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Vol. 12—No. 14 Good Times Ahead The battered old world freed at last from the scourge of war is swinging slowly but surely back to normal. A year it wonderful possibilities lies before us. Signs innumerable point to good times ahead. And we shall have them if, individually, we keep this simple for mu. la in mind: “Stay on the job and con tinue to practice those economies which grim war has taught us; work, earn, save and avoid extravagance in every form. ’ Start now-andhere~to save. We want to help you. BANK OF CUMMING, STATE DEPOSITORY. Sam Tate, President Maynard Maahbum, Vice President K. A. Kemp, Cashier T. J. Pirkle, Vice President N. H. Chadwick, Asst. Cashier Localand Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at Random For the Readers of The News. Mr J D Hansard of route 6 has purchased an Oakland car from the Cumming Buick Cos Look up ad of Geo. W. Heard in another column and go see him for bargains. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groover of Atlanta spent Sunday with Mr W J Groover and family Mr A C Kennemore’s little son is quite sick, and we hope he will soon be out again. Miss Edith Ingram of Daw sonville spent the week-end with homefolks. Mr G W Castleberry ahnoun ces in this issue for Treasurer. Look up his announcement. Mr. Hiram Kelley and family of Gainesville spent first of the week with relatives in town. Col. John Wood of Canton, candidate for solicitor, was here shaking hands with the people this week. Mr. E. L. Bradford has an ad in this issue He has just re ceived a car of Chevrolet cars and wants to sell you one. Mr. A. G Hockenhull spent Saturday night and Sunday at the bedside of his mother in Atlanta. The farmers got to attend court after all this week as it rained Sunday and the ground was too wet to plow. We are glad to see Mr. W. },[. Tate out again after an ill ness of two or three weeks Rev. F. T Wills is again able to fill his appointments He is serving the churches at Ocee, Ball Ground and Liberty, and he is likely to receive a call for Jasper church. Mrs. W M Pettis, who has been at the bedside of her sis ter at Butler, Ga., has return ed home. We are glad to learn that her sister is now out of danger. Some rascal stole the Ford car of Mr Harris Moore in At lanta last Friday night. He parked the car at Marietta and Forsyth sts., went back in about ten minutes, and the flivver was gone. B. F. COGGINS DEPARTMENT STORE Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Calls Answered Day or. Night To All Points. The Forsyth County News Local and Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at'Random For the Readers of The News. Mr F G Roberts of Cordele has been visiting reatives here this week Col and Mrs I L Oakes of Lawrenceville are visiting Mr and Mrs. John D Black Mrs J T route i, has a lot of nice Buff Rock eggs for sale at a dollar a setting Call to see her Bishop Candler preached an excellent sermon at the dedica tion service here Sunday at elev en o’clock Mr R P Crawford has re signed as marshall and will do-’ vote his time to hauling freight and farming. Mr M E Groover and child- 1 ren and Mr Cliff Vaughan and! family of Roswell spent Sunday with relatives here. We have received about fif ty new subscribers this week in addition to the many renewals. We thank these people for their patronage and will contin ue to give them the best we have in the shop for their mon ey. Mr and Mrs J E Puett and Mrs Julia Hall attended the funeral of Mrs Braselton at Pendergrass Wednesday. Col John I Kelley of Law renceville, candidate for con gress from the 9th, was shak- 1 ing hands with the people here Tuesday. He has many good | friends over the ninth who will help him in his campaign. Mr T J Pirkle is expected back from New York to day He will have something to tell you about good merchandise in a week or two The heavy rains Sunday caused a great many people to miss hearing Bishop Candler speak. The dedication services j were held however, and a good I crowd was present considering ; the weather. Miss Ruth Pirkle, who is at tending school at Decatur, also | the Misses Allen, will come in this week for a few days vaca tion with homefolks. GUMMING, GA., APRIL 2ND, 1920 Local and Personal News of Interest. Going and Coming of People Gathered at Random For the Readers of The News. / Rev C T Brown filled his ap pointment at Fairview Satur day and Sunday. Mr E F Smith was in Atlan fa on business the last of the Miss Effie Blackstone of At lanta is visiting her parents,'Mr and Mrs. J T Blackstone. FOR SALE: A good cow fresh in. See me at once Mrs Mamie Strickland, Cumming. Ga Mr. J. P Banister is thinking of putting up a nice brick bus "ess building on the lot where his house burned in the fire. It would be a paying investment for him. Look up the ad of Attorney General Palmer on another page and if you can you ought to go over to Gainesville next Tuesday and hear