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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 9. No. 13.
LOCAL NOTES
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Easter was a beautiful day and
the young people were out in all
their finery. It was a veritable
Easter parade.
Col. E S C. Collins, of Reidsville,
was in the city the first of the
week looking after some legal mat
ters and visiting friends.
R. L. O’Neal, of Uvalda, was
in the city last Sunday mingling
with his many friends. He says
that business is very good at
Uvalda and that the town is still
growing .
Rev. N. S. Hamic was unani
mously called to be pastor of the
Lyons Baptist Church for one year
last Sunday morning. Bro. Hamic
has the call under consideration
and will announce his decision
later.
A. V. Mozingo has given up his
work in Lyons and he is now in
Baxley. Dr. Powers will continue
the Insurance business conducted
by Powers & Mozir.go and we are
satisfied that he will make a suc
cess of it.
Our young friend John Luther
Godwin has joined the hand of
workmen now and he is selling
goods for J. P. Pughsley. John
Luther makes a good clerk, too,
and we wish him well in the new
line he has taken up.
For rent to a farmer that wants
to move at once, a good farm lo
cated near Ohoopee. Good house
and outhouses and I will rent it
cheap to a good man. See or
tite Carl Mitchell at- the First
tional Bank, Lyons.
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, Route 4,Uval
da, or leave it at the Progress of
fice.
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 owe ear
and swallow fork in the other. Re
ward for his return to R. A. Smith,
Lyons, Route 1.
The Toombs County registra
tion list is very large, a gam of
several hundred over the old reg
istration, and it would have been
larger still if the people had
known that this is the only list
we will have for the next two
years. Those who failed to regis
ter will have to stop voting for
sometime.
Candidates must pay up their
assessments by the 15th if they
want to get their names on the
tickets. Send the money to the
Secretary and Treasurer. L. W.
Moore, Lyons, Ga. All county
candidates except Coroner and
Surveyor, w'il have to pay $5 00,
and these two will have to pay
$2.50 each.
Judge Gibbs is out among the
voters a little this week and while
he is out he is also looking over
the roads. Judge Gibbs is especi
ally fitted for Ordinary, has given
general satisfaction since he has
held the office and we are satisfied
that the people are going to let
hj ji continue to do good work
if r the county.
j The little ball players of Lyons
than their older rivals
lisUf'game with the Vidalia young
sters the other day. They played
Saturday afternoon and it took
ten innings to decide the contest.
The final scor9 was 11 for Lyons
and 7 for Vidalia. Bertie Swain
got two home runs in the tenth in
ning, causing our little fellows to
score five runs. The little fellows
should teach the older ones how
to play the National game.
Appeal to the Voters.
To the Voters of Toombs County .
It having comp to my knowl
edge that some of my opponents
in the race for County Treasurer
have spread the report that my
present employers, Messrs. Gar
butt & Donovan, are paying me a
salary of SIOO 00 per month, and
for this reason I do not need the
office. This statement as to my in
come is unqualifiedly false. It is
true that my employers have been
very kind and considerate of me,
for which I am deeply grateful,
and they are at this time paying
me more of a gratuity than a sal
ary, which is barely sufficient for
the actual needs of my family,
but at the same time I feel that it
is ample compensation for the ser
vices rendered them, as they have
very little for mo to do. In this
connection, I wish to state that I
find it very difficult to secure a
team to call pn the voters, as at
this time all of my friends from
whom I could secure one, are busy
with their farming operations,
and I cannot afford the luxury of
a hired one. I therefore ask that
you will consider my candidacy
and give me your support, wheth
er I have the chance of seeing vou
personally or not. J. T. Lewis,
(Better known as “Tom.”)
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Georgia - Alabama Business College.
Mr. Eugene Anderson,Preiident
Georgia - Alabama Busisnefb col
lege, Macon, Georgia. The college
whose Diploma means life employ
ment.
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 salariers are within reach of
the Southern young white men
and women, in the various indus
tries, and in which he points out
the danger of ignorance—the most
serious problem that has yet
threatened the rural South
Mr. C. V. Enoch, Reid Miss.,
writes: “I believe more English
can be learned in one month by
the methods used in the Georgia-
Alabama Business College than in
three months by any other plan
known in the country. The
school is famous for its original
and effective methods of instruc
tion.”
They tell us that the campaign
liar is in the field and that he is
around and about. His latest
1 stulit” is to say that Tax Collec
tor Thompson is short and he
places the amount away up in the
thousands. Far from this is the
condition of the Tax Collector’s
office. Willie Thompson has been
considerate of the people since he
has been in office, but in spite of
this he has collected nearly all the
tax already and right now he has
sufficient funds on hand to settle
with the State and County in full
and have a clean sheet to show.
He has some time yet to make
such a settlement, however, and
the people generally are congratu
lating him on the splendid work
he has done, What a pity that
we have people in the good coun
ty of Toombs low enough to start
such lies when they know the lies
will catch up with them.
