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The Forsyth County News
Volume 45.
Purina Organizes New
Sales Division For This
Area In Atlanta
A new sales division with head
quarters at Atlanta, Georgia, has
been created by the Ralston Purina
Company effective April 1, it has
been announced by L. C. Stevenson,
vice president and general sales
manager.
Curt R. Severson, formerly Puri
na manager of poultry meat Chow
sales for the Southern Region, has
been named sales manager of the
new division.
The new Atlanta division will in
clude approximately the northern
half of Georgia, plus several adjac
ent counties in Tennessee, Alabama
and South Carolina. The area cover
ed represents one of the country’s
greatest concentrations of broiler
growing.
Severson is a native of Brookings,
South Dakota, and a ggraduate of
the University of South Dakota. He
became associated with the Ralston
Purina company in 1947.
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Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Guy Findley in the lower part of
the county reports good grazing
from 200 acres of Ky 31 fescue and
Ladino clover. This acreage properly
managed assures everyone that the
land is being protected from erosion
Mr. Findley has always been a boos
ter of the work of the Soil Conser
vation Service.
H. D. Nuckolls in the Haw Creel*
community Has started a grassland
rotation in the field north of his
home. In fact Mr. Nuckolls has turn
,ed. under a four year old stand of
.fescue to be followed by corn. Land
treated with fecue for 4 to 5 years
And then row cropped for 1 to 2
years and then back to grass makes
lor an ideal rotation for the major
ity iof the land in this county.
Farmers in the Big Creek water
shed which is located in Forsyth and
FiUlton counties are asking for as
sistance in watershed protection sim
alartto that in the Settingdown creek
water shed of this county.
Today & Tomorrow
0 Louie D. Newton
DISSOLVED ELEMENTS * '
With so much writing and talking
about the world on fire —H-bombs,
A-bombs, C-bombs—it is nbt out of
place, pefitiaps, to see what the Bible
has to say An the subject. One might
begin with the words of Peter:
“But the day of the Lord will
come like a thief, and then the heav
ens will pass away with a loud noise
and the elements will be dissolved
with fire, and the earth and the
works that are upon it will be burn
ed up. Since all these things are
thus to be dissolved, what sort of
persons ought you to be in lives of
holiness and godliness, waiting for
and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the
heavens will be kindled and dissolv
ed, and the elements will melt with
fire,’ II Peter 3:10-12, RSV.
Rather up to date, isn’t it? Which'
may serve to remind us that the
Bible is always ahead ©f tomorrow’s
headlines.
Coming back to this language of
“dissolved elements,” we are told by
the scientists that this is precisely
what happens when an H-bomb ex
plodges. It literally dissolves all nat
ural elements.
I was in Washington last week
when they released the film of the
film of the 1952 explosion, and a
friend wanted me to go down and
see it, but I didn’t have time, nor
did I specially care to see it.
I listened to Mr. Fleming of NBC
that evening as he reviewed the
film, and I was sure then that I
didn’t care to see it. Think of leav
ing “a crater in the ocean”!
The aged porter on the car I was
riding in on the Crescent that night
had this to say, as he sent me off to
bed:
“Don’t worry ‘bout no sploshun
tonight. I done asked de good Lawd
to see us through, and He takes
care of His own. Peepul what don’t
bleev in de Lawd sho is in a tough
spot now. Put your hed on dat pillur
and let yurself res good."
Over simplification you say?
No, not for the child of God. We
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Will H. McLaran
Announces For Forsyth
County Representative
I hereby announce as a Candidate
for the General Assembly of Geor
gia from Forsyth County, subject
to the Rules and Regulations gov
erning the Democratic Primary to
be held on the dates to be selected
by the State Democratic Committee.
Respectively,
WILL H. McLARAN
New Excise Tax Law
Means Savings To
Telephone Users
The new Federal Excise Tax Bill
will provide savings to all Cumming
telephone subscribers in bills dated
on or after April 1, L. H. Collins,
manager of Southern Bell Tele
phone Company said today.
The new law reduces Federal ex
cise tax rates on telephone service
to ten percent. The lower tax rates,
however, will not apply to any bal
ance due from a rpevious month’s
bill..
The old rates, set by Congress
during world war two, were 25 per
cent on long distance calls of 25
cents or more and 15 percent on
local telephone service and long dis
tance calls or less than 25 cents. The
reduction means a 60 percent de
crease in the tax rate on most long
distance calls and a 33 1-3 percent
cut in the tax rate on local service
and on long distance calls of less
than 25 cents.
For example, Mr Collins pointed
out, a residence subscriber paying
$4 a month for local service and $2
for long distance calls has been pay
ing under the old rates sl.lO extra
in Federal Excise Taxes. Under the
new tax rates, he will save 50 cents
a iftonth or $6 a year.
