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Vol 20. No 22
SUPERIOR COURT
NOW IN SESSION
CRIMINAL BUSINESS OCCUPIES
ATTENTION of court this
WEEK— CIVIAL BUSINESS FOR
next WEEK.
The May term of the Toombs su
p e rior court convened Monday morn
ing, with Judge R. N. Hardeman
presiding. No grand jury was sum
moned for this court, and after con
vening court Judge Hardeman called
the criminal docket. Civil business
will occupy the attention of the court
next week.
The call of the criminal docket re
sulted in a large number of defend
ants who were out on bond failing to
answer their name, and Judge Harde
man instructed Sheriff Mallard to
arrest all defendants who failed to
appear and either put them in jail or
require double the amount of bond
on which they had originally been
given their liberty.
Cases tried up to Wednesday noon
are given below.
Libel for divorce; Rudd vs Rudd;
divorce granted both parties.
State vs Wilbur Walker; possess
ing whiskey; guilty. Case appealed.
State vs Ephram and Soli Canady;
disturbing divine worship; plead
guilty. Not fined.
State vs Bob Barnes; possesing
whiskey; mistrial.
State vs Brurst Linder; assault
with attempt to murder; mistrial.
MEETING OF LYONS
BOOSTERS CLUB
The next regular meeting of the
Lyons Boosters Club will be held in
the auditorium of the City Hall on
Tuesday night, June 5. The room
has been cleaned up, there will be
good light and plenty of chairs.
We have been trying to have a
meeting for several weeks. Two
meetings have been called and no at
tendance each time. The members
of the club must back the officers
and the aims of the club or the money
and time we have already spent will
have been utterly wasted. It is a
club of the business men of Lyons.
It should be the purpose and pride of
every member to attend every meet
ing night unless prevented by sick
ness. For or five men can do noth
ing without the backing of the whole
club.
No more call meetings will be an
nounced. Our regular meeting
nights are the first and third Tue.J
day in every month. The first Tues
day night we will meet at the City
Hall. The third Tuesday night at
Elberta Hotel until further notice.
Now lets all get together and at
tend these meetings. Remember
Tuesday night June sth.
S. J. HENDERSON, Pres.
NOTICE '
Jefferson Davis birthday being a
legal holiday which occurs on Sun
day June the 3rd, the banks in the
County will observe Monday the 4th
ns a holiday.
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| JUNE
FORMER SHERIFF CULPEPPER
AGAIN OFFERS FOR SHERIFF
Former Sheriff C. W. Culpepper
this week make formal announcement
of his candidacy for sheriff of
Toombs county in the special elect
ion that has been called for June 20th
Mr. Culpepper states in his card that
he has succeded in making arrange
ment to give an acceptable bond to
the proper authorities.
His formal announcement follows:
For Sheriff
To the Voter* of Toombi County:
I wish to announce to my friends
and the public generally, that I have
made definite arrangements to pro
cure a bond acceptable to the proper
authorities, in the even I shall be re
elected to fill the vacancy now exist
ing in the Sheriff’s office.
Since I am now sure of my ability
to make bond, and believeing I should
make this race in justice to my
friends who kindly elected me to
serve as Sheriff for four years, I
take this method of announcing my
candidacy for Sheriff in the approach
ing special election.
Thanking you in advance for such
support as you may accord me, and
assuring one and all of a fair and
impartial administration of the office
in the event of my election, I am
Yours respectfully,
C. W. CULPEPPER.
OCMULGEE DIVISION
JEFF DAVIS ASS’N
A meeting of the Jefferson Davis
Highway Association for the Ocmul
gee division will he held at Vidalia on
June 4, for the purpose of discuss
ing the ways and means of putting
through the proposed highway and
for such other purposes pertaining
to the welfare and the furtherance
of the Interest of the said Jefferson
Davis Highway.
The meeting will open at 10 o’clock
or as soon thereafter as possible; and
will transact such business as may be
brought before it, relative to the said
highway.
