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The Forsyth County News
Vol. 9. No. 26.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. R. T. Shadburn was in
Atlanta on business Saturday.
Rev. Gober tilled his appoint
ment at New Hope Sunday.
Mr. W. S. Davenport is report
ed on the sick list.
We regret to learn of the il'-
nesc of Mr. B. C. Fowler of
route 4,
Miss Ollie Fowler of Gainesville'
visited homefolks the last of tl e
week.
Col. C. L. Harris was in the
Gate City on business first of the I
week.
Miss Leona Haygood of route
8 spent the week-end with Mr.
G. L. Heard and family.
Mr. Guy Buice of Suwanee is
visiting Mr. J. E. Brooks and
family this week.
Col. H, L. Patterson was i;j
Alpharetta on business Satur
day.
There w r ere no services in
town Sunday on account ox the
big singing.
Mr. A. G. Hockenhull spent
Saturday in the Gate City on
business
Mr. Claude Hope of Winder
was here Tuesday. Mrs. Hope
and little son returned home
with him.
Mr. Chas. Stone, Librarian in
the University of Okla., was a
recent visitor to Col. C. L. Har
ris and family.
The Young Peoples’ Missio
nary. Society will meet at the
Baptist church next Friday
jjight at 8:30 o’clock.
V ~j. 'and Mrs, pliff Vaughan
of Boswell spent'Saturday and
Sunday with Mr. W. J. Groover
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M Owen of
near Oakwood spent the week-|
end with relatives here, and at
tended the singing.
Miss Hallah McClure of Nor
cross spent Saturday and Sun
day with Mrs. Marcus Mash
burn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Webb of
Norcross spent the week-end
with Mrs. Ruth Hawkins and
other relatives in town.
Miss Ruth Pirkle, who has
been atcnding the Georgia Nor
mal and Industrial College at
Milledgeville, has returned
home.
Mr. C. C. Foster of Roswell
spent Monday in Cumming on
business. He has many friends
here who are always glad to see
him.
Beaver Ruin church will or
dain deacons on Saturday be
fore the Ist Sunday in July. Pas
tors and deacons of sister churc
ches are invited.
Mr. J. O. Wages and family
of Auburn w r ere here Sunday
attending the singing They
have many friends here who
w r ere glad to see them.
Mr. J. A. Kelley has started
out with his threshing machine
The wheat crop is very short
but Mr. Kelley is whiling to do
his bit toward saving what is
made.
Mr. C. M. McClure of Toc
coa has our thanks for renewal
mailed us last week. Clyde has
many friends who will be glad
to know that he is doing well at
Toccoa.
We are requested to announ
ce that Rev. Roper will preach
at Haw Creek the 4th Sunday
in July at 11 o’clock. Every
body invited to go out and hear
him.
Mr. U. L. Wofford of Buford
has our thanks for renewal.
Ulus says he works all the time
overeat Buford amd doesn’t have
time to send in his renewal, right
at the time his paper expires.
| Rev. F. T. Wills filled his ap
pointment at Norcross Sunday.
Mr. W. J. Mashburn spent
Thursday and Friday in the
Gate City on business.
Mr. M. B. Rice of near Bethel
spent the week-end with Mr.
Major Nuckolls and family.
Mr. Otto Forrist and family
spent the week-end with rela
tives in Cherokee county.
Strickland & Wisdom,s brick
kiln caught fire Monday, and is
still burning.
j Edmondson & Pirkle are
showing a nice line of Patriotic
j stationery. Call and see them.
Mr. Hovt Brannon and fam
ily of Dawsonville spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Mrs.
W. R. Otwell.
Mr. F. G. Roberts of Cordele
spent the week-end with his
family here, and took in the
singing Sunday
Mr. Will Westbrook and fam
ily of Flowery Branch spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Bettie Phillips near town.
Mr. J. E. Kirby and family
spent the last of the week in
Atlanta with their daugher,
Mrs. E. .1 .Taum.
Mr. Henry Patterson, who'
has been spending vacation
with homefolks, has returned
i to his work in Atlanta.
Mr. Geo. L. Merritt has re
turned from Lexington, Ga.,
j where he has been on a business
i trip.
Misses Ruth Benmsr ! -*ynd Ge
'ria^. Mitchell v of
spent first of the
es Fannie and Susan‘riarison.
