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Vol 21. No 17 POULTRY CAR .NEXT SATURDAY PRICES TO RUN ABOUT SAME AS LAST CAR —POULTRY CAR TO RUN AGAIN ON MAY 17th AND JUNE 7th. The following card has been mail ed out by Mr. J. A. Kelley of. Atlan ta, who will operate the poultry cars on the Seaboard again next Saturday. To All Interested in Selling Poultry: I will operate the poultry car oevr the S. A. L. from Helena to Savan nah Saturday morning, April 26th on local freight train running through to Savannah that day, taking on poultry at all agency stations. The following prices will be paid: Hens 20c per lb. Stags (overgrown friers) 20c per lb. Friers, 1 to 2 lbs. 40c per lb. Roosters 10c per lb. Capons 30c per lb. Turkeys 25c per lb. Ducks 15c per lb. Geese 10c per lb. Guineas 25c per head. Poultry will be paid for at the car. Next cars will operate May 17th and again June 7th. Mr. Fanning will start weighing up the poultry at Vidalia at about 8 o'clock and weigh until the train ar rives. The train is due to leave there at 9:30 that morning. County Agent Garner will start weighing at Lyons at 8 o’clock and weigh urttil the train arrives. Train is due to leave Lyons at 10:30 A. M. Mr. Will Talley will start weigh ing at Ohoopee at about the same time that morning and until the train arrives there. Remember—Do not stuff your chickens that morning with grain, if you do they will have to be docked. The rule is to dock a coop of chick ens 5 per cent of their weight if they have large stuffed craws. The last time there were one stuffed coop at Vidalia, two at Lyons, and one at Ohoopee. Chickens that are stuffed that way, often die in the cars and they always lose heavily in weight, as it is not fair to stuff them as we wou'd be selling corn at either 20c or 40c per pound. Another thing—Farmers bringing in chickens for the car are expected to lead them in the car. You man not be able to tell vour own chickens after they are weighed up but can help carry the crates to the car and thus save ag reat deal of lost time. If all hands will help it will be esay for all. The last time the railraod peopip had to call in the section gang to h°lo load. Also the railroad offi cials who were along jumped in and carried crates of chickens to the car. Let= remember that it i« our job and we have not completed itu ntil we get thefn in the car. LTuless the farmers will agTee to do this it, will be necessary to deduct a fonaT’ percentage charge from the chickens and hire help to do this. We hone the farmers will do this as it will save them on the price of their chickens and give better satisfaction all around. This is very important. MARVIN CLUB NEWS Marvin club girls will have an ice cream supper Friday night, April 23th at Marvin club house. The proceeds will be used to furnish the club house. Please all come, and help us out. On Thursday April the 17th Miss Vann met with us and we discussed plans ter our summers work. Our club pledged SIO.OO to the Lyons Chautauoua for next year. Vann gave each club mem ber tomato plants which we all planted, and they are doing nicely. We expect to plant tomatoes four different times. MARGARET LILLIOT, Pres. BANKS TO CLOSE MONDAY All banks in Lyons and Vidalia will be closed next Monday, April 28th. Memorial Day, April 26th, be iag Saturday. v . the Inons §jrogreßß THERE IS A MOTTO IN MAINE WHICH READS: “God freezes the water but you mu&t cut your own ice.” “How true.” This motto will apply to ev ery FARMER. The most vital thing in human life is three esquare meals a day. The most vital thing in the life o£ a Nation is food. It is not a j question of how w r e live—that can r come later —'but that we live at all. j Our greatest evil today is that we are suffering from the plague of our friends. Shall we sit idly by and let others do our thinking or shall we do some thinking for ourselves? We ; that cultivate the earth are perform- j ing the greatest labor of man. Farm-j ing being the most important labor of Man, then why not make it more profitable? During 1921 every dol lars worth we produced on our farms ; the producer received 31c, in 1922 we received 37c, why was this the case? For the like of co-operation. ! What we need is Comodity Coopera tion that will take care of our corn, peas, beans, hay eggs, chickens, and such it°ms. We can organize and pool cur produce and ell ollectively placing our oroduce on the market and thereby obtaining a better price for same. The important thing for ; every Cooperative marketing signer j is just to keep in mind the great ob- j jects of everlasting Justice, we are fighting for. It may take some time to reach the goal and we shall make some mistakes and blunders as we go along, but we are on our way and cannot fail. The question now is are we ready; to take our own bus iness into our own hands and every man say, “let’s go to it.” If so it wont be long until we reach the goal. If you are interested, drop a car to the editor of the paper you read this in, stating I am interested and will be there when the meeting is called to discuss the plans. This is a call of the farmers for us to talk over the nlans to better our conditions. There by bettering the general conditions of our Country. If you are inter ested d»*oT> a car to the editor and if ■vfe get the support we should the meeting will be called. This i« nure’v a Funny's move ment, Let’s ACT.