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The Forsyth County News
Vol. 9. No. 11.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. W. N. Baldwin of Atlan
ta was here on business Monday
Dr. W. W. Pirkle spent Mon
day in the Gate City on business
Mr. G .W. Heard and family
spent Sunday in Atlanta.
Miss Fannie Harrison has re
turned from Atlanta.
Mrs. W. A. Robbs is reported
on the sick list this week. We
hope she will soon be out again.
Mr. H. T. Pirkle and family
spent Sunday with Mr. W. C.
Hardin and family on route 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strickland
report the arrival of a fine boy
at their home.
Mr. F. G. Roberts of Cordele
spent the week-end with his
family in town.
Read the ad of McClure Tay
lor & Cos., in this issue, and go
see ’em when in Duluth.
Mr. N. H. Strickland of Du
luth has an ad in this issue to
which your attention is invited.
Master Joe Burruss and I'r.
Jake Burruss are both confined
to their rooms with measies.
Rev. F. T. Wills filled his ap
pointment at Norcross Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Ellen M. Barron of Coal
Mountain spent the last of the
week with Mrs. A. Strickland.
Mr. J. B. Patterson was in Ma
rietta and Duluth on business
Friday and Saturday.
Misses Genie Mitchell and
Ollie Fowler of Gainesville
spent Sunday with homefolke
here.
Rev. J. W. Gober filled his ap
*p ointment at the Baptist church
here Sunday at eleven-and at
nighr.
E. 11. McGee & Cos. of Duluth
have a car load of horses and
mules on hand. See their ad
elsev. here in this paper.
The many friends of Dr. J.
H. Kcckenhull will be glad to
learn that he is able to be out
again.
The many friends of Mr. Wes
ley Hawkins will be glad to
know that he is able to be at
home again after an operation.
Mr. Clarence Nuckolls of
Gainesville visited Mr. M. A.
Nuckolls and family here Sun
day.
We are requested to announ
ce that Rev. J. M. Anderson
will preach at Friendship the
foux'th Sunday in this month,
the 25th. Everybody invited to
go out and hear him.
Has your wife been after you
about the garden work yet?
Our’n has, and we want to get
to work and make some veget
ables to eat. They are too high
to buy. "
Don’t forget the Carriers ex
amination over at Buford Sat
urday week, the 24th. If you
want a job go over and get the
highest grade and you will get
it.
We hear it rumored that
there will be a wedding in Cum
ming pretty shortly. This would
add some life to the town as
there hasn’t been a wedding
here in several months.
Our advertisers have crowd
ed us this week, which forced
us to give you six pages. We
will willingly print eight or ten
pages if they will just come
with the advertising patronage
to justify it.
Your attention is invited to
the Professional Card of O. W.
Settle of Norcross, in this issue
Olen is an old Forsyth county
boy, doing well in Norcross, and
he will appreciate your calling
on him when in need of funeral
supplies or embalming.
; Easter comes on Sunday, A
pril Bth, this year. I-.we you
got you anew hat yet?
Misses McClure and Douglas
spent the week-end with their
parents at Norcross.
Mrs. Marcus Mashburn was
in the Gate City shopping Fri
day.
Mr. Taylor Pirkle has return
ed from a trip to Memphis,
Tenn.
Mr. R. E. Harrison spent Wed
nesday night in the Gate City
on business.
Mr. Elijah Bramblett was in
Gainesville on business last of
the week.
Messrs J. L. Phillips and Roy
Otwell were in Atlanta Satur
day.
Col. J. P. Fowler spent Wed
nesday and Thursday in the
Gate City on business.
Harrison & Fowler have two
second hand fords in good con
dition and repair for sale. Call
to see them.
The Tax Receiver has anew
notice in this issue. Look it up
and be ready to give in your tax
es when he comes around.
The farmers are hauling fer
tilizers now, which makes a fel
low feel like spring of the year
in on hand.
Mr. Sam Porter and family
spent the last of the week with
Mr. R. C. McDaniel and family
on rote l._
Messrs S. 11. Allen and J; S.
Harrison were in the Gate City
on business a day or two this
week.
Mr.— Hendrix of Chamblee
was here on business Tuesday
and dropped in to see us while
here.
