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Forsyth County News
Published every Thursday at
Cumming, (la , by J. B. Patter
son.
Subscription Price
One year
Six Months ,r,O(
Three months 30<
Entered nt the Post oflice ai
Cumming, Ga., Aug. 10, 1910
as mail matter of the second
class.
Largest Circulation of any
County paper in North Georgia
Advertising Rates Reasonable
January 23rd, 1920.
Old Forsyth County is hard
te beat.
Now for a cotton mill and oth
er manufacturing enterprise* in
this old town.
o —
Did you know that we were
living in the garden spot of the
world?
Cotton is King f and old For
syth county made over twelve
thousand bales in 1919.
With clearings of nearly four
billion dollars Atlanta ranked
as twelfth city in the United
States in 1919.
The bank clearings of New
York was about three hundred
and twenty five billion in 1919.
Plant corn and and other
foodstuff and live happy.
Herd’s hoping the old boll
weevil wont get us this year.
More money in circulation
here than anywhere you go.
The News is proud of the
gooct patronage the people are
giving us.
Cumming has the best mule
market of any inland town in
the state.
Make this one year that you
buy your needs from the home
merchant.
Lots of people are anxious to
become citizens of this town
but can not get a house to live
in.
Better watch this new school
attendance law and send the
children to school six months in
the year.
Whatcher think about the
News going to a twice-a-week
paper? We are ready it our
readers are.
If you want a twice-a-week
paper come to see us and tell us
so.
The fact that a man can han
dle a very heavy bowling alley
ball, does not prove that he is
able also to swing a very light
bucksaw.
Advertisers should get their
copy to us not later than Mon
day of each week. W e can nei
set all the ads and type in one
day or two days.
The census enumerators arc
after you.
Hope politics will not get too
hot in this county this year.
Cherokee county won her
case in the United States court,
in which she was sued for dam
ages on account of a soldier be
. iifg killed while crossing a
V bridge in that county in 1918.
We are now getting the good
i)!d Cobb county Times in our
exchange list. It’s a good pa
mper and we like to read it.
that the county primary should
be held before summer and
have it over with.
President Wilson has alread\
been offered a high salaried po
sition after he finishes his term
as president.
[ Gumming is coming.
Trade with our advertisers
and save money.
National prohibition went in
to effect last Friday.
Yeggmen are putting in their
work everywhere. We hope
they’ll never hit us and expose;
oru financial standing.
Ford license tags are eleven
and a quarter, and trucks still
higher—all the way up to sixty
dollars.
This is leap year and no sen
sible man, not even a widower,
wants to marry a woman if she
can’t cook.
Come to think about it, our
old printing plant cost us up in
the housands.
This old town needs more
dwellings and business houses.
Who’ll put e‘m up?
There’s money, marbles and
chalk in this old county. We’ve
got the chalk.
If you want to buy a farm in
old Forsyth county you’d better
cuy it quick.
An acre of land that will pro
dace a bale of cotton is worth
two hundred dollars.
When they get old Big Creek
ditched out we’ll be shipping
tern to Egypt.
Our job department is get
ting plenty of work to do. We
are about up with it now.
Bring us an order.
Our old linotype has been
running every day (except Sun
day) for the past two weeks.
Every subscriber to this pa
per who resides in the c®unty
night to get his paper on Fri
day.
A subscriber in New York
gets his paper on Saturday.
One on Alpharetta route 1 gets
his paper Saturday or Monday.
All mailed at the same time.
Every citizen of the country
ought to go to church on Sun
day and hear the gospel preach
ed.
Job would have made a suc
cessful physician. He had plen
ty of patience.
If we owe you an apology for
an eight page paper this week,
here it is.
We have completed a job of
twelve page booklet for the
Board of Education.
Raw materials are scarce, but
raw prices arn’t.
The “Reds” don’t often get
red in the face from hard work.
When the school children go
on a strike ? it is time to spank
the parents.
More moonshine nights now
adays than the Old Farmers
Almanac calls for.
They call this a “questioning
age,” but it is reported difficult
to find census enumerators.
It is denied that Congress has
done nothing, as both parties
have been fully occupied pass
ing the buck.
Many newspapers publishing
“Hints to Motorists.” Most use
ful hint to a lot of ’em would
be about SIOO.OO and costs.
