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JVolume 46.
ANNUAL JUNE
SINGING HELD
The sth Annual June Singing
was held Sunday at the Court
House and was enjoyed by the es
timated largest crowd that had at
tended this singing in ten years.
The special singers were Leßoy
Abernathy quartette, Pine Forrest
quartette from Cleveland, Calliers
and Chapliers, both of Gainesville,
Martin Sisters of Forsyth County,
Crocker Brothers with Snyder 'l’rio
og Cornelia, The Gospelairs Trio
of Forsyth County, also solosit
Mrs. Edith Crocker of Alpharetta,
Little Betty Sue Holbrook and also
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Lummus, Joe D. Vaughan, Writer
and Publisher of music from Dal
ton, Jack Hall Jr. of Tucker, as
well as many good leaders from
all over the state. The singers stat
ed they enjoyed the singing and
the good Steak and Chicken din
ner that was donated by Wilson &
Co., and Sawnee Provision Co.
Officers of the singing wish to
Tljank everyone who had any part
in helping to make the singing
such a success and many thanks
to Dr. Marcus Mashburn, Sr. for
his welcoming words of address.
New officers elected for the sing
ing next year are as follows:
Thomas Thornhill
Edwaiid Martin
Broughton Wallace
all of this County
UNION MEETING
FOURTH DISTRICT UNION
MEETING TO BE HELD WITH
BROOKWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Program for the Union Meeting
of the Fourth District of the High
tower Association to be held with
Brookwood Baptist Church, nine
miles south of Cumming, Georgia,
just off highway 141, to be held
Thursday and Friday before the
Second Sunday in July 7, and Bth.
THURSDAY, JULY 7.
10:00—Devotional by Brother Jim-
N mie McClain.
10:30—Organize.
11:00 —Introductory Sermon, Rev.
Oscar Land
Rev. Jack Sutton, Alternate.
12:00—Lunch.
I.2o—Song Service
I:3o—What did the Lord mean
when he said to go out into the
Highway and Hedges and COM
PELL them to come in?
Rev. Paul Thompson, Rev. J. T.
Sewell, Alternate.
2:15—1s there any way for us to
know the mind of God?
Rev. P. W. Tribble—Alternate
Rev. J. tl. Boling.
• 3:oo—Preaching by Rev. W. J. Bot
toms —Alternate Rev. Clarence
Williams.
FRIDAY, <ftjLY 8.
10:20—Song Service
10:30 Devotional by Rev. V. B.
Vaughan
11:00 Preaching Rev. Frank
Vaughan. Alternate Rev. Homer
Lance
12:00—Lunch
I:2o—Song Service
1:30 —Explain the meaning of the
4th and sth verses of the Second
Chapter of Revelations.
Rev. J. S. Cochran. Alternate
Rev. Lawton Sewell.
2:oo—Give some of the uses for
the trumpets spoken of in the Bible
Rev. G. R. Frazier. Alternate H.
C. Hall
2:3o—Preaching by Rev. Lawton
Burt. Alternate Rev. Don Coving
ton.
3:oo—General Business. .
Rev. H. G. McGinnis
Rev. H. H. Boles, Jr.
Rev. J. M. Boling
CANNING PLANT
NOTICE
The Forsyth County Vocational
Canning Plant will begin it’s can
ning season, Tuesday, June 28th,
and will operate every Tuesday and
Thursday thereafter.
The canning charges will be the
same as last year, 7c for number
2 cans, and 9c for number 3 cans.
The canning hours will be from
8:00 A. M. until 5:00 P. M. All pro
ducts for canning must be in the
plant by 2:00 P. M.
J. L. Bannister & J. G. Harris, Jr
Vocatiorial Agriculture Teachers
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The Forsyth County News
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOBSYTH, FULTON, CHKRO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
JULY 4TH, 1955
On next Monday, July 4th, the
people of the United States will
celebrate the anniversary of ,the
signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. This document, proclaim
ing the independence of the thir
teen colonies in America, signed by
the delegates to the Continental
Congress, was in some particulars,
no more than recognition of the
existing scate of affairs.
Signed by John Hancock, the
President of the Congress, on July
4th, 1776, the .Declaration was sub
sequently engrossed on parchment
and signed by fifty-three members
of the CongreSk on August 2nd of
that same year.
Largely .drafted by Thomas Jef
ferson, the Declaration of Inde
pendence expresses the essence of
Jefferson’s own personal political
philosophy. This, briefly, is the idea
that men are created equal and en
dowed by their Creator with cer
tain inalienable rights, including
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.
Moreover, to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among
men and derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
The Declaration asserts that, when
ever any form of government be
comes destructive of these ends, it
is the right of the people to alter
or abolish it, and to institue a new
government, laying its foundation
on such principles, and organizing
its powers in such form, as shall
seem most likely to affect their
safety and happiness.
