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LYONS—
A Good Town In A Good
County.. Work For A Better
And A Greater TOOMBS.
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Vol 20 No 3
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
FOR jIRST NAT.
MEETING HELD MONDAY AND OF
FICERS ELECTED FOB THE YEAR
—DEPOSITS AMOUNT TO SIOO,-
OOOjOO—OWE NO MONEY.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Flret National Bank,
held Monday, resulted in the old of
ficers being re-elected to serve the in
stitution for the ensuing year. The
reports of the officers showed that the
bank had enjoyed a very prosperous
year ant.' a five per cent dividend was
paid.
The bank has on deposit approxi
mately $100,000.00, and owes no money
The following directors were elect
ed: L. O. Benton, of Monticello, H. T.
Newiton, D. E. Coursey, I. Q. Coleman,
C. A. Rogers, H. T. Newton. B. B.
Newton.
The directors elected the following
officers: W. P. C. Smith, President;
H. T. Newton, Vice-President; S. J.
Henderson, Cashier; D. R. Newton,
Bookkeeper.
FLOGGING PRISONERS
NOT LAW VIOLATION
ATTORNEY GENERAL GEORGE M.
NAPIER, THINKS LASH IS VIOLA
TIVE OF SPIRIT OF CONSTITU
TION—IS NOT INDICTABLE.
Attorney General George M. Napier J
has handed Governor Hardwick an
opinion on the subject of unconstitu
tionality of the practice of flogging
prisoners, in which the attorney gen
eral holds that, while the practice
does hot constitute an indictable
crime, it is, nevertheless, violative of
the spirit of the Constitution of the
State.
Recently correspondence was had
with the Governor by members of cer
tain prison reform organization? of
the State, in which the point was
raised by a lawyer-member that the
Constitution prohibits whipping or ban
ishment as punishment for crime.
This declaration was referred by the
GoFernor to Attorney General Napier
for study and opinion. In concluding
his opinion on the subject, after cit
ig the laws bearing in the subject, Mr.
Napier aay»:
“In my opinion, the whipping of fl
convict, where deemed necessary to
subdue or control him, administered*
under regularly adopted rules of the
prison commislon, is not such a vio
lation of the law that the same would
be Indictable; yet it seems to be in
violation of the spirit of the consti
tuton of Georgia.
Now Law Banning Lash
This contary apparent fact exists,
Mr. Napier explains in discussing his
rrpinon, because of the fact that, al
though the constitution implies a pro
hibition or corporal punishment, an
indictment can not be brought on
allegation of a crime based on the
constitution, in the absence of a crim
inal statute. There is no law which
says there shall not be flogging or
whipping convicts, but thg law c.oes
say that the Prison Commission shall
have the power and authority to make
up and promulgate, upon approval of
the Governor, such rules as it deems
necessary and proper, for the hand
ling and disciplining of convicts, and
those rules permit the use of the lash,
despite the fact it appears to be re
pugnant to the The cor
rection, the Attorney General says,
may be reached in two ways, one that
the Legtelcjture can enact a specific
law forbidding whipping in convict
camps, or, the other, that the Gover
nor may decline to aprove the rules
promulgated by the Prison Commis
sion, on the ground that, containing
a provision for whipping convicts, he
believes such rules to be repugnant
and centrray to the spirit of the con
stitution.
Another point that may be raised
in the premises, but wh ch has not
yet been raised, la in the fact lhat
The Lyons Progress
JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY MEET
BE HELD AT McRAE FRIDAY
McRAE, Ga. —Lee’s borthday will
be celebrated Friday at Mcßae with a
rally for the Jefferson Davis Highway
The meeting will be held at the court
house at 2 p. m.
The State Highway Department will
be represented at the meeting by
Chief Engineer W. R. Neel and Con
struction Engineer H. G. Smith, who
will deliver addresses.
Invitations are being mailed out by
s
Isador Gelders, secretary of the Jes-.
ferson Davis Highway Association. He j
Is urging everyone to attend.
Don’t Burn Woods
For Weevils; Keep
Fires In Cotton Field
Indiscriminate burning of woods
for boll weevil control or for any oth- :
er purpose is being strongly discourag
ed by Dr. W. E. Hinds, entomologist
fort he Alaboma edtension service, In
answering inquiries on this subject.
