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Vol 21. No 8
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENED MONDAY
REGULAR FEBRUARY TERM
WILL CONVENE NEXT MON
DAY—EXTSA SESSION BEING
HELD THIS WEEK.
Toomibsi Superior court opened
Monday morning for the purpose of
disposing of the civil dcket as far as
possible before the regular term
opens Monday morning February
25th.
A full list of jurors were drawn
for the extra session and they have
been busy all the wek disposing of
some long standing civil cases.
Following is a list of the petty
jurors drawn for next week:
H. Wilkes A. T. Page
J. W. McCullough C. M. Carter
A. L. Mosley W. H. Higgs
J. W. Rollison W. S. Harden Sr.
S. T. Stanley R. L. Currie
H. K. Lanier J. H. Brantley Sr.
A. S. Bland J. J. Anderson
G. Mosley R. C. McDilda
C. A. Odom C. W. Rollison
List of Grand Jurors drawn for
February term of Toombs Superior
Court:
M. M. Williamson F. L. Hardy
B. B. Newton W. P. C. Smith
A. J. Thompson Jr. H. C. Gibbs
J. C. Austin B. F. Brown
J. E. Grace J. S. Alexander
J. Me. Mann L. S. Cox
Mack New G. C. Brantley
W. B. Hart T. L. New
J. L. Thompson R. L. Page
S. H. Stanley J. C. Price
R. L. Tharpe L. N. Brown
P. G. Wheeler D. P. Odom
W. V. Jones S. J. Brown
J. A. Bland S. W. Hill
G. H. Mcßride.
SHARPES CHAPEL CLUB
The club girls of Sharpes Chapel
gave 9 Valentine party Thursday
evening February 14th from eight to
ten o’clock. Miss Vann gave a nice
talk and then introduced Mrs. B. F.
Brown who gave us a talk on school
ing our children, and parents duties
made all the parents resolve after
hearing it to do better by our child
ren. Rfter this we played several
games.
Then we had a pretty girl contest,
which Misses Bernice Cobb and Cuba
Pittman voted on Miss Pittman, win
ning. She received a box of candy.
We cleared about eight dollars af
ter paying expenses.
We next opened our Valentine
box and everybody was remembered
with Valentines.
Last we cut our fortune cake, the
girl and boy receiving the thimble
and button felt so bad we will not
tell who they are. Miss Willie Rus
tin cut the ring.
Our room was beautifully decorat
ed in red hearts and we used just a
touch of white for our club color.
WILLIE RUSTIN, Cor. Sec.
CENTER GIRL’S CLUB
Miss Vann met with us Monday P.
M. February 18th, and organized a
club, and also planned our work for
this month.
The following officers were elect
ed:
* Irene Botth, President.
Esther Winge, Vice President.
Marie Winge, Secretary and Treas
urer.
Evelyn McDonald, Corresponding
Sceretary.
The members are as follows:
Irene Booth, Esther Winge, Eudelle
Galbreath. Sadie Phillips, Catharine
Wilkes, Marie Winge, Evelyn Mc-
Donald, Wilbur Booth, Panzie Ste
phens, Geneva Winge, Louis Hall.
Ethel and Ruby McSwain.
We are going to have a birthday
party Friday night February 29th, at
7 o’clock at the Club House. Ev
eryone is invited to come and bring
a penny for each year he or she is
old.
<566 quickly relieves Colds and La-
Grippe. Constipation, BlUou-ness and
Headaches.
The Lyons Progress
SOUTHEASTERN MID
MONTH CROP NOTES
Corn
Planting of corn in progress in
South Florida.
Small Grain*
All small grains were damaged by
the January freezes. Oats are in
good condition in Florida, but the
bulk of the crop of fall oats was
killed outright in Tennessee, Alaba
ma and Georgia, and badly damaged
in North and South Carolina, Re
plating to spring oats is now going
on. Wheat was severely injured and
abandoment in most states is great
est since 1917. North and South
Carolina suffered less than the rest
of the southeast. Tennessee barely
is in better shape than wheat. Rye
came through with less damage than
any grain, but was severely injured
in spots. The grain planted by the
open furrow method was the least
injured.
