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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 37.
fi- LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. A. V. Mozingo spent last
week at Uvalda with Mrs. Ben
tttnderson.
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 c-nta.
Dr. Hall, of Cedar Crossing, has
gone to Atlanta and will be up
there for a month or so.
Ray Loving, of Dublin, was in
the city the first of the week visit
ing his many friends and relatives.
Dan Partin, who has been sick
at the home of Dr. Gray, ie up and
has gone to his home at Cedar
Crossing
*“ The Sheriff has quite a nice list
of advertisements for the next
sales day and some of the proper
ty is fine.
Mr. T. L. Drake, Jr , of Adrian,
was in the city the other day,hav
ing come down to visit his Toombs
county friends.
Mrs. Thompson,of Kemp, Sher
iff Thompson’s mother, was in the
city the first of the week visiting
among her relatives.
| |Mra. Seab Hall, Mrs. Arthur
Lilliott, Mrs. Bob Manu and Miss
Gladys Lilliott spent last Wednes
day at the home of Dr. Gray.
7f. H. Page and his associates
say they are selling good farm
mules for from $125 up as long as
they last and they have some fine
mules, too.
C. W. Brazzell came in from
down on the river Sunday and
went to Savannah to try to get
some cotton pickers. Whether he
got any or not we did not learn.
For Sale—One shingle mill com
•ite on good location, ox team,
*nber, bolter,drag saw and every
thing needed. Snap for good
man Adress Box 184, Lyons, Ga.
Lester O’Neal, of Uvalda, was
in the city last Sunday. He nays
that the strike hurt the business
down in his section and the peo
ple were glad to see the trains run
ning again.
Judge Dennis D. Moore has giv
en up his position in the Union
Supply Company, having decided
to give his entire attention to his
farming operations. Judge Moore
is a splendid young man and we
are sorry to see him leave Lyons.
Strayed —One light dun color
ed, white pided butt headed Jersey
cow unmarked medium size, small
sink on left hip. Left my home
Sunday, Sept. 24th. Will pay re
ward for information leading to
her return. J. P. Williams, Elza,
Ga.
We are sorry to see T. R. Sharp
in the city Sunday morning walk
ing on crutches. Mr. Sharpe was
suffering with rheumatism and he
has gone to the White Sulphur
Springs for his health. We cer
tainly hope that he will be all
right when he returns home.
Hunter Pearce & Battey, 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
heretofore They respectfully
solicit your consignments.
Prof. Monts tells us that he ha 9
now enrolled at the Lyons High
School over two hundred pupils, a
larger number than the school has
ever had for a fall term. He savs
that he has many more applicnt
• ions, too, and before the term ends
he is expecting at least thirty more.
, The Spring term will see many
more entrants, and the building,
1 although improved, will be eutire-
I]y i/\o small. We must have the
I n<]/L\%iou next year and we hope
I our people will begin now to get
I ready for it.
Take Care of the Birds.
Sometimes you see a boy or evmi
a man out with a gun killing birds
as fast as they appear. This should
be stopped. Some birds are the
friends of the farmer and should
be protected. Their greatest work
is to destroy insects.
The boys in the family may do
a great good by building bird
houses about the barn, house and
ehade trees. The houses should be
kept out of reach of cats and dogs.
Give each room 6 inches of floor
space aud make it 8 inches high.
A single opening near the top 2
inches in diameter should be uiSule
for large birds; but foe small
■ birds such as the wreu a 1-inch
door will do.
When I was a small boy I would
' trap and kill birds, but I know
i bettef HOW, and wish I had knowq
■ better then.
I have built a great many bird
houses this year and put up about
the farm. And the birds built
, nests in them, too. I used old
boards or planks.
If birds felt that man was a
friend and not a foe, they would
i often turn to him for protection.
; Think of the storms, winds and
rains. Would you like to have to
stay out in them as the birds do
sometimes? Think of it. The bird
1 is a friend of the farmer. We can
not have too nianv birds. They
should be supplied with shelter
and water. —Alonzo McKay, in
The Progressive Farmer.
Just Plain Facts
It seems to be the general opin
ion of people that a Newspaper is a
money making enterprise. There
would be a living in it if everybody
who takes the paper would pay for
it. If a newspaper man fails to
meet his obligations promply he i 9
regarded as a dead beat, while if
we were fcc publish the names of
those who are from one to three
years be hind with the paper there
would be more mad folks in this
count s than the editor would like
to meet. These are small amounts
yet when you put about a thous
and of them together it means
something for the paper.
We may lose a great dea l of
what we already have on the books
but in the future if you will read
the Progress you will pay for it or
borrow your neighbors’.
Then there are some people who
use the columns of the paper to
advertise their business and never
pay for it. In the future if you
have notices you want run in the
local columns count the words
at'd bring one cent for each word.
This will save us the trouble of
booking it and save you the trouble
of being ‘‘dunned.”
