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Vol. 10.— No. 46. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. J. T. Blackstone is in south Georgia for a few days stay, just looking around. Several from town attended Quarterly meeting at NJew Hope Sunday. Mr. J. M. Fowler of route 6 has a few good mules for sale or to trade. Call to see him. We i egret to leavn of the illness of Mrs. Ed Merritt and trust she will soon recover. Mr. Walter Jett of the army is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jett of route 6. We are up with our Job de partment and are ready to do your work neatly and at a rea sonable price. A horse belonging to Mr. T. F. Orr of route 3, ran away in town Saturday afternoon, but fortunately no one was hurt. The many friends of Dr. Mar cus Maashburn will be glad to know that he is able to be out again, after an illness of two weeks. Mr. J. F. Jordan spent sev eral days in south Georgia last week on business. He will like ly move down there soon, sonably good price. Mr. Alton Hughes, who re moved last fall to south Geor gia, has moved back to this county, and will live at the W. T. Fowler place another year. There were 1,475,000 bales of cotton ginned in Georgia up to Nov. Ist. We have not receiv ed the figures for this county as yo. The price of cotton is ad vancing a little for the past 6 days. It i3 hard to tell what the market will do on the staple, but we hope the price will stay up to something like the cost of raising it anyhow. It’s ‘tater’ digging time now and the farmers are plowing up some of the finest ones ever raised. They are fine for win ter use, especially where you have three or four li Lie ‘shav ers’ to feed. You must not expect our boys home soon. It will :.axe them a good while to get things in line shnpe across .he water and rod up the barbed wire left on the battlefield by the fleeing ger mans. Mr. John McWhorter'of Ro chelle spent a few days of last week with his father on route 6. He called at the News office while here and renewed up so that he can hear from old For syth county every week. Mr. R. E. Hope has sold his place on the southwest side of the public square to M. G. W. Wilbanks. Mr. Hope will likely move to his home on Canton street, West End. Mr. A. H. Stewart of route 2, was here Saturday. He had read of the death in action of James M. Stewart of Cum mings, Va., and is satisfied that it is his son, James, who was drafted from Norfolk. We are hopeful that it is not his son. J. W. Gober is attend ing the annual session of the North Georgia Conference in Atlanta this week He has serv ed the Cumming work for two years, and has many friends who trust he will come back to us for another year. Miss Pauline Ramsey and Mr Claude Elliott, both of route 7, were happily married on July 4th. They kept the matte’- a se cret until one day last week when they told their friends here all about it. We wish em a long happy and prosperous life. The Forsyth County News Mr. J. L. Phillips was in At lanta on business Friday. Rev. F. T. Wills filled his ap pointment at Norcross Sunday. Mr. Lint Kelley of Camp Gor don visited homefolks Sunday. Mrs. H. L. Patterson is vis iting relatives in Atlanta. Mr. Luther Fowler of Atlan ta was here Sunday. Mr. Arthur Tollison of Ft. Thomas, Ky., is home on a 60 day furlough. Rev. J. P. Erwin preached at the M. E. church Sunday night. Mr. Jim Patterson and fam | ily of Atlanta spent Sunday I with relatives here. I Germany has come across, | just as everybody knew she’d have to do. Mr. and Mrs. W. F Benson of Gainesville visited relatives in town Sunday. Mr. Ed Hyde and family ot Ocee were visitors here Sun day. Dr. H. A. Rogers and fami ly of Jeffersonville are visiting relatives here and in the county See notice ox Tax Collector in another column and meet him at your nearest point. We hope to catch up with the letters from the soldiers next week. We are doing the best we can with them. Next Saturday is the last day you can get the News and Con stitution for $1.50. Better get them by then. Mrs. G. L. Bowman and chil dren, who have .been visiting relatives here, have returned to their home in Buford. If you do not see the editor in the office, just look over be hind the linotype machine, and you will find him at work. Dr. W. W. Puett and family of Rhine spent Tuesday night vv th Mr. J. G. Puett and fam ily here. There was no service? at the Methodist church here Sun ('ay on account of Quarterly meeting at New Hope. If you have any government bonds to dispose of call at our office, and we will try to buy them for you—but it i3 lor an other fellow. Rallies in the interest of the War Work fund are being held all over the county, and the county will go over the top, of course. Cumming and Bells dis tricts have gone over the top in the War Work drive. Which district will be the next to do the same thing? A little child