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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown and Polk County.
Volume 36.
Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, August 24th, 1922.
Number 31.
THE LEGISLATURE ENDS ITS WORK
Enacted Few Measures but Did Good Work in
Killing Many
BIG FIELD DAY NEXT WEDNESDAY
“Double-Header” and Athletic Stunts for the
Kiwanis Club.
Georgia has too many laws now, so
the Georgia Legislature is to be com
mended rather than criticized for
making few additions to the list.
The trouble is that they killed a
couple of bills that should certainly
have been adopted.
One of the bills lost was Hon. W.
W. Mundy’s bill providing for bien
nial instead of annual sessions of the
Legislature—and the people of Geor
gia will certainly feel stronger than
ever that every two years is often en
ough for that bunch to meet. If our
Representatives were all liko “the
gentleman from Polk,” the Legislat
ure could meet every two years and
get through with its business easily,
but too many of them are like Gov.
Hardwick in trying to play politics
with everything they touch. The
Mundy bill passed the House by a
good majority, but was killed by the
Sennte in its closing hours. As a
member of the next Senate, Mr.
Mundy will renew his good work for
this wise measure.
As usual, the Legislature stopped
the clocks for the closing hours and
held an all-night session, adjourning
at 6 o’clock Friday morning.
Here Is a summary of the outcome
of the leading measures considered
by the Legislature:—
Repeal of tax equalization law,
passed the House, killed in tho Sen
ate.
Income tax bill, passed the House,
died in the Senate. This iniquitous
bill was strongly urged by Hardwick,
and its defeat will be generally ap
proved by the people.
Biennial session bill, passed the
House, killed in the Senate.
Highway bond issue bill, passed
the Senate, killed in the House, Its
defeat is an evidence of the distrust
felt by the people as to the Hardwick
administration. ,
Port terminal bill, killed in House,
not hrought to vote in Senate.
State audit bill, a Senate bill, pass
ed House by substitute, and loBt in
shuffle in Senate.
Australian ballot bill, passed House
aqd Senate with amendment provid
ing that it shall not take effect in any
county until recommended by two
consecutive grand juries.
Forestry conservation bill, passed
the Senate, killed in the House.
Railroad Commission bill, increas
ing maintenance of commission and
requiring utilities to pay the same by
pro rata assessment, and requiring
audit and appraisal in every contest
ed rate case, same to be made by ex
perts employed by Commission, pass
ed House and Senate.
The bill consolidating administra
tion of University of Georgiu and its
branches under one board of regents
in place of present boards of trustees
for each institution, passed the Sen
ate, died in the House. This was one
of Hardwick’s pet measures, provid
ing
C.C. COMMITTEES
The following excellent list of
committees has been appointed for
the Chamber of Commerce for the en
suing year:—
Executive Board—E. D. Borders,
Chairman; J. C. Busby, E. L. Hen
derson, B. F. Lowther, Geo. Artope.
Finance and Business Methods—R.
O. McCord, Chairman; B. F. Wright,
P. W. Hunt.
Publicity and Conventions—Homer
Watkins, Chairman; E. B. Russell, F.
L. Rountree.
Legislation and Public Utilities—
C. C. Bunn, Chairman; Wm. Parker,
Jr., A. C. Fulmer.
Buildings and Trade Extension—E
S. Bartlett, Chairman ;A.C. Cobb, S.
R. Mendel, W. J. Bisaner, P. W.
Hunt.
Transportation — Wm. Waddell,
Chairman; H. H. Hogg, B. F. Lowther
Industries and Institutions—J. H.
Quinlan, Chairman; R. 0. Pitts, H.M.
Hall, I. L. St. Clair, W. W. Mundy.
Agriculture — Chester Graves,
Chairman, J. A. Morton, T. I. Parteo
Secretary R. 0. McCord is on the
job every day at his office over the
Liberty National Bank, and invites
the members and our people general
ly to call on him there.
Gov. Hardwick has pardoned an
other gambler. Well, you’re not sur
prised, are you?
the House did fine work in killing it.
Bill to abolish fees of county offic
ers of Fulton, Chatham, Bibb, Rich
mond, Muscogee and D»K»Sb coun
ties, killed in House by margin of
four votes; not brought to vote in
Sennte.
