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The Forsyth County News
Volume 33.
Representative Ingram
Calls Attention To Im
portance of Election
I wish to call to your attention to
the importance of the Election to he
held on June 3rd on the Constitutional
amendments to the State of Georgia.
This is a rather long ballot hut
there are only a few that are of State
wide interest and they should be giv
en your careful consideration.
So important are these measures
that your Legislature has left them
for your approval or disapproval and
now it is your duty to vote your con
victions in the affairs of this great
State.
There is not any amendment that
affects Forsyth County alone, how
ever, there are several that affects
other counties and cities. You: need
not consider these unless you wish
as they are purely local matters in
other counties.
You do have such matters as: The
four-year term for Governor and other
State officials; the Tax exemption on
R. E. A. Lines; the Annual Session
of the Legislature and a few other
State wide measures, all of which
will be explained in the papers and
Radio addresses in the next few days.
I hope you will study these amend
ments and cast your vote on June 3rd
in the interest of our Great State.
Yours sincerely,
R. A. INGRAM
Senior Class Present
“Murdered Alive”
Thursday night, —22
Highlighted by thrilling mysteries
“Murdered Alive”, Cumming Senior
Class play, will be given Thursday
night, May 22. Boasting almost the
same actors and actresses that made
“Plain Jane” such a hit last year,
“Murdered Alive” will give you a ser
ies of comedy mishaps that are
screamingly funny, in addition to
weird mysteries.
The play is a mystery comedy in
three acts. Admission will be 10 and
20 cents.
The characters are:
Mrs. Libby Ryder, a society matron—
Dorothy Banister
Arden Ryder, her charming young
daughter—Mary Henderson
Warner Melton, in love with Arden—
J. W. Smith
Tillie Meek, a maid—Edna Boyd Puck
ett
Iris Alda, who gets messages from the
dead—Frances Otwell
Luverne Speed, from Creston Corners
—Bobby Hughes
Stella Backus, who rules the roost,
also rattle-brained—Margaret Bag
ley
Frank Backus, her weaker half—
Frank Rra.mblett
Otis Marvin, a lawyer—A. C. Smith Jr
Acton Chance, a correspondence
school detective—Frank Pirkle
Arlene Ivans, a refined cultured
lady_Helen Matthews
The Mysterious Stranger, who is all
the name implies—Lynn Bramblett
Welfare Merit Svstem
Announce Examination
For Welafer Workers
Applications to take competitive ex
aminations for all positions in Pro
fessional Public Assistance; Child
Welfare and Crippled Children’s Div
isions mu-st be submitted on or before
June 15, J. A. Boatright, Supervisor
of Examinations announced today. Ap
plications to take examination must
he submitted by present employees
as well as by new applicants.
Many administrative and profession
al positions are to be filled in addi
tion to the finance, accounting, stat
istics, clerical and stenographic jobs.
Mr. Boatright stated that the exa
minations will be held at conveniently
located centers over the State. The
purpose of the examinations is to
select employees according to their
fitness for the job as evidenced by a
passing grade in the -examinations.
Once a person has attained status
tinder the Merit System he may not
he removed except for cause and that
after a hearing before the Advisory
Council.
Any citizen of Georgia may take
e-mmi nations for one or moreposi
tions which he is qualified to hold.
Application blanks mav be obtained
from the office of the Supervisor of
Examinations, State Capitol, Room
419.
Official Organ of Forsyth County and City of Cumming
OEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHEROKEE. DAWSCN, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
(City Population 1,000)
OUTSTANDING
J. Homer Harris, well-known Gain
esvillean, who was elected a member
of the executive committee of the
Grand Council of Georgia-Florida, U.
C. TANARUS., at the convention in Gainesville
last week-end. Harris ranks fifth in
the United States in the number of
applications he has filed w r ith the
head office, it was revealed.
Three Gainesville Men
Chosen U. C. T. Heads
S. W, M. Haile, of Savannah, was
named grand counselor of the Georgia
Florida Grand Counsel, U. C. TANARUS., at
the closing session of the two-day
36th annual convention in Gainesville
Saturday afternoon, and St. Peters
burg, Fla., was selected as the 1942
convention city.
Other officers chosen were W. H.
Carter, Pensacola, Fla., grand junior
counselor; W. H. Johnston, Tampa,
Fla., grand past counselor; J. L.
