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We are in step with the advancing season, and ready lor the needs which these fall winds produce. Our stock is the largest ever shown in Cedartown. Much time and care has been'spentin its selection, and we can show you the best products oi the fac tories of the North and East. Every department is full of the season's nobbiest styles. Men’s Clotliiug, Boys’ Clothing 1 , Gents’ Furnishings, Men’s and Boys’ Shoes and Hats— all to suit the most fastidious and please the most exacting. Special attention is called to our splendid line of Underwear. W. K. HOLMES Men’s and Boys’ Outfitter. Br’Sf'rSS? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1900. MbJ. J. A. Blance was in Carters- ville Sutifrday. Editor E. B. Russell spent Satur day in Atlanta. Maj. R. T. Fouctte, of Rome, was in the city Friday. Dr. W. Q. England was In Rome Monday on business. Miss Mary Harris was home from Aragon over Sunday. Miss Lula Barron visited relatives in Carrollton last week. Our Monogram is the Coflee. For sale at Bobo & Simmons. Mr. C. H. Kemper left Sunday for a trip to Middle Georgia. Just received a large lot of fancy candy. J. H. Piiilpot & Co. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wood spent Sunday with relatives in Rome. Miss Maude White has gone to At lanta, where she has accepted a posi tion. Mrs. Frank Logan, of Atlanta, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Lockhart. October oysters, fresh on ice, for sale tomorrow (Friday) at Bobo & . Simmons. Judge C. G. Janes will hold court next week for Judge S. W. Harris at Carrollton. Mr. R. A. Adams arrived home Friday evening from a business trip to New York. Bring your cotton and cottonseed to Cedartown and get the top of the market lor them. Mr. Frank Lowther is again in at tendance at the State Technological School in Atlanta. Mr. D. T. Colquitt, of Luke Creek, was one of the welcome callers at our office Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Powell are vis iting their daughter, Mrs. D. A. Hunt, in Birmingham. Farmers, if you want to sell your cottonseed, I will p&y the highest market price. Ham Jones. Mrs. T. J. West, who has been vis iting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Blance, returned Saturday to Atlanta. Miss Mattie Wallace,who has been the attractive guest of Mrs. Sprouli Colbert, returned home to Carters- ville Monday. Suits made to order for $13 and pants for $4.60 and up, by E. Boyd, the Merchant Tailor, over store of H. J. Dempsey. Mrs. H. M. Stanley, who has been visiting the family ol Mrs. J. E. Roberts, returned to her home in Dublin last Saturday. Mrs. D. N. Hightower and daugh ter, Miss Lucile, were in Rockraart Saturday at the death-bed of their aunt, Mrs. Minerva Morgan. The Cedartown fcotton Company’s new waste-house at their Mill No. 2 has been comploted. It is built to re-place the one destroyed by fire a few weeks since. Mr. M. O. Gulss, the clever audi tor of the Alabama and Georgia Iron Company, left Friday for a well earndd vacation to be spent among relatives in Ohio. Mr. M. W. Barber, the clever pho tographer,has moved into the Corley house which he recently purchased, and has also moved his. art gallery on the same lot on Main street. Full cream cheese at J. H. Phllpot & Co.’s. Mr. M. Hunter Harris spent Sun day in Rome. Mr. JoeCamarntn run down to At lanta Tuesday. Mr. Jere Fields, of Cartersvllle, spent Sunday here. Our fancy Cream Cheese is the beat. Bono & Simmons. Mr. John B.'Lacy was in Atlanta Tuesday on business. Mr. Arthur W. Anderton was over from Aragon Sunday. Mr. Edgar Reynolds spent Sunday with relatives at Briscoe. Mr. Sam McEachern, of Chatta nooga, was here over Sunday. Fresh oysters on ice tomorrow (Friday) at Bobo & Simmons. Dr. J. E. Pennington, the popular Esom Hill physician, was in the city Friday. Mr. Charley Freeman left Monday for Atlanta where he has accepted a clerkship. Cedartown is paying more for cot ton than any other North Georgia town or city. Col.H.M. Nicholes spent last week in Carrollton as official stenographer at court there, Wanted—$700 for client; Main street property as security. Address, Box "E,” Cedartown, Ga. Mr. N. F. Cobb was in Rockmart Friday at the bedside of his deceased wife’s sister, Mrs. Minerva Morgan. All parties indebted to me for fer tilizers will