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Vol. 9. No. 39.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. V. W. Dougherty was in
Atlanta on business Friday.
Rev. F. T. Willf filled his ap
pointment at Norcross Sunday.
Local news is rather scarce
this week.
See the ad of Folsom Hotel in
another column.
Mr D. W. Lochamy of Double
Run, Ga., is visiting relatives
pear Haw Creek.
Mr. C. T. Kemp is visiting his
daughter Mrs. O. W. Settle, in 1
Norcross.
Three head of, cattle for sale
Call on Sam McGee, Cumming,
Ga., route 5.
Cols. H. L. Patterson and C.
L. Harris had business in Atlan
ta Saturday. j
Miss Vivian Shirley, one of
our teachers, spent the week
end with her parents at Ocee.
Miss Stella Douglas spent the
week-end with her parents in
Norcross.
'•““•Mi-ss Addie Rhodes has been
spending several day with rel
atives in town.
Misses Leoa and Grace Latt
n<r left Saturday f. r Chattanoo
ga where they will teach"school
Dr. W. W. Pirkle made a
professional trip to Atlanta Fri
day.
Mr. James Poole and sons of
near Buford spent Saturday
flight with his brothers here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Puett
spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends at Norcross.
Mrs. T. P. Burruess and child
ren visited her parents at New
ftope '*• bo first of the wectk.
Mr. G. L. Heard and family
spent Sunday with relatives at
Chamblee.
Some from Cumming attend
ed the singing at Friendship
Sunday and report a nice time.
Dr. Marcus Mashburn, and
Messrs Roy Otwell and Vincent
Merritt were in the Gate City
Tuesday.
There was no preaching at
the church here Sunday. Rev.
Gober went to New Hope to
fill an appointment.
Misses Mae and Cynthia
Reid of route 6 spent Tuesday
night with Mr. V. W. Dougher
ty and family.
Quite a number more of the
boys were examined last week
for military service. The coun
ty has secured its quota and a
bout ten more.
We understand that Mr. P. D
Brown will become a citizen of
Cumming in a short while, and
will live at the Groover place.
We welcome him and his fam
ily to the city.
Henry Hurt will begin this
week to make out his tax re
ceipts. He will give the boys
a “popcall” soon, and will be af
ter you to grease his hands to
help pay the expenses of the
state and county.
Rev. J. W. Gober will preach
at the Baptist church in town
Sunday. The meeting will be
protracted for a few days, and
the pastor will be assisted by
Rev. A. A. Sullivan. Everybo'dy
invited to come out and take a
part in the meeting.
Mr. Warren Wood was in
town the other day and when
asked if he thought he would
make one thousand bushels of
corn replied, “Why if nothing
happens I’ll make about two
thousand bushels.” That’s pret
ty good corn crop.
Mr. Clyde McClure of Toccoa
was here for a short while last
Thursday, shaking hands with
his many friends. He had the
misfortune to lose his good -wife
a few weeks ago, and the peo
ple sympathize with him in his
misfortune.
The Forsyth County News
Mr. F. G. Roberts of Cordele
was here the first of the week.
Mr. J. T. Blackstone was at
Camp Gordon Wednesday.
Mr. D. B. Vernon and family
are visiting relatives in Atlanta. 1
Several from town went to
i
Camp Gordon Sunday on a
pleasure trip.
Mrs. D. B. Vernon and child
ren have been spending some-j
time in Atlanta visiting relatives
There was a larg crowd in
town'Thursday to see the sold-J
ier boys leave for the camp. I
I Any one who has a good en
gine and saw mill to sell, please
call on H. W. Tollison, route 2 j
For thoropgh bred Bershire
pigs call on E. J. McGinnus, Al
pharetta, Ga., route 1.
Strickland & Wisdom will
pay to the ladies only five cents
a pound for cotton rags.
Forty per cent more of the
boys are expected to report at
Camp Gordon about the third
of October. _ I
Mrs. Marcus Mashburn is
sick at the home of her mother,
Mrs. H. H. Summerour of War
saw.. We hope she will soon
be out again.
Read the new ad of Strick
land & Wisdom ir this issue.
If you expect to buy a Ford car
you had better get busy and
place your order now.
Mr. Jess Norrell carried a
truck load of cattle to Atlanta
last week. The load weighed
3300 pounds, carried by Smih
Harrison’s truck, and was said
to the biggest load of cattle
ever carried to the ciy.
The ladies of the Baptist
church are requested to meet at
the school house Sunday morn
ing at eleven o’clock. Mrs. Mc-
Ever of Gainesville and Miss
Evie Campbell of Atlanta will
address the ladies on the miss
ionary work.
The Hiram P. Bell Camp,
United Confederate Veterans,
have a cordial invitation to at
tend the annual reunion of the
old vets at Thomasville. We
trust some of them will go down
and see their old comrades of
the sixties and have a good
time.
