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Vol. 12.—N0. 6. Use This Bank The Bank of Cumming is at your service in any matter of banking -checking accounts, time deposits, loans, safe deposit boxes, help with investments, helping small accounts grow into large ones etc This is a bank with a heart. It shows consideration for customers and takes pains to give personal attention, especially to persons in experienced in banking methods. But this is also a bank with a head, using sound judgement in the conduct of its affairs. Safe ty and service are our twin watchword. Use this bank. BANK OF CUMMING, STATE DEPOSITORY. Capital $25,000.00 Surplus and Profits _525,000.00 Local and Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at Random For the Readers of The News. Court next week. Are you ready? Mr. R. E. Hope was in Atlan ta on business Monday Don’t forget to call on Gus Bacon down on route 6 and get some of those Rucker cotton! seed while they last. Just as we go to press we are' informed that Mr. W. H. Kenne- j more died Wednesday and will be buried at New Hopo today, The County Commissioners held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday and pass ed on the accounts for January work for the county. Mr. Cole Harrison and fam ily of Memphis, Tenn., have been visiting his mother at Coal Mt. Miss Mary Robinson of route 2, and Mr. Arnold Williams of route 6, were married Sunday, Rev. R. H. Thompson perform ing the ceremony. We wish them a long, happy and pros perous life. Note the rounds of the Tax Receiver in another column, and meet him at your nearest stop and return your taxes for 1920. Mr. W. E. Bell, the clever auctioneer who conducted the ‘old hoss sale’ of the American Railway Express Cos. here last Saturday, made such a favor able impression with his work that he has been engaged to con duct all similar sales of this company in Georgia and South Carolina. This news will be oi interest to his many friends throughout this section. Gainesville News. The convicts are now on the Atlanta road in sight of town. We hope to see this road put in traveling shape by the end of the year so the people here can get to a wholesale market with out having to go in mud knee deep over the Buford road. Col. and Mrs. H. L. Patterson celebrated their fiftieth wed ding anniversary Tuesday. Al tho seventy five years old. Col. Patterson is in good health and full of vim and vitality. The Forsyth County News Local and Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at Random For the Readers of The News. Miss Mary Patterson is spend ing several with relatives in Atlanta. We regret to learn of the ill ness of our friend, Lewis Led better, over at Ducktown, and hope he will soon be out again. Note change in ad of E. H. McGee & Cos. in this issue. They’ve got the mules and want 1 to sell ‘em to you. The Board of Education met Tuesday in regular monthly ses sion. | Ye editor has been out sever- j al days selling calendars for 1921, and is meeting with great success. We will be on the road the latter part of each | week for sometime now, and hope to get enough orders to ! justify us in giving our subscrib ! ers a good one this fall. Willis Black and Paul Dover over at Flowery Branch, have an up-to-date garage in that .town. They expect soon to have the best in north Georgia. Miss Callie Phillips, daugh ter of Mr. Marshall Phillips, formerly of this county, died at the home of her mother in Bu ford last week. She is survived by her mother, and several brothers and sisters in this and adjoining counties to whom we . extend sympathy. Don’t fail to read the ad of T. M. Boaz of Calhoun on anoth er page. Mr. Boaz is a farmer of wide experience and is try ing to sell you a machine to ditch and terrace your rolling land It might be well for you to -write him in regard to the matter. Claude Wheeler, and the Census Enumerators, wish to 1 thank the people for their kind ness to them while taking the census They say that Forsyth county has the most hospitable people in the world, and we be lieve they are right. On account of so many legal ads coming in after we had printed most of our paper, we are short on news items this week. Will try to do better 'next week. Sunshine In The Home, Power In The Life CUMMING, GA, FEBRUARY 6TH, 19J0. Local and Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at Random For the Readers of The News. Be sure to read the new legal ads this week. Note change in Fordson ad of Strickland & Wisdom. Mr. Roy Strickland and fam ily spent a few days of this week in Atlanta. Mr. D. L. Phillips and family spent Sunday with relatives at Cuba. Mr. S. H. Allen spent several days last week in Atlanta and Chamblee on business. ! Messrs J. L. Phillips and C. jB. Otwell were in Atlanta Mon day. Read ad of the Gainesville Seed & Produce Cos. in this is sue and call on them when in Gainesville. Virgil Kemp is making ar rangements to open up a sales room in Buford and will sell the Chevrolet car in that territory The census enumerators have about finished their work, some of them have already sent in