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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 18.
LOCAL ITEMS
Tuesday is regular sales day
with the Sheriff but. his list this
time will be very short.
Hokey Pokey ice cream at Aaron
Drug Store and it is fine. Dr,
Norris says that he is going to
have the best cream he can get all
season.
The regular monthly term of
the Court of Ordinary will convene
next Monday and judge Mason
has quite a lot ct business to dis
posed of.
Geo. Mcßride has had a neat
shed built over the side walk in
front of the store house now oc
cupied by Frank Brown. It is an
improvement, too.
Ladies, have you looked at those
new stylish slippers at Lilliott’s?
They are beauties and they are
made by the Peters Shoe Co. They
are made to wear, too, as well as
look nice.
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.
W. C. Oliver went to Rincon
Wednesday morning to look over
his turpentine place. Spirits have
gone down very low and a turpen
tine man will have to hustle to
make any money this summer.
Lost—Somewhere between the
Empire Store in Lyons and my
home on the Marvin road a cush
ion for a surry. Finder will be re
warded for the return of same to
H. H.Mann, Route 1, Uvalda, Ga.
Mr. F. M. Smith is tearing
down and renovating a part of his
handsome home. He is spending
several thousand dollars on it and
When the work is done he will have
one of the prettiest and most up to
date homes in the city.
Clerk Collins, of the Council,
has closed the city tax books and
he is now issuing fi fas against
those who failed to pay up. If you
are one of the delinquents and
if you will hurry you may save
this extra cost, but one thing cer
tain, you will have to hurry.
J. A. Collins has sold his farm
east of the city to W. C, Oliver
and he purchased from Mr. Oliver
the neat little cottage that has
been occupied by Dr. Powers. Mr.
Collins says that he is going
build two or three cottages for
rent as soon as he can get material’
The building club is going right
along and we understand now that
arrangements have been made to
lend a party that wants to build
SSOO on each home to cost $750.
This will make it easy for a poor
man to build as well as those who
have money. We are anxious to
see a start made.
The annual Seaboard excursion
from Georgia and Alabama points
to Savannah and Tybee will be
operated on June 15th, tickets be
ing good returning six days in ad
dition to date of sale. Rate from
Lyons will be $2,00, For full in
formation see the nearest Seaboard
agent or write li. H. Stansell, A. i
G. P. A.. Savannah, Ga.
Millard Findley went to Jack
sonville the other day to attend
the bedside of his brother, who is i
very ill. Late reports say that
Erastus, the sick bey, is not im
proving at all and that he is in a
critical condition. We hope,
however, that the report is exag
gerated and that the young man
will soon be well again.
Saturday is to be a gala day in
Lyons. We are to celebrate the
birthday of President Jefferson
Davis with a nice program at the
Opera House under Jihe auspices
of the U. D. C., and the old sold-
Bers are to have a line dinner
*pread in the store room recently
vacated by M. N. Rogers. It will
certainly be a pleasant occasion.
A trip to Jacksonville, Fla., via Auto- J
mobile Official-Route.
Last Tuesday morning. May 10.
our party, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Smith, Mrs Frances
Loving and Mr. Dan Odom, left
Lyons, via automobile to attend
the Southern Baptist Convention,
at .Jacksonville, Fla. The Cadillac
had been thoroughly overlooked
and adjusted, the car given her
bath und her brasses polished, con
sequently she was in fine trim for
t he journey. The day waß an ideal
one for traveling and we were all
in fine spirits. At 8:28 a. m. Mr .
Smith telephoned from Cedar
Crossing to a triend in Lyons, ask
ing her to mail a letter that had
been forgotten, thus having made
the trip from Lyons to Cedar Cros
singin 82 minutes. At 8:45 after
an invigorating jolting through
the Altamaha Swamp, we found
ourselves at Bell’s Ferry, and the
accommodating Mr. Denmark was
putting us across the Altamaha
out of Toombs into Appling coun
ty. The roads in Applin county
were fairly good if you except the
sand in dry weather.