—FARMER. TECH STUDENTS AWARDED MEDAL IN COMPETITION ATLANTA, Ga. —In the recent competition of the American Society of Beaux-arts Architects in New York, Lee McClure, of Tampa, Fla., .and James Whitfield, of Hawkins- Ga., senior at Georgia Tech, won high honors and were awarded medals of the society for work sub mitted in competition with architect ual schools of the north and east. The subject of the competition was the design of a Venetian Gothic Palace Facade. It was a so-called problem in Archaeology involving the study and design of a particular type of building of a given period in the history of architecture. The drawings were large ones, about forty or sixty inches. In, winning distinction in New' York, McClure and Whitfield have gained scholastic honors as students of architecture, University of Penn sylvania, Caragie Institute of Tech nology, Columbia, Yale, and other leading Institutions had student representatives entered in the con test. • a NUMBERS OF VETERANS WASHINGTON The insurance policies provided for by the new soldiers’ bonus will be presented by the government to 4,293,607 vet erans of the world war if the bill is enacted into law. The house ways and means com mittee estimates the cost of the bill at $2,052,000,000. There are other esimates, however, that of the Treasury Department going as high as $3,631,000,000. The face value of the insurance policies will be determined by the amount of service in each case at the rate og $1 a day ofr home serv ice and $1.25 a day for service over seas. The average amount of the pol icies will be around SI,OOO. They will have a loan value after a spec ified period. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APR. 24 1924 Booster Club Backing City Park and Clean-Up Week An interesting meeting of the Boosters was held at the City Case Monday night. The best of fellow ship and spirit prevailed. In the absence of Rev. Theo Pharr, presi dent, Mr. Sam J. Henderson presid ed. An impromptu program was fol lowed, laying the meeting open to suggestions from individuals. This proved a very profitable proceedure, : and several of those present were | ready with things of timely interest. Os the several suggestions sub mitted, the matter of improving the j city park was taken up and adpoted as an immediate enterprise to be un ; dertaken by the club. In the light I of information received from mem ! bers present, and the earnestness i with which the proposition was con « sidered, a beautiful city park will i soon be a reality. A question of i whether certain of the necessary SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC RAGING IN VIDALIA • Vidalia is suffering an epidemic of small pox which has been raging for the last few weeks. Up to Monday night, 101 cases had been reported to the city health authorities, but most of these were among the colored population of the city. Hhe most careful quarantine regulations have ■been put into effect and it is be lieved that the worst has been passed. The rapid spread of the diesase in the city was due to failure of the early sufferers to practice measures promulgated to prevent contagion of others. It is stated that the pres ent type of the disease is a hail one, but no deaths have- oc cured to date of the city. WIFE OF PRESIDENT BREAKS UNWRITTEN LAW WASHINGTON—SociaI Washing ton had a shock the other day that left it gasping, “What next?” is breathed, after recovering its voice. 1 “Where will such a course lead?” All the constrenation and amze ment was due to the shattering by Mrs. Collidge, of the unwritten law that the wife of the president must not accept hospitality in a private home. This is on the theory that the rivalries for the presence of the First Lady at private affairs might be embarrassing to her and also that the acceptance or refusal of invita tions always would be subject to in terpretation as political as well as j social favor. Unwritten social laws, however, do ' not seem to worry Mrs. Coolidge Anyway, she wanted to attend a luncheon given at the home of Mrs. Willard Saulsbury, where a number of her friends in the old Senate set were to be present, and she went. If it broke a precendent maybe the precedent ought to be broken, i She’d try it once, anyway, and see what happened. And despite the bated breath with which the social set viewed her dar ing, the First Lady still survives and the government still lives! LEADERS TELL PRESIDENT OF PLAN TO ENACT * WASHINTON.