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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 9. No, LO.
LOCAL NOTES
5 or 6 doees of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Mrs. L. L. McGregor and little
son went up to McGregor Tuesday
to spend the day with relatives..
We have for sale a nice bunch
of goats and will sell them cheap.
If you want goats, see the Prog
ress man.
T. M. Joyner, one of the bright
est young farmers and business
men of Normantown, was in the
city the first of the week and he
gave the Progress a call.
Walter Martin and his bride, of
Swainsboro, were in the city this
week visiting friends and relatives.
Walter has only been married a
few days and his many friende here
are offering congratulations.
Notice —I have two or three
mules more than I will need this
year and will sell them cheap. If
you want good farm mules that
are acclimatized, see me right
away. Jno. L. Sutton, Elza, Ga.
Wanted—One reliable salesman
to sell Carrara House, Barn and
Bridge Paints, twenty-five years
the standard of quality. Salary or
Commission. Sample outfit free.
The Carrara Paint Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
On this (Thursday) morning we
received the Cross Road Dots, the
South Thompson Dots and a com
munication from a friend in re
gard to the death of Mrs. Lewis.
They will have to go ovqr and we
want these friends to send their
letters earlier next time.
| Mrs. Reddish, from down in
* Wayne county, was in the city a
week or so visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J H. Morris. Mrs. Reddish
has only recently sold a valuable
place down in that county at a
good price and she stillowns sev
eral beautiful lots in the little
town of Jessup.
Harry and Luther Brown have
opened a first class grocery in the
Scarboro building and it is to be
known as the Brown Grocery
Company. They already have a
nice line of goods and they are
getting new specialties every day.
The boys are up in the grocery
business and we wish them success.
The Southern Express Company
is about the Biggest robbery the
people have to contend with at
this day and time. Their charges
are almost prohibitive, yet the
people have to patronize them
at times. If the railroad com
mission would take some action on
the express rates they would do
some good sure enough.
Next Saturday weekis the date of
the mass meeting and we are hop
ing that we will have a good at
tendance. The date for the pri
mary will no doubt be fixed and
as the State committee has called
a primary for the Presidency on
the Ist of May we think it a good
idea to get rid of the county and
the presidental matter at the same
time.
The Model Grocery is a new place
of business just opening up in Ly
ons and it is going to be as neat a
place as is usually found in the
country. C. F. Shewmake is to
be the manager and he has had
long years of experience in this
line. The Model Grocery will be
in the place next to the Aaron
Drug Store, which has been re
built by E. M. Wimberly, the
owner.
The protracted meeting at the
Methodist church still goes on and
the interest is great. Key. House
is waking the people up to the fact
that they are not giving as much
time as they should to the church
and he is being ably assisted by
the pastor, Rev. Cook, and the
choir leader, Rev. Shaw. A num
ber of people have joined and the
good work will continue for several
days yet.
Oak Park Locals.
Mrs. C. F. McCullough was in
town shopping Wednesday of last
week.
W. J. Wrenn was attending to
business in Lyons Tuesday of this
week.
Mrs, H. G. Williamson called
on Mrs. Neal Cain Sunday after
noon.
We are glad to report that Miss
Clara Williamson is convalescing
nicely.
Wright Williamson, wife and
son were in Oak Park Monday of
this week.
S. M.Findley wasui town again
Sunday, some fine attraction here
eh, Mansfield?
Pat Templeton and daughter,
Nora Lee, visited at the home of
W. M. Mosley Sunday.
Mrs. Adams, of Vidalia, was a
guest of Mrs. R. L. W'renn for a
short while Sunday afternoon.
J. M. Wrenn and wife and lit
tle Jewel visited Mr. Wrenn’s par
ents Saturday and Sunday la&t.
Saffold Griffin, one of our town
boys, now has the position as gen
eral agent here and we feel sure
that he will make a good one.
