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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8, No. 26.
LOCAL ITEMS
sor 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and
Price 25 cents.
M.'IV. Rogers, of Reidsville,was
in the city Sunday visiting his
many old friends.
L. D. Osborne has moved to
the flat over the Lyons Bargain
Store and is keeping house now .
Mrs. Win. Donnel is at home
again and will spend several weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Collins,
Assistant Cashier Henry Mc-
Queen,of the First National Bank,
went to Vida’ia Sunday to visit
his brothers and sisters.
H. C. Willis, foreman of the
Grace Garage at Vidalia, came
down Saturday afternoon and
spent a few hours with his family.
Mr. Geo. W. Vann, the carpen
ter, has gone to North Carolina to
spend a month or so at his old
home and we know that he will
have a good time.
There is a fine store room vac
ant in Lyons and it is in a splen
did location for any kind of busi
ness. It rents reasonable, too, and
we want to see a live merchant get
into it.
Col. Jno. L. Renfroe, with his
wife and two children, are stop
ping off in Lyons to-day. They
are on their way back to States
boro. Mrs. M. N. Rogers and the
children are here also.
Judge G. T. Mason was in At
lanta several days this week
watching the work of the legisla
tors. He is interested in the spec
ial bills for Toombs county and
we understand that they will go
through with ease,
W. A. McNatt went to Atlanta
Saturday night. Mrs. McNatt and
h '-sou, Jim Paul, are up there
she being under the treat
ment of a physician for indiges
tion and Jim Paul having his eyes
looked after by a specialist.
A car load of machinery for the
bottling works has arrived and we
can’t understand why the owners
dont get busy putting it in shape
for business. The machinery is al!
second hand but it is comparative
ly new and it -is strictly up-to-date
in every way.
Mrs. Everlyn, President of the
Local Chapter of the Daughters of j
the Confederacy, requests us to j
say that she has called a special j
meeting of the Chapter to be held
at the New Lyons Hotel on Fri
day, August 4th at 4 o’clock, p.
m., and every member is urged to
attend.
Don’t knock the railroad. Speak
a good word for it or don’t men
tion it at ail. The road is being
built just as fast as is possible
' taking all the knocking and hard
work against it into consideration.
You knockers are going to Lei bad
over what you have said when the
line is completed and that time is
not going to be long off.
In another column to-day will
be found the half page advertise
ment of Georgia Life Insurance
Company of Macon. This is a
home enterprise and it is one of
the strongest in the United States.
The Knight Agency Company, of
Soperton, have the South Georgia
section, and Sweat & McQueen at
the First National Bank, have the
county of Toombs,
We are requested to say that
there will be a very interesting de
bate at the Edmond school house
on Saturday night, Aug., sth, !
the question to be debated being
“Resolved that prohibition is best
for Georgia.” On the affirmative
side R. W, Bugg and Col. J. J.
Williams will appear, wh’le the
negative side will be represented
by Prof. Gary Coleman and Mr.
Hall Pittman. All are good de
baters n nd the public is invited.
North-West Georgia.
We had heard much of the
great north Georgia country, of
the fertility of the s)il in that
section, of the wonderful mineral
products and of the great manu
facturing industries. We were skep
tical, however, until after our vis
it to Cartersville and Bartow coun
ty a week or so ago. In short we
must say that it is a great coun
try, but we cant help but add that
agriculturally they are not m the
same class with Tocmibs and ad
joining counties. Why we say this
is because a farmer up there has
to find his farm here and there,
hunt al! over a larg* spot of land
to get a farm, while down here he
can get a good farm altogether
and the crops on our lands are bet
ter all around.
These good people are ahead of
us, however, in several ways. They
have minerals in the mountains to
help out and they have large manu
facturing enterprises. Out in the
surburbs of Cartersville, at Atco,
we saw the model cotton mill of
the South. It is owned by a Mr.
McLean and bis idea is to make
his laborers live in comfort. He
has laid out a little city there,
with lights and water, good sewer
age aud other things, and it is
for the operatives in his mill. It
is a beautiful place tn visit and
shows what could he done if we
had a few McLean’s in this sec
tion of the country.
Bartow county is one of the best
in North Georgia and the city of
Cartersville is just a dream of a
place to live in. It has beautiful
homes, splendid people and it is a
progressive city generally. We
hardly think the . climatic condi
tions are any better than we have
here and we know that the agri
cultural section is not as good; it
has other advantages, however,
that we do not have such as stone
quarries, cement bed's, mines of
different descriptions and large
manufacturing enterprises.
Frouj Cartersville we went to
Rome, another beautiful North
Georgia city, and we passed
through a splendid valley of fertle
land The crops there are good,
too, but not like what we have
down here. We could not com
pare the two sections of country.
As to health one is as good as the
other, as to agricultural land we
are far ahead and our crops are
more regular, as to fruit, they are
ahead of us and as to manufactur
ing enterprises, we cannot be
menUoned in the same class. We
saw a grand country, met a great
J people and we had a very pleasant
trip, but we could not rielp but
think that if the farmers up there
would come down here, use the
same energy thev do up there,how
soon they would be rich. On the
trip, however, we were satisfied of
the true greatness of Georgia.
