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Vol 20. No 20
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES ON
SPLENDID CLASS WILL BE GRAD
UATED FROM LYONS HIGH
SCHOOL THIS YEAR JUDGE
HARDEMAN TO MAKE ADDRESS.
Commencement exercises of tne
Lyons High School will begin Friday
night, with the annual drama present
ed by the Oratory department .the ex
ercises ocming to a close next Wed
nesday night when Judge R. N. Harde
man, of Louisville, will make the
graduating address and diplomas will
be awarded the graduates.
The graduating class this year
numbers twelve, all of whom have
made fine records in this high school
work. The senior class is composed
of the following:
Misses Lnßlanche Corbitt, Eunice
Coursey, Pauline Godwin, Elizabeth
Graybill, Sade Mason, Grace Pughsley,
Rebecca Wilson, Marion Williams, Xel
lie Clare Woodle; Messrs Lee Kinard,
Johnnie Lott, Paul Page and Herman
Usher.
The commencement sermon will be
delivered by Rev. A. D. Uoodle, pas
tor of the Lyons Baptist chu> ch, Sun
day night at the School auditorium.
Monday evening Miss Lucile PhillidS’s
expression class will give a program
and Tuesday evening Miss Etheleen
Pafford’s music pupils will give an
operetta.
NEGRO FARMER KILLED
IN DUEL NEAR VIDALIA
ONE DEAD AND ONE MORTALLY
WOUNDED, AFTER ( LASH WITH
Gl \s— QUARREL IS STARTED
TENANT.
Willie Sharpe and Jim Stone, both
industrious negro landowners, met in
the public road near vidalia Tuesday,
quarreled and shot each other fatally.
Sharpe well dead in the road, and
Stone is wounded mortally, with no
hope of recovery.
The neg'oes quarreled over one of
their tenants.
Sharpe, who operates a large farm
was carrying two revolvers, reports
say. When the argument graduated
into a clash he shot stone, wounding
him. Stone jerked the weapon away
from his antagonist and shot him to
death with Sharpe’s own weapon.
Sharpe fell to the ground almost im
mediately, but with his' other weapon
continued shootfng at Stone until both
guns were empty. Sharpe died in a
few minutes. Stone was able to get
in his buggy and drive three miles to
Vidalia for surgical attention. Doc
tors say he will not live.
Both negroes were known as good
citizens, owning their land and oper
ating it at a profit.
FREEZE DAMAGE SERIOUS TO
ORCHARDS IN THIS COUNTY
The home orchards and few com
mercial peach orchards of this county
were hurt worse by the freeze than
appeared at first. Only about two
varieties, the earliest ones, have
enough fruit on them to pay for spray
ing the trees in the commercial or
chards. The later varieties had al
most all of ther fruit buds kittled so
the fruit here will be short this year.
Geo. H. Finor, orchard specialist
from the State College of Agriculture,
was here last week looking over the
commercial and home orchards and
reported the damage here worse than
any other county he had been in. He
is conducting demonstrations on car
ing for fruit orchards in this county
in co-operation with'the county agent.
ORATORY DEPARTMENT TO
STAGE DILAMA FRI- EVENING
The Oratory Department of the
Lyons High School will stage their
annual Drama “Patty Makes Things
Hum” at the School Auditorium Fri
day evenin, May 18, at 8:30 o’clock.
Your presence is desired. Admis
sion 10 and 20 cents.
The Lyons Progress
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
Another Decoration Day This Month
LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS
SENATOR HARRIS ON TOUR
ATLANTA. Ga.—U. S. Senator Will
iam J. Harris 'is the first senator to
make a tour of the entire state of
Georgiai n a year when there was on
election and reports reaching here
today tell of the large audiences
which greet him throughout South
Georgia. He is giving an account of
his stewardship during the first four
years of his term and discussing leg
islation passed by congress, as well
as plans for measures at the next ses
sion. In many places a rising vote of
approval is given his record.
Senator Harris plans to visit every
section of the State before he returns
to Washington for the next session of
Congress. On June 2nd he finishes
hls present itinerary. He will by that
time have visited each of the sixty
five counties from the Florida line
north.
