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Vol 21. No 19
FILLING STATION
TO ByRECTED
T. ROSS SHARPE AND DAN NEW
TON TO BUILD ON VACANT
LOT OPPOSITE POST OFFICE—
TO OPEN BY JUNE IST.
“Bonnie Crest” filling station is to
be built on the vacant lot just west!
of the post office building, at a cost!
of $2,300.00. It will be one of the
prettiest in South Georgia, construct
ed of brick veneer and concrete. The
location is most iedal, being on the
main thoroughfare through the city,
and the present route of the Jeff
Davis Highway. It is in the busi
ness district and sligthly more than
half a block from the Cotton Belt
Highway. The two enterprising
young men, Messrs T. Ross Sharpe !
and Dan Newton, who are backing
th’s new business are fotunate in se-'
curing this place, as the city has
been gone over several times lately j
by represenatives of the large oil:
companies with a view to establish-1
ing a filling station that would have
all the advantages enjoyed by these
early concessioners.
The building will be 20 x 20 feet,
with the drive in feature. The front
will be adorned with large, square
concrete columns. It will be equip
ped with two gasoline tanks of ample
capacity, four oil tanks and Delco
electric air and water system. There
will be laid 632 yards of concrete
drive way, with 75 feet frontage on
the street. Gulf fixtures will be
used throughout, and Gulf gasoline
and Texaco oils will be handled ex
clusively.
The place will be opened for bus
iness by June Ist.
GEORGIA PRISONERS
DECREASE 489
ANNUAL REPORT FOR GEORGIA
MADE PUBLIC—LESSER NUM
CRIMES—MURDER LEADS THE
LIST.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The prison pop- {
ulation of the state of Georgia drop- !
ped 489, from 3,654 to 3,165 during
the year 1923, according to the an
nual report of the state prison com
mission, made public last Thursday.
The number of felony convicts was
lower on December 3, 1923, than at J
any time since 1920, and was lower,
than at the close of the years 1915,
1916 and 1917.
On January 1.
The number of prisoners on the
first of January, 1923, was 3,654
and there were 868 commitments,
214 recaptures and 24 paroled pris
pners returned during the year, mak
ing a total of 4,760 handled, the re
port says. Os this number 256 have
been discharged, 460 have escaped,
181 have been paroled, 36 have died,
four were returned for new trials,
71 were pardoned, one was delivered
to a sheriff and 587 prisoners serv
ing indeterminate sentences were re
leased on parole.
Their Age*
Prisoners in custody on January 1
of this year ranged in age from 11
to 79 years. There was one 11
year old boy, two 12 years old, five
13 years old, thirteen of 14 years
and thirteen of 15 years. Only one
was 79 years, but nine were 70 or
over. The largest number, of 198,
were 24 years of age, and practically
half of the entire list were in their
twenties.
Murder
Murder led the list of the causes
of commitments, with 918, Burglary
came second, with 661. There were
363 commitments for manslaughter
245 for attemps to murder, 16 as
accessories to murder, 353 for lar
cency, 153 for robbery, 80 for forg
ery and 18 for shooting at another.
There were 107 criminal assault
cases and 52 attempted criminal as
saults. Whiskey making landed 67
behind the bars and bigamy caught
SO.
H he Jyonz jHregress
LADIES MEET TO PERFECT
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATION
The ladies of Lyons met at the
home of Mrs. E. M. Wimberly, May
2nd. to perfect the organization of
the Womans’ Club Auxiliary to the
Boosters. Much interest was mani
fested throughout the afternoon.
Mrs. Fulton Smith was elected pres
ident, Mrs. Dess Gray, first vice
president, Mrs. Dan Odom, second
vice president, Mrs. S. J. Brown,
treasurer, Mrs. E. M. Wimberly, re
cording secretary and Mrs. I H. Cor
bitt corresponding secretary.
The first Tuesday in each month :
will be the regular business meeting,
and the Boosters agreed to furnish
the City Ha’l as a meeting place.
