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LYONS —
* Good Town In A Good
County. Work For A Better
Vnd A Greater TOOMBS.
Vol 19. No 42
fIjPGE GEORGE IS ELECTED SEIVATOR TO SUCCEED WATSON BY FOUR TO ONE
Jack Williams
Taken By Death
(EMBEB OF ONE OF LYONS’ OLD
EST FAMILIES. CAME HEBE IN
19 (I4. BE BURIED AT IIAGAN
THURSDAY.
Col. J. J. Williams prominent young
attorney died here Tuesday night at
9:30 o’clock after having been in bad
health for more than ten years. “Jack"
as he was known by the people of
Lyons and Toombs county had many
friend's as well as relatives, who will
mourn for him.
Col. Williams was a member of the
law firm of Williams & Corbitt and
had for the past fifteen years taken an j
active part in the legal business ,
transacted by the firm, until his health j
got so bad it was necessary to leave
the biggest portion of the work to the
other member of the firm, Judge I. H.
Corbitt.
He is survivied by his parents Judge
and Mrs. P. W. Williams, five sisters:
Mesdames J. D. Bradley, Glennville,
0. M. Tarver, Nashville, Tenn., C. A.
Garbutt, Marlow, Dess Gray and W. I.
Graybill, Lyons. Five brothers:
Messrs P. A. Williams, McCleney, Fla.,
R. T. Williams, Lagrange, W. 0. Will
iams, Atlanta, P. C. Williams, South
America, G. H. Williams, Lyons.
The funeral will be held at the fam
ily cemetery at Hagan Thursday after
noon at three o’clock. Funeral ser
vices will be In charge of Rev. Theo
Pharr, pastor of the Methodist church
here.
It is expected that a large crowd
from here will attend the funeral.
The 801 l Weevil Is
Deadly Foe of Cotton
EXTENDING TERRITORY OVER
SOUTHERN BELT. BOLL WEE
VILS LIVE AND REPRODUCE ON
UOTTON PLANTS.
The boll weevil is extending his
territory over the Southern cotton
belt and everywhere demonstrating
his title to be the deadly foe of King
Cotton, according to agricultural ex
perts who today have sounded the
slogan, “Fight the 801 l Weevil.” and
emphasizing the fact that “Now is the
Time to Start.”
Heading the boll weevil fight in
Georgia is the agricultural develop
ment service of the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic railway, which has
posted bulletins for the Information
of farmers in every white and color
ed waiting room on his line stretch
ing six hundred miles through the
richest farming section of the State
Pive officials of the road are now di
recting their personal and official
energies toward the anti-weevil cam
paign. They are W. W. Croxton, pas
senger traffic manager; W. R. Tuck
er. agricultural development and in
dustrial agent; J. M. Firor, horticul
turist, of Montezuma; H. L. Also
brook. agricultural develpoment agent t
of Talladega, Ala. and G. B. Eunice,
agricultural development agent of
Fitzgerald.
‘‘Bo'l weevils live and reproduce on
the cotton plants and on cotton plants
only”, says a statement just issued by
the railroad. “Without cotton plants
to live on they would quickly starve
to death and beu nable to reproduce
weevils to carry on their destructive
■work another season. Boil weevils
will continue to live, to lay eggs, and
to increase in numbers as long as the
cotton plants continue to produce
squares and bolls.
Destroy Plants Alter Picking
"The cotton farmer connot destroy
the plants during the early summer j
just to starve the weevils. But the
cotton farmer can get a shot at the |
weevils this fall by killing the life of
the cotton plants as soon as he has,
tinifhed picking cotton. Many farm- (
ers will be through picking all the
The Lyons Progress
BOX SUPPER AT NEW
BRANCH FRIDAY OCT. 27
There win be a box supper, in con
i nection with an oyster supper, held
at New Branch High School Friday
night October 27th. The public is
cordially Invited to attend.
WHILE-AWAY CLUB ENTERTAINED
Mrs. W. A. McNatt was the charm
ing hostess to the While-Away Club
Friday afternoon.