Call on H. C. Bagby for good
milk cows of any style. Beefers
and growing cattle of any kind.
Will trade for cash or good note
Misses Ola and Louie Adair
and Mr. Jim Knight of Buford
spent Sunday at Mr. E. S. Har
ris’.
Mr. Raymond Merritt and
John Alexander of Buford
spent Sunday at Mr. F. G. Mer
ritt’s.
The offer of the News and
Sunday Constitution, without
Monday, at $3.95, will be good
until March 27th. Send us your
order before that date.
The Buford mail has been
traveling by auto for the past
several days, and we get our
mail pretty soon evei-y morning
and afternoon.
Your attention is called to the
large ad of Lowe, Pittard & Cos.,
of Duluth to be found in this is
sue. If you are in need of a
Range the Majestic is a jim
dandy.
We are glad to say that the
measles have not entered the
school yet. We know of no new
cases except at T. P. Burruss’,
and hope that the epidemic will
soon be over.
Geo. Merritt has had his bi x
trucks on the road to Buford a
day or two this week. Thy do
say that these trucks are big
ones and can carry an immense
load.
They say that the people
down in Wild Cat District are
certainly working the roads ac
cording to law. They are put
ting them in tip top shape, and
citizens in other portions of the
county are doing the same thing
The weather for the past sev
eral days has been fine and it
makes the farmers feel better.
A great many of them have
been plowing this week, and
will soon be ready to go to
planting if the weather will re
main good.
Sunshine in The Home, Power in The Life.
CUMMING, GA., MARCH 16TH 1917.
Meeting of Georgia Teachers.
The Georgia Educational As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting in Macon, May 3rd,
4th and sth. This association
is composed of all the white
teachers in the state, and in
cludes all lines of educational
work, from kindergarten to
college.
Some of the prominent speak
ers are Hon. M. L. Brittain, the
State Superintendent; Senator
Hoke Smith; Dr. E. W. Newton
of Boston, MasvS.; Dr. Bruce R.
Payne, Pres, of Peabody Col
lege for Teachers at Nashville,
Prof. W. H. Kilpatrick of Co
lumbia University, and Kon. P.
P. Claxton, United States Com
missioner of Education.
The County School Superin
tendents will hold their annual
convention on the two days pre
ceding the Teachers associa
tion, and they, with their teach
ers, will remain to the latter
meeting.
This will be the greatest ga
thering of educational forces
ever held in the state, and its
effect will be far-reaching up
on the development of schools
of Georgia.
The Greensboro Herald-Jour
nal gives Henry Branham cred
it for this good joke on the Meth
odists:
Brother Henry Braham, the
only original Branham in the
world, was in Greensboro the
other day, and he told us one,
which ran something like the
following. Henry is a rock
ribbed Methodist, and doesn’t
mind getting a good joke on ’em
occasionally! He said it was a
sermon by “Brudder” Jason,
which ran like this:
; Bruc’ders bn Sisters,
I has got a great and gran
message for you all dis ebenin.
I went and dremp dat I dide
an went to heben. Glory! An
when I got dare I seed many
strange sights.
Away in de north I seed all
the Presbyterians. Yes, sah, I
seed all de Presbyterians in de
north away from de frone.
Den in de east I seed all de
Baptist; yes, sah, I seed all de
Baptists in de east away from
de frone.
Den I seed all Campbelites in
de south; yas, sah, seed all de
Campbelites in the south aw r ay
from de frone.
Den I looked to de west and
seed all de Catholicks in the
west away from de frone.
Den I looked on de frone, an
reckon what did I see, brud
ders, reckon what did I see?
Mefodists, Mefodists, brud
dern nuffin* but de Mefodists on
de frone. Glad we is Mefodists?
An I axed de Lord wdiy he
had nuffin’ but de Mefodists on
de frone. What did He say,
bruddern, reckon what did He
say?
He say dat dem dare Mefo
dists is sick unreliable saints dat
he has ter keep him whar he
kin get his hands on ‘em.
Teachers Notice.
As our last teachers’ meeting
was rained out, I hereby ask
each teacher to meet us on the
third Saturday, (March 17,) at
ten o’clock a. m. sun time.
Please be there promptly.
Jesse Bales.
Mill Notice.
I have an up-to-date corn mill
and am ready to grind your
corn. Will grind every Friday.
