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BANK OF GUMMING I This Bank has had the most j prosperous year since its organi- j zation October 19th, 1904. j We wish to thank our friends ! and customers for their patronage and to assure them that we shall continue, as heretofore, to extend every courtesy and service consis tent with safe and sound banking. We wish to say further that we have Safety Deposit Boxes to rent $3.00 per year for the large size, $1.50 per year for the smaller ones. Every person having val uable papers should rent one of these boxes. You carry the key. Respectfully, Bank Of Gumming. YOUR COUNTRY’S CALL AMERICA IS FACING A GREAT CRISIS— but many of our people do not realize it. Thousands of Boys and Girls are facing a turning point In their careers —but fail to see the path leading to the ambition-crowned heights of success. Trained workers are needed today never before. The future of America may depend upon their united efforts. Boys and girls who are equipped for efficient work can “help win the war,” while securing better positions foi themselves and making rapid personal advance ment. The only thing standing in your way is lack of training. You will never get very far in this world at manual labor. Muscle is always re latively cheap. Brains are always at a premium and especially at this time, when so many po sitions must be filled quickly. You can learn our system of shorthand and typewriting in 8 to 12 w f eeks, and we will secure for you a good position. We have started thous ands of young men and women on the road to success in the Business World. Let us do as much for you. We give free courses, along with Shorthand or Bookkeeping, in Typewriting, Penmanship, spelling, Business Law, English and Arithmetic. Our system of Bookkeeping is up-to-date and, when learned, can be used in any modern bus iness office. Don’t let any light obstacle prevent you from entering our Fall classes, September 3rd. Call and discuss your problems with us, or write us freely. You must remember that “Where there is a will there is a way”. We have shown the way in thousands of cases. Our years of ex perience is at your service. Give us the oppor tunity of showing you how you can secure the necessary training to fibyou for one of the many good positions open to ambitious young people. Act definitely. Call or write today. Decide that you will train for efficient service—that you will hold a much better job next year than now—that you will make the most possible of your life. We will glady help you. Write for our journal. ..“FORWARD”, which points the way to opportunity for you. It proves there are many desirable openings in business. BAGWELL BUSINESS COLLEGE 3 1 Luckie St., Dept. F — C. Atlanta, Ga. Gin Notice. Beginning next week we v. i’l only .trin two days it each week Tuesday and Friday. Hooper Grn & See and Go. Gin Notice. After Dee. Bth, the Ducktown gin will run only on Tuesday and Saturday. T. M. Sams. Public Sale. 1 will soil at my residence on Dec. 15th, 1917, a lot of ci in fodder,, a cow some hogs one mule, 1 one horse wagon, - gee whiz harrows 2 plot,stocks, 1 turn plow, household end kitch en furniture, and a lot <>t other articles too tedious to name. Near S. M. Crow place. The Forsyth County News Published every Wednesday at Gumming, Ga. by J B Patterson SUBSCRIPTION PRICK, i One year 75c .Six months 50c Three months 30c Rnter-ri t i/ie ~ .bi office at Cun, j un* o. Aug. loth, as mull natter o the second clubb. Official Organ Forsyth Cos Gumming. Ga., Dec. 28,1917 A Happy New Year to al! ol you’na during 1918. 1 - Hope you are having: a Mer ry Xmas. We are. 'Die British lost 17,970 men last week. The allies are going to win German airships. Good. If Germany fails to take old France, she’s a gone kitten. The Billy Sunday meeting closed Sunday. The allies are goig to win in this war going and coming, is oil)' honest opininon, brother. Ex-T’resident Taft, says that the United States must have 7 million men in France. Twenty thousand graduate nurses will be required in the army hospitals. One good thing abo it the pa per this week is that it won’t take you long to read it. Practically all the country e< klies in the state arts taking a week off this week. The days will stretch out snd grow a little longer now, •and we are mighty glad of it. 42,200,000 acres have beer olanted in wheat in the Unitec States this season. The farmers