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- The Lyons Progress -
The Official Organ of Toombi County.
OFFICE PHONE NO. 19.
C. C. MOSELEY LESSEE and EDITOR
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EDUCATION FUNDAMENTAL
To urge the value of education is
superfluous when, every day, every
one is so conscious of the need of a
fuller understanding of life. Educa
tion affords a correct conception of
life. It show us our duties, and how
to perform them. It shows us the
rights of others and how to regard
them. Thus, we know what is pro
per relationship of individual to in
dividual, and individual to communi
ty. The want of these things is the
source of .all misunderstanding and
misjudegment, the cause of unfair
and selfish conduct; and makes deal
ings, one with another, unpleasant
and disappointing.
Education meets all these condi
tions by developing the real in man.
ThoSe who have natural tendencies
to evil and selfish conduct are, by
education, able to see the undesirable
consequences of such a course and
shrink from them. They seek to
develop the qualities that tend to a
happier existance when they are able
to see that way open up to them.
The stronger characters are disposed
to extend a helping hand to those who I
are struggling up the slopes of hu- I
man achievement and happiness
when they have, by education, un- j
stood the handicaps under which the
less fortunate are striving.
These considerations raise the
question: what kind of education
will meet the requlrem#ifs of a race
in which it seem that every one is
seeking his own welfare without re
gard to his fellows, every community
striving to obtain advantages that
make its growth an prosperity secure
at the expense of another and every
nation boasts of superiority of equal
ity, if not of numbers and wealth?
There is such an education. Let
us examine it, and see if it is pract
ical.
Pope, in his essay on man, said:
“Know thyself;
Presume not Good to scan,
For the proper study of mankind is
man.”
Education begins when a human
consciousness dawns. The mind of
the infant is like a blank sheet of
paper, on which may be written
whatever it is desired to write.
There is no imagination, no vision, no
plans of life. Immediately an in
nate consciousness begins to res
pond to its environments and educa
tion has had its beginning. The >
plastic life begins to shape itself to
fit the molds which are made of a
material we call influence.
It has been said that a man is
merely the summing up of his en
vironment. If this is true, how fear
fully important it is that the young
life begin under circumstances that
•will cause to be expressed the best
qualities of character.
Every true definition of education
tells us that it is a drawing out and
not a pumping in. School work is
but the gymnastics of the mind, ex
ercises that develop the mind, just
as the body is developed. In school
we study, not the things that we are
to do in life, but the logical way of
doing things. True education fo
cuses the mind on ideals which, like
the distant sun, send into the life
beams of light that make the way as
clear as noonday and show show to
move safely and cretainly toward
any desired goal. The light of ideals
shine into the character and disclose
its deficiencies, and thus we learn to
know ourselves. These ideals are
to be found in everything worth
while, whether it be the mastery of
a subject in school, a pleasure trip
or a life work, and any work without
an ideal can be but half wrought.
GOOD ROADS VS BAD ROADS
Statistics of repairs, gasoline and
oil consumption, depreciation and
loads hauled, demonstrate that the
average difference in cost in run
ning a car or truck over j?ood hard
Toads and poor roads is approximate
ly 5 cents per mile.
The average mileage of all cars
and trucks in this country exceeds
6,000 yearly.
There are 14,000,000 cars and
trucks runing in the United States.
A simple multiplication proves
that if all the roads in the United
States were poor roads, making them
all into good roads would save more
than four billions every year, or
more than five times as much as is
spent annually in this nation for
good roads.
Os course, all the roads are not
poor roads, and more than 80 per
cent of the travel of our vehicles is
over the good roads and not poor
ones. But if we had good roads ve
hicles would travel over them. Ve
hicles are now forced from the many
poor to the few good road miles in
order to avoid Joss of time and the
tremendous cost of travel very poor
roads.
