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LYONS—
\ Good Town In A Good
County.. -Work For A Better
And A Greater TOOMBS.
Vol 20 No 4
HOC SALE AT
LYONS FEB. 14
\LL PAST SALES HATE BEEN SUC
CESSFCX— LIST HOGS WITH CO.
AGENT EARLY INDICATIONS
GOOD FOR CLUB WORK.
The next cooperative Hog sale for
Lyons is set lor Feb. 14th. That date
seems to be about the time that a large
number of farmers want to dispose of
some fat hogs.
The past sales have all been suc
cesses and have helped the farmers
in getting a more direct market for
their hogs.
The hardest part of all -is knowing
how many hogs ar e coming in. Far
mers can assist greatly by calling the
County Agent at 75 Lyons and letting
him know exactly how many to ex
pect.
Then in case anything turns up so
that it ds not convenient for you to
bring yours be sure to call him up
several days before the sale and let
him know about it. That will be a
great deal of assistance to him and
will give him more time to devote to
securing markets for other produce
for the farmers.
Boys Pig and Corn Club
We will have a good big pig and
corn club this year if all the indica
tions turn out to be true.
We want every boy between the
ages of 10 to 18 who is interested in
livestock or farming to poin one of
these two clubs and (to send his name
in to the agent at once.
Boys should get busy with their
acres right away and get them in
good shape for this year. We want
yields much larger than we had last
year and at less expense per bushel.
Lets make this the banner year for
the club boys of this county. What
do you say Club Boys of last year and
new ones of this year?
C. G. Garner, Co. Agent.
Hundreds Attending Sixteenth
Annual Conference In Athens
SOULE AND CONWELL ADDRESS
REPRESENTATIVE PLANTERS,
BANKERS, MERCHANTS EDI
TORS ON PROGRAM.
With the principal addresses by Dr.
Andrew M. Soule, president of the
Georgia Stable College of Agriculture,
and J. E. Conweil, president of the
Georgia Cotton Growers” Co-operative
Association, the sixteenth annual
Farmer's Week and Agricultural Con
ference began at the State Agricultu
ral College in Athens Monday after
noon. Several hundreds farmers, bus
iness men and bankers attending.
Others who spoke at the session
Mond'ay-afternoon were M. C. Gay,
James W.. Morton, Jlfrs..M. E. Judd and
J. G. Oliver all of whom discussed
community organization. Monday night
Dr. Milton Jargigan spoke on the stock
industry and S’.’ B. Talley on Co-ordi
nating the Interests of the Producer
and the Consumer. A moving picture
under the direction of S. B. Talley
ended the evening’s session.
Among the prominent men who ap
peared on the program Tuesday were
G. F. Hunnicutt, editor of the South
ern Cultivator, presiding; Prof. J. H.
Wood, Marketing Poultry Products;
Profs. W. C. McCoy, Wooster, Gan
non acd Overton, discussing poultry
subjects; Chancellar David C. Bar
row, delievering the noon address, J.
J. Brown, State Commissioner of Ag
riculture, on the State Bureau of
Markets Program for 1923; L. J. Bal
lard, Sta|te Schorl Superintendent
elect, the Needs of Our Public School
System; George A. Malony, United
States Bureau of Entomology, Cotton
Production Under 801 l Weevil Condi
tions; H, E. Savely, extension field
director of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, talking to the county
agents; Roy Neal, editor of the Sav
annah Morning News, Functioning of
the Daily Press In Aiding the Solving
The Lyons Progress
MAN WANTED AS ESCAPED
MURDERER IS CAPTURED
J. W. Griffin, chief of the federal
prohibition enforcement agent? for
Georgia, and United States Marshal
George McLeod arrived in the city
yesterdaf from Toombs county where
they captured Willie Phillips, who had
escaped from the Toombs county jail
after being eonwicted of murder.
While capturing murderers is not in
the line of duty of federal officers.