their reports to Washington. There were 13,195 bales of cotton ginned in the county up to Jan. 16, as compared to 10,813 up to the same time last year, showing an increase of 2,882 bales. ; While in Duluth Monday we ! were pleased to find that Steve Poole and the Bagwell boys, al so Will Jones, were doing well in business there. They are old Forsyth county boys, ahd we like to hear of their success. Famp Edwards and Homer Wright have bough! out the s‘i ck of goo *s < ' Mr. C. A Tur ner at" Suwanee and now have a large stock. These boys were born and raised in this county, ‘and we are glad to know that they are doing well. FOUND—One set of car tools south of Cumming owner can get same by calling on R. L. Martin down in Bells District and describing same and pay ing for this ad. See new ad of Ross Carruth in this issue. Ross is a little sink with tonsilitis but will have -our wcjk done if you’ll bring i it to him. What The People Are Saying Lately Items Gathered Here and There Freni Different Readers of The News. * Ed McGinnus: I will he in the race for Tax Receiver, and will appreciate the vote of the peo ple. John Wood: My announcement will appear soon for Solicitor General. John Dorsey: Why, o<"course, I will be a candidate for Solici tor of the Blue Ridge Circuit. Claude Wheeler: No, sir, I will not be in politics this year. . Tt costs too much money to run for office in Forsyth county. Ye Editor: The Constitution has renewed that good offer, and you can get the News and daily and Sunday for $6.6.3 if you take it by March 10th. The Law Breakers: We are wondering what that man Blair is gwine to do with us at court. Paul Jones: I am sending you check for SI.OO for your paper. You are getting up a pretty goodun over there. John Rudasill: My job plant just keeps me going all the time Getting sight of work to do. The Merchants: We must have some of those calendars you are selling so cheap. Come a round to see us. Roy Otwell: We sell ,5 Ul a and Cleveland MotorcyClv’ _ ou. do not guarantee the life dj'the rider. The Rural Carriers: The roads got a little better, but it went and rained on them again Scip Maddox: I am going to send up a check for that paper and the daily and Sunday. The Farmers: We are busy now making preparations for another crop. Mother and Infant Dies. Mrs. Dovie Rider, thirty years of age, and her little in fant, died at their home near Silver City one day last week, and they were both buried in the same casket at Concord, Rev. G. W. Forrist conducting the funeral services. Mrs. Rider is survived by her husband and one little boy, to whom we extend sympathy Mr. P. A. Sullivan. Died at his home near Long street one day last week and his remains were laid to rest at Al pharetta, Rev. B. A. Phillips conducting the funeral services Mr. Sullivan was seventy six years of age, and is survived by several children, and a host of other relatives and friends to whom we extend sympathy. For Service. I will keep my registered Du roc Male Hog for service this season. Fee $2.50, payable in advance. '"Miff® J. M. Thornton, Cumming, Ga, route 5. Editor Forsyth County News: Please give us space to thank our neighbors and all the kind friends that gave their willing heln in our bereavement,. May ihey be the recipients of God’s richest blessings. To one and all of them we extend our thanks. The children of P. A. Sullivan Mr Roy Otwell was in Gaines ville a day or two last week. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS . t • The undersigned Officers and Directors of the Farmers & Mer chants Bank respectfully l solicit your patronage of this Bank, as suring you of fair and impartial treatment whether your account be large or small. We are prepared to serve you in a satisfactory manner and ren der you any service possible consistent with sound banking. . FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK Capital _ $25,000.00 Surplus and Profits $26,000.00 OFFICERS: M. W. Webb, President; G. W. Heard, Joel Webb and J. A. Otwell, Vice-Pres; R. E. Hope, Cashier; Olen Merritt Asst., Cashier. DIRECTORS: G. W. Heard, R. L. Bagley, J. A. Otwell,- A. J. Green, W. A. Robbs, N. D. Black, Roy Strickland, R. B. Burruss, M. W. Webb, R. E. Hope, Joel Webb. Tax Receiver’s Notice. I will be at the following places on the dates stated for the .purpose of receiving tax re turns for the year 1920. Chattahoochee District S J McGee, Feb. 9,8, a. m. E C Johnson, store, 9, a. jn, M'-fit' .Thompson* TO'am. " * Orrs store, Noon. Rich Brice store, 2 p. m. New Bridge District G W Olivett, Night. Court Ground, Feb. 10, a m. Jason Crow? 9 a. m. B H Brown, place, 10, a. m. N R Brogdon, Noon. Chestatee District Jones store, 2 p. m. I George Stovall, 4 p. m. Sol J Smith, Night. Court Ground, Feb. 11, 8 a. m. Hamby Patterson, 10, a. m. A J Julian, Noon W M Porter, 3, p m Roy Westbrook, store, 4, p. m. Braxton Hope, Night. L M Jones store, Feb. 12, 9am iMarve Bell place, 10, a. m. Stripland store, 11, a m. A A Clark, Noon C E Castleberry, 1, p. m. L L Crow, 2 P m. Mrs. Laura Parks, 3 p. m. Ben C. Fowler, Night. Will Hammonds, Feb. 