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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*