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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
VOL. 8. No. 20.
I LOCAL ITEMS
1 F. M Smith went to Vidalia in
m Hit Cadillac Saturda v morning.
Lister O’Neal, of Uvalda, wa9 in
the citv Sunday mingling with his
many friends.
Five or six doses of “006” will
cure any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Dan Odom went to Savannah
Saturday and remained to visit
Tybee Sunday.
Gordon Floyd, of Collins, came
up Sunday and spent the day with
his many friends.
Miss Stella Scott, of Ohonpee
came up and spent Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. F. L Bowen.
J. H. DeLoach, of Savannah,
came up the first of the week sand
went down on his farm for a day
or so
\V. A. McNatt. .Jr., of Uvalda.
and P. J. McNatt, ot Cedar Cros
sing. were in the city a few hours
Wednesday afternoon.
Charming Miss Eva Stacey, of
Gaffney, S. C., came Sunday night
and will spend a few weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Dan Odom.
I>. H . McColsky with his fami
ly and a few friends, of Vidalia,
were riding around our streets in
his new Hudson last Sunday.
The regular meeting of the
' Robert Toombs Chapter, U. D. C.,
will be held at the Hotel Friday
afternoon June 23rd, at four o’-
clock.
Rev. Pafford went down the
road again Monday to assist in a
meeting for the week. lie is a
hard worker in revival meetings
and his services are always sought.
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.
Turpentine seems to be going
down to bed rock and some of the
naval stores irmn are fueling very
blue. If they would manage to
bold their product the price will
certainly react. It can’t go down
all the time.
Strayed—White hound with
dark colored spots, yellowish
black head and answers to name
of Vick. Seen in Lyons May 29
Reward for return of dog or in
formation leading to her return.
T. L. Ricks, Ohoopee, Ga.
The Union meeting last Satur
day was largely attended and we
were told by some that important
business came up for discussion.
We didn’t learn what the business
was but we had it in a round about
wav that they did talk about a
fertilizer factory.
The Union guano factory is a
certainty and it is to be located
right here in Lyons. The Union
boys believe in Lyons anyway and
we are glad to say that the feeling
is mutual with our people. The
farming class build up the country
and we are glad to stand with
them.
- Eight cars of a Seaboard freight
train left the rail in the pass track
at the depot last Saturday and it
took the wreck crew several hours
to get them back on again. The
out side rail turned and cars
were off before the train could be
stopped. Beyond the derail of the
cars no further damage was done.
The U. I). C.’s will hold an ice
cream festival on Friday evening
June 16th in one of vacant store
buildings. The committee is at
work among the members and it is
hoped tnat- the friends of the
Chapter and all who honor our
confederate soldiers, will do their
part toward helping along the
work of these ladies. Cream and
10 cake will be served and the
Daughters hope for a liberal pat
ronage.
Yancey School Closes.
The Yancey School under the
management-of Prof. Eli Mulling,
of Cobbtown, came to a . close on
last week after one of the most
pleasant and successful terms in
the history of the school.
It is to he regretted that Prof.
Mulling could not teach for us an
other year, as he has given up the
school-work, and will begin the
study of law as his chosen profes
sion.
The patrons of the school gave
a picnic Tuesday on the Altamaha,
complimentary to Prof. Mulling,
which was enjoypd by all that at
tended.
The nice music furnished by
Messrs Garland and Felton Toole,
Josh and Sam Beasley, of Reids
ville, was the crowning feature of
the day.
Prof. Mulling made many
friends while here, that wish for
him happiness and success in his
new field of labor.
A Patrone.
Blue Ridge Notes.
L. D. L. how come you to miss
the trail.? It. wont wait for you
and you know it.
G. G. Anderson, of near Elza,
spent a short while Sunday at the
home of J. D. Coe.
Rufus Lucas and wife visited
relative at Reidsville last week, re
turning home Sunday.
Say, N. A. \ou had better look
out or the old gentleman will use
his walking stick on you.
Cleveland and Hershel Findley
went to church Sunday and I hope
they eujoyed the sermon.
Wonder where M. D. C. was go
ing Sunday. Say, old man, you
had best keep your eye on him.
Little Miss Ilhonet Anderson,
of Belleville, spent two weeks with
her uncle and aunt, D. P. Coe and
wife.
Little Daisy.
Special Notice.
There will be a public basket
dinner at Ohoopee on June 24th,
the same being the anniversary of
St. John, the Baptist. Public
Masonic exercises and speaking by
Hon. F. H. Saffold, of Swams
boro, and Col. R. L. Cclding, of
Savannah, and others. The public
i 9 invited to come be with us and
help out, but be snre to bring a
well filled basket. Exercises begin
promptly at 10 o’clock . By order
of Ohoopee Lodge.
G. W. Meadows, W M.
N. B. Jarriell, Sec.
There is a building committe
for our school and they are look
ing after the new addition. They
are going to build that addition
too, and right now they are get
ting quite a little encouragement.
We hope that the article on the
situation in the Progress last week
will have its elfect. We cannot
afford to let religious feeling creep
into our school matters and we
must not have a sectarian school.