Budget bill died in committee in
House and Senate.
Water power bill, killed in Senate,
not brought to vote in House.
Capital removal bill, killed by
Senate committee, not pressed for
action in House.
Bill to create Peach county, with
Fort Valley ns county Bite, passed by
Senate last year, passed by House
this year, now goes to people as pro
posed constitutional amendment.
If all the members of the Legislat
ure were men of the caliber of our
Representative from Polk, they could
have transacted the State’s business
expeditiously and satisfactorily, but
too many of them were like the Gov
ernor in playing politics with every
thing. Mr. Mundy stayed right on the
job throughout the session, and won
a high place in the esteem of all. And
when he goes to the Senate next year,
ho should be made its president—and
after that it should bo Govornor
Mundy.
What Hollomon Says.
Mr. J. A. Hollomon, the brilliant
staff writer of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, has the following to say of Mr.
Mundy:—
The next Senate will not have a
safer or a more earnest and conscien
tious member. He also may aspire
to the presidency, and he would make
an able, fair, constructive presiding
officer.
It was Mundy who introduced the
amendment in the House to the so-
called income tnx bill providing that
property assessed for an ad valorem
tax should be exempt from any in
income levy—thereby seeking by a-
mendment to eliminate the objection
able double taxation feature of that
measure.
The Mundy amendment was car
ried by a substantial majority, but
notice of reconsideration was given,
and when reconsidered ths House by
some means voted to divide the a-
mendment in sections —the other
sections providing for personal ex
emptions the same as provided in the
Federal law.
The House did not renlizc whnt it
was doing. Thnt is the most charit
able thing to say about it.
When adopted by sections, the sec
tion eliminating double taxation was
lost, and the section providing the
personal exemptions was adopted.
Hence the double taxation feature
was left in the bill, although fully
one-third of the members really be
lieved, until they had been advised
otherwise, that that part of the Mun
dy amendment had been adopted.
Mundy is a sound man. He will
make a good Senator.
FIRE WARNING!
Fines to be Imposed on
Car-Drivers.
If anyone will stop to think a
minute, it will be seen that this
warning ought to be unnecessary.
Everyone should take thought enough
tp know that they have no business
getting in the way of firemen at a
fire—
But they don’t!
Hence this notice.
Chief C. T. Bobo, of our Fire De
partment, asks us to tell the people—
including firemen— that the practice
of parking their cars within the fire
district during a fire is against the
law, and cases will be made against
all who violate it hereafter.
It is absolutely necessary, of
course, that fire-fighters have plenty
of room for handling hose, and they
can’t do it if a lot of cars are parked
around the fireplugs. So—
Don’t park a car within a hundre 1
yards of a fire-plug during a fire—
Unless you want to pay a stiff fine
for not using your head as some
thing besides a knob at the top of
your spinal column.
CASEY & SLOAN Headquarters
for ” dge Cars, Parts and Real Ser
vice. You make no mistake when
these people work on your car. Phone
156 and be satisfied.
EDWARDS IS OUT
Of the Race for
the Judgeship.
If anything were needed to make
complete the certainty of the re-elec-
,tion of Hon. F. A. Irwin as Judge of
the Tallapoosa Circuit, it comes in
the announcement of the withdrawal
of Hon. Price Edwnrds from the race.
Judge Edwards mnde an excellent
record on the bench n number of
yoars ago, and is one of the ablest
lawyers as he is one of the best citi
zens of the Tallapoosa Circuit. He
has been handicapped by his late en
try into the race, and his action in
withdrawing from the race now is to
be highly commcndod.
The reasons for withdrawing are
given in the following
Card from Judge Edwards.
To the Voters of the Tallapoosa
Circuit:
For some two weeks irrelevant is
sues have been injected into the race
relating to my candidacy for Judge
which if I hnd the time I could meet
and overcome, but an adjourned term
of Hnrnison Superior Court conven
ing Monday, Aug. 21st, for two weeks
makes it Impossible for me to do so.
