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ddddddddddd iVolume 38 Baseball Club Here Very Active Now Forsyth County Atheletic Base ball Club is demonstrating some very promising baseball talent. They have plenty of hustle and the team spirit. There is decided improvement since the first game played, espec ially in fielding—errors are almost a thing unknown in the last two games. With proper coaching and a little more practice a high team batting average will be realized. There is plenty of power already. We have noticed opposing pitchers exercising great care and respect towards most of the batters. The bat is held in a position that denotes a great determination by practically all the that the Atheletic Baseball Club of Forsyth County will deserve the praise of the citi zenry and respect of all opposing clubs shortly. We saw one of the finest pitch games at Buford Tuesday night by Tommie Gravitt that we have seen since the old days when Hawkins Puett and Wheeler were in their Wheeler is not going to stop short of anything his Ole Dad” had in his “Hayday”. Watch and see. We have two other good pitchers in “Lefty” Wilbanks and J. C. Redd. The treacherous job of catching is principally on the very able “shoulders” of L. H. Tribbie-who always keeps the runners close on bases —or —out they go, but Dorsey Thomas and J- C. Redd are a so capable at this job—Fact is, J. • and Dorsey seem to be at home any place needed. We haven’t seen more than two errors on first this season. And we have the fastest “thing” yet on short—He can make a cou P le °, errors on any j?lay and get the ball to first ahead of the runner-M nd vou errors are not committed often but they don’t amount to anything when he does make them. Second and third bases are well guarded Clock (of the Crackers) has noth ing on that throwing arm at third. Second base-let’s get rid of tha little timidity and our infield will be “Water —No! Ball Tight . And that outfield Well, when any runner thinks he can ou do V the throwing arms of the out field, Fowler, Benson & Company JUST LET them try one time. As for base running—Our Boys will “stack well against any club in the league. All of them shine in th £ yoJThad a car that performed like these boys do you would jot sell it for any price—So don t sei these fellows down the river by mis lg the games-They need encour agement— They are OUR an my) boys —Baseball sport „ it is FAR ahead of road-house, and the like—Let’s encourage them and keep them away from such places. _____ Drive To Aid TB Sufferers Is Launched Anew drive to aid victims of one of civilization’s worst scoures is re ceiving statewide attention because of its spontaneity and the hope it offers invalids long regarded as in curable”. This is the campaign being conducted by the Georgia Tubercu losis Association for funds with which to purchase streptomycim for patients at the Battey State Hos pital at Rome. The new drug—a leaf mold pro duct like penicillin—until recently had been tested on fewer than a hundred TB sufferers, but Dr. Ru fus F. Payne, superintendent at Bat tey, has had his staff administer it to 151 patients at the institution. All have shown definite improvement, although the full effects of the ex periment will not be known for some time. Until now, each patient treated has had to purchase the drug him self, but the new campaign is aim ing at public donations of $75,000. This fund, it is believed, will be suf ficient to provide streptomycin free to every needy case. Donations of any amount may be sent to the Georgia Tuberculosis Association, 607 Chamber of Commerce Building Atlanta. The Forsyth County News (City Population 1,500) Farmers Urged To Save Clover Seed Crop This Season Results with crimson clover this season have been so good that the demand for seed for fall plantings is likely to be heavier than usual, in the opinion of E. D. Alexander, Geor gia Extension Service agronomist. Mr. Alexander said this week that last year, due to unfavorable weath er at harvest, 50 to 75 percent of the crimson clover seed crop was lost. The most convenient way to har vest crimson clover seed is with a combine, Mr. Alexander pointed out. The advantage of using the combine is that seed can be harvested direct ly from the field with a small cost and the plants are left on the land for soil improvement. The disad vantage to this method is that seed harvesting is possible only during a very short time. “To obtain highest quality and largest amounts of seed, the crop should be combined when seeds are dry,” the agronomist said. “At this time, however, seed shatter badly from rains, winds, trampling by live stock or from being run over by machinery.” Another method of saving seed, and one which extends the harvest season and makes seed saving safer is cutting with a mowing machine. This should be done, Mr. Alexander advised, when seeds nearest the top of the heads are in the late dough stage and before those seeds at the bottom of the heads begin to shat ter. The Extension worker recommen ded mowing the crop when the plant are slightly moist with dew. After the plants have dried, but when they are again slightly moist with dew, they should be raked into wind rows and hauled to a convenient place for threshing or stacking. The crop can be stacked satisfactorily for several weeks before threshing. The harvest period in the main crimson clover belt will be in the next two weeks, according to Mr. Alexander, but