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Vol. 9. No. 49. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Read the new legal ads this week. Rev. F. T. Wills filled his ap pointment at Norcross Sunday. Monday was Court of Ordi nary. There was very little bus iness before the Court. Mrs. Jolly and Mr. McCord of Marietta spent Sunday with Col. A. H. Fisher and family. Mr. Roy Tidwell and family have moved into the Harrison .Hawkins house. Mr. Will Webb and family of GairSesville spent Thanksgiving with h!i£ father here. Miss Fowler of Gaines ville spent\ Thanksgiving with her parents.V Mr. H. L. Tidwell of route G has moved to Fitzgerald. \\ e wish him well. \ Rev. J. W. Gober preached at Ebenezer and Piedmor+ Sun day. Mr. 3. 11. Alh-n pent several days of last week in Atlanta on business. Miss Ethel Shadburn of Bu ford spent the week-end with Miss Ruth Pirkle. Mr. Hoyt Brannon and family of Dav/sonville spent Thanks giving with relatives here. Mr. Roy Merritt of Camp Wheeler spent the week end with homefolks. ,Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Mash burn were in Atlanta one day last week. Several from here went to At lanta Sunday to hear Billy Sun day preach. Mr. Mather Smith and family of Coal Mountain spent Sunday with his father in town. Mr. Edwin Lipscomb, who is attending school at Demorest, spent the week end with his mother in town. Your attention is called to the change in ad of Strickland & Wisdom in this issue. Mrs. Ina Mae Tatum and lit tl° daughter aie visiting rela tives in Buford this week. Tuesday was regular legal sales day. Not many people in the town, as the weather was threatening. Mr. Johnnie Fisher of Atlan ta spent the last of the week with Col. A. H. Fisher and fam ily here. Mr. Vester Buice and family of route 3 spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives in town. Mr. J. B. Turner of near Mat has moved to South Georgia. We wish this good citizen suc cess in his new home. Rev. R. H Thompson filled his appointment at the Baptist church here Sunday at eleven and at night. Mr. W. W. Reid wil very like ly move to Buford to make his future home. We wish bin well over in the leather city. Messrs Roy and Toy McA fee of Camp Wheeler spent a day or two last week with home folks here. Dr. Grady Banister who en listed in the Medical Corps. U. S. A., in New York, several months ago is at home on a fur lough. Miss Annie L. Dillard of Fa tonton is spending awhile with friends in town. Miss Dillard was a teacher in the school at this place last year, ard has a number of friends who are al ways glad to see her. The many Mends of Miss Stel la Douglas, one of our teachers, are deeply sympathizing with her in the death of her father, which occurred at his home in Noreross last Friday. The Forsyth County News Mrs. Tabitha Harris is spend ing sometime with Col. C. L. Harris and family. Mr. J. E. Puett and wife vis ited at Norcross the first of the week. Mr. Carl Broks of Atlanta came up S inday to his fam ily. Rev. and Mrs. C. S Hawkins of route 2 spent Sunday with Ur. W. W. Pirkle and family. Mr Chad Pickett of Atlanta spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives hero. The Local Boar '. are at wo; k on the ouestionaiTfcfe for the sol dier boys between 21 and 31. Mr. W. N. Poole and family attended the revival in Atlanta Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. J. H Mash burn spent the fi?-’t of the week with reatives in town. Mr. J. H. Burruss of Camp Wheeler is spending this week with homefolks. Mr.'and Mrs. .T. H. Robbs oi' Milton county spent Wednes day with relatives here. Your attention is called to ad of Farmers & Merchants Bank in this issue. It’s a little ad but it shows big deposits. Your attention is directed to the large ad of Geo. W Heard in this issue. He is putting on a big sale to begin the 11th,and is offering you bargains. Mr. Otto Mashburn of route 4, stationed at Camp Wheeler, has pneumonia. We trust he wall soon recover. Messrs. W. T. a:.') Ed .‘Jit It. 1’ Ehadburi: arid P \ M. F. Kelley were in Atlanta Sun lav and Monday. We regret to learn that Esq. J L Fisher is very low and not expected to live We i,rust he will recover. Dr. J. A. Otweli has been ap pointed chairman of the coun cil for conserving food in this county. Mr. :.nd Mrs. Shornd Buice of Mi'tcn countv ,-r. j i.