—The new soldier bonus hill, providing insurance pol icies in lieu of cash for world War veterans, stood Saturday on the brink of passage by congress. General debate on the bill in the senate Saturday afternoon revealed that it not only had the support of the Republician leaders, but they had served notice on President Coolidge that he vetoed the bill they would vote to enact it into law, his object ions notwithstanding. (An announcement to this effect was made by Senator James E. Wat ! son, Republician, of Indiana, who is regarded aa the administration’s i spokesman in the Senate, j ’materials were available in town arid the approximate amount of certain of the work, with some other details, were referred to a committee con sisting of C. C. Moseley, Dess Gray and T. Ross Sharpe, and they were instructed to report next Monday night. (A clean-up, paint-up and health week was proposed, and met with instant approval. The Boosters showed themselves strong for a clean, good-looking, healthy place to live. The valuable assistance of the ladies in such a work being fully ap preciated, a commitee, consisting of Messrs C. A. Rogers, Dr. I. E. Aaron and Mack New, was appointed, to secure appointment of proper com mittee from each of the ladies’ clubs, and man out a complete campaign. It is believed that this work will be | prosecuted with enthusiasm and ' happy results. CITY PARK TO BE BEAUTIFUL PLACE The city park is to be made “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” Certain features which have pre vented the city park from serving the public as was intended when the grounds were purchased and the sev eral improvements made are to be completely removed and the place made the most inviting in town, a place that will cause pride to rise up 4n the heart of every citizen. It is "already one of the beauty places in the city, but owning to the low land fcnd a lack of sufficient drainage, its use has been limited to a great ex tent. * -~*JEbe services of a landscape gar dener will be secured at the earliest 'practicable date, and under his di rection, the grounds will be graded, ' 'sewers put in and a complete scheme will be worked out, covering the en i tire plot, for trees, plants grasses fountains and flowers. |A plan of finanacing the undertaking has been outline that will assure its success. 1 PROGRAM OF DISTRICT RALLY AT ROCKY CREEK Following is given the program of the District Rally to be held at Rocky Creek Church, May Ist. 9:30 Hymn for the year—“ Come Women Wide Proclaim.” Devotional Service —Mrs. Fulton Smith of Lyons. Hymn—“ Jesus Calls Us.” Words of Welcome—Mrs. H. D. Youmans of Johnson Corner. Response—Mrs. J. G. Mosley of Lyons. Talk—Seventy Five Million Cam paign—-Mrs. Victor Herring of Vi dalia. Special music. Message of District Secretary. ‘(A call to Service” —Mrs. A. P- Thomas of Lyons. Message of Supt.—Mrs. W. A. Rivers of Glennwood. Special music. Missionary Address —Miss Rhoads of Atlanta. Announcements. Adjourn for lunch. 1:30 Opening chorus —Children of Johnson Corner. Devotional—Mrs. Dan Newton of Lyons. Message of Young Peoples Supt. —Mrs. Brice of Vidalia. Special music. Mission Study—Mrs. A. D. Woodle of Lyons. Consecration service—Mrs. A. L. Mosley of Lyons. Adjournment. The following churches are in this district: Providence, Hammond’s Mis sion, South Thompson, Lyons and Rock Creek. Each church is request ed to send delegates to the Woman’s Missionary Union Rally. Rocky CVeek urges that each church be represented. Come. Remember the date, May Ist, 1924. ALUMINUM RAILWAY CARS ARE BEING PLANNED The American railway industry may be revolutionized by the use of aluminum passenger and freight cars, W. W. Atterbury, vice-presi j dent of the Pennsylvania railroad told the senate agriculture commit- 1 tee today in urging acceptance of his , offer for Muscle Shoals. lAtterbury declared he would ex i periment in aluminum cars at Mus j cle Shoals, if the government ac ! cepted his offer for the water power ! project. His associates in the offer, | he said, were Elon H. Hooker, and J. j G. White, both of New York. If given Muscle Shoals, Atterbury said, his experiments undoubtedly j will be successful and eventually would revolutionize (American trans- j poration. Opposition to Ford As a result of Atterbury’s pro ppsal, the offer of Henry Ford ap peared destined to face new opposi tion. Several members of the com mittee, including Senator Norris, re publican of Nebraska, Chairman, declared Atterbury had made the “fairest offer of all.” Norris said ’t was “much better than the offer of Ford.” “I obtained the aluminum railway car idea in France when I learned that the German Zepperlins were •made from a composition ofalumi num magnesia”, said Atterbury. “The material is exceeedingly light and extraordinarily durable. It can withstand rough treatment. “If our offer for Muscle Shoals is accepted, I plan to devote consid erable time to research work in an effort to manufacture an aluminum car. I have the alloy composition now. Lack of Cheap Power “The only obstacle to date has been the lack of cheap power with which to experiment. Muscle Shoals would make the experimental work possible. “If the aluminum alloy was used in feright cars, it would reduce their weight by one-half and increase their loading capacity 17 per cent. It would greatly increase the hauling oower of at rain. “If used in passenger cars, it • would enable the railroads to carry 30 per cent more