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Published -very Fridtiv bv
,!. 1. Kirby.
I'rice 75c. a Year.
CUM MING, GA 6EPT. 7, 1923
I tiicn ii .June hi, 1902, nr* second
clap** matter at the poet ofHcr at Cuin
rniilg, ’.in , Act of Congri-SK of March
3, 1H71).
A pair of mules have up
at T. M.. Gage’s, on the highway
Ow ner can get them by calling
and identifying them.
(.'ash Market and Cafe will pay
40 cents a dozcu for eggs in
trade.
The Misses Groover have re
turned to their home in Chatta
nooga,, after spending sometime
whit relatives in town.
You will find the grand Jury
presentments in this paper.
Lots of new legal ads this
week. Look ’em up.
Trade with the Cash Market &
Cafe ami get 40 cents a dozen
for your eggs
Col. J. P. Fowler made an ad
dress at the Labor Day Exercises
at Buford Monday.
> ,
Miss Selma Shadburn, of Bu
ford, has been the guest of Miss
Ruth Pirkle for several days-
Mr. Veil Fowler, of Buford,
was a visitor here Wednesday.
Luts of hoarding pupils now,
and more aeoming.
Come out to the Tractor Dem
onstration next Tuesday.
COAL MOUNTAIN
Going to court.seems to be the
order of the day.
Mrs. Maggie Rbdd and son,'of
Atlanta, spent first of the week
with her brother, Mr. Ed Tallant
Miss Irene Tidwell spent Fri
day with Miss Eva Castleberry,
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Jones
spent a few days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones.
Mr. Egbert Heard is very low
with pneumonia. Hope for him
a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Larmon Smith
and little daughter spent a few
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Bart Smith.
Miss Bessie Castleberry spent
one afternoon last week with
Mrs. Annie Martin.;
Mr. Pat Snelling. of Buford,
spent Saturday night with Mr. L
W Wofford.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Payne spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
friends at Haw Creek.
Miss Missie Chadwick spent
■one afternoon last week with
Miss Nellie Wofford.
Misses Dessle and Annie Bell
Payne were the bedtime guests
of Misses Grace ami Sallie Kate
Heard Saturday.
Mr. John Allen spent Sunday
with Mr. Willingham Harrison.
Dew Drop.
Atlanta Welding Co*
74Ivy St., Atlanta, Oa.
H. J. Montgomery, Frop'r.
Prepared to weld anything that
can be welded. Use both elec
trie and autogenous. Prices very
reasonable and satifoctior guar
teed.
"Kr* ; ■ r “• and TI.T
Notice to Debtors & 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
arc required to make immed
iate settlement. August 6th.
1923. ,
( H. L. Patterson, Adm‘r.
fcs- _ ’
200,000 PERISH
BY EARTHQUAKE
i
BODIES OF VICTIMS LIE ON
COUNTED IN STREETS Pl_eD
HIGH WITH LITTEH
FIRE AND TIMLWAVE FBLLOVi
Thousands Die As Skyscrapers Toppti
Into Seething Masses Of Terror-
Mad Humanity
Shanghl, China. Two hundred
thousand persons hove porlßhed li
Toklc and Yokohama alone, accordlnt
to bulletins received hero from Japan
In Tuklo the arsenal exploded, do
stioytng the araonitl and tho odJotn
!ns prlntlnß bureau There wore so*
• irv.l thousand casualties here.
Most serious damage was done t£
tho tract covering tha Yama-No-Tt
district.
In tho Nthonhttstil and Kanda wards,
In which scarcely a single structure
Is left standing, thousands lack watei
The Kaljo building In the Maiun
ouchi district collapsed, with a thou
sand casualties
Tho lofty buildings lining the street!
opposite the Toltle Central railway
station were burned . The main bund
lug ol the Central railroad station re
mains Intact
At Yokohama tine fire started In
the Bund and spread through Bertsn
and Iszakl streets, wiping out the
business district.
Tens of thousands of visitor?
many of them foreigners, are In the
mountain resorts of the Hofcono dls
trlet. They were panic stricken by
tho repeated Mount Hakono
and the town of Atama were demol
ished, with the loss of six or seven
thousand dead.
