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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown and Polk County.
Volume 36.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, July 6th, 1922.
Number 24.
BIG STRIKE OF RAILWAY SHOPMEN
Began Saturday Morning and is Nation-Wide
in Extent.
Rail Labor Board Outlaws the Shop
Union for Ignoring Orders.
Crafts
The Federal Railroad Board had a machinists 19 per cent greater in real
difficult and thankless task to per- purchasing power than in December,
form in trying to adjust rail rates! 1917.
and wages, and neither side is pleas-1 Car men, cut 9 cents an hour, now
ed over the outcome. In fact, it have an average hourly wage of 04.4
would be impossible to please every- cents as compared with 37.7 cents an
body in any finding they would make, 'hour in December, 1917, the board’s
The public has been demanding a ! figures show. This represents a net
reduction of rates, which have been increase of 71 per cent in actual pur-
so high os greatly to retard the return
to prosperity that is due to come.
The railroads have insisted that
they could not cut rates without a
reduction of wages of employees.
The Board entered into a thorough
investigation of all phases of the
matter, and as a result ordered a 10
per cent reduction in freight rates,
which it is estimated will cost the
roads about $400,000,000.
At the same time the Board order
ed a cut of about $135,000,000 in the
wages of some 1,200,000 railroad
employees to also go into effect July
1st.
The roads accepted the rate cut,
but the men voted to strike rather
than accpt the cut made in their
wages.
President Jewell, of the Shopmen,
is head of the railway employees de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor, and declined to attend a
meeting called by the Board in a final
effort to avert the strike, and could
not be found when a subpoena was
issued for him.
In response to orders from union
headquarters, nearly all the
chasing power of the hourly wage,
the board maintains.
Average hourly earnings of ma
chinists, according to the board’s fig
ures, are 15 cents an hour less than
under the peak rate established by
the board in May 1920, but the real
value is figured as 7 per cent greater,
due to the drop in the cost of living.
Average earnings of car men are
figured as being 16.6 cents an hour
less than in May, 1920, but buying
power iB given at 3.2 per cent greater
for the same reason.
President Jewell takes the position
that the ability or inability of the
railroads to pay the wages demanded
has nothing to do with the matter.
Chairman Hooper, of the Rail
Board, calls attention to the fact that
in ignoring the present adverse de
cision against his craft, Mr. Jewell
cuts his men off from the benefits of
some very important decisions in
their favor.
In a formal resolution adopted Mon
day the Board declared that the
unions, by their action, forfeited all
rights before the Board as railway
employes, and that new organizations
walked out of the railroad shops all of shopmen taking the striking men’s
over the country at 10 a. m. Satur
day.
The strike is also against the prac
tice of “farming out” work in some
of the larger cities, conditions hav-
ng been created by the men m some
jobs should be formed to represent
the shop employes in disputes before
the Board.
President Gompers, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, who recent
ly denounced the Supreme Court for
of the shops that make it cheaper for , holding that unions are liable for
the roads to have the work done out-1 damages done by strikers, bitterly
aide than to use their own buildings J assails the outlawing of the crafts as
and equipment. The Federal Board ' un-American, and declares that as far
sought to remedy some of these con-' a* the unions are concerned the Rail
ditions in its recent order. I Board does not exist.
The Rail Board furnishes the fol-l Mr - Jewel > ^ thc cl '“ fls wi " "« v -
lowing figures i n landing by its de-1 er Bubmit to the cut in w “Kes nor the
eision; (proposed change in labor conditions,
Machinists belonging to thc shop" n< * P r<!< l>cts a prolonged strike,
crafts which have gone on strike The railroad managers claim they
were cut 7 cents a hour. They aver-. "'ill be able to operate the roads in
aged 77.3 cents and now average 70.3 spite of the walk-out.
cents. In 1917 the rate was 50.5, the Here in Cedartown it is greatly re
new hourly rate being 39 per cent grotted that the differences could not
higher. Cost of living, according to be amicably adjusted, for the men
Labor Board figures, is 17 per cent employed in and around our Central
higher than in December, 1917. The Railway Shops are among our most
board figures the new hourly rate for valued citizens.
C.C.0FC.
Its name will be the Cedartown
Chamber of Commerce.
This was definitely decided at a
meeting of the Directors of our new
booster organization Monday evening.
Mr. B. F. Wright was elected
Treasurer.
Mr. E. D. Borders was chosen to
act as temporary Secretary.
Mr P. W. Hunt was elected chair
man of the Auditing Committee.
