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Vol. 11 No. 44.
Work For Girls
Light, Clean, Healthful, Pleasant
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Pay Start# First Day.
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Living Wages Always
Horn# Accommodations Provided
For Out-of-Town Girls.
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Hetrick Manufacturing
Company
Makers of Fine Hosiery..
P. S.—lnvestigate working conditions
tions fully before etaoin shrdlu shrdlu
fully before accepting any work in
town. Then call on us. We guaran
tee every deseerving employee steady
work.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Sevral from town attended a
singing at Bethlehem Sunday.
Dr. J. A. Otwell was in Atlan
ta on business Monday.
Th Board of Education he'd
a monthly meeting Tuesday.
Dr. Ben Clement of Norcross
was here on business Thursday.
Miss Katherine Shirley spent
the week end with her parents
in Alpharetta.
. Mr. J. L. Phillips has bought
an Oakland car from Ross Car
ruth, and it’s a good car too.
Miss Kate Strickland of At
lanta is visiting Mrs. Mac Puett
and other relatives here.
Read the new legal ads. Two
estates for sale next Ist Tues
day.
The North Georgia Methodist
Conference will convene in At
lanta next Wednesday.
Mr. Manuel Pirkle is nov- in
charge of the Robbs mill, hav
ing bought it from Mr. Robbs.
Mr. G. W. Wilbanks and Mr.
—Nobles of Cordele are spend
ing several days in town.
Dr. McClain of Clarkston vis
ited Rev. and Mrs. F. C. Owen
Sunday.
If you have ten bushels of old
corn, last year raising, the edi
tor would like to buy it.
Read new ad of John D. Black
and go get one of those Barnes
ville buggies.
Miss Edith Ingram, who is en
gaged as teacher at Dawson
ville spent the week end with
homefolks.
Mr. W. B. Walis of route 2,
while gathering corn one day of
last week, picked up 47 pump
kins and brought us one of ‘em.
Read the ads of the Missiona
ry Campaign every week. You
will lose nothing in helping in
this cause.
A Sunday school will be or
ganized at Roanoke next Sun
day at 2:30. Go out and help in
the work.
W. M. McGinis of near Bran
dywine has a good horse and a
good mule for sale. Call and se
Cjire a bargain.
Rev . J. J. Banister has p.ur
chasd Mike Wilbank’s place in
town and will move here the Ist
of the year.
There will be no services at
theMethdist church Sunday,
but the Presiding Elder will
preach Sunday night.
Mr. Dolphus Stephens sold
a bale of cotton one day this
week for $281.00. Walter Ste
phens sold one for $294.00, no
t this does not include the seed.
The Forsyth County News
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Moore of
Mat spent Sunday in town.
Rev. J. W. Thomas will preach
at Corinth next Sunday at 11.
Mr. W. J. Dodd of Norcross
called to see us Tuesday.
Messrs Toy Otwell and J. L.
Phillips were in Atlanta Friday
The Cumming banks have a
round a million dollars on depos
it. Verily, the farmers have got
plenty of money.
Read the Compulsory school
law on the last page, and read
it carefully.
Tuesday was legal sale day,
and there was a very good lot
of people in town.
B. D. Brown of route 4 has
some good pigs for sale. Call to
see him.
Dr. Marcus Mashburn has re
turned to Cumming and will re
main here and practise medi
cine.
Mr. J. B. Hurt and family of
Flowery Branch spent Sunday
with Mr. G. L. Heard and fam
ily in town.
Mr. John Robbs and family
will leave in a few days for
their home in Faoevii'e. They
have shipped theV furniture b y
railroad.
Albert Pruitt and Tom Da
vis have completed 15 years as
carriers from the Cumming of
fice. and started on the 16th.
Sport Merritt is agent for the
Moore 30 car in this county. He
has one for demonstration and
will be glad to show you the ex
cellent merits of the car.
Read the large ad of Mr. G.
W. Heard in this issue. He has
a very very big stock of up to
the minute merchandise and is
asking for your trade.
Keep your eye on the ads of
the Cumming Buick Cos. every
week. This is a good car, and
rides like a pullman.
Mrs. Brown’s little class gave
an entertainmnt at the school
building Friday afternoon and
the little fellows played their
parts well.
Mr. W. N. Pool and family &
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Groover at
tended the funeral of Mr. E. M.
Martin in Atlanta Thursday.
Henry Hurt says that the tax
money is coming in mighty slow
i They will rush him toward the
last days, though?
Mr. Jim Fowler of Cumming
has found a number of boll we
vils in his cotton field. Now is a
good time for the people to get
rid of these insects before they
get too plentiful.
Sunshine In The Home, Power In The Life
Rev. F. C. Owen filled his ap
poinment at Ebenezer Sunday.
Rev. F. T. Wills filled his ap
pointment at Duluth Sunday.
Miss Madge Brooks spent Sun
day in Buford and Suwanee.
