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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
VOL. 9. No. 1.
LOCAL NOTES
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
City politics are beginning to
show up, but the move taken so
far is considered somewhat a joke.
Coroner J. Herman McColsky,
of Vidalia, was in the city the
first of the week on a business
trip.
I. Levine, of Douglas, one of
the Levine Brothers, was in the
city this week assisting in putting
on a sale at their Lyons Bargain
Store.
Sol. M. Hall was in the city
Tuesday, being on his way home
from Savannah where he had been
©n a business trip.
Brice Anderson, deputy sheriff,
went to Reidsville Tuesday and
brought buck a negro that was
wanted in Toombs county.
Mrs. Nell Griffin and two sons,
Sim and Roy, of Atlanta, are here
visiting at the palatial home of her
sister, Mrs. Fulton Smith.
L. A. Thompson, Cashier of the
Farmer’s and Merchant’s Bank,
went to Findleyson Thursday
to look after some business affairs.
Notice —The Tattnall Bank,
Reidsville, Ga., will be blosed on
Friday, January 19th, Robert E.
Lee’s birthday. B. H. Groover,
Cashier.
Mrs. R. S. Scott and the child
ren. who have been here for a week
or so visiting her mother, Mrs. J.
P. Pughslev, Sr., left for her home
in Tifton Wednesday.
Dr. Shelton F. Howell, of
AfittP CU9 > was the city the first
ovW)e week attending a meeting of
the First National stockholders
and attending to some other busi
ness affairs.
Barney V. Page has gone to
Statesboro to manage a large tur
pentine place for a firm of naval
stores men. Barney is experienc
ed in that line of work and we
know that he will give satisfaction.
Blackwell & Ricks have their
wood saw running now and
they are hauling wood to the
every day. They say they are go
ing to supply wood for the city
and they are giving very good
loads.
Col. E. C. Collins, of Reidsville,
and Dr. Armstrong, of Savannah,
came up Wednesday to see our
good friend, J. Perry Collins. Joe
Perry has been quite sick for a
long time and Dr. Armstrong
came up for the purpose of per
forming an operation, which we
hope will be successful.
Macon wants every soldier, who
marched and battled for the South
to be within her gates when the
Confederate Veterans gather for
their reunion, May 7-3-9. She
asks the Daughters of the Confed
eracy and the Sons of Veterans to
come and join hands with her cit
izens in making the reunion of
1912 the most notable ever held in
• Dixie.
Boys, in advising you last week
on the gambling proposition, we
thought that we were doing you a
favor. We didn’t know who you
'were then and we dont want to
meddle with your affairs, but if
by a word of advice we could save
you humiliation, we did not think
it amiss You seem to misconstrue
our meaning, so we are going to
quit and let the Grand Jurors ad
vis^pu.
(■buter 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 tlr ~i, perhaps you are neg
lecting J opportunity to realize
more f your cotton than hereto
fore. Jey respectfully solicit
your c signment.
Jury List February Court 1912.
The following is a list of the
Jurors —Grand and Traverse,
d awn to aerve for the February
Term. Tcombs Superior Court.
All parties whose nainss are on
said list will appear at the Court
House in Lyons, Ga., at 10o’clock
a. m , on the 3rd Monday in Feb
ruary. 1912.
GRAND JURY.
W P C Smith, B B Newton, L
Clifton; J L Jones, T H Johnson,
W H Page, A H C Mann, R C
Giles, S B Meadows, Geo N Math
ews Sr, H E Mathias J Wade John
son, Geo B McLeod, S J Bland,
J H Cowart, E P Bomar, J P Col
lins, V B Herring, A G William
son, J F Murchison, W J William
son, E L Meadows, Z P Williams,
C G Anderson, J M Wilkes, Dan
W Galbreath, T R Lee, D P Aver
itt, R S Sharpe, C N Walker.
TRAVERSE JURY.
