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Vol 21. No lb
LADIES NIGHT AT
BOOSTERS CLUB
PIANO WHICH CLUB PURCHAS
ED HAS BEEN INSTALLED —
SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WERE
TAKEN UP AT MEETING.
A rousing good time was enjoyed
by the Boosters Monday evening at
the regular meeting of the club.
This was ladies night, and a goodly
number of the ladies were present.
Conversation, songs and merry-mak
ing charactrized the early part of
hour. During supper, the fun was
succeeded by practical suggestions
and discussion of plans for making
the city a more delightful place to
live. Numerous ideas were brought
forward, together with discussion of
plans for the prosectuion of the sev
eral schemes now under way. The
ladies are entitled to the credit for
the most profitable part of this
meeting.
The piano which the club has pur
chased was installed Monday even
ing, and added greatly to the spirit
of the occasion.
MACHINERY IS ORDERED
FOR CANNING PLANT
DUBLIN, Ga. —Machinery and
equipment to give a capacity of
10,00 cans daily output has been or
dered for the canning plant that is
being erected here by George and
Louis Shehan, and one of the build
ings to be used is already completed.
This cannery will take care of the
fruit crops these two men will pro
duce in their own orchards, and will
also can tomatoes and other vege
tables that can be grown in Laurens
Just now they are endeavoring to
get the farmers here to plant toma
toes, and have made a very attractive
offer to either buy the crop outright
or do the canning for the farmers.
Prospects are that a good acreage
in tomatoes will be planted for the
cannery this year in Laurens.
JOHNIE DURST TO
UNDERGO OPERATION
Little Johnnie Durst, son of Mr.
John Durst was taken to Atlanta
last week and placed in the Scottish
Rite hospital for treatment. He has
been suffering for a long time and
spent several months in the hospital
about a year ago. He yielded to
treatment more rapidly than was ex
pected, but it was thought that he
would 'have to return there at a lat
er date. An operation will be nec
essary for his complete recovery,
and this is planned for next Thurs
day.
MISS VANN MEETS WITH
NEW BRANCH GIRLS
Miss Vann met with the New
Branch girls Wednesday, April 9th.
Regular meeting was held.
Topic for the evening: “Trans
planting and care of tomato plants”
was given by our agent.
SEABOARD TRAIN HITS
E. C. CROMARTIE’S AUTO
The westbound passenger train
due here at 10:30 o’clock on the Sea
board struck E. C. Cromartie’s car,
completely wrecking its body. Mr.
Cromartie travels for the Georgia
and Florida Rairoad and had spent
the night at the hotel here, planning !
to leave in the morning.
He started across the railroad and,
apparently watching a freight train
that was switching in the yards,
failed to see the passenger train
coming on the other side of the
freight. His presence of mind prob
ably saved his life, by turning the
car away from the train so that it
struck his auto in the rear and
shoved it off the track. Mr. Cro- [
martie did not seem to be injured j
other than dazed, though the car is
badly wrecked.
She Toons progress
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION
TO MAKE 1924 PLANS
Notice of a state-wide gathering of
officers and members of the Georgia
Association was sent out Monday by
C. K. C. Ansley, President of that
organization.
The purpose of the meeting is to
formulate plans for organizing local
agricutlural credit corporations
through which farmers of Georgia
may be finanaced in purchasing live
stock and poultry and in pitching
their 1924 crops and put into prac
tice the Association’s “cow, hog and
hen” program. The meeting wil!
be held at a date to be fixed to suit
the convenience of a majority of the
members.
A representatiev of the Interme
diate Credit Bank of Columbia and
! leading bankers and credit men have
! been invited to address the proposed
[ conference on the details of the ag
ricultural credit corporation, while
rural bankers and farmers will be
called upon to discuss the needs to be
met by the federal financing instru
mentality.
In his preliminary notice of the
proposed meeting Mr. Ansley said:
“While much already has been ac
complished in Georgia Association
counties through the local organiza
tion of business men in support of
credit facilities needed to foster the
‘cow-hog-hen’ program, which is
gradually restoring prosperity and
establishing confidence of both far
mers and busines men, a study of
the situation in connection with fed
eral and state reports indicates that
thousands of our best, and most
worthy farmers are still laboring un
der financial handicaps that will ser
iously circumscribe their farm out
put. Furthermore, it will perma
nently mif.itate against- their success
ful comeback unless the plans al
ready in operation can be but-tress
ed so as to provide additional dairy
cows, brood sows and hens—and in
many cases the pastures and fencing
and buildinsg—which are essential
to placing these farmers on a self
supporting, cash basis of operation.”
A feautre of the meeting will be
the election of officers of the Asso
ciation for the ensuing year and the
transaction of other business incident
to the annual meeting of the organ
ization.
