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MARTIN’S CROSS ROADS.
Planting cotton seed seems to
be the order of the day in this
part.
Miss Pearl Norrell visited Miss
Sallie Reece Sunday afternoon
Sunday was such a beautiful
day seemed like there was lots of
visiting going on around old Coal
Mountain.
Mrs. Julia Pilgrim is visiting
her father. Mr. Porter, who is
real sick with paralysis. We hope
he will soon recover.
We are sorry to state that Mr,
Ben Castleberry and family do
pot seem to be any better at this
writing. Hope they will soon be
out again.
Miss Bell Forrist was the guest
of Miss Nellie _ Wofford Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Otis Martin, wife and baby
visited at Mr. Coley League’s
Sunday.
Listen; Mr. Ernest Martin has
purchased anew buggy. Look
out, girls.
Miss Pearl Forrist is real sick
at this writing. H< pe for her a
speedy recovery.
Mr. J, J. Forrist and little
grand daughter, Willie, visited
his daughter, Mrs. Ethel Benson
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. Mather Smith and family
visited relatives in town Sunday.
Mr. Charlie Thomas, wife and
son, visited his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Thomas, Sunday p.
m-
Mr. Ed Tallant, wife and
daughter, Bessie, and Mrs. Tal
lant’s mother, Mrs. Norrell, vis
ited relatives near Cuba Sunday.
1 am, Sincerely.
A New Subscriber.
BETHLEHEM.
Ye also helping together by
prayer for. us that for the gift
bestowed upon us by the means
of many personal thanks may be
given by many on our behalf.
Rev. J. M. Anderson filled his
regular appointment at Bethle
hem Saturday and Sunday and
delivered two good sermons.
Mr. John Tillison and family
spent Saturday night and Sun
day at Mr.— Hawkins.
Several from this part went to
campground to the Sunday School
Convention and reported a good
time.
Mr. Claud Francis and family
spent Sunday with J. 'W- Man
gum.
Miss Ella Sams and Miss Lillie
Phillips were the guests of Miss
Ola Belle Mangum Thursday p m
Mr. George Buice and wife
spent Sunday with Mr. E.S. Gar
rett.
Mr. Homer Thompson spent
Saturday night with Mr. Markus
Green.
Mrs. J. W. Mangum and Miss
Jane Mangum spent Wednesday
night with Mrs. Lou Armstrong.
Mr. Zeke Strickland and fami
ly spent Saturday night and Sun
day in this part.
Mrs. Lou Armstrong and grand
child, Edith Armstrong, visited
at Mr. J. W. Mangum’sone night
last week.
Miss Winnie Day spent one day
last week with the Misses Nix.
Miss Essie Mangum was the
guest of Misses Henderson, near
Ducktown, Saturday and Sunday
Mr. Virgil Chamblee and wife
of Cuba spent Sunday with home
folks in this part.
A crowd of youngsters visited
Miss Essie Mangum Sunday p.m.
Among them were Misses Belle
and Lucv Henderscyi, Grace and
Arbelle Evans and Mr. Clay Ham
'monds and Mr. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Captain Hawkins
and children, of Atlanta, visited
Mr. R.D. Strickland and family
Saturday and Sunday.
Dutch Girl.
Accounts of Tom Chatham.
1 have Mr. Chatham’s books
and am ready to receive pay
ment on his accounts. He needs
his money and expects me to col
lect it for him. It is my duty to
do so. It is your duty to pay it.
Your friend,
Jarrett P, Fowler.
Stric'dand & Wisdom are man
ufacturing brick at the rate of
about twenty thousand daily.
Taylor Pirkle says he’s gone to
farming, and that foodstuffs of
all kinds will now drop.
Messrs. Roy Otwell, Olen Mer
ritt and Vince Merritt were in
Atlanta Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mrs. Montie Cain Smith, of
Belton, S. C., is visiting relatives
and friends here, being the guest
of Mr. W. J. Groover and family
Your conscience, brother, will
tell you when you are wrong
provided you have a conscience.
