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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 19.
/# LOCAL ITEMS
' J. R. Odom, of Vidalia, was in
the city the first of the week vis
aing his son, A. S. Odom.
Cashier China, of the Toombs
County Bank, went to Savannah
last Saturday to spend the dav.
J. P. Brown went, to Savannah
last Friday on a business trip, re
turning on the evening train.
John Coleman, who is in Reids
ville with M. N. Rogers, was here
Sunday visiting his many friends.
Mi9s Leascy Cowart is at home
again after having finished a
course in a business school at
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jones and
the children went to Pembroke
last Friday to spend a few days at
the home of Mrs. Jones’s mother,
who wa9 up here all last week on a
visit.
Thanks to our friend Martin
Nobles from out on Route 8 for
two of as fine cabbage as we have
seen this season. They weighed
about eight pounds each and they
were solid.
Our repair department is up to
date. Every thing in Jewelry re
paired High grade watches a spe
ciality. Come to 6ee us, will treat
you right.—W. E. Walker, Jr.,
Vidalia. Ga.
James Pughsley, C. A. Garbutt
and the editor went down on the
Ogeechee last Friday and spent the
day and night fishing. *Ve did
not have any great luck but we
enjoyed the trip.
G. A. Garbutt went to Wadley
the other day on a short business
trip, returning home Saturday
Mr, Garbutt is buying
Vti 11 location at Riceboro, S. C.,
and he will take charge this week.
Harry and Wimberly Brown,
Mack Wimberly, and Cleve Wilks
went down on the Ogeechee last
Monday to fish for a few days.
We know they had a fine time,
and they say they got plenty of
fish .
H. V.iLynn went up to Mcßae
Sunday to see his nephew, Sidney
Adams, who is very sick with fe
ver and appendicitis. Sidney was
taken the first of last week and at
this writing we are glad to say
that he is reported better.
Cashier Sweat with his wife and
little girl, went to Waycross last
Friday to attend the closing exer
cises of the Waycross High School.
Mr. Sweat had a brother m the
graduating class and the young
man made a splendid record in the
school.
It seems that religious matters
have crept into our school affairs
and it is hurting. Say, friends,
when you send a child to school
you don’t send him or her tc
Church. Lets dont let such mat
ters have anything to do with the
school.
Prof. Auld, teacher of the Long
Branch school, killed the “boss”
rattle snake one day last week. His
snakeship measured 5 feet and 6
inches long and it was inches
around and had 15 rattles - It was
killed on the ground where the
children were playing.
Miss Jadie Mae Martin is at
home again after having spent a
week or so with relatives. Miss
Jadie Mae has won an enviable
reputation as an elocutionist and
she has several offers to teach.
She has certainly studied hard and
she deserves the honors.
J. F. Schuler, who was here a
few years ago in the restaurant
business, but left and since that
time, has been in Louisiana and
Mi \ssippi in the same line of
returned and he will
ass* F. F. Goddard in the
New Lyons. Mr. Schuler has had
lots of experience in the hotel
business and he will be a great
help to Mr. Goddard.
Georgia.in Line.
The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce and the Railroads of Geor
gia are to be congratulated on
securing space for a Georgia ex
hibit at the United States Land
and Irrigration Exposition to be
held in Chicago this year
Georgia does not want Immi
grants, but Georgia does want
Colonists.
Following the last Land Show
in Chicago, one Railroad Com
pany, according to figures filed
with the Trans-continental Asso
ciation, carried 55,000 people into
Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia.
According to Government esti
mates every family increases the
wealth of a state $3,000.
These states therefore increased
their wealth 165 million dollars.
There is not any land in the Unit-
States more productive than the
land of Georgia; there is no state
in the Union where there are more
advantages and opportunities for
the middle west farmer.
If in some way 55,000 middle
west farmers could be induced to
settle in Georgia, the boll weevil
would have no terrors for the state
for with the advent of the farmers
understanding the growing of corn
cereals, etc. .the wealth of of Geor
gia would not be measured by any
one crop but would be devided
among several.
