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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 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 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 I • 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? i 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. l * 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 -9 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 CONTESTANTS \ : American Red Croat Photo Sponsored by the American Bed Crem In the Far Eaat, the “Star Tour State” conteit provided occu pation troopa and civilian employee! et the Army and Navy an opportu nity to compete for more than 200 ; prise* offer ad by the military for rarreetod social and eeonemle Im provement# In homo states. Bora * parse, a serviceman patient, and a Bed Croce girl disease contest ideas * at Clark Field, T. i. * Athletes Foot Germ How To Kill It In One Hour IF NOT PLEASED, your 35c back Ask any druggist for this STRONG fungicide, TE-OL. Made with 90 per cent alcohol, it PENETRATES. Reaches and kills MORE germs fas ter. R. P. & I. C. OTWELL 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 ■k ■ •JB N 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." • o • 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. . >** < -Sr> -v. ~ 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. |GEM JEWELRY CO. GAINESVILLE’S EXCLUSIVE ELGIN-AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR m 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. ** * r 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