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CEDARTOWN STANDARD. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF CEDARTOWN AND POLK COUNTY. VOLUME lo. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY T, 15)01. NUMBER MANY HOMES MADE HAPPY. PERUNA’S WORK. III!. nilADKOlUVS l.K'l'TKlt. WrIIVs Flint rw" ami Ol hr l'noi'Nix, A it I v.., .Inn. : 11101. MU. AND MRS. KINSEY, OF ELK, MICHIGAN. Un. Margaret Kinsey, Elk, Oensssee county, Mich., writes to Dr. Hartman, aa follows) “ I am well and think I will need no more medicine. I feel so well, and all my old complaints are gone, which were many. I often did not know which way to tnrn. No one knew what I suffered. For forty-nine years I suffered but now I am cnred, for which I thank Dr. Hartman for his advice and good treatment. I keep Peruna in the house all the time and shall never be without it. "My husband had a cough tor nine years. He took Peruna and It helped him. He looks quite young. He works hard every day and la getting fat. He takes Peruna three times a day. You don’t know bow thankful I feel toward you ; I never think of you but to thank you and will do all I can for you.” Congressman J. H. Bankhead, of Ala- b&mftjone of the most influential mem bers of the House of Representa tives, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., gives his en dorsement to the great catarrh remedy, Peruna, in the following words: “Your Peruna is one of the best medi cines I ever tried, and no family should be without your remarkable rem edy. Aa a tonic and a catarrh cure 1 ifnow of nothing better.” There Is but a single medioine which is a radical specific for catarrh. It is Peruna, which has stood a half century test. It has cured thousands of cases of catarrh. Ninety times in a hundred, those who have been cured of catarrh by Peruna thought they had some other disease.” The remedy to cure catarrh must be able to reach the mucous membranes, and this is exactly what Peruna does. Peruna operates at the fountain head. Peruna produces normal, clean and vig orous mucous membranes. Catarrh can not remain in the system if Peruna is used according to directions. Address The Peruna Medicine Com pany, Columbus, Ohio, for a free book on catarrh. LAKE CREEK LET7ER. Health is good, except we have a few cases of mumps, though they are getting along well. The farmers are plowing every day possible, though they have been few for the past few weeks. Wheat is look ing well. We are glad to know that the public road so long sought for, running from Lake Creek to Mr. J. F. Cone’s, will be granted. It will be of interest to Lake Creek and all living west, even on to Cave Spring and Van’s Valley. Mr. J. B. llogg, of your town, was in our burg Saturday. Mr. S. R. Hogg and son were in Rome Thursday on business. Mr. 8. G. N.Cates lost Wednesday $17.25 out of his cash drawer. It was taken while he was out during the day. We hope that he will get the thief and the money soon. Mr. J. B. Woods, who has been in business here for some time, has re tired, having sold his stock of goods. He says that he expects to stay and go into business again in the future. He could not afford to leave his home and many friends. He was born in Cedar Valley, his parents moving to Floyd county while he was quite young; grew up, married and began business in that county, moving here in the fall of 1894, and has been in business here since. We are sorry that he has retired, though a good man, Mr. S. R. Hogg, succeeded him. We hope that Mr. Hogg will be successful. Saokr. Red Hot From The Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman, of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treat ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck- len’s Arica Salve cnred him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions, Best Pile cure on earth. 25 eta. a box. Cure guaran teed. Sold by E. Bradford, druggist. He (in his wrath)—“When I married you I had no idea what a fool you were.” She (in her equanimity)—“The fact that I was willing to marry you should have removed all doubt on that point.” Pneumonia Can be Prevented. This diEeare always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of La Grippe of the past few years, and not a single case has ever been reported that did not recover or that resulted in pneumonia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy has gained a world wide reputation for its cures of colds and grip. For sale by E. Bradford. To frown in a mirror will cast a seri ous reflection on any girl. Miss Myrtice Cason, of this place, was married on Thursday evening at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. C. C, Brumby, to Dr J. II. Pittman,of Jack sonville, Fla. Rev. J. T. Jenkins per formed the ceremony. Immediately after the ceremony they took the 0:42 train for Jacksonville, the home of the groom. Miss Cason was one Marietta’s sweetest, prettiest and most popular young ladies, and Dr. Pitt man is to be congratulated on winning such ajewel. But we are glad to learn that he is a most excellent gentleman and well worthy of Ibis fair prize The bride is the daughter of Dr. R. E Cason, of Oedartown, but has been making her home for a number of years with her aunt, Mrs. ( Brumby.