Mrs. Harris and daughter, Miss
Julia Wheeler Harris, will join the
Senator in June in Georgia upon the
completion of their daugter’s school
term.
EGG FLAVOR DEPENDS
ON FEEDS GIVEN HEN
Most people believe that if an egg
is reasonably fresh it will be per
fectly satisfactory. Although fresh
ness is a cardinal virture in an egg,
the quality of taste is almost equality
important.
Fowls that are fed upon clean,
wholesome food will seldom lay ill
flavored eggs.
Eggs from hens that are compelled
to forage over the farm and are sup
plied with very little grain are like
ly to be flat in flavor, except during
the time of year when there is an
abundance of green stuff. It is dif
ferent when hens are kept in yards
and have their feed supplied to them.
Eggs become tainted when hens
get their feed from manure heaps, or
their drinking water from cow yards.
Ordors and flavors in an egg may
be even caused by dirt that has got
ten on the shell. For this reason
cleanliness in the nest and houses is
essential.
Flavoring comes from feeds that
contain volatile oils, such as onions,
garlic, leaks, turnips, rape. etc. On
ion, for instance, are a healthful feed
for fowls, hut if fed regularly and in
large quantities they give the egg aft
onr'on lavor.
Prime, clean food and an abun
dance of pure, fresh water will almost
always insure eggs of good flvor, if
the fowls are healthy.
MRS. TOM WATSON, OF
THOMSON, GA., EXPIRES
THOMSON, Ga., May 14.—Mas.
Thomas E. Watson, widow' of United
States Senator Thomas E. Watson, of
Georgia, died at her home here at 11
o’clock tonight from an attack of
acute diabetes. IS
LYONS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 17 1923
School Census Show
Slight Gain for County
MIGRATION OF NEGRO FAMILIES
RESULTS IN FIGURES FOR
COUNTY BEING LESS THAN EX
PECTED.
Due to a considerable migration ot
negro families the school census for
Toombs county, recently completed,
shows a gain of only 335 children ot
school age in the county in the 5 year
period since 1918, when the last cen
sus was taken| For 1923 the total
number of school children in the coun
ty totals 4723 as against 4391 in the
county in 1918.
Figures by districts for 1923 and
for 1918 are as follows;
District 1923 1918
Vidalia • 720 526
51st Dist. outside of city 660 570
1715th Dist. 148 174
43rd Dist. 632 663
15215 t Dist. 438 429
Lyons 267 IS9
1536th Dist. outside of city 526 595
39th Dist. 444 467
1403rd Dist. 492 423
1192nd Dist. 203 345
*l77oth Dist. 196
Total 4726 4391
♦Created since 1918.
Districts showing gains are Lyons,
Vidalia, 1521 and 1403.
Distrcts showing losses are 1715, 43,
39 and 1192.
Os the 4726 children of school age
in the county, 3350 are white, the col
ored children totalling 1376.
Sixty three white children in the.
county over ten years of age are un
able to read, while 112 colored child
ren over ten years are unable to read.
The census shows one colored child
in the county who is blind, 2 white
chtfdren who are deaf and dumb, three
white children who are cr'ppled, eight
white children who are feeble mind
ed, 2 colored children who are feeble
minded.
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LITTLE CREEK CLUB NEWS
Thursday, May 10, Mrs. Thonpe met
with our club liere. On account of
stove failing to get here in time for
this meeting we failed to begin our
baking. Some of the ladies continue
to work on their hats. At out? next
meeting we will make muffins, light
bread and biscuits. Mrs. Thorpe ur
ges all members to be present and
bring one pint each of sweet and sour
milk, little sugar, salt soda and lard,
so we can start with our cooking.
Look out other clubs, we’re coming
along nicely. Several of the club
members have tomato blooms.
vola Collins, Cor. Sec.
MILK WEEK MAY BE
A PROFITABLE CROP
VALDOSTA. Ga. —The Tecent state
ment of chemists that the milk weed
growing prolificiy in ttais section of
the state forms the basis for the man
ufacture of rubber, materials has ex
cited much interest here.
Former .Governor Albert W. Gil
christ, of Florida, on a recent visit to
Valdosta, learned that four varieties
of this weed grow in this section with
out cultivation and a little attention
would produce a wonderful yield pei
| acre.
