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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
VOL. 8. No. 39.
LOCAL NOTES
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
* Mayor W. P. C. Smith went to
Bainbridge cn a hurry visit Sat
urday, returning home Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee, of Cochran,
are in the city spending a week or
so with the latter’s mother, Mrs.
Cowart.
Mayor Smith has been on the
sick list several days this w r eek
but we are glad to Bay that he is
reported better as we are going to
press.
For Sale —One shingle mill com
plete on good location, ox team,
timber, bolter,drag saw and every
thing needed. Snap for good
man Adress Box 184, Lyons, Ga.
The Union Supply Company is
selling fine red rust proof seed oats
as long as they last at 72 cents
per bushel. They have a good lot
now but they will go fast at this
low price.
W. J. Waruock. of Towns, Ga.,
has been here this week visiting
his sister, Mrs. VV. E. Meeks. Mr.
Warnock is a cotton buyer and he
has bought over a hundred bales
in Lyons.
Messrs. Williamson and Mose
ley, from the upper edge of the
county, unloaded a new portable
saw mill at Lyons the first of the
week. They bought this mill to
cut local lumber and they say they
have quite a little timber to cut.
Strayed —One light dun color
ed, white pided butt headed Jersey
cow unmarked medium size, small
sink on left hip Left my home
Suuday, Sept. 24th. Will pay re
ward for information leading to
return. J. P. Williams, Elza,
The old Coleman building is out
of the way now and the contract
or, Mr. J. C. Adams, of Vidalia,
has alreadv started to grade for
the foundation of the new’ build
ing. This is g'diig to be one of
the handsomest business houses in
the city.
You are asking who will be the
next Governor of Georgia? Why it
looks very much like “Little Joe”
again- The capital removal busi
ness is going to have weight in
North Georgia and South Georgia
is going to be badly split up be
tween the three men.
We want it distinctly under
stood that when we refer to those
who owe us through the columns
of the Progress we are not hinting
at those who have paid up al
ready. We have a few that have
paid prompt but we have a
great number that have seemingly
forgotten us.
One of our young friends from
the upper part of the county
brought us a fine lot of potatoes
the other day and he gave us his
name. We have forgotten who it
was however, but we will thank
him just the same. We hope that
he will come again and let us
know who he is.
The Georgia & Florida railroad
has re-established its through
trains from Augusta to Madison,
Fla. The train leaves Augusta at
10 p. m , Vidalia at 2:50 a. m.
and arrives at Madison 11:45 a.m
The north bound train leaves Mad
ison at4:3op. m., Vidalia at 2:25
a. m., and arrives at Augusta at
8 a. m.
Hunter Pearce & Battey, the
substantial, reliable, and wide,
awake Factors, of Savannah, otter
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 fcß**6pportunity to real
* ize more for your cotton than
heretofore They respectfully
L, soliciy* our consignments.
Ohoopee Dots.
Miss Anuabelle Scott went up
to Lyons Saturday.
H. T. Newton and wife went up
to Lyons Sunday night.
Austus Mosely, of Lyons, was
in Ohoopee a short while Sunday
evening.
• Miss Emma Cowart spent sev
eral days of last week down near
Collins with relatives'.
Luther Stephen and L. L. Mc-
Cullough attended the Association
at Mt. Vernon last week.
Mrs.S.F.Weitman, of Surrencv,
spent Sundav night in Ohoopee at
the home of G. B. Johnson,
G. B. Johnson and wife spent
several days of last week at Alamo
with their son, J. P. Johnson.
U- 11. Partin and daughter,Miss
Xenia, of Wesley Chapel, spent
Monday night at the home of G.
B. Johnson.
Mrs. Susan Johnson has return
ed home after spending several
days at Alamo with her grandson,
,T. P. Johnseu.
We are sorry to note that Bro.
