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Volume 46.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Crops in Forsyth County this
year are generally yielding more
than any time in the past five
years. Cotton is turning out better
than expected, both in yield and in
stape with some yields nearly reach
ing the two bale per acre mark.
While there does not seem to be
many especially high com 'yields,
there are a great many yields in
the 50 to 60 bushel per acre range
which is much, much better than
the state average which is expected
to be near the 20 bushel mark.
Our greatest concern now, crop
wise, is planting small grains, win
ter cover crops and pastures.
Whiile there have been a very few
light showers in scattered areas
over the county, land in general is
much too dry to germinate the
seed that is now being put in the
ground. Although we normally
think of November and December
as being rather late in seeding fall
crops, it is much better to plant
them late and receive some late
winter grazing and land protection
than it is to buy feed throughout
the winter months.
A mixture of oats, rye grass and
crimson clover planted now can
still give some good grazing in late
winter and early spring when graz
ing of any kind is at a premium.
Good land preparation and lim
ing to meet the needs of your soil
should not be neglected. If the
above mixture is used it should be
planted at the rate of 2 bushels of
oats, 20 pounds of rye grass and
20 pounds of crimson clover per
acre. If preferred, 20 pounds of
crimson clover and 30 pounds of
rye grass will give good grazing
as will crimson clover planted with
either oats or barley.
Regardless of which of the above
mixtures you choose it should be
fertilized at the rate of about 500
pounds of a 4—12—12 fertilizer per
acre at the time of or before plant
ing. It should be topdressed with
40 to 56 pounds of nitrogen as
soon as the plants are up and have
made some growth.
Depending upon the amount of
growth made and the need for
grazing, it should receive an addi
tional 16 to 32 pounds of nitrogen
in February or early March. This
additional application of nitrogen
will not only give more grazing
but will extend the grazing period
on until late spring.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Joel and Bud Heard near Matt
have completed the construction of
a farm pond. Wesley Haynes of
Canton constructed the ambank
ment.
W. A. Vance of the Shady Grove
community has completed the con
struction of a farm pond. Bobby
Jones of Duluth was the contract
or.
The Flood Prevention Dam In
the Spot community is nearing
completion.
The Flood Prevention Dam in
the Marvin Wallis section will be
the next one to be contracted for
construction.
Farmers in the Settingdown
Creek Watershed who have cleared
bottom land this summer include
F. T. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Mathieson, Beeler Mundy, Ed Nor
rell .Earnest White, Bud and Joel
Heard, J. W. Tatum, Jerry Byers,
R. F. Hardeman an dthe Mashburn
doctors.
There are a number of farmers
cooperating with the Upper Chatta
hoochee River Soil Conservation
District throughout the county who
have cleared land of undesirable
woodland this past year and are
now treating this land according
to its capability.
HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL
WHERE —Sharon School
WHEN—Saturday night Oct., 29th
at 8:00. Turkey and pig to be giv
en away, eats, drinks and Cake
walk, music and fun for everyone.
Proceeds go for lunchroom equip
ment for Sharon and Brandywine
Schools. Sponsored by Sharon Com
munity.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY St CITY OF GUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIJ. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
NOTICE
The Forsyth County Masonic
Association will be entertained by
Matt Lodge No. 694, F. & A. M„
Saturday night, October 29, at 7:30
Election of officers for 1956.
Dinner will be served. The prin
cipal speaker will be Rev. Harold
Zwald, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Cumming and a member
C|f LaFayette Lodge No. 44. All
Master Masons and their families
are cordially invited.
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett, Pres.
L. W. Holbrook, B-president
A. C. Smith, Jr., Secretary
ASC NEWS
A national marketing quota of
10 million bales (standard bales of
500 pounds gross weight) and a
national acreage allotment of 17,-
391,304 acres for the 1956 crop of
upland cotton were proclaimed by
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson.
The Secretary also announced
that a referendum on the cotton
marketing quota will be held on
December 13, 1955. At least two
thirds of the cotton farmers voting
in thereferendum must approve
marketing quotas if they are to be
effective. A referendum on market
ing Quotas for the 1956 crop of ex
tra long staple cotton will be held
on the same date.
Under the basic formula provided
by law, the upland cotton market
ing quota would be below the an
nounced level if it were not for a
“minimum” provision in the law.
This minimum is 10 million bales,
and that automatically becomes the
marketing quota under the present
supply situation.
The national acreage allotment,
Ander the legislative provisions, is
that acreage, based on the national
average yield per planted acre for
the 5 years 1950-54 inclusive, re
quired to produce an amount of
cotton equal to the national mark
eting quota.
Under provisions of the Agricul
tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended, the Secretary of Agricul
ture is directed to proclaim, not
later than October 15, a national
marketing quota and a national
acreage allotment for upland cotton
whenever he finds that the total
supply exceeds the normal supply.
