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Vol 20. No 26
POST’L EMPLOYEES
HOIDSMEETING
ON LAST WEDNESDAY AFTER
NOON, JUNE 20—POSTMASTER
C. C. MOSELEY WAS RE-ELECT
ED CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
The postmaster and postal em
ployees of Lyons post office were
host to the Toombs-Truetlen-Mont
gomery Counties Service Realations
Council of the Post Office Depart
ment on last Wednesday afternoon,
at the Lyons post office. Twenty
postmaster and postal workers of the
three counties attended the meeting,
every one of whom participated in its
deliberations and decisions. This
meeting was the first anniversary of
the Council, it having been organized
at a meeting held at Lyons last June,
under the auspices of The Director of
welfare of the Post Office Depart,
ment. A few matters of importance
to the members and patrons of the
several post offices discussed,
and appropriate action taken, which
will be effective in better working
conditions and better service to the
public.
These meetings are proving very
interesting to the postal personal of
these three counties, and will be
found profitable to the public, as the
postal employees colaborate in their
effort to provide the very best mail
service that is possible, at the same
time co-operating to improve their
own conditions, which is conducive to
their best effort. This is a new
work, instituted by the Department
only a little more than a year ago,
and is destined to ultimately have a
far reaching effect upon the postal
service of the country. It engages
the interest and directs the fforts of
the employees along lines that will
be most effective, and corrects any
improper conditions. This council
is also undertaking to suggest to pa
trons, through its members in the
daily discharge of their duties, hay
they may co-operate toward obtain
ing the best service.
At this meeting officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year. Mr. C. C.
Moseley was re-elected chairman of
the council. Mr| Brewton, postmas
ter at Mount Vernon, was elected
Vice Chairman, Mr. McClarty, Sop
erton, as Secretary. An executive
committe was appointed consisting of
Mr. Julius Peacock of Vidalia as
Chairman, Mr. Hart and Mr. Vann of
Vidalia, Mr. Mclntyre, Ailey, Mr.
Williams, Soperton, Mr. Abt, Ailey,
and Mr. Morris of Lyons.
After the business session a short
_ period of good fellowship was engag
ed in, during which refreshments
were served.
The next meeting of the Council
will be held at Vidalia on the third
Wednesday in September, at three
thirty o’clock p. m.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to all prop
erty owners to make their City Tax
Returns for the year 1923 before
July Ist next, otherwise they will be
double taxed on basis of last return.
By order Mayor and Council, this
12th day of June 1923.
F. F. GODDARD, City Clerk.
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REVIVAL SERVICES
CREATE INTEREST
The revivial services now being
conducted at the Lyons Baptist
church are being attended by good
crowds both in the afternoon and
evening.
Rev. O. P. Gilbert, of Brunswick,
Ga., who is doing the preaching is
putting his best into his sermons,
which means that each one delivered
is rich and interesting.
Mr. C. C. Mosley, who has charge
of the singing is making that part of
the revival a sucess. He has proven
himself a talented singer.
The meeting will continue through
this week and probaly longer.
ONLY TWO TOOMBS BOYS
AT GA TECH LAST YEAR
• Robert S. Wilson, son of R. O. Wil
son of Lyons and J. W. Linder, Jr.,
sons of J. W. Linder of Vidalia were
the only two boys from Toombs
county at the Georgia School of
Technology last year.
Wilson will be a Senior in the
Electrical Engineering department
next fall. He is a graduate of the
Lyons High School. He attended the
St. Marks Bible Class while at Tech.
All departments at Tech have been
over crowded during the past year
due to the limit on teaching staff, re
sulting from the small appropriations
made by State. Unless the appro
priations are increased for the next
year it will be necessary to limit en
rollment with the result that probab
ly from three to four hundred appli
cants for admission to the freshman
class will be turned away. It is
hoped to provide class room accom
modation for all advanced students.
The precapita appropriation for Tech
students from the State during the
present year tvas only $61.77, less
than one-third the total cost of op
eration with the utmost economy.
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DOVE HUNTING SEASON
BY BUREAU OF AGR.