Sumner and wife and son, Mau
rice, are all on the sick list. Hope
for them an early recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson de
sires us to thauk the good people
of Alamo and also of Ohoopee for
the kindness show n them during
the sickness and death of their
little babe. May every blessing
of God attend their future path
way.
On Sunday, Oct. 22nd, as it be
gan to show' the approach of an
other new day, the spirit of little
Julia, the 10 months old babe of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson, took
its flight to the God who gave it.
It was sick about 21 days and all
that loving hands could do could
not keep it here. The remains
were brought down from Alamo
Sunday evening to Ohoopee and
then down to Harden’s Chapel
Monday where they were laid to
rest by the side of loved ones
who have gone before. It is hard
to give up our loved ones, but God
knows best. It can never come
to us but we can go to it, where
there’ll be no more partings and
we’ll never say farewell.
Haw Thorn.
Sharpes Chapel News.
Paul Tarver called on Mackie
Odom last Suuday.
Sunday School at this place is
in a flourishing condition.
John Davis spent last Sunday
night at the home of J. H. Watts.
Miss Josephine Odom calded cn
Miss Robie Watts a few hours
Monday.
Cleave Conelly and wife attend
ed prayer meeting at J. E. Long’s
Sunday night.
Mrs. Barnie Watts is spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs J. J. Odom.
J. L. Mclntyre and daughter,
Miss Thelma visited at the home
of J J. Odom Sunday.
Mackie Odom and sister, Miss
Josephine, called at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Watts Sunday.
J. W. Davis and wife spent
Sunday afternoon very pleasantly
at the home of “Uncle” Ben Odom.
John Davis attended prayer
meeting at the home of Mr. Hay
slip Sunday night. He said it was
fine.
There will be a prayer meeting
at the home of J. H. Watts next
Sunday night. Every body in
vited .
We are glad to note that L. B.
Odom, who has been ill from ma
larial fever, is improving at this
writing.
Mrs. W. H. Higgs spent last
Sunday in Savannah with her hus
band who is there in the Park View
Sanitariam for treatment.
Among the guests who attended
prayer meeting in the Aimwell
section were Miss Josephine Odom
and brother, Mack.
Sunbeam.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1911.
Additional Locals.
Mrs. Dasher, of Claxton, is here
visiting at the home of her son,
H. L. Dasher.
S. Olin Thompson, from down
at Screven, was in tfce city this
week mingling with his many old
friends.
For Sale —One twenty horse
power engine, Leffel make, in good
condition. Will sell cheap to a
quick purchaser. Address A. H.
Hardy, Jr , Elza, Ga Route 1.
The Board of Directors of the
First National held a meeting
Thursday and while thev did not
give out anything for publication
they seemed well pleased with the
business of the bank.
Manager Thaxton, of the Vida
lia Coca Cola Bottling Works.was
in the city the first of the week.
Lvous is buying all her bottled
Coca Cola from this plant now and
they put up fine goods too.
The Aaron Drug Co., will have
a nice line of Bibles for the Holi
days. Dr. Aaron has purchased a
fine assortment and he will sell
bibles that are usually sold by
agents. for $5 and .f 6at the low
price of $1.50.
P. J. McNatt.ef Cedar Crossing,
is putting a stock of goods woith
about SB,OOO on the market at
cost. He has soid his building
and he has to vacate about Jan
uarv Ist and he has decided to
quit merchandising. See bis page
advertisement in this issn
Chas. Swain, a former c r > n of
Lyons, was in the city th u f st of
the week visiting friends and rela
tives Charley has recently had
bad luck in Glennville, h virg
lost his wife and two of her child
ren from Typhoid fever. It is very
probable that he will come back
to Lyons to live.
W. D. Upshaw, better known
throughout the state as “Earnest
Willie,” is coming to Lyons and
he will deliver an address at the
Baptist church next Tuesday eve
ning Mr. Upshaw' is a good
speaker and a fine writer. Every
body in the city should go out to
hear him next Tuesday night.
