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Volume 48,
Sacred Experiences
In most every life—if not every
life—there have been experiences
that we may call sacred. Perhaps
in childhoodd when you heard the
call of God to give your life to
the Cause of Christ. The experience
of conversion and then perhaps
later you heard the call of service.
You felt that God was calling you
to a definite task. The nthe years
rolled by and you did not follow j
through and carry out those im
pressions as you should —in fact
you rebelled against those exper
iences.
I am pleading with you, in God’s
name, don’t pass up those impres
sions and forget those experiences
—those impressions—those exper- j
iences must be the call of God to
you. Let those experiences urge 1
you on to greater service. We must
not live in the past but in the
present—there are many victories
that you can win in the name of
Christ —fight the good fight.
My father and mother were char
ter members of the Baptist Tber
nacle in Athens, Georgia. I was in
the first group to be baptized into
this new church. We worshiped in
a tent for more than a year be
fore building our house of worship.
Everytime we came to worship
there was a spiritual atmosphere.
We felt that we were in the very
presence of God. Our hearts burn
ed within us. The people came be
fore time and they would linger
after services. People were accept
ing Christ almost every time an
opportunity was given. It was a
continuous Revival meeting. I look
ed forward to those services. The
spirit of Christian love set me on
fire for God.
I have experienced many other
sacred experiences in other church
es and especially in some of the
churches that I have served. Those
experiences of answered dprayer,
of helping someong to make their
decision for Christ, comforting the
sorrowing stand out in my memory
where faithful Christians meet to
pray and worship God souls will
be won to Christ. Is there a spiri
tual atmosphere in your Church?
Not all churches have that spirit
ual atmosphere and reverence.
Worldliness and sin in a church
can destroy its spiritual power.
There are too many dead or dying
churches. The spirit of Christ in
the lives of its members is the
only thing that can bring it to life.
Sacred experiences in the lives of
those who attend will then begin
to take place.
W. R. CALLAWAY
ASC NEWS
Acreage allotments for the 1958
upland cotton crop are now being
established for all eligible farms
in Forsyth County, says C. A. Bag
well, Chairman of the County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser- j
vation Committee. Each cotton
farmer will be notified by mail of
the acreage allotment for his farm
before the December 10 marketing
quota referendum.
Mr. Bagwell explains that athe
total 1958 allotment available for
distribution within the States is
apportioned among counties and
the county allotments among farms
according to provisions of the law
and regulations issued by the Se
cretary of Agriculture.
Most of the county allotment
must, under the law, be divided
among farms on which cotton was
grown in 1955, 1956, or 1957. To
the extentt that the county allot
ment is adequate, each of these
so-called “old" cotton farms will
receive an allotment for 1958 which
is equal to the smaller of 4 acres
or the highest number of acres
planted to cotton on the farm, in
any of the last 3 years.
In addition, a small reserve is
set aside for “new” cotton farms,
for adjustment allotmentts for “old’
cotton farms, and for hardship
cases. In distributing the acreage
reserve, the county committee con
siders the type and productivity of
the soil, the labor and equipment
available for cotton production,
past cotton production, and other
factors.
According to W. E. Neville, api
culturist, a good colony of bees
must raise two hundred thousand
bees during a season.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY * CITY OF CUM MING
DUVOIEI) TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
News Report
From Washington
THE ROCKET RACE—
U. S. FIVE YEARS BEHIND
STARTED SIX YEARS LATE
MORE SURPRISES DUE—
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—More dis
couraging news continues to turn
up in Washington concerning the
deadly rocket and missile race with
the Soviet Union. And with practi
cally every new disclosure the situ
ation revealed is even worse than
than was formerly suspected.
The latest analysis by some of
the nation’s experts in this field
shows the United States to be
about five years away from catch
ing up with the Soviet Union. And
this lead, obviously now being en
joyed by the Russians, is not some
thing that has just recently oc
curred.
The United States, it will be re
called, launched a major missies
program only in 1951—six years
after World War 11. And it was
only in 1955 that we decided to go
ahead with a "crash” program in
this field. But although we ddecid
ed on a crash program, it has
never been carried out with true
all-out urgency.
The services have bickered and
the powers that we have ordered
the various services to achieve
certain goals. This has slowed pro
gress considerably since all of
these fields are interrelated and
progress is best achieved by close
coordination and collaboration.
The Russians, on the other hand,
began their rocket program in
earnest immediately after World
War 11. That means they have
been going all-out since 1945. The
United States has been concentrat
ing on the problem on a broad
scale only since 1951, and even
when the program was supposedly
speeded dup in 1955, the speed-up
was not all out because of the
handicaps in our approach to the
problem.
