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Vol 21. No 18
LADIES MEET
WITH BOOSTERS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMING
AN AUXILIARY TO THE
BOOSTERS CLUB MEETING
TO BE HELD FRIDAY.
The Boosters Club had as thei£
guest on Monday night, Mrs. F. M.
Smith, Mrs. E. M. Wimberly, and
Mrs. G. W. Lankford, who came by
in invitation of the club t<> represent
the womans’ interest in the civic af
fairs of the town.
Rev. Theo Pharr, president of the
Boosters Club introduced Mrs. Smith,
who outlined the purpose of the
ladies in conjunction with the busi- j
ness men, in forming a mutual club
which should be known as an Auxil- i
lary to the Boosters Club.
Their special purpose just now is
the improvement of the city park
and the building of a “COMMUNITY j
HOUSE”, of Club House, where all j
meetings of Clubs and special com- ,
mittees could be held, and have i
their meals served them by special j
arrangement.
Also forming a tourist camp, with '
propper equipment, and a ladies rest
room, with an attendant, to care for
the building and supervise at all
times the whole house. This move
ment on the part of the ladies has
created more interest in the park
plan than anything that has trans
pired in a long time, and it is almost
a certainty now, for all it needs is the
concerted interest of the whole
town.
The ladies are to meet at the home
of Mrs. E. M. Wimberly Friday af
ternoon, at three thirty, for the pur
pose of organizing under the direc
tion and by special request of the
Boosters Club.
Every lady in Lyons and iom
munity is requested to be present on j
Friday and enlist in the movement, j
Next week we will have something
definite to publish as to plans and
improvements for the city park, and
for the special park along the right
of way of the railroad.
NOW DON’T FORGET LADIES,
FOR IT DEPENDS UPON YOU TO
HELP IN THIS MATTER. JOIN
THE AXUILIARY FRIDAY AFTER
NOON.
!
On suggestion of county agent;
Garner, an Agricultural committee |
was appointed by the club to act j
with the Kiwanis Club in Vidalia to j
promote the farming interest, and to
keep up the fight made in the early
part of year by the club 3 against the
boll weevil, and to promote general
farming interest, and more especial- !
ly to work on the general lines for
Toombs county farm program of the !
Georgia plan the, “Hen, Hog, and
Cow.”
Dan Odom, S. J. Henderson, Dr.
W. W. Odom, and C. B. Newton were
appointed on this committee.
BAPTIST REVIVAL TO
BEGIN ON MAY FIRST
REIDSVILLE, Ga.—Rev. J. D.
Rabun, pastor of the Reidsville Bap
tist church, announces that a series
of revival services will be held at the
Reidsville Baptist church beginning
on the evening of Thursday, May Ist
at 8 o’clock. He anounces also that
he will be assisted in the meetings by
Rev. E. C. Cowan, sfate board evan
gelist, who is now with him in a
series of meetings at the Glennville
Baptist church.
Rev. Cowan is said to be a very
strong and warm-hearted preacher
who is reaching the hearts of the
people at Glennville, as he does
wherever he conducts services.
The meetings at the local church j
will continue through Sunday, May
11th. *
PENSION CHECKS ARE
RECEIVED BY ORDINARY
Ordinary Hagan anonunces that
he has received pension checks for
all Confederate veterans who dra**
pensions. Both old and new classes
are included, and they are requested
to call at his office and receive,
same.
Whe IW//5 roaress
MISS WILLSON WINS FIRST
HONOR AT DISTRICT MEET
First honor in music was claimed
by Miss Maud Willson, of Lyons, at
the Twtlfth District contest held at
Wrightsville last Thursday and Fri
day. This is quite a distinction for
; Miss Willson and the musical depart
i ment of Lyons High School, as she
was competing against some of the
best schools in south Georgia.
Miss Willson will enter the state
contest, to be held at Athens in
June, and has an excellent chance to
retain the cup, which was won by the
I Twelfth district last year. All Super
'S nter.dents are urged to put forth the
utmost effort to retain the cup, this
year and next, which will give per
manetn title to the Twelfth district.
