The Cedartown standard. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1889-1946, August 18, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCEDARTOWN STANDARD* Devoted to the Best Interests of Ced&rtown and Polk County. Volume 35. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, August 18th, 1921. Number 30. FARMERS TO MEElJjERE SATURDAY TO PERFECT PLANS FOR THE CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING OF THEIR COTTON. Wc* have been wondering when the organizers for the Georgia Cotton Growers* Co-operative Association would get around to Polk county. They have been working very success fully all over the state, and the prob ability is that Polk will fall rapidly in line. Mr. E. L. Watson, the Field Agent for Polk, Floyd and Chattooga, has been'at work in the other counties, and is now at work here. He came yesterday, and has called mass meet ing of our farmers to be held at 3 p. in. next Saturday. Hon. Linton A. Dean, a prominent Rome attorney extensively interested in agriculture, has been very active in making the movement a success in Floyd county, and it is expected that he will be one of the speakers here Saturday afternoon. The plan for the association is the same in principle that saved the fruit growers of California, South Georgia and Florida from utter ruin. Cotton growers in Oklahoma, Texas and Mis sissippi have entered enthusiastically in the plan, and it is rapidly spreading in every Southern state. The Mis sissippi organization recently secured a government loan of several million dollars to finance the present crop in that state. By co-operative marketing, the as sociation will deal in large quantities of cotton. The producer will get ad vantage of accurate and scientific grading, and he will further benefit FAR-REACHING REVIVALS SERVICES DON’T FOOL YOURSELF AT TO WEEVIL Union Meetings to be Held Under Tent by Dr. King Beginnin g August 28th. Every Cotton Grower in Polk County Should be on Hand at 3 P. M. by the fact that the association is dealing in large quantities and will be able to get a better price than an in dividual farmer selling a few bales. Hon. C. S. Barrett, president of the Farmers Union hns declared this movement the most important enter prise ever offered the farmers of Georgia, and their only meAns to ec onomic salvation. The following is the notice of the meeting sent from headquarters:— MR. COTTON FARMER, STOP! What is to become of you when the harvest is over—this year, and the next, and the next? Can you sell it j for what it is worth? Or must you j dump it for what you can get? Will I you be n slave and a dupe forever? i You .can save yourself! f The U. S. Government offers you 1 relief—can lend you money —if you I will qualify through the Georgia Cot- | ton Growers' Co-Operative Associa tion. Other farmers have won their free dom—so can you! There will be a big mass meeting and county rally. Able speakers will tell you all about the Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-op erative Association and how to meet 1 the situation. I L. R. Tillman, E. L. Watson and others will address the farmers of Polk county at the Court House in -Cedartown, on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 3 p. in. Bankers, Business Men, the Ladies ~all who are friends of the farmer —everybody welcome. Turn out! Our city U looking forward with m *ch expectancy and great hope to the beginning of a revival on Sunday, Aug. 28th, to continue through Sun day, Sept tlth. The entire Christian people of Cedartown are united in a tremendous evangelistic campaign that will reach and bless our whole town. For months the Christian forces have worked and prayed for such a meeting, and with the evangelistic team that is coming the most far- reaching meeting in the history of our community is confidently expected. Dr. Robert King, one of the great pastors and evangelists of the Pres byterian hurch, is to conduct the meeting. He is now at Kingsport, Tenn., hut will become pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Charles ton. S. C., when he closes our meet ing. For several years be was evan gelist of North Carolina, and is rec ognized as one of the great preach ers of the South. We were able to; beginning tonight in the nature of have all of the singers of our town in a choir of at least a hundred voices, and an additional attraction and pow er will