Miss Kate Jones of Greens
boro, Ga., spent the week end
with Miss Edith Ingram.
Dr. M. F. Kelley, our tooth
carpenter, reports a fine boy at
his home.
Misses Opal and Norma Mc-
Clain of Atlanta visited Mrs. H.
S. Brooks Sunday.
Dr. C. F. Riden of Bostwick
spent Monday with his mother,
Mrs. E. C. Riden.
Rev. C. T. Brown filled his ap
pointment at the Baptist church
in town Sunady at 11, and at
night. .
Don’t forget the Quarterly
meeting at New Hope Sunday.
Several from town went to
the Gate City Friday.
There were 6,917 bales of cot
ton ginned in the county up to
October 18th, as compared to
5,226 up to the same time last
year, showing an increase of
i ,691 bales.
We regret to learn that the
mother of Mr. E. F. Smith, who
is sick in Acworth, is not doing
well, and hope she will soon re
cover.
Claude Luck bought his home
fifteen years ago for $1500.00,
and his cotton crop this year is
enough to pay for it.
The County Commission srs
held their first meeting Wednes
day. They will meet every first
Wednesday and pass on all ac
counts •• g mst the co mty.
Mr. Major Nuckolls of Gaines
ville was in town Saturday.
From Route 7.
Evrybody about done pick
ing cotton.
Soon be time for com shuck
ings, fresh meat and turnips.
The News was without a back
Bone last week~Editoria!s miss
ing.
Cotton is now selling for sev
en times the price it did five
.years ago.
Mr. Bill Henderson has sold
$2900.00 worth of cotton.
Mr. Julius Hendrix and fam
ilv of Cumming spent Sunday
with Mr. asd Mrs. J. B. Cook.
Mr. Jesse Carter of Cal., is
spending this week with his
brother. Mr. John Carter.
Mrs. Luther Williams of Al
pharetta is spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. Martha
Ramsey, on route 7.
School Notice Examination.
The Board has ordered a spec
ial examination to be held on
the first Saturday in Jan. 1920.
all applicants are required to
pay an entrance fee of $5.00.
The last months salary of the
teachers who took the special
examination and who teach dur
ing the winter term will be with
held until they take the state
wide examinaion next summer.
Failure to take this examination
will forfeit the pay of the last
months work of the winter term
If the trustees of the schools
who have no teachers yet will
inform me the amount Von de
sire to supplement to the salary
paid by the Board it will enable
me to help you secure a teacher
The Board desires all schools
to begin this month. The school
census of 1918 showed only 81
pupils between the ages of 6
and 18 to be illiterate. Will the
school districts see that there
are none by the time the U. S.
census is taken in January?
The teachers and those who
are interested in education are
requested by State Sup’t., M. L.
Brittain to help eradicate illit
eracy among the grown people
before the U. S. census is taken.
Respectfully,
A. C. Kennemore, Sup’t.
Ford At Auction.
I will sell at public outcry be
fore the court house door in
Cumming to the highest bidder,
on Saturday, Nov. Bth, at three
o’clock, p. m.; one 1918 model
Fo'-d car, screen wire truck
body, in good condition. Gome
and buy a ca • .t your own price
3 O. Movr-j.
Gin Notice.
After this week I will gin only
on Tuesday and Friday.
W. W. Glover, Jr.
CUMMING, GA., NOVEMBER 7TH, 1919.
Administrator*•' Sale.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
Pursuant to a special order
from the Court of Ordinary of
Cherokee County, Ga., at the
November term 1919 of said
court, will be sold at public out
cry before the court house door
in Cumming, Ga., in Forsyth
county, on the first Tusday in
December, 1919, between the
legal hours of sale, all the real
estate of W. T. Hawkins, deceas
ed, described as follows:
The home place of said W. T.
Hawkins deceased, containing
ninety four (94) acres, describ
ed as follows: fifteen acres off
of the east side of lot No. 1290,
all of lot No. 1289, all of lot No.
1288 except 7 1-2 acres in a
strip extending across the south
side belonging to E. F. Hawkins
10 acres lying on the west side
of 1287, except a small parcel
around the gin, now the proper
ty of Allen & Holbrook, in the
3rd district and Ist section, For
syth county, Ga. Also all of lot
No. 336 lying east of the Frog
town-Alpharetta public road.
Said parcel last described will
be sold, subject to the assess
ments of the Big Creek Drain
age Cos., to be paid by the pur
chaser, same being in the 2nd
district and Ist section of For
syth county, Georgia.
Said property is sold free from
the right of the widow of said
deceased to her dower, as said
widow has selected to take a
child's part instead of a dower,
which has been approved by
the Court of Ordinary of Cher
okee county, Georgia.
Terms of sale, cash: but the
purchaser by paying 15 per cl.
of the purchase price on day of
sale can have until the 20th day
of said month to comply with
f he terms of the sale. This Nov.
3rd, 1919.
E. F. & T. F, Hawkins, ad
ministrators estaj" qf W. T.
