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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 31.
LOCAL ITEMS
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Mrs. Mark Rogers and children,
of Rpjdsviilh, are here for a few
days visiting friens and relatives.
\Sheriff Thompson, Clerk
and a number of the boys w-n$ to
Tybee Sunday and say thpy had a
fine time.
Anderson Huggins, who is sup
erintending some buildings down
about Collins and Reidsville, was
in the city Sunday.
Paul Cowart, who is managing
a garage at Graymont, was in the
city Sunday and Monday mingl
ing with his friends.
Mr. Duggan, a buyer for the
Dixie Cotton Company, is now lo
cated in Lyons and he is right in
the swim when it comes to buying
cotton.
Fast driving of automobles on
the streets must be stopped. If
not there is going to be a serious
accident then it will be too late
to stop it.
Mack Wimberly has a new whit
tle at the Lyons Ginnery and it
is a good one. He tried it Tupsdav
afternoon to annouuce -that the
gin was ready for business.
Both the Lyons ginneries are
now busy with the fleecy staple
and it is coming to the city at the
rate of from seventy-five to one
hundred and fifty bales a day.
The man who gets mad at what
the newspaper says about him,
should return thanks three times ■
a day for «hat the newspapers
i k.ew about him and suppressed,
W. C. Oliver and
ter, Miss Nettie, are in North Car
olina to spend a few weeks with
friends and relatives. Miss Lucille
Oliver is in Rincon visiting her
brother.
Mrs. J E. Thompson and the
children have gone to South Caro
lina to spend a week or so With
friends aid relatives. Mrs. Willis,
Mrs. Thompson’s mother, went
along also.
When the common earth worm
is cut in two, he wont make a fuss
about it; but to the tail end will
grow a head and to the head end a
tail. Ihere will be two worms in
stead of one Misfortune often
doubles our strength.
School opens next Monday and
every child that expects to enter
at ail during the Fall term should
be on hand at the opening day.
The new rooms are ready, the new
desks put in and the pupils will be
much more comfortable this term.
had a “near storm” for 24
hours beginning Sunday evening (
and it did no little damage. News
from different sections of the
country tells us that it was ter
rible in some localities and we can
consider ourselves fortunate that
it was no worse here.
Hunter Pearce & Batt-ev, 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 j
neglecting an opportunity to real - j
ize more for vour cotton than |
heretofore They respectfully j
solicit your consignments.
Grant, our ice man, says that |
beginning the third Sunday in
September he will cut off his Sun
day delivery. He will have a
man at the ice house every Sun
day, however, to serve all custom
ers as late as ten o’clock a. m.
Mr. Grant has bought the Womble
meat market and he will have fine
-jneat all the time from now on.
xie will deal in fish and oysters
also and he is fixing up for the
business right.
Grand Jury Presentments.
A Most Complete Roport Showing
Some Shortages and Defaults
Since 1906.
Lyons, Ga , Aug. 26, 1911.
To the Honorable B T. Rawlings,
Judge Superior Court:
We, the Grand Jury, drawn and
qualified for the August term,
1911, of Toombs Superior Court,
beg to, submit the following pre
sentments and recommendations,
to-wit:
We nave appointed a committee
to examine the Justices and No
tary Public’s books, and they re
port as follows: All the books of
each District found neatly and
correctly kept; also find no crim
inal N. P., docket for the 15215 t
District, also no criminal docket
of 43rd District, also no criminal
docket of 1536th District, also no
Justice Peace docket for the 39th
District, and if none, we recom
mend that our Ordinary furnish
them with same.
J. J. Odom.
W. W. Andehsox.
W. J. Poe.
Committee.
We appointed a committee to
investigate the Convict Camps,
and they report as follows:
We, your committee, appointed to
investigate theconvict camp, beg leave
to submit the following report:
We find twenty felony convicts, and
no misdemeanors at all. We find rhe
Camp kept in good condition and the
convicts properly cared for, and ap
pear to be well pleased with the treat
ment they receive. However, we
think there should be some improve
ments made in the bedding and we
recommend that this be done as early
as practical. We also find the cooking
stove in rather bad condition and we
recommend that ihe Ordinary buy one.
