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Vol 19. No 43
JIG ROAD BUILDING
PROGRAMIS AHEAD
180(0 00 MILES IMPROVED HlGH
ffvYg BE BUILT. ESTIMATE
COST $1 PEB MILE. THE
PROGRAM is NEW ONE.
Fifteen to twenty years of build
ing goof, roads lie ahead of the United
glates . Under the program which the
country has adopted there will be
built during that time, 180,000 miles
of improved highways which will con
fute the Federal-aid highway sys
tem and an equal or greater mileage
of State and local roads. When the
great job ts done, the transportation
facilities of the country will far ex
ceed those of any other nation, past
or present, in the world. The high
ways of the ancient Romans, whose
fame has come down through the ceu
turies, will pale by comparsion.
Details of the vast road-building
program are to be placed before the
Highway Education Board at is con
ference in Washington, October 26 to
28, inclusive, by State highway engi
neers and officials of the Bureau of
Public Roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, to whom has
been entrusted' the work of planning
and supervising the construction of
Federal-aid highways. The plan will
be presented to enable the board to
proceed authoritatively with Its work
of devising aid's for schools and col- j
leges to which road-builders of the,
country are turning for competent
highway engineers.
Officials of the bureau place the ag
gregate cost of the Federal-aid pro
gram alone at about $3,000,000,006,
spread over the twenty-year period.
The base this stimate on an average
cost of $17,000 per mile. The aver
age cost, in turn, takes into consid'-
«%,\.\on all classes of Improved road
ware from the cheapest to the most
expensive types. Approximately one
third of the proposed system, or 60,-
000 miles of improved highways, al
ready are either built or building.
The program Is a new one. Up to (
comparatively recent years, road'- i
building in the United States had been
conducted without special regard to
a national system. Highways had been
constructed' where needed without
considering whether they would link
np in the most effective manner with
tie whole net work of roads to be
spread over the nation. Engineers
had looked more to immediate and’
local demands than the hroaded re
quirements of the states and! nation.
The present Federal-aid road-build
ing program, official of the bureau
state, will contemplate the construc
tion of only such roads as fit into the
national program and contribute to
the national .system. At the Fame
time the roads will be so selected as
to serve the most important local re-
Mrs. Felton To Decline To Ask
Right To Take Oath Os Office
ATLANTA. G?..--Mrs W. H. Felton,
United States Senator and interim,
from Georgia, today in a statement
published by the Atlanta Journal
stater.' that she would decline to em
barass President Harding by request
ing him to allow her to take the oath
of office despite appeals made to her;
by hundreds of women throughout
the nation.
Senator Felton contended' that the i
President’s business does not fall in
that line and the Senatorial body,
decided for itself in all matters per
taining to qualifications of Senators. |
She stated that she made no appeal
to W. F. George, United States Sen
atorial nominee, to be allowed to take
the oath of office.
Merely Romnntie Incident
“The good' women of Georgia.”
stated Mrs. Felton, “and millions in
the remainder of the forty-eight
States only clamored for this small
Privilege because it is a romantic in
cident. It will remain a historic fact.
They did not ask from the incoming
Senator the loss of a single dollar, or
TThe*
GREATER GEORGIA TECH
SUBSCRIPTIONS REACH sß*oo
ATLANTA, Ga.— Ailthough the
Greater Georgia Tech campaign has
ended', subscriptions continue to come
into the office of the cashier, Willis
J. Milner, Sr., and within the past two
weeks subscriptions totaling $3500
have been received. Some subscrip
tions received during the campaign
have been increased recently, accord
ing to Mr. Milner, and a large per
cent of the pledges are being paid As
rapidly as funds from the subscript
ions are received work on the Greater
Georgia Tech building and expansion
program is being carried on under the
direction of two architects employed’
by the institution.
The Physics Building, the first
building of the expansion program, is
already well under way, and upon its
completion one or more new buildings
will be begun almost immediately, de
pending on the amount of money on
hand from the campaign pledges at
the time.
JUDGE H. B. STRANGE
SUEEERS AN ATTACK
OGEECHEE CIRCUIT JUDGE IS
STRICKEN WHILE ON BENCH.
WAS IN MIDST OF CHARGE ON
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
STATESBORO, Ga.,—The wheels of
justice were suddenly stopped the
other morning an hour after Judge H.
B. Strange of the Ogeechee circuit
opened Superior Court for the regular
October term. Judge Strange had! not
quite finished his charge to the grand
jury when an attack of vertigo came
upon him. Dr. Mooney was in the
court room and went to the judge’s
side. His atack was caused from high
blood! pressure which caused a brain
storm.