Cooperation of the Atlanta Clear
ing House Association, the Atlanta
Association of Credit men and the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce with
the rural member counties for 1924
is meeting with enthusiastic favor,
according to Mr. Ansley, who said
in his formal statement that “many
live stock farmers in other states are
being attracted to Georgia by the
Association’s long-term lease plan,
while the member counity organiza
tions are steadily going forward on
the ‘cow-hog-hen’ program under
which many tenant farmers are see
ing the way to farm ownership for
the first time in their lives.”
STILLMORE WOMAN
IS BADLY BURNED
STILLMORE, Ga.—Mrs. J. S.
j Newlin was seriously burned at 2 p.
m. Tuesday at her home at the Ca
noochee hotel, when a one gallon
container of wood alchol, which she
uses in as mall alchol stove explod
ed and set fire to her clothing, and
other things in the room.
She was burned severely from the
waist up, almost all the skin on her
shoulders and arms being badly
burned, but her face and neck were
not burned very much.
The small stove was used for pre
paring milk and food for the baby,
and in some way the container ignit- j
ed. when she lighted the stove. Hear
’in her screams, Mrs. Nat Hughes
ran to her assistance, and wrapped
her in a blanket, and smothered the
flames. The baby was only light
ly burned.
J. S. NewHin her husband, who
is in the saw mill business here had
gone to Valdosta to look over some
timber, and they were not able to
reach him by telephone until 10
o’clock at night. .'Arrangements
were made at once to take Mrs. New
lin to a Savannah hospital on the
early morning train.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APR. 17 1924
POULTRY CAR
APRIL 26TH
SECOND CAR TO RUN OVER
SEABOARD FROM AMERICUS
TO SAVANNAH FIRST CAR
GREAT SUCCESS.
Another poultry car will run from
Amejicus to Savannah next Saturday
week, April 26th, according to an
nouncement of Farm Demonstrator
C. G. Garner, in his column in this
paper.
This is the second car to be operat
ed on this plan in this territory. The
first one went over the top in a big
way, demonstrating that we have the
farm produce and that our farmers
are quick to take advantage of this
splendid mrketing facility.
The plan has been working suc
cessfully in several other sections,
and was put on here after thorough
investigation of poultry production.
The first car fully justified expect
ations, and another was planned im
mediately. It can be made a per
manent marketing facility, one su
perior to any other that has yet been
tried out. Therefore, it is highly
important that every farmer get
I squarely behind the proposition, ana
| give it the most support possible. Ii
is a thing that povj is up to the far
mer.
Every grower of poultry should
turn to Mr. Garner’s article, read it
carefully, and follow instructions he
is giving, and there is no doubt that
results wiH_be satisfactorq.
BILLBOARDS BANNED
IN MINNESOTA STATE
The highways in Minnestota are
'to be advertisingless and unmarred
by billboards. Authorities in Dane
County, which has -ordered aH signs
down by May 1, phrase the keynote
of the State-wide campaign thus:
“Unrestricted outdoor advertising,
as it is developing and spreading
along our highways is not only of
fensive but in many cases a menace
to the safety of the public and a mar
to the beauty of our community.
The State Highway Department
has removed more than half a million
signs from Minnestota highways, in
a campaign in which newspapers,
; railroads, housewives and civic or
ganizations have united. A State
law provides for a 66-foot right of
way unmarred by signs, applying to
the seven-thousand-mile State road
system.
j The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway Company announces it
will revoke all permits for billboards
along the road right-of-way encircl
ing Lake Calhoun, one of Minneapo
lis’ beauty spots.
Housewives of Crystal Bay, Lake
Minnetonka, near Minneapolis, have
voted to boycott all articles adver
tised on billboards in -their vicinity.
(According to the Minneapolis
Journal “it is to be hoped that these
examples will lead to further orders .
restoring scenic beauties now ruined j
by roadside boardings. Owners of j
vacant property along the main I
traveled roads may well cooperate in i
banning the billboards to which they j
have given asylum at small rentals '
They have thus become accomplices
in the garish crimes against the eye
that are so freely committed in city
and country.”
STREET LIGHTING IMPROVED
The addition of several street
lights on the eastern end of Railroad
•
has greatly improved the ap
pearance of that part of the busi
ness section of the city at night.
This additional lighting was done
by Mr. Clyde Odob, lessee of the
city light and water plant, at his
own expense, because he saw the
need of it.
INDIES WORK AT HOME, pleas
ant, easy sewing on your machine.
Whole or part time. Highest pos
sible prices paid. For full informa
tion address L. Jones, Box 2, Olney,
FERTILIZER SALES
ARE INCREASED
SIX THOUSAND TONS HAVE
I
BEEN PURCHASED TO DATE
LARGE AMOUNT OF FERTILI
ZER IS PAID FOR IN CASH.
