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THE CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Publluhed Every Thuraday in the Year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year 91.00
Hlx Month* a. 50
Tame Monthn 26
▲overtiming Hath* will be # fufnlMi»ed
on application.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901.
NOT AFRAID OF HNAKKft.
WCHI’K,.TKIJI.I*V OROK’ATRII KIKMX K
There*, one breve Kiri In Cedartown
Whom Nnekee bad belter ahun.
Who's (|Ulck of eye and aure ot aim,
And handy with a huh.
A rattler cannot "rattle" her
With lta uncanny nolee,
For of lta akin ahe'll make a belt,
And of lta rattlea toye.
And If aha kllla a "coach-whip" long,
Hhe bangs It by the door,
Ready to apeed the ateeda along
When driving ocaoh and four.
—Tit* Ruaxi.KB.
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The Gulf coast was swept by a
terrific storm last week, and much
damage was done at Now Orleans
nnd Mobile.
There seems to he considerable
friction generating between those
Mouth Georgia candidates for the
Governorship, and they are “say
ing things.’’
1’rof. H. H. Stone, the Libra
rian of Emory College, has our
thanks for a couple of well writ
ten pamphlets on “Good Roads’’
and “Country Life and Traveling
Libraries,” two very important
themes in Georgia.
The conflicting claims of South
Georgia candidates for guberna
torial honors seem to have sugges
ted an opening for a I?orth Geor
gian, and Judge Geo. F. Gober,
of Marietta, has been mentioned
as a possible candidate.
Hon.Dudley Hughes, of Twiggs
county, was unanimously elected
last Thursday as president of the
State Agricultural Socioty at its
annual meeting at Thonmsville.
Mr. .1. .1. Connor, of Bartow
county, was unanimously elected
as vice-president. The meeting
next year will be held at Macon.
Mr. Halstead Smith, jr., of
Koine, committed suicide Friday
at Cleburne,Tex., in a fit of tem
porary mental aberration ; ho was
a son of lion. Halstead Smith,
Rome’s City Clerk. The deepest
sympathies of a luist of friends
go out to the family in the sad
death and untimely end of this
unfortunate young man.
Of the -100 American teachers
who sailed on the transport
Thomas from San Francisco to
Manila, (10 of them on reaching
Honolulu were married. The
teachers had been chosen from
the many normal universities of
the country, nnd were strangers
to each other. Their acquaint
ance and courtship extended over
a period of less than ten days.
The walls of the five-story
building of \V. D. Grant in At
lanta, occupied by the Byrd
Printing Co., foil Saturday, the
accident- being caused by the ex
cavations for a new building on
adjoining property. No lives
were lost, as the occupants of the
building bad become alarmed by
the cracking of the walls a few
minutes before, but there were
many narrow escapes.
The Comptroller General last
Saturday received the last of the
tax returns from Georgia’s 137
counties, and the aggregate shows
an increase of $10,-KID,533 over
last year’s returns. Only four
counties in Georgia—all of them
large ones and having two or
three representatives in the
Legislature — exceeded Folk in
the size of her returns, the list
standing as follows: Muscogee,
$1,0-13,285; Fulton, $010,848;
Colquitt, $045,031; Carroll, $595,-
839: Folk, $403,030. It is very
gratifying that Folk stands so
near t lie head of the column,
when big counties like Floyd
show a decrease of over $200,000.
A CHAPTER ORGANIZED
OF LAUGHTERS OF THK CON-
FKUKRACY IN CKDARTOWN.
A List of the Ofllcera—The Work rtf
the Nohle Order Begun In
folk Count).
The Cedartown Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy
was established here Inst Satur
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. N. M. Wright.
The charter membership is
twenty-five, and that number was
easily secured for the formal or
ganization.
Mrs. Thomas M. Hightower,
wife of .n brave Confederate
soldier, Lieut. T. M. Hightower
of Company “D,”. which went
out from Folk county, was made
president of the chapter.
Mrs. J. A. Wynn was chosen
us first vice-president, and Mrs.
J. K. Barton second vice-presi
dent.
Miss Cullie Byrd was made re
cording secretary, and Mrs. J.W.
Barr treasurer.
Mrs. Lucy Henderson was elec-^
tod corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. F, A. Irwin historian.
The Daughters constitute a
patriotic band of women—daugh
ters, wiveH, sisters, nieces of Con
federate soldiers who did patri
otic and noble service for the
South,—and their especial work
is to collect and preserve nil his
toric facts connected with the
Confederacy and the men who
served it. They have awakened
u healthy public interest in the
authenticity and reliability of
histories used in our public
schools, and in many ways have
aided the cause of truth in South
ern history.
Tlio Daughters have also estab
lished the beautiful pustom of
conferring Crosses of Honor on
the veterans of the South, and
this is one of the most pleasing
and impressive features of their
work. Everywhere throughout
the {South the good women,
whose husbands and fathers and
brothers fought in the Confeder
ate army, have pinned these
crosses as badges of honor on all
survivors whoso records were
found worthy of the same.
