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t CEDARTOWN STANDARD Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown and Polk County. Volume 36. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, March 2d, 1922. Number 6 SIMULTANEOUS CHURCH SERVICES MINSTRELS HERE CLUB BUYS RADIO Revivals to Begin in All Churches Here' Sun* day, March 19th. Services are held regularly in all our churches at the same hour on Sunday and for the Wednesday even ing prayer meeting, so why not have revival services at the same time in all the churches? And unless the services are held under a tent, the crowds cannot be \ housed in any church in town after revival meeting gets into successful , operation. * The Cedartown Ministerial Asso ciation has accordingly decided to have the usual spring protracted ser vices in all the churches held at the same time, and they will begin Sun day, March 19th. At the First Methodist church the meetings will be in charge of Dr. W. G. Crawley, one of the loading prea chers of Atlanta, and it will be good BRUNSWICK ,STEW TO BE SERVED MONDAY AT THE COURT HOUSE BY EASTERN STAR. Here is a chance to (tot the best kind of a good dinner next Monday. *' The Order of the Eastern Star will serve Brunswick stew and coffee on the Court House grounds, and this will be an especially (rood place.for those to eat who arc attending court. Everyone else who likes n sure-e nough Brunswick stew is urged to come, too. Notice. Polk County will offer at public aale on the 1st Tuesday in March all l“he farming tools, one Wagon, a nv w- cr and rake, belonging to the Pauper Farm; also, a thorough-bred Duroc boar. Sale will he held at the Court House at 10 a. m. j. K. DAVIS Chmn. Comrs. Roads & Revs. Use Polk county products. news to his host of friends to learn that Rev. B. F. Pirn, of Jonesboro, will conduct the music. Dr. John W. Inzer, pastor of the First Baptist church of Chattanooga, will be in charge at the First Bap tist church here. He is one of the South’s most distinguished preachers. At the Presbyterian church Dr. Chas. King, the Synodical Evangelist of Florida, will he in charge of the services, and comes with a splendid reputation as a preacher. Rev. C. P. Willcox will conduct Lenton services at St. James Episco pal church at this time. These simultaneous services are something new in Cedartown, but the plan is working well in many cities, and it is hoped that much good will result here. W. C. T. U The Woman’# Christian Temper ance Union will meet todny (Thurs day) at the home of the President, Mrs. R. O. Pitts, at 3 p. m. New members will be installed. It will be both a business and social meeting. Let the members come prepared to pay their dues. A nice program has been arranged Mrs, Wood, of Rome, will be the principal speaker. MISS MAY LANGFORD, Sec. CHILDREN’S SERVICE. The first of the Children’s Serv ices during Lent will be held in St James’ Episcopal church next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This service will be led by Spencer Noble, of the Junior Bible Class. All children wel come; others, too. The Polk County Game and Fish Protective Association meets tonight at 7 o'clock at Dr. Wood's office on West nve. Please be present. L. S. BREWER, Sec'y. From Lindale at Palace Tqnight. . Fun —and lots of it! Thitt will lie the slogan for the big ministrcl show at the Palace to night. The show is being put on by Lin dale talent, and our people should turn out and give a warm welcome I to the boys from “next door.” And then, too, those who have seen the show say it is a good one. Wireless Much Enjoy ed Here. The whole nation is growing en STATE HIGHWAY Bond Issue Plan Fully Explained. thusVaatic ovcr the wireless telephone, j « r<>win K intercst in tho P ro P oacd and manufacturers of these outfits’, $75(000,000 road bond issue is mnni- are months behind with their orders, j tested throughout the state in hear- ^ endorsement of the plan. Many voters nrg asking whether or Cedartown boys were the pioneer! in the movement here, and their Ce dartown Radio Club was among the earliest to instuH amateur outfits. The boys putting them in were Hugh not the bonds can be retired, princi pal and interest, with only the uuto- Price of Georgia Hogs Under Probe. An investigation of the com plaints regarding the differences in price paid for hogs in Chicago, as compared with prices paid by the meat puckers at Moultrie and other points in Georgia, has been started by the division of puckers and stock yards administration of the Agricul tural Department,Senator W. J.Har ris, was advised Saturday by Secre tary Wallace. In connection with the alleged price discrimination the Secretary of Agriculture also directed an inquiry into statements of the packers that peanut-fed hogs in Georgia did not bring as large prices as corn-fed hogs because the former were soft and oily. Senator Harris contends that peanut-fed hogs have been dis criminated against, ns they are sold as finished products at the same prices as other hogs; but if there is a difference bccuuse of the softness, he wants the information placed be fore the hog raisers. Saturday Market. The Woman’s Club of Benedicts district will hold a “Saturday Mar ket” at Bartlett’s hardware store Saturday. Poultry, eggs, butter,fruit and country cooking at market pri ces. We solicit your patronage. MRS. JOHN BOMAN, Sec. Wom an’s Club. Schliestett, Ralph Hannah, Lee' mobile license fees and gasoline tax, Young, George Mundy, Bruce Mann, aa P rovided for in the plan. Joe Holmes, Frank Kennedy, John | An im P ression lo K"t- Crabb and Howard Holtzclaw. They j ten out in somu 9cctions of lht ’ st,,te have brought much pleasure to them selves and their friends by installing these “made in Cedartown’’ outfits, for the boys did the work themselves and it has proved a most interesting, study for them. Up-to-date receiving > equipments that under the proposed bond plnn the state would he plunged into debt $75,000,000 all at once, with inter est accruing on the entire issue from the very beginning. This is entirely wrong. The plan provides for the sale of have been installed by Messrs. C. R . | $10,000,000 per year for the first Shlfield, A. W. Stubbs, E. W. Cooper tw0 ?