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The Forsyth County News
Volume 33.
METHODISTS MEET
AT DULUTH June 18
Duluth Methodists will he hosts to
the Gainesville District League of
Stewards the evening of June 18.
Dean H. B. Arimble of Emory Univer
sity, who has been chosen speaker
for the occasion will address the gath
ering on the subject of evangelism.
Among other special features will
be music by the Chicopee quartette
and the song service will be led by
Sam Jones of that place.
Dinner will be served at 6:30. Com
mittees have been appointed by Rev.
Allen A. Phillips, pastor, and arrange
ments are being made to entertain a
larger crowd than was in attendance
at the last meeting, at which time
there were over three hundred visit
ors present.
Hammond Johnson, district lay lead
er, states that the indications are that
every church wwill be represented by
a group of laymen and the pastor. He
is being assisted in the plans for this
meeting by the associate lay leaders
of the district, Prank E. Gabrels, T.
Jack Lance and George W. Westroore
land.
Farmer Finds Way
To Make Success
With Hog Raising
ADEL, Ga„ June 11— “Producing
180-pound hogs in seven months re
quires lots less feed than when it
takes twelve months to grow a No. 1
hog.”
Those words were based on experi
ence and the man who said them has
made a success with swine on his
Cook county farm. He is J. H. Surren
cy, who is a great believer in produc
tion of purebred hogs on the sanitary
plan.
Asa matter of fact, raising pigs
free of worms on green succulent pas
ture, plenty of mineral mixture and
tankage is*re_ally a pleasure for Mr.
Sur.-ency. He says purebred Duroc
Jeisey hogs (that’s the kind he hasl
develop into marketable hogs much
quicker than ordinary grade sw'i'.e.
This Cook farmer has eight pure
bred sows and gilts, two boars, and
six grade sows.
Raising white leghorn pullets is
another part of Surrency s diversifi
cation. He ha3 75 layers and 175 pul
lets which he and Irs two boys. Toye
and Russell, had custom hatched from
peas carefully selected on the farm.
Solvency has a lactor and grows
all feed for his livestock on the 02
acres :'n cultivation. Tankage, mineral
lAxture and mash for the chickens
are the only ieed items he has to pur
chase There are aiso five acres of
cotton and four acres of tobacco on
the faim.
County Extension Agent George
iCess ei says that Mr. Surrency is
“,eall> on his toes” and takes advan
tage of all improved methods and
plans to make- his farm a more effi
cient unit. County A%eut Kessler call
ed s Mention to the fact that Surren
cv sold six Hereford steers this spring
for $55 each at 14 months of age.
Defense Courses
Opening Again
On next Monday June 16th the
course in Motor Mechanics will open
again with Mr. H. F. Tribble continu
ing as teacher.
On Thursday June 19th the wood
working course in Cabinet Making
will reopen with Mr. W. L. Potts con
tinuing as teacher. This course will
last tdo and one-half weeks finishing
in June. Students who have taken
woodworking should return to com
plete this course and get full credits
on certificates.
The Electric Motors Course is start
ing anew eight weeks course which
will continue until about August 6th.
Let all young men 17 to 25 years
of age and not in school come and
attend these classes. They will ho
taught day or night to suit the stud
ents.
New equipment has been purchase 1
to teach body work on cars, also on
either woodwork lessons.
POST OFFICE FIXTURES
FOR SALE
We have |3,000 dollars worth of
Post Office Equipment, including
desk, chairs, safe, and all other equip
ment for equipping a post office—lf
interested call or write BANK OF
CUMMING, Cumming, Georgia.
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)
Canning And Home
1 Gardening Needed
I On County Farms
Home gardening and canning is
something more than a hobby for
the women and children in the family.
It is actually one of the chief crops
on the farm, an integral part of the
farm and home' plan, says Home
Demonstration Agent Miss Helen
Arrendale.
“It is very imperative that families
produce plenty of vegetables and can
a generous amount in order that good
health may be had and at the same
time contribute 'to our national de
fense. Canning is all the More im
portant when it is considered that the
average per capita income for the
United States in 1935 was $432 per
year and only $253 per year in Ga.
“The smaller the income the more
important it is to select nutritive
food at a minimum cost. When low
income families spend large amounts
for food, they do so at the expense
of other items and when most of the
food supply is purchased diets seldom
include as much of the proteceive
foods as when a well planned food
production and conservation program
was in operation.
