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Vol 21. No 23 CHICKEN CAR TO RUNSATURDAY FUORTH POULTRY CAR TO RUN ON SEABOARD PRICES ARE LOWER FOR SATURDAY’S CAR THAN ANY CAR BEFORE.' Prices received for the chiken car Saturday show that the poultry mar ket has started dropping rapidly and farmers having friers that are ready for the market as well as hens that they have culled out, should get them off to market as soon as possible, up the price paid in this car for Sat- We have made every effort to push urday, and though we believe the price on hens should be a litt’e high er as well as the price on friers, we have not been able to get any one to pay more, so that must be closer to the market than we think. Hens -18 c Stags 18c Friers 30c Roosters 8c The season is out for turkeys, geese and ducks though they will pay 15c per pounds for turkeys, they do not want them. Another car will be run through here June 21st., prices will natura'ly drop lower especially on friers, so get off all that you can this week. There is little excuse for our raising the late friers when we can have the early ones just as easy. Our warm early springs, when compared to the weather in the North, is not of much use to us un’ess we make use of it. We can grow out the early friers and get the fancy prices if we will hatch our eggs in December, January and February. After that time they will begin to drop, though early March hatched biddies will usually hit a pretty good market too. Chick ens hatched after that time should al ways be figured as loosers as far as the frier market is concerned. Do not feed chickens on any kind of grain the morning of the sale, but give them a light mash feed. A. R. KICKLITER OPENS CASH GROCERY STORE THIS WEEK Mr. A. R. Kickliter, who was formerly in the grocvery business here, has returned and opened a grocery and feed business in the O’Neal store, next to Estroff’s. Mr. Kick’iter was a popular mer chant and had a splendid line of trade. He moved to Soperton a few years ago and conducted a general store. He happened to the misfor tune of being burned out a few weeks ago, and decided to enter business again at Lyons. He will do a strict ly cash business and will have no delivery. He states that he will thus be able to give the trade very at tractive prices. HORACE FLANDERS SUES FOR SIO,OOO DAMAGES SOPERTON, Ga., June 2.—Crosby Williams, who shot Horace Flanders because of editorials in his paper fighting the whiskey traffic and other evils of the county, is still at large. Attorneys for Flanders, E. D. Graham of Mcßae, U. L. Giles, Jr., and Dr. Jackson of Soperton, fi’ed a damage suit today against Williams for SIO,OOO and attached the Will iams store and other property here. The store was closed immediately after it was opened this morning. The attorneys for Mr. Flanders an nounce that they are going to fight the criminal proceedings to the limit. Mr. Flanders’ condition is much bet ter this morning. The sheriff has increased his deputy force to hunt Williams. EASTERN STAR TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY The Order of The Eastern Star will hold a meeting at the Masonic Hall next Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. All members are requested to at tend. JPf Xtjom: §ragrm PERMANENT ROADS FOR GEORGIA (Editorial) The Progress is going to move slowly and careful’y in advocating or opposing questions in which the general welfare of the state or com munity is involved. The influence of a life is a great responsibility, but the responsibility of a newspaper to the public for honest and sincere presentation of questions of great importance is far greater. Assuming this responsibility to our readers, much thought has been given to the question of a state bond issue for bui ding roads in Georgia, and how this matter would affect Toombs county. Thes tudy of this question has led to some very defi nite conclusions, and the readers of the Progress are entitled to the ben efit of this study. Georgia is going to have a system of good roads. Most states already have them and every state is certain to have them in time, including Georgia. Our state can not afford to lag behind in a thing so essential to our progress and prosperity. Some of our most far seeing statesmen have long advocated gov ernment ownership of railroads. They did this because they under stood the necessity and value of cheap and quick transporation. The coming of the motor vehicle wi’l for ever solve tfiis question, and you will hear very little henceforth about government ownership. There will be more miles of hard surface road than there ever would have been of railro'ads, and every shipper will fur nish his own vehicle and make his own schedule to suit his convenience. Good roads are never built out of surplus funds. None of the per manet road systems that many of the states now have were built with money on hand. Neither were they built with the money left after every thing else had been taken care of. Nor will you find good roads