Chief Griffin and Marshall McLeod
took the escape into custody when he
attempted to flee a? the officers ap
proached a deserted shack. Chiief
Griffin gave chase and soon caught
Phillips who had been at liberty for
several days. The prisoner was turn
ed over to the Toombs county sheriff.
The escape was convicted for com
plicity in the killing of the son of a
prominent physician of Lyons. An un
usual fact connected with the killing
for which Phillips has been convicted
is that the other two men arrested
for the crime also made their escape
from another jail and have not been
apprehended.
The two officers also arrested four
violators of the national prohibition
law' for manufacturing whiskey. The
accused men gave bond before Com
missioner Richter yesterday—Savan
nah Morning News.
SERVICES AT METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY, REV. J.
F.. SAMPLEY TO PREACH
Services at the Methodist Church
Sunday morning and evening. On
Sunday morning Rev. J. E. Sampley,
pastor of the Vidalia Methodist church
wiU fill the pulpit for Rev. Theo
Pharr, the pastor, and in the evening
the pastor will preach.
Subject—“ Evangelistic."
Sunday afternoon preaching at
Ohoopee by the pastor, 3:30. Every
body invited to these services.
ißev. Theo Pharr will preach at W
dalia for Rev. Sampley, this being a
mutual exchange.
of Rural Problems; R. M. Stniplin.
secretary of the Southeastern Fair,
How the Southeastern Fair Helps the
Farmer.
Speaks On Cotton Production
Cotton Production for 1923, was the
subject of the address by Dr. Soule, in
which he pointed ou,t that raising cot
ton in the United States must not be
| abandoned, and that in order that the
best resuls may be obtained in the
face; of the boll.weevil there are cer
tain thingei that the farmer must keep
in mind. They are; Use of Calcium
arsenaje to pot;soothe weevil; prepa
ration of the ground, including deep
ploughing; selecting of seed; consid
eration of the staple as' regards qual
ity and length; and the intelligent use
of fertilizer.
Dr. Soule spoke of crop diversifi
cation and* urged that it' be continued,
but with is continuance he would not
having raising of cotton abandoned.
He said that during the past year for
! every $3 made by Georgie farmers,
two came from diversified crops in
cluding stock raising, and the third
came from the fleecy staple.
He advised the planting of from six
to /ten acres' of cotton to the plow
and no more. He stated that Geor
gia should produce 1,200,000 bales this
year and recommended the method of
( marketing employed by the Georgia
■ Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Asso
ciation.
His speech was the keynote one of
the entire week and was received with
enthusiasm by those who had gath
ered for the conference. He will be
heard at other times during the week
on various subjects that are to come
up and he will be the central figure
of the conference.
Mr. Conwells’ address outlined the
great work that the Georgia Cotton
Growers’ Co-operative Association is
doing and proposed to do. His mes
sage was well received, and was well
co-ordinated with the message that
Dr. Soule had delivered Just in ad-
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. .TAN, 25 1923
GEORGIA FARMERS
TO GET ARSENATE
SEN. WILLIAM J. HARRIS HELPING
—HOPES TO DISTRIBUTE IT AT
ACTUAL COST—SODIUM NITRATE
AND CALCIUM ARSENATE.
A communication from Senator Will
iam J. Harris’ secretary, Cranston
Williams, received to day answers a
question raised by a good many far
mers in the state in respect to the
proposed distributllon of nitrate of
soda and calcium arsenate under the
$10,000,000 revolving fund, provided
for in the South joint resolution pass
ed last Saturday ;in the Senate, with
an amendment by Senator Harris pro
viding for the inclusion of calcium
arsenate.
It has been a question whether or
not, under the proposed operation
through the federal department, of ag
riculture, the d'stribuyon would be on
the basis of actual cost to the govern
ment of the material, or whether it
would be on a continued competitive
bid basis, as has been used by the
War Department in handling .its sup
ply of nitrate of soda. JVlr. Williams
says:
“The resolution, which is now before
the House agricultural committee, pro
poses to create a $10,000,00 revolving
fund to purchase and sell to farmers,
at cost, sodium nitrate and calcium
arsenate. The measure is through the
Senate and action must be had in the
House now, before it can go into ef
fect.”
