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THE CEDAKTOWN STANDARD I'ubliHlwMl r.vory Tluirv lay in the Yoar SUBSCRIPTION RATES One jfoar fl.OH six Months .fie 1 nmo MonUm W AnvKmi.siNo Kate* will ho furnished on nppllnntion. 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! m 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. vs L