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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.