For sale cheap—The entire line,
equipment and business of the
Sutton & Smith Telephone Sys
tem. They have fourteen lines
radiating from an exchange at
Johnson’s Corner connected with
eighty telephones, all on an up to
date switch board and connected
with the Southern Bell at Lyons.
It is a paying investment and well
constructed. Write Sutton &
Smith, Route 1, Lyons.
Amariah Galbreath, who attend
ing the Georgia-Alabama Business
College at Macon, came home last
week and spent a few days with
his parents. Amariah is getting
along fine at school and he says
that it is one of the very best
schools in the country.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1912.
Cedar Crossing News.
The Eaßter egg hunt at Cedar
Crossing was the best egg hunt we
have ever had the pleasure to be
at. The children brought 20 doz
en eggs. Lesley Pool brought 4
dozen and ne took the prize for
bringing such a large number.
Every child brought some, mak
a%otal of 240 eggs. The boys and
giris ran a race against one anoth
er to see which brought the most
eggs, girls brought 124 eggs, boys
116 eggs. Well, we ate eggs, talk
ed and laughed for half an hour.
It was a happy, enjoyable time,
and to see the little folks eat eggs.
There were 40 children and 15
visitors, and we all had a good
time that we will never forget.
R. J. Partin, who ie running for
sheriff, the reports coining from
all parts of the county to him and
his friends are very satisfactory,
but we are pleased to know his
friends are taking an active part,
looking after his campaign in
every section of the county. His
old home district will stand solid
by him. R. J Partin will make
old Toombs county a good sheriff
The sth grade spellers are mak
ing a remarkable record in spell
ing this term viz: Sim Bland
has only missed 8 words, Minnie
Belle McCullough has nissed 4
words, Beatrice Haskins missed 6,
and Bird Dees has missed 8 words.
They get 100 words at a lesson,
and say 5 spelling lessons a week,
making 500 words a week. That
is 2000 words a month and they
have gone 8 month so they have
spelled 6000 words and out of the
6000 words they stand as mention
ed above. *They will spell in a
1000 word contest sometime in
May.
Frank Bland, who is in the 7th
grade, has only missed 2 words
this term in spelling *But few
school pupils ever make this re
markable record.
C. R. McCorkle will tell his
many friends some news after
May the Ist, as the race for Rep
resentative does not come off un
til August. It is more than words
can express, the encouragement
Charlie has gotten from every dis
trict in the county, and Charlie
will decide and let his friends
know by the first of May.
Mt. Moriah News.
D. K. DcKenzie made a flying
trip to Lyons Saturday.
Miss Laura Belle Drake visited
Mrs. Alice Drake last week.
Miss Susie Hayslip visited rela
tives and friends here last week.
The Easter Egg hunt at Mt.
Moriah was enjoyed by all who at
tended .
Lannie Higgs and .Miss Mamie
Sandiford attended church at Mt.
Moriah Sunday.
Lewis Tomlin spent Saturday
night and Sunday with friends
and relatives here.
Prof. \V. J. Holland and Min
zie Drake visited at J. M. Tap
ley’s Friday night.
Mrs. Martha Shuman visited
her parents, J. M . Tapley and wife
a few days last week.
Tom Kemp called on his best
girl Sunday night. Hurry up,
Tom, and give us some cake.
Our birds failed to soar high
enough to find the shortest chap
ter in the Bible. Now can you
tell which is the lougest verse in
the Bible?
The Sing at Mrs. Kemp’s Satur
day night was enjojed by a large
crowd. Among them were Misses
Susie Hayslip, Laura Belle Drake,
Bertie, Annie Mae and Mary Bar
geron and Willie James. Messrs.
S. J. James, Oatis Tapley, Minzie
Drake, Lewis Tomlin, Herman
and Quince Stanley, Profs. Holli
day and Jarrett. All report a fine
time. Plow Boy.
There will be a call meeting of
the Womans’ Baptist Missionary
Society held at the church this
(Friday)afteruoon at 8:30o’clock,
Every member is urgently asked
to be present to talk over the pro
gram for the social.
Baptists to Have Social.
It was wus decided at the Con
ference of the Baptist Church last
Sunday to have a Bocial gathering
of all the members and their fam
ilies at the church, Friday even
ing, April 19th, at 7 o’clock. A
splendid progrum fas been prepar
ed by Bro. lLimick, consisting of
speeches and songs.
After the Progrum the Woman’s
Missionary Society und the Y. W.
A’s will serve refreshments at the
Pastorium. It is desired that ev
ery member of the church will lie
present at this meeting at the
church and also at the Pastorium.
Invitations will be sent out by
the Woman’s Missionary Sociotv,
but should any member fail to get
an invitation, this notice is an in
vitation . Sometimes where so
many are writing invitations some
mistakes are liable to occur and
sometimes letters are lost, in the
mail. It is not the intention of
the Society to overlook any mem
ber and they will try to avoid do
ing so.
Where husband, wife, child or
anv other member of a Baptist
family is not a member of the
Baptist church they are also in
vited to be present.
Mrs. Fulton Smith,
Mrs. Dan Odom,
Press Com., W. M. S.
Baptist Pastorsi Conference.
