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The Forsyth County News
Published every Wednesday at
Cummin#, Ga. by J B Patterson
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK.
One year 75c
Six mouths 50c
Three months 30c
Entered at the put office Cie
•ning Ga. Aug. 10th, bb mail matter rf
the second class.
Official Organ horsyth Cos
Cummin#, Gs , Nov. 16, 1317.
The school term for next year
will be five months.
American soldiers are firing
guns across the sea.
Camming merchants are sell
ing a sight of goods.
The farmers are bringing
their cotton to Gumming.
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Atlanta ranks third in the 1
mule market of the U. S.
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The cranberry crop is short.
Hooverize on them.
Velvet beans are said to con
tain more protein than corn.
• Money is the root of all evil,
but, oh, how we all like evil.
Trade with your home mer
chant and get good goods.
Cotton seed sold in Americus
last Friday at $Bl a ton.
If cotton seed keeps climbing
we’ll be offering to take one on 1
subscription some of these days'
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The Georgia Baptist Conven
tion is in session at Newnan Ga.
this week.
Germany seems to be going
after Italy, but maybe Italy
will come back.
None of the Forsyth county
women have enlisted in the ar
my as a red cross nurse
Our advertisers are all hav
ing a plendid trade. Are you
one of them?
That was a real county fair
we had in Gumming November
sth. All agree to that.
The collections have not been
as good at the Sunday revival
as they were expected to be.
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One Atlanta daily had thir
teen pictures of Hilly Sunday
in one issue Tha’t picturing
him some.
Uncle Sam is spending forty
thousand dollars a day for lood
for the soldiers in Georgia a
lone.
Twenty six children out of
thirty three in a school room in
Fulton county bite their finger
nails. The doctors claim that
this is a nervous effection.
Why can’t we have a real up
to the minute county fair in old
Forsyth county next year. We
have the land, the stock, and
the best farmers to be found, j
Social Circle is said to have a
negro man 88 years old who
picks 200 pounds of cotton in a
day. They have Forsyth coun
‘skint.’ in that line.
7,150,254 baes of cotton were
ginned in the United States up
to November Ist this year.
1,295,506 bales of cotton was
ginned in Georgia up to Novem
ber Ist this year.
The government is planning
to print some 13c stamp for reg
istered and special delivery.
Four hundred primers are de
sired at Camp Gordon to teach
soldiers who can not read.
Nearly all the schools in the
county have elected a teacher
for next year.
If you are behind with your
paper and can hel*) us we will
certainly appreciate it.
Ten thousand Georgia boys
have volunteered in the army
since April Ist.
Cotton is bound to stay high.
There is no more in sight now
than thirty days ago.
The price of loaf bread has
been cut to seven and a half
cents a pound.
Our sister county of Gwinnett
is to be tick free Dec. Ist. This
will doubtless be good news to,
the cows and yearlings.
W. P. Beard, editor of the i
| Scimitar at Abbevile, S C., has
: been found guilty of interfering;
, with the military forces
About one and one half mill-,
ion mules atu. horses have been (
-ent from the United Stales to
E> rope sin nri the war began, j
Yellow goods out to be cheap
another season. It can be made
of yellow cotton and save the
cost of dyestuffs.
J. D. Wing one of the com
imissioners of Roads and Reve
nues of Cobb county, was killed
in an automobile accident at Ac
worth one day last week.
We don’t want the earth for
we couldn’t pay the taxes on it
. but we would like to have about
1 300 more subscribers to this pa
per. ,
Private Sale.
As I am going to move to
South Georgia, I offer for sale
Excellent seed wheat at $3.00,
250 bushels of corn,
50 bu. Whipporwill peas
2500 bundles of fodder
10 tons of splendid sorghum
hay,
Plano Binder, good condition,
Half interest in Hoosier Drill,
Mower and Rake.
Cane Mill and Evaporator
Blacksmith Outfit
3-horse Chattanooga Disc plow
And many other things.
Come and see me. I expect
to be off in IF a ruler.
J. P. Smith
4 miles N. E. Cumming.
ROUTE 7.
* The weather has been fine
for the pasi week and the farm
ers are making good use of it.
The people are almost done
gathering in this section.
Mrs. R. D. Strickland is
•nonding awhile in Manta with
Mr. P. M. Hawkins and family.
Mr. Namon Smallwood and
family visited Mr. J. D. • ;!li. s
and family Saturday night.
Misses Linda and Mattie Stan
cil visited Miss Lillie -Pearson
Saturday night and Su: .’ey.
Itir. s. is. ronuer and family
visited M. J. J. Green and tam
ily Saturday night..
Mr. Henry Hawkins made a
business trip to Atlanta Safui
day.
Miss Mattie Day visited Miss
j Winnie Day Saturday night.
Mr. Washington Stancil and
visited Mr. J. L. Chadwick and
family Wednesday night.
