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Vol 21. No 1
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TWO KILLED IN
TREUTLENSUNDAY
GORDON PHILLIPS AND ROBERT
HOLTON DEAD —SAM WILKES,
LEWIS PHILLIPS SOUGHT—
ALL INVOLVED FARMERS.
(From Macon News)
VIDALIA, Ga.—Two men are dead
and two others are fugitives from
justice, as the result of two murders
committed Sunday in that part of
( Treutlen county which formerly was
in Emanuel before the new county
was created.
The dead men are Gordon Phillips,
30 years old, w’ho was killed Sun
day night at his home near Covena,
and Robert Holton, 30 years old, who
was killed Sunday afternoon at a
settlement called Bridge, a few miles
from Soperton.
The man sought in connection
with the killing of Phillips, is Sam
Wilkes, 30 years old, while the man
wanted for the murder of Holton, is
Lewis Phillips, about 40 years old,
It is not known here whether the
two Phillips involved are related. All
four men were farmers.
In both the killings, feuds of sev
eral wears’ standing are said to have
been the cause. The killing of Phil
lips, according to reports received
here, occured Sunday night about
9 o’clock. Phillips’ wife is visiting in
Florida and it is said that he had
given a scrt of “party” at which
"Wilkes was present.
Early in the evening Phillips and
Wilkes engaged in an argument re
garding the killing of Bennett Wilkes
an aged man, about three years ago,
and for which it is said, Phillips was
convicted and served a short term in
prison. Bennet Wilkes was an uncle
of both men. It is said Wilkes left
the house after the row’. About 9
o’clock Sunday night, according to
the story told by Frank Sharpe, a
youth employed by Phillips and w’ho
in the house at the time, Phillips
W’ent out on the back porch to get a
drink of water and was shot in the
face with a shotgun,, death being in
stantaneous.
Algerine Wilkes, a relative of Sam
• Wilkes, says that the latter came to
his house Sunday night and told him
he had killed a man. Algerine went
out to get the sheirff aiid when
they returned Sam Wilkes had gone
and on trace of him was found,
"Wilkes has a wife and several chil
dren. Phillips is survived only by
his wife.
Only meager reports have been re
ceived here regarding the killing of
Holton. It is said that he and Lewis
Phillips, who is wanted for the
crime, had been enemies for some
time and that the quarrel was re
newed Sunday afternoon and result
ed in Holton’s death. Holton is sur
vived by his wife "and several child
ren. Phillips’ wife is said to be liv
ing in Atlanta with their son while
Phillips looked after his farm in
Treutlen countv.
MURDER SCENE
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PLACED WRONG
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Killin’; occured in Emanuel County
and Attempt to Kill in Treutlen.
Reports sent out from Vidalia j
Monday that two murders had been ,
committed Sunday in Treutlen coun
ty were found Tuesday to have done
an injustice to Treutlen county.
There was only one murder in that
section Sunday, that of Gordon Phil
lips, of which Sam Wilkes, a neigh
bor, is accused. This took place in
Emanuel county, just over the line
from Treutlen, the farm on which
Phillips lived lying in both Emnauel
and Treutlen counties.
Th<> report that Robert Holton had |
been killed by Lewis Phillips near a j
settlement called Bridge, in Treut-,
len county, was found to have been
an error. Holton ano Phillips had |
an argument Sunday afternoon, it j
was reported today, in which Phil- |
lips is said to have fired several (
shots at Holton, but missed him. (
Holton is said to have fled when |
Phillips started shooting at him and j
the report gained currency through-
The Lyons Progress
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OUR 1924 INTERVIEWS
WELL YOU CAN SET ME DOWN AS L YOU CAN QUOTE ME AG GAYIN6
EXPECTING A BUSY YEAR AHEAP * OUTSIDE \”THAT
OF KEEPING MV EYE ON THE l OARRY OUT THE WISHEG OF THE
IN WASHINGTON - I'M GETT/N6 READY FOR, V FOLKG OACK/ HUM - PUT '
Just gay that dollar ) » f PLEAGE gay that 1 in j
WHEAT ANO GIX CENT / I92.*fr I EXPECT TO BE /
HOGG DIDN'T PLEAGE A, ( POPULAR
ME A LOT BUT \ THAT 1
THIN6G POINT TO A OOBBED HAIR J \
BETTER YEAR AHEAP j \IS HERE TO /lOvV
STUMP PULLER BREAKS
W. L. ELKINS’ LEG
New year opened up bad for Mr.