It seems strange to us, in this
day, to reflect that the Declaration
of Independence, which proclaimed
the principles of the colonists in
their war for independence, does
not express the spirit of some of
the descendants of the men who
fought under General Washington.
Human nature being what it is, it
is perhaps inevitable that there
should be a large number of peo
ple in every country devoted to the
established order, whatever it is,
and however it may have worked.
While we admire the handiwork
of those who framed the machinery
of our Federal Government, and we
believe in the principles expressed
in the Declaration of Independence,
we find ourselves more tolerant of
those who advocate changes from
time to time. We believe that the
defects of our present governmen
tal system, whatever they may be,
are due more to men than to the
machiner of government and, we,
therefore, realize that, from time
to time, some adjustments are ne
i cessary.
We would suggest that our read
ers celebrate the anniversary of
the signing of this hostoric do
cument this year by taking the
necessary time to read its words..
,The reading of it would do us all
!good.
ASC NEWS
All farms in Forsyth County
having a cotton allotment have
been visited or will be visited in
the near future to measure their
cotton acreage. A large number of
the farmers have overplanted their
allotment and it will be necessary
for them to destroy the overplant
ed acreage or pay a marketing
quota penalty before a marketing
card can be issued to them. If
your cootonn acreage has not been
measured please have someone
available to assist the reported
when he visits your farm in order
that he may do the work more ac
curate.
The farmers wishing to carry
out a fall practice may come by
the County ASC Office at their
convenience and make a request.
However funds are not available
to approve these practices they
will be approval as the funds be
come available. Be among the first
to make a request.
FAMILY REUNION
The friends and relatives of the
L. S. Townsend family are invited
to attend the Townsend Reunion
to be held July 3. (First Sunday)
in July at Liberty Baptist Church
in Dawson County.
Come spend the day with the
family.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
Cummig Georgia, Thursday, June 30, 1955.
Mr. Harrison Martin
Passes After Short
Illness, June 22 Here
Mr. Harrison Martin of Cummfng
Route 3, passed away Wednesday
June 22, at the local hospital after
a short illness.
Funeral services were held Fri
day June 24 at 3 p. m. at Concord
Baptist Church, with Rev. W. H.
Warren officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Frank Vaughan. Interment in
the church cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, j
Mrs. Lillie Bottoms Martin, four
daughters, Mrs. Hoyt Brooks, Mrs.
R. J. Roper, Mrs. Benson Childers, j
all of Cumming and Mrs. W. C.'
McCree, Athens; one son, Willard
Martin, of Cumming; three broth-j
ers, E. E. Martin, J. H. Martin and •
Walter Martin, all of Cumming;
two sisters, Mrs. John Barrett and
Mrs. Jarrell Barrett, both of Cum
ming.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
INTERESTING FIGURES
Statistics on communist propa
ganda, recently released, reveal the
fact tht in 1554 the various com*
munist organizations of the world
spent $3,400,000,000 to hold their
converts and win new ones.
Russia put up $1,200,000,000,
China put up $1,500,00(\000, and
the satellites put up $700,000,000.
The United States spent $77,000,-
000 on all overseas propaganda in
1954.
Another interesting set of fig
ures, this time on education. The
United States spends 2.6 percent of
its total taxes for education, while
Russia spepds 6 percent of its total
taxes for education.
These figures are not broken"
down in terms of dollars, in the
case of Russia. In the case of the
United States, the 2.6 percent
amounts to approximately nine bil
lion dollars. We do knowithat Rus
sia has reduced its illiteracy to a
negligible figure. I have seen some
of the communist propaganda, and
it is far from convincing, so far
as I am concerned, but, evidently,
it is having its effect. The report
goes on to say that they have put
four pieces of propaganda in every
person’s hand in Africa within the
past year. .Maybe they aren’t pay
ing too much attention to us. If
they keep on taking over Asia and
Africa, they will not need to spend
too much on the handful of people
jiaqi oj guiplioooe 'eouaujv ut
writers.
So what? /
I have said all along that com
munism will defeat itself, given
reasonable time. I believe it is los
ing out in Russia right now, and
that it will soon be cracking at the
seams in China.
It might well be that we would,
do just as well to go on with a
positive program of Christian de
mocracy, rather than spending all
our time and energy on the ob
vious fallacies of communism. That
is not to imply that we will close (
our eyes to the threat of commun
ism. Not at all. We should strike
it every time it bobs up, just as
we strike a rattlesnake, but we
need not go around looking for
rattlesnakes 24 hours a day. We
need to be plowing the field in
stead of spending undue time look
ing for rattlesnakes in the fence
'pa nnens.
Meanwhile, keep the figures in
mind.
SINGING NOTICE
Everyone has a Special invitation
to attend the Annual Singing at
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church on the
Second Sunday in July (July 10.).
