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Volume 47. NATIONAL 4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY. NOVEMBER 10 Soil Conservation District News JAMES T. COOTS SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Roy Moore in the Matt Com munity reports a good cover of Austrian winter peas on approxi mately fifteen acrces of land. In order to get a good cover before bad weather a cover of chicken manure was applied soon after the peas came up. James C. Chumbler has a good cover of Austrian winter peas too. Several additional critical areas ir. the Settingdown Creek water shed have been seeded to grass and mulched with straw. A flood retarding structure site has been investigated for preli minary planning by the SCS in the Mt. Pisgah community. r Basketball Season The 1956-57 Basket ball season opens in Cumming on November 9th with Grayson. They have most of their girls back which won the Ninth District “C’ group tourney last year. Most of their boys are new. Madge Nuckols is the only start ing player from the FCHS District Champs of last year, Shirley Roper who saw lots of service as a fresh man will handle one of the for ward positions, Jane Carroll who played for Pickens County High last year will play the Pivot for ward with Gloria Swartwood and Lanell Wilkie working for the third posittion, Sara Buice and Wanda Savage will start at guards with Madge Nuckols, Diane Vaughn, Carolyn Pulliam, Velma Henderson and Patsy Holcomb make the guard corp. Helen Gilbert, Joy Housley, Brenda Frost and Betty Swartwood should see lots of service and de velop into fine players. Hugh Smith, Harold Whitt, Vet erans of last year District Champs will lead the new boys team into the new season. Jimmy Thompson, James Hughes and Dan Martin will start with them. Ledford Pruitt, James Fouts, Bobby Gilbert, Larry Rollins, Lyn Bottoms, Clarence Manning, Cloys Milford compose the squad and will furnish much competittion for opponents this year. The efficient, well dressed com edy cheer leaders are: Frances Hoi brook, Diana Curtis, Jo Ann Hugh es, Nancy Yarbrough, Pearl Prit chett, Nancy Phillips, Nita Barnett and Sue Payne. Come out, pull for our teams, be a good sport and help us win. The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FOBBYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON. CHKRO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIJ. AND GWINNETT COUNTIEB. (City Population 2,500) Tests Show Syrup Best For Canning Sweet Potatoes About 40 percent of the total sweet potato crop in Georgia is lost each year due to disease, im proper handling and storage, and the Georgia homemaker can help cut the loss. That’s the opinion of Mrs. Zelma R. Bannister, Forsyth county home demonstration agent, and Miss Nel le Thrash, food preservationist for the College of Agriculture Exten sion Service, University of Georgia They point out that potatoes are especially suited for canning and that recent research at the Georgia Experiment Station indicates that more potatoes should be canned. According to the specialists the sweet potatoes may be canned freshly dug, but potatoes stored in homemade hills are preferred for canning. Those cured in a curing house are second in preference. “Most homemakers can sweet potatoes in water”. Miss Thrash says. “The recent tests showed that the addition of enough 40—45 suc rose syrup to cover the product in the containers was most satisfact ory.” Dr. J. G. Woodroof, food techno logist at the Georgia Experiment Station, says water tends to draw out the natural sugar in the poa toes. Syrup not only retains the sugar in the potatoes, but potatoes canned in syrup furnish a firmer product. After washing and sorting the potatoes for size, they should be steamed in a pressure cooker at 240 degrees long enough so that the skins slip easily. (Can small potatoes whole, quarter or slice larger ones.) Pack to within one inch of the top of the sterilized jars. Cover with boiling syrup, seal and process immediately. Mrs. Thrash recommends a med ium syrup—one and one-half cups of water to one cup of sugar. For tin cans, exhaust for ten minutes, then seal. Processing time using a pressurec ooker at 240 degrees or ten pounds pres sure, using cured sweet potatoes is: 45 minutes for No. 2 cans, 55 minutes for No. 2 1-2 cans, 35 min utes for pint jars, and 55 minutes for quart jars. For freshly dug potatoes the time is increased: 75 minutes for No. 2 cans, 