The old doctrine that a trusted
and honest servant is hard to re
place is true in every way Es
pecially is this true of a public
servant but the public don’t seem
to see it in that light. If a few
become dissatisfied at some act of
a public official, and there is not
one on earth that could please all,
the move is immediately made to
have opposition for him. It is
poked into his ear by all the dis
gruntled and he soon begins to get
worried. He would be willing to
serve the people again and the
good people want him, could elect
him 'without worry, but he
feels that he has done his duty
and he don’t care to have a scram
ble to get in again. A new' man
has to go in because the experienc
ed man has decided to quit. After
the election the same disgruntled
crowd asks for something and are
| refused, then the trouble starts
again. They are never satisfied,
j Funny what kind of citizens we
\ have anyway.
B. B. Newton is opening up a
! fine store at Elza-and he is put
, ting in a fine line of goods. Ben
has extensive farming operations
down there and he will do a mer
, chaudising business also. He
brought fifteen bales of cotton to
i Lyons last week and he took back
five or six wagons loaded with
1 freight.
Official Organ of Toombs CouMir the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Well, well, we don’t hear any
Governor talk in Toombs county
at all and ’t is hard to tell just
how the people stand on the situa
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Aaron, of
Scarboro, who have been visiting
their son, Dr. I. E. Aaron, for a
week or more, have returned to
their home.
For Sale—One twentv horse
powcTengine, Leffel make, n. good
condition Will sell cheap to a
quick purchaser. Address A. H.
Hardy, Jr., Elza, Ga Route 1.
The Methodists had quarterly
conference at the church Mouday
and the churches in the circuit
made u good showing, Presiding
Elder Hiil came down to preside
over the conference.
The Akridge Brothers, Elmer
and Percy, are making good as
automobile repairers und they ar
getting about all the work they
can do. They have the old Grimes
stand and they are fitting it up to
do work as it should be done.
Mrs. J. R. Anderson, of Nash
ville, Ga , who has !>een here f< r
a week or so with her daughter,
Mrs. R. P. Sweat, has returned t
her home. Mrs, Sweat and little
Hazel went to Nashville to spend
a few da\s. Mr. Anderson was
here also, returning with his wife
f|Mrs. C. A. Garbutt and Miss
Letlia Williams went up t.» La
grange last week to att- ■<: the
wedding of their brother. R T.
Williams, which occurred >; the
6th inst. Bob Williams is a fine
boy and we hear that he has won
an excellent little lady for « wife.
*Ve extend them our most "hearty
congratulations.
A young girl that will link her
life with a man who is guilty of a
dishonorable crime, knowing of
the crime and the circumstance at
the time, has made for herself a
future that would not be attract
ive to many. Better to get » slug
gard than a criminal even though
the criminal he not convicted in
the courts of law'.
Cooler weather has come in < n
us and ice is not so necessary, but
we want to say that the service
since last week has been better.
The Vidalia people say that if Ly
ons dont erect a factory before the
next season they are going to
build a refrigerator and prepare
to give the poeple good service.
We like the Vidalia ice and if the
factory there will serve us right
we dont care to see a change un
less we get a factory of our own.
The farmers make a great mis
take by paying so much to have
cotton picked. We understand
that some are paying as high a $1
a hundred, or about one-third of
what the cotton would bring if it
is put on the market at the low
prices prevriling. If every small
farmer in the country, especially
every share farmer, would cut his
cotton crop down to just what he
could gather himself with the help
of his family, the country would
soon be a great deal better off.
Toombs county has a record that
every citizen in the county should
feel proud of. The county wa9
formed about 5 years ago, has a
fine court house and jail paid for,
40 or 50 miles of good road, a hue
county farm a good surplus in the
bank, all from a tax rate that has
been smaller than any of the sur
rounding counties. We must say
this is due to the excellent man
agement of the county affairs in
the last three years by judge Ma
son. He was been the “watch dog”
over financial matters and those
kickers who are a little dissatisfied
at the road working force must
admit that the general county af
fairs are all right. No man could
have done better with the roads,
either, all thiugs considered. We
are satisfied that Judge Mason has
done his duty, and he is trying to
serve the people for their benefit.
Cross Road Dots.
Carl Grant and wife visited
home folks Sunday.
Giad to sav the sick ones around
here are improving.
Flovd Moore visited relatives
at Swainsboro Sunday.
Some of the farmers in this sec
tion have finished picking cotton
Mrs. Bertie Carrol visited Inr
mother, Mrs. Alex Th> mps -n
Sunday.
Mrs. W. D. Grant visited her
ion, M. A. Grant, cf Lyons last
Saturday.
Nina Boyd had as guests Sun
dav Hansell. Henrv and Edna
McSwaiu and Rosa Higgs.
George McDonald, Phanuel
Haskins and Otto Clifton visited
R. 23)•. Boyd Sunday afternoon.
There was a large attendance at
the Arbor meeting Sunday Rev.
Webb preached a good sermon.
Sherwood Boyd attended preach
ing at Sadie Sunday, and spent
the afternoon at Frank Blocker’s
Quarterly meeting at Center
churcn Saturday and Sunday.
Come and hear the Presiding El
der preach.
Annie Thompson has gone to
tn* 3 Move Sanitarium at Vidalia,
to study for a trained nurse. We
wish her success
Glad to see morn correspondents
coming in. We like to read what
ot hers are doing. Write the news
about you, young folks.