of Mr. A. B. Fowler of Heardville died last Saturday night, and was bur ied at Mt. Pisgah Sunday. We extend sympathy to the be reaved parents. The many friends of Mr. C A. Sams of Canton, formerly of this county, will sympa thize with him in the death of his son, Douglas, who died 1 day last week. Lee Tatum, Leckie and the Bennnett boys captured 2 cars end about 110 gallons cf li-l uor early Sunday mornig, and brought it to Cumming where it was poured out. Them fel lows up I here are going after the traffic, and those who arc hauling it had better watch or they will catch ‘em. Our advertisers are crowd ing us this week, but we hope to make up for it next week. We are not allowed to print extra pages now, but believe the order will be withdrawn in a few days. Sunshine in The Home, Power in The Life 3rd and Last Round. I will be at the following pla ces on dates named for the pur pose of collecting 1918 taxes: Wednesday Nov. 27th Cross store, 9am L D Gilbert, 10 am J D Buices 12 m Sheltonville, 1 p m. P W Greens 2pm Big Creek 3pm Glovers store 4 pm Thursday, Nov. 23th. Homer Holbrook store 9am W W Jones 10 a m 3 R Bagwell, 11 am Wills store Ipm Dr J T Hunters 3pm W C Wheeler, 4pm Friday, Nov. 29th, Mat store, 9am Silver City, 11 a m Wallace store, 12 m Rolands C G, 2 p m Coal Mountain, 4pm Wednesday, Dec. 4th. Stripland store, 9am L M Jones store, 10 a m Orr's store, 2pm Chattahoochee C G 4 p m Thursday, Dec. sth. Hightower C G, 9 a m J A Lav/son, 10 am John Smith 11:30 a m Heardville 12 :30 p m Ducktown 2pm Pursell store, 3pm B P Roper store, 4 p m Friday, Dec. 6t!i, Roy Westbrook store 9:30 a in \ B Wood place, 11:30 a m Rich Brice store, 2pm R M Montgomery, 3pm A J Smith store, 4pm Books close Dec. 20th and 7 per cent interest collected. Please meet me on eastern time. 11. L. Hurt, T. C. 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 uae Pupil’s Monthly report cards. Parents are requested to exam ine these cards carefully at the end of each month. Respectfully, A. C. Kennemore, Sup’t. Rent Notice. Georgia, Forsyth county. The undersiged, as guardi an will offer what is known as the Dr. J. T. Bramblett place near Martin’s Cross Roads, 5 miles north of Cumming, con taining 8 acres more or less,for rent for the year 1919, at pub lie outcry before the court house door in the town of Cumming, in said county,wtih in the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Decem ber, 1918. The bidder will be required to give a note due Oc tober 15th, 1919, with interest from date at 8 per cent per annum, with approved securi ty for the rent of the same, and will be permitted to go in to possession of said property immediately upon executing the note and retain possession for one year from the date of said renting. Nov. 13 ,1918. L. W. Wofford, Guard ian Dr. J. T. Bramblett Gin Notice. After Nov. Ist, the gin at Haw Creek will only gin on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday until Nov. 23, and then Wednesday and Saturday the balance of the year. Geo. W. Thomas CUMMJNG, GA., NOVEMBER 15TH, 1918. Davison — Johnson. The Atlanta papei’s recently announced the mai’riage of Mrs. Nettie Hendricks Davis on and Mr. James M. Johnson, a business man of Atlanta, now in the Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Gordon. k Mr. and Mrs. Johnson spent two or three days of their hon eymoon trip with Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hockenhull here. The bride is well known in Cumming where she is affect ionately called ‘cousin Nettie’ by her relatives. 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. Pure Droadwell cotton seed for sale or exchange for other seed. See A. C. Kennemoi'e, Cumming, Ga. Wtiat Some Wei! Known Men Say About Rucker's Select No. 1 Cotton. Cotton is like a man-it ought to be judged by what an other says about it. The Rucker Cotton, grown and for sale by the Rucker Cottonseed Company, of Alpharetta, Ga.* is praised by all who have planted the seed. What the Ordinary of Milton County Says: Alpharetta, Ga., Oct. 26, ‘lB. To w'hom it may concern: On the 9!h day of October, this year, I sent to the gin 1060 pounds of seed cotton and get a bale weighing 510 pounds. This wks the Rucker cotton, which I consider the best vari ety 1 Jfave ever seen, and 1 have bqpn. farming all my life. I find this cotton to be very early, extra high-linting, heal thy, very prolfie, with big bolls that are more easily picked than any I ever saw. It makes more.dear money than any. cot ton on my farm. ■ L, N* THOMPSON, Ordinary Milton County, Ga. What a WdUWenown and Popu lar Bs b shier Says: AlphamtaTria., Oct. 8, 1918. To whom hjpj&y concern : As Cas’hierof Milton County Bank I -JilMfi.. with farmery wnffls "Witire soctWr and hear them talk about their affairs. This year one. of the main themes of conversation among them has been the re markable money making qual ities of