At Ito, on the Idnee peninsula, more
than POO houses were washed away
by tidal waves.
tils hundred persons perished with
the railway tunnel at Pasako. the
largest In Japan, collapsed
HIBTORY OF DISASTERS
A llßt of tho roost destructive
earthquake disasters lu the Far
East recorded In history follows:
Place No. Killed Date
Tosa, Japan ...Inestimable 684
Thousands
Matsu, Japan " 869
Koyti, Japan " 1361
Tokaldo, Japan .... 20,000 1408
Toklo, Japan 200,000 1703
Pekin. China 100,000 1731
Hlzen, Japan 16,000 1792
Canton, Chins 6J)00 1880
Ptiluaab, Japan 12.000 1944
Toklo, Japan 1.200 1855
Yunnan. China - 4,000 1888
North Central
Hondo, Japan ... 10,000 1891
Surlku, Japan 1 27,000 1896
Kan-Su, China 3.000 1930
Gorman# Vote To Work For Frenoh
DuaooWort. —It waa aowmaotKl at
French boad'iu&rters hero th-M 3,1*00
norma n uitni'xs um ployed to four
mines to the Eason district Ueul vxUoef
In favor of working under kToncbj
direction. One hundred and fifty!
workers looked out try the Thyssen!
Btoel Work* also trilled a mooting to
c ruuldoT working fur the French, hut
n thousand other wnrkavs attended
the rooetlnb and It broke In coufu-
Blon before a vote could be taken
Mexican Embassy R:ady To Operate.
WaHhtngtou.—-Manual C. Tolleo.
chargo and affaires of the Mexican effl
barmy here, presented his credentials
lo acting Secretary Phillips, thus tV;
nally restoring full International rela
tion* between the two governments.,
At the samp time George T Summer-]
lln, charge of the American emhasayi
In Mexico City, presented his effoden-J
tlals to the Mexican foreign office. 1
Cool Woe Will a K. Policy For Alaska
Washington.—President Ooolldge.i
although having temporarily pul
aside (ho mnfujr of ail Alaskan pol
icy to take up more pressing prob
lems, was declared by white house
officiate to be Inclined toward adop
tion of the plans for development of
that territory outlined by President;
Hording In hie Seattle addresa.
Creaper Likely Pick For Mexico Poalj
Washington.—Selection of an am
bassador to Mexico, to which Presi
dent Cooltdgc and Secretary Hughes
are known already to have given some'
attention, prohably will be made be
fore the end of this month. It Is re
garded as prohablo to official circles
here that the poet will go to R B.
(Yeager, of Rrownvllle, Texas who to
known to bnve boon the choice of,
President Harding and whoso reoont]
conferences here with PresMent OooPI
Idge are said to have resulted to &'•
favorable consideration of hts name;
N. C. Growers Get $6,000,000 Loan
New T-ork. —Wall Street heard that:
the North Carolina Cotton Growers’
Cooperative association had practi
cally concluded arrangement with the
National City bank for a credit of ffi,-
000,060 to finance the marketing of
Uio association's cotton. The asso
ciation has not yet acted upon the'
terms of the agreement txlt its ratlfi
cation Is expected shortly. This Is'
the second cotton credit of importance
to come to the attention of the (loan
cial district so far this season. The
(rat Was a minimum of fau.OOO.OOO. '
TAX LEVY.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues in regu
lar Monthly Session, Septem
ber sth, 11)23.
It is ordered that $2.00 be lev
led on the taxable property of
said county as shown on Tax
Digest for 1923, as follows:
To pay Jurors, Bailiffs, and
Court Stenographer .10
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay Sheriffs and non
resident witnesses .05
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay paupers .06
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay bridges and puo
lic buildings .40
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay Stationery .03
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay Public Roads 40
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay outstanding claims 36
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay all other lawful
charges 10
On the SIOO.OO.
To pay to build new jaii 30
On the SIOO.OO.
Total $2.00
With privilege of taking off
Jail levy if conditions demand.
It is ordered that the Tax Col
lector of said county collect
said amounts and pay the same
over to the Bank of Cumming,
the County Depository.
