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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.