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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 8. No. 47.
LOCAL NOTES
Merry Christmas to all.
J. B. Johnson, of Vidalia. was
mingling with his Lyons friends
% Isst Sunday.
\ sor 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
For sale at a bargain—Two
Tpung Jersey heifer calves. Apply
i f F. M. Smith at Lyons.
Cue out the Star Supply Com
pany’s advertisement, send it in
with an order and they say they
will send you a Christmas present.
P H. Banks and several of the
god farmers from down in the
Marvin neighborhood were in the
city Saturday selling cotton and
trading.
The Fall term of school is over
and the Spring term will begin on
January Ist. The children are
now out for the holidays and we
must say the school has been a
sucoess.
This looks something like old
time Christmas weather and if it
keeps on getting worse we will
have either sleet or snow. One
thing is certain, the weather is
surely disagreeable-.
We failed to put “Uncle Ike”
Hussey in the list of Santa Claus
headquarters last week, but he has
some of the prettiest things we
have seen. While out looking
around be sure to call at his store.
The Miuter-Smith Hardware
store, the handsomest of the kind
iu South Georgia, offers some
beautiful things that would be
nice for Holiday The
articles are useful as well as orna
mental.
And we are not to have a Christ
mas tree. That is too bad iudeed.
This old and honored custom
■Kould not be allowed to die out.
Sphere should be a Sunday School
:ree at least‘and we hope that it
can be gotten up.
Manager Blackwell, of the bot
tling works, with his wife and lit
tle baby, have been spemding sev
eral weeks up in South Carolina.
They returned home a few days
ago and he is now busy turning
out the very best soft drinks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thompson
went up in Emanuel county one
day last week to attend the birth
day celebration of his aged mother.
Thev say they had a good time and
we are glad to add that his mother
is iu very good health at a very
old age.
Mrs. R. E. Bishop and thechild
ren have gone to Helena to spend
the holidays with Mr. Bishops’s
people. Afterward they will go to
Cairo, Ga .. their future home. We
are sorrv to lose this good family
and we hope that they will like
their new home.
An unusual sight on the streets
of Lyons Tuesday were 27 bales of
cotton loaded on 6 wagons. It all
came from one farm, too, that of
Newton & Sutton, down on the
Altamaha. The cotton was of a
good grade and it brought a prem
ium over the regular market.
A thief went into the postoffice
a few nights ago and the only
thing missing is a key to the mail
pouches. This thief had keys it
seems, as there is no sign of
breaking. One door was left un
locked, however. Extra locks have
been placed on the doors and there
will hardly be any further trouble
with burglars.
The moving pictures Tuesday
night were good and the slides
were excellent. Capt. Cole knows
the Panama canal and it is realin
eresting to hear h-m explain the
ereat work being done by the gov
nment. We will have moving
jiVJires again just as soon as the
Jeather is suitable and the people
should patronize them.
• To Our Friends.
1 The Progress is now rounding
up the eighth year of its existence,
it being only three more weeks be
fore we can celebrate our birthday
In 1903 the writer came here,
thinking it a good point for a news
paper, and the people here at the
time seemed to agree with us. Ihe
Progress was launched as a conse
quence in January, 1904. At the
time the prospects were as bright
as could be, but we were to find
rocks our in path. On the 3rd of
April, 1904, the great fire came,
wiping out our office completely
and we had no insurance. Here
again the good people came to our
assistance and the paper was re
established without the loss of an
issue. Since that time Lyons has
grown and we have some little
pride in saying that the Progress
played no small part in bringing
this about.
We are satisfied that the county
people appreciate the Progress be
cause they patronize it and be
cause they speak well of it, but
they are getting a little careless.
In the early life of the paper we
never had to ask a subscriber to
pay for his paper. He came and
saved us the trouble. They seem
to forget us now and many are
from two to three years in arrears.
They come and pay up for the
present time so that we are not
violating the postal laws in send
ing the paper but they seem to for
get the time passed. Right now we
have twelve or fourteen hundred
dollars scattered about all over the
country and it is in such small
sums that it would not pap us to
go after it. The lose of this money
is hurting, holds us down from
improving the paper as it should
be improved, and we ask those
who are in arrears to remember
what they owe and send it to us.
We have many that pay promptly
and to these we want to return
thanks, but the greater number
seem negligent.
Pardon us for calling attention
to it in the paper, but we want to
make many improvements the
first of the coming year and we
need your help. Remember, we arp
only talking to those who know
they are in arrears.
Manager Goddard, of the New
Lyons, is seemingly holding his
own in the patronage line. His
Hotel is getting a good trade and
we never hear a kick any more.
He supplies his table with the best
the markets afford and he has the
meals served just as nice as the
finest Hotel in the country. What
Mr. Goddai d does is done right
and we are only sorry that he has
no better h-mse. There is room for
improvement in the building but
Mr. Goddard has made it as com
fortable as possible and the trav
eling men seem satisfied.
People are wanting to move to
Lyons, but what is the use? There
is not a vacant, house that can
be rented. We hear some say that
people who want to come here
should buy lots and build. We ad
mit it would be best, but suppose
they have not money enough to
do such a thing. We must get the
people here, let them see what a
good little city we have and they
can then build. Some of our peo
ple must build houses or it wont
be long before people will quit
wanting to come here at all.
Hunter Pearce & Battey, the
substantial, reliable, and wide
awake Factors, of Savannah, offer
you the same excellent service
that has covinced many of the
benefits of marketing cotton
through them. Until you have
tried them, perhaps you are neg
lecting an opportunity to realize
more for your cotton than hereto
fore. They respectfully solicit
your consignment.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen—One
red speckled bird dog about 1 year
old, was last seen in Lyons on
Thursday. Answers to name of
Britt. Will pay reward if returned
to me . Lester Clifton.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911.
Additional Locals.
The new I. Q. Coleman building
is being rapidly finished up and it
is one of the neatest buildings in
the city. We haven’t heard yet
who will occupy them.
The Empire Store has many
beautiful things suitable for a
Christmas present for either a lady
or a man. In looking around for
something nice step in and see.
W. H. Sharp, a splendid old
gentleman and prosperous farmer
from over near Alston, in Mont
gomery county, was in the city
the first of the week and called on ,
the Progress.
Miss Mattie King and her music
class gave a very pleasing recital
in the music room at thb school
building Tuesday evening. Her
scholars are seemingly advancing
very rapidly and all vote her a
splendid teacher as well as a most
pleasant little lady.
Usually at this season of the year
all the cotton has been picked out
and the most of it marketed. Not
so this year. Several fields are
still white, the gins are all run
ning full time and now it looks
like it will be February before
some of the farmers are through
picking.
Lyons gets more country pro
ditco than any city of tfe same
size iu all south-east Georgia, and
the reason is the merchants deal
fairly in the matter with the farm
er. The market here is a good
one and the farmer always feels
that he is getting honest prices
for his produce when he comes to
Lyons.
Warnock Brothers & Company,
successors of the Lyons Trading
Company and J. P. Br^wn,are ad
vertising in this issue. These
boys are hustlers in the mercan
tile line and they are having a
good run of trade. They are now
opening up a handsome new line
direct from the eastern cities.
Read their advertisement.
Powers & Mozingo, the general
insurance agents are getting busy
and are securing many agents in
several sections for their new
company, The United States An
nunity and Life Insurance Comp
any of Chicago. They have a fine
territory to work and early next
year they will have a dozen or
more live agents in the field.
Chatham is one of their counties.
The “B & B” kestaurant and
Soft Drink Case cn West Broad
street, Savannah, one of the finest
places of the kind in the South,
is advertised in another column
of the Progress. It is a magnifi
cent place to stop and orders for
refreshments sent from the coun
try receives prompt attention.
When you go to Savannah stop at
the B & B and you will be well
served.
Those of our farmers who have
it in their minds to plant plenty
of cotton next year should go to
the platform now and buy just
what cotton they will want. It
can be bought now cheaper than
they can raise it and they will
save all the hard work and worry.
We would advise them to put all
their land iu corn, peas, potatoes
and other grain, not forgetting a
large hay crop. It costs little to
make hay a;id it will pay a great i
deal better than cotton.
The question now is, will B. B.
Newton be a candidate for Ordi
nary for the long term? Strong
pressure is being brought to bear
on Ben and we have heard it rum
ored that he will make the race.
Ben Newton is one of the very
best men in the county, popular
where ever he is known, and if he
should decide to run he will have
a large following. Judge Gibbs,
however, has just been elected
after a hard fight and if he makes
good and should decide to enter
another race, it will be nip and
tuck between the two men.
Death of Mrs. W. J. Donnell.
The remains of Mrs. W. J. Don
nell, formerly Miss Clvde Collins,
youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ranee Collins, were
brought to Lyons Monday night
and on Tuesday they were laid to
rest in the Lyons cemetery. The
story of the death of this lady wns
indeed sad. She had been with her
husband in Portsmouth, Ya , all
the summer and was coming home
to spend the holidays with her aged
parents. Shortly after »he ar
rived in Savannah it seems that
she met a gentleman friend wjth
another woman in a machine and
the three went for a ride. The hour
was late but they went around the
race course and when nearing the
city on the return the machine be
came unmanageable, struck a tree
and was turned over. In-the acci
dent Mrs Donnell was the only
one'that received serious injuries.
Her left leg was broken just above
the knee, the bone split- and pro
truded through the "flesh. It be
came infected and the leg was am
putated. She grew weaker iu spite
of all aud after'suffering for sev
eral days, death removed her mis
ery. Several of her relatives were
with her till the last. Deceased
was a most attractive lady, pleas
ant to all She was full of life and
loved pleasure and this was parti
ally the cause of her sad death.
We extend sympathy to her fam
ily m their sad -bereavement.
