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Vol. 9. No. 51. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Next Tuesday is Xmas day. Shop early and late. Local news is as scarce e.s warm weather this week. Mi. A. E. Hall of Abba is vis iting relatives in the county Mr. J. E. Brooks was quite sick last of the week, but is ■ much better. Miss Mary Patterson has re turned from a visit to relatives in Atlanta. We wil piant a paper next week carrying the legal ads but we will miss the week after. Mr. Sam Gravitt of route 4, has moved to Cordele. We wish him well in his new home. Mr. R. E. Harrison of Cham Idee spent Saturdav night and Sunday with his family here. Mr. Carl Day has moved to Abba, Ga. We wish him eu..d ,'uck down there. Mr. Mack Paiterson of Ran ger is spending a few days with his father, Mr. Dan Patterson. Mr. Prank Groover of Atlan ta is agi >st of his pan ris here this week. Mr. Jesse Robbs of Camp Wheeler was a visitor to rela tives here Sunday. Mr. John Pilgrim of Cham blee spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives here. Mr. Ed Kelley of Gainesville spent Saturday night and Sun day with homefo'lks. Messrs Jap Kelley and John Strickland were ih Gainesville Saturday. Mr. Warren Brannon of Camp Sheridan, Mot? ornery, Ala., is here on a visit to his wife and his parents. ; Rev. R. H. Thompson fillect his appointment at the Baptist church in town Sunday at elev en o’clock. Mr. T. R. Williams and claugn ter of route 4 have-been on a visit, to Mr. Frank Williams at Smyrna. The rural carriers have beer, fording the snow on their ra pped ive routes for several days now. , We regret to learn of tne ill ness of Dr. Thad Bramblett of Coal Mountain' and trust that he will soon recovei. Make a special effort to rear, Billy Sunday’s sermon on the Second Coming of Christ, de livered Nov. 30th. Dr. Grady Banister who re cently enlisted in the Medina. Corps in New York, was mj town a few days ago. j The financial statement at the Farmers & Merchants Bank appears in the paper this issue. This bank is a strong institution and worthy of your patronage. The local board is busy with the questionaires sent out 'r> the boys who have registered. Cols. Patterson, Harris aand bowlei are assisting in the work. There were 4,693 baes of cot ton ginned in Forsyth county this year, as compared to 667 3 up to the same time last year a decrease of 880 bales. A great many fine porkers have been killed around Gum ming during this cold spell. It has about come to the plat e where a man has to raise his meat or do without. Your attention is called i > fi nancial statement of the Bank of Cumming to be found in an other column. This Bank is in a prosperous condition and ap preciates your patronage. Miss Nettie Lewis Groover entertained a number of her friends Saturday eve ring in cel ebrucion of her sixteenth birth day. , The Forsyth Cdunty News Mr. Louis Wisdom of Gaines - ville was in town Friday. Mr. Mark Heard of route 4 moved to Cordele last week. Here’s wishing him success. Mr. Virgil Bettis arc family will* move to the Tom Graham place on route 4 in a few dava. i Call on W. A. Thai ley for X j mas goods. Apples, eran.g-sr, candies, nuts and anyth ng you j need in that line. Esq. Han Pruitt has accent e.i a position with Geo. W; Heard and will enter upon his duties there January Ist. Rev. C. T. Brown and family have moved to town occupying the Bob Hope house on Canton Street. Mrs. J. B. Wallace, who has bf on at the bedside of her moth sesveral weeks, has returned home. Four children of Mr. Geo. W. Pruitt of route 3 were bitten by a dog Sunday, but the latest re port coming to us is that it was not a mad dog. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fincher and firs. Josie Fincher and daughter Vvy.iurp recent vis itors ,to relatives in and near town. v The remainder of our quota left Wednesday for the 'camp. The prayers and best wishes of our people go with them. We will print a list, of their names in a later issue. Mr. Jack Montgomery of Camp Wheeler is spend up:; the week with ids parents en route 7. Jack is,looking well .<1 armv life seems to agree with him. The ladie of the town ‘pound ed’ Rev. C. T. Brown and fam ily Wednesday night with lots of good things to eat. Let us all hope that this is the only kind of ‘pounding’ Pro. Brown will get during his stay with usi Card of inanks. 