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Vol 21. No 24 Toombs Highway Commission Passes Resolution For Bridge ACCORDING TO RESOLUTION PASSED, WORK WILL BE BE GUN EARLY IN 1925, AND COM PLETED SOON AS POSSIBLE. The formal resolution to comply with the requirements of the State Highway Department for the build ing of the concrete and steel bridge across the Altamaha river on the Cotton Belt Highway just south of Lyons was passed by Toombs County Highway commission at their regu lar meeting Monday. This is perhaps the most vital and valuable action ever taken by a board of commissioners of the county. A bridge at this point, the frist free bridge ever to cross the river, will place Toombs county on the map in a bigger way than has ever been pos sible before. Appling county’s position is the same as that of Toombs, and there is no know obstacle in the way of building the bridge. ;Accrding to the resoltion passed, the work will be be gun early in 1925, and completed as quick'y as possible. Much gratitude is due the board of county commissioners for their in teligent and progressive handling of this matter. It is fortunate for the county to have men of courage and ability to handle big problems suc cessfully in such positions. Two other men who have labored unstint ingly for this project in the interest of the whole county are J. B. John son ad G. W. Lankford. Coming generations will enjoy the benefits and share the development and progress resulting from the con sumation of this great project. poultrycaT has LARGE SHIPMENT 16,598 POUNDS OF POULTRY SOLD IN LAST SATURDAY, WHICH BROUGHT $3,442.24 TO THE FARMERS. The poultry car run over the Sea board Air Line Railroad from Amer icus to Savannah brought in 16,598 pounds of birds Saturday, the load being picked up from a number of points in between. The total value was $3,442.24, in cluding $245.34 paid for that from points on the Collins and Glennville Railroad. The stations, and the weight of poultry were: Americus, 254; Huntington, 13; Leslie 238; De Soto, 57; Cobb, 46; Cordele, 1,895; Seville, 480; Pitts, 763; Rochelle, 93; Abbeville, 308; Rhine, 892; Milan, 1,- 903; Helena, 648; Alamo, 18; Glenn wood, 496; Mt. Vernon, 469; Ai’ey, 311; Vidalia, 937; Lyons, 2,281; Ohoopee, 344; Collins, 3,401; Manas sas, 13; Belleville, 86; Claxton, 178; Daisy, 344; Lanier, 71, and Ella belle, 37. This car was run with only three weeks between it and the last one operated. Development Agent Warren T. White, who was with the shipment reports the greatest interest being takne all along the route. NOTICE To The Members of The Democratic Executive Commitee: A meeting of the County Execu tive Commitee is hereby called to meet in my office in the City Hall, Lyons, Ga., at 12:00 o’clock noon, June 14th, 1924, for the purpose of arranging to hol’d the State primary election, etc. This June 11, 1924. WIMBERLY E. BROWN, Chairman. FOR SALE —One thoutand lb«. of smoked hams, shoulders and side meat. Frank J. Payne. Elebrta Hotel. . a Flic 2W//s §r ogress REP. WIMBERLY WRITES LETTED TO THE PUBLIC To The People of Toombs County:- It is my ptSrpose to offer for re election to the Huse of Representa tives. As you know, I have have served one term in the House. lam quite anxious to again serve my peo ple for the sole purpose of he’ping and aiding you to the best of my ability. It is a fact, and well understood, that no person, can, the first term, make much headway, on account of inexperience, and not knowing other representatives well. To accom plish much, it is necessary for a eprson to serve more than one term, | and Ibelieve that you will give me the 1 oporunity to demonstrate what I can do, by giving me another term. I don’t mena to say that I have been idle this term. I have worked dil igent’y for you in and out of the Legislature. I know that you ap preciate my past work, because I have talked with most of you and you have told me. I am indeed thankful that I have had the oppor tunity to serve you. I can best serve you by giving me an opporunity to continue in office, at least one more term Thanking you very much for your support in the past, and trusting that you shall see fit to favor me with it again, I remain, Respectfully yours, ERNEST C. WIMBERLY. J. M. LUTES, OF COLLINS, SUC CESSFUL PEACH GROWER An exceptional offering of fine peaches was brought to town Mon day by Mr. J. M. Lutes, a farmer and fruit grower near Collins. The peaches were of the May flower variety, and the quality and condition created a ready market that consumed the entire ’ot quickly. Mr. Lutes has 10 acres in this variety, three acres in Arp Beauty, maturing about June 15, and three acres of Belle of Georgia, which ma ture about July 15. (All three varieties, under thecare ful treatment and cultivation given them, yield heavy crops, which are marketed locally, the grower finding that local demand wi’l consume much more than