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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 ■ I 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. -..*_„****. _ * ... ■ lit ljd|K 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. | .. 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 1 __ _ 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 .** , 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;