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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 45.
I LOCAL NOTES
f sor 6 doses of “666” will cure
I “7 case of chills and fever.
r Price 25 cents.
Mil and Mrs. f lisby Clifton are
aVbMie again and for the present
thejMtre guests at the handsome
home of Col. Giles.
Warnock Bros., & Co., succes
sors to the Lyons Trading Co.,
and to J. P. Brown, are selling
oranges and grape fruit by the
wholesale.
Lost—Somewhere in Lyons, one
7 jewel Elgin watch, size 12, thin
model double case, with short
plain chain number of same known
but not to be given yet. Hand
some reward will be paid to finder
if brought to the Progress office.
Anstus Moseley, at the New Ly
ons Pharmacy, has put in an out
fit for dispensing hot drinks and
he serves hot chocolate, beef tea,
tomato and clam boullion, and
various other hot beverages. They
are fine, too, this cold weather
and will be popular.
Contractor Reagan is hustling
the new bank building and he has
a foreman in Anderson Huggins
that knows how to hustle work
The work is first class, too, and
this buildiug. though small, will
be one of the prettiest in the city.
W. A Hart, one of Vidalia’s
good citizens, was in the city the
other day mingling with friends.
We are of the opinion that Mr.
Hart has a political bee buzzing
around but he won’t tell us any
thing about it yet. He is a good
man, however, and one that will
make a good public servant.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Godwin de
sire us to express to their friends
and neighbors in and around Ly
ons tehir heartfelt thanks for the
care and attention and the many
shown the family
djjrfng |he severe illness of their
son, John Luther. He is up now
and the family feels that the peo
ple have certainly been kind to
them, being always ready to help
at all times.
Miss Gussie Belle Rawls.of Dub
lin, who was elocution teacher in
our school snme years ago, is at
present a guest in the palatial
home on Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Smith. Miss Rawls promises us
something good in amateur dra
matics in the very near future at
the Opera House She is now re
hearsing a play and we ap satis
fied that it will be good. The
date of the play will be Tuesday
night Dec. 12th.
“Scenes from the Union Depot”
is the name of a new play that is
to be presented at our Opera
House next Tuesday evening by
local talent. Miss Gussie Belle
Rawls i 9 rehearsing the. young
people and her splendid ability is
already known in Lyons. The play
is a farce comedy and there will
be about thirty-eight characters.
The proceeds will go partly to the
school and the people should turn
out in great numbers.
Mrs. E. L. Brown, who has been
out in Texas with her son for sev
eral weeks, returned home Mon
day night, bringing Spencer and
his little family with her. Spencer
was in the last stages of consump
tion and it seems that he only came
home to die, as a few hours after
he arrived, the death angel took
charge of his soul. The end came
quitely. He has battled against
the disease for several years, work
ing, however, nearly all the time.
He gave up only a few weeks ago
and now he is resting on the other
side of that dark and dismal shore
He leaves his aged mother, sever
al brothers and sisters, and his
loving wife and two children to
mourn his loss. His remains
were laid to rest in Lyons Wed
nesday morning and his funeral
which took place at the Baptist
church, was largely attended. The
progress extends condolence to
bereaved.
Cross Road Dots.
Mrs. Taylor and Miss Sallie Ab
uev went to Vidalia Saturday.
Varn Carroll had Tghtning dob
put on hi 9 house the past week.
Who can tell us what two chap
ters in the Bible are just alike?
Messrs Wilke9 McDonald and
Evans visited R. E. Boyd Sunday
evening.
Homer Anderson and wife, of
Lyons, spent Sunday with Mitch
Fountain and wife.
Mrs. R. E. Boyd and Natalie,
visited Miss Annie Pfeffer in Vi
dalia, Saturday afternoon.
Miss Annie Thompson spent
Friday night with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thompson.
John Barlow and Miss Sarah
Reese were married Sunday after
noon. We wish them much hap
piness .
There will be an all day Sing at
Center church Sunday,- led by
Prof. John A. Wilkes. Come and
help us sing.