The chapter here starts out
with n* splendid membership, and
a largo number will be added
thereto from the ranks of our
patriotic women who are eligible
for membership. All should join
the Cedartown chapter and make
it one of the most enthusiastic
and active in the state.
State Treasurer It. E. Fark
seems likely to have strong oppo
sition for re-election. Hon. W.
A. Broughton, of Madison, is a
prospective candidate, and ex-
Treasurer W. J. Speer is also re
ported as having his-possiblc can
didacy under consideration.
Fension Commissioner 11. Clay
Evans has just filed his annual
report, showing that the federal
pension roll has reached its high-
water mark. There are now
997,735 pensioners on the roll, to
whom was paid $144,1)00,000.
There were added to tho rolls the
past year 14,225 names, the larg
est ia one year in the history of
the country. The Spauislt war
has brought forward a new set of
pensioners, 38,532 claims having
already been tiled on account of
our brush with Spain.
To the surprise of his many
friends throughout this section of
the state, the shortage of Tax
Collector V. T. Sanford, of Floyd
county, grows larger—instead of
diminishing on investigation, as
he claimed it would. The amount
of shortage found is $30,907.43.
11 is bondsmen, the Fnited States
Casualty and Fidelity Company,
of Baltimore, have paid both the
state and county their respective
proportions of this amount, and
are trying to recover their loss
from Mr. Sanford’s estate. In
the meantime, this company has
notified the Governor and the
County Commissioners of Floyd
that they will no longer continue
on Mr. Sanford’s bond, and he
will have to make a new bond at
once or relinquish the olfice.
DEATH OF A GOOD KOCKMART
CITIZEN.
Tiik Standaud regrets to chron
icle in its Rockmart items this
week the dentil of ’Squire W. N.
Strange, of that place, lust Satur
day. He lias worthily and capa
bly held the office of Notary
Public of his district for many
years, and was a man of high
character and strict integrity,
esteemed by all who knew him.
He was a Christian gentleman
and an active member of the
Presbyterian church. He was an
ardent lover of Masonry, and the
large concourse of Masons at his
funeral Monday attested the
high esteem in which he was held
by the brethren of the mystic-
tie. He has been a useful and
honored citizen of Polk for many
years, and his death is a distinct
loss to the county.
Wo learn that three or four
deaths are occurring daily in the
vicinity of Lime Branch, Polk
county, of scnrlet fever.—Buch
anan Banner-Messenger.
1 The above is a sample of the
way in which bud iicwh travels—
and grows as it travels. The
truth is that there bus been only
one death at Lime Branch from
that disease, and ’Squire .1. B.
Jones informs us that there are
now no cases of it there.
And now it transpires that
Admiral Howison, who has been
selected by Secretary Ding ns n
member of the Schley court of
inquiry, has heretofore expressed
an opinion unfavorable to Ad
miral Schley. The country will
insist that no prejudiced judges
he allowed to sit on this case,
and if Admiral Howison is cor
rectly reported lie should rotiro
of his own volition. If lie does
not retire voluntarily, the Navy
Department should summarily
remove him and appoint some
one else in his place.
Sober business men are saying
that “we have come round again
to the day of small profits.” As
a matter of fact, that day has al
ways been hero and always must
he. For the vast majority of
mankind nothing beyond a mod
erate competence is ever possible,
and this only oil the condition
of industry and frugality. As
heaped-up riches can only he
gained by one in a hundred,what
a pity it is that the other ninety-
nine should miss the enjoyment
of what is within reach through
a feverish eagerness tu lay hands
on the pot of gold at the foot of
tlit* rainbow!—Youth’s Compan
ion.
Mr. Lucius Chandler, a young
man about twenty-one years old
who lives at Walthall, lies at the
point of death in Chickaroauga
as a result of his own indiscre
tion. He was a passenger on the
excursion train to Chattanooga
on the Central road Tuesday, and
desired to get off at Cliieka-
mauga. The train did not stop
at that station, however, and
young Chandler jumped from the
moving train, which was going at
a swifter sliced than he had cal
culated. Chandler hit the ground
very hard, his head striking a
rock which fractured his skull.
It is not thought that he call re
cover.
The death of Hon. Thomas
Hutcherson at liis home in Can
ton on Tuesday night was a shock
to his host of friends throughout
the state. IK* was Solicitor Gen
eral of the Blue Ridge Circuit,
and was one of the prominent
politicians of Georgia. He was
popular with all classes, and had
many friends in every section of
the state. He was a college-
mate and friend of one of Tim
Standaud’s editors, and we share
in the deep sense of personal loss
which many feel at the unexpec
ted news of his demise. Ilis was
a royal nature, genial and whole-
souled, and no one in his section
can take the place of this big-
hearted fellow. Four Tom! Ilis
untimely end cut short a career
already splendid and closed the
door to a future both promising
jand brilliant.
WHO?
There Is a man in our town,
He’s popular anil clever:
He tramps the sidewalk up and down,
He Is the ttnest ever !
He’s hustling, honored, wide-awake,
KIHdent, energetic,
Congenial; he will never make
You feel apologetic.