The pending resolution provides:
“That the President 'is authorized
and directed to procure or aid in pro
curing such stocks of nitrate of soda
and calcium arsenate as he may deem
to be necessary and find available for
increasing agricultural production
during the year 1923, and to dispose
of the same at the total cost to the
government, payable in advance. For
carrying on the purpose of this joint
resolution there is hereby appropriat
ed out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, available
immediately and until expended, the
sum of $10,000,000, or so much there
of as may be necessary, and the Pres
ident is authorized to make such reg
ulations and to use such means and
agencies of the government as in his
discretion he may deem best. The
proceeds arising from the disposition
of the nitrate of soda and calcium ar
senate shall go into the treasury as
miscellaneous recepits. provided, that
the sum herein appropriated and the
proceeds arising from the disposition
of the nlitrate of soda and calcium ar
senate may be used, at the d’seretion
of the President, during the calendar
year 1923 as a revolving' fund for the
purposes herein named.”
WORK BEING DONE
ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
APPEARANCE OF GROUNDS WILL
BF. IMPROVED WHEN WORK IS
FINISHED—MB. USHER INTENDS j
TO LEVEL CAMPUS.
Work toi mprove the appearance of
the school grounds is being done and
already the campus look much better
than before the work begun.
AH day Saturday plowing was done j
by pupils and various persons inter- J
ested in this work.
It is Mr. Usher’s intention to seo to
it that the campus is made level and,
no doubht, the grounds will be made
more attractive before the work is
completed, by shrubs, evergreens
and varieties of shade trees and sum
mer flowers.
LOST—Four Hogs, one lrage red
sow with sboats. Marked crop in
each year.
ltp. Rufus Hardy, Lyons.
vance of his In which Dr. Soule
praised the methods being employed
by \t*e Cq-<as*rattve Asmlatjiqu,
COTTON SEED
FOR FARMERS
I
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1 CONGRESSMAN W. W. LARSEN HAS
900 ONE-QUART PACKAGES TO
i DISTRIBUTE to FARMERS OF
j TWELFTH DISTRICT.
The following letter received from
Congressman W. W. Larsen, of Wash
ington, relative to distribution of sam
ple cotton seed to farmers of the 12th
district, should be of interest to the
farmers of Toombs county:
■
Sample Colton Seed for Distribu
tion Bv Congressman Larsen
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has alloted to me, for distribu
-1 tion among the farmers of the Twelf
th District, for the coming year. 900
one-quart package of cotton seed.
It is the opinion of the Department
of Agriculture that the one-quart
package is of sufficient size to enable
satisfactory preliminary trial of the
variety in comparison with others
grown in the locality.
After conducting the test for one
year, if the farmer Binds the seed sat
isfactory and so desires he can obtain
j from the Department for next year
! one-half bushel of the same variety of
seed. This should enable him to pro
duce sufficient seed for practical pur
poses wtithin two years.
To obtain the additional one-half
bushel of seed next year, it will be
• necessary to send to the Department,
, at the end of this year, about one-half
dozen bolls of cotton grown from
j seed sent, and to submit detailed re
’ port of results obtained In accord
ance wHth instructions forwarded with
the sample package.
go long as available, I will be glad
to send one-quart package of seed to
[ each farmer who desires it and will
j write for same. Department distribu
tion will close February 28th; hence,
those who desire seed should write
■me at once. Remember that those
who come first will be served first,
and it may be impossible to fill late
applications on account of supply be
ing exhausted.
Faithfully yours,
W. W. Larsen.
j POSTMASTER C*. f. MOSLEY AT
TEND MEETING IN ATLANTA
! Postmaster C. C. Mosley and Mr. W.