Thanksgiving has come and
gone, many a turkey walks alone,
moaning the sad, sad fate of its
dear and loving mate.
Rev. J. Webb will preach at
Poplar Head school house Sunday.
There w'ill be two sermons, one at
11 o’clock and one at 7 o’clock.
R. E. Boyd and wife went Sun
day afternoon to see James Tootle.
He has been sick for several weeks.
At this writing he is very low. but
we hope he may get well.
Two Blue Darters.
Sharpe’s Chapel Notes.
Prayermeeting will be at B. M.
Higgs Sunday night.
We are sure having a long cold
spell, real hog Rilling time.
Mackie and Josephine Odom at
tended church at Mt. Moriah Sun
day.
Cotton picking will soon be a
thing of the past and no one will
be sorry.
S. L. Rowiand went to a Candy
Pulling at G. T. Thompson’s last
Friday night.
Miss Matildia Lynn has return
ed borne after spending a while
with Mrs. B. M. Higgs.
George. Stanley and wife from
down on Rocky spent Thanksgiv
ing with Mre. J. H Ethridge.
Lonnie and Charley Higgs both
have a new run about. Hurry
girls and see who gets the first
ride.
A large crowd attended prayer
meeting at the home of Mrs. Eth
ridge Sunday night. Among them
were Misses Lula and Carrie
Thompson, Alice McSwain, W. A.
Higgs and family.
We have been requested to ask
that everybody that’s going to put
presents on the Christmas tree
bring them between 9 and Bo’clock.
Boys dont forget the girls. You
know they all like to get presents
of? a Christinas tree.
Sun Beam.
At the Blue Ridge polling
place on Thursday young C. A.
Tharpe had his neck severely cut
by a Mr, Rollison, We could not
get any of the particulars of the
difficulty, some saving there was
none, that the cutting was an ac
cident. Young Tharpe was brought
to Lyons and Dr. Aaron dressed
the wounds. It is said that he is
not dangerously wounded at all.
Charley Phillips has returned
home and he gave us the sad news
that his mother died on Tuesday.
She was eick only a short time
and he got to her bedside only a
short time before she died.
The vote in Toombs county for
Governor was sc close that it was
not comfortable. The majority
for Joe Brown will he less than ten
votes. The vote of the county was
small.
Col. T. J. Parrish was a busi
ness visitor to Savannah on Thurs
day, returning the afternoon
train.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911.
“Little Joe’’ for Governor.
News from all over the State Indicates
that lie has bad a Landslide.
“Little Joe” Brown will be
Georgia’s next Governor and the
telegrams received from all over
the State as late as this (Friday)
morning show that he will have
nearly two votes to oue more than
his nearest competitor. He has
carried some seventy odd counties
and Pope Brown, who ran next,
got only about thirty. “Plain
Dick” lost out right at the wind
up, his organization having »eeui
ingly gone to pieces. This election
means that Geergia will have a
sane administration for at least
one more year, that prosperity
will again visit the State. The pen
pie have not made a mistake.
For Labor Commissioner it
seems that H. M. Stauley, of
Dublin, has the call. The weekly
newspaper men of Georgia were
behind him and it seems that
they have won out. This is not a
surprise, however, because the
weekly newspaper men of the
State can win out anytime if they
will consolidate and it seems that
this time they were as a unit. Mr.
Stanley is all right and the State
will have a good man at the head
of Commerce and Labor.
Special from The Savannah
Press to the Progress this (Fri
day) niornii.2 tells us that the
electoral vote of the State sor
Governor will be J, M. Brown 200,
Pope Brown 100, R. B. Russell 60.
Joe Brown carried at leuet 'wo
thirds of the counties and lie h'-n
--self wa9 surprised at the mugui
tude of bis victory.
