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Volume 45.
SOIL CONSERVATION RECORD
Conservation fanners have been
recording their progress during the
past 20 years in the color of Geor
gia’s streams.
The folks in the best position to
know about this—the waterworks
men who transform the raw water
of the State’s principal rivers into
the pure, sparkling product you get
from the tap in your home all agree
that the progress has been good.
At Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Mil
ledgeville (State Hospital), and Au
gusta, the daily records all tell the
same story—a steady downward
trend in the turbidity, or “muddi
ness,'” o f the water they pump from
the rivers and treat at their filter
plants.
These five plants get their water
supply from four different Georgia
rivers—Atlanta and Columbus from
the Chattahoochee, Macon from the
Ocmulgee, the State Hospital at Mil
ledgeville from the Oconoee, and the
plant at Augusta from the Savan
nah River.
The downward trend of turbidity
is graphically shown in the accom
panying chart. Annual averages
were plotted from the daily turbidity
records at these plants and the five
graphs were smoothed out to show
a continuous curve. While the
amount and intensity of rainfall af
fect the averages from year to year,
the over-all trend is downward in
every case.
Without exception, the water
works men agree that this is due to
the cumulative effect of the soil con
servation program over the 20 year
period.
“We attribute it to the shift from
row crops to pastures and to the
better all round land use in the wat
ershed,” commented George R.
Lowe, general manager of the Col
umbus waterworks.
C. W. Chapman, State Boil Conser
vationist of the SCS at Athens, says
that the records at the municipal
filter plants confirm a fact that far
mers and soil conservationists have
been observing fo r a long time, that
Georgia’s streams are getting clear
er year by year.
The reason for this, he points out,
is that increased use of cover crops,
crop rotations, strip cropping, ter
races, grassed waterways, improved
pastures, good woodland manage
ment, and better land use and treat
ment in soil conservation districts
throughout the State help to hold
fertile soil in the farmers’ fields and
keep it out of streams and reser
voirs.
Another conservation activity
-which has had a beneficial effect on
the Atlanta and Columbus water
supplies has been improved wood
land management by the U. S. For
est Service in the Chattahoochee Nat
ional Forest, which is included in
the upper reaches of the Chattahoo
chee watershed.
But the factors other than soil
conservation are involved in some
cases, such as the recent construct
ion at the Clarks Hill Detn an the
Savannah River above Augusta and
Sinclair Dam on the Oconee River
above Milledgeville. During actual
construction, the turbidity at Augus
ta and Milledgeville increased, aw
ing to construction operations, but
with comppletion of the dams the
turbidity during the past two years
has shown a still further downward
trend.
This is due to the fact that the re
servoirs created by the dams serve
as huge settling basins where the
material transported by the rivers
settles out in the relatively still wat
ers. Over the years, therefore, this
will result in reduced storage capa
city of the reservoirs.
For example, the Jackson Dam at
Lloyd Shoals, eight miles east of
Jackson,, Ga., which was built by
the Georgia Power Company in 1910
created a reservoir with an original
storage capacity of 112,500 acre feet.
A survey by the SCS in 1935 showed
the capacity of the reservoir had
been reduced to 98,578 acre feet as a
result of siltation, or a reduction in
storage capacity of 12.4 percent in
24.3 years. At the same rate of sil
tation, this would now amount to a
loss of 22.5 percent of tthe original
capacity.
Settling basins at municipal filter
plants, where the mud is settled out
of tthe water at an accelerated rate
by adding alum, have to be cleaned 1
out two or three times a year or
they would soon be completely filled
yvith silt. But you can’t do this with
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
a reservoir like that at Jackson, or
Sinclair, or Clarks Hill Dam. And
the effectiveness of reservoirs like
these is lost, of course, long before
the dam is silted to the top.
The only way in which the useful
life of such huge basins can be pro
longed is by proper use and treat
ment of the land in the watershed
above the dam. How effective this
kind of treatment can be is indicat
ed by ythe records of the filter plant
throughout the State.
For example, the turbidity at the
Atlanta filter plant declined from an
average of 400 parts per million in
1934 to 76 quarts per million in 1935.
