About The Cedartown standard. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1889-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1922)
VACE FEBRUARYJ^WM. TWO THE STANDARD, CEDARTOWN. GA. m. H. Trewick. c. C. Bun, Jr. Bunn & Trawick, Attorneys - at - Law, FMk Block, CEDARTOWN, GA. All business placed in our bands •stU be given prompt and viligrnt at- MUNDY & WATKINS Attorneys at Law. Careful and prompt attention is what your business gets when placed wtth me. Office in Mundy Bldg, over Vance O Bunt's store, Cedartown, Ga. ^ E. S. AULT, Attorney at Law. evempt and careful attention given all business,both Civil and Criminal Offlc in Richardson Building. Phone 19. CEDARTOWN, GA. W. K. FIELDER, Attorney at Law. Practice la All the Courts. Office in Chamberlain Building. CEDARTOWN, GA. 1-. O. CHAUDRON Phone884. HALL & CHAUDRON Physicians & Surgeons. Office in Peek Block. Office Phone 37. ■. M. HALL. Rm Phone 226 C. V. WOOD, Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE PHONE 119 RESIDENCE PHONE 121. Office: VanDevander House, West Av. SEALS L7WHITELY, Physician and Surgeon. Phone 216. CEDARTOWN, CA. J. W. GOOD, Physician and Surgeon Office: VanDevander House, West Av. Bet. Phone 200. Office Phone 298. F. L. ROUNTREE, DENTIST, Offer* his services to the public. Phone 62. Office Smith Bldg. W. T. EDWARDS, DENTIST, Office over Bank of Cedartown. •fftce Phone 64. Res. Phone 49. CEDARTOWN, GA. Drs.J.W. & Carl Pickett Dentists. Office end Laboratory up-staira In the Peek Building. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia With CURRY’S HEADACHE POWDERS 5 M ASK YOUR iuMis 1 UC DRUGGIST "I was hardly able to drag, I was ao weakened,” writes Mia. W. F. Ray, ol Easley, S. C. u Tbe doctor treated me for about two months, still I didn't get any better. I had a large fam- N Uy and felt I surely must do something to enable me to take . care of my little ones. I had P heard of : CARDUI 4 The Woman’s Tonic M “1 decided to try 11” con tinues Mrs. Ray ... "I look £ eight bottles in all... I re- N gained my strength and have had no more trouble with wo manly weakness. I have ten Children and am able to do all my housework and a lot out doors ... I can sure recom mend Cardul.” Take Cardul today. It may be Just wtiat yod need. At all druggisls. ESI THE CEDARTOWH STWDtRD Published Every Thursday OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CEDARTOWN AND POLK COUNTY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year.. „. _. -- .. -- -_$1.50 Six Months.. .. -- -- — -• .75 Three Months .. .. - - .40 E. B. RUSSELL, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922. 0 U RJ*Z Z R E C°R D Big Court starts up again next week. May all concerned real justice seek; May jurors have the grace und grit Both high and low alike to hit, , And not to pull the law’s long trigger On just “poor white folks and the nigger." Raiders drop down from the sky And enteh the men who smuggle rye. Time is coming—soon it will— When they hover o'er each moon shine still. The trusts are going to spend big rolls To keep Ford out of Mussel Shoals. Too bad the South can’t have a vote And from thoBO Rads grab off their gout 1 If you are going to knock any thing, knock the gloom-spreader. Airplanes swooped down ort a whiskey-running ship off the coast of Florida the other day, and captured a big load of booze being imported from Cuba. Do you want some free fertilizer? If so, save all the forest leaves a- round you and put on your jand. They aro rich in phosphoric ncid, ni trogen nnd potash. When you burn cither foreBt lenvos or broom sedge you ure “burning money.” There has been a steady improve ment in general lines of business since Jan. 1st, in spite of the fact that January and Februnry are al ways comparatively dull months. Prospects are brightening every where, nnd the outlook in Cedartown is especially good. Judge Kcnncsnw Mountain Landis, of Chicago, has resigned his position ns Federal Court Judge to devote his entire attention to organized hnse bnll, of which he was chosen some time ago ns nntionnl nrbitcr. There has been much criticism of his hold ing both positions. ■ It Is good news here that the Pled- mont-Annlston road has been put on the map by the State Highway En gineer of Alabama to secure Federal aid funds. This is an important link in the highway from Birmingham through Piedmont, Cednrtown, Rock- mart and Dallas to Atlanta. Don't figure thnt just because farm products aro cheap this year they will always be so. Remember the old saying, Cheap seed makes high pri ces. In other words, when markets are glutted with any product one year, so many “get out of the game” that there is likely to he a scarcity and higher prices the next Benson. A good girl is Mabel Dart, Humanity is her theme; It most breaks her little heart When she has to whip the cream, —Quitman Free Press. A stunning girl is Rosa Roys When dressed in the glad duds. She likes right well to mnsh the boys, But hates to mnsh the spuds. Does Your Food Digest Mi-O-Na, that’s the name of the best prescription ever written for in digestion or stomach distress. Guar anteed by Burbank Drug Co. Prof. B. R. Coad, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, is the scien tist who discovered the successful calcium arsenate formula for fight ing the boll weevil, and he probably knows more about the weevil than anyone else. He has sent to the press of the South a circular letter headed “Boll Weevils will be Thick in 1922." He says that the more thick the weevils are, the less acreage a farmer can handle and fight them successfully, and that the acreage j should be cut to