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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 25.
LOCAL ITEMS
The editor has away from
_<e citv la9t Friday and we
mav not g>-*t a local for all thp
happenings since our last paper.
We are going to do our best, how
ever.
Dr. Lewis N. Brown went up in
Jefferson county to 9pend a week
or so, taking his wife and son
along. They returned home the
first of the weeK and they say
they had a fine time.
The Robert Toombs Chapter U.
D. C., will hold its regular meet
ing in the parlors of the Lyons
Hotel Friday, July, 21st. at 4 o’-
clock. All the members are re
quested to be present.
The Farmer’s Union barbecue
and picnic w-as a dandy. We have
lots of the Union boys in Toombs
and they are gaining friends fast.
These Union boys are for Lyons
and Lyons must be for the Union.
L. W. Vann, of Montgomery,
and a prominent engineer on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
is in the city spending a week or
so with his father, Mr. Geo. W.
Vann, and his sister, Mrs. M. O.
Walker.
E. M. Wimberly settled up with
the Insurance company the loss
of his Cole 30 last week, accepting
a part of the face value of the
policy and taking the old car for
the balance. We understand that
he is to have the car rebuilt.
Those of the Farmers Union
who are interested in the Fertiliz
er plant to be erected in Lyons
are asked to attend the meeting in
Lyons on Saturday, July 29th,
Every Union man that wants'
stock in this enterprise should be I
present as the charter will be sub
mitted to them at this meeting
■ for adoption.
Dr. Masrow, the eye specialist,
is to be here two days during the
first week of court and those who
want glasses and who don’t want
to pay out all the money they
have and yet get the very best,
should see the doctor while he is
here. He has a splendid place in
Savannah. He grinds his own
lenses and does w r ork as good as
the very best.
Superior Court comes just a few |
weeks off and we understadd that
the term will be a busy one. We '
have very few places for people to
get board in Lyons and we must:
arrange in some way to take care ;
of the court crowds. If you can
take a boarder or two, reader, let
the Progress know it so that we
can send those who want a place
to stay to you.
The Seaboard’s annual Savan
nah and Tybee excursion will be I
run on the Ist of August and the
tickets will be good for five days
from date of sale. Parties can go
down either on the morning cr
evening train and a seat is guar
anteed everybody. The fare from
Lyons for the round trip will be
$2.00. See Agent Thomas for fur
ther particulars.
I
C. B. Knight and his excellent;
wife, of Soperton, Ga., represent
ing the Georgia Life Insurance
Company in South Georgia, are m
the city and during their stay they
will be guests at the pleasant home
of Mr. R. P. Sweat, the localagent.
Mr. Knight is a master in the In
surance work and he represents
one of the best companies in the
country. He will be in Lyons a
week or so.
In order to encourage the breed
ing of fine live stock, the Georgia
state fair will bring several car
loads of registered stock to Macon
this fall and after the fair is over
will sell to the highest bidder.
Among the stock which will be
brought will be one or two car
loads of Percheron mares, one car
of Missiouri mules, one car
of Berkshire swine and one or more
cars of fine jersey and other cattle.
Sunday School Convention.
Programm of Sunday School j
Convention at Long Pond, Julv
28. 29. and 30.
Fridav morning. 11 o’clock, (1) |
Introductory Sermon, J, R. Poole.
(2) Organize.
Afternoon, (1) The value of
the Sunday School Ist, to the in
dividual, 2nd, to society, 3rd, to
church, J. A. J. Dumas. (2)How
to interest church members gen
erally in Sunday School, Dr. L.H.
Darby. (3)How to secure the at
tendance of children who do not
attend Sunday School, C. C.Mose
ley and Jas. T. Geiger. (4) How
to teach a class, A. L. Lanier and
J. A. Poole.
Night, Sermon, O. 0. Williams.
Siturday morning, (1) The im
portance of doctrinal teaching, J.
A. J.Dumas. (2)The importance of
Missionary teaching, J. W. Kytle.
(3) The importance of, and how to
teach, temperance lessons, Dr. J.
