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THE CEDAKTOWN STANDARD
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THUKoDi'iY, DECEMBER SO, 1900
Tiik Standakd wishes :i 11 its
re&ders a very merry Christmas.
Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta,
has just been on another frisky
drunk.
And who shall say that it would
not bo hotter to have biennial
sessions of tlio Legislature?
Next Tuesday should bo made
a merry Christmas as fur ns pos
sible for the poor of Oodiirtown.
The Boers have been on the
winning side against tlio British
the past few days in tbo South
African war.
It will pay you to attend the
unroturnod land mile here Jan.
1st—sale to continue from day
to day until all 16ts are disposed
of.
Tbo board of County Commis
sioners in session Monday ap
pointed reviewers to report on
tlio application of the people of
Aragon for a now militia district,
and that community is now in
hopes that they will get what
thoir population certainly seems
to entitle them' to. Tiio review
ers appointed are'Messrs. .1. S.
Davitto, 0. It. Wingard and Jno.
L. Moore.
Tlio Atlanta News, from which
Tim Standakd took its informa
tion last week as to tlio vote on
the Soldiers’ Homo bill in the
House, got Hon. J. B. Ayers’
vote in the wrong column. Ho
voted against the acceptance of
the Home, believing that Geor
gia’s liberal pension laws fur
nished the best means, for aiding
needy Confederate veterans, and
that its acceptance would prove
tlio entering wedgo for constantly
increasing appropriations for its
maintenance.
Moan census data.
Tli'
Census Bulletin for Geor
gia is at hand, and is replete with
interesting information.
Tlio figures show that Polk has
the largest per cent of increase
of any county in the Seventh
district, being 19.4.
Cedartown’s 2,82)1 within our
narrow city limits moans that we
have a populatiim, ineluding.our
factory districts, of fully 6,000
people. This very largo increase
in our population (for we had
only 1,026 inside the corporation
ten years ago) is directly due to
our large cotton and iron manu
facturing interests.
Tlio east end of the county also
shows the healthy effect of tlio
location of cotton factories.
Rockmart district ton years ngo
had a population of 1,762, and
now lias 8,474. As the town of
Rockmart then had 411 niul now
Inis 676—a gain of 104,—the bal
ance of the increase—1,668—4s
credited to the rest of the dis
trict, and is mainly due to the
big cotton mills at Aragon.
Cednrtown and Polk county
certainly have reason to he proud
of tiie tine showing they make
in tlio census record.
CITY ELECTION yesterday.
The city election yesterday was
u vory quiet affair, everybody
recognizing the fact that the
wiiito primary had effectually
settled tlio matter. Only 09 votes
were cast, mid tlio ticket nomi
nated by the white primary was
elected without opposition, as fol
lows :—
City Olerk—J; O. Walker.
Councilmon—1st Ward, O. W.
Smith; 8d, Tlios. J. Griffin; 4th,
A. R. Golightly.
Members of School Board—R.
A. Adams, W. O. Bunn and J.
E. Good.
This is. a splendid selection of
city officials, and the quietness of
tlio election more than ever jus'
tides the wisdom of tlio wn
tirimary.
ito
Tlio sale of unroturned land
lots, hold for tlio purpose of col
lecting up back taxes, will begin
at the usual hour of salo Jan. 1st,
and will continuo from day to day
until fully disposed of. There
will bo some good opportunities
to secure bargains at this sale,
and there will doubtless he a
largo crowd in attendance.
OPENING COAL MINES.
OEDAKTOWN MEN INTERESTED
AT C'OAIj CITY, ALA.
Messrs. VaiiDovandor anil Lowtlier
Opening New Mines There.
Messrs. H. N. VaiiDevander,
B. F. Lowtlier and A. II. Vim-
Devander have loused a large
tract of land in the rich coal
delds of Goal City, Ala., 76 miles
west of here on the E. & W. road.
These enterprising gentlemen
will develop tins property at once,
and are pushing the work as
rapidly ns possibly. They are
running both day and night shifts
in sinking thoir initial slope, anil
will soon ho taking out “black
diamonds” in large quantities.
It is believed that they have
very bright prospects for success
in their new venture, and we
hope their highest expectations
may he speedily realized.
CHANGE OF PRESIDING ELDERS.
The’ boardCof trustees of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
the organ of the North and South
Georgia Methodist Conferences,
has elected Dr.7J. W. Ileidt os
one of the editors of that paper.
Dr. Ileidt was recently ap
pointed by tiie Nortli Georgia
Conference as Presiding Elder of
the Rome district, and his elec
tion as editor necessitates a
change in that assignment. Dr.
W. F. Glenn,' who recently re
signed the editorship, has been
appointed by Bishop Hendrix to
serve as Presiding Elder.
Dr. Glenn is well known in Oe-
dartown, having been horn and
raised in this section and having
at one time served the church
here. His appointment is very
pleasing to Methodists in Cedar-
town and vicinity.
Hon. J. B. Ayers, Polk’s clever
Representative in tho Georgia Legis
lature, returned Monday trom At-
Inntn, after making an excellent re
cord in (ho House during the session
just brought to a close.
Mr. W. T. Gibson 1ms purchased
from Cols. J. K. Davis and J. H.
Sanders nnd Dr. B. F. Sims the
vacant lot fronting 28 feot on Main
street next to the old Treaduway
building. Tho lot Is a valuable
property,nnd It said that the price
paid was nearly $50 a front foot. Mr.
Gibson will soon begin tho ereetlon
of a handsome two story brick
building thereon.
BIS BARGAINS
FINE FURNITURE!
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By buying my Furniture in Car=Load Lots for Spot
Cash, I secure every possible Discount, and will
Glue If [rim tie Benefit.
COME TO ME FOR BIG BARGAINS IN
PARLOR and BED-ROOM SETS,
Dming Room, Hall . 'Kitchen Fumitore,
STOVES!
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings,
BLANKETS, COVERLETS.
J. S. COLLINS,
WHEN YOU ARE IN CEDARTOWN,
CALL AT BUTLER’S
*NEWT YORK t RACKET t STORE,#-
AND EXAMINE HIS STOCK OF
Holiday Goods, Toys, Novelties, Etc.,
Which is the most complete of any he has heretofore shown,
and at prices 25 to 50 per cent LOWER than most mer
chants want for this class of goods. «0 ^
DON’T FORGET WE STILL HANDLE A GOOD LINE OF
Notions, Shoes, * * ■ * *
Crockery, Glassware, Hardware,
4- * Tinware, Stationery, Etc.
- -L, 0, BUTLER, Prop.
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