Dr. Hinds points out that the burn
ing of trash anc. 1 grass on ditch banks
and improperly kept terraces adjacent
to and in cotton fields is advised, but
otherwise fires should not be used.
In answ’ering a recent inquiry from
J. H. McCollister, of Birmingham.
Dr. Hinds said: “I have studied very
closely the matter of movement of
weevils from cotton fields to sur
rounding areas, before, during and
following time of killing frosts. My
general conclusion i 6 tha,t 95 per cent
of the weevils in the fie’ds remain on
the cotton stalk or rubbish in the
fi,elds until after killing frosts occur.
Then upon warm days they may be
active to a considerable extent within
the fields and some weevils move
from the field areas for winter shel
ter. However, this movement is only
a small percentage of the weevils.
“Therefore, we do recommend the
burning over of ditch embankments
adjacent to the cotton, and such rows
that cannot be cleaned up otherwise,
but do not advise a general indiscrim
inate burning over of woods as a
measure of boll weevil control.”
Aisde of destroying very few boll
weevils, Dr. Hinds adds that forest
fires do a great deal of damage by
destroying young timber, leaf mold,
and in other ways, and that we should
carefully guard against rather than
promote them.
STOCKS OF SWEET
POTATOES I,N STORAGE
Storage stocks of 2,895,060 bushels
of sweet potatoes on December 15,
1922, are reported' to the United States
Department of Agriculture by 1,272
sweet potato© storage-house* in 22
States. Storage stocks December 15,
1921, in the houpes reporting were 2,-
985,000 ‘bushels. The bulk of the po
tatoes reported in most of the States
are in commercial warehouses but in
a few States a number of reports
from farm storage-houses are includ
ed.
Increased storage stocks are shown
in New Jersey, Driware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carloina, and South
Carolina. Decreased stocks are shown
in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississ
ippi, Louisiana, Tennessee. Arkansas,
Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana,
Illionis and New Mexico. The stor
age capacity of the houses reporting
was 6,496.000 bushels in 1922 compar
ed -wiith 6,179,000 bushels in 1921, an
increase of about 3 per cent. The to
tal storage capacity reported repres
ents about one-half the total storage
capacity of the country.
This is the frist sweet potato stor
age report in a new service establish
ed by the United States Department of
Agriculture with a view to giving pro
ducers a more comprehensive idea of
♦ho marketing situation. The next
report will be issued as of March 1,
when an effort will be made to obtain
returns from a larger number of
houses. Thereafter it is contemplat
ed to issue the reports monthly.
the prison rule? are not ■ revised- huS
re-approved with each change ri S ate
administration; bv each puceeung
Governor
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. .IAN, 18 1923
PEOPLE OF LYONS ARE DRINKING
DANGEROUS WATER IS REPORT
IS UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMP
TION—STEFS ARE BEING TAKEN
BY MAYOR G. H. McBRIDK TO
PURIFY WATER.
A report from the Georgia State,
Board of Health, Division of Sanitary
Engineering, Atlanta, showg that af
ter envestigating the water supply of
all tow-ns in Georgia, eleven over the
entire state have a dangerous water
supply, Lyons being one of the un
fortunate number. It also shows that
our town ha# not in the past year giv
en the State Board of Health any co
Farmers Meet To
Open January 22
NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKERS
TO TAKE PART IN PROGRAM
FULL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED—
WILL CONTINUE 6 DAYS.
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Assembling several hundred farm
ers, bankers and commercial men
from all over Georgia, and a galaxy
of nationally known speakers from all
parts of the United States, the sixteen
th annual Farmers* Week and Market
ing Conference will begin in Athena
at the Georgia State College of Agri
culture Monday afternoon, January 23,
and will continue through the follow
ing Saturday, January 27.
A.'l the railroads in the State of
!
Georgia have offered reduced rates for j
the time of the conference, and offi- j
cf-als of the institution arranging for ;
the conference say that it will be the J
mosj far reaching conference on agri- j
cutural subjects ever held in the j
South.
The two main products that will be ,
taken up wj'th the hope of reaching
a plan that will offer a reasonable
solution are marketing an product
ion.