in some areas seed saving work will be delayed because of the late season. Game Commission Warns Of Phony Wildlife Rangers It has come to the attention of the State Game and Fish Commis sion that several persons represent ating themselves to be Wildlife Ran gers have approached fishermen and asked to check their licenses without presenting their credentials according to Charles N. Elliott, dir ector of the Commission. Elliott explained that all State Wildlife Rangers carry badges and Commission cards bearing the Geor gia seal and the director’s signature He warned that people who could not produce these credentials should not be recognized as Rangers. It was disclosed that, in the past, several attemps have been made to obtain money under false pretences by persons posing as Rangers. U. S. Population Grows Older An inevitable trend towards an older population in the United Stat es is seen by Victor Roterus, social scientist, of the University of Michi gan, who says that, in 1975, the United States will have three times as many persons who are fifty years of age or older than in 1920. With older persons more numer ous, it is inevitable that their politi cal power will grow. This means greater demands for social security, including old-age insurance and an nuity and pension plans devised to take care of individuals in their old age. It means, necessarily, addition al tax money for support of the aged. The social scientist points out that as the population grows older, on the average, there will be a change in consumer demands. He thinks that recreation planning will have to take into account the desires of older persons, that travel should in crease and books and concerts be come more popular. The Georgia HD Council will meet in Athens, June 10-13, according to Miss Collier, State home demonstra tion leader for the Extension Ser vice. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CIIERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 22, 1947. Veterans Service Office Contacts Are On Increase The initial reaction to the new pocket-sized Veterans Guide being distributed by the State Department of Veterans Service, has been a sharp increase in the number of ex- Gl’s contacting the Veterans Service Offices throughout the State for aid in obtaining the various benefits due them. This was disclosed by Veterans Service Director C. Arthur Cheat ham in a report to the Veterans Ser vice Board at its last regular meet ing in Macon. “It is gratifying,” Cheatham said “to note that the contacts have in creased as much as twenty percent in some offices. But our peak load is still several years off, if the ex perience of World War I is an ac curate guide.” Cheatham told the Board that there were still many Georgia ex servicemen who had not filed claims for terminal leave pay but that the new booklet warned the veterans that the deadline is September 1, this year. “If they call on our offices to help them execute the necessary forms for this or any other veterans’ ser vice, they’ll find us ready to give them prompt and efficient assist ance,” he said. Soil Conservation News FORSYTH COUNTY W. V. Pendley in the Chestatee community who is cooperating with the Upper Chattahoochee River Soil Conservation District cut his Seri cea hay last week. Mr. Pendley seeded crimson clover on his Seri cea last fall and the combination of the two made a fine crop of hay. Glenn Mathis of Oscarville has cut his Sericea for hay and reports a good yield. * Those who have not already cut Sericea for hay should see that it is cut when about ten inches in height as at this height it makes the finest quality of hay. The successful application of pas tures last fall has led to a number of farmers getting into the dairy farming. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Fouts and Mr .and Mrs. Claude Martin of the Oscarville community are now making plans. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holland and William Orr attended the Georgia Jersey Cattle Annual Sale in Atlan ta Monday May 12th. Mr. and Mrs. Holland purchased three nice regis tered Jersey’s for their dairy herd. ARBA Survey Shows Need For Engineers To Build Highways Lack of trained personnel—be cause of low salaries —has hamper ed road building programs in 40 states, a survey just completed by the American Road Builders’ Asso cation here reveals. Twtnty-nine states reported they “could not com pete with higher salaries in other engineering fields.” “The findings of this study fur nish strong evidence that the pay for highway engineering personnel of all classes in most of our states should be materially raised,” declar ed Charles M. Upham, engineer— director of the American Road Builders’ Association, in making the survey public. “Present salaries now lag behing the salaries paid in comparable go.vdnfmont work or those recommended by the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers.” 