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Volume 46.
Petit Jurors Drawn
For July Term, 1955
1. G. C. McGinnis
2. Paul Thompson
3. Doyle Garrett
4. Julian Gravitt
5. W. N. Green
6. Major Burruss
7. Glenn Worley
8. H. A. Odum
9. J. A. Ledford
10. Z. D. Brannon
11. B. H. Patterson J'
12. R. T. Bagley
13. T. P. Burruss
14. C. L. Milford
15. Billy Cross
16. T. D. Echols
17. Almon Hill
18. Alfred A. Pruitt
19. John D. Bennett
20. John L. Hughes
21. A. L. Harrison
22. E. W. Lively
23. Samuel L. Burruss
24. Loy Grogan
25. Gordon Grizzle
26. Chesley A. Nix
27. Herbert Youngblood
28. Randall Hutchins
29. W. H. Ellis
30. A. D. Pierce
31. E. L. Terry
32. Henry C. Jones
33. Almon Mullinax
34. G. V. Gilleland
35. Ralph Youngblood
36. Glenn Day
37. R. R. Worley -
38. E. R. Rogers
39. Frank Vaughan
40. Clyde Banister
41. Odus W. Gilbert
42. W. I. Strickland
43. W. W. Duran
44. Joe Wheeler
45. Ralph Tiner
46. A. G. Thomas
47. T. A. Castleberry
48. Paul B. Brackett
49. Edsel F. Orr
50. Cline Hamby
51. C. H. Brooks
52. W. H. Wjarren
53. Emmett Day
54. J. B. Holtzclaw
55. Aubrey Hansard
56. Jay Bottoms
57. John Duran
58. Walter Rucker
59. B. B. Wallace
60. R. C. Clark
61. L. L. Bennett
62. Tom Heard
63. E. B. Samples
64. W. S. McDaniel
65. Eugene J. Stone
66. Clay Jones
67. Edward Garrett
Tallapoosa Mayor,
Council Subpoenaed
GRAND JURY BEGINS ‘HOOD
LUMISIMr PROBE AFTER
1 CITY OFFICIALS RESIGN
TALLAPOOSA, Ga., July 19
City officials here have been sub
poenaed as a Haralson County
grand jury has undertaken a study
of alleged “hoodlumism” here.
Sheriff L. P. (Pink) Allen said
subpoenas have been issued for
four city councilmen and the may
or.
AFTER receiving anonymous
telephoned threats Monday, two
city councilmen and two recently
hired policemen' resigned. The
policemen said they were told to
“get out of town before dark”
following an incident at city hall
Friday night.
The three remaining city coun
cilmen, meanwhile, have called an
election for August 13, to fill the
unexpired terms of the resigned
councilmen.
Former councilmen George Shef
field and Gene Danford reported
that they had been told to either
“fire the policemen, resign from
the council, or else.”
THE TWO men blamed their re
signations on a “lack of cooperat
ion’’ from Mayor WJ. L. Skinner
in controlling the “hoodlum ele
ment” in* the west Georgia border
city.
There have been incidents of
dynamiting, pistol • shooting and
reckless driving late at night in
the town, the ex-councilmen re
ported. Atlanta Journal.
The Forsyth County, News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO HRK, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HA IA. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, July 21, 1955.
SINGING NOTICE
j The “Favorite Melody Quartet"
will be at Shiloh Methodist church
at 8 o’clock July 24th. This quar
tet is better known as the “Crip
pled Family.’’ Come out and en
joy some good singing.
H. D. Agent Urges
Safety First While
On Your Vacation
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Don’t take a vacation from safety.
That is a timely bit of advice
from Mrs. Zelma R. Bannister,
home demonstration agent for For
syth County.
“Your vacation should be a time
to relax from the regular routine—
bt it housework, farming or office
work, but the safety routine should
not be relaxed,” she said.
To skilled professional fishermen,
safety measures may be virtually
second nature, but remember, you
hardly qualify as a professional
with the week or two you may
spend at fishing during the year,
Mrs. Bannister pointed out.
She suggested that, if children
are taken on fishing trips, the im
portance of sitting still in the boat
should carefully be explained to
them before hand. “Be sure to
keep the tackle bov locked or out
of reach of small children, too.”
If boating is to be part of your
vacation fun, the HD agent urged
that you remember these rules
about safety in boating: Never
stand up and don’t change seats
unless the boat is in shallow water.
Don’t overload the boat and be
sure to distribute weight *evenly.
I Use the proper size outboard to
fit your boat. Stay on shore in bad
weather.