In other words, it is now only 1-5
the earlier rate. This would indicate
that much less sodiment is being car
ried by the river now than was the
case 20 years ago. Presumably there
fore, the useful life of reservoirs on
the Chattahoochee would be corres
pondingly increased.
So the primary benefit that farm
ers receive as a result of sound con
servation practices on their farms
extends all the way down the water
j shed until the rivers empty into the
i sea.
| One of the main considerations of
many large industrial plants in se-
Ilecting a site for their operations is
the kind and quantity of water avail
able. Georgia has always had a plen
tiful supply of water, but its muddy
streams, colored in the past with the
life blood of its red hills, have not
ibeen a good advertisement of the
quality.
Today, thanks to its conservation
minded farmers who are keeping
their fertile soil at home, the State
can point to its ever clearing stream
as an inducement for progressive in
dustry to join with its progressive
in building a well balan
ced economy for the State.
Soil Conservation Week
A Proclamation
| BY THE GOVERNOR:
i
WHEREAS: One of the basic ele
ments of security and prosperity is
the production of food, clothing, and
other agricultural products, and
WHEREAS: It is essential that
soil conservation be emphasized and
practiced if we are to continue to
make available these goods in suffi
cient quantities to meet human need
and
WHEREAS: This can be eccom
plished only by the cooperation of
all those engaged in the production
of crops, timber and livestock,
THEREFORE; I, Herman E. Tal
madge, Governor of Georgia, do here
by proclaim the week of September
12 through 19, 1954, as SOHL CON
SERVATION WEEK, a period when
our citizens should emphasize the
saving of our soil.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the Executive Department to
be affixed, this the 12th day of Au
gust, 1954.
HERMAN E. TALMADGE,
GOVERNOR.
By the Governor:
James L. Bentley, Secretary,
Executive Department
Korean Vet Gets
Buford Dam Post
Lt. Philip H. Bradley, a native of
| Brawton, Alabama and a Korean
| War veteran, has been named assist
j ant to the resident engineer of the
; $40,700,000 Buford Dam now under
construction near Buford.
Lt. Col.. Matthew C. Harrison, act
ing district engineer for the Army
in Mobile, sid Lt. Bradley would re
port for his new assignment Sept
ember 8. He will replace Ist Lt. Alan
A. Lichtenberg, who has been trans
ferred to the Marion Engineer Depot
at Marion, Ohio.
INDUCTEES FOB AUGUST
The following men have been In
ducted into the Army for the month
of August:
SOSEBEE Dewitt Ernshaw
HOLBROOK, Carl Edward
HENDERSON, Bouniel Frank enlist
ed in the branch of service of his
own choice.
Georgia, Thursday, September 9, 1954
Forsyth County
Declared Drought Area
A telegram has been received from |
Hon. Phil Landrum, Congressman i
for the Ninth Congressional District
stating that Forsyth County has |
been declared a part of the drought
disaster area. Farmers who desire
loans or assistance under this pro
gram should request assistance thru
the Farmers Home Administration.
Mr. Ralph Dunson is the Supervisor
for Farmers Home Administration
in Forsyth County, and will be at
his office in the Courthouse on Mon
day and Thursday of each week.
Farmers who desire information
regarding this drought emergency
program may receive information
at the County Agricultural Affices
on Mulberry street in Cumming.
Annual Buice Reunion
Sunday Sept. 12th.
The Annual Buice reunion will be
held Sunday, September 12th, at the
.Sharon Baptist Church in Forsyth
’ County.
Mr. Colbert Buice, president of the
Buice Reunion, states that he hopes
every decendant of the Buice family
will be present.
The Buice reuion has been an an- j
nual affair for the past 19 yeai7S. It (
is a time when the Buice fhmiJies |
gather together for a wonderful day ,
of fellowship and worship.
I
The program for next Sunday in
cludes the beginning of the day with
a devotional by Miss Grace Buice at
10:30 a. m.; preaching at 11:00 by
Rev. Lester Buice of Tucker, Ga.,;
Dinner on the ground at 12:00. The
afternoon song service begins at 2
j o’clock, followed by recognition of
visitors, general business and ad
journment.