Cumming’s First Bale
The first bale of cotton
brought to Cumming market
this season came Wednesday,
and was raised by Ed Samples,
up on Ben Fowler’s place.
George Merritt bought this
bale, paying 25 cents per pound
for same.
It’ll not be too long until the
farmers will be bringing the
fleecy saple in to the market,
and we trust that the price will
stay high and every one enjoy
a season of genuine prosperity.
Union Singing No. 2.
Will meet with Liberty church
(Dawson county) the sth Sun
in Sept. 1917. Everybody come
out and bring your song books
and well-filled baskets.
E. G. Chambers, Pres
Hubert Patterson, Secy.
Street Notice.
All those who have not paid
their 1917 street tax will pleasb
report to Clerk by Oct. Ist, and
pay or be prepared to work Oct.
3rd. s I
Marcus Mashburn, Mayor
Claude Groover, Clerk.
We are requested to announ
ce that there will be an all day
singing at Ebenezer the fifth
Sunday in this month. Every
body is invited to come and
have one more good singing be
Tore cold weather gets here.
Sunshine InThe Home, Power in The Life.
SCHOOL FAIR
The following is a list of
prizes to be awarded:
Literary
Ist prize. Best Essay by
I child between the ages of 6
to 18 SI.OO
I 2nd Prize .50
Best Declamation 6 to 18 years
Ist Prize SI.OO
2nd Prize .50
Greatest number of words in
written contest of 25 words
from Swinton’s Wordbook
Ist Prize SI.OO
Manual Arts
Ist Prize Best crooked ax
handle SI.OO
2nd Prize .50
Best Claw Hammer
Ist Prize .50
2nd Prize .25
Best Feed Basket
Ist Prize .50
2nd Prize .25
Free Hand Drawing
Ist Prize SI.OO
2nd prize .50
Domestic Science
Ist Prize Best butter milk
biscuit, .50
Ist Prize Best plain cake .50
Best pint can of apples
preserves .50
Best pint can of apples
jelly .50
Domestic Art
Nicest made cook apron and
cap by girl between the ages of
8 to 14.
Ist Prize SI.OO
2nd Prizes .50
Nicest Crochet Pieces
Ist Prizes SI.OO
2nd Prizes .50
Nicest half dozen handkpr
* . . *■ ' ' * * 7 *“~~
chiefs finished with tatting
and crochet
Ist Prize .50
2nd Prize .25
Best bird house .50
Best School Display
Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.50
Boys’ Corn Club
Capital prize for best mark
on yield, profit, history and ex
hibit.
Two scholarship to South
eastern fair SIO.OO
Best Yield
Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.00
Profit
Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.50
Best 10 Ear Exhibit
Ist prize $3.00
! 2nd Prize $2.00
Best History
| Ist Prize $3.00
2nd Prize $2.00
Girls Tomato Club
Best Yield
, Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.50
Profit
, Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.50
Exhibit
Ist Prize $3.00
2nd Prize $2.00
History
Ist Prize $3.00
2nd Prize $2.00
Capital Prize for best history
profit, and exhibit of pig
One scholarship to South
eastern fair $5.00
Profit
Ist Prize $5.00
2nd Prize $2.50
History
Ist Prize $3.00
2nd Prize $2.00
Poultry
Best Chickens
Ist Prize $3.00
2nd Prize $2.00
This contest and fair will be
held at the Court house and
park in Cumming on October
9th, 1917. Everybody who is
interested is invited to come
and bring an exhibit f the best
CUMMING, GA., SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1917.
Change in Boys for Camp
Last Thursday morning after
we had gone to press, an order
came to the local board from
the district board, changing the
personnel of those to be sent to
Camp Gordon.
The following were certified
by the board and carried to the
Camp for training:-
Rufus Bryant,
Candler B. HfwlCns
Geo. B. Goolsby
Rufus H. G. Disspain
Emmett G. Hamby
John Henry Blanton
Edward H. Martin
Robert Lee Callahan
James F. Bovd
Homer Virgil Tatum
Bryant E. Nfcckolls
Marcus L. Holbrook
Clarence A. Bennett
Otis R. Mashburn
Lynn Bryant
John W. Tallant
Henry J. Millwood .
Buell Roper
Minor A. Bennett
Jesse Erwin Robbs
The following were notified
but failed to show up for the
trip:- . ,
Boyd James
Waiter Lee Floyd
Stone Rice ?
Richard L. V allace
Wiley Turner
The ladies >f the town gave
a delightful dinner in the grove
at the residence of Col. C. L.
Harris, which was very much
enjoyed by the boys-who were
leaving for training. Speeches
were made hr Cols. H. L. Pat
terson „jnd • r Xi Harris, which
was well
We wish , riooys God speed
in their traimjhg.