Tobacco
North Carolina is not satisfied
with the past tobacco season, and is
thinking of replacing some of that
acreage with cotton. Tennessee has
few plant beds prepared. There
are prospects for increased acreage
in Burley tobacco, with “dark types”
uncertain. It looks like Georgia
will become a major tobacco state
this year. Tobacco is replacing cot
tno in large areas in south Georgia
as the principal money crop, and sev
eral new warehouses are be ng built.
Truck and Gardens
Replanting is taking place. All
truck and gardens killed, except in
Florida. The northern edge of Flor
ida is also reporting damage by the
cold spell. The planting of Florida
spring crops is well under way. Mel
ons are being planted in central
Florida.
fc
High prices are now cauisng much
interest in sweet potatoes.
There are increases in early Irish
potatoes in Georgia and Alabama.
There are prospects for increased
acreage in truck crops in Georgia.
Fruit
The condition of citrus trees is
holding up well in Florida. There
has been no serious damage from
cold. Georgia peaches suffered
some slight bud damage. There is
extensive planting of Satsumas in
Florida and pecans in Georgia.
Clover*, Grasses, Pastures
Clovers, grasses and pastures
were damaged by freezes.
Cotton
There is a shifting of acreage
from tobacco to cotton likely in
North Carolina, and from cotton to
tobacco, peanuts and truck crops in
south Georgia.
Livestock
Cold weather and poor pastures
and range have resulted In poor con
dition in livestock in most of the ter
ritory. North Carolina reports op
timistically. There is an increase
in hogs in some North Carolina coun
ties.
Fertilizer
Sales lagged in Georgia during
January, but are beginning to pick
up. Indications are for greater use
of fertilizer in South Carolina. Far
mers are laying in supplies in that
state.
Farm Labor
There is a gradual movement of
negroes to the north, to Florida and
public works. Man reports say that j
this movement will be increased as
soon as spring comes. Some farm
hands are returning, but are unset
tled and dissatisfied.
General Farm Condition*
The ground has been more or less
frozen all of the time in Tennessee.
Farm work is well up in North Car
olina. Georgia and Alabama are be
hind, but some plowing is being done
now. Considerable work has been
done in South Carolina during the
past two weeks. Farmers are pre
paring to use more arsenate in Geor
gia. Feed is short in Georgia, with!
feed sales rising above last year.
Z. R. PETTET,
HONOR ROLL PRIMARY
DEPT. OHOOPEE SCHOOL
Primer: Authur Meadows, Myrtice
Anderson, Mildred McCullough, Irene
Humphries, Maudie Drake.
First Grade: Mildred Drake.
Second Grade: Thelma Rolison.
Mrs. Jessie Wade, Teacher.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEB. 21 1924
Preacher Plays the “Devil”
In A Printing Office
With this issue of the Progress we
have associated with us Rev. Theo
Pharr, who will do some writing for
the paper, look after “copy” for the
machine and in a general way help
us.
His relationship is indeterminate
and indefinite, and will be determin
ed by his effort to please.
We wish him on you easy like, and
if you can give him any news or
views we will appreciate it very
much.
We have more work in the me
chanical department and make up of
the paper than we can do and look
after outisde details too.
WIMBERLY HEADS ATLANTA
LAW SCHOOL SOCIETY
—. .
Ernest C. Wimberly, student of
the Atlanta Law School was over
whelemingly elected president of the
: Kilpatrick Literary Society Wednes
! day night. Mr. Wimberly is one of
i the- most popular students, an excel
! lent parliamentarian, and should
make the society an excellent presi
' dent. He is a senior, and expects to
begin the practice of law in his home
town, Lyons, Georgia, when he com
pletes his course here.
Other officers elected were J. E.
Pierce, Vice President, F. E. Baker,
Secretary, J. H. Burt, Treasurer.
| The president has not yet named the
committees. —From pn Atlanta Daily
TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS
Losses arising from fires, storms,
shipwreck, or “other casualty”—for
example, a flood or frost—whether
or not connected with the taxpayer’s
business, may he deducted from
gross income in his 1923 income-j
taxretum. If his home or automo
bile is destroyed by fire, the loss is!
deductible for the year in which It
occurred.