«,00«,0()0 the third year, and Lamar Uallum, and one has been nnd ^-000,00 per year for the next ordered by Mr. L. E. Bassett. | succeeding seven years. Out of the The Cedartown Club has ordered | *2°,000,000 sold the first two years refunds will be made to counties that SITES SECURED For Our Two New School Buildings. With his usual generosity Hon. Chas. ^damson, the progressive head of the Cedartown Cotton & fix- port Co., has donated a most desira ble lot foi 1 the new school building in West End. The City School Board has bought from Rev. T. M. Stribling, at a cost of $.3,550, his property on South Col- legt street whicB lies in front of a port of our school playground there, for the erection of the new building for the Grammar grades. The Board last week made a con tract with Roberts & Co., architects of Atlanta, for the plans and speci fications for iliese two buildings and for the enlargement o£ tfic East Ce dartown school building, all of which are to be in readiness for the opening nfschool next fall. This additional equipment will give Cedartown a long forward stride in educational development. an outfit for the benefit of its mem bers and their ladies, the . "miignn | vox” attachment enabling large com panies to “listen ill” on all that goes through the air tuned to the same “wave lengths,” and this will prove a most enjoyable feature of the Club. Througli these wonderful instru ments the finest concerts in the large cities are heard all over the country just ns well as if the hearer were seated in the same auditorium. News of importune# is "waved” over the world, and distant sections know of big happenings possibly quite a while before those who are near ut hand. While it is not at all pfobablc that the wireless can ever take the place of the regular telephone, its develop ment is still in its infancy, but from the rapidity with which it is growing no one need he surprised at any new discovery that may he made. Buv it in Cedartown. have already flouted bonds and built tirement of tho entire issue. purt of the state system of roads. This refund will be mnde one-half the first year nnd one-half the second year. » Only $10,000,000 will be at inter est during the first year, which will amount to $450,000. The second yeur $20,000,000 will be at interest, mak ing the interest thnt yenr $000,000. The third year $20,000,000 will be at interest, making an interest $1,170,- 000; fourth year only $.31,000,000 will be at interest, although $33,- 000,000 will hnve been sold, for it Is planned to retire $2,000,000 of the bonds the fourth year, and a like a- mount will be retired each succeed ing year for seven years. During the next six years $2,500,000 per year will be retired each year. For the succeeding eight years $3,000,000 will be retired each year, and for the remaining five years $4,000,000 will be retired each year, completing rc- At no time will the entire issue be nl interest. At the expiration of the tenth yeur the maximum will be reached, at which time it is estimat ed the system-of roads will be com pleted and $4,000,000 of the bonds retired. In the tenth year interest will have reached its peak and $61,- 000,000 of the bonds will be drawing Interest; then the amount of interest will be $2,8.35,000. And from the tenth year on, interest materially decreases each year until when the thirty years life of tho bonds have expired it will nmount to only $180,- 000 the last year. An Intelligent study of the plan should be all that is needed to con vince any voter of its feasibility. Polk is naturally very much inter ested, ns we would have our bond money refunded to us that is being spent on our part of tho state high way system. ANNOUNCEMENT TO — FARMERS OF POLK and ADJOINING COUNTIES TAKE NOTICE It is up to YOU this year to run and SUPPLY YOUR OWN FARM, if you ever hope to get out of debt and on your feet again. It is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY that you go on a CASH BASIS, and in order to make your dollar go as far as it will, WE HAVE DECIDED, IN ORDER TO HELP YOU OUT AND ASSIST YOU IN MAKING ONE CHEAP CROP, to sell you anything in the wholesale line that we carry at NET CASH WHOLESALE PRICES We fully realize that every line of business in this country depends on the success of the FARMER, and we are going to do our bit to help you make a cheap crop by selling you everything we carry at wholesale prices. We have, as you know, been in the wholesale business here for the last eighteen years, selling no one but mer- cL^nts. We were the first wholesale house in Cedartown. It was through our efforts that Cedartown secured the same freight rates as Atlanta and Rome, which saved many a dollar to the merchant and the consumer alike. In making this announcement we fully realize that we may lose some of our best customers among merchants, but WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY THINK IT OVER, THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR MINDS, FOR tF THE FARMER CANNOT SUCCEED, HOW CAN THEY HOPE TO? THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING OUT QF THE WHOLESALE BUSINESS, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP THE FARMER MAKE A CHEAP CROP,for as we see it,THE SUCCESS OF THE FARMER MEANS THE SUCCESS OF EVERY MERCHANT, wholesale and retail, as well as the Banks and other lines. SO START NOW ON A CASH BASIS, BUY AT WHOLESALE PRICES, MAKE A CHEAP CROP, and you will soon be out of debt, have a nice little bank account, and wear no man’s collar. We are making a great sacrifice in your behalf in making this announcement. If you fail to take advantage of it, you may never have another chance. Notice No. 1. Look for No. 2. HOLLOWAY-SMITH CO., Cedartown, Ga. WT