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Volume 47.
ASC NEWS
In the light of sharp cotton ex
port declines on all-time record
carryover of 4 millions bales of cot
ton is forecast for next August 1,
according to Forsyth County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Committee, Chairman, C. A.
Bagwell.
With a total of 25.7 million bales
indicated as the 1955-56 supply a
new cotton supply record is being
set. An estimated disappearance of
11.7 bales in domestic consumption
and export leaves a carryover of
14 million bales—an amount one
million bales above the previous
record established in 1939.
Exports from August 1 through
November 1955 totaled about 506,-
000 bales compared with 1,129,000
in the same period a year earlier.
This is a decline of 55 percent.
The decline was most marked in
exports to western European coun
tries and Canada, with practically
no November shipments to Austria,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, 1
Switzerland, and Canada, and only
a few thousand bales to France,
the Republic of Germany, Italy,
Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The only exports that wtre com
parable in volume to last year’s
were those to Japan, the Republic
of Korea, Formosa, Finland, and
Spain, all of which are receiving
cotton under foreign aid programs
whereby a large promotion is paid
for in foreign currency.
The decline in U. S. Cotton ex
ports is the result of three factors:
(1) expectation by foreign buyers
that U. S. cotton would be available
for export at a later time at lower
prices. (2) availability of large
quanities of foreign-grown cotton
for export at prices as much as 8
cents a pound below those for com
parable quanities U. S. cotton; and
(3) a recent decline in mill con
sumption in cotton-ifnporting coun
tries. This decline in mill consump
tion in cotton-importing countries
was due in part to anticipated re
duction in cotton prices.
THE CHURCHES
INTERNAL ENEMIES
I am going to use Bro. Zwald’s
outline for the great sermon he
preached Sunday on “The Church
es Internal Enemies". He said that
these dangerous and deadly ene
mies of the church (rather in the
Church) are:
1. The deadly enemy of com
placent unconcern on the part of
the professing Christian and church
member in regard to the unsaved
and the great cause of righteous
ness in the community and around
the world. Living for self, having
no burden and concern for the
souls of men and giving nothing of
our material substance to send the
gospel to those who have never
heard. # ✓
2. Another enemy to' the church
is the hypocritical church member
who pretends to be a Christian on
Sunday, but from Monday through
Saturday no one would ever know
that he was a professing Christian
A few people like this in a church
can hurt the cause of Christ.
Christians should act like Christ.
Real Christians will act Christ-like.
3. Another internal enemy of the
church is envoy and jealousy that!
exist within the membership, j
“From whence come wars and
fighting among you? Come they>
not hence, even of your lusts that
war in your members? Ye lust and
have not; ye kill and desire to have
and cannot obtain Ye ask
and receive not, because ye askj
amiss, that ye may consume it
upon yyour lusts”. Read James 3 j
and 4. j
4. Enemy of malicious gossip is
anther deadly enemy. Read James
3rd chapter, saying something
about a person that is only “hear
say” is a dangerous thing to do.
Go see the person that wasa quoted
as saying some malicious thing
about you. "And the tongue is a
fire, a world of iniquity, so is the
tongue among our members, that
it defileth the whole body, and
setteth on fire the course of na
ture; and is set on fire of hell".
Gossip is really the result of an
evil imagination. Pray for that
person.
W. R. CALLAWAY
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON. CHISRO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAI.L AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
With your County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
j Whether the garden is a family
I project or whether it is solely a
| project for just one member of
■ the family, the family garden plays
| a most important part ki the lives
i of many of our families, both farm
| and city. It’s a proven fact that we
■ eat more of the right kinds of ve
getables when we grow them our
j selves. In Georgia alone the value
of ram gardens had an estimated
'value of slightly over 122 million
dollars in 1955. With a declining
income expected for 1956, it is
especially important for farm fam
ilies to have a well-planned garden
in order to save money for other
living costs and farm operations.