Moore. Atlanta, grand conductor;
Richard M. Dillard, Gainesville, grand
secretary; H. E. Terry, Gainesville,
grand treasurer; Harry Deyo, St. Pet
ersburg, Fla., grand page; P. G Horne
Augusta, grand sentinel.
The grand executive committee
named consists of S. N. Harris, of
Savannah; J. H. Harris, Gainesville;
C. J. Harris, Gainesville, Fla., H. K.
Wilson, St. Petersburg. Representa
tives to supreme council are W. G.
Moore, Atlanta, and W. H. Johnston,
Tampa.
Resolutions were unanimously adop
ted calling upon the Congress to enact
legislation to curtail and prevent
strikes affecting defense industry pro
jjeets il’ necessary; asking that all
businesses holding government con
tracts under any defense acts be class
ified as government property but be
left in the hands of present manage
ment; that laws he enacted prohibit
ing “closed shops”; that legislation
dealing with sabotage set forth the
penalty of treason when enacted.
Harold C. Smith, of Racine, Wis„
immediate past supreme counselor,
was the principal speaker at the ses
sions. Entertainment features includ
ed a luncheon, banquet, ladies' enter
tainment, square dance and chicken
fry, the latter tendered by 'the Gaiiies
ville Elks club as the closing feature
An award of merit was presented
the local club for showing a 15 per
cent increase in membership in 1911,
and an honorary past grr/id counse
lor’s jewel was given Smith.
Attention Housewives
The Agricultural Extension Service
is sponsoring a “Can for National De
fense” program. If you have any pint,
quart, or half gallon fruit jars of stand
ard size around the house and want
to get rid of them, they can be used
by farm families in putting up fruits
and vegetables as an aid to the nation
al defense program. Get in touch with
your County Agent B. T. Brown and
Home Demonstration Agent, Helen
Arrendale.
Mr. Allen W. Darden, State director
of Internal Revenue is doing a fine
job for the State of Georgia. His de
partment now r shows an increase of
over $900,000.00 in money collected
in his department alone as compared
against any previous year, which re
flects much credit to the Talmadge
Administration and to Director Dard
en and his management of this im
portant department.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 22, 1941.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS HERE MAY 17
Mr. B. T. Brown, County Agent; Mr. K. M. Stiles, President
Georgia Farm Bureau; Mr. J. E. Stanford, Editor of Southern
Agriculturist; Dean Paul Chapman, College of Agriculture
(Insert) William J. Orr, President of Forsyth County Farm Bu
reau.
Forsyth Farmers Met
Saturday Celebrating
Organization of Bureau
Approximately 1,500 farmers met at
the Cumming Courthouse Saturday af
ternoon May 17 at 2 o’clock to cele
brate the reaching of 100 members in
Forsyth County Farm Bureau. It being
the first county in Georgia to organize
in 1941 and has more members than
any other Farm Bureau North of At
lanta.
Visiting farmers from Hall, Dawson
and other counties were present.
Guests speakers were Mr. R. M.
Stiles, President of Georgia Farm Bu
reau, Dean Paul W. Chapman, of the
College of Agriculture and J. E, Stan
ford, Editor of the Southern Agricul
turist.
Mr. W. J. Orr, president of the or
ganization presided and welcomed the
farmers and visitors after which he
gave the motto: A quitter never wins,
and a winner never quits.
Mr. R . M .Stiles, president of The
Georgia Farm Bureau of Cartersvilie
said he believed that the farmers of
this county would not regret their
stand in getting this organization
started as they seemed very enthu
siastic.
Dean Paul W. Chapman, of the Col
lege of Agriculture made a very in
teresting talk and stressed the point
that maximum results are obtained
only by cooperation and working to
gether. He gave the AAA credit for
the soil conservation program which
was not known ten years ago and
which lias been of great benefit to
the farmer.
J. E. Stanford, Editor of the South
ern Agriculturist made a ve.ry con
structive talk on why the farmers
■should be organized and that every
progressive move that has ever been
made in any county, state or nation
was backed by some sort of organi
zation. The reason labor is getting
200 percent parity and industry 130
percent is because they are organized
He said that it is going to take the
cooperation of ail farmers to put on a
diverged agriculture. They must
organize and fight for their rightful
place in the economic setup of this
county. He must have an organization
to represent him in our national con
gress. Everything that man has ac
complished has been through cooper
ative action and if the farmer is to
make economic gains they must work
and pull together as those of other
cooperatives have done.
