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Vol 20. No 39
ONLY TWO WEEKS
TIE COUNTY FAIR
everything being put in
readiness for the great
est FAIR THAT TOOMBS COUN
T Y HAS EVER HAD.
With the date of the Toombs Coun
ty Fair only two weeks off every
thing is being put in readiness for
the event. Work has been complet
ed at the fair ground and the fence
and buildings have been put in good
shape for the convenience of those
w ho anticipate bringing exhibits to
the fair.
At a meeting held last Monday
night atthe First National Bank, the
following persons for superintendents
of the various departments was nam
ed: Theo Pharr, supt. of agriculture
and charge of the house. Mrs. L. V.
Thorpe, supt. of community displays
and girls work. Ladies displays will
be in charge of Lyons and Vidalia
ladies. C. G. Garner, supt. swine.
Dess Gray, supt. of cattle. C. A.
Rogers, supt. of chickens.
With the above named persons act
ing in their respective capacities, the
citizens of Toombs county can feel
assured that we will have a fair this
year unsurpassed by any of our j
neighbor counties.
The citizens of the county are urg
ed to enter their products for exhibit
at the premium list is far better this
year than any previous. The di
rectors state every precaution will be
taken in regards to the safety of all
exhibits.
Friday, October 12 has been set
aside for School Day, and all school
children will be admitted to the fair
grounds for ten cents.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
help in the death and burial of our
beloved husband, father and brother.
Mrs. Kate Curry and family, R. L.
Curry, Mrs. E. M. Godwin, Mrs. B.
C. Anderson, Mrs. W. P. Smith.
FOR SALE
Two desirable farms in Toombs
County. Rachael A. Findley place,
3(4 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.
Colonial Theatre |
PROGRAM:
Monday—Bill Hart in “Half I
Acre Hell”. Comedy “Pure »
But Simple.”
Tuesday—“ Ebb Tide” star
ring Lila Lee and James Kirk
wood.—Also “Fox News.”
Wednesday— Harry Carey
!n “Desert Driven”. Also “Fun
From The Press.”
Thursday and Friday—“ The
(| ld Homestead” starring The
odore Roberts. Admission 15
and 35 cents.
! Saturday—William Desmond
■ n “The Fighting Pretender.”
Comedy “Dig Up” by Harold
Floyd.
The Lyons Progress
j .... THE GREAT FALL SPORT
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j COUNTY CLUB HAS FINE
MEETING WITH MARVIN CLUB
The Toombs. County Co-operative
Club met Tuesday afternoon with
the Marvin Community Club. The
meeting was held at the home of Mrs.
Collins and was a very interesting
occasion.
Five ciubs were represented—Mar
vin, Rock Spring, Cedar Crossing,
Lyons and Vidalia. Mrs. Lilliott, the
vice-presdent of the club, presided
ih the absence of Mrs. Brown, the
president. The main topic of busi
ness under discussion was buying
scales for the home demonstrator’s
work. It was decided for each club
to try to raise $2 before the next
meeting, this being in addition to the
$1 each club had already promsed.
A very interesting contest was en
joyed by those present, after which
delicious sandwiches were served.
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
AND GOOD ROADS
The “little red schoolhouse,” good
as it is, is not as good as the “big red j
schoolhouse.” States which have ex- j
perimented in rural districts with
the “consolidated” schools (some
times called “union schools’ or cen
tralized schools”) report a great gain
in education at little or no increase
of cost.
The “consolidated school” takes
the place of half a dozen or more
“little red schoolhouses,” collects the
several teachers, libraries and facil
ities under one roof, and brings the
children to and takes them from such
schools viji county operated motor
busses, norsedrawn vehicles or trol
ley cars.
The consolidated school flourishes
where good roads are. It cannot be
established where are only poor roads
The Superintendent of Public In
struction in the State of Washington
sets forth as the advantages of the
I consolidated school, that it provides
a better school plant, i. e., makes pos
sible the erection and maintenance
of more modern school buildings and
school equipment. It enables the
district to increase the teaching staff
and to obtain better trained teachers,
and gives the rural community the
advantages of the uniform graded
school. It makes possible the es
tablished of highschool courses, and,
in many instances, enables the rural
district to erect a modern high school ’
building. It provides special work
such as manual training, domestic
science, etc., in the rural community
and, finally, the consolidated school
increases community interest in com
munity activities by providing a cen
tral meeting place under attractive
surroundings, making the school the
center of the community.
FOR SALE —35 acre farm, 2%
I mile, south of Lyons. Cheap.
MRS. VICTORIA ETHRIDGE,
4tpd. Route A, Lyons, Ga.
TOOMBS COUNTY FAIR, OCTOBER 9th. TO 13th. 1923.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 27 1923
COMMUNITY FAIRS
ARE BEING HELD
EXHIBITS FROM EACH COMMUN
TY FAIR WILL BE PUT ON
DISPLAY AT THE COUNTY
FAIR.
Five community fairs are being
held beginning with the first one at
Marvin community which was held
last Friday and including New
Branch consolidatedl school, Cedai (
Crossing, Center and Ohoopee, end- j
ing the week before the county fair.
