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ME mm liiiOitiiifLN. Published uvery Friday bv J. 111. Kirby. Price 75*. a Year. CUMMING, GA. AUG. 17. 192& KuU ri'd June 111, 1002, as ssconil fluss imUcr at the poll office at Oum 'ill., Act of Congress of March 3, IM71). BACON SCHOOL HOUSE. Most everybody from here at* tended the soldiers reunion at Gumming Saturday. Messrs Gardy Smith, Corinth and J D Poole made a short trip to Buford Thursday. Mrs. Georgia Glover recently visited Mr. and Mrs. H P Glover. Mr. Perry McFarland and fam ily spent Wednesday at Mr. Jas per Stone’s! Mr. and Mrs. Joe Poole and son were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. - Jackson at Alpharet ta Sunday. A hunch of young people from here motored to Stone Mountain Sunday. Messrs Truman Clement, W H and J D Poole made a business trip to Atlanta Monday. Mrs. Arthur Npgrains spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. C C Samples. Mr. Buell Elliott, wife and chil dren visited in this nart Sunday. Mr. Gordon Dempsev, of At lanta, was visiting Kev and Mrs. ,1 J Dempsey and other frjends here Sunday, Mr. Jasper Stone and family visited near Brandywine Sunday Misses Mildred and Helma Ny grains’ of Birmingham., Ala., visited at Mr. E C Smith's Sun day night. I Miss Pauline Martin spent Sun day afternoon with Miss Runia Samples. Mr. LeonGlayton was a visitor here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Gene Hammonds is very sick at this writing', to the regret os friends. Several in this part attended services at Union Hill Sunday, Misses Mildred and Helma Nygrains spent the week end with Misses Runia and Ronia Samples. LONGSTREET. The meeting at Longstreet closed Sunday night with thir teen additions to the church. Miss Martha Holbrook of Chats worth, is spend'ng a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J M Carter. Mrs. A S Elrod spent Saturday night with Mrs. Newton Sosebee Mr. Will Cox and family were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Pledger Lummus Saturday night, Mr and Mrs. Ruell Poole, of Holly Springs, spent Sunday with Mrs. W Y Poole. Mr and Mrs. Dali Jenkins, of Atlanta, were visiting Mr John S Padgett and family Sunday. Mrs. Martha Ramsey and daughter. Miss Ollie, spent Sun day night with Mr and Mrs. W A Myers. Mr und Mrs. J C Stow of At lanta, were visiting Mr and Mrs. Will Puckett Sunday. Kev Davis Hagood spent Sat urday night with Mr and Mrs. Govie Thompson. Mrs. Mary Boling and family were visiting Mr and Mrs. Loyd Brannon Sunday. Messrs W A Myers and wife, and Claude Elliott and family spent Sunkay with Mrs. Martha Karnsey. . Florence Sewell was visit ing Mr v aati Mrs. Roy Bettis Sun day. L. H. ___ .atg Atlanta Welding Cos., 74lvy St., Atlanta, Oa. h. J. Montgomery, Prop’r. Prepared to weld anything that can be welded. Use both elec trie and autogenous. Prices very reasonable and satifaction guar teed. BIGTOBACCOCROP IN NORTH GEORGIA ESTIMATED 150,000 POUNDS OP BRIGHT LEAF TO Be CURED IN CHATOOGA STATE IffWSJF INTEREST Brief Newt Item# Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Summerville.—That tobacco grow- Ins In cfiatoogn county 1b going to prove to bo one of the moat profit* able Industries yet undertaken Is tho opinion of tho more than 100 farm ers who this year planted tobaooo as an experiment. Tho tobacco crop, which Is of tho bright leaf variety, Is now being cured In the various curing houses which have been built In the county under direction of export tobacco men, and the growers are greaUy encouraged ovor tho business. It la estlmatod that between 126,00(1 and 160,000 pounds of very high-grade tobacco wip bo cured In the county this year. Nearly 150 acres of tobacco waa planted by the farmers of the county. Despite the fact that It rained throughout the season when tho seeds were being sown and the plants trans planted, the work went on Just the same, and the result Is that the lar gest crop of tobacco la the history of the county Is being harvested. It Is thought the tobacco crop for noxt year will bo greatly increased, and IndicaUons are that this Industry will take the place of cotton to a largo oxtent, the growers this year declaring that their tobacco crop was the easiest made they hod ever had any experience with, being much less trouble than cotton. Tobacco growing this year was mado possible by the progressive spirit of Colonel John