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Vol 21. No 9 GRAND JURY IS ORGANIZED MON. W. P. C. SMITH ELECTED FORE-> MAN OF JURY —JUDGE HA§DE MAN MAKES IMPRESSIVE CHARGE. The Grand Jury for the February term of Toombs County Superior court were called together on Mon day nu 'taing at ten o’clock by Judge R. N. Hardeman and after they had met and organized they were called into the court room and sworn in by Solicitor Grey. Mr. W. P. C. Smith was elected foreman and was duly sworn in as such. Judge Hardeman charged them along the usual lines in regard to their duty to the county, to then families, and to the state. He stress ed the observance of law and their duty as Grand Juriors in inforcing the law in regard to the good morals of the county. Judge Hardeman said that good morals, and clean citizenship must come thru a wholesome regard for law, and respect for law must come from the best citizens. Continuing he said that men lack moral courage to declare themselves against immoral conditions, therefore we cannot expect the common class to have a good and wholesome res pect for a law they were afraid to enforce. There are three influences that stand for the best in the world, the home, the school, and the court, and when either of these were disregard ed there was inevitable failure in the country. The home was losing influence over the children, because it did not exercise parental authority over the children, and the school was losing its influence over the child because he was not collected at home. The courts are losing influence over the people because the home had lost its grip on the child and there fore it grows up to disregard law be cause the parents criticize the court for failure, when it originates back of all these, in the home. Divorces The Judge paid his respect to the divorce evil in very strong language, and is certainly not afraid to be head 1 on this great and growing evil. Continuing he said that one in ev ery seven marriages were annulled in the divorce courts, and for fifty years there had not come a new idea into the divorce law, and not a case was legal so far as grounds were con cerned in the divorce law. In scathing terms he arraigned the scoffers at all good, from the home, the school, the church, and the courts He said that when parents scoff the children will dispise, and instead of being good examples to all children they were bringing a disregard fpr law and constituted authority. Judge Hardeman charged them to look into the expenditure of all pub lic funds, investigating every offi cial record and call every man to ac count for every dollar of trust funds. Look after the roads, bridges, the jail, court house and all public prop erty. In no mincing of words did he at tact the evil of all evils, liquor. He said if the prohibition law was en forced as it should be we would have every problem solved in regard to lawlessness in our county. He said there are four things if you will rid your county of you will rid of practically every kind of evil —whiskey, pistols, vagrancy and gambling. After he had finised his charge Judge Hardeman snet them back to the Grand Jury room to do the things that will come before them as men who have the interest of every one from the least to the greatest of the county at heart. The presentments will be publish • ed later. FOR SALE—Buff orpington eggs $1.25 for 15. Wlrte comish game eggs $2.00 for 15. Mrs. J. H. Smith Elza, Georgia. pd. The Lyons Progress THE “STOVE LEAGUE” UP-TO-DATE Judge Over Rules Motion for New Trail in Currie Case MRS. H. ESTROFF DIES IN SAVANNAH SATURDAY Mrs. H. Estroff of Savannah died last Saturday afternoon February 23rd, and was buried in Boneuture cameterq Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Estroff was the wife of Mr. H. Estroff of Vidalia, and the moth er of Mr. Sam Estroff of the firm of S. & W. Estroff. Besides her husband she leaves six children to mour her going away. BOOSTERSCLUB HOLDSMEETING SECOND MONDAY NIGHT IN EACH MONTH TO BE LADIES NIGHT PROGRAM COMMIT TEE IS APPOINTED. 0 ————— The Lyons Booster Club met at the Elebrta Hotel Monday evening in what was considered .the .best meeting of the year. |A short notice program was pres ented in short notice speeches by a few citizens. Solicitor Walter Grey made a splen did talk on the . possiajb'-ities of Toombs county and the good that may "be - accomplished by the Booster Club. Judge Hardeman was the speaker of the evening, and his address was a masterpiece as they all are, and touched on the vital spot of human interest for us all “the Child and his interest.” It was decided to have ladies night the second Monday night in each month, and each member is expect ed to bring a lady, either his wife, or friend. A finance and membership com mitee was appointed as follows: S. J. Henderson, S. J. Bargeron, B. F. Brown. A program commitee was appoint ed to arrange a program for each meeting, and it is hoped that we will have regular attendance now, and get a spirit of boosting on us. The program committee are: C. C. Mosley, C. A. Rogers, Wm. E. Estroff These committee are to act for one month. Mr. Garner our effeicient . county agent made a talk on his farm pro gram and outlined some of his plans for the near future and called for some good speakers to go to the dif ferent school communities and as sist him in the farm demonstration work. Open up gentlemen and go with him. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEB. 28 1924 Judge R. N. Hardeman in Toombi Superior court session Thursday morning over ruled the motoin for new trial in the Lee Currie case. It is nut known what steps hi* attorneys will take just at this time, hut it is certain that they will make anoher desperate effort jo prevent clients neck from being broken. It has come to a battle of wita with the prosecutionand defense as to which ( hal! hold on longest to this famous case. Four times has the sentence of death been passed, and four times has the defense brought evidence enough on an appeal in the case to get a new trial. It is to he hoped that the case may be settled one and forever, for it has been a great burden to the tax pay ers of Toombs county. METHODIST S. S. HAS IN. TERESTING CONTEST ON ** • The Methodist Sunday School has put on a unique contest consisting of an areoplane race around the world. ' • The start is made from New York and goes via San Fransancisco, Hon dolulu, Bombay, Calcutta and on back to the starting point. Each new scholar counts five hun dred miles and an increase in col lections five hundred. The contest has resulted in a great increase in interest and has practically doubled the membership. DR. AARON PAINFULY HURT ON STREET SATURDAY Dr. I. E. Aaron came very. near having a serious accident on last Sat urday afternoon. • He was standing by a machine that was demonstrating on the street in front of the New Grocery Store when a belt broke and a piece struck him on the head, knocking him sense lesg for a few minutes. He was carried to his office where Dr. Odom gave him medical atten tion, taking several stitches in the scalp wound. He was 6ut in a short time attend ing to his work, and his friends wish for him a speedy recovery. TO ALL SPECIAL TAX PAYERS All special Taxes for Toombs Co., these taxes are due January Ist and unless paid by the last day of March,; there will be additional charges asl penalty of 20 per cent added. If ■ you do not care to pay these addi-1 tional charges, come forward and pay your Tax Collector at once. Yours truly, W .T. LITTLE, 2te. District Deputy Collector. WEIF LODGED IN JAIL FOR STEALING CAR dj Col. T. Ross Sharpe came very ■ear losing his fine automobile one say last week, and.but for the fact •feat he had let the water out of the' raditor because of the cold, he would have had some trouble in recovering lt . - j It was abandoned by the tbeif and He was captured and lodged in pail where he later confessed to the theist. * . It is suposed he is the miscreant who has been terriorizing people all over town, entering houses and sneaking beneath windows. The car was not damaged very much, the cylinders being stuck when found and this prevented any wild riding on his part* - - EAST SEABOARD TRAIN WRECKS * * * * ’ i RAIL BREAKS UNDER ENGINE TURNING TWO CARS AND TEN DER OF ENGINE OVER—SEVER AL PERSONS INJURED. Seaboard passenger train No. 12 East bound was wrecked last nignt (Tuesday! two miles west of Lyons. The engine and two cars'were bad ly damaged and considerable damage was done to the track for a hundred feet or more. The West bound passenger train crew notified the engineer on No. 12 to look out for something just about this spot and for this fact there would have been no doubt a serious wreck. A broken rail it is supposed was the cause of the wreck. The train was in charge of engineer Goolsby and conductor Harden. Those receiving any injury suffi cient to need medical attention were i carried to Vidalia where medical aid , wa a given them. The injured are: W. C. Chambliss, flagman, hand I. J. Poole, baggage master, left foot mashed. Jeff Collins, express helper, cut over eye and bruished on the head. Norman Coles, porter, slight cut : on cheek. Mrs. Emile Osborne, passenger,, injury' on face. The wreck was cleared during the ' night and the East bound passenger train passed through on time Wednes day morning. MEETING DATES EOR BOLL WEEVIL AND FARM PROGRAM MEETINGS TWELVE SCHOOL HOUSES WILL BE VISITED IN TWO NIGHT PROMINENT SPEAKERS WILL SPEAK. Beginning Thursday night of next week twelve meetings will be held at as many school houses in Toombs county. Speakers have been escured to speak,on Dusting Cotton for con trolling the boll weevil. Other speakers will be present from the 'business men of Vidalia and Lyons to speak on a farm plan for Toombs County. Meeting dates, Thursday night, March 6th, 7:30 P. M. Ohoopee—Will Talley’s Store. Normantown —School. New Branch —School. Marvin —School. Rock Springs—School. Johnson Corner —School. Friday night, March 7th, 7:30 P. M. Y ancey—School. Cedar Crossing—Store. Parker—School. Marietta —Schoo^ Center—School. Union—School. SELECT SITE FOR WILSON COLLEGE VALDOSTA, Ga.