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Vol 20. No "47 jurors For Nov. SUPERIOR COURT drawn to serve for regu. lar term which will con- VENE NEXT MONDAY. JUDGE R . N. HARDEMAN PRESIDING. The following citizens of Toombs county have been drawn to serve as Traverse jurors for the November term of Superior court which will convene next Monday, November 26 th. "W. A. Dickerson T. W. Willits, Sr. S. J. Rockett J. T. Tyson B. F. Echols S. A. Lynn J. W. Rolison W. S. Harden, Sr. J. A. Morris T. R. Lee C. L. Dickerson W. S. Lilliott E. T. Mcßride S. W. Vann P. A. New R. S. Sharpe A. A. Sharpe J. E. Meadows J. D. Todd Claud Christian L. B. Godbee A. M. Beadenbaugh Geo. S. Rountree J. P. McLeod Duncan Odom T. R. Sharpe L. J. Edenfield H. A. Threckeld T. R. McSwain M. James M. M. Williamson J. E. Bland D. E. Odom W. H. Harrison J. H. Little F. L. McCullough W. F. O’Neal A. A. Webb R. M. Stanley A. H. Lilliott, L. L. Sharpe H. V. Lynn, Dess Gray Han Odom I. C. Edenfield J. L. Grimsley W. L. Findley E. L. McDilda DOCTORS TO MEET IN VIDALIA The Leon Moye Medical Associa tion will conevene in Vidalia today. This association is composed of the medical fraternity of Toombs, Mont gomery and Treutlen counties. The medicos will be the guests of Drs. Thompson and Mercer while in Vida lia and the program will include a clinic at the Vidalia Hospital. EDITORS OF DISTRICT MEET IN VIDALIA INTERESTING SESSION OF THE. DISTRICT ASSOCIATION HELD AT NEW VIDALIA FRIDAY — DUBLIN GETS NEXT MEET. Newspaper representatives from over the Twelfth district gathered at Vidalia last Friday for the regu lar fall session of the association as the guests of Editor and Mrs. N. C. Napier of the Vidalia Advance. The meeting was one of the best the as sociation has ever held. Dublin selected for the meeting of the asso ciation to be held in March, 1924. On arriving at Vidalia, the visitors gathered at the Advance offee, at 1 o’clock repaired to the New Vidalia Hotel, wjjere an elegant dinner was served in the main dining room. Fol lowing the dinner, President Chas. D. Rountree called the meeting to ord and the following program war. c. : ried out: Our duty to our home communities and to South Georgia—T. L. Bailey, Ccohran Journal. Job printing costs D. A. Byck, Savannah. What are fair prices for political announcements and political articles —H. B. Folsom, Montgomery Moni tor. How 1 I handle the space grafter— C. M. Methvin, Eastman Times-Jour naL A code of ethics for Georgia news papers —C. D. Rountree, President Georgia Press Association, Wrights ville Headlight. Present at the session Friday were Editor and Mrs. H. B. Folsom of Mt. V ernon, Editor and Mrs. C. M. Meth vin of Eastman, Editor and Mrs. C. H. Rountree of Wrightsville, Editor and Mrs. N. C. Napier of Vidalia, T. L. Bailey of Cochran, the efficient secretary of the association, H. L. Hamrick of Cochran, C. T. Darley of Lyons, D. A. Byck of the M. S. & H. A. Byck Co., Savannah.—The Vi dalia Advance. The Lyons Progress I AT 3:30 P.M. THANKSGIVING DAY S' . BRYAN COUNTY LAW FIRM OPENING BRANCH OFFICES IN TOOMBS Purri# & William# of Pembroke to Open Office in Lyons at Once. William 0. Williams, brother of the late J. J. Williams and youngest son of Judge and Mrs. P. W. Will iams, of Lyons, is to have charge of the office at Lyons, while Carlton L. Purvis will remain at Pembrike where he will conduct the firms’ interests in Bryan and the surrounding coun ties. This firm is now enjoying a lucrative practice in Bryan and the surrounding counties. Both members ofthis firm are graduates of Law Colleges, each hold ing a LL. B. degree, and are qualifi ed to practice in all Court both State and Federal. Carlton L. Purvis is the son of Mrs. Sallie G. Purvis, Postmistress of | Pembroke, and the nephew of Her schel Williams of Dublin, and the late Judge Robert (Bob) Williams of Swainsboro. His preparatory education was received at the First District Agricultural School of States boro. He is an Alumi of the Unver sity of Georgia, Mercer University, Macon, and the Atlanta Law School of Atlanta. He enjoys the respect of the citizens of Bryan County and that section of the State. William O. William father Judge P. W. Williams retired from the ac tive practice of Law about ten years ago. His experience in this profes sion was extended over a period of about forty-five years. He was wid ely known and respected in South east Georgia as one of the leading lawyers of his time. William 0. 