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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedar town and Polk County.
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Volume 36.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, July 20th, 1922-
Number 26.
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FACTS THAT PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW
Why the Shopcraft Employes Would Not Ac
cept a Decision Which Was Unjust and
Were Forced to Quit Work
Increases in passenger rates, . been reduced 34 Per Cent?
freight rates, Pullman rates and Pull-1 lft '#Did you ever rend a decision
man surcharge rates were granted to , that the salary of the Labor Board
the railroads by the Interstate Com- has been reduced 34 Per Cent? They
merce Commission, and these in-! only receive $10,000.00 each per
creases were put on the traveling I year, $32.00 per day, or $6.00 per
public. | hour, and the railway employe helps
On July 1st, 1921, the United ( pay this bonrd that cut the wages of
States Railroad Labor Board decision | one class of employes to 28 cents per
No. 147 reduced the railroad cm-i hour.
ployes’ wages 12 Per Cent. Did the I Page 26, U. S. R. R. Labor Board
public get any pert of this reduction? ( Decision (dissenting opinion) reads:
No! No! | The rates of pay established under
On August 16, 1921, the United this decision are not based upon the
States Railroad Labor Board in de- . human needs of the hundreds
cision 222, reduced the shopcraft | thousands of families involved. They
employes a further reduction of 10 are insufficient to provide these fami-
Per Cent. Did the traveling public j lies with the absolute essentials. The
receive any part of this reduction? j earnings of this large group of rail
No! No! road workers will not provide the
On-. July 1st, 1922, the United 'father of a family with as much food
States Labor Bonrd in decision 1036 as is allowed convicts in the Cook
again reduced the shopcraft employes County, Illinois, jail,
a further reduction of 12 Per Cent. \ Can you blame the shoperafts for
refusing to accept decisions that are
so unfair and unjust? The shopcraft
employes have accepted declson after
decision which were unjust. Did tho
railroads do this? No! No! Eighty-
two railroads accepted only decisions
that suited them, and you do not read
of these railroads as outlaws in the
daily press.
Help the railroad workers main
tain a living wage.
Railroad men drew on an average
of $1,600.00 last year.
Harding’s department set a mini
mum of $2,300.00.
Jewel’s department set a minimum
of $2,600.00.
FEDERATED SHOP CRAFTS C.
OF GA.
HARRISHOT SHOT
Poured into New York
Critic of the South.
Senator Calder, of New York, can
didate for re-election, appealed
Thursday to the negro vote by direct
ing attention to certain lynchings
which have occurred in Georgia.
Senator W. J Harris, of Georgia,
A total reduction of 34 Per Cent, in
their wages within one year.
A»k yourself the following ques
tions!
1. Have the passenger rates been
reduced 34 Per Cent?
2. Have the freight rates been re
duced 34 Per Cent?
3. Have the high salaries of rail
road officials been reduced 34 Per
Cent?
4. Has the price of rent been re
duced 34 Per Cent?
5. Have the taxes been reduced
34 Per Cent?
6. Has the street carfare been re
duced 34 Per Cent?
7. Has flour been reduced 34 Per
Cent?
8. Has your gas been reduced 34
Per Cent?
9. Has your electric light bill
Advertisement.
Attention, Traveling
Public.
To protect movements of trains
handling U. S. Mail and to provide
power for moving perishable food
stuffs, the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way finds it necessary to temporarily
discontinue its trains 7 and 8, operat
ing between Atlanta and Birming
ham, effective with the last train leav
ing both terminals midnight July
12th.
Adequate arrangements having
been made to protect local service by
putting necessary stops in schedules
of its fast trains 6, 6, 11 and 12.
FRED GEISSLER,
Asst. General Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
ROME AND HOME
Kiwanians Meet at Log
Cabin Today.
Cedartown Kiwanians had such a
good time iast year when the Rome
and Cedartown Clubs met together at
Cave Spring, that they have been
looking forward with pleasant anti
cipation to this year’s joint meeting,
following Senator Calder, read from 'T hL ' n the Cod “ rtown organization has.
the New York Herald of conditions
existing in New York, contrasted a-
gainst which conditions in Georgia
Georgia pule into insignificance
“In New York City on yesterday,’’
said Senator Harris, with the Herald
before him, “a minister of tho Jewish
faith was foully done to death. Here
I find that a child eleven years of
age was ravished and killed, and
here a boy of five was destroyed by
those who desired to be free of tho
little burden that he imposed.
“We deplore the fact that lynch
ings some times occur in Georgia.
Governor Hardwick is endenvoring to
stamp out lynchings. All Governors
the arrangements in charge.
And today’s the day!
The two Clubs will meet at 4.30 p.
m. at the Log Cabin Tea Room, five
miles north of town, on the Cedar-
town-Rome Highway, and after a
lively singing contest will enjoy a
fine chicken barbecue.
