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THE LYONS PROGRESS. VOL. 8. No. 30. LOCAL ITEMS sor G dose 9of “6G6” will cure any case of chills and fever. Price 25 centa. Drs. Thompson and Huie, of Vidalia, were in the city Wednes day attending court. Mr. Haygood, of Fitzgerald, was among the prominent lawyers at tending our court this week. Miss Irene Summers, of Jack sonville,is here for a week or so, a guest at the Godwin home. R. E. DeLoach, County Attor ney for Tattnall county, was among the court visitors the first of the week. Mr. T. S. Hayward, of the Hay ward-Williams Co., cotton factors of Savannah, was in the city the first of the week. Cols. DaCosta Patillo, C. C. Cur ry, C. W. Sparks and DeLoach, of Vidalia, were among the attorneys at our court all this week. Manager Blackwell says that his bottling works, building and all, is on wheels. He will get located in a week or so, when he will be gin to make all kind 9 of soft drinks. The Daughters of the Confeder acy will hold their regular business meeting Friday afternoon, Aug 25th, 1911, at the home of Mrs. C. F. Shewmake All members are , asked to be present. J fSecretary Staten, of the W. A.: & L. railroad, is in Savannah this looking after the railroad business. He is greatly pleased with the outlook and he says busi ness will be doing right away. Young Dan Partin, who is sick at the home of Dr. Gray, is report ed to be improving as we go to press. He has been very low and for a w’hile was not expected to live. Good care, however, has pull ed him through so far and his friend? now have good hopes of his recovery. “Uncle Josh” Lanier, from down on the Altamaha, was in the city the first of the week, and with a wink and a little side nod he said that in the coming political fight the Saw Dust district was go ing to be heard from. “Uncle Josh” is a pretty good prognosti cator, too, when it comes to dol ing out politics. » The Georgia Coast & Piedmont railroad >s going to be extended to Lyons and it wont be a very long ; time coming either. This road is being improved and extended to Brunswick also and it is destined to be a great trunk line yet. We have seen other items about the extension of this road but they had no foundation. Manager Goddard, at the New' Lyons Hotel, has put in a neat pool table and it is proving very popular with traveling men. A pool table is something that fur nishes innocent amusement for those who care to while away a few hours after business and this one is in the hands of a gentleman that knows how to manage it. Chief DeLoach, assisted by Dep uty Sheriff Collins, landed two bad negroes in the city calaboose last Saturday night and Mayor Smith gave them terms on the streets One of them gave Mr.' Collins a hard chase and he was ■ captured only by hard work. Dep- J uty Collins doesn’t usually miss a culprit when he goes after one right. Hunter Pearce & Battev, the substantial, reliable, and wide awake Factors, of Savannah, offer you the same excellent service that has convinced many of the benefits of marketing cot ton through them. Until you have tried them, perhaps you are neglecting an opportunity to real ize more for your cotton than i heretofore They respectfully : solicit y )ur consignments. A Bit of Family History. Old Uncle Juck McCullough is a character that we all kn w and hoii"r and a bit of his fainilv his tory. will no doubt, be inter-sting reading. We give it below his own language. “A. J. McCullough and Nancy Sapp were married in October, 1868, and the Lord blessed them with 13 children. Seven boys, all now men, only one of whom has crossed the dark river. Also six girls, all grown and one of them is missing from the fireside, hav ing been called to her reward, leaving behind six children. “Un cle Jack” and his good wife have eleven living children, eighty-one grand-children, and not in the en tire number is there a single de formity or cripple. Uncle Jack has lived w-ell, has had plenty and he thanks God for being so kind to him and his. Tn addition to the children and grand-children, he has twelve great grand-children. The two old people were members of the Missionary Baptist church before they were married and thev have lived right Their fam ily history is one to be proud of and they are people that are hon ored wherever they are known. The Progress takes pleasure in publishing this little bit of fam ily history, as it speaks well for the people among whom we are living. “Plain Dick” Russell, in his speech here Monday, was asked pointedly what bis position was -outlie prohibition question. He ! answered it without a quiver and he said he believed in local option, that he had always thought the people generally were competent to govern themselves and he would not be willing to take away that privilege. We can’t help but think that Dick Russell is right. At any rate he was honest in his convictions, and for that if noth ing else he deserves the confidence of the people. The Pregress would vote and support prohibition in Toombs county but we feel that we would have to let the other com Pies decide for themselves. C. W. Brazell is actively work ing on the stock list for the Alta maha river bridge and he has se cured many stock holders. The people of Lyons and Vidalia should take a liberal block of the stock as the bridge will benefit both, and aside from the benefits it will be a paying investment j from the start. From the very be- j ginning it will pay at least 8 per cent on the investment and some ' say it will pay a great deal more One thing is certain, when this bridge is