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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 28.
LOCAL ITEMS
Barrett cookins stove for sale
cheap. Good as new. See John
Dust.
J. P. Collins went to Cobbtown
on a business trip the first of the
week.
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Mrs. H . L. Lankford and the
children are down in Clinch coun
ty visiting friends and relatives,
They have been away for a week
or so.
Another large boiler and engine,
supposed to be for a gin plant,
wa« received at Lyons this week.
Dont know who owns it but it is
large enough for a good plant.
We are glad to say that the lit
tle babe of Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Osborne, which was reported so
sick last week, is better and it now
has an excellent chance cf recov
ery.
Mrs. Wm. Donnell leaves in a
day or so to join her husband in
Niagra Falls. They will then go to
Canada and visit several of the
racing points, thence returning
and making a trip to Cuba for the
winter.
Cashier R P.Sweat, of the First
National, spent a part of last Sun
day in Vidalia. He went up to
meet his mother and brother, who
were to come from Waycrcss to
visit a sister in that city. They !
are to come to Lyons before re
turning to Waycross.
The Committee to select the
site for the Fertilizer w'orks will
meet the latter part of this month
and our people should be able to
give one that would be satisfac
tory., VVe hear that a move has
bdfti started in this direction and
there should be no unnecessary
delay.
M. A. Grant, who represented
the Vidal ia Ice and Coal Company
all during the season, is now in !
business for himself. He has con
tracted with the Claxton Ice C< m
pany to furnish him ice fur the
balance of the season and he is
putting in a splendid wood yard.
Mr. Grant is a hustler and we wish
him success.
J. Simmons Alexander, from
down in the Johnson Corner sec
tion, is preparing to rebuild his
ginnery that was destroyed bv fire
last year. He has a car load of
. machinery in Lyons now and an
other car of gins and fixtures. He
I is putting in a complete system
i and it will be one of the very best
* in the county.
, The engine at the old artesian
I well is out of commission and the
pump has not been running for a
week or more. This should be
4 changed as many people use this
' water for health. Some say that
the little engine was not any good
to begin with, but w r e are of the
opinion that it will do the work if
it is properly looked after.
The Direct Highway between
Charlotte, N. C., and Jackson
ville, Fla., as laid out by the
highway commission from Way
cross and Baxley, has been estab
lished and the map published. It
comes via Lyons and goes from
Lyons to Cobbtown and Still more, i
The map will be published in the
Progress just as soon as we can
get a plate of it.
M. A. Grant, formerly with the
Vidalia Ice & Coal company in
charge of their Lyons depot, has
resigned his position and started
out on his own hook. He has ar
ranged with the Claxtou factory
to furnish him all the ice he needs
and his first car load came in
Monday. Mr. Grant has also pur
chased a boiler and engine and he
is going to establish a wood and
coal yard. We wish him success
and 'p are satisfied that he will
do well.
Cross Road Dots.
C. R. Beasley made allying
trip to Vidalia Saturday.
J D. Carr and wife visited S. P.
Carr, of Vidalia, recently.
George McDonald called to see
Miss Pearl Grant last Sunday.
Misses Hannah and Hope Inez
Boyd visited Pearl Grant Monday.
Phaniel Haskins wa9 in this sec
tion Sunday enjoying himself very
much.
Miss Inez Boyd and Frank Zah
ler attended the meeting at Sadie
last Sunday night.
Floyd Moore called to see Miss
Inez Bovd Sunday morning ard
reported a fine time.
Floyd Moore has returned home
after spending sometime with his
sister near Swaiusboro.
Floyd Moore and Miss Gussie
Taylor attended Suuday school
and reported a fine time.
Mrs. R. E. Boyd and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Davis, made a flying
trip to Vidalia Wednesday.
Sherwood Boyd and Mis 9 Han
nah Heape attended the Sunday
school at Center report a fine time.
Mrs. Bloomer Griffin, of Jack
sonville, Ga., is visiting her par
ents, where she will spend a few
weeks.
