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VOL. XXXIII.
Insurance^
If you want insurance, see me. For life insurance
I can sell *you a policy covering sick benefits, accident,
total or partial disability, and death This policy will
take care of YOUfwhile you live and your LOVED ONES
when you ate called away. I represent the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Cos.,
The “Giant of the South.”
Why not also let me write your fire insurance on vour
Homes, Churches and School Houses?
It’s almost every day occurence where you read of
a home, church or school house, being burned. Don’t
take the risk, let me insure your buildings in the
Georgia Fanners Fire Insurance Cos.
|f If you will call on me or write me I will be glad to go
into details.
Respectfully,
A. C. KENNEMORE, Agent,
Cumming, Ga.
o cclLs
Mr. Brown Smith is reported
on the sick list,
Mrs. Robert Tatum is visiting
in Atlanta.
Mr. G W. Hanson, of Florida,
is visiting home folks.
Miss Fannie Harrison has re
turned from a visit to Atlanta.
Judge Tidwell made a business
trip to Atlanta one day last week
Have you tried one of those
hot lunches at the Cash Market?
We are sorry to learn of the
illness of Mrs. M. C. Jackson,
Mr. Glenn Puett, of Atlanta,
was visiting in town last week.
Court has been postponed till
the fourth Monday in March. See
notice.
Uncle Joel Wpbb continues in
feeble health, we are sorry to
state.
Mr. Roy Tidwell, of Buford,
spent the week end with his fam
ily here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Edwards,
of Cuba, were week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John L, Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Brown and
children were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Denson.
Mr. and Mrs. Linton Heard, of
East Point, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Walker Heard Monday.
Dr, Holtzendorff, dentist, will
be at Brannon Hotel Saturday,
January 28, to do dental work,
Messrs. E. F. Smith and G,W.
Nally were in Buford on busi
ness last Friday.
Mrs. G. M: Futch and children
have returned from a visit to Pel
ham, Ga.
Messrs, Ross Carruth and W.
Claud Groover, ot Roswell, were
visiting home folks from Satur
day till Monday.
THE NORTIf vAGRGIAN
Our basket ball team was
scheduled to go to Lawrencevilie
for a game last Friday, but rain
prevented.
Misses Nellie Tatum and Effie
Covmgton, who have been the
guests of Mrs. Robert Tatum,
have returned to their home in
Atlanta,
Mr. Jesse W, Exum, of Atlan
ta, spent Sunday and Monday
with his wife and baby, who are
visiting Mr. A. W. Pruitt and
family.
Messrs. E. H, Tollison and J.
W. Bramblett, of Smyrna, were
in town the latter part of last
week.
Rev. C. C, Cary, of Atlanta,
will pi rich at the Methodist
church in Cumming next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock and agai
at night, You are invited to go
out and hear him,
Messrs. Douglas Hawkins and
Talmadge Thornton, who have
been visiting relatives, friends
and acquaintances nere, have re
turned to their home at Bain- j
bridge.
Mr. J. E. Puett, for 18 or 20
years manager of the Cumming
Telephone Exchange, will retire
from this February Ist,
and the business management of
the Exchange will be transferred
to Atlanta—only the collection of
telephone bills Jbeing handled
here by the exchange operators.
Mr. Puett is the pioneer tele
phone man in this section, hav
ing gone to the Bell company in
Atlanta 20 years ago, and, by
much pleading and persuasion,
succeeded in getting the Com
pany to build a telephone line in
to Cumming—thus putting Cum
ming and Forsyth county on the
map. and in instant touch with
the outside world. Later, through
Mr. Puett’s influence, the Cum
ming Exchange was put in, and
we have since enjoyed telephone
service equal to that of any town
in North Georgia. We hope the
Company will be able to keep up
the good record made by Mr.
Puett.
It is understood that Mr. Puett
has been offered choice of two
splendid positions in the govern
ment service, and that he will
probably accept one of these in
the near future.
PERSECUTION IS BLESSED.
By Mercer Williams.
From the earliest existence
persecution has been a common
enemy to the progress of Christi
anity.
Even Christ in whose life no
sin could be found, in whose
mouth there was no guile and in
whose heart there was no deceit,
yet he always met with much
opposition during his earthly ca
career. He was mocked, laughed
at. spat upon, despised and re
jected of men, and finally put to
death. Yet anion;; - all this not a
time was he heard to murmur or
complain, but was always sub
missive to the will of God, His
father.
