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Volume 48.
THE RECOVERED
BEATITUDE
On the first Sunday in December
Rev. Marcus Reed emphasized a
truth that we need to emphasize
and remember as never before. We
need to remember as never before.
We need to remember this truth
that Jesus spoke as we come to
observe his birthday. Jesus said,
“It is more blessed to give than
to receive” Acts 20: 35 verse. This
saying of Jesus is not found in
the gospels but Paul quoted the
words of Jesus and Luke recorded
it in Acts.
Blessed (happy) Words mean
ing blessedness is used over 600
times in the Bible. This happiness
depends on what is on the inside.
It is not affected by outward cir
cumstance it is inward happi
ness peace and happiness comes
to those who trust Jesus Christ
as Saviour and Lord.
There is a blessedness in receiv
ing but it is more blessed to give.
“God so loved the world that He
GAVE”. The people of the world,
on the average, do not believe this
statement. In the business world
GET (receive) is the word not
give. The very heart of Christian
ity is GIVING. Socrates said know
thyself; Jesus went further in say
ing GIVE THYSELF. He gave his
life for us, we should give ourselv
es and our possessions for the
cause of Christ on earth. I expect
this truth is the most disbelieved
statement in the Bible.
The Chiropractor finds the tender
spots and works on them. Many
professing Christians are sensitive
and sore on the giving of money,
there are actually some churches
where they don’t take up public
offerings. Those sensitive spots in
our church life needs working on.
Just preach and teach the gospel
.hat is in this verse.
A city man became a country
pastor. One of the deacons brought
him a cow and showed him how
to feed it and how to milk the
cow. Several weeks passed by and
the young pastor came to the
deacon and told him that some
thing were wrong; the cow had
gone dry. He said that he fed the
cow as he had told him but he
was good to the cow. If he needed
only a quart of milk he would
milk only a quart and let the cow
keep the other now she had
gone dry. That is the way many
pastors and churches approach the
money question asking for little
dabs at the time when we should
give all. A lot of Christians have
gone dry on the matter of giving.
Tithes and offerings belong to God.
Statictics show that more money
is spent on “dog food” in the U. S.
than all the money that is spent
on foreign missions.
The wise men gave the best
gifts they had. Most of the pro
fessing Christians give their “left
overs” to the cause of Christ. Youi
usefulness as a Chrirstian is meas
ured by the amount of time, talent
and money that you give. Jesus
said, “It is more blessed to give
than to receive”. FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE OF JESUS.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Americans Warned
Of Things To Come
SAVANNAH, GA. Addressing
a recnt meeting of the Chatham
County Veterans Council, held in
Savannah, Erie Cocke Jr., former
national commander of the Ameri
can Legion, said Americans will
have to “moilize all their human
and physical resources and accept
sacrifices which we cannot yet
measure” to beat Russia in the
race to the moon.
Cocke, who is now a vice presi
dent of Delta Airlines and a civil
ian adviser to the Secretary of the
Army, said "most of us have not
yet adjusted ourselves” to accept
the fact that “what up to now has
been wild science fiction has been
brought within the reach of man
kind by the scientific breakthrough
into outer space.”
He said the military occupation
of the moon is only a plan today,
but it may be a reality in the
near future,” and that ” whoever
gets to the moon first will rule
the world.”
The Forsyth Comity News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DBVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHICRO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
THE MARKET
AND IKE
On the day that the news of Presi
i dent Eisenhower’s stroke reached
the stock market, a heavy wave
of selling resulted and some issues
lost as much at $7 a share. Similar
reactions had occurred in past
years when the President's health
became suspect.
There is absolutely no reason
for such a selling wave. Whether
President Eisenhower is healthy,
comparatively unhealthy or even
steps down from his office, the
future of business is relatively un
affected. If, for example, Vice-
President Nixon takes over many
of the duties of the President, there
is little indication that he would
drastically change the direction in
which the Administration is headed.
Conceivably, Nixon or any
other new man— might be able
to add something to the current
Administration effort. Certainly,
President Eisenhower has been
taking the economic advice of his
advisers —and presumably they
will remain in an influential posi
tion. And, as this is written, it
seems that President Eisenhower
will continue to fulfill his duties.
If we were at war, and Presi
dent Eisenhower were to suffer a
stroke, then we would feel that
this country might be in danger
of losing professional counsel and
advice, of a high order, with dis
advantages to the cause of our
country. .On the other hand, there
is no reason to think that business
will be affected by the temporary
incapacity of the President. On
the contrary, prospects are that
the policies of the Administration
will continue to be followed with
consistency until January of 1961.