We had the pleasure of riding
over three miles of fine clay road
just before entering Baxley, at
10:22 a. m. We found it to be a
nice clean town with good stores
and many beautiful homes. We
stopped there and took on a fresh
supply of gasolene, and then pro
ceeded on our way, running over a
fiock of chickens and injuring two
of them before getting outside the
city limits. But \ have neglected to
tell you that before reaching Bax
ley the car knocked a goat down
and ran over him. I have been told
that thi9 is a feat no other machine
has beenknown to accomplish. Mr.
Odom said that after the car had
passed over Billy he got up and
scampered away. We were travel
ing at such a rapid rate that I
could not vouch for the accuracy
of this statement as I could not see
his majesty after the car struck
From Baxley to Alma we encount
ered some water, which in a wet
season would not be passable with
an automobile without the assist
ance of animals. Tho limited num
ber of bouses was apparent as was
also the small number of people
travelling on the highways. The
crops by the roadsides were very
good and did not seem to be suf
fering for rain. At 12:80 we stop
ped for luuch, which we spread
under a large live oak near the
beautiful country home of Mr.
Leonard Taylor, and sat down on
the ground to enjoy a picnic spread
which included lemons and ice.
At this point we were hurried
on account of an approaching
shower, which was not unwelcom
ed as it brought a cooler atmos
phere and settled thedust. Just 4
miles this side of Alma we ran up
on a fine clay road over which we
had a delightful ride into the lit
tle town of Alma. When we came
in sight of the churches we remem
bered that Bro. Kytle had once
been pastor for the Baptist con
gregation. The farther South we
speeded, we were impressed with
the beautiful scenery and especial
ly did the large water oaks fes
tooned with.gray moss, the mag
nolias and bays in full bloom, fill
ing the air with fragrance, appeal
!tO US.
We saw swamp after swamp
thick with palms, ferns and vines
that would have been the delight
of any florist in the land, and we
| found ourselves coveting their
I growth in their wild profusion and
1 luxuriant beauty in our yards.
We arrived in Waycross at 2:20
and while Mr. Smith renewed his
gasolene tank, Mr. Odom, Mrs.
Loving and I, visited Mis 9 Par
nell’s millinery store by request
of Mrs. Odom, whose friend she
was It was from Miss Parnell we
learned that Miss Cornelia Wells,
who was Mr. Frank Brown’s mil
liner in Lyons last season, was de
lighting the ladies of Waycross
with her artistic creations in hats
as she did her Lyons customers.
Waycross is a fine thriving np-
Coctinued oa Second Page.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
I.YONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1911,
Additional Locals.
Miss Ltirene Pughslev has re
turned home after having taught a
successful term asprimcipal of the
Montrose High school.
Mrs. H. P. Murphy and the
children have returned home after
spending a few days with friends
and relatives at Americus.
Charming Miss Lena Coleman,
of Plant City, Fla., is spending a
few weeks with her cousin, Miss
Mamye Page, outat Hillsborough.
Dr B«>mar is expecting the ma
terial every day with which to
make toe cement blocks for his
large automobile garage. He is
going to erect a building that w'll
be a honor to Lyons.
Twenty-five horse power Frick
Eclipse Engine and 30 horse power
boiler on wheels, good as new at a
bargain. See J. j. Boyett, Cob’>
town, or write Thos. Camp, 243
Central Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Lyons is to have a enter
prise in the shape of a furniture
repair shop. A Mr. Byrd, from up
in Emanuel, is opening up in the
old restaurant side of Phillips &
Findley market building and we
are of the opimion that he will do
well.
Col. DaCosta Patillo, a brilliant
young Toombs county attorney,
located at Vidalia, has his profes
sional card in this issue of the Pro
gress. He is considered one of the
brightest young attorneys in the
county and his practice is growing
rappidly.
Lyons must have a large board
ing house. Every place in the city
that takes boarders is about filled
and the Hotel cannot profitably
go into the boarding house lousi
ness- A ten or fifteen room house
properly run as a boarding house
would be a money making propo
sition .
