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The Forsyth County News
Volume 33.
Senator Russell Speaks
At Augusta on May 27
Hon. Richard B. Russell, Senator
from Georgia, will be the featured
speaker on the program of the 27th
annual convention of the Association
County Commissioners of Georgia
which will be held at the Bon Air
Hotel, Augusta on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, May 7, 8 and 9th.
Frank E. Gablrels of Habersham
County, President of the Association
will preside at the convention. The
first session will be the Round Table
session on Legislation at 2:30 P. M.
on Wednesday, May 7th. This will be
presided over by Scott Candler, De-
Kalb County Commissioner, Chair
man of the Legislative Committee.
Harry Harmon, Jr., Works Progress
Administrator for Georgia will speak
of the work being done in this state
through the cooperation of the PWA
and County Commissioners.
Ed L. Almond, Fulton County, Chair
man of the Board of Managers, has
called a joint meeting of he Board
with the Congressional District Chair
mien for Wednesday at 7 P. M.
The convention will formally open
on Thursday morning with addresses
of welcome by I. S. Peebles, Richmond
County Attorney and J. M. Wooddall
Mayor of Augusta. Response will be
made in behalf of the Association by
R. A. Gould, Glynn County Commis
sioner, Brunswick.
Jas. S. Peters, Chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee, will be the first speaker, follow
ing reports of officers. Mr. Peters
will speak on “Taxation”. Following
this will be the address of Senator
Russell who will speak on National
Defense and its relation to the coun
ties. Official Washington has indicat
ed that the public generally does not
realize the seriousness of the situ
ation facing this country and Mr.
Russell should be able to give us a
clear concise picture of the Congres
sional view point of world conditions.
The afternoon will be given to in
spection of Defense projects in the
Augusta area. Thursday evening will
be held the annual banquet and floor
show with dancing.
A final business session will be
held on Friday morning. Boisfeuillet
Jones, State Administrator of N. Y. A.
will speak on “Youth and the County
Commissioners”. Ellis Arnall, Attor
ney General of Georgia will address
the convention on matters of interest
to the delegates. Reports of commit
tees and selection of the next con
vention city will conclude the three
day meeting. Around 800 delegates
are -expected to attend.
Senator George Says
U. S. Committed To
Peace And Security
COLUMBUS, GA Senator Walter
F. George, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, in an
address here last week, said that this
country is committed to peace and
security not conquest.
Speaking before a group at Fort
Benning, assembled to honor 29 offi
cers from 11 South American coun
tries attenring the Infantry School,
Georgia’s Senior Senator declared
that the United State’s pledge to na
tions of the western hemisphere,
Great Britain and this nation would
be carried through.
Senator George criticized those who
would retard the defense program in
any way. He expressed the opinion
that this country has the ability to
oppose any aggression from abroad.
COMMUNION AND SINGING
The first Sunday May th is regular
Communion and Singing day at Plea
sant View Church. We invite all
churches to come and spend the day.
Singing in the afternoon. We have
the promise of some good quartet*
and singers. Everyone invited. We
will have loud speakers for the day.
Dinner on the ground.
L. H. BARNETT
4-H WINNERS
Two 4-H club girls have been chos
en state winners in the farm, home,
and crops enterprise accounting con
test, G. V. Cunningham, state 4-H
leader, tells us. They are Hilda Han
cock, Clarke county, winner in farm
accounting, and Lillian Joiner, Dodge
county, winner in the home account
ing phase. Records of the two girls’
projects have been entered for nation
al competition among 4-H club mem
hers.
Official Organ of Forsyth County and City of Cumming
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
(City Population 1,000)
Six Point Agricultural
Plan Of Work For
Forsyth County 1941
A broad, well-rounded long time
Agrieiulturlal Program in l mind tile
Program Planning Committee have
worked out a plan of work that should
be done by all farmers in 1941. This
committee studied the Agricultural
situation of the County as to Farm in
come, its land and people. The plan
of work is based on these three prob
lems. This 1941 plan of work was set
up with the assistance of the County
Agent, Vocational Teacher, Farm Se
curity Supervisor, Soil Conservation
Technican, Home Demonstration
Agent, Home Economics Teacher,
Welfare Director and County School
Superintendent.