GEORGIA WELFARE DEPARTMENT
TAKES DELIVERY OF 15 NEW
FORD TRUCKS SATURDAY
MAY 17 FROM FORYSTH
COUNTY FORD DEALER
Mr. Roy Otwell sold 15 new Ford
Trucks to State of Georgia Welfare
Department to be used for delivering
commodities from Atlanta. Gaines
ville. Valdosta. Savannah. Macon an(l
other key point cities in Georgia.
Special Service Sunday
Night at Church Honor
ing Prof., Mrs. Harris
Next Sunday night at the Cumming
Baptist Church at 8 o’clock May 25,
which will be the Harris’s last Sun
day here before leaving for Copper
hill, Tennessee the following program
will be given:
Speaker for Board of Education—
' D?Sv E. LIPSCOMB
Speaker for Trustees of Cumming
School—C. H. BROOKS
/
Speaker for City of Cumming—
MAYOR ROY P. OTWELL
Speaker for Faculty PROFESSOR
W. L. POTTS
Speaker for Home Maker’s Class of
which Mr, Harris is Teacher—
HARRIS W. MOORE
Special Song by President of Home
Maker’s Class.—MßS. ROY OTWELL
Speaker for Deacons Col. H. S.
BROOKS
Speaker for The Sunday School—
A. M. SOSEBEE
Speaker for W. M. U—MRS. WALK
ER PRUITT.
Speaker for The Church—REV. WAL
TER BLACKWELL.
Prof. Harris will respond with the
special address of the Evening.
Fishing License
Sale Gets •Going
Instead of having to send off to
Atlanta for their licenses from now on
hunters and fishermen may get them
in this county, Zack I). Cravey, Wild
life Division commissioner, announced
He said they will be sold here by
J. V. Merritt, clerk of the superior
court, in the court house.
The state-wide fishing season opens
June 1 and ail fishermen above 1G
years of age must hoi da license un
less they fish only in the county of
their legal residence and use only
worms for bait. Licenses cost $1.25
for Georgia residents and $5.25 tor
non-residents.
Current hunting licenses expire on
August 1 and although the season is
closed except for rabbit, fox, wildcat
and skunk, a valid permit must be
held to hunt those animals, Cravey
said.
Sale of both hunting and fishing
licenses will include a badge to can
tain the permit which the sportsman
will wear in order that the Ranger
may see it. Commissioner Cravey said
Rangers will not sell licenses them
selves but that they will give advice
or information or assist in any other
way possible.
Under the previous administration
it was possible to buy licenses only in
Atlanta. To facilitate the transaction
for hunters and fishermen, however,
the general assembly passed a Hill
which Governor Talmadge recently
signed placing the sale back in each
county.
(County Population 12,000)
SCS Farmers Adopt
Erosion Control On
One Million Acres
Frank C. Ward, state conservation
ist for the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, reports that farmers on 5,424
Georgia farms containing 1,102,093
acres are using the facilities of Soil
Conservation districts to make detail
ed plans for permanent protection of
every acre from the evils of soil ero
sion.
These plans, as being practiced by
| farmers, provide for the most practi
j cal measures for soil improvement
I and erosion control on the separate
soil types, slopes and erosion condi
tions on each part of the farm, and
the use of every acre of land lor the
production of crops, grazing, trees,
etc. which can be turned into cash or
for utilization on the farm's.
From 25 percent to 75 percent of
the topsoil has been lost from most of
Georgia’s land since the original for
ests were removed, Ward said, in
pointing out that on much of this land
the rate of erosion is more rapid now
than when the land was first cleared,
pxccept in cases where farm opera
tors are using those measures neces
sary for control of soil losses.
Since the State Soil Conservation
Districts Law of Georgia was passed
lour years ago, landowners in 101
counties have created 19 soil districts
containing a total area of 22,223,078
acres. In 11 additional counties with
an area of 2,495,380 acres, the pro
cess of organizing into districfs is
underway.
