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P {/BUSHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION\ ED UCA TION, LI TER A 7 URE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE . VOL. XIX. Notice, The Annual Institute for teach ers will convene in the court at Gumming on Monday, the sth day of July, 1909, with Pruf. J. W. Marion crt Cornelia, acting as ex pert. Mr. Marion has but few equals and no superiors in this line of work. Under the law alPlicensed teach ers, residing in Forsyth county, are required to attend each days ses sion of the Institute. We are looking forward to a -pleasant and profitable week and I hope to see all of our teichers present. -A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend and take part in the work. Tfie public schools of Forsvth county, by order ot the Board of will open on Monday, 12th day of July, 1909, and con t nue for eight consecutive weeks. The Board of Education has or dered an election for trustees throughout the County to be held on Mohday, i2thday of JoJy, 1909, said election to be held at the school house in euch school district, the polls to open at eight and close at nine o’clock, a. m. in the rural dis tricts. The Board: has ordered the election tor the Cumming School District, to be held at the court house in Camming, the polls to ' > pen i at t*?> o'clock, lfjl and close at twelve o’clock. By order of the Board the trus tees throughout the county, now in office, are appointed managers of said election, and in the event they or any of them cannot serve, they are empowered to appoint others in their stead. Said election is or dered for the purpose of filling all vacancies now existing. C.L. Harris, C. S. C. Farm For Sale. I offer 84 acres, a five room dwelling, with good outbuildings, and a taree room tenant house, for sale. Locatod 8 miles south of Cumming, (near Midway church. For terms and other information call on or write W. J. Dodd, Cum ming, Ga. R.F.D. 7. One of the most important things that a man owes to his family is cheerfulness. He should cast all trouble away when he comes to his home. He is a selfish being who, having trouble in his trade or calling or profession, always brings his trouble home for the purpose of making everyone else misera ble. There is no bravery or man liness in that kind of a thing, no thoughtfulness for others’ happi ness no trust in God that all will be for the best. To Have Disabilities Removed. Harrifon Bales vs Kate Bales Libel for Divorce in Forsyth Superior Court, August Term, 1908. The yerdict for total divorce granted the 15th day of February, 1909. Notice is hereby given to all concern ed that on the 24th day of April, 1909, I filed with the clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth county my petition addressed to said court, returnable to the next term thereof, to be held on the fourth Menday in August, 1909, for the removal of disabilities resting upon me unper the verdict in the above stated case by re; son of my intermarriage with Harrison Bales, which application will be heard at the next term of said court which commences on the 2flrd day of August, 1909. KATE BALES. fife Hortlj Ckqrjjkn. Sunday School Convention. Dear Editor: — The next annual session of the Sun day School Conventioa of the Hightow er association will be held with Friend ship Baptist church, beginning on Fri day before thje sacond Sunday in July, 1909. (Sec minutes of 1908,) and some brethren have requested that I, thro’ your columns, call attention to the time place, and if I saw fit, to give a few r hints relative to the importance of this branch of our denominational life. It w r as thought by some that a reso lution was pasfeed at the last session of the association requesting all the churches to relieve their pastors on this date in order that they might attend the Convention, but by reference to the minutes it. will be seen that no such resolution was However, it is the humble opinion of the writer that ’the churches should excuse their pas tors on the. date fixed for the Conven tion and then, representatively, at least, with pastors, attend the Conven tion. It was announced at the last session of the association that the Sunday School Convention was lacking in in terest and enthusiasm. Brethren, this ought not so to,be. We ought to make the Convention a grand success—make it a rpal source of information and true spiritual. worship—a means by which we publicly and on masse', recount and thank God for the blessings which have dharacterized our humble efforts to serve Him in the preceding year, or we ought to discontinue its sessions. If the Sunday school is to be fostered and ke',,jt up by the church ; if it has its origin (rq the Bible in point of authori ty , to have the enthusiastic" mp port o&"the denomination, then the Convention is a necessity, and if a ne cessity, it is palpable and inexcusable carelessness, and I might say down right sin, for us to fail or refuse to sup port it in heart and in deed. In order that we may, in a few words, see the importance of the Sunday school as a necessary, and I might say the imperatively demanded, factor in our denominational life, let us notice three things: First. As the child is so will the man be. Of course this may be disputed as an invariable rule, but it cannot be suc cessfully controverted as a general proposition. How many of us have changed our opinions, the'fundamental ideas of which were gathered in child hood? Not many. Solomon had the correct idea of the value of early im pressions and