Diversified crops in Georgia
mean the development of cattle
industries, which with the elimi
nation of the trick would mean
great wealth for this state.
Every citizen of this country
should take an interest in this
movement. The Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce should be given
every assistance, the commercial
organizations in our county should
pledge themselves for their por
tion of the subscription. Pamph
lets describing this county should
be prepared and the county should
start at once to take necessary ac
tion to induce farmers to settle
here.
G, P. Folks, L. V. Williams,
B. B. Woodward and Robert Finn,
all of Waycross, came in Tues
day morning in a 16 Buick and
their mission was to mark out the
highway between Charlotte, N. C ,
and Florida points via Lyons, Bax
ley and Waycross. They left Way
cross at 6 o’clock a. m., ran
through a storm between Alma
and Baxley where lots of trees had
been blown down, causing a delay
of over a half hour, crossed tne
Altamaha at Bell’N ferry, taking
up about twenty minutes more
time and they arrived in Lyons at
11:45. Mr. Williams stated that
they found the roads all fairly
good with the exception as a few
places, about five miles in all, and
he said these places could be re
paired at a small cost. The party
took dinner at the New Lyons and
left at 1:80 for Milieu. Mayor
Smith joined the party here and
will go with them a part of the
way. It seems certain now that
the Lyons route will be adopted
and if it iB, the country will be
greatly benefitted.
The move to change the county
line on the north cf Toombs coun
ty has taken shape and this time
the people are not going to sleep
on their rights. Over a hundred
people in the lower end of Eman
uel have signed a petition to have
their property added to Toombs !
county and the reason they give
is that they will be near the coun- I
ty capital as well as have other ad
vantages. The proposed change
will follow the line first planned
when Toombs countv was formed.
It is move for the people iu
the territory affected and we be
lieve it will be successful this time.
Miss Rosa Powers went down to
Cedar Crossing the first of the
week and she attended the wed
ding of our friend Seah Hall while
there. Miss Rosa played the wed
ding march and as she is a fine
preformer we are sure it was well
rendered.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEOUGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Five or six doses of “666” will
cure any case of chills and fever.
. Price 25 cents.
Manager Meeks, of the Union
' Supply Company, was a business
visitor to Vidalia Wednesday.
Our good old friend W. S. Lil
liott, from down on the Altamaha,
was in the city last Saturday. He
is buying timber now and it keeps
him moving over the country.
Misses Lurline Thomas, who has
been attending College at Rich
mond, and Helen and Saliia Kate
DeWitt, who have been attending
the Blackstone Female Institute,
at Blackstone,came home for their
vacation last Saturday night and
we were glad to see them looking
so well.
Leroy Oliver and Mr. Boatright,
his woodsman, were in the city
Sunday to spend a few hours.
They are kept very busy at Rin
con now and the low price of the
naval stores product is making
them do some hußtling. The boys
knew how, though, and they are
doing well.
The old inhabitants say that
the weather for the lust week has
been the hottest ever known in
this section of the country. Iu the
Progress office the thermometer
has gone as high as 98 degrees,
and it is so dry that this heat is
tilling. We are certainly getting
anxious to see a change.
D. H. McColeky, of Vidalia, was
in the citv the first of the week
iu his new Hudson 88, sold by W.
C. Oliver & Son. This machine is
one of the prettiest in the market
and it is giving satisfaction to all
purchasers. W. C. Oliver & Son.
have the agency for Toombs •and
the adjoining counties.
Mr. Harrison Stanley, one of
the county’s oldest and best citi
zens, is reported very ill. He had
a stroke of paralysis last week and
on account of his age his people
have very little hope of his recov
ery. We sincerely trust that they
are mistaken, however, and that
our old friend will be with us a
long time yet.
