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Ihef’orsvlh County News.
Published every Wednesday at Cumming, Ga.
By J. B. Patterson.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FORSYTH COUNTY.
.. Entered at the Post Office at Cumming, Ga.,
August 10th, 1910, as mail matter of the second
class.
Advertising rates made known upon application.
Cumming, Ga., August 9th, 1918.
Anew draft measure calling for registration
of men between the ages of 18 and 45 will be
placed before congress when it meets August 2 1,
The senate bill to create anew county with
Fairmount as the county site has been postponed
indefinitely..
The cost of ginning cotton wil be increased
about twenty five per cent on account of high
price of labor and fuel.
Milton county tax returns increased one hund
red and twenty thousand dollars.
The government will likely put a tax of two
cents a gallon on gasoline.
A tax of ten dollars on Fords will likely bg
levied by the government. Higher priced cars
will be more.
The battle on the western front is still furious,
with the allies advancing on and on.
The American soldiers are holding their sec
tors in France.
The national fox hunters association will be
held in Columbia, Tenn., in November. John
Hulsey Jeff Crow and others, ought to go.
The war is costing our government one and
one-half billion dollars a month, or an equivalent
of eightteen billion dollars a year.
One million pounds of sugar has been added
to the state’s quota for the month of August on
account of canning and preserving fruits.
Chief Beavers have stopped the little city boys
from tying cans to little dog’s tails.
Boys of draft age are to receive training be
fore entering the camps according to informa
tion given out by general Crowder.
The United States has sent twenty one thous
and automobiles overseas for war serv'ce.
The legislature will likely add three hundred
and twenty live thousand dollars to the school
fund.
Cotton jumped five dollars a bale last triday
on the government’s report of a shortage.
The clay is wet now if it ever intends to be.
Thirty two stills were destroyed in North Geor
gia in July, leaving a balance of titty thousand
more or less.
The names of Forsyth county boys are begin
ning to appear on the casualty list, lhere will
be others all along, but we hope they will be few
in number.
v John Holder will be a candidate for the legis
lature again, and will ask to be re-elected Speak
er of the House.
One egg a month is the ration lor each person
in Germany. We want that many for breakfast
every morning.
The appropriation bill passed by the legisla
ture calls for over eight million dollars. This,
of course, will likey be more than the income of
the state for the next year.
About twenty out of every thousand soldiers
are killed or wounded in France
844 enemy airplanes were brought down by
the allies during the month of July.
Gasoline has jumped to 28 cents a gallon in
Cumniing.
The price of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco will
be more than doubled under the new revenue bill
The American loss up to Saturday night on the
battle field was about about 12,000 killed and
wounded.
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Paste This In Your Scrap Book.
A major heads a battalion.
A firing squad is 20 men. > n
A captain heads a Company.
A supply train has 283 men.
A field artillery has 195. men
A lieutenant heads a platoon.
An army corps is 60,000 men.
A colonel heads each regiment.
An infantry division is 19,000 men.
An infantry brigade is 7,000 men.
A regiment of infantry is 3,600 men.
A field hospital has fifty-five men.
A machine gun batalion has 296.
An engineers' regiment has 1,093 men
A medicine attachment has thirteen men.
An ambulanc company has sixty-six men.
A lieutenant colonel is next below a colonel.
A brigadier general leads each infantry brig
ade.
A field artillery brigade comprises 1,300 men.
A major general leads the field army and also
each army corps.
A sergeant is next below a lieutenant.—lllus
trated Review
Those who are watching the lineup in the state
declare that Harris has the great lead in the race
against Hardwick, and that the other candidates
have no show at all to beat the present junior
senator. The Harris men are declaring that a
vote for any other candidate besides Harris is
virtually a vote for Hardwick. The supporters
of the other candidates deny this and seem bent
on giving their support to the candidates of their
choice, regardless of the result. This is loyalty,
whether it is good politics or not. But, if the Wil
son and administration votes are divided, Hard
wick will certainly take the county. Of this
there is not in our opinion a particle of doubt.
—Alpharetta Free Press.
The government in addition to taking over the
telegraph and telephone system is taking con
trol of all physicians in the United States. It
must consider the doctors as live wires.—Mays
ville Enterprise.
The stars and stripes are indeed traveling
about the world. We are informed that in every
capital of the orient and even in interior China
they float beside the national banner.—Mays
ville Enterprise.
“Are you going to France?” was asked a darft
ed man last week. “No,” said he, “I am going
to Berlin,” and that’s the spirit that has won
fame for the men already over there.Gaineayille.
Herald.