The Y. M. C. A. is agitating
against tight fitting shoes. No
progress is reported among the
loose fitting brains element
Some people here in Cum
' ming who blame the newspa
pers for printing so much silly
personal gossin, are often the
ones who find fault because
they are not mentioned often
enough.
Case reported of a man who
drank “home brew”, and then
rang in a fire alarm. In most
cases they call for ambulance.
When a boy grabs all the
cake, he is called a pig; but
when he grows up and grabs all
the money, he is called a lead
ing citizen.
No troube yet reported in get
ting people to serve on juries
which have to investigate per
! sonally whether beer is intoxica
ting.
Many applications for di
vorce were reported during the
recent holidays, and a lot of
people are now ready to sign
matrimonial contracts for the
1920 summer season.
Great encouragement is felt
that as a result of the Clean
Teeth Campaign, many homes
have been induced to install a
family toothbrush.
Columbus could not have dis
covered America in these days,
as the sailors would have held
up the expedition for time and
a half for overtime.
The Bolsheviks who advocate
a resolution by force, are ter
ribly indignant if they are as
sisted to take a free ride down
to the police station.
The people who have set out
to overturn the government,
haven’t overturned much yet ex
cept the park benches on which
they usually fall asleep.
The courts would better look
out, or they are likely to be sum
moned before the labor unions
and the capitalists to answer
to the charge of contempt.
Those fellows who seem to
have been careless with their
soft boiled eggs at breakfast,
are seen on closer view to be
merely wearing the latest color
ed neckwear.
So far no sympathy is express
ed for the folks whose property
depreciates because they and
a lot of other people have sent
so much money out of town to
mail order trade.
It is denied that the profiteers
pay no attention to the govern
ment demand that they fix reas
onable prices, as they have re
sponded by sticking up their
figures another notch.
The people who can’t afford
to subscribe to the home news
paper, will be cheered by the
fact that the patent medicine
almanacs for 1920 are now be
ing delivered free.
Those riotous scenes observed
in many towns are not the Bol
shevike trying to establish
Soviet government, but merely
the housewives crowding up to
the counter for a 25 pound lot
of sugar.
Among the people who get
very angry about the price of
•lothing, are those who don’t
bother to read the announce
ments of bargains published
regularly in the News.
Since the price of easy chairs
gold headed canes, and other
gift articles has gone up t giv
ing surplus parties to well
known citizens has not been so
popular a diversion in Cum
ming.
EBENEZER.
Not much visiting in this part
so I’ll not tarry long.
Those visiting at W. E. Mor
gans Sunday were, Mr. Wiley
Phillips and wife, Marion
Chambers and wife, Jesse Mor
gan and wife.
Mr. Andrew Tidwell and fam
ilv v. ere the week-end visitors
at ,1. M. Thornton’s.
School at this place was post
poned until tomorrow (Tues
day) for the patrons to prepare
a roem for the third teacher,
I Miss Ella Light.
Master Henry and Walton
Couch spent Sunday night with
their grand-parents of Gaines
ville.
Mr. 11. Kellogg and family of
near Salem were Sunday visit
ors at Mr. G. W. Kellogg's.
ROUTE 7
(By Leslie Lamount.)
Spring is on the way.
The politicians are studying
out which office they want,
needless to say, they are all
your friends.
News is a leetle scarce, how
ever. we will do the best we
can.
Mr. Walter Sullivan spent
Sunday with the writer.
Nearly everyone yt,u see has
a bad cold. (We hope old flu
will not make' his appearance.
By the way, the News gets
better’s better.
| Thanks to the editor we have
’a nice calendar to refer to. If
[you have not got one yet, call
and get it before they are all
gone.
Mrs. Dessa Sullivan and lit
tle daughter, Louise, spent last
Thursday with Mrs. Martha
Ramsey.
About time to think about
planting another crop. Be sure
to plant plenty of corn and ev
erything else to eat, and last
but not least plant a water mel
on patch.
Do you claim to be a Chris
tian? Do you know what it
takes to constitute a Christian?
It can be summed up in four
words: “A follower of Christ”
Did you know that a make-be
lieve Christian got some hard
knocks in the Bible? See Ylatt.
7-5, Luke 6-42-43, also 13-15,
Matt. 6-2. Now after all. who
is it that shall enter heaven?