Among these is the charge that I
have entored the race to promote the
interest of one of tho candidates after
I had published a card that I would
not be in the race. I now recognize
that many of my former supporters
after the publication of this card
pledged themselves to one or the
other of the two candidates. With
these handicaps in my race I realize
that the votes may be split up and a
result be had that will not represent
a majority sentiment of the circuit,
nnd I have decided to make the sac
rifice of my candidacy In order that
no entanglements may accomplish a
result not representing the sentiment
of a mnjority of tho voters of the cir
cuit. I entered tho race in the inter
est of no candidate, and I leave it
with the belief that the upright, un-
purchasahle voters of the circuit will
see to it that the bust interest and
fair name of the Tallapoosa Judicial
Circuit will bo upheld.
I sincerely thank those who have
supported me in the race, and bear
no ill will ngainet those who have on-
posed me. PRICE EDWARDS.
A Good Day.
So many thoughtless young people
huve tho Idea that true religion and
real manliness do not go together,
and such gatherings ns took place in
Cednrtown last Sunday should help to
open their eyes to the truth thnt the
finest manliness in the world is the
natural thing for the Christian.
A number of Epworth League
workers —all of them "life volun
teers”—came for a rally at the First
Methodist church, and it is interest
ing to note that among the number
was Hal Staton, one of the South’s
most noted athletes.
A reception was given Saturdny
evening for the visitors by the local
League, and on Sunday the Leaguers
put in a full duy of good work, be
ginning with the Sunday School und
ending with the night service. They
are an earnest set of young people,
devoting their lives to the service of
the Master, and their visit was an in
spiration to the young people of the
community.
At the Log Cabin.
You are cordially invited to visit
the new Log Cabin Tea Room on tho
Cedartown-Rome Road, where you
will find sandwiches, cold drinks,etc.,
at all hours.
Special chicken dinners, $1, served
any evening except Sunday from 5 to
8 o’clock. Mall orders the afternoon
before.
MISS MYRTICE CONE.
The new tariff bill just passed by
the Senate, and which now goes to
conference with the House, will add
over $3,000,000,000 a year to the
cost of living for the American peo
ple. The Republican majority in
Congress is responsible for the out
rage, and the people will proceed to
turn that majority into minority this
fall as a punishment for such folly.
It was expected, of course, that the
bg contributors to the Republican
campaign fund would receive large-
favors, but no one thought they would
demand—and get —“the whole earth,
with a barbed wire fence around it.
GRAHAM FLOUR made from best
i select wheat at Vance’s MilL
A JOINT DEBATE
WANTED BY FARMER BROWN
WITH LAWYER BLALOCK.
While the office of Commissioner
of Agriculture nuturally belongs to a
farmer, this is a free country and
that fact does not prevent a man
from Hny other business or profession
running for it, and a very interesting
race for this important office is now
in progress between Hon. J.J. Brown,
n representative farmer who has been
looking well after the interests of his
brother farmers as Commissioner,and
Hon. A. O. Blalock, a prominent law
yer of Atlanta, who recently comple
ted a term of several years service as
Collector of Internal Revenue in that
city.
Mr. Brown hns added to the inter
est of the race by sendng Mr. Bin-
lock the following caustic letter:—
“Some time ngo I Invited you in
perfect good faith, through the press,
to join me in u series of joint debates
throughout the stnte, in order that
the peoplo of our stnte might have
the privilege of hearing the charges
which you are making against my ad
ministration discussed face to face.
^ "So far I have not heard from you,
and note from the papers thnt you
arc persistent in making chnrges in
your various speeches which nro abso
lutely without foundation of fact.
“Believing thnt it is not your pur
pose to place this cnmpalgn on the
low plane of mudslinging nnd mis
statements of fact, I tnkc this oppor
tunity to iuvite you to meet me face
to face In a fair division of time at
one place in each of the congres
sional districts of our state, such
places nnd terms of debate to be ar
ranged by n friend of your own
choosing and a friend of mine.
“I flatly deny charges you were
quoted to have mado in your Dallas
speech in Paulding county a few
days ago, I do not know on whnt au
thority you mudu such statements,
but am of the firm opinion, that if you
declino to meet mo before the peo
ple of this stnte, and continue to
make these ehurges (which I empha
tically nnd bitterly deny) the people
of Georgia, standing for a square
deal, will discredit any further state
ments of the character you were
quoted to have mnde in your Online
speech.
