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JS A Greater TOOMBS.
VoL 19. No 47
I SUPERIOR COURT
I jo CONVENE MON.
I hyeral IMPORTANT cases to
I BK TRIED—PROBABLY takb
1 TMO WEEKS' TO CLEAR THE
I pOCKET.
I Toombs Superior Court will con
rene at Lyons Monday morning with
Judge R. N. Hardeman presiding and'
Solicitor Walter F. Gray looking after
the interests of the state.
Several important cases are to be
tjied at this term, some civil and some
criminal.
It is expected that It will take at
least two weeks to dear the docket.
JTETHODIST ladies to
OBSERVE WEEK OF PRAYER
The ladles of the Methodist church
will observe the annual week of
prayer on Friday afternoon of this
week at 3:30 o’clock with an interest
ing combined program consisting of
every feature usuailly rendered in the
afternoons of every day in the week
pet aside for this purpose.
A lot of preparation is being made
by those who are to rend'er the pro
gram and because of the interesting
numbers this service, under the lea- i
dership of Mrs. W. C. Mason, will be
profitable to every one.
All the ladies are urgently request
ed to be present at this time.
COTTON HAS REACHED
THE NEW HIGH MARK
i
HE BALE BROUGHT SI,7OO—WAS
BOUGHT BY FORREST ADAIR—
fIRST RAISED IN GA. IN 1922
PROCEEDS GO TO HOSPITAL.
ATLANTA, Ga., —Cotton has reached
the new high mark of $3.44 a pound in
Atlanta.
One bale, weighing 500 pounds,
brought $1,700. It was Georgia grown
cotton, sold at public outcry, and!
Forrest Adair, nationally known At
lanta business man, was the auction
eer. The proceeds went to the Scot
tish Rite Hospital for Crippled Child
ren.
The scene was on the main floor of
the Atlanta Commercial Exchange.
One hale of cotton, the first raised in
Georgia in 1922, grown in Tift Coun
ty, near Moultrie, Ga., was shipped to
Atlanta by express to the Atlanta Com
mercial Exchange by the Georgia Cot
ton company for the grower. It was
received at the exchange on July 18.
On July 19 It was sold at auction for
50 cents a pound, being bought by J.
J. Williamson, of the well know firm
of Williamson-Inman.Stribling Com
pany The proceeds went to the grow
er; the bale was given by Mr. Wi-11-
iamrm to the Crippled Children’s
Hospital.
Now another auction lias just taken
place. Half a dozen times it was pur
chased, at prices ranging from st>
cent? to 26 cents a pound. In each
instance it was returned to the Child
ren V Hospital, only to he reauctioned
*>y Mr. Adair.
John Manget, Atlanta cotton man,
is the present owner of the muoh-ex-
Ploite,. bale, and anneunced that he
wa- as yet undetermined as to what
he would do with it.
The Scottish Rite Home for Grip
ped Children, started through the ef
forts of Dr. Michael Hoke, Forrest
Adair, Sr., and other leading Shtlners,
*ome years ago. is now recognized as
01 >e of the largest and best equipped
! institutions of its kind in the United
States it was the pattern for a num
*)®r of similar hospitals which have
been established In various parts of
country by national Shriners; In
i * act ’ the idea of establishing these
hospitals was obtained' from the At-*
'nnta hospital and action for a nation
movement was decided! upon at
a meeting by a national board, of
*hich Forrest Adair wag elected
•^airman.
The Lyons Progress
HUNTING SEASON OPENED
MONDAY NOVEMBER 20TII
ATLANTA, Ga.—As the hunting sea
eon opened Monday with ideations of
an abundance of game throughout
Georgia, J. Frank Rhodes, commiss
ioner of game and fish, called atten
tion to an error in a recent newspa
per article which stated that a hunter
must have a federal license.
The only thing necessary to hunt in |
a county where the hunter resides, he j
said, is a county license costing $1 '
and a state license costing $3 entitles
the hunter to pursue his calling in
any county in the state.
Commissioner Rhodes said reports
to his office show an abundance of j
game, especially in South Georgia,
where quail and duck are plentiful, l
with lots of duck and! geese along the
coast
“Georgia’s reputation aa a game
state is rapidly spreading throughout
the country,” he said.
REV. PHARR GOES
TO Wfl YCROSS
TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL CON
FERENCE OF THE METHODIST j
CHURCH. —SPLENDID PROGRESS
MADE DURING THE YEAR.