is usually supposed when it is offered good products in good condition. Mr. Lutes states that he would be glad for those who want peaches for canning and preserving to call on him at the proper season. SENATOR HARRIS TO SUPPLY FARMERS WITH BULLETINS The United States Department of Agriculturae has issued Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1329, on “The BoF Wee vil Problem,” and No. 1319, on, “Cotton Dusting Machinery.” They 1 discuss the various investigations of i the Government agents and give j their recommendations for fighting | the boll weevil. Senator Harris has a limited supply of these bulletins, and will be glad to distribute them to each person sending their names and post-office address. Farmers who would like to have a copy of these bulletins, should use the following coupon. SENATOR W. .J. HARRIS, Room 132, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. Please send me one copy each of j Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1329, on “The Bol’ Weevil Problem,” and No. 1319, on “Cotton Dusting Machinery.” Name ; Route Town, Georgia. COMING, Dr. Ot J. Baggarly, Op tometrist of Aaltnta and will be at Bargeron Drug Co., Lyons, all day. If your glasses need changing don’t ( fail to see him, Wednesday, June, 18 th. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY LYONS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 12 1924 NEXT POULTRY SAIUUNE 21 LAST CAR OF THE SEASON TO RUN ON THIS DATE .UNLESS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF BIRDS ARE SECURED. The fifth poultry car to be oper ated over the Seaboard will pass through here Saturday, June 21st, at the usual', time. This is the last car scheduled to operate over this line during the spring season, though we may schedule others if we see there is enough poultry to justify it. The last car secured 2281 pounds of poultry in Lyons, which brought $440, in round numbers. A little over 937 pounds at Vidalia and some thing over 344 at Ohoopee. Lyons led all others points, having a smal margin over Collins, which loaded 2251 pounds. Tattnall and Toombs ran a close race for first place as a county, though Tatnall had a car that ran from G ennville to Collins and picked up a little over 1100 lbs. Farmers as a rule, are bringing in their poultry in good condition, and they are to be commended for doing so. It was not necessary to dock a single bunch the last time. It is hoped they will continue that record and not feed the chickens.any grain at all during Saturday morning. A light wet mash is "good for them if they are not given very much Few people reafize how much ef fort has been put into getting this method of marketing up to the stan dard it has attained. The railroad has spent money, time and effort, the same as the county agents, and the State Bureau of Markets. Farmers have stuck by the car in spite of ef forts to. break it up, and the result j has peen a decided success. Last Sunday a Savannah Commission man said that if these cars had not taken the suprlus poultry out this section, , the Southern markets would have I been much lower than they are. This j then has been a decided help to the i poultry producers of this section. Continue to cooperate and suggest ways and means of making it better, so that we can make a real big crop out of the poultry crop. COOKING SCHOOL A three day cocking school wi’l be hold in Lyons High School auditor ium, June 23, 1925, under the aus pices of Toombs County Co-operative club. Miss Ruth Sweat, graduate of Montana University and specialist in Home Economics and Miss Willie Mae Vann, Home Demonstration Agent, co-openating, for the benefit of housewives. A general invitation is extended to all. Sessions will begin at 3:30 o’clock. “Don't Leave It To The Children To Build Paved Roads," Urges Anderson Before Kiwanis Club “IF WE DON’T DO IT THEY WILL,” SAYS SPEAKER—HIGH WAY COMMISSIONER ARGUES IN INTEREST OF BOND ISSUE. SANDERSVILLE, Ga., June 4. “If we don't build paved roads, our children will,” said W. T. Anderson, member of the State Highway De partment, speaking before the Ki wanis club by inviation here today. Mr. Anderson covered in detail the operations of the highway depart ment, its policies, and referred to the questions that had been raised in some quarters about the wealthy counties being shown favoritism in the event of a bond issue. He stat ed that the distribution of the 1 cent gas tax entrusted to the depart ment, at present, it has been invar iably the true that the less populous counties received first consideration, an in no instance had this money been spent in or offered to the wealthier LANDSCAPE GARDNER HERE MAKES ELABORATE PLANS FOR CITY PARK AND OUTLINES WORK THAT CAN BE TAKEN UP AT ONCE. Responding to the invitation of Mr. C. G. Garner, the committeeman ap pointed by the Boosters Club to se cure his services, Mr. 11. W. Harvey, field agent and landcape