find me and my books at L. C. Butler’s store. Please call promptly. W. F. Freeman. Mr. Chas. Beasley, The Stand ard’s capable foreman, left Sunday to spend a couple of weeks vacation “pirouetting around” in Middle Georgia. Cols. W. F. Turnpr, F. A. Irwin and W. W. Mundy arrived home Saturday evening from Atlanta, where they had business before the Supreme Court. Just received Potted Ham, Dev iled Ham, Dried Tongue, Deviled Chicken, Veal Loaf, Ham Loaf, and other canned meats. Try them. Bono & Simmons. Drs. J. A. Liddell and H. M.Hall, and Messrs. W. L. Knight, Morgan Russell and Ed. Huntington are off on a hunting trip among the moun tains of Alabama this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Booz arrived here Monday from Sabinal, Mexico, and will be welcomed back to their old home by their many friends,after an absence of several months. Mr. T. M. Asbury, a sterling citi zen of Cave Spring, was a welcome visitor in our sanctum Saturday. Mr. Asbury kindly says thnt he re gards The Standard as the best weekly newspaper In Georgia. I am again in the meat market business, and w'ill be found next door to Roberts' livery stable. Will run on a cash basis strictly. Thank ing the public for past favors, I ask a continuance of the same. W. D. Crawford. Mr. Thos. H. Sites, a prominent manufacturer of Newark, O., has been the guest this week of his cousin, Maj. T. II. Booz. The Standard enjoyed a pleasant call from this genial gentleman Monday. He is greatly pleased with Cedar town and her prospects as a manu facturing center. THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB. A thoroughly enjoyable affair was the meeting of the Fortnightly Club Inst Thursday afternoon, Mrs. W. K. Holmes being the popular hostess. A “Menu Card" pleasurably oc cupied the attention of the guests and “kept ’em guessing,” the vari ous items of the bill of fure being represented as follows:— MIXES. Cooktnila-Rooster feathers. Champagne—A pleoe of isinglass, a aim a pane. RELISHES. Olives—Bows of olive ribbon. Piokles—A nut-pick and somo letter Ls. Radishes—Bed dishes, SOCPS. Gumbo—A paekage of okowing gum tied with ribbon bow. Risque—A bisque figure. Terrapin -A dish of earth and a hat pin. Bluefish—A fish out out of blue paper. MEATS. Canvas Baok Duok—A ohinn duok with a pieoe of oanvas on its baok. Sweetbreads—Pieces of bread with BUgar. Chiokou Salad—A ohina ohioken on a mustard leaf. EXTREES. Saratoga OhipB—Poker ohips. String Beans—Beans on a string. Egg Plant—A plant with an egg on it. DESSERTS. Bon Bons—Candy. Minoe—Picoes of finely out meat, Sponge Cake — Small picoes of sponge. Dates—A collection of calendars. A number of Indies tied for the prize, m pretty rose bowl, which was won by Mrs. Wm. Parker. Delici ous refreshments were served, and the entire occasion was ifiuch en joyed. WASTE HOUSE BURNED. The big waste house at Mill No. 1 ol the Cedartown Cotton Company was destroyed by fire Saturday evening, spontaneous combustion being the probable cause. The con tents of the building—waste cotton filled with oil and grease—were very inflammable, and made a hot, quick fire. Loss wns covered by in surance. The building will be re built at once. The C.R. & S. road will sell tickets to the Fair in Atlanta from Oct. 0th 27th inclusive, good until Oct. 30th, for $2.44 from Cedartown and $2.01 from Young’s. Tickets good for the round trip,continuous passage,and fot one admission into the Fulr grounds. Mr. D. A. Whitehead, one of the successful farmers of the county, brought to our office a stalk of sugar cane 10J feet long, which grew on his farm in Collat'd Vulley from seed sent him by the Government. It Is a line specimen of this Southern pro duct, and shows the possibilities of our soil. Among the number from Cedar town who attended the funeral Sun day at Young’s of Mrs. Minerva Morgan, of Rockmart, were the fol lowing kinfolks and friends of that excellent lady: Dr. and Mrs. R. R. and Dr. Alva Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Houseal and daughter, Miss Louise, Mrs. D. N. and Miss Lucile Hightower, Mrs. Lucy Henderson, Col. and Mrs. F. A. Irwin, Mrs. R. A. Adams, Mrs. R B. Parks, Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Wood, Judge W. C. Knight and daughter, Miss Gertie, Messrs. N. F. Cobb, A. C. Cobb and A. M. Lane, and Misses Minnie and Cora Young. C. PHILPOT, Real