All cities and towns, as well as
trade bodies and all counties in the
territory that are interested in the
said Jefferson Davis Highway are
urgently requested to send represen
tatives to said meeting.
ORDER COLLECTION OF
TAXES ON HOTELS
Georgia tax collectors have been
instructed by Comptroller General
William A. Wright to proceed with
the collection of special taxes levied
against hotels, restaurants, cases and
lunch counters. The tax was recent
ly held constitutional by the Georgia
supreme court. It i£ assessed on a
sliding scale, according to the popu
lation of the city in which the busi
ness is located. !
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 31 1923
ALDEN S. ODOM IS IN
THE RACE FOR SHERIFF
Alden S. Odom, a well known cit
izen of the county, who has served
for many years as deptuy sheriff, is
announced by his friends this week
as a candidate for sheriff to fill out
the unexpired term of C. W. Culpep
per.
Mr. Odom comes from one of the
county’s most prominent families
is a native son of the county, and is
thoroughly competent to fill the of
fice. His announcement follows:
For Sheriff
Friends of A. S. Odom announce
his candidacy for Sheriff of Toombs
county, in the special election to be
held on June 20th, for the unexpired
term of C. W. Culpepper, and pledge
him, if elected, to administer the
affairs of the office in a manner
acceptable to the citizens 6f the
county, to the utmost of his ability.
3,000 Miles
In 28 Hours
AIR MAIL SERVICE PREPARES
TO ESTABLISH THROUGH SER
VICE FROM NEW YORK TO
SAN FRANCISCO.
Continuous Air Mail Service from
New York to San Francisco, 3,000
miles in 28 hours, will be established
by the Post Office Department in
July or August. To accomplish this
service, air mail pilots, for the first
time will fly nearly 1,00 miles, one
third of this transcontinental mara
thon of the air, in the dead of night.
These flights, with the exception of
one trans-Atlantic exploit, are the
longest sustained journey ever un
dertaken at night.
Air mail will leave New Yory City
just before noon to arrive at Chica
go at Sundown. From Chicago an
other pilot will take the mail and
start out pursuit of the setting sun.
Even the speedy plane cannot win
this race, but the pilot can hold' his
route, because a line of beacons will
light a path for him.
At Cheyenne, Wo., the mail plane
will come in with the dawn. Aurora
and her flying steeds having lapped
man’s swiftest message in the uneven
race. But the air mail is a game
contestant. Another pilot will take
the mail at Cheyenee, and aiming to
ward the high heaven wing, over the
rugged tops of the Rockies, over the
Sierras, down to the Golden Gate be
fore the sun drops below the horizon.
More than a year has been spent
in careful preparation for this ser
vice. Those who have directed the
work are confident of the success of
the venture. Beyond a doubt con
tinuous regular transcontinental air
J. E. THOMPSON, FORMER
SHERIFF, IS CANDIDATE
J. E. Thompson, of Vidalia, better
known to the voters of the county as
“Jule” Thompson, and who served
county as sheriff several years ago,
will be in the race for the unexpired
term of C. W. Culpepper.
Mr. Thompson is a popular citizen
and his former administration of this
important office gave splendid sat
isfaction to the people of the county.
He i% thoroughly familiar with the
duties of the office and if elected
will make the county an energetic
and capable officer. Below is found
his announcement:
For Sheriff.
To the Voters of Toombs County:
Having previously served the citi
i zens of Toombs county as sheriff,
and being willing to stand on my
open-book record during these ad
ministrations in office, I take this
method of announcing my candidacy
for the office of sheriff of Toombs
county .subject to the election called
by the ordinary for June 20th to
elect an incumbent for this office.
Being thoroughly acquainted with
the duties of this office, I feel com
petent to efficiently serve the people,
and pledge them my best efforts, if
elected. I earnestly solicity the sup
port of all good people of the coun
ty, both men and women.