It is felt sure that all who attend
will have a most enjoyable day.
Livestock Building On
Fair Grounds
Construction began this week on a
livestock building at the Forsyth
County Fair Grounds. The funds to
build this building comes from the
Farm Bureau, the Fair Association
| and the County Commissioners. It is
) the desire of the Fair Association
that this start will be the beginning
of a large livestock exhibit at the
fair in the coming years.
The prize money for this year
runs over S3OO, half of which was
given by the Forsyth County Cham
ber of Commerce in hopes that this
fair department willfurther the
growth and development of the live
stock business in Forsyth County.
The judging of the livestock will
be held on Thursday evening Septem
ber 23 at 7 o’clock and this judging
will be open to the public. For rules
governing the livestock department
consult your Fair Bulletin which i
will be available next Monday.
Soil Conservation New*
Forsyth County
Henry McGinnis southwest of Cum
ming has completed the construction
of a farm pond on his farm. The lo
cal SCS technicians made the survey
and supervised the construction.
A farm pond has been surveyed
for V. E. Lang by the local SCS
technicians.
Seeding of grass on the flood pre
[ vention dam back of Coal Mt. ceme
tery was completed last week.
Ed Norrell has completed clearing
twelve acres of alders in the bottoms
of Settingdown creek to which he ex
pects to seed to small grain. This
area three years ago was too wet to
consider for clearing; however after
the seven miles of clearing and clean
ing done from Matt bridge to Hupt'
bridge this area dried sufficiently
for the clearing of the bottoms. Last
year Mr. Norrell cleared eight acres
of the bottoms and this year that
same eight acres is in com which
has suffered little from the drought.
As tthe flood preventions dams go
in more and more acres will be
ready for clearing and for use such
as grain, com and pasture. Fescue
seed are available for farmers in the
Settingdown crcck watershed.
GRIFFIN UNOFFICI
ALLY SWEEPS WITH
276 UNIT LEAD
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JhHBh
FORSYTH COUNTY IN STATE
LANDSLIIDE FOR GRIFFIN
DR. MARCUS MASHBURN, SR.
CARRIES FORSYTH COUNTY IN
REPRESENTATIVE RACE WITH
A WIDE MARGIN
ASC NEWS
Emergency ACP Measures can now
be extended to additional Drought
Areas:
Under a change in national Agri
cultural Conservation Program po
licy made today, Secretary of Agri j
culture Ezra Taft Bensonn said that,
the emergency ACP measures which
have recently been authorized in de
signated disaster counties can now
be extended to additional drought
areas.
These emergency measures auth
lorized cost sharing for seeding win
1 ter cover crops, including small
grkjn. without regard to the increas
ed acreage requirement of the regu
lar program practice and without re
quiring that the land be devoted to
cover crops throughout 1955.
j Under the change today, the agen
jcies responsible for ACP at State
' level are authorized to determine
| whether the damage due to drought
' is sufficiently severe to require us
! ing these emergency type practices
jin meeting fanner’s conservation
' needs.
Since cover crops under this change
may be pastured or harvested for
hay this vegetation which primarily
protects drought damaged land from
erosion, will also provide some much
needed emergency forage and feed.
"These ACP practices will be par
ticularly helpful because they will
provide emergency forage where
there is sufficient moisture in areas
where feed might otherwise have to
be shipped in to maintain livestock
Secretary Benson said.
Hightower Baptist To
Meet With Friendship
Church Sept. 29 & 30
The Hightower Baptist will meet
on September 29 & 30. 119th Annual
session. The Association to hold the
meeting with Friendship Church on
, September 29 & 30.
Friendship Church was organized
| in the year 1840 .and hias been host
! to the Association four times.
I The first time was in 1846 ufith
,Rev. Alfred Webb serving as moder
! ator and Rev. A. G. Hutchins as the
clerk. Rev. Henry Collins preached
the introductory sermon.
