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Volume 48.
' Easing His Discomfort
A DISASTER SUFFERER, Injured in a midwestern
tornado, gets a cooling drink and a reassuring clasp of her
hand from a sympathetic Red Cross Gray Eady. Volunteers
like her served the injured in many of last year’s Red Cross
disaster relief operations.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
WILL IT LAST?
Perhaps you saw the lead article
in last week's Time on whether
the so-called prosperity of Andrew
Jackson 20-dollar bills will last.
The article began with the bankers
story of the boy that walked the
fence until he quit worrying about
falling off.
I thought John Hudesal put it
very well when he said that every
thing we buy is going- up and
everything we sell is going down.
A farmer was trying io figure
out whether to go in for the soil
bank idea, and he was just about
ready to back in, since he agreed
that everybody is now working
w-ith blind bridle. Another farmer
wanted to know how he was going
to make a report on the hogs he
agreed to raise.
■“lt’s a crazy situation, if I ever
saw one.” said a country merchant.
‘‘We had about forgot that there
was any such animal as a drum
mer, but now they are waiting at
the door every morning. You can
figure that one without a pencil.
Still, the prices are out of all rea
son. What’s the use for me to buy
stuff at pprices my folks can’t
pay. They're already as far in debt
as they can get.”
An automobile dealer told about
the chap that came in and con
tracted for one of his second-hand
jobs with a ten-dollar down pay
ment. The next morning the car
was standing in front of the place,
minus tires, with a thank-you note.
The sawmill man explained that
he was on his way to Florida, that
he had heard the king mackerel
might be running soon, and he had
long ago (1956) shut down his mill
until the situation cooled off. Ask
ed what had become of his workers
he replied:
“That’s the very point. I haven’t
had any workers for ten years.
When wages went up, they quit
working. I fed them until 1 used
up my life’s savings, and decided
to turn them over to Uncle Sam.”
Shaking his head, the filling
station operator walked away from
a hot-rod sports edition, explaining
to the checker players that he had
three bad checks from the driver
of the sporty rig, and didn't choose
to take another chance. When one
of the rocking-chair brigade ob
served that the boy’s father had
plenty of money, the filling stat
ion operator smiled, with some ef
fort, and observed that he lost
another dime when he called over
the pay telephone to har the fath
er rfuse any further bills for the
play boy.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Rev. Glenn Dorris, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Gaines
ville, Georgia will speak at the
First Baptist Church, Cumming on
Friday night at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Dor
ris’s address will close the week
study course of Alcohol Education
Week. He is an outstanding speak
er and has made an extensive
study of Alcohol problems in the
Southeast. It is urged that all mem
bers of First Baptist Church and
all neighboring churches and all
interested will attend.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHKBO RLE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAI.I. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
LATEST CANCER
NEWS REPORT
It is reported from Houston,
Texas, that a survey there of sev
eral thousand cases of cancer has
produced a hint that infection with
polio virus may prevent cancer.
While this is no more than specu
lation at this stage and is not to
be taken as an official medical
finding, the conclusions drawn
from an examination of records
which covered 18,000 cases of can
cer and almost 1,000 cases of polio
in Harris County—in which Hous
ton is located—produced an inter
esting picture.
Of all those individuals who had
cancer, only one was found with
a history of polio. On the other
hand, among the many polio vic
tims, not one case of malignancy
is reported to have been discovered
A report on these statistics was
prepared by Mis Eleanor J. Mac-
Donald and submitted to the ele
venth annual Symposium of Fun
damental Cancer Research.
We think there is a chance that
the connection is more than coin
cidental, although we do not pose
as a medical expert and are un
able to say if this analysis is of
any real value or importance. In
case there is a connection, however
it could be a major step along the
road to solving the problem of
finding an answer to cancer.
With Yout County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
There is no better way of telling
how much fertilizer to apply for
any crop than by having a sample
of the soil from that particular
field analyzed.
Soil testing is done free of
charge by the Soil Testing Labor
atory at the University of Georgia
in Athens.
A soil test will tell you how
much nitrogen, phosphorous, po
tassium and calcium you have in
your soil and how much commer
cial fertilizer should be applied to
get the kind of yields wanted.
•In many cases a soil test will
save you _ money. In many cases
we keep adding the same amount
of commercial fertilizer each year
without thinking of our liming
needs. Even though we may have
enough phosphorous and potassium
in our soil to make a good yield, it
will not be available to the plants
until the soil acidity is corrected by
adding lime. If needed, lime can
be the cheapest -fertilizer that we
can use.
Soil sample bags are available
free at this office, along with in
formation on how to take soil
sample. Our laboratory can give us
the results within a matter of just
a few days. It can mean the dif
ference of a paying yield and one
that just breaks even or less. If
we are to gain the advantages of a
soil analysis in 1957 the time to
have your soil tested is now.
Because wireworms can move
rapidly through soil, they may sev
erely damage plants, even in a
field that has been fumigated for
nematodes, says C. R. Jordan, en
tomologist, Agricultural Extension
Service.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday March 21, 1957.
, Grand & Petit Jurors
Drawn For March
Term, 1957.
GRAND JURORS
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1. H. L. Wills
j 2. Weldon Corn
3. Ottis Bottoms
, 4. Perry Holbrook
5. Cecil Herring
6. Hoyt Grogan
7. William Fagan
8. Thomas Pilgrim
9. Hoy P Otwell
10. Dewey Mathis
11. T. J. Davis
12. J. B. Bennett
13. J C. Burdette
14. Clyde Pendley
15. Frank Vaughan
16. Isaac Bennett
i 17. Jay L. Holbrook
18. L. A. Wheeler
; 19. Z. D. Brannon
20. George R. Bagley
21. Arnold McClure
22. William E. Lipscomb, Jr..
23. I. T. Tallant
! 24. W. F. Watson
25. W. O. Wills
26. W. T. Sorrells, Sr.
27. G. E. Bennett
28. John D. Glover
29. Ivan Orr
30. Leland Tallant
PETIT JURORS
| 1. Lendon O. Whitmire
i 2. George Darnell
| 3. Levi T. Barron
4. Luther Henderson
, 5. R. A. Ingram
I 6. Leroy Mayfield
| 7. L. C. Stanford
I 8. Ralph Cowart (879th)
I 9. J. M. Cantrell
10. C. L. Jackson
11. A. C. Smith, Jr.
12. Joel Yarbrough
13. Powell Banister
14. H. P. Matthews
15. Tommie J. Garrett
16. J. C. Martin
17. Pat Hughes
18. Winfred D. Burruss
19. James A. Mcßrayer
20. Glen Sexton
21. Conwell Bagley
22. Herman Hamby
23. Eugene J. Stone
24. W. S. McDaniel
25. Amos R. Gilbert
26. Joe Nix
27. Linwood Burruss
28. Hoyt Freeland
29. Hoke Parks
30. Roy Garrett
, 31. Roy Moore
32. Ray Burtz
33. A. G. Thomas
34. Morris Tallant
35. W. E. Martin
36. W. B. Bottoms
37. Charles Barnett
38. E. G. Watson
39. A. L. Harrison
40. M. K. Christopher
41. Jess Wallis
42. L. H. Tribble
43. Lane Clark
44. Frank Barron
45. Amos C. Millwood
46. John Cleveland Redd
47. Jeff Heard
48. Weldon Roper
49. H. W. Chadwick
50. James M. Hughes
51. A. C. Kennemore
52. S. R. James
53. J. B. Evans
54. Glenn Worley
55. Ralph Phillips (841st)
56. John H. Ozley
57. Hoyt Thompson
58. E. L. Terry
59. L. C. Bagby
60. Herbert Castleberry
61. Billy Abbott
62. Lee DeLong
63. Lendon H. Cantrell
64. Clyde McDaniel
65. Egbert Bolton
66. Guy W. Castleberry
67. E. R. Roper
68. Claude Harris
69. W. C. Puckett
70. Carl Kennemore
Important Notice
The Forsyth County ASC Com
mittee Office will remain open
from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
Monday through Friday, with one
hour given for lunch—l2:oo P. M.
to 1:00 P. M.
This is not a change of hours,
only for the benefit of those not
familiar with our office hours.
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Soil Conservation
District News
4. '
JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
George Bagley north of Cum
ming and a cooperator with the
Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
Conservation District is making
plans to construct a farm pond on
his Willis Ford road farm. The
local SCS technicians have been
making the investigations for the
site.
