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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 9. No. 12.
LOCAL NOTES
Miss Jessie Kinman went to
Reidßville Sunday to visit friends.
Miss Mattie King went to Savan
nah Saturday on a short business
trip.
Every family ought to have a
“Liberty Fire Extinguisher” in
the home. *
James Webb, of Vidalia, buys
cross ties. See him if you have
any to sell.
J. Frank Darby, of Vidalia, was
in the city Tuesday on a short
business trip.
Col. L. J. Cowart went to Reids
ville Monday to attend the Tatt
nall Superior Court.
Col. C. A. Rogers went to Reids
ville Sunday to spend the day
with his brother, M. N. Rogers.
Mrs. J. P. Collins went to Reids
ville the other day to spend a few
days with her son, Col, E. C. Col
lins.
Editor Simmons, of the Vidalia
Advance, was in the city the first
of the week mingling with the
people.
Col. W. E. Brown went to
Charleston, 3. C., the other day to
appear in a case in the United
States Court in that city.
Sheriff Thompson, with his wife
and children went up to Kemp
Sunday morning to visit his moth
er, who was reported very ill.
R. W, Lilliott & Bro. are mov
ing this week and they are going
to have one of the neatest mercan
tile establishments in the city.
Miss Jadie Mae Martin left last
for Summertown and other
up in that section to spend
ten days or more with relatives
and friends.
The candidates were here last
Saturday and they kept up with
the voters right along. They have
onlp a short time to run and they
say they are going to hustle right.
lam offering for sale all the
standing and crose tie timber, also
the wood on my laud. If you want
to buy see me at once or apply to
Butler Wilkes, Lyons, Ga., or
write R. H. Walker, Appleton,
S. C.
The school children April fooled
the teachers last Monday by leav
ing the school ground almost in a
body. We can’t quite see the joke
in such an April fool, but the
young folks had a good time pic
nicing out on the creek.
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Cook went
to Savannah Monday to put their
little girl under the care of a spec
ialist. She has been paralyzed
- and while she wus getting better,
it was thought best to have her
treated. Mrs. Cool* remained
with the little girl.
It is earl v closing time now and
all the merchants in the city are
anxious that the people who want
to trade come before six o’clock
in the afternoon. After that hour
all the stores in the city except
the green grocers and the drug
stores are expected to close.
Old “Uncle Mose” Warren, one
of the best old citizens in the
jounty, died last Sunday after a
short illness with pneumonia. He
was in the city juust one week be
fore his death. His remains were
laid to reßt Me ‘ay, Rev. House,
of Vidalia. officiating at the grave.
The Progress extends condolence
to those bereaved.
next Singing Convention is
S ome to Lyons on the sth Sun
day in September and Saturday
before, and it behooves our people
■to get a move on themselves in ar
ranging for the entertainment. It
is quite a long time off yet but we
are going to have to do about if
we do as well as Ohoopee did, and
the Convention to be held here is
going to be extra attractive as
some of the neighboring counties
are to be invited to participate.
The Mass Meeting.
Primary Fixed for May the First with
Presidential Primary.
A representative body of voters
from all sections of the county
met at the Court House last Sat- ,
urduy pursuant to a call issued by
Chairman Rogers through the ,
Press and held a mass meeting. ,
The purpose of this meeting was ,
to elect a new committee to serve (
in the county for the next two ,
years and to talk over the primary
question.
The meeting was organized by
the election of A. S. McQueen, of
Vidalia, as temporary chairman
and L. W. Moore as secretary.
After organizing, the meeting took
a recess for a few moments to al
low the citizens to caucus on the
committee proposition. When the
meeting was called to order the
the following names were handed
in to serve as a committee for the
next two years:
1536th District—C. A. Rogers,
L. W. Moore, W. E. Brown.
51st District —S. B. Meadows,
F M. Wilks, M . L. Clarke.
39th District —W. T. Rustin, J.
S. Pittman, J. A. Todd.
1192nd District—L. A Findley,
W. L. Findley, G. W. Meadows.
1403rd District —J. H. Smith,
Harrison Clifton. H. H. Sharpe,
15218 t District —A. S. James,
Josiah Odom, R. F. Scarboro.
43rd District —J. F. McSwain,
D. J. McSwain, W. H Burke.
Members of the Committee then
asked an expression from the mass
meeting as to when it was best to
hold the primary and a vote taken.
It was solid for the Ist day of May
and the meeting then adjourned.
The Committee was then called
to order and organized by the elec
tion of C. A. Rogers aB Chair
man and L. W. Moore as Secre
tary and Tresurer. The recom
mendation of the mass meeting as
to holding the primary on May Ist,
was ratified.
C- A. Rogers and L. W, Moore
were chosen a committee to esti
mate the cost of the primary and
assess the candidates accordingly
and this has been done. All cand
idates ior county offices are asses
sed $5.00 each, except the Coro
ner and Surveyor, these to be $2.50
each, and assessments must be
paid by April 15th .
The appointment of election
managers was left to the Justices
of the Peace in the several dis
tricts.
