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CEDAR STANDARD Devoted to the Best Interests of ^edartown an Volume 36. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday^ February 9th, 1922. Number 3. WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ENDED GENEVA PLAYERS COTTON MUST BE SURPLUS CROP Several Treaties Made That Should Help to In* sure Peace. The conference called by Prcsi- all civilized nations for the forward dent Harding in Washington between ' steps taken by the Conference, the United States, Great Britain, j The United States representatives France, Japan and Italy for the limi- clearly showed throughout the. Con- tation of anhuments and between the ferenoe that it was called for no sel- first four for cdhsidcration of mat-: flsh reason on our part, and they wil- ters in the Pacific, is at an end after lin Kty sacrificed American advan- beitjg in session since Nov. 11th. tages in the Pacific in the interest of It started out with a victory for general peace. Secretary of State Hughes, who se- The outstanding agreements made cured an agreement “in principle” on by the Conference arc as follows: the matter of limitation of navies, Five-power naval limitation treaty, but who afterwards had to yield to junking many battleships, esablish- Japan the keeping of her greqt battle ing a naval holiday, and setting a aT*ip, the Mutsu. Like President flat allotment of tonnage of warships Wilson in Paris, who secured a for the five great naval powers after promise for the return of Shantung the holiday. to China by Japan, he secured an- Five-power poison pas and sub- other promise to the same effect, and marine* treaties outlawing gas as a also had to agree to compromises. war weapon, and submarines as com- just^as Mr. Wilson was forced to do. I merce attackers. It i hai*d for bumptious Americans to ! Four-power Pacific treaty aimed at learn that they can't have everything j eliminating strife in the Pacific, their own way in dealing with other! Two so-called nine-power Chinese nations, and that the only way to get! treaties, anything is on a “give and tak At School Auditorium I n Order to Fight the Boll Weevil, Say All Who Tonight. At 8 o'clock this evening at the High School Auditorium will bo seen what is probably the best entertain ment of the season here. The Genova Players, who come Have Studied or Fought the Pest. No agreement could be reached on the use of the airplane in event of another war. T^iis is probably just as well,for wfllle you can make a couple of prize-fighters battle according to established rules, those same men if fighting one another for their lives would pny mighty little attention to rules,and-the decisions against poison gas and the use of submarines to destroy commerce will count for lit tle if some other nation starts using them. While there were some disappoint ments, the general work of the Con ference was excellent, and should have far-reaching results. While not the “disarmament conference” that Senator Borah proposed and for 1 which the Senate voted, and while the Pacific League falls far short of the League of Nations to Enforce Peace throughout! the world, President Harding and Mr. Hughes are entitled to the thanks and commendation of PALACE THEATER PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING . MONDAY, FEB. 13. ’ Agnes ‘Ayers AND Theodore Roberts j - —IN— “Forbidden Fruit” A1 St. John Comedy, Straight from the Farm TUESDAY, FEB. 14. Bebe Daniels —IN— “Nancy from Nowhere’ Last Episode Invisible Ray, FOX NEWS. i " WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15. Cosmopolitan Production The Passionate Pilgrim Christy Comedy, “Short and Snappy” THURSDAY, FEB. 16. Metro Special Production “Conquering Power” Torchy Comedy ’ “Crowning Torchy” FRIDAY, FEB. 17. Gloria Swanson —IN— ■ “The Great Moment” Christy Comedy, “Scrappily Married” ' | SATURDAY, FEB. 18. Earle Williams >... ■ —IN— “Lucky Carson” Episode 5, ‘(TWinners of the West” /Doors open daily at 2 p. m. Com- tinuous- Performance. v Good fanning has always demand ed that every farmer raise his own food and feed stuffs and have cotton as his surplus or money crop. The farmer who followed this policy has always boon independent, while the all-cotton farmer has led a hand- to-mouth existence. Force of habit, handed down from father to son, has prevented a great majority of the farmers of the South from either seeing or believing this. As Mr. Roland Turner, the Agricul- Cotton? By all mean, raise some cotton. Everybody else is going to, why not you? The problem is how to raiso it in spite of the boll weevil —and that is the most vitally important thing that any farmer and business man can now study. The Stadard last week published a resume of what Mr. Hollomon, of the Atlanta Constitution, found n- mong the successful cotton-raisers of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. (a) One dealing with customs du ties—granting China an effective five per cent tariff with subsequent alter ations upward. (b) One reaffirming in unequivocal language old principles of respect for China’s “open door” and China’s in tegrity. Settlement of the Shantung ques tion between China and Japan, pro viding f or return of Kiao-Chow and the Shantung railway to China. Settlement of the Yap controversy between the United States and Japan — a controversy which was leading i will be enforced. Take notice, the two powers manifestly warward. 