The Lyons Methodist Church has
just closed a year of progress and ;
prosperity and the pastor, Rev. Theo j
Pharr, left Monday for Waycross to
attend the annual conference, carry
ing a report that will show all the
financial obligations of the church
paid fn full and a larger number of j
accessions to the membership than
the church has ever had' in any one j
year. Every department of the church •
I
is thoroughly organized and plans are j
in process of execution to make the
coming year one of even greater pro
gress.
i
NUMBER OF GA. WOMEN
WILL GO TO FRANCE
MISS EMILY WOODWARD, EDITOR
VIENNA NEWS, YICE-PRES. OF
GA. PRESS BEING SPON
SORED BY SLOAN PAPER CO.
The Good Will elections for the
American Committee for Devastated
France, which will send al arge num
ber of Georgia girls and women US
France next summer, is being carried
to a’.l the towns of Georgia thru the
candidacy of Miss Emily Woodward,
Editor of the Vienna News, Vienna,
Ga., and Vice-President of the Georgia
Press Association.
Miss Wood'ward is being sponsored
by the Soan aper Co., of Atlanta. The
Georgia Press Association heartily
endorsese Miss Woodard’s nomination
by the Sloan Paper Co., and each lo
cal editor is asked to accept appoint
ment on her campaign committee to,
secure votes in their communities, to
insure her election.
Almost all of the candidates, thirty
two in number are from the city of
Atlanta; but Miss Woodward will se
cure her votes from the state at large,
and because of the wide appeal of her
campaign, it is expected that she will
have no difficulty in being elected, in
spite of the great following of a large ,
number of the candidates who have
entered from Atlanta.
Miss Woodward’s Atlanta head
quarters are located In the offices of
Sfoan Paper Co., 18 Central Ave., and
this company is acting as her cam
paign manager in Atlanta.
The Good Will Elections have as
' their aim the raising of funds to sup
port the work of the American eom
i mittee in the devastated regions of
! France. MF-s Anne Morgan, daughter
■ of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, is the
• active director of this work, and in
t the past five years, she has been able
[i to accomplish a tremendous amount
of good for the suffering and porer-
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 23 1922
Mrs. W. H. Felton Takes Oath
As First Woman U. S. Senator
AFTER ONE DAY, GRAND OLD
LADY DOFFS HER TOGA—UNAN
IMOUS CONSENT OF SENATORS
MAKES CEREMONY POSSIBLE.
j
WASHINGTON.—Mrs. W. H. Felton,
of Georgia, took the oath of office to
day, as the frist woman United States
i Senator.
It was true that her term probably
will be only for a day but the cere
money crowned with success the ef
forts of the 87-year-old' lady and
made to "blaze the path of American
womanhood” in the Senate and it was
indicated that she would be content
to step aside tomorrow in favor of
Walter F. Georgle, who was elected
November 7, as her successor to fill
the unexpired term of the late Sen
ator Watson. It was to the vacancy
caused by his death that Mrs. Felton
was appointed last September to serve
until the November elections.
The seating of Mrs. Felton attracted
a crowd to the Senate which rivaled
that which greeted President Hard
ing a ahort time before at the House
where he addressed Congress in joint
session. And she wap at once show
ered with congratulations.
When sJie was directed to proceed
to the rostrum for the administering
of the oath of office, her face broke
into a smile. On the arm of Senator
Harris, of Georgia, and lifting her
gown daintly, she walked down the
center aisle and up to the Vice Presi
Real Farm Population; Less Than
Third of People Are In Agriculture
To have the exact figures on farm
population state by state, which the
census bureau has published for the
first time this yoar, is distinctly a
step in the right direction, in the
opinion of Dr. C. J. Galpin, of the Uni
ted' States department of agriculture.
A further detailed report, county by
county, would give us the much need
ed basic facts with which to make
studies of changes in farm population,
Dr. Galpin says.
“Thus we would know better how
to make basic computation for the
purposes of economies, education and
financial questions affecting our farm
population.”
According to Dr. Galpin the so-call
ed “rural population” must be distin
guished from “farm population,” as
“it makes a difference in the judge
ment of anybody who dlcusses the ag
ricultural situation whenever he is
ty-stricken farmers and small village
residents who lost all their possess- |
ions in the war.
In order to cast a vote for Miss
Woodward, it is necessary to contrib
ute ten cents to the American com
mittee. If a dollar is donated, Miss
Woodward receives ten votes; ten dol
lars counts as a hundred votes, and
so on. It is expected that fully fifty
thousand dollars will be raised in
Georgia during the election period,
which endsi on December 1.
The number of delegates elected de
pends upon the amount of money rais
ed. It is expected that fully ten or
twelve women of the state will join
the delegation to France ne!xt spring.
All expenses of the delegates are paid
and they are officially received by the
| French government while on thefjE
trip.
Full dally details of the election are
printed in the Atlanta Journal, which
hi sponsoring the campaign for the
state. The amounts collected by each
candidate can be read each day in the
Journal.
