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Vol 21. No 5
D. G. BICKERS
VISITSCQUNTY
ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF SAVAN
NAH MORNING NEWS TO
WRITE STORY OF THE PRO
GRESS OF TOOMBS.
Mr. D. G. Bickers, the associate
editor of the Savannah Morning
News visited Toombs County last
Monday and Tuesday to see what
progress this county is making un
der the new conditions. He made a
large number of pictures, as well as
interviewed a great many people to
get at the things that are developing.
Read the Savannah Morning News
next Sunday and see what he thinks
of our county. They are giving the
county a full page, telling of the
various developments and probably
some of the faults of the county.
The Progress expects to reproduce
the story written by Mr. Bickers in
the next issue of the Progress, and
it is hoped that every reader in the
county will read this story.
MISS ISMA SWAIN TO RE- /
PRESENT .TOOMBS COUNTY
MACON, Ga.—Miss Isma Swain,
of Lyons, has been chosen selected
to represent Toombs and Evans
counties at an important meeting of
trustees and alumnae representatives
of Wesleyan College at the Hotel
Dempsey here oif February 16th, at
which time plans for sarrying out
the million dollar “Greater Wesley
an” campaign will be acted upon.
Each county in the state in which
there is a group of alumnae is ex
pected to be represented at the con
ference, which has been called by
Orville A. Park, of Macon, chairman
of the executive committee of the
Board of Trustees and national
chairman of the campaign organiza
tion.
The object of the campaign is to
provide funds for the new buildings
so urgently needed by the College to
care for its present and future needs
Part of the money will also be ap
plied to permanent endowment. A
site of 132 acres admirably suited
for a college campus has already
been acquired.
Wesleyan, although the oldest col
lege for women in the world and
ranked as one of the leading institu
tions in its field, has for several
years been handicapped by the ina
dequacy of its present plant of Col
lege Hill. Three hundred appli
cants for admission had to be turn
ed away this year because it was
physically impossible to care for
them.
Ludlow and Peabody, New York
architects, have prepared plans for
the new group of bialdings. When
these are completed, Wesleyan will
have on its new campus one of the
most beautiful, efficient and modern
plants of any college in the country,
it is planned to retain the old cam
pus and buildings to house the con
servatory of music.
Wesleyan College is under the
control of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South v No sectarian test
is applied cither to students or fac
ulty, however. The College was
chartered by the Georgiy state leg
islature in 1836.
Mrs. P. H. Patrick, of Jesup, is
spending this week in the city as the
guest of Mrs. E. M. Godwin.
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’ We are now in position to get cheap money and plenty of it
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j! J This money we can get for you without much delay, as the
J! money is ready and close at home. ..
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< ■ principal he wishes to pay each year, thereby reducing the prin- ’ ’
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TWO BIG-STILLS FOUND
IN EMANUEL COUNTY
SWAINSBORO, Ga. United
States Marshal George McLeod con
tinues his activity against the moon
shine business in Emanuel county.
Tuesday he captured a 250-gallon
capacity still, which was being drag
ged into Swainsboro behind Deputy
Sheriff Tom Brown’s Ford when they
came upon a 500-gallon still in full
operation and captured this still and
fifty gallons of whiskey in 5-gallon
kegs.
The still, whiskey and the truck
that were found at the still were
brought to Swainsboro by the offi
cers. The stills wfere destroyed, the
whiskey poured out and the truck
will probably be sent to Macon or
Savannah. The officers state that
there were one white man and four
negroes at the large still, which was
in operation but they all made their
escape.
Emanuel county moonshiners are
about to be convinced that United
States Marshal George McLeod
means business and that he is at the
task of doing away with moonshine
stills and moonshiners in Emanuel,
which is his home county.
COOPERATIVE CLUB
Prof Harvey, Landscape Garden
er, of the State of Agricul
ture will visit Toombs county on the
11th of February, in interest of the
work planned by the Cooperative
Club.
He has arranged to be in. the coun
ty at least two days and' after con
ferring with the committee on beau
tifying the Court House Square, he
will visit several Community Clubs,
who have asked his aid in planning
their school and club grounds.