Cedartown won the silver cup at
the songfest in Cave Spring last year,
and with Mr. Wm. Parker, Jr., as
loader of our melody-makers there
will be “something doing” this yenr.
And everyone has to sing —whether
they can sing or not.
A good number of our Kiwanians
hnve bought tickets for themselves
(The postal luwa :
ter that la paid for
vertlsement." Dinplay
aueh marking.)
Jlre all reading nint-
h« marked aa “ad-
■Ivertiaing, of courae,
Bible Thoughts for
This Week
Sunday.
THE LOVE THAT SAVES:—For
God bo loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever belleveth In him should
not perish, but have everlasting
Ufe.—John 3: 16.
Monday.
RUI.ES FOR RIGHT LIVING:—
He hath shewed thee, O man, what
Is good; and what doth the Lord
require of thee, but to do justly,
and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?—Micah 6: 8.
Tueaday.
THE GLAD AWAKENING:—As
for me, I will behold thy face In
righteousness; I shall be satis
fied, when I awake, with thy like
ness.—Psalm 17: 15.
Wednesday.
GREAT THINGS:—Fear the Lord,
and serve him In truth: for con
sider how great things he hath
done for you.—1 Samuel 12: 24.
Thursday.
TRUST HIM ALWAYS:—Com
mit thy way unto the Lord; trust
also In Him.—Psalm 87: 5.
Friday.
THE HIGH CALLING:—Be ye
therefore perfect even as your
Father which Is In heaven Is per
fect—Matthew 5: 48.
Saturday.
GOD IS LOVE:—Behold, let us
love one another, for love Is of
God; and every one that loveth Is
| born of God, and knoweth God.—
• 1 John 4: 7.
Buy it in Cedartown!
A BIG “DON'T.”
Don’t throw watermelon rinds, ba
nana peels, decayed fruits and veg
etables on the sidewalks or in the
streets and ulleys of Cedartown.
Put them in covered containers for
the city wagons to haul off, or —bet
ter still—enrich your garden by cov
ering them up.
Thrown out, as is the habit of
thoughtless or ignorant people, they
make a breeding place for the ty
phoid fly and endanger the health of
the whole community.
Seaboard Changes.
Following the temporary discontin
uance of the “Owls,” the Seaboard
Air Line on Tuesday made another
temporary change in schedule.
The evening westbound train, No.
5, now leaves Atlanta at 4.30 p. m.,
passes Cedartown at 6.42, and reach
es Birmingham at 11 p. m. The fol
lowing is the schedule in Polk:
Rockmart, 6.13 p. m.
Fish, 6.28 p. m.
Cedartown, 6.42 p. m.
Akes, 6.54 p. m.
Esom Hill, 7.03 p. m.
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-
abie in a fair-sized room.
We have just received a shipment.
Prices from 50 cents to $1 each.
W. W. TURNER, Jeweler.
Sentence Upheld.
Frank DuPre, “Peachtree bandit,”
was denied a new trial in a decision
handed down Thursday by the Geor
gia Supreme Court, which upheld the
lower court's sentence of death for
the youth. Dupre, who was convicted
of having killed Irby U. Walker, a
private detective guarding a jewelry
store in Atlanta which was robbed
last December, and of having shot
and seriously wounded City Comp
troller West, will hang unless sen
tence is commuted by the Governor.
who preceded him have been anima-1 ,,nd ' udi, ' a ' and “ r °y ul Kood tlm0 ia
tod by tho same aspiration. It is a n 8 01 (> or * em ‘
'problem which gradually wo are solv
ing; but when crime on a compara
tive basis is considered, New York
City in one week presents a record
more shocking than the entire State
of Georgia presents in a yoar.
“The South should be left alone to
settle its negro question. It is doing
the very best it can, and interference
from outside will not help. The
good people of the south and Geor
gia deplore lynchings, just as good
people of other states deplore them.
“Many negroes have gone north
and received treatment different
from what they have expected. Some
of them have returned and said they
suffered more in the north than in
the south and have been glad to come
back home, where they are well treat
ed. Negroes who came north expect
ing preferential treatment, and em
ployment have been disappointed.
The manager of a Pittsburg plant re
cently told me that when discharges
became necessary, he first threw out
the southern negroes and kept alien
workmen who could not even speak
our language.
“The Senator from New York
would appeal for support to the ne
gro vote of his State by directing his
flings at Georgia. Why should he
not appeul to the Hebrew, the Italian,
the Greek vote by proceeding against
a condition which suffers these people
to be killed in New York almost daily
with apparent impunity?”