Any individual, asking himself
whether his share of a new road tax
will pay him, has only to figure the
number of miles he will travel in a
year over the good road and see what
he, personally, will save. This com
putation, of course, leaves out of cal
culation any such factors as the sav
ing he makes by the lowering of
prices of goods he buys which travel
the good road, and any increase in
his assets due to the increase of land
values on the good road, and any in
crease in earning capacity due to the
time saved on good roads. With
figures so plain and savings so ob
vious it is difficult to understand
why anyone thinks that national
highways, built and maintained by
the National Government, will not
more than pay for themselves in a
very short period.
THE NEW VERSION
How dear to my heart i$ the old
Silver dollar, when Some kind mem
ber presents it to view; the Liberty
head without necktie or collar, and
all the Strange thingS which to u$
Seem So new. The wide-Spreading
eagle, the arrow below it, the stars
and the wordS with the Strange
things they tell, the coin of our
fatherS, we’re) glad that we know
it, for Some time or other 'twill
come in right well; the Spread
eagle dollar, the Star Spangled dol
lar; the old Silver dollar we all love
$o well.—Exchange.
SERIES OF MEETINGS TO BE
HELD BY GA. ASSOCIATION
ATLANTA, Ga. “Pen Thai
Rooster” is the slogan of a campaign
to be conducted under the auspices
of the Georgia Association in all
counties that are members of that
organization, beginning next Monday
the purpose being stablize and
safeguard the egg market in Georgia
by the establishing of co-operative
poultry associations and storage and
marketing facilities for the farmers
and by impressing upon commercial
poultrymen the necessity of produc
ing infertile eggs.
The campaign will take the form
of a series of meetings to be held in
the various Georgia Association mem
ber counties, to be conducted and
addressed by officers of the associa
tion, local county agents and pro
-1 gressive poultry producers, and by
other poultry specialists of the State
College of Agriculture, who have
been assigned to this service for the
duration of the intensive “drive” in
the interest of greater profit in the
poultry industry in Georgia.
The State College, State Depart
ment of Agriculture and local poul
try associations in the counties with
in the scope of the proposed campaign
have tendered the Georgia Associa
tion the fullest measure of co-opera
tion in n|pking the enterprise suc
cessful from every standpoint.
It is pointed out by those actively
promoting the movement that the
poultry industry in Georgia has de
veloped with unusual rapidity during
the last few years, ard that Georgia's
egg production has now reached such
THE LYONS PROGRESS, LYONS, GEORGIA.
proportions that the farmers of this [
state are losing money at the rate of j
5500.000 annually through the pro- I
duction of eggs that do not measure j
up to the market requirements, to '
say nothing of the lack of adequate
co-operative production, storage,
grading and sales facilities.
The value of Georgia’s egg “crop”
at the present rate of production is
estimated at $20,000,000 annually.
This spring, for the first time, the
egg producers of the state have ser
iously been affected by the annual
price decline incident to the season
of “peak” suply, which only illus
trates the fact that egg production
hag become an industry of real im
portance and upon which the farm
fers have learned to depend for farm
revenue!
This loss, it is argued by poultry
specialists and uathorities of rural
eoonmics, is occasioned largely by
the want of storage facilities, where
by the surplus eggs produced during
the season of highest production
might be impounded, to be marketed
gradually in keping with the demand,
thus preventing the glutting of the
market and extremely low prices at
certain seasons of the year and a
scarcity of supply, with consequent j
inordinately high prives at other
times.
In this connection also emphasis
is placed upon the fact that eggs that
are not infertile are undesirable for
storage purposes; hence the move
ment to induce the producers to
sequester their males form their !
'flocks from which it is desired to
produce eggs for table use. allowing
them to run only with the hens from
which eggs for incubation purposes !
are to be produced.