—Marietta Journal. Perfectly Healthy people have pure, rich, warm, nourishing blood, good appetite and good digestion. Hood’s Sarsaparilla gives these, and thus it makes people healthy and keeps them so. Get only Hood’s. Sick headaohe is cnred by Hood’s Pills. 25 c. Little Boy—“How soon are you and Sis goin to be married?” Accepted Suitor—“She has not named the day yet. I hope she docs not believe in long engagements.” Little Boy—“She doesn’t, I know, ’cause all her engage ments have been short.” Been Hunting Twenty Years. Gentlemen:—I write to say that I have been troubled with Dyspepsia and Indigestion for the past twenty years, and have tried many medicines and spent much money to no purpose until I tried Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. I have taken two bottles and am entirely relieved of all stomach trouble. I can not say too much in favor of this remedy. I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers from Indigestion or Dys pepsia. Yours truly, Wm. Ruebbam. Sold by all druggists. “But why have you broken your en gagement?” they asked. “Why shouldn’t I?” she replied. “Christmas is past, and my next birthday is fully six mouths away.” A powerful engine cannot be run with a wouk boiler, and we can’t keep up the strain of an uctivc life with a weak stomach; neither can we stop the lm uiau machine to make repairs. If the stomach cannot digest enough food to keep the the body strong, sncli a prepa ration aa Kodol Dyspepsia Cure should be used. It digests what you eat and it simply can’t help but do you good. E. Bradford. “The question as to whether a marries his first love,” said the Cornfed Philosopher, “ain’t so important in the long run as whether he has married the last one.” __________ Like bad dollars, all counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salvo are worth less. The original quickly cures piles, sores and|all skin diseases. E. Bradford. We’ve been “bobbing around’’ pretty lively since 1 last wrote you, and have put over a thousand miles of space between us. And such “space” as it is! Bald, treeless mountains, vast, grassless plains, and long stretch es of waterless rivers—this is the kind of country that lies between San An tonio, Tex., ami Pluenix, Ariz. Ido not mean that it is all this kind, but there is not enough of any other to make this general description inaccu rate. And the queerest, misshapen old mountains! They look like Her man VanDevander had been gouging them to pieces with his steam shovels. But they are still virgin soil, having never been touched by any rougher hand than “the elements.” And the rivers are bald headed, too! Not a tree, or even a fringe of bushes on the banks of the Rio Grande—“Rio Fraud,” I should call it. And the bed of it for hundreds of miles has not seen a drop of running water in years. At El Paso they still use bridges to it, the dust and sand in its bed being too deep and dry to ford. What arrant humbugs these old Spaniards were when it came to naming things! Grand River,” indeed! 1 wish they could have seen Big Cedar; it would have bankrupted their vocabulary to have furnished a name big enough for it ! Our first stop, after leaving San An tonio, was At El Pnsso, a badly mixed Americo-Mexican town. It had just passed through the throes of a street carnival, and had a somewhat bedrag gled appearance, ns if it had been worsted In the “bout,” and hadn’t felt like setting its house in order, or hadn't had time. Like all other places of any size or note in this southwest ern country, El Paso has its quota of ‘Lungers.” This is the breezy, West ern way of designating'consumptives, or those in search of lungs, and have repaired to this great natural dry- dock to have themselves overhauled by the dry, rarefied air and the almost continuous sunshine of this rainless region. It is pathetic to see them sitting at sunny windows, or on south- side verandahs, or on the seats of the plazas, pale of face, sallow of skin, hollow-chested, but with a wide open eye of unnatural brightness, a hollow voice, a deep-rumbling cough—these are the typical cases, with gradations running both ways. When we got to Phcenix we found them in still greater numbers. In fact, this place could scarcely have got its name on the map without the “Lunger.” lie consti tutes at least half the population, and the other half finds employment and profit in entering to him. I have not yet met a single man who did not come here for his health or for that of fome member of his family. lie drops some ten thousand dollars a day during the winter months into the tills of