Notice of a change in the dove
season from September 1 to Decem
ger 15, to November 1 to January 1,
has been received here from the de
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton. The change was effected by
amendments to the migratory bird
treaty act regulations and was ap
proved by President Harding.
The change will be welcomed in
the southern sections of the state, it
is thought, but, it is stated, hunters
in he upper sections of the state may
be deprived to some extent of the
pleasure of hunting doves because of
the migration of the birds southward
before the opening of the season.
Another amendment authorizes, ac
cording to information received here,
the issuance of permits for propa
gating water-fowl and for scientific
collecting purposes, to be valid until
revoked by the seretary of agricul
ture, instead of expiring in a limited
: time.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 28 1923
BETT’S SUCCESSOR
WILL BE CHOSEN
MEETING TO BE HELD IN AT
LANTA • TODAY WORK OF
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION TO BE
CARRIED ON.
WAYCROSS, Ga.—C. K. C. Aus
ley of Bainbridge, first vice president
of the Georgia Association, acting
president since the death of George
T. Betts, has directed the calling of
a special meeting of the board of di
rectors to be held in Atlanta at 2:30
p. m. today, for the purp®se of sel
ecting a successor to Mr. Betts.
In the call, Vice President Ausley
urged reasons of a personally inti
mate character why every director
should be present, in addition to the
determination that is expressed
throughout Georgia that the invalu
able work of the Georgia Association
so ably conducted under the leader
ship of Mr. Betts, shall go forward
with renewed zeal as a monument to
the high purposes and great accom
plishments of Mr. Betts.
Approximately thirty counties are
active members of the Georgia Asso
ciation and the directors who will
select Mr. Betts’ successor, are C. K.
C. Ausley and W. B. Fleming, Bain
bridge; W. D. O’Quinn and R. E.
Trexler, Waycross; Scott W. Allen
and W. 0. Foote, Atlanta; T. J. Par
ker, Tifton; L. W. Hardy, Ashburn;
E. W. Carroll, Athens; M. Hugh West
berry, Sylvester; D. N. Harvey, Mon
ticello; J. M. Patterson, Albany; John
D. Clarke, Darien; I. M. Raybon,
Jesup; Charles Temple; J. T. Goree
H. Musgrove, Homerville; J. T. Goree
Donaldsonville; J. M. Shingler, Col
quitt; H. H. Shackleton. Rome; E. B.
Russell, Cedartown; S. J. Henderson,
Lyons; N. R. Henderson, Douglas
ville; F. H. Ficklen, Washington; H.
H. Hardin, Forsyth; W. W. Flanders,
Swainsboro; W. C. Hillshouse, Wal
nesboro; J. E. Confell, Hartwell, S.
C.; Mrs. J. E. Hays, Montezuma.
TEACHERS’ TRAINING CLASS
TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
On next Monday morning, July 2nd
I shall begin a Teacher’s Training
Class at the school building in Lyons.
This is for the purpose of aiding
those who wish to take the State Ex
amination to teach. The course wall
include a systematic review of the
studies from which the examination
will be taken. Bring a Manual for
Georgia Teachers and a Note Book.
Besides work in the Manual, we shall
take up a systematic study of Eng
lish Grammar, United States History,
Arithmetic, Spelling, Georgraphy,
Reading, Penmanship, Science and
Practice in Teaching, and other sug
gestions, for passing the examination.
G. E. USHER,
Lyons, Ga.
LEGISLATORS LEAVE FOR
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Senator G. W. Lankford, who after
many service in the house of repres
entatives, now represents this dis
trict in the senate, and Representa
tive E. C. Wimberly, left the first of
the week for Atlanta to be present
at the opening Wednesday of the
general essembly.
A busy session is looked for, as
important matters are to come up
before the lawmakers.
TECH GRADUATE HEADS
FOR FOREIGN CORPORATION
Sam Murray, a graduate of the
School of Commerce, Georgia Tech
has been selected by the Ford Motor
Company as head of the Ford Motor
Company S. A. E. (Societa Anonnis
Espanola) w r hich isi ncorporated un
der the laws of Spain.
Mr. Murray is a native Georgia,
and a nephew of Bishop Warren A.
