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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. « 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.