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y To Cotton Planters.
The Cedartown Cotton & Export Co.
Begs to inform you that their
Electric Gin, with Air Blast Atfachments,
Is now ready to serve you. tVy have in
stalled the Air Blast system because we be
lie vh it will give you a cleaner sample and
longer staple than the old system, and thus
bring you a higher price for your cotton.
Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
TAX COLLECTOR’S ROUNDS.
I will be at the following named places at the dates indicated for the
purpose of collecting State and County Taxes for the year 1907. I will also
have with me on the rounds the Registration Books, which will be open for
the registration of voters.
Place
1st Ro.md
•-M Bound
3d Round
Rockmart
Oot l»t.
Nov. 2d and 18th
Dec. 2d and 14th.
Aragon
“ 2d.
’’ 4th
“ 3d.
Buncombe
•• 3(1. a. 111.
'* fttli, a m.
“ 4th, p. m.
Browning’s
“ 4th, a.m.
•' IItil, a. 111.
“ 5th, a. m.
Antioch
“ 4th, p.m.
“ mil, a. ill.
“ Mil. p. 111.
Fish Creek
“ 7th, a.m
“ "111, a. 111.
** 6th. a m.
Cedartown
“ 8ih,
“ fith and 9th
“ 7. 16 to 20th.
Lake Creek
“ 0th,a. m.
11th, a. m.
“ 9th, a. m.
Hampton’s
“ 10th, a. m.
“ 12th, a. m.
“ 10th, p. m
Ksom Hill
.... “ 11th,a.m.
'• 13th, a. 111.
“ 11th, a. m.
Blooming Grove
... ” 11th,p.m.
“ 13th, p. m.
“ 12th, a. m.
Young’s
Lovvorn’a Mill
Etna
“ 12th,am.
” 14th, p. in.
“ 11th, p. m.
“ 12th, p in.
“ 13th. a. in.
Walthall
Seney
Brooks X Roads
Taylorsville
l'osco
Richard Davis
Oremont
Bailey Store
Berry’s (Isbell’s Store) .
14tli, a. m.
l^li, a. m.
18th, p. m.
19rh. a. m.
10th, p. m.
4th. a. in.
10th, a. in.
" 13th,noon 1*2 ro 1
“ 11th, p.r
W. A. CALHOUN, T. C., Polk County, Ga.
R. H TRAMMELL,
MANUFACTURER OF
Farm and Spring Wagons.
No.v in Commodious New Quarters,
Cor. Warehouse and VVoodlawn Sts.
Horse-Shoeing, Carriage Painting,
Rubber Tires.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
The Georgia Loan and Trust
Co. will negotiate loans, well se
cured by improved real estate, at
SIX PER CENT INTEREST
on reasonable commission in
sums of $250 or more. Good
applications wanted.
W. C. BUNN,
Gnrresvondent for Polk Co
MONEY TO LOAN.
We are prepared to lend money to
fanners at $ per cent Interest, strictly
re-payable in annual installments, and
no commission charged for making
same.
▲ 11 persons desiring to borrow mon
ey secured by first mortgage lien on
proved farm lands in Polk county will
improved farm ljftida in # Polk County
will be promptly served and save
money by consulting us.
FIELDER & FIELDER.
Cedartown, Ga.
Sheriff Sales for Nov., 1907.
Will be sold before the court house
door In Cedartown in said county on
the first Tuesday in November, 1907,
within the legal hours of sale to th
highest bidder for cash the followng
described property, to-wit: —
One house and lot just outside the
city limits of Cedartown, Ga., in Polk
county, now occupied by Mrs. H. M.
Carter. Said house and lot being on
the north side of Prior Station public
road and a short distance west of Ce
dartown Cotton Company's public gin
nery; said lot fronts south on West
avenue or Prior Station public road
26 feet, and runs back north of i/ni-
form width a distance of 130 feet, and
is known as lot No. 9 of Block 82 of
Cedartown Land Improvement Com
pany survey made by 3. S. Evans, map
of which is recorded in the record of
deeds of said county. Said property
levied on as the property of Mrs. H.
M. Carter to satisfy an execution is
sued from the superior court of said
county in favor of W. K. Holmes a-
galnst said Mrs. H. M. Carter; said
property being in the possession of
Mrs. H. M. Carter.
This 4th day of October, 1907.
J. E. DEMPSEY, Sheriff.
J. F. CARMICHAEL, Dept. Sbff.
FARMERS.
We have on hand, just one car of
^WHEAT FERTILIZER, which is all
that we will order out this season. If
you are interested call and leave your
orders at once. A, W. STUBB3 & CO.
