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^ : . ' 1 T— Public.Mil Bvory Thunulay In the Year SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ono Year f 1.00 SI* MoiiLIjh f .d T«.me Mon thu 2/i AnvKR'riMiNO Katkm will he furnished TKITRSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900 CENSUS FIGURES. POLK I.KADH 8KVKNTH CON GEH5SSIONAL DISTRICT. Oilartown Lead. All County Totvnt ami Clilc* In Population IncroaHc Unino IItiN Gain of Only .Till, Wlillo Bartow County Lohcn Oh HoprcHBlitatlvc. Georgia’s Population 1800,... .1,8(7,868 Georgia’s Population 1000,... .2,810,820 Gain in ten years,. “Woodman, spare that tree!” And I lien plant more! Now is tlio time to plant shade trees. Every lot in Oedartown should ho shaded by beautiful wafer oaks or elms. Kov. W. F. Glenn, 1). D., lias been re-eleeted by tlio trustees as editor of the Wesleyan Chris tian Advocate for the next, four years. • In spile of the fact that old Folk made the largest, propor tionate increase of any county in tlio district, she will have to wait, ton years boforo she can send two representatives to the Geor gia Legislature. .fudge John O. Print up, of Rome, lias been re-appointed by Judge Newman ns Referee in Bankruptcy for this district. Judge Brin tup lias made an ex cellent, record in office, and his ro-appoiiitmsnt is well deserved. It. is unwise for a political party to make too many promises of unlimited prosperity. Some body—thousands of somebodies, in fact,—are sure to he dis appointed, and the reaction is most damaging to the party in power. Attorney General Griggs 1ms announced his intention to retire from President McKinley’s Oabi- not on March 4th next. Lot us hope his successor will ho a man who will at least try to enforce the anti-trust laws already on tlio Federal statute hooks. The grand jury which recom mended the adoption of the dog law in Polk “had its trouble for its pains,” as the Georgia Legis lature 1ms now repealed She stato law under which it operated. Of course, this notion maybe re considered boforo the close of the session. The Congressional Committee on Rivers has boon inspecting the Coosa this week, with a view to increased appropriations for making it more navigable. They have missed the opportunity of their lives by not investigating a project to;make Big Cedar creek navigable ns far as Oedartown! A negro near Union, Colo.,was burned 1 at the stake last Friday. He was a rapist and murderer, his victim being a little girl oil her way home from school. The ' exccitlion was conducted oil the spot where the dead girl was found, and her father applied the torch. And all this in “Lincoln” county I Representative J. B. Ayers, of Oedartown, Polk county, is a blacksmith, and was the other day thu recipient of a beautiful souvenir from his friends in the shape of a solid silver anvil paper weight, which lie takes pardona ble pride in showing his asso ciates in the House. Mr. Ayers is a member of the labor com mittee, and takes a prominent position in behalf of the labor measure now pending before the Legislature.—Atlanta Journal. Ono of the Atlanta street rnil- ' way companies wants to run its tracks ncross the railroad cross ings botweon Peachtree and Whitehall streets, but tlio State owns a strip of property there and Governor Gaudier will not allow it. Ho is right about it, for that particular crossing is ono of tlio most dangerous in the country, If pedestrians had to dodge streetcars as well as trains there, the accident insurance companies would suffer heavily. a Tlio Atlanta Journal is pre paring to give a number of bright young people a pleasant treat. It, will take five of the most, pop ular college students from the five* leading male colleges ill Georgia—St liter University, Em ory, Mercer, Technological and Hahlonegd—to witness the in augural ceremonies in Washing ton on March 4th, the students to "be selected by ballot; find will also send a number of represen tatives from the Atlanta public schools. The plan will prove a fine advertisement for the Jour nal. 878,070 BKVKNT1I msfaior. Counties 181)0 1000 Gain llnrtow 20,010 20,828 207 Catousn 6,481 6,828 8112 Chattooga 11,202 12,087 1,78.