*#*o**
. LONGSTREET.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Howze of
Dunwoody, spent a few days
with relatives here,
Mrs. Ered Buice and children
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Wright in Atlanta.
Mr. Will Puckett was guest of
Rev. H. T. Ingram Monday of
last week.
Mr. A J. Holbrook is spending
a few days in Atlanta.
Miss Fannie Holbrook and Mr.
Judge Timms were married Sun
day afternoon, Rev. A. J. Hen
derson performed the ceremony.
We wish them a long, happy life.
Mr. Roscoe Hendrix and family
spent Saturday night at Mr. Sim
Puckett’s.
Mrs. M, C. Hawkins and Mrs.
Annie Tyson of Woodstock, were
guests of Rev. R. I. Johnson and
family Sunday.
Miss Alice Hall spent Saturday
night at Mrs. Martha Bettis’
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ramsey
spent Saturday night at Mr. W.
A. Myers.
Mrs. W. T. Adams is visiting
her father at Woodstock. *
Mr. Walter Rudisill and family
were visiting at Mr. Will Puck
ett’s Sunday.
Miss Fannie Hall was guest of
Miss Effie Elliott Sunday.
Mr. Alfred Holbrook and fam
ily spent Sunday at Mr. Albei’t
Thompson’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hender
son spent Saturday night at Mr.
Curtis Phillips.
The many friends of Mrs. F,
M. Hamby will be glad to know
she is gradually improving.
Mrs. Tom Pool, accompanied by
her mother and sister, was on a
shopping drip to Atlanta last
Tuesday.
Mr. John S. Patterson, wife
and daufihter, spent one night
last week at Mr. Rey Lewis. *
Mr. George Lewis and family
spent Sunday with their daught
er at Buckhead
Tuesday morning while plow
ing, Mr. Marvin Cobb’s mule ran
away with him, breaking his col
lar bone.
L. H.
Road Notice.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
J. D. Buice, Willis Thompson, et. al.
having applied to me for a change in
the public road in the 795th district. G.
M. known as the Hutchins and Terrv
ferry road, said change commencing at
Willis Thompson’s, turning tothe right,
intersecting the Hutchins ferry road
near the land line of Jim Strickland;
also change in the Terry ferry road
starting where the new road intersects
the old. and running the iand lines be
tween Jim Strickland and liobert Wil
liams, intersecting the old road near
the land line betwee+i above named
parties, thence running the old road to
W. J. Thompson's mail box, turning
to left through the lands of J I). Auice
and W. J. Thompson; the Commission
ers of said district having recommend
ed said change as one of public utility,
notice is hereby given that said applica
tion will be heard at my office on the
1 7th day ol May, 1917.
Given under my hand and official
signature, this 17th day of April, 1917
W. J. TIDWELL, Ord’y.
STOP IN ATLANTA
AT HOTEL EMPIRE
Opposite Union Depot on Pryor
St. Renovated and refurnished
throughout. Reservations made
on application. Hot and cold
water, private haths, electric
lights and elevator. First class
accommodations at moderate
prices. \
Rooms 50c p and d uV
JOHN L. EDMONDSON, Prop.
NORTH GEORGIAN, CUMMING, GEORGIA.
PRESIDENT MAKES
APPEAL TO NATION
Every Man and Woman Urged To Strive
To Make Country a Unit For
Preservation Of Ideals
SUPREME TESTFOR CITIZENS
Urges People To Show Patriotism By
Planting Food Crops To Help
Feed The Allies
Washington.—President Wilson, in
an address to his fellow-countrymen,
called upon every American citizen
man, woman and child —to join to
gether to make the nation a unit for
the preservation of its ideals and for
triumph of democracy in the world
war.
“The supreme test of the nation has
come,” says the address. “We must all
speak, act and serve together.”
The president urges all the people to
concentrate their energies, practice
economy, prove unselfishness and
demonstrate efficiency.