'Between 6,000 and 10,000 engi neers are needed to carry out the 1947 construction schedule, the sur vey shows. States having the great est need are Illinois, where 1,000 engineers are required, New York which needs 977, and California with a shortage of 500 engineers. During the war, some 20,000 train ed men left state highway depart ments to enter the armed forces or for war industries. Of this number, 59 per cent have returned to their old jobs, according to the survey. A wide variance is noted here, rang ing from 5 to 10 per cent in some states to 100 per cent in Montana and Rhode Island. Questioned along lines of engi neering procurement, 37 states ans wered. County Speed Laws Invalid The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that County Commissioners do not have the right to set speed limits public highways. Speed limits, contrary to those establish ed by State law, are unconstitution al, in the high court’s opinion, be cause "they could lead to a patch work of local criminal laws, includ ing refinitions of burglary and del grees of homicide. The test case which brought forth the opinion was that of an Atlan tian who had been found guilty of violating a county speed law beyond the limits of the city. He war freed. Reports Say Burdine Strongly Endorsed For Legion Post Legionnaires in attendance at the Ninth District convention in Gaines ville on May 10-llth were almost unanimous in approval of the can didacy of Dr. W. E. Burdine, of Blue Ridge, for Commander of the Geor gia Department .according to a stat ment released by W. Y. Van Hook, Commander of Post No. 23 at Blue Ridge. Mr. Van Hook said that enthu siasm was high in support of Dr. Burdine and that his supporters are sure a landslide victory is in the offing. The Blue Ridge Commander stat ed that increased enthusiasm among World War II veterans was appar ent and that Legionnaires from oth er Districts who are interested in the progressive program advocated by Dr. Burdine were equally en thusiastic. Post 23, the orginial endorser of Dr. Burdine for State Commander has had representatives at all dis trict conventions except one in the interest of Dr. Burine’s candidacy. And Commander Van Hook states that sufficient pledges have been received to insure victory, but Dr. Burdine’s supporters will continue the fight relentlessly to pile up a huge majority. Major J. Q. Davis Endorses Highway Safety Campaign Major J. Q. Davis, Director of the State Department of Public Safety, has offered his cooperation and aid to the Georgia Press Association in the highway safety campaign being sponsored by the GPA for the sum mer months. Major Davis told Association President Belmont Dennis that all facilities of the State Palrol would be available to publishers in making a success of the safety drive, and that each member of the Depart ment would help In . any possible way. “I am heartily in accord with this campaign”, said Major Davis, “for the strong glare of publicity on the horror of highway, tragedies and the proper presentation of safe driv ing suggestions can be a tremend ous factor in preventing accidents.” The Director state that the De partment of Public Safety is con stantly seeking to drive home to the general public the advantages of good, safe driving, and that mem bers of the Patrol speak every week on more than 20 radio stations thru out the state as a public service in the interest of highway safety. The GPA safety drive begins on June 23 and is part of a nationwide campaign in cooperation with Pres. Truman’s Highway Safety Confer ence. FARM ACCIDENTS Many of the farm accidents caus ed by farm machinery result from operators leaving guards off mow er blades or leaving the gears, chain and shafts exposed where they will catch clothes. Another common cause of machinery accidents is try ing to unchoke mowers, threshers or feed grinders with the power source still running. Nutritional and recreational val ues of gardening and the satisfact ion derived from the improvement of home and community surround ings justify an intensive, long-range garden program this year. (County Population 15,000) 13 Girls, 5 Boys Win College 4-H Work Scholarships Thirteen girls and five boys from 13 Georgia counties will be able to continue their education through work scholarships to Abraham Bald win Agricultural College and West Georgia College during the 1947-48 college year, according to Mrs. Mar tha Harrison, assistant State 4-H club leader for the Exension Ser vice. The 4-H'ers will be able to earn one-third of their expenses under the Abraham Baldwin scholarships and nearly one-half their expenses at West Georgia, Mrs. Harrison as serted this week. The 18 Four-H club members submitted records which were judged on high school scholarship, 4-H club activities and the recommendation of the mem ber’s county or horn edemonstration agent, the 4-H leader pointed out. Winning scholarships to Abraham Baldwin in Tifton were Clarence Benton, Catoosa County; Curtis Branch, Jr., Tift; Bobby Crawford, Johnson; Ferrell Hardy, Bibb; Ma loy Jones, Telfair; Nelle Hester, Randolph; Betty Claire Lewis and Evelyn Murphy, Emanuel; Mirtie Smith, Screven, and Kathleen Skin ner, Berrien. Named for scholarships at West Georgia in Carrollton were Chris tine Copelan and Hazel Gentry, Greene County; Agnes Cordle, Joy ce Hamby and Barbara Kimbell Chattooga; Lynnel Hudgins, Pike; Janie Pleasants, Rabun, and Julia Sisson, Catoosa. USD A Specialists Study Georgia’s Freezer Lockers At least 28 of the 120 Georgia freezer-locker plants are being stud led by U. S. Department of Agricul tm*o freezer-locker specialists who are visiting the State, according to Dan N. Harrell, agricultural engi neer, and C. G. Gamer, marketing economist, for the Extension Ser vice. L. B. Mann, freezer-locker spec ialist for the Farm Credit Adminis tration in Washington, met with the directors of at least eigh cooperative plants in Georgia this week to dis cuss the operation and