E R DeWitt, G A Thompson,
D L Mathews, B H Grace, T A
Blocker, Hiram Clifton, W S Har
den Jr, J A Kitchen, J H Mosely,
F L McCullough; H B Graham,
JllO M Meadows, J W Meadows, J
W Anderson, H T Newton, C C
Mosely, W A Hart, S TBoyd, C S
Davis, W L Mitchum, W F Cauley,
R G Surrency, F E Long, Johu
Lee Meadow’s, H T Taylor, D J
McSwain, A PThomas, W O Don
ovan, G W Harrison, JN Patrick,
Eli Mincey, F M Smith, I P
Crutchfield, J A McDildea, J T
Thaxton, G W Mattox, Dess Gray.
J. E Thompson, Sheriff.
Racket from Rackley
Mrs. Perry Collins visited at the
home of T. C. Collins a few days
ago.
G. D. McCullough who has been
stopping at Manassas is at home
again.
Miss Lottie Hagan, of Lyons,
visited friends in this section re
cently.
Lee Pitts and wife visited rela
tives in this section Monday of
last week.
T. C. Collins spent Sunday af
ternoon pleasantly at the home of
W. J. Wrenn.
M. F. Findley, of Lyons, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Findley, Sunday last.
K. L. Wrenn and wife, visited
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs,
R. B, Findley, Monday.
Bruce Kirby and wife visited
Mrs. Kirby’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. McCullough recently.
Rev. Wood and son, Julian a;.d
Uncle Geo Wrenn, of Stillmore,
were in this section Monday.
G. W. L. McCullough and fami
ly, of Glennville, were guests of
relatives and friends here recently.
School opened at Ellabell last
week under the management of
Wade Mitchum with a very good
attendance.
Remer Wrenn is having trouble
from a wound in his foot caused
by stepping on a nail. Hope he
will soon be alright.
The recent raining has so swol
len the streams that travel has
been entirely stopped. The Olioo
pee is the fullest it has been in
years and all the bridges are need
ing repair.
Pine Apple.
We mentioned in our last issue
something about short order sales
and since then we have heard that
a|lawyer or two made the remark
that “we were looking out for our
selves.” It was an unkindjremark
but let it come This short order
sale business is all wrong unless
the sale can be made on the regu
lar sale day. Several mules were
sold on short order in the middle
of last month and they brought
less than half what they were
worth. The only man a short or
der benefits is the man who sold
the things siezed and he wants to
buy it back just as cheap as pos
sible. A short order issued for a
regular sales day is all right, but
for any other day it is all wrong.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1912.
Georgia Cane Syrup.
The people of the South seem to
think that cotton is the only
money crop for the South, but
they are certainly mistaken. Cot
ton is a “money crop” when the
selling price is high enough übove
the cost of production.
In all the world there is 110 syrup
produced that equals Georgia Cane
Syrup, and yet we are not pushing
the science of growing and making
it. The farmer goes on growing
cotton that sometimes nets him
only twenty dollars per bale and
sometimes leaves him short sever
al dollars per bale, while he could
net from fifty to one hundred dol
lars per acre if he grew Georgia
Cane Syrup and marketed prop
erly.
The business neuple of the state
are indifferent, and yet this crop
properly managed would bring
several million dollars extra into
the state.
The thing that Georgia needs
most is to increase the number
of crops that eh« can send out of
the state after money, an decrease
the number of crops she sends
money out of the state for.
The Georgta hotels could help
along this line if they would keep
more Georgia Cane and less other
syrups that are brought here by
sending money out of the state
The drummers could help if they
would insist on Georgia Cane syr
up being served at the hotels
where they stopped.
The increasing of the cane acre
age would naturally reduce the
cotton acreage, while at the same
time the amount of money
brought into the state wi'l be in
creased.
Let each one that reads this,
wr te an article to some paper on
the growing, marketing, orj-mport
aiice to the state of increasing its
use. If you do not care to write,
call the attention of someone who
will. The press should be sweetened
with syrup articles.