President Scarbrough appointed
the following ward chairmen of a
committee on membership: Messrs.
E. L. Henderson, S. R. Mendel, B. F.
Wright, I. L. St. Clair and S. W.
Good. These gentlemen and their
assistants will secure the proper sig
natures to membership pledges of
those who have already joined, and
will make a drive to get all our cit
izens enlisted in the work.
And everyone should join.
Don’t treat the committee as if
they were asking a personal favor of
you, but get the Cedartown spirit
yourself and “come across” prompt
ly*
You need the Chamber of Com
merce, and it needs you.
Off to Camp Mikell.
Rev. C. P. Willcox took a party of
boys Tuesday to the vocational and
recreation camp at LaGrange, known
as Camp Mikell, for a stay of several
days. The boys in the party are
Charles Brumby, Sam Coffee, • Leon
Meredith, G. A. Artope, Francis Sim-
erville, Spencer and Fred Noble,
Clyde Downing, John Pickett, Leon
ard Potts, Everett Jameson, Harry
Hopkins, Herbert Edwards and Bud
die Young.
As Assistant Superin
tendent for Central.
Mr. R. A. Brimm comes to Cedar
town as Assistant Superintendent of
the Chattanooga Division of the Cen
tral Railway, and this is especially
good news to our people.
Several years ago he was in the
Train Dispatchers’ offices here, and
married a charming Cedartown girl—
Miss Mattie Lee McArver. He was
promoted to the Macon offices, where
his advancement has been rapid. He
is well known and liked here, and his
return is most welcome.
Mr. W. W. Boulineau, the efficient
Train Master for this division, has
been filling this position temporarily
in addition to his own duties, but the
increasing business of this great rail
way system again requires a separa
tion of the two offices.
Perfumed Pottery.
Sounds odd, doesn’t it? And mys
terious! Well, it is both— one of
those rare novelties requiring genius
and craftsmanship to produce.
Perfumed” pottery is just what the
name implies. It is made from clay
saturated by secret process with de
lightful perfume that withstands fir
ing in the kiln, and when finished has
the properties of a sachet.
The delicate odor of a single piece
of Perfumed Pottery is quite discern-
able in a fair-sized room.
We have just received a shipment.
Prices from 50 cents to $1 each.
W. W. TURNER, Jeweler.
NOW THEY’RE OFF
Some LiveContests for
State Offices.
The time for filing announcements
and paying assessments as candidates
for State offices expired Snturday
night, and the entries show some live
ly politics from now until the pri
mary Sept. 13 th.
Gov.T. W.Hardwick,of Atlanta, is
opposed for re-election by Hon. Cliff
Walker, of Monroe. A Mr. H. B.
Baylor, of Atlanta, has also paid an
nouncement fee.
Secretary of State S. G. McLendon,
Attorney General G. M. Napier,
Treasurer W. J. Speer, Comptroller
General W. A. Wright, Commission
er of Pensions J. W. Lindsey, Com-
mssioner of Commerce and Labor H
M. Stanley, Justices M. W. Beck and
J. K. Hines of the Supreme Court,
and Justices Roscoe Luke and B. H.
Hill of the Court of Appeals, have no
opposition.
There is a hot fight on for Commis
sioner of Agriculture. The present
incumbent, Hon. J. ,T. Brown, an El
bert county farmer, is opposed by
Hon. A. O. Blalock, a prominent At
lanta attorney, and by Mr. O. M.
Houser, a Ft. Valley business man.
State School Superintendent M. L.
Brittain is not a candidate for re-
election, and there are three candi
dates for the place—N. H. Ballard,
M. L. Duggan and N. M Sower..
Chief Justice W. II. FiRh, of the
Supreme Court, is opposed by Judge
R. B. Russell.
Hon. C. M. Candler declines to
stand for re-election to the State
Railroad Commission, and there are
three candidates for the office—M. L.
Johnson, W. R. McDonald and J. E.
Palmer. Hon. J. A. Perry is a can
didate for re-election on the Com
mission, and is opposed by W T.
Bankston and O. B. Bush.
While the other races are impor
tant, the principal interest centers in
the races for Governor and Commis
sioner of Agriculture, Gov. Hard
wick’s secretary being a Hon of Mr.
Blalock, and the two apparently run
ning together.
The weather is hot—and the cam
paign promises to follow suit.
FAIR AT'ARAGON
Aragon will hold a Community
Fair before the County Fair in Ce
dartown, and will then send the best
of the exhibits here.