Recent figiures on the sale of fer
tilizers compiled for Toombs coun
ty places the volume 500 tons above
, last year. Six thousand tons have
j been purchased to date, and before
the season is over, it will probably
reach the record figure of 6,500 tons
I A surprisingly large amount of these
j purchases is for cash, which means
j that a very great saving in cost has
; been realized by the farmers, owing
to the difference in time and cash
I• * .
price.
The farmers of Toombs county are
! plying their trade in dead earnest
1 this year, and present indication
! point to early prosperous condition.
: They have awakened on the control
j of the boll weevil, and the larger per
! cent, of them are using arsenate,
i There is also more diversification of
I crops than heretofore. These com
bined conditions, with average sea
sons, assure prosperity.
OPERETTA AND CONTEST
TO BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT
The Fairy Rose Operetta will be
presented at the school auditorium
Friday evening at eight o’clock.
There will be an admission of 15
and 25 cents.
In addition to the operetta there
will be a county contest f-or the
prize offered by The Savannah Morn
ing News for the best essay on the
United States Constitution.
The Fairy Rote Operetta
Under the direction of Miss Nellie
, fLou Tippens, Elizabeth Pharr,
pianist.
Characters—
Frederick Mary Sumner
The Little Green Mo-on Elizabeth
Oliver
Sunshine and Shadow Vivian
‘Brown, Lucy McNatt.
Grasshopper , Jessie
New, Vera Galbreath.
Butterflies Mary Mc-
Lemore, Beth Aaron.
Fireflies Annie Lou
Coursey, Alice Findley.
Humming Birds ;.... Ada Claire
Mosley, Virginia Gray.
Queen of the Fairies Sara
Frances Mosley
Fairies and Elves —
Joyce Wilkes, Reba Spell, Grace
Bowen, Lillian Grimsley, Pauline
Spell, Louise Thompson, William
McNatt, George Mcßride, Jack Mos
ley, Herbert Odom. Wallace Hender
son and Woodrow Wilson.
REV. THEO PHARR SEVERS
RELATIONS WITH PROGRESS
It is doubtless with much regret;
that the people of Lyons and Toombs
j county learn of the retirement of
I Rev. Theo Pharr as associate editor
|of the Progress. Brother Pharr, cap
able and earnest man that he is, lent
his prestage and the forcefulness of
a noble character to the paper in
such away as to cause it to rate as
one among the best edited weekly
papers in the state.
While the Progress can not retain
his valuable services, it hopes to
share his continued good will and
interest.
REV. WALT HOLCOMB
PREACHES AT CLAXTON
-
It has been announced that Rev. f
Walt Holcomb, general evangelist in j
the Methodist Church, and a son-in
law of the late Rev. Sam P. Jones,
will begin on next Sunday, Easter
day, revival services in Claxton, Ga.
Two services will be held each day.
He will be assisted by the pastors of
Evans county, Prof. A. W. Curry
will direct the music. Prof. Curry
travels with Mr. Holcomb.
It is planned that this meeting be
far reaching in its influence, and the
people of this section are invited to
attend the services.
NATIONAL BOLL WEEVIL
CONTROL ASSOCIATION
NEW ORLEANS, La—There has
been much speculation among cot
ton farmers and those interested in
the production of cotton as to the
number of boll weevils which will
! actually attack the crop this year.
The general belief has been that
the severity of the winter with the
quick changes in temperature has
caused a considerable decrease in
the number of weevils. This belief
has been strengthened by the an
nouncement of, government experts,
after an examination of Spanish
moss near Tallulah, La., that only
0.5 weevils per ton of moss survived
the winter.
This announcement, with the
warning that if spring weather
j Should be favorable to the insects
they would increase to such propor
tions without control that eonsider
; able damage would be done, is be
lieved to have caused thinking farm
; ers to plan to take advantage of the
low rate of emergence by ‘getting the
weevil before it has a chance to get
the crop” at a cost that will be much
lower than if application of control
methods are delayed unitl there is a
noticeable increase in numbers of
I the pest.
The fact that the examination for
the degree of survival was conduct
ed only in Louisiana also has increas
ed the speculation as to whether the
same is true in other parts of the
cotton belt. So far as is known no
other expert examination have been
made but it will be possible for the
farmers to determine for themselves
within a short time the probable de
gree of infestation this year.
Many farmers already have plant
ed their crops and others will be do
ing so within a few days. And, as
all farmers know, within a few more
days the plants themselves will begin
to appear.