It is now expected that the Rus
sians will beat us to a number of
other important "firsts” such as
reaching the moon, putting a satel
lite around the sun, etc. Experts
say they are very close to achiev
ing these very goals at the present
The United States is not.
It will probably take the United
States five years to catch up with
the Reds, if we ever catch up be
fore a time of war, and even if
we do this it will be no easy mat
ter. The scientists are blaming the
government, and the people are
blaming both the government and
the services, but it is also true
that our scientists have not kept
pace on their own, with the ene
my’s.
The most surprising thing about
the whole dilemma, however, is the
obvious failure of our intelligence
organizations to learn that the
U. S. was so far behind the Reds
in the rocket and missile field.
Just as this country was shocked
at the speed Russia demonstrated
in developing the hydrogen bomb,
we have now been more seriously
shocked by their satellite and rock
et achievements. So have the rest
of the countries of the world.
The Eisenhower Administration,
regardless of the justice or injus
tice, is to be credidted with the
blame for dropping behind the
Reds in this vital security field.
It is true that our rocket and mis
sile program was just getting start
ed when President Eisenhower
came into office but he has been
the resident at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue for five years. The people
look to him to get the United
States back on top.
But it is to be a hard pull. This
is a strange experience for the
United States —where technical and
scientific progress has so long
been the greatest military asset of
| the country. And the question nat
urally arises that if the Reds have
| a five-year lead will they allow us
to catch up without taking advan
tage of their new superiority?
The answer to that question
| might be the key to war or peace
: in the next few years.
Certified seed of a good variety
and which have been treated will
j pay big dividends, declares Hugh
J Inglis, agronomist-seed certification
j Agricultural Extension Service.
Cum.ning Georgia, Thursday, Nov., 21, 1957.
RACE TO
THE MOON
The latest scientific race between
| Russia and the United States is
j the race to build a t ocket missile
j which will reach the moon.
This race is one of the results
of the launching of two earth satel
lites by the Soviet Union. Only a
few days after Sputnik II had been
launched it was reliably reported
from Washington that the Govern
ment had asked a group of Ameri
ca’s outstanding aircraft and mis
sile manufacturers to submit de
finite proposals for a rocket ve
hicle capable of reaching the moon.
There are several methods being
discussed afnong U. S. scientists
for reaching the moon. Anew
rocket engine, supposed to be cap
able of a thrust of 500,000 pounds
or more, is said to be about ready
for use. Such a rocket engine
wmuld probably power several
“stages” of the moon missile, and
it is even possible that the missile
might be fired from a balloon, as
the Air Force rocket which reach
ed 2500 miles, or more, above Eni
wetok.
It is difficult to be accurate in
trying to appraise the rocket and
missile program in this country as
compared dto that in the Soviet
Union. However, it should be as
sumed that the Soviet Union is
ahead of us in the current race for
the moon.
Estimates in Washington are that
it will take this country a year,
or less, to fire our rocket to the
moon. If these estimates prove to
be of the same reliability as were
the first estimates concerning our
satellite-launching, we will miss
the mark. And, we suspect the
Russians will get to the moon
first—if they have a year in which
to do it.
We say that because it is evi
dent that the Russians already
have a more powerful rocket en
gine, or rocket fuel, than we have
in use today. And, the very fact
that they could throw a 1,00-pound
rocket over a thousand miles up
into space, as a satellite, shows
that they are very close to the
capability of firing a rocket to the
moon. The Unitedd States does not
seem to be as far advanced in this
fieldd.
Therefore, while we naturally
favor a U. S. triumph in the latest
race, no one should be surprised
if we lose this race also -the race
to the moon.
Killing of Officers
A particularly brutal double slay
ing of highway patrolmen took
place recently in North Carolina.
It seems that a stolen car was
noticed by a highway patrolman
near Sanford, N. C., and he started
out after it.
The patrolman was walking up
to inspect the car and question
the driver, when he was shot. He
died a short time later. Not con
tent with this, the killer had to
kill another highway patrolman,
this time near Rockingham, N. C.,
to stay out of the clutches of the
law.
In the United States, where the
police use guns and criminals do
also, and where violence, crime and
disorder are far greater than they
are in, for example, England and
the Scandinavian countries, killings
are all to frequent. .However, one
can better understand a killing
caused by a rage, or fit of anger,
which is not premeditated, than
such a brutal double killing as the
country recently witnessed in
North Carolina.
It has been said that when a
gunman slays a policeman, or a
highway patrolman, he is sure to
be caught because law enforce
ment officers make it a special
point of pri-de to apprehend the
criminal. In watching polic cases
and crimes over the years, we have
found that to be true.