Loss of property by theft or bur
glary is an allowable deduction and
need not be incurred in trade or bus
iness. (A loss for emebzzlement is
also deductible.
All losses are deductible only to
the extent by which they are not
compensated for by insurance or
otherwise.
CARD OF THANKS
To my friends who voted for me
for the position of County School
Superintendent, I appreciate your
vote highly. To those who voted
against me—l thank you.
As there was no candidate in the
field accustimed to the work of a
County. School Superntendent, I
thought it my duty as a citizen to
offer to serve you. Since you had
used me so long as a member of the j
County Board and seemed to be sat
isfied with my representing you
there, I felt my duty to you was to
offer where I could give you more
and better service.
Os course I am a little disappoint
ed in not measuring up to the stan- j
dard of the man to whom who you
would like to trust the welfare of i
your children.
I am satisfied in that I have done j
my duty, in offering you myservice. j
From a fiamcial standpoint I am
very grateful to you indeed as the ;
service I expected to give would have
been at quite a loss to me.
Your for better schools.
R. S. WILSON.
CARD OF THANKS
To the Good People of Toombs
County:
I take this method of expressing
my sincere thanks to the voters who
stood by me so loyally, you will al
ways be remembered by me. |And
to those that was against me, (not
as enemies) I want to say to you that
I am your friend stil, and shall ever
be, and I shall ever strive, by the
help of God to make Toombs County
a good official. Again thanking you
I am sincerely yours,
M. C. HARDEN.
We send him out as our latest
news hound, and if he strikes trail,
let him alone for he may tree some
thing that will give us a thrill and a
run for our money.
We will try to keep in hearing
distance of him, so when he tree’s
we can get ahead of the crowd, for
you know it aint always what we
thought it was, then you know we
have to bury our clothes for sixty
days or more.
We give him carte blanhe at ev
ery wedding, death, social function,
fight or frolic, so when he comes to
these gatherings you will know what
he’s after.
A WELL KNOWN COLORED
MAN DIES HERE TUESDAY
Ben Cook a well known and high
ly respected negro died at his home
in Lyons Tuesday, and was hurried
in the local colored cemetery Wed
i nesday.
j He was a good citizen and was a
| member of the Colored M. E. Church
j It will be a sad day when all the
old heads of the colored race has
gone, for we will loose in the south
! one of her best traits of character,
and one pecu’iar to the south and her
| negro population.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish to announce that there
; will be a box supper at the Ohoopee
School house, Ohoopee, Ga. Febru
ary 29th. We will also render a de
bate, subject: “Resolved that Wood
row Wilson was our greatest Presi
dent.”
We will then have a cake contest.
The funds will go for the up-building
j of the school.
Everybody has a special invitation
|to attend. Remember the date.
Hfcfc*
STUDY CLASS MEETS
The Mission Study Class of the
Methodist church met with Mrs. Dess
Gray Monday afternooh. The Class
| has taken up the study for first
; quarter, “The Child and America’s
Future.” The book is very interest
ing as well as instructive.
The attendance was unusually
good and we hope to have a good
year.
After the lesson we enjoyed a
soicial hour with Mrs. Gray.
We meet with Mrs. Mack Wimber
ly the Ist Monday afternoon at 4
o’clock.
NOTICE TO WITNESSES
All witnesses in criminal cases in
Toombs Superior Court are expect
ed to be in court at 9 o’clock Mon
day morning, February 25th. At
tachments wil be issued for all fail- j
ures to appear on call of case.
WALTER F. GREY,
Solicitor General.
ALL DAY SING AT ROCKY
CREEK NEXT SUNDAY,
An all day sing will be held at
Rock Creek church, six miles South :
of Lyons, next Sunday. Everybody j
is invited to come and bring lunch
and spend the day.
, Singers have a special invitation;
to attend.
W. H. MORRIS.
TO THE PATRONS OF THE
SCHOOL
The Demosthenian and Ciceronian
Literary Societies cordially invites;
the friends and patrons of Lyons
High School to the rendition of a
program on “The Shortest Month”
on Friday, February 22nd at three
thirty in the school auditorium.