be out-of-town solo singers. All who sing, both of our town and the country churches, are most cor dially invited to join this choir and help in the meeting. A tent hns been secured that will seat a thousand people comfortably, and will he located in the central part of town so that it can be reached easily by all. It is regretted that tent with seating capacity of twenty- five hundred could not bo secured, as such a crowd i.i what Dr. K J, tg has »■ . . ff - j , b for one jm-p 's* ' . iu a ning Chris tian.; ami ivu .he unsaved. It is - ;ir Lord’s mooting, and all are to gether for Him in trying to bring the blessings that He hns for us. There will he preparatory services drawn in i.i arc not for get him here because of a personal friendship and the fact that the late Rev. J. E. Jones, D. D.,for many years one' ; of the loved pastors of our town, was his uncle. Rev. B. Frank Pirn, pastor of the Methodist church of Jonesboro, will come next week to train a choir and lend the singing for the services. He eottnge prayer meetings. There will be three of these each night in dif ferent parts of the town. A commit tee from the churches selected the homes, as the pnstors felt that any home would be glad to have a prayer service for this meeting. The date and list of homes are given in today’s pn^cr. These services will be lend by LEGISLATURE Adjourns After Stren uous 50-Day Ses sion. The Legislature adjourned at 2.00 a. m. Thursday, by a polite Action the hands of tho clock bclne kept back to midnight, the legal limit for expiration. It was a strenuous session, for the members had to try to reconcile the opposing policies of big appropria tions and low taxes —a problem that rankR with the search for the dis covery of perpetual motion. The most important bills passed were the following:— Appropriation act and special ap propriation bills totaling $11,488,979. General tax act, carrying n total revenue of approximately 13,000,000. Adoption of Western & Atlantic funding plan, providing $2,500,000 for immediate use of the state. Imposition of a tax of $2,500 on grand opera. Adoption of a tax of 4 cents per pound on carbonic gas and 1 per cent on gross wholesale sales of fountain syrups. Removal of disabilities of women. Increase of tax on fertilizer tags from 10 to 30 cents. Sanctioning of lease of Governor’s mansion for fifty years. No provision for new home of chief executive made Reduction of 10 per cent in ap propriations for all institutions of higher education, bringing Tech’s fund from $125,000 to $112,000, with a deficiency fund of $29,470. The University of Georgia’s appro priation will be reduced from $95,- 000 to $85,000. Increase from $07,000 to $81,431 in state board of health appropria tion. Other highlights during the session were: Probe of state highway depart ment, resulting in filing of a major ity report which exonerated the de partment and praised its officials. Defeat of efforts to abolish tax c- qualization law. Fight on Agricultural Department led by Senator L. C. Brown, and his refusal to appear before the agricul tural committee and sustain charges. Commitee reports scoring condi tions at state farm,motion to institute rigid investigation being lost in house Defeat of the proposed income tax and appointment of commission to study the question and report next year. Continuance of department of ar chives and history and board of pub lic welfare. This was the only office Gov. Hard wick sought to have abolished, ir is considered one of the Bplendid the Men’s Evangelistic Club and oth choir directors of this state, and the I ers. All nrc most cordially invited to singing will be very unusual. He will' these services. spite of hiH stump statements during the campaign that he was going to wipe out a lot of "useless offices." To be Home Tomorrow Rev. and Mrs. C. A. DeVanc, who have been taking post-prraduate courses at Columbia University in New York, sailed Monday for Savan nah, and expect to reach here tomor row evening. Mr. DeVane writes The Standard: “This has indeed been a pleasaiii va cation, but we will be very glad to be among our friends again.” He will fill his pulpit Sunday at the First Baptist church, and will be gladly welcomed home. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McCamey, of Atlanta, came Tuesday on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Cornelius. Mrs. R T. Toole, of Atlanta, is spending the week with her mother, Mrs. R. O. Turner. Mrs. H. H Everett, of Atlanta, is spending the week with her aunt,Mrs R. O. Turner. Mrs. C. N. Morgan gave a pleasant luncheon Friday in honor of her sis ter, Miss Frances Mobley of Social Circle Grafonola Polish A perfect preservative for pianos, furniture, etc. W. W. TURNER, Jeweler. TOWN* PESTS Vacancy Well Filled. Patrons of the Cedartown Higk School have good reason to be happy over the outcome of whnt might have been a very serious complication last week. Prof. A. R. Jordan had been elected ns Principal of the High School but resigned to accept a bet ter offer, regardless of tho difficulty a school has in filling a vacancy ..at such a late hour. Fortunately, how ever, Mr. J. H. Brooks wrote Super intendent Purks at this time' saying that he had decided to resume teach ing. A tender of the prineipalship was at once made to him and was ac cepted. Mr. Brooks formerly held this place, resigning to enter the ar my when the war began, and since that time has been engaged in mer cantile pursuits. He is one of the bORt'lenchers we have ever had here, and his return will be especially grat ifying. Polk a-Courting. Judge J. L. Tison convened the adjourned July term of Polk City Court last Monday morning, and has been busily engaged in hearing crim inal cases. The most important was THE STATE’SJBEST ASSET. Health Is the basis of life; the health of the child Is of fundamental Import ance. In 1929, $5.5% of all deaths In Oeorglt were of children under 14 years old: of this number $1.7% were Of Infants and pre-school ace children. We have done some effective work alone the lloee of the health of the school child, but this Is practically only 10% of the problem, the field of the Infant and pre-school ace child ha vine really not been touched. Unfortunately, mankind tends to work on the "after the tact" plan: we wait until some evil occurs, then strive to correct It. Disease Is not only caused by disease perms transmitted by files, Impure water, etc., but of equal Importance Is the state of the Individual’s resistance. We should not wait until the child la sick and then take It to a doctor. We are treating the child as "the nation's best asset” only when we keep him welL As some one has said, "the way to keep people from dying Is to keep them well.” The most effective agent to keep your, baby welt Is a Children’s Health Center. Thero are SO of these Chil dren's Health Centers In Georgia, do Ing splendid work for the children of their communities. Why not have a Children's Health Center in your com- Say* Prof. Manes*, of the State Entomological Department. that of Linton Jones, of Chattanooga,; munlty? Write to the Division of Child who hud his car rigged up ns a travel ing bar-room and arsenal, to whom he gave a fine of $000. The following have been serving as jurors this week:— A, C. Berry, M. R. Cox, J. W. Randall, E S Willingham, J M Prew- ett, M J. Barnett, R. C. Knight, J, W. Roberson, A. L. Wray, A. J. Roberts, R. D. Dansby, W J Wiggins, A. J Dyar, C H. Brumbelow, W. R. Mc- Bryde, M O. Barrett, J. E. Williams, J R. Smith, J. T. Zuker, J. H. Arnold. Court adjourned yesterday for the term. Polk Superior Court will be con vened next Monday by Judge F. A. Irwin. Hygiene, State Board of Health, At. lanta, for Information. Preacher Kills Priest. Rev. Edwin It. Stephenson, who ran a barber shop here several years n^o, shot and killed Rev. Jas. E. Coyle, a Catholic priest, Thursday evening. The trugedy occurred at the priest's home, where Stephenson found him sitting on his front porch. The priest had officiated the day before at the marriage of Stephen son’s daughter, Ruth, to Pedro Guss- man, a native of Porto Rico and a Catholic. According to Mr. Stephenson’s story, he called the priest “a dirty dog,” the priest then struck him, and he fired three shots I will give a reward of $10 for the' at hinl| one 8trikin(f h im in the eye return of my pocket-book containing and plussing out at the back of the some valuable papers, lost at the ball kcad $10 Reward. The Dawgone Rooster gets up Aw ful Early and Hollers His Head Off and wakes all the Neighbors, after which he Goes Over and oats the Green Sprouts ofTn their Gurdens, af ter which he Kicks the rest of the Plants out of the Ground with his Stroug Muscular Feet, after which the Neighbors Swear Something Awful J