the Rucker cotton, which has been so extensively cultivated in this section this year. They are unanimous in declaring this cotton the best money maker they have ever We insist thu ' farmers who lire close by drire to Alpharetta and get their seed at $3.50 a bushel, If they hare them shipped the price is $4.00 a bushel. These seed are well-matured, carefully selected and thorough ly cujled. It pays to buy and plant seed that hare been culled and clean ed of all sorry seed and foreign matter. Rucker Cottonseed Cos. Alpharetta, Ga. Public Sale. I will sell at my residence on route 2 on Wednesday, Nov. 30th, to the highest bidder the following: 1 mower and rake, 1 No. 10 turner, 3 good turners, 1 disc plow, 1 Cole planter, 1 Cole guano wagon, 1 Cole cotton planter, 1 section harrow, 3 sets harness, J G Smith buggy 1 Duroc male hog, 1 Duroc sow, 1 cow, 3 heifers, house hold and kitchen furniture, 1 mule 1 2-horse wagon. H. W. Tollison. For Rent. Small 2-hdrse crop, arid .the Shadburn ferry. See me at once. ; A. A. Parker, Cumming, Ga., route 5. Gin Notice After Saturday, Nov. lGth, we will only gin two days in each week, Tuesday and Fri day. , Thomas & Hughes. grown. From my own knowledge I can sav that the Rucker Select No. 1 cotton is the best 1 have ever seen. It rolls up the bank accounts for the farmers. It is early, c lean, high linting and prdifie and the lint is very fine. • This cotton will surely com mend itself to the farmer who desires to make the'most clear money on the least number of acres. Yours for good crops, R. D. MANNING, Ca. bi r Milton County Bank. What the Clerk of the Court of Miltcn County. Says: Alpharetta, Ga., Oct. 26, ‘lB. ! To whom it may concern : I have been farming " ;:li ad my life, and I desire to say that Rucker’s Select No. 1 is by far the best cotton I have ever seen. It is very early mak es more seed cotton to the acre •and turns out more lint than otfoit. TTie farmers in this section who have raised this Rucker cotton are loud in their praises of it and declare they will have no other. There can be no doubt that this cot ton brings more clear profits than any cotton ever grown in this section. If you have a doubt about which is the best cotlon, write to any farmer that you know in Notice of Dissolution. The firm of Allen & Harris jon is dissolved, /sll parties ow ing the firm must come at once and settle their indebtedness as we want to cull-: ct up and have a settlement. Do not put tms matter off, but come at once. J. 3 Harrison. Card of Thanks. In the recent illness and death of our loyed one, our grief has been softened and our great sorrow made easier to bear by the kindness of friends, and for their sympathy and tender ministering, we extend to them all our sincere thanks. E. S. Harris•& Children. Public Sale. I will offer for sale to the highest bidder at my home near Barrettsville, on Novem ber 30th, 1918, the following: Corn, fodder, 3 mules, one cow, 4 hogs, farming tools, furniture, and other articles. C. II: Collins. Milton county and ho will toll you the truth. Yours for good crops and prosperity. CLAUDE V. RAINWATER, Clerk Superior Court Milton Cos What Mayor Gardner of Alpharetta Says: Alpharetta, Ga., Oct. 9, ‘lB. To whom it may concern: The Rucker cotton is the best in the world. I believe this is true without a doubt. Although this has been anything but a good cotton year, I am getting 8 large bales off of 8 acres plan ted in the Rucker cotton. This cotton is earlier than oth er varieties, bolls stick all over the stalk, and one can pick one third more of it in a day than he can pick of other varieties Not only do you get more seed cotton from an acre but when you go to the gin you get from 40 to 50 per cent of beautiful, creamy lint that is onj metier more in length.**’ I have not heard a single ob jection raised to the Rucker colon and ! believe that well J nigh all the farmers in this sec tion will grow it in 1919. At present prices of cotton I believe it will pay to plant the Rucker cotton seed even if they per c<:*hel. R. L. GARDNER, Mayor of Alpharetta, Ga. Jt is Bill, but not Kaiser Bill. If you pay your bill then I can pay Bill the bill I owe him; but if you don’t pay your bill I cant pay Bill my bill, neither ‘ an I J Pay his bill. So you see Hill is the man who suffers when you neglect your bill. Your friend, II- H- Bramblett, M. D. There was great excitement in our little burg laast Thuis day afternoon when it was an nounced that Germany had al ready signed up the peace ar mistice. Bells rang, guns roar -1 <l, etc. etc., but Friday’s news stated that it was a mistake. It has been signed now and bell ringing etc is in order. Howev er, you ought to go ahead and subscribe liberally to the War work fund now being raised. You can get the News and ei ther one of the Atlanta daily papers for $6.75, wuthout Sun day, $8 35 with Sunday. 75e. Per Year.