The Star Supply Company. of
Savannah, is a near beer refresh
ment place managed by Ike Lip
sitz, formerly of Reidsville, and
it is advertised in another column.
Ike wants his country friends to
write him at any time or call on
him when they are in Savannah.
See the advertisement in another
column.
The stock subscribers of the
new bank held a meeting in the
Opera House last Monday and
they organized by electing tempo
rary directors andthe appoiutment
of a building committee, ' These
directors are to hold a meeting
Saturday to get things in shape.
This new bank, so they say, will
be ready for business before Jan
uary Ist.
In spite of the cold wave cotton
dropped off again the first of the
week and the knowing ones now
say they are not looking for any
improvement in the market until
early spring in next year. All
reports show the crop to be very
large and it seems that every
grower is seemingly anxious to get
his cotton on the market. The
spinners now have a supply that
will last them several months and
they are not in the market unless
they see big profits.
Owing to the Convention of the
Georgia Divison of the U. D. C’s
being in session at Griffin, the
books of the Division were closed
before the applications for Crosses
of Honor were sent in by our local
Chapter and as a c onsequence it
will be impossible to obtain the
Crosses for Nov. Ist. Ihey will
be hero, however, by December of
th>s year or by January Ist, 1912,
and will be delivered on the day of
bestowal for that time. This item
calls off the meeting for Nov. Ist,
1911.
Racket from Rackley.
Melvin Edenfield and wife were
in Oak Park Saturday.
Millard Wrenn was a business
visitor to Oak Park Saturday.
T. C. Collins was a business
visitor to Oak Park Monday.
M. F Findley, of Lyons, visit
ed relatives in this section last
Sundav
J. J. Wrenn and wife spent Sat
urday night v ith relatives near
Stillmore.
G. W. Collins and family spent
Saturday at the home of W M.
McCullough.
J. M. Findley and wife spent
Sunday at the pleasant home of
John C. Barbee.
J. J. Wrenn was quite sick a
day or two last week but is about,
to be alright again.
Miss Sweetie Findley was the
guest of Misses Lougenia and Ol
lie Findley last Sunday.
Tom Morris aud Jackson Mc-
Cullough spent Saturday night
pleasantly with J. M. Wrenn.
Mrs. N. W. Findley, of Bruns
wick, spent a day or two with rel
atives in this section recently.
T J. Morris, from near Adrian,
is spending sometime in this sec
tion, guest of relatives and friends.
Dr M. F. Mosley, of Oak Park,
was in this section a day or two
last week attending the sick folks.
R. C. Findley and family spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. R. L.
Wrenu, who has been sick the
past week.
The siugat the home of C. E.
McCullough Sunday evening was
enjoyed very much though the at
tendance was small on account of
the rain.
Several of the farmers from this
section went to Lyons Monday to
attend the meeting of the sub
scribers to the Farmers’ Bank.
Among them were W. J. Wrenn,
C. E. McCullough, L. A. Mosley
and others. We think that it will
be a success and a paying business
to the fanners and merchants of
Lyons. Pineapple.
Cross Road Dots.
Otto Cliltoi) spent Sunday with
Sherwood Bovd.
R. E. Boyd visited W. D. Grant
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. John Carr attended the
Macon Fair last week.
Ralph Wilks is now working for
the Thompson Lumber Co.
Who can read this? 2 y’a u r
2 y’s u b, I c u r 2 y’s for me.
Colquit Wiliiamson, wife and
son , spent Thursday in Vidalia.
Inez and Nina Boyd visited
Mrs. Floyd Moore Sunday after
noon.
Homer Mathias is remodeling
his house. When completed it will
be pretty and comfortable.
Bill Clifton has moved his fam
ily to Vidalia. Sorry to have them
leave this community.
Annie Thompson spent Sun
day with home folks, returning to
the M >ye Sanitarium Monday.