Mr. Holifield, an army officer
from Atlanta, was here Friday
and Saturday getting volun
teers.
The seining season opens
next Monday, and the creeks
and branches will be filled with
people fishing.
Col. L. E. Wisdom of Gaines
ville has been here a few days
this week in the interest of the
new garage which he is to erect
near the Methodist church.
Messrs Charley Boone and
Tom Andrews have enlisted as
volunteers in the United States
army, and left Monday for At
lanta.
Mr. John Ed Kirby went to
Atlanta last Thursday for an
operation on his tonsils. He
stood the operation well and is
expected home this week.
Mr. H. J. Wolfe, who is oper
ating Merritt & Smith’s big
trucks over at Lexington spent
Saurday and Sunday with his
family in town.
Mr. John D. Hansard, a for
mer Forsyth county citizen,
now living near Duluth, spent
the last of the week witli rela
tives on route 6.
Misses Ruth and Mary Paris,
the bright daughtrs of Mr. J. B.
Paris, of Alpharetta, are visit
ing Mr. Joel Webb and family
and other relatives in town.
Mr. Major Nuckolls and fam
ily, and Mrs. Clarence Allen of
Gainesville, are spending a few
days with Mr. Ben Rice and fam
iy in Colquitt county. They
made a trip through in a car,
and will doubtless have a pleas
ant trip.
Col and Mrs. J. P. Fowler,
and litle daughter, left Monday
for Atlanta, where Mr. Fowler
'goes as representtatives from
'this county. They will rent
rooms and do light housekeep
! ing, and thus cut down the high
cost of living. Jarrett has many
friends here who look foi’W’ard
to his serving well the people
1 of the county.
Sunshine in The Home, Power in The Life.
CUMMING, GA., JUNE 29' r H, 1917.
June Singing Spasms.
IT was a sucksess.
Everybody enjoyed the day.
Charlie Hendrix was at his
best.
The behavior was mighty
gooc).
Very little “bone dry” was to
be seen or smelt.
Atlanta was pretty well rep
resented.
Fifty one weeks from next
Sunday until the next one.
John Webb was here and had
the time of his life.
President Wallis was the hap
piest man on the ground.
They began to arrive by nine
o'clock, and just kept a comink
Wo didn’t see anybody" we
kno.vcd from California.
Fried chicken was thick as
hops on the ground at the din
ner hour.
They come in autos, buggies,
wagons, bicycles, motorcycles,
and a few horseback.
No weddings happened to
mar the happiness of the occas
ion.
doe Dodd and Clayt Edwards
just couldn’t miss it. They came
early.
Several were here “from Mis
sorrle” but they were easily
shown.
Gainesville sent her usual del
egation, and Buford more than
common.
There were enough people
here to w hip Germany in a fair
fight.
Frank Stewart run over from
Waleska. He has never missed
.oiie, and doesn’t fqel he
can.
IT’S name should be changed
to ‘ The State-Wide Singing” be
cause people come here from all
over the state.
There were about five hund
red fords, 30 automobiles, and
hundreds of buggies and wrng
ons.
It was the best dressed crowd
we ever saw. No one would
think w r e had a wmr on hand to
see the pretty dresses.
Haaynie Brooks iow r ed it
was the biggest crow T d that ev
er come to this June singing in
Cumming.
There were numbers of good
leaders here and the singing
was fine, in fact, way above the
average.
We estimated the crow r d at
six to seven thousand. Some
say there w r ere at least ten to
twelve thousand.
Ye editor attended in the af
ternoon but refused to lead a
song for fear he wrnuld mar the
pleasure of the occasion.
Everybody invited t< come
next year. It will be held at
the court house, and the park
will be glad to welcome you.
Canton, Ball Ground and Jas
per sent over a few to let us all
know that their towns were still
alive and knew a good thing
w’hen they saw it.
The Lord only knows how
many good lookiig women
w 7 ere here, but it looked like
there might be a hundred thous
and.
There was some little “court
ing” going on in the court house
yard. The reasoi we know is
that the gals woild talk thru
their fans. That's the best sign
in the world.
