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CEDARTOWN
Devoted to the Best Int erests of Cedartown and Polk County.
.Volume 36.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, May 11th, 1922.
Number 16.
BIDS OPEN MAY 22 A GOOD REPORT
New Buildings to Re
flect Credit on City.
Elsewhere in this issue we publish
the advertisement of the City School
Board for bids on the construction
and complete finishing of two new
school buildings and an addition to
the East Cedartown school building.
One of the new buildings will be
neaT the present College street build
ing, to relieve the congestion there in
our primary and grammar grades;
and the other will be in West End,
where the Mission School building,
which has been used for public school
purposes the past year, is to be con
verted by the Methodist Episcopal
church into a girls’ training school.
The extension of the corporate lim
its last year brought a large number
of children into the city, necessitat
ing {he doubling in size of the East
Cedartown building.
The plans and specifications now
on file in the City Clerk’s office show
that the new work is to bo both
handsome and substantial, and the
arrangement of the buildings is up-
to-date in every, particular.
Sealed bids'will be opened May
22d, and it is to be hoped that home
men will be able to land the con
tract. At all events, it will give em
ployment to many of our brick-lay
ers and carpenters, and will prove a
welcome addition to Cedartown’s
pay-roll during the summer.
And«after that these buildings will
prove of untold value to Cedartown’s
boys and girls, for whom our people
want to do everything possible in
making them intelligent and useful
men and women.
4 Ladies Honored.
Rev. J. R. McGregor and Mra.
Katherine Good were on the program
for talks at the meeting of the Chero
kee Presbyterial last week in Rome.
Mrs. Good was elected as President
■' , and Mrs. Caldwell Porter as Corres
ponding Secretary for the ensuing
year.
DELICIOUS COSTA CREAM in
the new ESKIMO PIE at Bradford's.
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’ Jl tribute to the . , . .
mother of your son—.
JltCake her -smile --Jr
With joy and pride
'on
^Mothers
‘Day
JXCay 14 th
With Flowers from Joy’s
.Burbank’
* Drug Co.
—
JlGENTS FOR
Is Made for Polk’s Tax
Collections.
Tax Collectors C. B. Nettles and T.
W. Schliestett were able to break the
record in their collection of taxes for
1921, in spite of the untoward finan
cial conditions of last year.
$42,245.81 was collected for the
state, with an insolvent list of only
$141.22; and $103,093.82 for the
county, with an insolvent list of on
ly 264.64. These are the smallest
insolvent lists on record in Polk, and
show sound conditions here.
^Blooming Grove district had no in
solvent list at all, Antioch had only
$1.40, and Esom Hill only $2.47.
The county, as well as Messrs.
Nettles and Schliestett, is to be con
gratulated on this splendid showing.
Irwin Endorsed.
At the recent meeting of the Grand
Jury an informal vote was taken, and
Judge F. A. Irwin was unanimously
endorsed for re-election as Judge of
the Superior Court of the Tallapoosa
Circuit. This was a high and well
deserved compliment that finds a
ready echo throughout Polk county
and the entire circuit.
Many of Polk’s good ladies became
interested in Judge Irwin’s candidacy
last week, and regsistered in order to
give him their support. No one is
more interested in the proper con
duct of our courts than our good
womanhood, and the fact that these
ladies registered simply in order to be
in a position to vote for him is a high
compliment to Judge Irwin.
TWO TOMS’ WAR GAINING
GROUND
Watson Tails Frrends Governor
Hardwick Is Atrocious—<Smith
Would Come Back.
Washington, D. C., May G.—That
coalition which swept Thomas E.
Watson into the Senate, and installed
Thomas W. Hardwick as Governor of
Georgia h a thing of the yesterdays,
and today the Senator is on the trail
of the Governor.
Watson, in Washington frankly
tells his friends that the record of
Hardwick is atrocious, and that he
will encompass the defeat of the lat
ter, if that be possible. It is under
stood that Watson has riven assur
ance to his friends that there will
positively be opposition to Hardwick,*
and that opposition will be the can
didacy of Clifford Walker. With
Watson as an ally, Hardwick defeat
ed Walker two years ago.
All Southerners in the capital are
deeply interested in the prospective
campaign, for in addition to the prin
cipals, Senator Wm. J. Harris and
ex-S<^ator Hoke Smith are involved
—the former as an innocent bystand
er, and the latter, if reports be true,
as a future opponent of Watson.
