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Vol. 10. No. 44.
A Safe Bank
It has ever been the policy of this
Bank to do a business that was
safe at all times.
During prosperity is the time to be sav
ing, economical and cautious.
We offer every facility and accommoda
tion that any Pank can offer and do a safe
and legitimate business.
We will accept on deposit or payment
all good checks on any Bank or individual
without exchange or discount.
Yours for Business,
BANK OF CUMMING
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Col. C. L. Harris and fami
ly have moved to the Bob Harri
son house near the Ivl E church.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Pirkle
report the arrival of a fine boy
at their home.
Mrs. J. V. Merritt has accept
ed a position in the store of Mr.
W. Heard.
/ B,ev. C. T. Brown went to his
appointment at Fairview in
Ejaftkliu county Sundav.
' T*e ban on gasoline has been
lifted and people were ruling
in their cars SffrrcSay.
Quite a number attended the
Sr.ie over at Charlie Haris’ last.
Saturday evning.
Mrs. Reeves, one of the teach
ers in the school here spent a
day or two in Atlanta last week
The flu patients are all on
the mend, and we hope this ep
idemic will soon be over.
Mr. G. W. Heard is anle to
be up again after a two weeks
sickness.
We received eleven new sub
scribers to the News last Satur
day, and it was no day for get
ting subscriptions cither.
The local board began exam
ination of the men between 19
and 36 who were placed in Ist
class, Tuesday of this week.
Mr. R. E. Harrison, wife and
little daughter of Chamblee vis
ited Mrs. Sallie Tatum Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Looks like someone would
rent or lease the old Sims hotel
and run a hotel and boarding
house here. We believe it will
pay them to keep boarders.
There is a lively race on be
tween route 1 and route 7 for
subscription. Both routes have
away over 125 and still they
continue to come.
People are buying and pay
ing for war savings stamps to
beat the band. Nothing uncom
mon to see a fellow walk away
from the post office with a cer
tificate in his hands.
Wheeler Hill has bought the
Claude Groover farm near Cu
ba. This is one of the best up
land farms in the county, and
Mr. Hill is fortunate in being
able to buy it from Claude.
Everybody run their clocks
and watches back one hour Sun
day and we feel like we are one
hour early all the time. It will
seem allright when we get ac
customed to it.
Your attention is called to ad
of the Rucker Cotton Seed Cos.
in this issue. If you want any
of these seed for planting next
year you had better go down
and get them before they are
all sold. __ _
The Forsyth County News
Next Monday is Court of Or
' dinary.
Next Tuesday is sale day, al
so election day.
Mrs. E. F. Smith has returned
from Athens.
The little infant of Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Barrett is quite sick.
Hope it will soon recover.
Mr. John Pilgrim of Cham
b'ee spent Sunday with relativ
es in town.
Mrs. J. L. Rogers had the mis
fortune to lose a valuable horse
Sunday.
The rural carriers leave at
8:20 yet, but it is an hour laier
in the morning.
! Mr. Walker Heard, clever car
| rier on route 3, is confined to
i his room with fiu. His friends
| trust that he will soon be well.
I Thad Burruss is some farmer
I He and his renters have alread
y gathered 38 bales of cotton,
and are not done yet.
School will open next Mon
day if the flu don’t get worse,
and we hope it will not do so, as
the little fellows ought to be in
school every day they can.
The fourth Quarterly meet
ing, Cumming district, will be
held with New Hope church on
the second Sunday in November,
Every one urgently invited to at
tend.
The future price on the News
and Tri-Weekly Constitution is
$1.90. The News is not gone up
in price, understand, but the
Constitution has advanced to
$1.50 a year and we had to go
up on the price of the club.
A fine rain fell last Thursday
and we have been having plen
ty of it since. It may be a help
to the city people who are suf
fering for electric lights and to
those who operate with electric
ity.
