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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 23.
LOCAL ITEMS
Five or six doses of “666” will
any case of chil's and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Sweat and
little Hazel went to Savannah and
Tybee Monday morning and
spent a day or so.
Guyce Hussey, Eugene Aaron
and Bertie Swain went to Savan
nah Sunday morning and spent
the day at Tybee.
J. C. Wilkes, of Molina, Ga.,
came over the other day and is
spending a few weeks with his
mother near Lyons.
Agent A P. Thomas was a little
under the weather the first of the
week but we are glad to say that
he is better at this time.
Dr. Guyton Howell and two or
three of his friends, of Reidsville,
came up Sunday in the Doctor’s
Primo, and spent several hours
here with friends and reiativet.
Mrs. R .S. Wilson and the child
ren are at home again after spend
ing a few weeks in Screven county.
She brought a sister. Miss Shup
trino, home to spend a week or so
with her.
Lester O’Neal, manager of the
Minter-Smith Hardware Company
branch at Uvalda, and a Mr. Mc-
Cormick, another young business
man of the same place were in the
city Sunday on a short visit.
Senator J. P. Brown came home
from Atlanta last Friday night
and remained over until Tuesday
night. He says that the legislature
is moving along all right, but he
hardly thinks Hoke will go to the
Se nate.
Picnic« in all directions Tues
day, ore at the Anderson school
Jihse. one at or near the homo of
L. L. Clifton, one at Marietta and
one at Uvalda At every one
there was a crowd and all had a
good time.
Tax collector Cave tells us that
he is finding a splendid increase
in the taxable property of Toombs
county. The increase will be about
a quarter of a million on all the
property if not more. He will fin
ish the digest this week.
Mauager Shae Hendricks has
resigned his position with South
ern Bell Company in Lyons and
he says he will probably go to
Waycros3. Mr. Hendricks gave !
us as good service as we have ever
had since he has had the exchange J
and we are sorry to see him go.
1 With a tax list of over $8,000,-
000 and an additional mill tax
for road purposes Toombs county
will be able to do some read work
with out bonding. We want to see
every pad in the county made as
good as the one to Vidalia. When
this is the case automobiles will
be popular with farmers as well as
the city people.
It is usual for newspapers to j
, take a week off for the 4th of <
July but we will have to issue an 1
advertising sheet as we are doing;
the official advertising. We have!
decided to take a part of next
week to attend a meeting of the
Georgia Press Association at
Cartersville. Our next paper will
ibe small and we will not have any
room for correspondents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Heckle, who
reside out on the John Odom
place, had their aged mother and
father with them last week and
they gave a birth day dinner to a
few friends. It was the 86th
birthday of Mr Heckle and a very
pleasant affair. The elder Mr.
Heckle and his good wife are up in
the seventies and eighties but they
are hale and hearty. The Progress
was invited to be a guest at the !
birthday dinner but we were so
busy that we could not get away.
We hora?, however, that the-young
man the aged couple will all !
he here for many more birthdays.
Col. Gifford C. Jones.
The subject of this sketch a pr<>
mineut member of the Toombs
county bar and a noble and loyal
citizen of Lyons, passed to the un
known beyond Sunday night about
6: 30 o’clock after an illness that
had lasted several months At
first this illness baffled the doctors
to some extent. It would not
yield to treatment and several
specialists were consulted. Col.
Jones continued to get worse, how
ever, and about six month ago he
was compelled to give up his act
ive practice. Later he took his
family and weiff. up in Ji-fferson
county and spent several weeks,
returning much improved m
health. He felt so much better
that he thought he would be able
to take up his practice again. This
improvement did not last so long,
however, and he again went from
bad to worse and at last his suf
fering was releived by the grim
a'ngel of death.
Deceased was comparatively a
young man, being about 88 or 40,
and in all his business affairs he
was successful. He was a close
student of law and had built up a
splendid practice. In the making
of Toombs county he had a special
place and he did splendid work.
He never entered politics, but was
often urged to offer himself for
places of trust.
A good old mother, a loving
wife and three littie children are
left to mourn the loss of this
good man, and the city of Lyons
mourns the loss of a loyal citizen
and the community at large is
mourning a true friend.
Deceased was a member of the
Methodist church, a prominent
Mason and a member of several
other orders. His funeral took
place from the Methodist church,
the services at the church being
conducted by Rev. J. W. Kytle,
theßaptist minister,in the absence
of Rev. Pafford. The body was
then turned over to the Masons
and the balance of the burial ser
vices were under the auspices of
that order.