This Sept. sth, 1923.
W. J. Tidweil,
R. B. Burruss,
Commissioners.
It is further ordere f that
sl.lO, (one and lOjIOO dol
lars) of taxable propert' as
shown on digest of Cumming
Public School District for yea:
1923 to pay interest and retire
the first $1,000.00 of school
bonds of said school district for
year 1923. It is further ordered
that the Tax Collector coilect
said amount, and pay the same
over to the Trustees of said
School District, for the purpose
aforesaid.
It is ordered by the Board of
Education that 4 Mills or 40c
on the SIOO.OO of taxable prop
erty of said county, as shown
on digest 1923, be levied to sup
plement the public sc hool fund
received from the State.
It is further ordered that the
Tax Collector of said county,
collect said amount and pay
the same over to A. B.
ihe’ScflooF'Sup t, of bOki? Jx.ihCy
The Trustees and the County
School Sup't have levied 5 mills
or 50c on the SIOO.OO ol taxa
ble property of Gumming
Sharon, Oak Grove and Ifley
Public Schools as shown on
the tax digest of each respect
ive public school district for
the purpose of supplementing
the public school fund received
from the State. It is therefore
ordered that the Tax Collector
of said county collect the said
amounts and pay the same over
to the Trustees of each respect
ive school district.
The Trustees of Mt. Zion Pub
lie School District, with County
School Sup't. have levied 25c
on the SIOO.OO of taxable prop
erty of said school district os
shown on school digest for the
year 1923. It is therefore order
ed that the Tax Collector of
said county collect said amount
and pay the same over to the
School District.
The Trustees and County Su
perintendent have levied 40c
on the SIOO.OO of taxable prop
erty of Mayfield Public School
District as per school digest for
1923, for the purpose of sup
plementing the school fund r<
ceived from the State,
therefore ordered that the TANARUS,
Collector of said county collect
said amount and pay the same
over to the Trustees oi May
field Public School District
This Sept. sth, 1923.
W. J. Tidwell, Ch
R. B. Burruss
Commissioners.
Georgia, Forsyth County. .
To all whom it may concern:
J. L. Phillips having made ap
plication to me for permanent
letters of administration to vest
in H. S. Brooks or some other
fit and proper person upon the
estate of R. O. Garrett late of
said county, deceased, notice is
hereby given that said applica
tion will be heard at the regu
lar term of the Court ot Ordi
nary of said county to be held
on the first Monday in October
1923.
Given under my hand ana
official signature this sth day
of September 1923.
W. J. Tidwell Ordinary.
ESENTMENTS
1 th tfon i j. V eric- 'Court,
!. it Rid. e Circuit.—
We. tlx gra • j- -... a and
s' orn, f. <• e • ■ ' ; ■•- th Su
p< -ior C ur , . . • he fol
loving fgon:
t.'/e : . • • imil.tee
It p lbli . % good
< onditi >h, except ; that
nt jail
j: id .site -e solu . v ; bHi 3her on
the soy th
ip the lot soi id
ii tt a. , t * uir i 'build
t:, jail. t
We tiiaf school
attendanci < u-nd
hat it
ought • mnty
uperintendeni n, nd
.1 , . ' <• * l .• c, '* ' C O Gil
[force the pv.-.-eui <*><:•:, j; .ry School Law.
Thr High cy.li vi have examined
the dis of • that
v • re rurned >\ them
t,• at 1\ . '<mm . noo
ha :: th -propel
We ;u" nr:,".. h.il .1. . ■ a ( reek
District, M tary Pub
|lie to fill the Biooks,
'cused by he - , resign.
\\ ,-i r com mere! .anoint
: r ‘ Note i i !' xt, G.
;vl., 1727, to j K by the res
ignation of < i. v. . 1
We r.xomme-* 1 i-.i a -point
ed Notary übhc er D . M
878, to fill uncxpirce . era R caus
ed by his resignation.
We elect to the Board of L;' ■ ion Jasper
Stone, to Til; the unexoi:* ■' to; ol Jc- e Bales,
resigned.