This gratifying action was taken
Thursday, when Miss Zelia Phillips,
the Home Demonstration Agent, met
with the Woman’s and Girls’ Clubs
there. This community fair will have
the especial backing of Mr. P.A. Red
mond, the progressive General Man
ager of the Aragon Mills.
Young’s District decided some time
ago to hold a community fair, and
Aragon’s action is going to be anoth
er big help in making the 1922 Coun
ty Fair a success.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Of Cedartown Take
Highest Rank.
At a recent luncheon of the Ki-
wanis Club one of the guests was
Prof. R. C. Little, formerly Assistant
Superintendent of Atlanta’s public
public schools and now at the head of
the department of English in the
Georgia Military Academy at College
Park.
One of the pleasant features of
these weekly luncheons is the talks
given from time to time by inciden
tal guests, and in hearing from Prof.
Little the Club had the pleasure of
listening to a high tribute paid to one
of our most important institutions
and its efficient head—our public
schools and Superintendent J.
Purks.
STANDARD MILLS BUY COOK DUCK
Big Deal Means Much to Cedartown’s Indus
trial Life.
A deal of great importance to Ce- beach cloth is becoming especially
dartown was consummated last week popular wherever it finds its way. Mr.
when the Standard Mills bought the J Parker, Jr., as head of this enter-
Cook Duck Mills, Messrs. A. W. Birk- prise, has made it a genuine succea*
As soon as business conditions jus
tly it, additions will be made to the
weaving capacity of the combined
plants.
It will be good news to our people
that the big plant of the Standard
GOOD BASE BALL
It was an interesting game that
our Amateurs played Friday with
Calhoun’s strong team of semi-pro
fessionals, the score being 8 to 7 in
favor of the visitors. Each team used
three pitchers, ours being Brewster,
Rainwater and Pettitt. Suggs started
out with a home run for us, and
Knowles got another with three men
on bases, but the visitors switched off
to Lefty Haynes, and we couldn't an
nex but two more up-and-down marks
after that.
With Perry and David on the
mounds, our Cotton Export team
cleaned up the Rome Hosiery Mills
boys to the tune of 6 to 3 here Sat
urday afternoon. It was a good
game, and the attendance was grati
fying.
And there was a big crowd out to
see the 4th of July double-header, be
tween the C. E. boys and the team
from Center, Ala. A large number
came over with the visitors to give
them good backing. We used Cama
ra ta, David and Rainwater ihthe box,
and Knowles was on the receving
mound. The first game went to Cen
ter 8 to 1 through our unfortunate
fourth inning, and we won the second
5 to 4. Both teams made a fine
showing.
Picture Frames.
Just received a lot, in new shapes
and beautiful finishes.
W. W. TURNER, Jeweler.
beck and Wm. Parker, Jr., complet- I
ing the trade on their recent trip to I
New York.
Because of unfavorable conditions
in the yarn market, the Standard
Mills have not been running regular
ly the past few months. The cloth j Mills will resume operations in a few
market has been good, and the Cook j days. The Standard Mills have been
Duck Mills have kept pretty steadily j one of Cedartown’s most valued a»-
in operation. sets, and the combined Standard and
The two enterprises have been ' Cook plants make this one of the
very closely allied in the past, and , South's big enterprises.
E.; the purchase of the Cook by the | T h e consolidation means the im-
I Standard means that al) the yarn of mediate re-employment for many
In speaking of the latter, Prof. j the latter’s big plant will be manu- ' men an j women, and an early in-
Little stated a fact which Cedartown factured into cloth right here at crease in the number of employee*
generally knows and appreciates — home instead of being sent away. | 0 f the weaving department, where the
that we have in Prof. Purks one of The Cook Duck, which has also pay roll is especially good, and Cedar-
the leading educators of the state,so been making its own yarns, has found town is happy over the present and
recognized by all Georgia educators, 1 good demand for output, and its future of this great enterprise.
a safe, sane and progressive man a-, —
mong men. course, that colleges have many
As to our schools themselves, he j students who have little qualification
made a statement of a fact that many for entry except the fact that they
many of us did not know, but should have the money to pay their way, and
never lose sight of it. He said that j you can’t pack a college education
Cedartown’s High School ranked a-1 into a grammar grade mind, but Ce-
mong the very highest of the “accrod-1 dartown has been fortunate in her
ited schools” of Georgia, and that graduates, and those who have had
with the completion of our new build- the will and found or made the way
ings no city in Georgia—with the | have made good records in the
possible exception of Columbus — i schools to which they have gone. And
will h«ve a more complete school e- fan average of 39.41 per cent for the
quipment than Cedartown. We are I past seven years of graduates who
accustomed to seeing our boys and had the ambition to enter college is
girls who go away to other schools or I certainly very gratifying to all believ-
to college find themselves fully up to | ers in education,
the requirements there, but it was That Cedartown believes in her
gratifying to hear such an eminent * public schools and their efficient head
educator as Prof. Little make such a • was abundantly proven in the unani-
pleasing and emphatic statement as 1 mity of sentiment for school bonds in
to our recognized rank.