Our law enforcement officers,
whether we think about it or not,
risk their lives in maintaining or
der, peace and a decent atmos
phere in which to live. One who
shoots any law-enforcement officer
in cold blood in such apprently
premeditated fashion as the two
recent killings in North Carolina
deserves little mercy from the pub
lic and none whatsoever from law
enforcement officers.
Van Winkle Calls
Recreation Vital
In Family Life
The value and Importance of re
creation in people’s lives is one
of the major discoveries of this
generation.
That is the opinion of Recreation
Specialist M. L. Van Winkle, Agri
cultural Extension Service.
“In our recreation program with
4-H Club members, Home Demon
stration Club members and others
we have found that the desire to
play is not confined to children
and that its value is not limited to
childhood,” the University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture special
ist pointed out.
He cited mounting leisure time
as a problem unless it is directed
into productive and satisfying use.
“People must have opportunities
to learn leisure-time skills with
carryover interests and significance
to family relations.”
Van Winkle said dimproved farm
income and mechanization of farm
ing and homemaking have made
more leisure time and more money
available for recreational and social
activities. He explained that the
Extension Service has recognized
these changes and built a program
with a goal of developing enrich
ed rural recreation activities.
Last year 37 leadership training
meeting for home demonstration
and county agents were conducted
and 1,739 participated. School teach
ers, church workers, perofessional
and business men and women, far
mers, housewives, as well as HD
and d4-H Club members and Ex
tension workers attended these
training courses. In addition, 91
agents, representing 61 counties,
took part in a recreation workshop.
The specialist stated that recre
ation is a must at every 4-H Club
meeting and that choral groups are'
'-oringine up in HD Clubs over the
stale as a result of emphasis plac
ed on recreation.
Camping is one of the major
activities of 4-H Clubs. Last year
10,215 boys and girls attended sum
mer camps. Planned recreation in
cluded nature lore, handicrafts,
outdoor sports, singing, folk and
square dancing, stunts, skits, swim
ming, and party games. Fortylnine
4-H Clubs in 26 counties won blue
award certificates in the National
4-H Club Recreation Program.
Eighty-three counties held county
eliminations in the state-wide talent
contest and a total of 258 boys
and girls competed in the didstrict
meetings. Approximately 2,000 took
part in county eliminations.
Soil Conservation
District News
.JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Lanette Harris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Harris of the
Sharon Community was the win
ner of the essay contest subject:
“WHY ALL PEOPLE SHOULD
BE INTERESTED IN OUR SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRIC PRO.
GRAM”. The contest was conduct
ed by the local Soil Conservation
District in cooperation with the
State Association of Soil Conser
vation District Supervisors, coop
erating newspapers and business
men. Second place winner was Joan
Cook, Haw Creek Community and
third place winner was Rebecca
Reid, southwest of Cumming. All
are students of the Forsyth County
High School. C. N. Lambert is
principal of the school. Cash prizes
will be provided by the Bank of
Cumming.
The flood-retarding structures in
I the Spot and Oak Grove communi
ties have been completed. This
brings to eleven the number of
flood-retarding dams that have
been completed in the Settingdown
Creek Sub-watershed since its in
ception in 1949. There remains
four dams to be constructed before
j completion of the watershed dams.
County Population 15,000.
Georgia Baptist
Convention Elects
Officers For 1958
Dr. James P. Westberry, pastor
of Atlanta’s Morningslde Baptist
Church, was re-elected to a second
one-year term as president of the
: convention. Vice presidents elect
ed for a one-year term were the
Rev. E. B. Shivers Sr., Inman
j Park Church, Atlanta; the Rev.
John W. Hugston, Milledgeville;
the Rev. B. Carroll Carter, Fitz
gerald, and Roy P. Otwell, lay
man from Cumming.
Mr. Otwell being the first lay
man elected to serve in this capa
city since the late Hon. Columbus
Roberts, who was so honored a few
years ago.
Dr. James L. Clegg, pastor emeri
tus of the Dalton Baptist Church,
was elected for his 14th term as
recording secretary. Rev. James
Ivey, Dalton, and Rev. L. E. Smith,
Park Avenue Baptist Church, At
lanta were renamed assistant re
cording secretaries.
Over 1100 messengers attended
this session of the Convention.
Some from all parts of Georgia
and a small number from other
states.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
TELLER TELL US
A Hungarian-born physicist, Ed
ward Teller, 49, is associate direct
or of the University of California's
Radiation Labobrafory. He has
been working hard, and he has |
achieved several remarkable vie- j
tories, including the H-bomb. But
he is worried—not so much about
Russia attacking us, anytime soon,
but about Russia out-thinking and
out-working us, which would mean
victory lor them and defeat for us.
