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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown and Polk County.
,Volume 36.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, May 4th, 1922.
Number 15
A CLEAN-UP WEEK INCOME TAX BAD
Clean up, everybody!
Let’s put a polish on Cedartown,
and make the old town shine!
Clean-Up Week begins Monday,
“A toll on toil” is the way Mr. C.
J linden, a prominent business man
of Atlnnta, characterizes the iniqui
tous income tax proposed by Govor-
Lct us make it such a good one nor Hardwick for the state of Goor-
that we will want fifty-two of them gia. It does not tax the diamonds
in succession. ; and automobiles of the rich, but is
Thanks to the good work of our specifically made a burden on indus-
city officials, the town is already in try.
gpod condition, but is not so good 1 Mr. Haden spoke Friday at the lun-
that it cannot be bettered. I cheon of the Kiwanis Club at the
Dr. J. W. Good, chairman of the Wayside Inn, and his address was
Street Committee of the City Coun-: clear, logical and convincing,
oil, pointed out Friday to the Ki- As Mr. Haden stated, very few
wanis Club, the greatest difficulty is ' farms or factories have made any
found in the vacant lots. j money the pnst two years, yet they
Too many property-owners either , would have to pay a tax on what
do not know or care about the condi- they took in, even if the outgo were
tion of these lots, and something larger than the income,
must be done to stir their pride or The constitution of Georgia wisely
arouse to action in some way. | limits the rate of taxation that can
Vacant lots grown over with weeds be put upon the property of our peo-
and littered with empty cans, are not pie, but the Hardwick plan proposes
only unsightly but are a menace to no limitation as to rate, and could
health. have no other effect thnn to drive
There is still too much carelessness farmers and manufacturers away
on the part of some of our business from Georgin to other states,
men who put waste paper into their j Mr. Haden did splendid service in
rear alleys, without covering same, coming here and talking to our Ki-
anri it blows all over town. j wanians, and we wish that every fnr-
Mayor Homer Watkins has appoln- 1 mer and laboring man In the county
ted the following committees to co- could have heard him.
operate with the city officials:—
BOOKS TO CLOSE
TRAIN IS COMING
Tho registration books for the
state and county election will close
Saturday.
While the men folks are pretty
generally registered, comparatively
few of the new women voters have
registered so that they can cast their
ballots.
j Women between the ages of 21 and (
GO now have to pay poll tax just like >
the men, whether they register or!
not, and they bad better vote as long
j as they pay taxes.
( Ladies can register with Mrs. W.
i W. Crawford at the Ordinary’s office,
or if any number of them will get
together and notify Tax Collectors
| C. B. Nettles or T. W. Sehliostett,
| one of them will take pleasure in
meeting them with the registration
books.
| Ladies, don’t fail to avail your-
! selves of this opportunity. You may
! become very anxious to vote in the
primary Sept. 13th, but. if you don’t
register before Saturday night you
cannot have that privilege.
The State Agricultural Department,
through the State Board of Entomo
logy, is giving the farmers of Geor
gia a great opportunity this year,and
A GOOD ADDITION
The First Methodist Sunday School
has far outgrown its present quart
ers and equipment, and the church
took cognizance of the fact Sunday
Kiwanis Club—J. W. Good, chair
man, J. E. Purks and E B. Russell.-
Woman’s Club—-Mrs E. S. Ault,
chairman; 1st Ward—Mrs. W. T.
Edwards; 2d—Mrs. Annie K Bunn;
3d—Mrs. B. F. Wright; 4th —Mrs
L. S Brewer; Gth—Mrs. A. L. Brid
ges; West End—Miss Ethel Harpst.
Let us see that there isn't a typhoid
fly breeding place left in town, nor
an empty tin can left out
larial mosquito hatchery.
And next week will be a good time
to start the good work of painting
your house as well as cleaning up
your front and back yards, and
streets and alleys.
Get busy, everyone!
Buy it in Cedartown.
Real Estate Deals.
The Cedar Valley Realty Co. an
nounces the following realty deals of
recent date: Mr. J. A. Horten has
purchased furm from Coburn estate
on Priors road; Mrs Jennie Knowles,
farm from E. P. Galloway on Rock-
mart road; Mr. J. E. Bartlett of La-
Fayette, a city home on Gibson street
from James T. Phillips of Avondale,
ma " Ala., where he will reside soon; Mr.
Joe McWaters, a city home on Phil-
pot street from W. E. Marshall, of
Rome.
The Polk County Medical Society
will convene at the Wayside Inn at
7 p. m. Thursday. Dr T E McBryde,
of Rockmurt, will read a paper on
malaria.
TO ENFORCE LAWS
Messrs. Jesse Mercer and W. S
Witham of Atlanta, representa
tives of the State League for Law
Enforcement, made live talks here
Monday at a meeting at the Presby
terian church, and an organization
was formed with Hon. I,. S. Ledbet
ter ns President and Maj. Homer
Watkins as Secretary.
The object of the League is to se
cure the enforcement of law by legal
methods, backing up all officials who
try to do their duty.
In the special election Tuesday in
Floyd county W. T. Carden wns elec
ted to succeed the Into Tax Receiver
Weldon Hawkins
I am ready to pay school checks
as soon ns annual reports are sent ill.