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, ad
ded to the statement of Senator Har
ris, referring to the massacre of some
days ago at Herrin, Ill. He made the
point that when negroes are lynched
in the South, it is because of some
horrible crime committed, whereas
the sole offense of the victims of the
Herrin filers consisted in the fact
that they were attempting to earn
their bread by honest toil. He ex
pressed surprise that Senator Calder,
who professed such regard for the
unfortunate victims of mobs in the
South, was apparently callous to more
horrible conditions in the North, and
made no outcry against the fact that
that no serious attempt had been
made to bring the brutal killers of
Herrin to the bar of jutice.
C.0F C. TO MEET
MONDAY EVENING TO ADOPT I- T •
by-laws AND select Uovemment is Trying
Hard to Settle
STRIKES YET ON
Both Coal and Rail
Strikes, but Meet
ing Much Diffi
culty.
The Federal Rail Board was give*
no power by Congress to enforce it*
decisions, the purpose being to hare
public sentiment rather than direct
power back of it.
the big railroads hnve not hesitated
to disobey the Rail Board’s mandate*
whenever it suited them, and the
SHIP POTATOES
The Polk County Potato Club ship
ped a car of Irish potatoes to Atlanta
yesterday, receiving $1.68 a bushel
for them.
The potatoes, of course, had to be
strictly graded and properly prepar
ed for shipment, but the growers
have the rest of the crop for their
own use, and are finding it profitable
this yenr.
County Agent W. H. Garner is en
titled to much credit for his work in
opening up this branch of farming in
Polk.
Would wind It Up.
A number of Cedartown people are
interested financially in the decision
of the Supreme Court of Georgia
handed down Friday affirming a de
cision of Judge Bell of the Futlon
County Superior Court ordering a re
ceivership for the Masons' Annuity
Insurance Company and practically
winding up its business. The effect
of the decision is to end the operation
of the company as an insurance con
cern, and its assets would be divided
among the policy-holders or benefic
iaries.
A rehearing is to be asked by the
attorneys for the company this week.
Mundy Bill Passes.
FOR INVESTIGATION AND BUD
GET COMMISSION.
The State Senate on Tuesday pass
ed the House bill of Hon. W.W. Mun-
<Jy, of Polk, providing for an investi
gating and budget commission for the
various departments of the State,
j All departments and institutions
(rf the State will he required to sub
mit their estimates sixty days in ad
vance of the meeting of the Legisla
ture, which will . then have an intel
ligent basis on which to act. Mr.
Mundy’s bill will suve the State
thousands of dollnrs, nnd he has ren
dered most valuable service in pre
senting nnd pressing it for adoption.
Word of Appreciation
l >
Rural Retreat, near Cedartown,
July 15th, 1922.
Denr Mr. Russell: I find on the
first page of this week’s Standurd, a
short article in which you state in
the most complimentary manner that
the Chupter of the Children of the
Confederacy of Cedartown had been
given my full nume, and I now write
to thank the dear Daughters of the
Confederacy for what they have
done and you for what you said.
What an honor they have conferred
upon me! How can I find words suf
ficiently explicit to express my feel
ings of gratitude and appreciation
fdr the—as I think—altogether unde
served distinction. It is stimulating
to the highest degree, to realize that
I am the proud possessor of the con
fidence, respect and esteem of that
noble hand of queenly women known
as the Cedartown Daughters of the
Confederacy. It is to me so much
better than to “weep, to wonder, die
and bo forgot.”
The Daughters of the Cedartown
Chapter of the Confederacy have
done noble deeds that will give fresh
glory and renown to the valor and
patriotism of the Polk County Con
federate Soldiers; and will add a lus
ter to their own names that will spar
kle with increasing brilliancy until
time shall be no more.
Here in my sunset hour of life
with trembling fingers and stopped-
up ears, I bid them, Hail and fare
well! JOSEPH A. BLANCE.
Clean Bill of Health.
Hardwick & Co., failing to rule
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, are trying desperately hard
to ruin him, but the people of Geor
gia realize that the fight is purely
political, and it will accordingly re
act on its authors.
The two agricultural committees of
the House last week, after careful in
vestigation, gave Mr. Brown’s admin
istration a clean bill of health. This
does not mean, of course, that the
fight on. him will cease, for the peo
ple’s ears will be assailed with all
sorts of charges against him during
the campaign this summer. The
findings of the agricultural commit
tees, however, should help them to
understand that there is nothing but
office-seeking politics back of the
charges.
On account of the Kiwanis barbe
cue this evening the meeting of the
Polk county Medical Society has
been postponed, and will be held at
7.30 p. m. next Thursday at the
Wayside Inn.
SECRETARY.
The Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce met Monday evening, and
approved the Constitution nnd By-
of the special committee ap
pointed to draft them. A full meet
ing of the membership has now been
called for 8 p. m. Monday at the City
Hall for formal adoption.
It was decided by the Directors to
invite applicants for the position of
Secretary to meet with the Chamber
at this time, in order that both par
ties may give each other “the once
over.”
