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Vo.l 10.—No. 45.
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
Read the new legal ad.?.
The ‘flu’ patients are all im
proving.
Mr. Wiley Majors of Rochelle
spent a few days last week vis
iting around Haw Creek.
Cols. Patterson and Harris
spent Wednesday in Atlanta on
business.
The post office here sold about
six thousand dollars worth of
War Stamps last Thursday.
Miss Ruth Pirkle has return
ed to her work at the G. N. & I.
C. at Milledgeville.
Mr. Ivan Otwell of Locust
Grove spent a day or two this
week with homefolks.
Mrs. C. T. Brown has been
elected as teacher to succeed
Miss Branch, resigned.
Messrs J. G. Hammond and H.
M Phagan of Abba are visiting
relatives in the county.
The bird season opens up No
vember 20th, but you must get
license before you hunt any.
H. W. Tollison has some real
good hogs and cattle for sale.
Sc 6 him at his home on route 2.
Mr. and Mrs. E. I'. Barrett of
Gainesville spent Sunday with
Mr. P. D. Brown.
Messrs Bill Reid and Ernest
Tidwell have joined the Motor
Transport Corps, and are await
ing orders to report.
Mrs. Mary Summerour of
Warsaw is spending awhile
with Dr. and Mrs. Marcus
Mashburn, who are sick.
About a car load of locals
are crowded out this week to
give space to the War Work
drive.
Those who are saving peach
seed, etc., for the Red Cross are
requested to bring them in to
the Red Cross Room on Sept.
26th. Their rooms at the resi
dence of Mr. J. G. Puett.
We are requested to state
that Revs. Ingram and Cochran
will be at Shady Grove on the
third Sunday in this month to
assist in the meeting..
Mr. Ben Spence of near Bran
dywine received the news Tues
day njght, that his son, Arp,
died of pneumonia at a hospital
in France Sept. 26th. We extend
sympathy to his parents and rel
atives.
According to gin inspector
P. D. Brown, there were 5,226
bales fo cotton ginned in the
county up to Oct. 18th this year
as compared to 565 up to same
time last year, showing an in
crease of 4,661 bales. This in
crease comes from the fact that
most of the cotton this season
was out and ginned, and the
crop last year was very late.
The Forsyth County News
rams®
Mr. Jesse Robbs of Camp Gor
don spent a few days last week
with Mr. W. A. Robbs.
Mr. P. D. Brown has bought
the J. R. Echols place from G.
W. Wilbanks.
Col. J. P. Brooke of Alpharet
ta transacted business here on
Monday of this week.
Mr. Walker Heard, who has
been laid up with flu, is able to
be out again.
Mr. L. D. Stephens has pur
chased part of the Jep Elliott
farm -from H. C. Westbrook.-
Mr. G. W. Myers of Atlanta
spent the weekend with relativ
es at Cuba.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Mash
burn of Atlanta and Mr. W. J.
Dodd and wife of Norcross vis
ited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. John M. Rice and fam
ily of near Bethel spent Sunday
with Mr. Major Nuckolls and
family.
Mr. Frank Bacon of Camp
Green is spending a few days
with his mother, Mrs. Laura Ba
con on route 3.
Harris and Bell ,carried the
county overwhelmingly in the e
lccion Tuesday. All of the Con-j
stitutional Amendments carried
There has only been three or
four deaths in this county from
Spanish Influenza, although we
have had hundreds of cases.
This is a high compliment to the
skill of our physicians.
Mr. W. M. Wallis of Plano,
Texas, and Mr. J. B. Wallis of
New Holland visited Mr. M. T.
Wallis, who is sick at his home
on route 1, last week.-
Mr. H. L. Jones of route 3,
knwn among the boys as Sam,
will move to Tifton in a few
weeks. We hate to give him up
but wish him w'ell in his new
home.
A little 7 months old child of
Mr. Henry Pruitt of route 3 died
last Friday and was buried at
Haw Creek Saturday, Rev. J. W
Thomas conducting the funeral
service. We extend sympathy to
the bereaved parents.
A little seven year old child
of Mr. Wesley Neal of Cordele
formerly of this county, died
one day last week, and its re
mains were interred at Concord
Sunday, Rev. Braddy conduct
ing the services. We extend our
sympathy to the bereaved pa
rents.