Two Blue Darters.
Very Little Visiting.
There is a growing dislike among
men and women to visiting except
among intimate friends, because
the guests must ‘‘be nice” to the
family, and often that is very tire
some, according to guests with ad
vanced ideas. Often peonle on
business in certain towns go to
hotels and keep out of the way of
friends for fear they will be en
tertained. “Yes, I like Mrs. C—
very much,” said a young lady
when asked why she did not hunt
up a friend <Ol a journey she had
recently taken, “but she always
has such p"->r cooks. Life in her
home is on- icng nightmare, I
should think.” A noted lecturer
was going to speak in a 9mali town
with an indifferent hotel, and a
committee waited upon him to tell
him that a citizen of the place had
kindly offered to entertain him.
“I am very much obliged to
the gentleman,” said the lecturer
politely, “but I make it a rule to
never accept such invitations. It
19 very wearying to have to be po
lite to the family, and often the
ways of the household are not con
ducive to quiet and rest.”
He simply did not want the bur
den of “being nice” to the people
whose kindness of heart had of
fered him the best their home af
forded during his stay in their
little city.—Ladies World.
Crosses of Honor for Old Vets.
November Ist, 1911, is tlft last
day of this year upon which Cross
es of Honor may be bestowed upon
Confederate soldiers.
Any Veteran wishing to obtain a
cross will please make application
at once as the applications must
be in the hands of the State Cus
todian three weeks before the be
stowal of Crosses and the applica
tions on hand will be sent in at
once. Veterans may make applica
tion through Mr. Philip Morris or
the President of the Robert Toombs
Chapter, U. D. C.
Mrs Belle Eyerlyn,
,Pres. Robert Toombs Chapter.
I also request the Wade Hamp
ton Camp, U. D. C., to meet on
the above date at Lyons, Ga., at
10 o’clock a. m., as there is some
j business to attend to.
C. 11. Mann, Com.
J. B. Cave, adjutant.
Miss Mamye Page, from out at
Hillsborough, spent several days
last week with her friend, Miss
Jadie Mae Martin .
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
The glass front for the new Miu
ter Smith Hardward Company
storn has l>een put in and the work
of putting in the fixtures 19 now
I well under way. This building
will be ready for occupancy in
about two weeks.
Gvpsv bands were passing
r hr ugh Lyons Monday and Tues
day all day but none of them stop*
ped in this neighborhood. We,r
have local stock dealers that can
supply the demand for horses and
mules so we dont need Gypsies.
i* i *:
Chief DeLoach got a cursing
negro from the train Suudav night
and after a tussle landed him in
the calaboose. The negro was
loaded with a big pistol and plen
ty of ammunition and he had to
answer two charges instead of one.
The U. D. C. will held a call
meeting at the home of Mrs. Aldeu
Odom Friday afternoon at 3:80,
and I urge all the members to be
present, for it is necessary that we
meet before the State Convention
convenes in Griffin . —Mrs. Belle
Everlyn .
A young Mr. Willis, of Ohoopee,
is arranging to move his family to
Lyons and at first it is thought he
will take the old Coleman house
next to the Progress. He will sell
s wing machines for J. P. Brown
and he will have a fine machine to
offer the people.
The Toombs county potato crop
is certainly fine. We have gotten
some of the finest we have ever
seen at this season and they are
fine tor immediate use. The cane
crop is fine also and it wont be
long before we will be able to get
some fine new syrup.
We give in another colum ex
tracts from ex-Governor Brown’s
first card. This does not mean
that we are going to tear our shirt
in the campaign in support of any
one candidate but we do like the
sentiment expressed in the card
and we call attention to it.
Some of the boys have been try
ing to get Billy Harden out again
for Tax Cotlector. He was defeat
ed last election bv a small ma
jority but Billy left a record be
hind that was beyond reproach.
He made a good collector and he
! was not hard on the people either.
As will be seen from an article
in another section of the Progress
several crosses of honor will be
delivered to old Veterans by the
local U. D. C. Chapter on the
first of November. All old Vets
who want crosses and who have
had none should make application
to Mrs. Belle Everlyn at once.
Speaking of the train service on
the Seaboard, we of this section
want to see the train from Savan
nah to Atlanta or Macon that the
Dublin Chamber of Commerce was
after. They had a promise that
such a service would be established
soon. This would benefit us a
great deal more than the third
train to Savannah from the west.
The citizens of Savannah are
making an earnest effort to have
the Helena and Columbus train
service extend to Savannah from
Helena. If this train is extended
ito Savannah it will pass Lyons
| about 9 o’clock at night going in
I and coming out it will pass about
5 o’clock in the morning. It will
certainly be a convenience and we
hope the citizens of Savannah will
succeed in their efforts.
A young yellow darkey by the
name ol Frank is uow languishing
in the hotel de Thompson await
ing trial for stealing a satchel
from the buggy of Mr. Leonard
Thompson on Thursday of last
week. The boy got scared before
he could get the booty hid so he
threw it in a car of cotton that
was being loaded for Savannah.
The satchel was recovered with
everything in it intact. The boy
will no doubt do time on the
readsof the county.