The official count of 10.-mbs
county gives the vote to Judge
Russell by a very small plurality
less than 25 votes. Thi9 is a sur
prise. as late last night it was re
ported for Joe Brown
D. T. Gibbs Elected Ordinary.
In the county election held
Thursday Dan T. Gibbs is elected
Ordinary of Toombs to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Geo. T. Mason. It was a
warm fight, however, between Mr
Gibbs and Judge Howell Mann,
the plurality for Mr. Gibbs being
only about 84 votes. He carried
the 1586th district by 100 votes,
the 89th. district by 16 vo f es the
1192nd district by 18 votes, the
ls2lst district 37 and in 1408 rd
he made a tie, each one getting 31
votes. In Vidalia Judge Mann
got a plurailitv of 8 votes and in
the 43rd he got a majority of 89-
As the race was principally be
tween Gibbs and Mann we will
give below an unofficial count of
their vote:
1536th district—Gibbs 125,
Mann 25.
slst distict —Gibbs 106, Mann
114.
43rd district —Gibbs 20, Mann
109.
15215 t district —Gibbs 60,Mann
23.
39th district —Gibbs 46, Mann
29.
1403rd district —Gibbs 39,Mann
13.
On Thursday afternoon while
the election was going on several
of the prisoners in the jail broke
through the faulty cage door,
picked out through the wall and
made their escape. One of the
prisoners would not leave and he
came to the city as fast as he could
and gave the alarm. The county
dogs were brought in and a short
time after Clif? Atkins one of the
escapes was caught about three
miles north of Lyons. Two of the
other are out yet but it is proba
ble that they will be captured also.
The first thing the new ordinary
should do after being sworn in is
to repair this cell door and make
the jail safe.
If you want oranges for Christ
mas see Mr. Warnock. He has
purchased the output of one en
tire grove and he is selling them
:at reasonable price. Put in your
I order now.
Raeket From Rackley.
Frank Wrenn was a business vis
i»or to S illmnre Monday.
J. J. Wrenn and wife spent Snti
at the home of Elza Bazernore.
Miss Lena McCullough, of Ly
ons visited home folks Sunday
J. H. Mosely was a business
visitor to Dtirdeuville last week.
Miss Daisy Mills has been quite
sick with fever but is improving.
J. M. Wrenn and wife visited re
latives in this section oue day last
week,
R. L. Wrenn and wife attended
preaching at Connor’s Chapel last
Sunday.
Little John Findley has been
very sick, but is about to be all
right again.
Misses Lougenia Findley and
Bertie Collins were in Oak Park
Sunday last.
Jack McCullough and sister,
Easie, visited the sick at Mr. Mills
Tuesday night.
J. M. Findley and A. S. McCul
lough were business visitors to
Lyons recently.
Mrs. R. L. Wrenn is spending
this week with her prrents, R. B.
Findley and wife,
Mr and Mrs. W. J. Wrenn and
children visited at the home ofM.
T. Collins Sunday last.
Millard Findley and Mi-.s Lot
tie Hagan, of Lyons, visited in
tliis section Sunday last.
Schley McCullough, of Oak Park,
spent Satuedav at the home of his
grandfather, A. .T. McCullough.
Pineapple.
Cross Road Dots.
Jim Coleman went to Alston
Sunday.
Floyd Moore and wife spent Sat
urday night with his parents.
Messrs Carrol and Moseley vis
ited Aleck Thompson Sunday.
Mrs, Bertie Carrol spent Sunday
with her parents Aleck Thompson
and wife.
Sherwood Boyd went to Alston
to preaching Sunday taking Mis 9
Carrie Blocker with him.
Sherwood, In*-z and Nina Boyd
went to a cane grinding at Mr.
Seaborn Reese’s Monday night.
Cane grindings are all the go
with us now. Mr. Editor, von and
your worthy staff come down and
help us have a “sweet” time.
Mrs. M A. Grant and children,
of Lyons, will spend the week with
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald while Mr.
Grant is in Savannah attending to
business.
A good number of farmers in
this section are so disgusted with
cotton, that they say it will be
“hog and hominy” with them an
other year.
These dots should have been in
the Thanksgiving issue of the
Progress . Let us all return thanks
to our Heavenly Father for the
blessing bestowed on us the past
year. Two Blue Darters.