"The larger the family the more
necessary it becomes to produce and
conserve an adequate food supply for
the farm home. Speaking in general
terms, a dolar’s worth of home pro
duced and home conserved food
yields a higher nutritive return than
a dollarsp 'ent to purchase this food.
“Knowledge of proper food selection
is essential. Many families spend
enough to buy an adequate diet but
have too little knowledge of food
values or appreciation of the import
ance of good nutrition ot select foods
that are nutritional and inexpensive.
“To enable the farm family to have
plenty of foods during the non-prodn-
afood preservation budget
has been prepared. Here is the mini
mum amount of canned food recom
mended for one person: Tomatoes,
20 quarts; other vegetables, 40 quarts
fruits, 25 quarts; and meats, 25
quarts. To determine the budget re
quirements for the entire family,
multiply this amount by the number
in the family. Also it might be well
to can a few extra jars for company
plus some pickles, jams, jellies, pre
serves and marmalades.”
Georgia Undergoes
Many Agricultural
Changes Since 1910
Thirty years, from 1910 to 1940,
have witnessed numerous changes m
Georgia’s agricultural crops and live
stock as well as drastic trends in farm
populations, Director Walter S. Brown
of the Agricultural Extension Service
reported this week.
Highlighting the 30-year develop
ments is the increased farm produc
tion of feeds for livestock, Mr. Brown
says, in pointing out that farmers are
today growing five times more hay
than in 1910. The present acreage of
hay stands at 960,259 acres or an av
erage of .84 acres per head of horses,
mules, and cattle. This compares with
only 228,642 acres or .17 acres per
animal 30 years ago.
Director Brown declared that farm
ers have realized the necessity for
miore home-grown feeds and are pro
ducing larger quantities of all feed
crops. He said also that even though
hay-consuming livestock have decrea
sed from 1,339,998 in 1910 to 1,154,832
in 1940, that the quality of Georgia's
livestock has doubled due manly to
better feeding and breeding practices
However, the Extension director ex
plains that workstock decreases have
made way for lots of tractor-drawn
equipment since 1910, even though
the number of mules has actually in
creased. Thirty years ago, there wers
118,583 horses and 294,985 mules on
Georgia farms. Now there are 35,469
horses and 316,583 mules.
Although cotton acreage in the
state has sagged from 4,883,304 to
about 2,000,000 acres during the 30-
year period, practically all of the
other crops have experienced acreage
increases. Noticeable increases occur
red with wheat, oats, tobacco, barley,
sweet potatoes, and the hay crops.
Brown called attention to the fact
that farmers grew six percent more
cotton on 25 percent less acres dur
ing the period 1930-40 than in the pre
ceding decade.
Gumming Georgia, Thursday, June 12, 1941.
Georgians Get 8,000
Copies Of New Book
On Cotton Industry
Cotton-consicious Georgians are get
ting their promised glimpse between
the covers of a Georgia-written book—
“ Round the World With Cotton”.
Approximately 8,000 copies of the
book, prepared by Ivy W. Duggan,
Georgia-born Director of the Southern
Division of the Agriccultural Adjust
ment Administration, and Dean Paul
W. Chapman, of the Georgia College
of Agriculture, have been distributed
in the state.
Copies of the book have been sent
to 2,640 public schools, 1,700 AAA
county and community committeemen
550 Agricultural Extension Service
workers, 400 vocational teachers, and
150 public libraries. In addition, 2,485
copies have been sent to officers of
County Agricultural Conservation As
sociations for farmer distribution.
Additional copies have been retain
ed by the state office of the AAA in
Athens, and may be obtained in limit
ed numbers upon request to T. R.
Breedlove, administrative officer in
charge.
“Round the World With Cotton” de
scribes in detail the story of cotton,
both at home and abroad, from thp
time of its legendary origin in India
to the present. It also deals with the
production and consumption of cotton
in each of the principal cotton-pro
ducing countries of the world, and
gives much interesting information
designed to give the reader a general
understanding of cotton and to stimu
late desire for additional facts on the
subject.
Cotton Under Loan
Will Benefit From
85-Percent Parity
Growers with cotton now under
government loan will gain the benefit
of new 5 percent of parity lpgHHr
tion if the Commodity Credit Corpor
ation takes title to loan cotton when
notes mature July 31.