training. Second. If the child of to-day is to be the man of to-morrow, then it must have training and very tender care and attention. The business world no long er offers inducements to the boy or girl who has not had special prepara tion. Hence the business colleges and special places of training for the va rious vocations and callings of life. The boy of to-day must know things in or der to become the master of the oppor tunities of to-morrow. Whatever is true in this sense of the business world is true of the spiritual world. The grand old doctrines of the Bible are being put on trial in great Schools of human philosophy, and they are going to stand the test as they have in the past, of even the devils in hell, but the great demand upon the church is to so equip and qualify our boys and girls, out of which is to come the jprand Christian army of to-morrow, with.the “strong meats of the Word” that they may be able to discern between the good and the bad ; the truth and the falsehood; and thus be privileged to transmit to their posterity, untarnish ed and undimmed by the peevish at tacks of falsehood and error, “the faith once delivered to tke saints.” Our children, must know the simple truths of the Bible. Third. If the child must be taught CUMMING, GA. JUNK 25 1909 and trained in the Bible, whdre and how? I answer, that without the aid of the Sunday school, it never know the Bible nor be the truths thereof, in prise, nor in the sense in which it is to live. c M4child gain this knowledge in the he * O, The home can do much, but has it? *The home, in the great majority of closes, has failed, and therefore must join Vhe home training and the Sunday-schpol training as a means to an end, and tfyen the demand will not be fully met. N Will not the phlpit supply that which is deficient in the home? Preachinv must not be forgotten, and the child must be placed under its influence, but preaching will not answer the purpose in the child. Pulpit preaching is not addressed to children as children; nor are children included in the number of those to whom it is supposed, or is de signed, to be intelligible. Children in deed must attend the preaching ser vices, and it is counted a means of grace ; but the pulpit preacher does not, ordinarily, as a part of his undertak ing, recognize his corresponding duty to adopt his preaching to the capacities and needs of his children hearers. No the children cannot learn the blessed, and to us of mature years, swoet truths of the Bible by the means, unassisted by the Sunday school or preaching. We are commanded to train the chil dren and the Sunday school, in con junction with .the home and the pulpit, is the only place where it can be done, and the only means with which we have to do it. Will we do it? we keep our children out of the Sunday school and refuse to sup port it, we impliedly say to the child, 1 “Except ye bn.sh on Jand as grown folks, ye shall in no fe/'se share in the lessons about the kingdom,” and yet we have closed the door through which if they enter they might beeome wise. And then with this door shut we say to the child, louder than if said in words, “Whosoever cannot understand the kingdom of God as a full grown person, he shall in no wise partake of its privileges.” We all love our children. Then let usjdo the best for them by showing our interest in the Sunday school and to accomplish this lets make our next Convention, by the help of God, a grand success. The Friendship brethren ar* 1 waiting with outstretched arms to receive us. Yours in His name, LEWIS HENDERSON. Celebrates 92nd Birthday, The children, grand children and great grand children, and some of the rela tives celebrated the ninety second birth day of Mrs Sarah C Moulder at her home on the 13th day of June. Of the children, seven present, one dead and one absent. Grandchildren, 19 present and 22 absent. Great grand children 20 present and 34 absent. All gathered at Uer home as early as possi ble and all laughed and talked until near I2 o’clock and then all becan to get their baskets which were filled with the most delicious viands, and marched to the shade where the table had been d. and when all had placed 01; ble it was a beautiful sight, an-'OVi st everything that could becalledhad '■ Nn the table. All were called t a round the table and the begP-7f. offered by Mr C Benson, had enjoyed the most delicious din ( they w T er* treated to some deliciouS ! --y ater tnelons by James Scales. All s dyit the afternoon very pleasantly in t cool shade until time to separate. It_.,,tve us great pleasure to celebrate our "jar old grand mother’s ninety second bt_ n day. 1 sunpo e she is the oldest w j*ian in Forsyth county, and she is able t’ her housework yet. It was a day louO- to te remembered by all present and- will he remembered up in heaven svftne great day. 1 One Who W 1 There. The most that a girl C 4 Ifer see that a grea} grand-moth' 1 ■'•<as for was to inherit some jlL.llaces from • f OV Looking Towards Better Roads. Editor North Georgian: Dear Sir:— W. J. Webb, Ordinary of Cherokee Oouqty, H V, Jones, Ordinary of For syth County, and D. H. Jarrett, J. D. Whelchel and W. N.Dyer, County Com missioners of Hall County, have been in vited to attend a Convention of the Or dinaries and County Commissioners of North Georgia, to be held in Rome. Ga., on Monday, July sth, There will be a big Good Roads Rally at the Floyd County Court House at 11 11 o’clock in the morning of July sth, at which Hon. Moses Wright and promi nent citizens of North Georgia will make Wddresses