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Volume 50. Baptist Leader Cummins, Ga., March 24, 1892 .1. S. Williams —A. J. Kelly, Editors Cumming Baptist Church was organized about the year 1835 and was one of the eleven churches that formed the Hightower Asso ciation that year. The records of the church for several years were lost and therefore we cannot get all the details. From Bro. B. L. Otwell, deceased, who served the church faithfully for many years as clerk, we gath ered some facts and then we knew a great deal of its history of later years. Their house of worship was mov ed from the south side of town to the north side where it now stands, about the close of the late war. This church had a long struggle for many years, only a “few faith ful ones” could be found who would ’’leave all and follow Jesus.” Sometimes only one or two families seemed interested in the cause of Christ as hel-d by Baptists. The church reported only 59 members in 1850 and 31 of them were received that first year which would have left the church with less than 30 members prior to 1849. Their pastor for 1850 was Rev. R. Phillips, deceased, who served the church 6 years. Their meeting days embraced the 4th Sabbath, but for many years the church has met on the Ist. Other pastors of the church: Dr. J. W. Lewis, 1 year; Revs. S. Roberts and D. Hutchins, each 1 year; J. W. Hutchins, 6 years; A. Webb, 1 year; F. M. Hawkins, P. C. Blanton, A. K. Tribble, 1 year each; J. H. Westmoreland, 1 year; Wm. Davis, 4 years; M. V. B. Lank fond, 2 years; W. J. Wooten, 2 years; E. L. Sisk, 1 year, D. K. Bennett, 1 year; J. M. Wood, 1 year; T. Pickett, 2 years; W. R- Waters, 2 years; J. B. Blackwell, 1 year; A. J.-Kelly, present pastor. Ten years ago the church had 49 members, house worth S3OO. their pastor SIOO. Now they have 130 members, a house worth SI2OO. In the meantime they lettered out about 20 members to form another church. Rev. T. Pickett’s was the most prosperous pastorate. He baptized about 67 persons during the two years of his pastoral care. The Hightower Association held one of its best sesions with this church in the year 1886. At this session there was in attendance Dr. P. H. Mell, Dr. McDonald, Dr. Ryals, Rev. C. D. Campbell, and other noted preachers. This church is perhaps the lead ing church in the Hightower Asso ciation in Missions. The second session of North Georgia Missionary Convention was held here in the fall of 1878 and the next session will be held heie embracing the 4th Sabbath in July next. To Bro. John Hudson, now of Atlanta, the church is more in debted for its prosperity than any other one. Bro. A. M. Hudson, his father, has been faithful also. Brother W. C. Sweeney, W. R. Otwell, H. I. Foster, John Hudson, are deacons of the church, and W. R. Otwell is clerk. W. R. Otwell was the Father of Roy P. Otwell, Sr. B. L. Otwell was his Grandfather. Truman A. Bramblett Passes March 7 At Montezuma, Georgia Mr. Truman A. Bramblett of Hontezuma, Georgia and formaly of Forsyth County passed away Saturday March 7 after a long ill ness. He was 80 years old, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Mart Bramblett. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lula Vaughn Bramblett of Montezuma, six boys. Clyde, Hulett, Guy, Ival, Vaughn and Everett; two daughters Mrs. J. A. Levie and Mrs. Lee Day; Brother Corb Bramblett and sister Mrs. Nettie Heard both of Cum ming and rMs. Nora Holbrook, Plant City, Florida. Several grand children and Great grand children. Friendship was his home church when he lived here. PREACHING NOTICE Bro. J. R. Boling will preach at Brookwood Baptist Church Sunday night March 22 at 7:30. You are cordially invited to come. The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHKRO KER. DAWSON. LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES (City Population 2 500) Mr. Aimon Cox Buys Poole’s Cafe Mr. Aimon Cox, formerly of At lanta has now purchased Poole's Grocery and Cafe. Mr. Cox, was born and reared here in Cumming and invites his friends to come in and trade with him. Mr. Cox states that he is doing away with the grocery business and will devote full time to the Cafe business. He is now remodeling the store and expects to be completely fin ished in the very near future. He is adding a NEW GRILL, table, chairs, counters and stools. Cumming welcomes you Mr. Cox back to your old home. EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN The Easter Seal campaign of the Georgia Society for Crippled Child ren’s and Adults has opened AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE WEEK END for 1959. Mr. Howard Overby of Gainesville is Ninth District chairman and Mr. Paul Worley is Forsyth County Treasurer. Thru an error. Mr. W. Bruce Boggan was listed as Forsyth County chairman. Mr. Boggan did not accept the chairmanship this year because of the press of busines duties. The