Dr. C. C. Reding of Decatur met
with a SCS technician last week
on his farm southwest of Cum
ming and investigated two possible
farm pond sites. Also observations
were made on some voluntary
pines for the possibility of thin
ning.
Soil and water conservation
plans continue to be developed by
farmers in the Settingdown Creek
Watershd. Local SCS technicians
continue to assists these landown
ers with their plans.
It is Coastal Bermuda land pre
paration time. Also, land for seri
cea planting should be prepared at
this time.
Have you applied your spring
appplication fertilizer to your pas
tures and hay crop fields?
A Sure Foundation
The foundation of a life is of
supreme importance, Matt. 7: 24-26
teaches us that the only foundation
that will stand the blast of final
judgment is His (Jesus’s) sayings
and Himself. .His precepts are the
very ideal of human conduct It is
not character building unless it is
based on Christ as the foundation.
Choosing to build on faith in
Christ comes first; obedience to
his commands comes second.
“Behold; I lay in Zion for a
foundation, a stone, a tried stone,
a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation; he that believeth shall
not make haste”. Is. 28: 16. He is
the foundation of our hopes, our
security, our effort and inspiration.
When we build our house of char
acter upon Christ we are building
upon the rock foundation.
The other man that Jesus speaks
of, built his house upon sand. That
is to say, the shifting inclinations;
short-lived appetities; transitory
aims; varying judgments of men;
the fashions of the day in morality
Oh; the absurdity of building ones
life upon such a weak foundation.
So dig deeper down through the
shifting sands until we reach the
eternal rock, Christ Jesus; then
begin to build the superstructure
of your life with God’s help. “For
we are laborers together with God”
He has the plans for your life and
mine already marked off for us.
Be sure to follow His plans and
our house of character will not fall
because the foundation is sure and
strong and the super-structure also
strong because we followed his
plan of building.
It was my privilege of knowing
and loving my mother for almost
57 years. She was called home in
her 92 year. Her life was built
upon the sure foundation—The
opinions of men amounted to very
little or nothing in comparison to
the life and teaching of Christ and
the clear commands of God.
Nothing lost but God and what
is done according to the will of
God. Do not allow disappointments,
or slights of others to poison your
thinking in regard to the goodness
and mercy as well as the justice of
God. Build your life upon the sure
foundation!
SIXTH GRADE 4-H CI.UB
Cumming boys 6th grade 4-H
Club met February 12 at Mrs.
Nelms room. We had a film by
Mr. Rucker and Mr. Wright. The
film was on "Safety With Fire”.
The film lasted 35 minutes. We did
not have a discussion.
Johnny Samples, Reporter
County Population 15,000.
Leaving Children
Alone Dangerous,
Declares Cravey
ATLANTA Declaring statistics
indicate yungsters left alone and
helpless account for about 30 per
cent of the 4.000 annual child fire
deaths in the United States, Safety
Fire Commissioner, Zack D. Cravey
today, admonished all against that
practice.
"Even if it is necessary to leave
the house for only a few minutes
ask a neighbor to stay with the
children; otherwise take them with
you," he advised.
“When an extended absence from
home is necessitated, be sure child
ren are left in the care of a com
petent baby sitter,” he further
stated.
Commissioner Cravey recom
mended the following basic instruc
tions be given the baby sitter:
1. Point out two or more ways
of escaping from any part of the
house with the children.
2. How to get the children out
of the house the instant smoke or
gas is smelled.
3. How to call the fire depart
ment by the nearest fire alarm box
and | or neighbor’s telephone.
4. How and where to reach the
parents, doctor, police, for any
possible emergency.
"The smart parent”, Mr. Cravey
continued, "always wxites, tells,
and shows the baby sitter to make
sure his fire emergency instruct
ions are understood.”
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The Terrific Cost
Of Accidentts
It is most depressing to read
that the dollar cost of accidents in
this country is rising. One reliable
[estimate puts last year’s total cost
at the staggering figure of $lO,-
1 000,000.
! This total includes damages,
benefit payments, loss of pay, loss
of production, doctor and hospital
bills, with perhaps half of the total
j being chargeable to highway mis
| haps. With the heavy-travel sea
! son just now getting underway for
1 1957, there are those who are fear
ful of what this year’s accident
toll will be.
t
While some safety officials pin
their hopes for reducing the motor
vehicle toll to the new national
highway building program, others
fear that the increase in the driver
population and the number of mot
or vehicles on the highways will
cause the accident figures to climb
even higher.
