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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedar town and Polk County.
Volume 35.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, December 8th, 1921.
.Number 46.
Ousley Speaks Wednesday
At the Court House to the Farmers and Busk
ness Men of Polk.
THE U. D. C. BAZAR] LESSONS OF WAR
Polk county leader* of the Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Asso
ciation, which is opening a new mem
bership drive in this county with the
appearance of Col. Ousley of'Texas,
who will address the farmers at 10 a.
m. next Wednesday, Dec. 14th, at Ce
dartown, are planning to make Col.
Ousley’a reception on* of the biggest
farmers’ mass meetings ever held in
these parts. All members of the As
sociation in this county are actively
helping in calling the meeting.
Col. Ousley himself ia one of the
most distinguished figures in the
country. Assistant Secretary of the
United States Department of Agricu-
ture during the war, and a member of
the International Agricultural Com
mission which did so much to bring
knowledge of modern methods of co
operative marketing into this country
in the first place, Col. Ousley’s po
sition among agricultural leaders of
the country is even higher than these
more official connections would indi
cate. He is known personally and
held in highest esteem by the biggest
banking and business interests in the
country, as well as agricultural forc
es; and as publisher of the Fort
Worth Record was for years one of
the most distinguished newspaper
writers in the country.
In fact, Col. Ousley possesses every
qualification that goes with the mak
ing of a big public figure. Not of
least interest to the Polk county far
mers, in view of the coming meeting
is the fact that he Is a speaker of a
very exceptional power.
From the first Col. Ousley has
thrown himself whole-heartedly into
the co-operative marketing move
ment for cotton now sweeping the
South, which he believes to hold the
economic salvation of this section.
He was a tower of strength in Texas
putting over the big Texas unit now
operating so successfully in the ac
tual marketing field, and since then
has been neglecting his private inter
ests in his own state to further the
cause in other sections of the South.
In a way, however, Col. Ousley will
still be at home when he comes to
Georgia, as he was born and raised in
the southern part of this state.
Among the good farmers serving
as a committee in the membership
drive, which will get into full swing
next Wednesday, are Messrs. A. F.
Garner, V. Wommack, P. C. Griffin,
D. K. Woodward, T. Z. Hackney, J.
L. Lesie, W. J. Cox and W. O. But-
tram,
Every farmer and business man in
Polk county is urged to come out and
hear Col. Ousley next Wednesday.
City Bonds Sold.
Ccdartown’s new $163,000 bond is
sue for schools, street and sewer ex
tension were sold Monday, the highest
bidder being Robinson, Humphries &
Co., of Atlanta.
The bonds brought the handsome
premium of $10,204, which is cer
tainly a high compliment to Cedar-
town's standing.
Killed at Crossing.
Mr. D. A. Burton, a venerable citi
zen of Longs, was struck and killed
Sunday by a Southern Ruilway train
at the Wingard Crossing. He had
been dead some time when the body
was found.
Coroner B. II. Leonard went over
and held an inquest, the verdict of the
jury being accidental death.
The Seaboard changes schedule
Sunday morning, the wost-bound
trains leaving Cedartown at 2.08 a.
in., 10 a. m. and 6.55 p. m., and the
east-bound at 4.42 a. m„ 9.32 a. m.
and 4.47 p. m.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will give their annual Christmas Ba
zar tomorrow.
This patriotic organization will give
the proceeds of the bazar for the pur
chase of books and equipment for the
new Library.
The ladies will serve one of their
fine dinners at noon, and all our bus
iness men should make it a point to
attend.
The baser will be held in the Wood
men Hall, on the corner of Main and
Herbert streets.
The fact that it is given by the
Daughters of the Confederacy and for
the new Library should Insure a large
attendance.
It’s a 50-eent "chicken dinner”—
one of the good ones the Daughters
always serve.
To make room for new
goods, A. C. Cobb Co.
put on a Clean-Sweep
Sale at prices so low as
to break all records.
Do You Know Her?