Chandler. He graduated from Geor
gia Tech School of Commerce in June
1920. He secured employment with
the Atlanta Branch of the Ford Mo
tor Company, and very quickly arose
to the position of Assistant Manager.
It is from this position that he is be
ing promoted to the General Manager
ship of the Spanish Company.
The graduates of the School of
Commerce, Georgia Tech have been
uniformly' successful in business.
Every graduate who was a native of
t
Georgia has been employed within the
state at some time since graduation.
During the current year just clos
ed, one Georgia concern alone, call
ed on thei nstitution for fifty-five
Commerce seniors, and there were
only fifty in the class.
HARDWICK APPOINTED AS
WAR FRAUD COUNSEL
WASHINGTON,— Attorney Gen
eral Daughtery today announced the
appointment of Governor Thomas W.
Hardw'ick, of Georgia to membership
on the legal advisory council of the
department of justice war frauds
division.
Governor Hardwick, whose term in
Georgia is now expiring, will suc
ceed fromer Senator Thomas, of Col
orado, who resigned from the ad
visory council several months ago.
Other members of the council are
Judges Charles Kerr and Thomas M.
Bigger.
J. D. MALLARD THANKS VOTERS
FOR THEIR SUPPORT
I wish to express my sincere thanks
to each of my supporters individual
ly for their vote in the election
which was held last week.
And especially do I thank those
who took a working interest in this
election for my behalf.
Thanking you one and all again, I
am,
Sincerely,
J. D. MALLARD.
PREMIUM LISE j
FOR 1923 FAIR
PUBLISHED THIS WEEK BY FAIR
ASSOCIATION MANY AT- '
TRACTIVE PRIZES OFFERED
PEOPLE OF COUNTY.
The premium list for the Toombs |
County Fair for 1923, which will be
held at Lyons Oct. 9 to 13, 1923, has
been completed by the officers of the
Association and will be found eles
where in this issue. The premium
list carries a large number of at
tractive prize lists ever offered by
the Association.
Much interest is already being man
ifested in the annual Toombs County
fair and the directors and officers
working hard to make it a success.
U. S. CONTINUES TESTS OF
PLANES FOR DUSTING COTTON
The work of the Department of
Agricutlure at Tallulah, Louisiana, in |
developing methods and apparatus
for dusting cotton to kill the boll
weevil, is being continued this sum
mer and heavier plans are being ;
used. In the spring three De Hav
iland 4B planes were detailed by the |
War Department for use in these I
tests, and compete engineers and pi
lots were also provided.
Previously considerable work on
this problem had been done with
light machines, and the use of the
larger ones has made it necessary to
modify the distributing mechanism.
Several types of dust hoppers have
been made for meeting the new con
ditions, but it will probably require
some time to develop a design which
will be satisfactory. Mr. Coad, who
has charge of the’ boll weevil labora
tory for the Department of Agricul
ture, expects to have a fairly satis^ 5
factory permanent hopper installed
in one of the planes for "use in actual
control work during the summer.
Several plantations near the land
ing field have been mapped and all
arrangements have been made for
dusting the cotton with the planes.
The results of the new tests will be
awaited with interestst by all those
connected with the cotton industry.
DEMONSTRATION OF FLA.
PLAN AT GRIFFIN JULY 4
Farmers and agricultural workers
interested in learning all the details
of the Florida Plan of 801 l Weevil
Control, which has attracted wide at- ]
tention throughout the cotton belt j
will have an opportunity of hearing
the originator of the Plan, Dr. Geo.
D. Smith of Gainsville, Fla. on July
4th. He will deliver a talk explain
ing the method and conduct an actual
demonstration at the Georgia Ex
periment Station, on that date. The j
Florida Station with which he is of
ficially connected as Associate En
tomologist has consented to lend him
to Georgia for this date with the
warnipg that this is the last time this
year be can be spared from his work.
This arrangement affords a splen
did opporuntiy for all interested in
weevil control to thoroughly under
stand this method which is being suc
cessfully operated in Florida.