The OCC, charged with the admin
istration of the Department of Agri
culture’s crop loan programs, has an
nounced thatproducers will be paid
“any amounts by which the redempt
ion cost of their notes (which include
pricipal, interest, and carrying char
ges on pledged cotton) are exceeded
by a fair value for the cotton at the
time.” Fair value would bed etermin
ed by the secretary of agriculture on
the basis of the then prevailing aver
age market prices for differences in
grades, staple lengths, and locations.
This should net producers a minimum?
of 13.5 cents a pound, less interest
and carrying charges.
"With this assurance from the CCC,
T. Rt Breedlove, Georgia administra
tor of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, said this week, “there
is no need for any farmer to sell his
equities in 1938, 1939, or 1940 loan
cotton for less than the full market
value.”
The OCC at present holds title of
6,170,662 bales of cotton, mostly from
the 1934 and 1937 crops. Because of
this, Breedlove said, the increase in
the price of cotton will not in any way
adversely affect the defense program
The Department of Agriculture has
announced that should the Govern
ment take title to any of the stocks
of loan cotton, at least 10 days’ public
notice of such action would be given
the newspapers.
MAYOR OTWELL MAKES
GENEROUS GIFT TO
BAPTIST CHURCH
The membership of the Cumming
Baptist Church are very happy over
the very generous gift of a heating
plant presented to the Church, by
Mayor Roy P. Otwell. This plant is
now being installed by Mr. Otwell.
This act on the part of Deacon Otwell
inspired the church to decorate the
interior of the church. The church
voted in conference to do the work,
and appointed the following commit
tee to have charge of the work: R.
P. Otwell, Chairman; Claud Brooks,
H. P. Matthews, A. M, Sosebee and
Royston Ingram
The work was begun Monday and
It is expected to be completed this
week.
! ! ! ’.
Misses Roaslee (Spotts and Evie
Marcus, Messrs James Moody and
Charles Stroup were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Pruitt Sunday
$113,923 In Surplus
Foods Purchased By
SMA Stamp Program
Surplus foods valued at $113,923
were purchased by 17,116 public as
sistance clients participating in the
Surplus Marketing Administration’s
food stamp program in Georgia din
ing April.
Pork products continued to take
about one-third of the free blue
stamps issued by the Government in
the E state during the month, resulting
in the purchase of 147.487 pounds of
pork valued at $24,804 and 113,838
pounds of lard worth $11,442.
All cereals on the surplus list ac
counted for $33,499 of the blue stamps
vegetables ami potatoes, $11,945, and
fruits. $11,083.
About 6.5 percent of the blue
stamps issued in the state went for
20,011 pounds of butter valued at
$7,416 and 12.1 percent for 56,917
dozen eggs costing $13,735,
Wlilteand graham flour accounted
tor 30 percent of the stamps, with
686,697 pounds of the former valued
at $94,882 and $l3B worth of the
latter purchased.
Eggs And Lettuce
Bring Extra Cash
To Georgia Family
MT. AIRY, Ga„ June 11—Chickens
and eggs have solved the problem of
supplementary farm income for the
W. E. Hulsey family, of Habersham
county, and today they are receiving
an average gross return of $25 a week
from sale of eggs alone.
Back in 1926, Hulsey secured 50
chickens, in hopes that they would
provide a means of extra income on
the farm. Now he has 300 laying hens
plus 350 small chicks to insure future
egg production.
During the last twelve months, Hul
- v': hens have laid around $1,300
- Meat of them are "-old
under a year-round contract with the
buyer, and the major portion of the
gross income is in the form' of pro
fit, since he produces all of his feed
exxcept a little mash.
Good management is the main rea
son for the success of this enterprise
He provides plenty of the proper feed
and follows improved practices of the
Extension Service—just as he does
on the regular farm enterprises and
crops. In brief, he turns good prac
tices into real profits.
Aside from the chicken and egg
enterprise which has been supplying
steady income for about 15 years, this
Habersham county farmer tried an
other supplementary crop in 1935. It
was lettuce, and excluding one had
year, he has been successful. Usually
he markets between SIOO to S2OO
worth on an average of a half acre
Hulsey is an all-round good farmer
keeps his land fertile through use of
legume crops and improved manage
ment. He averages a bale to the acre
on about five acres of cotton, and is
a devout live-at-home farmer.