Tandy Anglh counted the
autos, etc. that massed his house
that morning. 225 automobiles
115 wagons and buggies and
one motorcy le. The autos
would averag< 7 to the car, bug
gies and wag<ns three, and only
one on the notorcycle. That
makes 1921 teople.
| Volunteers.
*
. The President of the United
States and the Governor of
Georgia have called for 2,500
men from Georgia for the Reg
ular Army by June 30th. These
40 ■
men ar> urgently needed now
to carry out the plans of the war
Department. Any delay in fur
nishing them is going to be a
serious handicap for the Govern
ment.
Georgia leads the U. S. today
in Postmaster Recruiting, but
only about 500 of the 1,400 post
masters make it a point to send
in all men possible by June 30th
and Jivdp the Government out
in this critical period of the
war? These men are needed
now ,o be trained to be non
commissioned officers for the
big National Army to be organ
ized in August.
It is the big chance a young
man has to get in now and be
ready to command in the near
future. Enclosed herewith
are letters from Hon. Newton
D. Baker, Secretary of War,
and from the Chief Signal Of
fice j, Southeastern Department
which show that the policy of
the Army is to promote men
from the ranks.
I wish to impress on you, and
through you the people of the
State that the best way to get a
commission in the Army is to en
list now and work for promo
tion. Them an with ability who
tion. The man wih ability who
enipts now is the man who will
bef an officer inside of six
_ % ths. Further delay menas
iejp" cjjance; this is the big
for any man.
Very respectfully,
G. V. HEIDT,
‘ Capt. Inf., R. O.
Lodge Notice.
A regular communication of
Lafayett Lodge No. 44 Free and
accepted Masons' will be held in
their Lodge room next Tuesday
evening July 3, 1917 at 8:30
o’clock.
Entered Apprentice, Fellow
Craft and Masters degrees will
be conferred.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all duly qualified breth
ren to attend.
By order of
W. E. Lipscomb, W. M.
K. A. Kemp, Secretary.
Notice to Correspondents.
Some of our correspondents
have named July 4, at 9 o’clock
as the date for a meeting.
I shall be delighted to have
you all with me on that day. It
is the day we print the News,
and in the afternoon would suit
better for the meeting. At the
same time I want the meeting
held at a time that best suits
the convenience of all of you.
Conie on that day, and let’s
talk over matters that will, I
believe, be an inspiration to you
as well as myself, and will help
greaty in building up the News
to a much better paper. It now
ranks one of the best in the state
but -with your co-operation it
can be made THE BEST.
Come July 4th.
I shall expect you.
J. B. Patterson.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our neigh
bors and friends for their kind
ness shown us during the sick
ness and death of our darling
baby and especially Dr. R. H.
Bramblett for his faithfulness.
May God’s richest blessings
rest upon each and every one
is our prayer.
S. E. Evans and family.
Court House Singing.
The class met at 9 o’clock
and was called to order by Pres
M. T. Wallis, who sang 1 song.
Prayer was offered by Bro.
G. W. Southard.
The President appointed the
arranging committee to-wit: A
J Green, Andrew Phagan, B. P.
Roper, Miles Lance and Claud
Wheeler.
President sang 3 songs with
Linton Wallis organist.
Then the following leaders
was introduced to the class, E.
A*. Bramblett 2 songs, Charlie
Hendrix organist.
Prof. C. O. Hendrix 4 songs,
Miss Lillie Hendrix organist.
A. J. Phagan 2 songs, Charlie
Hendrix organist.
Dewart Brannon 2 songs, R.
W. Echols 2 songs, Charlie Hen
drix organist.
Linton Wallis 2 songs. Miss
Lillie Hendrix organist.
Recess 15 minutes.
The class w as called to order
by President singing 1 song,
Prof. Manuel Pirkle organist.
The President introduced to
the class Prof. Pirkle, who sang
3 songs, C. O. Hendrix organist-
John Webb 2 songs, Prof Pir
lde organist.
G. W. Bagwell 2 songs, C. O.
Hendrix organist. Edwin moore
2 songs, C. O. Hendrix organist.
The books used by the class
was Vaughan’s, Moore’s and
Beasley’s.
The class then dismissed for
one hour and a half for dinner.
The class was then called to
order by the President, who
sang 2 songs in thd Christian
Harmony, J. C. Bagwell organ
ist.
Then was introduced to the
class the following leaders us
ing the Sacred Harp and Chris
tian Harmony. W. M. M.
Reeves 2 songs, J. G. Reeves 2
songs, W. A. Cooper 2 songs,
W. A. Jett 2 songs, Miss lona
Reeves 2 songs, A. H. Perry of
Atlanta 2 songs, C. O. Hendrix
2 songs, M. T. Wallis 2 songs, S.
J. Lindsey 1 song, Noah Reeves
Jr., 2 songs.
Recess for 15 minutes.
Then was again called to or
der by President singing 1 song
using the new- book, C. O. Hen
drix organist.
Linton Wallis 2 songs, C. 0.
Hendrix organist.
George Waldrip 2 songs, C.
O. Hendrix organist.
G. W. Bagwell 2 songs. Miss
Lillie Hendrix organist.
Arthur Williams 2 songs Miss
Lillie Hendrix organist.
Duet by C. O. Hendrix, Miss
Lillie Hendrix organist.
President 1 song, C. O. Hen
drix organist.
Dismissed by J. T. Hendrix.
We believe this was the best
singing that has ever been at
Cumming. Everybody was invi
ted to come back next year.
M. T. Wallis, Pres.
J. E. Boling, Sec’y
Annual Singing at Sharon.
According to adjournment
from annual singing of last
year, the 1917 annual singing
will be the second Sunday in
July, (all day)
Leaders and singers every
where invited to come. We
most especially invite all chick
en raisers to come and bring
the chicken with them.
Troy Buice, Pres.
Geo. W. Buice, Sec’y
If you want a good sewing
machine at a moderate price
call on Edmondson & Pirkle,
they can fit you up.
t In Memory of Edwin Milford.
Edwin Milford departed this
life April 20, 1917, being only
three years and seven months
of age. He was the baby of A.
W. and Dora Milford.
He leaves father and mother,
two brothers and five sisters,
together with many relatives
and friends to mourn his death
Our loss is his eternal gain.
When he was well he sweet
ly sang, “There will be no dark
valley when Jesus comes”.
Though he is away his singing
seems plain to me to-day. While
leaving this world of sorrow his
smiling face showed plainly to
us that the valley was not dark
when Jesus came for him. He
was a bright sweet child and
words cannot express how
much we miss him.
It was sad to know his foot
prints would soon begone from
the field to be seen no more.
His North Georgia friends,
together with new acquaint
ances in South Georgia grieve
for him.
I expect some day to join
with Edwin in heaven and hope
we will meet him bye and bye.
A’ritten by his heart-broken
mother,
Dora Milford,
Montezuma, Ga.
SILVER SHOALS.
As I haven’t seen any dots
from here I will try and write
a few.
Misses Mae and Clarice Mil
wood and Jewell Milwood
spent Saturday in Gainesville.
• Mr. and Mfs. R. A. Kay spent
Sunday with W. M. Turner.
Mr George Driskell of Gaines
ville w r as in this part Sunday
Mr. Ansel Castleberry and
wife spent one night last week
with his sister, Mrs. Bart Mil
wood.
There will be a singing at
Silver Shoals the first Sunday
in July. Profs. Pirkle and Mul
linax and Phagan and several
other good leaders are expect
ed to be there, so everybody
invLed to com i and bring new
books.
Tall.
To My Friends And Customers.
Since opening up mule, bug
gy and wagon business here in
Cumming, Ga., three and one
half years ago it has certainly
been my motto to hand you the
very best mule, buggy and wag
on I could buy for the money.
I have tried out buggies from
several different factories and
experience proves to me that
J. G. Smith buggy of Barnes
ville, Ga., is decidely the best
that I have ever had on my floor
I have sold five cars of these out
and I find that every buggy out
is an advertisement for my bus
iness. *
1 have arranged to have Mr.
Jones, the salesman from whom
I buy Smith buggies to spend
Saturday, July 7th, here and he
wants to talk to every man in
this county if he can about
Smith buggies on that day.
Come to see us if you possibly
can and let us show you the
strong points of the J. G. Smith
buggy.
G. W. Wilbanks.
Notice,
I have just taken in another
pasture and it has got enough
grass for 25 head of cattle. It
is the best pasture I ever saw.
Rates from 25c to 75c per
month.
1
1 W. H. Montgomery
75c per year.