any where which have been bui’t with funds as they were received. Every successful plan of road building has been put over by bor rowing the money and repaying it in some manner proposed in adpot ing the plan. In view of these fact, Georgia is going to submit to her votes a $70,- 000,000 bond issue for permanent roads. Toombs county will have an op porunity, along with the other coun ties of the state, to say where she stands. Therefore, we must study this question thoroughly, and in passing on it, be good jurors and give the right verdict after all the evidence is in. We can have the benefits of a great system of permanent roads without any increase in taxation. This and some other features of the proposed road plans will be discus sed in these columns next week. COUNTY CO-OPERATIVE CLUB MEETS AT JOHNSON CORNER The Co-operative C’ub met in Johnson Corner School auditorium Tuesday, May 27th, and was presid ed over by its able president, Mrs. B. F. Brown, Mrs. L. B. Godbee acted as secretary. We were indeed de lighted to have Club meet with us and enjoyed the splendid program. Mrs. Katie Lanier Smith, from Sa vannah, Mr. E. T. Mcßride and Mrs. Frank Darby, from Vidalia, spoke on “Social Life in Rural Communities”. The Woman’s Club furnished re freshments, and the Girl’s Club serv ed under Miss Vann’s supervision. Johnson Corner won the prize of fered for the best report. We hope the Co-operative C'ub gives us the pleasure of entertaining them again soon. Mrs. H. D. Youmans, Cor Sec.! LADIES AUXILIARY TO HOLD MEETING FRIDAY The Ladies Auxiliary will hold a called meeting next Friday after noon at 4:00 at the City Hall. It is essential that every member be pres ent if possible. Important business will be transacted. The session will be short. Mrs. F. M. SMITH, President. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 5 1924 LYONS BOOSTER CLUB HOLDS GOOD MEETING MONDAY NIGBT LANDSCAPE GARDENER COMING THIS WEEK—MISS JUEL JOHN SON IS ELJECTED AS PIANIST AND SONG LEADER. The Lyons Booster Club held an enthusiastic meet last Monday night with Mr. S. J. Henderson acting as president in the absence of the Pres ident and Vice President. T. Ross Sharpe was elected Marshall with au thority to col ect a fine from each Booster who fails to the prefix “Booster” in speaking to the Chair or to any member present during the meetings. The club voted unanmiously to ex tend their thanks to Miss Tippins for her work as pianist and song leader and elected Miss Juel Johnson to that ;‘position. 'A new Program committe was ap [ pointed for the month whose duty it I is to see that interesting and helpful j programs are planned ahead for each meeting. This is very important as the greatest good of the club wil come from careful planning to get things started and completed in systematic order. Mr. Sam Estroff will continue in charge of Entertainment during this month having made such a good one so far. The chair asked for a report to be presented at the next meeting, on cleaning up the town. Reference was made to the exceptionally clean condition of our sister town, Metter, and surprise expressed at the condi tion of trash and garbage here. It is thought this committee will have a thorough report ready for the next time. The Booster Auxi iary Club ex pressed themselves as being glad to serve the club regularly but thought it advisable that, during the hot months, they be relieved of all ex cept Ladies’ night, so the club voted to go back to the restaurant three meeting each month and have the ladies to entertain us once* a month. The service that has been given by the Auxilary Boosters has been high ly pleasing to a’i the members of the club and has been of much benefit in building up the attendance of the club. The committee of ladies that prepared the supper this time were Mesdames C. C. Mosley, F. M. Smith C. C. Carrollton and G. W. Lankford. A report was called for from the Advertisement Committee, but they were not ready. They were asked to present some plan by the next meeting, also Messrs Mac New and Sam Estroff were added to the com mittee which consists of Messrs S. J. Browm, H. H. Ta'ley and J. P. Mc- Natt. A Landscape Gardener is expected to be here some time during the week to make plans for the City Park and the Park Committee was asked to meet him on arrival and go over the plan s with him. WASHINGTON, June 3.—By a nonpartisan vote of 53 to 36 the Sen ate today adpoted the House resolu tion fixing 7 o’clock next Saturday night for final adjournment of the frist session of the sixty-eight Con gress. /• Republician and Democratic organ ization leaders joined to put the reso lution through carrying with them thirty-four of the majority and nine teen Democrat votes. ATIANTA, Ga., June 3.—As a result of President Coolidge’s ap prova' of the tax reduction bill, Georgians will save approximately $1,250,000 on their 1924 tax pay ments, acording to announcement today by J. T. Rose, internal revenue collector for Georgia. Savings on other taxes affected by the bill will run the total up to $3,500,000, Mr. Rose estimated. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 3.—The long contest over the frist district congressional seat was definitely set tled yesterday when the House of Representatives passed a resolution C. & G. R. R. PUTS ON POUL TRY CAR TO COLLINS Such interest has been shown by the farmers and others interested in the advancement of the chicken in dustry in the territory west of Sav annah that the Collins and Glennville Railroad, a short line, has put on a poultry car to meet the cars at Col lins operated from Americus to Sa vannah by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The first information relative to the auxiliary car was received in Savannah Monday by development agents of the Seaboard system. It is received as encouraging news since the additional car reaching new territory will add much to the business transacted. The fourth trip of the Seaboard poultry car will be made on Satur day along the same route as fol'owed previously. The indications are that the pounds of pou’try and var iety this time will equal or exceed the best °f the past three trips. FARMERS BELIEVE COLD HAS KILLED BOLL V/EEVIL 'ATLANTA, Ga.—Prepare to fight the bo'l weevil with all the means and all the speed on may command. This, is effect, is the advice of the insect investigators of the federal department of agriculture, made pub lic here today by agriculture agents of the rai’roads, who, with other agencies, are helping to rally the forces that will do battle with the bilhon-doßar bug. The opinion is expressed by agents of the department of agriculture that many farmers are placing too much confidence in the cold weather of last January and are expecting a lighter invasion of bol 1 weevils than tfcey will actually experience this year. The farmers are all wtong, it ap pears, for the latest information shows that while the emergence from hibernation will be genera ly light, there will still be sufficient weevils to do very serious damage in almost all sections. Laboratory Te*t Give* Prospects Each fal 1 , according to entomolo gists of the federal department of agriculture, approximately thirty thousand boll weevils are placed in hibernation cages at Tallulah, Louis iana. Percentges of weevils emerg ing this year, in spite of co’l weath er, the offcials report states, is greater than was the case in either 1918 or 1919 and approaches close ly that of 1917 and 1920. A s near ly as can be predicted, the survival wiili probably be higher than in 1917, 1918 or 1919, and will fairly close’y approach that of 1920. “The farmer who does not prepare to fight the weevil now is merely gambling on the weather during July and August”, says an official statement. SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTICE DANIEL ASSOCIATION ■ ■ 1 On account of the continued ill ness of our secretary, H. M. Flanders the Sunday School Convention of the Daniel Baptist Association which was to have been held with Soperton Baptist Church on June 11 and 12 will be postponed indefinitely. D. R. JACKSON, Vice President. declaring Congressman R. Lee Moore entitled to it, finally disposing of the claims brought by Don H. C ark. The resolution was unanimously re ported by elections commitee No. 2, a news dispatch from Washington last night stated, and was adopted by the House. Mr. Clark has maintained that he was justly entitled to the seat in Congress, carrying the fight before that body itself, where it was trans ferred to the elections committee for investigation and recommends-, tion. r __ ___ I BONNIE CREST OPENED SATURDAY FOR BUSINESS Bonnie Crest Filling station was opened for business Saturday, and had a surprisingly good day. The management report that they are delighted with the showing of the i frist few days, and appreciate the ! generous patronage which they have j received. Bonnie Crest is a beuty spot on the main business thoroughfare, filling a gaping vacancy with a thing of utility and attractiveness. Mr. Sheldon McDi'da, a populor young man who knows how to give that kind of service that satisfies, is in charge. 600 CARS TO MOVE VEGE TABLES ALONG A. B. Sl A. RY. ATIjANTA, Ga., —Vegetable crops covering nearly 3,000 acres that wil 1 require more than 600 acres to move them are now being grown along the | line of the A. B & A. railroad south lof Cordele, with the exception of Brunswick, according to reports re ceived here today from G. B. Eunice, agricultural development agent of the road. Most of the truck, early var ieties of which are already beginning to move to eastern markets, wil! be produced in six counties in South Georgia within a radius of fifty miles. The following summary of all the vegetables grown in the territory mentioned is as follows. Coolidge, a total of 396 acres, divided as fol'ows: Corn 140 acres; tomatoes, 50 acres; cucumbers, 75 acres; beans, 30 acres; big stem Jer sey potatoes, 100 acres. Estimated railroad cars needed 81. Norman Park, a total of 288 