Telephone Pioneers
Plan Christmas Party
The Athens Council of the Tele
phone Pioneers of America will
hold their annual Christmas Party
on Thursday Evening, December 12,
at the YWCA in Athens. The group
includes members in Athens, Gain
esville, Covington and several sur
rounding communities.
Mr. S. H. Burns, President and
Turner Keys are co-chairmen of
arrangements.
The Athens Council is a unit of
the Telephone Pioneers of America
which is composed of both active
and retired men and women with
21 or more years of service in the
telephone industry. It is 16 years
old and is the largest society of
its kind in the world with more
than 182,000 members in the United
States and Canada. There are ap
proximately 100 members in the
Athens Council.
The purpose of the Pioneers is
to promote continuing fellowship
and helpfulness, to carry on the
ideals and traditions of the tele
phone industry, and to provide
activities for its membership. The
local Council carries on a contin
uing program including meetings
and social gatherings, visits and
forms of remembrance to bereaved
or ill members and development of
interest in hobbies prior to retire
ment.
Garden Club Council
Sponsors Christmas
Decorating Contest
The Garden Club Council is spon
soring the Christmas decorating
contest of homes again this year.
Ribbons will be given to winners
of first, second and third prizes
for best window, best door decor
ation and best all-over decoration
of home and yard.
This contest will be limited to
everyone inside the Cumming City
limits and all Garden Club mem
bers.
Judging will take place the even
ing of December 20th. Those who
wish to enter this contest are ask
ed to contact Mrs. Bob Gordon,
Mrs. Roy Otwell, or Mrs. Mercer
Brown before December 18.
Hugh Inglis, agronomist-seed cer
tification, Agricultural Extension
Service, advises planting oats after
clean, cultivated crops such as
cotton for seed purposes in order
to avoid many weed seed.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Dec., 12, 1957.
Georgia Sets U. S.
Pace In Industry,
22 Other Fields
ATLANTA The stale's far-flung
promotional program aimed at
building a more profitable common
wealth, which is carried out under
the Georgia Department of Com
merce, continues to payy off in a
big way.
Latest evidence of this is seen
in current U. S. Department of
Commerce figures. Commenting on
the overall progress picture, the
Tifton Daily Gazette in a recent
editorial had this to say:
“Georgia’s record shows that she
is on the march! Georgia is out
stripping the nation in many phas
es of economy and is far ahead of
the country as a whole in the de
velopment of industry.
“A survey just completed by the
U. S. Department of Commerce
shows that in the ten years since
World War 11. Georgia surpassed
the national average rate of ad
vancement in 23 out of 28 major
fields of business and economic
activity.
"In the realm of industry, the
survey shows, expenditures for
new plants and equipment during
the ten-year period increased in
Georgia 133 per cent against 37
per cent for the nation.
“Similar figures appear for manu ;
facturing employment, manufactur
ing payrolls, value of manufactured
products, per capital income, whole |
sale and retail sales, bank deposits j
telephones, motor vehicle registra
tion, airline passengers and freight,
and many others.
"Georgia has led the entire South
east in most of these, as well as
in life insurance, personal income, j
cash farm income, beef cattle, com
mercial broilers, chickens hatched
commercially, and others.
“Georgia is taking its rightful
place in the nation. We can all be
proud of her progress.”
Griffin Assures
Road Bondholders
Staid Protection
ATLANTA If a 1952 constitut
ional amendment earmarking all
gasoline and automobile tag taxes
to the State Highway Department
is repealed, as is now being advo
cated in some quarters, various
bondholders would continue to be
protected by the state.
This assurance came from Gov.
Marvin Griffin in a formal state
ment issued to clarify his position
on proposals to repeal rhe con
troversial allocation provision.
In his statement, which he said
he issued because press reports
concerning possible repeal of the
constitutional provision w r ere “some
what confusing," Gov. Griffin did
not take a position for or against i
the repeal proposal.
However, he made it clear that
the Highway Department is under ;
contract obligations to the State
Rural Roads Authority, the Bridge j
Building Authority and the State |
Office Building Authority “for the
payment of rentals sufficient to
pay the principal and interest of
the outstanding revenue bonds of
these authorities.” Continuing he
said:
“Should repeal of the amend- j
ment of 1952 be proposed, it would ;
be the duty of the governor to in
sist that the repealing resolution
make adequate constitutional pro
vision for the obligations of the
Highway Department under leases
with these authorities now existing
or hereafter executed pursuant to
law.
“I think it should be made clear
that the constitutional amendment
can only be repealed by another
constitutional amendment. A re
pealing amendment would require
the affirmative vote of two-thirds
of the members elected to the
Senate and the House, and ratifi
cation by a majority vote of the
l people at the next general election.
“The governor has nothing to
do with amendments to the Con
stitution. They do not require his
approval and are not subject to
his vote. It is his duty to submit
to the voters any amendment pro
posed by the requisite constitution
al majority of both houses.”
