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CEDARTOWN STANDARD
Devoted to the Best Int erests of Cedar town and Polk County.
V olume 36.
Ced&rtown, Georgia, Thursday, October 19th. 1922.
Number 39.
JUDGE GEORGE WINS BY LANDSLIDE
McGregor is Pension Commissioner by Nearly
Unanimous Vote.
A Quiet Primary Held Tuesday with Emphatic
Results.
There will be no second primary to
fill the places made vacant by the
deaths of Senator Thos. E. Watson
and Pension Commissioner J. W.
Lindsey.
And nobody need "fret their wor
ry” about any special election to fill
the office of Governor—unless, of
course, Governor Hardwick should
give up the office for some other rea
son than his cherished but disappoin
ted hope of going to the Senate.
The people of Georgia have taken
good care to see to it that these things
are definitely settled, and settled
right.
In selecting Judge Walter F.
George for Senator and Maj. Chas. E.
McGregor for Pension Commissioner,
the people have made an admirable
choice. The Standard considered
them the best men for these places at
JUDGE WALTER F. GEORGE,
Chosen for Senator by big majority
in primary Tuesday.
the outset, and the conviction grew
on us as the campaign progressed
that we had made no mistake in our
judgment, and we are naturally great
ly rejoiced at the result.
Judge George is one of South
Georgia’s ablest and best men in pub
lic life, and Maj. McGregor is one of
the state's most beloved veterans.
Both are in every way worthy of the
high honors that have come to them.
And Georgia has given another
stinging repudiation of Hardwick and
his methods.
The campaign for the two offices
was necessarily a short one, but it
grew quite heated at its close. Hard
wick made the mistake of centering
his fire on Senator W. J. Harris —
than whom no man in Georgia has
more friends,—and this was resented
all over the state. Mrs. Felton under
took to repay Hardwick for giving
her the empty honor of appointment
as United States Senator by joining
in his uttacks on Senator Harris, and
this helped to put her home county
of Bartow into the George column—
just as all well-posted political obser
vers knew it would do.
For the good of the state Senator
Harrsis advised that people in every
county unite to beat Hardwick on the
strongest candidate there, whoever he
might be. He himself felt the impor
tance of the situation so deeply that
ho worked at the polls here all day
for Judge George and Maj. McGreg
or, and he is naturally very much
gratified over the result.
It was feared that as there were no
funds for the payment of election
managers and clerks, many polling
places throughout the state would not
be open Tuesday, but there seem to
havo been plenty of patriotic volun
teers for this important service. Some
of Georgia’s good women got their
first taste of such work, and in Polk
it may be mentioned that Mrs. J, H.
Hawkins served as manager at
Youngs and Mrs. B. F. Wright
clerk here.
Scab Wright’s good vote in Polk is
largely due to the personal work and
popularity of his nephew, Solicitor J.
A. Wright, and the same is true of
the vote at Rockmart for Clark
Pension Commissioner because of his
nephew, Mr. Frank Clark.
The fact that North Georgia has a
United States Senator in the person
of Hon. Wm. J. Harris, of Cedartown,
had a great deal to do with giving a
large vote to Judge George through
out the north half of the state in a
spirit of fair play, and South Geor
gia voted overwhelmingly for him.
Scab Wright carried only 7 coun
ties, Hardwick 28—nearly all of them
by plurality vote only,—and George
125. h
Hon. J. T. Bouifcuillet, of Mncon,
withdrew from the race on the eve
of the primary.
“Bunk” Cooper, of Macon, receiv
ed a few scattering votes over the
state. He got one in Polk at Rock-
mart.
The following is the vote for Polk
by districts:—
For U S. Senator:
Walter F. George
T. W. Hardwick „
Seaborn Wright
For Pensipn Com.
John C. Butt
John W. Clark
J. L. Dent
C. E. McGregor _
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NO MORE AUCTION
The Chamber of Commerce had
planned another Farmers and Mer
chants’ Auction for next week Fri
day, but it has been called to their
attention that the state law does not
allow auctions except as conducted
by licensed auctioneers and on pay
ment of state license. This, of course,
is prohibitive, and it is with great re
gret that the Chamber of Commerce
gives up the get-together auction plan
so happily inaugurated.