Soil Improvement
Every farmer should grow- more
winter and summer legumes, espec
ially summer legumes. All farmers
should grow more lespedeza, cowpeas
and crotalaria. All small grain should
be followed by lespedeza and the land
should -stay in lespedeza two years.
All farmers should have as much
of their land as possible covered dur
ing the winter.
All farmers should follow a good
rotation with a soil depleting crops
on the land every three years. Farm
ers should reforest badly eroded land
All corn should be interplanted wit
cowpeas or crotalaria. The committee
recommends that all farmers earn
their maximum soil building allow
ance.
The goal set up for the year is 3000
acres seeded to lespedeza, 1000 acres
seeded to Austrian Winter peas, 300
acres seeded to Crimson Clover, 200
acres seeded to Crotalaria, 6000 acres
planted or sowed to cowpeas, and 30
acres of Kudzu, 12,000 tons of lime
stone and 200 tons of Superphosphate
through Grant of Aid, 150 agreements
with the soil Conservation Service.
The Committee has urged every farm
er to plant at least one or two acres
of lespedeza as a seed patch.
The Growing Of More Food and
Feed Crops
Every farmer should put more land
in food and feed crops in order to pro
duce enough food for home use and
canning, drying or freezing purposes.
Every farmer should grow and pro
duce enough feed for home use. Every
farm should grow some wheat. More
hay should be produced.
The goal is at least 20 percent more
land in food and feed crops and a
large percent of thie fiaitm*ers arte
reaching this goal on his farm.
Cotton Improvement
The Planning Committee recom
mends farmers to secure good plant
ing seed, practice good fertilization,
proper land preparation and to treat
all their planting seed for seed-borne
diseases.
The goal for the year is more farm
ers planting good seed and that this
will lead into one-variety communities
Also 200 farmers treating their seed
with 2 percent ceresan.
Livestock And Pasture Development
It is recommended by the Commit
tee that all farms should establish
good permanent pastures.
This can be done by developing one
or two acres each year.
Farmers, where possible should use
pure-bred bulls on native cows.
Goal of 50 improved pastures this
year and the purchase of a pure-bred
bull cooperatively to be used for the
farmers.
Live-At-Home
A live at home program is recom
mended by the committee to be set
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An Announcement
Iam 1 now with the Wildlife Divi
sion of the Department of Naturdal
Resources, and have as my territory
Forsyth, Dawson, and old Milton coun
ties.
It is my desire to assist the citizens
of this territory in anyway possible to
protect and preserve the game and
fish, and also to increase the supply
that we have.
The Wildlife Division and mysel
will welcome any suggestions from
the citizens of this territory. We will
be glad to advise with you at any
time.
doyle McWhorter,
Wildlife Ranger.
Thursday, May 1, 1941.
Bell System Expects To
Expend $400,000,00 on
New Construction in ‘4l
The Bell System expects to spend
approximately 1400,000,000 on new
construction during 1941 as a result
of accelerated industrial and military
activity under the national defense
program, President Walter S. Gifford
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, said at the annual
stockholders meeting.
This represents an increase of
more than $100,000,000 over 1940’s to
tal expenditure for the same purpose.
Mr. Gifford revealed that long dis
tance traffic is running about 25 per
cent above that of last year, nd that
on an average more long distance
calls are being handled now than
during the previous peak experienced
in September, 1939, when the war
broke out in Europe.
Emphasizing the part the Bell conif
panies are playing in providing for
defense communication needs, Mr.
Gifford said, “In the midst of this
extraordinary activity, the Federal
Communications Commission announ
ced that it had instituted a formal
rate case against the Bell System
Companies.
“We are naturally disappointed that
the Commission should see fit, es
pecially at this critical time, to de
part from the practice which it has
followed in the past of handling rate
matters by informal conference with
the Company—a procedure which, the
Commission has said in its annual
reports and other public statements,
has been productive of results with
out the necessity of legal proceedings
He declared that the speed and
vastness of the defense program and
the importance of the telephone to
its success are a challenge to every
man and woman in the Bell System
and expressed pride in the spirit and
competence with which the enjtire
telephone personnel is meeting the
challenge.