“You, Mr. Blalock, nre a lawyer
anil a trained speaker at the bar of
justice; I am a plain, practical far
mer. Why not meet me at least
twelve times in twelve different pla
ces in Gergin between now and the
Democratic primary on Sept. 13th,
and let the people judge for them
selves as to the issues between you
and I in this campaign nnd which
they prefer, after hearing each of
us, for their Commissioner of Agri
culture?"
Mr. Blalock says that he has never
seen any good come from joint de
bates, and accordingly declines to
meet Mr. Brown.
SPLENDID WORK
Done by Our Police De
partment.
Chief of Police W. T. York went to
Gadsden Tuesday, and brought back
a young man known as “Jake” Car-
roll and the car which he “borrowed”
one night last week from Mr. S. N.
Clary.
A burglar entered the homes of
Messrs. H. Z. Sheffield and J. M.
Hamrick on Cave Spring street Mon
day night, and carried off a couple of
pairs of punts, a watch, some money
and an assortment of keys. He al
so tried to steal Mr. Chas. Brumby’s
car but became frightened and left it.
Our police department went active
ly to work at once, with the result
that the burglar was captured yester
day morning in Floyd county. He
is Joe Simpson, a Rome negro just
out of the chaingang—and evidently
anxious to go back.
All the stolen articles were recov
ered and restored to their owners. In
addition to these, the officers got a
gold bracelet from a negro woman,
who claims it was given her by Simp
son, and owner can recover on iden
tification.
The entire police force is entitled
to much credit for the fine work it
took to capture this jail bird.
FOUND—A place where you can
get Watch Glasses put in for 26
cents. See Hunt Jewelry Co.
Oyez! Oyez! Oyczl
Come into court, nnd toll why you
should not be at the West Avenue
Park next Wednesday afternoon at
3 o’clock.
There is going to be n lively pro
gram. It isn’t quite ready for pub
lication in full as yet, but you can
watch out for tho hand-bills.
The main thing about this pro
nouncement is to let you know that
there will be "something didding”
next Wednesday afternoon nnd that
you want to be there.
There is going to be a 3-inning
ball game between the Kiwanis and
Chamber of Commerce teams— that
much is certain. And it is also cor-
Rail Executives and
Shopmen Still Hold
Out.
On the ro-eonvoning of Congress
Inst week, President Hnrding sent a
message to that body giving a detail
ed statement of his efforts to end the
coal nnd rail strikus, and making im
portant declarations ns to the Govern
ment’s position.
The President ndvocatcd the im
mediate creation of a Federal coal
agency with a big revolving fund to
purchase huge amounts of coal for
interstate shipment so an to check
profiteering, and the establishment of
a Federal Coal Commission to make
n complete investigation of the in
dustry so as to prevent another coal
strike next April. Broader powers
were asked for tho Government so
thut it may punish those responsible
for such outbreaks of violence an.the
Herrin butchery by giving the
right to protect aliens.
As to tho rail strike the President
stated his resolution to maintain
transportation and tho right of men
to work, and gave warning that the
law against conspiracies to restrain
interstate commerce and other sta
tutes would be strictly enforced. He
asked the enactment of legislation
later to give the Railroad Labor
Board power to enforce its decrees.
He denounced the move by some em
ployers to crush lnbor unions, and
stated that the deterioration of lo
comotives and the non-compliance
with safety requirements of the law
nre threatening the breakdown of
transportation.
President Gempers, of lhe Federa
tion of Labor, denounced his address
a? ill-timed and ns calculated to pro
long instead of rattling the labor
troubles.
Another mportant conference be
tween railroad executives and union
tween railroad executive and union
chieftains began yesterday.
All other questions could have been
amicably settled any time the past
month —which shows that they could
and should have been settled before
the strike—except the matter of se
niority, which would not then have
been an issue. The railroads are wil
ling to take most of their former em
ployees back,but insist on standing by
the men who have enabled them to
keep running during the strike, and
the strikers insist on taking their old
places without any impairment of se-
nority. Ench side thinks it has the
other at a disadvantage, and neither
wishes to yield.