‘. Saiur day with Mr. Oscar Ilvde end family. The B ard of Education held a meeting Tuesday and trans acted such busines as came be fore the body. Mr. John Pilgrim, cashier of the Bank of Chamblee, was up Sunday on a visit to his moth er, and friends here. Messrs J. T and Gordon Lamb of Mat have moved to South Ga We wish them well in their new home. The hrethrv over attue Bap tist cli ireh a”o making an ef fort to pay off the little debt on tl . ir r 1 arch, and we wish them success. The Womans Missionary ciety will meet Friday after noon with Mrs. E. W. Mash burn for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. Mr. Maynard Mashburn has accept 2d a position with Undo Sam a': the Charleston navy yard. Maynard is a good ste nographer and will make n :le Sam a good man. A good many of the boys sta tioned at the different camps, came up and spent the week end with home folks. \\ e did not learn the names of all of *’.em or ->ve wruM give them in the paper. We understand that Mr. R. E. Harrison has accepted a po sition at Chamblee, and will re mov- to that place soon. We regret to give he and his good family up but wish them well in their new home. Sunshine irvThc Home, Power in The Life. Surprise Birthday. Monday evening, N>vemb< r 26th, a number of friends gath ed at Mr. Edgar Conor’s homo to give him a surprise birthday. After all had received a cord ial greeting they were diremed to the dining rum where a table loaded with appetizing viands met their vision. When all had amply partaken of the bounte ous fea-t thov assembled to the parlor whore some dehglrf.il music was rendered by Masses Effie Freeland arid Bertie Con ner, also by the ban ]. All seemed to enjoy the occa sion very much and wished Ed gar many more such days. Among those present were; Mr. F. M Conner, Mrs. Lula Con ner Anderson and children, Mr T. T. Conner, Mr. Dilmus ! . '- well and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Floyd and son Henry, Mr. Charlie Gazaway and Rev. G. C. Light; Misses Jessie am' Ma ry Nix, Ethel Morgan, Eth .1 Couch, Zona and Carrie H r drix Effie Freeland, Eula Thorn ton, Bettie Goner, Ella Mash burn, Carrie Driskell, Lizzie, Nevie and Bertie Floyd; Messrs Jesse Morgan, Clarence Couch, Mell Mashburn, Street Turner Clyde and Terrence Secrost. Charley Freeland, Henry and Ramon Hammond, Harrison O- Bryant, Andy Nix, Wesley and Dulhe Vance, Wiley and Hob son Phillips, Virgil and Hugh el Youngblood and Edgar Con ner. A Guest. Notice to Teachers & Patrons The Board of will hear at our next meeting Dec. 31st, the excuses of these pa rents or guardians who have not complied with the Compul sory School Law. Should ex cuses not be given us that day the Board will have to comply with the law in regard to this matter. The teachers wil' be allowed to teach the full term together if they so desire. There must be at least three and one half months taught dining the win ter term. A. C. Kennemore, Sup‘t. Notice, Y. !VL C. A. Forsyth county has given $1 fi11.50 to the Y. M. C. A. fund Those who desire to help in this cause may give to any of the following committee- Dr Mashburn, Dr. Lipscomb, Dr. Otweli, Caude Groover, T. J. Pirkle, Sheriff Merritt, S. H. Allen, Col. J. P. Fowler, Col. C. L. Harris, R. E. Harrison, R. Carruth, Albert Pruitt, W. W. Heard, E. F. Smith, G L Heard Oscar Hyde. Major Nuckolls, Geoige Ingram, Mike Wilbanks Gns Keniu more, Judge Tid w-ell. Committee. Ham Rice. Mr. Erskine Rice of Jackson, Ga., and Miss Essie Ham, were married recently at the home of the bride in Manchester, and left immediately for a trip to Florida. Mr. Rice is a Forsyth county boy, and has many friends here who extend congratulations. Col. J. P. Fowler was in At lanta on business Monday. Miss Ora Rogers, who has been assisting Miss Molly Kemp, has returned home. There will be a rally for the or phans home held at the Baptist church Sunday morning at ten o’clock. Everybody come. CUMMING, GA., DECEMBER 7TH, 1917. Bagley—Green Miss Mona Bagiev ,nd Mr. Cars, n L. Green were msirrit.l Sunday afternoon, December 2, by Esq. W. P. Blackstock. the ceremony being perfo: reed at his rrsu' ( nee in the pre.< me :>i' several relatives and fronds. Following the eremi qy and after motoring to Lapwr neeville they returned for the wedding supper wnich took place about 5 o’clock at the bride s no ne. The 1 "'do is tin attractive danghr of Mr. W. T. Bagley while the yoom is thi popular young °on of Mr. P. W. Green. They noth have many friends who are now wishing thme a long, lurry and protpcious life. Sale Notice. I will sell at my residence on Monday, Dec. 10th, 1917, the following property: 1 pair of mucs; 1 cowhand heif er; about 2500 bundles of fod der; a good two horse White Hickory wagon and surrey; far ming tools; set of two horse sur rev and wagon harness; some shouts; 1 set horse clippers: a part of my household and kitch en furniture. C. A. Puckett. BETHEL. Picking cotton is the order of the day in this neck of de woods Mr. and Mrs. Wade Orr vis ited the later’s father one night last week. Mr. Ernest Nuckolls came up from Camp Wh* eer and spent the week end with homefolks. Mr. a : ’ M t.. F>. J.yi g'M wa ited Mr. W. I. Boyd and family Thursday night Mr. J. M. On- spent part of last week wth his daughter near Gainesville who was sick. Miss Mina Thompson spent the first of the week with her sister at Flowery Branch. Mr. A. N. Nuckolls of Hall county spent Sunday with Mr. Bryant Nuckolls and family. MHs Ber'ie Floyd spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. Wade On*. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierce spent Sunday afternoon with the latters parents. Mr. Carl Jordan and family will leave in a few days for South Georgia. Mrs. Kyle Orr spent Friday night with her sister, Mrs. Carl Couch. Mr. J. H. Houser and family spent Sunday with relatives nea Dawsonville. Milford Wingate. The many friends of Miss Maude Milford will be interest ed to know of her recent mar riage to Mr. W. Leon Wingate of Fore Mea.de, Fla. Miss Milford has been con nected with the Southern Bell Telephone k Telegraph Cos. for the past five years, and hus made her home in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Green. Mr. and Mrs. Wingate will be at home to their friends at Fort Meade, where Mr. Win gate is a prosperous truck grow er. X. Public Sale. I will sell at my residence on Monday, December lOtl., 1917. a lot of corn, fodder, two fat beg ', 2 young mules, on? cow. a ;c. c f h l ling tools, a buggy and two horse wagon,, house hold furniture and a lot oth er articles too tedious to men tion. J. N. Whitmire. Near Hubbard's Mill. BRANDYWINE. Did you ever see such weath er l Cotton continues to soar even though it is during a democrat ic administration. Old Nehemiah was a grand character. He believed in pray er but he also believed in Hav ing some men ready to fight.' Someone has said that when the church is doing some real business that the world gets mad at her. Do von hear very much fussing about what she is doing? More cotton has been pick ed around the hearth this fall than ever before. These crack ed bolls takes day and night. If it was not sb high in price much would be turned under. A nice chance of grain has been sowed in our cdmmunity and it has been fine veathgr, so we have a splendid stand. If we do not have aViother freeze like we had last winter we will make at least a pari of our bread at home. A good deal of plowing 1 as already been done, and if this weather continues we will do much more between now and Xmas. A number oLeases of Ger man measle? is with us now, and more is ex i cted soon. Jt is a mild form and not giving much trouble but we rather not have it just at present. If wo could handle the-Germans as easily as we do the measles we would soon win this war. The most drunkards of today are the sons of drinkers. Count .17- onr] Cos? if if ia. r.pt and most whiskey sellers come from the same place. How much longer are we go ing to permit our people to get in their cars and haul whiskey into our midst? Son*: people who claim to be good citizens and even some church members are hauling it almost every day, but they do it in such a way as to make it hard to catch them. Last Sunday afternoon, in the car of our good merchant, Mr. J. A. Wills, with him at the wheel, Messrs. W. M. Hunter, Benj. Spence, 0. P. Ezzard and your “PaW rdeft for Gaines ville to attena the U. S. Court. We had a pleasant trip up there but the next day wasn’t so plea sant for we were busy trying folks for violating the U. S. laws. We spent Monday and Tuesday in the court room an 1 then had a pleasant trip home. Those people in the upper counties will, according to the testimony, live within two hun dred yards of a still and Know nothing about it. Could you do that? Paw. Sheriff’s Sales. Georgia, Forsyth Count'-'. Will be sold before the court house door in the town ot Cum ming, on Friday Dec. 7th, ’ 17 within the legal hours oJ sah, for cash to the highest bidder, under an order of court, the fol lowing described property, fo wit:- One certain Ford automo bile, motor No. 2080881, Li cense No. 47576, 1017, mode). Also at the same time and place, and under proper order of court, the following describ ed property, to wit:- one Fo*d automobile, 5 pasenger, motor number can not be ascert died on account of the same having been cut, ofl, license number 49- 869, 1915 model. This Nov, 27th, 1917. W. T. Merritt, Sheriff. Notices Sent to Registrants. A The following telegram has been received from the provost marshal general, and is quoted for the information and guid ance of all concerned: “No. 10948. Please cause the broadest and most extens ive and continuous possible pub licity to be given through tire adjutant general, local and dis rict boards, the hewspapers, and by all other possible means of’warning to all registrants who may have changed their places of abode and post office address, to communicate imme diat >ly with their local boards where they arc registered and furnish their present address es. so that questionaires which will begin to be mailed Decem ber 15th will roach such regis trants without delfiv. Reg’st trants are bound by law to keep themselves advised of all pro ceedings in respect qf them