Cotton picking la In full sway, ami
the weather Is fine and every farm
er Is very busy. Jack Frost made us
a visit 8undy ynlght. He was a wel
come visitor,and we hope that he will
add to the health of our community.
Mr. G. L. M. Yarbrough, one of our
^>od citizens, was in your city Mon
day.
Mr. J. E. Lowry, of Euharlee, was
visiting friends In our midst last week.
Misses Clara and Irene Yarbrough
were visiting the family of Mr. M.
Caldwell, near Lake Creek, Saturday
and Sunday.
Dr. L. R. Gwaltney, of Route, filled
his regular appolntmunt here ou the
first Sanday.
Mr. F. H. Yarbrough spent a few
days last week In Rome with his
son, Mr. M. E. Yarbrough.
Several of our young people atten
ded preaching at Seney Sunday after-
no®n.
Mr. John Yarbrough attended
preaching at Wesley Chapel Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Lundrum spent Sunday in
Rock mart.
Mr. Edwin Yarbrough spent Satur
day and Sunday with friends and rel
atives near Lake Creek.
Mr. Dock Lowry, of Rockmart, at
tended preaching at Live Oak on the
first Sunday.
Miss D. A. Yarbrough has returned
home after a few days visit with Mrs.
Cratbn Vincent, of your town.
Long Jim.
I>0 YOU WANT TO BUILD OR BUY
A HOMEI
If *o, we can offer you a 6 per cent, line of
money, principal and interest payable monthly.
In other words, what you pay or your house in
7 *r 8 years. In payinjj rent at the end of 7 years
you would have a large pile of rent receipts. On
onr plan you would have your home paid lor
having paid all your notes. WHICH DO YOU
PRKHKRf City or farm loans, at 6, 7 and 8 per
cent according to conditions.
For further information, call on or address
J. MALLORY HUNT,
Cedartown, Ga.
HONEY to LOAN.
We have clients who can loan you
all the money you wish to borrow on
acceptable real estate security. Loans
of 11,000 or over at 6 per cent, less
than $1,000 at 7 per cent interest. Be
lure you see us.
MUNDY & AiUNDY,
Oorreapondents forPolX County,
cedartown, ta
Onr Farmers' Union Department
Contributions for this department are
invited, and should reach us Mondays.
Bring Your Cotton to the Union
Warehouse.
Some people are saying that my let
ters on tke cotton question are driv
ing cotton away from Cedartown.
What a ridiculous charge! It has
been a matter of common knowledge
that for years our Folk county farm
ers and their cotton are seen every
season on the streets of Rome and
other tow ns.
Are my letters so powerful that
they kicked backward and caused
these things to huppen teif years be
fore they were written? Ye gods!
what a writer 1 must be!
But, Farmers and Merchants, let's
look into this matter, and see what
the real trouble is. If we can find
the cause, ami discover the remedy,
*hy should we not Join forces, and
eliminate the evil?
In the meantime, Farmers, let me
urge you to bring every bale of your
cotton to Cedartown, put it in the
Union Warehouse, and get all yqnr
friends and neighbors to do t lie same.
This will show our good fa.tli tj
t*ie merchants, and show that we are
willing to do our pan towards build
ing up our town and our market.
For tm years or more, our cotton
market nas been bottled up, abso
lutely under the control of one buy
er.
So mutter how honest a man may
be, wnen so many thousands, yes
millions of dollurp are compelled to
pass through hts mill, he will dip his
toll dish deeper and deeper as the dol
lars flow through his hopper.
As the years go by, having throt
tled all competitors, he becomes more
sure that no man can build a mill to
compote with his for the local custom.
He becomes hardened against the
rights of his patrons, the farmers,
and the Interests of his neighbors, the
merchants. Feeling sure of his pow
er, and encouraged by the long suffer
ing submission of his victims, he
dips his toll dish once, even twice,
yea thrice, into each turn as it pass
es his mill.
This is the present condition of
our cotton market, and no man can
truthfully dispute It.
The farmer was the first to discover
the evil, for it struck him in a very
tender spot, to-wlt. his pocket book.
And year after year the evil con
tinued, and grew worse and worse
until—our fanners drifted away to
other towns and markets, seeking
relief from the curse of our cotton
monopoly.
This condition of our mnrket has
gone on and on until Cedartown to
day does not get one-half the cotton
nor one-half the trade which legiti
mately belongs to her and which she
would surely get if It were not for our
cotton monopoly.
