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Vol 20. No 38 CO. f AIR ONLY } WEEKS Off fair grounds being put in readiness for the event states exposi tion shows to entertain. With the Toombs County Fair only three weeks off everything is being put in readiness for the event. The buildings at the Fair grounds are be ing repaired and everything is being done forthe convenience of those w ho anticipate entering any of their products for exhibit. The fair is not intended as a mon ey making scheme and a glance at the financial sheet will emphatically show that it have never been that. The directors, who have been the merchants and business men so far, are doing all in their power to boost Toombs county and the co-operation of all the citizens of the county is needed to make the fair what Toombs deserves. The directors have made arrange ments with the Central States Expo sition Shows to etitertain the greajt crowds who are expected to attend the fair and they state that the show is obsolutely clean and respectable in every respect. It is up to the citizens of Toombs county to do their very best for the fair as people from neighboring coun ties will be in attendance and it be hooves us to make our exhibits look snappy, and our neighbors will speak well of our county as a good place to live. Every man and woman should be interested in this fair, and should put every effort forth to make it a suc cess. The prizes are more liberal this year than at any previous fair held in this county. Facilities for caring for stock and exhibits will be good. FRANK McSWAIN MAKES GOOD COTTON CROP Frank McSwain, of near Center Church, was in town Saturday and reports he lias gathered 3 bales of cotton from 4 acres. Last July he said he thought the weevils would get the upper hand of him but act ing on the advice of the county agent he secured some calcium arsenate end dusted his cotton thoroughly. Part of the place was dusted four times and the balance six times. The latter had very few damaged top bolls as the dust protected them from the weevils, and gave better results than dusting four times. Colonial Theatre “The Coolest Spot In Town” Chilled, Washed Air. PROGRAM: MONDAY—“My Friend the Devil.” Funny comedy entit led “West is Eeast.” TUESDAY— A Paramount Picture “The Face in the Fog” staring Lionel Barrymore. Fox News. WEDNESDAY —“ The Cup °* Life”. Also “Fun From The Press.” THURSDAY and FRIDAY— Another Paramount Picture, “To Have And To Hold” star ring Betty Compson and Bert Lytell. Admission 15 and 35c. SATURDAY —Richard Tal madge in “Wildcat Jordan.” Comedy “Pardon Me.” “The Coolest Spot In Town” Chilled, Washed Air. Colonial Theatre The Lyons Progress 'I , UNCLE SAM'S FOREIGN POLICY . | ‘ \ FORIE6N AFFAIRS* FOOD/ BOOSTERS CLUB HOLD MEETING TUES, NIGHT JESSE M. JONES, GENERAL AG RICULTURAL AGENT OF SEA BOARD RAILROAD DELIVERS INTERESTING TALK. At the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Boosters Club last Tuesday night atthe Alebrta Hotel, Mr. Jesse M. Jones, General Aricultural Agent of the Seaboard Railroad made one the most pointed talks that has ever been delievered to this club. He told of the efforts the railroads are making toward the development of the sections along their lines. He urged the* business men of Toombs county to get solidly behind the Toombs County Farm Program and encourage the farmers in securing a definite cropping system that will furnish food and feed for men and animals on the farm, build up the soil fertility and distribute the labor over the entire year. He urged that the farmers be encouraged to pro duce three cash crops, one of which to be cotton, another either tobacco, 1 Big Stem Jersey potatoes, Early Porto Ricans or dewberries, and the third some crop like peanuts which are harvested earlyrin the fall. He recommended planting the Pineapple pear and referred to the fact that South Georgia formerly shipped train loads of pears before the blight ruin ed the orchards, and that now we have a pear resistant to the blight this crop is open again. In dismissing the club for the ev ening President S. J. Henderson said that while the business men are mak ing every effort to collect they should also be looking to the futureproduct ion of more crops for sale in this county. Mr. Jones said if one half of the white farmers of this county would milk six cows and ship the cream, the county would receive over $200,000 more from that source alone. % HATCH CHICKENS EARLY THIS FALL FOR SPRING FRIERS f Right now is a good time to start setting as many eggs as possible for producing friers for next spring and late winter. These usually bring a much better price than at any other time during the year. We have the cooperative chicken sales established here now and besides that there are other ways of marketing, so there is no question of selling the friers at that time. One person has reported that he expected to raise 100 friers | during this time. TOOMBS COUNTY FAIR, OCTOBER 9th. TO 13th. 1923. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 20 1923 WEEKLY COTTON LETTER By Savannah Cotton Factorage Co. * The Report of cotton consumed during August 1923 was given out yesterday as 491,604 bales against 527,404 last year. This showed a decline of 35,800 bales, but was lar ger than the previous month. Amer ican mill stocks at the end of August were only 806,671 bales against 1,024,994 last year. Foreign exports thus far this year amount to 362,000 bales against 309,000 in 1922. There is also much more cotton on ship board awaiting clearance now 1 than there was at this time last year. Foreign news continues to improve and it would not surprise us if ex ports this season prove to be larger than those of last year, provided more than five milliofi bales are available from the present small crop. Consumption of cotton by Ameri can mills is increasing as fast as receipts of new cotton will permit, j Spinners are said to be declining or-j ders 'istant deliveries, fearing an adv.'.r.co in the price of raw cot ton. Heavy recepits and sates In Texas have failed to break the market down. The crop is so small outside of Texas that it can be marketed slowly, thus preventing a big decline. Crop news from the eastern belt is, anything but favorable, and all signs to higher prices. TURN UNDER YOUR ' COTTON STALKS BEFORE OCTOBER 15TH. AND REDUCE BOLL WEEVILS AD VISES COUNTY AGENT G. GARNER. Elsewhere in this week’s issue is an article by County Agent Garner advocating the turning under or des troying of all cotton stalks early this fall. It is apparent from the reduc ed cotton crop this year on a larger acreage that drastic measures must be resorted to in controlling the wee | vils so that we can produce a profit able cotton crop. One of these measures is turning under the stalks after running a heavy stalk cutter over them and let ting them rot. By this means the weevils are stopped from further hatching and those already matured are cut off from their food supply necessitating that they go into winter quarters in a weakened condition. These methods will give the farmer a start of the weevil next spring. Then if he will poison and controll them he can make a good crop of cotton on a small acreage, 5 to 7 acres to the plow. SEPTEMBER HOG SALE IS POSTPONED i i ON ACCOUNT OF HOGS NOT BE i ING READY FOR THE MARKET ! —REGULAR MONTHLY SALES TO BE LAST FRI. IN MONTH. The hog sale that has been schedul ed for September 28th has been post poned after looking over the hogs listed, as they should be fed a month j longer to be ready to sell. The reg ular monthly sales have been schedul ed through the State Bureau of Mar kets by the County Agent for the last Friday in each month. The next being Friday, October 26th. Farmers are urged to push their hogs in the peanut fields and get them ready just as early as possible j this year. Then to list their hogs j with the County Agent and all fur ther arrangements for putting on the sale will be attended to by him. D. W. CURRY DIES AT STATE SANATARIUM Message reached Lyons Wednes day morning of the death of Mr. D. j iW. Curry, who has been for some time in the State Sanatarium. Mr. Curry had as troke of paralysis some 12 ago, which impaired his mind. Mr. Curry hap a large family con nection in Toombs and Montgomery counties to mourn his death. He leaves a wife and five children, two j brother and three sister, one sister being Mrs. E. M. Godwin of Lyons, who received the message giving in- | formation of his death. He will be buried today at the Partin cemetery | near Uvalda. BOLL WEEVILS PASS UP GOD’S ACRE OF COTTON A miracle was added to the annals of the South when seven farmer mem bers of the Arlington, Ga., Baptist Church discovered at cotton picking time that the acre apiece which they had dedicated to the Lord at the \ suggestion of their pastor was not only unscathed by the boll weevil but that it was much healthier in ap pearance and fiber than that of their other acreage, despite the fact that no preventive measures had been taken to combat the ravages of the boll weevil. Following the revela tion of the miracle, the church has become the mecca of cotton farmers > from all over the State, and thirty : have already agreed tt) devote an ' acre apiece to the cause of God next I year. JURORS FOR OCT. SUPERIOR COURT SPECIAL TERM CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING LEE CUR RIE FOR THE FIFTH TIME WILL CONVENE MON. OCT. 1. The special term of Toombs Su perior court called by Judge R. N. Hardeman for the purpose of trying Lee Currie, charged with the murder of Burleigh Phillips, for the fifth time, will convene at Lyons on Mon day October Ist. The case has been tried in Toombs four time but counsel for both de fense and state, feel assured that it will not be ah ard matter to secure