Mrs. W. E. Robinson, of 819 S. 6th
St.. Birmingham, is anxious to find
her father and other rolativcs. Her
maiden name was Eula Bell Johnson,
and her recollection is that sho lived
in Cedartown as a ten year old girl
seventeen years ago. Her mother
died, and she lived with an aunt, Mrs.
Lou Johnson, for a time before her
father took her to Birmingham.
Each Columbia Record
Catalog cost 30c. Your
copy is waiting for you
at our store. Drop in and
get it Free.
W. W. Turner, Jeweler.
THAT NEW LOAF. Try It.
SANITARY STEAM BAKING CO.
IN NEW DEFENSE
Plan Provides for an Efficient
Staff Trained In Peace
Time.
ms chtnuzq quips
VtamArtfefl W*rfc an amt Mat tom bJ
Mtw «f Alftmty
INpii Wiplip Army U Train
*;' Mam far War.
VWasfclaftsa.—'Twa lasaama of tha
Wafrlft war, lamed at baary coat, ara
•fetiplr tomphaelaad la a War da-
aartmaat >*Uatln, flvln* the Aral af«
fitUl ptetapa af ‘the new national da*
facet strutters projected 1a the ia-
arfanltad army af tha TJnttad State*
One letaao cornea direct from tha
battlefield* ef Prance. It la that aft*
df jat staff work la vital to modem mil
itary bperatloaa, and with It foea tha
carallary that ataff functions cannot
be learned over night.
Tha other cornea from the wartime
din and confusion of the centraUasd
training camps at home. It Is that effi
cient mobilization of the nation's fight
ing strength can be carried out only
as a decentralised process through
agendee set up In times of peace.
Realization that these leasona must
b# worked Into the new military pol
icy If perilous delay and costly con
fusion which preceded past mobiliza
tion* were to be avoided has marked
tha effort of the War department
The btfllettn shows that It has attempt
ed to Write regulations under the re
vised national'defense act that would
furnish a clean-cut scheme for war
mobilization without violating nation
al traditions against militarism or cre
sting machinery that would Impose
heavy burdens In peace times upon
the taxpayers.
Te Profit by Experience.
The project undertaken probably Is
the moat fur-reaching military effort
the nation has ever attempted in peace
times.
The foundation work has been done.
All over the country decentralized ma
chinery is being set up capable, Its
designers believe, of getting the na
tion on a wur footing with little de
lay and confusion. Yet it is felt that
the nation at lurge and even the most
Important links in the new defense
chain, the regular army, the National
Guard and the Officers’ Reserve corps
do not appreciate fully what Is being
done.
Col. John McA. Palmer, the officer
assigned to aid congress in framing
the legislation making it all possible,
and who hns devoted himself to a
study of the subject, was called upon
to furnish the document, and his work
Is to go to all parts of the new army
as a means of preventing misunder
standing.
Colonel Palmer points out that at
the conclusion of previous wars, the
United States pernpperi all It had
learned In battle and demobilized with
out uuy uttempt to curry those costly
lessons on to younger generations for
their protection and aid in time of
war. Veterans of the Civil war,
schooled in soldier craft, skilled In
staff work and the handling of mighty
forces with minimum confusion in
movement and minimum losses In
battle, went hack to civil life, he says,
and lost all touch with military mat
ters. When the war with Spain came
their knowledge was lost to the men
of 1808. It was necessary to build
again from the ground up, and 1917
saw this waste repeated, the bulletin
asserts.
The purpose of the new scheme of
welding the regulars, the National
Guard and the organized reserves Into
the army of the United States In
peace times Is defined by Colonel Pal
mer as follows:
“Jt Is primarily the object of our
new law to perpetuate the framework
of the organization developed In the
World war, so that Its tremendous cost
can be funded us a permanent Invest
ment for all tlrfie.”
Had such a system as Is now well
advanced toward establishment been
erected after the Civil war, the offi
cer adds, “In 1898 more divisions than
were needed for the war with Spain
could have begun their expansion
within 24 hours after the declaration
of hostilities.”
Centralized Process Demoralizing.