acres, divided as follows: Tomatoes, 150 acres; cucumbers, 88 acres, can taloupes, 50 acres. Estimated num ber of cars 56. Omega, a total of 470 acres, as follows: Lima beans, 20 acres; corn 200 acres; cantaloupes, 175 acres, cucumbers, 60 acres. Estimated number of cars 89. Mystic, a total of 140 acres, as fol’ows: Corn, 100 acres; tomatoes, 40 acres. Estimated cars 20. Fitzgerald, a total of 300 acres, as follows: Tomatoes 100 acres; J. B. Clements; cantaloupes, 150 acres, I corn 50 acres. Estimated cars 65. Ambrose, a total of 40 acres, as follows: Irish potatoes, 20 acres; to matoes 20 acres. Estimated cars 8. Douglas, a total of 700 acres, as fo'lows: Cucumbers, 400 acres; big stem Jersey potatoes, 300 acres. Estimated cars 140. Bolen, a total of 35 acres, sa fol lows: Corn, 30 acres; Irish potatoes, I 5 acres. Estimated cars 7. Offerman, a total of 150 acres, as follows: All in corn. Estimated ! cars 30. Rebecca, a otal of 30 acres, as fol lows: Tomatoes, 20 acres; beans, 10 acres. Estimated cars 5. Brunswick, a tota’ of 25 9acres, !as follows: Lettuce, 20 acres; toma toes, 200 acres; beans 2 acres; cu cumbers, 22 acres; peper 15 acres. Estimated cars 121. PARKER CLUB NEWS Miss Vann met with us Saturday, May 31, and we made our aprons. The fourth Monday was our regular meeting day, but Miss Vann could not be with us and so Saturday wa3 an extra meeting. Five of our members were absent, and we trust that they all will be present the next meeting day, fourth Monday in June. Our plants are growing nicely, and some of the girls will soon have ripe tomatoes. Mary Estelle Brinson, Cor. Sec. BLUE RIDGE CLUB NEWS Mis s Vann met with us Thursday, May 29th, and we girls were very “busy making our aprons. Attend ance was very good, and we think our meeting day wi’l be more regular now, as we have changed our meet ing day to the second Tuesday in ev ery month. Would be glad to have any of our . friends to come out and be with us. Lucile Moore, Cor. Cec. Subscription SI.OO FOUR TEACHERS SELECTED AT A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HELD FRIDAY NIGHT —ONLY ONE NEW TEACHER IS ELECTED. At a meeting of the School Board Friday night, four other teachers were elected for next school term. Miss Bessie Davis was elected for the frist grade; Miss Emmie Martin for the fifth grade; Miss Cassie Youmans for the third grade. Miss Davis was formerly first grade teacher, and her many friends and patrons of that year will be glad to have her return. Miss Youmans was socond grade teacher the past year, but indicated that she preferred to teach in North Georgia, which caused her election at this ’ater date. It is deemed fortunate for the school that she has reconsidered. Miss Martin comes very highly recomended. Miss Milholland, a member of the High School faculty, tendered her resignation. Miss Nellie Lou Tippins was re elected as music teacher for the ensueing term. Miss Tippins had a successful year in that department, having one among the largest classes in the history of the school. GOVERNORS OF 11 STATES WORK ON HIGHWAY Governors of eleven States invited to swing picks on two “free days” in which 1,500 persons contributed their services toward putting in condition mountain seations of the Eeastern Dixie Highway, a through route south from Cincinnati to Cumberland Gap, gave their services free. Representa tives of 247 banks, 152 hotels and civic c’ubs in cities on the route from the Ohio River to St. Petersburg and Miami, Fla., participated in the work of reconstructing these sections of the route. The Governors of Kentucky, In diana, lillinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida help ed to construct a mile on each “free day.” The volunteers gathered at Pineville, Ky., to work on a stretch between Corbin and Barbourville. The next day was devoted to work between Roundstone and Berea. LYONS WATERS SHOWS EXCELLENT FOR DRINKING According to a report on city water from the State Board of Health, Lyons has excellent water. The letter follows: Mr. C. P. Odom, Lyons Ice & Cold Storage Co., Lyons, Georgia. Dear Sir:- I wish to make the fo'lowing re port on samples of water collected on May 20: Samples Nos. 1935 to 1937, as listed, show at this time a very ex cellent water. I am enclosing results of analysis. Yours very truly, H. C. WOODFALL, Chief Engineer. COUNTY OFFICERS GATHER SAVANNAH, Ga., May 29.—The Georgia County Officers Association with approximately 200 here from all parts of the State, spent today on a boat trip to Beaufort, S. C., with refreshments on board and a big din ner The second day of the convention, tomorrow, will be the business period. All business will be transacted, including e’ection of of ficers. W. L. Grayson, of Savannah, will preside. Judge Roscoe Luke, pro gramed for an address, wired good wishes and regrets that he cannot be here. The entire party will join the bar association at Tybee tomorrow afternoon. The local motor club will convey the officers over the “million do’lar” highway to the lb « ach -