'Williams after graduat ing from Lyons High School entered the GeorgiatAlaboma Business Col lege, of Macon. After graduating from that institution he entered as a volunteer in the United States Army, and served with the 42nd, commonly known as the courageou Rainbow Division irt France during the World War foreighteen months. He was wounded twice and gassed while fighting in France. After re turning from France Mr. Williams disability received while fighting in France warranted his being given Vocational Training, and the Govern ment sent him to the Lamar School of Law, Emory University, of Atlan to, .Georgia, where he received his ’LL. B. degree. The progress of this law firm will he keenly watched as William O. Williams is virtually a native son of Lyons, and Carlton L. Purvis has a wide famliy connection in this sec tion of the State as well as Mr. Will iams. The Lyons office will be known by the firm of Williams & Purvis. We extend to them our very best wishes for success in their branch of fice here. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 22 1923 Educational Week, Nov. 18-24th Effort to Enroll Teachers and People In Ga. Education Asso. The Georgia Education Associa tion is making a determined and persistent effort to enroll the teach ers and friends of education in Geor gia as members of its body. There are 16,00 white teachers in Geor gia and several hundred more school officials. Every one of these should be a member of .this Association. A large, strong body of educators, j speaking as a unit thru one organiza- 1 -tion can be an irrestible power fori educational progress. Georgia is far I behind in the efficiency of herj schools. One big cause for this isj | - The Prophet .| , -‘SMC' V* -'•> :.£ • r*-v • ' .&< ‘ ;.: that her law-making bodies and her taxing officials have not felt the im pelling force that its teachers, or ganized as a body, would give. The teachers’ influence in Georgia has been weak and of no force because they have spoken as separate indivi duals and not as a unit for 16,000 teachers. Georgia has the smallest j number of teachers in her Educat ion Association of any Southern I Late. Viiginia has 10,000 members jin her Association; Kentucky over i 8,000; Alabama and Mississippi, over j 7,000. Georgia has less than 3,000. " ———— EE. PARKER EOR CIERKOF COURT ANNOUNCES FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT—-HAS MADE SPLENDID RECORD. Mr. E. F. Parker at present Clerk of Superior Court, announces this week his candidacy for re-clection to this office. Mr. Parker has served the people in this office for the past term, and is a well fitted man for this office. It is not much that can be said in behalf of Mr. Parker, as the public knows Mr. Parker and his ! efficency as Clerk. Mr. Parker who has put his con-! stant and deligent attention to this ' office and promises if re-elected to continue to look after the welfare of the office in the future as he has in the past. His announcement follows: For Clerk Superior Court Thi3 willannounce my formal can didacy for re-election to the office of ■ Clerk Superior Court of Toombs ’ County subject to the rules of the i white primary. The office has had my constant and diligent attention and should I be re-elcted I promise to continue to look after the welfare of the office in the future as I have in the past. Yours truly, E. F. PARKER. NOTICE Lyons, Georgia, Nov. 20th. 1923. The While Away Club will have a • form of fiddlers’ convention in ! Lyons in the very near future. i Three prizes will be given; First ! Prize $10.00; Second Prize $5.00; • and Third Prize $2.50. The contest is open to all fiddlers of this and ; surrounding counties and the club ■ would be glad to hear from any and all parties who desire to participate i at as early a date as possible so that program etc. may be arranged. Those desiring to enter the con test will please send in their names to the undersigned, Mrs. Wimberly E. Brown, Secretary, Lyons, Ga. Yet she has more teachers than any of these Southern states. She ought to have the biggest member ship and the strongest body of teach ers. This can be made true if the leaders in education in every county of the state will rally to the support of the directors ofthe Georgia Edu cation Association. The success ofthis campaign de pends upon the city and county su perintendents and the college presi dents in our state. The motto of every school and college ought to be “100 per cent perfect in member ship in the Georgia Education Asso i ciation”. The superintendent who gives this