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THE LYONS PROGRESS.
Vol. 9. No. 20.
LOCAL NOTES
5 or 6 doses of “66G” will cure
any case of chills and fever.
Price 25 cents.
W. 0. Donovan was m the city
last Saturday afternoon spending
a few hours mingling with his old
friends.
Col. J. V.Kelly and his family,
of Reidsville, came up Sunday
and spent the day with Dr. and
Mrs. Scarboro.
A splendid barber chair for sale
cheap. It is in Vidalia and can
be seen at any time. Address J
H. Watts, Lyons.
W. C. Oliver went over to Rin
con this week to look after the
naval stores business and to as
sist his son Leroy for a few days.
The Toombs county candidates
seem to forget that it was neces
sary to file an expense account of
their political expenses within 30
days after the election. The time
has passed and if one lias beed fil
ed we have not seen it.
Two of Mr. Willson’s children
and little Miss Tiny Maude Smith
were taken seriously ill last Sun
day afternoon, caused it is said,
from eating ice cream. They were
quite sick all at once and physici
ans were called. We are glad to
say that all of them are now all
right.
The railrod commission has
granted the right to the Georgia
Coast & Piedmont Railroad to
issue $2,140,000 in bonds to ex
tend the line to Brunswick and to
either Lyons or Vidalia. We want
this road and 'f it is to go to Vi
dalia it may be possible that we.
can induce them to coir.e to Ly
ons.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Thomas
and their sou, Edwin, left Mon
day morning for a vacation. They
will go to Richmond first and in
this city they will be joined by
their daughter, Miss Lurline.
While away they will visit Wash
ington and many other cities and
we are satisfied they will have a
pleasant trip.
The Pastime Amusement Com
pany with Mr. Hammond at ite
head, gave its farewell performance
last Saturday night and the house
was well filled on this occasion.
Mr. Hammond gives a clean enter
tainment and his little girl, Baby
Faances, is truly a wcnder. The
Lyons people gave him spleddid
patronage and he will speak a
good word for us wherever he goes.
The State Convention met in
Atlanta yesterday and the dele
gates to the Baltimora convention
were selected. Those who repre
sented Toombs were T. J. Parrish,
F. F. Goddard, F. M. Smith, W.
E. Brown, Dr. Curtis Coleman,
W. O. Donovan S. B. Meadows
and Editor L. W. Moore. Several
more were on the delegation but
they did not get away.
Toombs county looses another
old landmark in the person of Mrs.
Robert A. who died at her
home down in the south east sec
tion of the county on Sunday after
a long illness. She was the moth
er of Clint and Roy Giles and was
an excellent lady. We are certain
ly sorry to hear of her death and
we extend sincere condolence to
the bereaved members of her
family.
Our school has closed and it has
had a splendid season. We say
all honor of Prof. Monts and his
corps of teachers. He has been
right on the job, has given perfect
satisfaction and we are very sorry
that there will be any change at
all in the teachers for the next
year . There is a little complaint
against one of the teacbejs retain
ed, but no one is perfect, and we
are satisfied that we have just as
good as can be gotten together
and our principal is a man we are
proud of.
Sunday School Institute of Mcßae
District.
The Institute met at Glen wood
on the 23rd of May, and adjourn
ed on the morning of the 25th.
The Presiding Elder, Rev. L. A.
Hill, urged the attendance of ev
ery pastor and a delegate from ev
ery Sunday School in the District.
Nearly all of the pastorsand about
40 delegates responded to this call.
J. W. Gay, Field Secretary, for
the Sunday School Board of the
South Carolina Conference, E. E.
French, Superintendent of Sunday
School Supplies of our church at
Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. Bulla,
a member of the Baltimore Con
ference and Superintendent of the
Wesley Adult Bible Class move
ment of our church, were present
and conducted the Institute. It
was the verdict of all present that
it was the best and most spiritual
Sunday School Institute that they
ever attended.
Much enthusiasm was manifes
ted and the organization of 15
teacheis training classes and 24
Wesley Adult Bible Classes were
pledged.
The hospitality of the people of
Glennwood could not have been
surpassed. Rev. C. E. Cook, R.
