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Vol 20. No 43
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hog S Alt To
BE HELD FRIDAY
FRED WELCHEL OF STATE
bureau of markets to
assist in sale — SALES will
be HELD 4TH FRIDAY.
County Agent Garner reports
that the present outlook is for a
good heavy carload of hogs next
Friday for the sale. He will have
Mr Fred Welchel of the State Bur
eau of Markets here to help handle
the sale. Mr. Welchel will grade
and actually sell the hogs. The
grading will be the same as hereto
fore, so those who have been watch
ing the many sales held here last
year and this spring will know what
the grades are.
The hog market has been dropping
quite a bit during the last six months j
and so we do not expect to get as
much as they were bringing during
September, but this sale will bring
the top of the market.
Farmers are urged to get their
hogs here during the forenoon, so
they can all be weighed up and
ready to ship in time for the after
noon trains.
This is the first of the fall series
of hogs sales, and they will be held
each fourth Friday in the month,
provided of course enough hogs are
listed each time to make one or more
carloads.
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ACTIVITIES OF THE <
AMERICAN LEGION
GAINSVILLE, Ga.—Upon the re- '
turn 6f Edgar B. Dunlap, Depart
ment Commander, and Heyward C. ;
Hosch, Department Adjutant, from
the sth Annual Convention in San
Francisco the American Legion in
Georgia is confronted with a busy
month during November.
Beginning November 3rd the Posts ,
in the 10th District will hold a Con- ,
vention at Warrenton,, a day having (
been set aprt by the management of
the Warren-Glascock Fair as Legion
Day. * Several thousand Legion
naires are expected to attend. .
On November 7th the Posts in the
7th District will meet in convention ;
at Marietta as guests of Horace Orr
Post No. 29. Invitations have been
t" all Legionnaires in the 7th i
District and a large attendance is <
expected.
On November 9th the Ist District j
will meet in convention as guests of
Chatham Post No. 36 at Savannah
A general invitation to all members
of the Legion in Georgia has been i
sent out by the Savannah Post and
a record breaking crowd is expected
to be there. (
On November 10th the 11th Dis- i
trict Convention will meet in Valdos- ,
ta. At the same time a meeting of ,
the State Executive Committee will j
be held. This date will mark the
closing of the Educational Fair in ]
Valdosta which is to be held Novem- ,
ber sth to 10th. Many notable ;
speakers have accepted invitations to
he present on the 10th and take part j
ln the Armistice Day Celebration j (
which is to be in charge of the local i
Legion Post. ]
On November 12th the Legion- <
Varies of the 2nd District will meet ]
in convention at Moultrie as guests 3
of the Thos. S. Teabeaut Post No. <
U. All members of the Legion in
the 2nd District have been invited
and a large crowd is expected. ]
An event of national importance
will take place in Rome on Armis- ]
tice Day. Shanklin-Attaway Post
j No. sis erecting a memorial to the
memory of the last soldier dead to
I be brought to this country from the 1
[ battlefields of France —Charles j (
,i Graves, a Floyd County boy. His! <
-9 remains now rest in “Memorial 1
Place” Myrtle Hill Cemetery. This «
soldier represents all the known
dead of the World Wlir and there-, t
fore belongs to the nation as well, i
a ' Lloyd County. The memorial is i :
1° be unveiled on Armistice Day and j
* number of prominent soldiers and
statesmen from various parts of the i
Nation will take part in the cere- 1
*o»y. >4 r j]
The Lyons Progress
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS-” I
ATLANTA DAILY TO WIRTE j
UP TOOMBS COUNTY
I
Mr. R. E. White of the Atlanta
Georgian was here Friday to Wednes
day writing up the county. The
Georgian especially wanted to know
what the farmers of this eounty are
doing with the “Cow, Hog and Hen
Plan.” He, together with County
Agent Garner visited a large num
ber of the farmers and interviewed
them first handed. He also talked
with the banks and many of the
business men of Lyons and Vidalia.
Mr. White said Roombs county
very much unadvertised and that he
was very plesantly surprised by the
amount of progress he noted in the
county. Every bank told him of
their willingness to cooperate in ev
ery way possible. As the Georgia i
State bank said, “anything to help:
the farmers reduce their cotton j
acreage if it would at the same time
give them a cash crop that they could
turn into cash.”
Mr. White’s story will appear in
the Sunday American about the first
Sunday in November.
MOODY BIBLE INISTITUTE
OFFERS FREE TRAINING
The opportunity is now open to
young men and women throughout
the country, who would liketo take
advantage of free training for
Christian service offered by" The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, to
enter the Institute’s Evening Classes,
while pursuing some regular em- i
ployment during the day. The Em-:
ployment Bureau ofthe Institute is
prepared to co-operate in securing.
employment for any who would like
to follow this plan.
The Evening Classes give a train- J
ing equivalent to that of the Day I
Classes, without any charge for tu- •
ition. The Director Is Rev. P. B. i
Fitzwater, D. D., whose expositions
of the International Sunday-school
Lessons are familiar to millions of
newspaper readers throughout the
country.
745 students, 315 men and 430
women are now enrolled in the
Evening Classes.
