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Vol 20. No 45 DR. C. I. CRAY PASSES AWRY DEATH COMES LATE MONDAY EVENING— HAD BEEN IN FAIL jNG health for several months. Dr. George T. Gray, a prominent physician and beloved citizen of this county died Monday evening at his home in Lyons. He had been in failing health for some time. He was born in this county, and spent his useful life within a short distance of his birth place. He was 62 years of age, and had given 35 years of his life to his profession. He had al arge practice and was high ly sucessful. He has been county prysician for 15 years. The funeral was conducted from j the residence Tuesday afternoon at ; 3 o’clock by Rev. Theo Pahrr of the Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. A. D. Woodle of the Baptist Chtfhch. He was buried with Masonic honors at the Lyons cemetery. The : many and beautiful foral offerings ' attested to the high esteem in which j the deceased was held. The pall-bearers were Messrs J. L. Wolfe, B. F. Wolfe, S. M. Hall, E. F. Parker, S. A. Hall, Dess Gray, Car son Mason and B. "M. Brown. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Georgia Hall, and the fol lowing children: R. E. Gray, of Lyons D. L. Gray of Atlanta, Mrs. A. V. Mozingo of Dallas Texas, Mrs. G. A. ; Doovan of Vidalia, and Misses Leola | and Edna Gray of Lyons. FORMS FOR FILING REVENUE RETURNS NOW AVAILABLE Forms 1099 and 1096 for filing I returns of information are available today at the office of Collector -of , Internal Revenue, Atlanta, Georgia, J and the following branch offices, P. j 0. Building, Macon, Georgia, and ; Oglethorpe Building, Savannah, Geor | gia. The early release will be of aid to firms, corporations and busines ses employing large forces, which an nually are required to report to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington payments of SI,OOO or more made during the preceding • calendar year. A separate-return of information for each employes whose salary for j 1923 was SI,OOO or more is required j of employers on Form ‘1099, Form 1096, on which must be shown the number of separate returns, serves as a letter of transmittal. Banks and similar organizations ] are required to report interest paid j or credited to a depositor if the total during the year equalled orexceeded SI,OOO. Information returns are carefully checked with individual re turns. If in a taxpayer’s individual return a payment reported on an in formation return is omitted, action by the Bureau of Internal Revenue follows. Copies of the forms will be sent to those who filed similar returns ; for 1922. The filing period is from January 1 to March 15,. 1924. PIANO TUNER People of Lyons and surrounding territory will be interested to know that a piano tuner of national repu tation will be in Lyons again and can he found at the Godwin Boarding House. Leo Lesimsky, who has spent a lifetime in piano making and tun ng, will be in town several days, and if any one is in need of piano tuning it will be very advatageous to call him on phone 33 at the Godwin Boarding House, or see him in per son. Mr. Lesinsky will make out of town trips if conveyance is furnished He is well knowm here as a piano tuner of ability. ad. FOR SALE GOOD FIVE ROOM HOUSE AND p OUR LOTS. A BARGAIN. S. W. HILL, Lyona, Georgia. The Lyons Progress | . THE SILENT DRAMA X , l -• ■. .for • ■ ' i MESSRS. E. E. BAGWELL AND E. J. PARRISH HERE TUES. Mr. E. E. Bagwell, Superintendent of the Savannah Division of the Sea ; board Air Line Railway and Assist ant General Freight Agent E. J. Parrish, of Savnnah, w T ere in Lyons Tuesday evening conferring with lo cal people on plans for developing the poultry shipments in the Svannah territory. , | Quite an ambitious program is be ing planned by the Seaboard in its ; efforts to help develop this import j ant industry. If plans work out as ! they should they will be in a posi | tion to announce some big changes , that will be of considerable assist ance to the farmers of this entire section in getting steady markets for their poultry and poultry products. Messrs Bagw r ell and Parish were accompained by Mr. F. M. Dutton, ; Trainmaster, Savannah; Mr. P .M. Browning, Assistant Freight Agent, Cordele; Mr. Marchall, of the Amer ! ican Express Company, and C. M. Cannon, counstructive engineer, i TOOMBS COUNTY FARM PROGRAM IN DEMAND Numerous inquiries have come in recently for copies of the Toombs j County Farm Program. Letters | this week came from as far as Butts and Brooks counties. The Vi dalia Kiwanis and the Lyons Boost er Club are to be congratulated on their efforts behind this move. All South Georgia is working solidly behind the move to get the farming industry on a sounder basis than it has been heretofore. There has been too much plunging from one crop to another and this plan | that is being adopted over Toombs County should be a great help in stablizing the farm development in this county. CABBAGE PLANTS . . Have about 200,000 Long Island Wakefield Cabbage Plants ready for sale. My price delivered by Parcel Post is 1,000 for $1.40. 500 for 75 cents. 300 for 50 cents. 100 for 20 cents. Delieverd by Parcel Post. The Long Island is larger, just as early and better cabbage than Early Jersey Wakefield to set as this time of year. M. M. COLEMAN, Jr. Lyons Georgia NOTICE— On November 24th, 1923 I willi sell at my home, farm implements, mule, wagon, buggy, hogs and some furniture, corn and peas. Mrs. V. B. ETHRIDGE. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY 1 LYONS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 8 t 923 Georgia’s Experience In Growing Tobacco I MANY LESSONS LEARNED IN j SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE, IN GROWING TOBACCO IN; l * SOUTH GEORGIA. ■* . v -_ ' i-i . j,. ,' s ! By Edison C. Westbrook The indications at present point: to an increase in the Georgia tobac-1 co acreage estimated anywhere from j 100 to 300 per cent. In view of this fact, it would seem very important j that the prospective new growers be i informed of the methods of produc-, ing tobocco that have proven to be : the most profitable. This year South Georgia produc- i od 9,191,343 pounds of bright leaf, tobocco, which averaged $25.70 per hundred. It was the best quality !cr op Georgia has evfer grown. It was the first crop that created any favorable comment worthy of con sideration from the tobacco buyers.; We at last have been recognized as producers of high quality tobacco. It has taken seven years to get the • recognition. We did not get it soon er because many of our farmers did irot learn many of the fine points of the business until they had a few years experience. We must main-] tain our reputation for producing good tobacco. Avoid previous Mistake* There are some excusses for many of these farmers making, mistakes, because they were growing* a new | crop under new condition*. They were blazing the trail. Prospective neve growers should not to go through all of the the earl ier growers had to go thrdttgh with. If the tobacco acreage* increas-, ed as much another year as is indi cated, there will be . tobacco produced by the new growers than the total crop for this year. Large quantities of low grade tobacco next year would depress our markets and create dissatisfaction. Only High Quality Tobacco Profitable We believe that, every person in terested in the promotion of tobacco should use every available means to aid in supplying tobacco growers and prospective growers with the best and most coinplete information —■——l I I !■ II I— ■ I HI ■ ■—— ' 1 ■ 1 ■" "" 11 " I Hamilton Burch P- M. Mosley t BURCH & MOSELEY ? Attorneys-at-Lnw 4* Will practice in all Court es the State T Office —Second floor Aaron Buildings LYONS, GEORGIA % Will appreciate your patronage. j ( available on the subject, j We Must Keep Down the Production j/ of Low Grade Tobacco : The outlook at present indicates ! that we. are likely to meet keen com petition next season, due to an indi cated larger acreage in Virginia and i the Carolinas. The best way to meet j this competition is with high quali ity tobacco. Good Information Available The Georgia State College of Ag riculture has for distribution bulle ] tire entitled “Tobacco Culture” and ■ “The Cost of Producing Bright To- I bacco.” These bulletins will be ; mailed free upon request. They ! >3an also be obtained from your coun ty agent. They contain very detail ed information and should be very helpful to the new growers. Only , fanners who are willing to do all of the things necessary for the produc tion of high quality tobacco should *oe encouraged to grow it. Selecting the Tobacco Soil ! Select a well-drained sandy loam soil. Do not select the richest land, I northe poorest. Land of medium j fertility is best. Do not plant after a heavy crop of velvet beans or cow peas. The Right Kind of Fertilizer An 8-3-5 fertilizer has up to now proven the most profitable. The ■ right amount to use has varied from 800 to 1200 pounds per acre, depend ing on the richness of the land. A high per cent of potash help 9 to keep j the tobacco from going to pieces dur ■ ing the rain/ season, which usually comes in July. Stable Manure Highly Effective Finely pulverised, well rotted stable manure applied at the rate of 1 2 to 3 tons per acre, at least a month before transplanting greatly increases the yield and improves the quality of the tobacco. Time to Sow the Bed* Experience as proven that early tobacco is much more profitable than late tobacco. It is heavier and goes through the rainy season. Tobacco should be set in the field the last of March and the first ten days of April. In order to have plants ready by this time, the beds should be sown the last of December, and not later than the middle of January. Stick to the Game CO. CORN CLUB EXMBIIISWINNER PRIZE OF FIFTY DOLLARS AT SAVANNAH TRI-STATE FAIR —MONEY TO GO BOYS CLUB WORK FOR NEXT YEAR. Toombs County Corn Club Ex hibit which was shown at the County Fair here won first prize in Savannah at the Tri-State Fair last week. A prize of S3O was offered for the best county corn club exhibit of thirty or more club boys. The ex hibit that was shown here was sent to Savannah and won there. Mr. Spivey, of Treutlen county, who won first at the Macon State Fair in the County Booth contest, said this exhibit was the prettiest exhibit of corn he bad ever seen. ‘ This money will be used in deve loping the boys club work in this county next year. Last year the Toombs County Exhibit won second of S3O which was used to pay the ex penses of the Judging team to Sav annah last September and also to pay the $lO so that two boys, W. L. Higgs and Charles New, could go to the Southeastern Fair School. INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY DEC. 2ND. NEW YORK, Nov. s—President Coolidge in a letter maije public to day by Charles V. Vickrey, General Secretary of Near East Relief, en dorses the plan for observing Decem ber 2nd as International Goldqp Rule Sunday. Plans for the day, as outlined by a recent interenational