The national marketeing quota is
defined as the amount of cotton
needed from the 1956 crop to make
available a “normal supply” of cot
ton in 1956-57. However, legislation
also provides that the minimum
national marketing quota for the
1956 cotton crop shall be 10 mil
lion bales of 1 million bales less
than the 1954-55 domestic consump
tion and eports, whichever is sfall
er.
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation State and ’ County
Committees are now compiling the
acre data upon which to base 1956
farm acreage allotments. The nat
ional allotment will be apportioned
to States, the State allotments to
counties, and the county allotments
to farms according to provisions of
the law. Individuals farm acreage
allotments will be made available
to producers prior to the referen
dum.
If growers approve quotas in the
referendum, price support on the
1956 upland cotton crop will be
made available to eligible growers
at the full level of the effective
supports. If quotas are turned
down, support to eligible growers
will drop to 50 percent of parity.
Growers who exceed their farm
acreage allotment under an upland
cotton quota program will be sub
ject to penalties of 50 percent of
parity on the farm’s excess pro
duction. In addition, all the upland
cotton produced on the farm will
be ineligible for price support. In
[general, the farm marketing quota
whiich is the amount that may be
marketed free from penalty is the
production from the farm’s acre
age allotment.
In the referendum held last De
| cember on marketing quotas for
the 1955 upland cotton crop, 92
percent of the growers voting ap
proved quotas.
HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL
There will be a Hallowe’en Car
nival at the Matt School House on
Monday night October 31st at 7
o’clock sponsored by the Matt H.
D. Club. Come out and enjoy it
Cumming Georgia, Thursday October 27, 1955.
Hope High For Peace,
George Says of Talks
Georgia Senator In Washington
Confab Preparatory to New
“Big Four” Conference
WASHINGTON. Senator Walter
F. George says that peace is still
the dominating issue in the world
today and that there is hope the
upcoming Big Four talks at Geneva
“will be productive of much good.”
The Georgia Senator, who is
Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, was back in
Washington for conferences prepa
ratory to the Foreign Ministers’
Conference opening at Geneva on
October 27. He made his comments
at a press conference that was at
tended by a crowd of nearly 100
reporters, radio and television
newsmen.
Senator George said that Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles,
in going to the Foreign Ministers’
Conference, has the support of top
Congressional leaders of both par
ties, although he emphasized he
prefers the designation “non-parti
san” rathen than “bi-partisan.” At
the conference will be taken up
three principal topics, including
(1) Unification of Germany, (2)
Disarmament, and (3) East-West
Trade and Communication. The
new series of conferences follow
the ‘‘summit” meeting attended by
President Eisenhower and the
chiefs of state of France, Russia,
and Great Britian last July. It was
Senator George who insisted that
Big Four talks be held in a search
for a formula for world peace and
he is generally credited with hav
ing inspired this major world ef
fort to end the cold war.
In addition to engaging in the
State Department conferences, Sen.-
ator George also conferred with
various government department
heads about Georgia matters. He
departed Washington on the week
end to resume his speaking sche
dule at Athens, Georgia.
TEMPTATION
Every temptation to compromise
a spiritual conviction is satonic in
(origin. Satan did his best to get
Jesus to take some short cuts to
victory. The temptation to be a re
gular “guy” and go with the crowd
when your better judgment tells
you not to do it is a temptation
that many people are yielding to
these days. Your honest convictions
and faith in God are your most
prized possessions; if you compro
mise these you are yielding to the
most cunning temptations that Sa
tan has in store for mortal men.
The evil one always trys to come
up on your blind side and get you
to yield before you realize what
has happened. He will tell you that
you should be broad and liberal.
The evil one will suggest that it is
alright to believe something, but
don’t take the words of Jesus so
literally. He begins his efforts to
trip us as soon as we become
Christians. He tries to confuse us
in the matter of spiritual judgment
even as he sought to confound Je
sus and the Lords interpretation
of the best way to accomplish
God’s mission in his life.
Wfiie Satan has tricks for use
in his trade, there are secrets we
can use successfully in overcoming
temptations. One of these is to
resist the devil continually—Jesus
did not lower his guard nor accept
bottle on the terms Satan offered.
He kept the initiative in his own
hands and successfully withstood
Saatan’s suggestions. Another de
vice was {hat, in the midst of temp
tation, the Lord remained loyal to
his higher ideals. We should re
main firm in our allegiance to
everything a Christian stands for.
W. R. CALLAWAY
ORDINATION SERVICE
Ordination service will be held
Friday night November 4, at 7:30
at Coal Mountain Baptist Church
for the purpose of Ordmning Bro.
Leon Morgan to the full work of
the Ministry. All preachers and
Deacons of all Sister Churchers
!are especially invited to attend and
help in this service.