Governor Gdlchrist expressed the
belief that this plant will form the
basis for rubber in the future.
Cotton for the fabric of automobile
tires is raised in South Georgia and a
factory has been established in Quit
man. If the same climate *'ill pro
duce the material for the rubber, it
is stated that this section of the state
furnishes an alluring prospect for
further manufacturing interests.
Mr. BOWEN W RITES CARD
Mr. Editor:
Will you please allow me a space
a few lines concerning the school.
As I heard about fifteen our young
boys are not going to attend school
here another term if the same Supt
erintendent is elected for another
term in Lyons, and that is not build
ing up our school, it seems at that, It
is going down.
I do not think that the teachers have
the interest in the students that they
ought to have. They seem to think that
they can go out and plow, are work at
the saw mill without any education.
That is a mistake, for the farm boys
need the best of education. Why not
give all the hoys the same chance, as
there seemjs to be several boys In
Lyons out of school on this account.
The Board of Education ought to ad
just matters some, before another
term. Lets have a good school and
get all the boys in school.
Yours for a good school in Lyons.
F. L. BOWEN.
Advertisement —
ICE CREAM—Buy your ice cream
bread and cake at real wholesale
prices for your picnics and barbecues.
Smith Bros. Bakery, Vidalia. Mayl7
In Texas
Tourist—Say, friend,’ why is that
high chimney standing alone in that
field?
Native —Stranger, that ain't a chim- 1
ney. You see w-e have quite a few
syclones here in the summer and the
last one turned that well wrong side •
out.
J. D. MALLARD IS SWORN IN AS
SHERIFF OF COUNTY LAST WEEK
JUDGE HARDEMAN VACATES BE
STRAINING ORDER, AND MR.
MALLARD MAKES BOND AND IS
SWORN IN AS SHERIFF.
Acting on the suggestion of a num
be- of county attorneys, who pointed
out that a sheriff was badly needed
last week to serve paper,s for the com
ing term of the superior court, Judge
R. N. Hardeman on last Wednesday
night signed an order vacating the
restraining order previously signrd
on the application of attorney for C.
W. Culpepper, the restraining order
enjoining Ordinary Hagan from ac
cepting bond from Mr. Mallard and
swearing him in as sheriff.
Following the receipt of the order
by O dinary Hagan Thursday, and the
tender of a satisfactory bond by Mr.
Mallard, the latter was sworn in as
sheriff by the Ordinary and at once
entered upon his duties.
No hearing on the restraining order
was held in Louisville Monday, but'
Ordinary Hagan, C. W. Culpepper and
a number of local attorneys will go to
Louisville Saturday for a hearing on
the mandamus proceedings brought
by ttorneys for Mr. Culpepper.
Ejection ( all Not Issued
"While Ordinary Hagan has decided
to call the special election to name a
sucessor to Sheriff Culpepper to
June 20th, the order for the election
has not yet been signed and will
probably not be signed and published
by the Ordinary until after the hear
ing in Louisville Saturday.
BUTTS COUNTY ADOPTS
PROSPERITY PROGRAM
ATLANTA, Ga.—A pennant pros
perity program has been adpoted in
Butts county, of which Jackson, Ga.,
is the county seat.
“The Cow, the Sow and the Hen
keep steady cash coming in” is the
fighting slogan of the Kiwanis Club.
Here are some of the things Butts
county has set about to have:
Abundant food and feed crops on
every farm. Make every farm self
sustaining and self-supporting.
Permanent year round pasture on
every farm. Ten to twelve acres
planted in Bermula, Carpet grass, Dal
las grass and clovers.
A minimum of five dairy cows, 100
hens and two brood sows on every
farm.
Plant soil building crops. Have
something green growing on the farm
all the year. Legumes and cover
crops will put fertilizer factory on ev
ery farm. Rich land means rich far
mers.
Consolidated schools and better edu
cational facilities. Consolidated
schools means fewer buildings, equip
ped with the latest appliances, well
paid teachers of experience and abil
ity and greater efficiency. (
Better farm homes, equipped with
modern comforts and conviences, bet- (
ter barns and buildings, all painted. ]
The development of scientific mar
keting. .
More small farmers and home own
ers.