All who are interested in making
“beauty spots” more beautiful, are
cqrdially invited to meet at the court
house with Prof. Harvey and the
committees Monday, February 11th
at three o’clock.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JAN. 31 1924
MANY KILLED AT RAILROAD
CROSSINGS IN YEAR 1923
The year 1923 shows an unsuall
record of deaths given as a toll to
grade corssings, according to Atlan
ta railway executives who are coop
erating in a national care-at-cross
ings cmpaign now being promoted
by the railroads of the country. As
announced, money prizes have been
offered by the American Railway
Association, composed of all the rail
roads, for the best poster and the
best slogan on the subject.
It must not be understood, rail
way men say that the accidents are
due entirely to the carelessness of
the operators of the railroads. JA
large precentage of the it
is shown, are due to the carelss
drivers and to those under the influ
ence of liquor.
The railroad officials, it is point
ed out, have exercised every care and
precaution to prevent accidents and
at every crossing there sttlnds a glar
ing sign-board warning the public
from crossing without first being
certain that no trains are near. With
all this precaution taken by the rail
roads many accidents, it is asserted,
are occurring daily throughout the
country in practically every instance,
it is claimed, the responsibility rests
upon the drived of the automobile.
“Safety Fir*t” Watchword
“Safety first” should be the wateh
word with every drive/ of an auto
mobile, motorists here point out,
whether crossing a railroad grade
crossing or traversing the streets of
the city. Some alowance should be
made, too, it is shown, for the aver
age pedestrian who is carelss at
times in crossing the street. Many
without thought, as shown by recent
accidents in cities, walk across the
pathway of the auto without realizing
the danger until it is tdo late.
“ ‘Stop, Look and Listen’ should
be the watchword of every auto driv
er and pedestrian before crossing a
street or railroad grade”, said an
official interested in accident pre
vention. “Let ‘safety” be your
guide in this da“y and time of auto
mobiles and railroads and there will
be fewer accidents, persons maimed
for life and in some instances death
to the thoughtless citizen.”
J. B. JONES SHIPS CARLOAD
OF HOtS LAST TUESDAY
Mr. J. B. Jones shipped one of the
prettiest carloads of hogs ever seen
in this section. They were sold by
Mr. C. G. Garner, County lAgent who
weighed and graded them for the
buyer. This car had only 85 hogs
but they averaged 197 pounds each ‘
andthe total weight of the car was
16,742 pounds. Mr. Jones received
a check for $1097.13 for the carload.
Out oft he 85 hogs there were 54
number ones that averaged 232 lbs.
GEORGIA TO LINE UP 100
PER CENT FOR McADOO
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AtJGUSTA, Ga.—Georgia is going
to line up practically 100 per cent
for her native son, Hon. William G.
McAdoo, in the presidential prefer
ence primary on March 19th, accord
ing to Thos. J. Hamilton, chairman
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of the Georgia McAdoo movement,
who has just returned from Atlanta,
where state headquarters have been
j opened at the Kimball House with
Millar S. Bell, of Milledgeville, life
long Tfriend of Mr. McAdoo, as head
qaurters manager. Managers from
over the state have also been ap
pointed and the McAdoo organiza
tion is working like a well oiled ma
chine.
“The women of Georgia are going
to be practically 100 per cent for the
native Georgian, born iij Cobb Coun
ty, near Marietta, and a woman’s
eommitte, of which Mrs. Edgar Alex
ander of Atlanta, is chairman, has
been named. Mrs. Alexander will
appoint an executive committee of
one prominent woman from each
Congressional District”, continued
Mr. Hamilton.
“Eearly in March Mr. McAdoo will
come to Georgia and a monster
home-coming is planned for him at
Marietta, where he will view his
birthplace and see again the old
black mammy who rocked him in the
cradle. Mr. McAdoo’s first wife
was Miss Sallie Fleming,-, of Lincoln
County, whom he when a boy
at Milledgeville, the McAdoo family
having moved from Cobb County to
Milledgeville while the distinguished
candidate for the presidency was a'
lad.”