, J. Paulette,employee of the local post
j office, returned Sunday night from
Atlanta w'here /they attended a meet
ing of the postal employees of the
! state.
Several high post office officials
j were present.
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1923 COTTON CROP
8,357 FOR TOOMBS
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TOOMBS COUNTY GAINS OVER 3,000
BALES OVER 1921 CROP—STATE
AS A WHOLE 87.0000 BALES LESS
THAN 1921 CROP.
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A report of the cotton ginned in
1 Georgia made public by the Depart
| ment of Commerce, through the Bur
! eau of the Census, gives Toomtts
i County 8.357 bale? as compared with
1 5,123 in 1921.
; This shows a very substantial in
; crease in view of the fact that the boll
weevtil did a great deal of damage to
the crop.
The state as a whole lost something
over 87,000 bales in 1922 as compared
with 1921. The total number of bales
/ ginned in Georgia in 1922, 730,696 —
1921, 817, 176.
i like new, that £as been used less than
eighteen months, that I will sell for
one-half of what the price Is today.
Piano can be paid for at the rate of
$2.50 per week. Address J. B. P. O-
Box 1222. Savannah, Ga.
••I have a pAm looks ard p’ftH
TAKfi THESE WITH
YOU THROUGH 1923
If you stay home in the evening you
are afraid of your wife.
If you go out in the evenling you are
a rounder and a bum.
If you spend money you are foolish,
extravagant, a nut.
If you hang on to your money you
are a tightwad, a car-window, an egg.
If you admire beautiful women you
are a trifler, a flirt, a home-wrecker.
If you do not admire beautiful
women you are a mormon and a moss
back.
If you own a car you are a spend
thrift and are putting on a lot of airs.
If you don't own a car you are a
back-number, a hick and a flatwheeler
If you wear stylish clothes you are
a dude and a cake eater.
If you wear sloppy clothes you are
a slouch and shiftless nonentity.
If you walk fast on the street you
will bring on blood pressure.
If you don’t walk fast you will have
fatty-degeneration and gout.
If you go to church you are a busi
ness seeking hypocriate.
! If you don't go to church you are
! a heathen and a bad example.
If you make a lot of money you are
j a crook and several kinds of grafter.
If you don’t -make a lot of money
I you are a simp and an incompetent.
And so, as’ •’somebody has said,
-r
what's the use trying to please?
| GEORGIA LEADS U. S. IN
MEMBERS FOR A. LEGION
j Georgia leads the entire United
States in percentage of members en
rolled in the American Legion for
1923 as hompared with the 1922 mem
i bership, according to announcement
made in Atlanta by B. P. Gambrell,
/ commander of Atlanta Post No. 1 of
the American Legion. The position
of Georgia so early in the year as the
head of the list of states tin point of
membership is particularly note
worthy for Georgia now holds the nat
ional trophy for membership award
ed last year. The record this year
may keeD the cup in the the state.
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Toombs County Farmers Are
Busy Preparing For New Crop
MANY ARE PLANNING TO REDUCE
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COTTON ACREAGE THIN YEAR —
GROW SOME OF ALL CLASSES
OF CROPS IN 1923.
.
Farmers in Toombs county are was
ting no time.this year getting down to
work preparing for the new crop. Re
ports from all over the country are
that more land is being broken, farms
are being prepared faster, and all are
hard at work getting ready to do their
best for a big crop this year of prac
tically every kind of farm product.
As to the acreage in cotton, no one
can tell just now, but there is a divi
sion of opinion as to the ampunt
Some think the acreage will be in
creased, others think it will not.
There are some farmers who will cut
the cotton acreage this year, as*other
crops are promising for being profit
| able. Some of the large farmers of
the county have already said that
they wnuld not plant half as much
cotton this year as they did In 1922
and others who say that they will 1
! plant just twice as much, so it re- 1
hajns yet to be seen just bow much
' will be planted.