A small business concern, Mr. Col
lins continued, making SIOO worth
of Long distance calls a month has
been payinng $25 Federal Tax each
month on long distance calls. Of this
S3OO a year tax bill, that firm will
save SIBO. It also will save 1-3 of its
tax bill on local service.
In 1953 Southern Bell customers
in the nine states served by the com
pany paid $71,168,342 in Federal Ex
cise taxes on their service. This re
presented about 1-6 of the average
telephone bill, or about $1.95 each
month per customers. Tad the lower
tax rates been in effect last year,
Southern Bell customers would have
paid $34,059,666 less.
Southern Bell has 421,000 custom
ers in Georgia. Total annual savings
on the basis of last years billings
would have been approximately 4,-
IcOO.OOO to these customers or an
average of .93 cents per customer
per month.
ON—THE—JOB TRAINING
SUBSISTENCE IS LESS
THAN FARM TRAINING
Subsistence from the Veterans Ad
ministration to veterans undergoing
on-the-job training under the Kor
ean GI Bill is somewhat less than
aid given during institutional on
the-farm training, William K. Bar
rett, director of the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service, said to
day.
Barrett stated that Korean veter
an training full-time on-the-job, un
der Public Law 550, starts with S7O
per month if single, SBS per month
with one dependent, or $lO5 with
two or more dependents. This al
lowance is reduced at four month in
tervals by an amount bearing the
same ratio to the basic allowance
as four months bear to the total
duration of the training being taken
Allowances for full-time institut
ional on-the-farm trainees are: $95
a month for a veteran alone; sllO
for a veteran and one dependent;
$l3O where dependents are two or
more. These amounts are also sub
ject to periodic" reduction.
Barrett invited interested persons
to come by the nearest branch of
fice for further and more detailed
information.
will go right on with our work,
doing our best every passing day to
find and follow His will, and what
ever comes, His grace is sufficient
Selah.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, April Bth, 1954.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Some of the best news for cotton i
farmers in many years came out
this week in the form of a press
bulletin from the Georgia Experi
ment Station at Experiment, Geor
gia.
It concerned the results from the
1953 experiments in chemical weed
control in cotton. The testts were
carried on at Expperiment, Athens,
Tifton, Plains, Midville and Calhoun
so they should be representative of
most of our conditions in Georgia.
Since chopping cotton has never
been a favorite task of your county
agent, this news was enthusiasticly
received by him. Cotton growing, at
best, consists of many long days of (
hard work and any method by which
we can make the job easier is good
news.
The chemical that turned out such
a fine job has been given the ab
brivated name of CIPC. It is relat
ively safe and easy to apply. It is
applied in the form of a spray at
the time of planting and is effective
from 6 to 8 weeks. A spray outfit
consisting of a tank to hold the liq
uid, a pump that will furnish 30
pounds of pressure and one spray
nozzle for each row (two nozzles for
a two row planter) are the main
items of equipment necessary.
The spray is applied to a 14 inch
bond of soil directly over the row
behind the planter. Since this soil
should not be disturbed for at least
the first cultivation, the seed should
be planted with a hill dropper apply
ing the correct amount of seed for
a stand. Thinning should not be
done since any disturbance of the
soil around the row would reduce
the effectiveness of the chemical.
The cost of the Chemical is relat
ively low. The price is approximate
ly $7.50 per gallon and 2 quarts are
enough for each acre. 'CIPC will not
give control of all weeds. Ragweed,
cocklebur, nutgrass and Johnson
grass are resistant to this chemical.
It will, however, give good control
of crabgrass, generally the biggest
pest in our cotton fields.
There is one word of caution. The
equipment that has been used in ap
plying 2—4—D should not be used
m cotton fields since this material is
toxic to cotton plants.
For additional information on this
chemical contact your county agent.
FARMING LEADER (GIVES SIJ
RULES FOR TRUCK CROPS
One of the North Georgia farmers
trying out new truck crops for that
area is Harry L. Brown, Rabun
County farmer, Georgia senator and
former College of Agriculture dean.
He is growing both celery and let
tuce.
He lists six suggestions lor pros
pective growers in that areaa:
1. Expect high labor costs. Much
work must be done by hand.
2. Such specialized crops may
bring a rich return or a total failure.
He warns, “You have to pay close
attention to details.” Failure to take
a proper soi lanalysis reduced re
turns from cauliflower for him.
There was a shortage of boron in
the land that wasn’t detected.
3. Heavy fertilization is required.
"We apply three tons per acre on
celery land,” he says. Cost of grow
ing celery on this farm in 1354 was
S3OO per acre.