GSCW Golden
Anniversary Program
Plans for the celebration of the
Golden Anniversary of the Georgia
State College for Women have been
completed, -according to an announce
ment by Dr. Guy H. Wells today. The
two day observance of the fiftieth
anniversary of the college will begin
on April 25th. During the two days
four nationally known speakers, three
women and one man, will be heard.
Featured speaker is Chancellor C. S.
Boucher of the University of Nebras
ka, who will appear on Saturday.
Harriett Elliott, dean of the Woman’s
College of the University of North
Carolina, Ella Evans Higman, Wash
ington, D. C. attorney, and Agnes
Ellen Harris, dean of Women at the
University of Alabama, will also be
featured on the program
The meeting will open with a din
ner for the alumae of the college on
Friday evening, following registration
of the delegates and visitors earlier
in the afternoon
An academic procession will be
held Saturday morning, and many
notables in the educational world will
eb in the colorful parade. Represent
atives from all the schools and col
leges in the Southern association will
be present and all of the Georgia
colleges and schools are sending
representatives to carry the best
wishes of their schools to the college
Joe Bramblett
Makes Trip With
Highway Patrol
Arrangements have been made and
completed with the Southern Railway
System to handle our party from At
lanta to Norfolk then on Chespeake
Steamship Lines Norfolk to Baltimore
Monumental Tours Baltimore to
Washington and Southern Railway
Washington to Atlanta, and will leave
May 7th from Atlanta on Southern
Railway.
Joe Braro(blett from Cumming
School is the winner from Forsyth
County,
We wish to thank the citizens of
Cumming and Fobsyth County for
their cooperation in making it pos
sible for Forsyth County to have a
representative from this County to
make this trip with the Highway Pa
trol.
About 500 other boys from the State
will attend and we are sure Joe will
enjoy it very much.
Constitution Runs
Editorial Concerning
Lindbergh’s Attitude
ATLANTA, GA—The following edi
torial entitled “There’ll Always Be
An England,” was published in the
Atlanta Constitution of April 25. The
-editorial takes issue with Charles
Lindbergh’s attitude and remarks
about England. The text is:
“England is losing the war. .. . !
“It could have been Berlin. But it
wasn’t. It happened in New York.
"It was Lindbergh speaking for the
America First Commit-tee. That’s a
nice neutral sounding title. But the
crowd cheered.. . . England is losing
....shout it from the housetops....
England is losing!... .let the rafters
ring. This in New York. Twenty thou
sand cheering that ‘England is losing’
in a city of 8,000,000 parsons.
“Lindbergh, that poor, deluded soul
who thought that the adulation of the
throng for a flight in the dark made
him an oracle, was repaying the hos
pitality of England. . . .‘England is
losing’ Hitler must have loved it. . ..
a lie repeated becomes an apparent
truth....and there he stood, the
brave lone eagle of American skies
so much afraid of his own country’s
heart that he was trying to sell Eng
land down the river. He who doesn’t
know England’s history do-esn’t re
member America’s ‘don’t tread on me.
“ ‘England is losing’ ... .when Eng
lish hearts still hold the sea? When
England gambles 60,000 against 1,-
000,000? When England can dig out
and start anew a thousand times
again? When England pleads ‘givte
them the same?’
“Lindy, you have your answer ring
ing clear. England stands, and always
will. You mistake the land that gave
you peace....
“There’ll always be an England!”
Threshing Machine
Developed To Save
Seed Of Many Crops
An economy, “trailer" threshing
machine, developed to help farmers
of the South grow more soil-building
crops, has been demonstrated in Geor
gia and other states, Director Walter
S. Brown, of the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, announced this week.
The new machine is the product of
research andtrails conducted by the
Tennessee Valley Authority in cop
eration with state agricutural eyperi
ment stations and Extension services
of Valley states. It is designed espec
ially for this section of the country
where farms aite small and fields
small and usually sloping.
Mounted on rubber tires, the new
thresher is moved about as a trailer
behind a passenger car or truck as
fast as 50 mliles an hour. Only a few
minutes are required to set it up for
anew job or to get ready to move
again.