Miss Bertha Youmaus, of Still
more, took charge of her Saturday
music class here Saturday last,
spending the night pleasantly with
Mrs. T. C. Cain.
E. B. Pope with with wife and
children returned from Adrian
Saturday bringing the sad news
that Mrs. Pope’s mother was no
more. We are in deep sympathy
with them .
We have been having pretty
weather for. the last few days and
things are beginning to look
brighter and more cheerful. We
think there is a breath of happy
Springtime in the air.
The equinoctial storm struck
Oak Park last week and for a time
the gale was terrific. No serious
damage was done except the Bap
tist church, which was under
course of construction, was blown
dow'n.
Quite a little number went out
to the school house to Sunday
school Sunday afternoon. The
promoters will be glad to have
everybody in town come out each
Sunday. Our country friends are
invited too.
Our hearts go out in sympathy
to the bereaved family of Mrs. J.
W. Lewis, who departed this life
Monday night. We grieve to
lose this dear Christian woman,
but we feel sure that our loss is
her eternal gain. May the Lord
bless the bereaved family and
especially the little motherless
children, and help them to so live
that when they are called to go,
they may meet dear Florence in
that better world above.
Blue Bell.
The Y. W. A.’s Meet.
The Young Women’s Auxiliary
of the Baptist church met last
Monday night at the church at 7
o’clock. The Auxiliary having
been previously organized. The
officers elected to serve during the
ensuing year were as follows:
Misses Jadie Mae Martin, Presi
dent; Lottie Hagan, Vice-Presi
dent; Inez Walker, Secretary;
Annie Lou Brown, Treasurer; and
Estelle Collins, Organist. Bodie
Jones, Jadie Mae Martin and Lot
tie Hagan, constitute the program
committee. JadieMae Martin, was
appointed agent for the Mission
Messenger. Maggie Walker and
Annie Laurie Hagan, Enlistment
Committee and Inez and Maggie
Walker, Press Committee.
The meeting was well attended
and all the members seemed to
take great interest in the work be
ing done. The Auxiliary will
meet on Monday nights after the
first and third Sundays of each
month. Every member is earn
estly requested to attend each
meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Maggie and Inez Walker,
Press Committee,
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1912,
County Teachers.
Institute to Be held April 2nd and
3rd, at Lyons.
County School Commissioner
Brantley has arranged for a Coun
ty Teachers Institute in this coun
ty and this Institute will be con
ducted by M. L. Duggan, who is
State Supervisor of schools. The
Institute will be held in Lyons
and will be in season two days,
Tuesday and Wednesday,April 2nd
and 3rd. A program has been ar
ranged and at this time all white
teachers of 81 schools in-Toombs
will be asked to attend. A paper
should be prepared on every sub
ject by them before the Institute
begins and these papers are subject
to inspection by the Supervisor.
For the benefit of the teachers
we give the program m full:
1— Meaning and Purpose of Edu
cation, by M. L. Duggan.
2 Discussion of Daily Pro
grams, by Supervisor Duggan,
(Note. All teachers are required
to bring to the Institute a copy of
their Daily Program.)
3 Play as Means of Education.
—Observations from Teachers’
Note Books and Discussion.
4 Quiz on New Manuel of Meth
ods for Georgia Teachers.
(Note: Most of the time for the
two days will be devoted to this
work, since the next teachers’ ex
aminations will be based upon it.)
5 Health and sanitation, a
Stereoptican Lecture on Tuesday
night to which the public is cor
dially invited, especially doctors,
ministers, school and municipal
officials.
6 School conditions. Stereop
ticon lecture by M. L. Duggan.
Georgia - Alabama Business College.
Mr. Eugene Anderson, Presi
dent, Georgia - Alabama Business
College, Macon, Georgia. The col
lege whose Diploma means life
employment.
We advise you to write to Mr.