Let all denominations work for
it and lets show each denomina
tion the proper respect. When we
send to school we do not send to
church.
Gordon Floyd lias decided to go
into business for himself and lie
has rented the Rogers stand. He
will curry a line of fancy and fam
ily groceries and he says that lie
is going to try to serve the people
of Lyons with the best and fresh
est goods obtainable all the time.
He will make a specialty of fancy
goods such as others do not carry.
The young man is all right and
| we wish him success.
We received cards this week an- j
; nouncing the coming wedding of
Mrs M. F. Hennegan to Mr. Jos.
M. Stubbs. The wedding is to take
place in the Methodist church at
Claxton Tuesday evening,June 20,
and the couple will be at home to
their friends after July Bth at Clax
ton, The Progress exttemb con
gratulations in advance.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1911.
Hand Car Wreck.
Last Saturday night after the
west train had gone, Section Fore
man Browning, with his force,
started to the section houses at
Ohoopee and wheu about in the
rear of the D. H. Lewis place,
one of the darkies fell backward
in front of the car, throwing it
off the track, scattering tools and
provisions in every direction and
causing several on the car to be
injured The negro that caused the
wreck was badly bruised and fora
time it was thought he was dead,
but he is getting all right again.
Section Foremat. Browning had a
leg broken, Elton Scott was in
jured on the head and several of
the darkies were hurt moreor less.
Drs. Aaron and McLeod went and
looked after the injured and we
are glad to say they are all im
proving as fast as possible. That
none of the men were killed is a
miracle, as the car was going
down grade at a great speed when
the wreck occured. Mr. Browning
had cautioned the men two or throe
times, he said, but they were in a
hurry to get to the section house,
having done a hard day’s work in
Lyons. All the wounded men with
the exception of Mr. Browning
will be out this week, but he will
be laid up for some time yet.
Mr Ben Anderson, of Uvalda,
formerly a hustling young busi
ness man of Cedar Crossing, and
Miss Mellie Currie were quietly
married at the home of the bride
down near Cedar Crossing Tues
day last. Miss Currie is a most
charming girl and Mr. Anderson
has friends in abundance. The
marriage was rather a surprise to
the large circle of friends of both
tho bride and gioom, but hearty
congratulations are offered all the
same. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
will spend a few days in Douglas
on their honeymoon, after which
they will be at home in Uvalda,
where they are to locate.
The Vidalia ice factory is hav
ing a little trouble furnishing Ly
ons with ice and some better plan
will have to be adopted to get it
here. On Sunday many of the
customers had to do without and
on Monday not a pound of ice
could be gotten until late in the
afternoon after the first load was
sold in the early morning. Our
people are depending on the Vi
dalia factory now and un’ess this
factory wants to give up the point
it must arrange to keep enough
stock on hand to supply the trade.
The ice is good, the delivery is
prompt, but the ice is not here to
deliver every time.
One of Superintendent Culpep
per’s road hands played a joke on
the guards last Friday. It was
during the dinner hour and the
guards were resting against a tree
This fellow, latest reeuit, that was
sent up at Blackshear, slipped up
and grabbed a gun. He then call
ed to the other boys to follow but
none went. The fellow then start
ed off but the alarm was sent out
and he was caught just a short dis
tance from the camp, ft was nec
essary to fill his legs full of bird
shot before he would give in. This
attempt will probably be a lesson
to him.
A Mr. Rogers, of Reidsville,
and formerly a barber of Coll ms,
was in the city the first of the
wbek looking up a looation for a
first class barber shop and bath
rooms He says that he wants to
put in something the people will
appreciate and he is coming back
the latter part of the week to
close, the trade if nothing happens.
The Toombs County Bank has a
healthy statement in the Progress
this week, showing that the bank
is in fine condition. They have
plenty of capital for their custom
ers and the bank is growing right
along. This is one of the strongest
financial institutions in this sec
tion of the State.
Additional Locals.
Col. T. J. Parrish went to Vidal
ia Wednesday to attend Justice
court, returning in the afternoon*
J. J. Williams, G. W. and H.L.
Lankford and W. E. Brown, of the
Lyons bar, went to Vidalia to at
tend Justice court Wednesday.
Architect Crutchfield and Con
tractor Adam 9, of Vidalia, were
i.l the pity Wednesday afternoon
consulting with the building com
mittee,
Mrs. W. L. Jones and little Os
sie Lee have gone back to Pem
broke to live. Mr .Tones will not
go for a month or so yet and we
are hoping that he will decide to
keep his business here.
Mrs. J. P. Brown desires us to
say that she makes butter fresh
every day and she has it at her
home for sale at 25 cent 9 per pounds
She also has a few cans of home
made lard for sale at a pound
At last Lyons is to have a base
ball game. Swainsboro is to
come over to-day {Friday) and our
boys have prepared to give them a
royal reception. We don’t know
who our players are to be but
those who have the matter in hand
say they have a good line-up
The Indies of the U. D. C . are
arranging fora cake and cream suj -
per in the Rogera store this Fri
day evening, the purpose be'ng to
raise money for a confederate
monument to be erected in Lyons.