—Approximately 100 acres, including the Pendleton, Goodwin and Smith property, has been finally selected as the site for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Col lege, according to an official an nouncement made by the committee on sites today. The project for the Wilson Memo rial College grew 90 rapidly that tne matter of fifty or seventy-five acres -for the site was entirely too small, and the committee promptly took such action Saturday evening as would include a sufficient amount of adjoining property to make the acres. Location This will carry the college proper ty from the street road west ward to the Patterson street exten sion, thus giving it east and west boundaries of prominent, thorough fares, while the north and south boundaries will also be broad streets, making the location one in every way ideal. Finding the original combination of property secured from Mr. A. S. : Pendleton, Mr. T. E. Goodwin, and Mrs. D. D. Smith to be entirely too small forthe proportions being as sumed by the memorial project, the commitee secured additional acre age from all three of these property owners and closed the contracts Sat urday evening. Work Completed This finishes the work of the local ! commitee on a site, until this tender ; is finally passed upon by the confer -1 ence commitee will clear the way tor active work in preparing for the building operations. The property was secured without “strings” of any kind, although it is stipulated that it shall be used only for college purposes, to which there was of course no objection from any source. Thus the old Sparks College is lost in the great Woodrow Wilson Col lege. It is sad to think of Sparks college j losing her identity, for there are j .-scores of preachers in the South Georgia Conference who are the! product of the old Sparks College, of Sparks, Ga. We hope the new school will prove a great blessing to the world and be as great in the future as the name of Woodrow Wilson will stand in the history of the world. SPECIAL NOTICE We have had something like four or five applications for Collector of j water and light bills. Help us use this money toward giving you more' efficient service by being prompt with your part. LYONS ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, By C. P. Odom. SITBSCRIPriON SI.OO LYONS ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. IS BOUGHT BY C. P. ODOM F. F. Goddard, owner of the Lyons Ice and Cold Storage Plant and lessee of the Lyons Water Works and Light Plant, has sold his inter ests in both places to Clyde P. Odom, who has been associated with Mr. Goddard since the plant was built. The plant has been enjoying a wide and large trade for ice and has had a large quantity of meat stored at all times. It has been especially successful in curing meats for the farmers as it installed a dry cure method when first built that keeps the curing rooms at a steady tem perature but always dry. TOOMBS GOES AFTER MUCH NEEDED BRIDGE TWO COMMITTEES ARE NAMED TO TOUR THE ROUTE OF HIGH WAY—LYONS BOOSTER CLUB HAS TAKEN LEAD. At a special meeting of the Lyons Boosters Club two committees of eight each, headed by State Senator I George W. Lankford and Col. Wim j berly Brown, were selected to tour the route of the proposed Greenville- Jacksonville Highway to secure the co-operation of the towns along the route in getting a bridge built across the Altamaha river in the southern part of Toombs county. This route will be covered by the North committee headed by Col .W. E. Brown, from b<yons to Oak Park, Swainsboro, Midville, Waynesboro, Augusta, and then back byway of the proposed Greenville-Jacksonville Highway at Wrens, Louisville, Wad ley, Swainsboro and returning to Lyons. The Southern commitee will go to Baxley, Alma and Waycross. Meet ings are being arranged with cham bers of commerce, boards of trade, and other clubs at these points to arouse more interest in getting this highway completed. committee has already visited the Baxley authori ties and secured a promise from the county commissioners to co-operate with the Toombs county officials in securing a free ferry across the Al tamaha until the state aid which has been promised can be* secured in building the bridge. DUSTING MACHINERY SECURED CO-OPERATIVELY Arrangements have been complet ed here today by the county agent and some of the business men of Vi-» dalia and Lyons for the farmers tt get cotton dusting machinery co-od eratively at wholesale prices. C(J tracts have been made by some the mnufcturers and George H. Bride and the First National Banlfcj Lyons and the Modern Farm ImjH ment Company will handle the ma-" chine at cost to the farmers. This is done in order to encourage the farmers in use of good control me thods' with their cotton. LYONS BAPTIST CHURCH A. D. Woodle, Pastor - • Preaching next Sunday morning anff evening by the pastor. 11 A. M ; Sermon, subject: “The Marks of the Lord.” 7:30 P. M. Subject: “Weighed and Wanting.” 3:30 P. M. Sunday School. We have classes to suit all who may come. An effort is made to instruct and interest those who at tend, and you will be benefited if you cast your lot with us. At 8 P. M. on Thursday’s we have our mid-week Prayer Service. We have a right to expect the at tendance of our members, and are glad for any others to come who wilL. The pastor hopes to see all the members of the church at the aervieeatf? Sunday.