Thad Burruss has bought
the farm of P. D. Brown and C.
B. Otw'ell the farm of Mr. A. 11.
Dunlap. Jep Elliott has bought
the C. C. Reid farm from John
Tordan. In fact the real estate
market is getting lively.
Sunshine in The Home, Power In The Life
School Notice.
The school term for the year
1919 will be five months. Any
district desiring to begin before
Christmas may begin school
Nov. 25th, 1918, and teach five
months in succession. There
must be three and one-half
months taught during the win
ter term. Teachers are required
to grade their schools to the
best of their ability and to use
Pupil’s Monthly report cards.
Parents are requested to exam
ine these cards carefully at the
end of each month.
Respectfully,
A. C. Kennejnore, Sup’t.
Quarterly Meeting.
The fourth Quarterly Con
ference of the Cumming charge
convenes at New Hope the sec
ond Sunday in November. I
trust every member will be pres
ent. Remember further that this
will be just two days before the
annual conference meets in At
lanta. May God bless you in
your efforts to meet all the de
mands of the church.
Your pastor,
J. W. Gober.
Gin Notice.
After Nov. 9th we will gin
on Tuesday, Thursday and Snt
urday of each week only.
Cumming Oil & Fertilizer Cos
Gin Notice.
After Nov. 9th the gin at Coal
Mountain will only run days
in each week, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
C. E. Thomas.
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Gin Notice.
After Saturday, Nov. 9th, we'
will gin on Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday .The'
Nuckolls old gin stand.
A. D. Majors. Mgr.
Notice to Overseers.
The overseers of Chattahoo
chee district are required by
jthe Commissioners to put the
’ roads in good condition betwen
the Bth and 20th if Nov. Any
1 overseer failing to do so will be
I subject to a fine of $25.00.
Cornin’.oners.
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.
Public Speaking.
Hon. Alex Stephens of At
lanta will speak here next Sat-,
urdav at 11 o’clock in the in-J
tcrest of the War Work Cam
paign. There may be others to
tell you the good of this cause, j
and every man in the county is
urgently requested to come on
that day and bring his family
along with him.
This is a worthy cause, and
our people should help (o make
life comfortable for our boys
across the sea.
We arc requested to announce
that Rev. J. J. Dempsey will
preach at Pleasant View' next
Sunday at 11 o’clock.. Every
body invited to go out and hear
him.
Rev. J. P. Erwin, Presiding
Elder of the Marietta district,
will preach at the Methodist
church in towm Sunday night
at 7:30, and all are cordially in
vited to be present.
The local board has received
a call for 56 men to report for!
entrainment on the 15th. They
will go to Camp Wheeler and
it will require otfr board to call
some of those who recently reg
istered.
CUMMING, GJL, NOVEMBER BTH, 1918.
Should Baptists Give In the Ap
proaching United War Work
Campaign?
By Prof. W. J. McGlothlin, D D
Southern Baptist T. Seminary
Louisville, KY
In order to get to the heart
of the matter at once, f answer
without hesitation or
cation, “Yes, in my. judgment,
they should give as freely and
generously as they are able.” I
recognize the confusion of mind
in which we have been groping
for the past few weeks, and
frankly admit that there are
things about the campaign that
I do not like. But notvvjthstand
ing all this and more that might
be said, I believe it would be a
serious failure and an irrepara
ble blunder for Baptists to re
fuse or fail to give. Some of the
reasons for this opinion are as
follows:
1. All the money is given for
the welfare of American sold
iers and will be expended for
their good. It will not all be ex
pended in ways that we regard
as the best, but it will all be ex
pended by men and women
who are trying to serve “our
boys.” All these millions of sol
diers are “our boys” fighting
our battles, whether they are
Jew's, Catholics, Protestants, or
religiously nothing, and to serve
them is a good thing, w hether
that service is rendered in just
the w'av we would prefer or not
Let us remember that not a dol
lar of the $170,500,(KMT will be
expended with the purpose of
injuring these boys, - v*- - 1
2. It is highly probable that the
Catholics and Jew's will them
selves give as much as they are
to get out of the United Cam
paign. It is not probable that 1
dollar of Protestant money w ill
be expended on Catholic boys
or one dollar of Christian mon
ey on Jewish boys, or that the
Baptist will give one dollar
more than is spent on their own
boys. In fact, it is not probable
that we Southern Baptists will
give as much as will be spent
on our own Southern Baptist
boys. If some Baptists are un
willing to have their in ney
spent on anybody but Baptists
it may relieve Lhem somewhat
to look at the matter in this
light.