And next I think of Paul, the
great apostle, who was brought
before kings and luiers and then
thrown in prison. Paul himself
was once a perse utor of God's
cause, but after his conversion
a great change to ik place in his
life, after which bo began to per
secute sin and delend righteous
ness.
And next I think of Daniel,
who was cast into the lion’s den,
but the lions did him no harm.
And again I thind of the three
Hebrew children, who were
thrown in the burning furnace,
but came out with no smell of
fire on them.
If Christ, the Son of God, en
dured persecution, if Daniel en
dured persecution, if the three
Hebrew children endured perse
cution, and many other charac
ters that can be mentioned all
through the pages of life, should
we not be willing to suffer?
Should we not be willing to stand
firm for the right in all conditions
and at afi times? Should we.not
be’willing to Kelp Tesus bear th?
cross? The poet has beautifully
said:
Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there’s a cross for everyone,
And there’s a cross for me.
I like to think of the fact that
persecution and punishment in a
sense are blessed, I don’t mean,
und< rstand, to say that crime
and 'Misdemeanors should not be
punLiied, but I do mean that its
a blessed thing to do right, even
if you have to suffer, Christ him
self speak3 plainly to this effect,
saying, blessed are you when
men shall revile j ou, and speak
all manner of evil against you.
What a blessed assurance to men
that in spite of opposition, in
spite of persecution, in spite of
revilers, if we but hold to Christ
we shall come out victorious in
the end.
And I want to say that any
person or persons that are evilly
spoken of, abused, laughed at,
mocked, disgraced, persecuted
punished simply because they
endeavor to live or Christ, dis
charge their duty as Christians,
are justified before God and is
blessed in his presence, regard
less of what the world may think,
do or say. There is one thing
that I am proud of and that is
what man thinks and says in the
attempt to over-; un right wi'.h
wrong does not condemn his sup
posed victim before God.
I am glad that God is just and
will all get wffiat they deserve. 1
am glad that what i eople say and
do don’t make it that way.
I am glad of a living truth that
stand the test in the weights of
God’s justice, lan glad of the
fact that I am willing to suffer
for Christ, and you should be,
too, because he suffered for us
all.
Listen; Christ says he that is
worthy of me let Mm take up his
CUMMING, GA JANUARY 27
cross and fo”ow roe. We, as
Christians nt and ;ioi expect hap
piness all tne time, for when we
stand for right the world is sure
to be against us. Put on the
whole armor of God and the
breast plate of righteousness and
shield of faith, is words that fell
from the lips of Paul. Paul was
in favor of Dreo; redness; in oth
er words he believed in a prepa
ration for war. He believed in
man properly equipping himself
to defenu righteousness and fight
sin.
Our warfare is not carnal,that
is, the warfare between right
afid wrong is not fought with ac
tual weapons, but is to pull loose
the strongholds of sir and loose
its captives and make them true
soldiers of the cross.
Sgßut I want to say that if we
are prepared to fight sm, still
that will not check its bullets or
stop its efforts, for it will fight of
ceursa as long as the world
stands. But mal es the ar
rrior of God, breastpin" ) of right
eousness and shield ofjfaith es
sential, they simply safeguard us
against all danger and shield us
from all harm, Fo; our lives are
his with Christ in God, which as
sures us they are beyond the
reach of sin’s grasp and in pos
session of a power tnat is strong
er and mnch superior.
Of course these trials and temp
talior.s are very embarrassing
and discouraging to the new con
vert or young Christian just start
ing out in the great work of God
Butithe biessed thought that the
truth will SLand assures us of the
fact that as a Christian advances
in ago. grows in gi . ee, and the
knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ they will be more able to
meet opposition, more able to
fi, bt sin, ore able to defend
God’s rights, more .tie to pray
for their enemies, more able to
fight the battles of life, more
able to bear the cross.
Can we pray for our enemies?
Can we pray far those who per
secute us? Can we peay for those
who speak evil of us? Can we
pray for those who use us de
spitefully? Should pray for those
who endea or to disgrace us be
fore men because we try to serve
God?
