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Vol 20. No 37
SEN. LANKFORD i
CULLS MEETING
WI LL TAKE AT LEAST TWO
WEEKS FOR THE INVESTIGA
TION—MEETING CALLED ON
THE 18TH. OF THIS MONTH.
Senator Geo. W. Lankford of the
15th Georgia Senatorial District, and
chai-man of the Committe on the in
vestigation of the Agricultural De
partment and the charges against J.
j Brown, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, has called a meeting of the com
mittee atthe senate chambers in At
lanta the 18th of this month. Sena
tor Lankford says that it will at least
take two weeks for the investigation.
The committee will go in a full in
vestigation and give both sides a full
hearing and time to porduce all the
evidence from both sides.
Senator Lankford is an untiring
worker in the works for his county,
district and state. He made good
all his pledges, both while in the
house of Represenative and Senate.
His work is for better education,
better tax system and godd roads.
It is being talked that Col. Lank
ford will be in the race for Congress
from the 12 Congressional District
to succeed Mr. Larsen. The twelfth
district could not elect a more abler
man, and one that would work and
pull for his section, as well as work- |
ing for the state and its affairs, than I
Geo. W. Lankford. Col. Lankford
is a farmer as well as a lawyer and
knows by experience, having been .
reared on the farm and is still a far
mer from choice. He is able to know
the needs of the farming section of
the South, as well as any man that
we could send to our National Cap
itol.
NOTICE
Have your Furniture and Bed
steads repainted and make them good
as new. I will paint any piece of
Furniture and furnish everything for
One Dollar each.
For good work, see me at once.
J. A. HENDRICK,
He is one the Job.
30c COTTON ,
We Believe The Market will ad
vance to 30c this fall. Don’t sell
your cotton now but consign it to us
to be held. We will make liberal
advances on your shipments.
SAVANNAH COTTON FACTOR
AGE COMPANY.
Savannah, Ga.
I Colonial Theatre 1
“The Coolest Spot In Town”
Chilled, Washed Air. £ :
PROGRAM:
Monday— Pete Morrison
in “Daring Danger” Com
edy “He’s Bugs on Bugs.”
Tuesday and Wednesday
—“Burnings Sands,” Also
“Fox News.”
Thursday and ..Friday—
“Manslaughter” Adimssion
I 15 and 35 cents.
I Saturday— Francis Ford B
I > n “Another Mans Boots”
H Comedy ‘Saturday Morning.’
Coolest Spot In Town”
Chilled, Washed Air.
11 Colonial Theatre |
The Lyons Progress
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• FALL CARTOONETTES
Q 'BOUT THIS TIME o' TEAR. Q
ERNEST W. CLIFTON EOR
CO- COMMISSIONER
ANNOUNCES FROM THE 39TH.
AND 1403RD. ROAD DISTRICT
—PROMINENT FARMER OF
TOOMBS COUNTY.
Mr. Ernest W. Clifton announces
this week his candidacy for Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues from
the 39th. and 1403rd. Road District
of Toombs county. He promises, if
elected, to discharge his duties to
best of his ability and to look after
the interests of his districts at all
times.
Mr. Clifton is prominent farmer
of this county and has for several
years lived in the District in which he
announces his candidacy for Com
missioner. No doubt, if elected, he
I will make the people of the 39th. and
1403rd. District a competent repres
entative in the personnel of. the Com
missioner of Toombs county.
Hiss announcement follows:
Announcement
I am a candidate for County Com
missioner to represent the 39th. and
1403rd. Malitia Districts of Toombs
county.
I will appreciate any support giv
[ en me.
Respectfully,
ERNEST W. CLIFTON..:
NOTICE
I
At Chambers, Louisville, Ga.
Sept. 5, 1923.
It appearing to the Court that,
there are certain cases pending in
i Toombs Superior Court that it was
{ impossible to try at the regular term, |
| and the Court deeming it important
1 that said cases should be disposed of
j before the next regular term of said
j Court, it is
ORDERED that a special term of ,
the Superior Court of Toombs coun-j
ty be called, and the same is ordered
to convene on the first Monday in
I October 1923 at nine o’clock A. M.
No Grand Jury will be called to
assemble at this special term, but a .
| jury will be drawn at Lyons, Ga. by;
I the Court and summoned to appear
I for services at said special term.
J Let this order be published in The
! Lyons Progress and the Vidalia Ad
j vance, and entered upon the minutes
of the Superior Court of the county
of Toombs.
It is ordered further, that all wit
nesses in criminal cases, both for the
State and the accused, be especially
subpoenaed to appeal at said special
term.
R. N. HARDEMAN,
Judge S. C. M._C.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 1923
WEEKLY COTTON LETTER
By
Savannah Cotton Factorage Co.
The cotton market continued to
advance this week, October con
, ■ tracts closing excited and irregular
j today at at 27.60, or 2-%c up for
’, the week. The advance was due to
! covering by shorts and speculative
I buying of the small recepits outside
j of Texas.