W. L. Chadwick,
Cumming, Ga., Route 1.
O. W. SETTLE
Funeral Director & Embalmer
Norcross, Ga.
Day and Night ’Phone.
\ PROGRAM
jOf Ihe Ninth District Medical
I Society, Which Meets at
t Gainesville, March 21, 1917.
Call to order 10:30 a. m.
Prayer—Rev. E. M. Munroe, Jr
Welcome Address—Dr. J. B.
Rudolph.
Response to Welcome—Dr. J.
C. Bennett, Jefferson.
PAPERS.
Case Report. Dr. F. M. Hub
bard, Commerce.
“The Relation that Should Ex
ist Between the General Prac
titioner arid the Specialist.” Dr
J. R. Simpson, Gainesville.
Two Case Reports. Dr. P. Y.
Dcckatt, Cornelia.
“The Hygiene of Pregnancy.”
Dr. L. C. Allen, Hoschton.
“Results Obtained by the Use
of Radium in the Treatment of
Cancer of the Cervix and Other
Uterine Troubles.” Dr. O. D.
Hall, Atlanta.
“Syphilis: Some Unusual Man
ifestations in a Case.” Dr. D. C.
Kiliey, Lawrencef ille
“Prophylaxis of the Mouth” Dr
W. J. Carter, Gainesville.
“The Mouth and Throat as a
Source of Systemic Infection.”
Dr. W. B. Hardman, Commerce
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE
I will be at the following
places on the dates states for
the purpose of receiving Tax
Returns for the year 1917.
Settenciown District.
Chadwick store Mar. 19, 9 a m.
L. L. Martin, do 10 a. m.
J- Hi/Mom-je, 1 do 11 a. m.
Bill Holbrook, do Noon.
C. D. Gilbert, do 2 pm.
Coal Mountain District.
Court Ground, do 4, p. m.
Return all property held on
January Ist and be sure to have
your land numbers correct.
Please don’t ask me to take
your neighbors returns. So come
your self. Don’t send.
Judge C. Williams, R. T. R.
Mrs. Ida Myers.
Mrs. Ida Myers was found
dead in bed last Friday morning
by her husband when ho. return
cd from hi s work. It is not
known how long she had been
dead when found.
She was a daughter of Mrs.
Sarah Goswick of this county
and a niece of Mr. J. N. Tutton
of route 2. Her remains were
brought to Friendship for funer
al and interment, which took
place last Sunday, Revs. J. M.
Anderson and G. W. Forrist
conducting the funeral services
She is survived by her husband
and three smail children and a
host of other relatives and
friends to whom we extend sym
pathy.
Mr. M. J. Pursell Dead.
Mr. Matthew J. Pursell, an
aged and respected citizen of
the county died at his home on
route 3 Monday, and his re
mains were laid to rest at Brook
wood Tuesday.
Mr. Pursell was a quiet,
peaceable citizen and will be
greatly missed by the people of
his community. He is survived
by several children to whom the
News extends sympathy.
Notice.
I want the teachers to send
me by April Ist the names of
their pupils who have enrolled
their names, as memebrs of the
different Clubs.
Those teachers who have not
sent in their contract with the
Board of Education, please do
so at once. ""
A. C. Kennemore.
Safe Farming, A
Balanced Husbandry.
I ————
■ To Farmers, Bankers and
'Business men in Cotton Terri-
Itory:
Whenever the greed for a
money crop unbalances the wis
dom of husbandry, the money
crop is a curse. When it stimu
lates the general economy of
the farm it is the profit of farm
ing.”
These worde were written by
the late Henry W. Grady, many
years ago. They are true to
day. You are face to face with
a great question. Are you go
ing to permit the agriculture of
the South to again become an
unbalanced husbandry or are
we still to push forward toward
Safe Farming?
High prices of certain farm
products may tempt farmers to
pursue an unwise course. Now
is the time to take stock, to
make an inventory and consider
the situation.
Think back to 1914 before
the war, when cotton was a
round thirteen cents a pound.