We commend the ladies for what
they have undettaken and we hope
that they will be successful. Every
person in the city should go out
and help the ladies.
Dr. R. D. McLeod went to Sa
vannah Thursday morning, tak
ing alcng his brother, Bruce, who
has been very ill for a week. Bruce
will go to the Park View Sanita
rium where he will get every at
tention and treatment from spec
ialists. We hope that he will soon
he able to return home with his
health restored.
The statement issued by tlie
First National Bank this week
under the call qf the Comptroller
of Currency is rather gratifying.
It shows the bank to be in excel
lent shape, with plenty of money
on hand to meet all demands and
a splendid surplus. Under Cash
ier Sweat and his able assistant,
Henry McQueen, the bank is go
ing right along to the front. It is
a strong institution and it is man
aged by men who are willing to
accommodate a man that is worthy
at any time, especially should he
be a patron.
A call meeting of the U. D. C.
was held in the parlors of the New
Lyons Hotel, Tuesday evening
June the 13th, for the purpose of
discussing a monument to be erect
ed to the memory of the Confeder
ate dead. As the meeting was so
hurried it is possible that some of
the ladies were not notified. It
was desired that all the members be
present Mr. Wooten, of the Cor-'
dele Marble Co., showed some very
pretty designs to the chapter. No
contract has yet been made but it
is the intention of the Chapter to
push the work to and early com
pletion.
News from .Jacksonville, Fla.,
early Monday morning announ
cing that Erastus Findley, son of
Mr. Elbert Findley of near Lyons,
and a brother of M F. Findley,
of Phillips aud Findley, merchants
of Lyons, was dead The young
man was about twenty-four years
of age and he had been in Jackson
ville for several years in a respon
sible position. He has been sick
for several weeks and at one time
it was thought tha*. he would re
cover, but a change for worse came
last. Friday and he was unable to
rally. He was a splendid young
man and a member of a good
family His remains were brought
to and carried out in the
country for burial Tuesday morn
ing.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
’ RM. Garbutt and R. L. Page
were among those that went to
Clnxton Tuesday to hear Bryan,
the orator.
Rev. J. \V. Kytle went to Pem
broke Sunday to fill his regular
appointment, returning the first
of the week.
Jessie salesman for R.
S Willson, left Saturday for his
home near Jesup, having received
a telegram that his parents were
quite sick.
Mr. Grunt, our ice man, is un
der the weather again and he had
to go to bed Tuesday morniug.
We are glad to say, however, that
he is again.
Mrs F. A. Thompson and one
or two of the children came up
from Screven the other day and
they are spending the week with
old friends in Lyons.
Architect Crutchfield, of Vidal
ia, was down thp first of the week
consulting with the building com
mittee of the school and left a bid
for Contractor Adams.
It is less than a mountli before
the big Farmers Union picuic and
barbecue in Lyons and onr people
must help all they can. Lets
make this rally the event of the
vear.
Prof. R. M Monts has gone to
Plaines. Ga., to spend a short
vacation with old fnends and rel
atives. Mrs. Monts and the chiJ
ren went also and we know they
will have a pleasant tune.
Mr F. M. Smith and family,
Mayor Smith and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Chinn and Mrs. C. W.
Warner, went up to Gillis Spring
Sunday to spend the day- They
went up in automobiles and they
say they had a fine time.
J. F. Schuler, assistant mana
ger at the Hotel, while showing
one of the porters how to wash
windows last Saturday, fell and
broke his arm. He has been suf
fering considerably from the
wound but we are glad to say that
he is getting along very well.
Col. E. J. Giles went to Savan
nah last week to have his arm ex
amined by specialists and they
found it necessary to break it
over and set it again 30 we under
stand. Col. Giles stood the opera
tion well and we are glad to say
that his arm is now doing better.
Contractor Averitt, of Vidalia.
was in the city the first of the
week arranging to begin work
building the trestles over Swift
and Pendleton creeks for the W.
A & L. railroad. The ties for this
work are nearly all on the ground
and the stringers are to be deliver
ed in a few days.
Our old artesian well pumping
engine was out of commission a
day or so the first of the week.
It seems that this engine is not
what was promised the city and
the company that put it in will
be called on to make its guarantee
good The pumping plant has not
given satisfaction a day since it
was installed so we are told by
those who have it in charge.
■
Henry Stanley, the notorious
criminal tried at the last term of
our Superior court and sentenced
to spend a few years on the State
prison farm, and who later escap
ed, has been captured at Black
shear and he is again behind the
bars. Henry Stanley ha 3 served
several years on different gangs,
the last being on the Toombs coun
! ty gang and he was out less than a
| month before lie was stealing
again. The Judge sentenced him to
the State farm upon the recom
mendation of the jury that tried
the case and his lawyers appealed
the case. While waiting in the jail
for this appeal to be heard Stanley
escaped with a negro, but he was
not sharp enough to get far away,
consequently he is back again.