Those plans should be made now.
Plan a garden with a variety of
vegetables and fruits to meet the
dietary needs of the family. Plant j
at least 1-10 acre for each member
of the family.
Manage the garden soil properly.
If soil samples have not already
been taken, do so at once. The soil
may need lime to correct soil aci
dity. This is important for efficient
use of fertilizer and make certain
minor nutrient elements more av
ailable to plants.
Two to three tons of old poultry
litter or five to six tons of barn
yard manure or compost on a 1-2
acre garden will be of extreme
value in improving the physical
structure, water holding capacity
and fertility of the soil. If the mat
erials are not well rotteed, cut
down on the amount used now and
apply the rest this fall.
Decide now what varieties to
plant. Use only good seed of re
putable origin. Treat seed before
planting or buy seed thaf have al
ready been treated. This will help
prevent certain seed borne diseases
rduce seed decay, seedling blight
and damping off of seedlings. Some
seed treatment materials are: Ara
san, Spergon, Phygon, Captan and
Semesan. In preventing trouble
with seed corn maggot, white grub
and wireworm use a mixture con
taining Lindane or Chlordane or
apply in the seed drill as directed
in Extension Circular 373 “Insect
Control in the Home Garden”. Use
other materials according to dir
ections on the label. Variety recom
mendations are given in Extension
Bulletin 577, “Gardening in Georgia
| Plant these cool season vegetab
les during late February and early
March: Collards, turnips, mustard,
I kale, spinach, broccoli, lettuce, Eng
lish peas, beats, carrots, radishes,
and Irish potatoes just a little lat
er. Transplant cabbageg and onion
plants.
Folks planning to grow their own
tomato, pepper, or eggplant plants
should plant the seed from 6 to 8
j weeks before they can be set in the
open. Se Extnsion Bulletin 560
“Plant Bds for Early Plants” for
information on construction of
plant beds and management of the
bed for growinng plants. A seed
box which can be set in the sun
during the day and inside for pro
tection at night can be used for
growing a few plants'for garden.
i
Stay With Your
Buddies Through
Recruit Training
Stay with your buddies in the,
Marine Corps “Peach” Platoon.
This is an opportunity for buddies
to stay together throughout their
10 weeks of “Boot” camp.
The Gateway squad will leave j
for Macon, Georgia for enlistment i
in the Marine Corps on February '
27. Major Gene M. Hoover, Re
cruiting Officer, states there are
enough two (2) year active duty
vacancies available to satisfy the
demand.
For more information on this
“Stay with your buddy platoon”
see your local Marine Recruiter.
' —— J
Production and use of commer
cial vegetables in Georgia has in
creased steadily during the past
several years, while total product
ion of most fruits except citrus
has trended downward.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday February 16, 1956
To The People of
( Forsyth County
| lam not offering for re-election
to the office* of County School
| Superintendent due to the fact that
| two of my relatives by marriage
i have made their decision to offer
j for the office I now hold.
I appreciate more than I can ex
press in words the encouragement,
j support and cooperation you have
always given me during the past
fifteen years you have permitted
me to serve as your County School
i Superintendent. It has always been
, my purpose to serve honestly, fair
ly and with all the ability I posses
sed.
During the past fifteen years we
have made much progress in all of
the schools of our County. We look
with pride to our new high school
building equal to that of any school
building in the State of Georgia.
When I took office January Ist,
1941, we did have an adequate
transportation system. Today we
are transporting over ninety per
cent of our boys and girls to and
from school.
My philosophy of life has been
deepened and broadened by the
many experiences I have had in
working with the teachers, bus
drivers, children and parents of
Forsyth County. As I look forward
to the future my hearts desire is
to live up to the confidence you
have always placed in me. May we
continue to work together to im
prove our educational system in
Forsyth County, giving to the boys
and girls the opportunities they
deserve.
If I can ever be of service to you
in any way, do not hesitate to call
on me.