Once and awhile we meet a pes
simist that laugli9 at our notices
concerning the W. A. & L. rail
road . Now, buds, the W. A. & L.
ra’lroad is not a dead enterprise
by any means. It was never any
livelier than it is right now at
this time . It is true that the plans
are working out slow, but that
can be expected. More than a mil
lion dollars will be invested and
it takes time to arrange ail mat
ters. One thing is absolutely cer
tain, the road will be completed
from Wrightsville to Lyons and
it will be extended South or South
east. Contracts for this work will
be signed in a week or ten days
aud this contract calls for some
thing doing in sixty days.
t .
Chief DeLoach landed another
blind tiger Saturday and lie con
fessed his crime. The blind culprit
: was Will Anderson, better known
as “Drummer” and this is his sec
ond offence. The Chief is right in
behind the blind tiger operators
and he says that he is going to
break up the practice in Lyons
Chief DeLoach is easy going but
he is right there with the goods
when it comes to looking after law
breakers.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town o’ Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Col. Graham, of Mt. Vernon,
was in the city a few hours Wed
nesday norning.
Dr. John Meadows, of Vidalia,
was in the city a few hours last
Sunday afternoon.
Col, C. C. Curry, of Vidalia,was
mingling with his Lyons friends a
few hours Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. P. C. Wilks and the child
ren have gone up to their olrl
home to spend a few weeks with
friends and relatives.
Mr. Teuton, the saw mill man
from Letford, was in the city the
first of the week visiting at the
home of W. H. Morris.
Sidney Adams has been at home
for a week, after a severe illness.
He has not entirely recovered yet,
but he seems to be getting strong
er every day.
The force of workmen that went
to work on the new Coleman buil
ding Monday morning makes it
possible for this building to be
ready for occupancy in at least
sixty days.
We have in our office a com
bination Odd Fellow and Maso.iic
pin that was found on the streets
last Thursday, and the owner can
get it by proving property and
paying for this notice
L. F. Achorn, formerly cf Mt.
Vernon, was in the city Monday
showing samples of sand lime
brick that he is making at Eden,
on the Central railway near Mel
drim. These brick are being made
in two colors and they are certain
ly fine.
Senator Brown was at Lome
Saturday and Sunday. He eavs the
legislature is moving slowly but
that lots of legislation has been
offered for investigation. Senator
Brown is sticking to his post
close he is proving a true rep
resentative of the people.
Manager Meeks, of the Union
Supply Company, will leave for
Baltimore and other eastern cities
next Tuesday, the purpose of his
visit being to buy a fall and win
ter line for the Company. He
says he is going to look for bargin9
and we are satisfied* he will find
them.
The new front in the Lyons Bar
gain Store has been completed and
it looks fine Mr. Levin, the
manager, is now* decorating his
show windows and he seems to
understand how to make them
look pretty. He is a hustler when
it comes to merchandising and he
has a fine run of trade.
•T. C. Adams, the contractor,
did a neat piece of work in arrang
ing the upper floor of our school
building. He arranged four
splendid rooms upstairs with a
good hallway. This 16 quite an
addition to the school but it don’t
fill the place of the auditorium
and we want to see this addition
built a9 soon as possible.
Sheriff Thompson is getting
everything in readiness for court.
He is kept on the hustle from
| early morning till late at night
! and he has a fairly good sized
crowd of boarders in the Toombs
free boarding house. If the city
court is given us many of the pris
loners can help build roads instead
of layinging up in the jail at pub
lic expense.
Oliver & Sunnier, the Hudson
agents, sold another car the first
of the, week, the purchaser being
A. M. Moses, of Uvalda. They
are taking on another agency be
sides the Hudson, the Whiting, a
cheap car but one of the best
made. The Whiting i 9 a light
runabout and will sell for less than
SBOO. It is built specially for
country roads and we believe that
it is going to be a good seller.
Messrs. Oliver & Sumner will
have a sample car here in a very
short time.
Successful Meeting Closed.
Friday a. m , July 21st, a con
, gregation of about three hundred
• pn-suna assembled at Rocky Creek
Baptist Churh, witnessed the clos
ing of one of the most successful
; meetings in the history of the
' church. It was conducted by Rev.
S. D. W alker and Dr. Usry both
i of Tarry Town , Ga. Rev. S. D.
, Walker is our able and beloved
pastor, is competent of winning
souls for Chist wherever he gne s
and in whnt-so-ever church he
preaches. We feel that in secur
ing him as pastor, Rocky Creek
Church received one of God’s rich
est and greatest blessings.
We also feel that as we were
growing cold and indifferent, and
negligent to the work our Father
has for us to do, that he smiled on
us with love and mercy by send
ing Bro. Usry to plead with and
for us, tor never heard nor seen a
man plead with more earnestness
and anxiety than did he Dr. Usrv
is a Physician for the body and
flesh as well as the soul, and we
believe that he is called of God and"
doing the will of God, for we don’t
believe that any'man can do the
work Dr. Usry is doing without
the Holy Spirit from on High.