The Extension conservationist as
serted that when the assistance to
control erosion was first made avail
able under the state law, progress in
organizing districts and planning ero
sion control measures for individual
farms was slow. Now, lie said, results
obtained on the farms of the begin
ners are creating a demand for the
same type of assistance on other
farms.
W, M. U. MEETS WITH
MRS. BARNETT
The W. M. U. of the Cumming Bapt
ist Church met with Mrs. H. G. Bar
nett at her home on Eastern Heights
Monday afternoon, May 19.
Five members were present.
Topic for discussion was Youth In
'Hie Urgent Gospel.
Mrs. G. M. Gordon led the devotion
al
Mrs. 11. P. Matthews discussed The
Way Of Youth.
Mrs. H. G. Barnett gave Helps
Along The Way
Mrs. Fisher led in prayer.
Song of the year by members
Jesu-3 Saves
The hostess served delicious ice
cream and cake.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. G. M. Gordon.
Number 21.
State Farmers Earn
Over $10,000,000
From AAA In 1940
More than $10,000,000 has gone into
the pockets of Georgia farmers in pay
ment for participation in the Agricul
tural Conservation Program for 1940.
Cotton and wheat parity payments
of approximately $8,000,000 were paid
last summer and early fall, T. H.
Breedlove, administrative officer in
charge revealed today.
Ol the anticipated 142,000 applica
tions in Georgia, about 97 percent, to
taling about $10,150,000 have been cer
tified for payment.
The payments are being made to
Georgia farmers who diverted acreage
from soil depleting to soil-conserving
crops, and who carried out other soil
building practices.
By way of illustration of the great
strides Georgia farmers are making
toward a healthier soil by using the
financial aid offered by the AAA.
Breedlove cited gains of nearly <BIO
percent in the application of phos
phates, and of more than 1,800 per
cent in liming, from 1938 through 1940
“The goal is still far ahead,” he
said, “and this year we anticipate
even greater gains. Georgians are aim
ing for a healthier soil, and conse
quently better health for themselves.
Through these things, we are prepar
ing ourselves to help in the big de
fense job ahead.”
Last year, Breedlove pointed out.
the seeding of winter and other an
nual legumes reached a near-record
total of 574,0<V> acres, compared with
406,000 acres two years before. Kudzu
was planted on 5,500 acres. Terracing,
contour ridgigng, strip-cropping and
other progressive practices increased
in like measure, as did the planting,
cultivating, protection and maintenan
ce of forest tree
And in support of a live-at-home
program, Breedlove added, Georgia,
farm families last year planter! more
than 31,000 year-round home gardens
which supplied vegetables for daily
food and canning for winter use.
Georgians Respond For
National Defense
Good reports continue to come in
from towns and cities over the state
about the successful continuation of
the Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service’s jar collection campaign.
This agency and Radio Station WSB
Atlanta, are working together to gath
er thousands of jars for canning pur
posr to meet a national defense il-cd
The project is being undertaken to
supplement the Federal Government’s
Triple-A program, under which it
gives a benefit payment of $3 to fami
lies canning the required amounts of
fruits and vegetables specified for
1941. It is estimated that the price of
containers foi each family’s supply of
conserved food would ordinarily be
about S2O, the cost of which can bo
le frayed through public donations of
jars.
In order to facilitate the gathering
of containers for this state-wide can
ning program, the public is being ash
ed to cooperate by saving and contri
buting all jars that may be used for
the preservation of fruits, vegetables
and meats.
Donations of such containers to this
cause may lie made to the A & I' store
Rogers stores, Piggly Wiggly stor.w*
or any of the independent grocery
stores who are eager to cooperate in
this national defense movement.
Agricultural Extension workers of
each county in Georgia are respon
sible for collecting these jars from
grocery concerns and distributing
them to their proper places. <
Counter cards and window stream
ers denote cooperating stores. They
have been distributed by WSB thru
out the state so that persons will
know where to bring the jars they
wish to donate. Collection of contain
ers is being made promptly and at
designated intervals for distribution
to supply immediate need for them In
certain communities of the state.
Officials of the Extension Service
have expressed satisfaction with the
progress to date but they are urging
continued cooperation by the people
of Georgia. The campaign will con
tinue for several moreweeks.
Be sure to see the Pine Ridge Boys
on Stage in person Tuesday evening
May 27 with a brand new show.