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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 41.
LOCAL NOTES
sor 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Pratt Williams, of Vidalia,
was in the city last Saturday look
ing after some legal matters.
Wanted—For Saturday, three
salesladies. Apply at once to Saul
Ashendorf, Scarboro Building.
Mrs. W. L. Coleman and the
children are in Reidsville spend
ing a few weeks with her parents,
Mrs. R L. Page, we are sorry to
say, is on the sick list this week
and we hope that she will soon re
cover.
Mr. and Mrs. *Mason, of Mt.
Vernon, came down Monday night
and spent a day or so at the home
of Judge Mason.
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Sheriff Thompson is on the sick
list this week, suffering from a
severe cold. He is able to be out
but he is not able to do much
work. We hope he will soou be
all right again.
Simon Levin is putting on a
1 bargain sale of everything in his
line and he is advertising exten
sively. The Lyons Bargain Store
is filled with nice goods and Si
mon says they must be sold.
The new bank is to be known as
the Merchants and Farmers Bank
and the charter has been sent to
the Secretary of State at At
lanta for approval. It will be
published in the next issue of the
Progress,
Chas. A. Garbutt went to Sav
annah Monday night to return
with E. M. Wimberly in a new
Baick roadster Tuesday. Mr. Wim
berly went down Sunday and he
decided to take the car. It is a
too, and we believe he
will be satisfied with his purchase.
Huggins Bros., are to build the
new bank building and the plans
have been selected. It is to be a
handsome structure, one story
high and only 42 x 50 in size. The
postoffie is to have new quarters
in the building and thes equarters
are to be strictly up to date in
every way.
A lot of Cuban yam potatoes
about as large as we have ever seen
were brought in last Saturday by
our friend Scl Mosely. He brought
us eight potatoes and they weighed
something over 30 pounds or over
a half bushel. Mr. Mosely said his
crop is fine and we should judge so
by the samples he brought to the
Progress.
Rev. J.F. Yancy, of Uvalda, re
quests us to announce that Mrs.
Mary Harris Armor, the great
prohibitionist, will lecture at
Uvalda on Tuesday, Nov. 14th. A
general invitation is extended to
the public to come and bring din
ner. They" are to have other
epeakers also and it will be a great
day. Remember the date and go.
Rev. Pafford announces that he
will have only two more Suudays
before Conference will convene
and he wants the membership to
come out and hear him. Next
Sunday will be his regular time
and then on the fourth Sunday.
Mr. Pafford has been faithful to
his work and the membership
should turn out in numbers for
the next two services.
News came to the city Sunday
night late that Mrs. Osborne,
mother of our good friend L. D.
Osborne, had died at her home
near Elza postoffice in Tattnall
county. Mrs. Osborne was get
ting along in age and she had been
sick for a week or so. She was a
noble woman and she has reared a
family of boys and girls that we
are proud of. Her remains were
laid to rest Monday and a great
number of friends and relatives at
tended the funeral. Her husband
survives her. The Progress ex
tends heartfelt condolence to
those <#^reaved.
Judge Mason is Dead.
This is a sad message that we
are carrying to the people to-dav,
not only is it sad, but the death
of this good man is a cilamity to
the county. Virtually he was at
the head of all county official af
fairs and he was taken so sudden
ly that it will be hard
to carry out his plans. Tl%oeople
had just begun to see whEb his
plans were right, where Si was
working for them, when his use
ful career was cut short. He was
liken suddenly while holding or
dinary’s court last Monday, apo
plexy or a bursting blood vessel
being the malady, and the end
came Tuesday afternoon about
two o’clock.
