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Vol 20. No 26
SENATE PASSES
LANKFORD BILL
SOLONS FAVOR MEASURE WITH
SLIGHT AMENDMENT BY VOTE
OF 45 TO ONE TUESDAY A. M.
—NOW GOES TO HOUSE.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Lankford’s in
come tax bill, slightly amended today
was passed by the senate, 45 to 1.
The measure now goe3 to the house
for consideration.
One of the amendments to the
bill provided that the ad valorem tax
rate should be reduced from five
mills to four mills, but efforts to
limit the income tax to 4 per cent
instead of 5 as provided in the
measure was defeated.
Debate on the measure was the
most heated of the session.
In the senate debate on Lankford’s
income tax measure was started.
This bill would provide an income
tax limited to 5 per cent and would
allow credit on income tax of ad val
orem tax expenditures. The author
vigorously defended his measure, as
serting that the state should not
abolish the ad valorem system of
taxation until it had been learned
how much would be received from
the income tax method.
Senator Lankford made a long
speech for his bill and was followed
by Senators Pace and Mundy. Sev
eral other members were awaiting
tobe recognized and the income tax
advocates appeared to have a decid
ed majority.
“It is time to raise taxes, said
Senator Lankford,” and it is time to
make wealth of Georgia pay its
share. Property has paid the taxes
long enough. There are persons in
the state making large salaries and
paying nothing but poll tax, and
some of them even dodge that. The
coroprations are not being made to
pay their proper share, and many
others are escaping, the farmer, as
usual, is bearing the brunt of the
load.
“My bill is a supplemental tax to
increase revenue. It simply asks the
voters to decide whether they want
an income tax, and if they do, the
legislature will have authority to
amend the constitution so as to levy
a graduated tax on incomes, with a
limitation of 5 per cent. If the
system w'orks and we get plenty of
money, we can tear down the present
ad valorem system.”
CLUB SHORT COURSE AT
STATESBORO A. A M. SCHOOL
The annual short course for boys
and girls in club work for your coun
ty will be held July 24th thru the
26th at the A. & M. School in States
boro. If you have a County agent
or a Home demonstration agent, get
in touch with them as they will be
in charge of the delegation from
your county. If your county has
no Demonstration agent and there is
no one else organizing a bunch to at
tend the Short course write E. V.
Hollis, Statesboro, Ga., Principal of
the A. & M. School that you are com
ing.
This is the camping and picnic sea
son and you will not have a better
chance to take a good vacation and
at the same time get three days of
instruction. In recreation as well
as study there is always a leader to
guide the activities along wholesame
and helpful lines. Instructors in the
Short course are county home demon
stration agents, County agents and a
part of the A. & M. School faculty.
The Boys’ program is work in
Dairying, Poultry, Marketing, Fight
ing the 801 l Weevil, Hog production,
Home orchards and Bee culture. The
Girls’ work is special work in cook
ing. canning, sewing, millinery and
basket work. A generous part of
every days is given over to plays,
games, swimming parties, athletic
events and moving pictures. Be sure
to bring your bathing suit.
The A. & M. School is preparing
to take care of 175 boys and girls.
At a recent Short course one agent
brought 43 club boys and girls with
him. How many will your county
agent send this year?
The Lyons Progress
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
, Three Rings, Count 'Em
DAIRY MEETING TO
BE HELD HERE JULY 28
SPEAKER IS BEING SENT HERE
BY THE GEORGIA ASSOCIA
TION TO DISCUSS THE DAIRY
PROBLEM.
Don’t forget to come to the Dairy
Meeting at Lyons at 10 o’clock July
28th. The meeting is set on Satur
day so many farmers can plan better
to come in. Remember the place up
stairs in the City Hall. The Georgia
Association is sending a well known
Dairyman here to talk with you about
handling milk cows. Dou you want
to know' more about this important
subject? Also are you wanting to
buy some cows or heifers for this
fall? Is so be there and give Mr. S.
J. Henderson your name and number
of cows you will want, also some idea
of about the kind you will want.
The banks of this county will be glad
to help those whose notes are good or
whom they know will take good care
of cows, but we must know as early
as possible how many will be needed
so they can arrange to get them.