W. L. Elkins, living in the Marvin
Community in the Southern part of
Toombs county when something went
wrong with a stump puller while he
was attempting to work the ratchet
so the mules could be slacked off.
In some manner a part of the mach
inery snapped and caught his leg
just above the ankle breaking the
bone into bits and almost severing
his leg. The muscles were pulled
into but the main arteries were not
severed.
Drs. Aaron of Lyons and Youmans
of Johnson Corner took out the
splintered bone and set the leg. Some
hope is held that he will be able to
save his leg.
No one could tell exactly how the
leg was caught in the machinery,
but the mules had failed to pull the
! stump and Mr. Elkins attempted to
set the ratchet on the puller to pre
vent its unwinding. Something
snapped and in the twinkling of an
eye his leg was nearly pulled off.
NEGRO EDUCATOR HERE
IN INTEREST OF SCHOOL
J. T. Rayford, one of Jenkins coun
ty’s colored educators, -was here last
week in the interest of asking the
legislature to pass a blil for a color
ed agricultural school to be located
in southeast Georgia. He meet with
splendid success here and he return
ed to Millen later in the week.
A great many signatures were
| secured by Raiford while here.
! JOSEPHUS CAMP OF MILLF.N
MADE STATE PRINTER
‘ ATLANTA, Ga.—Gov. Walker has'
j announced the appointment of Jose-j
i phus Camp of Millen and Metter, 1
editor and owner of a newspaper at j
both places, to be state superintend-1
ent of printing to succeed Mr. Mc-
Cutcheon. The apopintment becomes'
effective Jan. 1.
LOST OR STRAYED—One Setter
dog. White and yellow spots.
SIO.OO for finder. B. A. Mosley,
Lyons, Ga., Route A. D27pd.
out that entire section that he had
shot and killed. The shooting oc
cured in Treutlen county, the only
discrepancy in the report that Hol
ton had been killed.
The correspondent at Vidalia who
sent out the reports of the murders
infromed Tuesday that the informa-!
tion in both cases v’as brought to Vi- j
dalia by a prominent citizen who j
lives in the enighborhood where the j
two affairs took place and that the
report y was current in Vidalia that
two murders had been committed
and that both had occurred in Treut
len county.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JAN. 3 1924
FARMERS ORGANIZE TO
BOOST NEW VEGETABLE
Florida growers of the dasheen, a
new potato-like vegetable introduced
| into this county by plant explorers
jof the United States Department of
| Agriculture, have formed an associa
j tion for the purpose of promoting
{ the dasheen industry. This is the
i first time in history that an organi
zation for the purpose of advertising
| a new industry in the vegetable
world has been formed before the in
dustry itself has become established
and these Florida pioneers have
! adopted the unique ieda of develop
! ing a demand for dasheens coinci
' dent with enlarging the production
"of the new vegetable. The’ depart
i ment will cooperate with these grow
ers in their enterprise.
'Although this new food crop,
which is of great importance in many
| other parts of the world and but lit
tle known to native Americans and
Europeans, was introduced into the
Southern States for experimental
cultivation nearly fifteen years ago,
its course has been much like that of
many other food-plant immigrants in
a new country. It was first hailed
as a wonderful new crop plant; then
it was ridiculed, condemned, or de
mand with faint praise by those hav
ing a slight acquaintance with it, ac
cording to their fancies. In this res
pect it recalls the thorny path which
| the potato traveled in Europe be
fore it attained general popularity.
While the potato had a few staunch
friends even* in the beginning, it met
with tremendous opposition from the
medical profession as well as from
the press. It was not until after
the French Faculty of Medicine in
*1771, at the invitation of the Con
i troller-General of Finance, had in-
I vestigated the various groundless
] charges against the potato, and the
Pope and other illustrious men had
j assumed responsibility for its whole
someness, that the prejudice against
I this great vegetable finally broke
down.
Experimental work has proved the
value of the dasheen and the possib
ility of producing it on a commercial
scale. Farmers who recongnized its
high potential value since its intro
duction have kept on growing it, eat
ing it, and marketing it when they
could; and the Oriental populations
of our large cities kept on eating it
when they could get it. Thus the
high production and consumption of
dasheens gradually increased until
the equivalent of 10 carloads found
its way to Northern markets each
season. However, some of these
forward-looking farmers, finding
that they could grow dasheens more
successfully than most other crops,
decided the vegetable oughtto be in
troduced to our people more gener-,
ally. They conseqently formed in!
Nassau County, Florida, a dasheen j
growers association tw r oof the prin
l ciple objects of which were to mar
l ket a more uniformly high-grade pro
duct and to keep this on the market
i; steadily wherever a demand was
1 found.
3 With the cooperation of a system
f of local chain stores and other friend
- ly interests in the near-by city of
j Jacksonville this farmers’s qrganiza
i tion is meeting with considerable
- success in making the dasheen a
; familiar food product in that city,
e Housewives are learning best how to
- orajiare it for their families and are
3 iMliitrg the>haWt of providing it
e occasionally.
The basheen is a vegetable similar
- ip food qualities to the potato, but
1 being drier it contains about 50 per
- cent more actual'food than an equal
. weight of potatoes. It has a nutty
flavor and a mealiness which makes
it distinctive and gives it a special
_ value when used with a little bread
as filling for fowl and other meat;,
j Dasheens are also excellent baVjfl,
2 friend, in salad as chips (Saratoga
I style), and in many other ways.
r TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS
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j January 1, 1924, marks the begin
j ning of the period for filing income
tax returns for the year 1923. The
period ends at midnight of March,
15, 1924. Heavy penalties are pro
vided by the revenue act for failure
j or willful refusal to make a return
and pay the tax on time.
Form 1040A, heretofore used for
( reporting net income source derivec)
has been revised in the interests *jf
( the largest class of taxpayers—
' wage earners and salaried persons.
Reduced for six pages to a single i
sheet, Form 1040A is to be used for:
reporting net income of $5,000 and I
less derived chiefly from salaries
and wages. Persons any part of j
whose income is derived from a bus
ness or profession, farming, sale of
property or rent, though the amount
is $5,000 or less, will be required to
use the larger form, 1040. The use
># Form 1040 is required also in all
cases where the net income was in
excess of $5,000, regardless of
whether from salary, business, pro
fession, or other taxable sources.
It being impossible to determine
at this time which form is desired,
copies of both forms will be sent
taxpayers who filed individual re
turns for the year 1922, and may be
obtained also at the offices of coll
ectors of internal revenue and
branch offices upon written request. ,
CARD OF THANKS
I take this method to thank the
people of Marvin’s and Cedar Grove j
for the generous “opnding” given I
men and the children Christmas. Life
is worth living to know we have
friends. May the Good Father bless
and keep you all, and give you a
j Prosperous New Year.
C. S. MARTIN.
PROMINENT MAN
TAKENJY DEATH
MR. J. PERRY BROWN DIED LAST
MONDAY ABOUT 12 O’CLOCK
AFTER SUFFERING FROM A
STROKE OF PARALYSIS.
J. Perry Brown, one of the best
known citizens of Toombs county,
died at his home here at 12 o’clock
‘Monday, following a stroke of para
lysis which he suffered last Saturday
morning.
Mr. Brown was born in Jefferson
county, June 1, 1861, moving to
Lyons in what was then Tattnall
courfty, now Toombs, thirty years
ago. Soon after coming here he
erected the first brick structure in
Tattnall county. This store is still
in use as a mercantile concern and
is the oldest building in Lyons. For
years he was a merchant and farmer
and lately has been farming.