Judge Geo. T. Mason was born
in Johnson county fifty-three
years ago, his father being one of
the prominent men of that section
of Georgia. After attaining his
majority he married Miss Jones,
a sister of the Jones boys around
Cedar Crossing. Deceased then
moved to Toombs county, at that
time it was Tattnall and he settled
down on the Altamaha. He had a
fine place, one of the prettiest on
the river, and to his friends and
all others the latch string was
hanging on the outside. He was
popular, honored by all who *met
him and the people looked upon
him as a leader. In 1907 he was
nominated by th- people to be
the Ordinary to fill the place then
occupied by Judge John H. Clif
ton, and this w r as an honor that
showed his popularity. Since tak
ing the office he has shown his
executive ability in many ways.
In short he has pleased the people
and had he lived there is no doubt
but what he would have been chos
en his own successor.
Judge Mason was a member of
the Masonic fraternity, a consis
tent Methodist and a Christian
gentleman. Since coming to Lyons
he has made a model citizen and
our people feel keenly the loss of
so good a man. He leaves behind
four brothers, all prominent citi
7ens of different sections of the
j>untry, two in Florida and two
ill Georgia, also four sisters, be
sides his loving wife and eight
children. On the latter the blow
falls very heavy.
The remains of Judge Mason
were laid to rest in the Lyons
cemetery Wednesday afternoon,
the funeral ceremony taking place
at the Methodist church with Rev.
Pafford officiating. After leaving
the church his Masonic brethren ,
from Milliken Creek lodge, assist
ed by both the Lyons and Vidalia
lodges, took charge of the remains
and they were laid in the vault
with the beautiful Masonic cere
mony .
In the death of Judge Mason
Toombs county has lost a valuable
public servant as well as one of
her best citizens, the country has
lest a patriot and all of us have
lost a friend, his family has lost
a loving husband and father,
but Heaven has gained. Our Fath
er above saw fit to call him to His
home in the Heavens and we must
all try to live like him so that we
may be able to meet him again.
The Progress extends condolence
to those bereaved.
A curiosity in the shape of a
bunch of potaooes was brought to
the Progress last Saturday by Mr.
W. A. Odom, a good farmer living
a few miles south-west of Lyons.
This bunch of potatoes had 10 on
one vine and the ten weighed a
little over 15 pounds. They were
all large and fine and Mr. Odom
says his entire patch is similar,
the potatoes in some places grow
ing out of the ground He is a
good farmer anyway, however, and
all his crop was good this year.
The new bank, we understand,
is to work something on the order
of a trust company. Its charter
will allow it to take approved real
estate as security and we under
stand that it is to handle a great
part of the business now handled
by loan companies.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911.
Tlie Cobbtown Section.
Mr Editor:—Please give me a
little space in the Progress f<>r a
word of two from this section. We
are glad t,o see good weather such
as we have had, so that the farm
ers could gather their overstock of
cotton. We don’t Know what else
to call it besides “overstock” be
cause the farmers have the mo9t
cotton in this section they have
ever made. Some of them are fin
ishing the picking while others
are just getting started. It is cost
ing the farmers so much to get the
cotton out that they are slow in
starting. I think next year they
will plant more corn and less cot
ton.
I am a farmer myself but I have
caught up and my advice to the
other farmers is to cut their cot
ton crop to about eight acres to
the plow. I am satisfied they will
find it pays better. I planted 23
acres to the plow and I have learn
ed that it- is just such work that
has brought cotton down to where
it is today. I would like to see a
law passed forbiddiug any man to
plant more than eight acres to
the plow. 1 believe it would be th*
best for the country, and I know
it w'ould result m much better
prices. Fifteen cents is little |
enough for cotton, the planter
should get that price and if thev
will foilnv the plan I have named,
put in plenty of corn and other
grain and feed crops, they will
see that I know what I am talk
ing about.
More “hog and hominy” i® what
is needed in this south land of
ours. We have the best c un
try in the world but we don’t
know how to manage it Ti.e tiling
to do is to live at home and make
just enough cotton to buy what
we can’t make. Eight acres ou the
horse in cotton will solve the
problem and if all the farmers
will do a9 I suggest they will soon
see what a grand country we have.