The editor of this paper has agreed
1 to act as Miss Woodward’s represont
tative in this town. Local people who
want to make contributions, no mat
ter how small, to the work of Ameri
can committe, can send' or bring their
contributions to this office. Inciden
i ta’ly, these contributions will be cre
. 4He'„ to Mira Woodward’s total and
dent's desk, where Senator Cummins'
of lowa, president tempore,, was pre
siding.
Saintes Presiding Officer
As Senator Cummins motioned for
her to raise her right hand she ex
hibited her only eign of unfamiliarly
with the proceedings, waved her hand
to Mr. Cummins and smiling as if re
ceiving a similar salute. Senator Har
ris nudged her arm, however, and
then she raised it, gazing Intently at
Senator Cummins aa the oath was de
lieverd and giving her response in a
low voice.
The seating of Mrs. Peßon bad been
expected in view of the tracit agree
ment of Senate leaders to interpose
no objection in the fact of possible
technical precedents as to her status
after the election on November 7 of
her successor, but for a time today
it appeared as though such objection
might be offered and definite aesur
ance that the oath would be admin
istered was not reached unitl a delay
of two hours.
The principal delay was due to an
address of Senator Walsh, Democrat
Montana, in support of her claim.
This address, which was not on the
program, went into the precedents in
volved in the proposed course and at
first gave the impression that the
Montana Senator was opposing Mrs.
Felton’s claims. But later Mr. Walsh
swung into strong support of her
position, declaring that her title was
clear and that granting it should not
be considered a favor or a chivalrous
act.
thinking that the so-called rural pop
ulation’ is responsible for farming, r
whether he is thinking of the people
actually living on farms who do the
farming.
“Slightly less than 30 per cent of
the population of the United States
live on farms. It does not help agri
culture in any way for the people to
keep thinking that there are more than
51.400,000 people engaged in farming
when the fact is that there are about
20,000,000 less, or only a little more
than 31,000,000.
“We have made great progress in
collecting and studying the statistics
of agriculture with respect to farms,
Sands, crops and live stock, but we
have neglected to show the same care
in gathering and analyzing statistics;
with respect to the people who live
upon farms and constitute the body of
actual farm producers.
will play a large part in insuring hear
| election.
The people of this town and county
ha\te been very liberal in the past,
and the editor hopes that the town may
be able to make a substantial contri
bution. It is especially hoped that
the candidate who is representing the
J state at large may be successful in.
spite of the heavy competition from
the Atlanta candidates.
Miss Woodward is one of the best
known newspaper women in the South
She is a woman of much ability and
personal charm, and her election to
the delegation will gfve the Georgia
representatives one of the most cap
able and gracious women who could
be selected to represent the state in.
France.
$5.00 REWARD
For information or return of one
male bob tailed pointer dog, name
Dan. Lost or stolen from Lyons Nov
ember 16th.
S. J. Henderson, Lyons.
I
. BOX SUPPER AT ZADIE
> SCHOOL NOVEMBER 30TH
A box supper will be held at Zadi©
School house Thursday night, Novem
_ 1 ber 30th. AU the girls art? requested
1) to bring boxes for sale..
S. L HUSSEY AND SON
HAVE ATTRACTIVE WINDOW
Again the firm of S. I. Hussey A
Son furnishes the people of town with
something novel and timely to look up
on in the form of a unique window
trim carrying out the idea of the sea
son in its nature.
This time “Guyce” has, very effect
ively, arranged a trim which carries
one out into the myriad-colored woods
with hunters well supplied with guns
and shells lead in advance by a pack
of eager dogs going forth to claim the
feathered sopil of the wild woods.
Also in the window can be seen a
tiny log cabin which gives one the im
pression that it has been deserted
only a little while by the hunters, who
have taken their abode there for a
season of pleasure.
Such talent In window trimming is
very rarely demonstrated in a town
the size of Lyons.
TOOMBS CO. CROP
PASS 8100 MARK
CENSUS REPORT SHOWS 8,048
BALES GINNED TO NOV. IST—
MONTGOMMERY COUNTY TO
TAL RUNS TO 6,504.
The cotton crop in Toombs county
this year has safely passed the 8,000
bale mark, figures issued by the cen
sus department showing 8,048 bales
ginned in this county up to Novem
ber Ist. For the same date last year
the figures were 4,819.
Figures for the state and for other
counties in this section are given as
folows:
1922 1921
The State 632.370 735,843
Montgomery 6,504 3,262
Thttnall 5,048 3,227
Telfair 9,282 4,662
Emanuel 14,468 11,355
Candler t 4,137 3,689
Figures for Wheeler and Treutlen
counties were not given in this report.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
DAIRY ORGANIZED
MEETING HELD AT
COUNTIES WERE REPRESENTED
—NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
The Twelfth District Dairy Associa
tion was organized at Dublin, Ga.,
I November 9th, with the following of
ficers:
W. R. Jackson, Wtightsville, Preei
d«nt.