Sheriff Thompson landed a
crazy negro in jail the other day
that has been giving all kinds of
trouble lately. On Saturday the
negro got busy and he made it
warm for about a dozen of our
citizens. He had to be tied hog
fashion before he could be sub
dued. Something should be done
with him at once.
The old soldiers were given a
royal reception by the U D. C’s
of Lyons last Saturday and the
dinner served in the vacant
store next to the Brown-Odom
Drug Co., was as fine as we have
ever seen anywhere. The old Vets
had a good time and the people
generally, those who wanted to
go, were given a sumptuous re
past. Our ladies know how to do
things when they get started.
We hear that a mass meeting of
the-citizens of the city was called
for Wednesday night, the purpose
of the meeting being to discuss
school matters. We did not hear
of this meeting until it was almost
over and we hope, if it was not |
successful, that another will be j
called in the near future and that
it be made public. Everybody
i should have and interest in the
school whether patrons or not. If
I they have no interest they are not
loyal Citizens.
Our good friend Dan Odom had
a fine buggy torn up by a run-a
wa.y horse Tuesday evening He
had driven in from his farm and
dropped the lines in the buggy for
a moment before coming down
town. A machine or a bicycle !
came by and frightened the horse
and it was stopped after the buggy
was smashed in front of the build
ing next to the First National
Bank on the west. The horse is 1
usually very gentle and this run-a- 1
way was a surprise. I
Hall—Brinzendine Nuptials.
The social event of the season
in Toombs county was the beau
tiful June wedding the 7th inst,
at which time at high noon, at the
Baptist Church at Cedar Crossing,
Mr. S. A. Hall, one of the good
boys of the county, and Miss El
sie Aurora Brinzendine were unit
ed in marriage, Rev. N. T. Paf
ford, of the Lyons Methodist
church, performing the ceremony
in the presence of a large number
of fripnds of the bride and groom.
The church was beuutifullv decr
ruted with white flowers, palms,
and festoons of cedar, the bridal
pair standing under a large white
and green wedding bell. The
bride’s dress was white satin and
lace and she wore a long white
veil, and carried in her hand a
boquet of Asparagus fern tied
with long loops of white satin rib
bon.
Miss Rosa Powers, an accom
plished musician of Lyons, played
the wedding march, and imme
diately after the ceremony she and
Mr. Dan Partin sang softly and
sweetly “The Sweetest Story Ever
Told. ” The attendants were Mr.
S. M. Hall, a brother of the
groom, and Miss Gladys Lilliott,
and Dr. Jim Hall, another broth
er, with Miss Ophelia Partin.
At the home of Mr. Frank Par
tin the happy couple received th p
congratulations of their friends,
after which they were all invited
into the dining room, where a
sumptuous dinner was served to
about two hundred guests.
After dinner the bride and
groom, accompanied by several
friends, left in automobiles for
Lyons, from which point they be
gan their bridal tour, which will
last about thirty days. They went
first to Savannah and Tybee, then
to Tennessee to visit the home of
the bride. After July 7th, they
will be at home to their many
iriends at Cedar Crossing.
Mr. Hall is engaged in the tur
pentine business and is promi
nent in social and busines ecircles.
The bride is the lovely daughter
of Mr. W. H. Brizendine, of Gal
latin. Tenn., and during her resi
dence in the county while teach
ing the English Eddy School, she
has won many triends by her
sweet disposition and many’admir
able traits of character.
The Progress joins the many
other friends of the bride and
groom m extending congratula
tions and best wishes. Nashville,
(Tenn ) papers are requested to
copy.
And it is now certain that
Lyons is to have a fertilizer fac
tory, the Farmers Union having
decided to erect one during the,
latter part of the year. They see
where they can save money by
making their own guano and they
are taking stock in the enterprise
right along. In a week or so more
we will be able to give more fully
the plans of the new enterprise.
W. F. Staten, Secretary of the j
W. A. & L., was in the city sever
al days this week. He went out
over the line Wednesday with j
some capitalists and he says that
every thing looks bright for the
line. Mr. Staten is one of the
i hard workers and we are of the
opinion that he is going to see his
i efforts crowned with success.
W. H. Jeffers brought to the of
fice the other day a piece of some
kind of ore. It is almost as heavy
as lead and is black looking. It
was found while digging a well
and Mr. Jeffers says that he thinks
there is plenty more. We have
sent a piece to a minerologist for
inspection.
Misses Ellen Wimberly and
Venice Hussey have returned
home after spending a few days
very pleasantly down at Uvalda
with friends.
Our good friends. Sol Hall and
j Frank Partin, from the Cedar
j Crossing section, were in the city
• the first of the week.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Miss Wille Bomar. who hag
been attending college at Milledge
vil'.e, came home Tuesday for her
vacation.
Mr. F. M. Smith went to Atlan
ta last week and to Dublin the
first of this week, both trips being
on business.
Misse3 Ruth and Murv Lou
Smith, two charming girls from
Bartow, are in the city a few days
visiting the home of their aunt,
Mrs. J. Z. Wimberly.
Rev. N. T. Pafford went down
to Collins Thusday morning to
help in the meeting again. He
will return, however, for the Sun
day service at his church in Lyons.
Our young friend Gary Cole
man went up to Hot Springs, Ark.,
last week and spent several days
He says that the country out there
is flue and that he enjoyed the
trip.
Miss Wilhemeua Deistel, who
has been attending school at Mil
ledgeville, came down on the train
Tuesday and is now at her home
down on the Altamaha for the
vacation months.
Vidalia has a new base ball park
and the boys up there are playing
some good games. We could have
a good club, too, and we don’t see
why some one don’t get the boys
together and organize.
Little Dolphus Hooks was bit
ten by a snake the other day
while at play in the woods near
his home. The bite was not serious
and we are glad to say that the
little fellow is all right again.
Little Mary Fred Broughton
I'ame down from Mcßae the other
day and she is spending* a week or
so with her friends in Lyons. She
went down to Collins Wednesday
with Thelma DeWitt to visit
friends.
Our rural correspondents are
getting rather careless. Friends
send in something every week. It
only takes a few moments to write
up a few items and the people of
your neighborhood appreciate
what you 6ay.
Strayed—One red bull about 4
years old, marked with upper
square in each ear. Left my place
about two years ago and was last
heard from in the Stanley settle
ment. Reward for information
' leading to his return to F. M, Mc-
Carty, Ohoopee. Ga.
Our good friend, J. W. Baldwin,
who is spending a few weeks at
his old home in Ohoopee, purchas
ed a fine piece of Toombs county
property cue day this week, and
he says that while he is now' a
resident of Florida he expects
to come back to Toombs county
sometime.
Assistant Cashier H. M. Mc-
Queen and the Attorney, Col. T.
J. Parrish, both of the First Nat
j ional Bank, left Wednesday night
! for Tybee to attend the meeting
| of the State Bankers’ Association.
They went to have a good time as
well as to represent the Bank in
the meeting.
A. Wolpert and his little girl,
from Claxton, came up Wednes
day morning and spent the day in
Lyons. Mr. Wolpert was adver
tising the coming to Claxton of
William Jennings Bryan and Gov.
Hoke Smith on Tuesday next. He
i was also selling tickets for the
lecture and we hear that several
are going from Lyons.
Hon. Win. J. Bryan, of Lincoln,
Neb., the world’s gratest orator,
will lecture in Claxton Ga , Tues
day, June 13th, at eleven o’clock
a. m. subject: “Prince of Peace,”
admission fee one dollars. Write
to A. Wulpert, Claxton Ga., for
reserved seats. Standing room
will be same price. Gov. Elect
Hoke Smith will be here'same day.
Brass band from Savannah will
furnish music. Lemonade and
ice-water free of charge.