Phce- lix, and when lie leaves the town goes nto a kind of summer hibernation, so to speak. That is, it takes a holiday or a nap, or goes fishing—in the dry bed of its defunct river, perhaps. “Lunger” is a cheerful cuss, albeit the elements that inspire cheer fulness would seem to be entirely lack ing in his make-up and environment. He welcomes the coming and speeds the parting guest. He assembles on a sunny corner, in front of a hotel or drug store, and organizes “The Great Independent Order of Grave Dodg ers,” and formally and hospitably elects the new arrival to membership by the tune he gets the dust of travel off. He discusses the probable lon gevity of himself or another with the easy, indifferent air that we would de bate the length of time it would take a pear to ripen and fall from its twig. Nor is it done with a “loud” or bra vado air, as if he were “whistling to keep his courage up.” lie usually thinks he is going to get well himself and go back home to his family,friends and business, but he is not sure about his neighbor; doubts his ever getting back home again, poor fellow, except feet foremost, and is genuinely sorry for him, ami shows him many littl attentions and kindnesses. And whei he or his neighbor do have to start baci in that fashion, he is given a proper and decorous send-off by the surviv ors. Quite sensible and philosophic, ain’t it? So mooli better than to mope and droop and pine and shed gloom and depression all around you, like miasma. But there is a sunny side to the pic ture; some get well and strong fat, and learn to tell big lies ant for office. This flocking together of “birds of a feather” at common cen ters like San Antonio, El Paso, Phoe nix and Los Angeles has its disadvant ages, I suspect, too. It is my opinion able-bodied or active one either, can catch as many germs, microbes, bac illi and the like in a day as four strong men could turn loose in a week, work ing full time at that. In some houses we went into in search of lodgings, the air fairly reeked with diseased sounds and smells. And it didn’t take long to decide that the “apartments” did not suit. But you can’t tell when nor where you are running into a bed just vacated by a bacillus- breeder, even when it looks nice and clean. So if I were called upon to ad vise one who contemplated going to places, 1 should say, “Don’t, if you can avoid it.” Of course there hostleries, and even private houses here and there along, that fu migate and disinfect, but many more of them do not. Get e main lines of travel and away from the congested centers of afflicted humanity, if you can. Get into the smaller towns or the country. It may be dull and uninter esting there, and the fare somewhat plain and rough, but the probability of getting benellcial results will be enhanced. Phoenix seems built for “Lungers” largely and very properly. Almost every house has its wall-less sleeping apartment, one or more of them, for the poor victims of this dread disease. These rooms are just a light frame, covered with cheese-cloth, or wire- cloth, or some such diapliauous mate rial. They are placed at the end of verandahs, against the side of the house, in the rear of it, on top of it, or out in the yard a little way from it. They are queer looking little coops, until you get accustomed to them. They strike you as a kind of half-way house, or resting place, on your journey to thatother and smaller and Anal one- and only too often they are, alas! They are sanitary and sen sible, though, and give one the best chance to light his enemy with pure nir and plenty of it. That’s enough on this gruesome subject, isn’t it? But I must not dis miss the “Lunger” till I tell you how he monopolizes all the avenues and lines of employment and business. Doctors, lawyers, druggists, preach ers, shopkeepers of all kinds, clerks, “helps,” and laborers of all kinds are recruited from his ranks, and at wages that he would scorn to consider for a moment at home. lie even goes into the mines, farms, vineyards, ranches and railroad gangs. In many in stances lie inserts a paid advertise ment in the daily papers that he will work for his keep. Phcenix is built upon a plain, the levelest one I ever saw, of rich, dark, murky soil— 1 “dobie land,” they call it here, because it Is the kind of soil they nufke adobe bricks and houses .of—and has anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 in habitants, depending upon the time of year they are counted and the per sonal interest nnd the imagina tion of the counter. It is the territorial seat of government, and lias the prettiest, cleanest and most attractive littlecupitol building I have Placards announcing that “No spitting on walls or floors is allowed,” stare at you everywhere, and every where are respected and enforced, as the condition of the building testifies. The condition of our noble Georgia sapitol is in such painful contrast in this