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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 9. No. 18.
LOCAL ITEMS
5 or 6 doses of “666” will cure,
any case chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
Austus Mosely, at the New Ly
ons Pharmacy, has fine strawberry
cream today. Try it
Rev. Hamic preaches at the
Bapiist church both morning and
evening Sunday and the public is
invited out to hear him.
The Aaron Drug Store is now
selling delicious cream as well as
all soft cold drinks. If yon want
something real good call on them.
We carry McCormick binders
in stock for sale, on one, two and
three years terms. Phone us if
you need one. Phone 92, Vidalia
Buggy Co., J. F. Merchison, Mgr.
The city tax books are closed
and those who failed to give in be
fore the 15th will now have to pay
double tax. The council will make
the levy in the next few days then
the tax will be due.
Warnock Bros., & Co., have a
new advertisement in this issue
and in this advertisement they
tell of free presents they are go
ing to give away. Read their ad
vertisement for particulars.
Tax Receiver Collins is making
his last round this and next week
and every tax payer that has not
given in taxes should meet him
and make returns . This means a
saving and it is to your interest.
Mr. and Mrs. John Durst were
in Savannah the first of the week
and they are leaving today for
Atlanta to be gone a month or six
weeks. Mrs. Durst has not been
in the best of health and we hope
will be beneficial to
All the old soldiers that attend
ed the Re-union at Macon Bay
they had a fine time and the Ma
con people treated them splendid,
but the weather was so bad they
could not get out very much. The
next Re-union will be held in
Chattanooga.
The Silver Tea to be given at
the Methodist parsonage this (Fri
day) evening, promises to be the
society event of the season. Near
ly two hundred invitations were
sent out and the ladies hope to
have every family in the city rep
resented and all are promised a
good time .
Cols. Cowart, Lankford and
Giles went up to Florence, S. C ,
last Sunday night to appear in a
case in the United States Court.
Cols. Cowart and Giles represented
Jas. H. Cowart and Col. Lankford
represented the creditors ot Hill
& Cowart, who were in bankrupt
cy. Hill a son-in-law of Mr. Jas.
H. Cowart.
Dr. F. M. Findley, who gradu
ated in medicine in Atlanta last
week, came home and spent sever
al days with his parents a few
miles north of Lyons. He is a full
fledged M. D now and will soon
put out his shingle for the prac
tice of his chosen profession. He
had a splendid record in the col
lege, graduated with high honors
and we are satisfied that he will
make a success in life.
Little Grady, the three year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bowen,
died Thursday morning after a
long and painful illness. The
little fellow had been very sick for
severa l months and his malady
almost baffled the physicians. At
times he would seemingly improve
and brighten up, only to grow
witrse later. He was a bright
cliMand while his parents can
from the words
of Jesus, “suffer little children
to come unto Me, for of such iB
the Kingdom of Heaven, his death
is a sad blow to them. The re
mains of the little fellow will be
laid to rest this (Friday) morning
in the Lyons cemetery. The Prog
ress extends condolence to those
bereaved.
Cross Road Dots.
Mrs . Seaborn Reese visited Mrs.
J. T. Coleman Sunday.
Miss Vick Carroll spent Sunday
with Miss Gussie Taylor.
Hilton Thompson is all smiles .
A fine boy is at his home.
Floyd Moore and wife spent
Sunday with Mrs. W.D. Grant.
Inez and Nina Boyd visited Mrs.
W. D. Grant Saturday afternoon.
Messrs Coleman and Boyd at
tended preaching at Sharp’s Spur
Sunday.
A shower of hail fell in this sec
tion Sunday. Glad to say it did
no damage.
Mrs. R. E. Boyd and daughter
visited Mrs. J. T. Coleman Tues
day afternoon.
Messrs. Reese, Wilks, Beasley,
Daniels, and Evans called on the
Misses Boyd Sunday.
Miss Annie Thompson, of the
Minnie Lou Sanitarium spent the <
week end with home folks.
Mrs. John McLemore spent Sat
urday and Sunday with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Carroll.
Hyman, Addie and Eula Foun
tain and Sam Haskins spent Sun
day with Natalie and Nina Boyd.
Dousal Reese and his girl look
ed sporty Sunday. He has a nice
way of helping the girls in and
out of his buggy, ha ha.
D. H. Gillis, who has been work
ing for the Thompson Lumber Co,
has gone to Glennwood to take
charge of his fathers’ saw mill.
He will be greatly missed m this
community.
Two Blue Darters.
Georgia - Alabama Business College.
Mr. Eugene Anderson,President
Georgia - Alabama Busisness 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 vrhite 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
Hon, Arthur ,L . Dasher, Attor
ney at Law r , and member of city
council, Macon, Ga., says: “I de
sire no greater honor at the hands
of my people than to be remem
bered among such courageous, pa-I
tient and determined men as Eu
gene Anderson, Emmett Small,
Allen Chappell, R. J. Taylor and
our dear old Capt. I. B. English.”
Edmond Chapel News.
Mrs. Hattie Page spent last
Sunday with Mrs. Buck Kitchen,
Wonder what was the matter
with Lester Rewis Sunday. He
didn’t go up the road.