Anderson at once if you can fur
nish recommendations for charac
ter and earnestness. Ask for his
booklet entitled “Black Heels on
White Necks,” in which he shows
what prices are within reach of the
Southern young man and white
women, in the various industries,
and in which he points out the
danger of ignorance —the most
serious problem that has yet
threatened the rural South.
Mr. D. R Porter, Commercial
teacher at Tallahassee, Florida,
writes: “My course in the Geor
gia - Alabama increased my earn
ing capacity tenfold.”
When I cash in and this poor
race is run, my chores performed
and all my errands done. I know
that folks who mock my efforts
here,-will weeping bend above my
lovely bier, and bring large gar
lands worth three bucks a throw',
and paw the ground in ecstasy of
woe. And friends wear crepe bow
knots upon their tiles, while I
look down (or up) a million miles,
and wonder why those people
never knew how smooth I was
before my spirit flew. When I
cash in I will not care a yen for
all the praise that’s heaped upon
me then; serene and silent in my
handsome box, I shall not hear
the laudatory lalks, and all the
pomp and all the vain display,
will just be pomp and feathers
thrown away. So tell me now while
yet on earth, your estimate of my
surprising w'orth; O, tell me what
a 100100 bird I am, and fill me
full of taffy and of jam.— Walt
Mason.
Many of the&mall boys in Lyons
seem get the gambling fever before
they are old enough to know what
it means. It dont look nice to see
the boys throwing nickels away
in gambling devises. They ought
not to be allowed the privilege.
Mr. Caldwell, frcin up in Ten
nessee, was in the city last week
spending a few' days at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Scarboro.
Mr. Caldwell is a brother in law
Mrs. Scarboro and he seems to be
a fine man.
“Get Together” Banquet.
We were the gupst last Friday
night of Editor J. Kelley Sim
mons, of The Vidalia Advance, at
a “get together” banquet, given
by the Chamber of Commerce of
thatcity at the handsome Colonial
Hotel. It was a ‘‘get together”
banquet too, and the chief con
versation lead to how the citizens
could get together to boost their
city. Good fellowship seemed to
prevail throughout the evening
and we are satisfied that Vidalians
are working for Vidalia. This
spirit was something odd to the
writer, as we have been living so
long where this “get together”
spent is unknown. It made us
feel good, however, to see that
other points could work in har
mony, and this spirit is showing
on our neighbor city, too. It is
forging to the front, growing dai
ly, the chief cause being that “get
together” Bpirit shown at this ban
quGt. The speakers on the occasion
were Co! Curry, Prof. Green, Revs.
House and Dumas, Hon. R. Lee
Moore, of Statesbore. and Hon. T.
G. Hudson, one of the candidates
for Governor The banquet was
something grand, served in courses
and prepared in the very best style.
The banquet served its purpose
and it was a genuine success. We
were glad to be there and wc en
joyed every particle of the pro
gram. How proud we would be
if Lyons would “get together,”
and then we could meet our neigh
bor half way and all “get togeth
er” for the interests of Toombs
county.
To the Voters of Toombs County.
Encouraged by the many favor
able reports that I am receiving
daily, and coming as they do vol
; untary, from the old and young
alike, with kind and favorable
consideration of my candidacy for
the legislature, has constrained
me to write this article. I appre
ciate this voluntary outburst
among my friends and fellow cit
( izens. It is a well known fact that
I was among the first to advocate
( the creation of Toombs county
and for this I have no apology
' to make. Perhaps no man has
been more closely identified with
| every interest pertaining to the
! county from its birth up to the
J . present da than I have been. My
work stands out in bold relief.
I I hope to canvass the entire
county soon and meet my old
| friends face to face, and talk of
the days gone by as well as view
the hills that I used to roam over,
though many pf them have been
defaced by the husband-men with
I the use of the axe and plow-share
Though perhaps enough of the
original scenesy may seem to bring
about a reminiscence of mind and
while I am meeting my old friends
I do not wish to ignore or discard
the young voters, for they are the
seed corn of the county, and its
destiny is in their hands. I earn
estly solicit their votes.