Georgians in the capital do not en
tertain the belief that under any cir
cumstances could Hardwick defeat
Harris for the Senate.
Ex-Senator Hoke Smith, now prac
ticing law in the capital,is said to be
anxious to return" to the Senate, and
by so doing to defeat Senator Wat
son, td whom he yielded office two
years ago. Senator Smith is making
a great deal of money at the present
time, but is said to. be anxious again
to occupy the honorable and digni
fied berth of which he was deprived.
hi all the plotting Senator Harris,
it iq definitely known, is taking no-
hand. He is essentially a non-fac-
tionalist. He does not believe that
he can serve his state well through
the injection of bitterness into poli
tical campaigns. He will run for re-
election, and does not greatly fear
any man.
When he runs, he will ask the peo
ple to endorse his record of service,
and not to vote for him because he
has stood with this man or that man,
or this or that faction in Georgia pol
itics. He is said to be aware thaUM
all probability he will be cojrMontea
by the ambition of the Governor of
Georgia.
Hardwick, it is said, feels towards
Harris just as Hoke Smith feels
toward Watson, for Harris defeated
Hardwick when the latter stood for
re-election to the Senate. President
Wilson proceeded against Hardwick
on account of the record he made
during the period of war legislation.
Work is progressing nicely on the
new highway from Cedartown to the
Haralson line. The convict camp
was moved to it Monday.
Clean up and paint up I
A WISE PROPOSAL
Made by Mr. Mundy as
to Tax Matters.
One of the most important and per
plexing questions in every state is the
mattor of taxation. All legitimate
interests receive protection from the
state, and all should pay their just
share of governmental maintenance.
There is nothing better that can be
found than the ad valorem system,in
which all are required to pay taxqs
on what they own, and if all made
proper returns on their property
there would be ample funds to pay
all the expenses of the state govern
ment and its institutions.
The proposed plan of Governor
Hardwick for an unlimited income
tax would fall so heavily on farmers
and manufacturers that they would
be driven from the state, and the
State Tax Commission last week did
wisely in refusing to adopt it.
At that meeting Hon. W. W. Mun
dy, our able Representative from
Polk, made a suggestion that might
well receive favorable consideration
—and that is all that Mr. Mundy sug
gests, for he is by no means com
mitted to the idea of an income tax
in state affairs.
Mr. Mundy’s suggestion has the
great merit of preventing double tax
ation, and at the same time would
give the state additional revenue that
it needs. It should be carefully con
sidered,and our belief is that it will
be adopted.
Mr. Mundy'* Suggestion.
Whereas it is, in the opinion of the
special committee, an inopportune
time, under present financial condi
tions of the state and the tax-payers,
to make a radical change in the con
stitutional ad valorem system of tax
ation, and,
Whereas, the fixed and necessary
expenses of the state government,
the . appropriations for common
schools and pensions, which in our
opinion it is impracticable to reduco
in any appreciable amount, exceed
the present revenue of the state, and
Whereas, a considerable amount
of the state’s revenue is derived from
occupation taxes some of which we
believe to be inequitable and unjust
and in many instances unconstitu
tional, and for these reasons we be
lieve this form of taxation should be
repealed; and,
Whereas, there is a very large a-
mount of intangible property and a
large amount of incomes not being
taxod under our present system of
taxation, and,
Whereas, we strongly oppose all
proposed legislation that would in
crease the tax burdens of those now
paying taxes on their properties,and,
Whereas, it is our opinion that the
Legislature should provide some ma
chinery for the collection of taxes on
intangible and invisible properties
and incomes not now bearing any of
the burdens of taxation for the sup
port of the state government and the
appropriations for^common schools
and pensions;
Now, therefore, in order to raise
the necessary revenue to meet these
requirements we recorpmend that the
Legislature consider the passing of a
constitutional amendmentauthorizing
the assessment and collection of a
reasonable tax on net incomes not to
exceed 3 per cent which shall be uni
form on all subjects, with such re
asonable exemptions as the Legisla
ture may prescribe jprovide,however,
all .income from property returned
and paying the required ad valorem
tax shall be exempt from such in
come tax.
WE WILL HAVE in a few days
MAMMOTH YELLOW SOY BEANS
in 2-bushel bags at $2.25 a bushel.
HOLLO WAY-SMITH CO.
Stop! Look! Listen!