Messrs. Walton and Marks
Green visited Mr. Sherman
1 Hawkins Saturday night.
Mr. A. W. Hawkins visited
Mr. S. S.Po nder and family
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Green vis
ited their son, Mr. Henry Green
Sunday.
Mr. John Tallant visited at
Mr. Jim Nix Sunday night.
Mr. Starling Ponder Visited
Mr. Jim Nix Sunday night.
Mr.S tarling Ponder visited
Mr. J. L. Chadwick Sunday.
Mr. Marks Green and Miss
Estell Rollins visited at Mr.
Louis Day’s Sunday afternoon.
I think I can write that wed
ding up by next vveek.
FRIENDSHIP.
Well I suppose my dots hit]
lie waste basket last week, but
here I come again.
Several rfom this part went
o Atlanta Sunday to hear Billy]
Sunday.
Mr. Jim Watkins an i wife
near Orange spent,the week-j
end with relatives in this part. I
Mr. E. H. Tollison of South
Georgia is spending a while]
with relatives in this part.
Messrs. Deal and Roland!
Lindsey of Marietta spent Surt-j
day with their father and;
mother.
Mr. W. N. Tribble and wife
spent Sunday at Mr. B. P. Ro
per’s.
Mr. Frank Rollins has pur
chased a Ford; also Mrs. Emma
Tallant.
Sunday school at this piace
every Sunday afternoon. Every
body remember this and come.
Sale Under Agreement.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
By virtue of an agreement en
tered into between the owners
thereof, will be sold at public
outcry on the 15th day of No
vember, 1917, at the court
house door in said county, be
tween the legal hours of ten
and two o’clock, 11-12 undivid
I ed interest in one hundred and
sixty (160) acres, more or less
I of land, lyyig and being in the
; state of Georgia, and county of
S Forsyth, and described as fol
llows: (40) acres more or less
in the second and first
section of originally Cherokee
now Forsyth county, known as
and lot number eleven hund
red and thirty nine (1139), al
so one nundred and twenty
(120) acres more cr less in the
second c ‘.sfiict and first sectUn
of Forsyth county, known as
land lots numbers one thousand
and eighty four (1084), one
thousand and eighty three,
(1083) ; one thousand and sev
enty two (1072) ; all of said
land lying in one body and t®
sold in one tract. Terms of sale
Vash. This 15th day of Octo
ber. 1917.
C. M. Lowe, D. B. Howe,
Queen Lowe, Lizzie Lowe, !
Eunice Buice, Lucy Lowe. ‘
If you are in need of house
paints, roof paints, or lubricat
ing oils of any kind, save your
' order until I call and see you.
I can save you money in this
line and give you the best goods
to be had.
j A. B. Fowler, Heardville, Ga.
MULES !
I have my barn full of good mi Ijg; and I
can fit you up with single or pi fcfiS and j
right no w is the time to do your fan plow- |
ing, so come and let me fit you up with a j
good team as they’ll be much higher later, j
BUGGIES I
Another car load_o/ Jackson G. Smith, j
and it is by far the best buggy on the mar j
ket, so come, look them over and get our I
prices.
1 also carry a full line of buggy harness ]
pads, wagon collars, bridles, wagon bar- i
ness, and a big lot of lap robes, auto robes j
and storm aprons. Get my prices be- j
fore you buy.
I have a big lot of two and three ply j
roofing. Come and let us sell you what j
you need to cover your barns and sheds j
Come to see me when in town and get j
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.
AUTO REPAIR!IMG
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.CO
Overhaul motor only 7.50
Overhaul transmission only 0.00
Cleaning carbon & grinding valves 1.50
Clean carbon only -75
Overhaul rear axle assembly 3.25
f Overhaul rear axle only 2.50
* Overhaul drive shaft only 1.50
ALSO TUBE VULCANIZING.
Also first-class Blacksmithmg at a price
as reasonable as anywhere.
C?ive me a call day cr r ight and if net pleased toll me
JAS. M. MUNDY,
Cos!! IVtt., Ga.
I have a registered male Be 1 bog known as Premium
1 ‘V-V>9o. cbm was Ge tie Beauty 2nd 120017. Was
. v iFvF. J. Pilcher, Cumming, Ga. He is ready for service,
aiK l l will charge 0 for his ■•erviec to insur< sows in pig.
Those vho :-yn owing me on pigs and calves where done
\.r m. please call and settle ft r same. I don’t exact the raoa*
. v until pigs are here and calve* also when a man don t want
'to pay it. but the money is due the day the service is done.
T. j. PILCHER,
Cvmming, Get., Route 1.
SPS '* 3feS^W N^^f 4 ' ,Br: * aa^a^,K^ir! pe^on^dmTT^ , by 3 note
All parties indebted to me 0 r account please come and set
by note or account must come t]p by n ov 15th, as lam going
and settle by Dec. Ist, as I am tQ move about that date. Thank
in need if my yQu . j. T. Lamb.