I We also find the following property
!to-wit:
25 mules, valued at $5750 00
j 13 wheel scrapes 455 00
! 4 two-horse wagons 160 00
2 one-horse wagons.. ——3 O
2 road machines 300.00
1 cage car 450 00
9 tents 3000.00
25 beds and bedding 125.00
Harnesses and tools 250.00
Dishes, stove, cooking utensils, etc.
1 road roller 300 00
6 dogs 150.00
1 hog 10 00
4 shot guns 70 00
We recommend the work being done
on the roads by the warden.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P Brown
B. F Wolfe.
W. T. Jenkins,
Committee.
We also appointed a committee
to investigate the Court House,
Tail and County farm and they
report as follows:
\Ve find 25 acres in corn that will
yield about 15 bushels to the acre, 6
acres of sweet potatoes. 1 acre in cot
ton, vegetables, etc., 19 head of hogs
worth $3 each, 2 mules worth $175. 3
turn plows worth $5, 1 distributor
worth $1.50, 1 Planet Jr. worth $5. 1
Bx2o disc harrow worth S2O, 1 hay fork
worth 75c, 1 hoe worth 50c, 1 one
horse wagon and harness worth $25, 2
sets of plow gear worth $1.50 each,
blacksmith outfit worth $lB, 3200 hund
i les of fodder, 112 acres of land valued
at $2,000.
At the Jail we found a leak in the
water pipe, 1 bath tub disconnected,
2 locks to be replaced, 1 lever on cell
door in bad order, jail needs scouring,
especially the lioors.
We find the conrt house and roof
generally in reasonable repair. Stair
carpet in bad shape, should be taken
up und stair cleaned. Some restric
tions should be put on spitting on j
i walls and floors.
W. W. Moseley,
S. I. Hussey.
\V. W. Anderson,
Com mittee.
We examined the Tax Receiver’s
j books for 1911 and found the same
j neatly and correctly kept; also
j find that there are some returns
i of property not on equal basis with
property given in as a whole.
We also have a report of exami
nation of Auditor Chas. Neville,
! of fin aces of Toombs county, since
the formation of same which we
haveaccppted and marked Exhibit
A which is as follows :
G. T. Mason, Ordinary, Toombs
County, Lyons, Georgia.
Dear Sir:—ln accordance with
your letter of July 14th, we have
audited the accounts of those of
ficials handling public funds,from
January Ist, 1906 to June 30th,
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911.
1911 a d submit herewith our re
port. <• listing of Exhibits and
Schedul--. together with com
tuenr*. ms follows :
Exhibit A—F. A. Thompson.
Treasurer. January 1.190 bto Dec
ember 31, 1906.
Exhibit B—F. A. Thompson.
Treasurer, January 1, 1907 to Dec
ern ber 31, 1907.
Exhibit C—F. A. Thompson.
Treasurer, January 1.190 S to Dec
ember 81, 1908.
Exhibit D —L. B. Odom, Treas
urer. January 1 1909, to Decem
ber 81, 1909/
Exhibit E—L. 8. Odom, Treas
urer, January 1 1910, to December
31, 1910.
Exhibit F—L. B. Odom, Treas
urer, January 1 1911, to December
31, 1911.
Exhibit G—O. V. Sharpe, Tax
Collector 1906.
Exhibit H —o V. Sharpe, Tax
Collector 1907.
Exhibit I—O. V. Sharpe Tax
Collector 1908.
Exhibit J—W. S.Harden, Tax
Collector 1909.
Exhibit K—W. S. Harden, Tax
Collector 1910.
Exhibit L—J. B. Johnson,Road
Superintendent, Statement of rec
eipts and disbursements from
September 30, 1907 to August 31
1909.
Exhibit M—G. T. Mason, Ordi
narv, R< ad Fund. Sepwmper 1,
1909 to June 30 1911.
Schedule I—Statement1 —Statement of Au
thorities in minute book ;warrents
not issued June 30, 1911.
Schedule 2—Statement " f war
rants issued; not authm /. ! in
minute book: June 30, 1911.
Schedule 3 —Statement Db
crepancies; as of June 30. 1911.