1 wish to thank my friend-, who were so kind to help me during the sicknes and death of my dear husband, Mr J. L. Bond. 1 also thank Dr. CKweli for his faithful service and med ical aid for all was don- that loving hands could do, but the Lord said ‘come up higher and take thy rest, where no sorrow, pain nor death never ? >mc s a gain.. I thank all who helped me in my troubles. May the Lord bless all is my praver. Mrs. M. L. Bond. NOTICE. I have a nice bunch of pigs for sale that will do to take a way Dec. 24, .and two fine brood sows for sale. They are dandies. Taylor Pirkle. Bagwell Herring. Miss Violet Bagwell and Mr. Cecil B. Herring were happily united Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride’s parents. Rev. R. A. Roper performed the ceremony in the presence of many relatives and friends The" bride was wearing a grey suit. Miss Med a Herring was brides maid and Mr. Ben Stone best man. After the ceremony a nice table was set which va < - enjoyed by all present. Miss Bagwell was the charm ig daughter of Mr. G. W. Bag well. while Mr. Herring is one of Forsyth’s most promising young men, a son o! Mr. V. . G. Herring. The young couple have many friencls who wish them a long, happy ar.d prosperous life. A Cur l. Sunshine inThe Home, Povvfir in The Life. Important to Registrants. You must answer f ll l ques tions possible before a mb, mg to us for help. I make this state moot bc.cause it will be abso lutely impossible for Judge Ptd terson, Mr. Harris and myself to help you answer all the ques tions set out in the querries in the time allowed by the govern ment. We wont be able to han dle one-fourth of the papers un loss you prepare all the an swers possible before coming .to us. You can answer such ques tion as apffiy to your dependent the amount necessary for their maintenance, the amount (ap nroximatelv) of what you make during the year, etc. Do this in order that we may give assis tar.ee where needed to all. I am willing to work day and night almost, and I know Judge Pat terson and Mr. Harris are will ing to do-all in their power, but I urge that you do as above di rected in order that r, me may be left “in the cold”, so to speak, without any help what ever. I have been appointed legal adviser and want to be all the help possible, and Judge Pat terson and Mr Harris have kind ly -vmscute-' to tender t 1 eir ser vices that you may have the : roper assistance in filling out th- quostionaires, so a- as iv qu< sted, not H at the wo-k may be h'ghter on up but that you may help your neigh b >r. You wih fin i us ip the J. P. office in the court hr use. Our hours will be from ‘early to | ‘late’. I would advice, howev er, that you not wait until the last day to call to see fhs if you! are unab-le to complete the ques tiens yourself. Jarrett P. Fowler. D M Redd, et al. Vs. Miss Nao mi Bedel, Ora Pilgrim, Gertrude Roper and Otto Roper. Application for sale and par tition of a tract of land contain ing 81 acres, more or less, con sisting of lots 626, 627 and one i acre to include the orchard on! 671 in the 3rd dist and Ist sec-J tion in Forsyth county, Ga. In Forsyth Superior Court. To Ora Pilgrim, a non resident of this state, and Gertrude Ro per, whose whereabouts is un known : You. and each of you. willj take notice that application j will be made the Court at the: next regular term to be held < r. the third Monday in Febrv.ry, 1918, for the appointment of 3 Commissioners, and for an or der of partition of th above stated tract of land and the sale of the same for such purpose, in which tract each of you as children of Nancy Rope dec’d are entitled to one thirtieth “Service of this noth'-' is to be matte upon you by the publica tion of the same twice a month for two months in the F >rsyth County News, the rubi- • Ga zette in which the legal adver tisers >*ts of said countv are prbJisVd by order of tin- Court Witness, the Hon. N. A. Morris Judge of said court. I) 'C. i-*tb, 1917. IT. S Broous. Clerk. Sth Sunday Sing' ig. The sth Sunday Control Un ion Sini; ing will he held with Oak Grove church the sth Sun day in December, 1917. Ever ybody come out and bring son;? !books and w ell filled baskets. A. W. Harris, Pres. •J. W. Hughes, Secretary. CUMMING, GA., DECEMBER 21ST, 1917. I Letters to Santa Claus. F Dear Santa Claus: I want ou to please bring me s- doll; - or 3 doll dresses, cap and some fruit, nuts and tar.dy, Bring Robert E. something * I be pleased with that if 1 gel no more. Y.,ov friend, lvrhigen Hopt y . Dear Santa Claus: We are two i little girls 8 and :) years oi l, and have never wrote you be fore,. I (V/ilrta) 'yard you to bring me a big sleeping doll and a pocket book, candy, apyes, jand oranges. I (Glayds> went I you to briny me a sleeping doll I too and a vm pa.r of gloves, i candy, orr.iw, nuts of nil kind Don’t forget B >ly Lc-uise and Blanche. They