The home was very attractive with
its quanfties of golden red and har
vest decorations.
The literary program, which was a
j study of Edgar Allen Poe, his life and
j works, was followed by a delightful
| harvest social hour. A delicious sal
•ad course was served. Assiting the
hostess were Mrs. G. W. Lankford and
Mrs. E. F. Parker.
Boys Get Scholarships
To Sontheastern Fair
LEFT MONDAY FOR ATLANTA AND
WILL BE AT THE FAIR UNTIL
THE 22ND. SELECTED ON
MERITS OF CLUB WORK.
Messrs Newton Thompson and Car
roll Jones, two Toombs county boys,
were awarded the two Southeastern
Fair School Scholarships. They left
Monday for Atlanta and will remain
Ihere until the 22nd.
These boys were selected on the
merits of their work in the corn and
pig clubs this year with especial em
phasis on the interest they have taken
in it.
SIO.OO of the expenses of the two
boys was furnished by the Lyons
I Boosters Club and the balance, includ
! ing board and other expenses, will be
furnished by The Southeastern Fair.
STRAYED— Light cream colored
heifer, crop and two splits in each
ear. Left some time in July. Reward
if returned to L. S. Edenfield, Lyons,
Rt. A. Itp.
cotton their fields will make; but
those same fields wi'l continue to pro
duce blooms squares, and small bolls,
in which the weevils will continue to
lay eggs until frost kills the plants.
When the frost kills the plants the
weevils will go into winter quarters
under ideal conditions, as they will
have lived on the fat of the cotton
fields up to the time that they go in
to winter quarters.
“By killing the cotton plants be
fore the frost kills it the farmer cuts
off the food supply of the weevils and
their means of raising their young,
Old weevils will either suffer for
want of food until time to go to their
winter quarters or fly to other fields.
Since there will be no squares to re
produce weevils, young weevils will
not hatch out to add to the numbers
going into winter quarters.
“By destroying the cotton plants as
soon as the cotton crop has been pick- j
ed a very effective fight can be start- |
,ed against the weevils. As soon as
the cotton is all picked plow under
, the stalks but if this is not practica
ble kill the plants in some other way.
Cut them up with stalk cutters and
1 then plow the plants under. If the
plants are too large and tough to cut
up and plow under, then rip them up
by the roots so that they will die.
Opportunity Not Wanting
I “There seems to be plenty of time
and labor throughout the cotton be’t
for this to be done. Although this has
been known as one of the effective
means of getting a jump on the wee
vils, the farmers generally have neg
! lected it. probably because they hoped
that the weevil would not be so des
tructive the coming summer. Time
has proven the fight against the wee
‘ vil i B a difficult one and consequently,
St isn ot possible to get started too
j soon.
“The cotton growers of Georgia can
| win against the weevil but they must
start early and continue the fight to
the finish. The time to start is now.”
i
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCT. 19 1922
Toombs Co. Fair Opened Tues.
Morning With Great Crowds
BIG DISPLAY OF FARM PRODUCTS,
LIVE STOCK AND FANCY WORK.
COUNTY CLUB MEMBERS BRING
OUT FINE SHOWIG.
Don’t be fooled!
It is a real good fair that the as
sociation has gotten together for your
approval this time.
It started off briskly Tuesday morn
ing with a brilliant address by Con
gressman W. W. Larsen, at which time
be stressed the need of diversification
for the farmers of Toombs county.
The Majestic Shows, the largest
and best that has yet pitched a tent on
the local grounds, are there with
everything that goes to make up an
interesting aggregation.
The display of farm products,
though small in quantity for the times.
Manufactories In Georgia
i ' ,
Some Fact of the Manufatyring Interests In tne
State in Which South )Ga. Participates
Millions in Colton Mills
The textile mills in Georgia are list
ed as follows: Cotton and silk 153;
woMen mills, 3; mill? that spin and
knit, 27; total, 180. The capital of
these mills was distributed as follows:
Cotton and silk, $95,000,00; woolen
mills, $1,663,034.66; mills that spin
and knit, $3,925,308.33; mills that knit,
$2,170,278.20; total, $102,758,621.21.
