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The forsyth County News
Published every Wednesday at
Cummin#, Ga. by J B Patterson
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One year 75c
Six months 50c
Three months 30c
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Official Organ forayth Cc
Cumming, Ga., Oct. 19, 1917.
Cotton about 28c a pound.
A bale and the seed worth
nearly S2OO, is pretty good.
Have you sowed you a little
wheat patch yet?
Beautiful weather for farm
work, isn‘t it?
Peas bringing a good price
up towards $3.00 a bushel.
A wave of prosperity is just
over the hill.
If cotton were to drop to 15c
the farmers would be ruint.
We don’t care if cotton goes
to 50c a pound.
Gainesville is fixing to enter
tain you next week. Go over.
Good old watermelons are
about all gone.
We want to collect up, so we
can pay up.
Plenty of apples in the moun
tains. They ought to be cheap
in any form.
If there is anything better
than a Yates apple, it must be
Henry Poole’s oysterless soup.
Get yourself one of those
Beautiful Calendars. See no
tice elsewhere in the News.
Sorghum mills running day
and night, or at least some of
them are.
Some of our subscribers are
bragging <jn last week’s paper.
Thank you.
This is an eight-page paper
and every bit of the gentleman
is printed at home. Yes.
The U. S. Supreme Court will
hear arguments on the Select
ive Service Law' Dec. 10th.
Our government has loaned
fifteen million more to the Brit
ish.
The Navy Department has
contracted far three hundred
and fifty million dollars worth
of submarine destroyers.
The Southeastern Fair is on
in full blast in Atlanta this
week. Several from this coun
ty will likely attend.
Be sure you visit the North
east Georgia Fair at Gaines
ville next week. They want to
see you over there.
The Atlanta papers talk as
if the Southeastern Fair in At-'
lanta would make our county
Fairs look like a monkey and
organ grinder.
Sea Island cotton is bringing
about 75c a pound.
There is a war tax on all own
ers of cars, including 4ds.
Georgia Products Day will
be observed Nov. 15th.
Walton county pulled off her
Big Fair last week.
Ernest Camp of the Walton
Tribune, writes his editorials in
rhyme, and they are good ones.
A woman in New Mexico says
that long skirts will win the
war. What shall we do?
The tax levy of Gwinnett Cos.
is SI.OO on the hundred, and
they are building good roads.
Electric lights are being in
stalled in Dawsonville. Why
can’t we have them here?
Twenty thousand air ships
are now being built in the Unit
ed States.
An ad planted in this paper
will come up and make you a
good yield.
Forsyth county farmers have
made lots of sorghum and oth
er food stuff this year.
It requires 2,500 car loads of
food every day to feed Uncle
Sam’s army.
Mack Cornett, postmaster at
Lawrenceville, has resigned,
and will farm in South Georgia.
Don’t forget to put 3c worth
of stamps on your letters begin
ning Nov. Ist.
The rate of postage on pos
tal cards will be 2c after Nov
ember Ist. Keep this in mind.
There are only 25 cabs in At
lanta propelled by horses. A
few years ago there were hun
dreds of them.
A manufacturing company,
will begin business in Atlanta
in a few days, making shells
for the government.
On and after Dec. Ist reve
nue stamps will have to be put
on deeds, except deeds to se
cure money.
The Western Union Tele
graph Cos., has purchased two
and one half million dollars of
Liberty Bonds.
The term of public schools in
Gwinnett county is for five
months, all to be taught dur
ing the winter
“Clubbing a Husband” in 3
acts, was pulled off at the the
atre in Lawrenceville one day
last week. One act would be
enough for us.
It is estimated that there are
933 million tons of coal in the
mines of Dade, Walker and
Chattooga counties, enough to
run the state 200 years.
Three slackers were tried in
the United States court last Fri
day. One plead guilty and was
sentenced to one month in jail.
The other two were acquitted.
The Southern Railway Com
pany paid out $1.28 for every
dollar received during August.
The country newspapers have
got 'em skint forty city blocks
along that line.
BRANDYWINE.
It sometimes takes more cour
age to say “No” than to face
an army.
The fellow who said that
Merritt and his deputies won’t
capture booze is a charter mem !
ber in the annanias club.
We are too prone to do only
what we like to do. We don’t
like to cut stove wood, but it
is our duty to do so. We don’t
like to get up a cold morning
and make a fire, but it is our
duty. We may not like to sup
port our government, but it is
our duty, and I believe it was
Gen. Lee who said, that duty is
the sublimest word in our lan
guage. We should get famil
iar with it.