We are all living under the
same genial sun and are canopied
by thC same bright heavens, may
God bless us all,
Respectfully,
John H. Clifton .
A Card.
We wish to thank the many
friends who were so kind and help
ful during our recent bereavement.
Their sympathy and consideration
will always be greatfully remem
bered.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Griner,
Elza, Ga.
Strayed—One black male hog
about one year old and would
weigh about 125 pounds when he
left, solid black except four white
feet. Marked with crop in one ear
and swallow fork in the other. Re
ward for his return to R. A. Smith,
Lyons, Route 1.
'‘Sunbeam” failed to sign her
notes this week and we were com
pelled to omit them. Remember
you MUST sign your real name to
all you write. It MUST appear on
the ongual copy.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
Charley Phillips has bought out
the Meadows interest with A. S.
Odom & Co., and the firm is going;
to handle buggies, wagons, harn
ess and such things.
The Model Grocery, to be man
aged by C. F. Shewmake, is now
receiving gcods and they hope to
have the place open for business
in the next few days.
Cross Roads and Sharpe’s Chap
el news are also among the late
ones this week. Please mail vour
notes not later than Monday so we
can have them Tuesday morningg
J. C. Blackwell and Contractor
JacKson went to Macon the other
day to buy the material for his
home. Mr. Blackwell is erecting a’
ten room house and it is to be very
neat.
The Amusu Theatre at Vidalia,
has a good show this week and the
pictures are also good. If you
want to spend a pleasant hour
visit this cosy little amusement
place.
Auditor Jamison, of Atlanta, is
going over the books and accounts
of the W. A. & L. railroad and wo
are told on the side that something
will be doing in railroad circles in
the very near future.
lam offering for sale all the
standing and crose tie timber, also
the wood on my land. If you want
to buy see me at once or apply to
Butler Wilkes, Lyons, Ga., or
write R. H. Walker, Appleton,
S. C.
Major Guinn, of Atlanta, form
erly closely connected with the
State Board of Education and now
a prominent life insurance man,
was in the city this week and spent
a day or so with his relative,
Judge John H. Clifton.
“When a man gets married ob
served the thoughtful person, he
has an incentive to work and save
money.” “Yes,” answered the
worried one, “but when he is di
vorced he simply has to hustle to
be able t,o meet his alimony pay
ments. ”
The water in the creeks is be
ginning to subside a little and
those who love to fish are feeling
good over the situation. Now if we
can only keep the dynamiters and
lime throwers out of the small
streams we will again have a little
pleasure on the nearby streams.
The base ball season is on us
and the boys in the city say
they are going ,to have a good
team this year made 'up entirely
of home talent. We have mate
rial enough for a good amateur
team and we will be glad to see
the boys organize and begin to
practice.
The revival meeting still contin
ues at the Methodist church and
good work is being done in the
Lord’s vineyard. Many have join
ed the church and some of the old
members who had fell by the way
side have been reclaimed. Rev.
House is a powerful revivalist and
he is ably assisted by Rev. Shaw
and Rev. Cook, the pastor.
It is very probable, from all re
ports, that Dick Russell will enter
the race again for Governor. We
wonder if the liquor interests are
not behind the proposition.
Russell says that he was defeated
before because there were one
hundred and seventy thousand
registered voters that did not turn
out tc the polls. He thinks he will
fare better this time.
A marriage that will be of in
terest was that of Miss Katie Wat
son aud Mr. H. W. Black, which
occurred last Tuesday night, the
12th, at 7:30 o’clock, at the home
of Rev. J. A. J. Dumas, Miss
Katie is the daughter of Mrs. N.
E. Watson, of Vidalia.Mr. Black’s
home is in Atlanta. The happy
couple will make their future
home in Vidalia and we wish
them success through life—J.J.W.