; 1,088,072 bales were ginned in
. Texas up to September Ist, and only
! 53,265 bales were ginned in all other
; states during the same period. Of
-1 ficial ginning figures to September
, Ist were given out today as follows:
Alabama 4,704 bales.
Arkansas 3,663 bales.
California 1,277 bales.
Georgia 19,756 bales
Florida 803 bales
' ' i
i North Carolina 445 bales.
I South Carolina 2,327 bales
! Mississippi 1,457 bales.
Louisiana 12,820 bales.
iOklahon:" " “68 bales.
Texas 1,( bales.
All other States 745 bales.
Futures dropped a few points im
mediately after the report was pub
lished. Then a wave of buying set
in and there was an excited advance ,
ito 27.90 for October, this month 1
closing at 27.60.
I Based on the ginning figures giv- ,
en below, Texas has ginned nearly
one-third of her crop, while the other
stated have just begun.
There may be temporary dips from
time to time, but we see no reason
for selling cotton under thirty cents
per pound.
WIRELESS MESSAGE j
COMES FROM JAPAN:
HOLMES AND WIFE ARE SAFE
FROM EARTHQUAKE AND TI
DAL WAVE—HE IS IN BUSI
- NESS IN YOKOHAMA.
I
-
VIDALIA, Ga. —A wirefless mes
sage was received here last Thursday
from David A. Holmes, dated from
: Hakodate, Japanese Islands, which
j announced the safety of Mr. Holmes
and his wife, who are at his Hako
date office when the earthquake and
tidal wave occured.
Mr. Holmes, formerly of this place
and Mrs. Holmes, formerly of Doug- j
las, have been in Japan since last j
summer, Mr. Holmes maintaining of-1
fices in Yokohama, Hokodate and j
' Vladivostok, Siberia, from which !
places he does a fur and fishing bus
iness. His wireless kp home folks
did not go into any detail but convey
ed the news that he and Mrs. Holmes
were safe.
W. L. HARDEN IN RACE
EOR CO. COMMISSIONER
HE ASKS THE SUPPORT OF THE
CITIZENS OF THE 39TH. AND
1463RD. DISTRICT OF THE
COUNTY.
Mr. W. L. Harden, a prominent
farmer *of the Elza section announces
■ this week his candidacy for Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues of
Toombs county from the 39th. and
1403rd. District. He asks the citi
zens of the Districts for their support
and promises them if elected to fill
the office tothe best of his ability.
The 39th. District has elected the
’ commissioner for the last two years,
! and Mr. Harden feels that is time
(for the 1403rd. to elect a commiss-
I ioner.
f Below is found his announcement:
Announcement
It is time to elect a commissioner
from the 39th. and 1403rd. District
G. M. I wish to announce myself a
candidate for Commissioner of Roads j
1 and Revenue of Toombs County from j
j the 39th. and 1403rd. District. The i
1 39th. has had a commissioner for the j
I past two terms, and it is now time j
for the 1403rd. to have one.
If ham elected I promise to fill
the office to the best of my ability
i and without favor are partially to
any one, other than to who favor is
due. Thanking my friends and the
public in advance for any support j
j they may give me in the coming j
I election.
Respectfully, t
W. L. HARDEN.
Elza, Georgia, Route 1.
I
I MARVIN CLUB NEWS
Mrs. Thorpe met with us last Wed
| nesday and put on* the short course,
j We had a very good attendance and
had lots of fun as well a:< work.
The ladies around old Marvin are
getting busy to put on the Communi
ty Fair September 21st to show the
i people we are coming to life again if
we have been nearly gone. Every
body come.
Committee for soliciting: Mrs. J.
W .Moore, chairman, Maggie Stripl
ing, Roby Sutton, Vollie Collins, Alma
Sutton, Mrs. Jesup, Margaret Lilliott
Mrs. Willie Jones.
Committee on refreshments: Mrs.
j Cliff Banks, chairman, Mrs. W. H.
j Little, Sallie Stripling, Mrs. Otto
| Diestel, Mrs. Jim Smith, Freddie
I Lilliott, Addylee Hardy.
Fancy work arrangement: Vollie
Collins, chairman.
Canning arrangement: Mr 3. Jim
Smith, chairman.
Agriculture: Mrs. Jesup, chairman, j
VOLLIE COLLINS, »
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. A. J. JORDAN
HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS—DIED LAST SATUR
DAY MORNING AT THE VIDA
LIA HOSPITAL.
A very sad death which ocurred
last Saturday morning, was that of
Mrs. A. J. Jordan, who died at the
Vidalia Hospital, after several weeks
illness. Mrs. Jordan was taken to
the Hospital several weeks ago, after
physicians seen that her condition
was growing worse. She had been
sick for a week or so before being
taken to the hospital. t
The remains were brought to
Lyons Saturday morning. The fun
eral and interment took place at the
Lyons cemetery Sunday morning.