him. Quite a good crowd watched the demonstration of the Bee man Tractor here Tuesday, and all agreed that it was a good one and would do the work. The many friends of Col C L Harris of Cordele were glad to | see him this week, and to know I that he is doing well in his new! home John Black advertised his j dog last week, and some par-! ties found its head in the debris ; of Mr. Banister’s house. We; ! sorry that John lost his dog in the fire. i The many friends in this coun ty of Joe Satterfield of Canton j will be pained to learn of his j death which occured lastThursi day He has just been elected j Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cherokee county on the day before his death • John Henry Evans, who hails from Ducktown district, announ ees this week for Treasurer. See what he has to say to you in another column. This is court week and we | have been rushed to death. If ■ news items come up short | please excuse us and we will I try to do better next week. Auto Equipment. Day Phone 66: Night Phone H. A. Heard 145: ' Sunshine in The Home, Power In The Life Forsyth Superior Court. The February (adjourned) term of Forsyth Superior Court met Monday morning, Judge Blair presiding, ffndvjohn T. Dorsey solicitor and Wra. Butt assistant, looking after the in terest of the state. The grand jury was organ ized by electing Rev. R. H. Thompson as foreman and Mark Howard as Clerk. The business of the*court is being pushed rapidly find it is thought that the docket will be cleared especially of civil bus in ess. Col. I. L Oakes of LaVrence ville ; J P Brooke of Alpharetta J G Roberts and G F Gober of Marietta, Howell Brooke of Canton, and Hon N A Morris of Marietta, are among the vis iting attorneys. Pubic Speaking. Hon Hoke Smith, candidate for the presidency in the pri mary of April 20th, will ad dress the citizens of Gainesville and surrounding counties at. Gainesville, on Saturday April . * 3rd at 11 o'clock. Everybody interested in his campaign is urgently reques ted to go over and hear him. John A. Mcßrajii* Mr John A. died at his home on route 8 Tuesday night and his remains were in terred at Zion Hill Wednesday Mr Mcßrayer wjt! about sixty five years of age and is survived by his wife and sev eral children to whom we ex tend sympathy. Mrs. BraseltoO* Mrs Mollie Braseltfocbicd at the Jjomemf her J. E Puett/ in Cumming Tuesday morning and her remains were carried to Pendergrass for fu neal and interment. Mrs. Braseton is survived by two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends to whom we extend sympathy Little Girl Dies. The little three year old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J B Allen died Sunday and its re-1 mains were interred in the cemetery here Monday. This is the second death in Mr Allen’s family during the last month, and the people of. Cumming are deeply sympa thizing with him in the loss of his two children. B. H. Hulsey Dies Mr B H Hulsey, a prominent citizen of the county residing near Hopewell, died at his home last Thursday and his re mains were interred at Cross Roads Friday. He is survived ; by his wife, several children, and a host of other relatives and friends to whom we extend sympathy. Banks To Close. Beginning next Monday the Bank of Cumming and the Far mers & Merchants Bank will I close promptly at five o’clock eastern time.. Everyone hav ing business with them must !transact the same before that j hour. Bond Notice The Farmers & Merchants Bank advise us to tell those who hold liberty bonds that they; will look after exchanging; them at any time, Or pay the ■interest coupon for the people, Give them a call if you hold a bond and let them look after the matter for you. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK Located at Cumming, Ga., At the Close of Bulkiest March 10, 1920. RESOURCES LIABILITIES Demand Loans 11,741.50 Capital Stock Paid in 25,000.00 Time Loans 365,619.97 Surplus Fund 16,000,00 Bonds and Stocks owned Undivided Profits, less Cur by the Bank 7,950.00 rent Expenses, Interest Banking House 6,500.00 and Taxes Paid 11,785.71 Furniture Fixtures 2,946.36 Due Unpaid Dividends 16.00 Cash in Vault and Deposit Individual Deposits Subject in Banks 116,,340.43 to Check 232,550.50 Cash Items 5,457.22 Time Certificates 254,759.78 Advance on Cotton in Pro cess of Shipment 23,526.51 Total ssl<S 111.99 Total *540,111.99 State Of Georgia, Forsyth Cou*ity. Before me came It. E. Hope Cashier, of Farmers & Merchants Bank who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank. R* E. HOPE Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16th, day of March 1920. Glen N. Merritt, C. N. P Forsyth County Georgia. Executive Co' inittee Meets The Forsyth county Demo-j cratic Executive Committee met in pusurance of call. On motion Jarrett P. Fowler! was elected Secretary to ceed Mr S H Allen who has re signed. On motion the Chair man and Secretary were author ized to appoint or select com mitteemen