Belov’d, well-thought-of. traveled, too,
Universally respected;
In all of Georgia there are few
Ho highly connected.
In lact, go search the country o'er
From I.indale down to Aragon,
You may find one or two, not more
Wbo're equal to this paragon.
Just what bis name la I shan't tell,
I know he wouldn't like It.
Just name the men you like real well,
A.nd like us not you'll strike It.
—Not Tknsyson.
MURDER IN HAKAL.HOV.
Mr. T. S. Latham, an old man
about 03 years of age, who re
sided 4 miles from Buchanan,
was killed about 2 o’clock Tues
day afternoon, and his body
thrown into the river. He was
shot in the buck of the head with
a shotgun. The whole affair is
shrouded in mystery, as lie was
not thought to have had an
enemy. Robbery is not thought
to have been the incentive to the
killing, as $2 in money and his
watch were found on his person.
No clew ns yet as to who did
the killing.
Great excitement prevails in
that section, and parties are
searching the county in an effort
to find the murderer.
Mr. Latham was the father of
Col. Edgar Latham, formerly of
Cedartown hut now of Atlanta.
An effort is being made in some
quarters to draw Senator Olay
into the gubernatorial muddle.
As that distinguished and popu
lar gentleman is himself a candi
date for re-election, he very
wisely refuses to have anything
to say as to who should receive
the Democratic nomination for
Governor, all the aspirants being
good and able men, hut will ac
tively support the nominee of
the party, whoever lie may he.
The Seventh district tax re
turns by counties are ns follows:
Showing increase—Bartow, $128,-
741: Chattooga, $13,18(3; Cobh
$1(34,505; Gordon $(3,270; Mur
ray $7,009; Fnulding $79,047;
Folk $168,080; Walker $91,557;
Whitfield $89,075. Total $1,088,-
509. Decrease—Catoosa $*354 :
Dade $39,557: Floyd $200,975;
Haralson $18,320. Total $254,-
200. Total increase over decrease
$781,303. Folk’s showing is espe
cially good.—Rome Tribune.
City and Country Risks.
Loans!
On Citv and Country Fropertv at
LOW RATES!
SANDERS & DAVIS.
The Georgia Loan and Trust
Co. will negotiate loans, well se
cured hij improved' real estate, at
SIX PF.lt CENT INTEREST
on reasonable commission in
sums of $230 or more. Good
applications wanted.
TT. C. BUNN,
Correspondent for Polk Co.
Bankrupt’s: Petition lor Dis
charge.
In the United States Court lor the
Northern District ot Georgia.
(Northwestern Division.)
In the matter of J. M. Neill, Bankrupt.
No. 33. Iu Bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having been
tiled in conformity with law by the
above named bankrupt, and the court
having duly ordered that the hearing
upon said petition be had on Sept. 7th,
11*01. at 10 o’clock a. iu. at the United
States District Court room at Atlanta,
Ga., notice is hereby given to all credit
ors and other persons in interest to ap
pear at the time and place named, ami
show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer ol said bankrupt Jor discharge
should not be granted.
This liHli day of Aug., 1901.
W. C. Carter, Clerk.
By J. C. Printcp, Deputy UPk.
A New Lot ot Fine
FLOOR PAINTS!
BRADFORD’S
And not only Floor Paints,
but Paints of All Kinds.
New Store!
New Goods!
DRUGS that are not a “drug on the market!”
Get your prescriptions filled —
RUSSELL DRUG CO.,
Who are the Manufacturers of Ru^eirik llontl-
aulio Powders,
Fresh Garden and Field Seeds.
Cor. Main and Herbert Sts.
BIG BARGAINS in
FINE FURNITURE!
By buying ray Furniture in Car-Load Lots
for Spot Cash, I secure very possible
Discount, and will
Give My Customers the Benefit.
COME TO ME FOR BIG BARGAINS IN
Parlor and Bed=room Sets, Dining
Room, Hall $ Kitchen Furniture,
STOVES!
Carpets, Rugs, /Tattings,
BLANKETS, COVERLETS.
J. S. COLLINS.
an
DEALERS IN
PLUMBING
AND
Steam-fitting Supplies
Sprinkling Hose, Sewer Pipe
from 4 to 18 inches.
Next door to Standard Office, Herbert St.
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FR
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COCAINE f .dWHISKY
lanitortura. Best of
Box 3i, Atlanta, Ua.
It. PH1LFOT.
PHILPOT & DODDS,
Real Estate and Renting
-A-GEisrcrsT,
CKDARTOWN. GA.
SPECIALTIES.
tetTFOIt SALE—City Lots, Resi
dences, Timber Lands, Business
Property.
teir4,000 acres Fine ORE Property
near E. A W. roatl for sale.
(SrFartn Lands. Some of the Finest
Farm Lands in Georgia, In Either
Small or Large Tracts—Also in Mid
dle and South Georgia.
H^Taxes Paid, Rents Collected.
Promote* • luxuriant growth.
M *"— Fails to -Bettors Gray
to its Youthful Color.
I scalp disease* ft hair lalliag.
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