Scheduled —Statement i out
standing checks, (not pi-stated
for payment )
Rrspectiully submitted,
Chas Neville,
Aug. 12th, 1911.
COUNTY TREASURER.
* Exhibits A, B, and C show the
receipts and disbursements cf F.
A. Thompson, County Treasurer,
for the periods January 1, to Dec
ember 30. 1906,1907 and 1908.
The result of the examination
indicates that tiie balance of $146
on hand December 31st, 190 v
was not turned over to L. B Od
om, January Ist, 1909. We as
sumed that the error occurred in
bringing forward the total on
pages Number Two and Three of
the cash book to the consolidation
on page Number Ninety-three.
The commissions computed for
above periods, as well as those
paid Treasurer, are as follows:
Year Computed Paid
1906 $ 358 23 $ 375 10
1907 864.79 850 00
1908 1085.17 1353.39
Total $2303.19 $2578 49
Paid 2578.49
Amt overpaid $275 30
The amount $275 30 overpaid,
together with the balance of $146
on hand December 31st, 1908,
makes a total apparent shortage
of $421 30, which should be col
lected from F. A Thompson, ex- :
Treasurer.
Exhibits D, E and F show that
the receipts and disbursements of
L. B. Odom, County Treasurer, j
for the period January 1 to Dec
ember 31,1909 and 1910, and Jan
uary 1 to June 80 1911.
The balance on hand June 30th,
1911, $6,719.47 (as shown on Ex
hibit F) agrees with the bank bal
ance, and was properly verified.
The commissions computed for
above periods, as well as those
paid Treasurer, are a9 follows:
Year Computed Paid
1909 $ 638.95 474.62
1910 599.26 894.27
6 mos. ended
June 30 1911. 459.97 800.00
1698.18 1668 89
Paid 1668.89
Amount due Treasurer June 30th,
1911, $29.29
You will note from the Exhibits.
Continued on Second Paire.
The Storm.
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Serious Damages Done to Roads and
Bridges as Well as Farming
Interests.
, Tim terrible rains and st< rin of
Monday and Tuesday did not fail
to leave its damage m Toombs
county as w*-l 1 a* all other sections
of south-east Georgia. Tne most
of this damage, however, was dot e
bv water, the wind not being
heavy enough to hurt very much.
The cotton crop has been badly
damaged, a lot of it knocked out
on tne ground and the stalks
blown down The hay crop was a'-
sb badly damaged The greatest
damage, however, was done to the
new roads and bridges of the coun
ty On the Cedar Crossing road
there are several washouts, the
worst being at Rocky Creek. Near
ly ail the embankment at this
place was washed away and at
several other places the road is
budly damaged. It. is almost im
passable Gut the repair gang is on
it. already'.
The Marvin road is also badly
washed, especially the embank
ment at the bridge across Rocky
creek All the other roads in the
county are damaged a'.9o and it
w 11 take several days to make
th-m passable. The country tele
phone lines were put our of com
m -sion f‘>r a day or so, hut these 1
Inns have all been repaired
Reports from other sections of
the country tell us that terrible
damage was done in Savannah,
Charleston and other points It
was a terrib’e storm, the worst
the country has had in years and
the damage all over the storm
area will go up into the millions.
We are particularly fortunate
that it- did not strike us in force.
The damage, however, has been
bad enougd and we don’t care to
repeat the experience.
Ohoopee Dots
Aunt Julian Andersoh is spend
ing some time here.
J. P.Johnson, of Alamo, spent
Sunday with his parents here.
Jesse Meadows is all smiles now.
A nice little l«ov is ut his home.
Mrs. Frank Bowen, of Lyons, is j
visiting her father, Frank Scott.
MissEfH- Harden, of Elza, is I
visiting at the home of Mr. Scott.
Remer Duffield and wife and
Misses Ruth Sumner went to camp
meeting last Sunday.
Mrs. James Anders and daugh
ter, from Augusta, stopped over in
j Ohoopee Monday night.
Medie Edenfield, Kelly Wilks
and Miss Melvina Sapp attended
preaching here Sunday.
