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The Forsyth County News
Vcl. 11. No. 30.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
& Mn'rijmtts ImtU
Located at Gumming, Ga.,
At the Close of Business, June 30th, 1919.
Resources.
Demand loans, 10,000.00
Time loans 211,549.49
Overdrafts secured 3,486.06
Overdrafts unsecured 2,747.00
Bonds and Stocks owned
by the Bank 10,150.00
Banking House 0,500.00
Furnituie & Fixtures 2,946.30
Other real estate None
Due from banks and bank
ers in this state 45,216.00
Due from banks and ! ank
ers in other states, 4,002.70
Currency, 2,464.00
Gold 40.00
Silver, nickels, etc, 890.59
Cash items, '2,496.28
Clearing House None
Advances on cotton 9,459.08
Profit and loss None
Other resources None
Tota l 311,948.22 Total 311,948.22
State of Georgia, Forsyth County. .
Before me came R. E. Hope, Cashier of banners & Mei
chants Bank, who being duly sworn, says that the above and
foregoing statement is a true condition ot saiu bank, as
shown by the books of file in said bank. jjQp^
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this Bth day of July, 1919
Glen N. Merritt, C. N. P., Forsyth Cos. Ga.
About The New Road.
Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1919.
Hon. W. J. Tidwell,
Ordinary, Forsyth Cos.,
Gumming, Ga.,
Dear Sir:
From an inspection of
the ground and some few pre
liminary surveys, I decided last
April that to follow the present
road into Gumming would be
more expensive to build, more
expensive to maintain, and with
less favorable grades for ope
ration than it would be to locate
anew line on the ridge. Con
sequently anew line, called lor
convenience, the “ridge route ’,
was located. After this was
done, knowing that the eye is
not always a reliable guide, a
line following the old road was
located and its cost calculated
in the same manner as we used
for the calculation of the other.
These calculations show that to
follow the old road will cost at
least $4000.00 to $5000.00
more than it will to follow the
ridge.
Now the facts are these
Ist. The ridge route will cost
$4000.00 to $5000.00 less to
build than the old road.
2nd. The ridge road can be
kept in good order for one-hall
or one-third of what it will cost
to keep up the old road. That
means that every year for the
rest of your life you will have to
be spending two to three times
as much to keep up the old road
as you would have to spend to
keep up the ridge route.
3rd. The travel on this mile
and a half is very heavy as all
of the freight from Buford
comes over this road. Going
from Buford to Cumming, a
truck will have to climb a three
and six-tenths per cent grades
on the ridge route, and live per
cent grades on the old road.
These are the facts the peo
ple of Cumming and Forsyth
County should know. They
ought to be published in your
papers.- (
If it was proposed to aban
don the old road entirely,'there
might be some reason for stick
ing to it in spite or its disadvan
tages, but it is not proposed o
abandon the old road, but to
build an additional road and it
will be a benefit to the old road
to divert the heavy trucks on
to the ridge. Instead ol be
coming impassable in bad
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, Liabilities.
.Capital stock paid in 25,000.00
Surplus fund 13,500.00
Undivided profits less cur
rent expenses and tax
es paid 4,077.85
Due banks and bankers
in this state None
Due banks and bankers
in other states None
Due unpaid dividends 8.00
| Individual deposits sub
j ject to check 117,182.65
: Savings deposits None
! Demand certificates None
Time certificates 152,179.72
I Certified checks None
! Cashiers checks None
: Due clearing house None
j Notes and bills
i re-discounted None
! Bills payable None
I Other liabilities None
weather, the old road can be
kept in good order at small ex
pense.
If the old road should be
adopted, the hills must be cut
down to eight feet lower than
they are now and the fills must
be raised six to eight feet high
er. That does not sound bad on
paper, but if the old road
should he adopted, when the
property owners living along it
seq how effectively those deep
cuts shut them off from the
road, they will regret very
much that they did not urge you
to select the ridge route and let
the old road stay as it is.
There is another very im
portant point. Any tax payers
can enjoin you from building on
the old road, and when he
proves that the old road will
cost the County more to build,
that it will cost the County
more to keep up, that the
grades are steeper on it than
they are on the ridge road, that
all of the engineers who have
examined it state that the ridge
route is the best, the court in
juncion will be made per
manent.