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LITTLE CREEK CLUB NEWS <
:
Mrs, Thorpe met with us as usual i
Thursday. We were disaplointed ’<■
about our bread work, as our stove
had not come, although we were busy
learning to taten and enjoyed the
after-noon very much playing games
and singing. i
Remember our next meeting, Thurs- «
day, May 24. I am sure our stove will
be here by that time. We will make 1
different ki'nds of bread. Each mem- *
ber is required to bring salt, sugar,
soda, lard, corn meal, sweet and sour <
milk. Every member is urged to I
come, and all visitors are invited. 1
Queen Edawnds, Cor. Sec.
CHURCH NOTICE
Church services at' Bethel church <
will continue through this week and ■
probably longer. Rev. Fred St. Clair. <
of Berkly, Cal., and Rev. Walter 1
O’Harra, Benton, Orgeon, are doing i
the preaching. The public is cordial- s
lv in vited to attended these sevtfes.
Subscription SI.OO
SHRINERS’ CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.
First Assistant Postmaster General,
Washrington, Ma# 8, 1923.
Plans are being made to provide
ample special postal service in Wash*
ington for the thousands of Shriners
who are planning to attend the con
* vention June 5 to 7.
1 Stations for the delivery of mail
and the transaction of gther postal
business will be established at the
headquarters of the several temples
! represented at the convention. A
I •
general post office for the special
‘ convenience of Shriners and other
r»
visitors attending the convention w'ill
be established on Pennsylvania Ave
-1 nue, between Eleventti and Twelftu
Streets, to be known as the Shriner
post office. These stations w'ill be
k
open between 8 a. m. and 12 o’clock
’ midnight.
5 Mail for visiting Shriners and ethers
k
should be addressed to the hotel, the
street address of the house where they
are stepping, or in care of the temple
with which they are connected, or
should be marked “Shriner.” Mail
1 bearing a specific address, such as a
hotel O" street number, will be deliv
ered accodingfiy. Mail addressed in
care of a temple wfll be delivered
from the station at the heaquartora
of that temple. All other mail bear
ing the word “Shriner” will be deliv
ered from the Shrine post office. Un
less mail is specifically addressed by
one of these methods, Sririners may
fail to receive it during their brief
stay in Washington.
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LYONS WINS FROM
COLLINS 7 TO 4
FIRST game: of the season be
ing PLAYED ON LOCAL DIAMOND
MONDAY AFTERNOON—TO HAVE
OTHER GAMES SOON.
Lyons baseball team opened the sea
son here Monday afternoon by defeat
ing Collins 7 to 4, in an exciting game.
Collins took the lead in the first inn
ing by making three runs on cwo hits
and four errors. After this inning
the Lyons boys settled down and the
visitor were unable to get only one
more run during the game. Lyons
made one run on a hit and an error in
their half of the first, added five more
in the third inning and one in the
fourth.
George Brown, playing third for
Lyons, was the star of the game.
With the bases full he laid down a
pretty bunt in front of the plate that
almost upset he visitors,, bringing in
one run and getting safe himself. He
also relieved Coleman, who had been
going good up to that time, and pitch
ed a good game.
Score. R. H.
Collins 4 6
Lyons 7 8
Batteries: Collins, Jones and W'ar
ren; Lyons, Coleman, Brown and
Wimberly.
The line up as the Lyons team ex
pects to play this season are:Thomas,
cf; Coleman, ss; McNatt, 2b; Godwin,
lb; Brown, 3b; Coleman, If; McNatt,
rs; Wimberly, c; Coleman, Williams
and Brown, p.
THE WHILE AWAY CLUB
The W’hile Away Club met with
Mrs. Lankford last Friday afternoon
at 4 o’clock.
A short business was held and Mrs.
Dess Gray was made President and
Mrs. Lankford vice president.
After the meeting an interesting
contest was held, and Mrs. Usher won
the prize, after which a very delight
ful ice counse was served.
BOOSTERS’ NOTICE
There will be a special call meeting
of The Lyons Boosters Club at the
Masonic Hall next Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o’clock, May 22nd. All mem
bers are urged to be present, as there
is business of importanre to Tans**
acted.
S J. HENDERSON. Pres, j