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The forsyth County News
Published every Wednesday at
Cumming, Ga. by J B Patterson
SUKHCKIt'TION PRICk.
One year 75c
Six months 50c
Three months 30c
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Official Organ h orsyth Cos
Cumming, Ga., Nov. 2, 1917.
October is gone.
November is here.
Everybody busy at work.
Lots of wheat being sown.
Did you buy a liberty bond?
The tax on income is not wor- (
rying us.
The frost got some of the top
cotton the other morning.
Pork is selling at 25c a pound
wholesale in Cumming.
If cotton keeps a jumping,
what will it bring?
The U. S. Food administrator
is to force lower prices on bread
We have several meatless
days every week.
We feel like writing Dr. Hard
man for a load of stove wood.
—i ■
We expect to sweep our of
fice Frida" morning f nothing
happens.
The governors of the six New |
England states want Teddy to
go to France with an army.
We are living in a land of hog
*nd hominy shore as you’re
born.
One million dollars worth of
gasoline was burned in Georgia
during September.
An American soldier fired
the first gun in the French ar
my not many days ago.
Nearly all the Atlanta minis
ters preached on food conserva
tion Sunday.
Emmett Shaw has announced
for Senator to succeed Mr. T.
W. Hardwick.
Atlanta will warm up this
week, they are to get 50.000
tons of coal.
John D. Archbold, president
of the Standard Oil Cos., of New
Jersey, left an estate valued at
forty one million.
Dr. J. R. Reall, representa
tive from Richmond county, re
signed to accept a place at the
Alto Sanitarium.
)r. Hardman, the State Fu-
Hministrator, has asked the
'jiment for 85,000 tons of
br the city of Atlanta.
/ —•
/this parcel post business
bs on increasing Cumming
t . I
| have to have anew post of
\bu.i;dirg.
The live billion dollar liber
ty loan was oversubscribed.
Bring your cotton to the Cum
ming market and get the top.
You can sell your cotton seed
in Cumming at top price.
Some tell us thaht the News
is getting better. Thanks.
Those calendars are going to
beat the band.
Several new subscribers since
last issue. Thank you.
People are paying for their
paper right along.
Money is getting more plenti
ful in this neck of the woods.
What has become of the soil
ing of the Coal Mountain road?
The United States is fixing to
give Germany brimstone.
Thomas A. Edison, the “elec
trie wizard,” has established an
office in Washington city.
Two and a half million dol
lars of the liberty loan was se
cured by the women.
The Northeast Georgia Fair
at Gainesville last week was a
fine one.
Buy your goods from a home
merchant, you will save money
j in the long run.
Eggs tve worth forty cents
a dozen, but a cheap one does
not taste good.
It is good exercise to chop
stove wood. 'lf you don’t be
lieve it just.'ask'your wife.
Geo. Rucker of the Alpharet
ta Free Press is taking in the
Fair at Macon this week.
Do away with all prejudice,
and let’s all pull together for
our town and county.
If you know of any way we
can improve this paper, please
make your suggestion.
Don’t forget to put 8 cents in
; ostrtgp on Utters from
now on.
Betcher a dollar some of you
boys have already mailed a let
ter to her with only a 2c stamp.
We sent out some notices last
Saturday morning and a dozen
paid us by sunset. That’s do
ing business.
Put two cents worth of post
age on cards in the future. That
is if there is written matter on
them.
Cumming buyers paid more
for cotton Friday than any mar
ket in the United States except
Philadelphia.
The Georgia Railway & Pow
er Company have increased the
wages of their hands 2c an hour
amounting to $60,000 a year.
A man in Pickens county will
make ten thousand pounds of
cabbage on less than a half a
cre of ground.
Atlanta bank clearings were
twenty one million dollars in
excess of the last week in Octo
ber last year.
The little city of Chamblee'
is installing a modern system of
waterworks.
The Atlanta negro shriners
have received the “black eye”
again in the courts.
Atlanta has paid out of debt
and has one hundred thousand
dollars in the city banks.
It only takes about two and
a half pounds of lint cotton to
pay for the News a year.
