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fTHE LYONS PROGRESS. 01. 8. No. 49. jr 5 ' LOCAL NOTES 6 doses of “666” will cure case of chills and fever. Ffjfce 25 cents. Sidney Adams, of Mcßae, spent the holidays at home with his fllatives and friends. ; For sale at a bargain—Two young Jersey heifer calves. Apply to F. M. Smith at Lyons. 1 Jim Anderson, the mail carrier of route No. 8, has moved to the city and is occupying the house vacated by R. E. Bishop. Sunshine at last! but with it comes a severe cold snap. It is better, however, than rain and the people look a little more cheerful. The State election is only a few days off and we hope every voter will go to the polls and cast a bal lot for Joseph M. Browu and for Hal Stanley. Elmer Akridge, we understand, has gone to Atlanta to take his old position in the automobile busi ness. We have not heard yet who will take the local garage. , Lost, Strayed or Stolen—One red B#eckled bird dog about 1 year old, ms last seen in Lyons on Thprafiay. Answers to name of BrittJwill pay toward if returned to me> Lester Clifton. Theistockholders of the W. A.& L., rafroad company are to hold a verylimportaut meeting at Ad rian ifxt Wednesday, January, 10, 19K,and it is hoped that every share If stock will be represented. In site of the hard times and the.weather the Christmas Lyon 9 was good. On Sat- Christmas the peo plAhere in droves and every c ‘ fc y had bcwimM he could look after. The* was nothing doing in pub lic sal® last Tuesday and it seems that wj are to have very little do ing if .anything at the next sales ,day. Snort orders are now taken for everything levied on and in such c>ses very few buyers are at tracted. For-Sale at a Bargain—A neat five room house near the depot land situated on several splendid lots. If you want a good home in Lyons 1 will almost let you make ivour own price. Apply to John •Durst jlLyons. Deistel & Cole, the Panama Canal entertainers, will put on their Canal lecture with moving pictures and descriptive slides this (Friday) night. They have a splendid entertainment and the people should patronize them . { ' Deistel & Cole, the amusement promoters, have at last received iheir canal films and they are now retting ready to start out on a •our of the State. They give a iplendid entertainment and we ire satisfied the people will give ihem patronage. Superior Court is near at hand ibd from what we can hear the docket, both criminal and civil,is roing to be heavy. Every lawyer in the citv seemingly has his lands full of civil business. The fury list will appear in the next ?sue of the Progress. was “all shot up” on uturdky night before Christmas r nd it was done by boys and men mt nwunt no more harm than w 1 Wr„. and the city is very much iu a financial way and fj e done is all to be re- I'jEyrftiny season continues and , iyjwitting the farmers in worse Inwtion every day. Several have picked out what cotton they id this will now be almost a taVloss. The future looks a little ne to many but if they will put i a bold front and go to work ■?ht they will come out of the lire. The Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank. The stockholders of this new fi nancial organization met in the Aaron building last Tuesday and they organized by the election of the following Board of Directors: W. C. Oliver, B. B. Newton, J. P. Brown, J, 11. Cowart, D. Coe, L. A Thompson, G. W. Meadows, W. E. Meeks, W. L. Stanley, W. €L Dickerson and J. L. Thompson. The full $25,000 stock subscrib ed was represented at this meet ing either in person or by proxy and it was harmonious from be ginning to end, all being enthusi astic over the prospects ahead. After the stockholders’ meet ing the newly elected Board of Directors were called together and they organized by electing B. B. Newton as President, W. C. Oliver as Vice-President and L. A. Thompson as Cashier, all being good men and the latter an ex perienced banker. The application for the churter was sent immediately to the prop er authorities in Atlanta and the promoters hope to be ready for business in the next thirty days at least. In the meantime work is progressing on their handsome new building, which they hope to have completed early in February. This new banking institution is owned almost entirely by the lo cal merchants and farmers of the county, the latter being in the majority as stockholders. It will start out with flattering prospects and that it will be a success is a forgone conclusion. Our young friend Harry Talley went down in Bryan county dur ing the holidays and brought back as his bride a most charming young lady, formerly Miss Laurie Williams. Harry is one of our good boys, holds a responsible position with McNatt & Mcßride and stands high in the estimation of all who know him. His bride is well known in Lyons where she went to school and graduated. She is a daughter of Dr. Williams, of Bryan county, and a neice of Judge P. W. Williams of our city. She is a most charming little lady and we are glad she is back in our city The Progress extends congratulations and best wishes to both. “Uncle John” Clifton is the only one so far tliar has thought of the editor in a very serious way. “Uncle John” knew we were hun gry and he brought us the nicest sack filled with erpareribs and back bone we have seen in a long time. “Uncle John” has a heart as big as his body and he is a friend