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Vol 20. No 52 XMAS QUIET IN LYONS SEVERAL AUTOMOBILE ACCI d£nTS HAPPENING LITTLE RALPH LANKFORD BURNED WHEN GUN BARREL BURSTS. The yuletide season has proven to he the quietest in the history of Lyons. There were little drunken ness and disorder here on Monday and Tuesday, and everything went off quietly and peaceable during the Christmas days. Most all of the business houses and store closed on Christmas Day, and spent the day at home or either enjoying themselves hunting. Several automobile accidents hap pened during the holidays, but fort unately no one getting hurt serious ly. There were several accidents happened on the Lyons-Vidalia High way, and one or two in the city limits. Little Ralph Lankford happened to the misfortunate on Wednesday, while hunting with a single barrel shotgun, of receiving some painful wounds about the face and hands, when the barrel of the gun he wa3 using bursted. His face and hands were burned bad, but it is hoped that he will soon be out again. RESOLUTIONS To the Worshipful Master, War dens and Bretherns of Millikin Creek Lodge No. 302 F. & A. M. Your Committee appointed to draft a suitable Resolution of res pect submits the following. On the morning of November the sth, 1923, the dreaded Messenger Death, against whose will within our Circle the Barred Doors and Tylers, Sword affords no defence, Called upon us and taken our Brother Dr. George T. Gray, from his sufferings and afflictions of la bor, To that Eternal Field of Re freshments, that place not made with hands Eternal, in Heaven, Dr. Gray as wel all knew him on account of his profession, of which he spent the best part of his life in practice, which was always a credit to himself and an honor to his coun try. George Gray, as he was known at this period of time, was initiated as an entered apprentice Mason February 22nd, 1884, was passed to the Degree of a Fellow-Craft the 22 nd day of March following, and on the 26th day of July 1884, was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason, and his zeal for the Institution of Free Masonary was ever held in high esteem. THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, That in the demise of Brother Gray, Masonary has lost a Brother, true and faithful who always lived an ex amplinary life, one worthy of imi tiation by all those who wished to be good and true. And his family has lost an honor ed and devoted husband and a lov ing affestionate Father. Peace be unto his ashes, Oh!j Death where is thy Sting, Oh! Grave where is thy Victory: RESOLVED, Further, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Minutes of this Lodge and a copy be furnished tbe family of the deceased, and a copy be sent to the Lyons Progress for publication. Respectfully submitted, S. J. BLAND, 0. M. GLISSON, C. R. McCORKLE, Committee. STRAYED OR LOST Three cows. One old cow and two small steirs. Last seen about 1 mile from Ohoopee October 24th. Cow mark ed under square in one ear and split in other. One steir marked crop and two splits in right ear and crop in left. Other steir marked spit and overbit. and swallow fork. Cow with white streak down back and one horn slipped off. Liberal reward will be paid for information to whereabouts of these cows. W. C. SHARPE, Janl7p Alston, Georgia The Lyons Progress : CARTOON REVIEW OF 1923' i SsS— 1 6ooD ooo! i M C m NOTED DEAD PRE'SIPENT OPU/S. WM2REN 6.HAHDIN6 . . .rmgFV JV V\ — .*..... SWINE GROWERS TO MEET JAN. 1011 TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION AT MOULTRIE, GEORGIA LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECT ED EACH DAY. The Georgia Swine Growers As sociation will holds its annual con vention at Moultrie, January 10-11, and C. B. Allen, editor of the Moul trie (Ga.) Daily Obesrver says that 5,000 persons are expected to be present on each day. Editor Allen comments on the ap propriateness of Moultrie at the con vention city. It was a Moutlrie en terprise which first provided the hog-growers of Southwest Georgia with an all-year round market for their animals, thus taking an import ant step to stabilize the hog industry in Georgia. Since the Moultrie pac4_ ing plant opened and began adding fame to that little city, other pack ing plants have been Qpened in the South. South Georgia is destined to be one of the great swine-producing states of the Union, in the opinion of experts, particularly of the agri cultural agents of the Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic railway, who have made a close study of the hog and cattle industry all along their line of railroad. The opinion is ex pressed by these agents and others that the hog crop can be made one of the great money crops of Geor gia. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my friends for their loyal support which made me County Commissioner Dec. _ 12th inst., and I pledge my faithful ser- I vices in return. Yours faithfully, ERNEST W. CLIFTON. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DEC. 27 1923 2,946 STILLS DESTROYED IN GEORGIA IN 1923 Georgia led the entire nation in the number of stills and distilleries seized and destroyed during the fis cal year ending June 30, 1923, ac cording to the official report of In ternal Revenue Commissioner David H. Blair for the period, a copy of which has been received Monday by Fred Dismuke, of Atlanta, director of federal prohibition forces in the state. Stills and distilleries numbering 2,946 were seized in Georgia during the twelve month period, represent ing approximately 14 per cent of all stills and distilleries seized in all states. Virginia was Georgia’s clos est rival with 2,032 seizures. Georgia was first in the seizure and destruction of malt liquor or -Jp-j— :■ r r W An International Song Dedicated to President Harding Since life began World’s history’s been wrought With men’s grim battles oft renewed and fought; Progress has taught the evil of onr way, And peace is dawning with a newer day. The force of might—not right—has often ruled. And all the world In armament been schooled; Please God, no more vast graveyards where we kneel. But >oin our hearts and bands for common weal. Men’s minds have vied for better ways to make a Destructive forces for destruction's sake; H From chaos and confusion there shall rise. J Enduring peace and everlasting ties. Chorus 0 We pray for peace on earth, good will toward all; /7 May love instead of hate our hearts enthrall. 7 We pray that every nation aees the right; That truth and justice rule in place of might; That armament forever cease its reign; mZk And wasting war may ne’er return again. Long may the world be bright ah. WfthJVfcedom'a holy tight, Great God our King! _ beer, with 2,338,078 gallons, and al so was first in the number of still worms seized with 734. Tfre state was third in the amount of whiskey destroyed with 24,312 gallons; was second in the number of liquor cars seized with 198, and was fourth in the number of arrests and prosecutions with 3,438. The value of all property seized and destroyed in the state during the year by the federal agents was $633,368. To this was added $104,-. 070, the appraised value of the 198 liquor automobiles, and $1,099, the appraised value of other undestroy ed material. - ■■ V FOR SALE—One five room house, 4 lots. House next to W. A. Mc- Natt’s on Main Street in Lyons, for cash or terms. See or write Mrs. Carry Brasswell, Lyons,-Ga. D27p. SEVERAL DEATHS CAUSED FROM DRINKING POTASH LIQUOR XMAS ONE OR TWO DRINKS OF STUFF CAUSED DEATH OF LAURENS COUNTY CITIZENS, PHYSI CIANS REPORT. Either prohibition liquor is im proving, or the United States is drinking less, for in this country, of 110,000,000 persons, only about ten died from their Christmas day tip pling, according to a canvass Wed nesday. New York and Chicago were tied for the lead, with three dead each. Philadelphia and Birmingham each reported one moonshine fatality. Poison Whiskey Kills 2 Women NEW YORK—The death toll from poison holiday liquor was expected to mount Wednesday when police complete a check of the city’s mor gues and hospitals. Three persons are known to have died from drinking. Nine others, including three women, are in the hospital. . Six were reported in a serious condition. Forty persons were found uncon scious in the streets in the last 48 hours, but their condition did not warrant hospital treatment. Os the dead two were women, Mrs. Anna Schuyler, 64, and Mrs. Eva Brown, 62. Whi.key Kill* 2 In Chicago CHICAGO, 111.—Christmas hooch killed two in Chicago, according to police reports Wednesday. Molly McCarty was found dead after a night of moonshine and revelry with her husband, Cornelius McCarty, and another man. Joseph Miller, rooming house proprietor, died from liquor given him by a tenant. James Torello was held Wednesday for wounding three boys when he discharged a shotgun into a crowd playing around a bonfire. Police said he was inflamed by moonshine. 