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“William G. McAdoo is being fierc
ly fought by Tammany Hall, which
organization is putting out ‘stalking
horses’ in many of the states, men
whom Tammany knows have no
chance of the nomination. Anybody
to beat McAdoo is the slogan, be
cause MqAdoo is a progressive dem
ocrat and a friend of the people. He
is the only candidate before the peo
ple of Georgia today who has any
chance whatever to get the demo
cratic nomination and when he is
nominated he is going to be elect
ed.”
“Georgia will go to the polls in
almost solid phalanx on March 19th
and do her part toward putting the
first Georgian in the White House
who has ever been president, and op
portunity may not come again in
many years. ‘Georgia for a Geor
gian’ is our slogan!”
each. The quality of the load was
the best of any entire load that has
been shiped from this county. They
were largely Durocs and Poland
China crosses and had been fatten -
ed on peanuts, velvet beans and fed
corn the last four weeks.
SOPERTON EDITOR
LlfE THREATENED
HAS BEEN PUBLISHING EDITOR
IALS AGAINST THE WHISKEY
ELEMENT IN SOPERTON AND
TREUTLEN COUNTY.
SOPERTON, Ga.—Editor H. M.
Flanders, publisher of the Soperton
news, has received through the mails
an anonymous letter in which his life j
was threatened if he did not desist j
in his editorials against the whiskey j
element in this section.
For some few weeks the News has j
been carrying some scathing editor- j
ials against the whiskey traffic in
Soperton and Treutlen county and
it is these facts that brought about
the threat agfiinst the editor.
The Soperton News has offered a
reward of SIOO for evidence to con-1
vict the party or parties responsible
for the letter and other prominent 1
citizens of the town have added to 1
this sum. The county and city of-j
ficials are co-operating in an effort
to apprehend the guilty parties.
Mr. Flanders states in an. editorial ■
that his threat will have nothing to j
do with what he writes for his paper,
and that he expects to be in the fight!
against whiskey to the finish.
T. ROSS SHARPE OPENS LAW
OFFICES IN BANK BLDG.
Mr. T. Ross Sharpe, formerly at
torney foj* the Southern Collection
Bureau of the Virginia-Carolina j
Chemical, Co. and Southern Qotton |
Oil Comuany has opened offices in 1
the Toombs County Bank Building!
for the practice of law. He has of- 1
fices with Col. E. J. Giles, his former
associate.
Mr. Sharpe has had a varied ex
perience in the collection field, hav
ing been attorney for the Southern
States in all collection matters for
the above companies. He was form
erly associated with Col. Giles for
eight years here before going to At
lanta, and was interested m many
prominent cases in this section. He
is local attorney for members of the
Southern Fertilizer association.
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Seebsivription SI.OO
BOLL WEEVIL
MEEIINGVIDAIII
TO BE HELD AT CITY HALL ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 12
—ALL STORES EXPECTED TO
CLOSE FOR TWO HOURS.
Mr. J. C. Maness of the State
Board of Entomology will be at the
City Hall at Vidalia Tuesday, Febru
ary 12th at 10 o’clock to speak to the
fanners of this section on controll
ing the boll weevils by poisoning. Mr.
Maness has had years of experience
in this work and will have a message
that every business man and farmer
of the'county should hear.
Mr. J. G. Oliver of the Georgia
state College of Agriculture will
speak on planning the farm crops
for the year so as to have good safe
cash crops included in the farm and
yet furnish plenty of food and feed
for the men and stock and at the
same time k&ep up the soil fertility.
Mr. R. F. Welcher of the State
Bureau of Markets will talk on get
ting the products to the markets af
ter the farmer has produced them.
Mr. Welcher has charge of coopera
tive hog sales for the state and as
sists with the poultry sales.
There will also be another speak
on the program to talk over the sour
cream situation. Mr. Frank Fitch
has spoken to several meetings in
this county and the farmers are al
ways glad to hear him ,whenever he
comes.
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This is a big mass meeting and
will be held at the Vidalia City Hall.
There are plenty of room, plenty of
seats, and you will have plenty of
time to ask questions, so bring your
note books so you can jot down things
j of importance that you want to rem
ember. Be sure to come on time as
these same speakers will h&ve to
speak at the court house in Mount
Vernon at two o’oclck that afternoon
and they will not have time to wait
for the crowd to assemble after ten
o’clock.
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