4. Yields must be high.
5. The chief advantage a North
Georgian has with these crops is the
time of marketing. By planting at
the proper time, celery and lettuce
go on the market when there is a
shortage of tthese two crops in other
areas.
6. Deliver a high-quality product
to markett.
CHICKEN SUPPER
Coal Mountain Home Demonstrat
ion Club is having a Chicken Supper
at Cumming High School Lunch
room on Saturday night April 10th.
Tickets SI.OO adults and 50c for the
children. We will start serving at
7 o’clock.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Bank of Cumming will close
each Wednesday afternoon at 12:00
beginning Wednesday, April 14. for
the summer months.
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YOU CAN HELP!
Dependent crippled children can
become Independent adults —WITH
THE HELP OF EASTER SEALS.
Georgia’s Seal campaign is spon
sored annually by the Georgia So
ciety for Crippled Children as part
of a nationwide effort to help the
handicapped.
It is headed this year in Forsyth
County by Mrs. Marcus Mashbum,
Sr. of Cumming. District chairman
is Mrs. Bruce Shafer of Toccoa, Ga.
Dates of the drive are March 18
through Easter Sunday, April 18.
Seal funds will be used 3 ways in
Georgia:
L RESEARCH to develop better
means of coping with physical handi
caps.
2. TREATMENT given at crippled
, children’s Centers throughout the
state.
3. TRAINING of therapists, doct
ors and teachers to staff the Cen
ters, through scholarships. Funds
hre also used for equipment such
as braces, wheelchairs and crutch
es, and for parental Instruction so
treatments may be continued at
home.
Georgia has 100,000 handicapped
children.
YOU can help by sending an EAS
TER SEAL CONTRIBUTION TO
YOUR LOCAL EASTER SEAL
CHAIRMAN, or simply to “Easter
Seals" hi care of your local post
master.
Won’t you do it ttoday?
PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES
EXPLAINED
T. EL Nelms, Sanitarian
Due to recent complaints on var
ious Sanitation Problems of the
City and County that hav£ been
made to the Health Department and
since the Sanitation Problems are
governed by the State and County
Health Laws, we believe the public
would like to know who would be
effected by the Health regulations
and what can be done to prevent a
Uuisance to a Neighbor or to the
community.
A. Disposal of Dead Animals and
Chickens— Burying is a common
and safe practice followed by many
farmers over the county to prevent
offensive odors.
B. Septic Tank Outlets—Tile field
provided to keep drainage from Sep
tic Tanks underground for earth
absorbtion, which prevents fly breed
ing and offensive odors.
C. Open Surface Toilets—Are breed
ing places for flies that carry dis
ease germs and produces offensive
odors at the home or to the neigh
bors.
D. Slaughter Houses No meat
scraps and bones should be allowed
to be held over long enough to pro
duce offensive odors.
E. Tankerage Plant—Every percau
tion should be made to eliminate
offensive odors and the grounds
should be kept clean at all times.
F. Hatcheries—Rotten Eggs and the
dead baby chicks should be buried.
WJien dead chickens are burned near
the Hatcheries it is said that the
odors are mighty bad smelling to
neighbors near by..
G. Mosquito Breeding—Every pre
caution should be taken to prevent
stagating water sources which are
mosquito breeding places.
H. Rat Control —Rats truly become
a community nuisance. Those peo
ple who have bought garbage cans
lately are reporting some good con
trol effects already. This can be
carried out very effective when
everyone cooperates to store garb
age propeify and discourage rat
population. A Rat Poison campaign
cannot be effective until food sup
plies are reduced from the rats.
County Population 15,000 Number 14.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT DENIES RURAL
ELECTRIC CO-OPS’REQUEST FOR
FIFTEEN EXTRA DAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2
Georgia’s rural electric cooperatives
were denied a requested 15 day ex
tension in the time allowed them to
give their answer on the controver
sial Tri-Contract proposal for dis
position of Clark Hill Power.. Rep.
Prince H. Preston made this an
nouncement after conferring with
Assistant Secretery of Interior, Fred
G. Aandahl. This means the co-ops
must come up with a definite “yes
or no” by April 19th.
The Tri-Contract Proposal—which
would sell Georgia’s share of Clark
Hill power to a profit utility—was
first presented to the co-ops at a
meeting called by Aandahl oil Feb
ruary 17. At that meeting Aandahl
admitted having had “a number of
conferences with the Georgia Power
Company, .to determine what could
be done.” These conferences were
held between September 1, 1953 and
February 17, 1954—a period of 170
days.
c Aandahl also said “we have had
some exchange of ideas with the
Federal Power Commission and
engineers for Southeastern Power
Administration have been in here.”
