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Ihef’orsvlh County News. Published every Wednesday at Cumming, Ga. By J. B. Patterson. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Per Year 7bc. i Six Months 40c. | Three Months 25c.! 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. . > 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 Star Infants and Children ISlUte For Over 30 Years rjt jrir.~* “Relieves a coash in early stage, regardless of the patient • age." t oley’s Honey Tar IX-YEAR-OLD or sixty-year-old, man or woman, v.'ill find in this fine, old family medicine a pure, pleasant, whole- some, cafe and successful icinedy for coughs and colds — particularly if taken promptly. You wouldn’t neglect a small fire that had JPO dMk\ A 1 started in your.home, no matter how tiny tho (££& J blaze, no matter how strong and big the house. U It is just as foolish to neglect a cold, however 6lighu USSrS MMxjl Even if one has been so careless ard unwise f 1 as to neglect a cold and it has hung on lor weeks, Foley’s lioney and Tar Compound will give c/iick telief if none of the dangerous diseases like bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia or cou* sumption (which a neglected cold often runs into) has a foutLoiC. Easy To Do The il.’ght Th u" Bo prepared Keep a bottle (25c, r>oc and $1.00) of Foley's Iloney and Tar Compound in vonr home. You rai-ht need it some night wh—i stores are closed and delays are dangerous. You can’t toll. It has relieved spasmodic croup. It; action is prompt. It quickly over comes courrhs, colds, whooping cough, bronchial and lu grippe coughs. Mr. William F. Th raas, Summerville, (In., writes: “i had vmir Foley’s Honey aod Tar Conpounda most efiicieut remedy for coughs, hoarseness, etc. I have used it. with excellent results for .‘-eveia 1 yoars. Iu addition t<* being so pleasant to cato. 1 fiud it gives better sat isfaction than other remedies I have tried. Yours for continued success in its manufacture. 1 CUM MING DRUG STORE. GROW BIGGER CROPS PERMANENTLY IMPROVE YOUR SOIL —CY FERTiLIZ.no WITH— CAMP GORDON HORSE MANURE BUTLER & PINSON 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. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS