Newspaper Page Text
The Forsyth County News
VO! 26 NO. 12.
F®r Sale ©r Trade
Several Good Used
Chevrolet
Tnseks
In Good Condition
Otweil Motor Cos., Inc.
“The House Service Built ”
Program of the Forsyth
County Teacher’s
Association
The meeting will be held at the
Cumming School Auditorium on Fri
day March the 30th, 1934.
Called to Order by the President
promptly at one o’clock Eastern Time
Reading from the Bible, by Prof.
Jessie Bales.
Song, America—by audience and
prayer.
Reading of minutes of previous
meeting and confirmation.
Question for discussion: Some stud
ents who are in school are promoted
beyond their ability. What are you
going to do about it?—Led by Miss
Fannie Mae Kay, Clarance Orr and
Prof. S. M. Rosser.
Question for discussion: Tattling is
a great nuisance in most schools. How
can this fault be corrected, —Led by
Mr. Winfred Glover and Mrs. R. O.
Powell.
Address at 2 o'clock Eastern Stand
ard time by Prof. Eldon Dittemore,
Vice President of Bowdon College.
Question box:—lf you are having
problems in school which are giving
you trouble to solve, write them in
the form of a question or statement
and file with the President for the
consideration of the Committee, to be
placed on the next program for dis
cussion.
General Business.
Appointing of Program and other
committees if any.
Announcement and closing.
COMMITTEE.
LETTER FROM BOARD OF REVIEW
March 13, 1934.
Mr. R. L. Bagley, Ordinary,
Cumming, Georgia.
My dear Mr. Bagley:
I have your letter regarding the gin
figures for your county
Will state that the figures arrived
at for your county were obtained in
this way. The census was taken in
1930 by a house to house canvas
among the farmers. The bales ginned
and acres planted were shown. This
was used as a base for comparison
with the ginnings as submitted for
your county year by year; the ratio
between the actual number of bales
produced and the gin census was
taken into consideration; and your
estimate arrived at in this way.
This seems to have been about the
best way to go'about getting the gin
results of your county.
With best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
G. V. CUNNINGHAM,
Chairman, State Board of Review.
Mrs. D. C. Tallant, Miss Matha Tal
lant, Miss Judy Puett, Ruth McWhort
er and Miss Lillie Bell Pirkle were
in Atlanta Saturday.
Misses Nell and Lillian Hayes spent
Friday night with Mrs. Ralph Otwell
Mrs. Ralph Otwell and son Larry,
spent the weekend with her parents
in Buford.
Mr. Phil McKnight's brother of
Athens spent the week end here.
Miss Mardell Estes came home
Friday. She has been at the Crawford
W. Long Hospital with Mr. W. S.
Davenport for the past two weeks,
who we are glad to know is improving
Mrs. R. A. Ingram spent one flay
shopping in Atlanta.
Georgia Income Taxes
Are Double Last Year’s
Due To Better Business
This year’s figures on income taxes
in Georgia are double last year’s, due
to improved business conditions in
the state, W. E. Page, collector of
Internal Revenue has announced.
The amount collected from March
1 to March 15, 1934 including both
individual and corporation taxes was
$1,333,627.44 as compared with $662,-
107.90 collected between the same
period last year, a gain of $671,519.54.
The number of taxable returns filed
between January 1 and March 15,
showed a gain of approximately 25
per cent.
"This large increase in income
taxes is clear indication that business
is becoming better in Georgia”, Mr.
Page said. “The provision for ex
emption has not changed, hence the
gain can be attributed to but one fact
and that is that both individuals and
corporations have made more profits”
Dr. L. A. Henderson,
56, Passes at Columbus
PASTOR OF ROSE HILL CHURCH
HAD RECORD. OF RELIGIOUS
AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP
COLUMBUS, Ga„ March 19. Dr.
L. A. Henderson 56 pastor of the Rose
Hill Baptist church and prominent in
Georgia Baptist activities, died here
this morning after an illness of about
two months.
Dr. Henderson, who was born in
Forsyth county, near Cumming, Au
guest 30 1878, was at one time an at
torney and practiced law in Cumming
He \vas admitted to the bar in 1901
at Marietta, Ga., at the age of 22.
Dr. Henderson served in the state
senate in 1907-1908.