The Committee then adjourned
subject to the call of the Chair
man.
Dan Odom is in the race for tax
receiver and his announcement is
in this issue. Dan is a good man
for this position, knows the
county and nearly all the property
owners. Many people begged him
to run before he made his deci
sion and we are satisfied that he
will make a good official if elect
ed. We recommend him to those
that do not know him to be a man
fair in all things and a splendid
book keeper. Those who know
him are tor him and when he is
elected the county will have a
good official to look after the tak
ing of tax returns,
. The first game of baseball of
the season was played here Wed
nesday afternoon between the
juvenile teams of Lyons and Vi
dalia. Vidalia won and the score
was 10 to 6. Rev. C. E. Cook
acted as umpire and the boys say
he is all right.
Lost —Somewhere on the Cedar
Crossing road between Lyons and
South Thompson, a small leather
hand satchel filled with baby
clothes. Finder will please noti
fy Robt. A. Smith, Route4,Uval
da, or leave it at the Progress of
fice.
Whenever a warship and an
ocean liner collide, the warship
generally gets the worst of it. All
of which speaks well for the
fighting qualities of war ships.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1912.
The Singing Convention.
It is the belief of everybodj that
attended the Singing Convention
held at Ohoopee last Saturday and
Sunday that was the most suc
cessful Convention ever held in
the county. The officers and dele
gates were on hand Saturday to
transact all business necessary,
elect new officers and fix the place
of next meeting and all this wus
done. G. W. Meadows was re
elected President, and Geo. B.
Johnson again made Secretary,
Then came the selection of a
place for the next convention,
Lyons was nominated by J. H.
Morris and it won overthe other
places by a small majority This
means the Convention will come
here on the sthjSunday in Septem
ber unless it is calledearlier.
On Sunday there was nothing to
do but sing, and as a contest was
on for a prize, we did have some
fine singing. This contest came
first, the Ohoopeeclass opening the
program. This class did remark
ably well, sang beautiful song and
the music was splendid. Then fol
lowed the Mt. Moriah with
more fine music and pretty songs,
then the Mt. Zion classs, then
Center. Now the writer don’t
know very much about music but
we thought every class did about
the same, all doing so well, and if
we had been awarding prizes we
would have given all of them a
prize. Mt. Zion was decided
the winner, and awarded the
prize. It was good to be there and
hear this splendid singing and we
heard one man say that if the
church doors had beeu opened af
ter some of the numbers, a great
crowd would have flocked in to
join.
At noon a committee began pre
paring the great the din
ner but with a crowd of two thous
and hungry people, some were
doubting if it would be safe to try
to get any. This doubt disap
peared as soon as the great boxes
and baskets began to appear, and
when the table was laid we saw
food enough for twice as many.
Everybody was invited and all
went. After dinner was over the
good ladies had to repack their
baskets to keep from wasting the
good things. There was a plenty
for everybody and some of the
more eager ones wasted shameful
ly. At lease food enough to feed
a hundred people was thrown to
the ground. In spite of this fact
no one can say that the dinner
was scarce.
The editor and his family were
carefully looked after by Mess
dames P. Y. Daniels, Geo. B.
Johnson and Frank Soott. These
good ladies loaded us down with
good things, and a plenty to spare
and we had the entire Progress
family with us. We thank them
for their kindness and hope to be
around when they come to Lyons
at the next Convention.
In a few words we can say that
the Convention was a success and
in the afternoon we had some fine
singing by the classes from the
the* neighboring counties, one
c'as* being specially mentioned
from Tattnall. We want them all
to come to Lyons and we are go
ing to show them that while we
may not be able to come up to
Ohoopee in the dinner, we are
appreciative and will give them a
royal welcome.
We would like to see the coun
ties join together in these Conven
tions, but we think it would be a 1
mistake to have only one place of
meeting. Let them meet about
in different counties and come to
gether at one place once a year.
We have a splendid place to offer
for such a meeting, but we want
the interest continued,
A called meeting of the Farmers’
Union is to be held at the Court
House in Lyons on Saturday be
fore the second Sunday, 13th day
of April, and President Smith is
requesting all the local Unions to
send a full delegation. r lhe meet
ing is called to take up business
of the greatest importance and a
full meeting is desired.
The Teacher’s Institute.
A Large Attendance and Much Quod
Work Done for Education.
The Toombs County Teachers’
Institute met at the Court House
in Lyons on Tuesday and Wednes
day of this week. The Institute
was conducted by M. L. Duggan,
State School Supervisor. The fol
lowing program was carried out:
1 — Th« Meaning and Purpose of
Education.
2 Discussion of Daily Pro
grams.
B—Play as Means of Education.
4 Quiz on New Manuel of
Methods for Georgia Teachers.
5 Health and Sanitation. v
Each of the subjects were dis
cussed fully by Prof. Duggan and
the teachers. On Tueseay morn
ing Prof. J. Walter Hendricks
addressed the Institute. Prof.
Hendricks is meeting with the
teachers of South-east Georgia in
the interest of the Boys’ Corn
Clubs. He is working under the
auspices of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture in co-operation
with the State College of Agricul
ture. On Tuesday afternoon Rev.
