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CEDARTOWN STANDARD Devoted to the Best Interests of Cedartown And Polk County. Volume 36. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, September 7th, 1922. Number 33 SCHOOL TO START M MONDAY W HERE NEXT YEAR WHITE PRIMARY WEDNESDAY The biennial white primary will be held next Wednesday, and we publish herewith the official ballot. No one will be voted for in the pri mary for Pension Commissioner, the death of Judge Lindsey occurring too close to the date of the primary, and this vacancy will be filled at the gen eral election. (Erase the names of those for whom you do not vote.) For Governor (Vote lor One) H. BEDINGER BAYLOR THOMAS W. HARDWICK CLIFFORD WALKER For Secretary of State S. G. McLENDON For Attorney General GEORGE M. NAPIER For State Treasurer W. J. SPEER. For Comptroller General WILLIAM A. WRIGHT For Commissioner of Agriculture tVote for One) A. 0. BLALOCK J. J. BROWN 0. M. HOUSER For State School Superintendent (Vote for One) N. H. BALLARD M. L. DUGGAN NICHOLAS M. SOWDER For Commissioner of Commerce and Labor H. M. STANLEY For Prison Commissioner (Vote for One) W. C. BRYANT R. E. DAVISON For Railroad Commissioner (To succeed C. M. Candler) (Vote for One) M. L. JOHNSON WALTER R. McDonald J. E. PAI.MOUR For Railroad Commissioner (To succeed Jnmes A. Perry) (Vote fur One) W. TROX BANKSTON O. B. BUSH JAMES A. PERRY For Chief Justice Supreme Court (Vote for One) WILLIAM H. FISH RICHARD B. RUSSELL For Associate Justice Supreme Court (To succeed Marcus W. Beck) MARCUS W. BECK For Associate Justice Supreme Court (To succeed James K. Hines) JAMES K. HINES For Judge Court of Appeals (To succeed Roscoe Luke) ROSCOE LUKE For Judge Court of Appeals (To succeed R. C. Bell for unexpired term, to January 1st, 1923) R. C. BELL For Judge Court of Appeals (To succeed R. C. Bell for full term beginning January 1st, 1923) (Vote for One) R. C. BELL HARPER HAMILTON For Representative in Congress GORDON LEE For Judge Superior Court (Vote for One) A. L. BARTLETT F. A. IRWIN For Solicitor General (Vote for One) E. S. GRIFFITH J. H. McLARTY S. W. RAGSDALE For State Senator W. W. MUNDY For Representative (Vote for One) T. I. PARTEE CHAS. W. PEEK For Judge City Court JOHN L. TISON For Solicitor City Court J. A. WRIGHT Members of Polk County Executive Committee Cedartown District: (Vote for Four) E. S. AULT H. A. EDWARDS . J. E. HOUSEAL A. E. YOUNG Rockmart District: (Vote for Two) S. D. LEE W.FERGUSON . Aragon District: (Vote for One) O. H. RANDALL Buncombe District: (Vote for One) .T. I. HARRIS Fish District: (Vote for One) J. M. BALDWIN Lake District: (Vote for One) ARTHUR FAIRES Hampton’s District: (Vote for One) Esom Hill District: (Vote for One) J. E. PENNINGTON Blooming Grove District: (Vote for One) J. W. CASEY Youngs District: (Vote for One) E. D. HIGHTOWER Antioch District: (Vote for One) W. H. WRIGHT Brownings District: (Vote for One) A. H. KING Use Polk county products. A FARMER TALKS About the Blalock Cot ton Deal. The farmers of Georgia are very much interested in learning the truth as to how Banker-Lawyer A. 0. Bla lock treated a farmer In his own county who had entrusted his cotton to him. Ordinarily in this section, when a farmer warehouses his cotton he docs so on grades, and does not expect or care to sec his individual cotton 11- gain, but the affidavit of Mr. J. R. Adams put his transaction with Mr. Blalock on a different basis. Mr. Adams, by the way, is certified to by the Clerk, Ordinary and Sheriff of Fayette county as a mun of high character and reputation for truth fulness, and that he filed suit Au:;. 29th, 1921, against A. O. Blalock for misappropriation of 100 bales of cot ton, the suit for which is still pend ing. When Blalock attacked Commis sioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown for advising farmers who were in a po sition to hold tholr cotton for 40 cents—(it went, by the way, to 43 cents,) Mr. Adams could not forbear telling the people of Georgia how Bla lock hod tried to force down the price of cotton by such treatment as had been accorded him, and made an af fidavit as to the facts In the case. Mr. Blalock had to say something and so tried to lay the matter of his exposure to Mr. Brown, although the court records of Fayette county show a date far in advance of the present campaign. He also attempted nn ex planation of his part of tho deal, but Mr. Adams calls him to taw in the following emphatic letter:—• Mr. Adams’ Letter. Ed. Constitution: I note in a re cent Issue of your paper a card from A. O. Blalock attempting to justify himself in having misappropriated 100 bales of cotton I had plueed with him as security. As to the affidavit that Blalock re fers to, I wish to say that it was made of my own free will, unsolicited by J. J. Brown, and is true in every par ticular, and I am reudy to make tho SHme affidavit before any court offic ial In Fayette county. Blalock says I was not a regular customer at his bank. This is untrue. I have been a customer of his honk for the past five years. Blalock says I was obliged to have the money to prevent the foreclosure of a lien on my farm. This is untrue. I needed money, but I was in no way facing •> foreclosure. Blalock says that I 11- greed that he could sell my cotton at any time he saw fit. Blalock knows this is untrue. Nothing was further from my mind. I could have sold mv cotton myself if I