Horn? Demonstration Agent Mrs.
L. V. Thorpe has worked these fairs
up and plans to take a community
exhibit from each to the county fair,
thus giving five community exhibits
at the county fair. The fair at Mar
vin was judged by Miss Eva Hooks, J
agent '"" Swainsboro, and was a,
j credit ‘he excellent work being ,
i done ir. rhat community with the
girls and women.
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WEEKLY COTTON LETTER
By
Savannah Cotton Factorage Co.
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Late last week the cotton market
showed signs of declining on reports
of good weather. Then very heavy
rains fell in the West and unusually}
large buying orders followed. Of
ferings were light and it was easy to
run the market up to new high levels
on Wednesday last, October advanc- 1
ing to 30.30 and December 29.90.
There were reactions from this level
and the Months named closed on Sat-1
urday, September 22nd, at 29.25 and
28.85, respectively.
The market will, we believe, be
governed to some extent by weather j
news and the support it receives from !
outside speculators.
The National Ginners’ Association ■
came out this week with an estimated
yield of 11,200,000 bales, which was
offset by another private estimate of
10,200,000 bales.
Wet weather in Texas and Oklaho
ma have made it difficult for buyers
to complete their September and Oct
ober orders, especially for the higher
grades. Unless the weather improves
we may see a low grade crop; there
fore, it would seem advisable for
holders to accumulate Middling and
above ( selling the lower grades.
There were some reports this week
of curtailment of American cotton
by English spinners, but foreign news
was as a whole more favorable, and
we look for liberal exports through- j
out the season. The demand in this I
country continues good, with offer- j
ings light. }
SOUR CREAM BRINGS
MORE THAN COTTON
At a meeting held at Center school
house last Wedneday in which the
local farmers planned destruction
for their cotton stalks and boll wee
vil food, it was found that tewelve
j farmers had raised a total of 27
hales of cotton one 240 acres or an
average of two and one-fourth bales
to the farmer where no poison was
uaed. These two and one-fourth
bales are today worth around $315.
One farmer whose wife, Mrs. J. L.
; Gibson, has been shipping cream
regularly for the past two years has
. sold $366 worth of cream from Jan.
! 1 to July 15, of this year, and has
' not bought any feed for the eleven
grade cows. Another farmer, Frank
McSwain, used poison in dust form
; on his cotton and made three bales
on four cares.
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PULASKI HOUSE TAKEN
OVER BY VIDALIA MAN
j Management of the Pulaski Hotel,
I one of the oldest hotels in Georgia,
j will be assumed Oct. 1, by F. C.Om
, her of Vidalia, it was learned yest
erday. Negotiations between Mr.
Omberg and B. B. Cubbedge have
I been pending for some time, and
were concluded yesterday.
Mr. Cubbedge said that while he
! and Mr. Omberg had reached an
agreement whereby the latter would
I take over and operate the hotel, any
, statement concerning the transaction
would be made through Mr. Omberg.
I The latter could not be located late
last night. VHowere, it is under
stood Mr. Omberg purchased all the
* fixtures and leased the building,
! which is owned by New York inter
, ests.
Mr. Omberg is proprietor of the
j New Vidalia Hotel in Vidalia, having
gone to that city some time ago from
Rome. He is an experienced hotel
man, having been in the hotel busi
ness for years.—Savannah Morning
j News.
focle ■Johns’ tfofol
MANV A MAN IS
KNOWN BY THE
v MONEY HE KEEPS.'
CURRIE WILL BE
TRIED NEXT WEEK
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1 AROUND THREE HUNDRED JUR
ORS ARE SUMMONED FOR THE
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CASE—ONLY CASE TO BE
TRIED AT THIS COURT.
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• ' Due to the fact that Judge R. N.
Hardeman could not be here the
second week of the August term of
the Superior Court, he called a speci
al term to held October 1, which is
next week, for the purpose of trying
Lee Currie. v This is the bnly case
that will be taken up next week, and
it is expected that it will take the en
tire week to dispose of this case.
Around 300 jurors have been sum
moned to appear next week on this
case, as this being Currie’s fifth
trial in Toombs county it is likely
that a juror will be hard to secure.
STATE SENATOR LANKFORD
RETURNS FROM ATLANTA
George W. Lankford, chairman of
the legislative committee investigat
ing the state department of agricul
ture returned home last Friday night
and Saturday was on the cotton
platform helping the farmer to sell
their cotton by auctioning it off for
them. The Lyons cotton market
continues a busy place as cotton is
brought in from several nearby
l points due to the good market that
H is being maintained here.
YELLOW VS WHITE
CORN FOR PIGS
t
A superstitious belief which has
5 long been held by farmers is that
3 yellow corn is “stronger” or more
1 effective as a feed than is white
• corn. As has been the case with
• many superstitious of the kind, re.
1 cent investigations have shown that
5 there is a scientific basis for this be
■ lief. The explanation now given is
’ that white corn is poor (along with
1 oats, rye, wheat, and barley) in the
c fat-soluble vitaminess, while yellow
1 corn is rich in these accessory food
3 factors.