in each malitia dis-j trict to compose the Democrat lie Executive Committee for For ! ayth Coupy for the year 1920. # ["On motion Saturday, April ’loth, at two o’clock P M was jset as meeting date for the pur, pose of making arrangements ! for the holding the Presidential Democratic Primary and for, the further purpose of setting; date for county primary. Thre being no further bus-; mess the committee adjourned to meet again on date above named. The following committmen were selected: Barkeis: A W Harris, C A Mil ford, Ike Hughes, Julius Pruitt L S Fouts. Bells: Jesse Bales, W C Jones, W T Nalley, G M Stone, Oscar Ezzard. Big Creek: Geo. W Bagwell,, J S Streetman, S G Clement, A L. Glover, J II Boles. Chc'tahoochee: Nat B Nuck olls, W A Couch, T R Brice, J M 1 hornton, B J Light Chestatee: W B McClure, W W Smith, W R Stovall, W E Bell, L M Jones Coal Mountain :T R Williams, Ray Mcßrayer, J B Smith, Ezra Martin, I S Hendrix, j Cumming: PI F Smith, E S Har ris, F P Barrett, Claude Groov |er, Wiley W Owens, S H Allen, J H Pruitt, Jarrett P Fowler Ducktown: N S Ilawkins, M L Howard, L T Ledbetter, Jasper Evans W A Purcell. Hightower: E S Sherrill, Ed Jones, Monroe Harris, J W Groover, G L Heard Settendown: W A Holbrook, W W Hill, Jas. P Holbrook, Grady Bramblett, J R Bram bleifc j Vickery: T A Creamer, Fletch |or Westbrook, A J Fowler, M. j.I Hooper, G A Bacon. E A Bennett, Chairman. Jarrett P Fowler Secretary. Mr R E Hope spent Saturday night in Atlanta. COURT HOUSE MEETINGS At a retfent conference of the Cumming Baptist church it was ( arranged .for the pastor to j preach at the Court House on the afternoon cf each first Sun day in the mon h, instead of at the church at night. At these meetings special ser mons will be preached on very | timely subjects and special emphasis will also be given to the song feature of f the wor ship which will be under the di re< tion of our church choff. These meetings are inteded especially for the general good and all the peonle of the town and surrounding country are cordially invited to come and help us make them count for the most possible, for real good and for the glory of God Everybody c( me to the first service, at 4:30 o’clock, court bouse time, on Sunday, April 4th. Let us pray for a great blessing. Chas. T. Brown, Pastor. Baptists Please Remember That the first annual install ment of the 75 Million Fund is, due and is expected to all be paid and sent in to the office of the State Mission Board, not later than April 30th. Let us see to it, brother pastors and church organizers, that the mat ter is rounded up nicely in ev ery church and that nothing be lost to our work because of our failure in any church to make good now on our first years dues. Will not someone see that an earnest effort is made also in every church in which the campaign was not put on, to take a great collection for this fund at the April meeting and try to reach every member for a part in it. Chas. T. Brown, Pub. Director Moving Picture Show After a suspension of thirty days on account of the flu situ ation the Moving Picture Show will begin again Saturday night at 7 :30. All are invitd to come out and see the pictures which will be interesting. If you need a tie, collar, shir or anything in the line of gent - furnishing, call on Kirby and Denson at the E. W. Mashburn Shop Canton, Georgia, Complete due Metal and Metafir Cases and Vaults. *I.OO Per Year. Dr Marcus Mashbum is hav ing a nice bungalow erected on the street back of the New* 1 office Mr Glen Thomas and family of route 8 spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr A O Bar ! rett and family. 1 Mrs W A Burna and child ren of Douglasville are visiting Mr. W. M. Tate and family this week v I Mrs Marcus Mashbum'left this week with her mother, Mrs fSummerour, for a short trip /Philadelphia. * stz r i Several teachers 'were here this week attending the insti tute and trying to get more good ideas about how to teach. They are a hard-worked class of people, and their salaries are too small. We were glad to see our old friend, Rev Frank Eakes, at the dedication services Sunday. Frank was raised in Cumming and the people here are proud of his rapid rise in the ministry Attorney General Cliff Walk er, who is a candidate for Gov ernor, spoke to a good size crowd at the court house Wed nesday at the noon hour of court. A Card of Thank*. We wish to express our heart felt thanks for kindness shown in the death of our dear com panion and father. May God’s richest blessings be yours. Mrs. B. H Hulsey and children For Sale Any one wishing to buy a good 5 room house, also a nice building lot facing Canton st. good for residence or business lot. See R P Crawford, Cum ming, Ga. M. No 44 Regular meeting nights the first and third Tuesday nights of each month Work in Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft Degrees. All qualified brethren are urged to be present. W. E. Lipscomb, W M W. C. Groover, Secry.