Estate Agent CEDARTOWN, GA. SPECIALTIES. S6TF0R SALE—City Lots, Resi dences, Timber Lands, Business Property. jey-4,000 acres Fine ORE Property near E. & W. road for sale. SSTFarm Lands. Some of the Finest Farm Lands in Georgia, in Either Small or Large Tracts—Also in Mid dle and South Georgia. USTTaxes Paid, Rents Collected. Administrator's Sale. By vlrtua of an order from the court of •or dinary of Polk county, granted at the Septem ber term, will he sold on first Tuesday in No vember, tuoo, at the court house door in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the fol lowing described lands, consisting of these tracts: Tract No. 1. Consisting of lots Nos. 5. 0, Oft, and 70, situate in the liOtli district nnd 3rd section, and south half of lot 1327, situate In the 21st district and 3rd section- The whole tract containing 180 acres, more or less, lying in a body. Tract No. 2, consisting of whole lots Nos. 1265 and 1320, and 10 acres lying in south-west corner of 1200, and 10 acres lying in north-west corner of 1325; situate in the 21st district and 3rd section, and lot No. 7. situate in the 20th district and 3rd section, the wliolo tract con taining 140acres, more or less, lying in a body. Tract No 3, consisting of lot No. 4, • situate in the 20th district and 3rd section, and con taining 40 acres, more or less All of said lands lying in Polk county, and ail sold as the property of the estate of 1). P. Wright, deceased, late of said county. Sold for the purpose of paying the debts of said de ceased, and making distribution among the heirs of said deceased. 10-4 4wks W. H. WniGHT, Adm’r of B. F. Wright. SCHEUERS DEPARTMENT STORE SHOES! For really Good Shoes for Men, Women and Children, we are headquarters. Lace or Button, all sizes and widths. Our line of Children’s Siioes is unsurpassed. Prices are unusually low. Remember, we are Sole Agents for the celebrated American Girl Shoe. Our store is at its Autumn host just now, and all the newest and most correct styles in Pat tern Hats and Fall Millinery. Others might imitate our styles, but they cannot duplicate our prices. A call will convince you. Smart is-Correct DRESSGOODS I No need to be irresolute; the fashion has settled Elain Goeds JIp© SeppeGb. While this will bo an elegant dress season, the buying nnd style developed will be in the trimmings. The goods will be plain. Everything that Fashion sanctions you will And here. RIGHT IN QUALITY! RIGHT IN STYLE! RIGHT IN PRICES! DRESS TRIMMINGS! The words seem simple, but they mean much. While the gowns will be of plain cloth, the trimmings will be rich. Even tailor-made gowns will be trimmed in evbry sort of varia tion of applique—applique in silk, satin, chiffon and gilt will he used. Rich materials for the dress, gorgeous Silver on Black Velvet, Gil ton Black Velvet will lighten up the cloth. Iridescent effects tinged with silver will also be largely used. This will appeal to Indies who wish a dress that cannot lie duplicated. Men’s and Boys’ CLOTHING Our stock of Clothing is so large and varied that we can al most invariably lit you without even making an alteration. IN OUR' IT DEPATRHEHT You will And all the swell Hats, comprising Derbies and Alpines. Our Juvenile Department, is par ticularly attractive this season both in number nnd variety of styles shown, and the moderate prices. If it is worn by men or boys you will find it here, of the right quality and at the right prices. Isadore Scheuer. City Tax Notice. Your city taxes are now due, and must be paid on or before Nov. 25th, after which executions will bo Is sued. Books are now open at my office. Call and settle promptly. J. O. Knight, Recorder. STREET TAX DUE. The second halt ($1.60) of your street tax for 1900 Is now due, and must he settled at once. J. M. Jolly, Marshal. ^=1^018. IPXIVE==^ Job Printing =COME TO THE= Standard Office. YOU CAN’T RESIST! THE SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY WE OFFER TO THOSE SEEKING THE NEWEST STYLES Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, Etc. Broadcloths, Venetians, Poplins, Golf Suitings, French Flannels, Ladies’ Cloth, Camel’s Hair. All the Newest Weaves found in an up-to-date Dry Goods House. We have a Beautiful Line of Ladies’ and Children’s Jackets, .See Our Stock! We carry the largest stock of MILLINERY in the City. Ai Ci COBBi [■: