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The Forsyth County News.
Published every Wednesday at Ga.
By J. B. Patterson.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FORSYTH COUNTY.
Entered at the Post Office at Cumming, Ga.,
August 10th, 1910, as mail matter of the second
class.
Advertising rates made known upon application.
Cumming, Ga., August 17th, 1917.
Corn a looking fine, thank you.
August more than half gone. Time’s a
flying. „ x fc.aAft
Rucker and the all-day singers are still having
it up and down.
Not be long until the Tax Collector will be
hunting you up.
Cotton is growing to beat the band, and put
ting on some fruit.
If cotton brings as much as twenty cents a
pound this fall cur farmers will be in the swim.
Forsyth county jail is empty. Verily, we
have a good county.
Two hundred thousand conscripted men will
be ordered to the colors on September Ist.
Davis, anti-prohibitionist was nominated for
governor of Virginia in the primary last Tuesday
The legislature has passed a law making the
road tax one dollar a day instead of fifty cents
as heretofore
Ye editor was forty one years young Wednes
day, the 15th. Haven’t seen a day in four years
that we felt over sixteen.
The serious looks of the yellow legged.friars
indicate that protracted meetings are in full
blast.
Nothing happens this old county will make
two million dollars worth of produce this year,
and we need it, too.
The Neil primary bill, taking the nominations
out of the hands of the Convention, has passed
and is up to the governor for signature.
Although the legislature has been in session
about fifty days, it has done practically noth
ing except pass a few local bills.
A look at the corn fields in this county would
make one think that we have already moved
the corn belt to this county.
“Market Day” held by cities and towns around
us are proving very successful both to the farm
ers and the merchants. Why not have one in
Gumming eveyy now and then. j
Practically every local board in the state has
had to make the second call for men to get their
quota. I l
A member of the legisature has introduced
a bill to have sessions every two years. If
ho would make it twenty five years ithe people
would be wifh him.
The United States department of Agricul
ture has estimated the corn crop for this year
te three billion bushels. Now, fellows, that’s
some corn.
A bill has been introduced in the House of
Representatives to remove the capitol from At
lanta to Macon. This bill will be treated like the
B ft drnk bills which have been introduced.
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One white woman and three negroes were
killed and several injured in an accident during
the Student Officer practise at Kennesaw last
Friday.
The Murray county fight has been settled at
last. The legislature has passed a law abolish
ing the board of County Commissioners in that
county. |
The legislature has appropriated eight mil
lion dollars to pay the expenses of financing the
state of Georgia. That’s about two million
more than the income from taxes. Just a few
more years and we’ll have to call in the boys
who figured the frog out of the well when said
l'rog was jumping up two feet and falling back
three each jump. _4 l_.
Court week’s a coming pretty soon, and John
Doe is on the hike.
The second libery loan will be offered the
public this fall. Buy yourself one.
The United States is a getting ready to do
some big fighting and don’t you forget it.
This old county is the garden spot of the
world, sure’s you born.
Business is brisk in this neck of the woods,
and people are feeling good over the crops.
More automobiles in this old county than
any county of its size in the state. It’s a fact.
Picking cotton now in South Georgia. Wont
be long until we’ll be gathering the fleecy sta
ple here.
Mr. L. H. Hope died at his home in Gaines
ville recently. He moved from this county a
few years ago, and has many relatives here.
The North Georgia watermelon, the most de
licious fruit in the world, is on the market in
plenty.
The police of Atlanta arrested a man the
other day because he was praying for peace,
they thinking him crazy. If ever a man showed
good sense we think this man was.
It will require 18,867 train coaches to trans
fer the drafted men to the different canton
ments, and the railroads are busy making prep
arations for the government in this line.
The kaiser has promised peace in three
months. This reminds us of papers we have
out several years old, which reads “on Nov. Ist,
we promise to pay etc.”
Thomas E. Watson and Major McGregor have
began a test case on the constitutionality of the
draft law. They will get a good fee, and that’s
about all it will amount to at this time.
Cumming will soon be boasting of a large
garage built of brick, and an up-todate new
Methodist church building. Both of these are
a credit to a town of twice the size,
An extra session of the legislature is now the
talk. My, when will the people open their
eyes, and put men in office who have some re
gard for the SState Treasury.
It is rumored that W. J. Harris of the Fed
eral Trade Commission will be in the race for
United States Senator to succedd Hardwick. It’s
beginning to look like a man with a chance to
win is entering the field.
The indictment brought by the grand jury
of Dawson county against Thos. H. Montgomery
for the shpoting of Claude Whidby, has been
transferred to the United States Court in At
lanta.
The Post Office Department in Washington
has revoked the second-cass mailing privilege to
the Jeffersonian and Watson’s Magazine. In
future all copies will have to be wrapped in a
single package and postage paid at the rate
of one cent each.
While we do not set ourselves up as being]
extra smart, yet we do not believe that the
Congress and Senate of the United States, fill
ed as they are with brainy men and lawyers,
would pass a bill that was unconstitutional, es
pecially one that means so much expense to the
government as the draf law.
From The Macon Telegraph.
The American dollar is quoted at 86 cents in
Geneva. We’d like to contract for a hatful or
so at that price.
Mr. Harry G. Hug and Miss Allie B. Kester
were married Monday evening at the home of
the bride. —Terre Haute Tribune.