The second time was in 1866 with
Rev. Alfred Webb serving as moder
ator and Rev. F. M. Hawkins as the
clerk. Rev. A. B. Nuckolls preached
the introductory sermon.
The third time was in 1882 With
Rev. F. M. Hawkins serving as mod
erator and Layman A. J. Logan as
clerk. Rev. F. M. Hawkins preached
the introductory sermon.
The fourth time was in 1918 with
Layman D. W. DeVore serving as
moderator and Rev. G. C. Light as
clerk. Rev. W. S. Smith preached the
inntroductory sermon. Rev. L. A.
Henderson preached at 11:00 o’clock ,
on Wednesday being the second day.
In the year 1880 'lFrpendslfp was j
the largest church in the Association
with a membership of 275 and had a
beautiful camp ground erected in
1874. The time of camp meeting em
braced the fourth Sunday in August.
Rev. F. M. Hawkins, was pastor of (
Friendship church for 40 years.
County Population 15,000. Number 36.
Sharon Church Services
By Kate Kay Harris
Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord, and not ,unto men;
knowing that oi the Lord ye shall
receive the reward. Colossians
3 : 23—24.
We enjoyed very good services
throughout the day last Sunday. Be
ginning the day with the Sunday
School lesson on Paul and his new
life after a glorious conversion we
learned that he always did his best
at whatever he understood. He led a
very busy life as Teacher, Tentmak
er, Missionary and Writer, and he
put his heart into all of his work
doing his very best for the Lord and
not for the praise of men,
we are supposed to do.
Rev. Nalley’s eleven o’clock ser
mon was a very inspiring one from
Romans 1: 14, “I am a debtor both
to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians
both to the wise, and to the unwise.'’
We as Christians owe a lot for
what has been done for us. Rpv.
Nalley proved by the example of
Cain and Abel that our offerings
must be from our hearts without any
grudge or malice or they will not be
acceptable in God’s sight. I think a
true Christian has the desire to give
because where there is love in the
heart there is a natural desire to
give. There are so many less fortu
nate people than we are, we should
have that Christian love and desire
to help them and the cause of Christ
who has done so much for us.
All the B. T. U. folks are having [
i some wonderful lessons but the i
j adults are studying the most inspir-1
( ing ones on “Faith”. Last Sunday j
night their topic was, "Enduring'
j Hardships Through Faith”, with the
.aim: To help adults to discover in
j their Christian faith a feouree of
strength for enduring hardships for
' Jesus’ sake. We should remember
that even though we have to suffer
1 a lot physically, mentally and spirit
ually, Jesus also did a lot of suffer
j ing and that through faith our suf
| fering may be for His glory.
J We were very glad to welcome
Rev. L. G. Buice to preach for us on
; Sunday night. His subject was also
i "Faith". L. G. made us believe that
'he is relying on his faith to carry
him through in the great work God;
has placed on him to do. We are all
very proud of this young man as he
is one of Sharon’s former boyS (and
is doing so very well with his preach
ing. We offer our sincerest prayers
for L. G. and his fine wife that they
will both hold on to that faith which
it takes for a preacher and his wife
to turn their backs on a normal fam
ily life and go for Chrifct
Wje were glad to welcome several
visitors and invite all to come back
anytime.
All ladies are invited to attend the
W. M. U. meeting which is to be held
next Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Cumming P. T. A.
Don’t forget the first P. T. A.
meeting for the 1954- 55 school
year will be held In the Cumming
High School Library at 3:15 in the
| afternoon of September 16th. Follow
ing a short business meeting a re
ception will be held in the Home
j Economics Room honoring he teach
! ers. P. J. A. is not an organization
exclusively for mothers and teach
jers. Fathers are welcome and would
add greatly to the program. Your
child will be proud to have both par
ents as active P. T. A membfcrs.
We are happy to have Mr. and
|Mrs. J. L. Ferguson with us this
[ year. Mr. Ferguson, whose home ori
giqally was Cornelia, is Superin
tendent of the Cumming Schools.
He is an experienced educator, hav
ing been Sperintendent of the Smyr
na Schools before going to Georgia
Military College at Milledgeville as
professor of physics, which post he
occupied two years before becoming
Dean of the College for nine years.