We recommend that ih Ord.M.-.i.. pay 0.00
per month for the su
:We recommend that th. Or -a- ■* $4.00
r v- • *
V* •• V. Vis i.z>: ■ ■
‘Thr-. - .
Indigeition.’’' writes Mr. M. ii.
Waae, a burner, of R. I
Weir, At iis. • i \v< uid • i
for.months r.utnc. : .
fril i I,'C
nttef . ■■ Sy
*d from weak -csi; i v.< 1 • y
to eat, thui ti:e te--ri3ic sub
log in my gio-.crbS ! J,
medi-Ties, or,! did gc? %
better. i:>; druggist it.
nieiniet
Tfiedfoi'd’s
BJ iff
BUil -
mod I deci< id t(
siy, I ha
or more ye-im without ad • v -
pioveri'Kn!. in y 1 -l:h. I
found the Iliac - -.
acting' on my ' •<> u'
tJie ts übie on.
"In w
torn**; cc
i only svs.igfi-.. ' ' -.w l
weigh 147
to. an*' by : .er :
5 ao r/)t suites .'
h-i'.i. ,3U tr . J 1 he< *
B>v*cr. ’>r if ._
today.
Over Snvliioi: rac -
a year. A) re
Notice.
George M Col -> - ■
young Jersej maier .-•• lor -sar
vice. Fee si,so
- to Debtor:’ i- -be
All persons ha . .g >. - '
demands ig- i; ir- <•
Dr. J. H. Hockeitfcull dec ased
are here y n<>., icd ' tj
the sarri • *•> (!••: .. b • gne<i
(.or to my anon.' y I Fatu
son) properly urovi r. --ic<
and all persons in., b'-t-c :<> sai 1
estate are require .1 uk
immediate 1 payment. J v 5t
1923.
Mrs. l.aura Ho; -••<>! ul
Widov. & onlj surviving ueit
of J. J-.. Hockenhull >i< -d.
E. ( '. BRA'NMW
ATTORNRY AT I-'
SO3 .fflrkso I’uiiel.
(I untsvilu-..
. Wlllpr. •' ■■Md.oc.'
OVID T. WHEi v’ib h.
Attorney a‘ Law,
GUMMING, : GCO .GIA
Office over F. &. M Bn- k.
per month for the support of Mrs. LoV Jett.
Through our committee we have inspected the
convict camp and find it in good and sanitary
condition, and the prisoners humanely treated.
' We recommend that these presentments be
published in both county papers and that they
be paid SIO.OO each for same.
We have examined the books of the County
Officers through the Auditor's report and maka
his report a part of our general presentments.
We attach the report of the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court, and the Tax Collector to our pre
sentments. ~ .
We recommend that the pay of jurors and bai
liffs be Two dollars per day. -
We recommend that the Australian Ballot
System be adopted for this county.
Attached herewith is the proposed tax levy
for the year 1923, and we recommend that the
same be made as proposed and itemized y
the Ordinary. .
In taking leave of His Honor, Judge Blair,
we desire to thank him for his able charge to
our body and his earnest efforts to enforce the
laws of our county. We also wish to express
our thanks to Hon. Optin g. Wood, Solicitor Gen
eral, for his counsel and sefvice rendered our
body during our session. We exteftd our than s
to our efficient bailiff, M. H. Westfe*™ or
his prompt attention and service to oui Nr wouy.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. J. Smith, Foreman.
J. B. Driskell, Clerk,
S. P. Fleming, Clerk. •
AUDITOR'S REPORT— CONDENSED.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE'.
Receipts $2,636.34
Disbursements $1,245.50
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT:
Receipts 2,953.05
Disbursements $2,953.05
TAX COLLECTOR:
Receipts $38,789.62
Disbursements $38,141.65
Overpaid State. $394.93.
: . ERIFF'S SALE.
For yth County.
- i.i ,c sold before the court
- ooi in Cumming, in said
.•".iffy, within the legal hours
-• sa: 1 to the highest bidder
h on the first Tuesday
,in 't - her, 1923, the follow
: - p- .nerty, to wit: All that
trix i parcel of land, lying
in the 2nd district
m: , -,ection of Forsyth
Georgia, bPing all bf
lot of ; u.d No; (889) eight him
dree and eighty nine, also 4
a- more cr less, of lot No.