Gratefully yours,
A. R. Housley, Supt.
Forsyth County Schools
| Five Steps To Better
Sewing Offered
Five steps to easier sewing are
recommended by Mrs. Zelma Ban
nister, home demonstration agent
for Forsyth county.
“As important as any step in
making a garment is the selction
of material, pattern, and thread,”
she said. “Five important things to
consider in these selections make
for a better looking outfit and a
more professional looking garment,
she stated.
The HD agent said if plaids or
stripes are to be used the pattern
should not have too many pieces,
or, “you will end up with a jigsaw
puzzle effect.” She also warned
against use of circular skirts.
“Plaids or stripes will seem to run
off the dege like a road off a cliff.!
Check before you buy and be sure
the repeats of color and pattern
are equally distributed through the
cloth.” |
Mrs. Bannister said care should
be taken when using a one-way
fabric such as velvet, corduroy, or
one-way prints, to select a pattern
that can be cut with all the pieces
running one way. “Otherwise you
will have a patchwork of different
lusters or textures.”
Patterns such as princess dress
es are best made up in small print
If a large print is used the print
motif will show off better if a
pattern is used in which the bodice
and skirt are cut in a few large
pieces, the home agent pointed out.;
“Some people like to buy their
pattern first, others the fabric. If
you pick your fabric first, be sure 1
to select your pattern before you '
let the salesclerk make the cut. If
the pattern is not designed specifi- j
cally for plaid, it is wise to buy an '
extra half a yard. The same is
true of a large print."
“Always select thread to go with
a specific material. When stitchingi
on silk, use a silk thread; for ray
on, a silk or rayon thread;; for
nylon, nylon thread; for wool, silk
or mercerized cotton or linen, use
either mercerized or regular cot
ton thread. W’atch for Dacron, Or
ion and Dynel threads to use on
these fabrics.”
“Thread works up a shade light
er than it appears on the spool.
Choose a shade slightly darker
than your material’ ; Mrs. Bannis
ter conclude.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
HAPPY DAYS
We have had some happy days—-
days when we could look out and
see water dripping from the eaves.
As this is written on Saturday, we
have had as much rain in the first
four days of February as we had
in all 6f January. That is wonder
ful.
Driving down to Screven County
last week to see my folks, I kept
looking for oats along the way.
but saw only a few fields of close
ly grazed oats or any other winter
grain. Herds of cattle were nibbling
on brown grass and corn stalks.
In Jenkins and Screven I saw a
few fields of oats that looked like
Georgia in February, but only a
few. It looks now as if Georgia is
in for a short grain crop, even
with the present good rains. One
farmer said:
“I planted oats when we had a
shower back in the fall, and they
managed to come up, but the cold
bit them bad, and then I turned my
dairy cattle on them a few days,
but they couldn’t find enough to
even nibble on. I believe the roots
are alive and that the oats and
rye will come if we can just get
some rain.
Another farmer put it this way:
"Thank the good Lord, we made
enough hay last year to keep my
cattle alive, and enough corn to
carry my hogs, even if the prices
are very low. I am keepingg my
head above the dust, so far.”
Let’s be thankful for the rain,
though delayed, and let’s look to
God for help as we come to anoth
er spring. Very little plowing has
been done, mainly because it has
bbeen so dry. My guess is that the
farmers will be busy in a few days,
and rfiece will be hope in their
hearts, as always.
We think we are having it tough
and we are, but let some really
oldtimer tell you what he has
been through, and you will walk
away singing.
We are probably in for some ad
justments, all along the line —not
only on the farm, but in a good
many other places. And it might
not be the worst thing that could
happen to us. Cheap money doesn’t
buy very much, in any market,
and we have had too much cheap
money lately. The crime statistics
prove that.
Meanwhile, remember to thank
the good Lord for the rain.