M. W. Flanders and wife and
little Maud spent last Sunday at
the home of Geo. Overstreet.
Miford Edw'ards went dowui the
road last Sunday. Milford, there
must be something very impor
tant.
Mollie Edwards spent last Fri
day with her sister, Mrs. Hattie
Page. Wonder what they all got
tickled at?.
There is Sunday school here
every Sunday evening at two o’-
clock. Every body invited to
come and join it.
There will be a big meeting
here next Saturday and Sunday*
Revs. Davis and Cargile will be
on hand and there will also be
baptizing. Every body invited to
come and bring a well filled bas
ket. Monkey on the String.
The Stockholders of the Union
Supply Co., are requested to call
at the store at their earliest con
venience for the purpose of confer
ring with the Manager on import
ant business. —E. P. Bomar, Pres.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Tow t n of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, HAY 17, 1912,
Birthday Dinner for Mrs. Susan
Johnson.
Relatives and friends of'Mrs.
Susan Johnson gave her a birth
day dinner last Saturday, May 11,
1912, at the Cobb’s Creek bridge,
in Toombs county.
She was born, rearedj and mar
ried where R. J. Partin now’ lives,
near Cobbs Creek. She was born
in 1831 and married G. J* John
son in 1858. She is the mother of
five children.
Her children, grandchildren
great grand children and great
great grand children number 188.
Twenty-five of this number have
been taken away by the Almighty
God, leaving her, at the age of 81
years, in reasonable good health
for one of her age. She can do
her house work practically as
good as she ever could. Mrs.
Johnson seemed to enjoy the day
without the least complaint of be
ing fatigued. Her locks have
1 pretty well blossomed, but her
speech and spirit of the,onward
march are still impressive and in
structive. She has been a widow
for six years. She has been a
member of the Methodist church
in good standing since she was a
girl. She had always made it a
part of her life to comfort the
sick, relieve the distressed and
work for the cause of Christ. We
wish te commend her by advising
the ycnnger generations to listen
to her advice and live a godly
life as she has.
Prof. J. W. Hendricks, the .or
ganizer of the Boys’ Corn Clubs
in the south-eastern part of Geor
gia, added a great deal of interest
and benefit to the celebration of
the eighty-first anniversary of
Mrs. Johnson. Prof. Hendricks
delivered a nice speech on raising
corn, and touched briefly on the
cultivation of cotton and other
work connected with farming. He
congratulated the relatives and
friends of Mrs. Johnson for their
respect for the older" mother.
Prof. Hendricks will be with us
again shortly at Cedar Crossing
and at Wesley’s Chapel school
houso. He is to write us concern
ing the exact date. A Friend.
Cedar Crossing News.
C. R. McCorkle has about 15
acres in oats just getting ready to
cut and they are fine.
Rev. Barnett, of Dublin, filled
his appointment at the Baptist
church Sunday and was heard by
a large congregation.
K. Williams and Thomas Fair
! cloth, both door neighbors, are
down with typhoid fever and they
; both are very sick. We do hope
and pray they will soon be well.
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The writer heard a fellow say
Saturday that if you want to make
good corn plant it in April, for he
said it will be more than likely to
hit the seasons. If that be true
we have a good corn crop this year,
for the most of the corn was plant
ed in April,
C. R. McCorkie is done planting
and has his corn worked out the
first time. Charlie has a fine Jer
sey cow, gives 3 to 3i gallons of
milk. Sweet milk, butter milk,
fine butter as well as many other
good things to eat. Charlie is a
good fellow, and has as many
friends as any man in Toombs.
Bill Rod Partin, on Route No.
4, by Cedar Crossing; he is just
at the right tiling for it just suits
Bill Rod. He is so clever, kind,
accommodating; never gets wor
ried, big, fat jolly Bill Rod, we
are glad to Bee you on the mail
route, for you always meet us
with a kind word and happy
smile. Good luck to you.
Mrs. Leascy Lee, formerly Miss
Leascy Cowart, mistook a bottle
of carbolic acid for a bottle of
medicine last Tuesday and took
a doße out of it. A physician was
summoned at once and the bad ef
fects of the acid was stopped be
fore damage was done. Mrs. Lee
is now all right again, jve are glad
to stty.
The Singing Convention.
Editor Progress: Will you
kindly publish the following that
I may ascertain the will of the
good people of Lyons, who, after
a very spirited contest at our last
singing convention, at Ohoopee.
held on the sth Sunday in March
last, got the next convention.
Under the by laws of the con
vention, not more than '1 conven
tions can he held in any one year,
except by the action of the Exec
utive committee. This could be
done, however. I have given this
matter careful consideration and
think it unwise to have more than
two conventions in any one year.
In the first place, the convention
has grown to such large propotion
until it is very expensive to a
community. In the second place,
to have three conventions wonld
cause us to have one in June, a
hard and busy season of the year.