WM. JANES, C. S. S.
is again proving its great usefulness morning by voting unanimously to
to them. erect u building especially for the
Trains are being sent over tho school,
state carrying calcium arsenate in
packages of 25, 50, 100 and 200
pounds, to be sold at actual cost —9
cents a pound. This effects a great
saving for the farmer.
A train will soon visit Cedartown
over the Central Railway, nnd due
notice will be given through these
columns.
If your land will produce normally
at least half a bale to the acre, it
will pay you to use calcium arsenate
—provided you follow direction*.
It is planned to put up a $26,000
structure at the rear of the church
which will be a unit of the new
church which will sonic time bo built
there.
This is a long forward step at
which all the Christian people of the
community will rejoice.
FARM BUREAU
WORKWELLBEGUN
The committee from the various
churches to back up the Boy Scout
movement met Monday, and elected
Rev. J. R. McGregor us chairman
for that branch of the work.
Scoutmasters will be selected by
the committee this week, and reports
will be made at the next meeting of
the committee at 4.30 p. m. Monday
nt the Presbyterian church.
A mass, meeting of the boys of the
town between the ages of 12 nnd 18
years will be called some time next
week.
Parents should see that their boya
become interested in this work. It
is worth while.
About Milk.
Under the city ordinances every
dairy that sells milk in Cedartown
must be registered here, nnd so must
the soda founts that sell milk.
Ice cream cans and milk bottles j
must be thoroughly cleaned before i HARALSON
return.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Farm Bureuu will be held at the
Court House on Thursdny, the 11th
Inst., when arrangements will be
made to buy spruy pumps fop cal
cium arsenate.
W. H. GARNER, Co. Agt.
SINGING CONVEN
TION.
The Haralson County Singing Con
vention meets in Buchanan on May
13th nnd 14th, and President Thos.
was played here Saturday, Cave ^chosen sends to President S.
H. Lewis, of the Polk County Sinp-
intc Association, a cordial invitation
We Were Winner#.
It was a snappy game of ball that
Spring coming over to cross bats
with our Cedartown Cotton & Ex
port Co. tcnm,and we won by a score
ef 13 to 12, tuking the game in the
ilinth inning. Our battery was Huck-
ney, Perry and Knowles.
Saturday the boys go to Rome to
play the Anchor Duck team.
"First the fire,
Then the smoke,
No insurance
Then you are broke.”
Are you running the risk of car
rying no insurance? If so, why not
see us today and let one of our good
"old line companies” carry your in
surance? CEDARTOWN INSUR
ANCE AGENCY.
for our singers to attend.
The quadrennial session of tho
General Conference of the Southern
Methodist ehurch convened yesterday
nt Hot Springs, Ark. Three disting
uished Georgians are being mention
ed for election as Bishops—Dr, F. N.
Parker of Emory University, Dr. J.
E. Dickey of Griffin, nnd Dr. T D.
Ellis of Macon.
BREWSTER MERCANTILE CO.,
the new store with new goods at new
prices, “sells ‘nearly’ everything.”
DELICIOUS COSTA CREAM in
the new ESKIMO PIE at Bradford's.
Darlington Tomorrow.
Rain knocked our High School
boys out of going to Rome for a
game Friday with Rome High, and
they have hnd to wait for another
ballfcst until tomorrow.
But tomorrow is right here, nnd It
is going to bring a good team from
the Darlington School.
Hunt and Knowles will furnish our
battery, and they have excellent
bncking. Come out and see our boya
in action, and help win the game by
your presence.
NOTICE.
I cannot compete with
small pressing clubs.
I have the only up-to-
date dry-cleaning place
in the city.
All my work is done
by machinery.
Also, all work guaran
teed. Phone 69.
Edwards Cleaning,
117 West Ave.
Use Polk county products.
SIER
Specials for Summer
Think of those hot days ! Why not make them
easy with a Hoosier, a Refrigeratort a Perfection
Oil Stove, and many other conveniences for the hot
days we carry in our complete stock of Furnishings
for the Home.
j How would you like to save 1592 steps every' hot day'
ijs summer? We have the agency for this famous Cabi-
et. and we are prepared to demonstrate various models
nd finishes. We invite you to come to our store and let
s prove to you you can save these steps.
Complete line of BABY
BEDS. This month a Doll
Baby with every Bed. Bring
the Baby' to see it and on
the Bed.
Keep the Baby' cool, and give them fresh air. A
Doll Baby' with every carriage. From $10 up.
While they' last we are giving away* FREE with
every HOOSIER a ten piece cutlery set. Come now and
join our Hoosier Club and receive a set of Cutlery.
Perfection OIL STOVES,
The best made. Ask one
who owns this stove.
We have the best prices and most complete stock
of PORCH FURNITURE, consisting of Crex
Squares, any size, Rockers, Porch Swings,and Sea Grass
Furniture. We can save you money. Just come to see
Wizard Polish and Mops.
All sizes and prices.
Home of Nationally* Adver-j
tised products.
us, and we will do the rest.
Home Furnishing Company
HOME FURNISHERS—UNDERTAKERS.
Everything from ’the Cradle
to the Grave.
Successors to E. W. Lemon Furniture Co.
Main St. Phone 162
CEDARTOWN, CA.