There are many farmers in this
county who should be interested in
this subject. Many of them have
shipped cream before but have prac
ticed the old habit of trying a differ
ent thing each year that seems to
have taken hold of us for the past
four years, and so are not shipping
now. Perhaps they made so much
money out of it they decided to rest
a while. Anyway the cream checks
offer an opportunity to keep your
run bills paid. Let’s all come in and
hear this man, and come prepared to
questions.
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CULL HENS FOR POULTRY
SALE VIDALIA JULY 25TH
Look in the Agricultural Depart
ment and see how to cull your hens.
Select the poor layers and sell them
and get them out of your yards. Get
rid of most of the old hens as when
they get old and heavy they do not
lay well. Bring those in to the sale.
Remember at these car sales friers
are 1-2 lbs.
Bring in the chickens and make
this the best sale yet. The car will
be parked right by the Union Pas
senger depot at Vidalia. Weighers
will be there early and your chickens
will be taken care of. You will get
cash and there will not be a deduct
ion of two per cent for expenses.
This has been made possible by the
cooperation of the buyers who are
broad enough to know these sales are
a more economical way of marketing
chickens than shipping in crates. They
have agreed to pay the two per cent
as a loading expense.
This sale is set for your benefit.
Its success depends on the number of
chickens that comes in. Bring them
in and make the car heavy enough to
please the buyers and you will con
tinue to have them. Stay at home
and say you do not believe you will
go to the trouble of carrying your
chickens and your sale will be dis
continued. This sale is going to be
the largest loaded here yet.
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ACCIDENTAL WOUND
RESULTS IN DEATH
VANCE MULLING OF OHOOPEE,
AGED 18, DIES AS RESULT OF
PISTOL WOUND RECEIVED ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Vance Mulling, a young man of
Ohoopee, about 18 years of age, died
Thursday morning at five o’clock as
the result of a pistol wound received
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mulling and some companions were
on a fishing trip on the river and
were examining an old pistol when it
was accidentally discharged. The
balls truck young Mulling just under
the right eye, penetrating the brain
and coming out at the top of the
head.
The young man was hurried to the
Vidalia Hospital, but physicians soon
saw it was impossible to save his
life.
Young Mulling resided many years
in Vidalia with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Mulling, but they removed
some time ago to Atlanta. At the
time of the accident he was on a visit
to his brother near Ohoopee.
LEE CURRY, THRICE SENTENCED
HANG. AGAIN ESCAPES GALLOWS
SUPREME COURT AGAIN RE
VERSED LOWER TRIBUNAL
PRISONER HAS BEEN IN CHAT
HAM CO. JAIL THREE YEARS.
Lee Curry, who has been confined
in the Chatham county jail for over
three years, has again escaped the
gallows.
The supreme court Monday knock
ed out the death sentence imposed
bn him on the ground that one of the
jurors was related to Burleigh Phil
lips, the man Curry is alleged to have
slain. The alleged crime took place
here several years ago, and Curry
was carried to Savannah for safe
keeping. He has been in the Chat
ham county jail ever since, delevop
ing into a model prisoner.
Four Trials
Curry has a unique court record.
He has been tried on the murder
charge four times. Three times he
was sentenced to hang and once a
mistrial resulted. The supreme court
each time set aside the death ver
dicts.
The following dispatch from At
lanta tells of the latest victory won
by curry in the state’s highest court:
Why Reversed
ATLANTA, Ga.—For the third
time the Georgia supreme court Mon
day reversed sentences imposed up
on Lee Curry, a Toombs county man
now in jail at Savannah for safe
keeping. Curry has been tried four
times, with three death sentences
and one mistrial resulting. He is
charged with the murder of Burleigh
Phillips.
The chief ground for the reversal
of the case yesterday is that a mem
ber of the jury was an illegitimate
third cousin of the slain man. The
higher court held that the relation
ship wav admitted and was not con
tested by the state, though the ob
jectionwas raised that such a rela
tionship is not recognized in the law.
The Law
“The basic law that an illegitimate
son is not the son of any man, but
a son of the people, applies only in
cases of inheritance,” the supreme
court ruled, holding that the laws are
interpreted more liberally toward
such a class at the present time.
Curry was represented in his ap
peal by Attorneys E. J. Giles of
Lyons, A. A. Lawrence and David S.
Atkinson of Savannah.
SHIP SEVERAL CARLOADS
OF SPUDS FROM HERE
Several carloads of Big Stem Jer
sey potatoes left here last Saturday
for Philadelphia with 225 barrels of j
fine sweets it them. These potatoes j
were grown south of here and the
production this year was the best the (
farmers have had yet in spite of the :
fact the weather was against them.;
M. L. Duncan, who has a large acre-j
age and helps the other farmer in a
supervisory way, made over 100
bushels per acre on the acres he dug
for these cars.
Several other cars are being load
ed this week and will be furnished
to tho markets today. These pota- j
toes are bringing around $lO to sl2,
per barrel, netting $3 to $7 per bar
rel.
JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY PRO
GRESSING THROUGH TOOMBS
The highway through Toombs
county which runs from the Tattnall
county line towards Reidsville thor
ough Lyons and Vidalia to the Mont
gomery county line is being built
very rapidly now. The grading and
other work is being pushed as rapid
ly as s consistent with good results.
This will be one of the best parts of
the Jeff Davis highway when com
pleted as Engineer John T. Newton
of the State Highway Department
and J. B. Johnson, Toombs county
warden, are looking after the work
closely. 4
Subscription SI.OO
CO-OPERATIVE CLUB TO
MEET AT NEW BRANCH
All the clubs having membership
in the Toombs County Co-operative
Club are looking forward with a
great pleasure to the meeting at
New Branch next Tuesday afternoon
July 24th. at 3:30 o’clock. The
meeting will be held in the Driggers
Comer School house.
This is one of the youngest clubs
in the cooperation, but by no means
one of the weakest. The report
given at the last meeting showed
what a live-wide-awake community
New Branch is.
This club under the leadership of
of Mrs. Kelley Mann Clifton, who
already proven very proficient in
club work, was awarded the prize for
strong membership and wonderful
amount,, of acomplished in a
months time.
At each meeting there is a prize
given to the club having the best all
around report. These prizes are al
ways something to be used in the
club kitchen, and are offered volun
tarily by individuals interested in
club work. The honor of winning
these prizes is significant since ten
or twelve of Toombs County’s strong
communities are competing with
one another for them.
At next Tuesday’s meeting the
club will have the pleasure of “initi
ating” and welcoming Johnson’s Cor
ner into the Cooperation.
During the past month this com
munity organized with a strong mem
bership and under the leadership of
is very capable president, Mrs. Homer
Mann, threatens to prove a strong
rival for some of the older clubs.
Regardless of the fact that is in
variably rains on club days, we never
fail to have a good attendance. So
rain or shine, we shall expect a full
delegation from all the clubs.
COMMITTEE APPROVES
BILL FOR PORT SITE
The constitutional amendment com
mittee of the House of Represents
' tives Saturday afternoon favorably
reported the bill of the Chatman del
i egation to authorize the city of Sav
annah to increase is bonded indebted
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| ness to the extent of $3,000,000, over
what it is at the present time, in or
der that Savannah may fulfill the
promise made last year to donate the
site for the publicly owned state port
and terminals.
Those backing Savannah in the
fight to have the Legislature create
a state port were greatly pleased at
the favorable report given the bill of
the Chatham delegation. Early
action was requested by local legisla
tors but it was not expected that the
bill would be reported as soon as
Saturday.
The speed with which the commit
tee investigated the bill and reported
is considered a great victory for
those favoring the creation of a state
port and terminals as it means that
the bill will unquestionably be passed
by both the House and Senate at an
early date.
The bill reported favorably by the
committee is for the purpose of plac
ing Savannah in a position to show to
the members of the Genearl Assem
bly that the city is in a position and
is willing to donate the site for the
state-owned port and terminals if the
Legislature will take the necessary
action for creating a state port.
With the expected defeat of the
bill to abolishthe state port terminals
and Harbor Commission and with the
assurance that the bill to permit Sa
vannah to increase its indebtedness
$3,000,000 will pass, the campaign
for the state port and terminals is be
lieved to be in better condition than
it has ever been since the fight first
began.
STRAYED —One bitch Bull dog,
bobbed tail an j bobbed ears. Solid
white. Liberal reward if returned
to Alex Wilkes. It.
Just received carload Summpr’s
Barnesville Buggie.—E. L. Meadows,
Vidalia. J2(C