90 minutes for No. 2 1-2 cans, 55 minutes for pint jars, and 9C minutes for quart jars. The specialists advise storing canned sweet potatoes in a cool place. NOTICE! The master Degree will be con ferred on Seven of Ducktown Lodge ■ November 10 in the High School Gym at Free Home. Meet ing starts at 7 P. M. Shannon’ Lodge will confer the work in full dramization. EDWIN TERRY. W. M. JACK WHITE, Secretary Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Nov., 8, 1956. Petit Jurors Drawn For November Term, Third Monday 1956 1. W. G. Castleberry 2. W. H. Wlarren 3. Ralph Bagley 4. Charlie Holbrook 5. Roy Heard 6. E. H. Sherrill 7. Lint Lamb 8. Hershell Gaddis * 9. R. B. Tallant, Jr. 10. C. C. Anderson 11. Charles Roper 12. Pierce Com 13. E. C. Otwell 14. John Duran 15. C. L. English 16. Herbert Youngblood 17. Everett Bettis 18. Paul Thompson 19. Arnold J. McClure 20. Glenn Buice 21. E. W. Bramblett 22. Watson Rogers 23. James Land 24. Billy Cross 25. Randall Hutchcins 26. H. A. Odum 27. Gladston Sudderth 28. James Hamby 29 Harvey Jones 30. E. W. Tidwell 31. L. D Stephens 32. Leon Morgan 33. Clarence A. Heard 34. H. R. Bramblett 35. Glenn W. Westbrook 36. C. L. McGehee 37. Paul B. Brackett 28. A. E. Grindle ' ' 39. Clyde Mathis 40. Cecil McClure 41. D. M. Nalley 42. A. W. Woods * 43. Thos. L. Stone 44. Guy Chambers 45. Guy Lummus 4G. Avon Hughes 47. Roy Westray 48. John G. Barrett 49 Hoyt Gilleland 50. T. A. Pilgrim 51. Edgar Lee Nalley 52. W. W. Purcell 53. Harmon Charles 54. Jack Milford 55. Leon Stancil 56. Mercer Williams 57. Otis Pilcher 58. J. B. Hurt 59. W. H. Mills 60. Larry Watson 61. John T. Evans 62. Paul Hammond 63. Howard Burton 64. Ralph Bennett 65. C. M. Martin 66. Wayne Munday 61. R. C. Mathis 68. Hulet Milford 69. Leonard Evans 70. Brice Bennett 71. William Fagan 72. Miles Wolfe GRAND JURORS 1. J. L. McPherson 2. L. L. Bennett 3. Rupert H. Bramblett 4. A. J. Gilbert 5. Roscoe W Moon 6. B. L Redd 7. Joe Brooks 8. J. C. Collins 9. W. K. McCoy 10. B. B. Robinson 11 G. V. Gilleland 12. H. M. Holland 13. Minor Carnes 14. G. C McGinnis 15. J. C. Cates 16. H. G. Gilstrap 17. M. C. Heard 18. L. C. Creamer 19. W. L. Martin 20. Harold Harris 21. A. C. Fagan 22. Rutherford Waldrip 23. Otis Mason 24. W. E. Herring 25. S. G Clement, Jr. 26. J. W. Holbrook (1413th) 27. Myron Bagwell 28. J. L. Banister 29. E. E. Buice 30. H. L. Wills NOTICE The Registration books of the City of Cumming are now open at the City Clerks Office for the regristration of voters who wish to vote in the City election. CITY OF CUMMING PAUL H. WORLEY, Clerk. Mr. J. C. Cates, Sr., Prominent Citizen Passes Sunday Mr. John Clifford Cates, Sr., a prominent and well-known citizen of Cumming and Forsyth County, died suddenly in Atlanta Sunday. Mr. Cates was born and reared in Gwinnett County at Lawrence ville and had made his home in Cunflming for the past 14 years, and was associated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the Soil Conservation Service. He was 59 years of age and was married to the former Miss Vassie Reese of Lawrenceville. Survivors include his wife, one daughter Miss Barbara Cates and one son, John G. Cates, Jr. of Cumming, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cates, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Jackson, Mrs. Harlen Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Spence Cates, Mr. Grover Cates, Mr. and Mrs. Harlen Taylor all of Lawrenceville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cates, Detroit, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Gaines Cates of Chamblee and other re latives. Funeral services was held Tues day afternoon November 6th at 2 P. M. at the First Baptist Church of Cumming, with Dr. S. F. Dowis and Dr. J. Omer Jones Officiating. Mr. Cates will be placed in State at the church at 1:00 P. M. until the Funeral Hour. Interment will follow in Shadow Lawn Cemetery in Lawrenceville with Masonic Rites at the grave side. Active Pallbearers were: Frank B. Eaves, Jr., Roy Otwell, Sam Rollins, Bob Maxey, H. M. Holland, J B. Oakes, Carson Smith,’ Henry Wages, Dick Purdon. Honorary: W. J. Orr, Thad Burruss, Jr., Jay L. Holbrook, J. T. Coots, Jack Ravan, Bill Allison, Gus York, T O. Galloway, John Spruce, Sam Heys, A. G. Robinson, A. R. Housley, J. W. Phillips, Foster Wofford, Ar nold Griffin, E. H. Sherrill, Steve James and Robert Owens. With Your County Agent Walter H. Rucker Saturday, November 10th, has been officially declared "National 4-H Achievement Day”. This day has been set aside to pay tribute to the more than 2,- .156,000 boys and girls who are members of about 90,000 4-H clubs in all 48 States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rica. Here in Forsyth County there are 696 boys and girls who are members of 21 4-H clubs. 