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Cumming, Georgia
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Established 1908
Circulation over Forsyth, Fulton, Chero
kee, Dawson, Lumpkin, Hall and
Gwinnett Counties
THE PAPER THAT APPRECIATES
YOUR PATRONAGE
Published Every Thursday at Cumming, Georgia.
Roy P- Otwell Editor and Owner
James L. Reeves Associate Editor
T. W. Gunter Associate Editor
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PER YEAR IN ADVANCE $1.50
Entered at the Post Office at Cumming, Georgia
August 10, 1910, as mall matter of second class
Advertising Hates Made Known Upon Application
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH
COUNTY AND CITY OF CUMMING
j - NOTES AND COMMENTS
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• Not all the pests that infect the world are In
sects without brains.
The trouble with business Is that everybody Is
in a hurry to get rich.
Civilization advances: Even a crooner is now
regarded as a human being.
Wars will probably end about the time religious
sects discover how to agree.
. This is the time of the year when the gardener
takes delight in the blooms that reward earlier labor
We are modest: There are any number of mat
ters about which we know nothing.
China seems to be unable to enjoy peace now
that the Japanese are out of China.
If anybody wants to take a rocket trip to the
moon the present prospects are slim.
Few politicians miss an invitation to a free
meal where they can also meet the people.
The sad fact remains that children seem to in
herit the vices of their parents rather than their vir
tues.
, No two generations have been able to agree
upon the fundamentals of human existence; why ex
pect it?
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German generals are finding out, even at this
late date, that aggression and brutality can be dan
gerous.
The economic question of the hour is whether
prices will come down fast enough to avert a reces
sion.
i~ Rhinoceros have tough hides but we doubt if
popper rhinocerous can take much criticism from
mommer rhinoceros.
The Japanese now have the right to fly the em
pire flag but we hope that they have lost the cm
pire ambition. > •
The world might settle some of its problems
ty leaving them to the people who think they can
solve them.
, Advice to Motorists: Drive carefully, and then
remember to watch out for tne other driver, who
may not be careful.
An individual who reads two good books a month
is something of a rarity, despite the prevalence of
the printed word.
We find it difficult to reconcile statements that
we often hear: (1) That the home is the salvation
of the nation and (2) That modern homes are places
of perdition, ruining the rising generation.
There is not much to any personal philosophy
that teaihes an indiividual that he is too good for
the rest of the people on the earth.
There is nothing worse than an ignorant teacher
and the situation is not helped much by the obser
vation that the teacher wants to teach.
As long as human beings believe in the occult
there will be soothsayers, fortune tellers and fakirs
to give them the answers.
A good advertising writer can not only persuade
you to buy but make you believe that the seller is
doing you a favor.
Hard times make the peddlers go around. Be
wary of any proposition that promises you an in
side deal and a high cut.
Next year, about this time the newspaper col
umns will be filled with articles telling you who will
be the next President of the United States.
If Cumming decides to go forward it can ac
complish the job but, first, the people must make up
their minds as to what they want to do.
We are inclined to believe that the people of the
defeated countries are entitled to know the worst
and that the virtuous powers should get together on
treaties of peace.
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Here is a question: Have the peoples of the world
the right to sell their products at the highest price
wherever it can be secured? On the answer may
hang the future peace of the world.
CONSERVATION IS PROFITABLE.
Soil conservation districts in Forsyth County
and throughout the United States, are working to
encourage land-owners to reclaim their valuable
acres and, by reducing soil losses, to eliminate waste
that has been costly to agriculturalists.
Just how much has been lost through the culti
vation of damaged land, is seen in the estimate of
experts that fertility can be increased as much as
one-third through sound conservation practices. Popu
lar Mechanics recently told of a farmer in Georgia,
who usually produced 13 tons of peanuts a year be
fore practicing advanced conservation methods. Now
on the same land, he turns out 51 tons of peanuts,
1,000 bushels of wheat and 11 tons of fodder.
We call attention to this subject in the hope that
one farmer, reading this trticle, will become inter
ested in helping himself by planning a program of
conservation. Every good farmer should be actively
participating in the work of land reclamation and
the truth is that the practice will pay big dividends.
"% EDUCATION HELPS BUSINESS
Business men of Forsyth County make a mis
take if they think that the economy effected by starv
ing our school system will represent any saving to
them in the future.
Asa business proposition alone, money spent
for public education is a sound investment because
education raises the culture of an individual, widens
his or her desires and increases the possibility of
earning sums necessary to maintain the new stand
ard of living that is set up for the educated person.
This fact can be made clear if one takes a jjour
ney to some backward people. Without education,
they are satisfied to go in rags, live in the utmost
simplicity and take things just as they are. Trans
plant into the same area an educated people and the
trade possibilities immediately improve.
In the old days traders who bought furs from
ignorant trappers or ivory from the denizens of Af
rica found it necessary to carry only bales of bright
colored cloth, glass beads and other trinkets. To
day, the trader who goes to a country with educated
citizens carries no such foolish cargo.