conference in Geneva, call upon people of four-, teen different countries to serve a menu in their homes similar to that served in orphanages in the Near East, the difference in cost of the orphanage menu and the ordinary meal to be contributed to orphanage work overseas. . . The President’s letter says: “It is with a good deal of satis faction that I commend your propos al to observe on International Gol den Rule Dinner Sunday, on the 2nd of December 1923. I feel sure that this suggestion will meet with very widespread approval and will bring more closely to mind the charitable requirements of those who are pros perous to those who are in adversity. It suggests not only a practical the* thod for help, but the highest ex pression of sympathy, by showing for a time the privations of others. Cordially yours, CALVIN COOILDGE.” Mr. Vickrey said that among the \ notable people abroad who will co- • operate to give the day an internat- J ional aspect are ex-Premier Clemen ceau, Prince Carl of Sweden, Dr. j Fridtjof Nansen, Premier Gonataes of Greece, M. Paul Hymans, and Mile Alice Masaryk, daughter of the 1 President of Czecho-Solvakia. “We expect that the day will be observed by twenty million people," i he said. “Governors, Senators and j other men prominent in national hnd j state affairs, fraternal organizat ions, business firms, and churches have already endorsed. “The observance is very appro priately fixed for the Sunday fol- | lowing Thanksgiving. Having on Thursday bountifully from well lad- 1 en tables and rejoiced in our own prosperity, it is fitting that on the j following Sunday we give some spec-1 ial considertion to the needs and I distress of those who are less highly 1 j Farmers who jump in and jump out nearly always jump at the wrong time. Do you ever notice that? The farmers who have made most money out of tobacco are the ones ■who have stuck through the had years as well as through the good; ones. Tobacco should not be the | only money crop. Other crops should be grown along with it. To-, baeco requires a large amount of la bor, during the harvest season, which comes in June, and July. This i fact should be recognized when de j ciding the acres of tobacco that can be handled sucessfully. Subscription SI.OO DAIRY SPECIALIST HERE NEXT WEEK FOUR MEETINGS WILL BE HELD MONDAY AND TUESDAY—NEW BRANCH, CENTER, AIMWELL. AND OHOOPEE. ■ ■ -«■<! Four meetings will be held next Monday and Tuesday in Toombs county on shipping sour cream. Mr. Fitch will be here from the Georgia State College of Agriculture to fepeak on this subject to the farmer at the following places. Ohoopee at 5 p. m. Monday. New Branch at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Center at 5 p. m. Tuesday. Aimwell at 7:30 p. m. Tpesday. All four meetings will be at the school houses and will start promptly so that we can get through and go to the next place. Mr. Fitch nas had long experience in the dairy business and talk to the farmers on dairying from actual experience. Sour cream ship ping has come to stay as one of our main sources of cash and we need to develop it much farther. Come out to these meeting's in a body and lets hear what Mr. Fitch has to say. JUDGE I. H. CORBITT IN PARTNERSHIP AT ALAMO The firm of Pope & Hattaway of Alamo has been changed to that of Corbitt, Pope & Hattaway. This will be a substantial addition to this firm. Judge Corbitt is one of the leading lawyers of this section of our state. He will still be located here* but will spend a part of his time at Alamo in the office of the firm, sec , ends floor Hurwitz Building. , Mr. • Hattaway will remain in chrage of the office at Alamo, while Mr. Pope will move to this city and become associated with Judge Cor bitt in the work here. BANKS TO CLOSE MONDAY All the banks of the County will be closed Monday, November 12th, as this day is set aside as Armistic Day. favored. “Luxurious living and self-indul ffehce tnay he as injurious to the prosperious as under-nourishment and starvation are to the less fort unate. "American has contributed more to the preservation of the childhood jof Europe and Asia than any other (nation. In American orphanages is j the Levant there aTe now more than 50,000 children who not only have Jno fathers and mothers, but as re- I fugees from Anatolia they have no country. There are at least 95,009 other orphans and half-orphans in. the refugee camps for whom some provision must be made if they are not to perish during the coming win ter. ’ . ! “When people break bread to gether, they become friends. On this International Golden Rule Sun day people of all nations figuratively will gather around the same table* partaking of the same food represent ! ing the menu which the unfortunate j children of the Near East hope, by I the benevolence of the West, to eat ! 365 days in the year. But even this ; simple menu the orphans cannot J have unless the rest of the world in j some measures practices the Golden j Rule and shares prosperity witfc these children of adversity. “These children in considerable measure, embody the future of the , Near East. By the international ap plication of the principles of the Golden Rule in dealing with these orphan children we may be able to avoid international strife and disas ! trous warfare in the next genera tion. “No family, no nation, is too poor to help others while indulging in wasteful, non-productive expendi tures and consumption of henries, the value of which would save a lesa fortunate family or nation bankruptcy.” A j