Soil Conservation
District New*
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JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Nathan Newton and his two boys
southwest of Cumming planted
5000 pine seedling last w'eek. These
Loblolly pine seedlings were plant
ed as a part of the Soil Bank
Program.
Dr. Frank Johnson of Atlanta
has planted approximately 15 acres
of loblolly pine seedlings on his
Wake Vance farm near Shady
Grove Church. These too were a
part of the Soil Bank Program.
A. G. Whitt near Matt completed
the planting of 7000 loblolly pine
seedlings last week.
Charles T. Waite, owners of
some 400 acres of farm land noth
east of Coal Mt. reports that he
seeded 35 acres of new permanent
pasture this fall. Mr. Waite used
2 tons of lime and 600 pounds of
4 —12—12 fertilizer per acre and
seeded a mixture of fescue, ladino
| clover and alfalfa on a well pre
| pared seed bed. Mr. Waite has
j been a cooperator with the District
[ for a number of years.
ASC NEWS
A number of farmers requesting
cost-sharing under the 1957 ACF
Program have failed to report their
practices. It is necessary that we
know the use of all material re
i ,v'd on purchase order If you
requested an ACP practice and
have completed it, please come by
the ASC Office and report the
practice as being completed.
The 1958 ACP Program will be
announced by the Committee soon,
and all farmers in the County will
receive a copy of it. When you
receive your copy please study it
carefully and determine which prac
tices are needed most on your
farm. The 1958 proram has several
changes from the 57 program.
All farmers in the County with
a cotton allotment for 1958 have
been mailed a notice of their 58
allotment. Farmers with an allot
ment over 4.0 acres was cut 10 to
12 percent. If you have any quest
ions concerning your allotment
please contact this office.
If you are interested in partici
pating in the Conservation Reserve
program for 1958 the County Office
will accept applicatons through
April 15, 1958.
W. Bruce Boggan
Chairman Forsyth
County Easter Seals
W. Bruce Boggan of Cumming
Georgia, prominent medical figure
has been appointed Forsyth County
Chairman ot the 1958 Easter Seal
Appeal of the Georgia Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
Paul H. Worley of Cumming will
be County Treasurer.
The appointments were announ
ced this week by district leader
: Charles Smithgall of Gainesville,
! Georgia.
The County Chairman will direct
a large group of volunteers to help
[in the mail campaign, publicity,
j special events, and distribution of
j coin containers and posters. The
j month-long drive, March 6 thru
April 6 will include an educational
program outlining existing services
and future needs for the state’s
handicapped.
Mrs. Bruce Schaefer of Toccoa,
president of the Society, pointed
out that the Georgia group is one
of 1,655 Easter Seal affiliates of
the National Society for Crippled
i Children and Adults with head
! quarters in Chicago. She said there
: are some 60,000 private citizens,
J like Boggan and Worley, who are
j serving as Easter Seal leaders or
! are active on boards and commit
| tees for Easter Seal Societies
! across the nation.
County Population 15,000. Number 50.
Wheeler Hails Victory
For Vets Home
At Milledgeville
Atlanta, Ga., A lengthy three
year battle to establish a Veterans
Home at Milledgeville and obtain
Federal assistance in maintaining
the home for the treatment of
Georgia's mentally ill veterans has
finally culminated in victory ac
cording to Pete Wheeler, Director
of the State Department of Veter
ans Service.
“I have been advised by Con
gressman Olin Teague, (D., Tex
as), who is chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee, the
Veterans Home at Milledgeville
now meets the requirements of
Federal Law and beginning Janu
ary 1, 1958, Federal Aid payments
will be made to the State of Geor
gia for veterans maintained in
Milledgeville. The Federay pay
ments,” Wheeler said, “will con
sist of one-half the cost of the
care and treatment of each veteran
patient, with a maximum of S7OO
per year per patient with the sum
total received being in the amount
of several hundred thousand dol
lars.
Wheeler revealed that the strug
gle to obtain the Federal funds
has been an uphill effort and suf
fered numerous adverse decisions
despite combined efforts of Geor
gia’s U. S. Congressional team,
Governor Marvin Griffin, the Geor
gia Legislature, members of the
Georgia House and Senate Veterans
Affairs Committee, the Major Vet
erans Organizations, and the State
Department of Veterans Service.
Various Georgia Committees
have testified in Washington and
numerous Federal Delegations have
made fact-finding tours and sur
veys in Georgia, the latest occur
ring in August of this year.
“This last fact-finding visit,”
Wheeler state, “was to determine
whether the Home was legally es
tablished; it’s relation to the State
Hospital; the manner it secures
medical services and it’s staff;
treatment of veterans housed in
the Home; and whether it is phy
sically separated from the hospital.