Yours Respectfully,
R. F. Duckworth,
Pres. Georgia Farmers Union.
Woman’s Baptist Missionary Society.
The Woman’s Baptist Mission
ary Society will hold its regular
meeting at the Baptist church,
Monday afternoon at 8 o’clock.
All the ladies are urged to be pres
ent as it is the beginning of the
week for special self denial and
prayer for Foreign Missions. At
this meeting the ladies are asked
to bring a Christmas offering for
China. Mrs. E. P. Bomar,
President.
Don’t talk hard times so much,
you fellows. Talk has more to do
with making hard times than we
know of. Continual hard times
talk makes the man with money
thiuk there will be a panic and he
pockets this coin of his; then we
do have some hard times. This
country is in good condition and
the hard times talk is certainly
out of place.
Dr. Hoyne, the Vidalia special
ist and manager of the Minnie
Lou Sanitarium of that city, was
called to Lyons profefsionally Sun
day. He is a fine specialist on
diseases of females and we are in
formed that the sanitarium is
proving popular under his manage
ment.
Dr. Curtis Coleman, one of the
young and progressive citizens of
Lyons, has decided to offer him
seli as a candidate for Mayor and
his announcement will be found
in another column. Dr. Coleman
is all right and we are satisfied he
will have a strong following.
For Sale at a Bargain—A neat
five room house near the depot
and situated on several splendid
lots. If you want a good home in
Lyons I will almost let you make
your own price. Apply to John
Durst, Lyons.
No fake, the Lyons Bargain
Store is going out of business. EvJ
ery thing to be sold below cost.
Read the large advertisement in
another part of the paper.
Cross Road Dots.
George McDonald is now work
ing with the Thompson Lumber
Company.
A sweet girl baby has come *0
gladden the home of Mr. and rs.
Charlie Higgs.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moore have
moved to Monroe Wing’s place.
We shall miss them.
Miss Annie Thompson, of the
Move Sanitarium, spent a short
time with her parents recently.
The weather being so indecent
there were no services at the Pop
lar Head school house Sunday.
Henry McSwain, Lawrence Bran
ham, Jack McDonald and Sam
Evans visited R E. Boyd Sunday
afternoon.
School opened at the Poplar
Head school house Monday, Miss
Brantley teaching. Nearly thirty
scholars on roll.
Messrs. Sykes and Taplev, of
Vidalia. were pleasant visitors
Sunday, at the homes of R. E.
Boyd and W. D. Grant.
Homer Mathias and Nail Clifton
have gone into the shingle busi
ness. They have a fine mill and
will soon be ready to furnish first
class shingles to all who need
them.
Sunday is the regular appoint
ment of Rev. Rogers at. Center
Church. Hope the weather will
moderate so there will be a good
attendance. Come one and all and
hear our preacher.
“Two Blue Darters ”
Ohoopee News.
Mrs. J. P. Johnson, of Alamo,
visited relatives here last week.
Butler Coleman and wife visit
ed relatives near Lyons recently.
Mrs. Ophelia Smith, of Stuckey,
iB visiting her parents, C. C. And
erson.
Henry Anderson has returned
home after spending several
months in Florida.
Remer Duffield spent several
days last week over in Tattnall
visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. B. Johnson, of Wadley,
is spending several days in Ohoo
pee with friends and relatives.
G. B. Johnson has gone to Flor
ence, S. C., to take a position as
salesman for the firm of Hill &
Cowart.
Little Miss Alice Johnson re
turned home Sunday night after
spending a while with her brother
at Wadley.
Mrs. Lonnie Dubberly, of Glen
ville, spent ldst Thursday night
in Ohoopee with her sister, Mrs.
B. C. Coleman. She was enroute
to Surrency to visit her father,
Rev. S. F. Wietman.
“Haw Thorn.”
Sharpe’s Chapel News.