W. Palmer. (4) How- to secure
teachers, A. P. Thomas. (5) The
relation of the U. B. I-, to Sunday
School, “A. M. Gates.
Afternoon, (1) Parents’ duty to
child and Sunday School, B. B.
Mason and M. L. Stephens. (2)
Pastors’ duty to Sunday School,
M. E. Burns and H. L. Averv.(3)
Teachers’ duty, B. A. Conner and
S. D. Walker. (4) Program by
Vidalia Sunday School.
Night, (l)The Beautiful City,
Long Pond Sunday School. (2)
How to take a collection for Mis
sions in Sunday School, M. E.
Burns.
Sunday morning, (1) The value
of a teacher’s training class and
how to do it, J. A. J. Duma3. (2)
Advantages of teachers’ meetings
and how to conduct them, Dr. L.
;H. Darby. (3) Sermou, J. W.
j Kytle. J. D. Rabun,
W A. Rivers,
J. W. Palmer,
Committee .
Tax Returns of Toombs.
The tax digest of Toombs coun
ty has been completed for 1911 aud
Tax Receiver Cave will send it to
Atlanta in a day or so. By dis
tricts it will show up as follows:
1536th District i 912,543.
51st District 1,148,761.
43rd District 371,939.
15315 t District 271,314.
1403rd District 259,185.
1192nd District 197,663.
39th District 207,851. j
Total $3,369,322.
This digest will compare with
* that of 1910 a3 follows:
I 1536th District I 853,884.
51st District 837.210.
43rd District 307,160. !
; 15215 t District 199,337. j
I 1403rd District 205,277.
i 1192nd District 164,390.
36th District 188,424.
Totol $2,911,094
This shows a gain in every dis- |
trict, but the least gain was in the
1530th and the reason of this was
that many of the people in this
district gave in their property in
the rural districts so they would
get the road tax. The total gain in
the county has been nearly a half
million and it is a showing that
we feel proud of.
Important to S. S. Superintendents.
The fifth Anual Session of the
! Sunday School convention of the
| Daniel Baptist Assoceation will
meet with the Longpond Baptist
' Church on Friday before the fifth
Sunday, this month, and continue
in session three day 9. Each Sun
day School is entitled to three
representatives to every fifty pu
pils enrolled. Female as well a9 j
male members are elegible. Repre-1
sentatives are requested to send :
anual written reports . All chool ;
uot represented in person are re-!
quested to mail their anual reports
to Mr. Willie Johnson. Mt. Ver
non Ga.
Any suggestions or invitations
can be writen at bottom of report.
Meet me at Longpond Friday a.m
July 28 1911.
Yours for better Sunday Schools
in the Daniel Assoceation.
M. E. Burns,
President of S. S. Con.
5 or 6 doses of “000’’ will cure
any case of chills and fever, j
' Price 25 cents.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
The Union Barbecue.
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Forty-two Quarters of Beef, Several
Sheep and a Number of Goats
besides Many Baskets.
As predicted in these eolums
several times, the Union Barbecue,
which was going on Thusday as
we were getting ready for press
with this paper, was the greatest
success ever heard of tor an
affair of the kind. We had people
here from four counties and they
were in great numbers, some esti
mating the crowd at 5000.
The grounds selected were out
near the Morris spring and over
three hundred feet of tables were
erected. While out in the sun to
some extent, the spot was pretty,
the speakers’ stand being erected
in a clamp of pretty pine trees.
They had speukers, too, men of re
noun and the speeches, only a
part of which the writer heard,
were fine aud along Union lines.
Right here we want to sav that we
believe in the Union and we ap
prove of all that we heard.
Now that barbecue was about
the largest we have ever seen. The
Union boys brought meat and
they were determined that all
should have plenty. Ten beeves
were brought in and they were all
good ones; besides this we saw
several sheep aud a number of
goats, beside the fine pigs. The
boys suplied meat enough for 5000
people and added to this were
hundreds of well filled baskets
from every direction. About a
thousand loaves of bread were used
besides the bread and biscuit fur
nished from our homes aud the
country. To say the least the boys
had plenty to feed the multitude
and they fed.