FORSYTH COUNTY HKiH
SCHOOL NEWS
The faculty welcomed Mrs. Anne
Davis to the high school staff this
week. Mrs. Davis taught at Blue
i Ridge High School before Christ
mas, but is now living in their
new home in Dawson County. She
has four years of previous teach
| ing experience.
| Berry McWhorter, an FFA mem
(ber, produced 100.23 bushels of
corn. He is the only farmer in For
syth County to have produced over
a hundred bushels per acre. The
local Co-op Store gave a prize of
$50.00 and he is to be the guest of
State Department of Vocational
Education at a luncheon meeting
February 23rd.
Four members of the Tri-Hi-Y
and Hi-Y attended the General As
sembly February 13. They had at
tended the State Youth Assembly
in December and wanted to se*e
how the General Assmbly actually
worked. The students making the
trip were Joyce Ingram, Jane Ot
wefll, Emory Lipscomb and Johnny
Pirkle. Mrs. James T. Coots was!
the sponsor that accompanied the
students.
STH GRADE BOYS 4 H CLUB
The Cumming Fifth Grade Boys
4-H Club met Monday February 13,
at 12:45 p. m. in room 5-B.
The meeting was called to order
by the President Randall Howard.
The group gave the 4-H pledge.
The roll was called by the Secre
tary, Jimmie Barnes.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mr. Walter Rucker, County
Agent, who talked with us about
4-H achievement and project de
monstrations.
Eugegne Hansard, Reporter
County Population 15,000. Number 7.
Soil Conservation
Service News
James T. Coots
I “ ~
SCD SUPERVISORS UPP-CHATT
RIVER PLAN OBJECTIVES
Major objectives in the 1956
work plan for the Upper Chatta
hoochee River Soil Conservation
District were outlined at a meeting
of the Board of Supervisors at the
Civic Center in Gainesville, Georgia
Thursday, January 26.
Forsyth County Supervisors W. J.
Orr and Jay L. Holbrook announ
ced District objectives as follows:
1. Sponser an award meeting this
summer to honor outstanding con
servation farmers in the District.
2. Assist in conducting an Essay-
Speaking Contest in the high
schools of the District.
3. Work actively with all local
newspapers in the District in fur
nishing them current information
about the progress of soil and wat
er conservation work in the Dis
trict.
4. Enter the Goodyear Awards
Contest for the purpose of main
taining a more active District pro
gram and the accomplishment of
more soil and water conservation
measures on the land.
5. I%ovide outstanding conserva
tion farmers who are District Co
operators with an opportunity to
purchase “District Cooperator
Signs” in recognition of their suc
cess as conservation farmers.
6. Sponsor several field trips dur
ing the summer to discuss differ
ent phases of the soil and water
conservation program in the Dis
trict and to study the work es
tablished on farms in several coun
ties.
7. Work actively with all other
organized groups at the County
and District level in promoting a
"Plant Pine Trees” project.
8. Work with leading farmers in
the establishment of field trial
plantings of Coastal Bermuda grass
for hay and stolon production.
9. Emphasize the need for com
munity effort and individual farm
er leadership in taking advantage
of the assistance offered through
the small watershed program.
10. Encourage full cooperation
and active work among the local,
srate and federal Agricultural
Agencies in providing assistance to
farm owners.
In the absence of Board Chair
man Robert M. Moore, Dahlonega,
Georgia, Mr. W. J. Orr, Cumming,
Georgia, Vice Chairman of the
Board of District Supervisors pre
sided at the meeting. District Suj?
ervisors and SCS personnel from
the six counties in the Upp-Chatt-
River SCD attended the meeting.
During the coming months the
Board of District Supervisors will
at regular meetings discuss details
of the ten point program outlined
for 1956. Efforts are being directed
toward the accomplishment of more
soil and water conservation meas
ures on the farm lands in this area
“Teacher of the Year”
For Forsyth County
Miss Wilma Ivie, a home econo
mics teacher at Forsyth County
High School, was the winner in the
“Teacher of the Year” contest spon
sored by the Forsyth County Cham
ber of Commerce. The winner will
now compete with teachers of the
Ninth District to see who will be
the representative of the Ninth
District.