W. M. Brooks, Sr.,
Died Oct., 19, Funeral
Held Oh Friday
A Former Resident of Forsyth
Death came late Wednesday af
ternoon for Mr. Whiter M. Brooks,
Sr., 57, after two years of patient
suffering from an illness which
had brought a paralytic condition.
The end came at Howell-Quillian
Clinic, where he was carried Sun
day in the hope of finding a re
lief for his condition. Despite the
best medical attention, his life was
not tobe spared for further earthly
duties.
The body was carried to the
Owen Funeral Home and prepared
for burial. Funeral services were
held at 2 o’clock Friday at Gilmer
Street Baptist church. Rev. War
ren Watkins, Rev. A. F. Pope and
Rev. Walter Bryant, a former pas
tor, now residing in Kentucky of
ficiated. Interment at Oak Hill
cemetery where a Masonic grave
side service was conducted.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, the former Betty Redd, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Redd of Waleska; one daughter,
Mrs. Johnny Hamilton, and one
son, Wpler M. Brooks, Jr., of Car
tersville. A grand daughter, Donna
Sue, also survives, along with four
sisters and four brothers. They are
Mrs. Odell West of Calhoun, Mrs.
Clyde Qilleland of Smyrna; Mrs.
W. P. Holbrook of Cumming, Mrs.
A. J. Bottoms of Anniston, Ala.,
Messrs. Jewell Brooks and Hoyt
Brooks of Cumming; J. C. Brooks
of Anniston, Ala., and P. T. Brooks
of Marietta.
For six years prior to his last
illness, Mr. Brooks was ji whole
sale grocery salesman, but for the
major portion of his business life,
he operated a successful mercan
tile business at Folsom, in the
northeast section of Bartow county
A man of sterling worth, and of
the finest character, the deceased
was one upon whom his family
and friends depended, and in that
dependency never had reason to be
disappointed. The family is receiv
ing tenderests sympathies from 3
host of relatives and friends in
their hour of deepest sorrow.
Melton Insists
Colleges In Georgia
Stay Segregated
ATLANTA, (GPS) Quimby Melton,
Jr., who, among other things, is
editor of the Griffin Daily News,
president of the Georgia Press As
sociation and a member of the Uni
versity System’s Board of Regents
and the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee, was a featured
speaker at the recent United
Daughters of the Confederacy con
vention held In Albany.
And, according to the reports,
what he said made good sense on
several scores. For example, on
the question of segregation in the
institutions of higher learning, he
declared:
“I intend to work for the better
ment of all the colleges in Georgia,
colored as well as white. But I
shall insist that hey remain seper
ate. Seggregation has proven the
wisest course for Georgia and as
far as I am concerned we will con
tinue to operate separate white
and negro colleges. That is all
there is to it as far as I’m con
cerned.”
Since becoming head of the GPA
last summer, Melton says he has
traveled more than 5,000 miles in
every part of the state, “and I
have found every mile of it marked
with progress new schools,
new homes, new hospitals and
health centers, new businesses and
industries and better farming ——
Now we rapidly are regaining our
place in the sun Georgia is
the greatest state in the nation;
its past is illustrious, its present
progressive and its future unlimit
ed.”
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
There will be a Halloween Carni
val at Haw Creek School House on
Saturday night October 29, at 7:30
There will be door prizes, Cake
I walking and fun for everyone.
! Don’t you dare miss it!!! Proceeds
| go to the Haw Creek Community
Improvement Club. Adimission 10c.
County Population 15,000. Number 43.
Fall Conference
14th District P. T. A.
Held At Tate, Georgia
The 14th District P. T. A. Fall
Conference held at Tate, Georgia,
at the Cool-Springs Baptist Church
'was most successful. Presided over
by Mrs. Parker orton, district dir
ector, the speakers were warmly
received and those attending from
the various schools in the district
were made most welcome.
S
Mr. A. L. James, principal of
Tate High Schcool expressed ap
preciation to P. T. A. 's for the
fine work being done. Mrs. James
stated that the association has a
place that no other organization
can fill.
Mr. Knox Walker,- the first man
to be president of the Georgia
P. T. A. spoke on Georgia’s Edu
cational program. Mr. Walker com
mended Mrs. Birney for her ideas
and objectives and for her starting
the P. T. A., called the “Congress
of Mothers’ in 1897. He stated that
the association had grown in in
fluence as well as number and
that all facilities must be utilized
for further development. Mr. Wal
ker Said that the need for public
schools is greater now than ever
before, and there is a need to eva
luate the school proggram—how
much the parent knows and how
much the teacher knows. Nothing
progresses without education, he
said, churches, ideas, health or
wealth. Also said some people
would like to destroy public schools
for selfish reasons because an un
educated person does not demand
a good government, a better wage,
living quarters or any of the com
forts of life.