on the subject of Good Roads. ' At 1 o’clock the Ordinaries and Coun ty Commissioners of North Georgia will entertained at a banqnet dinner at the Cherokee Hotel as guests of the Manu facturers & Merchants Association, The recent good roads movement which has taken hold of North Georgia has. been especially felt in the distiict between Rome and Gainesville. Chero kee County has already built several miles of an ideal pike road, and is one link in a big high wav from Rome to Gainesville by way of Canton and Cum ming. It is the idea of the Manufacturers & Merchants Association that the good roads proposition c j n be much better fostered by all the Counties working in harmony and co-ordinating their differ ent road systems, To this end the Coun ty Commissioners and Ordinaries should get together and discuss the situation, . A grt nd assemblage of automobilists from all of North Georgia will the Th?,v will be r tof.jobi’| races, boat races, horse races and many other attractions to contribute to the pleasure of the visitors. Very truly yours, WILSON M. HARDY* Secretary. In Loving Memory of little Ralph Settle, son of Mr and Mrs S R Settle, of Atlanta. While playing with his babv sister on the back porch, May 31. 1909. fell in a tub of scalding water and after seven hours of suffering he passed sweetly away. He was two years, eleven months and 19 days old. He was one of the brightest little boys we ever knew. He was always begging his mama to sing Whiter Than Snow and would help her. He seemed to realize before he was scalded he was going t* die; he would say, Mama, 1 don’t want to die, and hia mama would say, Yes, darling, we have got to die; and he would say, I don’t care, if you, papa and sister will die too. Before he died he raised his little arms np and said, I love you mama. He was as obedient child as I ever saw. Always wanted to please his papa and mama in everything. He was so afraid he would do something wrong. He is now resting, sweetly resting, in the arms of Jesus. He never will suffer any more. During his siexness I never saw a more patient sufferer ; he would say give me some more cool water. I never saw any suffer as he did du ing the seven hours of his sickness. Oh, we do miss him so much, he was so much company t* us all. His only little sister, Margurite, is so lonely, no one to play with her. He would go with his papa overy morning to the street as his papa would goto work, and kiss him good by and wave his hand by by till his papa would get out of sight. Little Ralph was laid to rest in Sharon ceme tery on Tuesday, June 1, 1909, Rev V V' Brady conducting the funeral service. He would say to his bereaved father and mother, weep not for me; know little Ralph is one of those shining angels. God called a little child and took it in his arms. So he called little Ralph from all these siniui charms. Little Ralph died to live in that glorious world on high, And we will see little Ralph in the sweet by and by. Look at the spring flowers; they go and come again, Little Ralph’s body will rise when Jesus comes again. Written by his aunt, BLANCH B. Harris Grove. M It continues to rain and the grass keeps growing. The farmers in this section have got their crops in fine shape con sidering so much rain. Miss Mattie Hyde, of Ocee, spent Saturday with Mrs J D Haney. Mr Ober Bagwell spent Thurs day night with Mr and Mrs Raleigh Bagley. Keep your own secrets if you have any. Are you going to. the June sing ing next Sunday. Mr and Mrs Raleigh Bagley spent Friday night with the latters par ents Mr and Mrs G W Bagwell. Make few promises. Mr Troy Sorrells spent Saturday' night with Mr and Mrs Thad Green. - Mr and Mrs Edgar AndersCn spent Sunday with W M Anderson and family. Mrs Mary Harris is spending a few days with her son, Mr Fuller Harris Mr and Mrs P W Green visited; the formfers father Geo. Green Sunday last, * ; • A When you speak to a person look him in the face. . # Mr Alison and daughter, lire Issie Homes spent Sunday Vyith J S Echols and family. Mattie Gfcmei spent Sun day wtthSliss Ola Pettjobn, Good company and good con versation are the sinews of virture. M's J S Echols and Mrs Issie Homes spent last Monday with Mrs Rhini* Stone. Wishing you all a good time at the singing Sunday. Maude Muller. Ebenezcr. Crops are looking fine in this community, so is the grass. The wheat thresher has started out. and we will verv soon have new bread “galore.” Several from here atteded divine services at Shady Grove Sunday. Mr John Gravitt and wife visi ted Mr W A Hendrix and family Sunday, Sunday school is progressing nicely at this place, uuder the management of Mr W A Mash burn as snpt. There will be Childrens Day exercises held hereon the Ist Sun day in July. Everybody is invited to come out and enjoy the day. As there ’s so much grass, there is very little news. E.H. An occasional look at your boy’s room may explain why he is on the street so much GEORGIA—FORSYTH COUNTY. Will be let to the lowest and best bid der, on July the 9th, 1909, at 2 o’clock, p. m„ the contract for rebuilding the wooden part of the tower of Forsyth County’s Court House: and also at the same time and place 1. contract for the metal work-on said tower, all metal used to ho of the best quality. .Sealed bids on each. The bidder is required to tile with Ins hid a bond double the amount of bis bid to insure the faithful perform ance of his contract. The right to re ject any and all bids is reserved, l’.ans and specifications on file in my office This June 10th. 1909. H V JONES, Ordinary. 3sro. r ? 4