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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted sto the Best Interests of Cedar town and Polk County.
Volume 35.
GOOD CHRISTMAS
Christmas of 1921 was observed in
better spirit than its predecessors,
i/or which all pood citizens ore duly
• i thankful.
** The churches and Sunday Schools
j tnd Red Cross looked well after the
poor of the city, and in this had the
active aid of the Kiwanis Club, whose
members went out in cars Sunday af
ternoon to distribute baskets where
they would do the most pood.
May each Christmas hereafter b<2
) us good or better!
Polk’s Doctors Meet.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Polk County Medical Society oc-
>f Surred Monday night at the City
Hall.
Dr. E. H. Richardson was ro-clect-
<4ei President; Dr. G. M. White, of
Rockmnrt, was elected Vice Presi
dent; Dr. P. 0. Chaudron, of Cedur-
town, Secretary and Treasurer; and
Dr. 3. L. Howell, of Aragon, was e-
lected a Censor.
Drs. E. H. Richardson and J. J.
Cooper are delegates to the State
Medical Association Ihnl meets in Sa
vannah in May.
The President appointed Drs. W. G.
England, H. M. Hull and C. V. Wood
committee on Public Health and Leg
islation.
The I’olk County Medical Society
. as an integral part of th’e American
Medical Association is contributing
its quota in promoting the scientific
and humanitarian achievements of
the medical profession.
The Medical Society of Polk Coun
ty will hold monthly meetings during
the coming year. Its next meeting
will be hold on the second Wedncs.
day in January at the office of Drs.
Good and Wood in the former rest
donee of A. H. VanDevander on West
Avenue.
The year 1022 promises to be one
of great usefulness and prosperity for
the County Society.
Notice.
At a called meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners the meeting
(Iday was changed from Tuesday to
the first Friday in each month.
J. K. DAVIS, Chairman.
t. W. SCHLIESTETT, Clerk.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, December 29th, 1921.
Number 49
Extensive Building.
Besides keeping its two big mills
tunning, the Cedartown Cotton &
Export Co. has furthef added to the
improvement of conditions here by ex
tensive building operations; and if
you have not already done so, we
would suggest that you take a ride a-
round West End and see the hand
some array of new houses this pro
gressive company is building for its
employees. At present the thirty-two
houses in the old “Paragon town” are
being torn down and replaced with
pretty cottages, besides a number of
handsome new cottages near Mill No.
1.
President Adamson says the com
pany has found that they get a better
clnss of help in good houses, nnd in
ninny canes it makes better men and
women by putting them in better
homes where they are expected to
live up to their surroundings.
This is certainly n wise and com-
mcndnblc way of looking at this im
portant matter, and Cedartown joins
with the employees of the company in
RUBBER STAMPS— Place your
order through The Standard office
Have You Forgotten Anybody?
For people you really
care about the ideal
Stories of
Great Scouts
(Eh VJTeitern Newspaper Union.
SIMON KENTON, THE AMER1.
CAN MAZEPPA
Second only to tin* tiuiue of DnnloJ
Boonu—whoso life he once saved—I*
written In the annals of Kentucky the
name of Simon Kenton. Kenton wus
a Virginian who served us n scout In
Lord Duninnre's war shortly before
AID GRANTED
Federal aid wns lust week granted
to Polk for building the highwuy from
Cedartown to the Harnlson county
line.
Commissioners Davis and Redmond
insisted that the road from Rock-
mart to the Paulding line bo built
f rst, but as two miles in Paulding can
not be connected up for some time,
the Federal authorities insisted that
the outbronk of the Revolution and! the other road be built first out of the
who crossed over the mountains Into available funds.
the “Dark and Bloody Ground” of Ken
tucky In search of udventure. His ex
plolts there soon won for him the un
dying hatred ol the Indians nnd no
less than nlghr fliiiifa In* wns captured
by them nnd sentenced to don'th.
In 177S iytuton with two compan
ions want norili into Ohio to spy upon
a tribe ut war with the whites. Wlillf
returning,'they came upon a herd oi
Indian horses. The Kentuckians re
solved to take some of the animal?
along us trophies of the successful ex
pedition; The Indians quickly discov
ered the theft nnd overtook the scouts
Just before they crossed the Ohio
river.
One of the Kentuckians was killed,
another escaped hut Kenton was taken
prisoner.
"You steal Injun boss?” they taunt
ed him. “All right, we give you ride
on hltu I”
So they tied the scout on a wild
young horse nnd set It free In the for-
Our County Board voted unanimous
ly, however, in favor of building the
Rockmart-Paulding road, even if itf
should be necessary to do so without
Federal Aid.
Both roads are of great importance,
and it is u good thing for the county
that both are to be built.
Bank Closing Notice.
New Year’s coming on Sunday this I
year, the undersigned banks will pb-
serve Monday instead nnd will be j
closed accordingly.
THE COMMERCIAL BANK. 1
LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK.
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
By T.T.MAXEY
Western Newspaper Union.
THE THOUSAND ISLANDS
T HH River St. Lawrence "As grand
ns the Rhine", was discovered by
a French explorer In 1586. In 1015,
Champlain explored the upper reaches
of this majestic stream and discovered
these Islands.
The origin of the name is evident
to the beholder. Below Lake Ontario
for a distance of some forty miles the
river broadens to a width ranging
from four to seven miles. Here begins
this world-famous archipelago. These
Islands—sometimes in u string like
links In a chain—again In just pell-
mell confusion, appear to. block the
channel, Apparently there are a
thousand of them. Some authorities
assert there are as many as 1,700.