functioning of cooperative freezer-locker estab lishments. He visited plants at Am ericus, Claxton, Comer, Gray, Green boro, Madison, Supimerville and Val ley Point School. At the same time, W. M. Hurst, senior agricultural engineer for the Bureau of Plant Industry, working with the Farm Credit Administra tion, began a six weeks’ survey to find outlets for various bottlenecks in locker plant operation. He was accompanied by Harold White, ag ricultural engineering research pro fessor for the University of Georgia and Mr. Harrell. Mr. Hurst will study approximat ely 20 plants throughout the State, including those at Albany, Brooklet, Calhoun, Carrollton, Clayton, Col umbus, Tifton and Valdosta. Infor mation will be gathered, Mr. Harrell pointed out, on the number of kilo watt-hours of electricity consumed each year, the number of patrons and the number of lockers for each plant and the floor plan arrange ment of each locker plant. The State’s freezer-locker indus try will have $10,000,000 invested in 150 plants by the 1947-48 season, according to Mr. Harrell. Approxi mately 120 of these are now in oper ation and the remainder are either planned or under construction. Geor gia locker plants now serve 90,000 families, 60 percent of which live on the farm. Mr. Harrell asserted that an average of eight and one-half pounds of frozen food will be pro cessed for every Georgian during next season. ANNUAL ALL DAY SINGING The Annual All day singing will be held the first Sunday in June at Oak Grove church, Forsyth County We are expecting a lot of good sing ers, quartetts and duets to be with us. All lovers of singing have a special invitation to come and spend the day with us as we are expecting to have a real good singing. Edward Martin, President Mrs. Ezra Wallace, Secretary Number 21. FORD Automobile To Be Given Away t By Baseball Club ' The Forsyth County Atheletic Field management has arranged with the Otwell Motor Company for a BRAND NEW FORD Automobile (now on display at Otwell Motor Company Show Room) to be given to the one holding the lucky num ber. These tickets will be put on sale at once. To begin with the pur chaser of each of these tickets is helping in a most worthy cause— We have in this baseball club young men who are outstanding in prac tice and principal— They believe, and we are sure you do, that it is much better to exercise in ball games than spend their time around undesirable “hangouts”. They are all good sports and practice what they expect of opposing teams Bhere has not been the slightest ar gument in any game to this date. The players seems to realize that, and are willing for the manager to settle all disputes—this keeps down unpleasant arguments. Your ticket will explain the date this automobile will be given away and there can be no trick in its dis posal for all tickets will be placed in a large container and thoroughly mixed in plain view of all parties present and drawn out by a small child and inspected by the manager and several other parties at the very time it is withdrawn. It will not be necessary for the lucky person to be present, but we do hope that you are able to be present, then you can readily see and understand the fairness of the whole matter. The field is in excellent condition —the grass is showing in most plac es—Most of the fence is up and the money raised from this plan will be used in erecting a grand stand and other necessary improve ments for your comfort. Extension Service V,. v Reports Progress On Georgia Farms Progress made by Georgia’s 245,* 000 farm families during 1946 is summarized in the 36-page annual report of the Agricultural Extension Service which is being distributed throughout the State this week, ac cording to Walter S. Brown, Exten sion director. The publication, Georgia Farm Families Build for Today and To morrow, features some of the agri cultural progress being made in the State and shows hoow the Exten sion Service helped to bring about some of these developments. Includ ed in the annual report are 20 charts showing trends in Georgia’s agri culture during the past 15 to 25 years, Mr. Brown said. The report is divided into five sec tions: Progress on Farms and in Com munities. Progress in Growing and Saving Crops. Progress with Livestock and Poul try. Progress in the Farm Home. Progress in 4-H Club Work. “The scarcity of machinery, short age of farm labor, lack of fertilizer, high cost and scarcity of building materials and .the general adjust ment from war to peacetime econo my lasted through the year, and still continues,” Mr. Brown states in the report. “In spite of this, 245,000 Georgia farm families completed one of the best production jobs in history. “The men helped each other over come equipment shortages, swapped work, exchanged tools and carried on normal operations. Farm women had little sugar, few new equip ment items, practically no new clothes and many foods which had to be bought were not plentiful. Yet, in many phases of farm homemak ing, 1946 was a banner year. Farm boys and girls worked in 4-H clubs and in other youth organizations to contribute a full share. “County and hoome demonstrat ion agents and members of the State Extension Service staff made 203,000 farm and home visits, gave out 800,000 leflets and bulletins con taining farm and home information, led 15,000 community farm meeting and tours and talked with 400,000 people in their offices,” the Exten sion leader declared. if^m