chairman for the county for 1959 will be announced by Mr. Overby at an early date. WHAT ARE YOU BEARING You know, its note the life you live, that saves you, or that gets you home to heaven, it’s the choice you make when God knocks at your heart doof, if you let him in he clinses your sins, make’s vou his child bv the new birth that h° said must be. th°n you are a rood tree and a good tree brings forth good fruit, but if vou turn him away and choose a life of sinful treasurers, then you are a bad tree, and a bd tree, CANNOT bring forth good fruit, nd he said bv their fruits you shall know then. I know this life offers manv treasurers, but I have never known any that can take the place of the ■Toys we get for being obedient to his will, and walking after the spirit and not the dead. How can we be so careless when he holds the very breath we breathe. At this Easter season may we turn our thoughts to what he suf fered to make it possible for us to open our heart and say some in Lord. MRS. JEFF HEARD Herman H. Roper 1 ? Booklets On Sacred Music A self-made musician, Herman H. Roper, of Roswell has had pub lished two booklets which he has named, “Miodified Simple Rudi ments Of Music”. The booklets con tain a question and answer tjoe of instruction for beginners in the field of music. The author has had many years of experience in con ducting "schools” or “classes” of music for communities all over north Georgia. Usually the courses have been taught to the groups assembbled in Church buildings or in school audi toriums with the nomial tuition fees of $1 for an individual or $2 for a family. The booklets contain the main principles which the author used formerly in instructing his schools. In ordinary life, Mr. Ropeer is known as the proprietor of the H & H Piano Company in North Roswell. NOTICE! Due to emergency of helping search for the drowned victim last Tuesday night our Civil Defense meeting was called off. Our regular meeting will be held at 7:30 at Forsyth County High School next Tuesday night March 24. Our regular members are urged to attend and anyone desiring to join our organization please be at this meeting. CECIL MERRITT Deputy Director Camming Georgia, Thursday, March 19, 1959. Grand & Petit Jurors Drawn For March Term, 1959 Grand Jury 1. Weldon Corn 2. C. B. Benson 3. U. P. Pirkle 4. Jess Wallace 5. R. L. Conner 6. Waylon Tallant 7. B. H. Martin 8. Rupert H. Bramblett 9. H. F. Tribble 10. Carl Curtis 11. Clyde Pendley 12. Warren M. Foster 13. John W. Westray 14. Harley Hamby 15. Z. H. Frady 16. C. C. Walls 17. John V. Green 18. Guy Tinsley 19. J. C. Vaughan. Jr. 20. Mather Jennings 21. E. C. Waldrip 22. Vernie Harris 23. Z. D. Brannon 24. Joel T. Tallant 25. H. R. Bramblett 26. Wayne Cory 27. Paul B. Brackett 28. Henry C. Vernon 29. Galdston Sudderth 30. James Dewey Holbrook Petit Jury 1. R. D. Garrett 2. Ralph Cowart (879th) 3. B. H. Freeman 4. Tate Smith 5. W. N. Green 6. J. H. Pruitt 7. Thad Bramblett | S. Wayne Mundy I 9. L. C. Majors 10. Larry Watson j 11. S. C. Williams 112. Winford Durand 13. Tomm v Westray 14. C. D. Reid 15 M. E. Estes 16. Bob Chastain 17. L. D. Martin 18. M. C. Echols 1 19. A. E. Grindle 120. Charles S. Mathison 121. Levi T. Barron 122. Tyson Carnes 1 23. Marcus Reed 24. J. Herbnt Cantiell 25. Hoyt Standford 26. Horace Boling 27. Egbert Turner 28. Gilbert Evans 29. Paul Cagle 30. Melvin Thomason 31. R. L. McClure 32. J. C. Martin 33. Clarence * ilcher 34. F. R. Pruitt 35 W. H. Warren 36. E. H. Hansard 37. W. M. Caine 38. Tommy J. Garrett 39. Leland Watson 40. Jerry Harris 4-1. R. W. Hardman 42. J. H. Boling 43. Frank Bearden 44. Hubert J. Bennett 45. A. B. Roper 46. C. W. Yarbrough, Sr. 47. Winford W. Burruss 48. L. M. James 49. Walter Porter 50. George Parker 51. Samuel L. Burruss 52. Lendon Whitmire 53. Guy W. Castleberry 54. W. F. Bannister 55. James M. Hughes 56. Roy Bennett (1351) 57. Henry Chadwick 58. Hoyt Burton 59. Major Burruss 60. H. G. Hardin 61. J. C. Gilleland 62. Ford Phillips 63. Wallace Tatum 64. Roscoe W. Moon 65 Guy Shoemake 66. W. M. Cowart EGG HUNT The annual VFW Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the post home 1 1-2 miles north of Cumming on No. 19 highway Easter Sunday March 29, 1959 at 2:00 P. M. ALT, children 12 years of age and younger are invited to attend. After the hunt, punch and cook ies will be served, and prizes awarded. More cultural exchange with Red China urged. FARM POND FERTILIZATION PAYS IN FISH By Jamee T. Coots, SCS Warm weather and fishing are just ahead. Where farm ponds are fertilized the fishing is almost in variably good. Where not fertilized fishing in ponds is good only, at the best, for the first couple of years. Much, too much time is wasted fishing in poorly managed ponds. Fish need food to grow. The food is produced through a good fertili zation program. Fertilization should start bv March Ist and be contin