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Ihe forsyth County News
Published every Wednesday at
Gumming, Gu. by J B Patterson
BUBSCKIPTION PKICK.
One year 75c
Six months 50c
Three months 30c
Entered at the post office at Cum
•<iing Ga. Aug. 10th. an mail matter o
t \e second class.
Official Organ Forsyth Cos
Cummtng. Ga., Jan. 11, 1918
A Happy New Year to you.
Stick tc your resolutions.
Milton County is out of debt.
Cummings two banks are in
a prosperous condition.
Here’s hoping this war will
end victorious in 1018.
If y-jii fail off the water wag
on it’ll hurt you.
How many times have on put
it 1917?
Get on the water wagon and
stay there.
When you hear a train whis
tle think of the United States.
Wood is high and as scarce
as hen’s teeth.
Coal can no* he bought for
love or money in Gumming.
The government has taken o
ver the railroads to win the war
The government is likely to
take charge of the coal mines.
Cotton passed the 31c mark
during the holidays.
Russia has declined the peace
terms of Germany.
Gumming merchants did an
excellent holiday business.
The farmer has things his
way now for the first time in
his life.
We certainly hope nothing’ll
happen to the wheat crop in
this good old county this year.
Flour is about $3.‘20 a sacl,
which is some cheaper than it
was some weeks ago.
Corn meal is selling at $1.60
and. plenty of corn in the coun
try, too.
Dank clearings continue to
increase. This is an indication
of prosperity.
We worked every day during
Xmas just like there were no
holidays on hand.
The usual number of acci
dents from firecrackers etc hap
penod during the h-i'Jays
The Secretary of State is be
ing swamped with requests for
191$ auto license.
Georgia is likely to get one of
the world’s 'argent shsipbi ild
ing plants.
Georgia's cotton crop is about
a half million bales short, but
is worth eighty one million dol
lars more than the 1917 crop
Five hundred soldiers at Camp
Whoe'er were found to be phys
ically unfft for military service
and were given tickets to their
homes.
Judge David Meadow of Dan
ielsville died during the holi
days. He was the only surviv
ing executor of the Jim Smith
estate at the time of his death.
judge Thompson is thinking
of working convicts on the pub
lic roads in Milton county.
There is a good deal oi Mon
ey in the country according to
news dispatches.
Please come in and pay us
what you owe us on snbsi i ;n
--tion and job work.
It reriui'.’os just three times as
much capital to finance a news
paper as it did two years ago.
We’ll he glad when the uuys
grow longer so we can get lots
of work done.
The government is asking for
bids on a motor.route from At
lanta tc Athens.
Atlanta is to get one of the
million dollar army repaair
shops for the government.
There are only 28 counties in
Georgia without a farm demon
strator.
Germany has submitted an
other peace plan but it is not
taking well with the allies.
There is said to be enough
coal in Lookout Mountain to fur
nish the state for 200 years.
The provost marshal thinks
we can win the war without or
dering married men to service.
The Atlanta Georgian is go
ing after Roosevelt, but what
does Teddy care?
The number of millionaires
in the United States has doub
led in the last two years.
The sale of auto tags in Geor
gia last year netted the state
$205,5843)0.
Wo have just about reached
the conclusion that Bro. Harve
Craig has but little lo”e for Hil
ly Sunday.
There was more than five bil
lion dollars in circulation in the
United States Jan. Ist, but we
do not know where it was circu
lating.
There are nearly eight mill
ion acres of our most product
ive land in this state that can
not be cultivated on account of
tiie lack of drainage.
The government will loar.
348,500,000.00 to the allies ii
this month, which will make
a total of over four billion dol
lars loaned them to date.
The provost marshall gener
al in his annual report asked
for the registration of all men
who have become 21 years old
since the passage of the Select
ive service law.
M r. F— n.
There has not been much vis
iting in this part for the last
week.
Mr. Duffy Martin and wife
visited Mr. T. J. Sosel-ec and
family one night last week.
Mr and Mrs. Willi. Hawkins
\ is'ted Mr. J. C. Pirk’c and fam
ily Saturday night ard v. nday.
Mr. Claudio Fowler and wife
visited Mr. Sam Cape and fam
ily one night last week.
Mr. Hansel Hagoo dvisiu and
Mr. Hr.vm Pruitt Sunday.
Mr. Sam Cape and wife
visited Mr. Claudie Fowler one
night last week.
Mrs. Ola Cape and Mrs Mat
tie l !agood visited Mrss. J. l.
Pruitt one evening las r week
Mr. Erwin Pruitt visued Mr.
Hans 1 Tfagood Saturday nd ht
Mrs. J ura Fowler vi: i'.ed Mrs
Pell Fowler one day la? 4 , w. ik.
Sch. ol ! c an at.*this p 1 .ce
Monday.
Remember the singing at Mt.
Pisgah next Sunday afternoon.
Everybody come and let ss have
a good singing.
I) M Redd, et al. Vs. Miss Nao
mi Redd, Ora Pilgrim, Gertrude
Roper and Otto Rop^r.
Application for sale and par
lition of a tract of land contain
ing 81 acres, more or less, con
sisting of lots 626, 627 and om
acre to include the orchard on
671 in the 3rd (list and Ist sec
tion in Forsyth county, Ga.
In Forsyth Superior Court.
To Ora Pilgrim, a .ion resident
of this state, and Gertrude Ro
per, whose whereabouts is un
known ;
You. and each of you. w ill
take notice that application
will be made the Court at the
next regular term to be held '.n
the third Monday in Febru.ry,
1918, for the appointment of 3
Commissioners, and for an or
der of partition of the 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 notice is to be
macie upon you by the publica
tion of the same twice a month
for two months in the F >rsyth
County News, the ptibivj Ga
zette in whicn the legal adver
tisements of said count-/ me
published by order of tin- Court
Witness, the Hon. N. A. Morris
Judge o p said court. D *c. i ">th,
1917.