4 Near Death at De* Moine* DES MOINES, lowa—Poison li quor threatened death as the end to the Christmas celebration of four girls and a boy here. City Hospi tal physicians worked over them desperately all night to save their lives. Dora, Pearl and Ruth Williams and Marie Clark, ranging from 16 to 20 years, accepted an invitation of Wesley Lurie, 19, to take a Christ mas drink from his flask, according to the police. Only One Death PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Police re ports that less than 250 persons were taken into custody over Christmas for drunkenness showed Wednesday that the low record for holiday li quor arrests was broken. Only one death for acute alcohloism was re ported. Xmas Liquor Kills Birmingham Man BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—W. F. Far mer was dead here Wednesday, a victim of holiday liquor. Farmer was taken suddenly ill while making a purchase at a drug' store and died at General Hospital shortly afterwards. An autopsy showed death was caused by acute alcoholism. Potash Liquor Takes Victim in Laurens County DUBLIN, Ga.—Monday afternoon the remains of Sam Braswell, of Dexter, were interred at Mount Car mel Cemetery after his death from the effects of posioned whiskey which he drank Saturday night. While rarely ever taking a drink according to his friends, Mr. Bras well did take one or two Saturday afternoon or Saturday night, ac cording to information reaching here. He soon became ill and re ports were that physicians agreed his illness was the result of potash in the two drinks of whiskey he had taken Saturday night. His death came Sunday night. Subscription SI.OO Thi^SVeek ; WHAT LABOR WOULD DO. HARDING AS RECORATION. L WE’RE DOING WELL. GERMANY’S SMALL CHANGE. Labor may rule the British Em -1 pire. Lloyd George says Labor has the right to show what it can do. It 1 won the recent election. Ramsay Macdonald, head of the labor Party, would be Prime Minister. He tells of Labor Party plans. » ____________ First, it would tax wealth, not the income. That is only child’s play. It would take a piece out of every fortune above $25,000. The bigger the fortune, the bigger the piece taken. Small fortunes would lose 1 per cent of principal, big fortunes 60 per cent. Two or three men in America would lose in one lump hundred of millions if we had that here. The capital tax will be taken gradually, to avoid destroying val ues by forced sales. That is some thing for our big men to Chink about, prayerfully. Whether the experiment would work well no man can say. The nomadic Tartars, driving cattle with them, cut pieces of the living ani mals as they went along. That was a capital tax on the animal, but not good for cattle in the long run. If labor came to power it would avoid many things that it now plans and tolerate many things that it now hates. To run a nation, and keep the complicated machine going, is not easy. It is especially danger ous to interfere prematurely with selfishness, which stimulates energy and accomplishment. The Republicians arc planning con vention decorations for the great public hall in Celveland. American flags, with pictures of Washington, Lincoln and Harding, are suggested. Things happen suddenly. How little President Harding imagined a lit tle while ago that he would be only a decoration for the 1924 conven tion. President Coolidge has released, with unconditional pardons, all the remaining thirty political war pris oners. That’s common sense, al though it certain “nation al security” gentlemen who have found patriotism a great help 4n graft and profiteering. The men re leased by the President were, some -of them, fools; others were unbal anced mentally; others were men of character and courage. Not one had actually done anything. In every case the “crime” was verbal. All other nations have released such prisoners. The President of Germany has his salary cut to $7,500 a year. Am bassadors get $1,750. Guards em ployed by the government railroads get $l5O a year, ‘woe to the van quished,” especially financial woe. England has given up temporarily the scheme to fortify Singapore. That’s the first result probably of the Labor victory in the last elec tion. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sym pathy shown to us during the illness and death of Dear beloved Husband and Father. He especially wish to thank Dr. Odom for services during our troubles. May God’s richest blessings rest with each of you. Mrs. Lula Currie and children.