In connection with the growing of
cotton,, it will be pointed out that
despfct© the damages being done by the
boll weevil, this crop must not be
abandoned. It will be demonstrated
that ttirough the scientific use of cal
cium arsenate, the proper preparation
of the ground, inclnding deep plow
ing, selection of good' seed, and con
sideration of the length and strength
of the staple, cotton can be grown re
gardless of the Inroads by the boll
weevil.
The complete program of the con
ference including addresses by men of
prominence from all over the nation,
is hereby announced and is as follows:
Monday Afternoon Session, 3 P. M.
Invocation —Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor
First Presbyterian Church, Athens.
Ga.
Address of Welcome —Dr. Andrew
M. Soule.
The Georgia Cotton Growers’ Cot
operative Association —President J E.
Con well.
Commodity Organization—M. C. Gay,
James W. Morton and Mrs. M. E. Judd.
Discussion led by J. G. Oliver State
I
agent.
Evening Session, 8 P. M.
Dr. Milton J. Jarnigan, Presiding.
Co-ordinating the Interests of the j
Producer and the Consumer —Hon S.
B. Talley.
Moving Piqtures in Auditorium in
charge of Prof. C. A. Crabb.
Tuesday Morning Session
9 A. M.-IS A. M.
Hon. G. F. Hunnicutt, editor Sontb- (
ern Cultivator, presiding.
Marketing Poultry Products—Prof.!
J. H. Wood.
County Poultry Breeders’ Associa-;
tlons—Prof. W. C. McCoy.
Poultry Judging Demonstrations in ;
separating, producing from non-pro-1
during birds, determining whether a !
hen is laying at present and estimat
ing past and future egg production j
—Prof. Wood, McCoy, Wooster, Gan- j
non and Ov^rton.
1 19 A. M.
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operation in relation to having regu
lar monthly analyses made.
In a letter to Mayor Mcßride, Mr. H.
C. Woodfall, Director of this divfsion
states that our water supply is “un
fit for human consumption, and may
at any time cause an epidemic of
some water-bourne disease.”
The following towns are those hav
ing polluted water supply; Boston,
Bronwood, Cornelia, Fairburn, Flow
ery Branch. Grennviile, Manchester,
Pembroke, Quitman, Trion and Lyons.
Mayor Mcßride has already started
the process of purifying our water
supply which undertaking will have
been completed at an early date.
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Uhauce-lor Davie C. Barrow, pre
siding.
Address: The State Bureau of Mar
ket’s Program for 1923—H0n. J. J.
Brown, CommissYoner of Agriculture.
The Needs of Our Public School
System—Hon. L. J. Ballard, State
School Superintendent-elect of Geor
gia.
Afternoon Session, 3-5 P. 3L
Director J. Phil Campbell, presid
ing.
Cotton Production Under 801 l Wee
viM Conditions—Hon. George A. Ma
loney, United States Bureau of En
tomology; Hon. Ira W. Williams,
Bureau of Entomology'.
Discussion by County Agents—Let. 1
by Hon. H. E. Stavely, extension field
! agent, United States Department of
j Agriculture.
Evening Session, 8 P. M.
I>r. A. G. Richardson, presiding
Function of Dally Press In Solving
j Rural Problems —Hon. Roy Neal, edi
| tor Savannah Morning News, Savan
nah, Ga.
Recent Advances tin Nutrition (Illus
trated Lecture)—Miss Mathews.
How the Southeastern Fair Helps
the Farmer—Hon. R. M. Striplin, sec
retary of the Southern Fair.
Wednesday Horning Session 9 u. u. 12
Hon. J. N. Harper, chairman soil im
provement committee, Southern Ferti
lizer Association, presiding.
Standards for Hays—Dr. John ft.
Fain.
Permanent Pastures for Georgia—
Professor Tabor.
Farming Plans for North Georgia—
Professor Westbrook.
F'arrafng Plans for South Georgia—
Professor Htmgerford.
Discussion by County Agents—Led:
by Hon. J. F. Jackson, agricultural
agent. Central of Georgia Railroad.
12:06 M.
Hon. C. A. Cobb, editor Southern
RuraKst, presiding.
Address, Cotton Cultivation in Bra
zi,’—Dr. Andrew M. Soule.
Afternoon Session, 3rOO-.lrdrt p. m.