of Georgia have sown 428,000 acres in whoa: his season. Billy Sunday had a fight with i German sympathizer the oth nr night. Quite an advertise nent for him. Three copper stills and 7,400 rallons ofbeer were destroyed )y revenue officers in White 'ounty one day last week. There were 1,710,594 bales jf cotton ginned in Georgia up o Dec. Ist. a shortage of about sLxtv Housannd hales. The Buford Advertiser issued a special Christmas edition last week that was a credit to the town, the paper and eddor. The Trust Company of Geo: gia, an i tlanta institution, will pay out one million and liars in dividends before Jan. Ist. The financial statements of the country banns in Georgia shows them to be in fine finan cial condition. J. W. Griffin, who everlast ingly “gutted” an Athens bank has been paroled after serving! about one and a half years of a | six and a half year sentence. ! J. J. Adams of Hall county shipped 1,518 rabbits to the Athens market during the re cent snow. 'I hat’s some rab bitss, believe us. There were 10,112,858 bales of cotton ‘dr,red m the cotton belt up to Dec. Ist this year, a shortage of about 700,000 con. pared with'same time last year Another Letter to Ford Owners TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FORD OWNERS: Have your cars overhauled and repaired this winter while we have the time to devote to the work. It means money to us and more SERVICE to you. You cannot use your car during the win ter as much as you can next spring and consequent ly'you can spare it better at this season. We have less work to do during the winter and can devote more time to your job. We have to pay our me chanics jast the same, you see, and we want you to help us keep them busy. Remember, every single bit of our work is abso lutely guaranteed and we will cheerfully do it over again, and at no cost to you, if it don’t hold up. Let us do your repair work. We are interested in your car. We sold it and it is to our interest to make it run as well and last as long as it will. As ever, we are, v Your Friends, - Strickland & Wisdom ) AGENTS, EORSYTh AND DAWSON COUNTIES. for La Grippe Coughs -Foley’s M Honey 1 HP Fill I Sfe V* (UIU A <Oll the Standard Cough Medicine Take No Substitute for Foley’s Honey and Tar llllimmilill' SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY lllllllillillll ' w D Your Money /&■£-' Back if you say so {,17.1 A.NNP Luzianne has nothing up its sleeve, j:; • | No, Ma’am. You yourself are going —i - t 0 be the judge of whether this fine, old coffee has a right on your family j ' table or not. If you are not satisfied dSt that Luzianne goes farther and tastes ReUy-Tc. Vlor C* betterthananyothercoffeeatanywhere vlfif ”f£°u*U E near the price, your grocer will give i- ! . you back every penny you paid. Stop The Luzianne Guarantee: grumbling about your present coffee. If, after using the contents Give Luzianne a chance to show you of a can, you are not satisfied . . , in e vary respect, your tfro- J ust how B ood a coffee can be. Ask eer will refund your money. for profit-sharing catalog. The Reily—Taylor Company, JVJew Orleans l l l'M\H** 1 i. * TRUSTEE'S SALE. In re: J. J. Koia, BanKrupt. No. 4678, in Bankruptcy. Georgia, Forsyth County. Lffidor and by virtue of an or der of Hon. N. L. Hutchins, ref eree in Bankruptcy, M. W. Webb, trustee of J J Reid,bank rupt, will offer for sale and re ceive bids on the following tract of land lying and being in the second district and first sec tion of Forsyth County, state of Georgia, and consisting of lots of land numbers (524) five hun dred and twenty four, (525) five hundred and twenty five, and (556) five hundred and fif ty six, and alltbat part of lots of land numbers four hundred and eighty four ar.d four hun dred and eighty five laying im mediately north of lots of land numbers 525 and 52 4 and south of what is known as Sy branch, being a strip containing three acres, more or less. Said tract of land contains in the aggregate one hundred and twenty three acres, more or less Said laud 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 of said bankrupt.. Said sale will be on the first Tuesday in January, 19IS. 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. Each bidder wil be required to deposit on day of sale ten per cent ot his bid with the trustee as a guarantee of good faith. Deeds to be made and posses ;ion 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.