J. C . Paulette and Miss Lucille
Williams were quietly married at
the residence of the bride’s par
ents on Tuesday night about 8:30
o’clock and they immediately left
on the West bound train for a
bridal tour to end in Atlanta,
where Mr. Paulette has taken a
position. The groom has been
with McNatt & Mcßride for sev
eral years as salesman and he was
considered one of the best boys in
the city. Just a short time ago he
resigned his position here and he
decided to take a better one in At
lanta. The bride is the charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P.
Williams, pretty and accomplish
ed. She is young, but she was popu
lar. Rev. J. W. Kytle performed
the ceremony in his usual good
style. The wedding was somewhat
a surprise but almost the moment
it happened the friends of both
caught on and a large crowd gath
ered at the depot to wish them a
happy voyage through life. The
Progress extends congratulations.
It is strictly against the bity
ordinances to discharge fire works
anywhere in the fire limits of the
city and the Cheif has been order
ed to enforced the laws. The fire
limits are the blocks beginning
at the street running north and
south at the McNatt corner, cover
ing all the business sections ol
the city and ending at the street
running north and south at the
corner occupied by the Colored
Grocery Company. Boys Peep out
of this fire limit with your fire
works or you may have to pay
some of the city expensec.
R. H. Walker, of Appleton, S.
C., was in the city several days
last week having his lands sur
veyed, He has made up his mind
to cut it up in small farms and
put it on the market. Mr. Walk
er has bought out all heirs in the
lands south of the city and he is
putting it m such plats that al
most any one can buy a small
j farm He says ue will be back
| again about the mindle of January
land at that time he will be ready
to do business. He sold two or
three small tracts while he was
here.
The Lyons teachers are going
to scatter about promiscuously to
spend the holiday vacation. Miss
Ruby Proctor will go to Valdosta,
Miss Mattie King will go to Pensa
cola, Fla., Miss Jessie Kinman
will go „to Bartow. Miss Bodie
Jones will go to Glennville and
Miss Blackwell will go to Atlanta
and other north Georgia points.
We wish them all a merry Christ
mas and a happy new year.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
John Coleman, of Reidsville
came up Sunday to spend a day or
so with friends.
Col. Jack Williams suffered
from lagrippe several days this
week Hot we are glad to see him
out as we are going to press.
Miss Busline Monts, who has
beep staying.at the home of Prof|
Monts, will go to South Carolina,
her home, to spend the holidays.
Judge S. P. Smith, from down
in the 43rd district, was in the
city on a business trip last Satur
day. He was accompanied by his
daughter.
Dr. and Mrs. Norris are prepar
ing to begin house keeping the
first of the year and we understand
that they are buying a handsome
home in Lyons.
Did vou notice that Frank
Brown’s sale still continues? He
has plenty of fine goods yet and
the prices are down. Drop in and
look around while you are out
shopping.
Christmas day and the first of
January being legal holidays, both
the Lyons banks will be closed on
those days. Those having banking
business on the dates mentioned
»
will pitase take notice.
Eggs are getting to be a scarce
article and the price is going up.
They are selling higher in Lyons
right now than at Savannah and
we hear that some of our mer
chants are having them shipped
out to supply the trade.
Judge Gibbs has employed Chas.
Neville, the public accountant, of
Savannah, to check up the office
of the late Ordinary and we are
glad to know that while things are
a little mixed, the expert is find
everything in good shape.
Mr. Levy Thompson, one of the
promoters of the new Farmers
and Merchants Bank, is in Lyons
and he is busy getting ready for
the charter. They say they want
to be ready for business as soon as
the building is completed.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.
J. W. Lewis and several of his
children are very sick and in a
serious condition. Mr Lewis is a
prominent farmer living just on
the line of Toombs and Emanuel.
We hope that he and his children
will all soon recover.
Tax Collector Thompson finish
ed up collecting Wednesday and <
he is now' issuing fi fas against
those who failed to pay. He has
a long list of them, too. but he
says all who go to his office and
pay before the fi fas are issued will
be let off without cost. Pay up
and save this expense.
Levy Thompson and J- A. Sum
ner have taken the Georgia Life
Insurance agency and they are get
ting quite u little business. Mr.
Knight, of Soperton, the general
agent, was here several days this
and last week getting them start
ted in the work. Mrs. Knight
was here also visiting her many
friends.
Chief DeLoach lauded another
tiger the other day and this time
it was a Mr. Rewis, a white man
living almost in the shadow of the
Court House. It seems that he has
been running this tiger for quite
a while but he was sharp and it
took good work bo catch him. The
Chief seems determined to break
up the practice of selling liquor
in the city.
Don’t forget that therejjwill be
services at Methodist church Sun
day both morning and evening.
Rev. Cook, the new minister is to
appear for the first time before
his congregation and he says that
he is going to preach on a sub
ject that will be appropriate to the
Christmas occasion. Mr. Cook
seems to be a fine man and we are
satisfied that he is going to make
good with the Lyons congregation.