TOOMBS COUNTY COOPER
ATIVE CLUB MEETS
The Toombs Gounty Cooperative
Club meeting for the month of April
was held at Johnson Comer. The
subject for the evening wasgqethods
of helping to “Give the Children a
Chance.” Quite an instructive pro
gram was rendered.
Johnson Corner has one of the •
largest and most enthusiastic ladies
culbs in the county this year, and is
doing some good work in their com
munity. Plans have been laid for
the years work and the other mem- 1
•bers of the County Cooperative Club
left the meeting with more enthusi
asm for undertaking the plans ' for
the year.
LADIES LEAVE TUESDAY I
FOR DISTRICT CLUB MEET
A large number of ladies left
Tuesday to attend the twelfth dis
trict Federated Club meeting at Mc-
Rae. Among those going from this
county were, Mrs. B. F. Brown,
Chairman of Thrift for the District;
Mrs. R. S. Wilson, District Chairman
of Home Economics; Mrs. A. L.
Moseley, representing the Worth
While Club; Mrs. H. H. Mann and
Mrs. H. D. Youmans, representing
the Johnson Corner Club as members
of the County Cooperative Club.
Some very interesting and instruct
ive reports on thrift and home econ
omics are prepared and ■will be de
livered to the meeting Tuesday.
RALPH ODOM, SON OF MR.
AND MRS. C. A. ODOM, DIES
Ralph Odom, the eighteen months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Odom,
died Monday morning at seven
o’clock. He had been seriously ill
for several days. Mr. and Mrs.
Odom moved here recently and en
gaged in the grocery business. They
have many relatives and friends
here who regret their sad loss.
METHODIST OF SOUTH GA.
TO BE IN S. S. CONFERENCE
lAn event of unusual interest to
Sunday School workers will be the
South Georgia Sunday School Con
ference, Cordele, Ga., July 10 and
11, to be held under the direction of
the South Georgia Conference Sun-i
day School Board. After a careful
survey of the ends to be sought the
Sunday School Board has decided on
this plan of representation for each
Sunday school: One representative
from each of the following depart
ments when organized; Elemetary,
Intermediate-Senior, Young People,
and Adult; if these departments are
not organized a representative from'
the Sunday school; also all presiding
elders, pastors, and Sunday school
superintendents will be accounted
delegates. A registration fee of
50c will be asked to take care of the
expenses of the conference.
Rev. .J. M. Outler, chairman of the
Sunday School Board, Is preparing a
program for the conference that is
sure to attract a great many people,
especially those interested in the
work of the Sunday school. The
strongest speakers obtainable in this
country are beirg sought.
Cordele is making plans for a larg
er gathering. The people of this;
city will very cordially welcome ev
ery Sunday school worker in South
Georgia to be their guest for the two
days, July 10 and 11.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OFfTOOMBS COUNTY
LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 8 1924
BOOSTERS CLUB BOLDS VERV
imSTINCiIEIINC MONDAY
TEMPORARY QUARTERS SOUGHT
UNTIL PERMANENT HOME CAN
BE PROVIDED SEVERAL
MATTERS TAKEN UP.
The meeting of the Boosters Club
Monday night was characterized with
the most practical and satisfactory
accomplishments. The Club was
confronted, at the outset, with the
problem of a home, made necessary
by the organization of the Ladies’
Auxiliary. The ladies propose to
co-operate with men in all their un
dertakings, and have brought for
ward many suggestions that are of
commanding merit. To meet the j
new cbnditions, it is deemed neces-;
sary that the dpb have a home of its j
•own. As '& temporary solution, it
was fieclde.d to renovate and equip
the city hall and use some of the ad
: jaeent rooms. It is believed that
i this can be made ready by Monday
night week, and the ladies have re
| quested that ladies night be deferred
! from Next Monday night until that
I time, when the Auxiliary will have
’ had time to completely organize and
■ cooperate in the entertainment
features.