Money invested in buildings and land
and equipment is distributed as fol
lows: Cotton and silk mills, $60,068.-
679.55; wollen mills, $790,587.60; mills
that spin and knit, $,227,450.94; mills
that knit, $1,579,640.45; total, $64,-
666,385.54. The manufactured pro
ducts of the textile mills of Georgia
are cloths of many kinds, such as
sheeting, duck, drills, including wool
en goods, also toweling, ticking, lap
robes, bed spreads, twine, sash cord,
thread, hose and kifft underwear. The
total value of all these products was
$127,026,100.66. The machinery used
in the production of all the above
named articles consisted of 2,631,707
producing spindles, 322,977 twister
spind/les, 50,536 looms, 9,459 cards, 31
sets of cards, 616 sewing machines,
4,747 knitting machines, 547 looping
machines and ribbing machines. Os
the textile mills 75 bleach, dye, and
finish.
The powers used are steam, water
and electricity. Those using steam
were 91; water, 37; electricity, 101.
Many of them use more than one kind
of power. The cost of raw material
was $58,640,922.78; the amount paid
in salaries to offices and clerks was
$2,975,575.68; the amount paid to wage
earners was $17,081,264.95; amount
paid for repairs and new machinery
was $9,942,036.44 The total of all ex
penses was $29,998,937.04. The num
ber of all white employees was 34,631
of whoom 20,111 were males and 14.-
520 were females. The negroes em
ployed in the textile mills numbered
2,172 of whoom 1,613 were males and
559 W ere females The negro men were
employed as drivers and porters and
the negro women as scrubbers and
cleaners.
Cotton Presses in Georgia
Compresses are not manufacturer
ies, but they are such important pub
lic utilities that they have become
prime necessities to railroads, steam
ships and to everything used for trans
portation. Manufacturers, farmers
merchants and shippers alike consider
them indispensable. The number is
32. The capital invested in compres
ses in Georgia in 1921 was $4,950,000.
The employees numbered 1,087, of
whoom 202 were white and 885 neg
roes. The salaries of officials were
$150,000 and the wages of all employ
ees $250,000. The cost of repairs and
new machinery amounted to $48,915,-
SG. The highest daily capacity of
wouldn’t allow a greater, the mam
.moth collection of live stock which is
cream of the county, the beautiful
exhibition of fancy work done expert
ly by the hands of trained hourewives
and the pretty line of products
brought from the homes of the can
ning club members, boys and girls,
all go to make up a good fair this
time.
The prices for admission are reason
able, the treatment being accorded
and the care and pains being taken
for the protection and safety of the
ladies and children all to the credit
of jthe directors of this year’s fair.
Go out and help this time with your
presence and by doing so show your
interest in a live proposition for the
betterment of the pursuits chiefly
engaged in by the great body of cit
izenship of our county. The fair is
Let’s make the best of it this
time.
presses was 2,000 bales.
7
Many Oil Mills In State
Tthe cotton oil mills in Georgia that
! weJe operated in 1921 numbered 147.
In ithis important industry Georgia
raiifs third for 1921. The capital in
vested in 1921 was $25,000,000. There
weije purchased 278,000 tons of cotton
seed and 258,763 tons were crushed.
1 ; The number of operatives was 2,850,
of whom 850 were white and 1,900
; negroes. The amount paid in salaries
i and wages was $1,080,000. The ex
i pense of repairs and new machinery
amounted to $530,666. All these run
ning expenses amounted to $10,848,-
543. The manufactured products were:
10,505,335 gallons of crude oil valued
at $14,848,543; 42,595 tons of cake and
cotton seed meal valued at $2,814,945;
27,398 tons of hulls, valued at $796,-
000; 35,137 bade? of llnters (each 500
lbs. net), valued at $748,667 The grand
total of all these values was $18,810,-
! 037.