Third, I fear to haw» too many
will cause many of our friends to
lose inteiest in them, and soon we
will have much less interest mani
fested than now
I have been informed that, some
of the citizens at Lyons prefer the
convention there in June It is
mv will and purpose to try to
please the people who entertain
our conventions, but before I
would feel justified to call the
convention at Lyons in June when
the convention, at the call.was to
be held in September, I must
have an expression from you good
people through the columns of the
Progress.
Should you prefer the conven
tion in June, then I’ll take the
matter up in the proper wav and
grant your request. So get to
gether, appoint a committee, can
vass your people and let them give
an expression.
With best wishes for you and
the convention, I remain, your
humble servant,
G. W. Meadows,
Pres.
Artificial Beauty.
My subject is on artificial beau
ty. Some folks admire artificial
beauty, but I don’t. I think the
natural beauty is much prettier.
Os course the girls that wear it
think it pretty.
I don't admire the paints and
powder, and especially the false
hair, for it causes diseases of the
skin and scalp. The paint causes
eruption of the skin, and the false
hair causes leprosy.
There are hundreds of people in
China now dying of leprosy. Girls,
do you think when you put on
your artificials that you look real
pretty? No! no 1 If you do you are
mistaken. But it makes you lots
uglier, When you put the paint
on your lips they look as if they
were raw and bleeding, and your
hair looks like negro wool.
I saw a girl not so very long ago
painted and powdered. I have
seen girls with, fruit coloring on
their faces, and they wasn’t pret
ty, either, but they thought they
; were. Now compare the natural
beauty. It looks lots better than
paints and powder.
I’v9 seen girls at church and at
gatherings look at other girls that
didn’t have their artificials on,
and make fun of them, and say
“well, isn’t she a common, horrid,
ugly git*-” J ust because they
didn’t have artificials on their
faces aud heads.
Girls, if you leave your artifi
cials off, you wont be made fun
of. But you will be made fun of
for wearing them. P. P. M.
Wanted —Teachers.
SCHOOL TEACHERS—I have
tho questions and answers of the
last seven State school examina
tions in print. Will mail them
all for one dollar. Descriptive
circular free.
B. S. Holden,
Box 7. Ellijay, Ga.
A splendid barber chair for sal?
cheap. It is in \ idalia and can
he seen ut any time. Address JJJ
H. Watts, Lyons.
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Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. L. W. Moore spent Monday
in Savannah with friends, return
ing on the evening train.
We wish to thank the many
friends for their kindness shown
us during the illness and death of
our husband and father, John A.
Jackson.—l he Family.
Contractor Ragan and his head
foreman, A. J. Huggins, went to
Claxton Tuesday morning to be
gin work on a new twelve thousand
dollar Methodist church.
The news from Oak Park, mail
ed on the 80th of April, arrived in
the Progress office on the 11th day
of May. This is what we call
quick mail service, the distance
being just a little over ten miles
through the country. V
The Colored base ball club
from Claxton came up last Mon
dav and had a game with the
colored club of Lyons and the
score at the end of the game was
ten to four in favor of the Lyons
boys. Quite a number of the white
citizens weqt out to see the game.
The Mt. Zion Singing Class is
notfied and invited to meet out at
Mt. Zion church on the 4th Sun
day in May at 2 :80 o’clock, p. m.,
for the purpose of practising for
our next Convention. We also
invite every body to come out and
help us in our work.—W. L. Mc-
Lean
We were indeed surprised to see
from the daily papers that Judge
Speer had displaced the clerk of
the United States Court at Sav
annah. Mr. T. F. Johnson, who
has been serving faithfully for 9
years, and put in his place a young
man from Macon. Mr. Johnson
made a splendid official and we
fail to see why he should be set
aside.
Our school closes next week and
we are to have a class of four to
graduate. The term just closing is
about the best in the history of
the school and we are glad to say
that Prof. Monts will in all pro
bability be with us another term.
He has given the very best satis
faction and we would be glad to
know that we could keep him
right on
The new ordinance now appear
ing in the Progress that was unan
imously passed at the last meeting
of the Council, is a good one pro
vided that it is strictly enforced.
It will be a hard ordinance to en
force. because we have a few pa
rents in the city that will not
help the officers. If we enforce
the ordinance Lyons will be a dif
ferent place.
Dr. Ben H. Clifton, who grad
uated in medicine and surgery at
the Atlanta School of Medicine
last week, has been at home sev
eral days this week visiting his
friends and relatives. Dr. Clifton
has accepted a place in a celebrat
ed hoepital in Atlanta and he will
practice there a year or so before
he starts out in the country. He
is a bright young man and we cer
tainly wish him well.
The City Board of Education
met last Monday and elected all
the old teachers for the next
school term, two, however, Mrs.
Shewmake and Miss Jessie Kin
man, refused to accept, and Miss
es Emma N. Dyer and Mamie
Sundiford were chosen to fill the
vacancies. Miss Dyer comes from
up near Atlanta and she has splen
did recommendations. Miss San
diford has been teaching in the
county and she is pretty well
known to be a good teacher. The
other teachers will all remain and
it means that we are to have a
splendid school right on. We
are sorry to lose Mrs. Shewmake
and Miss Kmman, as both are
fine teachers, and hope that
the new ones will give as good sat
isfaction to the patrons of the
school.