a minimum this sea son. Gov. Hardwick is advocating an unlimited income tax for the state of Georgia. Theoretically, an income tax is one of the fairest in the world but in national affairs it is having a great deal the same effect as the Lcn- ine-Trotsky program in Russia. There the farmer has been compelled to turn over to the goernment every thing he raises that he does not use, so they do not grow any more than they need and famine has resulted. In this country the various forms of income tax are stifling industry, for an American capitalist is like a Rus sian farmer in his inability to see why he should work if the government takes most of what he makes. Buy it in Cedartown. Where Credit it Due. The writer had the pleasure of at tending the mid-winter meeting of the Georgia Press Association in At lanta last week, and as a distinguish ed visitor pointed out, the members listened te addresses on various ways of “saving the state” and helping the farmer, without discussing a single topic of direct bearing on the present perplexing problems of the newspa per man himself. As this gentlemen pointed out, such unselfishness would not be shown in any other orgniza- tion. Among other talks the Association listened to an address by Gov. T. W. Hardwick on state matters, and all were pleased at his statement that he is trying to put Georgia's affairs on a business hasi3. As a citizen of the good old county of Polk, however, we would have been better pleased if he had given the credit for measures he claims himself to their rightful au thor, Hon. W. W. Mundy, the able Representative from Polk. Mr. Mundy was the author of the budget bill, by which alone the state's affnirs can he co-ordinated and right ly managed. Under its provisions, every state department and institu tion would have to present estimates of its needs at fixed times before the Legislature meets, and the stnte would do away with the “grab game” now being played, where lobbyists arc maintained in Atlantu to get ev erything possible for their particul ar institution regardless of others. The bill for a State Auditor, orig inally introduced several years ago in the Senate by Hon. W. J. Harris of Polk, is another measure favored by the Governor, which is being pressed by Mr. Mundy. Mr. Mundy's hill for biennial ses sions of the Legislature would save the state many thousands of dollars a year, and it is to be hoped that the Governor will also favor this meas ure. The state is obliged to cither have n^>ro money or spend less than at present. The abolition of the convict lense plnn turnod our prison sys tem from a money-maker into n heavy burden of expense, nnd prohi bition cut off another large source of revenue. There has been nothing to take the plnce of these two items ns revenue producers except the in crease in tnxnblc values, nnd there are so many “slackers” among Geor gia's taxpayers thnt this has proved inadequate. The Governor proposes an income tux, hut men who will e- vade payment of one form of tax will not hesitate to try to get out of pay ing tho other if they can; nnd just ns it is very hard and expensive to pul up a burglar-proof building, it is dif ficult to framu a tax law that a man cannot evade if he tries hard enough. The first big thing to do is to get the state's affairs on a business basis, and Mr. Mundy's hills will accom plish this. We ore glad to know they will have the Governor’s backing,and if we ever hear him discuss the sub ject again wc would like to hear him give the credit where it belongs. Free Fertilizer. When you burn n ton of forest leaves or a ton of broomstraw, you have done just ns much harm as if you had burned a ton of horse man* ure. If you have one hundred tons of forest leaves in some piece of woods near you, and neglect to put it on your land, it is the same as if you had 100 tons of horse or cow manure or 12 tons of 8-2-2 fertilizer out there and neglected to haul it up nnd use it Why not resolve that you will put in every spare day between now and spring hauling leaves —not only e- nough for present needs, but enough to bed the stock and litter the stock yard all summer? And of course, no progressive farmer, knowing these facts, should ever permit the burn ing of leaves or broomsedge. —Pro gressive Farmer. I’d like to trill a merry lay, To sing and never stop; But if I should, nlackaday! Some one would call a cop. —Macon Te]cgrnph. I’d warble many a joyful note, As happy as could be, But that the neighbors all would vote Sing-Sing the place for me. You will remember how terribly wroth Lodge and his brother world- wreckers were when President Wil son informed them that it was im practicable to give the Senate a de tailed report of all the “conversa tions” that led up to the Versailles treaty. Anyone would have thought he had committed an unpardonable sin. President Harding now finds the shoe on the other foot, for he says to the Senate that he cannot give a report of all that was said and done ou which the new treaties in Washington are based. There never has been more arrant hypocrisy dis played in politics than has been play ed by the Republicans then and now. ROGERS WHERE SATISFACTION IS A CERTAINTY. FRIDAY and SATURDAY 45 Lbs. FLOUR Plain or Self-rising $1.99 No. 10 Snow Drift 6. Lbs. Rogers Coffee $1.13 $1 6 Cakes Large Octagon Soap 37c r PACKAGES OCTAGON WASHING 1 Qp 3 POWDERS LU\J Quaker Oats, package 10c 3 Packages Post Toasties 24c WE BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE. ROGERS 405 Main Street. L. T. SWINNEY, Manager A Bad Situation. If there was ever a time when u j Farm Agent were badly needed, it is