-. Cobb' 22,288 21,001 2,378 Dade 6,707 1,678 1,120 loss Floyd 48,801 83,113 1,722 Gordon 12,768 1 1,1111 1,301 11,UK) 11,1122 000 Murray 8,101 8,033 172 Paulding 11,010 12,000 1,021 1’olk 14,046 17,860 2,011 Walker 13,282' 16,001 2,370 Whitfield 12,010 14,600 1,687 Totals 170,250 107,001 18,312 Tlioso figures are certainly grat ifying to Oedartown and Polk county people, and demonstrate our groivtli anil prosperity in a substantial-way. From the list above, it will he seen that Polk county takes the lend of all the thirteen countipp in the Seventh congressional district,our increase being 20 per cent; the next, high est is Walker with 17 per cent; Olmttoogn with 15; Floyd with 14; Whitfield with 12; Cobh with 10, and Paulding with 7. The remaining counties range down ward to Hade county, which lost nearly 20 per cent. Floyd retains hor three repre sentatives in the Georgia Legis lature, Oohh her two, while Bar tow loses one of the two. That county has 207 increase,or! barely 1 per cent. Next to Dade’s loss comes Murray with tlio smallest increase, 172;Bartow 207 ;Oatoosa 002; Haralson (10(1. * + * Tlio iiitluonco of manufactur ing on the wealth and progress of a people is clearly shown in tlio history of these counties. Polk county 1ms the largest in crease in cotton factories and otlior industries in the Seventh district, the factories in Oodnr- towii and at Aragoii adding largoly to our population. The wealth of Polk increased over half a million dollars, placing us third in Georgia for 1000 in the total increase, and second in tlip list, population and wealth con sidered. Polk now ranks fourth in they thirteen counties of the Seventh district in population. * ^ * The same is true of cities us well as counties. Oedartown loads all county towns in popula tion increase in the Seventh dis trict, our per cent being nearly 74. No other city or town in the thirteen counties, or north of Atlanta as for that matter, ap proaches us in the wonderful strides we have made in a dec ade. Look at the counties with cot ton factories or other industries. Next to Polk comes Chattooga with her mills at Trion, Raccoon and Summerville; Whitfield with her Dalton industries; Floyd with her big Lindale factory; Oohh with her various plants nt Marietta, and Walker with her coal and iron mines. On the other hand,the absence of indus tries, where tlio people engage only in farming, without ttie stimulus to market gardening always incident to manufacturing enterprises, tells on the progress of a people in both wealth and population. *. * * Take Bartow for an instance. That county is one of the largest and wealthiest in Georgia in landed interest, and yet.she loses ono representative and gains very little m the county or the city of Oartersville. The same rule keeps up on this line in Dade, Murray, Catoosa, Gordon, Haral son and Paulding. A new cotton factory is going up in Dallas,and Paulding shows the largest in crease already in those counties without manufacturing indus tries. Counties that are doin u nothing to diversify labor, to convert, their raw material into the finished product, to stimulate agriculture and develop their natural resources, are hot out standing still in the march of progress but are actually losing in the great contest for suprem acy in wealth, progress and in telligence. But the greatest suprise came in the announcement of Rome’s population—her gain being- only 384 in a total population qf 7,201. While ' Oedartown heads the roll of North Georgia cities with an increase of nearly 74 j>er cent, Rome has even less than 4 per cent increase. Marietta, Dalton, anil other factory com munities show a large increase in their growth of population. CITY TAX BOOKS CLOSE POSITIVELY AND FINALLY NEXT SATURDAY. Only Half of the Tax Paid Yet— Many Will Get Caught for Conih. The city tax hooks will close Saturday evening ns provided by tlio Oity Charter. And there are a lot of people who are going to find their de lay in tax-paying expensive. Oity Clerk J. O. Knight in forms us that only about half of the 1 tax for 1000 has been paid to date. This means that folks will have to “come ii-running” to pay their tux in time to escape the' added penalties for delay. If you haven’t already paid, it will pay you to pay promptly. NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE. The Annual Conference Now In SoHSlon In Atlanta. The annual session of the North Georgia Conference of tho M. E. Church. South, was called to or der in Atlanta yesterday morning by Bishop E. R. Hendrix'. It is a largo and useful organization of ministers and lay delegates, and the work of each preacher is closely scrutinized by the Confer ence. The Oednrtown church sends up a splendid report through hor pastor, Rev. T. It. McCarty, who went down Tuesday morning to attend to some committee work. Tim church Has prospered greatly during his two years pastorate, many accessions being made to its membership. His salary for this year is not only paid in full, hut the same is true of each ono of the Conference assessments against the church. Besides this, the Methodists of Codnrtown have built tho Canal Street Methodist church.making in all about 1)18,400 that tlio Oedartown Methodists have raised in cash this year. Dr. L. S. Ledbetter, who is a member of spmo important com mittees, and Col. W. K. Fielder, a delegate from the Rome