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Forsyth County News Vol. 9. No. 42. LOCAL AND PERSONAL See notice of Tax Collector’s first round in another column. Mr. S. H. Allen was in Mari etta on business Saturday. Mr. J. S. Harrison was in At lanta on business Friday. Mr. T. J. Driggers of Fair burn spent Sunday in town. Col. L. E. Wisdom of Gaines ville was here on busines Sat urday. Quite a number from town attended the Southeastern fair in Atlanta Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Burruss and Rose McAfee spent Wed nesday, in Atlanta. Miss Rose McAfee has return ed from an extended visit to her sister in Carrollton. Miss Madge Brooks has re turned from a visit to her sister Mrs. I. D. Buice, in Suwanee. Mr Be Win Hill is handling i yard stick behind the counter ol Edmondson PUI-10. Mr. L. Edmondson of Atlan-j ta is spending a few days with relatives in town. Mr. Willis Rogers has accept ed a position with the Bank of Cumming., Mr. J. V. (Sport) Merritt of Gainesville spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks. The frost came Saturday morning but we hope it will not ruin the cotton. Mr. R. L. McMillan of Ac worth spent Sunday with Mr. T. J. Pirkle and family. | Mr. J. Lemon Smith of Ac worth spent Sunday with Mr. E. F. Smith and family. Miss Eula Fowler of Gaines ville spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fowler. Your attention is directed to the ad of Mike Wilbanks in this issue. When in need of any thing in his line, call on him. Want a nice Calendar for the coming year? Just come in and pay up and we will give you one See notice on page 3. judge Tidwell is having the roof on the court house repair ed, and it will make things in better shape for the weather. Sheriff Merritt and Mr. J. P. Elliott went to Milledgeville 1 day last week to carry two in mates to the Sanitarium. Henry Hurt has finished mak ing out his tax receipts, and he will be calling on you for tax es in a very few days. Rev. J. W. Gober filled the pulpit at the Baptist church in town Sunday at eleven and at night. Mr. Warren Brannon, who joned the U. S. Army some few weeks ago. spent a few days of the past week with relatives in town. Dr. J. F. Covington and fam ily of Faceville and Mrs. Zilla Hawkins are spending a few days with Mr. Jack Holbrook and family near town. Mr. J. E. Norrel has purchas ed lit shop, land and every thing of Mr. J. T. Lamb ol Mat. Mr. lamb is preparing to move io Scuth Georgia. Sunshine in The home, Power in The Life. Just about two months until Xmas. Shop early. Mr.— Partee of Buford was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. Maynard Mashburn of Nelson is visiting his mother, Mrs. J. B. Mashburn this week. Mr. Mather Smith and fam ily of Coal Mountain, spent Sunday with relatives here. Rev. and Mrs. J. H Mashburn spent the week end with rela tives in town Mr. J. M. Fowler has sold the Ashworth farm to Walter Mar tin, who will move to same. Mr. J. B. Durhm was in At lanta on business a day or two this week. The North Georgia Confer ence wil meet in LaGrange on the 7th day of next month. Not long off. Mr. A. E. Hall of Fitzgerald is visitng relatves in the count/ He called Wednesday and had the paper sent to his address. Misses Ora Rogers and Win nie Seabolt and Mr. Dewey Lips comb were in Gainesville Sun day afternoon. Mr. C. E. Dougherty of rt. 1 presented us with a very fine sweet potato Tuesday. The ta ter weighed six pounds, and we appreciate it very much. School opened again Monday morning with a good attend ance. The scarlet fever scare is over, and we hope the school will prosper. A large number of citizens from here and the county went to Camp Gordon Sunday to see our boys before they are trans ferred to another camp. We are requested to announce that Rev. H. D. Kelley will preach at Pine Grove next Sat urday night, also next Sunday night. Everybody invited to go out and hear him. Mr. John Pilgrim left Tues day for Chamblee where he is to be the Cashier of the recent ly organized bank. John has a host of friends who wish him well in his new field of labor. Mr. D. H. Bagley of near Sharon was in town Saturday. Mr. Bagley has been afflicted for sometime and this was his first trip to Cumming in about five years. We were glad to see him here again. The fourth Quarterly Confer eiv. e, Cumrrrng circuit, will be held at New Hope on Saturday before the 4th Sunday in Octo ber. This is the last Conference of the year, and it is hoped that a'l fhe churches in the circuit v. ill come up with good reports Edmondson & Pirkle have on hand a good lot of nice feathers also a gross of Special Feather Pillows to go at 40c that weigh about 1 3-4 lbs each, guaran teed all new feathers and sani •tary. For Sale. I have for sale a few bushels of choice bearded wheat, and Will sell at J 3.25 per bushel. V. V. Braddy, j Cumming, Ga., route 6. CUMMING, GA., OCTOBER 19TH, 1917. Fair Postpontd until Nov. 6th. On account of an outbreak of scarlet fever in Cumming the County Fair which was to have been held on October 9th was postponed until Nov. 6th, I hope this will not hinder the success of our Fair in any way. The Corn Club Boys will have an opportunity now to have th. ir corn ga lered an', their records compt-i j and attested I want every boy to bring a well selected ten ear exhibit, and record books with them. To the Pig Club members, •keep your pigs growing, clean, nice and in good shape and bring them to the Contest in a good strong slatted crate. The Canning Club Girls can arrange their exhibits as pre viously instructed. The Poultry Club will bring their exhibits, 1 cockerel and 4 pullets in nice clean coops. All Club members are re quired to bring their record books with a complete record of their work, as the records will be used in awarding the prizes. I hope to see all the Club members present on that day. All of the prizes will be award ed. All demonstrators, cooper ators and Forsyth County boost ers are requested to bring out an exhibit of some farm prod uct, live-stock, or mineral, or any mechanical arts. 1 Yours very truly, S. J. Smith, County Agent. Tax Collector’s Ist Round. I will be at the following pla ces on the dates named for the purpose of collecting state and county taxes for the year 1917: Monday, October 22nd. Big Creek, at 10 a. m. Bells, 12 m. Vickery, 1:30 p. m. Ducktown 3 p. m. Settendown 4 p. m. Tuesday, October 23rd. Chattahoochee 10 a. m. Oscarville 11:30 a. m. Chestatee, 1 p. m. Rolands 2 p. m. Coal Mountain, 3 p. m. Barkers, 4 p. m. Hightower, 5 p. m. I will be at Cumming on all public days, and you will find me at my office in the court house. By order of the Comptroller- General interest at the rate of 7 per cent will be charged on state and county tax ndf paid by Dec. 20th. H. L. Hurt, T. C. Notce. All parties owing me note or account please meet them prompt, as my expenses have doubled the last year, aad the ones I owe say they wan\their money. Please don’t wait for me to send after it 3 or 4 times Suppose I waited for you to send after me several times when you wanted my services, would you wait for me to come Do as you wish to be done by, and I will be content. Your Friend & Servant, R. H. Bramblett, M. D. Miss Madaline Beshers. On Monday night at 11:15 o’clock, the angels from the por tals of heaven came and bore the spirit of Miss Madaline Be shers thru the balmy breezes into the Paradise of God. She had been a great suffer er for sometime and her death vvas not unexpected. V 1.-.le tV; j body ol this sweet yc uug lady rests in the shade of the trees in the silent city of the dead in Cumming, her soul has joned the angelic choir on the other side and is singing praises to the God whom she served so fathfully during Hgf short sojourn of 18 years here on earth. The people of Cumming will ever cherish fond memories c 1 this sweet young lady, and ever remember her recitations, and when she would recite you al most could see pictures of hedv en shining in her face. Her body was laid to resjAfe| Cumming cemetery ai ternoon in the presenceo fa con course of sorrowing relatives and friends, the funeral being conducted by Rev. J. W. Gober She will be greatly missed here— She will be gladly welcomed up yonder. New Carrier on Route 8. Mr. L. E. Moore—you all, of course, know Edmund— well, he’s been ’pinted carrier on R. F. D> No. 8, his appointment ar riving Tuesday afternoon. He will enter upon his duties in a a very few days. Walker Heard, who has been carrier on that route ever since it was established, took a no tion that he wanted to educate his children, and as he had a good record in Washington as a rural carrier, the Postmaster General decided to let him do so, and he will move to Cum ming soon and carry route 3. We wish Edmund Moore the greatest success, and know he will give route 8 good service. We welcome Walker Heard and his family to town, and be speak for the patrons of route 3 that they have a good carrier. Gergia, Forsyth County. Notice is hereby given that ap plication for an order to sell a certain Ford automobile, five passenger, motor No. 2080881. license No. 47576, has been fil ed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said Cos. Said automobile being seized upon the public highways of said county, and containing at the time of said seizure, whis key, the sale or possession of which is prohibited by law. This notice is given in accord ance with section 20 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Ga. approved March 28, 1917. W. T. Merritt, Sheriff. If you know ofany one wish ing to attend a good Business College send him or her to the News office, and we’ll save ’em a lot of money. 75c per year. Nov. 4th. Sunday School Day. An official call for Go to Sun day School Day to be observed on November 4th, has been is sued by the International Sun day School Association, repre senting the Sunday school wor kers of all denominations in the United States and Canada. The Governors of the states are issuing proclamations regard ing it. The movement is being promoted by the Georgia Sun day School Association and the various County Sunday School Associations. As both the United States and Canada will share in the ob servance of this day, it is ex pected to result in an increase of between four and five mil lion in the Sunday schools in North America. * The purpose Of the day is to get as many people as possible to attend t he Sunday school of their choic/ on this occasion, WMereSfr'tffem in Sunday school and bible study and gve an op portunity to all who will, to be come regular members of the ! Sunday school. “Everybody in vited, everybody welcome, ev erybody come” is the slogan for Georgia. “Go to Sunday School Day” has been observed in Georgia for several 'years in February, but now that the day has be come a national affair, like Thanksgiving day, it will be ob served annually the first Sun day in November. Go to Gainesville Fair. The little city of Gainesville over in our sister county of Hall gives you a (fordial invitation to come over next week, and take in the North-east Georgia Fair to be held commencing on the 23rd, which is next Tuesday. We hope the people of the county, or at least as many of them as possibly can will take a day or two off and attend. There will be amusements a plenty, and the people of that little city will show you a good time. It will be well worth your time to go and see the exhibits made by the farmers of this sec tion of the state. We say again, go over, see the exhibits and come back with a determination to have a county fair next year that will be an honor to the farmers, an honor to the county and an hon j or to old Georgia. Edmondson & Pirkle never had such a strong line of shoes as II i- season shoes that will g:ve you absolute satiUacti'.n •n every j articular. S-? ■ them before you shoe your family for the winter. It will be to your in terest. OCTOBER 12TH, 1917. Important Notice. All persons due me by note or account please be sure to settle by November lst-not later than the 10th, as 1 expect to move by that date. Dr. W. L. Bennett.