“Mobilization In 1917,” Colonel Pal
mer continues, “would have proceed
ed as a decentralization process and
not us a great centralized process,
upsetting the economic life of the na
tion. It would not have been necessary
to spend millions for great concen
trated training camps or to overbur
den the railroads with unclassified
personell and material In order to
organize and train and equip and pro
vide officers all at the same time.
Such a national organization must
have saved months In time and mil
lions in money.”
Colonel Palmer points out that
Stonewall Jackson alone of leaders
THE PHYSICIANS
OF SEVENTH DISTRICT PLEAS
ANTLY ENTERTAINED
HERE.
The Seventh District Medical As
sociation met here yesterday, and the
visiting physicians were hospitably
entertained by the Polk Medical So
ciety at a pleasant luncheon at the
Wayside Inn.
The visitors were welcomed on be
half of the city by l)r. H. M. Hall as
Mayor, and on behalf of our county
association by Dr. C. V. Wood. An
Interesting program was profitably
discussed.
For the Library.
The new Library is proving a very
popular institution, and is receiving
some merited aid from public-spirited
citizens.
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the work of the Woman’s Club,
which has recently raised over $100
by rummage sates, and which last
week gave the most successful bazar
ever held in Cedartown, raising $300
for books and equipment.
And then tomorrow the Daughters
of the Confederacy will give a big ba
zar for the benefit of the Library,
which will be justly popular.
NOW IS THE TIME to gat busy.
Thi. ia for tho .inglo nan. Rood
W. W. Turner's advertisement.
Cobb’s Clean - Sweep
Sale will move the
goods. You will have
to hurry.
BRICK WORK—I am now home to
fltay, and whenever you want brick
or mantel work, give me a call.
Grates a specialty. P. M. AGAN.
weak kidneys —-well, read what a
See “Birth of a Nation*' at the
Palace on Monday, Dec. 12th, matinee
and night.
on either side of the Civil war en
tered the contest with knowledge of
what staff work meant. He had stud
ied Napoleon’s troop orders, and in
the first battle of the war, Colonel
Palmer says, “showed that even raw
troops can stand like a stone wall if
the prevalent rawness does not extend
to the craftsmanship of the com
mander.”
To meet such a situation, the new
military policy Imposes on the regular
army the duty of training in peace
times the men on whom must of ne
cessity fall the burden of command
and direction of great forces in war.
From this arises the present distribu
tion of the regulars into divisional
areas which underlay the corps and
army area structure. It is not ex
pected, officers say, that more than a
division ever will he brought together
in pence times, but through practice In
handling a divisional unit of 20,000 or
so men, training can be impnrted, It
Is felt, to fit future leaders to handle
corps of armies In battle.
From Its role ns staff college, also,
comes the demand of the anny for a
larger proportion of officers than the
nctunl enlisted strength of any prob-
nble regular force would require.
These extra officers would play little
part In the actual peace time em
ployment of the army as such or
even In small emergency that required
only the regulars to meet the nution’s
needs. They would be under training
in staff functions, and in turn be
passing on their knowledge to the Na
tional Guardsmen and reserve officers
and flic whole scheme of keeping the
country up to date in a military sense
without keeping any substantial force
under arms at any time rests on this
provision, it is asserted.
PARIS HATES PAPER MONEY
Bills Are Badly Soiled While People
Wait in Vain for Long Promised
Metal Coins.
Paris.—American visitors here this
season have boon amazed at the di
lapidated condition of the 1 franc, 2
franc and 50 centime notes In circula
tion.
And Franco is still waiting for the
Jong promised metal coins to take the
place of the tattered paper money.
After laborious search, the finance
authorities selected n suitable alloy
and the manufacture of the coins be
gan. Indeed, coins of the value of 35,-
000,000 francs (about $7,000,000 nor
mally) are now stored in the cellars
of the mint. But there are notes
worth 300,000,000 francs in circula
tion, and the administration deems It
unwise to issue the coins until they
also total 300.000.000 francs. In this
manner all the paper money would he
withdrawn simultaneously, all depart
ments would be treated alike and
there would be no cause for Jealousy.
SENATOR HARRIS
Honor Guest Friday of
Kiwanis Club.
lion. W. J. Harris was homa Fri
day from Washington, the Unite!
