.
M. T. Collins and wife visited at
the home ot C. F. McCullough
Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. I). M Mosley and
children visited at the home of J.
M. Wrenn Sunday last.
Willie Mills and sisters, Ruth
and Daisy, visited at the home of
J. J. Wrenn Sunday last.
J. 11. Mosley is “daddy” again.
It is another girl and she and her
mother are both doing well.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wrenn spent
Sunday very pleasantly with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E
McCullough.
Mrs. Dewitt Mosley and Mrs.
M. J. Wrenn spent a short time
Sunday afternoon at the
home of L. A. Mosley.
Mrs. R. L. ’.Vrenn and Miss
Mary Wrenn visited the former’s
parents, Mr, and Mrs. R. B. Find
lev, Saturday of last week.
Quite a large crowd attended
prayer-meeting at the home of A
B. Poole Sunday evening and all
seemed to enjoy the meeting.
T. C. Collins is quite sick again
we learn. Tom has been having a
pretty tough time with chills and
fever. We hope he will soon be
better.
Our young friend Jerry McCul
lough has been quite sick for sev
eral days with measles but we are
glad to say he is about to be al
right again.
Pine Apple.
Rock Spring News.
C. L. ‘Mcßride made a business
trip to Lyons Saturday last.
Mrs. C- L. Mcßride spent Satur
day at the home of Miss Lollie E.
Sharpe.
Eune Cowart spent Saturday
night at the heme ol Ins aunt,
Miss Lollie Sharpe.
Mrs Aurelia White and two of
her grand children v’sited the
home of J- C. Clarke last week.
The musical entertainment at-
John O’Neal’s Saturday night
was enjoyed by all who attended
We sorry to note that J. C.
Clarke has been on the sick list,
but we are glad to say he is able to
he up.
Mrs. Annie Mcßride and her
charming sisiter Miss Belle, visit
ed the home of J. C. Clarke Thurs
day afternoon.
Miss Mattie Love and Mitch
Copeland slipped away Tuesday
night- and drove to the home of W.
H. Jackson and were happily mar
ried. We wish them a life of hap
piness and prosperity.
P.>’s Goon Bov.
Cross Road Dots.
Edgar Bovd visited D. A. Tay
lor last Sunday.
Mrs. Bloomer Griffin is visiting
her parents this week.
We are glad to report Mrs. C.
M. Grant on the mend.
S. M Reese called to see Miss
Gussie Tavlor last Sunday.
Frank McSwain and wife at
tended the Sunday school last
Sunday.
Sherwood Boyd and Arthur
Beasley attended Sunday sctiool
last Sunday.
Phaniel Haskins aud Flovd
Moore visited the home of W. I).
Grant Sunday.
Wonder what little fellow was
going with a girl last Sunday and
got mad because another fellow
took her away from him. Look
out S. M., he will whip you about
it.
The Sunday school at Center
Sunday was enjoyed by a large
crowd Those who attended from
here were Misses Gussie Taylor,
Sarah Reeße, Della McSwain and
Pearl Grant.
Two Little Pets.
the LYONS PROGRESS, MAY 12, I'Jll.
High Point Growing.
High Point and surroundings
are Coming to the front with a
mighty rush. Yes, the increase of
our district is multiplying very
rapidly. Yes, and not the least,
tile number ot new born babies
this year is a sight for this time
and generation, and those babies
are fine, portly, blue-eyed, black
eyed beauties. Well this is a
healthy part of 'loombs county
You see, the free use of that min
eral water known as the Lang
Springs is imbibed so freely that
its health giving powers build up
the human family, and makes
tnem strong and invigorating
Mineral water has its part of
causing land to rise by leaps and
bounds. We have only a few
places for sale at less than SSO an
acre, I mean, of course, well un
proved places. Yes, this is the
place to make farming pay, as it
wont be long before every farmer
will have raised his own labor,
then we can say as the poet,
“Shew fly, don’t bother me; we
fanners belong to the agriculture
team, and feed our fami'ies on
pork and beans, grown on our
farms with our own home raised
labor.”
Oh, my, don’t we crave to see
such an outflow of healthy.happy,
contented farmers and a free use
of that mineral water. Os course
our water is more or less mineral.
