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The Forsyth County News
Published every Wednesday at
Cumming, Ga. by J B Patterson
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Official Organ Forsyth Cos
Cumming, Ga., Nov. 9, 1917.
Billy Sunday is warming 'em
lip in Atlanta.
We are getting new subscrib
ers to beat the band.
Two Georgia boys lost their
lives on a torpedoed 3bip last
week.
Thirty one million more loan
ed to Prussia. Our country is
as rich as a Jew.
The four officers of the Com
mercial Bank of Macon were
tried last week and acquitted.
The country is said to be
threatened with a shortage in
“change.” It has already hit us
The Atlanta dailies may for
get about the war being on as
Billy Sunday has hit that town.
Fifty per cent of the German
U-Boats have been sunk since
the beginning of the war.
Our government has made an
other loan of four hundred and
thirty five million to Britain.
If the weather stays pretty
some of the yellow cotton may
open.
Sea island cotton is selling at
73c a pound. Oh, if we could
only raise it in this section. i
If people keep on taking the
News we may have to pay an in
come tax yet.
The cotton crop is injured at
lean! 25 per cent on account of
1 he cold weather.
The fellows who are hauling
whiskey thru Forsyth county
are having more ups and downs
in life than an elevator boy.
We saw a man hugging his
wife the other day. That is
what you might call ‘pressing”
business.
C. Murphy Candler, of the
Railroad Commisison will be in
the race for the Senate to suc
ceed Mr. Hardwick.
A Butts county farmer made
155 bushels of corn on one acre
of land. That’s pretty good
corn, Mr. Man.
Flames destroyed the build
ing and stock of goods of the J.
F. Carter Cos. in Gainesville one
night last week.
J. M. McDonald was found
guilty of manslaughter in the
killing of a Chinaman in Atlan
ta Saturday.
John R* Cooper says, that
the main plank in his platform
for the Senate is to win the of
fiee. Belcher he’s right.
November 16th is to be ob
served as Georgia Product’s
Day in Georgia and other states
The per capita of the citizen
in the United States is $47.03.
We haint got ourn.
The increase in postage on
newspapers will hit us pretty
hard, but we can stand it.
You have to pay 51.00 a year
for county papers everywhere
except in Forsyth county.
Coal is sixty dollars a ton in
Paris. This is what you might!
call a “burning” shame.
Cumming buyers are paying,
the very highest price for cot
ton and cotton seed.
Lots of wheat has been sow n
Forsyth county is raising some
mighty fine turnips this season
We continue to receieve nice
compliments on improvements
in the paper.
There is anew cotton on the
market called “Webber” that
is selling at 41c a pound.
When it comes to grabbing
a dollar some men are as crook
ed as a corkscrew
There are nearly a million
acres of oyster lands wasted in
Georgia.
The Masons held their regu
lar annual meeting in Macon
last week.
“More Calves Shown by the
Girls” reads a headline. W e
are wondering how it was all
done.
A Dougherty county man hSs
raised a potato weighing more
than 12 pounds. .They have
our friend, Charlie Dougherty,
skint about twice.
Nine years ago it took icn
pounds of lint cotton to pay foi
the News one year. Now it re
quires less than 3 pounds.
Two hundred thousand Ital
ians have been captured by the
German forces according to
news dispatches.
Six million people in the Unit
ed States will have to pay an
income tax. We are not includ
ed in the vast number.
Ex-Governor Harris is to re
sume the practise of law in Ma
con. and look after the business
j of las sons who are in the army.
The government is to take o
ver the wood situation as well
las the coal. They had better
hit our pile mighty dogon quick
The Food administration is
sending out license to one hun
dred thousand food dealers in
the United States.
Prosperity, it is said, is caus
ing a shortage in one dollar
bills. Several other denomina
tions are short with us.
Gov. Bilbo of Mississippi was
a news butcher seventeen years
ago. This makes our future
seem brighter.
Ten million people have sign
ed the food pledge. We did not
have to sign, as we had already
hooverized.
Iln Loving Memory.
Of our dear uncle, Mr. J. P.
Barnett, who departed this
life July Slut, 1917. Uncle
Pink was about 74 years old
when the Lord called for him.