4-H clubs are groups of young people, chiefly in rural and subur ban areas, who carry on a wide variety of farming, homemaking, community service, and other pro jects. They raise livestock and poui try, grow gardens and field crops, conserve the soil, sew, cook, pre serve food, make things for their homes, and work for community betterment. Any boy or girl between 10 and 21 years of age may join a 4-H club by agreeing to follow 4-H ideals and standards. The main re quirement is a willingness to "learn by doing”, which is the club slogan and “to make the best better”, which is the club motto. Character development and good citizenship are long-range goals. The term "D-H” refers to "head” “heart;”, "hands”, and “health”, which are emphasized in the club program, and which imply these educational objectives of members: HEAD—Tq learn the value of science through applying the latest scientific kknowledge to farming and homemaking projects. HEART—To develop wholesome character and personality and the qualities of good citizenship, often through working together. HANDS—To acquire useful skills in farming, homemaking, mechan ics, and vocational trades. HEALTH—To cultivate good health habits whichc lead to satisfying, happy living. Leaves, hay, straw or sawdust used as a mulch has proved suc cessful in holding moisture and keeping dAwn weeds. County Population 15,000. Number 45. Georgia Banks State’s Principal Farm Lend ers In 1955 GREATER EMPHASIS PLACED ON INTERMEDIATE-TERM LOANS DURING YEAR Georgia farmers met their credit needs during 1955 chiefly through loans from their local banks, ac cording to Paul H. Worley, Cashier of Bank of Cumming who repre sents the Georgia Bankers Asso ciation as Forsyth County Key Banker. During the year, the state’s banks provided far more financial aid to farmers than any other lend ing agency, he pointed out. Using figures from the fifteenth annual farm lending survey of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association, Mr. Worley noted that on January 1, 1956, Georgia banks had loans out standing to farmers totaling $72,- 810,000 including both production and mortgage credit. This compar es with $29,320,000 held by the FHA, second largest lender to Geor gia farmers; $27,399,000 held by Federal Land Banks; 13,405,000 by Production Credit Associations; nd $25,784,000 by insurance companies The total of farm credit outstand ing in banks was made up of $33,- 334,000 in production loans and $39,476,000 in farm mortgages. In addition, banks in Georgia held $34,006,000 In C. C. C. paper not included in the above total. “The efforts of the state’s banks to meet the increased needs for intermediate-trm (one to five or more years) loans are reflected in the figures for both real estate and production loans outsanding,” Mr. Worleyy said. “It is estimated that about three-fourths of the farm real estate loans are for pur poses normally associated with in termediate length loans. This would include such projects as the pur chase of new machinery, Improve ment of livestock herds, etc. Be yond that, a substantial portion of the production loans in banks at the beginning of 1956 carried a re payment period of longer than one year.” ASC NEWS Tuesday, December 11, 1956 is the day cotton growers will vote on whether they want to use mark eting quotas for their 1957 cotton crops. Separate referendums will be held for upland and for long staple cotton in areas where the crop is grown, * At least two-thirds of the farm ers voting in a referendum must approve the quotas before they may be continued in effect. If growers approve quotas in the referendum, price support on the 1957 crop of that particular kind of cotton will be available to eligi ble growers at the full level of the effective supports, between 90 and 75 percent of parity. “Eligible” growers are those who comply with their acreage allotments. If quotas are turned down, sup port to eligible growers will drop to 50 percent of parity. Under a marketing quota pro gram, growers who exceed their farm acrceage allotments will be subject to penalties on the farm’s excess