Mr. Walker closed by saying
that the family and community
serve bach other and the P. T. A.
serves both, and everyone who ser
ves does so because of devotion
to a cause.
Mrs. Walter Stancil spoke on
program arranging and credited
Mr. W. P. §prayberry, former G.
E. A. head with saying that ‘lf
those in P. T. A. are sincere, they
can do anything they want’. Mrs.
Stancil is preparing to go to the
first White House Conference on
education ever held in Washington
D. C.
Mrs. J. B. Hill, Tate High P. T.
A. reported that 145 delegates re
gistered for the conferences—re
presenting three counties.
Mrs. Charles Miner, Marietta P.
T. A. Council, was unable to at
tend so in her place Mrs. George
Miles gave the courtesy response
She expressed thanks for all the
preparation and cordial hospitality
afforded the delegates.
The Tate High School P. T. A.
was a most gracious host.
Forsyth Countv High
School Home Coming
Forsyth County High School
Home Coming Festivities will be
celebrated Friday, November 4.
The Home Coming Football game
between the Coosa High School
and Forsyth County High School
will take place on the Buford Foot- J
ball Field at 8:00 p. m. At this I
time the four high school class j
Queens will be presented.
following the game there will |
be Open House at the new Forsyth |
County High School building at |
Cumming. All Forsyth County citi
zens are cordially invited to bo
present and enjoy a social evening
in our new building.
A Semi-Formal Dance will con
clude the evenings festivities.
The following are the Class
Queens:
Dee Anna Curtis Ninth Grade
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Curtis
Nancy Yarbrough Tenth Grade
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yarbrough
Gloria Swartwood, Eleventh Grade
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Swartwood
Nancy Worley Twelfth Grade
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Worley
E. E. Rogers, Publicity
CAKE WALK AT SILVER CIITY
HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 7TH.
■
There will be a Cake Walk at
the Silver City Community Club
House on November 7. We will
have plenty of home-baked cakes.
Come out and stroll with your best
girl. Sponsored by the Club.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
FIIESIDE
Across the country these October
evenings the people, many of them
in the country, are gathered about
the open fireside—children with
their schoolbooks, the parents in
their accustomed armed chairs.
That is one of the precious sym
bols of American life. Unfortunate
ly, few homes in the cities have an.
open fireplace. Radiators have tak
en their place.
There is something very real and
Important abput the oldtime fire
side. It is a focal point for the fam
ily. It somehow draws and holds
the family together.
One of the most impressive tra
ditions in our earlier American life
was the family altar— the open
Bible,- and the family kneeling in
prayer.
Argue as you will, they didn’t
have juvenile delinqueency in those
pioneer days when the family gatlv
ered about the open fire for fam
ily worship. There were exceptions,
of course, but the majority of our
homes were held together about
the family altar.
A distinguished theologian has
lately remarked that there was a
backlog of character In the early
American family on which we have
long been drawing, but we weren’t
keeping up the fire.
That is very well said. Day by
day we need the spiritual strength
which only the religious home can
provide.
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Driving back to Atlanta in tha
early evening from a funeral in
middle Georgia, I was impressed
by the picture of homes all along
the highway with flickering light
through the windows from open
firesides. I wanted to stop and
meet very such family. I might
have been disappointed, but I cher
ish the hope that they were homes
of strength.
For those of us who were bless
ed to have been reared in such
homes, let us these autumn even
ings go back in memory and re
fresh our souls in the knowledge
that the open fireside meant some
thing very real and vital for us.
And even if we cannot have the
open firesides in the cities and
towns, we can have the open Bible
and the kneeling family circle.
Wool And Lamb
Promotion Plan
Is Announced
A more effective promotion pro
gram for wool and lambs has been
announced by John F. Bradley,
state administrative officer of the
Agricultural Stabilization ann Con
servation committee.
The program was announced in
Georgia and other state after 72
percent of the nation's sheep pro
ducers approved it in a referendum
last month.
The agreemeent which was ap
proved provides for deductions
from payments under the Wool
Incentive Program to finance a
program of advertising, promotion,
and related market development
activities.
Bradley said deductions from the
1955 incentive payments to be made
in the summer of 1956 will amount
to one cent per pound from pay
ments on shorn wool and five cents
per hundred pounds of live weight
from payments on lambs and year
lings.
The ASC administrative officer
said the outcome of the referen
dum last month was based on the
number of sheep owned by eligible
producers voting. "However,” Brad
ley continued, “there was a close
correlation between the number of
producers voting and the vote on
the basis of sheep numbers.” He
said the final tabulation for the
nation showed that producers own
ing 72 percent of the sheep favor
ed the program, while 71.3 percent
of the eligible producers voting fav
ored the program..
In Georgia, sheep growers voted
93.2 percent in favor bf the pro
motion program. Those voting in
favor of the plan own 95.3 percent
of the sheep in the state.