“Before you set up camp in a
strange surrounding, pay a visit to
the nearest forest ranger and let
him brief you on possible hazards
of that area. Establish a cooking
a cooking center so that pots and
pans hung over the fire cannot tip
over. When you are ready to leaye,
police the camp site thoroughly
and be sure the fire is out,” Mrs.
Bannister said.
WHY I ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES?
We will attempt to give some of
the reasons why I go to Church.
1. The first reason for attending
church services is that I have been
unable to find a good reason for
not attending. I have heard many
people tell why they do not attend
church —but I have yet to hear onb
good reason—except sickness, or
sickness or death in the family.
2. In all good faith I promised
to abide by the requirements in
our church covenant—among those
obligations was to attend and sup
port the church. A Christian should
be a man of his word.
3. Jesus established the church
with his own precious blood. If I
love him I should surely love his
church. Wfe are laborers together j
with Christ.
4. I need the church (the Christ-j
ians in the Church) and the church
needs me. The Bible encourages us
to worship reverently and regular
ly. Forsake not the assembly! ng of
yourselves together.” “I was glad
when they said let us go into the
House of the Lord.”
5. I am a steward of my in
fluence as well as everything else
that I have. I long tto point people
to God and I can't point them to
God unless I am faithful to God’s
Church and to all my fellowmen.
I think it is impossible to glorify
God by ignoring the church. Faith
fulness is what God requires; if I
am not faithful my infleunce for
good and for God approaches the
Zero mark.
6. I go to church because I love
to go. I go to worship and to lay
bare my soul before God. I do not
go to find fault with others but to
ask God to forgive me of my sins
and help me to be a better Christ
ian. I long for the prayers of fel
low Christians. The Church is a
house of prayer to me. It is a won
derful fellowship.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Fire-Saving Gear
Added, Fire Units
Lauded By Cravey
Safety Fire Commissioner Zack
D. Cravey today complimented the
paid and volunteer fire department
of the state far their foresighted
ness in purchasing resuscitators.
He cited several units but pointed
out there were many others.
“With the swimming season in
full swing these resuscitators can
mean the difference between life
and death in many mishaps,” Mr.
Cravey declared.
The commissioner said that the
resusitator now in use at Toccoa
was bought from funds raised by
a cake sale sponsored by the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, several
of whose members are with the
fire department.
Hartwell firemen staged a dance
and carnival to provide money for
their resuscitator, he repoprted,
while the City of Nashville bought
one. for its fire unit outright.
Mr. Cravey further stated that
the Town of Clayton is planning
to buy a resuscitator and at pres
ent is debating the best method to
raise the money.
Yes, The Co-operative
Program Is Scriptural
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES
In New Testament times we find
the twelve and later Barnabas and
Paul also called apostles (Acts 14:
14). But the apostolic age closed
with the first century. In the New
Testament, Peter is the secretary
for missions among the Jews while
Paul held the same position for
missions among the Gentiles.
“James and Cephas (Peter) and
John....gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship, that
! we should go unto the Gentiles,
i and they unto the circumcision
(Jews)” (Gal. 2: 9). This was the
agreement made at the first great
association or convention held at
Jerusaem. Paul and Barnabas were
to direct the mission work among
the nations, Peter and John among
the Jews.
After Peter’s death John succeed
ed him, and after Paul’s death Tim
othy became secretary, or superin
tendent of Missions, in Ephesus,
directing the program for the state
of Asia. After Timothy’s death
John assumed the leadership in
Asia. He was so strong a defender
of the tiiie gospel that he was
banished by the Imperial Govern
ment of Rome to the island of
Patmos (Rev. 1: 9). John was the
secretary, or promoter, of Christian
mission program; he was the mag
netic leader and so was exiled.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
We in the Soil Conservation Ser
vice believe in Accident Prevention
because it’s just good common
sense—and good business. Don’t
forget that July 24 through July 30
is national farm safety week. Your
safety is in your hands.
J. R. Smith on the Dr. Bramblett
road has coompleted a dam that
will impound water for livestock
purposes.
Other dams that have been sur
veyed by the local SCS technicians
include J. C. Holbrook, Rade B. Sex
ton, E. E. Buice, A. C. Smith, W. V.
Chamblee and Jerry Byers.
Anyone who would like to have
Bream ordered for their lake or
pond see your local SCS technician
before August first.
Roy Wood of the U. S. Federal
Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta,
Fred Dickson of the State Game *
and Fish Commission, Atlanta, Mrs
C. A. Wyatt of the Wolf Creek
Development Association, Memphis
Tennessee and others from Tennes
see and Kentucky spent last Friday
making observations in the Setting
down Creek watershed of the duck
windows in the wells of two of the
Flood Prevention Dams.