13, 9am i Montgomery store, 10 a. m. A J Smith, Noon I Bart Smith, 3, p. m. j 4 Please meet me promptly at the places named above and have a list of your property itemized, also dwelling houses as the law requires them to be given in seperate Return all property held on Jan. Ist. J. C. Williams, R. T. R. Notice. All parties connected with the Mat Switch Board directly or indirectly who is not paying exchange must make arrange ment at once or you can not got service here. The Switch Board is just here for operation and is not my property. The sub scribers expects me to treat all alike so if you don’t pay don’t call and save the trouble of be ing embarrassed by being turn ed down. The above does not apply to any one who pays at any other place. C. A. Milford. Georgia, Foreyth County. To all whom it may concern: Mrs. M. A. Ramsey administra tor upon the estate of John W. Ramsey, late of said county, de ceased, having filed her petition for discharge, this is to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to snow cause, if any they can, granting of this discharge at the raguMr term of the Court of Ordinary of said county to be hctld on the first Monday in March 1920. Given under my hand and of ficial signature, this 3rd day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Georgia, Forsyth County. To all whom it may concern : Mrs. Amanda Delong having made application for 12 months support for herself and six minor children out of the estate of Geo. D. Delong and ap praisers duly appointed to set apart the same having filed their return, all persons con cerned are hereby required to show cause before the Court of Ordinary of said county on the first Monday in March 1920, why said application should not be granted. Given upder my hand and of ficial signature, this 3rd day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Georgia, Forsyth County. | To all whom it may concern: Mrs. Louisa Willard having made application for 12 months support for herself and one minor child out of the estate oi J. H. Willard and appraisers duly appointed to set apart the same having filed their return, all persons concerned are here by required to show cause be fore the Court of Ordinary of said county on the first Monday in March 1920, why said appli cation should not be granted Given under my hand and of ficial signature, this 3rd day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Georgia, Forsyth County. To all whom it may concern:* L. W. Wofford, Guardian upon the estate of J. Thad Bramblett having filed his petition for dis charge, this is to cite all persons concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any tiny can, against the granting of this discharge at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county to be held on the first Monday in March 1920. Given under my hand and of ficial signature, this 3rd, day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Rev. F. C. Owen filled his ap pointment at New Hope Sunday SI.OO Per Year. Georgia, Forsyth County To all whom it may concern : N. G. Deaton administrator up on the estate of J. T. Majors, late of said county, deceased, having filed his petition for dis charge, this is to cite all per sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, against the granting UTtniVftisctiarge at tire fegular 1 term of the Court ofcOrdW of said county to be held on tne first Monday in March 1920. Given under my hand and of ficial signature, this 3rd, day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Georgia, Forsyth County: To all whom it may concern: C. A. Milford administrator up on the estate of S. J. Harris, late of said county, deceased, having filed his petition for dis charge, this is to cite all per sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, against the granting of this discharge at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county to be held on the first Monday in March 1920. Given under my hand aid of ficial signature, tins 3rd, day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary, Georgia, Forsyth County: To all whom it may con-ern: J. T. Hendrix administrator up on the estate of Charley O Hen drix, late of said county, de ceased, having filed his pe ition for discharge, this is to ci e all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, against the granting of this discharge at the re ,ular term of the Court of Ord nary of said county to be held o i the first Monday in March 1920. Given under my hand aid of ficial signature, this 3rd, day of February 1920. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. Ordinaticci Service. Friday before the third Sun day three or four deacons will be ordained at Cross I oads church . All sister churches in the community are invit and to attend G. W. Forrist, Pastor. Rev. C. T. Brown has been quite sick for several days with flu, and did not fill his appoint ment here Sunday. We trust he will soon be out again. For Service. I will keep my male yearling this year, fee sl. All owing me on last year please call and pay me. Reuben McGinnus, route 2