passengers to the car. I feel confident I can perfect this experiment at Muscle Shoals and revolutionize the railroad industry.” Backer* of Project • Atterbury’s • associates followed him on the witness stand. Both White and Hooker condemned the Ford offer and praised Atterbury’s proposal to use Muscle Shoals as an experimental station in addition to other power operations. Under his financial arrangement Atterbury would organize a $1,000,- 000 corporation to operate the gov ernment’s project for 50 years. All profits would be turned over to the government until the federal invest ment was repaid. Thereafter, the government would get 75 per cent of the profits, while the remainder would go to Atterbury and his as sociates. He said he expected the ’offer share would amount to sl,- 500.000 a year after the govern ment’s jp vestment was repaid. OR. ELIOT IS IN FAVOR OF EARLY MARRIAGES Cambridge, Mass.—Dr. chas. *W. Eliot, president emeritus of Mar vard University, offered the follow ing advice in an address to the student body: “Do not put off marriage too much. Do not wait till you think | vou can offer the girl you want to marry all the luxuries and priviliges to which in her father’s home she was accustimed.” NOTICE I have a good many Tobacco plants ready to set out. Any one desiring same call on J. H. FIELDS, 1 Lyons, Ga., Route One, Box 9. I * DRESS MAKING Best work at, moderate prices, promptly done. Satisfaction assui- I ed. Mrs. J. I. Aaron, Route 2. Lyons, Ga. Subscription SI.OO J. I. NEWTON MOVES HERE HIGHWAY ENGINEER TO MAKE LYONS HIS HOME—SEVERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS NOW UNDER WAY. In order to be closer to the sev eral road projects that he has in charge, Mr. John T. Newton, resi dent engineer for the state highway department, has moved to Lyons, and is residing at the home of Mr. R. S. | Wilson. Mr. Newton is in charge of all ! road construction in this section and S has located as centrally as possible iin his field. His immediate road j work is supervision of a section of the Dixie Highway running east and west through Toombs county. This road is more than half completed and is going forward as rapidly as possi ble. It is within the city limits i. the east side, coming from Reidsville. leaving a link of only about seven miles to connect with the road al ready completed at the western I border of Toombs county. This section of the road is now good, but to meet Federal requirements, it is to be relocated on the south of the Seaboard railway to avoid certain crossings and to shorten and straight 1 en the road. This is in line with the modern policy in road buliding, which contemplates permanent loca tion of roads, so that when hard sur -1 faces are placed on the roads the 1 road beds will be settled and compact 1 and in proper condition to support the heavy surfacing. Another road work to be complet | ed under Mr. Newton is a section of the Cotton Belt route in the south ern part of Eamnuel county and through Toombs. Federal aid will I provide for a new road from Oak r Park to Pendleton creek, cutting out considerable mileage and eliminating a section of road w'hich is not > n sat | isfactory condition. This improve ment includes a new brdige across j. the Ohoopee river north of Oak Park, a new bridge for Pendleton creek and several smaller bridges, as , well as the approach to the concrete j bridge across the (Altamaha between , Toombs and Appling counties. Very little other work will be necessary I to make this the most highly favored ( north and south route in this section, s the rest of it being already in excel lent condition. i , It is also very probable that the ( road leading to Metter from Lyons will be rebuilt, bringing traffic from . the Woodpecker route into the Cot ton Belt Highway at Lyons, making a shorter road and affording a free I crossing of the Altamaha. . Toomhs county is fortunate in be . ing in the center of road activities . for this section of the state. The ; road authorities are careful, but far • seeing men, who have the interest of . the future of Toombs county citizen • ery at heart, and are not overlooking . anything that will aid in making the . county one of the foremost in the south and securing the most of sat isfaction and prosperity for the people. $300.00 IN PRIZES TO BE GIV EN CHILDREN IN CONTEST Three prizes of SIOO.OO each are to be given by Georgia Cotton Grow ers Co-operatie Association for the best essays on the subject: “The Value of Co-operatie Marketing As sociation for IAII Farm Porducts, to the State of Georgia, Organized on The Five Year Contract Plan.” The contest for Toombs county is to be held at the Lyons High School building, at ten o’clock, May 17th. Those eligible to participate in the contest are: any high school pupil, any student in the elementary grades in schools of incorporated towns and any student in the elementary grades in the rural schools. (A prize of SIOO.OO will be awarded to the pupil from each of the above classificat . lions writing the best essay. The rule* governing the contest may be found elsewhere in this