CHURCH REVIVAL
Sharon Baptist Church will be
gin their Revival Sunday July 24,
with service at 10:30 A. M. and
7:30 P. M. You are cordially invit
ed to attend. -..*_„****.
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GEORGIA SENATORS HAIL GIANT RIVERS PROJECTS.—
Pleased at final success crowning their efforts of many years. Sena
tors Walter F. George and Richard B. Russell happily scan a report
of Georgia river dam projects, just approved by the Senate. A total
of $176 millions will be used to build multi-purpose Chattahoochee
River (Fort Gaines) and Savannah River (Hartwell) dams. The
Army Engineers will begin construction this Fall. White Huuse
approval is now expected for the appropriations bill which gives
Georgia the only new dam projects in this region. Senator George
said “unsurpassed teamwork" of (tic Corr.in g; uus respon
sible for this success, and he praise,! all 1. ..ressn/n
for their cooperation on the projects.
Ga. Banks Principal
Lenders To State’s
Farmers In 1954
Georgia farmers met their credit
needs during 1954 chiefly by loans
from their local bank, according to
Paul H. Worley, Cashier, Bank of
Cumming, who represents the
Georgia Bankers Association as
Forsyth County Key Banker. Geor
gia banks remained the largest
lenders to the state’s farmers dur
ing the year, providing far more,
financial aid to our farmers than
any other lending agency, he noted.
Quoting from the fourteenth an
nual farm lending survey of the
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association, Mr.
Worley stated that on January 1,
1955, Georgia banks had loans out
standing to farmers totaling $65,-
719,000 .including both production
and mortgage loans. This compared
with a total of $29,565,000 held by
the Farmers Home Administration,
the second largest lender to Geor
gia farmers. In ddition, Georgia
banks held $42,698,000 in C. C. C
loans under the government’s price
support program not included in
the above figures.
“Despite reduced net income and
continued high production expen
ses on farms,” Mr. Worley said,
“repayment of loans is rapid, and
farm assets are at near-record lev-
els, indicating that these factors
have not in any sense weakened
' the financial soundness of agricul
| ture. Bank loans play an import
; ant part in maintaining this strong
financial position by permitting
our farmers to make use of the lat
est equipment and modern pro
duction and marketing methods, re ■
suiting in greater efficiency. The!
Jmajority of farm loans held byj
Georgia , banks are for these pro-1
duction and operating expenses.”
Bearing out Mr. Worley's state
ment regarding the use of bank
loans to farmers is the fact that of
the total farm debt outstanding in
banks in Georgia on January 1,
$33,657,000 was in non-real estate
or production loans. This compares
with $15,039,000 held by Product
ion Credit Associations and sll,-
278,000 held by the Farmers Home
Administration. “It can be seen /
from these figures that over one
half of the production credit used
by the state’s farmers in 1954 came j
from banks,” he stated. He also 1
pointed out that high percentage
of the $32,062,000 in farm mort
gages held by banks in the state
at the beginning of this year weer
made for production and operating
purposes.
Mr. Woriey reported that 334 of
the 347 insured commercial banks j
in Georgia served agriculture by
making farm loans during 1954. |
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Tractor accidents accounted for
about one-fifth of the 3,800 deaths
from farm work accidents in 1953,
according to the National Safety
Council.
County Population 15,000. Number 39.
Lumpkin Bank
President Dies After
Long Illness Here
DAHLONEGA—Jamerson Frank- \
lin Pruett Sr., long-time president I
of the Bank of Dahlonega, died |
Saturday afternoon after a long ill-1
ness.
Mr. Pruett moved to Dahlonega
in 1902. T\Vo years later he was
named county ordinary and admit
ed/ to the bar. He was one of the
'founders of the Bank of Dahlonega
established in 1914, and has served
as its president, attorney, and di
rector ever since, except for a two
year period.
He was mayor of the community
for a number of years, served on
the city council for 20 consecutive
years, and was former member of
the city school board.
Mr. Pruett spent 15 years in the
Georgia legislature, four of them
in the Senate. He was never de
feated for public office.
He was a member of the Dah
lonega Baptist Church and the
Blue Mountain Masonic Lodge.