Mrs. Ferguson taught at the Geor
gia Training School for Boys in Mil
ledgeville for five years and is now
teaching in the Bethleview school.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are
.graduates of Oglethorpe University.
They have three children, John, 11,
j Judith Anne, 9 and David, 7 land' all
attend the Cumming School. Mrs.
Ferguson’s mother, Mrs. Leo Hop
kins, formerly of Norcross, now
makes her home with them.
Come to P. T. A. and meet the
Ferguson’s along with the other
teachers of your children.
Chamber of Commerce
I Annual Dinner Will Be
Held Wed., Sept. 15th.
The Annual dinner of the Forsyth
County Chamber of Commerce will
be celebrated with a Barbecue at the
Mashburn’s Lake, Wednesday Sept
ember 15th, at 5:30 P. M.
Dr. Marcus Mashbum has most
generously offered the use of the
Club House, and donated the beef
to feed 150 people.
The barbecue is open for every
one in Forsyth County. All those
who are interested in putting For
syth County on the map, and want
to bring new industries into the
county are urged to come and bring
their families.
The members should send in their
cards stating their intentions. The
Non-members who plan to be pres
ent should notify Mr. Frank Chan
cey, at the Sawnee Elect rlftcatjoii
Membership Association.
Forsyth County has long needed a
Chamber of Commerce and now
that we have one, we should have
members from every section of the
County. We owe it to ourselves and
families to maintain the present
standard of living and we can only
do this by bringing money in the
county. In bringing industries into
Forsyth County, we can fumsh em
ployment to hundreds of people,
which will meanmore money in
every family pocket book.
I If anyone wants to keep our pres
ent economic situation, they should
J most eager to become a member of
[this worthwhile organization. Mem
| bership will be open at this Annual
Dinner and everyone is urged to at
tend.
The price for this wonderful Bar
becue and Brunswick Stew dinner
is only SIOO per person. Come and
bring the whole family.
Mr. Carl McCormick is in charge
of the cooking and that is all that is
necessary for a real good dinner.
Rodeo Returns Here
Saturday Night at Ball
Park, 8 P. M.
—
The Gamble Rodep returns for a
one night showing at the Ball Park’
Saturday night, sponsored by the
Forsyth County RecreatioYi Assn.
Herman Mills will again ride the
mule. He will receive SIOO for getting
on the mule, and if he stays on 10 1
seconds, he gets the mule.
Mr. Gamble has been offered
$2500 for the mule, so Herman
stands a good chance to increase his
earnings at the expense of the Rodeo
! There will be automobile thrills,
Dynamite Casket Acts and a real
Rodeo. The attraction will run a full
two hours and some real er.tcrtain
jment is assured.
sss will be given anyone bringirtg
a mule that one of the Rpdeo per
formers cannot ride.
This gala event is for the purpose
• of paying off the unpaid balance of
. the Swimming Pool.
Admission 25c and SI.OO.
Fair General Rules
Changes
In order to bring a better fair to
the people of Forsyth County the
Fair Association has made a few
changes in the general rules at the
request of the people.
Representatives of the Community
Improvement Clubs and the Home
Demonstration Clubs are requested
to meet at the exhibit on
the fair grounds at two o’cjpck on
Friday afternoon September 17, to
draw for booth space and to begin
work on their booths. These booths
must be completed by Monday morn
ing September 20 at 11 A. M.
Receipt of exhibits in the indivi
dual departments will begin on Sat
urday afternoon, September 18 at
2 o’clock. All exhibits must be in by
five on this Saturday with the ex
ception of the perishable exhibits,
such as baked goods and flowers
which will be received between 8 and
10 o’clock on Monday morning Sept
ember 20. The judging for Commun
ity Improvement Club booths, home
demonstration club booths, the Farm
crop exhibits and the individual ex
hibits in the Women’s department,
the FHA and 4—H girls department
will be Monday afternoon Septem
ber 20 prior to the Fair openfnng
that evening a! 6 o’clock.