production of cotton. The penalty rate for upland cotton is 50 percent of parity, and for extra long staple the penalty is either 50 percent of parity or 50 percent of the support price, whichever is higher. In general, the farm mark eting quota (whichc a farmer may market free of penalty) is the pro duction from the farm’s acreage allotments. SHEEP MEETINGS SCHEDULED Sheep field days in four South east Georgia counties have been announced by L. R. Lanier, dis trict agent, and Denis DeLoaeh, Extension Service sheep specialist. The events will be held November 12 at Blackshear, November 13 at Savannah, November 14 at Lyons, and November 15 at Swainsboro. Each meeting will begin at 2 p. m. in the county agent’s office. Hog slaughter this fall will be considerably below that of last fall, reports Stephen J. Brannen, Agri cultural Extension Service econo mist Rev. B. F. Barbee, Well Known Minister Passes At Warwick, Georgia , ’/ Rev. B. F. Barbee, well known end beloved retii'ed minister of Warwick, Georgia died in a Tifton Hospital Saturday morning, after a long illness. He was born in Hamilton County Florida, but had made his home in Georgia since early manhood. Mr. Barbee had served churches in the Mallory Baptist Association for 47 years and was pastor of one church for 37 years. Mr. Barbee was the father of Mrs. Jimmie Barnes of Cumming. Funeral services were held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Crisp County, Sunday afternoon, with Dr. Leonard Stephens, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Al bany and the Rev. Richard Davis, pastor of the Warwick Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in the Church cemetery and Ma sonic Rites were held at the grave side. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Jimmie Barnes, Cumming, Ga., and Mrs. M. B. Moree of Ft. Walton, Florida, five sons, B. F. Barbee, Jr., Miami, Fla. L. E. Barbee, .Vienna, Ga., O. L. Barbee, Moultrie, Ga., H T. Barbee, Atlanta, Georgia., G. S. Barbee, Waycross Georgia and a number of Grand-children great grand children and other relatives. Todav & Tomorrow Louie D. Newton FAVORED AFTER ALL On a trip dow nto Louisiana the other day, I noticed that the cotton was very good, but all grain crops definitely short They told me it was a question of rain—that they were on the edge of the frightful drought area, stretching across Tex as, New Mexico, Kansas, and Okla homa. I went by plane to Shreve port, and Dr. Jim Middleton drove me on to Alexandria, the highway that follows the Red River. I was amazed to see the river so low, and most of thte bayous were dry. We stopped to see three mechani cal cotton pickers. I asked the owner of the plantation what he would get per acre, and he said an average of two bales. I asked him how much fertilizer he used, and he answered none. Then he must be making money, I said. He said he would make some pro fit on his cotton, but, pointing to the magnificient herd of cattle— six to seven hundred Angus—he told me how much he would lose on 400 steers which he expected to sell thte next week. He explain ed that be had had to buy grain and hay, where in ordinary sea sons he would be selling both grain and hay. On the plane from Shreveport to Jackson, I sat by a farmer from Texas. He had boarded the plane in Dallas. We were passing thru a thunder storm. He sighed, and said: "Man, if it could rain like this in Texas. They had a little shower in Dallas this afternoon, but it is too late, of course, to do much good new. I am on my way to Jackson to make a deal with a man to take what is left of my beef cattle, about 2,,,000 head, and I just hope and pray he has some grass and other feed for them. They are too thin to sell to the packing houses, and I am just about giving them away. We have bought every drop of drinking water this year. Saltt coming up in all the pipes. We are just about ruined.’ As I listened to that story, I had to remind myself that we are quite favored after all here in Georgia. We have had some drought, but think of going four years with one third railfall! This farmer from Texas told me that the little town near his farm had two more weeks of water, and then what they would do, he didn’t know. He mentioned several big lakes that I was -up posed to know, saying thtatt they were practically dry. I remembered the Red River, and the dry bayous. The Lord has been good to us, and we will, surely, remember His goodness and mercy.