J. E. THOMPSON.
TYPHOID WARNING IS ISSUED
ATLANTA, Ga.—A caution was
issued Monday by Dr. Sellers, of the
State Board of Health, to all Geor
gians who are making preparations
for vacation periods, and especially
in respect to students in colleges and
schools who are able to graduate and
go away, to make immediate provi
sion for the application of anti-ty
phoid serum. This is the time of
years, says Dr. Sellers, to make the
fight against that diesase.
Statistics in the state board show,
he says, that 7,000 people in the state
lost from 3 to 12 weeks because of
typhoid fever, and there were 715
recorded deaths from it. For 1922 :
the state board provided vaccine for
70,000 treatments.
mail service, if it fulfills hopes held .
for its possibilities, will be a mile
stone in the history of the aviation ,
arid an epic in the progress of trans
poration.
Air mail services has been in op- j
peration in the United States since j
May the 15th 1918, almost five years. ,
In five years the mail traveled55, 1
281,823 miles in the air. Traveled 1
4,623,115 of those miles with mail. <
Carried 160,473,600 letters. Cost 1
$4,295,967.69. Made 8,373 trips in i
fog, rain, hail and snow. Made 14,- 1
704 trips in clear weather. Main- i
tained an everage schedule perfor-,
mance of 90.39 per cent.
DAMAGE CAUSED
m CLOUDBURST
CROPS ALL OVER ENTIRE COUN
TY SUFFERS A GREAT LOSS
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES ARE
; WASHED UP.
A couldburst which hit Lyons and
S Toombs county last Sunday evening
did a great damage to the farms in
this section, and farmers are suffer
ing heavily from it. No wind of any
note, but a continous down pour of
rain for about four hours resulted in
much damage.
Some sections of farms are almost
a total loss, the high lands washed
away and the low lands covered with
sand.
Bridges were washed in several
sections and the roads made almost
impassable. Men that have lived in
Toombs county for the past 25 years
say that they have never seen such
a rain before. There was a small
washout on the S. A. L. Railway be
tween Lyons and Vidalia, on the
hillside where it has never washed
out before.
It was reported that Swift Creek
was the fullest it was seen before.
Cows and hogs were caught in the
rise and drowned. The rain began
about 4 o’clock p. m. and by dark the
creek was over the banisters on the
i bridge on the Lyons and Swainsboro
road two miles out of Lyons. •
The estimate damage to the grow
ing crops will go up to thousands, be
| sides the damage done to the high
ways, bridges and live stock.
I
EDITORS CHANGE PLACE OF
; MEET TO SEE SCOUTS
. ———
SOPERTON, Ga.—Plans are now
. under way to entertain the twelfth
: congressional district editors and the
I Boy Scouts of the same territory who
: will hold their meeting on the same
1 date, June 9. At a recent mass
meeting held at the courthoues a
committe of landing citizens were ap
pointed to make arrangements fot
this meeting and they are at present
. completing plans for the coming of
two of the leading organizations of
the district.
The editors were to meet at Vida
lia in June, but Editor Flanders, of
the local paper,' extended them an
vatation to change the place of meet
ing that they might see and enjoy
what the Scouts of their district were
doing. The morning hour will be
taken up by the editors’ meeting and
the afternoon will be given over to
Scout work when about 300 Scouts
will perform their many stunts. Sev
eral thousand people are expencted
to witness the Scout rally from sev
eral nearby counties.
The people of Soperton will serve
barbecue to the editors and Scouts
at the noon hour, alorig with a basket
dinner prepared by the women.
Plans also are made to care for the
Scouts that desire to come Friday
night.
MR. G. A. LINDER BRINGS
FIRST SWEET POTATOES
Mr. G. A. Linder who lives near
here, brought to the Progress office
two or three fine specims of sweet
potatoes. Though these were small
at this time of the year, but were
fine ones for this time of the season.
Mr. Linder says that he has several
acres of these potatoes, they being
the Big Stem Jersey, and hopes to
soon have plenty of fine sweet pota
toes.