Lyons High School was also rep
resented in Ready Writing by Miss
! Louise Brown and Alvin Usher, and
in Expression by Miss Gladys Aaron,
i The contestants were accompanied
|to Wrightsville by Mr. B. F. Brown,
Prof. G. E. Usher, Prof. D. C. Cor
bitt, Misses Milholland, Mary Frances
Wocdle, Robbie Inman, Elizabeth
Pharr, Dorothey Brown and Bobbie
McLeod.
It is said that this was the strong
■ est contest ever held in the Twelfth
i District.
JOHNSON CORNER SCHOOL
ENTERS PROGRESS CONTEST
The Johnson Corner Consolidated
School, having accepted a proposi
tion offered them by The Lyons Pro
gress, has entered into a subscrip
tion contest. They have set as their
goal one hundred suscriptions to be
gotten with the next three weeks.
There are eight enthusiastic con
testants who are already on the way
to success. They have taken hold
of the proposition with a spirit cn*.-
acteristic of the school. There will
be a first, a second, and a third prize
given by the school t» the three get
ting the greatest number of sub
, scriptions.
The school has recently installed
a Physical Laboratory, and the funds
i realized from this contest will be ad
, ded to funds already on hand for
, the purchase of a first class Li
! brary.
The readers of the Progress are
; invited to watch this column and
keep up with the contest.
| The following are the contestants
| and their standing:
j Nannie Bell Mann, 10th grade
j 1000 points.
I Lucile New, 9th grade 1000 points.
Elma Spell, Bth grade 1500 points.
Gladys Sutton, Bth grade 1000
points.
Charlotte Johnson, Bth grade
| 2875 points.
Lillian Currie, 7th grade, 1000
points.
Johnie Bert Smith, sth grade
2500 points.
Horace Smith, sth grade, 1000
' ooints.
AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
TO BE TAKEN IN 1925
ATLANTA, Ga.—The federal ag
ricultural census will be taken in
1925, acording to assurances given
by U. S. Senator W. J. Harris of
Georgia to J. J. Brown, commissioner
of the Georgia Department of Agri
culture. The census laws call for
the census periodically but it was not
taken in 1920 because of the failure
of Congress to appropriate funds.
Senator Harris has advised Com
missioner Brown that the pending
appropriation bill for the Depart
ment of Commerce carries an item
of $3,500,000 for the agricultural
census next year, and the Georgia
Senator feels certain Congress will
approve the use of the money.
CORRECTION
According to a statement received
from Mayor Darby, of Vidalia, there
have not been as many as 101 cases
of small pox in Vidalia during the
recent epidemic. In this statement, he
says there have been only a few
cases. We are glad to make this
correction, and to repeat that the
, situation is reported to be well in
' hand.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 1 1924
20 CARS LUMBER. NAVAL STORES
AND LIVE STOCK SHIPPED IN WEEK
VOLUME FOR LAST WEEK EX
CEEDS CARS AVAILABLE—AN
AVERAGF OF THREE CARS A
DAY IS BEING SHIPPED.
Shipment of lumber, naval stores
and lives tock from Lyons is now
averaging twenty cars per week, or
more than three a day. This is true
in spite of the fact than live stock
is moving slower than at any other
season of the year. The week just
closed ran seventeen cars, with five
cars left over on the yards because
a sufficient numbers of car could
not be placed to take care of the de
mand. These products are going to
eastern and northern points and
bring in many thousands of dollars
of foreign money.
The present volume of shipments of
Toombs county products is about at
Poultry Shipments Saturday
Double Last Car Shipped
3,844 POUNDS LOADED AT
LYONS WHICH BROUGHT $837.-!
35—TOTAL SALES FOR COUN
TY AMOUNTED $1,343.30.