It is greatly to be hoped that the
conference will find some way of
breaking the deadlock, and the boys
get back to work.
A Sad Death.
“Give my love to my Cedartown
friends.” These were among the last
words of Mrs. Frank M. Binford, of
Griffin, known and loved at her girl
hood home in Cednrtown as Miss
Mamie Good, who passed away there
Friday after a brief illness. Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Good and sons, John and
Edward, Mr. W. E. Good and son,
Hilliard, Mr. Edgar Good, Mrs. S. W.
Good and Mr. W.E. Wood were call
ed to Griffin by her illness and death.
This beloved young Christian matron
is survived by her husband and one
son, Frank. The bereaved family
have the sincerest sympathy of ft
large circle of friends in their sad
bereavement.
tnin thnt it will be a “scream.” And
then there will be a sure-enough
near-League game that will be inter
esting for the fans. The "stuntB”
will be entertaining, too, nnd you will
get a couple of dollars worth of fun
for only 25 cents.
Cedartown stores close for the af
ternoon, anyhow, nnd this will be a
corking good wny of putting in the
time.
This big Field Day event is under
the auspicos of the Kiwanis Club, to
swell the fund for the completion of
the Georgia Bay in the memorial at
Valley Forge—something that should
appeal to every patriotic Georgian.
Come out und help, and have a
good time.
For Governor in the
Primary Sept. 13th.
Hon. Clifford Walker, of Monroe,
will be the next Governor of Georgia.
The best political prophets in tha
state say so, and evon tho wayfaring
man can see the landslide coming.
In the first place, Hardwick would
never have been Governor but for tha
fact that he adroitly swung on te
Tom Watson’s coat-tulls, but Sena
tor Watson has now jerked those out
of his reach and charges him with
the basest misrepresentation and in
gratitude.
The Hardwick record has not been
speh an recommends him to the peo
ple. He ran for office opposed to ta*
equalization law, and ends his ten
by advocating it. He started out
commending the Ku Klux, and is now
fighting the Klan. He has sought ta
bring our educational system into a
centralization that he would domin
ate. and which would be a dangeroaa
power in the hands of any Governor.
True to his “rule or ruin” record,
when he could not dictate to State
Agricultural Commissioner J. ].
Brown, he has tried to wreck him.
Claiming to rescue the state from-
bankruptcy, it is today in far worse
condition than when he went inte
office—with its most valuable asset
mortgaged for the next five yean.
His attempt to make it appear that
“kiting" is debt-paying should and.
will fool nobody.
Mr. Wdlkor is a clean Christian
gentleman, one of the leading Bap
tists of the state, and Georgians can
look forward to his administration
ns one of which they can be proud.
Big Gathering at Fish.
There was a large gathering of
Polk’s farmers from all parts of tha
county Saturday at Fish to hear tha
Cotton Co-operative Marketing Plan
discussed.
Able tnlks were made by Hon. L.
A. Dean and Mr. E. L. Watson, of
Rome; Mr. Barnes, of South Caro
lina; Secretary R. O. McCord of tha
Cedartown Chamber of Commerce,
and Hon. W. W. Mundy of Cedartown
A fine Brunswick stew was served,
and the good ladies wero there with
their baskets of the best edibles. Tha
day was both pleasantly and profit
ably spent.
Was Slightly Hurt.
Mr. Frank N. Browne was injured
in a wreck on tho L. & N. near Tal
ladega, Ala., Tuesday and was taken,
to the hospital in that city. His wife
left at once to be with him. Hfe
many friends are glad to know that
his injuries, while painful, are not
seriouB.
The papers also give the name of
Mrs. Mary Hudgins, of Cedartown,
ns one of the injured.
Buggies. We offer you
a genuine Geo. Delker
Buggy at less than pres
ent cost. Cedartown
Hardware Co.
Notice.
Hunters can secure license at tho
Bartlett Hardware Co. in Cedartown.
E. F. HUNTINGTON,
Game Warden.
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS AND
CARBON PAPER for sale at tho
I -Standard office.
for centralization of power, and
AS TO SENIORITY WALKER WILL WIN