A band of music from Cobbtown
came to help out in the entertain
ment and it was one of the best
little country bands we ever heard.
And on the side was a lemonade
stand free for all. They made
lemonade, too, by the barrel. Sev
eral barrels of ice water were scat
tered around the grounds, all of
which was free. It was a free e.i
terainment from the beginning to
the end and nothing was allowed
to be sold on the ground.
Lyons took a hand in helping I
j out the Union . Our ladies did all 1
| they could and the baskets were
! well cared for. The men w r ent '
down in their pockets to help
pay the expense and we are glad 1
of the success of the undertaking
Suffice to say all who came had a
good time and if they did not eat
! it was their own fault,
Up to the hour of going to press
i the principal speaker was Pres
ident Duckworth of the State
Union. He is a good talker, too,
and his advice to the farmers to
day was good. There will be other
speakers but we have not heard i
who they are.
The day was ended with a ball
game between Lyon 3 and Reids
ville and hundreds of people went
out to the ball game. Talking it
all round the day was pleasant!
and the Union entertainment was j
splendid from every point of view. |
The editor aud his wife went to
the Georgia Weekly Press Asso- !
ciation at Cartersville last Friday
and we certainly had a fine time, j
While at Cartersville we were;
guests at the pleasant home of
S. P. Jones, Jr., son of the famous ,
; Sam Jones. Mr. Jones is a news
■ paper man of great ability and
j his excellent wife is one of the
I best entertainers we have ever had
! the pleasure of meeting. We were
certainly pleased with the recep
tion extended us at Cartersville
and at this pleasant home and in a ]
future issue we want to have more
to say about the country and city.
“Uncle Ike” Hussey got cut his
; advertising benches just in time
to come in good use. He put out a
half dozen or more advertising the
White Hickory wagons, of which
he is agent, and they were U9ed. ■
The wagon is the bept made and
| “Uncle Ike” is selling lots of!
' them.
Cross Road Dots.
Morris Moore visited his parents
last Suuda r.
C. R. Beasley made a flying trip
to Vidalia Saturday.
J.D. Carr and wife attended
meeting here last Sunday.
Mrs. Adam Taylor is spending
the week with her parents.
Mrs. W. D. Grant attended the
meeting here last Sunday.
Morris Beaslev called to see
Miss Zeda Moore last Saturday
morning.
Floyd Moore attended the Pic
nic at Alston last Saturday and
reported a fine tin^e.
A. L. Beasley was very happy
last Sunday afternoon. He was
walking with girls.
Sam Evans called to see Miss
Cinthy Moore last Sunday. Hur
ry, Sam, and give us some cake.
Sherwood Boyd aud his best girl
were riding last Monday. Hurry
up Sherwood aud give us some
cake.
Miss Sallie Abney ha 9 returned
after spending some time with
friends and relatives near her old
home.
Miss Ida Bell Holton and 9ister
Mary Bell Beasley 9pent a part
of last week with friends and rel
atives.
Mr. Carr, of Vidalia, spent
Monday evening at the home of
R E. Boyd aud attended meeting
at Center.
Me •ris Beaslev called to see
M ss Gus&ie Taylor last Sunday
afternoon and reported a verv
good time.
Morris Beasley and Mis Geor
gia Lee Taylor attended a meeting
here Sunday night. There must
be something doing.
The meeting at Center was en
joyed by a large crowd. Those
who attend from here were Misses
Inez and Natalie Boyd Sherwood
Boyd, Morris Beasley,
Moore, Pearl Grant and others.
Gues3 what boys it was had a
little gray mule hitched to a yel
low buggy and a little boy who
hid behind a tree and jumped at
| the mule, turned the buggy over
i and 2 of the hovs went out at the
1 side and the one went over
1 the back.
Two Blue Darters.
Sharpe’s Chaple News.
Lonnie Higgs has three foxes in
a cage. They are cute little creat
ures.
Wilson Mclntyre, of Vidalia.
visited his sister, Mrs. J. J. Odom
Sunday.
Miss Ruby Odom spent last
week with her grand parents in
i Vidalia.
j Mrs. Eddie Higgs and the child
ren are visiting Mrs. B, M. Higgs
this week.