Dis trict Conference, wont to Atlanta yesterday to attend tho ([Confer ence sessions. Rev. J. M. Clow, tho esteemed pastor of the Oedartown Circuit, went down Tuesday, going by wiiy of Waco to leave his little son for a foiv days with his grand parents. TIIE JUSTICES AND UAILIFFS ELECTION. Under the amended law the election for Justices of the Pence and Bailiff's will be hold this year for tho first time on the first Saturday in December—the first day of .the month. ’Squire Will. Janes positively refuses to run for re-election,anil there is an interesting race on for Justice in this district between Mr. M. AV.. Barber, one of our best citizens, anil Mr. J. A. Bur dette, another well known citi zen. Mr. D. S. Weaver, a hust ling young man who contempla ted entering the race, lias with drawn in favor of Mr. Barber. There are two Bailiff's to he elected in this district, anil the candidates thus far are Messrs. Geo. J. AVeaver and AV. V. Tum- lin, two clever men who would make good officers. Men who refuse to support the nominees of their party are not the men to “re-organize 5 ’ a party, and should he modest about at tempting to dictate its future policy or nominees. CARD OF THANKS. AVn mosi sincerely tlinnk our many friends lor their kindness to us In our receul meat bereavement. F. P. Langford and Family, Mrs. W. J. Langford. The New York Herald of lust Sun day publishes mi excellent likeness of Mrs. Noith H. Swayne, a Indy ol brilliant Intellect and charming per sonality who Is a recent welcome addition to Oedartown social circles. Miss Helen, the accomplished daughter of Mr. Eugene Zimmer mail, president of the Alabama and Georgia Iron Company, was united in marriage last week Wednesday in England with the Duke of Manches ter. Mr. AV. J Langford, who came home recently after a residence of several years in Atlanta stricken with consumption, passed away last Thursday Catternoou. aged twenty- six years, at the homeot his parems, Rev. and Mrs Langford. He leaves a wife-anil little child, besides pa rents, brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. “Jeff” was a young man ot sterling character, a printer by trade, and was prominent in the printing fraternity in Atlanta, as will be seen from newspaper clippings elsewhere. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by Revs. T. R. McCarty and J. M. Ccqw. BIG BARGAINS JILT FINE FURNITURE! By buying my Furniture in Car=Load Lots for Spot Cash, I secure every possible Discount, and will COME TO ME FOR BIG BARGAINS IN PARLOR and BED-ROOM SETS, DiningRoom, Halk'HitdienFnrnta, STOVES! Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, BLANKETS, COVERLETS. =™J. $. COLLINS. Over lj250,000 fruit trees have been sold this full to Georgia fruit growers, representing an investment of .$100,000. " The fruit industry of Georgia is rap idly becoming one of the most paying over adopted by our farm ers, and The Standard hopes to see Polk county have a mil lion more fruit trees inside of the next five years. BURBANK’S A CURE GUARANTEED §§ jj£ OR MONEY. REFUNDED. i Pain back oP your eyes? Heavy pressure in your head? And are you sometimes faint and dizzy? Is your tongue coated? Bad taste in your mouth? And does your food distress you ? Are you nervous and ir ritable? Do you often •have the blues? And are you troubled about sleeping? Then your liver ft all wrong. But ther Is a cure. ’Tls the old reliable /3S3 They act directly on the liver. They cure constipation,biliousness, sick headache, nausea, and dyspepsia. Take a laxative dose each night. For 60 years years they have been the Standard Family Pills. Price 25 cents. AU Drnolsts. .*• I have taken Ayer’a Pills regu larly for six months. They have cured mo of a severe headache, and I can now walk from two to four miles without getting tired or out of breath, something I have not been able to do for many years." Y/rlio itia Dcotor. If yon have any complaint whatever and dcstro the best medical advice you call possibly receive, write the doctor f ? ce * 5 i , .v Yo . a wl i l rec ?l vo a prompt re ply without cost. Address, Da. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY T. IF 1 . bue,baitk:. ZDE-UCS-a-IST. Foundry Castings OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MADE ONLY FROM CHARCOAL IRON. Machine Work and Repairs OF ALL KINDS. ' LUMBER SURFACING, RIPPING, ETC. ALL WORK PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT REASONABLE RATES. ALABAMA & GEORGIA IRON CO., Oedartown, Ga. VANDIVER WHISKEY CO., JOHN M. VANDIVER, Mgr N No. 18 Broad St. (BAHEY’S OL j STABLE) ROME, GA. FINE WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES, ETC. JUO^ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. TELEPHONE NO. 34 XFor Fine Job Printing come to The Standard Office..-^