that we are proud of. The Editor is very thankful to Dr, J. Q. Clifton for an invitation to assist him in dovouring a fine turkey on New Years’ day and we are only sorry that other engage ments kept us from accepting. We hope the Doctor will think of us again sometime when we are not in the same position. We want our country corres pondents to get busy now and send us ths news every week. Help us make the Progress entertaining for the next twelve months. We want a weekly letter from every section of the county and we will furnish the paper free to the writer. • Tax Collector Thompson has been good to the people this year. He has not vet finished the tax fi fas and he says that he wants to give the people all the time he can. He says that collections have been poor and it looks like that he will have several hundred fi fas to issue. L Mrs. W. H. Towery, of Gaines ville, and Prof. A. S. Kvtle, of Jenkiusbuig, Ga., came and spent the holida; s with their brother, Rev. J. U. Kytle. They are splendid p< ople and they seemed to enjoy tt eir stay in our little city. | j*> Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons. LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912. A Christmas Murder. Only One Man, of Five Aarested, is Held for Trial But one man, Bu9ter Eason, of the five arrested for the murder of Miss Maggie Newsome at English Eddy, this county, was held with out bail on the murder charge following a preliminary hearing here Thursday. The four others against whom warrants had been sworn out by Miss Newsome’s father just prior to the hearing, were released at the order of the justice of the peace, C. A Rogers, the state having withdrawn prose cution. A number of witnesses were heard, chief among them Henry, Tal and Lamar Spivey, Miss Nettie Newsome, age 22, sister of the slain girl, and Mel Rollings, who was at the Newsome home at the time and just prior to the killing. The testimony was to the effect that Miss Newsome, who was 18 years of age, was shot to death not very far from her home and in the road, following a statement by Eason that she and her siater’would be Sorry in an hour’ if they did not do as he requested, accompany him to the home of Henry Spivey, where Miss Maggie Newsome was wanted to furnish music for a gathering. Miss Nettie Newsome stated that Eason appeared to be drink ing when he, with one or tivo oth er men, came to the Newsome home shortly before the shooting. He knocked on the door and told the girls to come out. They refus ed and Rollings, who was there, went out and talked to Eason, who went away Later they heard some shooting up the road towards the Spivey home and M>es vi aggie Newsome, saying that, she “was goinfe to Spivey’s,” ran out. of the house and up the road. More shots were heard and then, Miss Nettie stat ed she heard a surrey paws their home and heard Eason’s voice saying “Let’s stop and ‘get’ the rest of them.” Then she heard Henry Spivey calling out that Miss Maggie bad been shot and asking that a light and some wat er be brought. Rollings stated that when he wentoutside the Newsome home to talk to Eason, the latter told him if the girls die not go to Spiv ey’s they “would be sorry in an hour.” He asked Rollings to try to get the girls to go but Rollings stated he told Eason he could not. make them go. Then Eason, he said, left and sometime later, when the shooting was heard, Miss Maggie ran from the house. It was shown that the girl was shot through the body with a pis tol bullet ai.d died very quickly. The arrests were made by Sher iff J. E . Thompson very quickly after the report of the shooting reached him. He had the five locked up and held them until the coroner ordered them held on the charges, Eason of murder aud the four others of being accessor ies after the fact. The four men who were not ordered held after the preliminary hearing were John Poole, Elijah Poole, Lonnie Salt er, and Frank Mason. AM five men in the hack swore that the pistol shooting was at the Spivey home, from which they had just left. Prominent men testifi ed to the good standing of the ac cused and the case was submitted to the judge without argument. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Toombs County Bank was held the 80 ult., and the same officers and Board were elect ed to serve for another year. The affairs of the banK were shown to be in excellent condition and.. good dividend wo# voted, besides a handsome sdm was added to the bank’s reserve fund, This bank is not so old but it has rC splendid record and-it is uoW> considered one of thf strongest banks in south-eaiyp&eorgia: A Joyful Occasion. We were invited to attend on the 30th day of December the -celebration of the 65th birthday of our good friend and neighbor, Mr. J. H. Jones, who is a prosper ous farmer and Veteran of the war between the States, also enjoyed the occasion, as the gray haired Veterans of the war engaged in social conversation on general topics, with occasionally some incident of war times of the long ago times that tried the men’s nerves. Among those present were the children and grand-children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, viz: Iwo sons, W. V. and Jesse Jones, und seven daughters. Mrs. W. C. Davis, Mrs. C. P. Autrey, Mrs. R. A. Sanders, Mrs. Clifford Banks, ull of Elza, Mrs. Victor Coursey and Mrs. Norris, of Lyons, and Miss Bessie, still with her