(•iff) Nine hundred & twelve
>eiff a part of the northeast
pf said lot, commenc
northeast corner of
; thence south 91 yards,
little north of east
:1s; thence in a north
. lion 60 yards to a
Lit original east and
250 yards from a
‘ (orner, at a starting
i 20 acres, more or
ast side of lot No.
- uuudred and nine
of said lot lying
ide oi Big Creek;
. es, more or less, ly-
ung in the south-east
lot No. (840) Eight
and forty, commenc
outh-east corner of
hence north along the
'hie to a stake, thence
terrace; thence near
•< the original east &
thence east along
and west line to a
, - - ant. Said tract coh
:di 66 acres, more or
■ , 1 Dodge Roadster
motor No.
■inck mule about nine
i weight about 1100
Levied upon as the
u T. A. Stone to sat
.-xecution in favor of
unty Bank Vs T. A.
rincipal, and J. H.
.. id Wm. Maddox as
Levy made by J. B.
■a i : s deputy sheriff, and
to me for the pur
; ; ; ‘ .i ' Tenant in possess
Ad of time and place
of . o : : terms of the law.
sep . Ist, 1923,
L iiolbrook, Sheriff.
/ v UTOR'S SALE.
•. Forsyth County.
. .. .. ! by direction of the
.viij i Andrew J. Lummus, de
e fd at 6of Forsyth County,
' i for sale at public
..in. lore the court house
■ ruing in said coun
v. i in a the legal hours of
ire: first Tuesday in Oc
:)■;-. . • 3, ghat is known as
Lummus home place,
. oiuumiug 170 acres, more or
,s, consisting of lots Nos. 936,
" . ‘ ’ the north half of 1007
< No. 10,08, in the 3rd dis
i let atfirst section, in four
parcels:
FIRST: Lot No. 937, where
on is situated a five-room dwell
ing, barn and other outbuild
ings and a tenant house, with
twenty acres in cultivation.
Mrs. J. W. Lummus owns an
undivided one-third interest in
lot No. 936. She consents to the
sale of the entire lot and will
take one-third of the proceeds
and in addition to the execu
tor's deed she ..will make the
purchaser a deed to one-third
interest in the lot.
SECOND: The second parcel
consists of lot No. 938, except
four acres in a square in the
northwest corner where New
Harmony church and school
house stands; and twenty a
cres, the north half of 1007.
There are no improvements on
this tract. Twenty acres in cul
tivation.
THIRD: The 3rd parcel, lot
No. 1008. No improvements on
this lot, five acres in cultivation
about 25 acres in original for
est, the balance pasture land.
FOURTH: Lot of land No.
936, containing forty acres,
more or less. There are no im
provements on this lot.
Sold for the benefit of the
heirs of the said A. J. Lummus
and the legatees under his will
after the payment of about
$600.00 to A. J. Lummus, Jr.,
to make him equal with the
other children in the original
distribution of said estate.
The crops on said land for
the present year are reserved.
Terms: 15 per cent to be paid
on the day of sale, the balance
on or by the Ist day of January
1924, and possession of the
property surrendered
purchaser at that timw-orear-
Tjer, if the same occupied
apd the puwfhasfe money is
pifiel. /
This Sept. Ist, 1923.
J. W. Lummus, Executor
of the will of A. J. Lummus, de
ceased.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Under and by virtue of an or
der granted by the Superior
Court of said county, I will sell
for cash before the court
house door in said county, with
in vhe lo gal hours of sale to
the highest bidder, on Satur
day, September Bth, 1923, the
following described property:
One Ford Roadster Automo
bile, Motor No. 5689683.
ALSO: 1 5 passenger Ford
automobile, motor No. 243657.
ALSO: 1 5-passenger Ford
automobile, motor No. 6715394
ALSO: 1 5-passenger Ford
automobile, motor No. 512148.
Said cars having been cap
tured, condemned, and ordered
sold under the General Prohibl
tion Act. This Sept. 1, 1928.
R. L. Holbrook, Sheriff.