MMH<m* In Georgia Mills
According to census figures the val
ue of manufactured products in Geor
gia last year was nearly seven hun
dred millions dollars. To be exact
their value was $693,556,000.
This was the value of products turn
1 ed out by 4.803 manufacturing plants
that represented an invested capital
1 of $448,823,000.
Strange to say thS greatest part of
the manufacturing done in Georgia is
done in the small cities and towns.
In the twelve largest cities there is
a population of a little more than half
a million, and the number engaged in
manufacturing is fifty seven thousand.
In the small towns and cities, of
which forty-seven are listed, the cap
ital invested in factories is forty-seven
million, the products of the factories
have a. value of $104,000.00.
Foundry and Steel Plants
The foundry, iron and steel, ma
chine and general repair shops includ
ing railroad shops were reported as
f(Mows for the year 1921: Number,
186; capital and investment, $17,485,-
653.84; amount paid for repairs and
new machinery, $1,793,287.95; amount
of raw material used, 90,000 tons,
cost of same $8,343,129.12; amount
paid to offices and clerks, $1,750,000;
amount paid to wage earners, $9,943,-
951.47; total of all foregoing expenses,
$21,830,368.44; value of all manufact
ured products, $25,313,975.71 The total
number of employees was 10,388, of
whoom 7,888 were whites and 2,500 ne
groes.
Georgia Makes Fnrniture
Some of the best furniture factories
in the south are located in Georgia.
Georgia furniture has 'made a reputa
tion for quality, and is one Georgia
product that is always in good de-
LYONS HIGH WALLOPS
GLENNVILLE IS TO 7
The Lyons High School Basket Ball
team beat Gleenville High School to
the tune of 13 to 7 on the local
grounds Tuesday afternoon. It was a
fast game and the local team showed
throughout the game that they were
superior to their opponents.
, Vidalia will play here Friday af
ternoon.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method to thank our
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness shown to us during the sickness
and death of our little boy James
Kelly and, especially to those who
stood by us so close In the hour of
bereavement. May God’s richest
blessings be with them, is our prayer.
C. R. McCorkle and Wife.
Cotton Convention
Be Held In Augusta
EARLY IN DECEMBER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RESTORING COT
TON PRODUCTION IN THE AT
LANTIC STATES.
A cotton convention, bringing to
gether cotton men, cotton manufact
urers, business men, bankers and
farmers of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Albama, probab
ly will be held at Augusta early ia
December, it was announced here in
j cotton circles.
! The big meet, it is atated, will be
i called for the purpose of starting a
j movement to restore cotton production
Jin the Atlantic states to normal.
J Through proper poisoning methods it
is planned to put the boll weevils,
known as the 'billion-dollar bug to
rout.
In the opinion of cotton men who
have experimented in cotton culture
this year, the South will be able to re
turn to a normal production of cotton
next year, if proper poisoning methods
are used. By doing this, the South,
according to cotton men here, will be
able to do In one year or little more
what, under present methods of cot
ton culture, it will probably take five
years or more.
Experts here declare that cotton has
been produced this year on a normal
basis, and* in some Instances as much
as two and a half bales to the acre
have been made by following govern
ment instruction on poisoning.
Ferdinand Phinlzy, chairman of the
executive oemmittee of the Augusta
Cotton Exchange, has charge of all
detail? of the coming convention, the
date for which will be announced very
mand.
The establishment in the state of
furniture, including sash, doors and
blinds and finished woodwork, num
ber 177; capital, $6,559,068.36.
Factories Make Containers
Factories making barrels, boxes,
staves and crate? constitute a grow
ing industry in Georgia.
Number of plants, 94, capital $4,-
005,192.63; money spent for repairs
and new machinery, $148,000; cost of
materials, $2,410,187.69; amount paid
to officers and clerks, $202,000;
amount paid to wage earner?, $1,224,-
061.93; total of foregoing expenses,
$3,984,249.62; value of product's, $4,-
711,304.74. The total number of em
ployees was 2,362 of whom 956 were
white and 1,406 negroes.
