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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