It is also very probable that
the government will refuse to
give you any help in improving
the old road, but will pay halt
the cost of building on the ridge
The public does not know
these facts as yet, and when
they are known, I do not be
lieve that the property owners
on the old road would want
you to put this burden on For
syth County. Let the people
know these facts and they will
urge you to build on the ridge
route.
Of course this is not a matter
in which 1 have any interest, ex
cept that I was appointed as a
properly qualified engineer to
select and survey the route, and
I would be neglecting my duties
if I did not bring to your atten
tion the facts that the survey:
have brought out.
Very truly yours,
Arthur Pew.
Mrs. Margarctt Anglin.
Mrs. Margarett died at her
home on route 7 Monday and
her remains were laid to rest
at Midway Tuesday. She was
about 75 years of age and is
survived by a brother and sis
ter and a host of other relatives
and friends to whom we extend
sympathy.
Sunshine in TSie Home, Power In The Life
GUMMING, GA., AUGUST IST, 1919.
PROGRAM
The old soldiers reunion and
the ‘Welcome Home’ for the
young soldiers and sailors will
take place at the court house
Saturday, August 9th.
The exercises will begin at
ten o’clock, promptly, court,
house time.
A most cordial invitation is
extended to all confederate vet
erans, their wives, and widows
of old soldiers.
All soldiers and sailors who
have taken any part in the
world war are urged to come.
A hearty welcome awaits them
We insist that they wear their
service uniform. A special ta
ble will be reserved for all of
these soldiers, both old and
young.
Every district is expected to
bring well-filled baskets, and
thus help to give these boys ol
ours a well deserved welcome
home.
The program is as follows:
Music.
Invocation.
Chorus, Dixie
Welcome to old and new sol*
diers.
Music
Speech.
Chorus: Bonnie Blue Flag.
Music.
Dinner.
Music.
Chorus: Long, Long, Trail.
Experiences of S^rs.
Musjt-.-r
Reading: The Flag.
Star Spangled Banner.
Memorial Service.
Chorus: Tent ng To Night.
Music.
For Better School Buildings..
This county is making great
progress in farming, stock-rais
ing, the mode of traveland the
building of better and more at
tractive homes. We are very
much delighted at this progress
but we are not pleased and
should not be satisfied with the
progress that education is mak
ing in our county.
One way to advance the Ed
ucational interest of our county
is to build better school houses.
This county has three dollars
invested in its court house to
one dollar invested in school
buildings. The State Depart
ment of Education will furnish
you a blue-Print Drawing of
any size school house you wish
to build, or remodel. These
plans will be sanitary in regard
to heat, light and ventilation.
Let us build new buildings and
remodel the ones we have ac
cording to these plans.
To build the best house we
recommendd that two or more
districts or parts of districts u
nite into one school district. By
so doing these things we can se
cure more and better qualified
teachers and have longer terms
at each school.
For further information in
regard to the remodel and
building school houses see or
write me.
A. C. Kennemore.
Teachers Elected.
The Board of Trustees have
elected Prof. W. M. Pettis, of
Reynolds, Ga., as Principal of
the Cumming Public School.
Prof. Pettis is a graduate of the
State University and comes
highly recommended as an ed
ucator. Mrs. Pettis and Mrs.
Hall have been elected as grade
teachers. Other teachers will
be elected very soon, and the
prospects are good for a fine
school next'term, which opens
September Ist.
Farms For Sale
7G aci es of land known as part of the A. O. Holland farm on Flowery Branch and
Dawsonville road. 25 acres original forest, fine timber, the rest in high state of culti
vation. I hree room house, and barn, two fine springs, bermuda pasture. Lands joining
priced £.■; ninety to one hundred twenty five dollars per acre. This farm can b ebought
for much lesc. L miles to railroad, 1-4 mile to school; good community.
iO acre-, cr, o half mile east of G. E. Wallis store, known as the Garrett place on the
Ga.necvide vend. '1 wo good houses and barn. Convenient to churches and school. A
good orchard and pasture.
75 acres of i nid, of the J. W. Stripland farm, 2 miles south of Silver City on the At
lanta read. Good i lew house; fair barn;; good smokehouse; good red mulatto land,
southeast exposure, no waste land in the whole tract. Plenty of wood and timber for
building purposes. Made 14 bales of cotton last year and 400 bushels of corn. 40 acres
in cultivation. Fane crop now on land. A bargain in this tract.