You go over the rural routes for
hundreds of mlleB, as I have done,
and listen to what the people say. Go
to the Union meetings,where our farm
ers meet and discuss matters of In
terest to them. Listen to their de
nunciation of the cotton gamblers,who
have ruined our local cotton market.
And you will find out what I already
know, that all I have written Is mod
est, mild and christlike In comparison.
I have not said or written a word
against the merchants of our town.
Neither do our furim rs blame them
now, for they have found out who is
their enemy.
Our merchants have awakened to
the fact that our market has been
nearly ruined nnd tradu driven away
for years.
They know what the trouble Is.
They are beginning to reasoh with
one another and express thoir opin
ions of such an infamous slate of af
fairs. The same identical thing Is
hurting both farmer and merchant.
Why shouldn’t I draw aside the screen
and expose the hideous sore that has
tainted, sickoned and weakened our
whole business body?
Why shouldn’t you farmers and
merchants get together and cut out,
root and branch, this loathsome can
cer, which has so long weakened and
now threatens to disarrange and de
stroy our business prosperity?
We want you merchants to join
hands with us and help to win Jus
tice for us all. Your Interests and
ours are so closely Interwoven that
one suffers from the wrongs of the
other.
We believe that our cotton mono-
I>oly has been hurting us long enough.
Even If the power of its evils does
drive away a few bales this season,
hadn’t we better do this than to sub
mit to this monopoly graft any long
er?
Let’s Join forces and purge our mnr
ket thoroughly of this reproach,
amicably if we can. forcibly If we
must?
As for the farmer, if they have to
fight for their rlghts.they are ready to
do so—until “New York” freezes ov
er and then just fight on the Ice.
JOHN I. NULL WOOD.
P. a. Cottonseed are bringing only
?1S ;:r t-in in CciUr.cwti, Jt cocta
the oil mills about $6 per ton to work
the seed. $18 plus $6 equals $24. or
the cost of a ton of cottonseed pro
ducts. The mills get for this from
$34 to $39 or a profit on each ton of
from$10to $15, nearly as much ns we
got for the seed. Our Warehouse has
about perfected arrangements to pay
$19 per ton, or a raise of $1 per ton.
I wrote to our State Union authori
ties about the cottonseed question.
Please*read their answer below:
“In regard to the cottonseed, our
movement In the beginning of the
season to force the price up worked
to that effect so much that it rattled
the oil mill people. At some points
In the state they paid as high us $26,
most of places $22 per ton. They had
a meeting n few days ago and de
cided they would not pay over $18 for
any more seed. Of course, lu Am
erica they allow the agent $1 per ton
commission, which puts the seed at
$19, the price you gave mo in your
letter. I would advise that the peo
ple do not sell seed at that price, as
they will need the meal or the meats
to ammonlate their fertilizer. There
Is no reason why we should sell a
ton of cottonseed for $10 when the
oil trust realizes $39 on every ton they
manufacture. True, that Is not the
case with oil at the present price.but
they are not selling oil at that price;
when they get hold of the seed they
will raise the price of oil.’’
You are entitled to every dollar you
can get for our seed. If you are oblig
ed to sell now, get all # you can for
them. .L I- F.
Continued from 4th Page.
THE BIG COUNTY FAIR.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. Estelle Hardwick, Chairman.
No. 23. Fancy Quilts, 1st prize $. r >,
2nd $2.
No.24. Knit Counterpanes, 1st prize
$5, 2nd $2.
No.25. Burnt Wood, $2.
No. 26. Pastel, $3.
No. 27. China, $3.
No. 28. Paintings, Oil and Water
Colors, 1st prize $5, 2d $2.
No. 29. Best Display Fancy Work,
1st prize $7.f>0, 2d $r>.
No. 30. Flowers, Cut und Potted,
$2.50.
No. 31. Best collection Bread and
Cake, 1st prize $3, 2d $1.
No. 32. Best collection Canned
Fruits, Preserves and Pickles, 1st
prize $5, 2d $2.
No.33. Butter, 1st prize $2.50, 2d $1.
No. 34 Best. Collection of All, $10.
The following are the committees
appointed to take charge of the var
ious departments: —
POULTRY DEPAUTMENT—Dr. D.
F. Sims, Chairman, O. Willingham,
R. E. Griffin.
HORSE SHOW Dr. H. M. Hall,
Chairman, Dr. J. P. Greer, Dr. W. A.
Chapman, Ed. Whitaker.
Amusement Committee— E. A. Low
ry, Chairman, J. L. Davis. E. B. Rus
sell, E. C. Benton, M. D. Russell.