Rev. TheO'Pharr conducted the fun
eral services.
Mrs. Jordan leaves an infant child
and a husband, and a host of friends
and relatives to mourn her death.
WINTER INJURY TO PECANS
During the present summer many
reports have come to the Georgia
Experiment Station that numbers of
young pecan trees were dying. In
most cases the trees started Into
growth and appeared perfectly nor
mal for a time, then the leaves turn
ed yellow, growth ceased, and the
tree died to the surface of the soil.
If examined when the leaves first
began to show the unhealthy color,
the sap-wood near the base of the
tree was found to be dead and dark
colored. The sap-wood in this reg
ion soon develops a peculiar odor
which has suggested the name, “Sour
Sap”, by yhich the diesase is general
ly known among growers. The bark
over this region soon dies, and, if
the injury extends entirely around
the tree, the underlying tissues dry
out and fail to transport water and
plant food to the upper part of the
tree.
Injured trees are often attacked
by bark beetles that bore small holes
into the bark and sap-wood. Grow
ers often attribute the death of the
trees to the work of thia insect. The
bark beetle only attacks trees that
are already in a dying condition.
The ipjury is in someway produc
ed by cold, tl is generally thought j
the sun shinning on the trunk while
the tree is frozen causes injury to j
the tender cambium tissue between !
| the bark and the wood. Such injury:
; occurs frequently to peach and pecan
1 trees in this state. In pecans it is
; usually found only in young trees
| before the sixth year. After this
time the bark becomes thicker and j
more corky, and seems to protect the j
trunk from injury.
Many growers now practice wrap-!
ping the trunks of young trees with
sacks, grass, or other protecting ma
terials and have suceeded in saving
the trees. * —•
After a tree is once injured there
is little hope of saving it. The best
thing to do ;s cut the tree off near
the surface of the soil. The stump !
will soon send up new sprouts. Re- ;
move all but one so that this one will i
got all the nourishment possible, and
it will be large enough to bud the
following summer. The old root
system will push the bud into bearing
two or three years earlier than a bud
on a young seedling.
B. B. HIGGINS,
Botanist.
TO PATRONS OF LYONS PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
The Board of Education of the
City of Lyons has authorized me to
state to parents who have children
to enter the First Grade them
before October the first. No pupils
will be admitted to the first grade
after October the first, unless they
have been to school before and can
take up the work with the first grade.
Very truly yours,
G. E. USHER, Supt.
Mrs. J. Houston Fields and two
little children of Florida have been
| visiting relatives and friends near
l Lyons this week.
Subscription SI.OO
C. C. BRANTLEY IS
EAIRJVIANAGER
PLANS BEING MADE FOR THE
GREATEST FAIR EVER HELD
IN TOOMBS COUNTY—ONLY
FOUR WEEKS OFF.
On last Friday night the directprs
of the Toombs County Fair Associa
tion held another enthusiastic meet
ing. Tickets, entry cards, ribbons
and other advertising were ordered
and Mr. G. C. Brantley, former
school superintendent and present
Clerk of County Commissioners was
engaged as manager for the fair for
this year.
Mr. Brantley has had experience
in this line, having been manager of
the 1922 Toofcibs County Fair and
the people of the county know that
Mr. Brantley will see that all get a
fair an square deal and that any ex
hibits placed in the fair will be prop
erly guarded and taken care of.
The directors also considered a
proposition of an aeroplane for the
week' of the fair. , They have a letter
from an aeroplape owner who wishes
to come to the fair, take people to
ride and do spectacular stunts in the
air the days of the fair. Now the
person who wants a real thrill will
find it if he will take a ride in the
aeroplane and allow the driver to
loop the loop, do the tail spin, and
ride thru the air at the rate of 100
miles to the hour.
It is the wishes of the directors
that every farmer and farmers’ wife
in Toombs County have something to
exhibit at this fair. Especial em
phasis will be placed on the chicken,
cow and hog.
Start now farmers and business
men to make this fair a success in
every way.
VIDALIA FARMER TO RAISE
CABBAGE THIS FALL
Fifty acres of cabbages will be
planted this fall by Mr. E. L. Mead
ows, one of the largest farmers of
this section.
Mr. Meadow’s’ attention was drawn
to this crop by the big demand for
the cabbages which comes every
spring.
The cabbages are planted in the
l fall, after the other crops have been
taken in, and the yield is cut in the
early spring before the regular crops
ebgin to require much attention.
FOR SALE—One horse farm in
Lyons with 3 room house. Good
well. For any satisfactority offer,
will be considered. See or write,
W. H. MORRIS, Lyons Ga. 4tpd
» “Miss Pensacola”
It took seven judges two hours to
pick Miss Katherine Floyd as the
most beautiful woman in West Flor
ida. Then she was entered as “Miss
Pensacola" in the National Beauty
Show at Atlantic City, N. J.