The most valuable feature of the
meeting was the consideration of
plans submitted by Committeeman
Dan Odom for a CommunHy House,
to be built by the Club on the city
park property. It is proposed to
build a regular club house that will
be a home to the Boosters, provide a
visitors rest rooms and be a commun
ity center. The proposition aroused
much enthusiasm, and every member
i of the Club present committed him
self t<> the plan. The plans submit
! ted were again referred to the com
j mittee for some revision and sub
j mission to the ladies of the Aux-
I iliary, who were to meet Tuesday af
ternoon. When completed they will
be published in detail.
The city park program is tempor
arily delayed on account of inability
to secure a landscape gardener im
mediately.
Miss Mary Frances Woodle was
I taken suddenly ill Sunday afternoon,
and has been confined to her home
most of the week.
AMERICAN FLYERS
REACH ATKA ISLAND
FLY FROM DUTCH HARBOR, A
DISTANCE OF 350 MILES—TO
FLY TO ATTU ISLAND, 530
MILES, NEXT.
CORDOVA, Alaska, —The three
United States army aviators contin
uing the round-the-world flight with
out Maj. F. L. Martin, Saturday flew
from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Is
land, to jAtka Island, 350 miles to
ward Japan. The air cruisers New
Orleans, Chicago and Boston, com
manded respectively by Lieutenants
Lowell H. Smith, Erik F. Nelson and
Leigh Wade, made the journey in
four hours and fiteen minutes des
pite a low fog the entire distance.
No word has been received of Maj-
Martin, commander of the squadron,
and his mechanic, Eergt. Alva Har
vey, missing since Wednesday after
attempting to rejoin their compan
ions at Dutch Harbor. Unalaska Is
land, from Chignik, Alaska.
The world flights from Atka Is
land to Chicagoff, Attu Island, a
distance of 530 miles, will be con
tinued this week, the same time the
United States coast guard cutter
Haida arrives.
Atka Island is in the Andreanor
group of the Aleutians. The cruisers
landed at Nazan Bay, on the north
east side of the island. When the
machines reach >,Attu Island final
preparations will be made for the
longes flight of the entire 27,000
mile trip, a jump of 878 miles, to
Shimushu Island in the Kurile group,
near Japan.
L. I. KEEFE, OF SAVANNAH,
NEW HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Mr. John T. Newton, who has had
supervision of the building .of the
link of the Jeff Davis Highway
across the county has received a
wire transferring him to the Griffin!
section with probable headquarters
atZebulon.
Mr. L. I. Keefe, of Savannah, came
to the city Monday morning to suc
ceed him at this place, and will very
probably move here during the sum-|
mev.
B
Jjiir. Newton is considered one of
th»best engineers the Highway De
partment. has on road supervision
vvjgpp and though he has been in
Lyjpns only a short time he and his
v-fe have manv cordial friends here I
i hwßt regret losing them.
te link of road constructed un
tis supervision is considered one
|of Jth n best gravel roads in the state.
I jjt’.
MRS. GEORGE T. GRAY
STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY
if
While on her way home form Vida
lia hopsital last Friday afternoon
■ about four o’clock, Mrs. George T.
; Gray was stricken with Apoplexy,
j soon becoming unconscious after
j reaching home. It was thought that
| she would hardly survive the night,
j She has sligthly improved since, but
is in a very serious condition. Very
little hope is entertained for her re
covery.
Mrs. Gray had been at the hospi
tal for several days for treatment for
a chronic case of Tonsilitis, and was
believed to have improved sufficient
ly to return to her home.
Her illness is regretted by a host
oftilfends.
AIR MAIL SERVICE
TO BEGIN JULY IST.
DAILY FLIGHTS BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO—
TO FLY BY AUTOMATIC ACET
YLINE LIGHTS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Daily air
| mail service between New York and
1 San Francisca, with deliveries with
.in thirty-five hours, or from one
morning to the following evening,
will begin July 1, it was announced
Saturday by Postmaster General
New. The time of transit will be cut
1 to twenty-four hours probably with
| in a few months, the Postmaster Gen
eral believes.