One entire section of the court room
was occupied by ladies who had evi
hently come to hear his charge to the
grand jury. He had addressed the
body on several subjects and' had got
ten well into the prohibition question
when the attack came upon him. He
had handled that subject with gloves
off In addressing the grand jury, and*
had also referred to the ladies as be
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qulrements. With marked modifica
tions, the system adopted in building
the railways of the country will be
borne in mind in the construction of
the country’s new highways. There
will be main lines of highway com
munication between centers ant!
thousands of miles of feeder roads,
reaching back into the more sparsely
settled regions and into the rich agri
cultural sections, to top areas whose
population and products will flow
over the new system.
1 the abatement of a single honor en- j
joyed by himself before or after he
and it was up to Judge George to
precedent for this peculiar situation
and it was up to JPudge George to
decide the case for himself.
“He has decided against those who
onjy appealed to his courtesy and his
; chivalry,” asserted the woman Sena
| tor.
I in concluding the statement, Mrs.
1 Felton stated that "I am suffering
I from a heavy cold and am doing my
' I utmost to fight off an attack of pneu
: monia.”
; CARD OF THANKS
! We wish to thank onr many friends
who were so good and kind to us dur
. ing the illness and death of our UUle
1 dtrling babe, and we especially thank
t Dr. Hick’s for his goodness and kind
'' ness shown to us.
' May God’s richest blessings rest up-
I on each one of you. is cur prayers.
r Mr. ami Mrs. Lee Sharpe.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCT. 26 1922
Sat. Marked The Close
Os Most Successful
Fair For Toombs Co.
Most Successful Week Despite Bad Weather
For First Two Days. Exhibits Better Than
Expected.
Fair Prizes Are Now Being Paid
Directors State That Despite Late Start Every
thing Was Better Thai At First Expected.
Made Some Money.
The Toombs County Fair, Saturday
night, clo3en a most successful week.
The attendance was fine all the way
througn.
The directors express themselves as
being very much pleased with the out
come of the fair this year.
Fair Prizes Being Paid
It is expected that by the end of the
week all premium checks will be mail
ed out to the winners.
The Fair As A Matter Os Record
Due to the efforts of many from all
parts of Toombs County, the fair was
an unsual success. The exhibits were
good, the display of all edhibits was
very attractive. All the way through
it has been a most suheessful, en
couraging fair. Every exhibit was
given absolutely impartial treatment
and all exhibitors left with a deter
uination to do better next year.
The hoys did well in the corn, pig
r nfd barrow clubs this year. In some
cases, as often happens, the parents
would not permit them to bring in
exhibits. These who were so unfort
unate are to be sympathized with asj
they were prevented from finishing
their years work and disheartened in
their efforts But the spirit of friendly
rivalry that existed among the boys,
as was shown especially during the
judging contest, has spurred them on
to plan greater efforts next year.
The fair association has furnished
The Progress with the following list
of the prize winners:
Live Stock Pepart“ent
Dairy Bull—
W. P. C. Smith, first prize; Mr. Lu
cas, Second prize.
Dairy Cow—
W. P. C. Smith, firs t and second
prizes.
Dairy Calf—
G. A. Thompson, first and second
prizes.
Mule Colt—
J. A. Poole, first prize; W. J. Brad
ley, second prize.
Senior Year Boar—
W. P. C. Smith, first prize.
Senior Year Sow —
H. A. Harnage, first prize.
Junior Year Boar—
W. A. McNatt, Jr., first prize; W. A.
McNatt, Sr., second prize.
Junior Year Boar —
W. A. McNatt, Sr., first prize.
Senior Boar Pig—
G. A. Thompson, first and second
prizes.
Best Sow and Litter—
W. P. C. Smith, first.
Senior Sow Pig—
W. P. C. Smith, first prize.
Jnior Sow Pig—
R. E. Gray, first and second prizes.
Grand Champion Sow—
W. P. C. Smith.
Grand Champion Boar—
W. P. C. Smith.
Judging Contest For Club Members
Those competing: Katharine Phil
lips, Vidalia; George Merriman, John
son Corner School; Ernest Taylor,
Lyons School; Clark Jesup. Marvin
School; Bill Deistel, Marvin School;
jno. Lee King, Vidalia School; Jno.
T Clifi.cn, Union School; Ice Polk,
Center School; Herman Find'ey, Blue
Ridge School; Edgar Gallrreath. Gal
breath School; Eddie Whitfield, Gal
breath School; Leroy Morris, Rock
j Springs School; Carl Mixon, Center
School; Hires DtxoD, North Thompson
School, M1 *-Ti ■
Winners
Bill Deistel, Elza Rt. 1 first prize; j
Herman Findley, Lyons Rt. 1, second
prize; Ernest Taylor, Lyons Rt. 3
third prize.
Pig Club Prizes
Senior Boar Pig—
George Merriman, first prize; Car
roll Jones, second.
Senior Sow Pig—
Katharine Phillips, first prize.