Ordained to preach, he entered the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary on January 1, 1910. His first
pastorate was at Maysville. He came
to Columbus in April, 1917, from
Maysville and was pastor of the Rose
Hill Baptist church until February,
1920, when he resigned to go to Law
renceville. He returned here in Jan
uary, 1922, and has served the Rose
Hill church since that time. He was
active in the local Kiwanis Club and
had served as its president.
He was chairman of the degrees
committee of the board of trustees of
Mercer University for six years and
last year received the honorary degree
of doctor of divinity from that school
He was moderator of the Columbus
Baptist Association in 1919 and for
some time served as vice president
of the Georgia Baptist Convention.
Funeral services were held at the
church Tuesday moring and were
conducted by Dr .Louie D. Newton,
pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist
church, Atlanta, assisted by Dr. Fred
erick S. Porter, pastor of the First
Baptist church here. Interment ,'n
the local cemetery.
TAX NOTICE
After April Ist, there will be a
20 per cent penalty on all Special
Taxes. We urge you to pay same be
fore this date.
G. W. BRAMBLETT,
Tax Commissioner
Messrs. Roy P. Otwell, Royston
Ingram, and Wm. J. Poole Jr. made a
business trip to Atlanta and Dalton
Monday.
NEWS AT A GLANCE
ON HAPPENINGS
IN GEORGIA
Georgia's relief administration head-i
quarters is perfecting plans for inau
gurating a program of rural rehabili
tation development, following the
visit here last week of Harry L. Hop
kins, federal relief administrator. Ap
proximately 27,000 Georgia rural fam
ilies, now on direct relief, will be giv
en an opportunity to procure plots of
land, homes, live stock and seed *to
enable them to subsist by their own
efforts. Demobilization of the state’s
CWA army is proceeding at a rapid
rate. A works program will be inau
gurated after April 1 to take care of
the 20,000 remaining civil works em
ployees in the larger cities. The Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration
is probably here to stay and as soon
as present emergency relief measures
have rescued farmers from the de
pression a longtime program will be
inaugurated. D. P. Trent, assistant
to the AAA administrator at Wash
ington, said here last week. "We are
working to raise ihe farmer’s living
conditions”, he said. “So far as our
immediate plans are concerned we
are hoping to inaugurate a system of
single farm contracts for all contracts
Under such a system, the farmer
would sign one contract for a balanced
crop program.”
Problems of Cotton
Production Answered
C ounty Farm Agent Otto Mills,
declares that the authors of “The
Cotton Situation and a Cotton Pro
grain for Georgia,” a recent bulletin
of the Agricultural Extension service
of The University of Georgia, is an
answer to the following problems of
cotton production:
1— A burdensome surplus and possi
bility of low prices for the next, few
years.
2 Selection of land best suited to
cotton, as it is not generally profitable
on land producing less than one-half
bale per acre.
3 A study of the economics of pro
duction; high yields as a fair cost
per acre mean a lower cost per pound
and greater returns on money invest
ed.
4 A general soil building program
through the use of winter and sum
mer legumes, devoting marginal lands
to pastures and reforestation.
5 An application of the better pract
ices in preparat'on of soil and culti
va.’on combine 1 w;;h the use of a-;
much labor saving machinery as pos
sible.
6 The elimination of certain short
staple and love yielding varieties,
planting only varieties tried and re
commended by the colleges and ex
periment stations.
7 The use of liberal amounts of high
grade fertilizers containing the cor
rect proportions of plant food as
shown by experiments on the various
soil types found in the state.
8— A systematic fight on 'the boll
weevil and other insects and diseases
9 Establishment of one variety cot
ton communities as a means of ob
taining superior seed at a popular
price, improving yield and quality,
and as an aid in marketing and better
staples for their true value.
Mr. Mills has the publication for
free distribution.
NOTICE
Farmers who have sign
ed -cotton contracts are
urged to see the county
agent or a committee
men and make adjust
ments of their contracts
This can be done while
you are attending court
next week.
OTTO MILLS
County Agent.
Mr. J. E. Kirby, who has been very
sick since last Tuesday is reported
some better today (Wednesday). Mr.
Kirby has made several trips to a
specialist in Gainesville for his head
and the treatment seems to be doing
him good his many friends are glad
to learn.