SIGN Op PROGRESS
A sign of progress in the Western Hemisphere
comes from Mexico where President Manuel Ale
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man. on the eve of his departure for Washington,
stressed the importance of a free press.
Since his inauguration last year, the Mexican
President has talked with Mexican newspapers in
American fashion and has repeatedly declared his
approval of the “freedom of the press."
The Forsyth County News
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CATTLE SHOW—SALES
Georgians have completed anoth
er season of fat cattle show-sales
and, according to livestock special
ists, quality of the animals shown
and sold has improved considerably
since the show-sales began in 1932.
More animals are grading choice
and good and fewer animals are
being classed as common and cut
ter. This year 21 show-sales have
been held in the State. The first one
was held in Savannah in 1932 and
the animals in this first sale
brought an average price of four
cents per pound.
FARM CLEAN—UP
Ninety percent of all fires are pre
ventable if a few simple precaution
such as limiting the amount of rub
bish, are taken. Poor housekeeping
is one of the main reasons for the
current record-breaking fire loss.
Elimination of evident fire hazards
will reduce the loss, Extension Ser
vice specialists say.
CLOCK SHOP
Special attention will be given to
old Anteek family clocks. Also re
pair Sewing machines, Gune, Ko
dak’s, Musical instruments, Type
writers, Electric chums, Electric
Irons.
BUELL MARTIN
S. Coal Mountain 10—9—47.
FRANCES THEATER
Cumming, Georgia
-PROGRAM-
Friday & Saturday
May 16 & 17
Under Nevada Skies
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Monday & Tuesday
May 19 & 20
Earl Carrol Sketchbook
Constance Moore
William Marshall
Wednesday, May 21
The Barbary Coast
Edward G. Robinson
Mariam Hopkins
Thursday, May 22
A Scandal In Paris
George Sanders
Signe Hasso
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CmrlfM IST. Hl SyMICt.. IM* ■•-■ n
Songstress DEANNA DURBIN may soon do a concert tour of
England and wind it up with a personal appearance at Royal Albeit
Hall with Sir Thomas Beecham. Negotiations for the tour are under
way but Dianna must first complete "Central Park” and "For The
Love of Maiy”. . . ABBOTT and COSTELLO'S next comedy, "The
Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap ', with
MARJORIE MAIN as the wistful one,
should easily top their long list of
laff-fests. I can hear Lou yelling now
''Babbott—keep that old bag outa my
baggage.'’ It's a natural for the funny
men . . . Showboat time on the Missis
sippi wilt roll around again in “Cameo
Kirby", with VICTOR MATURE as the
star and GREGORY RATOFF the direc
tor. The old productions of "Cameo
Kirby" will take back seats to this color
ful and ultra-lavish new musical.
• * *
As busy as the traditional paper-hang
er these days, ALAN HALE is playing
double roles simultaneously at Warner
Brothers. In "Whiplash" he is the lov
able Irish fight-trainer and in "The Silver
River”, the Nevada mining saga, starring
ANN SHERIDAN and ERROL FLYNN.
he is the flashy and boisterous politician.
Alan xips from one set to the other on a
bicycle. "If my legs start to buckle," says
he, "I'tl trade this thing in for a put
put."
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Being the blind pianist in "Counter
point" is an assignment just a bit more
difficult than rolling off the log for
DANA ANDREW'S. Wearing contact
lenses, he must lesrn to fske playing the
piano without even a glance at the key
booed.
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Grain sorghum can be planted
from time the soil becomes warm in
the spring until late June.
Clean ground helps eliminate par
asites and increases the profits In a
pig raising program.
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On the Spring St. Side of Square GAINESVILLE, GA.
Thursday, May 15, 1947.
With the deal to borrow BILL POW
ELL from M-G-M, The Senator Was In
discreet" is shaping up nicely at Univer
sal-International Playwright GEORGE
S KAUFMAN is launching his career as
a director on this one At parties
LARRY PARKS is constantly requested
to "make like Jolson" and the alumni
news at his own alma mater, the Univer
sity of Illinois, mis-printed his portrayal
of Al Jolson" as his "betrayal of A! Joi
son.” Larry takes a beat.ng from al! sides.
* * *
The bobby-soxers' idol, VAN JOHS
SON finally had a door slammed in hi>
face Arriving at Watson Webb's to play
tennis with TYRONE POWER. Van
found nobody home but a houseguest.
Seeing that he was up.- recognized, he
posed as a magazine salesman working
his way through barber college "I can t
read", said the house-guest and a high
w\nd from the swishing door nearly up
rooted Van's freckles.
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Republic has chosen RUTH WAR
WICK and DEAN JAGGER to co-star
in "Driftwood", s story written by Mary
Anita Loos and Richard Sale. Allan
Dwan will produce . . In "The Voice
of the Turtle" WAYNE MORRIS plays
his actual rank in the navy—a lieutenant
commander . . Guess RAY MILLAND
will soon be on the water-wagon, he
takes only two drinks in "California".
For Your Eyes
Edward H. Shannon
OPTOMETRIST
Cumming, Ga., Wed. 9:30 to 2:30