Director J. Phil Campbell, presiding.
The Chamber of Commerce As a
Factor in Agricultural Development—
Hon. Roger Miller, secretary Chamber
of Commerce, Macon, Ga.
Club Work As a Factor in Agricul
tural Progress—Hon. 1. W. Hill, Wash
ington, D. C., in charge Boys’ Club
Work.
Round Table- Discussion—Lee 1 by G.
V. Cunningham.
Evening Session, 8:60 p. m.
Hon. James W. Morton, presiding.
Co-operative Marketing of Farm
Crops—Hon. Carl Williams, president
Cotton Growers’ Exchange, Dallas,
Texas.
Thursday Morning Session, 9 a. nu, 12-
Prof. H. P. Stocky, director Oeor
| gia Experiment Station, presiding.
Terracing Demonstration* Profs,
j Guy L. Smith and Broach.
Potato House Construction —Profs.
Fain and Clegg.
The Invertasc Method of Syrup
j manufacture —Prof. Lowery,
12:00 M.
"Dr. L. G. Hardeman, presiding
; Address —Hon. Clifford M. Waftkef.
j Governor-elect of Georgia.
; Afternoon Sesskjp, v:00-;>‘Q« 0, a*
I DKIVK-TO-THE-RIGHT
POSTS PIT UP IN LYONS
A number of novel reminder? to
“Drive-To-The-RJght" are being put
up in various parts of town. Instead
of posts they are Joints of Sewerage
Pipe filled with soil in which will
be planted flowers to deflight the eye
of those who pass by and at the same
time ornament the streets.
This idea was conceived by the
Worth-While Club, by whose effortß
the flowers will be planted at an early
date.
It is understood that this club has
other plans outlined by which Lyons
will be beautified.
Teachers Institute !
To Be Held John
son Corner Feb* 10
On Saturday, February 10th, the
teachers of Toombs connty will hold
their mon/hly Institute at Johnson
Corner High School, beginning at ten
o’clock.
The followigg program will bo ren
dered :
I—Devotional—Rev. H. J. Eason.
| 2 —Recreation and' Play—Prof. W. L
I Downs. '
i 3—Tak on Phonics —Miss Lizzie
Lee Walden.
4 The Importance of Diacritical
Marks in Punctuation —Prof. Martin.
5 How r to Teach English, and some
Common Grammatical errors of today
—Prof. J. Z. Morris.
6 Financing the School—Round
Table Discussion.
Mrs. C. N. Walker
Mrs. G. FJ. Usher
J. R. Webber,
Program Committee.
LOCAL BANKS TO CLOSE
FRIDAY JANUARY 19TW
Both the First National and the
Toombs County Bank will be closed
all day Friday, January 19 in com
memoration of the birthday of Robt.
E. Lee, is being a legal holiday.
Patron 3 of each bank will take no
tice and govern their banking business
accordingly.
AGENTS WANTED
To sell Garden Seeds on Commis
sion. Big Pay. Write for plan and
terms*.
VkJaHa Seed Company.
115 Mclntosh Street, Vtdaflla, &«. ltp.
Director J. Phil Campbell, presiding |
FNekle Crape Other Than- Cotton — :
Dr. John Ifc Fain.
How We Made a Succeed of Dairy
ing In Turner Connty—Hcml George |
T. Betts, Aabbnrn, Ga.
Commercial Fruit Growing—Dr. Ly
man, B. Ceeder, Baldwin; Ga.
Round Table Discussion by Count)*
agents.
Evening Session p. n.
Dr. John R. Fain, presiding
Stabilizing the Dairy Industry—
Jrof. J. A. McLean, Chicago, 111. j
Financing ,the F’armer —Major If 8.,
Hunter, president Georgia Bankers’
Association.
Experiments in the Use of Calcium
Arsenate in Controlling the 801 l Wee
vil—Hon. A. E. Grantham. Richmond,
Virginia.
Friday Morning Session, sfu iu» 12.
Prof. S. H. Starr, director Coastal-
Plain Experiment Stallion, Tlfton, Ga«.
presiding.
Demonstration in the Grading and
Packing of Fruit and Vegtablos and
Making Sprays—Profs. McHajtton,
Firor, McKay, Harvey and Hufrittg
ton.
