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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.