20 acres of land, 8 miles northwest of Camming cn Frcgtown road. 6-room dwelling
practically new, painted ir.side and out. One 3-room dwelling painted inside and out
2 good barns and storehouse, garage andother outbuildings. Will sell all or divide
the tract.
115 acres of land, 9 mile morthwest of Frogtown; 1 good 5-room dwelling ceiled &
painted, good outbuildings; old dwelling of 4 rooms, good condition with necessary out
buildings. Most of this lan 1 is red mulatto 5 acres of good creek bottom, fine cottcn
and corn farm—Fins crop on this place. This farm made last year 15 bales of cotton
and 300 bushels of corn.
; 175 acres of land, near Cross Roads church in Forsyth county. Most of the land is
[ in Forsyth county. Small traction crossing the Sam Hammond farm. We bought this
| land at a bargain and can tell it the same way. Plenty of timber on it. Running water.
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| 60 acres of land near Harmony Grove church and school. Good red land. 4 new
| houses, fair outbuildings, plenty of running water, a nice little house for somebody at
[ a small price. See us before some other man gets it.
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| Within the past feur weeks we have sold something over FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
| LARS worth of Forsyth county lands to parties who are buying homes. We have cm
| hand southing like THIRTY FIVE THOUSSAND DOLLARS worth of land. For the
; past ten days we have been averaging a land deal for every day. We are of the
| opinion that now is thqfeime to buy, we advise every person who wants to own a
\ home to buy some land now, whether we have anything that will suit him or not. If
! you have a farm which you desire to sell, orif you are in the market to buy a farm, the
! undersigned will be glad to have a conference with you.
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\ Watch the columns of the papers from time to time and see what we have as we are
1 se tiling every day and what is advertised this week may be withdrawn from the market
! next week.
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\ The above described farms and others owned by FORSYTH COUNTY REALTY &
! AUCTION COMPANY ,can be bought on easy terms. Let us show you this property.
! For further information call on
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: Forsyth County Realty & Auction Cos.,
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j J. A. OTWELL, President, C. L. HARRIS, Secty. & Treas.
■ W. E. BELL, Sales Manager and Auctioneer.
PIEDMONT.
Rev. F. C. Owens will preach
at this place next Sunday af
ternoon at the usual hour. Ev
erybody come out and hear him
Sunday School was well at
tended at this place Sunday af
ternoon. There were several
visitors from other churches,
which, we were very glad to
have with us.
Mr. Gordon Lamb and family
of Montezuma is visiting Mrs.
Lula Hughes.
The singing given by Mr. J.
M. Hughes Saturday night was
very good.
Miss Irene Hughes who is
teaching school at Mat, spent
the week-end with homefolks.
Those visiting Mr. Milton
Kennemore and family Sunday
afternoon were too numerious
to mention.
Mr. Ernest Cravitt and fam
ily visited Mrs. Lula Hughes
and family Sunday.
The singing at Mr. Frank
Barrett’s Sunday night was en
joyed by all present.
Mr. Claude Brown, wife and
baby spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. White and family.
Mrs. Hayes and baby of At
lanta is visiting in this
part.
Mr. J. M. Hughes and family
visited Mr. R. K. Bettis and fam
ily Sunday afternoon.
Miss Cornela Patterson vis
ited Mr. Lawton Barrett and
family Sunday.
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There may be Insurance Companies as
good as the Prudential, but there are none
better. None that appreciates your busi
ness more, or pays its policy holders more
promptly.
I have written several nice Policies.
I am ready to write yours.
Ed Merritt, Agent,
At the Post Office.
Mr. Alton Hughes and wife
spent one day last week with'
Mr. W. P. Hughes and family.
Mr Grady Morgan of Buford |
was a visitor in this pari, one I
day last week.
Aunt Peggy, j
If you have a farm for sale
I t; o see the Forsyth County Rea:
!y & Auction Cos., and get in the
: game. If you want to buy one
they sell sell 'em just the same.
75c. Per Ysr
Card of Thank*.
Wo wish to thank our many
friends, and neighbors through
the columns of the County
News for the help and kindness
shown us during the sickness
and death of our dear step
mother and we also desire to
thank Dr. John Hookenhull for
!i!s kind attention shown her.
May God’s richest blessings
rest on you all is the prayer of
Asaboll Martin and sister.