built, every automobile highway will lead to it for a river crossing. The grand jury this week is a fine body of men and they are wor kers too. Dr. T. A. Scarboro is the chairman and Dan T. Gibbs is the secretary. They .have a strenuous session and they are doing some work that will count- Judge Raw j lings gave them a splendid charge and Solicitor General Herrington is giving them able assistance. Court is not dragging in the least and it seems that they are going to get rid of the worst of the liti gation. Architect I. P. Crutchfield, of •Vidalia, was in the city Tuesday afternoon to deliver the plans for the new I Q. Coleman building In j a conversation with the editor, j Mr. Crutchfield said he was pre i paring to move to Macon early in 1 September and in him the county j will lose a good man. He is looking for a more central loca tion, however and we are satisfied that he has chosen a good one in 1 Macon. An unruly negro made an at tempt to cut McHall’s throat last Saturday night and he is now in the hands of the law. He is serv-- ing a twelve day sentence on the streets and besides he will have to J answer to the grand jury now in j ! session. Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1911. Superior Court. August Term has Been a Busy One and Many Cases are being Tried The August Team of Tournbs Superior Court convened last Mon day with Judge B. T. Rawlings on the bench and Solicitor General Alfred Herrington in charge of the prosecutions, lhe Juries were, call ed, the Grand Jury emapanuelled and business was started with a rush. On the first day several cases were disposed of. two or three of th-rn being divorce cases. The cal endar was called and several cases announced readv for trial. The Grand Jury organized bv electing Dr. I'. A. Scarboro as chairman, and D. T. Gibbs as clerk. “Uncle Evan Paiker was made bailiff, and after an able charge from Judge Rawlings tlrs body, made up of some of the best, men in the county, got down to business. If reports are true they are having a strenuous time, too, and they may make a report that will he very interesting. One of the most important civil cases tried so far is that of Hay ward vs Poe, a cotton case that in volves quite a large sum. It was given to the Jury Tuesday after noon early and on Wednesday morning about nine o’clock a mis trial was declared. The Moore-Darbv damage suit was to be taken up Tuesday after noon but Judge Twiggs, one of the law k T ers in the case had to go to Atlanta and it went ov-r to Wed nesday. These are the two m -t impor tant cases so far called ai d they have taken up quite a me tune. It seems very probable Mo t court will have to go on into n ;t- week, as Judge Rawlings seem a to be anxious to clear the docket of all old cases. The criminal docket, which is rather heavy, was taken up Thursday morning and it is prob able that the balance of this week will be taken up with criminal business. Outside the hour or so taken up Monday by Judge Russell, there has been but very little time lost. j The lawyers, however, are all the time fighting for continuances, and it is to some of them that a great deal of the delay in the courts is attributed. Missionary Meeting. The following program has been ! arranged fi r the missionary meet. 1 ing to be held at the Methodist church Monday afternoon, Aug. 28th, 1911. A general invitation is extended to the pubic. Ist—Song, to be selected. 2nd—Scripture lesson. 3rd —Prayer. 4th—Song, to be selected. sth—Missionary Quiz, by mem bers. 6th—Vocal Solo, Miss Letha Williams. 7th—Reading, Miss deLuth Wil -1 iams. Bth—Closing song to be selected. The program will be very inter esting and the ladies are anxious that they have a good congrega tion. The Glynn Construction Com-1 pany will complete the W. A & L. railroad and they are to begin work in the next thirty days. The same company will also extend the Geor gia Coast & Piedmont railroad from Darien to Brunswick and from Glennville to Lyons. This means that we will soon have run ning through Lyons a trunk line from Wnghtsville to Brunswick and sooner or later we are expect ing a consolidation all under one name. The closing of this con tract for the completion of the W. A . & L. is indeed gratifying to the Lyons people. The deal has been ion for sometime and since it has been consummated the people are feeling a new interest in the line. Will G. Partin, of Collins, was ,in the citv Sunday visiting his many old friends. Herrington for Congress. In mass meeting of the citizens of Swainsboro and Emanuel coun ty this day assembled, the follow ing resolutions were adopted : Whereas, that in the approach ing election for the Twelfth Con gressional District, of Georgia which will take place next August we had no candidate,gnd whereas, we have in the Hon. Alf Herring ton a son to the mam r 1 orn cf Emanuel county, a man of talent and ability and one who has served the Democratic party long an! faithfully, and one capable of fil ling any office in the gift of the peoople. Therefore.be it resolved, that we his friends and admirers as well as friends of good government hereby present the name of me Hon Alf Herrington to the voters of the Twelfth Congressional Dist rict. and respectfully request them to give this, our preference, due consideration, for the high office of Congressman. Resolved Spcond :—That the Secretary of this meeting is 1 >re bv instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to the H<»n Alfred Herrington at Lyons, Ga., where he is now' engaged in the discharge of his official duties as Solicitor General 'of