BANKS TO CLOSE FRIDAY
Friday, February 22nd being
Washington’s birthday and also a le
gal holiday, both banks will be clos
ed for the day.
qnickly relieve* Constipation,
Biliousness, Headaches, Colds and La-
Srippe.
TEACHERS SUMMER SCHOOL
AT THE A. & M. SCHOOL
The First District A. & M. School
has been selected as the teacher
training center for the first Congres
sional district by Dr. N. H. Ballard,
State Supt. of Schools.
This normal course will begin
July Ist and will continue thru Aug
ust Ist. This nearly five weeks of
training will be offered teachers and
prospective teachers at a total cost
of only $20.00. This sum covers
their board for the entire time for
$16.00 and a $4.00 incidental fee to
cover water, lights, lectures, etc. It
is the wish of the school authorities
to place professional training with
in the financial reach of the poorest
paid teacher in the First Congress
ional district.
The entire time of the co; rse will
be devoted specifically to the prob
lems of teachers in the elementary
grades. *No training will be offer
ed teachers preparing for high
school positions. By focusing all of
the efforts of the summer school
faculty to seventh grade work and
below it is hoped to greatly strength
en next years teaching work in what
is admittedly the weakest spot in the
Georgia system of education.
The faculty for the summer school
will be employed pointly by the A. &
M. School authorities and the State
Department of Education. Only ex-
in primary, arithmetic, history
and Geography, etc. will be employ
ed. tl is hoped that real master
teachers of these subjects or grades
will be drawn directly from their
class rooms to lead the teachers in
attendance on this course to follow
the examples of their successes and
profit by the experience of their
failures.
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At the close of the summer school
the State Department of Education
will furnish the questions for the
State examinations for certification
as of teachers. The fact that teach
ers will be given an opportunity to
secure teaching certificates good any
where in the State without extra ef
fort and cost will make the school
doubly attractive to them. The new
state-wide system of certification
will be published in the February
number of the State School Items.
Teachers who expect to enroll for
the summer school should communi
cate with President E. V. Hollis, A.
ARMOURS
Big Crop Fertilizers
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; WE STILL HAVE A FEW EXTRA TONS OF GOODS IN OUR 1 ►
; WAREHOUSE. IF YOU NEED A FEW MORE SACKS WE o
; CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH MOST ANY GRADE. OUR WARE- * ►
► HOUSE WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 15th. SO LET US KNOW ;
’ YOUR NEtEDS BEFORE THAT DATE.
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| Ferti/iz ers |
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£ MAKE A GOOD CROP. USE ARMOUR BIG CROP GOODS
£ AND BEAT THE WEEVIL. WE HAVE A FEW TONS OF TO- \\
£ BACCO SPECIAL GOODS ON HAlfo ALSO.
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BOOSTERS CLUB
ELECTSOffICERS
IT WAS DECIDED BY THE CLUB
TO MEET EVERY MONDAY
NIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN*
STEAD OF TWICE A MONTH.
At the regular meeting of the
Boosters Club which met at the El
berta Hotel Tuesdaf night the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
| ensuing fear:
i Theo Pharr, Chairman.
W. A. McNatt, Vice Chairman.
C. G. Garner, Secretary.
W. T. China, Treasurer.
It was decided at this meeting to
meet every Monday night at the Ho
tel, instead of twice a month as
heretofore.
All those present were enthusias
tic in plans for the coming year and
it is hoped that every business man
in Lyons will become a member of
, the club and be a BOOSTER.
■ A GOOD WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. J. N. Shuptrine, mother of
Mrs. R. S. Wilson of Lyons, and Mr.
i W. O. Shuptrine of Statesboro, died
j Sunday morning after a short ill
! ness, and was carried to her old
home church and hurried Tuesday.
She was a native of Eggingham
county, where she spent her life, and
was loved and esteemed by all who
knew her.
She was seventy years old, and
leaves seven children to mourn her
going away.
& M. Schol, Statesboro, Ga. Only
those teachers and prospective teach
ers will be admitted to the school
who have the approval of the coun
ty superintendent of the county in
which they live or with whom they
expect to teach. This provision is
necessary in order that only those
who are to become immediately avail
able for work may be trained. The
school is not expected to accomodate
more than half the probable appli
cants.