right now. The boll weevil is with us, nnd those who have been in the path of his onward march say thnt the farmers of Polk do not yet know their A, B, C’s as far as he is con cerned. We may not want to change our methods of farming, but the fact is staring us in the face that wc are ruined if we don’t, and most of us have yet to learn what is best to do. With this condition confronting us, it is indeed most unfortunate that a situation has arisen that will de prive our farmers of their quickest and best help. And here is the case as it stands at present: Some months ago the County Com missioners of Floyd county were ad vised that they had no authority to employ a Farm Demonstration Ag ent, and a test case was made in the Superior Court nnd carried to the Supreme Court in order to determ ine how the law really stands. The courts held that the Commissioners are without legal authority to make such payments, and as a result the farmers may be deprived of the serv ices of these County Agents at a time when they are most needed. Here in Polk some of our public- pirited citizens have told County Agent W. IL Gamer to stay right on the job, for the present at least, and it may be that his salary will be made up by popular subscription and turned over to the Farm Bureau for him. This will be the best way, un less our county authorities can find some way to make payment. As the entire county reaps the benefit, this would of course he the fairest and best way, and we hope it can be done. However it may be managed, the county cannot afford to do without Mr. Garner’s service at this time. The Home Demonstration Agent, we are glad to say, will be provided for the County School Board for a while Mr. Garner’s work will be worth thousands of dollars to our people this year, and the county must man age in some way to retain his serv- Tax Receiver Weldon Hawkins, of Floyd county, died suddenly Satur day morning at his home in Rome. Ilis host of old friends here regret his loss. Ilis brother, G. B., has been ap pointed to fill the office until an elec tion is held. j SENATOR HARRIS A FRIEND OF THE FARMER. | That Georgia voters made no mis take in electing William J. Harris to the United States Senate has been conclusively proven by the untiring efforts of this public servant since he assumed the duties of office. He is ever alert to the interests of his con- sistuents, and most especially those of the farming class. The Albany Herald comments thusly of Senator Harris in a recent issue: “The farmers of Georgia have nev er had a more active and efficientrcp- resentative in either house of Con gress than Senator William J. Harris has proved to he. He is not only a tireless worker, ever on the alert, but he seems to know where and how to direct his efforts to get results. He has been active in behalf of the mel on growers to get a reduction in the freight on watermelons,and not with out results. A telegram received from him and published in Saturday's Her ald told of reduction of ten per cent on this year’s watermelon rates by the Interstae Commerce Commis sion. This is something in the way of a reduction, but Senator Harris evi dently considers it not enough, and stated in his telegram that his ef forts would he continued to procure a still further reduction. “Senator Harris is proving his ster ling worth to his state and to the country as & whole. He is eminently practical, he is fair in debate, and‘no man in the Senate enjoys the esteem and confidence of his colleagues in fuller measure than he. He is known as a Senator who attends to business and Senators of that class are noth ing like as numerous as the average person might * suppose." .— Early County News. Here is a strange story: Forty- eight years ago “Bud" Mooney was killed in Rome, and the murder re mained a mystery until a few days ago, when the divorced wife of an old man known as Geo. Nichols, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., told the authorities that he is really Hiram Casey Nettles, and that he was the murderer of Mooney. The old man has been ar rested, but denies that he is Nettles and will not go to Rome without a requisition. Now is the Time. The time to fight insect pests the most effectively is before they get a chnnce to multiply. Destroy their breeding places now, nnd you have gone a long ways toward freeing yourself from them. Flies breed in filth of any kind. Clean up around your premises now, and you will have comparatively little trouble with them later on —if you keep cleaned up. Bum or bury the rubbish and filth in your back yard. Flies breed there, and the common house fly is positively known as the carrier of typhoid fever germs. Fill up the low places where water stands, and get rid of the old tin cans on your premises that hold water Mosquitoes breed there, and besides the infernal nuisance of their biting 4iey are the carriers of the germs of malarial fever. Yellow fever has been stamped out in Cuba and other plague spots by the wiping out of mosquitoes, and their presence any where is unnecessary. You enjoy comfort and you want health. A little vigilant effort in putting a stop to the fly and mosqui to nuisances now, BEFORE THEY START, will help you wonderfully on both lines this summer. Just as is the case with the boll weevil, every breeding place broken up and every fly and mosquito killed early in the season, mean thousands less to fight later. Land Posted. All hunting and trespassing on my lands strictly forbidden. J. il. SMITH, Lake, Ga. !F A FELLOW CALLS YOU A' BOURGEOIS BE GLAD; NEARLY EVERY BODY VvAfcJ.tCS TO ?> BE ONE. r \— r r w >./ - >■:;