Its capacity is about half that of
conventional threshers. The cost
ranges from one-third to one half
the cost of large threshers in com
mon usle. Efficiency of the sknall
machine compares favorably with
that of the large ones.
In demonstrations, all kinds of le
gume and grass seeds, as well as
small grains, were handled well. The
machine was cleaned thoroughly and
quickly between crops. The past sea
son, demonstrations were conducted
in more than 100 counties of five
states. Next summjer they will be
continued and -extended.
“The new thresher’s low cost and
versatility,” said Director Brow-n,
"commends it to farmers as an ef
fective way for them to save more
cover crop and hence paint
more cover. Lack of a practical w-ay
to save seed is often a bottleneck re
stricting the spread of soil-conserving
practices.”
Use of the thresher is being con
sidered by test demonstration farm
ers as it may contribute to adjust
ments they work out around the use
of TV A phosphates on sod crops. It
is being bought by organized purchas
ing groups of farmers as well as by
individuals.
THE BEST HOG
A hog of the medium type is the
most profitable, according to Agricul
tural Extension specialists. This type
animal can be grown to weigh from
200 to 225 pounds at about six months
of age, and be finished at that age.
Breeding stock should be selected
from large litters, since the ability to
produce large litters is an inherited
characteristic.
(County Population 12,000)
Georgia Man Named
In Charge Of AAA
Farm Information
Jack Tubbs, for four years state
news editor of the Atlanta Constitu
tion. has been appointed head state
office assistant for the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration in Geor
gia, with headquarters in Athens, T.
R. Breedlove, AAA Administrative of
ficer, announced this week.
In his new position, Mr. Tubbs will
be in charge of agricultural informa
tion concerning AAA activities dis
seminated for the benefit of Georgia
farm families.
The former state news editor of
the Constitution entered newspaper
work som-e 18 years ago in the capa
city of city editor of the Waycross
Journal-Herald. A year later, he was
transferred by the owner to another
daily newspaper, LaGrange Reporter,
with similar duties.
In August, 1924, he joined the Flori
da Times-Union in Jacksonville, and
served successively as assistant city
editor. South Georgia news editor,
and day telegraph editor. In 1930, he
served for a time as managing editor
of the Florida Municipal Record, a
magazine for city officials, an din the
fall of the same year joined the Geor
gian-American in Atlanta, on which
he served first as a Copy reader and
later as state news editor.
The new AAA office assistant join
ed the Atlanta Constitution in April,
1932, and in 1937 was made state
news editor, a post he held until his
present appointment.
Mr. Tubbs married the former Miss
Mary Darby, of! Marietta in 1932.
They have one son.
Resources Of Georgia
Insured Banks Now
Total $628,954,000
ATLANTA, Ga_The 266 insured
commercial banks in the state of
Georgia had resources of $628,954,000
on December 31, 1940, according to a
survey announced by the Federal De
posit Insurance Corporation in Wash
ington this week.
The insured banks were listed as
having on deposit $559,026,000. Time
depoaife amounted to $128,716,000.,
while demand deposits totalled $430,-
310,000.
With an increase of $44,985,00 over
December 31, 1939, loans and dis
counts amounted to $262,686,000.
Georgia Banks listed direct and
guaranteed obligations of the United
States government at $73,244,000 as
of December 31, 1940. Other securities
were listed at $49,236,000.
Deposits, loans and discounts of the
13,438 insured commercial banks all
over the country reported an increase
for the year just passed.
Quarterly Conference
To Be Held May 4th
The second quarterly conference of
the Holbrook Methodist Charge will
be held at Pleasant Grove Sunday
Miiy 4th beginning at 10 A. M. It is
hoped that all members and officials
of the charge will be there. Dr. Ed
ward G. Mackay, the new district su
perintendent of the Atlanta East dis
trict will preach another great ser
mon. The Pleasant Grove church will
serve dinner on the grounds. After
lunch the business of the charge will
be attended to If any of icials wish
to go but do not have a way, please
notify the pastor, and efforts will be
made to secure transportation for
everyone Special singing will be an
other feature of the program by the
Pleasant Grove singers
Ducktown Junior
High School Close?