MR. J. E. KENWORTHY NOW •
GEN. PASSENGER AGT. G. & F.
Effective this date Mr. J. E. Ken- 1
worthy, is promoted to the position ,
of General Passenger Agent, of the j
Georgia and Florida Railway, hand
ling all passenger matters under the
Jurisdiction of the Traffic Manager.
Mr. Kenworthy has been for some
time Travelling Passenger Agent
until his recent promotion to Gener
al Passenger Agent.
STRAYED—One black goat to
my place. Owner can get same by
paying for trouble and advertise
ment. Mrs. Victoria Ethridge.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF* TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCT. 25 1923
FARMER KILLED
IN ALTERCATION
BAILEY BLAND, OF NEAR ALINE
GEORGIA, DIES INSTANTLY—
J. S. SANDERS IS HELD FOR
THE KILLING.
STILLMORE, Ga.—J. S. Sanders,
merchant and planter of Aline, Ga.,
killed Bailey island, a planter, near
Aline, Tuesday morning in a pistol
duel. The difficulty arose over
Bland’s hogs • getting in Sanders’
field. The two planter met at the
field Tuesday morning after having
j had, some words late Monday and re
j newed the row. It is reported that
! Bland shot Sanders in the leg and
foot and that Sander shot Bland six
times, killing him almost instantly.
During the scuffle Sanders is said
u o have jerked Bland’s pistol from
him.
Sanders went immediately to Met
ier and gave up to the sheriff of
Candler County and was placed in
jail. j
Both men had families. Bland,
who was a son of a former county
commissioner, F. M. Bland, deceased,!
leaves a wife and one or two child- ■
.ren; his mother, Mrs. F. M. Bland,
of Metter; three brothers, Stanford
, Bland, Frank Bland, Jr., and Felton,
Bland, all of Metter; three sisters, i
Mrs. C. H. Blont, of Stillmore; Mrs.
Wedding Bells 'Ring Last J
Allfster H. McCormick, grandson of Cyrus McCormick. Inventor of
flw hervester, after waiting at the church several times for Maty
Baker, American girl, turned his affections Iro Miss Tjrndale Stereus.
I London society beauty, and married her la Parle (sbewa above]. Mary
rfcwy— he wft he kawy."
CARLOAD OF SWEET
POTATOES ARE SHIPPED
A carload of sweet potatoes were
j shipped from Lyons to Florida last
i Wednesday. This car was made up
iby the County Agent and brought
sl.lO per 100 pounds. The potatoes
had to be sacked, so the cost of sacks
and handling reduced the net to the
farmers to lc per pound for the
; Porto Ricans.
Another car will be shipped later,
1 just as soon as enough are listed to
make up a full carload. Those de
siring to ship shquld notify the coun
ty agent, then dig their potatoes and
cull out the good potatoes and hill
them separate so they can be ship
ped without disturbing the others.
This car used potatoes 1% inches to
4 inches in diameter there were good
I
sound potatoes, not plow cut or
Cracked or rotten.
i
j FOR SALT?—I6 acres of Velvet
Beans. Several nice brood sows
bred, one Poland China male about
3 years old. 150 bales Peavine hay.
300 bushels corn. See T. O. Walker,
Uvalda, Ga. Novi.
Warren and Mrs. Morgan, living near
i Aline.
Sanders has a wife and two or
three children. Sanders moved to
j Aline from Augusta some twelve or
i fifteen years ago and has been hier
chandising and farming there since
that time. There were three wit
t nesses to the tragedy, Ftelton Bland,
j a brother of the deceased, Phil Brad
-1 ley and Lee Mosley, both farmers.
MOTORCADE TO SAVANNAH TUESDAY;
OPENING JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY *
FITZGERALD WILL b£ WELL
REPRESENTED; COL. GRINER
TO HEAD CONTINGENT—GOV.
WALKER TO TAKE PART.
FITZGERALD, Ga.—From every
community along # the Jefferson
Davis Highway encouraging reports
are being received from the secre
taries of the several associations of
the interest manifested in their res
, pective counties in the opening cel
ebration of the Jefferson Davis
Highway at Savannah on October
31st.
The pageant, directed by Miss Hel
en G. Davis, grand niece of Presi
dent, Jefferson Davis, is reported by
the Savannah organization as
by far biggest event attempted in
their city and will be fully in keeping
with the importance of the day. The i
Savannah Motor Club whose special
duty on that day includes meeting
the motorcade at the Chatman coun
ty line has arranged for a large
number of cars, to carry committees
consisting of city and county offi
■cials, civic clubs, including Rotar
ians, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitans and j
the Amercan Businessmen’s League. |
Pageant Starts at 12:30
Chairman C. F. Moses of Savannah ;
who has charge of the details of the J
parade and pageant, announced that
the same will begin at 12:30 from
the City Hall at Savannah and pro
ceed to the Exposition grounds,
where the pageant will be staged.
! Every large institution of the city
will be represented in the parade by
a float and every civic organization
including the U. D. C. and P. T. A.
Association, which will have hun
’ dreds of school childreji on its
floats. Historic events, dear to the
Southern heart, will be represented
on the floats of the patriotic socie-
ties.