As an answer to that question
I want to point to you Jesus on
the cross, i id I ,vant to say that
while he hung bleeding, sulfer
ing and enduring the agony of
death He looked down in pity at
tnose brutal persecutors at the
foot of tne cross say ing, Father,
forgive them, for tney know
what they do.
Cumming Garage ha3 reduced
prices on tires, tubes, accesso
ries, etc. In fact everything in
their line has been reduced.
Hair cut, 25 cents, shave 15c;
Tonic 15c., at Cumming’s new,
light, sanitary Barber Shop.
Your patronage appreciated.
John Howard,
Proprietor.
f k fibre
If vou are thinking of buying
a monument and want a nice
piece of work for a reasonable
price see or write
W. D. Suliivan,
Cumming, Ga.
Mrs. Roy Otwell is visiting her
mother in Gainesville, who is se
riously ill and not expected to
live,
Mrs. Wesley Hawkins has re
turned from an Atlant hospital,
where she underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Mrs. Homer Smith and sister,
of Atlanta, spent Sunday with
relatives here.
Home Circle Column.
Pleasant Evening Reveries—A Column Dedi
cated to Tired Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle at Evening Tide.
HOW LONG SHOULD CHILDREN SLEEP?
Parents do not realize the risks they are running with the
health of their children when they allow them to keep late
hours. The U. S. Public Health Ser vice recommends the
following precepts :
“School children aged four years need twelve hours sleep
a day; aged five to seven, eleven to twelve hours ; eight to
eleven, ten to eleven hours ; and twelve to fourteen, nine to
ten hours. Children grow mainly while sleeping or resting.
Do you want yours to grow up stunted? Tired children learn
badly and often drift to the bottom of the class; do you want
yours to grow up stupid? When children go to bed late,
their sleep is often disturbed by dreams and they do not get
complete rest; do you want yours to sleep badly and become
nervous? Sufficient sleep draws a chiid onward and upward
in school and in home life; insufficient sleep drags it back
ward and downward. Which way do you want your child
to go? Tiresome children are often only tired children ; test
the truth of this. That a neighbor’s child is sent to bed late
is not a good reason for sending your child to bed late; two
wrongs do not make a right. Going to bed late is a bad habit
which may be difficult to cure; persevare till you succeed in
curing it.
We hear a great deal of discussion about religion but very
little discussion of God and our idea of God is always the ba
sis of our religion, We find that as humanity’s idea of God
evolves, religion evolves. Not that God changes. That is
the one great thing of which we can always be certain. It is
merely that as we evolve on the higher planes we are able
to grasp the ever increasing wonder of God.
During the early biblical times God was a God of wrath.
Because the people of those times cmrld only conceive of a
wrathful God keeping them in the right path, that was the
idea they created: Later on when Ilosea was prophesying
he told of a forgiving God and the people first gained the idea
of forgiveness.
When Jesus was on earth He preached of God as He is—
a God of Love, Many people caught faint glimmerings of
what such a God might be but they had not evolved far e
nougn to gain the full idea just as we have not today. [We
all fail to grasp the wonder and glory of a God of Love.
It seems that we must always attiibute to God human
characteristics. To the majority of people he is undoubtedly
a vast corporeal being who resides somewhere in realms un
known to man where he sits in judgment upon the doings of
man, a just judge perhaps, but a stern one and given to fits
of wrath over the antics of some particularly trying human.
We must always give to God these human attributes fcr of
course, it is difficult to imagine anything outside of our own
experience.
This is very aptly illustrated by the man who stood up in
revival services and said his greatest wish was to do God’s
bidding as long as he was not expected to do anything dis
honorable. Of course he had no conception of the omnipo
tence of God. He probably thought of the Supreme Being
as a very highly evolved man with great power but occas
ionally overcome with by human emotions.
We need to get the idea of God that Christ had —the God
of Love'and we must not only preach this God with our lips.
We must know him in our hearts. Not until then will re
ligion fill the place in man’s life it is intended to fill.
TRIUMPH.
By Joseph Andrew Galahad.
I saw three wondrous things today—
I saw the sun set in the sea;
I saw an apple tree in bloom;
I saw[aJmill]upon the Dee.
And all Fviewed the long night through
Within my four walls snug and gall
Was sun and sea,"and_apple tree,
And turning wheel and water fall !
Procrastination is a deadly sin. Did you’ever think of all
the good’you might have done in the world if you hadn’t put
it off until tomorrow?
NO- M