Commenting on this, J. H. Polhill,
Jr., of Louisville, Ga., and Chairman
of Georgia EMC’s Power Committee
said "Everyone seems to have been
consulted but the representatives of
the people designated by Congress
to get the benefits of this low cost
power’’... Polhill noted that the
Flood Control Act of 1944 designates
co-ops and municipalities as prefer
ence customers at projects built with
public funds.
Aandahl, on February 17, gave the
co-ops 30 days in which to file ann
answer. At this meeting Ellis Arn
all, co-op counsel, stated that the
Tri-Contract proposal was “illegal
and improper”, in his opinion.
Subsequently the Georgia co-ops
petitioned the Interior Department
for an additional €0 days. This was
denied by Aandahl, who did recog
nize that it would take more time
for co-op engineers and attorneys to
analyze the proposal, by granting a
1 30 day extension to April 19.
Last week, through Congressman
Preston, the co-ops requested an
other 15 day extension. Aandahl
turned down this request.
Walter Harrison, manager, Geor
gia EMC, says, "While we will un
doubtedly turn down this proposal,
and offer a definitive contract which
fully complies with the law, we are
naturally aroused by the apparent
Injustices of giving our esteemed
opponents 170 days for preparation,
while limiting us to 60.
The Georgia co-ops claim the
power company stands to benefit to
the extent of almost 10-to-l over
the member-owned co-ops and city
owned systems in the benefits which
are flowing from low cost power at
Clark Hill Dam.
Assistance Available to
Buford Dam Residents
We are aware that many acres of
land in Forsyth County will be flood
ed upon completion of the Buford
dam and the forming of Lake Lan
ier. In order that those people who
are affected by the lake be relocat
ed at the least possible expense to
them, the Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Service has placed a man in
the area to help you with your re
location problems. Mr. Virgil Wel
born has been assigned tto the area
to serve you in this cappacity.
Mr. Welborn is at the present
time making a survey of the area to
determine who is affected. His head
quarters is in Gainesville, Room 1,
Federal Building. He will be In Cum
ming on Tuesday of each week,
working in the County Agent’s of
fice.
This is a FREE SERVICE. We are
anxious to help you get relocated.
We have several farms listed for
sale. If we can be of assistance to
you, let us know.
Hugh Dorsey Sosebee
Appointed Sol.-Gen. of
Flint Judicial Circuit
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FORSYTH, GA.—Hugh Dorsey Sose'
bee, who was appointed Solicitor-
Beneral of the Flint Judicial Circuit
following the resignation of Ben B. ’
Garland, has the record of being
active in all phases of civic service.
A deacon in the First Baptist
Church of Forsyth, he participates
in all church activities. He is now
serving his second term as president
of the Monroe County Chamber of
Commerce. He is a Royal Arch Mas
on. )
He has also served as zone chair
man for the Lions Club, and has
been responsible for the growth of
that civic organization in many coun
ties throughout the state.
Col. Sosebee, a 37 year old attor
ney, Is a highly respected member
of his profession, having served as
president and secretary of the Flint
Judicial Circuit Bar Association. He
is also a member of the Georgia Bar
Association and the American Bar
Association.
At the time of his appointment' to
his present post by the Governor,
Col. Sosebee was serving as attor
ney for the city of Forsyth and for
Monroe County, and as chairman of
the Monroe County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee.
He is a native Georgian. Born In
Forsyth County, he attended the
University of Georgia and Mercer
University, completing his law work
there in 1940. He was admitted to
the bar in 1940.
He is married to the former Miss
Lois Waldrep of a prominent Mon
roe County family.
Mr. Sosebee says that he will be
a candidate to complete the unex
pired term of the post to which he
was appointed. He says that he
his experience and qualifications
will enable him to satisfactorily
serve the people of the circuit as
their solicitor.
ASC NEWS
Farmers In Forsyth County have
responded to the call to release their
cotton acreage they do not intend to
plant and 144.9 acres was released
and reapportioned to the farmers
who failed to receive an allotment
sufficient to satisfy their needs.
These revised allotment notices will
be mailed to the farmers who are
effected within the next few flays
as soon as the State Office approval
is received. This 144.9 acres,’ we
think has justt about alleviated the
condition that existed on farms with
low cotton allotments.
A meeting of the County Group
will be held on Thursday April 8,
to formulate plans for the 1955 ACP
National Bulletin.
The Forsyth Countty ASC Com
mittee Office has placed the follow
ing seeds and fertilizers on purchase
order: Kobe, Korean and Sericea
Lespedeza, Kentucky 31 Fescue, Lad
ino Clover, 20 percent Superphos
phate, 50 percent Potash, 4-12-12
Fertilizer and Limestone. Fanners
who have requested assistance for
spring practices are eligible to re
ceive the above on purchase order.