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Pljb... : an ted -Mules. suns si"' y< ’ E. L. Tatum will be in Gumming Friday and Saturday, August 3rd and 4th to buy mules and horses, and will he ~v anything that is sound from a ten to the best that grows. will not promise to pay a high for your stuff but will say I am in , j*OT/tion to pay as much spot cash as any one. I will pay a fair price for some heavy, good aged, mules that I netd for the South Georgia trade. E. L. TATUM. ROUTE 3. Several from around here at tended the Union Meeting at easant View. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Hutchins pent Tuesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Rogers. Mr. Gladston Green and wife - Tuesday with Mr. Bill tt and family. .1. W. Phipps and daugh lie and Ora, spent Tues noon with Miss Marie ' t ing Mrs. Florence Wednesday were, Green, Lura and een. e Gravitt spent Wed vvith her mother, Mrs. 'arker. na Green and licle Dor t Monday with Mrs. n. Jc Whorter spent - Xiternon with Mrs. .xc Whorter. Drewcll Bennett visit- A. J. Green Thursday. Odell Mullinax is visit iijr mother, Mrs. J. A. Day. Mrs. Lizzie Green and little T '*urell, spent Sunday af with Mrs. Guthrie. • adston Green and wife y with Mr. J. W. Fa *®fflP|thel Day and Mrs. Ex vitt spent Saturday with •* A. Barker. Jamie Green and child t Saturday afternoon at . Green’s. dary Cross spent Satur- with Miss Marie Hut * liss Annie Phipps spent Sat day night with Miss Rozie -je McClain. Those visiting at A J Greens riday afternoon were, Preston 'een and wife and Bill Ben a*-tt and wife. in Mr. Vester Given and wife ?. fient last week with her broth er near Gainesville. Two Pets. BEAVER RUIN. A nice rain fell Thursday night which was badly needed. Master Boney Overby of Bu ford is visiting Mrs. W. J. Ben nett. Misses Ruth Johnson and Dai sy Lee Wheeler visited Irene and Warneta Shadburn 1 day last week. Ray Hamby spent Friday niKht with Alton Wheeler. Mrs. C. O. Wheeler spent one evening last week with Mrs. Ma ry McGee. Misses Lena and Tesie Dover visited their sister, Mrs. Clura Bruce last Thursday. Mrs. Louie Smith an dsister spent Friday afternoon with Ho mer Smith and family. Mrs. W. J. Bennett spent one evening last week at Mr. C. O. Wheeler’s. Mrs. Clura Bruce and two children, and Miss Ruby Bruce visited at Mr. L. B. Dover’s one night last week. We are sorry to say Miss Az ilee Smith is on the sick list,but hope she will soon recover. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith vis ited Mr. A. M. Henderson one night last week. Those visiting at Mr. Thomp son Hamby’s Sunday were, Mr Mather Smith and family, Mr. Brown Smith and 11 arisen Tur ner. Thought 1 could vfrite up two Weddings right soon but meat and (Hour have gone so high 1 think they have postponed it. PEA RIDGE. Rev. Roper filled his*- regular appointment at Brookwond Sat lay and Sunday. / Most everybody from here at tended the singing at Cross Plains Sunday, and reported a good time, and of course that is what most of us go for, not so much for the good but to see the new styles. My claim for exemption is that my mother didn’t raise me for a soldier, and she always used a brush broom on me for fighting and I don’t believe in it. Paw, did your mother raise you for a soldier. If she had used the brush broom as mucr as mine did your decision would have been different. Mr. J. C. Bagwell and family spent Sunday night at Mr. P. W. Green’s Mr C. T. Green and family spent Sunday with Mr. O. M. Bagley and family. Miss Mattie Comer visited Miss Flora Allen Sunday. There will be a Bible Study at Brookwood every Sunday morning at 9 o’clock. The chapter for next Sunday is John Ist. Mr. M. W. Braswell reports a “tater pie”, and gives a recipe for making. Three tater roots cut line, one hand full or vines, one teaspoonful of sugar, if U have it, one ounce Tanlac for flavoring, one quart cf water, one to roll the crust very thin, and after eating if you feel an attack of appendicitis call your doctor at once. Miss Ermine Garner arrived Sunday to take charge of her school. We wish her much sue cess. Pat. STAR ROUTE. We sure did have