respect that it makes one feel like blushing for his state. In this build ing, away out here in this wild and wooly West, there is not a room or hall in which one might not spread and eat an elegant meal witlvout a sight or smell to offend the senses. Think of trying that in any hall or on any stair way in the Georgia state house! Ugh! The upper house of their Legislature is called the Council, and is composed of only twelve members, one from each county, without reference to pop ulation. The lower house is called the Assembly, and has twenty-four mem bers, distributed among the counties according to population. Tts twenty- first Legislature is now in session. Just now it has divided itself into committees, and is junketing around to the various public institutions, after the manner of other Legislatures, go ing through the formality of “exam ining” them. When they re-assemble I’ll examine them a bit, and see how I wood, nnd they are belli; mse of a light lint it down they the that irritates Liu lehial and nasal passages, they I say. Like all these Western states that j were donated large areas of public lands by the general government for school purposes, this territory has splendid public school buildings and good schools—of the mixed variety, very mixed indeed—variegated, in fact, as to colors. Whites, blacks, In dians, Mexicans, mongrels—all attend the same schools. There is a strong sentiment here against this indiscrim inate mixture, but as Federal juris diction prevails, there is no remedy until statehood is attained. The Ter ritorial Legislature is Democratic by three or four to one, so there is no likelihood of its being made a state by the present Congress. Every county in the territory save one, has a pretty Indian or Mexican name—Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma—how many of them can you pronounce correctly? One was my limit. I have met with two former citizens of Cedartown out West. And they have both “caught on,” aa it were. The first is Vice-President and Gen eral Counsel of the Texas and Mexican Central Railroad, running from Cor pus Christi away down, down and down into Mexico, the longest, narrowest railroad you ever saw. Judge L. W Dodd was the man—a former law partner of Maj. Blance. He was in Corpus Christi looking nfter some rail road litigation, and hearing that there were some Georgians in town, looked us up and entertained us most pie nntly for an hour. He lives now at Laredo, nnd is popular nnd useful, ns his important official station attests. The other is the present Mayor of Pluenix, a robust, rotund, rosy little Teuton named Ganz—E. Gnnz. He says he was postmaster of Cedartown in the tempestuous days of ’00 and ’01. He volunteered from that offlee—a “bomb-proof”—into the Confederate army. No wonder he is Mayor here; he ought to be Governor, and will be, doubtless, when these people are al lowed to choose their own official head. lie says that Maj. Blance, Col. Jim Waddell and Col. E. N. Broyles had him made postmaster and made his bond for him, nnd were so kind to him in many wnys that his honest lit- IHitch eyes fill up even yet when men tioning it. He says tell the Major if he will come out to Arizona he will try to see that he has a good time, and 1 believe lie would. Mayor Ganz says that his duties as postmaster of Cedartown were not very onerous. There were only two mails a week, and these were brought on horseback from Rome, nnd the horse was not overloaded at all. He has not been back there since ’05. We found Sam Davite and his wife here, both pleased and benefited by the change of climate; so well pleased, in fact, that they have gone to house keeping. They’ve made many friends nnd acquaintances in the short time they have been here, and were a most refreshing sight to us, being the very first familiar faces, of all the thous ands we have looked into, that we have seen since we left the “red old hills of Georgia.” I’ve passed over a lot of places and people and things I feel like gabbling on about, but I’ll have mercy on yc and stop. Wandkiikk. Working Night and Day The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weak ness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. They’re wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by E. Bradford. DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS, ay Or, L. S. Ledbetter, ay or pro tom., C. W. Smith, oi k, J. (’. Walker. •easuror, B. A. FI to. mncilmon: J.A. Liddell, 1J.A. Fite, T. Griffin, A. R. Goligh4.lv and C. W. tilth. CD. Board of Health—Dr. J.A. Liddell. Ch. Street Com.