Well I guess the showers that
are coming now will keep the peo
ple busy at work.
S. L Rowland, the Misses Eth
ridge, Blanch Carter and Rosa
Higgs attended preaching at the
Primitive church Sunday.
; Mr. aud Mrs. J. F. McCarty
have returned from Alabama,
1 where they have been every since
| their marriage. They say they
i are going to make Georgia their
1 future home at least for a while.
Mrs. J. H. Ethridge has return
-5 ed from Scott, where she has been i
: spending a fews days with freinds.
Miss Blanch Carter, of Scott, re
turned with Mrs. Ethridge and
will spend a few days down in this
section.
Protracted meeting begins at
this place next Saturday and!
i everybody i 9 cordially invited to
come. We have heard that Rev.
Walter Flanders was going to help
Bro. Sumner and he is a fine
preacher. Sunbeam.
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W. A. McNatt went up to
j Indian Springs last week and
: spent several days on his vacation
j and he says that he feels very
much better since returning home
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
new Coleman building is
going to l>e one of the handsomest
in the city It is going to be erect
ed especially for the hardware
business and it will giv<‘ the Min
ter-Smirh Company a tine new
home.
We are a little late with the
paper this week, the reason of our
de:av being that we wanted to get
everything connected with the
Union rally. It was a big thing
and it will show the world how
strong the Union is getting.
J. C. Paulette, one of the pop
ular salesmen at McNatt & Mc-
Bride’s, is'quite sick as we are go
ing to press. He is at the home of
Z. P. Williams and his parents
have been with him for several
days. We are glad to add that he
is a little better than he was and
we hope that he will soon be well
again.
The United States weather de»
partmeut has been invited to place
a weather station at the Georgia
State fair this fall so that vis
itors to the fair may see just how
Observer Mitchell of the Macon
station makes his observations.
This exhibit promises to be of es
pecial interest to the farmers of
the state.
In order that Georgia may be
a9 well represented a9 ether states
of the south, the Georgia agricul
tural society will ask the state leg
islature to give $50,000 for per
manent improvements at the state
fair grounds. If the legislature
grants the appropriation the City
of Macon will make a second ap
propriation of $50,000.
The ball game between the team
representing Lyons and the Reids
ville boys yesterday afternoon was
quite a bum exhibition of the na
tional game for the first few in
aings but the boys settled down
nt last and they put up a good ar
ticle of ball. The game went ten
innings to a tie and the score was
9to 9. It was called off on ac
count of darkness.
The gain of property valuations
in Toombs county this year is re
markable. Every district in the
county has gained, but the great
est gain was in the 51st or Vidalia
district. The net gain in the coun
ty foots up $458,228. This makes
the total for the county $3,369,-
322.00, which we think is a pretty
good showing for a county the
size of Toombs. Hurrah for our
tax receiver, Mr. J. B. Cave, and
our grand county,
Toombs Lodge Xo. 195, Knights
of Pythias, installed officers at the
meeting last Monday night week
and at this meeting they had a
splendid attendance. The follow
ing officers were installed by Dep
uty Grand Chancellor McGregor,
and they will serve for the balance
of the year: T. J. Parrish, Chan
cellor Commander; C A. Rogers,
Vice Chancellor; G. H. Mcßride,
Prelate; J, A. Sumner, Master at
Arms; Gordon Floyd, Master of
Work ; Harry Brown, Inner Guard
and Ed. Parker, Outer. Guard.
These are all good boys and loyal
Knights.
We were sorry to see the element
of greediness that was shown by a
few people at the barbecue yester
day. In that great assemblage it
| was expected that we would find a
j few of the hoggish kind but we
die not expect to see so mauy. The
talk of Mr. Proctor before dinner
was announced was a good one but
it seemed to have very little
weight Those that had the hog
gish streak pushed right in, grab
bed and wasted while the good
people had to stand aside, mauy
of them becoming disgusted and
leaving without any dinner. There
I was plenty for everybody and lots
of tine barbecue was left over. We
only wish that there was away to
keep some folks from mingling
with good people in any affair of
this kind.