The first step to maintain egg
prices and to make possible the suc
cessful organization of Georgia’s
poultry industry and the storage and
orderly marketing of ees. “says a
circular sent out by the Georgia As
sociation preliminary to the propos
-ed series of meetings, “is to open the
roosters at he close of th« hatching
season”, whiieh statement has receiv
ed the apnroval of the State Col
- specialists who are recognized
as being the most capable and pract- j
ical poultry experts in America.
The schedule of meetings incident
to the proposed campaign, so far as
; t has been worked out to date, is as
follows:
Mondqv. April 14. at Bainbridge
and D«nal«sonville; Tuesday, at /Al
bany and Sylvester: Wednesday, at
T' - fton; Thursdav, at Waycross and
Homerville- Fridav, at J*>sun; Sat
urday, at Hinesville and Darien.
A NEW FEATURE OF THE
PROGRESS, IF YOU WANT
IT, MR. FARMER
The Lyons Progress is indebted to
the people of Toombs county for its
existence. They have furnished the
mean s and the material that have
made it what it is. It is their organ
and it is the desire of the present
management that it serve them in
every capacity possible.
We believe in the farmers of
Toombs county. We know they are
in the main successful. And we be
lieve that they are headed in the
direction of general prospertiy. If
,'we can hasten its coming, if we can
take the successes of one farmer
and establish them on other farms,
we believe that it will be a service
worth while.
Therefore, if there are a sufficient
number of farmers in the county, or
In the field covered by the Progress,
who wish to tell their neighbors of
their successful experiences, we will
allot them a section of the paper for
this purpose. A particular crop, a
crop plan, a variety of some farm
product, a system of cultivating a
certain crop, time and labor saving
tools and machinery, and any of the
things that have helped you to suc
ceed, are worth passing along to
your neighbor. This can be made
the most valuable feature of the pa
per if the farmers want to take hold
and do the thing in a big way.
Whether this feature is added will
depend upon how many are interest-'
ed. If you want it, write the Pro-;
gress what you think of it, and if
you will contribute to its success.
The Progress is with you. let’s get to
gether.
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\ SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES
/fJT Ky (Hunt** Salve and Soap), fail In
/ IJ j / the treatment of Itch, Eczema,
lA Ringworm, Tetter or other Itch
ing akin diaeasea. Try thie
treatment at our rilk.
New Lyons Pharmacy
A. L. Mosley, Prop.
mum
CARELESSNESS WILL
CAUSE POOR HATCHES
The careful gathering, selecting and
bolding of hatching eggs are factors
too often overlooked, asserts W. H.
Allen, poultry specialist at the New
Jersey College of Agriculture at New
Brunswick. To prove his statement
Mr. Allen points out that nearly 90 per
cent of all eggs that are set in incu
bators or under hens are fertile, and
should hatch strong chicks, yet only
SO to 80 per cent ever do.
Eggs should be collected three or
four times a day, and from, clean nests.
This prevents them from getting
chilled, dirty and damp. Orade them
for size, color and shape. A bird
usually lays eggs of the type of the
one from which it was hatched. Keep
the eggs in a dry room with a tempera
ture of 50 degrees F., and never hold
them more than six days before plac
ing in the Incubator. Eggs held 12
days will hatch 10 to 15 per cent fewer
chicks than eggs only a week old.
Incubator rooms should not be cold.
The Ideal temperature is 70 degrees.
When the temperature is lower than
this the hatch will be retarded and
the chicks of poor quality. A chick
hatched In twenty days is worth two
hatched In twenty-two.
The incubator should be leveled
to prevent uneven temperatures with
in the machine, all thermometers tested
for nccuracy, and the machines disin
fected. The manufacturer’s instruc
tions should be followed. Run the In
cubator three days before putting In
the hatching eggs. Do not disturb
tie in for two days after they are set;
as M r that turn them twice daily. No
co> ling is necessary during Incubation,
esj 'Chilly during the months of Feb
ruary. March and April.