Chas. E. Cook, our Methodist
pastor, addressed the Institute on
the subject ot True Education.
On Tuesday night, Prof. Duggan
was to give a stereopticon lecture,
showing “school conditions.” and
as the weather was bad he had
to give it up. On Wednesday the
entire faculty of both the Lyons
and Vidalia High Schools were in
attendance and they took great
interest, in the exercises.
The Institute has been a success
in every way, and County School
Commissioner Brantley has deci
ded to have them regular.
A Fair Proposition.
As the primary for the State’s
officials does not come off ’till the
first of August, I shall at some
future time canvass the ent're
county, and I propose to take
along with me my opponent, Col.
Sparks. I shall furnish horse and
buggy and defray all expenses.
My h orse (Hooper) is a Republi
can horse, perfectly docile and
tame, only one fault, he is too lazy
and consequently there will be no
neckbreakmgs.
The Colonel is to sleep with me
every night, for I shall not risk him
after nightfall electioneering by
himself. When we approach a
farmer who is plowing, in order
not to stop his plow and clog bus
iness, the Colonel must plow while
I talk to the voter, and then I will
plow while he talks to the voter.
We are thpn to leave the voter
alone in his solitary glory to make
up his mind which one he will vote
for. I claim to be nothing more
nor lees than an old time plow bov
and ox driver, and claim to know
a scooter plow from a hulf shovel
or Dixie plow. Os course the
Colonel was a pedagogue, and per
haps knows more about the dip
thongs and vowels than I do, and
now he is a barrister and knows
more about Blackstone and the
rudiments of common law than I,
for I never was sued and never sued
anybody. My father was never
sued, neither was my grand-father,
consequently we never became jur- <
ists. We must have all been hard
shells. I am going to treat my
friend Charley fair, and, armed
with the truth and justice, I fear
no man, though he be a lawyer .
Respectfully,
John H. Clifton.
Lyons had another mad dog
scare last Sunday and it was a
sure enough mad dog too. The
canine was owned by P. C. Wilks
and a few months ago it was bit
ten by the dog that bit so many.
This dog went mad Sunday after
noon and before it could be killed
it had bitten Mr. Wilks very bad
ly and had snapped at his little
child, scratching the skin. The
head of the dog was sent to Atlan
ta for analysis and it is possible
that Mr. Wilks will have to take
the treatment for hydrophobia
again.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
The Model Grocery has put in
a telephone and telephone orders
will be delivered. The number is
71.
Mrs. Frank Scott, of Ohoopee,
was in the city the first of the week
visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. L.
Bowen.
T. D. Ricks is moving his fam
ily from the building next to the
Progress office to the cottage own
ed by Charlie Garbutt in the
north-west section of the city.
For Sale—One new copper evap
orator worth *25, also 6ome fine
stock food. I recommend the
food from personal use.* See or
write Traub Wilks, Lyons, Ga.
J Perry Brown went to Atlanta
the first of the week and brought
back several nice horses that he is
offering for sale. They are good
and they are cheap .
We are requested to say that the
city tax books will not be opened
for returns until April 15th and
they will then remain open until
the 15th of May. Remember this
date.
Agent Thomas tells us that he
sold one hundred and ten tickets
for the sing at Ohoopee last
Sunday. The people went from
Lyons and they all say they had
a fine time.
F. F. Goddard is toactaemana
ger of the Union Supply Company
for the next few months. He was
chosen at a meeting last Saturday
and he is now in active charge
Mr. Mathews will remain as head
salesman.
The Brown Grocery Company
request us to say that they buy
at the highest market price all
chickens, eggs and other country
produce offered. See tnem in the
Scarboro Building if you have
any thing for sale.
Strayed—One black male hog
about one year old and would
weigh about 125 pounds wheu 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.
\\ r . J. Stephens, of Qhoopoe,
the watch maker, jeweler and op
tician, has an advertisement in
the Progress this week and we
can recommend him to the people
who want such work as comes in
his line. Willie Stephens lived
in Lyons once and he was well
liked by all our people.
We suppose the candidates are
now about, all out that are going
to come and the assessment for
defraying the primary expense
will be $5 on all except the Coro
ner and Surveyor. These will be
fixed at $2.50 each. These assess
ments will have to be in the hands
of the Treasurer not later than
April 20th, 1912.
Farmers, dont forget to cut your
cotton acreage. Every effort is
being made to have you make it
the same or increase it, but you
have brains enough to see that
with a half million bales surplus
and a big or medium crop, as well
as mills that have two or three
years supply in the warehouses,
it will be best to have less cotton.
Then just look how corn is jump
ing. Grow corn as a money crop.
Rev. Chas. Cook preached a
special sermon to the local lodge
Knights of Pythias last Suuday
and he was heard by quite a nice
assemblage. The Vidalia lodge
was invited to come down and
about twenty or more from our
neighboring city came. The ser
mon was good, appropriate to the
occasion, and the only thing we
regret is that so many of our peo
ple were away at the sing at
Ohoopee.