May God bless him and make
him successful in his work, both as
phvsician and minister.
During the services there were
about 15 persons who gave their
hearts to God and took a stand for
Christ, and we feel that many
more were as Paul said “almost
persuaded to become Christians”
but could not summons courage
to confess it and pull loose from
the world so to speak.
But we trust the same spirit
that began knocking at their
hearts will not cease to knock till
they have been given to God. And
may God bless those who united
with the church and help them to
grow stronger and more steadfast
day by day and their lives be ex
amples for others.
Wo feel thankful for such men
as Bro. Walker and Dr. Usry. May
their work expand until it reaches
from ocean to ocean and their re
ward be souls ft.r their hire.
“A Member.”
The old Lyons Ginnery is being
put ui shape and it. is going to be
up to date in ev-ry way. A fine
new boiler has been shipped down
and it is now being put in
the old gins are all being rebuilt
and a new one is to be added. The
building is to be rebuilt also and it.
will be almost a new ginnery when
all t.he work is finished. E M.
Wimberly is in charge of the work
and lie will manage the gin again
this coming season. He says that
he is going to have a plant just
as good as any in the county when
the season opens.
The crop out on 11. A. Gal
breath’s place in the edge of the
city, is seemingly the talk of the
county. The writer went out there
Saturday and we found wonderful
improvements since our visit of ,
several weeks ago. The cotton has
held its own and is still growing,
with good prospects of fully a hale
and a half to the acre average and
the,corn has shown wonderful im-!
provement. Mr. Galbreath has
cause to be well satisfied over his
prospects and his farm generally
is a picture for people to look at.
There is an opening in Lyons
for a good watch repairer and jew
-1 eler, also for a good shoe maker.
There will be no opposition in
either case and the people of the
city would keep up both with loc
al work and they would also get a
fine country trade. Any man of
either trade can get information ;
about the city from Mayor Simht
or from the Progress.
J. A. Sumner is about the happi
est looking man in the city this
week and he has good cause to feel
so. He has a fine little lady that
has taken up herresidece w r ith him
and she came last Saturday after
noon. We are proud to say that
mother and daughter are both do
ing fine.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Cool nights have come and the
weather is now fine. Cool nights
and warm davs will make cotton
open early and fast.
Mrs. William Johnigean and
son. Zenas Seals, of Asheville, N.
0., are expected to arrive in the
city this week to visit friends aud
relatives.
We will begin this week giving
the Savannah spot cotton market
and as soon as the local market
opens we will give the prices that
are paid every Thursday in the
forenoon.
A guano factory managed by
the Union will be a great thing
for the Union and every man in
the county interested in such a
plant should attend the meeting
in Lyons Saturday.
Georgia’s first bale of cotton of
the 1911 crop was sold at Mcßae
Tuesday. It was raised by T. J.
Smith and weighed an even 500
pounds. T. W. Booth was the buy
er at 25 cents per pound.
Eason Collins, the popular
night man at the telephone ex
change, is suffering from a case of
appendicitis. He has been sick
now for a week and we hope that
he will soon be all right again.
The tollowing change has been
made in the Sunday school Con
vention program and it is sent us
for publication: The Vidalia
Sunday school will render their
part on Sunday morning instead
of Saturday evening.
Just a little over a month be
fore school w'ill open and we do
hope that work will be started on
the new auditorium before that
time. This auditorium will be
badly needed as a class room and
it w'ill come in handy all during
school.
Plans are soon to he ready for
the new post office building and
it is to be a dandy. The building
to be erected on the corner will be
large enough for other purposes
besides the post office but the
prospective builder wont give out
any information yet awhile,
Homer Annerson brought to the
Progress office Monday morning
two open bolls of cotton and they
were the first we have seen this
season. Homer has a fine crop
out on the Z. P. Williams place
in the edge of the city and he says
his cotton is opening right along.
We bear that a City Court bill
for Toombs county is being pre
pared and that it is to go through
at this sessiou of the Legislature.
Now we are beginning to believe
that a City Court is needed in the
county but if any such legislation
is proposed we are in favor of let
ting the people know it.
We hear it rumored that I. Q.
Coleman is to tear out the old
•wood building next to the First
National Bank on the west and he
is to erect in its place a fine brick
structure. We are glad to hear of
the improvement but we wish
some one would build cottages in
stead of stores. The cottages are
; needed the worst.
Meesrs.Jenkins and Austin, two
of Vidalia’s popular citizen, were
in the city a few hours this week.
They are connected with the Vi
dalia Cotton Oil Company, owners
of the Lyons Ginnery, and they
came down to look after the re
pairs that are being made. They
say that their gin at Lyons is go
ing to be as good as the best in
| the county.
, Manager C. G. Beck, of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, of Savannah,wa9
in the city a few hours Wednesday
afternoon looking over the local
plant. Mr. Beck believes in giv
ing the poople good service and he
visits the plants in his territory
very often. He is a very affable
gentleman and we are always glad
to have him call on us.