“First the fire,
Then the smoke,
No insurance
Then you are broke.”
Are you running the
risk of carrying no in
surance? If so, why not
see us,today and let one
of our, good “old line
companies” carry your
insurance?
Cedartown Insurance
Agency.
THE BOYSCOUTS
To Organize Tomorrow
Night.
All boys between the ages of 12
and 18, who are interested in becom
ing Boy Scouts, are requseted to
meet at the High School Auditorium
at 7.30 p. m. tomorrow.
A general Boy Scout Committee
has been organized, consisting of the
Pastor and two Laymen from each
church in Cedartown and the Presi
dent and two members of the Kiwanis
Club. This committee has been di
vided into five committees of three
men each. The. five committees will j
each have charge of a Boy Scout:
Troop, which means that five troops j
will be organized Friday night. I
The following Troop-Masters and;
assistants have been selected, and
they will be at this meeting to or-1
ganize their troops:—
Dr. W. L. East, Scout Master; Dr.
P 0. Chaudron, Assistant.
Mr. W. M Booz, Scout Master; Mr
C I. Scarbrough, Asst.
Mr. J. R Judkins, Scout Master;
Mr. Marvin Watson, Asst.
Rev. C. P Willcox, Scout Master;
Asst, not selected.
Mr. E D. Borders, Scout Master;
Mr. A O. Sloan, Asst.
Each troop will be organized with
16 boys, making a total of 80. The
troops will secure uniforms as soon
as possible.
This is a great opportunity for the
boys of Cedartown, and a large crowd
is ^xpected tomorrow night to avail
themselves of this privilege. Parents
should talk with their boys and en
courage them to enlist.
FOR LITTLE TOTS
A Day Home is Given in
West End.
A highly praiseworthy movement
was inaugurated last week in the
West End mill district, when one of
the Cedartown Cotton & Export
Company’s best houses there was
converted into a home where the
young children of mothers in the mill
cun bo kept in comfort and happi
ness during work hours.
The home is being financed by Mrs
Chas. Adamson, and the nurse is
furnished by the McCarthy Settle
ment School. The hearts and purses
of Mrs. Adamson and the ladies at
the head of this school are always
open for every good work, and this
is one of the best that could be un
dertaken. It is needless to say the
mothers in the mills greatly appre
ciate this timely help.
The nurse is Miss Della Andoe, an
experienced lady from Birmingham,
who will give the little ones the best
of care in every way.
Tornado Coming!
Tornado insurance is
the cheapest insurance
written. Let us insure
your dwelling, both for
fire and windstorm, in
one of the best cortipan-
ies in the United States.
Cedartown Insurance
Agency.
Buy it in Cedartown.
STORES TO CLOSE
May 19th for C. H. S.-
Rome High Game.
OUR BOYS SHUT OUT DARLING
TON AND BEAT HEARN.
Darlington didn’t even get to sec
ond base Friday, to say nothing of
making the circuit. Hunt and
Knowles on the mounds and all the
rest of our team playing jam-up ball,
well earned our good victory.
Saturday afternoon the Hearn
Academy team came over from Cave
Spring. Barrett was in the box, and
pitched like a veteran. Our boys
won by a score of 7 to 4.
Truth is, we have a High School
team to be proud of, and the boys de
serve far bettor support from our
people than they are getting.
C. II. S. goes to Rome tomorrow to
play Rome High.
And next week the season closes
as far as our school team is concern
ed. t
The boys are in a hole financially,
and everybody wants to help them
out.
Rome High comes at that time—
Friday, May 19th—for the closing
game of the season, and all our dry
goods, grocery, furniture and jew
elry stores— and The Standard of
fice, of course,—will close from 3 to
5 p. m. in order that evoryone may
see the game. The drug stores would
like to close, too, but somebody plight
possibly get sick—even in Cedartown,
—so they will have to keep open. But
everyone else goes!
Let us fill up both the grand stand
and the bleachers for this closing
game.
A SPECIAL BOOTH
At County Fair by
Lime Branch Club.
When the County Fair is held in
Cedartown this fall, one of the at
tractive exhibits will be in a special
booth now being planned by the
Woman’s and Girls’ Clubs of Lime
Branch. This course was decided up
on Friday.
Miss Zelia Phillips, our efficient
Home Demonstration Agent, spent
the day there, when several hours
were spent making dress forms for
the ladies and sewing bags and tow
els for the girls. The ladies served
an excellent picnic dinner.