Respectfully submitted,
J. M.
A merchant handed us at item
the other day advising the peo
ple to trade at home. It was a
good item, too, one that had al
ready appeared in the Progress
once. We are fighting all the
time for the home mechant, not
an issue goes out that don’t con
tain advice of this kind, but this
merchant is not an advertiser and
he is not helping us to make the
fight. No, he refuses to patron
: izo us but he is anxious that we
9how the people why they should
trade at home. We are not kick
ing, however, can get along with
out this patronage because we
have so many live merchants
that appreciate what we are doing
that we don’t miss this one much.
The thing for the good people in
the country to do, however, is to
look over the advertising columns
of the Progress and they will see
who is the real live merchants are
and these are the merchants who
should have the trade.
The first announcement for the
1912 political race is in the Prog
ress this week. Seaborn A. Ilall is
a candidate for Sheriff, and as
Seab is one of the best boys in
the county he is going to be a hard
one to turn down. The. announce
ment came in ju9t as we were get
ting ready for press and we will
leave the comment over until next
week.
Our young friend Homer And- !
erson went out in the country I
last Sunday and he brought back
home with him a charming wife.
He was married to Mies Flora
Odom, the charming daughter of
Fletcher Odom. Homer is a good
boy and his wife is a most charm
ing little lady. The Progress ex
tends congratulations to both,
O. C. and H. M. Penuel have
about sold out their first shipment
of mules and they say it will be a
couple of weeks before they get
any more in. They are handling
fine stock and it dont seem much
trouble for them to sell.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
This is the name of a new finan
cial institution that is soon to
i start business in Lyons and it will
be located in its own new and
handsome building tu be erect.au
on the site now occupied by the
postoffice. Another building is
to be erected along with the bank
and this bhilding. it is said, will
be occupied by the postoffice.
The Farmers and Merchant.-
Bank is to be strictly a home in
stitution, managed by home peo
ple and the most of the stock is
to bo owned by farmers and busi
ness men in Toombs county. The
capital stock is to be $25,00 and
nearly ail of it is to be paid in.
The stock subscribers met last
week and appointed a committee
to get a site, give the contract for
the banking house aud to arrange
the charter, This comittee met
Monday and all these prelimina
ries were arranged.
The bank building is tc be 25 by
50 feet on the corner where the
postoffice now stands. It is to
liave a six foot vestibule and it is
to be fitted up in first class style,
Next to the bank on the west is to
be a 20 foot building running
back fifty feet which is to be fit
■ ted up and built especially for the
pnstoffice. Both of these buildings
are to have handsome fronts and
they arn to be up-to-date in every
respect.
The bank is to be operated
somewhat on the order of a trust
company, so we hear, and it will
have power to lend money on real
estate or property security. This
feature will be popular with the
people We don’t know yet who
are to be the officers, but we are
told that good men wi'l be in con
trol. We welcome this new insti
tution and we hope that it will be
a success from the day it opens its
door 9 for business.
The Proper Man for Ordinary
Judge Mason’s death necessitates
the ordering of an election by the
Clerk of the Court, to fill the va
cancy. We presume that the
election wili bn ordered at once as
the County business will be prac
tically at a «ta;,d still until the
new ordinary can qualify. The
question is, who shall we elect to
fill the vacancy It seem 9 -to us
that there is only one name to sug
gest, Dan T. Gibbs Mr. Gibbs is
thoroughly conversant with every
detail of the office, and with all
due respect t.o every citizen of the
county, is the best qualified man
in the county to fill the vacancy.
His long service in the clerk’s of
fice and the assistance he has ren
dered to both the prior ordinaries
together with his splendid busi
ness qualifications make him pe
culiarly well qualified. It does
9cem that every man interested
in the welfare of this county
would naturally turn to him to fill
the office at this time. In mention
ing the matter it seems that every
body is about of the same opinion
as ye editor. Mr. Gibbs says that
so many have importuned him to
enter the race, that he has decid
ed to do so and that his formal
announcement will probably be
made next week.