The meeting of the legislature is
only a little over a month off now
and if we expect to have any
special legislation from Toombs
notice should he given. We have
both the Senator and Representa
tive and if we need any special
legislation now is the time for us
to make a move to get it,.
Blackberries are plentiful and
if they are to last long enough it
may be that we can see our way
clear to get over the summer. We
have depended some on the creeks
to supply us with fish but they
have been dynamited and limed
until there is nothing left. Verily
we cant help but say the way of a
poor man is hard.
P. H. Odom, City Attorney at
Tacksonville, Fla., and a promi
nent attorney of that city, came
up the other day on the sad mis
sion of seeing his father buried.
His brother, Col. A. H. Odom,
who is a prominent member of
the Palatka, Fla , bar, was here
also. These boys were born and
reared in the territory that now
makes Toombs county and they
are certainly an honor to their
native country.
A good hotel is a splendid ad
vertisement for any city and we
are beginning to believe that Ly
ons has a good one. The high
standard of the house cannot be
kept up, however, unless the peo
ple back up the management. The
business men especially can back
up a hotel by refusing to buy
goods from traveling men who
come in on a train and go out on
a machine and vice versa, not re
cognizing this enterprise in our
city at all We should use recipro
city—“do for us and we will do for
you” —and the traveling men
would 90011 consider that we had a
hotel. Citizens, let’s hack up our
home enterprises and we will see
that it means something for the
city. When drummers come to see
you, ask him if he is stopping at
the hotel, and if he says no, say to
him that you think he is in too
great a hurry to get out of the city.
James H Odom Dies Suddenlv.
Last Friday evening the sad
news came to Lyons that Jus H.
Odom, one of the wealthiest men
in the county and also one of the
largest planters, had dropped dead
while walking over his farm a few
hundred yards from his pleasant
home To tho writer the news was
doubly shocking as we had talked
to the gentleman only the day be
fore and in the conversation he
said that he felt fine. It semns
that he was in the habit of taking
strolls over im fine home place,
personally looking after his farm
work, and on this particular af
ternoon he started out in fine
spirits. He bad gone to where
one of the farm laborers was work
ing and started toward another
when he was seen to reel and fall.
He never spoke and life wa9 ex
tinct in less time than it takes to
tell about it.
Mr. Odom was one of the coun
ty’s best men, prominent in all
public matters and taking a great
interest in all that was for the
good of his friends and people. Hp
was about seventy years old, but
was hale and hearty apparently,
strong of constitution and a gen
iel gentleman. He was born only
a short distance from where his
life was ended. He was a Metho
dist bv faith and was a consistent
Christian, also a Mason, being a
member of the Vidalia lodge. His ■
life was like an open book and it
was hone rable throughout. He
raised a family of five children,
three girls and two bovs, all of
whom,together with his good wife,
who was a Miss McNatt and a sis
ter of W. A McNatt of our city,
now survive him. The sons are
Col. A. H. Odem, who is now a
prominent member of the bar at
Palatka, Fla., and Col. P. H.
Odom, who is now city attorney of
the city of Jacksonville, Fla. Both
the boys are high up in the pro
fessson they are following, and
they are sons of Toombs county
that we can feel proud of. The
girls are Mrs. T. J. Coursey, Mrs.
J .L.Gibson and Mrs. Gordon
Dickerson, all of whom now re
side in Toombs county.
The remains of this good man
were laid to rest at the Odom
burying ground with Masonic hon
ors last Sunday morning and a
thousand or more of his sorrowing
relatives and friends were there to
pay the last sad tribute. It was a
sad assemblage, too, and when
Rev. N. T. Pafford went through
with the ceremony according to
the Masonic rite and the body was
consigned to the vault that had
been made ready to receive it, the
great assemblage turned home
ward, the general impression be
ing that they had left behind one
of the best of men. A noble citi
zen had lived his three score and
ten and he had been called to the
Higher Berth to dwell with those
who had gone before. The blow j
was a sad one for the State as well i
as the county, but we will all have 1
to go and we only hope that we can i
live a life as honorable as that of !
this lamented citizen.