Mrs. Wm. J. Poole Jr. attended a
party at Decatur Friday given in
honor of Miss lneal Heard, who is to
be married at an early date.
CUMMING, GA., MARCH, 22, 1934
HIGHWAY NO. 9
CONTRACT TO BE
LET APRIL FIRST
With the assurance of the Highway
Board that they will start paving the
gaps between Atlanta and Dahlonega
in April sounds like we will soon have
a direct route into North Carolina.
This road has been one of the badly
needed highways for sometime, for
we have no railroads all he way up
this route through Roswell to Blairs
ville ar.d all commodities arc being
hauled in and out by trucks, with r
good paved road, it is reasonable to
think wc can demand a better price
for our products.
We liave for several years, spent
money and time in trying to get this
work completed and with the an
nouncement that this work will begin
in April makes us rejoice over this
one thing during the year 1934.
When this highway is completed,
we will get the traffic that now fol
lows No. 11 thru Gainesville as it will
cut off several miles between Atlanta
and the North Carolina State line.
Many other gaps are to be paved at
an early date and we hope that, in
the near future Georgia will have all
of her leading highways paved.
Methodist Church
George Gary, Pastor
(Sunday. March 25)
10:15 a. m. Sunday School.
11:15 a. m. Sermon. "The Grace of
Jesus”
7:45 p. m. Sermon. "Painted Faces”
Let all the folks
Of Cumming town
Put on a smile,
Put off the frown,
And come to Church
Morning and night,
And know the thrill
Of living right.
PIEDMQNT CHURCH
Preaching 3 p. m. by the pastor.
Cotton Contracts Must
Be Adjusted.
The tabulation sheets for the cotton
acreage reduction contracts have been
returned to me with instructions to
make certain adjustments on our
yield per acre and number of acres
reported on the contracts. The State
Board of Review at Athens has made
it very clear that these adjustments
must be made before our contracts
will be accepted. We regret very
much to have to ask you to make
reduction. We realize that many
have been conscientious in reporting
their yields and acreage.
Making these adjustments will
necessitate further delay in reciving
our rental payments, however, if you
will cooperate with us and make these
adjustments promptly, we should not
be delayed very much more. It is
necessary for each producer to indi
cate his willingness to make adjust
ments by putting his initials on the
margin of the contract. It will take
some time for the committeemen to
call on each of you at your home, so
I would suggest that you go see your
committeemen just as soon as he gets
your contract from this office, which
will be within the next day or two.
If you will do this, I am sure that we
will get our money sooner. No far
mer in the county will receive any
rental money until the figures for the
whole county are accepted. If the
committee is of the opinion that a
man should make adjustments and
he refuses to do so, his contract will
have to be rejected.
OTTO MILLS,
County Agent.
Mrs. Ralph Otwell
Entertained Friday
Night March 16.
Mrs. Ralph Otwell entertained last
Friday night In honor of her sister,
Miss Nell Hayes, who is a student
at the University and Mr. John Me
Knight, who was visiting his brother
Phil McKnight.
Those attending were. Misses Ima
Pruitt. Gladyse Smith, Mary Frances
Barrett, Kathryn Merritt, Mary Ruth
Wheeler, Mr. John Crouch, George L.
Merritt, Jr. Bob Williams, Phil Mo
Knight, Mack Kennemore, E. M. Dean
and Bill Reid.
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE
BIG BAD WOLF?
Some folks are like two of the “three
little pigs” in the fable and film, the two
whose huts were so flimsy that the wolf
ccuid “huff” and puff and blow them down
Such folks never put up any shelter or save
funds sufficient to ward off the wolf of
want. They have good reason to be afraid
cf the “big, bad wolf.”
Other folks are like the third little pig,
who worked while his brothers played, to
build a house of brick. When the wolf at
tacked that house, he icame to grief. Such
folks erect a strong shelter, stout enough
to withstand the onslaughts of adversity,
by saving their money in this bank.—They
need have no fear of the “big, bad wolf.”
KEEP THE WOLF OUT OF YOUR LIFE
BY STEADY SAVING IN THIS BANK-
B ANK oS CUMMING
B. P. Roper, Pres’t.
27 New Depositories
Named by Hamilton
State Treasurer George B. HamtPon
Saturday made public a list of 27 new
state depositories appointed since
April 13, raising the total number of
such depositories to 79.