We certainly sympatize with
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Meeks upon
the death of their sweet little
babe, which occurred at Towns,
Ga,, the first of the week. Mrs.
Meeks had gone over to Towns to
visit her father, who was ill, and
while she was there the little babe
was taken sick and in spite of all
human hands could do, it died.
The sad news came to Lyons iust
as we were going to press and we
certainly extend sympathy.
If the paper is a little late get
ting to you this week remem
ber we are holding back to give
you the news of the election. Our
paper is dated Friday and we us
ually print on Thursday so that
readers will have it on publica
tion day. This week we will not
print until Friday as we will not
be able to get the news until late
Thursday night.
W. C. Oliver was a visitor to
Rincon Thursday and stopped in
Savannah a few hours on his re
turn.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
M imager Meeks, of the Uniou
Supply Company, has been over
j at Scotland for some days start
another Union Supply Company.
Two weddings in oup week is a
good record for Lyons and we hear
in a round about way that others
are in sight One good thing about
it the girls are tieing up with home
boys.
Don’t fail to see the play at the
Opera House next Tuesday even*
ing. Some of the best amateur tal
ent in the city will be in the cast
and the admission fee will be only
86 cents for adults and 15 cents
for children.
Mr. Phillip Morris went down
on the Altamaha Monday with E.
B. Jackson on a fishing trip and
he was brought back Wednesday
in a serious condition suffering
from erysipelas. We are glad to
sav he is better as we go to press.
Dr. Lucas, a prominent young
physical) of Louisville, Ky., was
in the city this week and we are
glad to know that he will locate
here permanently. Dr. Lucas
will be associated with Dr. Bomar
and he will find a splendid prac
tice to begin with.
Mr. J. A. Williams, of Bryan
county, a cousin and former part
ner of Mr. Z. P. Williams in the
turpentine business, came up last
Saturday morning and we under
stand that he is going to move his
family up here. He is not in good
health and lie is in hopes that the
change will be beneficial.
Mrs. Jones, a good old lady liv
ing down near Cedar Crossing and
mother of J. B. Jones, Elton
Jones, W. B. .Jones and Mrs. G.
T. Mason, died the first of the
week. She had been sick for a
long time and the death was not
unexpected. The Progress ex
tends condolence to the bereaved
ones.
W. B. Durst, a former citizen of
Lyons now of Gainesville, Fla.,
was here several days recently on
a business trip and visiting his
brother, John Durst. W. B. now
runs a large maching shop and
foundry at Gainesville and we are
glad to know that he is doing well.
He was seemingly in the best of
health. There is net a better
machinist in the country than W.
B. Durst and the people of Gains
ville have seemingly appreciated
this fact.
Mr. Hiram Clifton, one of our
wealthiest naval stores operators,
and charming Mis 3 Georgia Lee
Martin, eldest, daughter of Mrs.
Freeman Jones were quietly mar
ried at the home of the bride’s
mother in Lyons, last Sunday af
ternoon at five o’clock. These
young people are both popular in
our little city and the marriage
has not been unexpected. Rev.
J. W. Kytle preformed the cere
mony in his usual good style and
the young couple left on the east
bound train a short time after for
Savannah and Florida points to
spend their honeymoon. The
Progress extends congratulations
and best wishes.
Mr. Clisby Clifton and charm
ing Mios Alma Talley were mar
ried last Saturday morning, Rev.J.
W. Kytle performing the ceremo
ny. Mr. Clifton is the eldest son
of Judge John H. Clifton, and a
popular young man, ai.d his bride
is the charming and accomplished
daughter of Mrs. E. J. Giles. Col.
and Mrs. Giles came in with the
happy young people and the party
drove up to the Baptist parsonage,
where the knot was tied while they
were in the automobile. Immedi
ately afterward they went to the
handsome home of Col. and Mrs.
Giles, where a splendid dinner was
enjoyed. The young couple board
ed the east bound train that after
noon at Ohoopee and they will
spend their honeymoon in Florida.
The Progress extends cengratula
tions.