Hawkins, deceaf&X '
jy.i.jwirvs wmmtm WJF*
Administratrix’ Sal*.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
By virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty, the undersigned will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, at
public outcry before the court
house door in Cumming, in said
county, within the legal hours
of sale, on the first Tuesday in
December, 1919, the real estate
belonging to John W. Ramsey,
deceased, late of said county,
(except that part allowed the
widow as dower) to wit: That
part of the home place (except
the dower) containing 76 acres
more or less, being all of lot No.
253 (except a parcel near the
northwest corner deeded to E.
H. Ramsey, and a strip west of
this included in the dower) and
No. 324 in D e 2nd district and
Ist section in said county. There
is no building on this land, but
it is mostly cleared and in good
state of cultivaton with about 8
acres of fine branch bottom
land on it.
Also one house and lot con
taining 2 1-2 acres, more or less
in Cumming, in said county,
bounded on the north by Can
ton St.; on the west by the W.
A. Robbs place; on the south
by the S. H. Allen blacksmith
shop and Jail St.; on the east by
the alley leading from Canton
St. by the J. P. Banister barn to
Jail St., and the E. E.Castlebr
ry lot. This house is nearly new ;
six rooms, a wide hall and ve
randa, the lower rooms, hall &
veranda well finished.
Also, one unimproved lot of
land containing 160 acres,more
or less, No. 179, in the 13th dis
trict and 2nd section in Pickens
County, Georgia. Well timber
ed, and is about five miles from
the L. & N. road.
Sold for the benefit of the
v>eirs and creditors of said John
W. Ramsey.
Tertns:.Cash, but the purchas
er upon paying 20 per cent on
the amount of his bid on day of
sale, can have until the 20th
day of December, 1919, to com
ply with this term of the sale.
Deeds made when full amount
of bid is paid. Nov. 2nd, 1919.
Mrs. Martha A. Ramsey, ad
ministratrix upon the estate of
John W. Ramsey, Deceased.
Gin Notice.
After Nov. Bth we will gin on
Tuesday and Friday of each
week. Sewell & Wallia.
You are urged to investigate the economy rec
ords, the reputation and the performance
of Chevrolet cars because to know all about them is to
be convinced that their purchase reflects favorably on
the good judgment of their thousands of owners.
E. L. BRADFORD, AGENT,
Cumming , Georgia.
SERVICE
IS THE WATCH-WORD OF THE
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
We are ready at all times to serve our patrons in
any way possible consistent with sound banking.
We feel obligated to the people who deposit their
money with us. Help us and we will help you.
Don’t run the risk of losing your money or hav
ng it stolen from you by carrying it with you but
deposit it in the
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Announcement.
All day services at Zion Hill
the third Sunday in November.
Preaching at 11 by the pastor.
Dinner on the ground. Rev. C.
T. Brown, T. J. Pirkle and oth
ers will address the people in
the afternoon. The church mem
bers are earnestly requested to
come out Saturday, and every
body is invited Sunday as this
will be a great opportunity that
don’t often come our way. No
collections. The object of the
meeting is to be enlightened
concerning our duty as Chris
tians in God’s work.
C. A. Milford.
For Sale.
I have four or five good work
mules, six Hampshire gilts and
a thorough bred Hampshire
male, and some good second
hand two-horse wagons for sale
If interested see me at once.
S. H. Allen.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
To all whom it may concern:
R. F. Harris, administrator up
on the estate of Mrs. Mary Har
ris, late of said county deceased
has in due fom applied to me
for leave to sell the lands be
longing to the estate of said de
ceased, and said application
will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county to be held on the
first Monday in December, 1919
Given under my hand and offic
ial signature, this 3rd day of
November, 1919.
W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary.
Wanted Help.
Several families to vork on
farm for standing wages, 15
miles from Atlanta, near Ros
well. Answer, ‘Farmer’ 1222
Empire Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
Stuff For Sale.
1 milk cow, 3 heifers, 1 milk
ing, other two will milk soon: 1
sow will litter in a few daysjal
so 5 shoats. Will sell at a bar
gain. At the Whee'e.* Hill place
N. M. Kennemore.
7Sc. Par Year.
Georgia. Forsyth County.
To all whom it may concern:
Mrs. Louisa Willard having
made application to me for per
manent letters of administra
tion, or some other suitable per
son, upon the estate of J. H. Wil
lard late of said county deceas
ed, notice is hereby given that,
said application will be
at the regular term of the court
of Ordinary for said county to
be held on the first Monday in
December, 1919. Given under
my hand and official signature,
this 3rd day of Nov. 1919.
W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
Public sale 4 1-2 miles east
of Cumming, on T. K. Hender
son place, on Tuesday J£oy. — l.f < i JU
1919, beginning at 10 o'clock,
One good famdyJhorse, One
good buggy, 1 Hjiorse wagon, <
corn, some fanning tools andj
household Terms cash. J
W. F. Smith, j