3. It is now known that the
consolidation of the campaign !
was not due to the wishes of Dr
Mott. On the contrary, we know!
that he was opposed to the con-'
solidation, which was pressed
upon him by the President and
other officials of the govern- 1
ment. We also know that the
motive that actuated our gov
ernment was not the desire to J
favor this or that form of relig
ion, but the feeling that the im
mense financial demands made
by the war upon the country’s
resources made it necessary to
have as few calls as po3siblj. |
There are to be, during the year
tlnee great government loans
which are to total not less than
sixteen billion dollars. In view
of these facts it is easy to see
why the President insisted that
we should have one united cam
paign for all forms of camp ser
vice. He was judging the mat
ter from the standpoint of the
entire nation, and he was prob
ably right.
4. We know that Dr. Mott and
the Y. 1.1. C. A. had nothing to
do with the removal of the
camp tors from the camps,
but that, on the contrary, Dr.
Mott has steadily favored their
presence and ha > used his influ
ence to give them every facility
for their \.<rk in connection
with the Y. M. C. A. As far as
my information goes, there has
been little complaint by camp
pastors as to their treatment by
the Y. M. C. A. It would have
been a miracle if such multi
tudes of workers had every
where and always succeeded in
getting on without friction. The
fewness of the cases of friction
is a fine testimony of the high
character and wisdom of all the
religious workers of every kind
5. The cessation of hostilities,
when this comes, will but in
crease the need of religious
workers It will be many months
after fighting ceases before it
will be possible to begin to bring
the men home and the process
of returning and demobilizing
them will be a long one. In these
weary months of idleness, relax
ation and home sickness they
will need the sustaining help of
the Y. M. C. A. and other social
and religious organizations
more than ever before. Now,
while they are fighting, they
are sustained by our great ob
jective; when peace comes this
will cease its elevating influ
ence. Then they will need these
agencies more than ever before
For these reasons it seems to
me that eveiy one of us can and
ought to give as largely as possi
ble in the United Campaign.
But, someone asks, Shall a man
give against his conscience?
Emphatically, No. But when
the government of the United
States insists upon a given pol
icy for all the citizens of the
country for. the general wel
fare of all our American sold
iers, a ought to examine
his conscience carefully to see
if it is properly instructed be
fore he decides that he can not,
conscientiously give to this
great cause. He should also con
sider whether he is not calling
covetousness by the name of
conscience. Let no man give a
gainst his conscience, but let
him consider very carefully be
fore he lets conscience restrain
him from giving.
In my judgment it would be
most unwise, from a denomina
' tional standpoint for us Baptists
to hold out of this campaign.
The country will have small pa
tience with that body who must
be absolutely satisfied with ev
ery detail of the work before
it lends its help. How will our
Baptist boys feel, and how will
they stand among their fellows
if it should become generally
known in the army and the na
tion that Baptists are holding
out in this effort to care for the
moral welfare of American sol
diers? Such a situation would,
in my judgment, be disastrous
to us.
And since we have had so
much rather censorious discuss
ion recently in our denomina
tional press, which may have
disposed some of our people to
hold out, it seems to me impor
tant that all of us who can con
scientiously do so should put
our shoulders to the wheel and
push hard. We Baptists have
multitudes of boys ill the army
and we must do a good part by
them. A great humanitarian
service is to be rendered the A
merican army, and we can not
afford to be slackers.
Communion Service
Corinth church invites all sir
ter churches to be with us next
Sunday in our communion ser
vice as the church did not com
mune last meeting day as there
was a lot of sickness in the com
munity. Hope that all who can
will come and be with us.
