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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 j ' " ’ ;l . • 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.