Thursday and Friday night May Bth
and Uth. Thursday night the program
will be presented by the Grammar
grades.
Friday night A Three Act Comedy
“The Ghost of Roaring Pines. The
characters are:
Ci.fton Mack—Berry Rollins
Scott Lowry—Lticine Rollins
Mrs. Nancy Foster—Kathryn Tallant
Joyce Foster. Eula Jean Tribble
Maurice Niles—Winfred Hawkins
Roberta Randolph—Annie Mae Roper
Louie Carberry—Kathryn Estes
Hugo Valentine—Henry Lewis Evans
David Clay —Junior Ledbetter
Laura Clay —Sybil Bramblett
Carrie York—Loma Frix
There will be plenty of good string
music—Admission 10 and 15c.
Number IS.
“Food For Defense”
Is FSA Family Aim
Under New Program
Answering the call for “Food for
Defense” with an enlarged program
for food production, FSA Supervisor
Norris E.Bagley said the Forsyth
county offices are buzzing with ac
tivity as plans for individual cooper
ation by each family are determined.
Supervisor Bagley advises that this
program in Georgia calls for special
undertakings to produce additional
food requirements for “National De
fense” as well as larger production
for home use.
“Each FSA borrower in this coun
ty will be encouraged to add from 5(1
to 100 chickens to his present flock,
and in addition will take on one or
more of the three operations to pro
duce marketable products needed in
supplying England and her allies as
provided for in the fund allocation
for food in the Lease-Lend Appropri
ation,” Mr. Bagley said.
Aided by supplemental loans, re
habilitation families will undertake
one or more of the following three en
terprises: (1) One additional brood
sow, to produce four hogs for the
market; (2) two more milk cows for
production of marketable dairy pro
ducts; (3) 50 chickens for meat and
fof egg production, which are in ad
dition to the 50 required for all fami
lies.
Other aim* of the FSA "Food for
Defense” program, as explained by
Mr. Bagley are as follows:
(1) Increase in normal incomes of
•small families through perpetuation
of the broadened program; (2) devel
opment in this section for better
handling of larger production, of pro
cessing plants, such as creameries,
farm markets; (3) better subsistence
for -the grower and the consumer,
through an accelerated “live-at-bome”
program; (4) improved landj aujtl
(5) first and last, a move toward ef
fective and profitable change in the
agricultural economy of this section
through its release from a one crop
system.
Most Accidents Due
To “Chance Taking”
It’s not the weather, the highway
nor the car which causes most acci
dents—it’s the driver.
And it’s not the new or inexperien
ced driver who does most damage.
It’s the operator who has bad 10 or
more years experience, the "average"
driver, who kills and injures most vie.
tims. That’s the opinion of Major
John E. Goodwin, Georgia’s commis
sioner of public safety.
He arrived at his conclusion after
a survey of reports on accidents which
caused 824 deaths and injuries to
more than 28,000 persons in Georgia
last year. ■-*.
What’s more, those reports txiow
that most of the collisions occurred
in fair weather, on paved roads, in
vehicles which were mechanically O.
K. and on straight, level Btretches of
road.
All of which, Major Goodwin claims
proves that most accidents are the re
suit of something the driver does or
fails to do and not because of high
way, weather or vehicle shortcom
ings. |
Major Goodwin explains it this way*
when an operator becomes overcoli
dent of his skill because he feels he
“knows it all” through many years of
driving—trouble starts. Most new
drivers refuse to take chances be
cause they realize they lack skill and
so they seldom are responsible for a
serious crash.
But why Is it that the greatest per
cent of collisions occur on the best,
roads in fair weather and under other
conditions which should insure safety)
That’s because of overconfidr-nee,
again, says the Commissioner.
Forsyth County Gym
Now Under Way
Much interest is being displayed
regarding the New Forsyth County
Gymnasium which is to be built at
Cumming in the lot next to the High
School building. Construction is al
ready under way and it is hoped that
it will be completed by the first of
October.
This building is estimated to cost
from $15,000 to SIB,OOO and will be
used as a place for public gatherings
of the City and Schools of Forsyth
County.