Sorry to say Carl Grant’s baby
is no better. He has taken it to
Lyons for treatment, Dr. Botnar
in attandance.
Quite a number of young folks
were at the cane grinding at Elere
Thompson’s the past week and all
, had a fine time.
Glad to see the correspondents
, w-aking up, the last issue of the
Progress was brimfull of news
Come on, more of you.
Willie Beasley and Morris Grant
1 of Lyons, came out in the latter’s
| automobile Sunday to visit W. D.
‘ Grant. While here they took a
1 Jot of young folks to ride.
Two Blue Darters.
i
. Notice.
I have my grist mill in opera
: tion now and can grind and crush
, corn every Saturday. For good
meal and crushed feed give me a
i trial. My mill is located Tat my
, residence miles east of Oak
Park. Ga. ” S. H.Fineley.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
Harry Champion, of Savamjy&h,
was mingling with his Lyons
friends on Tuesday.
For Sale—A pair of fairly train
ed fox and cat hounds. Apply to
T. L. Ricks, Ohoopee, Ga.
Perce McNatt, at Cedar Cros
sing, is offering great bargains.
Read his advertisement in this
paper.
Col. Morgan, we understand, iH
soon to to erect for himself a hand
some home in Lyons . He is builds
ing up a good law practice and he
says he has come to stay th's time.
For sale—The neat home now
occupied by Mr. O, C. Tate, nice
ly situated, has six rooms, electric
lights and water, one block from
depot If you are looking for a
home in Lyons and want a gen
uine bargain see or write Mrs Ellen
Brown, Lyons, Ga.
Our good friend E ,L. Meadows,
of Vidalia, was in the city a few
days ago. El/a is almost in a
mood to erect a neat building in
Lyons for his wagon and buggy
business and we would’nt be a bit
surprised any day to hear that a
contract had been let.
Dr. Aaron <s tearing down his
old stables in the rear of the post
office and this is one improvement
all others that we are glad
to chronicle. He is taking down
about half of it now and as soon
as he can get stables built on his
farm he will take down the bal
ance. The entire old shack will be
moved before the new year comes.
The move made by Perry Brown
to let the farmers share with him
, the profit on cotton seed i 9 a
, worthy oiih. tie is offering to ad
vance as much cash cn seed as any
one else and he is to hold them
and let the farmer have one-half
of the profit he might make if the
price goes up. If the seed are
never worth any more the farmer
will not lose anything.
Mr. A. P. Thomas went to Grif
fin last Saturday night 10 attend
the funeral of his eldest brother,
Glenn. He died Saturday morn
ing after an illnessof a week Dr so
and he left a wife and four child
ren. He was one of the best print
ers in the state and a man that
was honored by all who knew him.
The Progress extends condolence
to his bereaved family and
relatives.
With the new I. Q. Coleman
building going up and a new bank
and business house to be started
in the next few days, a residence
or two being planned and other
improvements on tapis, it don’t
seem that Lyons is a dead one at
all. No, this little city is com
ing. All she needs is dose of
“get-together” mixture and we
would show the other towns just
how fast we could grow'.
One of the neatest homes in
South Georgia is the one that has
only recently been finished for
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith. It is
not a new place but it has been
entirely rebuilt, re-arranged and
made comfortable in every way.
It now has wide verandas, out-door
dining room for summer, wide
cool hallways and a perfect sys
tem of drainage with light and
water. It is one of the prettiest
j homes in the city and one of the
most comfortable in south-east
Georgia.
Cotton reacted some last Friday
and the price went up several
points The frost report is what
caused the reaction. If the farm
ers will hold their cotton the price
will go up anyway. The crop is
not as large as is supposed. The
great crop is reported because of
the giuners’ report, but the crop
is early and every farmer in the
country has seemed to be in a
hurry to have a bale ginned. The
crop is at least two weeks earlier
than ever before and this is the
reason for the great receipts.