ued all through the growing months. No successful farmer would stock his farm with good cattle and not provide sufficient feed. Every farm pond owner has several hundred dollars or more already invested in building the pond. Is it wise to spend this money and not get good fishing from it be cause you won’t spend a few more dollars for fertilizer? This is even more important when a pond is stocked with fish on a fertilized basis. Here are farm pond recommen ddations of the Soil Conservation Service whose experience in pond management dates back 20 years. Beginning the last week of Feb ruary or the first week in March aply 100 pounds per surface acre of 8—8—2 fertilizer, or its equi valent. Apply the same amount once a week for the following two weeks. After the first three appli cations, add fertilizer according to the water color test. Fertilizer is best applied by the platform method. The Soil Conser vation Service technician will give you , : r formation on how to con struct the platform. By investing a few dollars in fer tiliztr you will make your fish fat. your family and friends happy, and your fish string heavier. R. C. Vaughn near Brcokwood Church is well satisfied with the ! above recommendations as he has I been following this method for ! three years and results are proving (that it pays. Check with Mr. Vau ghn and get first hand information CRAVEY PLEDGES FIGHT TO BETTER Rural Economy Declaring he would devote the remainder of his long political caretr, “as I have always done”, to the uplifting of the “little man’s” economy, Comptroller General Zaek D. Cravey today said he was renewing his fight for the use of more retirement funds in Georgia’s rural industrial development. Mr. Cravey, member of several Retirement Boards, pointed out that less than 10 to 15 percent of the approximately 140 million dol lars which the Boards now have are so invested. “Th ! s fact presents a challenge to all persons with authority or influence. They must see that this money, paid into the Boards treas ury by Georgia people, is used to create jobs and paychecks for their fellow citizens,” he declared. “Many of our rural people are in a protracted depression and. having been a farmer myself. I know what hardships such entails. “These people are ready, able and willing .to work. They should have jobs and nearby factories can provide these. “With foresight and ingenuity wise investments from funds al ready available can locate these plants. That they will prove pro fitable may be gleaned from the high satisfaction new plans in Georgia are finding in the state’s climate, its labor, its ready acces sibility to market and its unique form of government.” Comptroler-General Cravey said he had met oposition to his project for using Georgia money for Geor gia benefit in the past and expect ed more in the future. "But as the late Eugene Tal madge once said, he stated, ‘When a state official hits the rock for the common people, the wrath of special interests hits him in the head like a ton of bricks.' ” County Population 15,000. The Lake Linier Watershed Quarterly Meeting Held The Lake Lanier Watershed Quarterly Meeting was held in the County Office Building on March 10, 1959 at 7:30 P. M. Those present were: Dr. Marcus Mashburn, Jr., Chair man, Board of Directors, presided over the meeting. Roy Holtzclaw, Member; New man Mathis, Member; Winfred Wal drip, Member, Alvin Elliot, Member J. L. Holbrook, District Supervisor Walter Rucker, County Agent! J. T. Coots, Soil Conservationist. Field Examination Report of Lake Lanier Watershed as conduct ed by State Soil and Water Com mittee, November 6, 1958 was tho roughly discussed. Copies of letters from Jim Gil lis, Jr., Chairman, State Soil Com mittee, and from Donald Williams, U. S. Soil Conservation Service Ad ministrator were read. Information on Lake Lanier Watershed to he discussed before State Soil Conservation Committee on March 12, 1959 was prpepared. Roy Holtzclaw was appointed to present this information before the Committee. Two car loads of inter ested people tto accompany Mr. Holtzclaw to this meeting. Purpose of appearng before State Committe is to get watershed on top of list for detail planning. Land treatment accomplished in 1958 was reviewed. Expected land treatment in 1959 discussed and goals set. District asked to plan and revise farm soil and water conservation plans as fast s possible. 