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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. - 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.” >