He appealed to the farmers, with em
phasis on his words, and particularly
to the farmers of the South, to plant
foodstuffs. The Southern farmers, he
said, “can show their patriotism in no
better or more convincing way than by
resisting the great temptation of the
present price of cotton and helping
feed the nations and the peoples every
where fighting for their liberties and
our own.” Among other things, the
president said:
“The entrance cf our own beloved
country into the grim and terrible war
for democracy and human rights
which has shaken the world creates
so many problems of national life
and action which call for immediate
attention and consideration and set-
tlement that I hope you will permit
me to address to you a few words
of earnest counsel and appeal with
regard to them. *
“We are rapidly putting our navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip a great army,
hut these are the simplest parts for the
great task to which we have addressed
ourselves. There is not a single selfish
element, so far as I can see, in the
cause we are fighting for. We are
fighting for what we believe and wish
to be the rights of mankind and for
the future peace and security of the
-world. To do this great thing worthi
ly and successfully, we must devote
ourselves to the service without re
gard to profit or material advantage
and with an energy and intelligence
that will rise to the level of the enter
prise itself. We must realize to the
full how great the task and how many
th : ngs, how many kinds and elements
of capacity and service and self-sacri
fice it involves.
“These, then, are the things we must
do, and do well, besides fighting—the
things without which mere fighting
would be useless.”
AMERICAN GUNBOAT
INTERNED BY TURKS
Scorpion Given 24 Hours To Leave
Constantinople; Failing To Do
So, Was Seized
Amsterdam. —The American guard
ship Scorpion has been interned at
Constantinople by the Turkish govern
ment,, according to a news dispatch
from the Turkish capital. It says that
the Scorpion was given twenty-four
hours to leave the harbor, but was
unable to do so and was therefore
interned “in accordance with The
Hague convention.”
The Scorpion is a converted yacht
and has been stationed at Constanti
nople as a dispatch boat for the Amer
ican embassy since November, 1900.
A year ago members of the Scorpion’s
crew were reported to have clashed
with German soldiers in Constantino
ple, and in March of this year the
Italian newspapers printed reports
that the Scorpion had been blown up.
Constantinople dispatches denied this
report. The commander of the Scor
pion is Commander J. P. Morton.
Makes Attack On German Legation
Buenos Aires. —The German lega
tion and consulate here have been at
tacked by a mob, as have the news
papers Deutsche la Plata Zeitung and
La Union. The police dispersed the
manifestants, "*
Publicity Board Created By President
Washington.—Control of publicity
in connection with the government’s
war activities was placed by President
Wilson in the hands of a committee
of public information, whose task will
be to safeguard secrets of value to the
enemy and at the same time to see
that all affairs of the nation are laid
before the people as fully and frankly
as possible. The committee named by
the president is made up of Secreta
ries Daniels, Lansing and Baker, wjio
recommended the step, with George
Creel, as civilian chairman.
American Airplanes Equal The Best
New York. —American airplanes,
type for type, are “equal to the best
European products,” while American
fighting machines are much safer than
the European, according to an official
report made public here of an investi
gation conducted by the advisory com
mittee on aeronautics which is co-op
erating with Rear Admiral Usher in
the organization of the reserve forces
of the third naval district. The in
vestigation forms the groundwork of
a plan providing for aerial defenses,
which cannot be divulged.
Important,
lloi . W. T. Merritt, Sheriff.
Camming, Ga.
Dear Mr. Sheriff : —The law regulat
ing the operation of motor vehicles, in
section 18, provides that I shall write to
the sheriffs, at, divers times, and call
their attenion to the provisions of the
law.
From reports that reach this office
however I feel that this letter is alto
gether unnecessary as every Sheriff in
Georgia, with but three exceptions
seems to be discharging his full duty,
not only in enforcing the automobile
law, but every other law on the statute
books
I will take this means, however, of
thanking you for your hearty co-opera
tion, and inform you of the character of
complaints that are filed in this office.
The greatest number of complaints
refers to the failure of drivers of ma
chines to comply with the law and ob
tain drivers’ licenses. Every person
who operates a car other than his own
is a chauffer, in the meaning of (lie law',
and should register in this office and ob
tain a badge. Our construction of this
provision is that any member of an
owner’s household may drive the own
er’s car without sueh registration, ex
cepting when such car is used for hire,
or commercial purposes; in that case
the driver would he a chauffer and
should be required to comply with the
law.