500 to 600 crcs of grass and tree planting expected to be established in 1959. All Agricultural Agencies asked to give needed assistance in accom I plishing these land treatments. Board of Directors to push for watershed to be placed on top of list for detail planning. Clarence Bagwell, Secretary EDWARD L. WRIGHT, Ranger Requests for aerial hardwood control spraying are now being ac cepted by the Forsyth County For estry Unit, the total acreage to be sprayed must r.ot be less than 20 acres and must not exceed 400 acres. However landowners who are in a radius of one-half mile of the point of operation may com bine their acreage to meet the minimum requirement. There are a number of commercial firms that can handle the acreage exceeding the maximum. Only those areas best suited for growing pine and those which have sufficient seedlings to be released will be authorized for spraying. The cost of the operation is eight dollars per acre. The chemical used is not harmful to humans or animal life, and is used solely to release the pine from overtop scrub or low grade hardwood. There is no appreciable damage to the pine. In 958 there were 5,500 acres sprayed for 117 landowners in 52 counties. Since the start of this hardwood control program two years ago, approximately 10,000 acres have been treated in some 82 counties. It is urgent that landowners get their requests in as soon as possi ble since the spraying is done dur ing the early summer months. With the low grade harwood problem as public enemy number one to the pine, it is important that we take advantage of this service. AWARD WINNER Ranee Rountree, Forsyth County High School student is our Star Student. He will name his Star Teacher shortly. Honorable Roy P. Otwell has signed the Award and recognition will be given in due time in the columns of the News. Forsyth County Chamber Of Commerce. Oscar B. Tally, Secretary^ Expert says planet life would first be heard. Number 12. Mr. Roy P. Otwell Invited to Conference \pril 14-15 at Emory Hon. Roy P. Otwell Cumming, Georgia Dear Mr. Otwell: In view of the great interest in reorganization of the State Govern ment of Georgia, we are planning a conference for April 14-15 at Emory University in which reor ganization will be highlighted. This conference will be under the aus pices of the Institute of Citizenship of Emory University in cooperation, vvith the America Assembly of Columbia University. This conference is open to parti cipants by invitation only. Due tn your prominence and interest, yon have been selected to take part in the conference. The Institute will provide all meals to participants while in attendance at the confer ence. In addition, each out of town guest will be furnished dormitory lodging if he wishes it. The con ference will begin at 9 o’clock on April 14 and will close in the lato afternoon of April 15. For those living approximately 100 miles or more from Atlanta, meals and room will be furnished for the evening of April 13 as well as for the remainder of the conference period. Many distinguished Georgians are being invited to participate. Among the public figures are for mer Governor Ellis Arnall, Speaker George Smith of the House of Re presentatives, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Garland Byrd. Other invitees will represent business, women’s groups, professions, education, far ming, and labor. The conference will concern it self with such topics as these: (1) Taxation and Finance; (21 Services to Local Governments: <3) Direct: State Services; <4> Repiesentation, (5) Administrative Reorganization. Since a part of our time will be spent in a small group discussing these topics, please indicate your first and second preference on the enclosed card. Whn we have your acceptance, you will b mailed a copy of THE j FORTY EIGHT STATES, which is being furnished by the American | Assembly. Please study this book 'as it will form the basis of much of our discussion. Please reply at your earliest con venience. Cordially yours, S Waltter Martin Forsyth ASC County Office Cited Each year Awards are offered to the outstanding County Office in each District and to the -outstand ing County yOffice in the State. For 1958 the Forsyth ASC Coun ty Office received the Award for the outstanding County Office in District No. 11. Mr. J. E. Dallas is Fieldman in this District. Mr. C. A. Bagwell is Chairman of the Forsyth ASC County Com mittee, Mr. S. R. James, Vice-Chair man, Mr. E. H. Sherrill, Member. Edsel Martin is County Office Manager. Barbara Brannon, Hazel Martin, and Dorothy Thoms are office employees. In a ceremony in Gainesville, Georgia on March 9, 1959, Mr. J. Paul Fitts, Members of the Georgia State ASC Committee, presented each committeeman and empployee of the Forsyth ASC County yOffice a Citation for the 1958 year and a $25.00 cash award. Also, Marjorie Taylor, Temporary Clerk in the summer received a Citation and SIO.OO cash award. SINKING NOTICE The Annual singing at Liberty Baptist Church, Dawson County will be held Sunday March 22. AH singers and lovers of music are cordially invited. Come and spend the day. Several singers and spec ial groups have promised to be with us. Dinner on the ground. ED TAYLOR, President . MIS STKAK . "‘Say, dear, this steak doesn’t taste quite righ,” L f( “Yes, I know, darling, it got a bum on it but I put on some vase-. I'line right away.” B3T-'