D. Taytor, of Summerville, who became greatly In terested In tobacco growing and se cured the services of two expert to bacco mon, one from Virginia and one from North Carolina. B la said tta tobacco grown here is as staple and of as good quality as that grown In the tobacco belts Bearch For Body Denied University London. —The University of Geor gia hae been refused permission to search for the remains, of its founder, General James K. Oglethorpe, at Cran ham, Essex, where he was probably burled and where there 1b a monu ment in a church commemorating him, says the Dolly Mail. The uni versity’s desire to have the remalna and enshrine them In Georgia la ap preciated,” says The Mall, "but, mind ful doubtless of the Indignation cails od by the circumstances of the search for the remains of Pocahontas, the chancellor of the dlooese of Chloms ford. In which Cranham is embraced, has refused thus far to grant the faculty permission for a search. Tho Mall in an editorial remarks that ‘the public hero will learn of tho re fusal with great satisfaction.* Gang Raids State Reformatory Atlanta —Unidentified men num bering about 26, raided the state re formatory for boys, at Mlllodgevllle, about midnight; beat two negroes, and frightened another nogro so bad ly that be killed himself, according to reports received la Atlanta by Mrs. Orion Manson, superintendent of the reformatory. Mrs. Manson Immedi ately reported the matter to Atlanta members of tho governing board of the reformatory, andf s>er report was laid before Governor Clifford M. Wat Iter. Governor Walker stated that he had directed the Bherlff of Baldwin county to deputize as many mon as ho needed and to do anything else be considered necessary In order to give full protection to the sheriff and In mates of tho reformatory, both white and colored. According to Mrs. Man son, this Is the second attack on the reformatory within the past week. Stock Of Fish Washed Away Thorausvllle. —Judge H. W. Hop kina, of this etty lost his private stock of fish recenUy when a heavy rain that resembled a cloudburst caused the fish stocked pond on his farm to overflow and wash out the dam. The pond ran dry. Asa result of the downpour, low areas became lakes ind many small streams went out of their banks. Mrs. Laura Tate, of Texas, is visiting relatives in town. Mrs. J. C. Fincher, of Atlanta, who has been visiting relatives here, has returned home. i m . Miss Lenora Simpson is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Rayburn Pthell, in Buford. Miss Madge Williams has re turned from a visit to her sister in Atlanta. Dr- W. E, Lipscomb was in Atlanta Wednesday. BEMOLL SHOOTS DOWHJWO MEN ALLEGED THAT THE FRENCHMEN TRIED TO CHOKE DRAFT EVADER KIDNAPING WAS ATTEMPTED Frenchmen Conceded Selves In Fugi tive'* Hotel While Others Were Outside in Automobiles Eberbach Daden.—Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, the American draft evader, shot down and killed one man and jsounded another recently when mon ooncealed In his hotel apartment seised him In a kidnaping attempt. Two other men waiting outside In an old American army automobile with an American shield on the side were arrested after being menaced by a crowd. Tho German authorities said one was an American army lieu tenant and the other a Russian prince. Both of Bergdoll's assailants were Identified &b Frenchmen, in the serv ice of the Americans. Bergdoll said the men seized him but that he succeeded In breaking free and then drew a revolver and fired. The police arrested the two Ameri cans In order to save -them from the crowd which threatened to lynch them. Those In the hotel said that the two men who went Inside tried to choke the draft evader. The reported attempt of Americans to kidnap Bergdoll and spirit him out sldo the Jurisdiction of Germany, was the second sinoe he escaped from military authorities in the United States In 1920 and sought refuge abroad. Bergdoll and hia brother, Irwin, aroro tho most notorious draft evaders In this country during the world war. Irwin served a sentence at Leaven worth and only recently was released to return to the home of his wealthy mother, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll In Phila delphia. Grover made several attempts to escape the oustody of federal authori ties. At last, while he was on leave at his mother's home, in custody of soldiers, he made good his escape. After