gardner in the extension work of th« State Col lege of Agricii ture, arrived Tues day to take up the work of planning the development of the city park. ■At this writing, the plans are pretty well outlined. They will he completed, and description and keys to details left in the "hands of the ! comnritte, so that the preliminary i work may be begun at once. Pract j ically alf of the work except the > transplating can be done this sum i n-.er, and much of the trees and . shrubery neccessary can be conserv jed form that already growing. The transplanting will be completed this .fall. Mr. Harvey states that he will en devor to return here as often as possible and give his personal super vision to the work. He is pleased with the possibilities of the enter prise, and is anxious to have a per sonal part in its development. As well as indicating the kind and loca tions of trees and plants,Mr. Har vey will return and select them and supervise their transplanting. .He j believes that Georgia parks should be | beautiful with Georgia trees, p’ants j grasses, and with this idea in . npind, he proposes to select from the j many and excellent varities to be j be found in the vicinity the best and most beautiful specimens and develop a Georgia park for Georgia people. ' -Mr. Harvey has dedicated his life j to this kind of work, a work to make 1 other lives brighter and happier. He | comes to serve the people of this ! community through the extension work of the State College of Agricul ture, and his services are avai’able only by virtue of the fact that this department is represented among us by the county agent and home dem onstration agent, also representatives of extension work. He is doing thiSj kind of work all over Georgia, and although the funds for his work are limited, so that he can net accept ev ery invitation extended, his services are considered that valuable that he is kept busy a’l the time, the com munities he serves bearing the ex penses. He has other projects in the coun ty that will be given attention as soon as he is able to get to them. One of i these is in that forward looking com , munity of which Johnson Corner school is the center. counties, the reason for this being that the department is concerned with making as quickly as possible a good system of roads throughout the State and naturally the department con cerns itself with those good road probi'ems th a t are the hardest of sol ution The number of people in a popoulous county demand of their local officers or commissioners that the roads be fixed or paved. These counties canot afford bad roads, whereas, in the counitse of small population and wealth they are re signed to put up with almost any thing, and it is in the latter counties that state aid is needed most to ac complish good roads. In spending any large amount of money for pav ing, said Mr. Anderson, the roads would have to be paved as the trave' made it neccessary. It has been de termined that a dirt road cannot be maintained economically with an ex cess of 400 vehicles per day. There are some roads in North Georgia that (Continued to Page Four) John Morris, Sonnie Ward and Dewey Moseley Held by Sheriff REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Theo Pharr is being assisted at the Methodist church this week by Rev. John A. May, general evange ist of the North Alabama confer ence, and Prof. J. M. Adams, evange list-singer, of Tyler, Texas. These men come with the approval of the Methodist church back of them, and with the work they have done in the past as evidence of their worth i to a church and community. It would be great if the church would pray for a revival, and if the whole community would join in an effort to bring this to pass in Lyons, for it means an old fashioned revival of the religion of honesty, sobriety, clean living and brother y love among the people, or it means spirit ual death to the church of God, and moral degeneracy to the people of the town and community. Which shall we have? It all de pends upon you. SUPERINTENDENTS’ AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ CON. A splendid program has been ar ranged for the convention of Super intendents and Schooii Officials to be •held at Athens on July Bth and 9th. On them orning of the Bth the entire program will bei ntrodpced by a triumvirate of excellent talent, con sisting of Chancellor, D. C. Barrow, Rr. Rufus W. Weaver, and Dr. Harvey W. Cox. This will be follow ed by a brief report of the President and an address by Governor Clifford Walker. The whole program will center around “equal educational opportun ity for all of the children of Georgia” and with this slogan: “All Georgia for her Children and the chi dren for a greater Georgia.” In the afternoon, Judge Andrew J. | Cobb and Judge Richard B. Russell will deal with the legal side of the ! fianclal support of the school system, • espcially with the effect of