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THE CKDARTOWH STANDARD | I’INE ENTEKTAINHUNTS
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bully Should I>ii> Season Tick-
h lV»r This Splemlld CotirM*.
tic
jeessary funds.
Besides this, tlm course is one
hose bxcdllence must appeal to
1, and purchasers of season
Itols will enjoy a rich treat—
hroo of them, in fact,—for each
ntertainment is a item of its
xcel-
bahoain eon von
THI1HSDAY, DECEMBER I
ER 17, I DPI
them tile “glad
to make the pn
Tlie Fire lie;
biggest kind of
of them—; he r
$1,000 for th
Tournament to
:s to the Co-
rtnient.
should give
land” in helping
ect.ii big success,
.rtnient has the
i contract ahead
sing of at least
big Firemen’s
be held here
In llm
Male
May proHp’ririK i
On all I hat's don
ith bonodiotloiiH i
Next Tl
.If” day.
A Happy. New Year to all, is
the greeting Tim Standard sends
its readers in thin closing issue
for the year 1000.
Savannah was the highest
bidder for the State Fair, and it
will he given there in 1001 under
the auspices of the State Agri
cult ural Society.
The date for the annual re
union of the United Confederate
Veterans, which will bo held
next year at Memphis, Tenn.,
lias been fixed for May 28th, 20th
and .'10th.
From $25,408,742.15 in 1870,
(ho .Federal pension roll has in
creased year by year until it now
has reached the enormous total
of $115,245,280. And it. is not
all a “roll of honor,” either I
Governor Candler has appointed
the hoard of trustees for tho
Soldiers’ Home, ns follows: Hon.
J. H. Kst.ill, of the 1st Congres
sional district; lion. John'Trip
lett, of tho 2d; Hon. .T.H.Mnytin,
of tho ltd ; Hon. S. \V. Harris, of
tho 4th; Hon. W. L. Calhoun, of
tho 5th; lion. O. M. Wiloy, of
the 0th; llon. O. D. Phillips, of
' the 7th; Hon. W. F. Jonkins, of
the 8th ; Hon, H. W. Bell,of tho
9th; Hon. J. B. Gumming,of the
10th; Hon. A. M. Knight, of the
11th. Col. Phillips, the ap
pointee for this district, is a
resident of Cobb county.
May,—and every public-spirited
citizen, of Oedartown should rally
to their aid with both influence
and money,
Mr. Lamar IJ. Griffis, repre
senting tho Alkahest Lyceum
Bureau of Atlanta, was in the
city last week,and made arrange
ments with the department to
furnish a course of three •enter
tainments, of such excellent
character as to command a liberal
patronage.
Tlie course will open about
Jan. 21st, with an entertainment
by Mrs. Sarah McDonald Sheri
dan, contralto soloist, and
Miss Shntteen Mitchell, dramatic
render. These ladies are highly
commended by the press and
platform managers everywhere.
Tho Chicago Glee Olub, the star
a ttraction of the course,will come
in February, and will give ono of
tho 'tlnost entertainments ever
soon in Oedartown. This will
alone bo_ worth tlie price of a sea
son ticket.
Prof. Emerson Brooks, tho Cal
ifornia poet, will closo the course
some time in the spring. Ho is
unexcollcd as an entertainer, his
recitations embracing both the
humorous nndi>athotic,nnd nover
failing to please wliorever given.
Season tickets for tliis fine
course can be secured for only $2
each, including reserved seat for
each entertainment, making it
cheap and within tlie roach of all.
Tickets for single entertainments
will, of courso, come higher in
proportion.
Everybody who enn should buy
a season ticket!
Oodartown’s reputation will he
largely at, stake in the manner in
which we care for the tourna
ment noxt May, and every possi
ble aid should lie given tlie tire-
men in their efforts to raise the
The big wild land tax sale,
which Tim Standard lias been
advertising for three months,will
occur next Tuesday, the first of
January, 1001.
The hatch of laud lots originally
advertised footed up nearly 050,
but that large number has grad
ually dwindled down to about 250
lots which will be offered for salo
next Tuesday
BIG BARGAINS
HMTURE!
it is the largest, body of land
ever put up 'for sale in Polk
county under tax executions or
other judicial proceedings, and
there is going to he some lively
and exciting bidding for these
lands.
Many of these lots may go
Tor only a few dollars, hut there
is hound to he a bargain in every
purchase. Polk county property
is now more valuable than ever
before in our history, and the
shrewd investor will not let this
opportunity slip to procure very
cheap a lot of land on which is
good timber or ore deposits of a
valuable nature. The charcoal
industry is now ono of large pro
portions, and timber lias become
an important item! Iron ore or
other mineral deposits are nforo
than over desirable investments,
and farming lands nre being
sought for now with greater
eagerness than at any period of
our development and progress.
A largo crowd will bo present
at the sale, and many bargains
will ho picked that day. Just
any old lot, of land in Polk
county is a good investment now 1,
The year 1001 will bo largely
what you make it.
Ool. W. G. Simmons, formerly
of Oedartown,lias been appointed
postmaster at Van’s Valley.
Oedartown is rejoicing over
the home coming for the holidays
of so many of our bright young
people who are attending college
elsewhere. Our town is well
represented in the higher insti
tutions of learning.
m
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,
DiningBooin, Hall "'Kitchen Furniture,
STOVES!
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings,
BLANKETS, COVERLETS.
—=J, s. COLLINS.
WHEN YOU ARE IN OEDARTOWN,
CALL AT BUTLER’S
t ijgw I YORK I RACKET 1 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.
DON’T FORGET WE STILL HANDLE A GOOD LINE OF
Notions, Shoes, * * >
Crockery, Glassware, Hardware,
* * Tinware, Stationery, Etc.
- =1. C. BULER. Prop,