a jury. 298 citizens of Toombs county have been summoned to appear here on the above named date. The following is a list of the ones summoned: A V Harden J P Edenfield C J Spell T G Yandle T H Sapp E L Meadows F M Raburn N Clifton W V Jones R A Kitchens E B Cook W H Sasser J R Love H W'ilkes II C Thompson Geo S Rountree S T Jordan W L Chandler J T Tyson Lee Tapley Mack New O D Warthen G P Walker J D Coleman W L Giles R S Wilson A P Thomas R S Sharpe Wm Smith S B Meadows H P James I I James J F Love M V L Findley J C Price C M Carter W E Walker G H Mcßride M L Clark A D Mayo H M Bland H G Odom R J Drake A S Odom W F Peacock S P Carr D L Galbreath B H Bell ' L S Edenfield T W Willits Jr | L M Outler W L Findley B L Thompson J C Bargeron, Sr V B Herrying C S Meadows Jr H Hitchcock D E Odom C M Smith J P McLeod ’ M J Durden Miles Johnson T W Timmerman L P Griner W L James I B Barwick Rufus Hall T W Willits Sr J L Gibson E P Parker H A Turner Claud Chirstian 1 J L Sharpe J D New W A Mayer J W Crosby L A Findley R F Scarboro I D Stewart S I Hussey G L Lane J W Mosley F W Jones J P Partin A F Fanning W F O’Neal : J K Long I C Edenfield F L Huie N C Napier j H H Mann T P Spell ; S D Morris H C McLemore | A M Bedenbaugh H T Smith W D Clark J S Banks W P C Smith J E Thompson A A Sharpe J L Mclntyre J E Meadows L N Brown ' | W F Haskins J C Wing j W H Harrison J M Mixon 1 A S Osborne H L Cromartie j J R Coombs J A Bland I W T Jenkins J A Geiger 1 J W Rolison S W Smith : E C Banks J B Jones A L Page W T Ivey G L Johnson L N Underwood C A Johnson ' ' E Durden W K Kersey L L Sharpe J G Mosley W H Morris C C Mosley R L Sharpe E R DeWitt J K Hall H T Taylor B E Grier J H B Page J A Anderson W O Donovan A F Odom Dess Gray T R McSwain S W Hill L B Godbee J J Anderson S A Lynn M F Findley J D Crosby J B Brewton G N Mathews J T Jones H D Youmans L S Cox T L New Hiram Clifton C N Walker D P Sharpe W H Cochran I C Kemp T W Kemp T J Ainsworth H A Therlkeld R M McCall E G Floyd G W Meadows M C Collins J L Grimsley J E Inman | G A Thompson T R Sharpe j V/ S Harden Sr Julius Peacock ! W T China W T Joyner H E Grace S J Rockett 1 Jesse M Meadows A S Blount' Subscription SI.OO J. B. JOHNSON ISJMTfD COMMISSIONERS RE-ELECT HIM TO SERVE AS ROAD SUPERIN TENDENT FOR THE COMING TWO YEARS. At the last meeting of the county commissioners, Mr. J. B. Johnson was re-elected superintendent of roads and bridges for the next two years. Since he was elected to this posi tion, Mr. Johnson has done splendid work in building up the roads of the county and is regarded as one of the most capable road men in South Georgia. Showing the high opinion the government officials have for his work, Mr. K. H. Bishop, chief of construction, U S Bureau of Public Roads, recently write Mr. W. A. Crossland, Senior Highway Engineer, praising in the highest terms the fine work done on the Toombs coun ty highway under Mr. Johnson’s di rection. The Jeff Davis Highway and the Greenville Jacksonville crossing each other in Lyons, the people of Lyons and Toombs county feel proud of the commendation that the Superin tendent of roads and bridges get | from the National and State Highway Department. - ■ ' - 1 » FOR SALE Two desirable farms in Toombs County. Rachael A. Findley place, 3% miles from Oak Park; 101 acres, ’65 in cultivation. George W. Meadows tract, 4 miles north of Ohoopee; 151 acres, 90 in cultivation. Reasonable prices, easy terms. Apply Motgage Department, STATE & CITY BANK & TRUST ‘ COMPANY, RICHMOND, VA. • H C Mann J A Gay W G Dickerson A L Powell Dr J M Meadows R B Little A J Coursey WAS Dowd • C P Odom C R McCorkle Sam Estroff H M Carr G F Morris T B Denmark F M Smith W W Odom R M Stanley E M Wimberly ' G W Wilson H T Sharpe 1 Alex Wilkes Z H Hall J C Meadows E Kersey ! J W Linder F D Durden H H Newton J H Little | E L Thomas J H Jackosn J H Brantley Sr J C Austin Otto Delstell R L Page J L Johnson -,T R Lee R A Sanders D L Williams T J Coursey J D Todd W L Harden J H Smith G W Morris I W Brogdon H H Burke J H Cockfield M J Carr E L Conner ' J A Pughsley John R Gray | W H Wiggs C W Rolison | J S Bargeron John W Poe I W H Rolison W O Barnes A J Thompson Jr JR Sharpe J E Bland G S Spell H C Sharpe J C Paulette C A Odom C L Dickerson W G Bell L K Youmans G Mosley J P Dees J W Gunter F L McDilda C F Hammonds T O Walker W B Harden S J Henderson R L Currie J J Donaldson M C Dickerson P A New I A Williams M W Bland M H Fountain W J Mclntyre C B Newton H H Sharpe J S Sutton J H Clifton Jr J M Davis J L Wolfe I E Aaron' T E Baker J H McCulolugh Peter Clifton F F Goddard P D Wing Eune Cowart J L Thompson C P Autry R E Gray G F Craft G C Hussie J L Underwood Lamar Jones J P Brown B F Brown P M Mann J L Dowd G W Hamilton W C Clifton C E Adams W A Hart B W Griner E G Conley T C Smith D C Harris R A Peavy T C Cain J R Pool J H Sharpe W S Lilliott L J Edenfield B D Patrick W H Andersoaft