had wanted it sold, but with thousands of other farmers I borrowed this money to keep this cotton off the market. Blalock is a banker, and was careful to see that I signed a note and delivered him bon ded warehouse receipts as security for the loan. Why did he take no writing from me giving him the right to sell my cotton, if such was the in tent of the transaction? Blalock knows that this was a straight loan and that he did wrong to sell my cot ton. Blalock says that he sold my cot ton for 28 cents per pound, and only offered to give me 11 3-4 cents per pound when I demanded my cotton. Blalock says that not one dollar of profit was made by his bank on my cotton. Will he then tell the public who got the difference between 28 cents he got for my cotton arid the II 3-4 cents he offered me in settle ment for my cotton? Blalock says twelve jurors will pass on this case. That may be true, if my attorneys are ever successful ir. getting a trial. In every attempt to have this case tried Mr. Blalock has tendered a sick certificate for his son as a witness to prevent the twelve jurors he mentioned from acting on this matter. I paid Blalock every cent I owed him in May, 1921. Yet Blalock re ceived for my cotton in November, 1920, $12,028.24, which money right fully is mine, and which I have been out of the use of now nearly two years, and unable to get a trial. I had no desire to make myself an issue in this campaign, but being a farmer and knowing the hardships they have undergone, I felt it a duty to my fellow farmers to protect them from a man who was seeking to get Our city public schools will open Monday for the fall term. The only new building ready for use Is the addition to the East Ccdnr- town school, and that growing sec tion of the city will now hnve ample school facilities. In West End the Mission School building will again be used pending the completion of the handsome and commodious new building there. The Junior High building 01: Col lege street has been delayed by dif ficulty in getting material, but will be finished in a few weeks and will be n credit to the city. In tile meantime the schools will open Monday with a full comple ment of teachers—all of them men and women of exporience and proved ability. Superintendent J. E. Purks, himself one of the best educators In the state, feels especially fortunate in the state, feels especially fortunate In his selections of a teaching force for the coming year. The Standard would again urge parents to have their children in school promptly at the opening hour Monday, and to have them nttend regularly and punctually. Regularity and punctuality nro essentials to suc cess in life, and should he taught as thoroughly as anything in books. Wc nrc old-fashioned enough to believe that tho training of hoys and girls for good citizenship is a legitimate and should bo an important part of the work of every school; and if the schools of the nations were run on this plan wc would not sec tho alarm ing fact that nearly all the worst crimes of the day are committed by the young. But this isn’t a sermonette nor nn editorial—It is just n news Item to announce the opening of school and to urge everybody to bo ready for It, Prof. Purks announces n faculty meeting at 9 a. m. Snturday at the I High School building, nt which all teachers are expected to be present. Teachers and pupils have had a long rest, and all are now ready for work gain. With the co-operation of parents, It will be a good year for the schools, and all the advance indica tions are in favor of nn exceptionally prosperous year for them. Haralson Begins Work. Haralson has begun work under her bond issue for good rouds, and a road machine has been sent to each of the thirteen districts of that coun ty. Two caterpillar tractors, n scarifier and heavy grades were put to work last week on State Route No. 1 to connect with tho highway from Ce dartown to the Haralson county line, and a firnt-elass road will be built through Felton, Buchanan and Bre men from the Polk to the Carroll county line. This north and south highway through Polk and Huralson is an im portant link in the great highway from Chattanooga to Appulachicolii, Fla., which means so much to the western half of the Stute. ’Rah for Both Teams! It is always a pleasure to The Standard to speak of good things,and we wish at this time to tell of a par ticularly nice thing done by some young men of Cedartown and Talla poosa last week. As our readers know, the Kiwanis Club had a Field Day on Wednesday for the benefit of tho fund to com plete Georgia’s bay in the national memorial building at Valley Forge. One of the enjoyable features of the program was the ball game between our Cotton Export and the Talla poosa teams, and we wish to call at- tenton to the fact that both teams kindly donated their services. We would have expected this, of course, from the fine bunch of young fellows who compose our home team, and whose home pride and interest would naturally lead them to do this; but we want to especially compli ment and thank the manly young gentlemen who came over from our sister town on such an arrand. That sort of .thing is worth while, and Ce dartown appreciates it. control of the farmers’ department of agriculture. Respectfully, J. R. ADAMS. Fayetteville, Ga. The Georgia Swine-Breeders As sociation will meet in Cedartown next year, the exact date to be announced later, but probably just about u year from this time. This organization met last week in Carrollton, and hog-raisers were there from all parts of the State. In cidentally, they went away full of praise for Carrollton; and—-also in cidentally.