a good rain Thursday night. Mr. Luke Wood and wife and baby spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. Warren Wood’s. Mr. Preston Green and wife and son, Willard, spent Satur day night and Sunday with Mr. T. B. Fowler. Mr. Issoe Samples spent Fri day in Atlanta on business. Rev. Buice from Atlanta spent Sunday at Mr. J. W. Pru itt’s. Mr. DeWitt Fowler, and wife and baby, spent Wednesday at Mr. T. G. Smith’s. Mrs. Warren Wood spent the afternoon with Mrs. J. L. Bar nes Tuesday. Mr. J. L. Barns and wife at tended the Union Meeting at Pleasant View Saturday and re ported a good meeting. I wonder if old “Hill Billy” had a good time at the Union meeting. Master Crawford Hansard and brother spent Sunday after noon with Master C W Fowler. Mr. Arthur Herring and wife spent Saturday night and Sun day with Mr. M. L. Echols and family. Has “Hill Billy” got where he can make up corn bread like the old folks did? Mrs. 11. G. Boden and child ren spent Monday afternoon at Mr. T. B. Fowler’s. Mr. A. S. Samples and wife spent Tuesday night at Mr B. J. Bagley’s. Daddy. L.ONGSTREET Yes, we had that shower we have been looking for. Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Poole of Holly Springs visited at Mr. W Y. Poole’s Sunday, Mrs. Poole going home with them for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Wright of Ros well visited at Mr. John Dins more’s one night last week. Mr. Ton olbrook and3? Tg ilv visited x Mr. Jc 1 " 1 S*'* f ivy* k t. .'• Mrs. Cora Stone and little 3on, J. G., of Atlanta are spend ing a few days with relatives around Longtsreet. Mr. Bobbie Dickerson and broter, Clint, visited their un cle M Alonzo McClain near Ros well Saturday night and Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Luster Holbrook and Miss Rosie Holbrok spent Thursday night at Mr. John Til lerson’s. Misses Fannie Hall and Mae Phillips were guests of the Miss t-8 Boling Sunday. Mr. H. L. Wills and family spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs T. R. Poole Mr Tarpley Lummus and sis ter, Lula, visited at Mr. H. F. Phillips Saturday night. Mrs. J. S Hall and little son, Frank, are in Atlanta for a few days. Messrs Carl Bettis and E. L. Brannon attended the Union Meeting at Pleasant View Fri day. Charlotte. MT. PISGAH. Well the farmers in this part have got a smile on their face, saying, we sure did have a good rain, didn’t we? Sunday school at this place was well attended, and sure did have a good Sunday school. As next Sunday is regular meeting day Sunday school will be at 9 o’clock. We are glad to say that the sick in this part are improving We hope they will soon be out again. Mr. C. B. Fowler an dwife spent one night last week at Mr. A. M. Fowler’s. Those visiting at Mr. Golden Price’s were, Mr. W. M. Fowl er and wife, Mrs. Bell Fowler, Mrs. Minor Fowler and Mrs. Theron Hawkins. Those visiting at Mr. Claude Fowler’s Sunday were, Mr. T. M. Fowler and family, and Mr. T. J Sosebee and family Mr. J. B. Hawkins and fami ly were visitors at Mr. J W. Hawkins’ Sunday. Bob White. CUBA. We had a real nice rain last Thursday night. Crops are looking good. Mrs. Boh Williams is sick at present. Hope soon be well. Rev. J. M. Anderson is not improving very fast. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hagood spent the week-end with rela tives at Frogtown. Misses Nettie Howard and Maggie Lindsey visited Mrs. B. Williams Thursday evening. Mr. Silas Evans and family spent Saturday night at Mr. Bob Williams’ I mean to try to be present on Saturday before the third Sunday at the correspondents meeting. Quite a crowd of our boys are at work for Uncle Sam at Chamblee. Mr. Bud Groove* arc family visited here Friday. School began here Monday. Several from here atended the Union Meeting at Pleasant View. Mrs. Linton Redd and child ren are spending awhile with relatives in Milton county. Hazel. MIDWAY. Rev. Couch filled hi sregular appointment at Midway Sun day. School will begin at Midway this (Monday) morning. Among those that visited at Mrs. Mary Boling’s Sunday p. m. were, Misses Fannie Hall, Mae Phillips, Gertrude Ham mond, Lillie Hendrix, Messrs O tis Hammond and Henry Har den. We are sorry to say that Mr. Miles Lance has fever. Hope he will soon be up again. A nice little rain, which was very much needed, fell here Thursday night. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Mr. Mike Chatham and fam ily of Atlanta visited Mr. E. L. Brannon and family Saturday night. Yes, I’ll try to he at the next correspondents’ meeting. J. E. B. CORINTH. Well, we will begin this time by quoting some scripture that I think will be helpfpl to all who loves the word of God. See Ist Peter, 4: 17-18, and there we find these words, “For the time has come that judgment must begin * ■ jseo%God i'Si' with us what ’ the with those that > gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely he saved, where shall the un godly and sinner appear. i think it is all right and I would like to see a verse of scripture in every one’s dots. 1 know a few coresepondents thal are good Sunday school workers. We ought to tell each other how we are getting along with our Sunday school work, and it would help to encourage oth ers and that is what we want to do. We can make the County News the best paper in this country if we will. The writer had the pleasure of attending the Union Meet ing at Pleasant View and cer tainly did enjoy himself. Well, the prayer meeting at Corinth is just getting better all the time. That is right we ought to always try to build up and not tare down when it is a good thing, but if it is an evil thing, then we ought to do like our good Sheriff is doing, tare down these evil things that are ruining our young men. I will just say, hurrah for our Sheriff and his deputies, you are doing your duty well. The school at Roanoke start ed this morning. Hope that all will be satisfied and will do their duty in the school: The committee will announce the program l’or our next meet ing soon. Hope that all the cor respondents will be present at our next meeting. Let us all remember the time for our protracted meeting at Corinth and be ready for it. A Subscriber ROUTE 6 Mr. Harmon Edmondson and mother spent Thursday with relatives on route 6. Mr. Thurlow Hansard of Pit man was a recent visitor to rel atives here. Mrs. Hattie Wolfe spent the latter part of the week on route 6. Mrs. H. C. Williams is report ed on the sick list this week. Mrs. Lucy Dover and daugh ter, Miss Lena, visited relatives near Friendship Sunday. Mr. Q. R. Williams visited relatives near Frogtown Satur day. Zip. FRIENDSHIP. Most everybody from around here went to Pleasant Grove Sunday, and reported a fine time and a good singing. Those visiting Mrs. J. W. Ed wards Tuesday evening were, Mrs. S. J. Lindsey, Mrs. W. P. Stephens, and Miss Lillian Bramblett. Mr. Robert Roper, wife and baby of near Holly Springs spent the week-end with rela tives in this part. Several from this part attend ed the music at Mr. A. J. Sams’ Saturday night. The ice cream supper given by Arthur Tollison Friday night seemed to be enjoyed by all. Mr. Virgil Kemp and family spent Saturday night with Mrs. L. M. Stapp. Misses Mae and Alyce Roper spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Blanche Tallant. Mrs. Myrtie Redd and Mrs. Vera Sewell and children spent Saturday at Mr. T. L. Redd’s. Mr. W. P. Stephens left Sat urday for Atlanta. A Reader. MEMORIAM It is with the deepets regret that we announce the death of our dearly beloved Jerry M. Martin, who departed this life January 19th, 1917. Bro. Martin was a faithful member of Mt. Zion lodge No. 316, F. & A. M., as long as he was able to attend. He was much loved by all his brethren and all who knew him. He believed that all men are brothers and he lived a life of such proving his belief. Therefore, be it resolved Ist. In Bro. Martin’s death we have lost a faithful Ero. 2nd. Our loss is his eternal gain. 3rd. We bow in submission to the Divine Will fo the great Architect of the Universe. J. B. Driskell, E. C. Johnson, Carl Couch, Committee. Notice All persons are warned not to hire, feed or harbor myson, Will Day, who is under twenty one years of age. He is hired for the present to Richard Bar rett, and all other persons are warned not to hinder