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Last Saturday’s poultry sale was
most successful ever held in Toombs
county. Total sales forthe county
amounted to 6,486 pounds, netting
the farmers $1,343.30. This includ
ed loadings at Lyons, Vidalia and
Ohoopee. Lyons loaded 3,884
pounds and received $837.35; Vidalia
loaded 2,039 pounds and received
$386.70; Ohoopee loaded 603 pounua
and received $119.25. This is near
ly double the amount of poultry
loaded at Lyons over the first car.
An increase of more than 10,000
pounds of poultry equivalent to a
value of over $2,000 more than that
of the previous shipment was regis
tered when the poultry cars operat- (
ed by the Seaboard reached Savan-!
nah from thirty-one towns. This
was the second train operated by the
Seaboard to increase the co-operative
system of marketing for -he farmers
in that territory, and the results,
seem to indicate that its success is,
assured.
Not only did the volume and val
uation of the poultry increase in the j
shipments yesterday, but it became
•necessary for the railroad to attach j
a box car at Helena and fill it as the ;
train came nearer to Savannh to j
take care of the overflow. There J
were 39,520 pounds of chickens sold j
at the train on this trip and the far- :
mers were paid in cash $8,108.65.
The goods were transhiped from Sav
annah in two cars to New York city
bv the Seaboard. They took 36,-
520 pounds, and 3.000 pounds were
sent by express to Atlanta.
Following is the list of the towns j
visited, the valume of feright han- 1
died, and the money paid at each:
Amount
Pounds. Received, j
Richland 709 $136,801
Americus 1,366 293.20 *
Huntington 279 43.00,
Leslie 730 140.80 i
De Soto 383 108.50 j
Cobb 141 25.60 j
Cordele 2,803 580.00 j
A.B.&A. (Cordele) 3.652 789.05
•Seville 1.785 348.62
Pitts 1,249 257.00
Rochelle 2.317 420.31
Abbeville 1,149 220. bu
Rhine 1,380 278.89
Milan 3.254 634.43
Helena 4,096 782.85
Alamo 513 107.30
Glenwood 1,141 221.95
Mt. Vernon 1,050 222.15
Ailey 804 141.60
Vidalia 2,039 386.70
Lyons 3.844 837.35
Ohoopee 603 119.25
Collins 2,001 534.55
Manassas 328 90.30
Belleville 307 60.70
Claxton 850 165.55
its minimun for the year. Naval
stores are just beginning to produce
new stuff, and are just opening the
seasons shipments. This will grow
rapidly for the next few months to
a normal volume. Shipments of live
stock will greatly improve within the
•next few weeks, owing to the fact
that we are getting away from the
cold spring, which has been very
hard one stock. Poultry shipments
have just begun to go forward in car
lots. A few weeks from now pota
toes will begin to move, with heavier
volume than ever before, which will
be followed with tobacco. The to
bacco acreage for the county is the
largest in its history.
These Conditions warrant the pre
diction that business for the county
will be good throughout the year.
It also shows that we have no longer
a one-season section.
Daisy 392 79.50
j Groveland 79 15.80
Pembroke 138 30.40
Lanier 54 13.00
EllabeU g 84 13.90
Total 39,520 $8,108.65
i W. T. White, development agent
, of the Seaboard, stated that the far
mers and people in the towns along
, the route have received the service
as a great move for the better on
j the farms. In each oemmunity, he
said, the people in large numbers
were present to witness the sales and
the farmers went away with their
cash highly satisfied that there Is no
tie to the transaction. The
; agricultural agents in the various
towns, banks, and organizations have
started boosting the service and ev
ery thing points to its continuation,
i The service was instituted by the
Seaboard and unexpected results
have been acomplished. It is felt
i that if the response from the farm
ers continues the demand will in
crease sufficiently to have a regul
i lar weekly schedule within the next
while, and probably a daily schedule
within two years’ time.
Another poultry section will be
operated in the same territory on
May 17, and still another on June 6.
i Besides Br. White on the train
I Saturday were F. M. Connor, Sea
board’s development agent at Cor
dele; S. M. Dutton, trainmaster, and
’Foreman Hopkins of an engine of
the Alabama division.