Juior Boar Pig—
Hires Dixon, first prize; Sherman
Wilson, second; Bill Deistel, third.
Jnior Sow Pig—
Katharine PhiMips, first prize; F.
L. Phillips, second; Jno. T. Clifton,
Herman Wilson and Leroy Morris,
third.
Best Barrow, under 300 lbs.—
Ster Kight, first prize; Tomle Kight,
second prize.
Grand Champion—
Scholarship to Agriculture College,
Athens, offered by the First National
Bank of Vidalia ,was awarded to
. t
Katharine Phillips on her senior sow
Pig-
Torn f'lnb Prizes
Joe Polk and W. L. Higgs, 82 points
each, scholarships to Agriculture Col
lege, Athens, given by First National
Bank of Lyons. Murphy Kight, 80
points, second; Eddie Whitfield, 79
points, third; Edgar GaJbreath, 78
points, fourth; Vivie Underwood, 74
points, fifth; Newton Thompson, sixth
Jim Boyd, seventh; Clark Jesup,
eighth; Jno. Lee King, ninth; Vallie
Collins, tenth; Rufus Brogdon, riven*
tb.
Boys Judging Contest
Bill Deistel, first; Herman Findley,
second; Ernest Taylor, third.
Agriculture Department
Best Community Exhibit—
Marvin Community Club, first;
Ohoopee Community Club, second;
Center Community Club, third; John
son Corner Community Club, fourth.
Best School Exhibit—
Lyons High School, first.
Best six stalks ribbon cane, M. M.
Hendrix. Best six stalks red cane,
H. L. Kight, first prize; M. M. Hen
drix, second. Best six stalks green
cane, D. S. Reese, first prize; Martin
Nolfes, second. Best three stalks
corn, D. T. Phillips, frist prize; M. M.
Hendrix, second. Best stalk cotton,
C. F. Fuscus, first prize; T. C. Col
lins, second. Best ten ears of corn,
M. M. Hendrix, first prize; T. C. Col
lins, second. Best quart sugar cane
syrup, A. H. C. Mann, first prize. Best
peck of oats, Lewis Tomlin, frist prize
Best peck Porto Rican yams, B. G.
Paulette, frist prize; M. M. Hendrix,
second. Best peck peanuts, T. C. Col
lins, first prize. Best peck velvet
bens, H. D. McNear, first prize. Best
bale hays, eLwis Tomlin, first prize; J
A. Smith, second. Best display fruits,
A. H. C. Mann, first prize.
Womens Department, fanned Goods
Dlsp’ay
Best
“(•«! Mr*. W H Higgs firs'
Best individual far’" M.
Smith, (judged tr.'/'mp.rie ,lven
third prize.)
Poultry
White Rocks—
A. L. Mos’ey. frist prize; Mrs. I. H.
Corbitt, second.
Barred Rocks—
Bob Gray, best pen; Bob Gray, best
Cockerel; Mrs. P. G .Wheeler, second
TAXICAB LICENSES NOW
PAYABLE SAYS COLLECTOR
Josiah T. Rose, collector of inter
nal revenue for this district ha? issued
a statement warning taxicab opera
tors that the United States license
tax for such vehicles is now due and
payable and that failure to procure a
proper government license for oper
ating a taxicab will make the owner
liable to a fine of SIOOO or twelve
months In the federal penitentiary.
"The federal automobile taxicab
tax has been in effect since January
Ist, 1919,” said Mr. Rose. “It pro
vides that the owner of every taxicab
seating less than seven people must
pay a license tax of $lO annually, and
a tax of S2O annually for every car
seating more than seven people. The
tax for the remainder of the year will
be $7.50 for the smaller cars and sls
for the larger cars. This fee would
entitle the owner to operate until the
30th of June, 1923.”
EDUCATION WEEK IS
SET FOR DECEMBER 3
EDUCATORS AYR PEOPLE OF GA.
GENERALLY ARE ASKED TO
COOPERATE IN OBSERVANCE
PERIOD WITH PROGRAMS.
ATLANTA, Gt., —The educators and
people of Georgia are asked to ob
serve American Educational Week,
December 3 to 9, inclusive, co-opera
ting with the United States Bureau of
Education, the American Legion and
the National Education Association.
"The object of this week is to focus
the attention of the entire nation up
on education and to make national
sentiment for the improvement of our
schools and the futherance of our ed
ucationtl aims.”
The program for the week will be
as follows:
Sunday, Dec. 3.—God and Country
Day.
Monday, Dec. 4. —American Citizen
ship Day.
Tuesday, Dec. s.—Patriot’s Day.
Wednesday, Dee. S. —School anc!
Teacher Day.
Thursday, Dec: 7. —Illiteracy Day.
best pen.
Rhode Island 1 Reds—
W. J. King, frist prize; Otto DiesteJ.
second.