Programme of the Pustors’Con
ference of the Tattnall, Daniel und
Emanuel Associations, to be held
with the Vidalia Baptist Church,
Thursday, April 25th. 1912.
Wednesday night, April 24t.h,
7 .30 o’clock, Sermon by J. D.
Rabun.
Thursday Morning, April 25th,
9:30 o’clock. Devotional services.
O. O. W'lliams. 10 o’clock, The
problems of the country church,
and how to overcome them, J. A.
Mobley and A. L. Miller. 11 o’-
clock, The importance of teaching
function of the Great Commission,
J W. Witherington and D. S.
Edenfield.
Thursday Afternoon, 2:80 o’-
clock, The church’s attitude to
ward the children of the commun
ity, J. C. Brewton and E. L. Wil
liamson. 8:30 o’clock, The Bible
authority for pastoral support, B.
F. Hogan and T. O. Curry.
Thursday night. 7:80 o’clock,
Sermon by Dr. J. C. Brewton
Out of tbe Race.
The date of the primary being
May the Ist, and owing to the ill
ness of my wife, who has been
confined to her bed for the past
three weeks and her condition
still being very serious, making it
impossible for me to canvass the
county in the short time, there
fore I deem it best for me to with
draw from the race for Tax Re
ceiver, as I do not feel it would
be doing my friends or myself jus
tice to make the race, owing to
the continued illness in our home.
Thanking you, one and all, for
your hearty encouragement and
hoping to serve you at some fu
ture time, I am,
Respectfully,
James T. Coleman.
Anti-Liquor Club for Blue Ridge.
Mr. Editor —Please allow me
space in your paper to say that
the Anti-Whiskey Club has been
formed for the 1192nd District,
and it is being signed by the vot
ers almost unanimously. The ob
ject of the Club is to defeat the
candidates that may send whiskey
to this district prior to or on any
day of our primaries or elections
during this year, 1912.
Candidates will please take no
ticeaud govern themselves accord
ingly. C. C. Anderson.
The Morris Restaurant next to
the City Market has been closed
but Mr. Morris is preparing to
take care of the hungry at his res
idence next to the Progress office.
He will serve first class meals at
ail hours of the day and the din
ing room will be much more pleas
ant than the old Restaurant.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
Col. Thos. J. Parrish was a bus
iness visitor to Savannah a few
days ago and on Wednesday he
went up to Vidaliu,
Special bargains in one—horse
wagons at the Union Supply store.
Manager Goddard wants to make
room for new goods.
Thoses farmers who want to
make run bills at the Supply Store
should see Manager Goddard right
away and fix notes. They are ready
to take the business.
For Sale—One new copper evap
orator worth $25, also some fine
stock food. I recommend the
food from personal use. See or
write Traub Wilks, Lyons, Ga.
If you want a good cook stove
or good shoes cheap try the Union
Supply Company. New goods are
coming in and they must have
room. They are sacrificing shoes,
stoves and wagons.
lam offering for sale all the
standing and crose tie timber, also
the wood on mv 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.
The Usher Churn is about the
best invention for home use we
have ever tried. It is simple yet
quick in results and with one of
them churning is almost made a
pleasure. 'lhis is a home patent.
Everv family should have one of
the Usher churns.
Remember the City tax books
will open Monday and Clerk God
dard is anxious that all come and
give in their holdings so that he
wont have to tax anybody more
than is necessary. The books are
open only thirty days so be sure
to give in during the time.
The Vidalia Ice & Coal Com
pany is putting up a storage house
in Lyons. It is located back of
the Toombs County Bank and
while it is to be small, they say
they are going to keep it full. With
two ice dealers we ought to be able
to get good service this year, but
if one would quit, we would see
what competition is worth.
The registration list of the
county is a little over 1600. The
exact figures are not yet available,
as in many plaecs on the registra
tion books the same name is found
in several places. Vidalia will
have a voters list of nearly 500,
while Lyons will have about 840
This shows that these two districts
will vote over half of the entire
vote of the county.
Traveling Solicitor Jordan, of
the Southern Bell Company, has
been in the city several days this
week, his business being to look
after the country lines radiating
from Lyons. We understand that
he is about to place a switch board
out in the Rackley section ou the
Blue Ridge line, and this board
will mean much better service to
all the people out in that section.
The Baptist congregation have
called Rev. Ilamick to the pasto
rate of their church and it seems
that the call was unanimous Rev.
Hamick has been preaching for
them several Sundays and he is
very popular. He is now a student
at Mercer University in a special
study and he has not yet decided
to accept the call. He is a good
man, a splendid preacher and the
Lyons congregation will be fortu
nate if they get him here.
Tom Lewis,” one of the candi
dates for Treasurer, haß a card in
this issue refutiug a charge against
him. It iB only to see Tom Lewis
to be sorry for him, and the report
that he earns SIOO a month would
be too good to be true. His salary
is a mere pittance and more of a
pension than a Balary, and his
benefactors, Garbutt & Donovan,
deserve special good will for doing
as much as they have. We are not
fighting any body’s fight but we
want to see justice done.