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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. ■ | Atlanta ranks third in the 1 mule market of the U. S. I 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' | 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. V 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.