Funeral services were held Mon
day July 18, at 2 o’clock from the
Dahlonega Baptist Church “with the
Rev. A. C. Johnson officiating. In
terment in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Navy Recruiting
Doing Well Now
States Recruiter
Chief Petty Officer Tom Roh
; erts, USN, Officer in charge of the
Navy Recruiting Substation in At
lanta said ttoday that his enlisted
procurement program is going ex-
I tremely well. The Chief gives the
| credit to the Navyss new "BUDDY
j SYSTEM” whichallows buddies to
enlist together and remain togeth
er throughout the entire period
they aree in Navy Recruit Train
ing.
“The Navy is a grand life for a
boy’' said the Chief, “but most
lads like a familiar face around
when the going gets a little rough.
Chief Roberts admitted that Navy
Recruit Training is as tough today
as it has ever been and is still the
proving ground of seafaring men.
Navy Wave Recruiter
To Be In Atlanta
Chief Yeoman Sylvia Klinke, USN,
Wave Recruiter for the Georgia
Recruiting Area, will be in Attlanta
each Friday at the U. S. Navy Re
cruiting Office for the purpose of
interviewing any young ladies who
are intereested in a career in the
Navy as a Wave.
Chief Klinke has served in the
Navy for more than ten years and
is well qualified to answer any
question you may have on the life
of W/omen in the Navy. Come up
to the Navy Recruiting Office in
the Geeorgia Savings Bank Bldg.,
comer of Peachtree and Broad or
call Walnut 7834 on Friday..
Civilian Defense
Meeting Held Here 1
Monday Afternoon
Mr. Jimmie Barnes, Civilian De
fense Director for Forsyth County
reported that an excellent meeting
was held Monday afternoon at the
Otwell & Barnes Chapel composed
of a large group of young people
and adults.
The meeting was addressed by
Sgt. WaJton of the U. S. Air Corps
and his subject was both interest
ing and educational and dealt with
the Civilians place in case of Air
Attack or Disaster, and also gave
instructions that those present
might serve as Air Observers in
Alerts that are being held all over
the U. S. and that Civilians who
are prepared might render a valu
able service to both their Commun
ity and Country.
In the future there will be held
a study coure and lectures at re
gular intervals and each citizen In
the city or county that are willing
to volunteer for this type of ser
vice Is urgently requested to con
tact Mr. Barnes in person or by
telephone at 2478 or 2978.
Bennett-Henderson
Reunion Convenes
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The Bennett-Henderson Reunion
convenes at Shady Grove Baptist
Church Sunday July 24.
All relatives and friends are cor
dially Invited to attend and make
this one of the best meetings we
l have ever had. Be sure to come
j and bring some one with you and
j your lunch and let us spend the
I entire day in song .worship and
| devotion service to God and his
cause.
Let all whom are relatives know
about it and make it a meeting or
get together so that it may be
greatly enjoyed by all as a great
tigp,e in your life.
Trusting that we may see you
on that occasion, we are,
Raleigh Bennett, President
J. B Driskell, Secretary
ASC NEWS
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Marketing quota penalty rates on
“excess” cotton of . the 1955 crops
of upland cotton were announced
today by the U. S. Department of
| Agriculture. The penalty rate on
upland cotton is 17.7 cents per
pound.
| As directed by controlling legis
lation, the marketing quota penalty
rate for upland cotton is 50 per
cent of the parity price pep pound
of cotton as of June 15 of tfre call
, endar year in which the crop is
; produced. The parity price for up
| land cotton for June 15, 1955, 'was;
35.34. cents per pounjl.
Growers last December voted ap
proval of marketing quotas for the
1955 crops of upland and extra
long staple cotton. When cotton
marketing quotas are in effect, a
farmer who does not comply with
the cotton acreage allotment estab
lished for the - kind of cotton grown,
on his farm is subject to a penalty
on his farm marketing excess. The
•cotton crop from such a farm is
also ineligible for price support un
der the Commodity Credit Corpor
ation loan program. The two types
of cotton are treated independently
Upland cotton cannot be substitut
ed for extra long staple cotton or
vice versa.
Minimum price-support levels for
the 1955 crops of cotton were an
nounced on February 23, 1955, at
31.70 cents per pound gross weight
for upland basis Middling 7-8 inch,
and a 55.20 cents per pound net
weight on extra long staple cotton.
Evangelistic Services
The Annual Evangelistic Services
at Shiloh Methodist Church, Bells
District, Forsyth County will be
gin at 11 A. M. Sunday July 24
and continue for the week thru
July 30th. The Reverend James Me
Brayer, W. H. Bowman and Dewy
Baily preaching.
Here is a team of spiritua Imen
that will be a blessing to any one
in need of Spiritual help.
Everybody is urged to attend the
great spiritual blessings poured out
on the people. LeFevor Quartette
will be there Sunda night. Wet*
come to all by the Paster;