Congressman Hughes came
Wednesday according to his ap
pointment and he decided that it
would be best to leave off the po
litical address on account of the
deuth and funeral of his close
i friend, Judge George T. Mason,
j Many people came to hear the
new Congressman, but they,
too, thought it best not to
hear a political talk when the
county was in such sorrow. Judge
Mason was a close personal friend
of Congressman Hughes, had
know’ll him many years, and the
Congressman said he would not
feel like speaking with his good
friend lying a corpse. On account
of other appointments Congress
man Hughes had to leave at one
o’clock, but he said he hoped to
return to Lyons to, meet friends,
even if it had to be after the nomi
nation was made.
Subscription fl.oo.
LOCAL ITEMS
> Lost—Somewhere on the streets
i of Lyons, a gold sleeve button
with initial ‘-K” on it. Finder
will please return it to the Prog
, ress.
Frank Brown’s sale is proving
popular and the people get cheap
goods at his store. He is offer
ing bargains in first class up-to
date goods.
Mr. H. M. Penuel has rented
the residence recently vacated by
W. L. Coleman and he will move
his family to Lyons from Reids
ville at once.
Lost—Either in or near the Vi
dal ia or Ohoopee depots, last Sun
day the sum of $5. Reward will be
paid for honest finder H. P. Moore
Route No. 2, Lyons, Ga.
Cotton pickers are seemingly
still in demand. At least a half
dozen wagons were in the city
early Monday morning to take
them out to the farms.
The Masons - lost a Masonic
square coming from the funeral
at the cemetary last Wednesday
afternoon and the finder will
please return same to Mr. S. I.
Hussey.
Miss Geraldine Aaron is on the
sick list and we are sorry to know
that she is threatened with pneu
monia. We hope that her illness
will not be serious and that she
will soon be up again.
The first bottle of new syrup
brought to the Progres this year
came from the farm of Mr, D. H.
Proctor. It was as pretty as we
have ever seen, too, and Mr. Proc
tor sold a good lot of it tc the
families in Lyons.
Notice—l have a good mulo
about 10 years old, weight 1100
pounds. I want to change for a
good family mare of about the
same weight and not over 10 or 11*
years old.—Apply to C. C. Ander
son, Ohoopee, Ga.
John A. Coursey, of Ailey, was
in the city a few hours the first of
the week. John says that he is
going to build on his two lots
next to the new I. Q. Coleman
building and that he will give the
contract very soon. This will
make a handsome store building.
Mr. Wing brought a long # cane
to the Progress last Saturday that
seems to be a little longer than
any we have had this season. It
measured about ten and a half
feet long and it was large also. It
seems that all the farmers of
Toombs county have made fine
crops of cane this year.
Mr. R. P. Sweat, with his good
with and little Hazel, left Mon
day for their old home, Nashville,
Ga. These good people have been
in Lyons for over two years and
during that time they have made
a host of friends. We hate to
give them up, but Mr. Sweat says
that he is bettering himself and we
hope he will not be disappointed.
Judge Williams left Sunday
night for Bryan county to attend
a session of Bryan county Supe
rior court. At this term the negro
Mcßae, who killed Zenas WarneJl
and was cleared of the crime in
the Chatham court, is to be tried
for shooting at Dennis Boatright.
The defense, it seems, is going to
try to get a change of venue in
this case also.
As Secretary of the County
Democratic Executive Committee
the Editor of the Progres has writ
ten the State Chairman for in
formation as to how we will raise
the money with which to hold the
primary for Governor in Toombs
county. Our Committee has no
money for such expense and we
dont suppose we could get enough
volunteers to hold said election.
Just as soon a3 we can get the in
formation we will call the commit
tee together to arrange matters.
The primary is to be held in De
cember and we will have to get
busy at once.