game Saturday in Cedartown. Papers easily identify ownership. J. F. LONG, Rockmart, Ga. Dollar Strategy. Dollar strategy is dollar sense. It consists of spending your money where you’ll get the greatest satisfac tion and service it is possible to buy for a given sum. It is weighing and choosing the things you would like to buy—selecting the ones you need most or from which you will secure the most enjoyment. Dollar strategy begins at home in the printed pages of your newspaper. Much that is new and helpful, many of the things that make life easier to Stephenson had no regular churge, but was known around the court house in Birmingham as “the marry ing parson.” Grfaonola Oil Adapted for lubricating of all talk ing machines, clocks, typewriters, sewing machines, and all light-run- ning machinery. W. W. TURNER, Jeweler. Gets a Big Boost. The state of Ohio has rigid law3 governing the use of lights on autos, and a message recoived yesterdny from Mr. I. L. St. Clair states that live and more worth living, muy be the Ohio authorises have approved found there displayed in the adver- 1 and endorsed the light puter.ted by tisements. Consult the advtrtisements regu larly. They'll help you spend your the Brewer Dirigible Headlight Co. and now manufactured by the Cin cinnati Auto Lamp Co. This is dollars where you’ll get tho most good great boost for this light, which is dc- frora them. Be a dollar strategist! 'stined to achieve rapid popularity. "Pick up squares now, nnd pick cotton later!" soys Prof. J. C. Mnncss, of the State Entomological Depart ment, who was here Tuesday to sound n note of warning to our fnrmers. This branch of tho state government was created especially to study insect life in its relations to our farmers, nnd whnt it says is well worth heed ing. Prof. Maness paid this office an in structive visit, nnd wo arc glad to pass on to our readers some of the things he said to us. this section for cotton “This is a very critical time in this section for cotton under boll weevil conditions," lie snid. "So many farm ers think because they have scon com paratively few weevils that their crop is now practically made, but the chances are that they have n hnrd shock awaiting them unless they use the menus that experience has proved successful elsewhere in fighting the post.” Here are the recommendations of the State Department of Entomology, backed by the most enreful research and especially applicable to this sec tion :— Continue to pick end burn the ef fected squnre, once n week for a couple of weeks longer, getting those on the plant ns well as on the ground. The weevil hns sixty duys yet in which to work, nnd the more of them you kill the fewer there will be to dam age your crop. Dust your cotton with arsenate of LAGRANGE COMES Next Thursday, Follow ed by Rome. We told you Cednrtowu was coming back—nnd she has! The final game of the scries in Rome was a fine one—a pitchers’ bat tle between Hawkins for Cedartown and Jnmos for the Romans, in which wc shut them out by n score of 3 to 0. Bradley got a 2-bagger, and there was n double piny by Bradlcy-O’Neill to Kolton. Huwkins pitched a really great game. Lindele Here. The first game of the series went to Lindalc on Thursday by the generous score of 14 to 3—just to show that we had no hard feelings agdinst her for winning the first pennant. Wc used Vardaman and J. Robinson in the box with B. Robinson as catcher, nnd Lindale's battery was Cornelius and Powell. Vardaman, Shaw und Kelton got 2-baggcrs, Robinson a 3, nnd Tatlcr and Kelton both swutted out home runs. We piled up 5 errors and Lindalc 0—-that’s the story. I.indnle doesn’t hnve to nsk who was to blame for our winning Fri day’s game —they know who was Culp-able. It was an exciting pitchers’ battle between Culp for Cedartown and Rich for Lindale, in which “Submar ine” had the best of it, and we won 5 to 3. Kelton Tatlcr and O’Neal bat ted homers. The game was worthy of a far larger attendance. And those who stayed ayvny certainly missed something. And then a good crowd turned out to see Saturday’s exhibition, but it was too one-sided to be at all inter esting. Lassiter piched a fine game for the visitors, and our boys could get only 5 hit-. Wc used three pitch ers —Cook, Daniel and the hard working Hawkins,—but the Lindalers slugged them all. Then, too, 8 errors ■—-three CHch of them at 2d and short —helped to swell