VIDALIA GETS NEXT SCHOOL
MEET OF TWELFTH DISTRICT
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga.— The 12th
District Accredited High School meet,
here was pronounced one of the best
the schools of the Twelfth
| has ever held. Fully three thousand
I patrons, pupils and teachers were
I here all day Friday and were shown
every courtesy by the citizenship of;
' Wrightsville and Johnson county. i
Supt. H. S. Burdette was chosen 1
| president of the association for the j
, coming year. Prof. Ernest Ander
i son, principal of E. C. 1., Twin City,
; was selected vice president, and Guy
j H. Wells, superintendent of Eastman;
High, was elected seceretary and
treasurer. The next session goes to
Vidalia.
The state cup is held by one of,
the Twelfth’s schools, E. C. 1., and
they have emerged from this meet
victorious in many instances. No |
district in the state has ever he’d
this cup two sucessive terms and E.
C. I. is biding strong for this honor.
The debate between Eastman High
and E. C. I. was held at the court
house Friday evening and the music
contests at the school ouditorium at |
the same time, both places having all
they could accomodate. AH the
county is highly elated over the suc
cess of the meet and the visitors de
! parted expressing their pleasure at.
coming to this big event.
LYONS EASTERN STAR
CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS
The members of the Lyons Chapter
of the Eastern Star met in the Ma
sonic Hall on Tuesday afternoon,
April 29th, for purpose of electing
officer for the ensuing year. The
following were nominated and elect
ed:
Worthy Matron —Mrs. C. C. Mose
ley.
Worthy Patron —Rev. Theo Pharr.
Associate Matron—Mrs. I. H. Cor
bitt.
Secretary—Mrs. S. J. Henderson.
Treasurer—Mrs. Mae Sumner.
Conductress—Mrs. Dess Gray.
Associate Condustress—Mrs. R. D.
McLeod.
Chaplin—Mrs. Carl Rogers.
Warden—Mrs. C. C. Carrolton.
Marshal—Mrs. Sam Estroff.
Sentinel —Rufus Hall.
iAdah—Mrs. Carson Mason.
Electa —Miss Mae Odom.
Martha—Mrs. Roderick McCall.
Ruth—Mrs. G. W. Lankford.
Esther—Miss Annie L. Hagan.
Public installation of officers will
be held Friday night at the Masonic
Hall. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
WILLIAN D. UPSHAW WOULD
ACCEPT FOR VICE PRES.
Mr. Upshaw is Congressman from
the fifth Georgia district and many
in the state will be interested in this
statement from him:
W/ASHINGTON, D. C.—Represen
ative Wiliam D. Upshaw, Georgia,
would accept the Democratic nomin
ation for Vice President, if offered,
he said in a statement Saturday
night to the public, by the New York
Upshaw Club, through its chairman,
P. Varnum Stephens.
“Moved by a commanding sense
of loyalty to the great moral issues
before the people of America,” the
statement quoted Congressman Up
shaw as saying, “and with deep grat
itude to friends and forces all over
the nation whise generous initiative
for many months has linked my name
with the Democratic nomination
for Vice President, I feel that I
ought to go far enough to say that I
would accept the nomination if it
were tendered me and would regard
| this high honor supremely in terms
I of service.”
Indorsements by Senator George
of Georgia, and Dr. Clarence J.
Ownes, president of the Southern
Commercial Congress, were quoted in
the statement.
“From a life-long and intimate
acquaintance with William David
Upshaw, I am pleased to say that
I indorse his aspirations,” Senator
George said.
LYONS WATER CAN BE
SAFELY USED FOR DRINKING
The following letter from Mr. H.
C. Woodfall, dated April 28, to Mr.
C. P. Odom, shows that, at this time,
"Lyons water can be safely used
for drinking purposes. Below is giv
en the letter from Mr. Wodfall:
Atlanta, Ga.,
April 28th, 1924.