All of the Gainesville papers
have advanced the price to 1.50
a year beginning Jan. Ist. The
News is holding the price down
to 75c, and will not go up unless
we are forced to do so. Come on
and join, the long list of subscrib
ers and make it unanimous.
Everything on the market is
high at this time, and when a
country newspaper editor buys
a dollars worth of rations for
his wife and kids, he can take
it home in his hip pocket with
out the public suspicioning him
of violating the prohibition law.
Miss Ethel Branch has resign
ed her position in our school
to accept a position in the City
schools in Atlanta. Her many
friends, especially the little fel
| lows in her class, regret to see
her leave.
Sunshine in The Home, Power In The Life
The doctors are kept going
day and night, looking after pa
tients with the flu.
Mr. Geo. Merritt has several
cases of flu in his home, but they
are all getting better.
Mr. Cliff Vaughan and fami
ly of Roswell spent Sunday with
Mr. W. J. Groover and family.
Mr. Henry Wolfe and fami
ly are all sick with flu. We hope
they will soon recover.
So many people have fill it la
impossible to get the names of
all of them.
Mr. Hiram Kelley and fam
ily of Gainesville spent Sunday
with relatives in town.
There was no services at ei
ther of the churches here Sun
day on account of flu, not even
Sunday school.
Mr. L. D. Stephens and fam
ily are moving into the house
he recently purchased from Col
Harris.
Mr. F. G. Roberts has been
confined to his room here with
flu, but expects to be able to
return to his work in a few days
Mrs. Warren Brannon is sick
at the home of her sister in Tex
as. Her friends here hope she
will soon recover.
Mr. W. W. Reid had the mis
fortune to get his finger shot
off while fooling with a gun one
day this week.
The many friends of Dr. W.
E. Lipscomb will be glad to
know that he is able to be out
again.
Dr. Marcus Mashburn is con
fined to his room with flu. His
friends hope that he will soon
be out and practising again.
Newsprint paper is nearly 2c
a pound higher than it was two
months ago. It is liable to go a
good deal higher yet.
Look up the Tax Collector’s
notice in another column, and
try to meet him at his appoint
ment in your district.
A little seven year old son
Mr. Alvin Glover of route 3,j
died Monday and was buried at |
Pleasant View Tuesday. We ex
tend sympathy to the bereaved
Dr. Will Rusk of Alpharetta
who was born and reared in our
county, has been made a Lieu
tenant in the army and is now
in camp. His friends here wish
him well in the service.
Bring your job work right oil
to the News office and we will
do it up for you nicely and just
as cheap as we can considering
the high price we have to pay
for the paper to orint it on.
Henry Hurt suffered some se
vere pain by trying to hold a
hog by the ear one day last
week but is better now, and will
probably be more careful with
hogs in the future.
Eddie, the 11 year old son of
Mr. John J. Bruton, formerly
of this county, won first prize
on 6 moths old Duroc Jerseys
at the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta.
Mr. Glen Tallant of Atlanta
is spending a few days with his
father, Mr. B. A. Tallant on
route 7. He expects to be called
into the army in a week or two
and came up to see his parents
before reporting at camp.
Next Tuesday is the general
election. Go out and vote your
choice for officers. It is necessa
ry that a good vote be cast in
order that there will be no dan
ger of our representation in
congress from this state be de
creased.
Judge Tidwell says he will
not put the convicts on the road
until the middle of February or
Ist of April as he does not care
to be at the expense of feeding
and clothing them during the
rough winter weather when no
i work can be done.
CUMMING, GA., NOVEMBER IST, 1918.
Tax Collectors Notice.
Iwill be at the following pla
ces on the dates named for the
purpose of collecting state and
county taxes for the year 1918:
Wednesday, Nov. 6th. ,
Montgomery store 10 a m
Chattahoochee C G 11 a m
Orr store 12 m
Oscarville 2pm
Brice’s store 3:30 p m
Ben Fowler residence 4 :30 p m
Thursday, Nov. 7th.