During 1911 and 1912 he served
as state senator from the Second
senatorial district of Georgia, com
posed of Toombs, Tattnall, Mcln
tosh and Liberty counties. He was
also a member of the Lyons city
council for a long time. He has
been very influential in the business
life of Lyons and Toombs county
ever since he came to this section.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon from his home on the
South side of town. Rev. Tjico
Pharr of the Methodist Church, as
sisted by Rev. A. D. Woodle, con
ducted the ceremony. Interment
to'ok place in the Lyons Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs. G. H.
Mcßride, Dan Odom, W. T. China,
з. B. Newton, A. P. Thomas, C. A.
Rogers and H. C. McLemore.
He is survived by his widow, who
was formerly Miss Wimberly of
Burke county; three sons, Wimberly
и. L. Brown and
Luther P. Brown of Lyons, and three
daughters, Mrs. A. N. Andrews of
Milledgeville, Misses Lola Mae and
> Ada Brown of Lyons; one brother,
i J. M. Brown of Danville, Ga., and one
| sister, Mrs. J. I. Williams of Charles
ton, S. C.; four half brothers, S. J.
! Brown of I vons, Mr. Dance of Sav
| annah, R. L. Brown and Joe Brown
| of Tampa, Fla., and one half sister,
: Mrs. R. H. DeWitt of Blackville, S. C.
MASS MEETING
A meeting of the citizens of
Toombs County is Hereby called, at
the Court House, at 11 o’clock, A.
M., on Saturday January 12th.,
1924, for the purpose of electing a
new Democratic Executive Commit
tee for. said County, and attending
to such oth6r matters as may be
brought before the meeting.
This the 2nd. day of Jnuary, 1924.
C. A. ROGERS,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee, Toombs County, Georgia.
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M. C. BURDEN
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WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
TOOMBS COUNTY IS AT THE
PRESENT TIME ENGAGED IN
TURPENTINE BUSINESS.
Announceent is made this week by
Mr. M. C. Harden for the office of
Ordinary for Toombs county, sub
ject to the coming primary. Mr..
Harden is old citizen of Toombs
county, being born and raised in
Toombs.
Mr. Harden has a large family con
nection around this section, and is
known by every one. He has for a
number years been one the county’s
most prominent f&rmers, but for the
past few years has been engaged in
the turpentine business in the lower
edge of the county.
It is not much can be said of Mr.
Harden, for the people of this county
knows him as an honest hard working
man, and if no doubt if he is elected
will serve the people as Ordinary to
best of his ability.
His announcement is below:
For Ordinary
I am a candidate for Ordinary, sub
ject to the will of the people, and if
by your vote I am elected, I promise
to faithfully serve the people to the
best of my ability.
Thanking one and all for any as
sistance given me.
Sincelerly yours,
M. C. HARDEN.
CARLOAD OF SWEET POTA
TOES SHIPPED SATURDAY
A carload of sweet potatoes left
Lyons with 32,000 pounds of pota
toes in it last Saturday. This was
made up by a large number of far
mers and sold through the County
I Agent with the assistance of the
! State Bureau of Markets to an At
i lanta firm.
\ Farmers putting potatoes in this
car were, Messrs. N. M. Atkinson,
Otis Collins, W. C. Peebles, W. A.
i Dickerson, J. B. Holland, B. W.
Griner, W. L. Wilkes, G. W. Wilson,
P. A. New, L. C. Sharpe, G. L. Lane,
J. L. Sutton, T. B. Hughes, L. M.
Cave. G. W. Tomlin, 11. L. Durden,
Hill O’Neal, and two colored farmers
Albert and Perry Edgerton. If that
is’nt cooperation what is? Nineteen
farmers worked together to make up
a car of produce and received a net
of 68c per bushel of 60 pounds.
An order for another car was
turned down because the county
agent did not have enough listed.
Farmers can help me, helping them
selves if they will keep their pro
duce listed.
Another car will be sold as soon
as enough is listed to make up a
carload.
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