the “Hanks, Commissiners, Vs. D’Arcy” decision, and just to what extent we may expect this to be helpfu' in dev- Jepaing a strong financial support of the schools. Also, in the afternoon program, the General Assembly will be represented by Hon. J. W. Culpepper and Hon. George W. Lankford, respective Chairman of the (Appropriations Committee of the House and Senate, and by Dr. J. C. Beauchamp and Hon. H. H. Eelders, respective Chairman of the Committee on Education of the Senate and House. Members of this Convetion con sist of Superintendents of Schools, city and county, members of Boards of Education, city and county; Trustees of School and School Dis tricts, and all others engaged in school supervision and over' s ; ght. The whole program will be inter persed with music. Athens promises sufficient hotel: accomodations for all who may come. The following reservations have been made for those who attend this con vention : The Georgian Hotel reserves 100 rooms at the following rates: four in j •a room SI.OO, without bath; three in} a room $1.25; two in a room $1.50; | advance reservations should be made at the Georgian. The Marion Hotel will reserve places for thirty people; the Clayton Hotel for forty people; the Graham Hotel for twenty people; and the Athens Hotel for forty people. Meals can be bad at the Hotel or numerous cafeterials. NOTICE To Qualified Voters of Johnson’s Corner and Bay Head Districts: By order of the Board of Educa tion an e’ection is called at the John son’s Corner School building, July 9th, for tbe purpose of voting “For” or “(Against” the annexation of the Bay Head District to the Johnson’s Corner District. T. B. YOUMANS, Supt. of Schools Toombs Co. Subscription SI.OO TWO HELD IN CONNECTION OF ROBBERY AT SHARPES SPUR, GEORGIA ONE HELD FOR BAD CHECKS. John Morris and Sonnie Ward were placed in Toombs county jail thi* week under a charge of burglary of the store occupied by the post office at Sharpe’s Spur. It is said that the store was .entered on the night of May 15, and considerable merchan dise, postal supplies and two mail keys stolen. Sheriff Burch, of Montgomery county had been working on the case for some time, without success. Sheriff Culpepper, in the course of his own work, accidentally picked up some information that led to the idenfication of these parties as sus pects. Fa lowing the investigation further, it appeared that Charlie Morris was also a party to the affair, and he was placed in Montgomery county jail Tuesday by Sheriff Burch. Dewey Mosley is being entertained by Sheriff Culpepper on a charge of giving bad checks for good money in Laurens county. G.O.P. CONVENTION CUTJD DRIED OPENING DAY CONSPICUOUSLY DEVOID OF USUAL EXCITE MENT LOWDEN’S BOOM DE FEATED. CLEVELAND, June 10. —Some of the vice presidential booms which have been running in the field so far begain moving up to the front today with the growing acceptance of for mer Governor Lowden’s determina tion not to take the nomination, i Former Senator A bert J. Bever i idge was put to the fore when Chair | man Norris, of the New York delega ; tion, started a movement and announ I ced that he would seek support for Mr. Beveridge in other delegations. CLEVELAND, 0., June 10.—In an atmosphere of quiet de'iberation the Republician party today began here the national convention that will nominate Calvin Coolidge and pledge a reconsecration to the cherish ed fundamenatls of Republicanism. The question of the vice presiden tial nomination alone remains un determined among the major issues of the convention, but the move to draft Frank O. Lowden appeared to night to bo waning with a commen surate gain of strength for Herbert Hoover. . ' The insistent supporters of the for mer Illionds governor almost lost hope when they heard that .he had sent to Cleveland a letter of irrevo cable declination, to be opened and read to the delegates if any attempt were made to stampede the conven tion into nominating him. If Lowden is to be permitted to eliminate himself, the Hoover sup porters are convinced that the drift of today’s opening session gave evi dence of an inexorable demand that the men finally selected for second place on the ticket be of a type un deniably in harmony with the poli cies of the President. That qualifi cation, they say, is possessed by Mr. Hoover in the highest degree. The short sesion today d’d no actual work beyond ratifying a con vention program prepared in ad vance, but by tonight all the commit tees, including that named to draft a piatfrom, had completed most of their work with ease and regularity. There was little of the usual confu sion and none of the riotous noise making that often has played so great a part in American politcal his tory. Only three times was there any approach to a demonstration, and in each case the cheering was awakened by a upon the chord of party solidarity and Republiciaiv tradition, . „ -r . -w.. S