Stripland store 10 a m
F M Porter’s store 12 m
Roy Westbrook store 2:80 p m
Rolands, C ground 4pm
Friday, Nov. Bth
Coal Mountain 10 a m^
Wallis store 12 m
Silver City, 2pm
Mat store 4pm
Saturday, Nov. 9th.
Hightower 10 a m
John Bruton place 12 m
A J Dooley 1:30 p m
F H Pruitt 3pm
R H Bramblett’s 4pm
Tribble store, 5 pm
Monday Nov. 11th,
Jas P Holbrook, 10 am
Heardville, 11:30 a m
Ducktown, Ipm
Pursell storre, 3pm '
Roper’s store 4:30 p m
Tuesday, Nov. 12th,
W C Wheeler, 10 a m
Wills’ store, 11am
Bagwell store, 12 m
W W Jones’ 1:30 pm
Big Creek, 3pm
Glover's store, 4pm
I will be at mjr office in the
court house on**ll pul)!ic days.
Books 1 left 20th Meet]
me promptly* or. Eart^.ni.has.
H. L. Hurt, T. C.
Card from Hon. Tom Bell.
To the voters of Forsyth Cos.:
It is of the utmost import
ance to the people of the south
that we get out a full vote in
the November election. This is
the only vote which is reported
to Washington, and it is this
vote upon which our represen
tation is based. As long as our
vote does not show a compar
ative full strength so long will
bills be introduced in congress
to reduce our number of repre
sentatives.
It only takes a short time to
vote and I trust every man in
the district will cast his vote on
November sth.
Very truly,
Thos. M. Bell.
For Sale
Home in Cumming. 5 room
house, garage, barn, wood
house, large lot. For particu
lars. write H. A. Kelley,Gain
esville, Ga., or see E. W. Mash
burn, Cumming, Ga,
To Merchants and Millers.
I wish to especially call your
attention to a recent order pass
ed by the Food Administration
in Georgia, to this effect:
“All merchants and millers
are required to keep at all times
a permanent record showing
the name and address and the
date of all sales of two gallons
of syrup or more, or 100 pounds
of corn meal, or more, sold.’
This record must be kept in
such a way that it can be easily
inspected at all times and any
false record kept will be heav
ily punished, or failure to keep
a record will be heavily pun
ished.
This order to take effect im
mediately.
K. A. Kemp,
County Food Admiinstrator.
Seed Wheat for Sale.
25 bushels purple straw seed
wheat for sale.
E. W. Mashburn.
FARMERS OF fORSYTH COUNTY SHOULD GET
Rucker’s Select No 1
Cotton Seed Now
Price $3.50 per bashel at Warehouse
The roads are fairly good now, and any farmer can come in his ford and get hie
seed, coming to Alpharetta and returning within a few hours. He can bring his neigh
bor with him and take twenty bushels of seed back with him. Every farmer in For
syth county who desires to know the truth about the Rucker cotton ought to come
down into Milton county and enquire for the facts, and then he will plant no other
variety of seed.
The Rucker Cotton is a cross between the Cook and the King, possessing the good
qualities of both and the bad qualities of neither. It is a very early fifty-fifty cotton,
frequently turning out 50 per cent lint, and seldom falling below 46 per cent. The
bolls are very large and easily picked. Acre for acre it will beat any other variety
producing seed cotton.
Forsyth county farmers who come after seed and fetch their sacks can get what
they desire for $3.50 a bushel. At this price w'e can make no discount for any num
ber of bushels.
These seed are well matured and thoroughly culled. They are the purest and
best that can be produced. They are seed that have been grown this year from the
best seed we had.
Rucker Cotton Seed Company
Alpharetta, Ga.
w DEATHS.
Mrs. Warner Stone died at
her home near Atlanta last
Wednesday and her remains
brought tgJMidway for fu
neral and interment Thursday.
She was a daughter of Mr. W.
H. D. Puckett of route 7, and
had scores of friends in this sec
tion who will be pained to hear
of her death.