Motorists’ Tax
Bill To Hit Record
High In 1941
"Motor vehicle owners in 1941 will
pay $2,000,000,000 in gasoline and
other taxes to the state and federal
governments, Neil W. Printup. said
today, pointing out that sum is more
than the combined tax revenue of the
federal and the 48 state governments
in any year prior to entry of this
country into the World War in 1917
“Approximately half a billion dol
lars of the automotive tax bill will go
to the federal government, and the
balance will go to the fates.’ sad
Mr. Printup. “The federal automotive
taxes are ‘temporary’ emergency tax
es. When Congress inaugurated the
gasoline tax in 1932. the tax was plan
ed on a Temporary' basis. It has been
renewed continuously since, and last
veer the rate was increases] by half
to provide funds for national defense
purposes.
“The federal ‘emergency’ automo
tive taxes add about one-third to the
burden of state taxes on motor ve
hide owners. These taxes on gaso
line, lubricating oil, tires and acces
sories average about sls per year per
motor vehicle owner,"
Friends of Mrs. Fred DTiskell who
w-as rushed to Georgia Baptist Hospi
tal Sunday for an appendictomy will
be glad to know that she is getting
along as well as could be expected.
( County Population 12,0 W)
The Maccabees
Meet In Cumming
The Maccabees entertained with a
fish-fry at the beautiful rock gardens
of Mayor Otwell Saturday afternoon.
Previous to the fry a team from At
lan'ta Fellowship Clubs Nos. 45, 49.
and 41, demonstrated the ritualistic
work and obligated a class of some
25 members. Several cars from At
lanta brought members of the degree
team and their families. Among those
making the trip were Past Comman
der Harry Gordon and wife, Comman
der R. W. Hardy, wife and son; Mrs.
Ola Mae Fisher, Commander of No.
41; Mrs. Mazie Nelson; B. E Nise
wonger. Chaplain; Mrs. B. E. Wise
wonger, Sentinel, and children; H. G.
Raj. Judas Maccabeus; Mrs. Vera
Ray, Record Keeper, and son Wilson;
Eddie Harmon, Captain of the Team
and Mrs. Alice Harmon, Deborah. Mr.
L. .1, Siiverthron and Mrs. Silver
thorn, guards and son; State Com
mander C. E. Moss and wife. Billy
Adamson, flag bearer. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter F. Wise and son; Mr. and
Mrs. R. Edmondson and twin daugh
ters; Miss Phoebe Yong. The fish-fry
was for Maccabees and ther.' families
numbering some 150.
After the fish fry Junior Maccabee
Court No. 416 of Decatur, Ga., gave a
floor show at the auditorium of the
Cumming School which was open to
the public and attended by some 300.
The show featured the Junior Com
mander of Court o. 416, Chuck Wise.
Besides the feature numbers of Chuck
Wise there were numbers by the Ed
mondson twins; Anne O’Berry; Vin
son Cook; Betty O’Berry; Charlotte
Fauver. Miss Mary Francis Merritt
of Cumming sang God Bless America
as the Flag was presented. Miss Doro
thy Bannister of Cumming gave a
most entertaining recital. Rev. W. H.
Warren and Mrs. Warren together
with Mr. J. W. Wills, Orlando Wills
and J. D. Wills had charge of the ex
cellent preparations. Mr. Fowler Was
master of the fish-fry and the some
150 pounds of fish were fried just
right. Rev. Warren is desirous olf
forming a Cumming Wlelfare Club
and drill team.
Fishing License Sale
Booms Despite Drought
Although the drought is holding
many fishermen back kfrom angling
right now, reports at the Division of
Wildlife are that sale of licenses is
flourishing.
Wildlife Director Zack D. Cravey re
ported that more than 15,000 permits
have been sold since the state wide
season opened, June 1. Approximately
371000 were sold during the entire sea
son last year and the Director esti
mated the total this year will exceed
that by a good 10,000.
He said he believes returning the
sale of licenses to each county, in
stead of forcing fishermen to buy
them in Atlanta, is responsible far
their readiness to comply with the
law—that, plus the knowledge that
Wildlife Rangers are out checking on
license-holders.
Appointment of persons to sell the
permits in each county was made rev
cc-utly by Commissioner of Revenue
Jack Forestor. He reported sell-outs
in many sections and said "rush order
requisites for new supplies are being
received daily. Director Cravey com
mended him for the “smooth running
mariner” in which sales are being
handled.
The Director said many fishermen
are showing themselves “trim sports
men” at this time by giving fish in
shallow waters a “break”. He said he
had been informed of numerous in
stances where sportsmen have bought
their licenses "just to have ready”,
in case rains replentish the streams
soon, but who are holding off from
their favorite sport under piesent
conditions. The Director said this
“sacrifice now will repay them many
tiroes during the balance of the sea
son.’'
In any event, he asked fshermen
to observe a maximum bag limit and
not try to hook more than 10 fish.
Although showers have fallen in
some sections of the state they hav
en’t been sufficcient to relieve the
situation to a noticeable degree. Wild
life Rangers are continuing their
“mercy errands" to liberate stranded
fish from shallow streams to larger
waters. The chief worry now is that
much of the spawn has dried up.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Martin, Miss
Leta Pruitt and Mrs. Thad Wood
were in Gainesville Monday
Number 24.
Marketing ■Excesses
Ot Colton To Draw
Increased Penalties
Penalties on marketing excesses of
cotton have been increased in pro
portion to advance market prices,
Foisj’th county farmers wrer remind
ed this week by B. T. Brown, county
Extension agent.
“Cotton prices have advanced
steadily in recent weeks,” the ageni
points out. “Under the terms of re
cently- enacted parity legislation,
growers who planted within their
allotments may expect to receive a
net return approximating full parity
for the first time in years. The new
loan rate of 5 percent of parity is
figured at cclose to 13.5 cents. This,
together with parity and conservation
payments totaling about 2.75 cents,
should bring the cotton grower’s
total return to above 16 cents a
pound.”
On the other hand, he said, the
farmer who exceeded his allotted cot
ton acreage will not gain the full
benefit of the loan program, since
he may receive loans on cotton pro
duced in excess of his quota, at only
60 percent of the rate ajlowed the
cooperating grower. When he takes
his cotton out of loan, or if he sells
his cotton without putting it in the
loan, he must pay a penalty of at
least half the full loan rate.
Forsyth County FSA
Families Buy 25,000
Chicks For Defense
Forsyth County FSA families are
moving ahead with the United States
Department of jAgrfculture’s “Food
for Defense" program' by the purchase
of 25,00 baby chicks, it was announ
ced today by Supervisor Norris E.
Bagley.
Purchase of these chickens is the
jlrst step in a nation-wide drive by
FSA and other farm families to pro
duce food and feed in quantities
enough to supply Britain with surplus
farm com odities. Georgia FSA fam
ilies were recently allocated $1,315,-
000 for the purchase of chickens,
brood sows, milk cows, and feed in
tihe defensie campaign, Mr. Bagley
said, and it wil 1 only be a short while
before cows and hogs are joining the
chickens in ever increasing numbers
on 50 farms.
"it was necessary, "Mr. Bagley ex
plained, “to place chickens on the
farms first because wv were anxious
to get them started before the hot
summer weather set in, and also to
have the pullets come into egg pro
duction this fall.”
To care for the rapidly growing
poultry flocks on FSA farms, we have
built 240 brooders in the past few
weeks. We feel that brooders have a
definite superiority over hens be
cause our borrowers may more safely
care for a larger number of chicks,
and also use the brooders a number
of years. When the poultry phase of
the “Food for Defense” is over, there
will lie approximately 1,525,000 chick
ens on FSA farms. Supervisor Bagley
pointed out. To date there have al
ready been 1,300,000 bought and plac
ed in the state.
County Canning Plant
At a recent meeting the Forsyth
County Board of Education moved to
take action on a building program for
the construction of a County Canning
plant. This Board recommends that
the old building previously occupied
by the Masonic Dodge be torn down
at once and that such portions of
this building as roof, windows, etc.,
that can be used be put Into the can
nery building. This should greatly
reduce the cost of the new building
and prove to be very satisfactory.
They would have this work start at
once so that the building may be set
up and the equipment installed with
in the next few' weeks in order that
some canning may be done this fall.
This will be good news to many
citizens over the county.
POP ECKLER AND YOUNG-UNB
Pop Eckler and Young-uns will
appear at the Frances Theatre Satur
day afternoon and night with a brand
new show—Come out and see this
wonderful entertainment Your blqes
will fade like magic