Cummkjg Cemetery
Friends, have you took a look
over at the silent city of the
dead in Cumming lately? If
you have, you know without us
going to the trouble of telling
you, that this cemetery needs
cleaning off and put in nice
shape. . I
Friday and Saturday of next
week has been designated as
the date for doing this work.]
All who wish to contribute can
send the amount they wish to
give to Claude Groover. Or, if
you do not wish to make a do
nation meet them on the dates
named above and help beautify
this city of the dead.
Card of Thanks
We w ish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their kind
ness shown us during the sick
ness and death of our darling
baby.
We feel that all was done
that willing hands could do.
We thank Dr. Otwell for his
faithfulness. We pray that the
good Lord will comfort you all
is the prayer of
Seed Wheat.
I have about 75 bushels of
seed w-heat for sale at $3.25 per
bushel.
T. L. Brannon.
you have in the line of corn,
sorghum, sweet and irish po
tatoes, pumpkins, hogs, cattle,
chickens and other products
you may wish to exhibit.
Committee on arranging the
displays are as follows:
Misses Julia Merritt Floy Hill
Bell Hughes, Vivian Shirley,
Edna Henderson and Stella
Douglas: Messrs T. W. Seabolt
S. J. Smith, Q. R. Williams,
Carl Couch and Jesse Bales.
Respectfully,
Jesse Bales, Pres.
S. J. Smith County Agt.
A. C. Kennemore Supt.
Sow. Wheat and Oats
The farmers of Forsyth coun
ty have responded patriotically
to the call for War bread. I
think we will be able to feed
ourselves.
I The government now*calls on
us to double our acreage in
wheat. This we can easily do
to our advantage both in soil
building and keeping the cotton
money at home. It’s true that
seed wheat is high and scarce,
but I t,hink we have about
wheat enough in our County to
sow the necessary acreage and
I think it is best to buy seed that
has been tried in this section.
See your neighbor who has seed
and buy from him. This is no
time for experimenting on new
seed. If possible select land
that has a legume crop on it.
And prepare a fine seed bed if
you have stable manure use 2 or
3 tons per acre and 200 to 400
lbs. of Acid Phosphate, 3 pks.
of clean wheat will be sufficient
for an acre if put in with a drill
If the land is old red land it will
pay you to use 1000 lbs. of lime
per acre. The wheat should be
treated with formaldehyde for
smut. Use 1 pound of formal
dehyde to 40 gallons of water.
All of the Corn Club Boys
should join the wheat club and
sow their corn acres in wheat,
for this would get you started
in the proper rotation for suc
cessful farming. Those who
join will receive special insruc
tions and Bulletins on growing
wheat. The proper time for
sowing is from Oct. 15 to Nov.
loth.
i Oats shoulcPbe so\Cn from
Oct. Ist, to Nov. Ist, on a well
prepared seed bed. Sow Rust
Proof varieties in open furrows
about 16 inches apart 2 bushels
per acre, and fertilize with
Acid Phosphate 200 to 400 lbs.
per acre.
Seed is high bue we can get
them if we are willing to pay
the price. Growing them will
make them cheaper. There is
no better feed for work stock.
Yours truly,
S. J. Smith, County Agent.
F'rom Agricultural Department
Atlanta, Sept.— (Special)
“In comparison with the price
of wheat and some other prod
ucts, cotton today is worth and
should be selling around 31
censapound”. Such is the em
phatic view of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture,, as ex
pressed by Commissioner J. J.
Brown.
When cotton went down to 1
20 cents the other day, for no
apparent good reason, Director
L. B. Jackson, of the State Mar
ket Bureau, with the endorse
ment of Commissioner Brown,
urged all farmers to hold fast to
their cotton. Evidently, his ad
vice was heeded, as within a
few days it went up about $5.00
a bale and showed a much
stronger market tendency.
j “Cotton is going right back to
; 25 cents and even higher”. Com
missioner Brown said. “It is on
ly a question of holding a little
bit. There is not anywhere
near enough cotton to meet the
, world’s needs.
The Government estimate of
1,900,000 bales for Georgia is
much too large. I have been all
over Georgia, and I am satis
fied this state will not make
much more than 1,500,000
bales, and not over 1,750,000 at
the outside. We are not going
to have over a 12,000,000 bale
crop in the entire South, and
the world needs and can use
20,000,000 bales.
BRANDYWINE
Who is who in your commun
ity?
Rain is much needed here at
the present.
Did you attend Sunday school
last Sunday? Can you tell God
you are trying your best to lead
your children to him and then
not carry them to Sunday school
Some of the boys are still
working at Camp Gordon but
some have quit to gather their
crops.
Did you ever notice that the
boys who give the most trouble
in the world are, as a rule, those
who take no active part in Sun
day school?