We have the promise of a lot of
good singers from different places.
Specials—Barrett Trio from Mariet
ta, Rhythmaires from Athens, Cox
Trio from Atlanta, Martin Sisters,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart from
Roswell.
Come and spend the day. There
will be Idinner for all.
Hoyt Grogan, President
Ira Cowart, V-president <
Jimmie Fagan, Secrettaxy
Forsyth County
Singing Convention
A Big Success
We wish to thank everyone who
helped to make the First Forsyth
County Singing Convention a great
success.
The Singing and Home Coming
was held at Pleasant Grove M. E.
Church.
Some of the Specials were as |
follows: Rhythmaires 'frio from’
Monroe, Acel Sord from Canton, j
Martha Hulsey from Gainesville, |
Cox’s Trio from Atlanta, Joy Simp (
son from Commerce.
Singers were: J. C. Whitmire,
Paul Crowe, Boyd Brown. Bobby
Whitmire, Fay Martin, Ezra Orr, j
Edd Taylor, Ira Cowart, James |
Gaddis, Earnest Simpson, Dave |
Crowe, Roy Martin, Euell Martin, j
Clyde Bannister, Fred Poss, Pat
simpson. Red Pope, Bill Vaughan, j
Jay Holbrook, Rebecca Martin, Bet
ty Hughes, Carter Galloway, How
ard Holland, Mrs. John Holbrook,
Larry,. Garrett, Mrs. Fred Poss,
Martha Hulsey, Clifford Cross,
Horace Rickerson, Reba Cox, Wey
man Cox, Oeda Cox, Mrs. Horace
Rickerson, Miss Gloria Holland,
Miss Dot Heard, Miss Peggy Gal
loway, Burner Tallant, Carl McGhe
Jimmy Fagan, Audry Floyd, Roy
Holbrook, Broughton Wallace, Sue
Moore, Joyce Wallace, Ronald Mar
tin, J. E. McNeal, John Holbrook,
Mrs. Red Pope, Quinton “G?lbert,
Hoyt Grogan, Miss Brenda Gallo
way and many others.
Officers that were elected for
next year are as follows:
O. E. Barrett, President
Earnest Simpson, V-president
Jimmie Fagan, Secretary
Carter Galloway, Treasurer
.State Patrol Warns
Travelers During The
'July 4th Holiday
If you are planning to travel
over the Fourth of July, a special
caution has been issued by Colonel
W. C. Dominy, head of the Georgia
State Patrol. “It will be a three
day weekend this year, so traffic
will be heavy,” Colonel Dbminy
states, “and as usual, travellers
will be in a holiday mood, many
of them trying to cram four days’
pleasure into the three-day period.
With the 4th falling on Mohdy, a
i longer holiday period means great
‘ er danger to the motorist and ped
estrain on our streets and Jhigh
ways.”
The. State Patrol, cooperating
with the law enforcement agencies
throughout the state, will make an
all-out effort to see that traffic
accidents will not mar this year’s
Independence Day celebration. All
available members of the entire
Department of Public Safety will
be on duty to protect law-abiding
citizens and apprehen-d those who
endanger the lives and property of
others.
“Make courtesy your code of the
road,” Colonel Dominy urged. “A
driver who insists on taking more
than his share of the road is in
viting trouble. If you exercise cour
tesy, you will be surprised to find
that other drivers will return your
courtesy almost every time,’’ the
Patrol chief stated.
Last year during the 4th of July
period, 14 persons were killed in
Georgia traffic accidents, half of
these occurring on Saturday. 155
persons were injured during the
same holiday weekend in 434 acci
dents. There was an economic loss
to the state of nearly one million
dollars.
From the present trend of a 9
percent reduction in traffic deaths
so far this year, it is expected that
13 persons will die over the com
ing 4th of July holiday season.
The Patrol strongly warns
against trying to cover too many
miles in too £hort a time, driving
at speeds too fast for conditions,
driving whil 'drinking and while
tired. Don’t be a Fourth of July
traffic statistic.
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SINGING NOTICE
There will be a singing at Cor
inth Baptist Church Sunday night
July 3, at 8 o’clock. Everyone in
vited to come.
County Population 15,000. Number 36.
PHIL LANDRUM, NINTH DISTRICT
CONGRESSMAN ON RADIO NETWORK
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CONGRESSMAN ON RADIO NETWORK—Congressman Phil Lan
drum, of the Ninth Distrirt (shown above, left) will be featured next
week on the “Georgia Veterans Network” programs, which are broad- t
cast over a statewide network of 55 stations. He will be interviewed
by Pete Wheeler (right), Director of the State Department of Veterans
Service. Consult your local radio time-table for date and time.