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Organization was clearly shown I
on our streets Monday afternoon j
and Lyons was not in the organiza- \
tion. The good roads scout car;
from Dublin came, having been j
met at Reidsville by Mayor Smith;
in his Cadillac, and they were pi
loted to Lyons. Hero they were
met by a committee from the Vi
dalia Board of Trade, which or
ganization had arranged a ban
quet, and the stay here was short.
Now, boys, this is straight talk,
we must organize or we can’t keep
up. They all like Lyons when
they come here and the fountain ,
head of the good roads movement j
is in the city, but strangers don’t j
know and they have to be shown.
Lets organize.
Notice —The Tattnall Bank.
Reidsville, Ga., will be closed on
Saturday, June 3rd, 1011, same
being the Birthday of Jefferson
i Davis and a Legal Holiday. B. 11.
Groover, Cashier.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
It ha 3 been Chief Collins for
day or two. Andrew makes a good
peace officer anyway.
Miss Lottie Hagan went to Vi
dal ia last Saturday to visit her
many young friends in that city.
We hear it rumored that Mr.
D. M. Dun woody will move his
headquarters. He has been in Ly
ons for many years and we are
sorry to 9ee him leave our city.
The colored base ball team of
Lyons seems to be playing ball
so me. They have played six or
seven games this year and won
pverv time. Two games were won
from the Lumber City team last
week.
Mrs. Dr. Geo. T. Gray left
Wednesday to take in the excur
sion over the Southern railroad to
Florida points. Mrs. Gray will
stop at Orlando to visit the fami
ly of her brother, Mr. D. W. Cur
rie, and she will probably go on to
Tampa to spend a few' days.
C. W. Driggers brought in Wed
nesday afternoon, too late for this
issue, a letter in defense of him
self. We can hardly say it is per
sonal and we have decided to give
it a place in cur next issue as it
will end the unpleasant contro
versy that has been going on for
1 several weeks.
Every man in the city
should help in adding more
room to the school building no
matter whether he is a patron or
not. We are glad to say that
the people are subscribing liber
ally but SO,OOO is a large sum to
raise. We can raise it though, if
we will go at it in the right way.
The Seaboard’s annual Tybee
excursion will be run this year on
June 15th, and the fare from Ly
ons to Savannah or Tybee will be
$2 for the round trip, tickets good
for six days. These excursions
are always popular and the Sea
board makes a special effort to
make their patrons comfortable.
A large party of Vidalnt’s good
pitizens headed by Hon. S. B.
Meadows, Col DaCosta Patillo,
Frank Darby, Cashier Rountree,
W. T. Jenkins and several others
came tc Lyons Monday afternoon
to escort the Dublin scout cars to
that city, where a banquet had
been arranged. The Vidal ia citi
zens and the Lyons people are to
gether on the good roads proposi-’
tiou.
Savannah is to have the great
automobile races again this year,
the Grand Prize race on Thanks
giving day and the Vanderbilt
cup Race the day before. These
are the two greatest road races to
be run this year* and many cars
from foreign countries will be
here to participate. Savannah
has grit to bid for such great rac
es but they can pull them off suc
cessfully.
At the residence of Rev James
Quinn in Toombs county, on Sun
i day, May 21st, Rev. C. C. Lowe,
| of Altamaha charge, tied the nup
tual knot that joined together Mr.
j Willie King, of High Bridge, Ky.,
\ and Mis 9 D . Rose, of this county.
■ Well may this Blue Grass youth
' rejoice at being so lucky to win
such an amiable and loving girl
for a life companion. Many con
gratulations to the happy pair.
Ws insist on home people pat
i romzing home merchants, believ
ing it to be the best plan to build
up the the city’s business, but we
have it from a round about source
j that the Progress is not getting a
j fair deal in the job printing
i line. Remember, citizens, we
pay tax, help support the public
institutions and we have estab
lished here a plant for doing all
classes of printing. We have ar
ranged to do the work promptly,
too, and we think we should be
given the first chauce at any local
work. We have our eyes open and
hereafter wc are going to “do
' for others as thev do for us.”
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