Making Brooms and Mops
There is a constant increase in man
ufacturing brooms, brushes and mops
in Georgia. Number of plants, 30:
capital, $200,000; spent for repairs
and new machinery, $5,887.20; cost of
materials, $105,000; paid to officers
and clerks, $15,000; paid to wage earn
ers, $55,000; total of foregoing ex
penses, $180,887.20; value of products
$392,987; number of wage earners,
140, of whom 50 were white and 90
negroes.
THE LYONS PROGRESS
A Progressive Paper In A
Progressive Town—
LYONS, GEORGIA
Subscription SI.OO
CABBIES 108 COUNTIES TO HARD
WICK 25. SIX COUNTIES TO
WRIGHT. McGREGOR IS FAB IN
LEAD FOB PENSION COM.
On the fact of unofficial return*
from all but fourteeu counties in tne
State, Judge Walter F. George, of Vi
enna, won a sweeping victory from
other candidate? in the race to suceed
the late Senator Thomas E. Watson.
His victory was by more than four to
one ver Thomas W Hardwick, Gover
nor, and Seaborn Wright, of Rome.
John R. Cooper, of Macon, had not
carried a county.
Eeraly Wesnesday morning, the re
sult stood:
George, 108 counties with 272
county unit votes.
Hardwick 25 counties with 66 coun
ty unit votes.
Wright 6 counties with 18 county
unit votes.
Only 208 votes were necessary to
nomination. Judge George’s unit vote
was expected to reach the 300 mark be
fore the returns had been complied by
officials in the various counties to
day.
McGregor In Lead
C. E. McGregor of Warrenton, was
far and 1 away in the lead In the race
for Pension Commissioner. John W.
Clark, incumbent, of Augusta, wa3
second and J. L. Dent, of Macon and
John Butt and J. F. Stone were trail
ing.
Judge George carried all the big
six, or six-vote counties, with the ex
ception of Chatham aud Richmond,
which went to Hardwick, and Floyd,
which went to Wright. Fulton, Mus
cogee, Bibb and DeKalb were in the
George column.
Judge George also carried most of
the four-vote counties. Seaborn
Wright, of Rome, carried his home
county, Floyd, a six-vote county, and
Lincoln, Ben Hill, Screven, Caroll and
Murray.
Toombs County For George
From the best information obtain
able Judge W. F. George, of Vienna,
carried' Toombs county by nearly 200
| majority.
DIRECTORY
Lyons Methodist Church
THEO PHARR, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning
and evening.
Sunday School Sunday morning at
10:30, John Durst, Supt.
Morning services 11 A. M.
Evening services 8:00 P. M.
Preaching at Sharpes Chapel oa
each first Sunday afternoon.
Preaching at Ohoopee on each
fourth Sunday afternoon.
066 quickly relieves Colds, Constipa
tion, Biliousness and Headaches. A
Fine Tonic.
soon.
Atlanta As Cotton Market
Altanta, which will send a big dele
gation to the Augusta convention, has
always been recognized as one of the
best cotton markets in the South.
Some of the largest cotton merchants
in the business have made Atlanta
their headquarters for many years
and all of the principal cotton mer
chants of the country maintain offices
in Atlanta, thus insuring a ready and
stable market for all grades of cot
ton at all seasons of the year.
Atlanta has lacked one feature only
to complete its facilities as a cotton
market and that has been the lack of
ample warehousing space, which is
now to be supplied in the adequat*
Candler warehouses operated by the
Cotton Storage Finance Company.
These warehouses, the largest aucl
best constructed buildings in the South
for exclusive storage purposes, cover
40 acres of ground. They are con
structed of concrete and buiß with a
view to fully protecting all kinds of
merchandise and with railroad track
age to all warehouses.
With the opening of the big ware
house, which was taken over by
the government during the war, cot
ton has come to Atlanta from all the
cotton states, making this city a com
petitive poirß for all the large con
sumers of raw eotton and a market **t
all times eotia 1 t"> that at New
’ear.c cr Memphis. .