S. Willson, M. M. Odom, Hughie
Galbreath, Misses Edna and Eth
el Galbreath, Misses Lula Thomp
son and Odom attended from this
place. Rev. C. E. Cook,
Sec’y.
J B. Jones Dead
Mr. James B. Jones, formerly
of this county, died at his home in
Uvalda last Thursday moruiag af
ter being an invalid for several
years,
Mr. Jones was well known in
this county where he resided for a
long number of years. He was
tax collector aud tax receiver for
several years and once a prominent
citizen of Laurens. About 12 years
ago he moved to Cedar Crossing
and from there later moved t.o
Uvalda. He was 72 years of age
and is survived by four brothers
and two sisters. His sisters are
Mrs. Mollie Jackson and Mrs.
Sallie Jackson of Laurens county,
and Messrs. M.L., Jno. 8., H. L ,
and R. B. Jones of Laurens coun
ty are his brothers.
Besides these, he is survived by
one daughter. Mrs. Tom Mason of
Lyons, aud his &ons Messrs. J. B.
Jr., W. B. and Elton Jones of
Cedar Crossing. He was a twin
brother of Mr. W. B. Jones of
Dublin.
The remains of Mr. Jones were
interred at Cedar Crossing Wed
nesday morning. He had a great
many friends throughout the
county and section who regret
very much to learn of his death.
Birthday Dinner.
A birthday dinner was given
Mrs. Mary Roland last Friday at
the home of John B. Odom. It
was enjoyed by a largo crowd. We
all met in the morning and chat
ted together and at noon the table
was spread and what a dinner we
all did eat. Then the young folks
made some nice music.
Then the refreshments, ice
cream and cake were served. May
24th was Mrs. Rowland’s 86th
birthday, and she enjoys perfect
health. It is pleasant to be with
her. She has her good mind and
can talk of olden times that is in
teresting Mrs. Roland has 6 child
ren, 2 step-children, 62 grand
children and 63 great grand-child
ren.
Among those preseut were F.
C. Clark and family, Ben Ed
wards and family, I. M. Harden
and family, W. S. Harden and
wife and Mrs. B. M. Higgs. We
hope to be present at several more j
birthday dinners of Mrs. Roland.
A Friemd.
—
Col.C. W. Sparks, of Vidalia.
was in the city Tuesday mingling
with his friends. He is now out
on a tour to see the boys and he
says that he is meeting with plen
ty of encouragement.
Official Organ of Toombs County and the Town of Lyons.
LYONS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912.
Lyons High School Closes.
A Splendid Program Offered on Fri
day and Monday Nights at the
Opera House
The 1912 term of the Lyons
High School wus brought to a suc
cessful close on Monday night at
the Opera House, when after a
verv pleasing literary and musical
program, diplomas were delivered
to four graduates namely, Prather
Clifton. Miss Lottie Hagan, Miss
Sallie Page aud Soloman You
nians. Miss Hagan delivered the
salutatory in splendid style and
the papers of the other three were
also interesting. Every number
on the program was fine and the
Opera House was filled to over
filowiug on both Friday and Mon
day nights. Friday night’s pro
gram was as follows'
Chours — Springtime. —Thirty
Girls.
Pianos Solos —Dolly s Asleep—
Lucille Wimberly; Waltz —Lois
Moore; The Carnival —Helen Mc-
Natt; Bicycle Gallop—Ada Brown
Reading—When Angelina .John
son Comes Down de Lane—Tiny
Maud Smith
Piano Solos —Waltz—Mildred
Shuptrine; Fresh Violets—Madge
and Mae Odom ; The Passing Pa
rade —Mildred Rogers; Simple
Life —Rosa Gray .
Reading—Dolly’s Surprise Par
tv—Evelyn Shewmake.
Piano Solos —Rondo—Marion
Shuptrine ; Fairy Poka—Lola Mae
Brown; Tetidre Finer—Eveiyn
Shewmake; Witchery Alice
Godwin and Isma Swain.
Chorus —Welcome Pretty Prim
rose—Thirty Girls.
Piano Solos —Woodland Brook
let—Gussie Lee Aaron; Poka —
Cora Partin; Entry of the Gladi
ators —Annie Laurie Hagan.
Heading—An Experiment in
Matrimony—Ruby Hooks.
Piano Solos —Thine Owu—Mae
Odom; Id ill io—Thelma DeWitt;
Reverie —Inez Walker.
Soprano Solo —In Thy Dreams
—Lottie Hagan.
Reading—Too Late for the
Train—Annolla Cook.
Piano Solos —Caprice Bohemien
—Aileen . Oates; Silver Star—
Lucille Oliver; On Blooming
Meadow —Myrtle Williams and
Nettie Oliver.
On Sunday morning the com
mencement sermon was preached
at the Methodist church by Rev.
H. L- Grice, a distinguished Bap
tist divine of Macon. He was
heard by a congregation that al
most tested the capacity of the
church and his sermnn was grand.
Last out not least came the
graduating exercises at the Opera
House on Monday night aud the
following was the program: .
Promenade Lucille Oliver,
Berta Coleman, Alice Wimberly.
The Sweet Family .
Pasquenade —Jennie Mosely.
Salutatory—Lottie Hagan.
Love’s Joy—.Jadie Mae Martin.
The Traitor’s Deathbed—Solo
mon Voumans.
Will O’ The Wisp—Myrtle Wil
liams.
A May Morning—Nettie Oliver.
Valedictory—Prather Clifton.
Thus ends the most successful
session in the history of the school
and the people will be glad to
know that they are to have almost
the same faculty back again next
session. We regret to know that
Mrs. Shewmake will leave the
school, having a been offered bet
ter position, and Miss Kintnan
has decided pot to teach any long
er. Both have been teachers in
the school for a long time and
they gave excellent eatistaction.
We aro only hoping that the new
teachers that are to till the vacan
oies will be as good.
Wanted —Teachers.
SCHOOL TEACHERS—I have
'the 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 Pleasant Surprise.
Last Sunday at the home of
“Uncle Noge” Edenfleld (as he is
known) was spent one day long to
be remembered. Their children
had planned to give their father
and mother a surprise dinner and
a surprise it was, too .
Mrs. Edenfield had gathered her
vegetables when about ten o’clock
the ci ildn-n and grand-children
began to come, and b j 11 o’clock
there had come 25 or 30 children
and grand-children, together with
J. T. Jones and family, W. D.
Anderson and family, W. L.-Dur
den, Jr , “Jolly” C. Vs Driggers
and others, all of them bringing
well filled baskets boxes andtrunks
except W, L Durden and ‘‘Uncle
Charlie.’’ Bv 11:30 the situation
began to look good a9 they began
to make ice cream and lemonade
at once. After a course of ice
cream and lemonade the boys pre
pared a table in the yard under
the 'arge oaks and what the good
ladies put on it was a plenty for
the most skeptic. After thanks
had been given by Mr. Jones in
his genteel manner, all were invit
ed to eat
There was chicken, ham, kid,
baef, pies, cakes, biscuit, cake and
“more chicken.” About three
times as much was left as eaten.
All the time “Uncle Charlie” was
telling jokes and “trading horses
and buggies.” About the only
thing to mar the peace, was that
‘Uncle Charlie’ hud no one to wait
on him. Next came the music
and singing by Mrs. Edenfield. It
made us feel glad to be there and
hear such good old songs as “What
a Friend we have in Jesus,” “Am
azing Grace,” closing with “God
be with you till we meet again.”
The little folks played all kinds of
games and finally got “Uncle
Charlie” to join them in “drop
ping the handkerchief” and “mar
ching ‘round my lover,” of which
he is very fond. After that they
had more ice cream and lemonade
then music by T. C. Collins which
was not only a surprise but enjoy
ed by all.
After all the good eating, drink
ing and singingcame the sad Dart
ing, of which we will only casually
mention, as that is the most seri
ous times we have, is the thought
of parting with friends and dear
ones, never knowing whether we
will ever meet again in this w r orld
or not, Serious thought. At about
5 o’clock the crowd began to leave
and all will join me in wishing for
another such day, and still sing
“God be with you till we meet
again.”