Every member should be on hand • Shopcraft and" allied "unlonaTccoII
promptly at this meeting for it in K ly feel justified in ignoring the.
would be hard to over-estimate its now
impoitume. | The big coal strike is now several
I he success of the organization weekg old> and the Government did
and its value to Cedartown and Polk I not nttempt to interfcre in it unttl
county will depend very largely on the wboleaale murdcr of miners b
the caliber of the Secretary. strikers at Herrin, III., forced atten-
A„d everyone interested in Cedar- tion . President Harding is seeking to
town and Polk county should join the him , the differem . ua bctwe e n opera-
chamber of Commerce, for the type tnra nnd mincra aettlcd b orbitra _
of Secretary we get depends consid- ti „ n . The former hnve given a relu*.
ernbly on what we are able to pny.As | tant consenti but tho , nttcr thu , ftr
the sole revenue of the organization j luve re f U8e j
depends on dues and donations, it j Tht , rail atrikc on jts third w .
will he seen that a large membership and (it may be that tho wjah ,, ^
is very important. ' ther to tho thought) there is reason
If you haven’t already signed up to hope thnt it win
soon bo over.
for membership, you should do so | Pl . eaident GrablCi of tho MaInteB .
this week. Every possible member of Way union( whlch haa bee>
should be secured by next Monday, I on thc ver( , e of atHkin(r> aaya . <tta
so the organization will know exactly path to „„ ,, arly adjuatmont ia opeB »
what to depend upon. ] a0 far aa tha 400>0 oo members of hk
The sole object of this Chamber or(rani/ , ation aro concerned,
of Commerce is to boost Cedartown j Thuro haa b(Jen diaorder in
nd Polk county in every possible parta 0 f thc country, and Governor
way. It is neither political nor sec- Hardwick called out the state troopa
larian, but aims to locate os many to bnndle the Waycroaa Nation,
now industries and get as many more The fltr lkers themselves volunteered
good farmers in Polk as possible their services, however, to maintain
Be a Booster and join tho Cham- ordcr there.
her of Commorco—
And do It NOW!
Buy it in Cedartown.
Harris in Georgia.
Washington, D C., July 15.—Sen
ator Harris left Saturday for Geor- j
gin to attend the Amorican Legion
convention at *Waycross, July 17,and '
the meeting of the Georgia Press As
sociation at Quitman July 18, at
which places he hns been invited to
make speeches. He will be in Geor
gia about ten days, and during his
absence will be paired in the Senate
with Senator Calder, of New York.
Senator Harris hns accepted invi
tations for visits to Valdosta July 19;
Thomasville, July 20, and Bainbridgc
July 21. Speaking engagements have
been accepted for Cairo July 20;
Donnldsonville, July 21; Dawson,
July 22, nnd Fort Gaines, July 22.
Senator Harris has accepted an in
vitation to address the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly, probably Tuesday,
July 25, and July 26 he will speak to
the summer school students of the
State Normal School and the Univer
sity at Athens.
At the Central Shops here no
I timatum has been given the men, tha
I road hoping they will soon be back at
(work again.
MASONS MEET
$5,000,000 Loan.
The War Finance Corporation has
approved a government loan of $5,-
000,000 to the Georgia Cotton Grow
ers’ Co-operative Association.
In County Convention
at Rockmart.
It was a great day that the Masons
of Polk enjoyed yesterday at Rock
mart. All the lodges in the county
were well represented.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
W. M.—D. W. Burkhalter.
S. W.—G. W. Johnson.
J. W.—O. A. Sloan.
Sec’y-Treas.—W. W. Tison.
A free will offering of $18 was
made to the Christmas fund for tha
Masonic Orphans Home.
Thc dinner, which is always one of
the important features of a Masonit
convention, was “one of the best
ever.” The Rockmart lodge furnish
ed a Brunswick stew that could not
be excelled, and the good wives of
the members brought a basket dinner
thnt made old Polk more proud tha*
ever of her fine cooks.
The next session will be held at
Aragon on the third Wednesday in
July, 1922.
SEVENTH DISTRICT A. & M. SCHOOL
Reasons for Attending This School:
1. Large, commodious buildings on 240-
acre farm.
2. Electric lights; good water from 300
foot bored well.
3. Hot and cold water; sanitary sewerage
system.
4. There were 300 students last year; 41
graduates; 28 received first grade teacher’s li
cense.
5. Course of study includes English, Hi»»
tory, Geometry, Algebra, Literature, Physics,
Chemistry, Agriculture, Domestic Science, Do
mestic Art, Teacher Training, Piano, Voice. We
give 16 units’ credit.
6. The moral and spiritual side is not neg
lected. A Christian faculty lives with the stu
dents.
7. Tuition is free. Boai d, lights and fuel,
$12 a month.
Send for catalog. Address,
H. R. HUNT, Principal,
Powder Springs, Ga.