NOTICE
To Citizen* of Toomb* County:
There is a law on the status of our
state requiring the advertisement of
a local bill about 30 days before, or
it cannot be submitted to the follow
ing term of the Legislature. There
fore, the purpose ofthis is to find
out if there is any one in the county
who hps an idea that would mean for
the betterment of our county, that
can be put into legislation. If you
have, please notify me at your earl
iest convenience, sothat it can be ad
vertised. I can be located any day
in Lyons.
Respectfully,
ENREST C. WIMBERLY.
Subscription SI.OO
EMANUEL COUNTY
MAN WOUNDED
NATHAN BIRD SHOT IN LEG BY
REVENUE OFFICERS WITH A
HIGH POWERED RIFLE—TAK
EN TO VIDALIA HOSPITAL.
VIDALIA, Ga. Nathan Bird,
about 30 years old, was brought to
the Vidalia Hospital last Monday
night for surgical attention by a
party of revenue raiders. Bird’s leg
having been shot through both bones
with a steel jacketed bullet from a
highpowered .45 calibre gun.
It is said that the wound was in
flicted on Bird in a battle between
the officers and other parties in the
neighborhood of a still which was
subsequently destroyed by the rev
enuers, the still having been located
in Emanuel county on the north side
1 of the Ohoopee river and about four
miles from Sitllmore.
Bird asked that his leg be saved, if
possible, and refused anaesthetics.
The surgeons at the hospital, it is
said, opened the leg and removed
about three inches of shattered bone
and repaired the place with a surgi
cal plate, which it is hoped will take
place of both bones in the leg, which
were broken and shattered by the
highpowered bullet.
It is reported that the revenue
officers destroyed on this occasion
one hundred and fifty gallon still
and equipment, and a full charge of
sugar mash, w'hich had just been
started.
TOOMBS COUNTY CO-OPERATIVE
CLUB MEETS IN VIDALIA
The Toombs County Co-operative
r Club was the guest of the Vidalia
i Woman’s Club Tuesday afternoon,
> the meeting being held at the scout
* house. The building was attractive
. ly decorated with baskets and wall
j vases of nasturtiums and sweet peas.
, Surrounding the punch howl were a
quantity of Dorothy Perkins roses.
On arriving the guests were serv
ed punch. An interesting program
was given, Dr. T. C. Thompson mak
ing a helpful and instructive talk
on Sanitation.
During the social hour an interest
ing flower guessing contest was en
joyed, Mrs. L. B. Godbee being de
clared the winner and being present
ed with a corsage bouquet of sweet
peas. The consolation went to Mrs.
Polk of Center.
Among the clubs represented were
Lyons, Center, Marvin, Big Spring
and Dry Branch.
During the afternoon an ice course
was served.
LIEUT R. R. COURSEY
TRANSFERRED TO GORDON
Lieutenant Richard R. Coursey,
adjutant of the military department
of Georgia Tech, under detail from
the regular army, will be stationed
at the Gordon institute, in Barnes
ville, during the next scholastic year
beginning Septemeber 1, according
to dispatches from Washington Sat
urday.
Lieutenant Coursey has been at
Teach for the last year and a half
and is one of the most popular young
army officers in Atlanta. He served
as adjutant of the department and
first assistant to the commandant.
He will be succeeded at Teach by
Lieutenant Thomas F. Joyce, infam.
try, now stationed at Porter Military
academy, Charleston, S. C., the dis
patches stated.
SOUTHERN BUYS RAILS TO
CARRY OUT PROGRAM
Purchase of 33,000 tons of steel
rail by the Southern railway for
building and reconstructing its lines
throughout the south, was announced
Friday by Atlanta officials of the
railroad. Included in the order are
25,500 tons of 100-pound sections
and 7,500 tons of 85-pound rail. The
major part of the order went to the
Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, and the balance to the
Bethlehem and Illionis Stell com
panies.
The rail will be used in carrying
out the program of the Southern to
relay the Washington-Atlanta, Cm-"'
cinnati-Chattanooga roads.