—here is something for Cedartown to be thinking nnd plan ning about the next twelve months. Carrollton gave her visitors free en tertainment in her homes, and on the first day the farmers of Carroll coun ty spread a big basket dinner nnd on the second n barbecue was served. Cedartown and Polk county, of course, must do equally ns well. Secretary R. O. McCord, of our Chamber of Commerce, is nn enthus iast on tho wise plan of hailding up tho surrounding country us the surest way of helping n city, nnd it was his idea to secure this convention as a means of encouraging hog-raising in Polk. Amog those who went over from Polk to help secure the convention, besides Mr. McCord, were Mnyor Homer Watkins, President C. H. Graves of the County Fulr Associa tion, County Agent W. H. Garner, Messrs. S. H. Lewis, W. E. Powell, A. H. McBryde, S. O. Jones, R. D. Dansby nnd J. C. Ezzcll. Their going was a good thing for Polk county, for there is no renson why I*olk should not be made the loading pork county in Georgia—in fact, there is every reason why it should he. Farmers and business men alike should get enthusiastic over the fact that the Georgia Swine Breeders As sociation will meet here in 1923. It means more and better hogs for Polk—and that means more money. It Is well to remember that neither hog nor cattle raisers have to de pend any longer on local markets,and that the wise thing to do is to organ ize for enr load shipments to packing houses where every purt of a hog is utilized except his squeal. In this way, the live stock industry can be made profitable; and with the boll weevil menace now ever before us, every progresive farmer should give the matter his most earnest consid eration. Wouldn’t it he n good plan for our farmers to go into hog-raising quite extensively, and then have u big sale in connection with this convetion? Worth thinking about, isn’t it? SEASON WILL END Here with Piedmont Game Today. Cedartown won from Tallapoosa last week Wednesday, and then lost to Tallapoosa when we visited that place Saturday, thus nicely evening up the score. Center, Ala., was a Jonah for our boys in the Labor Day game, and cleaned us up 10 to 0. The Cotton Export team is a good one, just the same, and deserves a better support than it has received. The boys have played through the season without compensation, no fi nancial effort having been made by the public, and have given us some good amusement during the summer Incidentally, too, they have developed some very promising players. The base ball season here closes this afternoon, as far as now known, Piedmont coming over for a game. Our boys will go to Piedmont tomor row. Don’t fail, ye fans (to see the final game this afternoon. Griffith Will Win. Ed Griffith will win the race for Solicitor General next Wednesday, and he ought to do so. His many years of successful ex perience at the bar, his widely recog nized ability as a lawyer and a speak er, his personal popularity every where throughout the circuit, —all point him out as the man who should and will win. And the whole state of Georgia will have no better Solicitor General than Ed Griffith. Let us all help to swell his majority Wednes day. CITIZEN. ANTHRACITE STRIKE ENDS An agreement to end the protrac ted anthracite coal strike in the im mediate future was reached by the operators nnd miners Saturday. The men will return to work on the basis of the old wage agreement to extend until Aug. 31st, 1923, thus obviating the likelihood of another strike in that industry next spring. The South is not likely to get any anthracite coal this fall, hut the re opening of these mines in Pennsyl vania should relieve the tension as to bituminious coal. The mines have lost a summer’s work through the strike, but the oper ators will recoup their summer losses at the expense of the public. Gen- Harris Retires. Thursday marked the retirement from the United States Army of Gen. Peter C. Harris, who for a number of yonrs has served as Adjutant General with tho runk of Major General. Dur ing the period of participation of this country in the World Wnr he ucted in that capacity, the Importance of which was not exceeded by any post in either the military or naval branches of tho service, and the na tion owes him on everlasting debt of gratitude. While still in the prime of usefulness, he has reuehed the age lit which retirement is fixed, though his rcmurkuble talents would bo at the service of the country if an em ergency should arise. As an old Cedartown boy, our peo ple take an especial pride in his suc cessful career. Ho is a member of Cedartown's most distinguished fam ily, being n brother of United States Senator W. J. Harris, Prof. J. C. Harris, head of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, Dr. Soule Harris, a leading physician of Birmingham, and Maj. Hunter Har ris, now in charge of the army re cruiting offices in Atlanta. One of the most modest and unassuming men ever seen in public life, his strength of character and military genius have placed him at the furc-front, nnd he hus responded efficiently to every call of duty. The Atlanta Constitution thus goes into detail as to his record: “For his services in the Adjutant General’s department during the World War ho was awarded the Distinguished Serv ice Medal by the government of the United States, the Legion of Honor ribbon (Commander) by France, and the Order of the Crown (commander) by Italy. “Senator Morris Shepard, of Tex as, read into the Congressional Rec ord a few days ago a memorandum of service of General Harris issued by the War Department officially, and it was a remarkable tribute to the zeal, energy and judgment, In war and in peace, of u man who has served faith fully and conspicuously in one of the most difficult positions attached to the great machinery of that depart ment. .