Mr. and Mrs. Mixon Monroe
have the sympathy of a host of
friends in the death of their lit
le darling, Grace, who died Sun
day morning and was interred
at Ebenezer, six miles from
Cumming.
Brandywine has furnished
her portion of the comfort bags
for the soldiers and are going
to give them to our boys as they
are called.
Mr. Henry Stone and family
of Atlanta spent the week-end
with relatives here.
Mrs. S. L. Bales is on an ex
tended visit to relatives at Sil
ver City this week.
Cotton at 24 cents per pound
will not buy much meat at 33
cents per pound.
How many Daniels have we
in our coynty? If you knew
that you would be cast into a
den of lions if you prayed to
God would you pray?
What is a newspaper? Can
you answer? * Wfe as ‘ corres
ponents should get a good def
finition for this and then let our
writing conform to that writing
The boys carried old John
Barley corn to Camp Gordon
one time too many. Gentlemen
you should not have begun that
practice and you would not
have got in to trouble. I regret
very much that they did not get
all the folks who have been car
rying it there. Is money the
root of all evil? When a man
can make from six to ten dollars
on one gallon of whiskey it is
very tempting but then we
should remember that when we
violate the law we must suffer
the penalty.
Paw.
MULES WANTED
If you have a mule for sale
thats sound and will weigh 800
to 1200 pounds and from 3 to
12 years oid I want to buy it,
and I believe I am in a position
to pay as much spot cash for
them as any one.
I also have a few mules that
are too small for the war trade
to sell that is worth the change
1 also carry a full line of Barnes
ville buggies, the best on the
market regardless of price, also
a big line of buggy harness,
wagon collars, bridles, check
lines.
Yours for more and better
business,
G. W. Wilbanks.
All Day Singing.
There will be an all-day sing
ing at Union Hill the sth Sun
day in September. All good
singers are invited to come and
bring your song books, Chris
tian Harmony and New books:
Also well-filled baskets,
W. S. Webb, Pres.
J. M. Boling, Sec’y
“We are on the verge of a
cotton famine. Farmers, hold
your cotton, and it will not be
long before you appreciate the
value of this advice.”
75c per year.
Tax Levy for 1917.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
Court of Ordinary, sitting for
County Purposes.
It. is hereby ordered that (70c)
seventy cents on the one hund
red dollars of taxable proper
ty of said county as per Digest
for the year 1017, be and the
soune is hereby levied for coun
ty purposes for the year 1017,
viz :-
To pay jurors, bailiffs, sten
ographer, 08c
lon the SIOO.
Sheriff and nonresident
witnesses 06c
on the SIOO.
Support of paupers 03c
on the SIOO.
Books and stationery 01c
on the SIOO.
Other lawful claims 12c
on the SIOO.
Public bldgs and bridges 40c
on the SIOO.
Total 70c
on the SIOO.
It is further ordered that the
Tax Collector collect said a
mount and pay the same over
to the County Treasurer for
county purposes as aforesaid.
It is further ordered that the
Tax Collector of said county
collect the sum of fifty cents on
the ($100) one hundred dollars
of the-taxable property of Cum
ming Public School District a*
shown by the tax digest of said
district for the year 1917, as
levied by the board,of trustees
of said school and the County
School Commissioner of said
county, and pay the same over
to the Treasurer of the Board
of Tifrstces of
School.
It is further ordered that the
Tax Collector of said county col
lect the sum of 20c on the one
hundred dollars of taxable pro
perty of Mayfield Public school
district as shown by the tax di
gest of said district for the year
1017. as levied by the Treasur
er of (he Board of Trustees of
slid district, and the County
School Commissioner of said
county, and pay the same over
to the Treasurer of the Board
of Trustees of said school dis
trict. This Sept. 10, 1917.
W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary
From Recruiting Officer.
“The Officer In Charge of the
Navv Recruiting Station, Allan
ta, da., states that the Navy has
about secured its full quota of
enlisted personnel, and it is very
likely that in the near future
he will receive instructions from
the Navy Department that only
skilled men will be enlisted. He
says that young men who have
a preference for Naval Service,
should come and enlist immed
iately before the office closes
down. At present th< ratings
in which young men can enlist
are Apprentice Seamen, Fire
men, Musicians, Machinists,
Cooks, bakers, radio operators,
'coppersmiths, and seamen. Ap-
plicants should write or apply
to Recruiting Stations for fur
ther information with a view
of taking advantage of the op
portunities offered, before it is
too late.
Thanking you in advance,
-. i.l as< : ng you : Navy De
partment : opreciato . and infor
mation you may be able to give
ihc younp reen of your common
it'y through your paper, etc. re
lative to the Navy, I am,
Very truly yours,
Fo r Sale, or will trade for
smaller car, late model, five pas
senger, six cylinder automobile
Looks good—runs better. Ap
| ply at this office.