Pasture crops are rich in fat-soi
uble vitamines and when pigs have
access to plenty of green feed there
[ is not much difference between the
gains obtained on white corn and on
yellow corn. It is when the green
’ plants are not available to the ani
’ mals that the advantages of yellow
corn feeding are greatest. For late
fall and winter feeding, even with
such excellent supplementary feeds
as tankage, the white corn rations j
have given dicidedly lower gains than j
the yellow corn combination. At
the Wisconsin Station it has recently
been found that it required 424
pounds of tankage to produce 100
pounds of yellow corn and 45 pounds
gain (at a daily rate of 1.04 pounds
a head), starting with 65-pound
pigs. It required 473 pounds white
corn and 48 pounds of tankage to
produce a 100-pound gain (and at
the rate of 0.77 pound daily).
The superiority of yellow corn has
been showrt jn trials with skim milk
similar to those with tankage. In
the case of skim milk the white corn
ration not only gave poorer gains
but the pigs were more susceptible
to rheumatism, pneumonia, etc. Yel
(low corn and skim milk gave satis
factory gains and the animals remain
ed healthy. Yellow corn may be
deficient in minearl matter, as soma
experiments have indicated, and this
should be supplied in the form of a
salt mixture.
Legume hay (choped alfalfa) fed
with white corn supplied the defi
cient food factor and the combina
tion proved about as satisfactory as
when yellow corn was fed. The an
imals were healthy and gave good
gains. By feeding w ith a small
amount of alfalfa (chopped in the
siage cutter) the feeder having no
yellow corn will increase his gains
from his white corn. While there
are no experiments yet to report, it
reasons that chopped peavine, pea
nut vine, or clover, etc. would serve
to improve the ration which contins
the white corn.
F. H. SMITH, Chemist.
Subscription SI.OO
BAPTIST ASSO.
MEETS AT ALAMO
OCTOBER STH ENTIRE PRO
. GRAM FOR MORNING AND EV
ING SESSIONS IS GIVEN BE
LOW.
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Morning: Session
10:00 o’clock.
Hymn For The Year—Come Wo
men Wide Proclaim.
Devotional —Mrs. F. M. Smith.
Greetings from Local Society—
Mrs. Stanton.
Response—Mrs. Jim Gillis.
Recognition of Pastors and other
Christian Leaders.
Digest of Society Reports.
State Five Facts Concerning State
Missions.
Excrepts from Home Board Re
ports—Mrs. J. T. B. Anderson.
Associational Officers Reports.
Three Minutes Talk, Excrepts from
Foreign Board Report—Mrs. Ste
phens.
Special Music—Mrs. Hunt and Mrs
Calhoun.
Talk, Stewardship of Life Posses
sions—Mrs. Fred Harris.
Report of White Cross Chairman
—Mrs. Bland.
Annual Message Mrs. W. A.
Rivers, Supt.
Reading of Article 4 of Plan Work
—Mrs. Price.
Special Music—Mrs. A. M. Gates.
Address—State Worker.
Appointment of Committees.
Announcements.
12:30 o’clock.
Closing Prayer.
Noon Hour.
Eveneing Session
1:30 o’clock.
Hymn—O Zion Haste.
Devotional—Miss Luella Hudson.
Digested Report of Young Peo
ples Organizations.
How We Stand on the Standard
(Associational Districts Secretaries).
Song—Alamo Sunbeams.
Brief Message from Orphans Home
Mrs. Fred Harris.
Silent Points from Training School
Report—Mrs. T. R. Lee.
A Few Things to Remember from
Margaret Fund Report—Mrs. H. W.
Rovers.
Playlet—Lyons Y. W. A.
Address —State Worker.
Message from our President—
Mrs. W. J. Neel.
Chorus—Alamo Girls.
(Superintendent Resumes Chair).
Reports of Committees, Enroll
ment, Nominations, Memorials and
Resolutions.
Benediction.
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THE JOHNSON CORNER SCHOOL
The trustees of Johnson’s Corner
School built a six-room bungalow on
the campus during the summer and
the teachers are keeping house there.
There are many advantages in this.
The teachers are near enough to be
a protection to the school building
and thus prevent broken locks and
windows panes.
On Spetember 17th the school
opened with Prof. H. J. Eason as
principal, Miss Laura Mary Pughs
ley of Lyons, Bth grade, Miss Bessie
Ethridge of Lyons, 6th and 7th grade'
Mrs. Ed Clifton of Lyons, 4th and sth
grades, Mrs. H. J. Eeason, of John
son Corner, 2nd and 3rd grades.
Miss Eunice Thompson of Swains*
boro, Ga., Ist grade and music.
The trustees have announced a
box supper for the night of October#
sth. Everybody is invited to come
and help us.
Friday afternoon the Damon and
Pythian Socities met and organized
for the year’s work with Rufus Mer
riman president of the Damon and
Ray Dees president of the Pythian.
These socities hope to do much for
the uplift of the school spirit this
year.
Teachers and pupils are working
together to make this the best year
the school has ever had.
FOR SALE —Good 6 room Hous*
and 10 lots near Church and School.
Cannot build house for price asked
for. Information see or write S. A.
LYNN, Lyons, Ga. Oclß*.