Matt. 7-21 reads this way, Not
every one that saith unto Me,
Lord, Lord, shall cner into the
kingdom of heaven ; but he that
doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. Verse 20
says, wherefore by their fruits
ye shall know them.
The writer and father was in
Gumming last Thursday. We
met up with “Dixie Rube”. We
found him to be pretty well in
formed on the issue of the day
We also noted the number of
live stock the Gumming dealers
had on hand. Your old town
is sure some mule market.
We are glad to note those
previously reported sick are
better.
Mr. Harrison Wills of Shel
tonville was in our section a
short while one day last week.
SHADY GROVE.
I believe its going to snow
some of these days.
Mr. Albert Cagle spent Sun
day with Mr. Huel Youngblood
Mr. C. J. Harbin spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr. J A.
Phagan -
Mr 'Athens ETullinax's Daby
got seriously burnt Saturday af
ternoon about two o’clock. We
hope it a speedy recovery .
Miss Azzie Benson spent Sun
day with Mrs. E. C. Jonhson.
Miss Carrie Driskeil is on the
sick list. We hope she will soon
be well again.
Misses Gallic and Allie Mae
Phagan spent Sunday afternoon
with their brother, Mr. Robert
Phagan.
Mr. Minor Mayfied and fam
ily spent one day last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Winchester
Benson.
Mrs. Henry Marshall and
children spent Sunday with Mrs
J. A. Phagan.
Mr. Robert Johnson is sick
with pneumonia fever.
Mrs. W. E. Phagan spent one
night last week with Mr. J. A
Phagan and family
Miss Mary Montgomery spent
Sunday afternoon with Miss
Ruth Henderson
Mrs. Nuckolls spent the
week-end with Mrs. R. M. Mont
gomery.
Those visited Misses Minidie
and Arizona Terry Sunday
were Rose and Polly Montgom
ery and Clara Nuckolls
I will answer your riddle.
Because there was not any emp
ty ones in there.
Miss Esther Montgomery
spent one day last week with
Mrs. G. C. Light.
Mr G C. Light has purchased
a Ford ,
Mr. and Mrs. Erney Shad
burn and family spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Mack Cain.
Clara, Kate and Truman
Nuckolls spent Sunday after
noon with Rose Sara and Rob
ert Montgomery.
Mr. Luster Smith spent Sun
day with Mr. Homer Smith.
Aunt Betsy.
U. W. SEYTI.t.
Funeral Director & Embaltner
Norcross, Ga
Day and *iight ’Phone.
_,d. M. F KELLER, Dentist,
Gumming, Ga.
All Wo'k Guaranteed
Office over F. & M. Bank.
GEO. G. DOSS,
Dentist
Alpharetta, Ga.,
Office opposite Post Office
In J. J. Webb Building,
Down Stairs.
NEW
Service station
We are now located in our new headquarters on Dahlonega Street
the place formerly occupied by W. A. Sigman and are in position to
do youi’ repair work on all kinds ol cai s.
We also are ready to demonstrate to you the excellent qualities of
the Buick Six, Oakland Six, or Overland Four.
We also have a few second hand Fords for sale at right price.
Give us a call before buying or selling cars or having youi re Pj* ir
, , -! fife
work done.
Cummin g Buick Cos.
R T. SHADBURN Phone 50, 59, 78. R * P ’ OTWELL
Now Is the Time
To Have Your
CAR OVERHAULED
You use your car less in winter than you do in summer time. In
warm weather you want it in perfect condition ready for use at
any minute. There is only one way to bring this about.
have it overhauled in winter time.
When it is lying idle most of the time. Bring it to us now, before
you need it in a rush. A thorough job at a moderate price will be
pleasing to you.
Just received 500 feet of brake lining of all sizes.
Camming Garage
LOOK
And Read
This is io notify our customers that we arc still in busi
ness at Ducktown, Ga., in the stand of T. M. Fowler, which
we have purchased, and we will have a full line of Mei chan
disc, all new stuff, and will a pure dale your patronage.
We have also purchased the mill of J. F. Carnes and
will grind any day you bring your corn.
We also have the Ford agency at this place, and will be
glad to serve you with your Ford parts.
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks for the past patron
age you have given us, and hoi e to please you in the future.
We wish all a Prosperous New Year.
Bring your Barter and come to see us.
We give you a square deal.
M. L. & T. J. HOWARD, Ducktown, Ga.
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