Motor vehicle fatalities in 1956
brought a record 45,000 life insur
ance death claims, with payments
amounting to approximately $97,-
000,000. This was 3,000 more claims
and $7,000,000 more in benefits
than was paid in the pteceding
year.
But, however high the economic
and human loss from injuries and
death from motor vehicle accidents
the los from other types of acci
dents has also risen. On-the-job
accidents cost industry and work
ers about $3,500,000,000 last year,
aeording to figures released by the
Institute for Safer Living of the
American Mutual Liability Insur
ance Company of Boston. OFF-the
job accidents cost much more—
nearly $7,500,000,000 with highway
acidents being included in both
categories.
Increased leisure time and high
er incomes enable more people to
travel thes days—all too often into
danger. The fact that so many
workers seem to sustain more ac
cidents causing time and product
ion loss while away from their
jobls than while at work has caus
ed a number of companies to set
up safety clauses, urging precau
tions at recreation, around the
home and on the road.
It is both interesting, and alarm
ing, to note how the institute’s es
timate of $10,000,000,000 accident
cost, which is termed “a total eco
nomic loss,” compares with the
outlook for Federal and state-high
way construction this year, which
is expected to cost taxpayers sll,-
000,000,000, but not a “total” loss.
A dim night light may remove
the fears of a child going to sleep
in a dark room, Miss Audrey Mor
, gan states.
Number 12.
Medal Winner
K* t twrnm
ERI.E COCKE, JR.
ATLANTA A Georgia airline exe
cutive has received the George
Washington Honor M<*dal from the
Freedoms Foundation for a public
address adjudged one of the best
delivered in the nation last year.
Erie Cocke, Jr., of Dawson, vice
president-civic affairs of Delta Air
Lines and a former national com
mander of the American Legion,
was presented the medal and a
check for SIOO by Dr. Kenneth D.
Wells, foundation president. The
ceremony was carried by an At
lanta television station (WSB-TV,
"Today In Georgia”).
The Freedoms Foundation awards
honor U. S. citizens for outstand
ing efforts to improve public un
derstanding and appreciation of the
basic constitutional rights and free
doms inherent in the American
way of life.
Mr. Cocke’s address, “Where
Goes Our Nation”, was delivered
before ihe American Medical As
sociation national convention in
, Boston. He was one of eight Geor
jgians honored by the foundation.
| CASTING STONES
| A good rule to remember in life
|is that concerned with the con
demnation of other people. By
condemnation we include slander,
gossip or anything which might:
destroy another’s reputation.
It will be recalled that Jesus,
when confronted by a group of
evil men determined to embarrass
him, once answered the question
of forgiveness and repentance with
greater clarity and effectiveness
than has ever been done before
or since.
It seems that the group of men
bent on destroying the reputation
of Jesus brought an adulteress to
him and posed the question wheth
er or not she should be stoned, as
the law at that time required. Be
cause the law and the teachings of
Jesus were in conflict, the group
had concluded that Jesus would
have to cross himself up in choos
ing to recommend either course
of action.
But, instead of saying that the
adulteress should be stoned, in con
flict with the religious principles,
or saying that she should not be
stoned, in conflict with the Jaw,
Jesus said: "Let him who is with
out sin among you cast the first
stone.”
It is interesting to note that the
adulteress was then left alone by
the chagrined and self-conscious
group and that Jesus told her
there is still hope, and that she
should go and sin no more.
This is a lesson we should recall
more often, for it certainly holds
true today as it did in the time of
Jesus. Lot those among our read
ers who are without sin east stones
at their fellowmen, and tear down
the reputations and friendships,
which loose talk and petty jealousy
and hatred so often does.
If only those without sin will
condemn others, then the world
wil suddenly be a far finer place
to live in, and love, friendship and
understanding will reign supreme.
SPECIAL NOTICE
There will be a Singing Sunday
night March 24 at 7:30 at the Oak
Grove Baptist Church. You are
cordially invited to come out and
help us make this a good singing.
In 1925 the average per-a ere yield
of corn in Georgia was 9 hushels.
In 1955 it was 24 bushels per acre