Frequent complaint is made that per
sons under 10 yearsof age operate cars.
T.iis against the very text of the law,
and should be stopped.
Another complaint, and it has become
very frequent, is that some owners arc
operating their personal cars under a
dealers license. This is also against
the law and should be stopped.
I call your attention to the above asl
ani constantly' receiving letters from
various parts of the State asking that 1
do something to stop these violations
of the Jaw.
During the twelve months of last year
we issued 47,558 licenses. In the month
of March of the present year we lack
just.one hundreil of having issued the
same number. W'e have not been with
out tags, and have issu <1 them a.-
promptly as it was possible to do.
With kind regards and best wishes, I
Om
Very truly yours,
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.
Considerable complaints have came
to me in regard to the speed limit used
by autos in the town and county. In
this connection, I beg to call your at
tention to the Acts of J 9.0, pages 90 to
95; also Acts of 1913, pages 75 to4B.
CompTairvtiTare afso coming to me in
regard to the whiskey traffic in Cuni
ming every Saturday' night. Georgia has
a “bone-dry” whiskey law. and f expect
to enfoice it as it is my duty to do.
Violators can govern themselves ac
cordingly
W. T. MERRITT.
Sheriff.
Think twice before you speak.
The words you think smart may
sound silly to others.
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Better plant that garden and
get it in shape before you are
called off to the war. The wife
and kids can finish it, and they
may need it.
Why Constipation Injures.
The bowels are the natural sewerage
system of the body. When they' becotni
obstructed by constipation a part of the
poisonous matter which they should
carry off is absorbed into the system,
making you feel dull and stupid, and in
terferiug with the digestion and assim
lation of food. This condition is quickly
relieved by Chamberlain’s Tablets. Ob
tainable everywhere,—Adv.
Elis for Hatching; From
Thorohnil Fowls v
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, 9
Eggs *3.00.
White African Guineas, 15 Eggs
for *l. 0.
Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens,
15 Eggs for $2.00,
Respectfully,
L, J. Ellis,
Camming, - - Georgia.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
In tho beginning was tin* Foul oar and the Ford oar
was right. Wight in design and right in construction—a
motor oar to satisfactorily meet all the demands of the
people for service and pleasure—the oar for the multi
tudes. tVith that keen far-sightedness that reads the
call of future years, Henry F >rd foresaw that the mo
tor car was the coining utility and designed and budd
ed accordingly: a motor oar so simple in mechanical
construction that anybody and everybody could suc
cessfully operate it; so strong in construction that it
would traverse all sorts of road conditions; so flexible
that it would meet with satisfactory service the many
and various demands'of all lines of human activity—
to be in very fact the Universal Cat. Ford ears have
been are now. and will continue to~be constructed of
the highest quality of Vanadium Stee'—specifically
lord heat-treated —the Ford chassis being beyond all
question the highest quality motor car in the world.
If proof is asked, the answer is made by more than
1,750,000 satislied Ford users throughout the world.
Strickland & Wisdom,
Agents Forsyth &, Dawson Counties.
Traction, Portable and Stationary
KEROSENE Engines, Grist
Eeed Mills, Threshers, Binders, Etc.
liternaU Harvester Coup;,
ROY STRICKLAND,
Agent Forsyth and Dawson Counties
Cumming, Qa.
Buy Mu Plows Before Prices face.
If you sire going to buy a Vulcan Plow you had better get
!t now. Manufacturers have announced an advance
in prices, effective within the next few weeks.
See us for your plow points, and other farm supplies.
We also carry a full line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Shorts. Etc.,
Molasses Feed, Dairy Feed, Hog Feed, &e,
at very reasonable prices. Let us serve you.
C. J. Brannon & Cos.
Original Continental Flag.
The original continental flag was
adopted January 2, 1776 It had 13
stripes and the union of the crosses of
St. George and St Andrew.
A Girl's Superiority.
No man loafer stems to put the
Job over with such thorough enjoy
ment as a girl lolling in a hammock
and readiug a cheap uovel Atchison
Globe.