Mr. S. W. Gilleland of route
8, died last Friday and his re
mains were laid to rest at Zion
Hill Saturday, the funeral be
ing conducted by Rev. J. R.
Stone. He is survived by his
wife and several children to all
of whom we extend sympathy.
Miss Lucinda Haris, daugh
ter of Mr. Elia Harris of near
town died last Thursday morn
ing from influenza followed by
pneumonia, and her remains
were laid to rest in Cumming
cemetery Friday. Mr. Harris
has many friends who will ten
derly sympathize with him in
the death of his daughter.
Rev. H. F. Wood, a promi
nent Baptist minister, died at
his home in Hartwell lasc week.
He served ■ twrencevilk Eap
iist chuivh for several years.,
tnd had a number of fr> ads in
'his county.
Col. Wm. M. Johnson, a well
known Gainesville attorney, a
man who had many friends in
this section, died at his home in
Gainesville last Saturday. He
had influenza followed by pneu
monia and was only sick a few
days.
Mr. Roy Barrett, son of Mr.
J. H. Barrett of Atlanta, former
ly of this county, died of pneu-|
monia one day last week. Mr. j
Barrett has scores of friends in
this county who will sympthizej
with him in the loss of his son. i
Mr. Ceph Castleberry, son of j
Mr. J. H. Castleberry of route;
3, died at his home in Atlanta
one day ly t week, and his re
mains were interred there. He
has scores of boyhood friends in
this county who wi'l regret to
hear of his death.
Mr. J. K. Perry died at his
home one day last week. He
was a brother to Mrs. W. W.
Reid, and was formerly a resi
dent of this county. _ _
Deposits Reach
Quarter Million Mark
The Farmers and Merchants Bank is al!
the name implies, a safe, sound and con
servative bank for Farmers & Merchants.
The growth of this bank has been both
steady and rapid from its organization
until now we have one of the best coun
try banks in this section of the country.
Our deposits have grown from year to
year until at the close of business Octo
ber 18th we had oh Deposit a quarter of
million dollars.
We appreciate our customers aud show
them every courtesy or favor possible
consistent with sound banking.
IARMERS& MERCHANTS BANK,
Chattahoochee on Rampage.
The old Chattahoochee got on
a ‘bigun’ Tuesday night and
Wednesday and the creeks and
branches over the county did
identically the same thing.
The mail from Buford got o
ver to us Wednesday morning,!
but did not cross going toward
Buford with the morning mail.
There was no mail from Buford
Wednesday afternoon, nor did
any mail go from here to that
point. j
The carriers on route 1 and
7 did not make their trip Wed
nesday. They started out but
the high waters on the creeks
turned them back.
This is the heaviest rain that,
has fallen in Forsyth counV n
some time, and it is thought
that a great deal of corn has
been ruined on the streams.
hope not, however, as we reed
this corn to bust the old kaii’er’s
eye.
GIN NOTICE.
After Saturday, the 2nd of
November, we will gin only on
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day of each week.
Hooper Gin & Seed Cos.
75c. Per Year.
How to help save soldiers live*.
Save peach atones, apricot pits
the shells of hickory nuts, but
ter nuts, walnuts, , prune pits,
plum pits, cherry pits, date
seed and olive pits. The carbon
produced from these materials
: when placed in respiration wdl
j save soldiers lives by absorbing
! german poison gas.
| Dry the materials thoroughly
and deliver them to the Red
Cross room at J. G. Puett’a resi
j dence. Every person in Forsyth
( county can do this.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the
firm of J. M. Tollison & Son are
hereby notified to comeat once
and settle. Arthur Tollison is in
; the army and this business must
!be wound up.
J. M. Tollison.
Notice of Dissolution.
The firm of Allen & Harris
on is dissolved. All parties ow
ing the firm must come at c*nce
and settle their indebtedness as
we want to collect up and have
a settlement. Do not put tms
matter off, but come at once.
J. 3. Harrison.