But- let the Old Sage digress for a
moment. I met at one time an
old friend, who has passed to the
great beyond, being near or past
the 90th mile post, say, he ra;s
ed a house full of boys and girls
as healthy and robust as well as
could be;andcolic, sick-headache,
hook worm or any of the “high
ferluten” nanes the doctors have
nowadays was all bosh. He lived
not far from this all healing water
and used it when anything got
wrong in the family. Says he,
“the All Wise giver of all good
left his people the healing waters
for cur good health and we should
use it. He even said all the water
for miles around had healing pro
perties, and I fully believe it. So
come one, come all, and locate in
the 1403 district, the banner dist
rict of Toombs county. Rub it
out if you can. Yes, the future
possibilities of this district are
great, beyond comprehension
Lord only knows how fust it will
develop. Yes, we want hustlers,
such as the Durdens, Keels, Sut
tons, Newtons, Stanleys l , Peaveys,
and others. And by Joe, I see
our Charlie is holding his own.lie
used to send the Old Sage a lot of
literature, but some how he has
forgotten me. Well I guess I
best ring off for the present.
J. C. Banks.
Whiskey and Life Insurance.
The life insurance companies
have been keeping careful records
of thousands and thousands of
men beginning years and years be
fore you were born, to find out
just how drinking affects a man’6
health and length of life. It’s
their business, you know. Well,
they started out before they began
these records with the idea that a
man was actually helped by drink
ing some whiskey, and in Eng
land 40 years ago they tried to
Robert Warren pay a higher prem
ium because he was a teetota'er.
So Warren started a society which
has kept track of thousands ard
thousands of English insurance
cases for over 40 years, the result
proving that the death rate is over
a third higher for moderate drink
ers than for total abstainers.
In other words, in any given
year, four men die among the
drinkers for every three who die
among an equal number of ab
stainers. Os every 100 drinkers
the life insurance companies ex
pect to die in a year, 94 of the 100
die, but of every JOO expected
deaths among abstainers only 71
die
Again, it has been proved that
of every 100 persons thirty years
old who drink, only 44 of the 100
will ,‘ivH to be seventy; but if you
take 100 80-year-old persons who
don’t drink, 55 of them wi 1 1 live
to Le 70. bn’t it worth something
to vou [even if drinking paid in
other wavs, as it doesn’i] to have
a 25 per cent better chance to live
out your “three scorn years and
teir,” as you do by not drinking
Progressive Farmer.
Host—Have a cigarette old
man? Guest —No, thanks-—lv’e
chucked smoking—too effeminate,
don’t yon know. —Punch.
| THE LYONS |
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(m Headquarters for Real Bargains. Just received, a full line £
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Dry Goods and Ladies’ Muslin Underwear. #
| Crawford and Beacon Shoes, |
The Very Best on the Market.
We have a line that will attract unusual attention, and S
all we ask is that the buyers call and see for themselves. 5
The goods are up-to-date, and the prices will suit all. S
Remember the place, &
Lyons Bargain Store, |
S. LEVIN, Manager.
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S. I. Hussey,
LYONS, QA. i;
VIDALIA ICE AND COAL CO.
Manufacturers of Ice and dealers in Coal, Wood, Brick and Lime.
LYONS BRANCH.
Price List of Ice Tickets for 1911.
100 ft> Coupon Ice Books $ 60
T)00 !h “ “ 2’85 Less than 100 tbs. at time
1.000 tb “ ** 475 In 100 It) lots and over
1,000 lb “ “ 560 Legs than 100 lbs. at time
2,000 lb “ “ 940 In 100 lb lots and over
5.000 fb “ “ 22 50 In 100 lb lots and over
10,- 00 tb “ “ 42 50 In 100 lb lots and over
We wish to impress on all our customers the importance of using the Coupon Books.
Ice will cost 10 cts. per 100 lbs. more if you do not use the books.
Wagons will start on their rounds at 5 a. m.. and will make another round in the afternooH.
On Sundays wagons will deliver ice from 5 a. m. until 9 a. m., and remain at ice house from
9 a. m. to 10 a. m.
Always have Coupon Book on hand when wagons call to deliver ice, and in case there is no
one there to pull coupons please leave book at or near refrigerator so driver can get coupons.
Prices effective April Ist. 1911. TELEPHONE 91
VIDALIA ICE AND COAL COMPANY.
TO THE TRADE?
I
Call and let me show you what I have in
, the way of dry goods, hats and shoes, high
or low cut, gents or ladies. Groceries, drugs
etc. Walker’s Dead Shot, best known rem
edy for hogse colic. Come, I may surprise
you. I live out in the sticks in my own hut,
drive my own auto-be-mule, fed on home
raised gasolene, drink my own branch water,
burn my own knots, smoke my own cern cob
pipe. True I have to haul my goods, but
my haul bill only about equals town living. -
Yours for business,
J. M. FINDLEY,
(Old Rackley.) Lyons, Route No. 2.