Composed mainly of rock or graulte,
their surfaces are not high. Some
are no larger* than to provide u foun
dation for a house—the largest con
tains about 10,000 acres. Many are
privately owned and here man and
Ids money have created castles which
look as wondrous as fairy talcs sound.
The Thousand Islands were the
scene of some hot conflicts between
nations—Indian wars (when this
region was known as Manatouna—Gar
den of the Great Spirit), contests be
tween the French and the English
and bnttlcs of Revolutionary fume.
To this generation, however, they
are more prominently known for their
singnlnrly-plctiiresque beauty and un
questioned charm.
The store of Mr. B. F. Baldwin, of
Grady, was completely destroyed by
fire Wednesday night with its con
tents. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, who
have been sleeping in the store 3ince
it was burglarized recently, had a
close call for their lives.
MOSES REBUKED
BY HARRIS FOR MISSTATE-
MENTS IN THE SENATE.
Nearly ail the members of the U-
nitod States Senate are men who are
careful and temperate in speech, but
one of the notable exceptions is
Muses, n Republican Senator from
New Hampshire. He is a bitter par
tisan, nnd a South-hater in every
thing he says and does.
In the debate on the Ford-New-
berry contest from Michigan, Moses
lambasted everything Democratic,and
brought Georgia into the case by say
ing that “Even with the mighty aid of
Woodrow WilShn and all of the ad
ministration forces Governor Hard
wick was hardly defeated.’’
This, of course, brought prompt re
joinder from Hon. W. J. Harris, the
senior Senator from Georgia, who
duly informed Mr. Moses nnd the
Scnnte that in Georgiu we vote under
the county unit system, nnd that he
(Senator Harris) carried 114 coun
ties, while Hardwick carried only 17.
Senator Harris stated that Presi
dent Wilson’s endorsement of his can
didacy had a good effect, but certain
ly did not bring some of the leading
office-holers of the state to his sup
port, us would be inferred from
Moses’ speech. He said;
“After the first speech I made 1
wired my cnmpnlgn manager not to
accept one dollar of contribution
from any man employed by tho gov
ernment or unyono who was interest
ed in any government contract. My
campaign manager, Dr. L. S. Ledbet
ter, is a man of highest sense of hon
or and had never before taken part in
the management of a political cam
paign. He has the respect and con
fidence of everyone in the state <vho
knows him, nnd I know thut he car
ried out my instructions. He Is one
of the best men I over knew.’’
Hu called attention to the manner
in which Moses intomporntcly slan
dered President Wilson during his ill
ness, and pointed out that it was a
Republican Judge and jury in Michi
gan that convicted Newbnrry of tho
criminal practices in his election ihat
should bar him from the Senate.
Senator Harris 1 speech made a
strong impression on his colleagues
in the Senate.
— -■ « ,
Martha, the sweet little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Mountcastle, had
n close call for her life Sunday morn
ing. Her parents were at church, and
the little girl was playing with “spar
klers,” u kind of fireworks supposed
to ho perfectly safe. Her clothing
caught fire, however, and if it had not
been for the level head and quick
work of Nita McCroy, the cook, the
child would have been’ burned to
death. As it was, she was severely
burned.
THAT NEW LOAF. Try it.
SANITARY STEAM BAKING CO.
SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Commercial Bank
1 wllllk llul PC IIIMI I II 1 I LU III Lilt; I IJ I * ■ ff f* | , -111 111* . i •
est. Ife finally was taken from the l of Ce,l f rtown wiM b , e hc,d ,n the D ‘-
horse’s buck more dead than ullve. i sectors room of said bank Monday,
At the first village the Indian* Jan. 9th, at 3 o’clock p. m.
reached, they condemned the scout tc
run the gantlet. When the slgnul wni
given, Kenton sprang through the line
of warriors, armed with dubs and
hatchets, and reached the council
house, his goal, almost untouched
Near Znnesfield preparations were
made to burn him at the stake, but the
arrival of Hlinon Girty, the “white
renegade,” who recognized Kenton as
an old friend, saved him.
His freedQin was short-lived. Three
weeks lator the Indians again voted
to put him to death. Again he was
. ‘saved by a friend—Chief Logon, the
noted orator of the Cayugns. When
the Sandsky towns were reached, the
Indians held a council and once more
decreed the death penalty. Kentor
was tied to the stnke. Just ns the
torch was being applied, u British of
ficer appeared and demanded the sur
render of their .prisoner to his coin
mander at Detroit.
Kenton wns kept captive !u Detroit
until 1779, when through the old of ac
Indian trader’s wife he escaped ti
Kentucky where he'died In 1836.
R. 0. PITTS, President.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Liberty National Bank will be
held at 10 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 10th,
in the rooms of the Divccto.’s.
W. M. SASSER, President.
Notice.
Wc have moved our offices to the
A. H. VanDevander house, on West
Ave., next door to the Episcopal
church. Our phone numbers will re
main the same. C. V. WOOD.
JNO. W. GOOD.
SPECIALS
Good Cotton Flannel,
10c
Good Outing, 10c
Fisher’s 10 Cent Store
TRADE
AT HONE
Those are great sermons Editor Russell has
been preaching in short doses from time to time.
We believe in it and practice it.
It may have been necessary, in the past for
you to go away from home for some items of the
BUILDING MATERIAL, but that necessity is
being removed every day. We are constantly ad
ding to our line, and offer you today a service
that can be equalled by few. , ‘
When building new or remodeling or repair
ing, it will pay you to >
SEE US FIRST.
FOUNDED 1882 BY T. H. HIGHTOWER.