Our schools have indeed prospered
under Pr’of Purks’ able administra
tion, and there is no truer index to
Cedartown’s growth than is found in
the following figures. When Prof.
Purks came here in 1907 he opened
our recent election. The new build
ings now in process of erection will
give us the accommodations we need
for the next few years, when we shall
hope that Cedartown’s steady growth
will necessitate still more buildings.
From the days of the old Wood
school with 511 pupils, including' Academy, Cedartown has al-
white and colored. He closed the f ways taken a special interest and
spring term school this year with ' P>*ide > n educational development,and
1,494 pupils, 1,229 of whom were ! it i» impossible to over-estimate the
white. ' value to our town of such schools as
And here are some figures for the j we now have, such schools us we are
past seven years that are highly illu- | building, and such a man as Prof,
minating, as to the number of our j Purks at their head,
ambitious young people who have
graduated from our schools and en
tered college:
Entries Close Aug. 1st.
37.5
14
43
Nil. In CIii.h. No. enli
1915— 16 6
1916— 14 2
1917— 21 II)
1918— 32 9
1919— 17 11
1920— 35 15
1921— 35 14 40
170 07
Percentage attending college cov
ering a period of seven years, 39.41.
We doubt if there is another school
in Georgia that can make a better
showing as to college attendance of
graduates than this.
Something to be proud of? It cer
tainly is,for the college trained young
men and women have far better
chances fb’r success in life than those
who do not enjoy such advantages,
just as one who goes through the
high school stands a better chance > , , ,. ,
, . it I and regulations prescribed,
than those who only go through the |
grammar grades. It is true, of
ROUTE RESTORED
A change went into effect July 1st
on Route 3 of our rural free delivery
service that is moBt welcome to tl*
territory affected.
Several years ago the Sutton’s Mill
territory was cut off from Cedartown
and given to a Cave Spring carrier.
As Cedartown is their trading point,
this worked a hardship on the people
there, whose mail was necessarily de
layed by going a roundabout route
This error is now corrected, and
Carrier J. C. Langford’s route is
lengthened to take in this territory.
He now leuves the Cedartown-Cave
Spring road at Mt. Hope church,turns
to the left, and crcles back back ta
Sutton’s Mill.
The change is much appreciated by
the patrons of the R. F. D. service.
I Thank You.
To my Friends and Patrons:
I want to thank you most sincere
ly for the splendid patronage you
have given me in my old store. It was
you who made me move, for I abso
lutely had to have more room. I am
glad you did it, for I like my home in
the former A. J. Roberts store very
much. I not only have more room,
but it is more conveniently located
for you. The owner of the building
is about to put up a big addition in
the rear, and when this is done I will
have one of the largest 6, 10 and 25-
Hon. E. S. Ault, chairman of the
Polk County Democratic Executive
Committee, culled a meeting for last cent stores in this section.
Saturday to arrange for the coming
primary, and followed the example of
thc State Democratic Executive Com
mittee as to dute—Sept. 13th—and
general rules.
The assessments for candidates
It is my patrons who have made
this growth for my business, and 5
thank them most sincerely for it. In
moving to larger quarters I will be
better prepared to serve you than ev
er before, and cordially invite you to
were fixed as follows: Judge Super- I come and see me. You will find me
ior Court, $25 {Solicitor General,$25;
Congressman, $40; State Senator,
$20; Representative, $20; Judge City
Court, $20; Solicitor City Court, $20.
Payment of these assessments and
statement as to candidacy must be
made to the Chairman on or before
12 m., Aug. 1st. Otherwise, of course,
names will not appear on ballot. ( ^
The Chairman was instructed to ^C16T1CG
at 310 Main street, between the Phil
lips Dry Goods Co. and the Hunt
Drug Co. A warm welcome awaits
you. M. L. FISHER.
Special Notice.
Phone 69, Edwards
make all necessary arrangements for
holding the primary under the rules
Buy ft in Cedartown!
Suits pressed, 25c.
Suits Sponged, 50c.
117 West Ave.