“That memorandum of Hcvcral pages concludes with the following striking paragraphs: “The records of the World War today, three years after the signing of the armistice, are for more nearly complete than those of the Civil War thirty years after its close, and are equally as accessible as were the rec ords of the Civil War after they had been carded and assembled in indi vidual jackets at a cost of many mil lions of dollars. “During the Spanish-American War, Gen. Harris was nominated by the President for brevet Captain for gallantry in battle at Santiago dc Cuha, July 1, 1898. “In addition to duty with troops and in the Adjutant General's de partment, Gen. Harris has served on the General Staff and represented the War Department at the Buffalo Exposition. “He was born at Kingston, Ga., graduating from the United States Military academy in 1888, from the Infantry and Cavalry school in 1895, and from the Army War College in 1908.” Buy your Hand Bag or Trunk for your vacation trip from us. The price and the quality are guaranteed. Stubbs & Hogg, 415 Main St. INJUNCTION i AGAINST STRIKE President Harding declared in hia recent address to Congress: “I am resolved to use all the power of the government to maintain trans portation und sustain the right of men to work,” The President has made earnest nppeals to both the railroads and the striking shopmen to settle their dif ferences, but both sides have held out on the vexed question of senior ity. As neither side would yield, the President has taken measures to try to protect the public by placing the government buck of the operation of the roads—with the help of the strikers if they will return to work nnd without them if they will not. As in 1894, when Grover Cleve land was President an injunction waa granted by the Federal Court in Chicngo that broke the famous Debs strike, so President Harding has se cured, through Attorney General Daugherty, a temporary injunction in the rail strike. It Is, however, the most sweeping nnd drastic injunction in history. The H'nrdlng-Daugherty injunction forbids all officers and members of the federated shop crafts or their sympathizers from committing the following acts: Picketing. Issuing any instructions or state ments of any knd, verbal or other wise, to induce or cause any railroad employe to quit his job, or refrain from taking a job on the railroad. Using funds of the union to aid in the commission of any act restrained in the injunction. Interfering with or obstructing the railroads. Hindering Inspection, repair or equipment of locomotives and cars. Conspiring to hinder railroads in carrying passengers, property or mails. Interfering with employes going to or coming from work by “displays of force, jeers, threats, intimidations, acts of violence, epithets, taunts or entreaties." Trespassing on railroad property or near railroad property. Doing an injury or bodily harm to an employe. President Goippers, of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, Is most se vere in his denunciation of this at tempt at “government by injunc tion,” and intimates that a general strike of organized labor will be call ed. President Winburn, of the Centrat Railway, has issued a final appeal to the shopmen on that system to return! to work before the rest of their places arc filled. Here in Cednrtown tho shop men are among our best citizens, and no act of violence has been committed or contemplated. The men have carried out the usual strike rule of picketing, to which the road has given the customary answer of placing guards, but there has been no friction whatever—and will be none. Tho road would have been glad to have the men back, and the men liked the road and its management, and the strike was something that was thrust on both sides here. In some of the larger cities, how ever,—especially in Chicago, where the anarchistic element has been strong in labor circles f)r years, —- many acts of disgraceful violence have been committed against men who accepted the jobs laid down by the shop men. Whether rightly or wrongly, these acts are naturally charged to the strikers in those cities, and as a result the drastic injunction has been granted. The hearing for a permanent injunction is set for Sept. 11th. In 1894 the first gesture of Debe was to disobey the injunction, but when Federal grand juries got busy after the violators the attempt was abandoned. The Washington authorities are careful to explain that the injunction is not intended to prohibit any lawful" assemblage or freedom of speech,but is made wide enough to cover any il legal interference with the operation of trains. There will be a big chicken supper at Antioch at 8 o’clock tomorrow ev ening, only 25 cents a plate. The proceeds go for the benefit of the church, and all are cordially invited.