—A. R. Golightly. Cemetery Commissioner, T. J. Griffin. Marshal, J. M. Jolley. Supt. Water and Lights, A. B. Blade. City Attorney, J. K. Davis. ClT V HO 11OOI. BOARD. J. S. Stubbs, Chairman; .1. H. Dodds, Secy; E. B. Russell, Trans; W.S.Shifiott, W, C. Bunn, R. A. Adams, W. K. Fielder. J. W. Judkins, J. K. Good. Superintendent, Prof. H. L. Sowoll. POLK SUPERIOR COURT. Judge, C. G. Janes. Solicitor Genoral, W. T. Roberts, of Donglassvillo. Clerk, W. C. Knight. Official Stenographer, II. M. Nioholos. COUNTY OFFICERS. Commissioners, D. M. Russell, T. II. Adams, B. F. Johnson. Ordinary, A. I>. Hogg. Clerk, W. C. Knight. Sheriff, John Hulohings. Deputy Sheriff, J. F. Carmicluel and J. E. Dempsey. fax Receiver, M. E. McCormick. Tax Collector, W. A. Calhoun. Treasurer, J. M. Hamrick. Coroner, J. O. Crabb. Surveyor, S. A. Hunt. County School Commissioner, J. E. Houseal. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. M. V. B. Ake, Ohm: A. I). Ilogg, A. H. McBryde, J. K. Davis, J. S. King. CHURCHES. Methodist, Rev. T. R. McCarty. Baptist, Rev. C. K. Hendorscn. Presbyterian, Episcopal, Services every Sunday morning and evening; Sunday school 9.80 a. m. Prayermeeting evory Wednesday even ing. BOARD OF TRADE. President, J. S. Stubbs. Vice Presidents, W. F. Hall and J. E. Good. Secretary, E. B. Russell. Treasurer, H. N. VanDevander. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Chief, Clias. V. Wood; 1st Asst. Chief, J. II. Phllpot; 2d Asst., Holmes Smith; Sec’y, E. W. Collins; Treas., John Jud kins. Firo Co. No. l.—Capt.,' F. W. Wood Pres., J. K. Davis; Sec’y, J. C. walker; Treas., J. E. Judkins. Fire Co. No. 2.—Capt.,Hughes Robot Ih; Preat., Joe Langford; Soc-Treas.,Holmes. Smith. like cm. The houses here are nearly all brick, they costing little or no more to build here than frame or wooden ones, on account of the high price of lum ber, which is $10 to $50 per 1,000. They are nearly all new and trim and neat looking. There are many lovely private residences and grounds, orna mented with palrns and cactus and other tropical growths. The orange and other citrus fruits grow here without protection, but I have not seen an orange or lemon tree in a yard or garden in town. They plant the umbrella china for shade mainly, on aceountof its rapid growth. The only , SECRET FRATERNITIES. Caledonia Lodge, No. 121, F. and A. M, , W.K. Fielder, W.M., J. Hutchings, S. \V., B. F. Sims, J. W., Chas. Beasley, Sec’y., T. F. Burbank, Treas. Moots 1st and 8d Friday evenings in ouch month. Adoniram Chapter, No. 41, R. A. M. W, G. England, 11. P., W. R. Beck, K., J. W. Judkins, Sec’y., T. F. Burbank, Treas. Meets 2d and 4th Friday even- Sedar Valley Council, No. 1386, Royal Arcanum, W. C. Bunn, Regent, R. H. Marchman V. R., E. B. Russell, C., L. 8. Ledbetter, Sec’y, J. O. Crabb, Col. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Cedartown. 1075th district, J.A. Bur dette, 3d Tuesday’; J.A. Wilson, N. P. Young’s, 12°3u district, W. T. Lee, 4th Saturday, J. It. Jones, N. P. Kook mart, 1072*1 district, J.G. Bullock, 4th Monday; W. N. Strange; N. P. Fish, 1074th district, L. Y. Jackson, 4th Friday; .1. M. MoKinnoy^N. P. Blooming Grove, 1469th district, W P Ray, 2d Saturday; Abijah Watson,N P. Esom Hill, 1079th district, W. A. Hackney, 1st Saturday; J. N. Torrence, N. F. Hampton's, 1076th district, T.J.Demp sey, 2d Saturday, L. Sutlierlin, N. P Buncombe, 1073d district, B.B-Bishop, 4th Saturday. M. M. Jones, N. P. Browning’s, 1447th district, H. H. Tibbitts, 4th Saturday. N. V. Parris, N. P. Antioch, 1618th district, ’Dios.Wright, 2d Saturday; W. IT. Morgan, N. P. Lake Creek, 1570th district, John A. Fucker, J. P., 2<fTuesday; W. J. Brown, N. P. “Is there any danger of the boa-con strictor's biting me?” asked a lady vis itor at the Zoological Gardens. “Not the least, ma’am,” cried the keeper; “he never bites; ho swallows his wittles whole.” __________ $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will hi that one man,and he needn’t be a very | tree that has attained any considers- only pos teruity. requires ivecufeV lreaded diseas* ent Hall’: Indirect!: upon die blood and tem, thereby destroying the foundation oi me disease, and Rivitix the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors hive so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of t If a woman has a mirror in her room there’s whore the carpet will wear out first. y . Millions of people are familiar with DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and those who use them find them to be famous little liver pills. Neyer gripe. E. Brad ford. FC Corsets Make American Beauties. We have them in all styles and shapes to fit every figure, and every \ corset is . c'tl under this most liberal warrant— “Monev refunded after ar weeks’ trial it corset ; .'.'.it satisfactory.” Look for this w’Vj ' Trade Mark on inside of corset jp and on box. ' LV\ KALAMAZOO CORSET ..,0. Sole Makers. Kalarneroo, M<cS. FOR SALE BY -A - C. COBB. Going to Texas, Arkansas, Oklaho ma or Indian Territory ? The Iron Mountain Route via Mom- phis is the direct and most comfortable way to go. Write the undersigned for maps, pamphlets, information, otc. “No trouble to answer questions.” I. E. Reiilandeb, T, P. A. Mo. Pae. R’y, Chattanooga, Tenn.