Miss Natalie Boyd, Otto Clifton
and Mrs Edna Davis attend
ed meeting at Sadie last Sunday
night.
Albert Blocker and Miss Erenze
Zahler attended Sunday school
here Sunday. There must be
! something doing.
C. M. Grant was trying to hitch
his mule to the back of the buggy
the other day, and he was very
much excited. It is a fin 9 girl.
Mother and child are doing fine.
The meeting at the home of W.
D. Gran f was enjoyed by a large
crowd. A good sermon was
preached by Brother J. J. Webb.
Brother Webb wants everybody to
join and help him next Saturday
evening to build an arbor between
W. D. Grant’s and R. E. Boyd’s
and have a meeting every second
i Sunday at 11 o’clock.
Two Blue Darters.
Racket from Rackley.
Miss Vallie Kersey was the guest
of relatives in this section several
days recently.
J. M. Findley is off on an ex
tended visit to Savannah, Ba'ti
| more and other points.
Math Collins was very sick last
week but at this writing is some
better, we are glad to sav.
C. E. McCullough and Bowie
Fordham were in Stillmore one
day last week on business.
Mrs. Eliza Collins, from near
Cobbtown,visited relatives in this
section several days recently-
J. J. and W. J. Wrenn were a
rnong those attending to business
in Lyons Saturday of last week.
J. J. Wrenn was seriously sick
several days last week but is very
much improved at this writing.
Our school teacher, J. B. Will
son visited home folks over at
Gravmont last Saturday and Sun
day .
Willis Griffin has purchased a
brand new buggy for himself.
Lookout, girls, who will be the first
to get a ride?
We are pleased to note the im
provement of Mack Collins,whose
condition is serious and at first,
was feared would prove fatal.
Bowie Fordham, of Statesboro,
who has been visiting in this sec
tion for some time, has accepted
a position with C. E. McCullough
we learn.
Mr. and Mrs R. L. Wrenn at
tended the birthday dinner of
their mother, Mrs. R. B. Findley,
last Sunday and report an enjoy
able day.
A series of meetings has been in
progress at Mt- Zion this week and
they are having a wonderfully
good time, having received some
eighteen or tweuty new members.
Pineapple .
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911.
Additional Locals.
W. T. Ivey, with his wife and
children, left the other day to
spend a week or so in South Car
olina visiting friends and rela
tives.
Lennon Phillips, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Phillips, is quite sick
from a pain in his side caused by
a fall last year. We hope the little
fellow will soon be all right.
Mr. H H. Stanley, one of the
county’s oldest and best men, is
vet in a critical condition. He is
receiving every attention, however,
and we hope that he will soon re
gain his health.
Manager Goddard, of the New
Lyons, has made that hostelry
very popular with the traveling
public. He has crowds nearly
every day and we never hear of a
kick He has fitted up the house
until it looks fine and attractive.
Mr. Goddard is proving to be a
popular host and his good lady is
giving him able assistance.
Hcmer Mathias, who has been
winning the prize for the largest
water melon for several years
brought one in this week that i 9
about as large as we have ever
seen. It will weigh about eighty
pounds and he says that he has
larger ones He lives south of Vi
dalia in the western edge of the
county and he i 9 one of the good
farmers.
Col. Pratt Williams, of Pem
broke, was in the city Tuesday.
His home at Pembroke,with every
thing in it together with his law
library, was destroyed by fire ear
ly Tuesday morning and his loss
was great, without a dollar insur
ance. The house belonged to his
father, Judge Williams, of our
city, and on this there was 9mall
insurance.
A letter from Manager Meeks
of the Union Supply Company,
now in Baltimore buying goods,
asks us to say that he is finding
many bargains for the customers
of his company and he is going to
tell about them just as soon as he
returns Remember he says he is
going to have something attract
ive in the trading line. Watch the
Progres for the announcements
Burglars forced an entrance into
the Lyons postoffice last Friday'
night and they went through the
different cash drawers. They got
nothing, it seems, a3 Mr 3. Aaron,
the postmistress is always careful
to lock up all her cash and valua
ble packages every night. Only a
few stamps were left in the cash
drawer and they were not dis
turbed. The burglar, it seems,
wanted nothing but money. The
back door was forced open and
the buglar seemingly left by the
front door, as both were open Sat
urday morning.
The pretty little drama “Vally
Farm” is to be presented by ama
teurs on the night of the 24th,
Thursday night of court week, and
they have a splendid caste this
■ time. Mrs. Shewmake has been re
hearsing the drama for a month
and this time it will be staged
much better than it was staged be
fore. A curtain raiser entitled the
Snow Storm will be presented the
same night and the combination
will be the best amateur produc
tion that has ever been given in
Lyons. In our next issue we will
have more to say about it.
We understand that the Attorn
ey for Col I. H. Corbitt has ask
ed the School Board of the County
to consent to a postponement of
the ex-School Commissioner's
trial for embezzlement, premising
that every obligation to the coun- I
tv will be paid by Corbitt before
or by the Ist of January. The
School Board is to meet this week
to act on the matter. Col. Corbitt
is now in South Georgia and he
has given a good bond for his ap
pearance in Toombs for trial. The
story ol his case is pretty well
known in the county already.
A Birthday Dinner.
On Sunday,July 80th, the child
ren and grandchildren of Mrs.
II B. Findley met at her home
near the Ohoopee’s shady banks to
celebrate her fiftieth anniversary.
The forenoon was spent in pleas
ant conversation among the child
ren who so seldom enjoy the priv
i ledge of meeting together at the
old homestead, and now and then
could be heard the laughter of the
little one 9 as they engaged in the
innocent fun and frolic of child
hood. Just before the noon hour
refreshments of ice cream and cold
drinks were served and then din
ner was announced The table
which had been prepared out un
der the cool shade of the trees in
the yard, fairly groaned beneath
the weight of good things which
had been prepared by the good
daughters of this worthy lady.
Ice cream was served again in
the afternoon,and as the sun sank
in the western sky all turned their
faces home-ward, wishing tho
mother and grandmother another
half century of usefulness, and
pleasant association wfith her
loved family and friends. There
were present at the celebration 8
children and seven grandchildren
viz. Mrs. Leauder Lynn, Mrs.
Harris Lynn, Mrs. Harley Rewis,
Mrs. R L Wrenn,Mr.Dave Gibbs,
with their families, and the child
ren stilt at home, John, Ella and
Tommie, two little sons haviug
passed to the great beyond.
Mrs. Findley was presented
with many beautiful and useful
presents a9 tokens of the high es
teem in which she is held by her
children and they were very much
appreciated. May she be spared
to spend many more birthdays
and may they all be spent as
pleasantly as this one.
A Visitor.
A Monster Rattle Snake Killed.
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week w r hile Mrs. W. H. Hardtn
and Miss Annie Harden were go
ing from the home of W. S. Har
den to the home of W. H . Harden
they came across a huge rattle
snake right in the road in front of
the horse they were driving. The
horse was scared of pistol shots so
they backed away a short distance
and Miss Annie went back with a
pistol to kill the snake, She shot
it several times, wounding it, then
she tried lightwood knots ail the
time the snake was jumping at her
and she said it could almost jump
its full length. The two ladies
both fought the snake until they
were almost exhausted, then they
drove hack about a mile and got
W. 11. Harden, who quickly dis
patched his snakeship. The ladies J
had wounded it so badly that it
could not leave.
The snake was one of the larg
est that has ever been killed in
this section. It had fourteen rat
tles, all full size, and it looked as
if one or two rattles had been
pulled off. It measured eix feet in
length and inside of it was a full
grown rabbit. The ladies were
brave and they are to be congratu
lated for getting rid of ttie danger
ous reptile.
Surprise Party.
A sudden surprise to Miss
Geraldine Aaron , at the home of ,
her mother, Mrs. J. B. Aaron, by
a few- of her friends who met at t
her home, Friday evening August
4th, was enjoyed by all who at
tended.
They were entertained by games,
music and jokes. Those that at
tended were Misses Ora Jones,
Annie Lou Brown, Myrtle Wil
liams, Willie Bomar, Lurline
Thomas, Mattie Mae Brown, Net
tie Oliver, Letitia Wimberly, Flora
Gray and Venice Hussey, and
Messrs. Henry McQueen, Dr Nor
ris, Gordon Flovd, Elmo Johnson,
Harry Brown, Ed Parker, Steve
Purvis, John Luther Godwin,
Guyce Hussey, Garland Williams,
Claude Mosely and Barney Nunez.
Misses Leacy Cowart and Fred
erica Krantler spent Monday in
Vidalia as guests of Mrs. Geo. L.
Gee, of Jacksonville.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. Ben Collins with her sister,
Miss Tern Mercer, of Cobbtown,
were very pleasant visitors at the
homes of Mrs. D. T. Gibbs and
Mrs. Chas. Phillips Saturday and
Sunday last.
I have for sale a neat five room
house with six lots and good out
houses. With all convenience
such as water and telephone. Will
sell cheap to quick buyer. Come
and see John Durst.
Dr. G. G. Howell and wife and
a Mr Mikel and wife, of Reids
ville and Savannah respectively,
were here Monday a few hours.
They carne up in Dr. Howell’s
Primo and they say they had a
pleasant trip.
Miss Ethel Bomar, who has been
attending a musical conservatory
m Indianapolis, Ind., during the
vacation, is at home again and we
are glad to say her health is fine.
She will have charge of the music
class at the First District School
at Statesboro again this year and
we hear that she is a fine teacher.
Several of tho W. A. &L. stock
holders left this morning to at
tend a meeting called to be held
at Dublin today. It is to be an im
portant meeting and every stock
holder should either go or send a
proxy The early completion of the
road is dependent somewhat upon
the result of the meeting to be
held today.
Seab Hall, from down on the
Altamaha, came up Saturday to
see Danny Partin, who is very sick
at the home of Dr. Gray. It is
feared that Mr. Partin has a case
of typhoid fever. He came to Ly
ons for treatment several weeks
ago and we are glad to say that he
is doing as well as could be ex
pected under the circumstances.
We certainly hope he will soon
regain his health.
We understand that the Gar
butt & Donovan ginnery is ready
for business at any time. They
have had all the machinery over
hauled and it is in shape to do
fine w’ork. Work on the old Lyons
ginnery is being rushed and they
hope to have it ready very soon.
Lyons will be in shape this year
to gin and handle all the cotton
that will be brought here. We have
three pretty good ginneries ar.d
all of them are in good shape or
will be when the season opens.
Rev. Pafford, Pastor of the
Methodist church, has a notice in
another column announcing a
special service for Sunday morn
ing He is carefully preparing a
sermon that he thinks will be of
interest to every person in Lyons
and he is anxious that he have a
good congregation. Rev. Pafford
is good on these special occasions
and this time he has chosen a sub
ject that he thinks will please all.
Special music is being arranged
and the service will be a treat.
Buy a good farm in south-west
Georgia. Fine pebbly lands; la
bor abundant; best roads in Geor
gia; best cotton lands in the
South. It is like living in town.
Good neighborhoods, schools and
churches. Pure free stone water;
plenty hog and hominy. The best
crops in Georgia now on these
lands. You must come soon or
you can’t buy. Small tracts or
large tracts: Price $12.50 to $80;
good terms. Write for my book
let on farm lands for sale. W. E.
Craigmiles, Thomasville, Ga.
The editors of the two papers
published in our neighbor city
seem very anxious to get up a
newspaper controversy with the
Progress. They pick up every lit
tle item and comment on it.
Brothers, we will tell you right at
the beginning that we are not go
ing to get into a controversy. We
are not going to do or say anything
against our sister city. With us it
is Lyons first, then Yidalia and
the county generally. We want to
harmonize rather than keep up
strife.