Col. Jones was a great friend of
the Progress and we deeply sympa
thize with his aged mother and
his bereaved family. His malady,
the experts say, was Bright’s dis
ease with a touch of tuberculosis,
and if these experts are right he
was only relieved of long suffer
ing, and it is hoped that we will
all find him waiting for us at the
golden gate should we be fortunate
enough to find the goldon shore
when the time comes. May God,
m his infinite glory help us along
in the right, path,
i
The Progress man went out in
the edge of the city the other day
and walked over a farm that we
think is one of the best in all of
Toombs county and it will stand
right up beside the best in all
South Georgia. It was the farm
of H. A. Galbreath right in the
edge of the city and we were agree
ably surprised after we had seen
it. Mr. Galbreath runs about
four plows and he has large fields
I of cotton that will make him near
| if not quite two hales to the acre
if he has no bad luck. On this
; same land he made a bale and a
half last year. He has a corn
crop, too, that is fine m spite of
the dry season, and his cane is the
best we have seen. Mr. Galbreath
has a fine place and he is improv
ing it by taking in at least twenty
five acres every year. Only four,
years ago he opened up this place j
and he has made great progress on j
it. He is a worker, knows how to
farm and he has two sons that are
a great help to him. Mr. Gal
breath is on of the farmers that
lives at home and he must cer
tainly be independent.
The Lyons business men made
a recreation day out of the 4th,
1 most of the business houses tak
ing a half holiday. Many went to
i Uvalda to the barbecue, some to
the Anderson school picnic and
! others out on fishing trips. It
was a day of pleasure generaiiy.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1911.
Additional Locals.
J. C. Adams, the Vidal in con
tractor, has the contract for the
three large stores to be erected be
tween the hotel and the Trading
Company building and he is to
begin work as soon as the material
begins to arrive . The stores are
to be occupied by the Minter-
Smith Hardware Company and
they are to be up to date in every
way.
The new- tax digest will show
that the Vidalia district lias gain
ed during the last year nearly a
quarter of a million dollars alone.
In round figures the gain is about
$240,000. This will be the largest
increase of any district in the
county and the 51st district will
now be the largest tax paying dis
trict in the county. The 1536th
district has not beeu compiled at
the time of going to press but we
are satisfied it will make a large
increase also.
Remember the 20th is the date
for the great Union Barbecue and
picnic in Lyons and we are going
to have the largest crowd of fann
ers that Lyons has ever had. The
people of the city must help the
Union in getting up this barbecue
and everybody should prepare a
well filled basket of good things.
Parties who want to give meat,
lemons, sugar or anything else,
should notify the Union Commit
tee that will have the matter in
charge.
A letter was received from
Christian Williams the other day
and it was the first news that had
been received from him in several
months. He has located in Idaho,
has studied law and got his sheep
skin, and he says that he is going
to practice in that state Chris
makes good wherever he goes and
we would’nt be a bit surprised at
any time to see where he had been
sent to Congress or elected Gov
ernor. We certainly wish him
good luck.
The good people living up in the
Oak Park section of Emanuel are
making a strong effort to have the
county line changed so that they
will be in Toombs. We in>ed these
good people in our county and w'e
certainly hope they will besuccess
sul in the move they are making.
They are a long ways from the
Emanuel county Court House,
while Lyons is only a short dis
tance from them. In all fairness
this section of country justly be
longs to Toombs county''
M iss Marion, daughter of Mr. |
and Mrs. Thomas Clifton, from
down on the Altamaha near Mar
vin church, died last Thursday
night and was buried at the old
Clifton burying ground Friday.
Miss Marion was a most charming
young lady. loving and ac
complished, and her death was a
sad blown Her health has been
bad during her entire life
time but she was a pure Christian
girl and she bore her suffering
bravely. We deeply sympathize
with the parents in their sad loss.
The Appling county people have
put it up to Toombs county to
help build the bridge across the
Altamaha. All other propositions
were cast aside at the meeting
held in Baxley last Friday and all
decided that Appling and Toombs
do the work. Our friend F. M.
. Smith thanked the Baxley people
i in a short but pointed speech, and
the Toombs county committee
that attended the meeting prom
ised that Toombs w'ould do its
share, and we must back up that
promise. It is to be built as a pri
vate enterprise and it will take at
| least $12,000 in stock from the
Toombs county side. A mass meet-
I ing ia tobe held at the river to
-1 day(Friday) and the engineers are
to be present to go over the matter.
1 All the Toombs people that can
get away should attend the meet
ing. Lets have the bridge and the
public highway from Augusta to
the South.
P. A. McQueen Dies Suddenly.
A message from Vidalia Wed
nesday announced the sad news
Mur Prof P. A. McQueen had died
almost suddenly. He was taken
last. weeK while he was assisting
Tax Receiver Cave and he went
home to return no more. Prof.
McQueen was one of the good men
of Toombs county, served ably as
its county school commissioner for
several years and at the time of
his death he was editor y f the
‘ Toombs County Local,” one of
brightest papers in South Georgia.
His death was a decided surprise
and it was a sad blow to our sis
ter city, Vidalia. He leaveg behind
several sons, Henrv, Assistant
Cashier of the First National
Bank of Lyons, R. Don, business
manager of the “Toombs County
Local,” and Alex, w'ho is also
connected with the “Local,” also
one daughters who is younger than
the boys. He also leaves three
little boys and ane girl, children
by his second wife that died sever
al months ago. His remains were
laid to rest Thursday inthe Vidalia
cemetery and a great host ot his
friends and relatives were present
to pay the last sad tribute. The
Progress extends heartfelt condo
lence to those bereaved.