The following are the Club officers:
Woman's Club.
Prest.—Mrs. E. S Willingham.
V. Pres.—Mrs. Sara McKibben.
Secy-Treas.—Miss Mamie Willing
ham.
Girls’ Club.
Pres.—Pearl -Dingier.
V. Pres.—Kate Diamond.
Sec’y-Treas—Ethel McCurry.
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Nancy H. Davis of Lexington,
and Mrs R. F. Griffis of Rome, the
Grand Matron and Deputy Grand Ma
tron of the state organization of the
Eastern Star, visited the local lodge
Tuesday on a tour of inspection, and
their visit was much enjoyed.
The visitors were entertained at
the home of Mrs S. M. Jacobs.
FARM BULLETINS
Giving Market News to
Farmers.
Mr. J. M. Morgan, of the State
Bureau of Markets, paid The Stand
ard office a pleasant call Tuesday,and
we take pleasure in following hia
suggestion that we again call to the
attention of our farmers the great
value to them of the Market Bulletin
issued by this branch of the State
Agricultural Department.
It will be remembered that Hon. J.
J. Brown, the efficient head of the
State Agricultural Department,
mnde his first race with the establish
ment of a State Bureau of Markets
as one of tho planks of his platform.
When he took charge of the office, he
went to work to keep his promise, al
though his plan has been viciously
assailed by some interests. The Bul
letins issued by the Bureau arc of
great value to the farmer, giving re
liable information as to prices of
farm products and where a market
can be found for them.
These Bulletins are not sent out
indiscriminately, for that would be a
waste of money, but they are sent to
every farmer in Georgia who wishes
to receive them. If you are not get
ting these Bulletins, drop a card to
the State Bureau of Markets in At
lanta, and your namo will be placed
on the mailing lint.
Mr. Brown did a good thing for
Georgia in establishing the State
Market Bureau, and every farmer
ought to have these Market Bulletins.
Write for them today, if not already
getting them. They will cost you
nothing except the postal card ask
ing that your name be put on the list
to receive th(An.
BREWSTER MERCANTILE CO..
the new store with new goods at new.
prices, “sells ‘nearly 1 everything.” •
Woman’s Club.
The Woman's Club met Friday for
their annual election, and the fol
lowing excellent corps of officers was
chosen:— , .
Prest.—Mrs. Frank Npble.
1st V. P.—Mrs R. D Cantrell.
2d V. P.—Mrs .1. H. Sanders.
3d V. P.—-Mrs. H. Trumbo.
Sec’y—Miss Della Russell.
Cor. Sec’y—Mrs. E. B. Russell.
Treas.—Mrs. Frank Lowthcr.
Parliamentarian-r-Mrs. W. T. Ed
wards.
The Woman’s Club is a vital force
in Cedartown’s civic life, and every
lady in town ought to be a member
of it.
The publication in The Standard
last week of the $1,500 contribution
made by the Club to the building of
the Library and the $371.84 that the
Club has given since Christmas
toward its maintenance, was a rev
elation to mnny of our people. The
Club has also ordered for the Library-
a desk costing $100.
The Woman’s Club and the Kiwan
is Club are co-operating this week
with our city officials in a Clean-Up
Week drive, in which everyone should
help.
A large number visited our schools
on Parents’ Day last week, and were
well repaid for going. It would be
well for them to go oftener and see
what our teachers have to do and to
do with, and such interest would
doubtless spur the pupils up to better
work. Try it.
. YOU FEEL absolutely safe when
you. have. Casey k Sloan work od
your caYfi They 'stpnd behind their
work.L'mdhfl -AM-T ;• W-r
At The PALACE THEATRE,
Monday and Tuesday, May 15^16
JESSE L. LASKY PRESENTS
Gloria Swanson “Boyond the Rocks”
WithRODOLPH VALENTINO
A Paramount Picture
A LOVE romance of heart-warming appeal. A story you’ll never
forget. Marvelously acted and produced. Come see this great
new drama by the author of “Three Weeks.” See the beautiful star of
“The Great Moment” and “Her Husband’s Trademark” and her fifty
luxurious new gowns. See the hero of “The Sheik” and “The Four
Horsemen” make love to the beautiful star. A picture you must not miss
PRICES, 50 and 25 Cents, War Tax Included.