Congressman Phil Landrum, of
the Ninth Congressional District,'
will be featured next week on the
“Georgia Veterans Network’’ radio
programs, which are broadcast
over a state network of 55 stat
ions.
The Congressman will be inter
viewed on the program by Pete
Wheeler. Director of the State De
partment of Veterans Service, spon
sors of the veterans programs.
Director Wheeler sad that this
program is one in a series of ten
featuring the members of the Geor
gia Congressional Delegation. They
are decigned to better acquaint
Georgia’s veterans with current
veterans legislation, and Congress
man Landrum will discuss certain
| phases of national legislation af
i fecting ex-service men and women.
Wheeler said that “our Congress
men, being .directly concerned with
veterans laws, and on the scene as
| changes are made, are doing our
veterans a great service in appear
ing on these programs.”
The Director suggested that the
local rado station be contacted for
date and time of the veterans pro
gram in this area.
Yes, The Co-operative
Program Is Scriptural
PASTORS OR BISHOPS
OR SHEPHERDS
Christian history tells us tha
James, half brother of Jesus, be
came pastor of the church in Jeru
salem just before the middle of tin
first century. Paul tells us hov
pastors were elected (by raisin)
the hand cheriotoneo) in churche:
planted by him and Barnabas oi
the first missionary tour (Acts 14
23). He also tells Titus (Titus 1:
5-9) and Timothy (1 Tim. 3: 1-7
that the churches of Crete an<
Asia must be manned by purr
consecrated, and competent pas
tors or bishops. He know that th<
pastors, then as now, are the ke;
men, to lead the churches so tha
Christ’s program may be put over
Associations or Conventions
The smaller bodies of messeng
ers from churches are calif | asso
ciations. The term ‘‘‘convention,”
except in Kentucky, Illinois, Mary
land, Missouri, and Virginia applies
to the state bodies, and also to the
body of messengers from the
whole territory of the convention.
Is there a scriptural warrant for
such bodies? The first association
or convention was held in Jerusa
lem in New Testament times. It
was the convention (gathering of
messengers) to settle the problem
of circumcision and determine how
the missionary program among
Jews and Gentiles was to be car
ried out. Paul, Barnabas, and Titus
were messengers from the church
at Antioch. ‘‘l went up again to
Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking
I Titus also with me" (Gal. 2: 1).
i James, pastor of the church, Peter,
and John were the messengers re
presenting the church at Jerusa
lem (Gal. 2: 9). (inly two churches
,had messengers at this convention;
but 200 years ago many of our
Baptist associations and conven
tions had only a very few church
es represented.
P. S.—. More to follow next week.
Singing Notice
The Forsyth County Masonic
Association will meet Saturday,
July 9th., at 8 p. m. The meeting
will be held at Liibejrty Bapt|s>tj
Church, in Dawson County. Chesta
te Lodge No. 102, F. & A. M. will
entertain the association.
f
Hon. Herman Talmadge will be
the speaker. All Masons and their
families are cordially invited. Sup
per will be served.
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett, Pres.
L. W. Holbrook, V-president
A. C. Smith, Jr., Secretary
Governor Pledges
Continued Effort v !
For All Georgians
“The General Assembly of Geor
gia has met in special session. It
received the comprehensive report
of the State Programs Study Com
mittee, and in its wisdom, the leg
islative body took such steps as
it thought fit to meet the present
fiscal situation in the state.
“With the revenues provided by
the Legislature, plus the increased
income we may expect through the
use of economy measures, with
tightened collections, we hope to
be able to finance the first section
of the Appropriations Bill during
the coming fiscal year and to fi
nance essential additional needs
with funds which were provided at
the extra session.
‘The General Assembly was call
ed into its extraordinary session
so that the necessary steps could
be taken to prevent a breakdown
in established programs of service
to the people.
"The Legislature did a good job
and the members have returned to
their homes.
“All over the state we heqr the
sound of the hammer and the saw.
"New construction is arising on
all sides. Drive east, drive west,
drive north or drive south, and you
can see long rows of new homes,
new commercial buildings, new
factories under course of comple
tlqn.
"The trade channels are flowing
with commerce. The janfcle of the
cash register is heard on all sides.
The roads and highways teem with
traffic. Farm machinery whirrs in
the fields. We are making progress
as never before in our history.
“By the time the legislature
meets in regular session next Janu
ary, we will know a great deaf
more about the productivity of the
various revenue measures which
have been passed. We will be able
to turn our thoughts toward the
carryying out of any needed re
organization in various depart
ments of government, and toward
effecting any economies desirable
through a reduction in appropri
ations of various departments oT
the state government.
“Now is the time for us to re
new our dedications toward mak
ing Georgia a bigger and better
state. The best way to do this is
to work together in harmony for
the building of a greater common
wealth.
“For my part, I am already on
the job.”
—MARVIN GRIFFIN