him in •tmy way. This July 3rd, 1917. ’•V -m. Mat Day. Attention! Uncle Sam needs thousands of stenographers, typewrituts end clerks at Wash ngton and in other cities throughout the country. ..Salaries range from S9OO to SI2OO per year, for either men or women. You can do your part to help win the War by preparing to work in one of the government’s thousands of offices. We can train you for Civil Service examinations which are given weekly in Atlanta. The Busness World is almost begging* for trained office help. Business men are offering large salaries to competent stenographers and typewritists. The demand will be much greater irj the early fall. Now is the time for you to begin your training. You can learn our easy system of shorthand in Bto 12 weeks. Hundreds of students have mastered the course in two months and were prepared to fill responsible positions. ..You can do as well as they have done We need 100 students to prepare for positions that will be open in September. In order to se cure this number, we are offering a Special Sum mer Course at a greatly reduced rate of tuition. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity- It will cost you nothing to investigate. Fill out and return the coupon below and we will tell you something that will interest you. Address, i-j. Bagwell Business College. 34 Luckie St., Atlanta, Ga. *■ Fill out and return this coupon to-day. * Bagwell Business College. 34 Luckie St., Dept. F—C. Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: I am interested in your Special Summer Course and desire to know what it would cost me. Please give full particulars. I desire to learn Shorthand-Typewriting, Bookkeeping- Penmanship. (Please underscore which you de sire). Age Name Date Address STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE lank of (Huntmino t y i I Located at Cumming, Ga., At the close of Business June 20, 1917. Resources. Liabilities. Demand Loans 602 51 Capital Stock Paid In, 25 000 00 I Time lajans 112 097 71 Surplus Fund, l 5 000 00^ Overdraft®, Bccured 8617 10 Undivided Profits, less Current I Overdrafts, unsecured 561 32 Expenses, and Taxes Paid, 1 117 59 1 Banking House, 6 500 00 Individual Deposits subject I Furniture and Fixtures, 2 006 09 to Check 23 880 3 7 4 Other real estate 2 575 00 Time Certificates 60 083 26 Due from Banks and Bank- Bills Payable, including Time ers in this State, 5 ICO 71 Certificates representing Bpr- Due from Banks and Bank- rowed Money 25 000 oQ^< ers in other States, 264 63 -t' r* Currency, 154 00 j Gold, 435 00 / Silver, Nickels, etc. 6)0 25 . Cash Items, 398 00 V Clearing House <. J Total 140 081 22 Total 140 081 22' STATE OF GEORGIA—COUNTY OF FORSYTH. Before me came S. H, Allen, Cashier of Bank of Cumming, who being; duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition ob said Bank as shown by the books of file in said Bank. S. H. ALLEN, Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 28th day of June, 1916 r 'lfejf K. A. Kemp, C. N. P Forsyth Co i> ,^>“ STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE J* jFanwra Sc Mmljants lank Located at Cumming, Ga., At The Close of Business June, 20, 1917. Resources .. . ..... Liabilities Demand Loans 4 500 00 Time Loans 181 675 67 Capital Stock Paid In 25 Ot Overdrafts secured 1 400 00 Surplus Fund, 11 Overdrafts unsecured 1 654 45 Undivided Profits, less Cur- m Banking House 6 500 00 rent Expenses, Taxes Paid * f Furniture and fixtures 2 00>' 00 Hue Unpaid Dividends Due from Banks and Bank- individual Deposits subject era in this State 9 153 94 to Check j Due from Banks and Bank- Time Certificates m crs in other States 4 277 46 14iH Payable -- •. Currency 1 300 00 Gold 5 00 < Silver, Nickels, etc. 466 19 cash Items 150 32 Advances on Cotton 323 23 )j Revenue Stamps 114 10 Z' TOTAL 213 550 36 TOTAL F STATE OF GEORGIA, FORSYTH COUNTY. % Before me came M. W. WEBB, Cashier, of Farmers & I who beirg duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing staißunk condition of said Bank, as shown by the files in said Bank. j rue M sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2nd day of July, 191 OLEN N. MERRU