With the appearance of the plants
i the boll weevil problem begins to
take on a serious aspect. Whatever
the number of w'eevils that survived
the winter, it must be remembered
that no food has been eaten by them
since going into winter quarters last
fall and that they are eagerly wait
ing for the appearance of the plants.
They begin feeding on the tips of the
plants just as soon as conditions per
mit.
In order to get the best possible
advantage of the weevil, it is re
commended that farmers make close
daily observations of the plants as
soon as they begin to appear, exam
ining every plant for weevils, and
as soon as there are as many as twen
ty insects to the acre begin poisoning
either with arsenate in dust
form or a calcium arsenate-molosses
mixture.
Early applications of poison will
greatly reduce the number of wee
vils, make the late season fight one
of less effort and will materially de
crease the cost of poisoning in ad
; dition to saving a large part of the
I crop from the weevil’s ravages.
The correct way of poisoning at
this stage as recommended by state
and government experts will be dis
cussed in an article next week. Fur
ther information may be obtained
from the county agent, state college ,
of agriculture or the National 801 l
Weevil Control Association, Room
220 Whitney Building, ... ew Orleans
La.
ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTUR
ED BY VIDALIA POLICEMAN
Amos Redden, a life term convict
'on Chatham county gang, wa s taken
into custody by night-marshal, J. W.
Osbun, of the Vidalia police force,
last Thursday morning. Redden was
found in an alley by policefnan Osbun
about 4 o’clock in the morning, and
was arrested -for loitering. His ac
tions arroused suspicion, and a
search of his person yielded papers
that led to his identify.
The prisoner was brought to Lyons
and placed in the county jail. He
was taken to Savannah Thursday af
ternoon by J. H. McGuire, county
policeman, of Chatham county. Mr.
McGuire was accompained by Mr.
Wash Driggers, special agent for the
Seaboard.
Subscription SI.OO
TWO DEAD IN
AUTO WRECK
D. H. AND JOHN HOLLAND AL
MOST INSTANTLY KILLED
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER ON
MARVIN ROAD.
D. H. Holland and John Holland,
son of the former, both lost their
lives when the car in which they
were riding turned over, on the Mar
vin road near Westley Moore’s
place, last Thursday afternoon about
1:00 o’clock. Jim Price, who was
in the car, suffered minor injuries.
The party had been in Lyons dur
ing the morning, and were on their
way home, driving at a very rapid
rate, when, according to observers,
! the car left the road.
D. H. Holland’s head was crushed
together with other injuries. He
died about 6:00 o’clock Thursday
j afternoon.
John Holland, who also suffered
a fractured skuß lived until Satur
day afternoon about 6:00 o’clock.
The father is survived by his sons,
Bud Holland of this county, Ezekiel,
reported to be in Washington, D. C.,
and his daughters, Mrs. Troy Jor
dan, Mrs. Harley Durden, Mrs. R. A.
Peavy, Mrs. Silas Kemp, Mrs. Shade
Stanley, Mrs. Ben Bell and Miss
Mattie Holland.
GAS EXPERIMENTS
FOR BOLL WEEVIL
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The army
apporpriation bill will contain the
amendment of Senator Harris of
Georgia, providing $25,000 for ex
periments with poison gases by the
Chemical Warfare Service to kill the
I cotton boll weevil, to be expended
during the next fiscal year. The
senate subcommittee framing the
bill, of which Senator Harris is a
! member, today agreed to the item.
He secured an appropriation for
similar work last year. The army
work will be independent of the
field investigations by the geological
survey to find sources of arsenic
for calcium arsenate, which is being
carried out by funds secured through
! an amendment of the Georgia sen
ator.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
We regret that it is necessary to
leave out of this week’s paper sever
al of our correspondents’ letters be
cause of their failure to sign them.
Unsigned communication will be
disregarded by the Progress, however
good and interesting they may be.
We are anxious to serve every
community in the county. We want
all the news from every corner.
There are good news items that are
sometime overlooked by community
■ correspondents which afford mater
j ial for a good story. let us publish
these for you and bring your com
munity into the limelight.
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BLUE SUNDAY TO COME
INEEFECT NEXT SUNDAY
Boys, buy your cigarettes and stick
a bottle of coca cola in your hip
pocket when you start home Satur
day night. There’ll be nothing do
ing next Sunday.
An ordinance enacted at a meet
ing of the City council last Tuesday
night requires that all places of bus
iness remain closed on Sundays.
There is no exception whatever, ex
cept that druggists may sell medi
cines. The usual Sunday afternoon
aut6 trip will have to be thought out
on Saturday and a supply of gaso
line laid in, or you may have to go to
Sunday school.
This action was taken after much
deliberation by the councilmen, and
is believed by them to be for the
best interest of the community. It
will not seem hard to us when we
have had a little time to adjust oar*f
Selves. X