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Vol 21. No 1 i 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 I PLACED WRONG * I 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 V 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 ■ i 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. • k ? T Armours Big Crop | FERTILIZERS j x I Phosphates, Kanite, Nitrates, | Calcium Arseante f X See me for your Fertilizer need* | ** x •• * I j T. Ross Sharpe j | AGENT | ► f * . ♦- -«■ A -t- -♦ »♦ *• iti it »fi iti A Subscription SI.OO M. C. BURDEN fOBJRDINARV 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. Fertilizer for Tobacco Beds. See us. Vidalia Chemical Co. D27c