Mr. C. P. Odom,
Box 232, Lyons, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I wish to make the following re
port on samples of water collected j
on April 22nd:
Samples Nos. 1471 and 1472 as
listed, both show at this time a water
which can be safely used for drink
ing purposes.
Yours very truly,
H. C. WOODFALL,
Chief Engineer;
ALTAMAHA S. S. INSTITUTE
RALLY AT MARVIN CHURCH
The Altamaha Sunday School In
stitute-Rally will be held at Marvin
Church, Friday, May the 9. A
didi program will be carried out for;
the information and inspiration of i
every Sunday School officer and
teacher of the charge. It is hoped
that they will be present at 10
o’clock A. M., sun time.
Rev. W. H. Budd will preach at
II o’clock.
C. S. MARTIN.
Subscription SI.OO
NAPIER AGAINST
JAP COLONY
ONE RACE QUESTION ENOUGH,
HE ADVISES IN STATEMENT—
PROPOSE ESTABLISH BIG
PLANTATIONS.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Establishment of
a colony of Japanese in Georgia for
the cultivation of rice, which was
proposed recently by a citizen of
South Georgia, would not he advis
able at this time, acocrding to an
opinion handed down by Attorney
General George M. Napier.
The opinion was given at the re
quest of J. J. Brown, state commis
sioner of agriculture, who stated
that he had received a communica
tion from G. Ledsigner of South
Georgia relative to bringing Japan
ese from California to develop the
negelected rice plantations on the
Satillo river, on Camden county,
either under lease or purchase by
the Japanese.
His Reason
The ottorney general pointed out
that there is no written statute that
would prohibit the colonization by the
Japanese, but added tiiat “since the
act of congress excluding Japanese
from the right to own land in the
United States is now being consider
ed by the President Paving passed
both houses of congress, it would
seem desirable not to encourage the
settlement of California Japanese in
Georgia at this time.”
Mr. Napier said :“It is a matter
of common knowledge that our na
tional congress has recently passed
an act excluding Japanese from the
right of entrance into the United
States as immigrants. While our
state has had no occasion to en%jt a
law upon Japanese settlers, the fed
eral government could justly make
no complaint if this state should do
so. The exclusion act of congress
referred to is now before the Pres
ident for his approval or veto. The
Japanese referred to bv Mr. Ledsing
er are now in California.
Enough Race Question
“Whether there would be raised a
Japanese question in Georgia, by the
admission of Japanese settlers that
are now in a sister state is a matter
not properly within the province of
the legal department of this state,
and, of course, it is not my purpose
to advance gratuitous advice upon
the subject. However, I would be
derelict in my duty as a public offi
cial not to say that we have already
one race question in Georgia, which,
by long expereince, we are getting
along fairly well in a general sense;
but that to inject another race ques
tion, probably of more serious as
pect, bv admitting a non-assimilable
race of Asiatics *-o settle permanent
ly in Georgia might involve us in
worse difficulties than those we
have heretofore encountered.”
30 COTTON-CLUB BOYS MAKE
BETTER THAN BALE AN ACRE
A bale of cotton to the acre was
made by 30 cotton-club boys in Spal
ding County, Ga., in 1923, a season
as adverse that the acre average for
the State was only 82 pounds. Feel
ing that some measure should be tak
en to improve cotton production in
that locality, the Griffin Chamber of
Commerce, early in the year approv
ed a plan under which the banks
agreed to finance 20 boys in the
county who would undertake to grow
an acre of cotton according to the
methods recommended by the county
agricultural agent. The interest
arounsed was so keen that funds for
the work of 30 boys were made
available.
Following the plan, 30 boys In va
rious parts of the county measured
off an acre of ground, not above the
average in fertility, and gave the
banks their perosanl notes for an
amount sufficient to purchase their
supnlies. They applied 1,000 pounds
of high-grade fertilizer to the acre,
planted good pure seed, cultivated
and fought the boll wee
vil with calcium arsenate,