S. D. McNeely, Adrain, Vice-Presi
dent.
J. F. Hart, Jr., Secretary.
Six counties were represented at
this meeting, and’ a very interesting
and instructive program was render
ed.
The purpose of the organization is to
promote the dairy industry, and to
give helpful instructions to those not
informed on subjects of interest, how
to select a good' dairy cow, how to
feed and care for them, and the grow
ing of permanent pastures, were the
chief topics at this meeting. The
meeting was Well attended and all ,
were well repaid for going. An in
vitation is extended all dairymen, how
ever ppnall, to join the association,
and they can do so by applying to the
Secretary. There are no dues.
Meetings will b© held quarterly and
will be rotated la the counties repres
ented in the oaembership. The next
meeting will be held' in Johnson coun
ty.
OHOOPEE COMMUNITY CLUB
Our regular meeting was held ©n
last Friday afternooa.
Owing to the absence of Mrs. L. V,
Thorpe we only bad a social meeting
which wasi enjoyed by the few mem
bers present.
Our next meeting will be held at the
school house on the first Friday in
December. All member? wl'l be
pr’.’*LL
THE LYONS PROGRESS I
A Progressive Paper In A I
Progressive Town— J
LYONS, GEORGIA j
Subscription SI.OO
5 NEGROES BREAK
OUT TOOMBS JAIL
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT—BSC APB W
BREAKING HOLE THROUGH HI
WALL WITH WINDOW WEIGHT
NO TRACE FOUND OF THEM.
Last Friday night between the hoar*
of dark and daylight Saturday morn
ing, five negroes who had been con
fincd in the Toombs County Jail for
stealing and breaking In stores, kept
their record of “breaking'’ by
their escape from confinement by
punching a hole through the wall dt
the Jail with * window ewight, gob
ten In their possession by unknowh
means, and making good their escape.
It ia not known by what mean*
they reached the ground from the up
per story where they were confined
but it is beilieved that they tied
sheets and blankets together using
these for this purpose.
Jailer Hendricks stated that they
were all in a "pen” except one and he
belives that with his assistance they
got away.
FIE SUPPER AT MARVIN
SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT
There will be a pie supper at Wftr
vin school Friday night, November
24tih. The proceeds are to be uped
painting the Marvin church.
By your going out to the supper
you will not only have a good time
but will help a good cause.
MILLIONS ARE DRIVEN
EROM ASIA MINOR
BY TURKISH MILITARY FORCES—
e *
KING OF GREECE, THANKS TKB
AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR IT#
AID—PEOPLE SUFFERING.
WASHINGTON.— Upon the quick
charity of America largely depend*
the fate of a million Chlrstlans drive*
from Asia Minor by Turkish military
forcen it is declared at National
Headquarters of the American Red
Cron. Greece either will be a sepul
chre or a place of rebirth for theee
stricken people, whose desperate
plight is further depicted in a cable
gram received by the Red Croes from
Vice Chairman A. Ross Hill who I*
directing relief" work from Athens.
King George, of Greece, through Dr.
Hill, rent thanks to the Red Cross
for its aid and expressed the apprecia
tion of his nation to the American
people. The Red Cross is rapidly per
fecting its organisation In Greece said
Dr. Hill’s mespage, which went on to
state: •
‘‘Hundreds of thousand of refuge*
are filling the Greek cities and islands.
These consist largely of mothers with
children who. v;ith eld people, are sole
remnant of ( i flourishing popula
tions driven 1 to sea by the Turks.
The«e miserable women, cold, hungry,
despairing, shelterless*, walk the
streets with babies clinging to their
skirts. In many refugee centers wo
men who lofat sons and husbands gas*
from leaden eyes, life over. Tbeir-
Httle ohildren are only hostages i*r
the future of that element of Greek
people who first established them
selves in Asia Minor three thousand
years* ago.
“In many barracks children, and old
people He day and night, file* eating
at sores on their bodies and faces,
their future black.
"King George thanks the America*
Red Cross for its help s>nd extend*
the appreciation of hia nation tfr Hi*
American people.
“Smallpox la spreading from om*.
concentration camp to another. Mean
while Greece is * waking new floods
of refugees. Tb* race Is on between
American Red Crosa supplies and
these fresh shipload of people. The
Greek gavemia*t has te’egr i a
renreaeet?.*L»*•<» ill ».■ -.metrics srkinsi
• ... 4 v-'•*"■'t hety trc-fli cverjr flV^>’£ ’Qr