Special air mail postage has been
arranged and special stamps in three
denomintions, 8-cent, 16-cent and
24-cent, •will be distributed to all the
principal cities of the country for
use in specially designating letters
to go by plane. Three zones have
been designated for postage purposes
one between New York and Chicago,
another between Chicago and Chey
enne, and the third between Cheyen
ne and San Francisco. An 8-cent
air mail stamp will carry an ounce
letter anywhere within one zone, a
16-cent stamp within two adjoining 1
zones, and a 24-cent stamp any- j
where within the three zones.
Letters from points not on the atr|
mail route, if bearing proper air
mail stamps, will be transmitted to
the nearest air mail field for dispatch ;
without additional postage. Any
class of mail, including parcel post:
packages, may be sent by air mail
but only at regular air mail rates.
The mail planes will fly by night
over a thousand miles by lighted air .
way between Chicago and Cheyenne,
the pilots being guided by automatic;
acetyline lights placed every three
miles. Every 25 miles of the night
air plane has an emergency landing
field provided with powerful search (
lights, and at about every 250 miles
there is a regular landing field with j
search lights visible for from 100 to
150 miles when flashed in the air.
WOMANS’ AURILIARY CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
\f The first regular meeting of the
Womans’ Club Auxiliary to the
Boosters met with Mrs. Fulton Smith
Tuesday afternoon. Eight new mem
hers were enrolled, and arrange
ments were made with the Boosters
! to equip the City Hall with the nec
essary furnishings for entertaining
the Boosters Club, the proceed® to be
used in building a Club House, and
1 in beautifying the City Park.
Mrs. S. J. Brown, Mrs. Ed Clifton,
’ Mrs. Hirman Clifton, Mrs. Carrolton,
! Mrs. John Coleman and Mrs. W. T.
China were appointed to serve
Monday night at the regular meeting
of the Boosters.
! INTEREST CONTINUES IN
SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST
t Interest continues to increase in
i Johnson Corner School and the res
s pective communities of the contes
■ | bants as the subscription race pro
j gresses. Our readers will be inter
. i ested to see the points of the several
, contestants climb. What can you
do to help the contestant from your
community?
At the last of the commencement
, exercises, Friday night, May 16th, the
prizes will be awarded. Be on hand
to cheer for your favorite contest
ant.
1 I ,
| There will be two programs given
j this year. The frist one, Thursday
r !night, May 15th, a play entitled
t “Home Ties.” On Friday night the
, 16th an Operetta, “Snow White and
t The Seven Dwarfs.”
f i There will be a small admission
' fee the last night cf 10 and 25 cents
to defray incidential expenses and
'apply on the Library.
Standing of Contestant*
3 j Nannie Bell Mann 1000
i Lucile New 1000
J Gladys Sutton 3250
1 Elma Spell 1500
Charlotte Johnson 4250
Lillian Currie 1500
Johnnie Bert Smith 5500
Horace Smith 1500
MISS JOHNSON, OF MILLEN,
' | DIES OF INJURIES
r ! MILLEN, Ga. —Millen was shock
- ed Saturday morning to learn that
. during the night Miss Myrtis John
son had died. Miss Johnson was 18
years old and was a student at Bes
sie Tift College until two weeks ago,
when she took the fatal plunge into
' a shallow pool of water, thus paraly
zing her entire body, and since that
time every attention has been given
her but little hope had been held out
; for her recover/.
Miss Johnson was a Millen girl,
j graduating from Millen High School
last year, and was a very popular
student at Bessie Tift College this
year.
At the bedside were her father,
M. G. Johnson of Green Cove
Springs, Fla., and a sister, Mrs.
Clarance Pittman of Macon. She is
survived by four other brothers, D.
: W., Roy and Walter, living in Mrl
! !en, and Claude in North Carolina.
Interment will be at Elam Church
Sunday morning and a large nuniber
of riends will pay their last respects.
PART WASHINGTON
ELM GIVEN STATE
ATLANTA, Ga—A section of
“Washington Elm,” the tree under
which Gen. George Washington took
'command of the American army,
June 3, 1775, in Cambridge, Mass.,
has been presented to the state of
Georgia by the city of Cambridge.
All efforts to preserve the life
of the historic old elm having failed,
lit was removed from the ground
j sometime ago and cut up into sec
: tions, one of which has been present
ed to each state in the Union.
The cross section presented to
Georgia is about twenty inches in
diameter and five inches thick, being
a section of one of the tree’s
( branches. It will probably be plac
ed in the state museum,
j Another tree has been placed on
the spot where “Washington Elm”
stood, it was stated.
Subscription SI.OO
CHICKEN CAR TO
RUNJAY 1711)
THIRD CAR TO RUN ON SEA
BOARD FROM AMERICUS TO
SAVANNAH ANOTHER CAR
TO RUN JUNE 7TH.
Another chicken car will be on the
freight train the morning of Satur
day, May 17th and will buy poultry
at Vidalia, Lyons and Onoopee as it
has done the first two times. Chicken
prices will soon start dropping and
it is a good plan to get as many
friers ready for this market as pos
sible. Hens and friers that are to
be sold this summer should, by all
means, be prepared for either this
or the one that will be through here
June 7th. The latter car will not
hardly pay as good as the May car,
but better sell than than to keep the
chickens and sell later.
Toombs County came third as a
county, again loading 6,486 pounds
at the three points, while Wilcox
loaded 6,500 and Telfair loaded a
little over 7,000 pounds. Lyons
came second in number of pounds of
poultry, being exceeded by Helena
only, but came first in the amount
of money received by a little over
$47.00.
Next Saturday week wall soon be
here and farmers desiring to fatten
any poultry for this sale should start
the latter part of this week and get
ready. There should be a large num
ber of friers ready.
Did you ever stop and think what
an opportunity we have here in pro
ducing early friers to market In
March, April and early May? We
can hatch chickens in November,
and January and have them ready
for these early sales by pushing them
The farmer who feeds his chickens a
laying mas and a quart of good
scratch feed to each twenty-birds
will have eggs that he can sell at that
time, or hatch for this early market.
In fact, day old chicks can be bought
at that time from most of the com
mercial hatchers. The chickens, if
purebreds, can be pushed rapidly,
and the extra roosters sold as broil
ers. The heavy breeds usually work
better than Leghorns for this pur
pose, but Leghorns can be used the
same way.
One man sold $159.60 worth of
friers in the last poultry car. What
he did others can do just as well.
There is always a healthy demand
for friers at this time of the year be
cause the Northern and Western
poultry raisers cannot raise the early
friers as easily as we, in the warm
South, can.
MRS. M. GILLIS DIES
HERE SATURDAY
BODY WAS TAKEN TO GLEN
WOOD LAST SUNDAY MORN
ING FOR FUNERAL SERVICES
AND BURIAL.
Mrs. M. Gillis, who has been ill for
some time at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Theo Pharr, died Saturday
morning, after several months ill
ness.
Mrs. Gillis is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Theo Pharr, whose
husband is pastor of the Methodist
Church here, her husband, M. Gillis,
who was a prominent farmer at
Glenwood fer years before coming
here to make their home with their
daughter; tw-o brothers, T. Galbreath
of Glenwood and J. A. Galbreath of
Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. C. G.
Hines of Mcßae and Miss Mary Gal
breath of Glenwood.
Mrs. Gillis was 80 years old and
was very feeble, having been blind
for some time. The body was taken
to Glenwood Sunday morning, where
funeral services and interment took
place.
PORTO RICA PLANTS FOR SALE
I have a large quantity of fine
Porto Rica potato plants for sale,
now ready, at $1.75 per thousand.
Ml 5 E. M. WIMBERLY*