tho hefty score of 15 to 0 aginst us. Griffin—end Rain. Griffin cam? Monday, and brought rain along with her, so there wns no game that afternoon. And thon another downpour came Tuesday afternoon and knocked us out of winning a double-header. That's the way it looked, anyhow,for our boys were playing fine ball. Culp was doing his effective “submarine” twirling, and Simon, Tucker nnd Tat- lor had each made an “impossible” catch that brought the crowd up stan ding. Then the rain, with the score 3 to 0 in our favor, washed our vic tory away. And we didn’t need the rain, either. Strengthen, Teem. "Pop” Shaw has been making Borne changes in personnel the past few days to strengthen the team. Carter, lead. The cost of labor and material may seem high, but it will probably give you n picking you would not oth erwise get. Five pounds to the acre will be sufficient, and you can get thla from Sherwin-Williams Co., Atlanta, in 100 lb. packages at 12 cents a pound. Mr. Mnncss recommends the purchase of a hand-machine costing $18, the Feeny 1-Row Cotton Duster, which can be bought from the Dunn Mfg. Co., Atlanta. He docs not rep resent these companies in any way, but recommends them after investi gation. One application, followed by two days of sunshino, will be of great benefit, but a second will also pay. At least one application should al ready have been made, but it is net yet too late. Do it just ns soon as possible, but within the next two weeks will be valuable. Cultivate Late. Late, shallow cul tivation, if not more than sweeping through row once with spring-tooth harrow or light cultivator, just to break the crust, will Veep cotton growing nnd will produce late top crop on which the weevil will feed and thus let the lower bolls nlone. Mr. Mnncss was hero to give onr farmers a practical demonstration of the dusting machine. "Tell your farmers,” said Mr. Maness, "to raise plenty of , wheat, oats and com next year, with not ov er five or six acres In cotton to the plow. It is impossible under wees* conditions to successfully cultivate a large cqtton acreage.” who had gotten “bunged up” as catch er, was given a vacation, and is suc ceeded by Robinson. Vardaman wne released as pitcher, and has joined the Rome tunm— losing, by the way, the first game he pitched for them Mon day at Carrollton. His place on the pitching staff is taken by Robinson, of Birmingham. Kolton, one of Cedar- town’s old-time favorites, is succeed ed by Hinkle, of Pell City. Slator, of Nashville, is our new short stop,Brad ley going to his preferred position in left field, end Tatler coming in to 2d base. We Co Visiting. Lindale today and Rome next Mon day, for three games each—that’s the schedule. And then comes the grand finale- hcre. The Wind Up. LaGrangc comes next Thursday for three games. V Rome comes Monday, the 29th, for throe. These teams arc two of Cedar- town's strongest competitors, and these two series will be well worth the price of a ticket for the whole season if you like base ball with a "kick” to it. Then we go to LaGrunge for three games, and Labor Day closes the season with Carrollton here in the morning and our team at Carrollton in the afternoon. Tucker, the big right fielder of the Cpdnrtown team, has been sold to New York for u fancy price. Tticker is a good man, and the local fans are hoping that he will make good in the majors. He is leading the league in hitting, and also in home run hitting. —Rome News. Cedartown started the second half with a rush, but they have lost tea games out of the last twelve played and nrc now headed for the cellar.— Rome News, 14th. And at that wc are still ahead of Rome, thank you! Rome has released Lowry, and the redoubtable Dick is now pitching tor I.aGrange. trot,” NEW DANCE MUSIC JUST OUT. “Ain’t We Got Fun,’” “Not so long ago” A-3,429. "Cherry," fox trot, “I’m Nobody’s Baby,” fox A-3,410. “Near Me,” fox tot. “Dream of Me,” A-3,499. “All for You,” fox trot. "Sweethearts,” fox trot, A-3,414, W. W. TURNER, Jeweler. Gov. Hardwick has vetoed the bill passed by the Legislature to re-iss- burse a number of Georgia merch ants for tobacco tax collected in 192t. This tax was collected from a number in Polk before it was stopped as Il legal.

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The Cedartown standard. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1889-1946, August 18, 1921, Image 1