How much did you pay for meat
flour and other food proudcts at
retail? Go back in the nineties
when cotton was still lower in
value and what did you pay at
retail for food products? Then
compare the present prices of
food products with the present
price of cotton ; the test is the
exchange value of cotton. How
much will a pound of cotton pur
chase in food and feed products
By growing all cotton and ex
changing it for a living you are*
simply swapping a high priced
product produced by your la-
bor for a high priced product
produced by the labor of the
other fellow. When you follow
safe farming, however, you pro
duce your own food and feed
at cost and sell your cotton for
the other fellow’s dollars.
The South has made great
progress and has enjoyed won
derful prosperity in the past
year because it produced so
much of its own living.
What do we mean by safe
farming? Here are the items
which should constitute your
program:
1. A home garden for every
family on the farm. From one
tenth to one-fourth acre, well
located, well tilled and tended
as carefully as any other crop
on the farm, planted in rotation
to time the vegetable crops so
as to have a continuous supply
for the family table a smany
days in the year as possible. To
this should be added one-fourth
of an acre of potatoes, either
Irish or sweet or both, to be
used as food for the family. An
acre of sorghum or sugar cane
should be produced to supply
the family with syrup if means
can be found for grinding the
cane and making the syrup.
2. Produce enough corn on
each farm to last the family and
the livestock with certainty for
one year, with a little excess for
safety.
3. Pi-oduce sufficient oats and
other small grain to supplement
the corn as food for one year
with certainty, remembering
that these small grains conserve
the soil in winter and provide
cr**v* n vipfr for livestock.
. . ,uuu; me hay and forage
I crops necessary to supply the
livestock on the farm for one
year, with a little excess for
safety, not forgetting the le
i gumes which add fertility to
the soil and produce the best
hay.
I 5. Produce the necessary
75c per year.
i meat, eggs and milk for the fam
ily. The meat should be produc
jed by increased attention to
poultry and hogs because of the
rapidity with which these can
be produced. Every family
should have at least two cows
so that one can be in milk all of
Lhi time. A sufficient number
of brood sows should be kept
:to produce the pork for the fam
ily, with some excess for sale.
The number of laying hens
should he increased and care
fully tended to produce eggs
and poultry for the table with
sufficinent excess for sale. The
average number of poultry per
farm should be increased to at
least fifty. The livestock on the
farm should be gradually in
creased as a whole so as to con
sume the otherwise waste pro
ducts of the farm and make the
unprofitable feeding of poultry
and hogs, beef cattle, milek
cows, etc.
G. When the living has been
amply provided for, grow cot
ton for the main money crop.
7. Plan to sell or exchange the
surplus products of the garden,
the orchard, the poultry, the
livestock, the eggs and the feed
crops, to cover the necessary
running expenses of the farm
and save the cotton as the real
cash crop.
The fact that cotton has been
up to eighteen and twenty cents
per pound should not in any
sence tempt farmers merchants
or bankers to depart in practice
or in influence from this pro
gram. Are you going to play
safe or gamble on the European
war and bet that cotton will be
high and food products low?
One of the serious problems of
this Nation today is the produc
tion of food. At this time no
man is the South can afford to
be tempted to reduce the pro
duction of food and feed crops.
Rather should they be increas
ed. It is the only safe plan.
The agriculture colleges of
the Southern States, in coopera
tion with the United Staes De
parment of Agriculture, are con
ducting, through the Extension
Divisions and County Agents in
every State, campaigns to sus
tain the production of food and
feed crops in the South.
We need more of the three
F’s, Food, Feed, and Fertility.
Let us feed the people feed the
livestock and feed the soil.
Whn we have done these three
things then raise such acreage
in money crops as we have the
labor to tend.
Yours very truly,
Bradford Knapp,, Chief.
Big Money: Sweet Potatoes.
Break away from the one
crop system in sweet potatoe
culture. Learn how and when
to harvest, how to cultivate and
how to store. Anew, a big op
portunity is opened to the enter
prising farmer by following ex
act methods described in our
splendid new book “Sweet Po
tato Culture”. Price, delivered
by mail, only 75 cents while
they last. Rush! Crow & Brog
don, Seville, Ga.
Card of Thanks.
I wish to thank my friends
and customers for their patron
age in the past and wish to an
nounce that 1 have opened up a
Barber Shop in the building
partially occupied by the Cum
ming Garage, and earnestly so
licit your business. Phone 87.
W. J. Mashburn.
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