12:0* M.
Mrs. James IS. Hays, president
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
presiding.
A Man’s and a Woman's Job in the
| Community—Mtb. James S. McfCim
mon. State agent. Home Demonstra
tion Work of North Carolina.
The Interest of the Georgia Feder
ation of Women's Cluh« in Home
Demonstration Work, Georgia Fecer
a»ion of Women’s Clubs,
Afternoon Session 3:00-1:00 p. m.
Miss Mary E. Creswell, presiding.
Co-ordination of Agricultural and
IT. .roe ~ abr»* f ••••> -SR ■ • Jftoe !?•
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THE LYONS PROGRESS
A Progressive Paper In A
Progressive Town—
LYONS, GEORGIA
Subscription SI.OO
DEPOSITS INCREASE
TOOMBSM. BUNK
approximate gain or iwmmmmw
OVER DEPOSITS I* IWfi—OFFI
CERS ELECTED—BUSINESS OUT
LOOK GOOD FOR SEW TEAR.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Toombs County Bank
hefd recently ft was shown that th«
deposits in 1922 had an aproximat*
gain of $50.000.00 over 1921.'
The following directors were elect
ed to serve for the coming year: W.
A. SfcJVatt, R. L» Page, Dan Odom, G.
W. Lankford, A. P. Thomas, E. J. Gila*
W. T. China. The directors erected
the following officers: W. A. McNatt,
President; R. L. Page, Vice-President;
W. T. China, Cashier; Edwin Thomas,
Asst Cashier; Mrs Mae Sumner, Book
keeped.
The directors as a whole expressed
: themselves as being very optimistic
for a good business year in 1923.
The bank paid a ten per cent divi
i dend and increased the surplus fund
! from $7,000.00 to $7,500.00
DON7 STOP CROWING
COTTON IN GEORGIA
ADVISES F. C. WESTBROOK, OF
THE GA. STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRr-CAN RAISE FAIR CROP,
DFSPITE THE BOLL WEEVIL.
Deapite the dr-mage that the boll
> weevil has done in Georgia within the
past few years, the growth of cotton
■ in this state must not be abandoned',
it was declared in an annuail survey
by Prof. E C. Westbrook of the Geor
gia State College of agriculture, were
made public in Athens last week.
Fair Crops
This reoort shows that with the
1
proper precautions, including the sci
entific use of calicum arsenate, deep
plowing and preparation of the
ground, selection of good seed, and
attention to the length and quality of
the staple, a fair cotton crop may be
grown- regardless of the inroads
the boll weevil 1 makes.
Pea*tit Crop
Peanuts was the most money prop
tor- Georgia farmers durtng the past
year, the surrey states, and’ amen*
other things that kept the Georgßi
agriculturalist in fond* were the
poultry and stock industries, raising
alfalfa, popcorn and other small crop*
falling under the head of diveraiiMt
farming.
Facia* Shortage
Because of a brief which is being
circulated that the world 1« facing a.
shortage of rawr cotton, there is a dir
tinet movement on toot to encourage
and extend the cultivation of oottoa
in couotrie other than the United
States, declared Dr. AndVew M. Soule,
president of the Georgia State College
of Agriculture, in Athens who issue*
the warning that if America is te
hold her supremancy as the cottoa
producing nation of the world she
must cultivate her crop on a purely
scientific basis, which means the les
sening of the acreage materially, and
doubling or trebling the present yield.
McKiramon, W. G. Middlebrooks and
Mrs. Myrtle S- Sibley.
Discussion by County Agents—Led
by Mrs. W. A. Worsham, Jr., afid Miss
Lois P. Dowdle.
EvoXng Session BUB p. ®,
Dr. T. H. McHatton, presiding.
Address, Brazilton Manners and
Customs —Dr. Andrew M. Soule.
Social gathering and reception to
visitors.
Saturday Morning Session 9 a. m. It
H B. Ralls, Jr., president Georgia
Swine Growers’ Association, Ashburn,
Ga„ presiding.
Demonstration in Judging and Grad
ing Hogs—Profs. Jarnagin. Gay. Cor
ner, Liddei <
Dls M -sicn led hi- Hon RQla'iiJ Tyr
io flailway.