the Middle Judicial Circuit R> solved Third :—That the Sec retary of this meeting is hereby instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to each news paper in the district with the re. quest that they publish same. Swainsboro, Ga., Aug. 22 1911. Lyons is getting a fair share of the cotton in this section in spite of the fact 'hat our gins are not running regular. Our merchants ha ,T e probably learned a lesson this season, because they are well satis fied that they must have a ginnery next year that will run when cot ton comes to the city. It seems hard to see cotton going elsewhere just because it cannot be ginned here. Our subscribers are not paying upas they usually do. During the August t-nn of court so far we ! have onlv tr >tten about, fifteen or twenty out of a total of over a thousand that are behind. Friends you must pay up or the postoffice department wont let us mail your paper. If you dont want to pav just drop a card so that we will know what to expect. Hon Tom Watson is to lie in | Reidsville on Thursday next, the 31st, and will address the people. An invitation is extended our peo- , nle to go over and hear him. He has promised to come to Lyons soon and an effort is being made tc bring him here Wednesday, the 30th. Up to the hour of going to press we had not heard from him on the subject. The Minter-Smith Hardware Company is still branching out. They purchased last week the hardware business of Leader & Rosansky, of Vidalia, and for a time at least if not permanent they are to conduct a branch of the Lyons store in that city. Mr. J. B. Johnson will be in charge and he will be a good man f • r the place. The old Lyons Ginnery is not quite ready for business yet but Mr. Wimberly is doing his best to get ready before the week is out. Some of his machinery has been lost in shipment and it has caused the delay. The Garbutt & Dono van ginnery has only been run ning three days in the week but they are beginning to gin regular now. We bear that a young man from Athens, Ga., is here to rent the old Rogers stand in Scarboro building, : and that he will soon open a fine line of dry goods and clothing in it. Th 9 young man is a jew, it seems, but he is a business man and we can only say that he is coming to a good business point and he will find there is always i room for one more if he is ahustler. Subscription SI.OO. LOCAL NOTES Mr. J. S. Easterling, of Reids ville, was in the city Wednesday mingling with his many friends. Dr. Norris and Miss Ora Joues went up to Graymout Sunday morning to spend the day with friends. Mis 9 Schellie Prince has been in the city for several days visiting friends. She was a guest of Mrs. W. P. C. Smith. Mr. Bowen, our market man, is all right again and he is now fur nishing the people with fine fresh meat all th 9 time. Miss Pearl Thompson left last Thursday for her home, after spending several weeks here with her many friends. Millard M. Wilke, of Bruns wick, came the first of the week and he will spend several days in Lyons with friends. J. J. Lane, from down in the Marvin neighborhood, has as a guest this week, his brother and a friend from up in South Carolina. They came Sunday night and they will be here for a week. Col. Kent, of Mt. Vernon, de sires us to say that they are to have a Farmer’s Institute in that town for a week very soon and he is anxious that the Toombs county farmers go over and take part. M. A Grant, the ice man, has bought the Phillips Grocery store and he says he is going to carry a line of fresh groceries all the time. He is branching out and we hope that he will build up a good trade. John A. Coursey, of Ailev, was in the city the first of the week. John say 9 that if he dont sell his lots next to the Union Supply store he is going to build on them right away. They are certainly valuable lots. W. C. Oliver went to Savannah the first of the week and he has arranged to handle the Chalmers- Detroit automobles in this section. This machine is one of the best made and they are putting up a popular priced car that will be popular. Mr. Geo. Kight and Miss Alice Collins were quietly married in Lyons Monday evening late. The groom is a son of J. W. Kight, and the bride is a daughter of Mrs. A. S. Collins. We congratulate the young couple and wish them much happiness and prosperity. Mr. Penuel, our new stock deal | er, has arrived and he will move | his family here as soon as he can ; find a house to live in. He says that he will have a car load of fine mules here by the Ist of Septem ber and he will also have some fine horses shipped down from Ken tucky. A letter from Hon. Thomas E. Watson to his representative now in Lyons, tells him that Mr Wat son will not be able to visit Toombs county until sometime in September. During September, however, he says he will come to Lyons and address the people on live issues of the day. Hon. J. Pope Brown, one of the leading candidates for guberna torial honors, was on the streets of Lyons last Saturday afternoon. He had made a speech at Yidalia and came down here to spend the afternoon. He is a brilliant mau, and a friend to the farmer so they say and he is going to have a strong following in the election. People all over the country may brag about sugar cane at this gea son, but we have in our office the boss cane. It is of the ribbon cane variety and it has 11 full joints and they are very large. It was raised by Mr. J, B. Graham, of Ohoopee, and he says he has a good patch just as large as the one he brought here. Mr. Graham i 3 a good farmer anyway all his crop is good this year.