Rev. F. R. Smith filled his ap
pointment at Shiloh Sunday.
Mr. Luther Wade, who has
been in South Georgia, has re
turned home.
Mr. J. M. Bales and family
“forded” ic to Atlanta in their
recently purchased car.
Several from here went to
Camp Gordon Sunday to see
our boys who are to be remov
ed to another camp.
Mr. Emery Wade of Atlanta
came up to his father’s for the
week-end.
Jack Frost came last week,
and done some damage to the
crops. Some late patches of
corn were caught, and a few
immature bolls of cotton.
I,ve been informed That it
was not corn liquor that the
boys were carrying to Camp
Gordon, but *v>: j made f-om su
r'ur and some other materials.
Anyway, it would make a sens
ible man crazy if he did not let
it alone.
Someone said that the gov
ernment intended for the ne
groes and poor white people to
live on corn bread and syrup.
If that is true we think we have
our next year’s rations already
made. |
Cyrus was a great man. Hon
est now, who was Cyrus?
It would be a good time to
join the Adventists in so far as
to let hog meat alone. Meat
at 35c per pound is high even if
cotton brings 28c.
Mr. Farmer, right now would
be a good time for you to get
out and purchase you a little
farm. The interest on your
place might nearly equal the
rent but you would have the sat
isfaction of knowing that it was
your home, and that any work
you did on it was for the bene
fit of your own property.
November 3rd will be the last
Quarterly meeting of the Alpha
retta charge. It will be held at
Midway. It is earnestly hoped
that all the churches will pay
their full assessment for the
preachers surely need all that
is coming to them.
Paw.
ROUTE 6.
Rev. J. W. Thomas f.lled his
appointment at Corinth Satur
day and Sunday, and was call
ed as pastor for another year.
Mrs. Caroline Brown and fam
ily spent Sunday with relatives
near Bethel.
Mr. Bryan Williams left on
Monday for Dalhart, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chadwick
spent the week end with Mr.
Bethel Dover and family.
Mr. John Day spent last week
with relatives near Duluth.
Mr. Quinton Williams was in
Canton several days last week.
Rev. McGee will preach at
Corinth Sunday at eleven.
As news is scarce this week
I will ring off.
MULES
I have my barn full of good mules and
can fit you up with single or pairs, and
right no w is the time to do your tall plow
ing, so come and let me fit you up with a
good team as they’ll be much higher later.
BUGGIES
Another car load of Jackson G. Smith,
and it is by far the best buggy on the mar
ket, so come, look them over and get our
prices.
I also carry a full line of buggy harness
pads, wagon collars, bridles, wagon har
ness, and a big lot of lap robes, auto robes
and storm aprons. Get my prices be
fore you buy.
/ have a big lot of two and three ply
roofing. Come and let us sell you what
you need to cover your barns and sheds
Come to see me when in town and get
my prices. I will sell you anything in
my line worth the money.
Big line of Oats, Hay and Shorts.
Yours for Business,
G. W. WILBANKS.
NEXT WEEK
Is Fair week
At Gainesville
On Tuesday, October 23rd, the gates
of the Big Fair will open. The amuse
ments will be on hand to furnish high
class entertainment all the week.
There will be something doing every min"
ute of the day and till twelve at night.
Bring your exhibits Friday, Saturday or Mon
day before the Fair.
Plenty Of space has been provided. The
prizes are liberal, Your exhibit will be appreci
ated.
Vou are invited
NORTH-EAST GEORGIA’S BIGGEST FAIR
Gainesville, Ga„ October 23, 24, 25, 26,27.
Call on Edmondson & Pirkle
for your seed wheat, rye and
oats, Appier, red rust proof and
Burt. All good varieties for
sowing for fall, and don’t neg
lect to sow plnty of small grain
Edmondson & Pirke have a
line of Schloss Bros. & Cos.,
“Clothes Beautiful” also Milton
Och’s line of Gold Bond Cloth
es; also the Wear Ever line of
Boys’ Clothing. You will make
no mistake when you dress
you or your boys out in these
famous lines of clothing. They
have stood the test and are bet
ter than ever. Give them a call
and look them over.
Notice.
All persons due me by note
or account please come and set
tle by Nov. 15th, as I am going
to move about that date. Thank
you. J. T. Lamb.
For Sale.
140 acre farm; about 50 acres
in cultivation, about 25 in bot
toms, balance timber. 3 loom
house. See me at once.
P. W. Green,
Suwanee, Ga., route 2.
Seed Wheat.
I have about 75 bushels of
seed wheat for sale at $3.25 per
bushel.