Miss Ivie has taught home eco
nomics for the last ten years at
Cumming High School. Today the
department is one of the largest in
the state. She has eight girls who
have received the State Homemak
er Degree, which is the highest |
honor a Future Homemaker can,
earn.
The Forsyth County Chamber
of Commerce wishes to thank all
the schools that participated in the
contest.
IMPORTANCE NOTICE
Elmer Snodgrass and the Musi
cal Pioneers will be at the Chatta
hoochee School Friday night Feb
ruary 17 at 8 o’clock —Admission I
50 and 75 cents—Sponsored by the {
P. T. A.— Come out and enjoy the,
program.
To The People Of
Forsyth County
I hereby announce my Candidacy,
| for Sheriff of Forsyth County, Ga.,
jin the Democratic Primary to bo
(held on the 21st day of March,
1956, subject to the rules and re
gulations of the Forsyth County;
Democratic Executive Committee.
As my Duties will not permit me
to see each of you, I take this
method to ask each of you for
your support and influence in my
behalf which I will deeply appre
ciate.
If elected to this Office 1 will
always remember that I am the
man that you have chosen to pro
tect your life and property and in
force the laws in your County and
with this in mind I will always try
to do this in a fair and impartial
manor, choosing as many Deputies
as I think I will need to do this
from within Forsyth County. If
you people of Forsyth County elect
me your Sheriff, I have some pro
mises I want to make and keep to
you.
Since I left Office in your Coun
ty The Georgia State Patrol re
cords show that the Troopers have
investigated 222 accidents in which.
23 persons have lost their lives.
There were 139 persons injured.
Proprety damage of $937,800.00.
Economic loss of $1,780,000.00. Rea
lizing the suffering that this ac
cident* rate has caused the loved
ones and friends of those involved
and knowing that the primary dut
ies of your Sheriff is to protect
your life and property. My first
and primary promise to you is to
work with all my Ability, Know
ledge, and Skill and as many hours
of the day and night that my
health will permit to see that this
accident rate and deaths, and In
juries on your highways and roads
are held down.
I also promise to come to yoifr
aid and serve your papers at the
time you call and give me your
paper. I will strive with all my
ability to keep order at your
homes, churches, schools, and Diac
es of businesses.
The liquor problem that so much
was said about in the last race, I
hardly ever mention, as most per
isons use it only for Political pur
poses, but this I promise you about
the liquor problem. I will strive
with all my ability to bring any
one selling are making liquor in
your Court, there to be dealt with
as the law provides. If anyone cells
any liquor he will have to slip
around to do so, there will be no
one selling it so openely that they,
sit around, drink, fuss and fight.
Also no liquor outfit from Dawson
are any other county will move
their headquarters for their steam
er outfits to Forsyth County. If
they make liquor in Forsyth Coun
ty they will have to slip around in
the woods to do it. I will at least
move them out of the Warm Chick
en Houses and Barns back into the
swamps. If you people of Forsyth
County will back me up and help
me with these problems, I know
we can make Forsyth County a
safer and better place in which to
live and raise our families.
These promises I make and
mean to keep to you. If you think
11 am failing to do so in any ’//ay,
come and talk to me about it.
Remember I am not your boss,
but just the man you have hired
to do these things for you and
each and every one can talk to
me at any time and anytime T
can be of service to any of you,
do not fail to call on me.
Again I wish to say that T will
appreciate anything that each of
| you do for me in this race.
1 Sincerely,
BASS R. FARR
Haw Creek Community
Improvement Club
Our Cake Walk for the March
of Dimes was a wonderful success
due to the wonderful cooperation
of the people. We want to thank
each of you for helping this worthy
cause. The net amount' for the
community was $140.00.
Major Echols, Reporter .