He puts it this way:
“The science of today is the
technology of tomorrow. Many peo
ple are afraid we will be attacked
by Russia. I am not free of such
worry. But I do not think this is
the most probable way in which
they will defeat us. They will ad
vance so fast in science and leave
us so far behind that their way of
doing things will be the way. and
there will be nothing we can do
about it.”
Teller goes on telling us.
“Every year without war is a
benefit to all mankind. Rut the
Russians can conquer us without
fighting, through a growing scienti
fic and technological preponder
ance. Already today we are begin
ning to have some? global control
over the forces of nature. Through
out the world we are already be
gnning to change conditions. The
planet will become smaller and
smaller. What one country’s tech
nology is doing will obviously more
and more affect other countries.
If the Russians go ahead faster
than we do, then we will be help
less.”
There is more o fit, but this is
enough to remind us that we have
been playing around long enough.
With mighty little leadership in
Washington, we' ask ourselves,
What can we do? I joing you in
asking the question.
There is one very reassuring
answer. Look at Psalm 112:7.
Forestry News
With the vegetation dead once
again it means the lire season is
well under way. Ranger Edward
Wright is asking that everyone
take special precaution when doing
any burning. Burn only on calm
days. Always have good break
around area to be burned. Don’t
leave fire while still burning. Noti
fy your adjoining landowners ahead
of time. Call your local forestry
Unit before you burn.
The woods are full of hunters
and this make sthe danger of fire
much greater. But hunters can
help keep fires down by being
careful with matches, cigarettes,
cigars and camp fires etc.
Game depends upon the forest
and good sportsmen wants to pro
tect the forest, because every
where the forest is burned the
hunting is bad.
A few well-placed yard lights
make after-dark farm jobs not only
easier, but safer, point out the
Extension Service engineers.
Numbi r 47.
Winter Ills May
Damage Children Ears
Winter is here, and with it come
colds, flu, and respiratory infect
ions. Colds may be complicated by
ear trouble and some degree of
hearing loss. One in every ten
children in the United States is
handicapped by some impairment
in hearing.
Dr. Virginia McNamara, Director
of the School Health Division, and
Mr. Almon Hill, County Superin
tendent of Schools, would like to
remind parents that (even though
their children receive hearing
screening tests periodically at
school) they should he alert to re
cognize the following symptoms,
any one of which may indicate ;t
hearing loss:
Turning one side of head toward
speaker or source of sound
Inattention to what others say
Failue to respond when called
Substitution of one sound for
another
Inability to follow directions
Retardation in developing lan
guage
Having the ability to read lips
without training
Making poor progress in school
Dizziness, buzzing, or ringing in
the ears
Tenderness, pain, deformities, or
swelling in or about the ear
Mouth breathing.
Only a doctor will be able to
tell whether any of the above find
ings is of significance. Early dis
covery and treatment by the doctor
may prevent serious hearing loss
jin some eases; forestall further
j loss of hearing in some cases; and
|in many cases eliminate or de
crease the hearing loss.
Remember, good hearing is es
sential to general halthe, school
progress, and social and emotional
adjustment.
Doctors and Smoking
If you are a cigarettc-sucker,
holding on to the habit and con
vincing yourself that if you are
going to die, you are going to die
anyhow, and so on, you might be
interested in what doctors in the
Unitedd States have been doing
about smoking in the last five
years.
A report published recently by
Medical Times, a magazine, show-,
that the habits of 2,122 general
! practitioners in the United States
habits concerned with smoking
have been greatly affected in the
last five years by publicity about
cancer.
In fact, the survey shows that
more than forty per cent of these
doctors have changed their smok
ing habits in the last five year-
Some seven per cent of the phy
sicians have stopped smoking al
together, fourteen per cent an*
smoking fewer cigarettes, ten per
cent are using more cigarettes and
three per cent have switched from
cigarettes to cigars or pipes.
Of the forty per cent of the
doctors who have changed their
smoking habits, then, thirty per
cent of thqm have changed them
in line with warnings of the U. S.
■ Public Health Service that the con
nection between heavy cigarette
smoking and lung cancer appeared
to be established beyond a doubt
It should be noted that all of
[the studies on cigarette smoking
point to the fact that the heavy
or chainsmoker is the one who is
in the most danger.
Thanksgiving Services
At Midway Church
] The Thanksgiving Services at
| Midway Church Wednesday night
November 27, will be conducted by
Rev. Oscar B. Tally, Sr. at 7:30.
In the absence of the Pastor, on
vacation also for next Sunday,
December Ist be has asked Brother
Tally Our Neighbor, who is a re
tired Methodist Minister, to take
charge of these services. It is hop
ed that our people will support
these with their prayers and pre
sence.
In order to prevent gum depo
sits, empty the gas tank on tract
ors and engines before storing
them for two or more months,
advise Agricultural Extension Ser
vice engineers.