If Joe Hill Hall is running for Attorney-Gen
eral the state in general seems unaware of it.
—Walton Tribune.
With the loyal vote split between Harris and
and Howard there is serious danger of the elec
tion of Hardwick. —Walton Tribune.
The allies have got ‘em running.
Don’t get blue on account of the weather.
These rains will make a good yield of corn.
“Big Joe” Cody, nine years old weighing 318
pounds, died at his home near Clarkesville last
week. He was the largest boy to his age in the
world.
Twenty thousand dollars has been appropria
ted by the legislature for building a girls dorm
itory at the A. & M. school at Clarkesville
J. D. Price, former commissioner of agricul
ture, will likely be a candidate for railroad com
missioner.
Paul Lindsey, ex-president of the National
Rural Letter Carriers Association, is a candidate
for the legislature from DeKalb county.
Old Foch knows the ground on the western
front, and we are willing to leave the battle to
him.
We are more convinced every day that the al
lies will win this war, and it don’t look like they
are going to be so many years in doing so.
There is a shortage in news print paper, and
we are giving you the best we can.
The coal situation is said to be worse than it
was last season, but they can’t blame Bill Harris
with it.
The state department of agriculture is advis
ing the farmers to plant more wheat this season.
There will be a need for every bushel that can be
raised. ’ _ _Jg
Preparations are being made for the big North
east Georgia Fair to be held in Gainesville in Oc
tober.
The Southeastern Fair to be held in Atlanta in
October will be the best one ever pulled off in the
south.
HearcPsStore News.
Por*ly Peopjel
The shoe problem is one of the hardest
for stout people to solve. Heavy weight on
sensitive feet means a pulse of pain at every
step unless the shoes have been fitted with
care and skill.
P
Comfortable
Shoes for All
We carry an unusually large stock of
high grade shoes in a wide range of styles and
sizes. We not only know how to fit the many
Cj X various shapes of feet, but we have the stock
Ml with which to do it.
Our prices are low —the quality high.
Geo. W. Heard
Georgia, Forsyth County.
Under and by virtue of the
will of John R. Westbrook, late;
dec’d of sai dcounty, I will offer
for sale to the highest bidder
within the legal hours of sale on J
on Aug. 20th 1918 at the late
residence of John R. Westbrook
deceased the following proper
ty.
All of lots of land N05.1213
and 1198, all of lots of land Nos.
1197 and 1214 lying on the
north side of Silver City and
Keith Bridge road si/> acres in
north west corner of lot No.
1263 25 acres more or less on
west side of lot No. 1264 ail in
the 14th, Dist. and Ist section of
Forsyth county, Georgia. This
land will be sold in two farms.
Persons interested can learn
how the lines run by calling at
the old home. Also at the same
time and place 6 acres more or
less of lot No. 1214 lying on
west side of New Hope church
property.
Terms % cash remainder due
Dec. 20th, 1918 with interest at
8 per cent. Possession given
Jan. Ist, 1919.
Persons buying these lands
will receive what rent is due the
landlord for this year and will
be expected to pay taxes on
same for 1918.
Also at the same time and
place a lot of corn an dfodder
and a lot of other things not
here mentioned. Property sold
for distribution among the heirs
July 15th, 1918.
W. C. Westbrook Executor
of the Will of John R.
Westbrook, Dec’d.
Notice to Debtors & Crditors
All persons having claims or
demands against the estate of
W. P. Sloan late of said county
deceased are hereby required
to present same to the- under
signed, properly proven, at once
anci all persons indebted to -’a ’<i
estate are required to make
immediate payment.
H. S. Brooks, Admr.
SASTORIA
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ATLANTA Helling Agents GEORGIA
Owners of Ford cars are advised to be cautious of
“Counterfeit” or parts not made by the Ford Mortor Cos.
if your car needs adjustment, or repairing, take it to an
authorized Ford dealer, where you will find a reliable
service station, with the complete mechanical equipment
and the necessary tools to give the highest quality Ford
service obtainable—for the standard Ford prices.
All the Ford parts used by Ford dealers are manufac
tur"d and supplied by the Ford Motor Cos. If your car
requires the replacement of any parts, is in need of re
pairs—don’t experiment; don’t waste time and money
trying to dc it yourself. It is one thing to understand and
operate a car; it is another thing to make reliable repairs
to a car. When anything is wrong with your Ford make
a “bee line” or telephone us we are ready to give you
prompt attention. So bring your Ford car where satis
faction and economy is sure.
Strickland & Wisdom,
Agents Forsyth and Dawson Counties.
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