campaign his enthusiastic j snpport and leadership will have all of his teachers follow him in join ing the Education Association. Abetter and stronger organiza tion of teachers would greatly aid our public gramar and high schools j in doing better work Our state can I never reach the highest point of es- ( fiency industrially, economically, socially, or morally until all of its children are well educated. In this ■ work teachers must lead and can only lead when they speak officially j as one strong organized unit. We therefore give our strongest indorsement to the efforts of the Georgia Education Association in enrolling all the teachers of our state. We hope that the county and city superintendents in this county will immediately begin the campaign toenroll our teachers. We hope to report in an early issue that this county has gone over the top and has one hunderd per cent membership. Let Toombs County do its part to make the next meeting of the Geor gia Education Association in Savan f nah, May l-3rd, 1924, the biggest I convention of teachers ever held in j the Sorrtk ' Subscription SI.OO [TOOMBS CO. CROP PASSES 5,000 [ 2,965 BALES LESS THAN IN 1922 —STATE SHOWS 140,592 BALES LESS THAN IN 1922 TERRELL COUNTY LEADS THE STATE. The Department of Commerce, through the bureau of census an nounces the report on cotton gin ned by the state up to November the Ist. 1922, 632,258 bales. November the Ist. 1923, 491,666 bales. 140,- 592 bales less in 1923 than in 1922. Toombs county ginned in 1922, ; 8,048 bales up to November the Ist. [November the Ist. 1923, 5,083. 2,965 bales less than in 1922. Lyons leads all other points in the j county in shipping this season. Lyons has shipped approximately 3,500 bales, all other points 1,588. Lyons leads all other markets in the coun ty, the buyers have gave the top of the market all the season. Terrell county leads the state in ' cotton ginned both in 1922 and 1923. 1 Terrell county ginned in 1922, 20,- 577, and in 1923, 10,422. Jeffer son county ginned more in 1623 than in 1922, 1923 ginned 10,280, in 1922 ginned 7,366. The market is still very strong around 34 1-2 cents, and the out look is it will go on up higher yet. WHAT VARIETIES OF PECANS TO PLANT The Georgia Experiment Station is frequently requested to name the best varieties of pecans to plant. This, seemingly, is a simple question, yet it is one very difficult to answer even by those who may be familiar with most of the pecan varieties. This is necessarily true because the I desires and personalities of the grow ers themselves are just as variable as the long list of varieties of pe cans from which they select. Varieties of pecans behave differ ently uncPer different climatic and soil conditions, and this fact should be considered for each locality. The Stuart pecan is possibly more widely adapted and the most exten sively * planted variety of the list. Yet this variety has not done well ok some ofthe red clay soils of the Pied mont section of Georgia, where it should give place to other varieties. The Mobile, generally recognized as being a very poor variety, fills out much better when grown on the Piedmont soils than when grown ®n the Coastal plains. Its habit of early and heavy bearing has caused many growers to plant the Mobile in the Piedmont Country, even tho it has other serious objections. The Teche is another very heavy yielding varieyt which is much prized by some growers even tho it is a nut of rather inferior quality. The Delmas, one a very popular and choice variety has been largely j discarded due to its susceptibility te the pecan scab. The Schley which is re cog zed as the Queen of quality, scabs to some degree in the Coastal Plains section while it seems fairly free of scab in the Piedmont region. The Moore and Moneymaker are very early and prolfic bearers, and seem fairly well adapted to practical ly all sections of the state where pe cans are grown. The Frotscher seems well adapted to the Tiftoa sandy loam soils, while the Pabst and Alley seem rather generally adapted. From the following list, growers can select varieties suitable for their conditions in most sections of Geor gia; Schley, Stuart, Pabst, Alley, Success, Moneymaker, Moore and Prothscher. Trees from thre to five feet high set during the months of December i and January will usually give good results. H.'P. STUCKEY, Director. FOR SALE—2S acres all under wire fence, 18 acres in cultivation, dwelling, etc. 3 miles from Lyons. $650. Apply to M. M. COLEMAN, It. Lyons, he*