J. W. Thomas, pastor.
Deposits Reach
. Quarter Million Mark
The Farmers and Merchants Bank is all
the name implies, a safe, sound and con
srrvative bank for Farmers & Merchants.
The growth of this hank 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 untit at the close of business Octo
ber 18th we had on Deposit a quarter of
million dollars.
We appreciate our customers and show
them every courtesy or favor possible
consistent with sound banking.
f ARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK,
Died of Influenza.
Mr. J. C. Castleberry, former
citizen of Dallas and Forsyth
county, died at the home of his
father-in-law, Mr. W. R. Grif
fin last Sunday morning at 3 o’-
clock.
Mr. Castleberry was employed
in the government service at
Camp McClellan near Anniston
Ala., when he contracted ihe
.Spanish Influenza. It was first
thought that he only had a cold
and last Sunday came to Dallas
for the purpose of carrying his
family back to Annistor. with
him.
As soon as hetarrived
he took to bis bed and grew rap
idly worse until Sunday morn
:ng when he died.
Mr. Castleberry was one who
made friends wherever he went
and he counted them by the
scores. There are many who re
gret his untimely death.
Rev. Thomas M. Elliott con
ducted the funeral ceremonies
which were held at the home of
Mr. Griffin and the interment
took place at the cemetery here
He is survived by his wife who
was formerly Miss Maude Grif
fin of this place, and four small
children.
He is also survived by his pa
rents who reside near Camming
Ga.
The New Era extends its sym
pathy to the bereaved widow
and little children, and also the
aged parents.—Dallas New Era
Gin Notice.
After this week the gin at
Drew will run on Tuesday and
Friday only.
Wheeler & Holbrook.
Ford Car For Sale.
1916 model. Not run to hurt.
Price right. H. S. Buice,
Suwanee, Ga., route 2.
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 oice
:nd settle their ndebtedness as
,ve want to collect up and have
a settlement. Do not put tins
matter off, but come at or.ee.
J. 3, Harrison.
Seed Wheat for Sale.
25 bushels purple straw seed
wheat for sale.
E. W. Mashburn.
75c. Per Year.
United War Work Campaign
County Chairman, Ilariie S.
Brooks, and County Publicity
[ Director, J. Ed. Puett, with
! their several committees in eve
ry district in the county, are or
jganizing for the United War
Work Campaign drive, begin
ning next Monday, Nov. 11th
and closing Monday, Nov. 18th.
The county’s share of this
fund is around two thousand
dollars and, mir people should
raise this, amount easily. Of all
the war work thirds trie most
-inqportapt affect's our boys
‘over (hfire’. mote directly than
cl -cm* Jttfjtojer
nish them with thfMummß?cl arid
one little things which give 'em
home comfort and happiness,
and which can not be had ex
cept through this agency. Let
everybody be prepared to give
liberally to this splendid cause.
When our boys come home they
will bless you for remembering
them while thev were ‘over
there’ fighting for your freedom
And don’t get it in your mind
that the boys will be home soon
Even if peace is declared at an
early date, it will be from one
to two years before our boys
get home.
Dear grandpa: I will write.you
a line or two to let you hear
from me. I am all o k, and feel
ing fine. How are vou and the
boys getting along. Guess you
are through picking cotton ami
sitting around the fire. I Guess
you are having plenty of fresh
meat and are living fat. Guess
you didn’t know what had be
come of me as I hadn’t been
writing to you. I have been thin
king for sometime that I would
write but just kept putting if
off.. I wrote you a card after I
got on the ship in New York. I
am in the trenches now and i
have been for 12 days. I have
been in France about 2 months
I left New York July 6th spent
a few ( ,r >vs iri England.. 1 sure
would like to see you all. Tell
aunt Bessie I will answer her
letter in a few days. How !■ rank
and Lewis getting along? Tell
them hello for me. Tell Zillie
and Agnes to write to me. I si re
would be glad to hear from you
all. Haven’t heard from Char
lie in over 3 months. Is Mrs Hoi
broook still living?. Guess this
.-.ill be all for this time a3 news
is scarce. I want vou all to write
to me. Your grand-3on,
Pierce Durham.
Pure Broadwell cotton seed
for sale or exchange for other
seed. See
A. C. Kennemoi",
Cumming, Ga.