The Russian ambassador to the United States
says he sees “nothing in the Russian situation
to cause alarm.” Wonder what it takes to make
a Russian ambassador nervous ?
Another thing w-e are willing to deny our
self during the period of this war, and for some
several week3 thereafter, is this ostensible pickle
made from watermelon rind.
Germany, it appears, would like to end the
present war so as to be able to devote her en
tire time to the preparations for another and
bigger one.
Miss Louise says there comes a time in the
life of nearly every girl when she wouldn’t hes
itate to commit murder if it wouldn’t cause so
much talk, and that is when it suddenly dawns
upon her that all her beaux sit up and take
notice when her sixteen-year-old sister shows
up on the scene.
"THE CLOTHES
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Baltimore A Nrw York
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tan; also cravenetted Mohair and Cool-Cloth in plain giay, atso
tans and mixtures , Sizes 34 to 42: regulars, shorts and stouts.
BIG VALUES AT $5.00 TO $ll.OO.
Edmondson & Pirkle,
Cumming, Ga.
PROFESSIONAL CAROS
JARRET P. FOWLER
Attorney-at-Law
GUMMING, GEORGIA
Will Practise in All Courts
Over F & M Bank
DR. J. C. GILSTRAP
Calls Attended Day or Night
Jfhce at W. B. Bagwell Place.
Gumming, Ga., Route 3.
DR. J. L. HARRISON
Dentist
301-302 Jackson Building
Gainesville, Ga.
W. W. PIRKLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Gumming, - Georgia.
Office at Residence. Phone 68
DR. J. ROBERT SIMPSON
Specialist in Diseases of
fhe Eye, Ears, Nose and Throat
102-303-304 Jackson Building,
Gainesville, Ga.
DR. M. F. KELLEY, Dentist,
Cumrning, Ga.
Office in Dougherty Hotel
All Work Guaranteed
O. W.SETTLE
Funeral Director & Embalmer
Norcross, Ga.
Day and Night ’Phone.
Clear Your
Complexion
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Sulphur Compound
For pimples, black-heads, freckles, blotches
and tan. as well as for more serious face, scalp
and body eruptions, hives, eczema, etc., use
this scientific compound of sulphur. Asa lo
tion. it soothes and heals; taken irtcrnally—
a few drops in a tfas* of water it gets at the
root of the trouble and purifies .he blood.
Physicians agree that sulphur is one of the
most effective blood purifiers known. Ke
member. cod complexion isn’t skin deep
- It’s health deep.
Be sure to ask for H \NCOCK SULPHUR
COMPOUND. It has been u-cd with satis
factory results for over 25 years.
50c and $1 the bottle
at your druggist’s. If he can’t supply you.
send Ins name and the price in stamps anJ
we will send you a bottle direct.
HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUR
COMPANY
Baltimore. Ml. ' J _
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{.Utuid Crmfcuud.
Mr. G. W. Hoard hos just re
ceived a car of the famous Kon
lucky bugies and will sell you
me of ‘em at a reasonable price
Rush Wood 1 iff of near Silver
■’ilioals has two cows with young
alves for sale at areasonable
price. Go see him.
I have about twenty thous
md feet of pine lumber from
our to twelve inches wide, all
L inch thick. Will sell on yard
.r deivered. Sec me at once.
M. V. Hawkins, Ileardville, Ga.
YOUNG MAN! TEN DOLLARS WILL CLOTHE
YOU COOLY AND COMEORTABLY HERE!
Until you’ve seen them and tried them on,
you cannot realize how well our ten dollai
summer suits look, fit and feel. They aie tai-l
lored by Schloss Brothers & Company’s ex-\
perts, and in their construction every clever!
new device has been used that would help
them keen their shape and good looks. .The
coats, for instance, have a wide facing ex
tending back to the armhole, which helps pre
serve the face of the tront. They are care
fully tailored ail the way through.
Materials include the genuine Palm
Beach Cloths, in grays and light and dark
FORD UNIVERSAL CAR
A little extra attention to your Ford car, a
little adjusting now and then, will help to keep
it in prime condition and add to its ability to
serve you. Bring you Ford car here. Why
take any chances? Let those who know how,
those who use genuine Ford parts, take care
of your car. To be sure of getting the best
service from your Ford car let skilled Ford men
care for it. Prompt attantion assured. Touring
Car $360, Runabout $345, Sedan $645, Coupelet
$505, Town Car $595 —all f. o. b. Detroit. On
display and for sale by
|STRICELAND & , ttISCCM, Acenls
Forsyth & I talcum Counties.
LIVER DIDN’T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says 65 year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After a Few Dosca cf Black-Draught.
Meadorsville, Ky.—Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age, which is C 5, the liver does
not act so well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach -was all out of
fiz. I was) constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
it took so little to upset me. My ap
petite was gone. I wa3 very weak...
I decided I would give Black-
Draught a thorough trial ns I knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it. I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
Improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with a few
If YOU DON’T TAKEjTiif.NFWS, SUBSCRIBE.
doses of Black-Draught.”
Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford’s Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member, of every family, at times,
need the help that Black-Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them, that way.
Try Black-Draught. It acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
2!ic. a package—One cent a dose
All druggists. J. 69