1 Whenever complaint is made, cases Settlement of the division of cab- will be promptly made. THE GENEVA PLAYERS. for the benefit of the school play ground fund, are very highly recom mended; and if you like fine music, good acting and sparkling fun, don’t miss the entertainment tonight.. Chicken Notice. Thu city ordinance requires Hint tunl Agent of the Southern Railway, This was no “town dope,’’ but came said in his talk here Monday,the first j from men who had been through the real thinking that lots of men ever' weevil scourge for niiaiiy meat's and did was when they foiind they could- j who had learned how to “bent him to n’t get credit for supplies to raise it.” cotton in the spring of 1021. j We urged our farmers to go to the And now the boll weevil is making. Court .House last Monday, and listen more of them put on their thinking to some agricultural experts talk on caps than ever before. , the subject. Comparatively few It is a hard matter to change the , went, but it is to he hoped that their thinking and habits of a lifetime for leaven will spread throughout the practically an entire people, yet that county. is what the boll Weevil is doing wher- Mr. L. II. Marlett, of the State Ag ever he goes —and he is now in ev-! vicultural College, spoke of the im cry part of the cotton belt, with the 1 portance of milk cows and poultry on probability that his work in the nor thern portion will be far heavier this year than last. It isn’t so much a matter of good farming now, as it is to avoid abso lute ruin. Polk county can avoid the disas- every farm. Mr. Turner, of the Sou- then Railway,—an old Polk county hoy, by the way. who has studecl ag ricultural problems to good purpose, —-and District Agent E. R. Strahan *both spoke on the best methods to be used in combatting the boll weevil trouH experiences of other counties, I So many farmers will not use cal if she will, for wo can raise nil our own food and feed stuffs advantage- [ INK PADS and INK—You can now fimgfeem at the Standard office. les in the Pacific. Agreement of Japan to withdraw ] from Siberia. Withdrawal by Japan of the oh-] noxious Group V of the twenty-one demands for relinquishment of the I idea of “exclusive” control in South I Manchuria an dinner Mongolia. i Return of Wei-Hei-Wei to China , by Great Britain. Texas Farmers Profit. “The success of co-operative cot ton marketing in Texas proves be yond a doubt the practicability of co operative marketing in Georgia,” -ays F. R. Shanks, a farmer and former County Agent of Bee county, Tex., who is in Georgia to assist in ! the cotton pooling movement. Mr. Shanks has been brought here with a team of about twenty i other Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan- | sa< farmers, having been called upon to assist our farmers in their effort I to establish the co-operative market- ing movement. Testimony in regard to the success of the Texas and Oklahoma associa tions as given by these men is most surprising. A number of them have actual cotton receipts from their as sociations showing grades, staples, price, and their net gains as the re sult of being members of these co operatives. The organized cotton growers in Texas, according to Mr. Shanks,have been obtaining from 1 to 3 cents a pound more than the unorganized growers during the past year. In ad dition to this, he says that the mem bers have been receiving full value for grade and saple, while non-mem bers have not. More than this, the members have escaped all losses from country damage, and their cot ton has been warehoused more cheap ly than under the speculative buyer plan. ' * “So much confidence does the Fed eral Government have in the Texas Association that a loan of $15,000,- 000 was granted them by the War Finance Corporation at the, low rate of 6 per cent interest,” Mr. Shanks says. Found Dead in Bed. Mr. J. Brock Chandler, aged 60, was* fo#nd dead Saturday morning at his home in Blooming Grove district, where he lived alone. His horse left home and went to the house of a neighbor, who took it home and made the discovery of his death. He was last seen the Tuesay before,and from the condition of the body it is prob able he died that night. Coroner B. H. Leonard empanelled a jury, who found that he came to his death from natural causes. The deceased was a good citizen, and was well known for his study of i minerals. hickcns must be kept shut up, and it! ously, and if we don’t have to spend ’ money for them we will have more, to spend for clothing, for fixing up homes, and for the comforts as well as the mere necessaries of life. W. T. YORK, Chief of Police. cium arsenate, says Mr. Strahan, that the necessity for picking up and burning the infested squares cannot be stressed too much. It is possible by this method at the beginning of the season to hold the weevil down to a minimum, and to make cotton by ASWURST-ARIZ. SEN. HEFLIN-ALA. SEN.HARRELD.