Every other crop is going to get a 1
generous acreage in Toombs. Corn 1
is going up in price; peanuts are high 1
er than in two years; velvet beans
are up high: butter fat is at a record
height; diversified products of all
kinds offer a profitable market, with
the esult that farmers are going to
work this year determined to take ad
vantage of the higher prices for theftr
produce, and grow some of all classes
; of crops.
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FOR SALE—New Ford truck with
large body and cab. Used very little.
' a bargain for someone. Will take
good note as part payment. See at
once.
8. J. Hemdergop or R. H DeW“ ; lt,
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THE LYONS PROGRESS
A Progressive Paper In A
Progressive Town—
LYONS, GEORGIA
Subscription SI.OO
WILIIE PHILLIPS
CAPTURED FRIDAY
AFTER BEING AT LIBERTY EOJt
SEVERAL MONTHS HE IS NOW
WORKING OUT SENTENCE ON
TOOMBS COUNTY ROADS.
Last Friday, whale out hunting
moonshiners, J. W. Griffin, chief of
the federal prohibition enforcement
agenjtsi for Georgia, United States
Marshall George B. MceLod, and
Sheriff C. W. Culpepper, captur
ed Willie Phillips, who was convicted
several months ago in Toombs Super
ior Court for the murder of Otis
Holmes and sentenced to serve from
8 to 12 years. After appealing for a
new trial Phillips made his escape
from the Toombs Jail and had* been
at Liberty for several months.
Phillips was caught by the three
officers above Vidalia. While they
were approaching a deserted
shack Phillips emerged and . gave
them a very merry chase through the
field until Chief. Griffin proved his
superiority as a foot racer by catch
ing hiim before he mad'e his escape.
The prisoner was turned over to
Sheriff Culpepper who immediately
transferred him to County Warden J.
B. Johnson who had ap ositlion await
ing hiim on the Toombs County Roads.
It will be remembered that Phillips
was tried jointly with his two broth
ers, John D. and Colon, and Fulton
an<J Foster Williamson. The two lat
er was given a sentence of rom 15 to
20 years and wbyle they were in the
Treutlen County Jail awaiting the oat
come of an appeal for a new trial they
made their escape and have not been
apprehended yetf. John D. and Colon
Philllpe were released from jail after
giving bond. *
PREACHERS MEETING TO BE
HELD AT EASTMAN MON'-
DAY JANUARY 29TH
The Preachers’ meeting and Miss
ionary Institute of the Mcßae Dis
trict will be held in Eastman, Ga.,
beginning Monday, Jan. 29th, 3:30
and closing Tuesday aiternoon.
Rev. Theo Pahrr has been assigned
the subject of “The pastor and his
relation to the Womans work.”
CO. agent garner attending
FARMERS’ WEEK IN ATHENS
County and Mrs. C. Q.. Ga
rner left Sunday for Athens to attend
the sixteenth annual “farmers’ week
agricultural conference.”
Mr. Garner expects to be away the
balance of the week, returning horn,*
Sunday or Monday.
MR. S. L HUSSEY RETURNS FROM
VISIT TO FATHER IN FLA.
Mr. S. I. Hussey returned Saturday
morning from Newberry, Fla., after
spending several d'ays at the bed side
of hia father who i* very ill.
Mr. Hussey stated 1 that when he left
there Friday hi 3 father appeared to
he somewhat improved but was shill
in a critical condition.
WILL GRIND TEL YET BEANS
Beans ground for cow feed at $5.09
per ton, or can mix beans with corn
on shuck and grind at same price.
Grind any day, as fine as you want
it. Mill located on Lyons- Vidalia
Public road. M. M. COLEMAN, Jr.
STRAYED — One sanded sow taken
up at my place about three months
ago. Swallow fork in right, swallow
fork and under bit In left. Owner can.
get same by paying t r the expense
qt B'id advert! ing.
j W, h Lyons, o*.