Buford citizens subscribed a
bout fifty thousand on the lib
erty loan.
Boys, you had better write a
lot of love to your gal when you
do write. Postage has gone up.
Letters to the people in Cum-j
ming or on our rural routes will
only require 2c postage.
Bud Hooper won first prize on
cotton at the Atlanta Fair. Ver
ily our county is on the map.
Senator Hardwick is to ad
dress the people at Lawrence
ville next Thursday.
Bob Fitzsimmons, the cham
pion, at one time, prize fight
er, is dead.
Taylor Wright was killed by
Gordon Ray, near Canton, one
day last week. Both parties
were from Gilmer county.
Bona Allen of Buford had an
exhibit from his stock farm at
the Gainesville fair, and it is re
ported that it was a fine one.
W. H. Rowe of Buford sold
a bale of cotton and the seed
the other day for $224.90. That
is some money for a bale.
Notice to Trustees & Teachers.
The trustees of each school
are xequested to meet in my of
fice November 6th, at 1:30 p.
m.
The teachers are asked to
have their contracts filed by No
vember sth.
Respectfully,
A. C. Kennemore, Sup’t.
None Around Here, No.
Three of the stingiest men in
the world have been discovered
The first will not drinl: all the
water he wants unless it comes
from his neighbor’s spring; the)
second stops his clock at night
to save wear and tear of the ma
chnery, and the third makes the
members of his family write a
small hand to save ink. Neither
one takes a newspaper. They
claim that reading them wears
out their spectacles. They don t
live many miles a way. —Mays
ville Enterprise.
Church Notice.
We are requested to state
that as the church ai Roanoke
did not commune on the last reg
ular meeting day that they will
do so at the next meeting which
is the second Saturday and Sun
day in November. They invite
all the sister churches of same
faith to be with them, and es
pecially want all the members
present on Saturday to transact
important business.
For Sale.
140 acre farm ; about 50 acres
in cultivation, about 25 in bot
toms, balance timber. 3 room
house. See me at once.
P. W. Green,
Scwanee, Ga., route 2.
MULES
I have my barn full of good mules and
can fit you up with single or pairs, and
right now is the time to do your tall plow
ing, so come and let me fit vou 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.
I have a big lot ot 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 Oais, Hay and Shorts.
Yours for Business,
G. W. WILBANKS.
AUTO REPAIRING
Bring your Auto to me for fixing
and save a lot of money. I will re
pair at the following prices and do
you a first-class job:
Overhaul motor and transmission 10,00
Overhaul motor anly 7.50
Overhaul transmission only 6.00
Cleaning carbon & grinding valves 1.50
Clean carbon only . 75
Overhaul rear axle assembly 3.25
Overhaul rear axle only 2.50
Overhaul drive shaft only 1.50
ALSO TUBE VULCANIZING.
Also first-class Blacksmithing at a price
as reasonable as anywhere.
Give me a call day or night and if not pleased tell me
JAS. M. MUNDY,
Coal Mt., Ga.
i Always Have PERUNA
Mrs. L. A. Patterson, 1399 Kentucky
3t„ Memphis. Tennessee, writes:
“I have been a friend of Peruna
for many years. I have used it off
and on for catarrhai complaints and
found it a very excellent remedy.
I. have a small family of children.
Times are hard with us, but I can
scarcely afford to do without Peru
:.a, especially during the season of
the year when coughs and colds
are prevalent. We always recom
mend Peruna to our neighbors, for
the benefit it has been to us."
Notice.
All parties due me for medi
cines, etc., must settle by No
vember 30th.
Respectfully,
A. G. Barrett.
Important
All parties who owe Mr. L.
Foster Hunt for blacksmithing
will please to call at my office
and sette the same at once. Do
not overlook this matter.
Your friend,
Jarrett P. Fowler.
For •F** l 0$
Coughs W _ *|gjt
and Colds L*
in the n-M
Home. Recommend
It to Our Neighbors.
These who object to liquid medi
cines can procure Peruna Tablets.
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
look them over.
Granites of ! .
Some granite.
crushing strain of-.,.••• —>
the square inch.