want you to bring them someth ng pretty. Wish you a merry Xmas. Gladys & Wilma Coguy. MIDWAY. Gee, >vha tahout this being rough weather for picking cracked cotton bolls? * Mr. Roy Puckett amt wife wore visitors at Mrs. Fannie Hansard’s Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Miles Lance visited in Gumming Saturday night, the guest of Mr. -J. T. Hendrix and family. * m Jjjyj Mrs. Harriet Hooper is spend ing a few days in Gumming. There were four new casep of German measles at Mrs. ill ary Filings last 'ye.eV 1M _, ,h * \ Mr. Howell Hansard andfeiss I Bell Hughes were married Run j day We wish them much flap pings?. Mrs. John Densmore died on last Wednesday and was bur ied at Midway Thursday. The bereaved have our sympathy. Miss Della Strickland is spend ing a few' days at Mr. E A. •Strickland's. Mr. Otis Hammond spent 1 Sundav with Joe Boling. J. B. To My Friends Customers: 1 have just received a full car load of young mules from two to five years old w-’ghing from 700 to 1100 pounds. Now I believe I can sell v m. mules now much cheaper than •• u can buy them Inter. I alsi can fill your wants in lap robes and auto robes from the lowest price to the best there is. Come and roe my J. G. Smith buggies. Thuy will please you in every particular. A b-g line of 4fagon and buggy ha. m ss. A big lot of beet pulp, e >tton seed hulls, shorts, flour, &<. Yours for Business, G. W. WILBANKS. Notice to Teachers & Patrons The Board of Education will hear at our next meeting Dm. 31st, the excuses of these pa rents or guardians who have not complied with the f ompul 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 1 be all %ved to teach the full term together if they so desire. There must be at least three and one half months taught duiing the win ter term. A. C. Fume move, Snp*t. Important All parties who owe Mr. L. j Foster Hunt for blacksmithing ! will please to call at my office j and sette the same at once. Do |rot overlook this matter, i Jarrett P. Fowler. BRANDYWINE. Mr. Editor: if* your engine freezes again just step out in town, wave down a booze wag on, and get enough to pour all over it* andd they tel! me it'll sure go. I will tell, you for fear you did not see it: it snowed last week. • Mr. W. T. Nalley h; s the sym pathy of a host of friends in the death of his good wife. Mr. W.W. Bale* has been epnfie.ed to his room f )>• the last week. He is sufierng much ol rh-mmaikni Mr. McWhorter, who bar been in south Georgia iss mov ing to our community. Wc are glad to have him with us. Mr. Henry Jones ol Camp Wheeler spent the w-.-ek e and v/rh horn-folks. Mr. Geo W Ezzard will com go to i.a vencevillt to sp-nd the winter with his son. Dr. W P Ezzard. Mrs, Ida Headers and her bfothci-in-!a v, Ed Meadors it Texas are acre 'or a visit to icl at'ves and friends. They ire < Texas a /■ < and name. Wi l a gentleman .-eU v. his key? Will a gentleman drink whiskey? This kind of weather is al most death to Sunday schools. Just as soon as it gels better they should be resumed. A good Sunday, school is dreaded ve / much by old sat.an. W.bqt ,ar< ,vou going to do with the money you have made ihis year? Are you going to buy a home or make Henry Fore' / If you have a good cow to sell you are in nearly as good luck as a man used to be when he found a gold mine on his piace. You hear a great deal being said now about the n oney that can be made raising pigs at the present prices, and most all who are talking have never raised any pigs in their lives.! If feed was as cheap now as it ] was a few years ago ar.d pigs as high as they are now then you could make money out oi therp- Someone must raise them bid don’t begin with the idea that you are going to get rich unless you are an expert in the business. What would the people think of a preacher if he should car ry a few gallons of corn liquor along with him to make a little extra money while he was pre aching? There cid Remus stories should be read to the children and it would do no harm for the old folks to read them. Jo el Chandler Harris knew much of the life habits of the negro and this aided him in writhe these stories. I was glad to notice that thc British captured the famous old city of‘Jerusalem. It had beer in the hands of the Turks so long doubtless they thought they would never lose it 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, this is to cite al’ poisons concerned kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, against the granting . ' this discharge at the regu lar term of the 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 uay of December, 1917. \V. J. Tidwell. Ordinary. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Bank of Gumming Located at Cumming, Ga. At the close of business Dec. 15, 1917. Resources. Demand loans 4,080.00 Time loans 118,1.86.89 Overdrafts unsecured 974.00 Banking House 6,500.00 Furniture & Fixtures 2,095.09 Other real estate 2,575.00 Due from banks and bank ers in this state 19,053.02 Due front banks and bankers in other states?. 511.52 Currency • 6.971.00 Gold 425.00 Silver, nickels etc. (16.05 Cash items 1,327.03 Advances on cotton 31,603.00 Total 194,987.55 Be fore me came S. 11. Allen Cashier of Bank of ( umming, who being duly sworn say.-, that the above and foregoing statement i3 a true condition of said’ Bank, as shown by the files in said bank. S. 11. Allen. Sworn to and subscribed beiore me, this 18th day of Dec 1917 K. A. Kemp, C N P, Forsyth County, Georgia. ST ATEMENT of the condition of the 3Farnm*o Sc Uterrijanta Hank Located at Cumming, Ga., At The Close of Business Dec., 15, 1917. Resources Liabilities Demand Loans 00 Capital Stock Paid In 25 000 00 Time Loans HO 347 60 g urpluH j,' und> H 830 43 Overdrafts secured I 3-J -0 Undivided Profits, less Our- | Overdrafts unsecured lOM So rer * B-gpenseß, Taxes P*id ponds and Stocks own-d by Bark f)ue Unpaid Dividends Banking House ii 500 Of) jpdj v idu a i Deposits subject Furniture and fixtures 2 347 26 to Check 66 2 64 4e Other Real Estate 2 632 63 Tjme Certificates 94 lid 67 Due fronr. Banks and Bank- csilfa Payahlo ers in this State 14 186 99 Due from Banks and Bank ers in other States 2 592 99 * Currency '2 435 00 Gold r 00 Silver, Nickels, etc. 315 75 cash Items ' 1 365 59 Advances on Cotton 12 534 87 Revenue Stamps 68 76 TOTAL 191 235 49 TOTAL 194 235 49 STATE OF GEORGIA, FORSYTH COUNTY. Before me came R. E. HOPE, Cashier, of Farmers & Merchants Bank who beirg duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a tru9 condition of said Bank, as shown by the files in said Bank. R. E. HOPE. Sworn to and gib3crihad before me, this 19th day of Idee. 1917. Olen N. Merritt, C. N. P., Forsyth Cos , Ga. In the District Court of the U S Northern Dist of Ga. as a court of Bankruptcy. In re: Ash orb J. Mill:-', Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy. The creditors of the debtor above named, a resident of CY.n min". Ga., in ti e county of Forsyth, said district are here by notified that he was on Dec. 10, 1917 duly adjudicated bank ri.pt, and that the first meeting of his creditors v/ill be held at the office of referee at Law rencevilie,- Ga. Dec. 28, 1917. at 10 o’clock a. m (E.T.) at which time the said cred'tors may attend, prove their claims appoint a trustee, examine th<* bankrupt, and transact such other business as may properly come bef-'i'o said meeting. N. L. Hutchins, Referee ir: Bankruptcy, l a,vr n,evil!e Ga Dec. 1 1, 1917. !r Ike District Court of t’.e U S Northern Dist. of Ga. as a court of Bankrupcy. In re: Thomas Arthur < harles. Bank rupt in Bankruptcy. The creditors oi tne debtor above named, a resident cf Cum rr ine Ga.. in the county o r For syth, said district, aie hereby notified that he wr on Dec. 10 1917 duly adjudicated bank rupt and that the first meeting i, ( bis creditors will be lv* l i at 75c per year. Liabilities. Canitnl stuck paid in 25.000.00 Surplus Fund 15,000.00 Undivided profits les cur rent expenses and taxes Paid 1,068.18 Individual deposits sub ject to check 38,809.50 Time Certificates 55,109.57 Bills payable includinng Time Certificates, rep resenting borrowed mon ey 10,000.00 Total 194,987.55 the office of the referee at Law renteville Ga., Dec. 28, 1917 at 16 o’clock, a. m (If TANARUS) at whic h time the said creditors may at tend prove their claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such ot’n er business as may properly come before said meeting N. L. Ilutchins, referee in Bankruptcy, Lawrenceville, G i Dec. 14 1917. In the District Court of Ik: U S Northern District of Ga. as a court of Bankruptcy, in re: Gus D. Milford, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy: The creditors of the uebtor above n arm'd, a resident ct Cum ming, Ga in the county of For svth, said, district, a”;? h' re by notified that he was on Dec. 10 1917 duly adjudicated bank rupt and that the firs' meeting of his creditors will be h-!d at the office of referee at Lasw reuccviile, Ga., Dec 28, 1917 at 10 o'clock am (ET) at which ':m" the said creditors mar at tend, prove their claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact sue'., oth er business as may fmmcrly come before said mcc Ling. N. L. Hutchins, referee in Bankruptcy, Lawrenceville, Ga Dec. 14, 1917.