Miss Ruby Booth called on Miss
Ruby Odom Sunday and reported
a pleasant time.
Charlie Higgs and Sammie
Booth visited in the Mt. Moriah
section Sunday.
Mackie Odom made a business
trip to Ailey Thursday, returning
home Friday afternoon.
There will be prayer meeting at
the home of Mr. Booth next Sun
day night. Everybody invited to
attend.
Miss Rebie Watts and brother
called on Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Watts Thursday and report a pleas
ant visit.
Miss Bettie Hammond, of Cam
den, S. C., returned home Friday
morning, after visiting her cousin,
Mrs. B. B. Watts.
Miss Josephine Odom returned
home Sunday night, after Bpend
ing some time in Vidalia visiting
friends and relatives.
Among those who attended the
prayer meeting last Sunday night
were Misseß Camilla and Bessie
Ethridge. Messrs. Mackie Odom.
Charlie Higgs, Sammie Booth,
John Barington and many others.
All report a goed time.
Sunbeam.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
Lo9t—Somewhere on the road
between J. W. O’Neal’s home and
Lyons, a man’s aaddle. Finder
will please notify G. W. Wombles,
Lyons, Ga.
Our good old friend Mr. W. R.
Lilliott was in the city the first of
the week with one of his daugh
ters. Mr. Lilliott is one of the
county’s best men and we are al
ways glad to shake his hand.
The water is beginning to fall
now and it is leaving all the
bridges in the county i.i a terrible
condition. Road Superintendent
McLeod says that ho is going to
put his entire force on the bridges
just as soon as the water goes
down so he can.
The boys are talking of bringing
M O'. Lott out for Treasurer and
if they do it is going to make
trouble for other candidates. Mr.
Lott has a long string of connec
tions and they are all out for him.
They said that his announcement
would be in this issue.
<l-
F. B. Cook says he is not mov
ing to Cedar Crossing. He has
bought the fine old Jack Matthews
home at Gray’s Landing and will
have his business house at the
landing. Mr. Cook has been in
Lyons five years instead of two he
made us a good citizen.
The old soldiers are to be enter
tained in Lyons todav. We under
stand that *he attendance will be
large. Twenty-five Crosses of Hon
or are to be delivered and the la
dies have arranged a neat program
for the occasion. The old Veter
ans will be entertained at dinner
and we are certain that they will
get something nice.
I
L. O. Benton, the jolly Presi
dent of the First National Bank,
[ was in the city the first of the week
[ attending the meeting of the
stockholders and looking over the
business of the institution. Mr.
Benton is considered one of the
best bankers in the state and he
seemed pleased with the outlook
of the First National.
They tell us that our good friend
“Bill” Morris, of near Vidalia, is
in the race for Treasurer of the
county and that he will soon an
nounce m the public journals.
•‘Bill” is one of the old guards, a
good old man and if the reports
are true that he has entered poli
tics, he is going to find lots of
friends to help him out.
Today is the date for the bestow
al of Crosses of Honor on all the
old Veterans who have applied for
them and we are expecting quite
a number of them in the city.
They will be guests of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and
we are satisfied that they will be
royally entertained. The exercis
will take place in the Opera
House.
The city registration books are
now open and every citizen should
be sure to register. The election
is only a short time off and we do
not know yet who will b 6 offered
for the different officer. We are
told on the side that the present
Mayor will not accept the place
again and we know that none of
the council men are anxious to re
main in office.
The new board of directors of
the First National did the proper
thing in re-electing Carl Mitchell,
Cashier, and Henry McQueen, As
sistant Cashier of this financial
institution. While Mr. Mitchell
has only been at the Bank a Bhort
time, he has made good and the
patrons are beginning to like him
fine. As to Henry McQueen, he
is too well known for us to say
anything about him. Henry is
small in statute but he is big eve
ry other way and Borne of these
days we expect to see him at the
head of some great banking insti
tution. With these two men at
the First National it is bound to
go forward and grow.