parents, the only one not married. All the sons in-laws except Mr. Coursey und daughter-in-laws, together with 21 grand-children, went to make in part the happy throng. Climbing the tall pecan tree, en joying the pecans in happy glee. At dinner time we were conducted by our host to the dining room, where a table something like 30 feet long was, where the mother and daughters had the most sump tuous dinner spread we have ever seen. Every thing including large turkeys with everything else iu great profusion, prepared in the most artistic style, which we all highly enjoyed, and did ample justioe. We would have been glad if ye Editor could have been there. When the day had passed and we took our leave we congratulated the fond mother thanking her for her hospitality, and wishing the tacher many returns of the occasion . As we turned homeward we thought with David in the 145th division of Psalms. “The Lord is good to all and His tender mer cies are over all His works. He openeth His hand and satisfieth the desire of every living thing.” Rev. J. A. Sanders. Down in Bullock county they are talking of Lee Moore to oppose Charley Edwards for congress, but Lee is sensible. He says he has been a candidate for Solicitor General for two years and he sees no reason why he should quit. He knows, too, that Charley Edwards is going to be a hard one to beat, but then Lee is going to have to buck up against Alf and this is an other bad stump i:i his political road. Lee Moore is a good one, however, and he is going to have a strong following. 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. Some person opened our gate Thursday night and liberated our two cows and calves. One is a reddish black Devon and the other a dun and white graded Jersey. One calf is a female about the col or of the mother and about ten i months old. The other calf is al j most black with a white tail end. Will pay a reasonable price for their return to our lot. The Spriug term of our High SchoqU»egina < todfty and we under stand thar the enrollment is larger than ever before We have the beat school We city has ever had lid w®tfre only sorry that we have net improved the school building as it should have been improved. Germany is the largest potato preducing coutry in Europe; its yield last year was 1,600,000,000 bushels. Subscription SI.OO. LOCAL ITEMS G. W. Leverett, of Vidalia, was in the city Tuesday mingling with his friends. Mrs. Ola Scott, of Tifton, is at home spending a few weeks with her mother, Mrs J. P. Pughsley, Sr. Col . C. VV. Sparks, of Vidalia, was in the city the first of the week looking after some legal matters. Onr good old friend, Mr. Ryale* sient the Christmas holidays at the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. H. Patrick. For rent —On shares of for sure rent, one three horße farm and one two horse farm. Apply to R. C. Gilps. Ohoopee, Ga. VV. F. Staten, of the W. A. & L. railroad, was in the city thn first of the week and went to At lanta on business connected with the line. Misses Willie Bomar and Wil helmena Diestel, who were at home for the holidays, have re turned to their studies at Mil ledgevil le. G. W. Meadows, Jack Jackson, Stuart Talley and several more of the prominent citizens from in and around Ohoopee, were in the city T nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Talley are for the present stopping at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Odom, where they are at home to their many friends. Our young friend, Clyde Odom, who is attending the Tech school at Atlanta, came home for the holidays and returned to his studies Sunday night.. M. A Grant has rhoved to Jesup and we understand that he ha 9 accepted a position with F. A. Thompson as a turpentine worker. We certainly wish him success in his new' home. Mrs. John Durst, we are sorry to say, is suffering with her throat and lungs and the physicians have suggested a change for her. Mrs. Durst is an excellent little lady and we hope that she will soon get all right again. “Uncle Ike” Hussey has a new message to the farmers in this is sue and it should prove very in teresting. “Uncle Ike” is going to give away free a two horse steel beam plow. Read his advertise ment for particulars. j We are sorry to know that Rev. Kytle is to leave us in the next week or so. Our good Baptist friends have not yet found a pas tor to succeed him but they are looking around and we hone they will get a good man. Comity politics are slow open ing up. We thought we would have at least a half dozen an nouncements for this issue, but every prospective candidate seems to lie waiting for the other fellow to come out first. Remember, boys, that it is the early bird that gets the worm. The Fanners and Merchants Bank will soon be ready for busi ness The stockholders met Tues day to organize and they are now ready for the charter. This will make the third bank for Lyons and some say it is too many, but we dont think so. We need all the hanks we can get and this one is going to be popular from the beginning. Ben B. Newton and J. L. Sut ton, from down in the Elza sec tion, were in the city Tuesday mingling with friends and attend ing to business. The boys are talk ing of Ben Newton as the next Or dinary and w« are of the opinion that he will be in the race. Ben is one of the county’s best men and if he does get into politics he is going to be hard to turn down.