One Who Was There.
Pleasant Birihday Dinner.
The home of Mr. John B. Odom
down in the south-east section of
the county,was the scene of a most
enjoyable birthday celebration
last Saturday. Ic was the 86th
birthday of his mother, Mrs. W.
H. Rowland, and a host of child
ren, grand children and great
grand children were present to en
joy the time. Mrs. Rowland was
born in 1825 and was first married
to a Mr. Harden. He died in the
60’s and after a short widowhood
she was married again this time to
W. H. Rowland, her present hus
band. She is the mother of eight
children, has 65 grand children
63 great grand children . For one
of her age she is well preserved
and she seamed to enjoy the gath
ering as much as any of the at
tandants.
The children had prepared a
splendid dinner for the occasion
and some fifty odd heartily enjoy
ed it. The day was pleasant and
ideal for such an occasion. The
Progress hope that this good old
lady will live to enjoy many more
happy birthdays.
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.
Mr. F. L. Bowen was called to
the bedside of his father Thurs
day morning, the old gentleman
being in almost a dying condition.
Subscription SI.OO.
LOCAL ITEMS
Miss Myrtle DeLoach, of Hagan,
is visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Williams.
Coroner Herman McColsky, of
Vidalia, was in the city a few hours
Tuesday afternoon.
Col. DaCosta Patillo, of Vidalia
came down Sunday evening to
drive around the city.
R. L. O’Neal, of Uvalda, came
up Sunday morning and spent a
few hours with friends and rela
tives
The tax collector has a notice
on the local page this week right
at the head of the first column.
Read it.
Mrs. Graybill, of Stillmore, has
been here for sevearl days visiting
her parents, Judge and Mrs.
Williams.
The teachers are all gone off on
their vacations and we hope that
thev will have a pleasant time
while they are amav from Lyons.
Misses Mae and Willie Graham,
two charming young ladies from
Mcßae, came the last of last week
and spent several days with Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. McGregor.
A little Shepherd female puppy
left me at the baptizing on Swift
creek Sunday and if you have her
or have seen her, please let me
know B. R. Anderson, Lyons.
Miss Pparl Thompson came up
last week and spent several days
with her many friends. Miss Pearl
is seemingly in the very best of
health and she says her father
and mother are both well at their
home in Odom.
The Cedar Crossing school clos
ed Tuesday and a report of the
closing was sent in for publicat
ion. It did not cotoie, however,
until we had made up mo9t of the
paper for this issue and it had to
go over until next week.
On Friday, May 31st, the local
chapter U. D. C. will hold a histor
ical meeting at the home of Mrs.
L. W. Moore. The life and char
acter of Gen. John B. Gordon will
he studied at this time audau in
ere9ting and instructive hour is
promised those who attend. It is
hoped that every member will be
present. —Mrs. C. F. Shewmake,
Cor. See. Robert Toombs Chapter.
Dr. Moore, we are glad to say,
has decided to locate in Lyons and
he will be associated with Dr. Bo
mar. They are to fit up handsome
offices in the building now occu
pied by the New Lyons Pharmacy
and they are to have the latest ap
pliances for both medical and
surgical treatment. Dr. Moore is
said to be a splendid surgeon and
he and Dr. Bomar are good prac
tising physicians.
The Seventh and Eighth Grades
of the Lyons High School will
serve cream in one of the vacant
stores in Lyons Friday afternoon
and evening of this week, in order
to secure funds to complete the
payments on a set of Reference
Books purchased by these grades
to be given to the Library of the
High School. It is hoped that
the public will give these young
people their patronage.
You good people of Lyons must
now consider that we are not
standing still, that we must have
more school room, and to get this
addition to our school without
digging down too deep in the pock
et. is to issue bonds. We can issue
SIO,OOO, pay all the indebtedness
of the city and yet have a small
reserve from what we are now pay
ing interest. We pay something
over S3OO a year for the water tank
and the city owes about $2,000 on
which we are paying good interest
and it will take at least $4,000 to
build a neat addition to the school.
Study the matter over, figure it
for yourself and we beleive that
you will agree with us that it will
be economy to issue bonds.