S. C. White Leghorn*—
Joe Yewia, first prize.. Charlie
Bash, second.
Brown Leghorn?—
C. P. Odom, Best pen.
Dane Chandler, first prize; ©. N.
Walker, second.
Orpingtons—
Mrs. J. A. Camp, best pen, best pair
and best puflett. Lewis Toratfn, sec
on pen, second pair, second ben and
first cockerel.
Masons To Convene In Macon
Oct. 31. Will Last For 2 Days
MACON, Ga.,—Bringing delegates
from more than 700 Blue Lodges in
Georgia and consisting of more than
6,500 members, the Grand Lodge of
Georgia will hold fts annual meeting
in Macon on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 Pre
parations are being made to entertain
1,200 delegates who are expected to
attend the meeting. This is the one
hundred and thfry-slxth annual com
munication of the Grand Lodge.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce
has appofnted a special committee to
look after the decorating of the city
and to furnish automobiles for the
visiting delegates, the downtown mer
chants are being requested to decor
ate their stores. Banners for this
purpose are being furnished by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Trustees Met Oct. 50.
The Masivie Club, a local Maeonie
cfvlc club, will furnish cars for an
automobile ride to the Masonic Home
and over the city, on the afternoon
of the frist day of the convention.
They are also bringing to Macon a
team from the Tompkins Lcdso U S ,
THE LYONS PfiOGBESS
A Progressive Paper Id A
Progressive Town—
LYONS, GEORGIA
Subscription SI.OO
NEXT ASSOCIATION
GOES JO ORIANA
THOS. B. CONNER NAMED MOD
ERATOR OF DAN I ELL ASSOCIA
TION FINE REPORTS MADE
AT LYONS MEETING.
Spledid reports from every branch
of church work marked the thirty
third annual session of the Daniell
Baptist Association at Lyons last
Wednesday and Thursday.
Oriatia church gave the association
an invitation for the 1923 meeting and
this place was selected for next
meet.
Thos. B. Conner of Mt. Vernon
was named moderator, L. H. Darby
of Vidalia being re-elected clerk over
his protest. The new executive com
mittee consists of Rev. A. D. Woodle,
Lyons, chairman; Dr. J. C. Brew
ton, Mt. Vernon; Dr. J. W. Palmer,
Ailey; Dr. D. C. Colson, Glen wood;
Rev. J. T. B. Anderson, Dr. L. H.
Darby and J. C. Price, Vidalia.
The association voted to esnd an
other carload of provisions to the Or
phans Home, and H. Tate Newton of
Lyons was named chairman of the
committee having this in charge.
Among the distinguished Baptists in
attendance on the association were
J. Fred Eden, field worker, Dr. J. F.
Purser of Atlanta, president 01 tne
Home Mission Board, Louie Newton,
editor of the Christian Index, and Dr.
J. R. Morgan of the North Georgia
Association at Washington.
Monday at Mt. Vernon a joint meet
ing of the new exeexutive committee
of the executive board of the W. B.
M. U. was held, plans for the new
year's work being discussed and the
same agreed upon.
SHERIFF CULPEPPER IMPROVING
The friends of Sheriff C. W. Cul
pepper, over Toombs county, will be
glad to learn that he is much im
proved after being very seriously ill
for the past two weeks.
It is hoped by his many friends that
tie will soon he out again.
FARM FOR RENT—3OO acres, 139
acres cleared. Address Mrs. C. W.
Brazell, VTdh.Ha ( ». 3tc.
Friday, Dfc. 8. —Equality of Op
portunity and Education for American
Boys and Girls Day.
Saturday, Dec. 9. —Physical Edu
cation Day.
“As State Superintendent of School*
in Georgia," said M. K. Parks, “I am
requesting the active co-operttion of
all school officials of all friends of
education to make this program a suc
cess, and to Join with the United
States Commissioner of Education in
making the program the ‘biggest ap
pear for education that ha? ever been
made to the American people.’ ”
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., this team being
in charge of James M. Trout, W. M.
The Master’s degree will be conferred
on first night of the meeting at th*
City Auditorium for the visiting dele
gates and loeai Masons.
The board 1 of trustees of the Mas
onic Home will hold its annual meet
ing on Oct. SO. preparing at that
time a report for the Grand Lodge.
The trustees will also select a suc
cessor to Peter V. Rice, Superintea
dent of the Home, who has tendered
his resignation.
The opening session of the meeting
will be devoted' to hearing the annual
message of the Grand' Master, Joe P.
Bowdoin, of Adalrsvtlle, and other
Grand Lodge officers. Committee*
to transact business and’ make re
ports will be appointed the first day
of the session. The matter of erect
ing a home to care for the aged
Masons and their widows will com*
before this session of the Grand
Ldoge. At last year’s session it was
decided to postpone the mattor. as it
r.ot at that time urgent.