Atlanta to Be Represented
A number of cars representing ,
the Atlanta Motor Club will meet j
| the Dodge County delegation at
Eastman and motor with them to Mc-
Rae where they will join the main j
Motorcade.
Wrightsville, Dublin and Louis
ville will join the motorcade at the
Chatman county line, coming down
the Louisville road and arranging
their schedule accordingly.
Eighteen Cars Promised from Here
Col. L. L. Griner of the Governor’s
Staff, will head the Ben Hill County
contingent and promises to start out
with eighteen cars. A number of
ladieß will be With the Fitzgerald
party. Ashburn, Ocilla and Irwin-
Ville have been invited to join the
party in Fitzgerald.
First Stop Abbeville
Abbeville will be the first stop and
the progressive little city on the Jeff
erson Davis Highway is arranging to
send a large delegation to the cele
bration, members of the’r wide
awake Chamber of Commerce, head
ed by President N. M. Patten of the
Chamber of Commerce.
DcSoto Hotel Headquarters
Secretary Isidor Gelders has des
ignated the DeSoto Hotel as official j
headquarters in Savannah for the j
delegations and a large reviewing
stand for the parade is being erect
ed for their benefit. \
MR. JOHN F. SCHULER, ONCE
MADE HIS HOME HERE, DEAD
A telegram announcing the death
on Sunday morning of Mr. John F.
Schuler in New Orleans was received
by his mother, Mrs. Catharine Schu
ler. Mr. Schuler had resided in
New Orleans for the past ten years,
hut for a number of years prior to
that time had made his home in our
City and will doubtless be remember
ed for his sunny, cheerful disposi
tion.
Mr. Schuler is survived by his
wife Mrs. Nana (Kreis) Schuler of j
New Orleans; his mother Mrs. Cath
arine Schuler; one sister Mrs. F. F.
Goddard, and one brothen Mr. J. C.
Schuler of Savannah. The latter
left immediately for New Orleans
to attend the funeral which was held
hi that city •» Tuesday afterne est.
Subscription SI.OO
I SOUTHEASTERN MID
MONTH CROP REVIEW
Corn
Good progress has been made in
harvesting early corn, with excellent
weather conditions prevailing. Mach
late corn suffered from drought in
northern Georgia, South Carolina,
and Tennessee.
Small Grains
Very little grain has been sown or
fall plowing done in Georgia and
South Carolina to date. Thfe land
has been to dry for very active pre
' paration thro.ughout the remainder
of the region, although some work
is being done in Tennessee and Nnrth
Carolina, with a small amount al
ready sown. Planting of oats is in
progress in Florida. Indications
are for some increase in acreage to
be sown in oats this fall in Georgia,
unless dry weather delays prepara-
I
tion to such an extent as to make it
impossible to get them in .
Cotton
Cotton is practically all out of the
fields in Florida and south Georgia;
about two-thirds picked in the north
ern half of Georgia, and four-fifths
picked in South Carolina. Picking
jis progressing in the southern coun
ties of Tennessee and just beginning
lin the more northern counties.
I The yield is proving better than
! was expected in North Carolina,
where the cotton leaf worm has
stripped quite a large percentage of
the leaves from the plants through
out the state, resulting in earlier
opening and picking, it has also en
abled the farmers toappreeiate bet
ter the conditions of the crof).
Hay and Pastures
With the weather favorable, pract
ically all hay has been harvested in
excellent condition. Yields were
good in Florida, North Carolina and
Tennessee; fair in South Carolina,
and rather low in Georgia. Dry
weather caused deterioration in pas
tures.
Tobacco
The busiest season for the auction
markets is now on in North Carolina.
Prices are reported as fairly rfatis
j factory, considering the large pro
duction &nd quality below the aver
age. The color is good.
Tennessee tobacco is all housed
and very nearly all cured. Heavy
“wildfire” damage reported.
Miscellaneous
Sweet potato yields are generally
satisfactory where harvest has com
menced.
Sugar cane prospect is low ia
Georgia. Although some of the
central counties of South Carolina
have been needing rain for the past
two weeks, the crop there is stitt
very good. Sorghum for sirup
should give fair yields having made
some improvement during the past
thirty days.
Fruit
The fruit crop is short in hs»rtSr
there being no fall peaebes
and the commercial apple crop only
about twenty-five precent of normal.
The quality of the fruit is generally
good. Georgia commercial apples
still promise a fairly good crop.
The Florida citrus crop is exeel
i lent, and the fruit is coloring and
ripening nicely.
Farm Labor
Movement away from the farm
continues. In south Georgia num
hors of white farmers are moving ka
Florida; most of the negroes are
going north.
Z. R. PETTET,
Agricultural Statistician.
WALTER CLARKE, NEGRO,
SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT
I Walter Clark, negro drayman, waa
shot Sunday night by another negro
man in the lower edge of town. He
was not seriously shot, as the one
who shot him, used bird shot and was
j some distant from him. The load
| sprinkled Clark about the face and
shoulder.
It is not known what the shooting
started about, but was reported that
Clarke shot at the other negro first.
No trace has yet been found a£
the Che who did the *««*•*.