We understand that A. S. Fort
ner has sold his interest in the
turpentine business here.
Beldon Johnson and wife, from
Wadley, spent a while with parents
here, returning home Sunday.
Ezra Jackson, wife and children
from near Yidalia, visited at the
home of her sister, Mrs. G. B.
Johnson, Sunday.
Don’t forget that the Toombs
; County Singing Convention con
venes at Center church on the
fifth Sunday in October.
Mrs. J. P. Johnson, who has
been sick so long, has gone to In-1
dian Springs with her husband, i
leaving their baby at the home of |
their grand parents. We are glad
j to say she is improving.
Luther Stephens, post master j
! here, has his office and fixtures in ,
an up-to-date condition, has lock
boxes and keeps the lobby open 1
nights and Sunday. He has the
reputation of being one of the ■
best post masters, courteous and j
polite, everything in’order and no |
trouble to inspector.
Haw Thorne.
Monday being labor day and a
! legal holiday, we are requested to
say that both the Lyons Banks
will be closed. Parties who will
have business on this day will be
governed accordingly.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
this down where you’ll
spp it evpry day. The time to draw
business is when you want busi
ness. and not when you have more
business than you can tend to
already.
Some people never hand in an
item of news for publication, but
if we happen to uiiss an item in
*hich they are interested t'hey are
sure to hand us a north pole stare
that would freeze the liver of a
polarbear.
For Sale—lS6 acres of land,
about 27 acres improved with two
tenement houses and good out
houses, located about 1 mile from
Ohoopee station. Will sell rea
sonable for cash. Call on or
write A. A. & }. W. Webb, Ohoo
pee, Ga.
J. F. Schuler, who has been as
sisting his brother-in-law with
the New Lvons Hotel for several
months, will soon go to New
Orleans where he has a good posi
tion. Mr Schuler will travel for
a sheet metal factory in Louisana
and Texas and we wish him well.
Our readers will see in another
place in this issue that Dr.
Huefces, the eye sight specialist,
will be with Brown-Odom Drug
Co., for 8 days. The class of work,
! and tne satisfied customers of Dr.
Hushns in our city is an assurance
that those who have trouble with
their eyes and need glasses will
receive and can expect service
without leaving home.
Hon. Alfred Herrington was iu
i the city the first of the week to
! settle up court matters. Alf is get
ting encouragement all around as
a candidate for Congress from the
new Twelfth District, and while
hp wont declare himself, we are
of the opinion that he will get in
the fight. He will make a splen
did race and he will be a good
representative for the district.
We heard on the side the other
! day 3 that Toombs would bpro
ably furnish a candidate for
the new district. The prospect
ive candidate mentioned was
Hon S. B. Meadows, of Vidalia,
and we must speak a good word
for him. Mr. Meadows is in ev
ery way competent for the trust
and if he should be sent to Con
gress he would represent the com
mon people as well as the classes.
He is all right in every way.
Two thousand tons of steel rail
for the W. A. & L. railroad is on
the move and it is expected at any
time now. This little piece of in
formation leaked out the first of
the week and it isn’t any loke
either. The rail is known as 07
pound steel, as large if not larger
1 than the rail now used by the Sea
| board. It won’t be long before
we will see an engine out on the
track.
The insane desire to be hand
some has made more than one of
our otherwise sensible girls do
some downright crazy things. The
powder and rouge smeared on the
freckled cheeks is too appeareut a
deception for the prudent young
man not to see and with which he
is disgusted. He hates the taste.
A freckled face with common
sense is handsomer than the best
| powder can make a face.
J. D. Right, from out on route
j No. 2, brought to the office last
week a stalk of corn that is a real
1 curiosity. This stalk of corn is of
| the Jones variety, and while it is
l not so large, it has nine ears, all
growing on the ends of what looks
; like suckers. These suckers aver
age from fifteen to thirty-six iu
! ches in length and the ear is right
|on the end. The ears, though not
large, are fairly w*ll filled, seve
ral of them being perfect. It is a
j curious stalk of corn and we have
' it on exhibition at our office. Mr.
Right says that he has a field of
the corn that is good but he did
not see another stalk like the one
he brought to the office.