States Senate having adjourned for •
few days vacation, and was the dis
tinguished guest of honor of the Ki
wanis Club.,
The Senator was called upon for •
talk, and gavp the company in con
densed form some first-hand informa
tion on timely topics.
One of the Brest subjects touche!
upon was the plan of Henry Ford te
develop the great nitrate plant at
Mussel Shoals, Ala., and he said that
if Mr. Ford can get this plant it will
mean a great saving to our farmers
on fertilizers and to manufacturers
for power, and if war should unfor
tunately come it would make us in
dependent ef other nations for our
nitrates. If any government attacks!
ua, it would first cut off our supply of
nitrates from Chile, and it ia very
important that we make our own.
This big plant would have been finiah-
ed according to the original plans by
the Government but for the fact that
some people got the idea that Presi
dent Wilson was unduly favoring the
South, and so played politics against
It.
Tho Senator told the history of the
inception of the present Disarma
ment Conference, from which ae
much ia hoped. It wai^lrst force!
by Senator Borah, an insurgent Re
publican, with the aid of Democratic
Senators, and was opposed by the Re
publican “Old Guard" until they
found public sentiment overwhelm
ingly in favor of It. He believes •
basis of settlement of differences in
the Orient will be found, and saya
that on his visit to Japan last year he
learned that the people of that nution
do not want war with us. On his re
turn he stated, however, that the Em
peror was an imbecile and under th*
control of the militarists,and his state
ment has since been verified by the
appointment of a Regent because of
the Emperor’s physical and mental
condition.
An.I speaking of the Republican.
"Old Guard," Senator Harris told of
the working combination between
the Republican Senators cf the Middle
West and the Democrats of the South
to enact legislation for the benefit
of tho farmers. The Eastern Repub
licans tried to force an adjournment
of Congress last summer to prevent
this, and if Watson and himself hsdt
not joined actively in the combina
tion the farmers would have lost out.
As it was, the Wilson War Finance
Corporation was revived, and every
thing possible was done to expedite
the work of relief for the farmers.
He warmly praised the Federal Re
serve banking law, but severely crit
icized the manner in which it has beers
managed.
An interesting item of information
Was the way in which he managed to.
secure the statement from the Census
Bureau that tho cotton was practically
ail ginned at the time the ginners* re
port was published, thus preventing a
heavy break in the market that would
have been disastrous. He was able to
do this through a sterling Republican
whom he had kept in office because
of his especial ability while in charge
of that department before his elec
tion to the United States Senate. He
especially complimented the new Sec
retary of Agriculture for his brtia tth'
of vision and excellent work, and
paised the manner in which the dem
ocrats in Congress arc refusing to
make partisan questions out of the
vital matters under national consid
eration.
Senator Harris is one of the Sen
ate’s hardest workers, an.d Geir'in iB
indeed fortunate in having his talent
and energies at her command in tho
highest legislative body of the nation.
TAKES CARBOLIC
Tlios. Graham went to tho home of
his brother, Mr. Ollie Graham, last
week Wednesday evening and after
’’splitting a bottlp of dope" with his
bride of a few weeks, took another
bottle out of his pocket and told her
he wouldn’t give her any of that.
Swallowing its contents, he died in a
few minutes in great agony before
medical aid could reach him. The
poison turned out to be carbolic acid.
The remains of the unfortunate
young man were taken Thursday to
Foster’s Mill for interment.
Clean up and paint up I
PALACE THEATER
Monday, Dec. 12th
ONE DAY ONLY
Matinee, 2.30 Night, 8.15
D. W. GRIFFITH’S
AMERICAN INSTITUTION
18,500
People
3,000
Horses
TheGreatestSpectacle
EVER SEEN
Orchestral Accompaniment of the
Original Score
Reserve Seats now on sale at Palace Tea Room, for
Night Show Only
PRICES
MATINEE NIGHT
{Adults, 50c; Children, 25c.
No reserve seats for Matinee
All prices induce war tax
tOO Front Seats at $1
800 Good Seats at 50c
Balcony, 50c.