he had escaped the surveil lanoe of his guards he drove away In a big automobilo, across several Mates and Into Canada, eluding cap ture and getting aboard a ship bound for Europe, although all police of the pities through which he passed and hundreds of secret service men were bending every effort to make him prisoner. The escape was so sensational and. Bergdoll so openly taunted the govern ment about the ease with which he accomplished It that a congressional Inquiry was held, those responsi ble severely reprimanded. Hardly woe the fugitive comfort ably set up in a hotel In Bbervach, Baden, whon early In 1921. five men attempted to abduct him and his con federate, Isaac Steecher. An Ameri can girl was woundod In the ensuing pistol battle. Two of the would-be kidnapers were reported to be American military Intelligence operators. One, Carl! Neuf, was sentenoed to a German prison for IS months. Ho later was released, enlisted In the American forces on the Shine, and returned to ‘.his country late In 1921. Mexican Recognition Awaited Harding Austin, Texas. —Details for the reo- 1 ignition of Mexico by the United States were complete and awaited mly the return of President Harding to Washington when the president was stricken in San Francisco, accord ng to reports brought here by John A. Norris, chairman of the Texas x>ard of water engineers, from Mexi cans in El Paso. Plan Conaoildatlon Of Cuban R. R’a Havana. —The tariff L-111, passed by the lowor house of the Cuban con jross, after an all night session, pro vides for the consolidation of all the railroads In the island. It Is speci !led that all new railroad construction must Join the consolidation unless the new lines make a network Joining at least four provinces together. Richmond Papers To Change Hands Richmond, Va.—S. L. Slover, owner Mid publisher of the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch and part owner of the Pe tersburg Progress and Index-Appeal ud the Portsmouth Star, completed negotiations for the purchase of the controlling Interest In the Richmond Thnes-Dlspatcb and the Evening Dis patch, formerly held by J. O. and T. a Winston of New York and Virginia, the management of tho latter papers announced recently. There will be no Immediate change In the policy of the two Issue of the Dispatch. U. 8. Will Move To Avert Strike Washington. Governmental Inter vention designed to prevent a suspen sion In anthracite production after September X, It was Indicated the oth or day, will be taken early In tho Coolidge administration. While Infor mation os to the exact method to be followed was lacking, there Is said to be a probability that the federal coal commission will invite officials of the miners’ union and representatives of tho anthracite mine operators to re sume negotiations for a wage con tract. Administrator's Sale. Georgia, Forsyth County. Under and by virtue of an or der granted from the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth County, there will be sold at public outcry, on the first Tuesday in September, 1923, at the court house door in said county be tween the legal hours of sale, the following described tracts of land, known as the W. M. Tate place in said county: Tract No. 1. Lot of land No. 292 and the eastern halves of lots of land Nos. 258 and 259; said tract being the place whereon Arthur Tate now cul tivates. Tyact No. 2. Lot of land No. 192, and the western halves of lots of land Nos. 258 and 259; whereon Bill Heard now cul tivates. v Tract No. 3. Lot of land No. 151. Tracts Nos. 1 and 2 contain ing 80 acres, more or less, and tract No. 3 containing 40 acres more or less. Also a certain house and lot in the city of Cumming, Ga., known as the W. M. Tate home place, on Tribble Gap Road. Also lots of land Nos 22 and 23, as sold by the Ameri can Auction Cos., plat recorded on December 6, 1910, in the city of Cumming, Ga. Terms of sale: I|3 cash, I|3 in 3o days, I|3 in 60 days, pur chasers giving their notes se cured by land purchased for deferred payments. This August Bth, 1923. W. S. Tate, Adm‘r. of W. M. Tate, deceased Sheriff's Sale. Georgia, Forsyth County. Will be sold before the court house door in the town of Cum ming, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, to the high est bidder at public outcry, on the first Tuesday in September 1923, the following lands, ly ing and being in the second dis trict and