STOCK AND AGRICULTURAL—T.
H. Adams, Chairman, J. V. Stubbs, R.
II. Jones.
AGRICULTURE—Soaborn Jones, W.
(J. M. Simmons, W. O. Cornelius.
RACES AND TRACK—A. E. Young,
Uha.rmnn, Lr. .1. A. Lldd.II, W. W.
Turn* r. W. W. Crawford.
AWARDING OF PRIZES- I)r. L.
S, Ledl etter, Chairman, W. 8. Cole
man, C. A. Wood, J. E. Lovvorn.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT, FINE
ARTS AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS—
Mrs. Eslolle Hardwick, Chairman,Mrs.
S. P. Holloway, Mrs. A.. E.,.Young,Mrs.
E. B. Russell. Mrs. O. Willingham,Mrs.
B. F. Slnis. Mrs. T. M. Hightower,
Mrs. Holmes Smith.
The ladies of Cedartown are doing
good work for the Fair, and gave a
big dinner last Saturday, with Mrs.
Estelle Hardwick ns chairman of the
cominittie of arrangements at which
$47 was elenred.
The following are the sub-commit
tees appointed In the Ladies’ Depart- ,
ment: —
Quilts and Count-rpanes—Mesdames,
W. A. Chapman, E. B. Russell and
Morgan Russell.
Paintings—Mrs. E. C. Benton, Miss
Mary Harris, Mrs. S. P. Holloway. ,
Caniu(1 Fruits. Etc.,—-Mesdames W.
O. Cornelius, B. F. Sims, Walter Tur
ner, Miss Etta Smith.
Cake and Bread -Mrs. O. Willing
ham, Mrs. M. C. Bobo, Miss Madge
Stubbs.
Fancy Work—Mrs. T. M. Hightower.
Mrs. A. C Cobb.
Flowers—McsdaineH Chas. V. Wood,
E. S. Ault, Holmes Smith.
Butter- Mrs. L. Simmons, Miss An
nie Brumby, Mrs. C. W. Peek.
To Take Charge of Exhibits—Mrs.
A. W. Blrkbeck, Chairman, Mesdames
Seaborn Jones, H. J. Dempsey, A. C.
Cobb, J. M. Curt right, A. W. Stubbs,
and F. S.. Bunn.
Let everybody help to make the Fair:
a success. The speeches.races, music,
midway attractions, and all the de
partmental exhibits will be good.
Come and see for yourself.
For * happed Skin.
Chapped skin whether on the hands
or face may be cured In one night by
applying Chamberlain’s Salve. It Is
also unequalled for sore nipples, burns
and «cr,ld3. For ^lo by Russell Drug
• 1 . ,wo-i.,. t i ▲
THE
J. W. Lee Co.,
NEW GOODS.
Now is the time whin every person is looking- lorward
for FALL necessities in wearing apparel, and as most peo.
pie are anxious to know just where to obtain these necessi
ties, we issue this special announcement
We come with one ol the most complete stocks of
Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing and Notions,
Etc.
Ever displayed in the city ol Cedartown. In Dress
Goods, Novelties, Etc., we have the very
cream of the Eastern markets, and are able to supply your
demands with money-saving prices.
Dress Coods.=
Wool Dress Goods seemingly are cheaper than last
season, or else we bought them cheaper, and will sell them
accordingly. All the latest novelties in l)i*e!3M Gloods,
Nill«, Fancy Waistings, Etc., ol all
kinds are on display in our mammoth store, and we will
gladly show you through the stock any time free ol change.
Make our store headquarters. You will be gladly welcomed.
Our SHOE stock speaks for itself. We have all th^
novelties in loot wear. The Guaranteed Kind, Remember
the lamous brands—The White House Shoes for Men and
Women, The Buster Brown Shoes (or Boys, for Girls. '
The 2d floor of our building is devoted to
And just now is full of new cuts and styles for FALL. We
are offering cut-prices on Men's and Boys’ Clothing, also
Odd I’ants. We are anxious to save you money on your
Clothing purchases. Ask to see the values in this department.
Ladies’ Skirts and Coats.
We also have a separate department for Ladies' Fur
nishings, Skirts. Coats, Furs, Muffs, Etc. Our Ladies’ Coats
stand superior in workmanship and style All colors and
kinds. Brices horn the lowest to the highest.
We ask a share of your patronage. We assure you our
prices are right and our merchandise the best quality. You
must remember the place.
J.W.LeeCo.
LEADER OF LOW PRICES,
CEDARTOWN. GA.