He was a confederate soldier,
and on the day of the surren
der he came by and stopped
to talk. He said it was a lone
some day, a very lonesome day
indeed to him. He could see
so plain what was coming but
the Lord did not see fit for him
to remain here and bear any
more of these troubles, so He
said, “come up higher”, where
there is-.no strife, pain or no
death, but ah is peace ana love.
Uncle Pink was always af
flicted but had a strong resolu
tion and never called a doctor
for himself except one time un
til his last sickness, which was
very short and his death was un
expected by his friends and e
jven his family. He was a de
moted husband and a kind fath
er and a good neighbor.
He leaves a second wife and
two children by her and seven
children by his first wife, and a
’ host of relatives and friends
and friends that wifi miss him.
M?ny hearts have been made
sad by his death. Children do
' not grieve he is thru with this
world’s troubles, and to the son
jthat has just give up the little
! babe, father had the same sad
experience. He stood over the
casketof his dear companion,al
jso two children, and took his
last view. We know this caus
ed him much sadness, yes, and.
many things past that brought
sadness to him, but this is all
! over with him now while we
! are toiling here on this earth
meeting with the same troubles
and tribulations, he has done
; lived thru, his is ail over. He is
! enjoying the sweetness oi heav
tn.
We all miss Glide Pink, he
was S', inuer! company to his
neighbors. He would go out
and sit until bed time with
them. He visited h schildren of
ten but alas his visits have ceas
ed. We don’t see him as we
did in the past, and now the
question is, will we ever see
him any more. Children, there
is only one more chance. If we.
miss it, oh can we miss it? to the
unsaved, are you going to miss
this last chance? Just say to
day Oh, Lord, how can I the
last and only chance to see my
dear father?
Church members, do you re
member it was not the sin
ners that burdened Uncle Pink
so much as it was the way the
church members lived before
the sinners. Let us remember
this. We know he is dead, but
his works are not dead. Child -
ren, you may have rmver heard
your father pray, but as Rro.
Braddy said, we know he did
pray, and he has left his pray
ers here with you and you will
feel their effects. They are
here and will hep you when you
go wrong. Oh, aint it sweet to
know that you have a father in
heaven, and know that he has
joined with loved ones that has
gone on before, and is there
ready to meet other loved ones
that aer following him.
Now to his dear wife that is
left behind, don’t grieve it will
not be long until you will meet
him. Life is short, but we feel
j you are prepared to meet him.
j You are not going to miss this
' only chance and wont it be_a
happy meeting. Don’t you fool
happy when you think of the
i loved ones in heaven? Oh, yes
MULES
I have my barn fu|J of good mules and
can fit you up with single or pairs, and
right noir 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 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 /or Business,
G. W. WILBANKS. j
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AUTO REPAYING
f
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 only 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 cal! day cr night and if not pleased tel! me
JAS. M. MUNDY,
Coa! Ml., Ga.
Keep it
Handy
Ward off attacks of grip,
colds and indigestion by timely
medication with the thoroughly test
ed and reliable remedy of the Ameri
can household
FERUNA
It’s better to be safe than sorry.
Many a long spell of distressing sickness
might have been prevented if this proved
remedy had been resorted to in the first
stages. Any article that has been efficiently
used for Dearly half & century has proved
its value. Tablet form if you desire it.
At your druggists.
THE PERUNA CO. Col,bo*, Ohio
it is a glorious thought. Uncle
Pmk lived a sinner for 35 years
or more, then he was changed
and joined the Baptist church
and lived a true Christian until
his death, and now, if there is
one that s not saved in his fam
ily we pray that you will give
yourself to Jesus before it is too
late, and live prepared to meet
your dear father in heaven.
Uncle Pink was laid to rest at
Pleasant View cemetery in the
presence of a large crowd of
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friends and relatives, the funer
al being conducted by Rev. V. :
V. Brady.
Written by a Friend.
Notice.
All parties due me for medi
cines, etc., must settle "by No
vember 30th.
Respectfully,
A. G. Barrett.
Have your peas hulled on E.
A. Bennett’s Power Huller.