and failure to do so may result in their losing right to claim ex emption oi discharge. Please request newspapers to give Ibis warning brop.d and*continuous publication from this time unt : l the process of mailing questaon aires has been accomplished. The foregoing is important, and we earnestly revest your cooperation. Public Sale. I will sell at my residence at Coal Mountain on Tuesday, Dt-c. 18th, ihe following: Corn, fodder, 3 turn plows, 2 gee whiz, cutaway and drag harrow’, 1 Cole oat sower, scythe cradle, plowstoek, plows and scrapes, 4 head of cattle, 2 mules 2 twm horse wagons, 1 buggy, 2 sets harness, buggy pole 1 iron vice, 5 stands bees, household and kitchen furni ture, and a lot of other things not mentioned. Booth Garrett. HOPEVv ,-LL. Rev. I!. G. Hughes preached here Sunday. Sunday school was very w dl attended. Rev. W. L. Si gleton and wife spent Sunday with Mr J. C. Singleton who is very s'ck. Misses Penelope aiui Annie Hughes, nod Mr. Waite - Hugh es. spent Thanksgiving v n nom-foiks. Mr. W. I). Hughes of Gaines ville is spending awhile at Mr. J. if. Carruth’s. Misses Minnie Porter and De lila Martin visited at Mr G. 11. Gla.ss’ Sunday. Messrs Mark and Frank R il sey of Camp Wheeler spent last week end with homefolks. Misses Bonnie Carruth and Bertha Glass visiteo Misses Tex as and Ruth Wallis Sunday. A little girl has taken up its abode at Mr. T. W. Barron’s. Mr. Paul Hughes of Camp Gor don spent one day last week with homefolks. Cosette. Georgia, Forsyth County. To all whom it may concern: Walter 0. Stewart havug made application to me for per manent leters of guardianship upon the estate of Celie Stewart et. al., of said county, notice is h. r eb,v given that .raid applica tion will be heard a 4 : the regu lar t<.nn of the Court of Ordi nary • raid county to be held t n the first Monday in January 1918. Given under my hand and official signature/ t' is 3rd day of December, 1917. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. 75c per year. TRUSTEED SALE. In re: J. J. Reid, Bankrupt. No. 4678, in Bankrupfcy. Georgia, Forsyth County. Fder and by’virtue of an or der of Hop. <L. Hutchins, ref erne in Bankruptcy, M. W. Webb. of J*J Reid,bank rupt, will offer for sale and re ceive bids on the following tract c l land lying and being in the second district and first sec tion ol Fqrsyth County,-state of Georgia, and cotisjating of lots ol land numbers (.524) five hun dred and twenty, four, (525) five hundred find tWcfnty five, and (55G) five hundred and fif ty six, aipl allthat part of lots of land humbers four HundVed ami eighty four and four hun dred and laying im mediately north of lots otland numbers 525 and's2 I and south of what is known as Sy branch, being strip containing three acres, more or less. Said, tract of land contains in the aggregate one hundred and twenty three acres, more or less Saul land is the property of said J. J. Reid,.bankrupt, and will be sold for the purpose of paying the expenses of adminis tration of said estate, and for distribution among the credit ors <ff said bankrupt.. Said isle will be on the first Tuesday in January, 1918. be fore the court house door in the town of Gumming, and within the legal hours of sale. All bids will be received sub ject to confirmation of Hon. N. L. Hutchins , referee in bank ruptcy. Euc)h LyLfi-r \yi| be required to deposit on day of sale ten per cent ol his bid with the trustee as a guarantee of good faith. Deeds to be made and posses sion given on confirmation of sale, and payment of balance of purchase price. This Nov. 30th, 1917. M. W. Webb, Trustee of J. J Reid, Bankrupt. Georgia, Forsyth County. To all whom it may concern: C. D. Morton, guardian upon the estate of Floy and Lois Mor ton, having filed his p dition for discharge, Ibis is to cite al' persons concerned kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, against the granting of this discharge at the regu lar !erm of t he Court of Ordina ry of said county to be held on the first Monday in January, 1918. Given under my hand and official signature, this 3rd day of December, 1917. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Georgia, Forsyth County To ail whom it may concern: ■I. B. Spence having made ap plication to me for permanent letters of administration upon (he estate of W. 11. Spence late of said countv decease l to vest in 11. S. Brooks, notice ir hereby given that aid application will be heard at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county to be. held on hefirst Monday in January, 1918. Giv en under my hand and official signature, this 3rd day of De cember, 1917. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Gin Notice. After Dec. Bth, the Ducktown gin will run only on Tuesday and Saturday. T. M. Sams. After Dec. Ist the N ickolb Gin Cos. will only gin on Tues days and Fridays. A. ID. Majors, Mgr.