-OKLA. X SEN. HARRIS - '2A. “Just what is this Agricultural congressmen dependent on rural I The Blot? will vote with either the Bloc down at Washington?” is the votes, had it pointed out to them that j Republicans or Democrats so long as these days, j by banding together on measures I it gets what it wants. agricultural! aimed to help agriculture they could question often ask|d Folks depending upon pursuits realize that they are at last sw ‘ n <? the > mlu , ncc ' of / ; It was firmly established and a- fretting more helpful legislation greed that the action of the Bloc was through Congress than ever before j to transcend all party lines. Therein and they rightly sense that the Bloc ! has proved its strength because to has been the means to the end. i date every Bloc member has stood The Bloc came into existence early solidly behind all agricultural meas- last year when a number of Republi- ures and put them through regardless can and Democratic senators and 1 of party whips. All members of the Senate Bloc, as shown here, are from the Western and Southern states. Most of the Western senators are Republican and those from the South Democrats. Among the number is found Hon. W. J. Harris, of Cedartown, who is one of the most active and useful members of the Senate in always looking after the farmers' interests. EX-SERVICE MEN Ex-Service Men can find blanks for the re-instatement of their war insur ance or for converting it into ordin ary life insurance, at the office of Maj. Homer Watkins, who gives his services to these comrades without charge. All our soldier boys who have let their war insurance lapse for any reason, should call on him at once; and this is a good opportunity to change their war insurance into old line” policies. intensive cultivation. The squares should be picked up, he says, even if the arsenate is to be used, and that can then be applied in the more heav ily infested spots. A 1-horse machine for applying the poison will cover forty acres, and a hand machine five acres. The 2-horse machine is too bunglesome for this section. The av erage planting should be 8 inches in rows 3 1-2 feet apart; on good land a little wider, and more narrow on poor land. These experts and the Texas far mers quoted by Mr. Hollomon agree on the essentials as published in this paper last week. Here they are: Reduced acreage—plant only what you can well care for under boll wee vil conditions. Intensive cultivation—proper prep aration of soil and seed beds, more fertilization (studying carefully the needs of your land,) cleaner and more careful working, putting the work on one acre that used to be put on two. Pick Up and Burn Infested Squares, especially at the beginning of the season. Every weevil killed and ev ery egg destroyed mean many thous ands less of the pests to eat up your crop later in the season. Dusting with calcium arsenate whenever the infestation is over 10 per cent. This should ho done four or five times, according to the weath er conditions. Have no “laying by time.” Keep, up cultivation until picking time. Keep the farm clean, so that the weevil won’t have such convenient winter resorts.” Make cotton a surplus crop — a money crop purely, raising your own food aqd feed supplies. Rotation of Crops—build up your land with peas, velvet and soy beans. Drop a postal card TODAY to the State Board of Entomology in At lanta for the information that you need ns to calcium arsenate. PIGS FOR SALE 1 will have a car-load of Pigs and Shoats to arrive here Satufday or Monday, .jifoul grae of pigs; sev eral registered 1 Gilts in the lgt. Price will range from $5 up. W.iil be on sale back of Mr. Reese Curtis’ stable. E. W. LEMON. Baptist Workers. There will be a District Workers* Conference at the Baptist church in Rockmart next Wednesday evening, and an all day session in Cedartown at the First Baptist church Thursday. Every church in the Polk County As sociation is urged to have one or more representatives present. Lun cheon will be served by the ladies here Thursday. • Bad Family Row. A cduple of lively skirmishes grew out of a family row last week in the far corner of Polk, next to the Bar tow and Paulding lines. Frank Williams went at night to the home of his wife’s kinsman,James Ferguson, and knocked at the door. When Ferguson saw who it was, he slammed the door shut and fastened it, got his gun and slipped around the house and shot Williams, seriously wounding him. Williams’ companions shot and slightly wounded Ferguson. The next day six Ferguson boys re turned the visit at the Williams home, and a pitched battle ensued. No one was killed, but a Williams girl was shot in the leg. There are four each of the two families in the county jail here as a result oi the row. Notice. Car-drivers must not try to pass one another on Main street where a side street opens thereon, and cases for reckless driving will be made a- gainst anyone guilty of breaking this rule. W. T. YORK, Chief of Police. Buy it in Cedartown!