The outcome of that inspection is
now happily evident.”
In conclusion, Wheeler said, the
home normally operates with an
in patient average of several hun
dred with a similar number on
trial-visits home. He expressed
deep gratitude to the thousands of
Georgians for their courage and
determination and close cooper
ation in obtaining the Federal
funds which will result in the
proper care of Georgia’s mentally
ill veterans.
Cumming P. T. A.
Holds Regular
Meeting Dec., sth.
The Cumming PTA held it’s re
gular meeting Thursday evening
December sth at the County High
School Cafetorium. Dr. Rupert H.
Bramblett, president of the organi
zation introduced the members of
a panel who gave a program on
Spiritual Guidance.
The panel was formed by Mr. j
Almon Hill, Mrs. Dwight Pulliam, !
Mrs. Dean Barrett and Rev. John
Ozley. Following this Mr. C. N.
Lambbert told of the work being
done by Mrs. Mercer Brown on a
survey throughout the county con
cerning the need for a speech cor
rection teacher. The survey has
been conducted with the help of
each school principal and they
have found that 100 pupils are in
need of help with speech difficul
ties. It is hoped that by the next
school year a teacher can be found
to conduct classes twice a week at
| each school, at each school. Dr.
j Stanley Ainsworth from the Uni-
I versify of Georgia will make a
further survey sometime in the
future.
The speaker for the January 9th
meeting will be Mrs. Virginia Baird
Co-ordinator of the Public Speech
Correction program in the Atlanta
Schools. All parents are urged to
attend this meeting, especially
those whose whose children will
benefit by this work.
Ne ws Report
From Washington
Grave News On Helens* —
Tile < risis Years—
The Anti-Missile Missile —
Blast Shelters Reevaluated —•
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, Just
as was reported in this column a
full month ago, the news in offi
cial defense and intelligence circles
is proving more serious than many
suspect in the missiles and
rockets field. The United States
is far behind Russia and a light
ning program to catch up is ur
gently mandatory.
That is why the President’s ill
ness caused such genuine dismay
among those who knew the score.
The group which has really been
evaluating the situation thorough
ly, for six months, is a group
called the Security Resources Pan
el, headed by Bill Foster and Bob
Sprague.
That group gave a report to tire
National Security Council on Nov
ember 7th and the report was
not one to allow anyone listening
to relax. It concerned the progress
being made in our missiles and
rockets program and that which
has been made in Russia, and
dealt with such things as the
question of protecting the U. S.
civilian population in time >f nu
clear war.
President Eisenhower, the Vice
President, the Secretary of De
fense and an array of top officials
heard the report. It was grim
enough to impress the President
and others and was responsible for
some of the moves that have been
made in Washington since that
time.
One of the members of the pan
el is Jimmie Doolittle, who has
already called for a sort of Gen
eral Staff before a committee of
I Congress —as one step that wilt
: clear the way for coordination and
greater progress in our defense
effort.
On of the things which shocks
| those who are unaware of the se
curity picture is the estimate that
j Russia will be able to launch an
accurate ICBM attack on this coun
try as early as late 1959. The esti
mate is that while Russia might
not have an accurate ICBM today,
she will have a number of them
by that time, or shortly thereafter
and the capacity to launch them
accurately which is equally im
portant and highly involved.
The United States should put
great emphasis on an antimissile
missile, it is believed, but the
estimate as to when such a ie
fense would be perfected is gen
erally agreed upon to be 1961 or
1962. Thus the crisis years, for
this country, could well In’ 1959
and 1960 and perhaps 1961.
The Strategic Air Command is
still better able to deliver nuclear
weapons on target, and accurate
ly and regularly, than any other
military force or equipment in the
world. But when the Reds have
their ICBM’s ready, SAC will haw*
been neutrolized and then some
Even if we go all-out to build
our defense around accurate anti
missile missiles, we will not be
able to catch the enemy’s offense.
So we must concentrate on our
own missiles program, in order to
have a retaliatory power strong
enough to prove a deterrent to war.
Meanwhile, a reevaluation of the
civil defense and blast shelter con
cepts is being forced upon the
country. It is estimated that blast
shelters will do less good than fall
out shelters and that, actually
blast sheters in large cities might
be the wrong approach.
Big metropolitan areas will not
be evacuted before a missile strikes
in case of war. This is impossible
and might as well lx 1 faced. Only
minutes will be available for eva
cuation and there is no longer
any hope that city like New York
could be evacuated.
Even the best estimates are that
fifteen to twenty five minutes
would be the total warning time
and this may prove optimistic.
Fall-out shelters for millions will
b" needed. And these may cost
fifteen billions of dollars, if the
job is done properly.