Letters are being sent out by the
Griffin Chamber of Commerce to
County Agents and other leaders in
agricultural work throughout Middle
Georgia advising them of the event.
A large attendance is expected. The
Program is expected to be as fol
lows:
Program
Demonstration Meeting - Florida
Method
July 4, 1923
H. P. Stuckey, Chairman
10:00 Call to order —Chairman Stuck
ey.
10:10 Introdution W T. Anderson —
W. T. Bennett.
10:15 Address —W. T. Anderson.
10:50 Introduction Dr. Geo. D.
Smith—H. P. Stuckey.
11:00 Address —Dr. Geo. D. Smith.
Noon Hour 12:30
2:00 Demonstration —Dr. Geo. D.
Smith.
Miss Agnes Clarkson left last week
for Edison, Ga. and Birmingham, Ala.
where she will spehd the summer
months. . . i
Subscription SI.OO
CHICKEN SALE
BEINCJEED HERE
SECOND CO-OPERATIVE POUL
TRY SALE PROMISES TO BE
MUCH BETTER THAN FIRST
SALE AT LYONS.
Lyons second co-operative chicken
sale is being held today and from
indications promises to far exceed the
first sale held over a month ago,
when practically SIOOO worth of
chickens and eggs were disposed of
by the farmers of Toombs County.
The sale i 3 being held under the
auspices of the Lyons Boosters Club,
working with County Agent Garner.
The club recently purchased a large
number of crates, so that co-operative
poultry sales could be held, and by
shipping poultry in large amounts, a
better price could be secured for the
farmers of the county.
The farmers of Toombs county are
paying more and more attention to
j poultry raising and it is hoped that
next year, poultry sales in carload
lots can be held at different inter
vals during the year.
Prices secured for poulrty in this
sale were: Frjers 26c; hens 17c;
I stags 17c.
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ODOM BUILDING BEING
REMODELED BY PROPS.
Messrs. Dan and Claud Odom, who
own the Odom building, which was
recently damaged by fire, are having
the building remodeled.
The second story will of the build
ing are being torn down, but exten
sive improvements will be made on
the storerooms. The building will
tain two storerooms, one 22 feet in
width, the other 28 feet in width, the
depth being 80 feet. Both stores
' will have handsome plate glass
i fronts.
TOOMBS SINGING ASSOCIA
TION TO BE HELD AT LYONS
Announcement is made that the
Toombs County Singing Association
will convene at Lyons on the second
Sunday in July, 1923.
Many prominent singers are ex
pected to be present, and lover of
good singing and music are invited
to attend.
GEO. B. JOHNSON, Pres.
COMMUNITY CLUBS
HOLDS MEET TUESDAY
Despite the heavy rains and the
bad roads a splendid delegation from
the Community Clubs met at the
school auditorium Tuesday afternoon,
j there being six Clubs represented.
Mrs. Dess Gray, persident, of the
hostess Club, called the meeting to
order and in a few well chosen words
extended a cordial welcome to the
visiting lubs. She then introduced
Misses Lucile Wimberly, Mildred Rog
ers, Helen McNatt, Tiny Maud Smith
and Brunelle Corbitt, all of Lyons.
These gifted young ladies rendered a
splendid program of piano selections,
readings and vocal numbers.
The meeting was then turned over
to Mrs. Brown, President of the Co
operative Club. After the minutes
of the last meeting were read and
adopted, the clubs reported on work
accompained during last month. The
prize— a fly swatter given in recog
nition of the Fly-Rid Raid suggested
by Dr. Thompson and conducted by
the clubs —was awarded New Branch
club for the best report. Little
creek also had a good report.
Prof. H. G. Harvey then talked at
length on Lanscaping and gave val
uable suggestions on planting and ar
ranging out native plants to beauti
fy our lawns and parks.
Mr. G. H. Mcßride, Mr. Dan Odom,
Prof. G. E. Usher and Dr. Youmans
were honor guests at this meeting.
The *auditorium was beautifully
decorated with Shasta dasies, palms
and ferns.
Delicious refreshments in which the
green and white color scheme was
artistically corried out were served.
New Branch extended the clubs a
cordial invitation to meet with thenni
in July. __ A