first section in said county, within the bounds of Big Creek Drainage District, to-wit: All the wet or bottom land on lot number 551, in said district and section—l 2 acres more or less—B acres A grade and 4 acres B grade. Levied upon as the property of'H. L. Jones un der and by virtue of a fi fa is sued by W. A. Thalley, Tax Collector of Forsyth County, in favor of the Big Creek Drain age District against said H. L. Jones and against said land for the assessment thereon for the year 1922. The above describ ed land to be sold subject to all future assessments against the same for each year up to the year 1981 inclusive. And the lands in the hands of the pur chaser and any future owner will be liable for such assess ments. Notice in writing of this levy has been sent by mail to the said H. L. Jones at Duluth, Ga., This Aug. 6th, 1923. R. L. Holbrook, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S SALE Georgia, Forsyth County Will be sold before the court house door in the town of Cum ming, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry to the highest bidder, on the first Tuesday in Septem ber, 1923, the following prop erty, to wit: One Ford Roadster automo bile, motor No. 3551118, 1919 model, found in the possession of Roy P. Otwell. Levied upon as the property of R. M. Maul din under and by virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued by H. S. Brooks, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, in favor of Coy Gileland, against the said R. M. Mauldin. Also, at the same time and place: 3 Book Cases and a lot of boks; 2 Show cases, lot of merchandise, such as fountain pens, etc. One Work bench and some tools. Levied upon as the property of R. A. Bagley, un der and by virtue of a fi fa is sued from the Superior Court qf said county in favor of Chas. J. McNalley, against the said R. A. Bagley. , This August Bth, 1923. R. L. Holbrook, Sheriff.- E. C. BRANNON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 603 Jgckstn Building, GAINESVILLE. GA. Will practice inall the Courts. OV1I) T. WHEECHEL. Attorney at Law, GUMMING, : GEORGIA. Office over F. & M. Bank. Save Money by trading with me, I carry a good line of Saple & Fancy Groceries, Hardware, Overalls, shoes Tobacco and Snuff. Highest prices paid for Barter I’ll appreciate youa trade and treat you right. J H- L. Hurt ntwimißn serve you well in our new Cafe. I We also carry a full line of Meats, Can Goods, dainties, Candy. Cigars In fact everything 1 that is kept in a first-class Market. . SAWNEE CAFE, i * Cumming, Ga. Virgil M. Garrett. We Invite you to call and see us. We carry everything: usually carried in a first class drug; store and sell cheap. A full line of school books on hand. Cumming: Drug: Store. Georgia, Forsyth County To all whom it may concern: H. L. Patterson administrator "upon the estate of B. F. Mc- Afee, late of said county, de ceased, has in due form ap plied to me for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said deceased, and said ap plication will bd heard at the regular term of Court of Ordi nary for said county to be held on ‘ the first Monday in Sept. 1923. Given under my hand and official signature, this 6th, day of Aug. 1923. W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary. . Keep the Children Busy. "■> on.l to Jo little tblr-i about the boms. It trains them to ho useful, not awkweM In latsr and more Important u gives them occupation whllls they are small and it guards against selflih. Idle, unhandy members of an older society. Occu pation makes happiness, and occupa tion cannot bo aoauired too young. Georgia, Forsyth County. To all whom, it may concern: Geo. W. Glover administrator upon the estat/e of D. S. Glover, late of said county, deceased, has in due foirm applied to me for leave to sell the lands be longing to th‘D estate of said de ceased, apd, said application will be heard at the regular term of Cos art of Ordinary of said county) to be held on the first Monday in September 1923 Given under my hand and official siga.ture, this 7th day of Augusnt 1,923. W. J. Tidwell Ordinary. Notice to Debtors St Creditors. All persons having claims or demands against -the estate of B. F. McAfee, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned, prop erly proven at once; and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immed iate settlement. August 6th. 1923. ( H. L. Patterson, Adm‘r.