Ti:e best temperature at which to
run n machine Is 103 degrees. Test
out all infertile eggs on the seventh
and fourteenth days. To prevent
chicks from dying in the shell. It Is
often necessary to add moisture. This
can he judged by weighing the eggs
plus the hatching tray on the first day
and again on the seventh. The eggs
plus the tray should not weigh over
5 per cent less on the seventh day
than on the first.
Poultry Profits Depend
on Earliness of Hatch
Profits in poultry raising depend to
a large extent on the earliness in the
season that chickens are hatched.
The earlier in life a pullet commences
laying, the greater the number of eggs
produced during the first laying year.
Pullets should be in laying condition
the first part of October, if good win
ter egg production Is to be expected.
The more eggs laid during November,
December and January, the greater are
the annual profits.
In order to commence laying In Oc
tober. pullets of the Plymouth Rock,
Rhode Island Red, Wyandotte, and
similar breeds should be hatched the
latter part of March or the first part
of April. Pullets of the Leghorn,
Ancona, and similar breeds should be
hatched the latter part of April or the
first part of May.
Intestinal Disinfectant
for Control of Diseases
A good Intestinal disinfectant, such
as bichloride of mercury, can be used
in the drinking water provided for the
poultry flock, as a means of aiding in
the control of poultry diseases. This,
however, la but a small part of the
procedure in disease control and does
not strike at the real source of the
trouble.
One of the first steps In keeping the
poultry flock healthy is to dispose of,
by killing and burning, all birds af
flicted with tuberculosis, fowl cholera
and other similar serious diseases, A
second step Is to see that the two main
causes of disease, lack of sanitation
and a condition of lowered vitality,
are eliminated from the flock.
Better not give tankage until the
chicks are three or four months old.
• • •
Try to find the stolen nests. Some
times a careless turkey lays where
the eggs easily roll out.
• • •
Any of the reputable brands of dry
grain chick feed will prove excellent
as a ration for the poults.
• • •
Feed mixed grains In the morning
along with water or milk, then mash
at noon, and corn In the evening.
• • •
For incubating purposes, discard all
eggs that have Improperly finished
shells or that are Irregular In shape.
• • •
Keep the litter deep In the hen
house and make the hens work for
their grain. They will get lazy If you
do not make them scratch.
• * •
Do not hold eggs for four or six
weeks In a warm room and then tell
your customers they are Just ‘‘out of
the nest.” They will know better.
• • •
The male is half of the breeding
flock. Be sure he has the vigor, that
he Is true to his breed, that he has
capacity, and comes from stock which
AN ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Lyons,
and it is hereby ordained by auth
ority of the same, that from and af
ter the passage of this ordianace, it
will be unlawful for any person,
firm or coporation to sell any mer
chandise of any description within
the limits of said City of Lyons on
the Sabbath day, except drugs or
medicines.
Be it further ordained that any
violation of this ordance shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed
$25.00 or imprisonment in the City
Jail not to exceed ten days.
Be it further ordained that all or
dianaces or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
DAN ODOM
G. H. McBRIDE.
On motion dutly made and carried
the above ordinance was by unan
imous consent adpoted on first read
ing, and ordered published in The
Lyons Progress one time. This 15th
day of April 1924.
R. L. PAGE, Mayor.
W. A. McNATT
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B. F. BROWN
DAN ODOM, Counciimen
Attest: F. F. Goddard, Clerk of
Council.
I hereby certify that the above is
a true and correct copy of an Or
dinance passed at a meeting of the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Lyons, held on the 15th day of April
1924.
This 16th day of April 1924.
F. F. GODDARD,
Clerk of Council.
COLLINS NEWS
The fanners in this section are
having fine weather for planting now
The birthday dinner at Mrs. Armer
O’Neal’s was enjoyed by a large
crowd. '
The sing at Mrs. Armer O’Neal’s
Sunday night was enjoyed by a
large crowd.
There will be preaching at Collins
Chapel every first Saturday and
Sunday. Everybody invited to at
tend.