IT. S Broo> s, Clerk.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, FOI . VTH COUNTY:
By virtue of an order from the court
of Ordinary of said county, will be sold
at public outcry, on the first Tuesday
in 1 ebrtary, 1318, at the court bouse
door in said county between the legal
hours of sale, the following tracts of
land hereinbelow described as the prop
erty of the estate of-E. B. Brannon, late
of said county deceased, to wit:
TRACT ONE: All of land lot number 492
except nine acres, more or less, in the
northwest corner of said lot haretofore
deeded off to J. S Pirkle; all of land
lot number 517, the west half of land
lot number 564, all of 563, lying and be
ing in the second district and first sec
tion in said county and state, and con
taining ?n theliggregate 140 acres more
or less. This tract being known as the
E, B. Brannon old home place. Th_re are
two good dwelling houses and fair out
buidings on this tract.
TRACT TWO: All of land lots numbers
271, 272 and 305 lying and being in the
seccnd district and first section in said
county and state and containing in the
aggregate 120 acres, more or less. Tn:s
tract is situated southwest of the I'ir.e
Grove school house and is well timbered
TRACT IHRtE: Ali of land lots n imbeis
173, 188 ami 16 acres more or less of
land lot number 244 lying northwest cf
the Marietta road and northeast of the
creek, and also 18 acres more or less of
the same let of land lying in the sout! -
east corner of said lot, in the seco: and
district and first section in said county
and state and containing in the aggre
gate 114 acres more or less. This tract
being the balance of the home place
j where E B Brannon was living at the
time Of his death outdde oi the dov, e
applied for and set apart to the widow
of said deceased by the Gommissioners.
Terms of sale c-sh.
B 0. Brannon, adm’rof the
the estate of E B Brannon, dec’d
STAR ROU I E.
Miss Irene Si.adbutn has re
turned home after s- ending a
week with her sister Mrs Paul
Barnes.
Mrs. T. B. Fowler spent Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. D. E.
Wright.
Miss Estelle Lawson spent Sat
urday night with her uncle, Mr.
Eugene Wood.
Miss Jimmie Samples is visit
ing her siMer, Mrs. Maul Phil
lips.
Mr. DeWitt Fowler and fam
ily spent the night with his fath
er recently.
I wonder if uncle Joe has been
rabbit hunting any this snowy
weather. (No, child, I have not
ha dthe time.)
Miss Aziiee Wood spent Sat
urday night with Mr. L Wood.
Mr Dewey Echols of Buford
spent Saturday night and Sun
day w’th homefolks.
Miss Johnnie Pruitt spent
Saturday night and Sunday at
Mr. Connie Pu ces’
Wonder what went with Pat
this snowy weather?
Say, Snow Bird, how are you
living this snowy weather?
Do You Want to Buy
A FORD CAR?
If you do please follow the following instructions.
We only are allowed a certain amount of Ford
Touring Cars and Roadsters in any one yeai. We
have already practically sold our estimate of the a
bove mentioned models for the next year. Now Listen
We have on handsome six or seven Chasisor Run
ning Gears. We can’t even get any more of this
model for some months to come.
If YOU WANT A NEW IORD CAR BETWEEN NOW and NEXT FALL
you had better get your hands on a second handed
BODY of some kind and buy one of these Chassis.
You can in this way get anew car with almost no
additional expense.
Better get these chassis while they last. The War is
on and we are liable t > get no more Eorde of any model
This is no idle talk but a solemn warning.
Your Friends,
Strickland & Wisdom
AGENTS, FORSYTH AND DAWSON COUNTIES.
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Patients from All Over Georgia
© It would surprise you to know the
vast number of Georgians from all over
the state who go to the One Price Den
tal Office, 104 H Whitehall st., Atlanta,
to have their teeth attended to. There
are hundreds of them. And all of them
find they can save money by paying
railroad fare to Atlanta and availing
themselves of the services of the skilled
operators at the One Price Dental
Office. R. S. Sparks, of Shiloh, Ga.,
says in a letter dated March 15, 1917.:
“You worked on my teeth a year ago
in February. The work has been per
fectly satisfactory. I could not ask any
more of a dentist.” Here is the One
Price Dental Office low schedule of
prices: Best gold crowns, $3; bridge
work, $3 per tooth; finest set of teete
money can buy, $5. All work gua
teed ten years. The next time/’ - 11
teeth need attention, be sure tagevan
estimate from the One Price*'
Office before you have the work dOTfi^
pROftSSiOMAL CARDS
JARRET P. FOWLER
Attorney-at-L&w
CUMMING, GEORGIA
Will Practise in All Court!
Over F & M Bank
DR. J. L. HARRISON
Dentist
301-302 Jackson Building
Gainesville, Ga.
W. W. PIRKLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Cumming, - Georgia.
Office at Residence. Phone 88.
DR. J. ROBERT SIMPSON
Specialist in Diseases of
The Eye, Ears, Nose and Throat
302-303-304 Jackson Building,
Gainesville, Ga.
DR. M. F. KELLEY, Dentist,
Cumming, Ga.
Office in Dougherty Hotel
All Work Guaranteed
O. W. SETTLE
Funeral Director &
Ncrcross, Ga.
Day and Night ’Phone.
Important Notice.
All parties owing me either
by note or account muit call at
! once and settle and save cost.
Dr. J, Thad Bramblett. j