He said the number was being 'n
creased for the dual purpose of spread
ing the state’s money so that it could
do business all over the state more
good, and making depositories more
easily available to ’ax collectors
Others are in process of appointment
and qualification.
The list follows:
Atlanta—First National bank (West
End branefi. East Atlanta bank, lul
ton National bank (Buckhead branch)
Trust Company of Georgia.
Augusta—Citizens & Southern Nat
ional bank.
Ashburn—Ashburn bank.
Brunswick—Brunswick Bank and
Trust Company
Butler—Citizens State bank.
Cairo—Cairo Banking Company
Cochran —State Bank of Cochran
Colquitt—Citizens bank
Cedartown— Liberty National bank
Cumming—Bank of Cumming
Dalton—Hardwick Bank & Trust Cos.
Dawson—Bank of Dawson
Decatur—Fulton National bank—
(branch)
Douglasville—First National bank.
Elberton—Granite City bank.
Forsyth—Monroe County bank.
LaFayette—Bank of LaFayette
Macon—City Bank & Trust Cos.
Madison—First National bank.
Milledgeville—Exchange bank.
Sylvania—Bank of Screven County
Swainsboro—The Central bank
Tifton—Bank of Tifton
Vienna—Citizens’ bank.
Prof. R. O. Powell was elected for
another term as Superintendent of
the Cumming High School by the
Board of Trustees one day last week.
Mr. Powell has made a lot of im
provemenbs in the school since last
September and his friends are glad
that he will be with us again next
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hamilton of
Decatur, were the guest of the week
end of Mrs. Hamilton’s mother, Mrs.
S. G. Cross.
Miss Mary Ruth Wheeler and Ralph
Holbrook entertained at a dinner
party Tuesday night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holbrook.
Miss Matha Tallant entertained a
few friends at breakfast Sunday
morning. Those invited were: Messrs.
John and Phi! McKnight, Ralph Hoi
brook and Miss Mary Ruth Wheeler.
Mrs. Roy P. Otwell, daughter La
Trelle, Mrs. A. A. Suddeth and Mr.
Ivan Wheeler spent Tuesday in
Atlanta.
SI.OO PER YEAR
Chestatee High School
4-H Club
Oil March 12. 1934 Mr. Otto Mills,
the county agent met with the pupils
of Chestatee school for the purpose
of organizing a 4—H Club.
The following officers were elected :
President—James Rosser.
Vice-President—Minnie Stanford.
Secretary—Esther Cain.
Sixty pupils expressed a desire to
become members and are looking for
ward with great enthusiasm and de
termination for a successful year in
the 4—H Club work.
We are proud of the fact that this
is the first Club of its kind to be or
ganized in the county under the sup
ervision of Mr. Mills.
Mr. Mills gave a very interesting
talk on the wort! of the Club, discus
sing the duties of the officers and
members and also plans for 'he com
ing year.
Mr. Driskell was also present and
made an interesting talk. We enjoy
ed baiting him with us for the entire
day.
Plans are being made for installing
a canning system in the school build
ing for the benefit of the community
as a whole and everybody is enthused
over this prospect.
The student body is thrilled witih
the idea of having seven months of
school this year since more work and
better work can be done.
Since basket ball season is over,
we hare organized a base ball team
at Chestatee, at playtime our big
campus is covered with several hund
red boys and g'rls playing different
games and every one s.tms entirely
happy. We believe in “working while
at work, and playing while at play."
1
Mr. Roberson was the week end
guest of Mr. Loy Pirkle.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Otwell were in
Atlanta the last of last week.
Col. A. B. Tollison and family spent
Saturday in Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Oda Orr spent Sunday
in the mountains.
Mr. Frank Davis is spending spring
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Davis and family.
Mr. Broughton Pirkle, of Atlanta
spent Saturday p.nd Sunday with his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Pirkle
and family.
Mrs. Annie Phillips and daughter,
“Toney" were in Atlanta one day last
week.
Mrs. A. A. Suddeth of Leary, Ga ,
is spending several days here with
her sister, Mrs. Boy P. O'.well.
The children of Mr. Otto Mills, who
have been very sick with measles
they are improving, we were glad to
learn.