J. L Huggins gets the contract
for the addition to our school
building and he is to begin work
at once making the improvements
in the old building so it w'il 1 be
ready for the opening of the Fall
term of school. The auditorium
addition will not be built right
away, but the delay will be only
short and it will be ready for the
Spring term we hope. The work is
all being done by private subscrip
tion and the building committee
thought it best to delay this a
little while until the subscriptions
amounted to enough to guarantee
the payment. The denominational
fight against any improvement in
the school is disappearing, we are
glad to say, and the people are
coming together. How proud we
would feel if we could see unity
of action among the people of our
city in all matters that would
benefit Lyons. Friends, lets get
rid of the selfish and jealous feel
ing and all work for Lyons as we
did at one time.
Congressman Bell, of Georgia,
has taken up the fight in congress
in favor of letting the newspapers
and the railroads exchange con
tracts , the newspapers to be al
lowed to sell advertising space to
the railroads and to take pay in
transportation. This is a measure
that is sane and just. We never
did believe that Congress had any
right to interfere in this matter in
the first place, hut it did interfere
by killing our right to make con
tract and as a consequence many
of the country papers have never
done any more advertising for
the railroads. This hurts the
editors of such papers and it al
so makes it inconvenient for the
ruralist to see the schedules of
the railroads that had been pub
lished usually in his county paper.
Congressman Bell has done the
proper thing in introducing the
bill and we hope the entire Geor
aia delegation will fall in line and j
assist in its passage.
We are often asked what is be
ing done on the W, A. & L. rail
road and our answer has been
that work is going right on. Ye 3,
work on this line is progressing
nicely. It has progressed so far
that it looks slow now but the
reader must remember that the
world was not mads in a day. The
W. A. & L. will be completed and
it will be a much larger line than
was first supposed, notwithstand
ing that we have pessimists and
knockers that would laugh at a
failure. Remembber a failure is
not possible.
Judge G. T. Mason was a busi
ness visitor to Vidalia last Satur
day, being called up there to at
tend the meeting of the Masons.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Acting-Manager, Euson Collins,
of the local telephone exchange,
went to Hazelhurst Wednesday to
visit relatives.
A cold drink is refreshing, es
pecially one that is fixt-d up in
style hv Ed Parker, at the Brown-
Odom Drug Store.
W. E. Meeks and his little fam
ily have gone up in Emanuel
county to spend a few days with
his parents and to visit friends.
Miss Pauline Summers, a charm
ing young lady of Jacksonville,
Fla., came up this week and will
spend several days w’ith Miss Mol
lio Godwin.
J. A . Sumner and W. C. Oliver
went to Vidalia and Ailey in the
new Hudson Wednesday and we
understand that they found sale
for a new car up in that neighbor
hood.
Sheriff Thompson is having very
little to do these days. He made
only one levy for the August sales
day and as a consequence will have
one advertisement. Very little le
gal business is going on these days
any way.
All the members of the U. D. C.
should attend the meeting at the
Hotel this(Friday)afternoon at 4
o’clock. The monument question
is to be discussed and we want to
see the ladies succeed in this
undertaking.
Contractor John Jackson, with
his two sons, Ebb and George, are
new working on the front of the
Lyons Bargain Store. A new glass
front is to be put in with two
large show windows and the build
ing i 9 to be improved generally.
J. C. May. manager of the Ice
Factory at Vidalia, was in the city
Tuesday looking over the business
of the branch under the manage
ment of Mr. Grant in Lyons He
is satisfied with the Lyons busi
ness but the people here will
never be satisfied until we get a
plant of our own.
We see several young iady
strangers m the city but no one
seem 9 to take interest enough in
their visit to give it to the Prog
ress. vVh cant get these items any
other way, friends, and we want
you to call us up or drop us a note
telling who your visitors are and
where there are from.
Otto Deistel was in the city
Wednesday mingling with his
friends. Otto has been on the
Panama canal for a couple of
years and he says that he likes
the isthmus fairly well. He says
he is still in the employ of the
Canal people but he will re’main
in this section for several months.
The Union Guano Factory is a
certainty and it will be located in
Lyons. The Union boys are begin
ning to see where they will save
by mixing their own guano and
they say they will know what they
are getting when they make it
themselves. If the charter doesn’t
appear in this 'ssue it will appear
in the next,
j
The school catalogues are out
j and the announcement of the Fall
! term opening appears iii this issue.
Lyons has had u fine school for a
year and we are glad to say that
we are going to have a better one
for the next year. The improve
ment will be m the building, Our
school Bhould be the pride of our
I city and we are glad to say that
1 the people are realizing its worth.
J. B. Johnson is moving his
family back to Lyons this week
and they are to occupy the Walker
cottage, near tne cottage occupied
by Mr. Culpepper. Mr. Johnson
is to take the active management
of the hardware and mill supply
business of W. C. Oliver & Son,
having purchased an interest in
the business . He will be a good
man for this place, too, and we
believe he will do well.