The Woodmen’s Circle will hold a
silver tea at 3 p. m. Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Chas. Beasley. All
members are urged to attend, and all
who are interested are cordially in
vited.
Log Cabin Tea Room.
The Log Cabin Tea Room is open
during week for special orders only.
Sundays open all day. We serve hot
chocolate, tea, coffee, cinnamon toast,
sandwiches and wafers every after
noon. Call 240-3.
MISS MYRTICE CONE.
Cedartown Supply Co.
pays the highest prices
for cotton seed.
Senator W. J. Harris will speak to
his Haralson county neighbors and
friends at 11 a. m. Monday at the
Court House in Buchanan.
Sweaters— We have
one to fit you. Come and
get it.
Scarbrough & Hamrick
The date of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference in Atlanta has
been changed by Bishop Murrah from
Nov. 15th to Nov. 8th.
Several congenial parties motored to
Cedartown last evening and had din
ner at the attractive Wayside Inn,
which is noted for its delicious meals
and excellent service.—Rome News,
16 th.
FOREIGN LANDS
AND GEORGIA POLITICS DIS
CUSSED BY SENATOR
HARRIS.
Hon. Wm. J. Harris, Georgia’s hon
ored senior Senator, came home
Monday from Washington for a few
days stay, the especial purpose of his
visit at this time being to vote against
Hardwick in the Senatorial primary,
and he has been kept busy shaking
hands with his host of friends, who
are always glad to welcome him.
Hardwick had the bad taste to drag
the nnmc of the late Senator Watson
into the controversy as to his succes
sion, and in this connection Senator
Harris makes the following interest
ing statement:—
“Among my last conversations
with Senator Watson —the man who
made Mr. Hardwick a Congressman
and later the Governor of Georgia—
Senator Watson said (and I wrote his
exact words,) ‘Hardwick cares noth
ing about being re-elected Governor.
All he is after is to build up a politi
cal machine to beat you (Harris) for
United States Senator two years
now. But Hardwick will never do
it. If Hardwick should be elected
Senator, I would resign my seat be
fore I would serve in the Senate with
such a man.”
Hardwick also had the gall in a
vicious statement in the papers Mon
day that Senator Harris had "ridden
the coat-tails” of both President Wil
son and Senator Watson, in reply to
which Mr. Harris calls attention to
the fact that Mr. Watson put Hard
wick in Congress, President Wilson
put Hnrdwick in the Senate, and then
Mr. Watson forgave Hardwick and
put him in office as Governor, and In
each case Hardwick turned on the
men who made him, like the frozen
snake in Esop’s Fables which bit the
man who warmed it Into life.
Senator Harris, on the other hand,
acknowledges with gratitude his obli
gations to President Wilson, and is
glad that he still holds the esteem of
him whom he calls the “greatest vet
eran of the world’s greatest wur,who
was fatally wounded in the war ns
much as if he had been stricken down
on the battlefields of France.’’ Ho
is bIro glad that he had the friendship
of Senator Watson as they worked
together in the Senate, and that he
held the Senator’s warm regard to the
last.
The difference between the lasting
relationships of Senator Harris and
Governor Hardwick with President
Wilson and the late Senator Watson is
most striking, and is thoroughly char
acteristic.
Senator Harris has just returned
from a trip to Europe, where he was
a delegate to the Inter-Parliamentnry
Union held in the interests of the
world peace. He felt that the great
need of this country is firBt-hand in
formation as to conditions in Europe,
and he wisely went there after it.
CHILD WELFARE
TO BE DISCUSSED AT WOMAN’S
CLUB TOMORROW AT LIBRARY
A theme of g^cat interest to all the
mothers of Cedartown will be discuss
ed at the meeting of the Woman’s
Club at 3 p. m. tomorrow at the Li
brary. The subject will be “Child
Welfare,” with Mrs. Frank Quillian
as chairman, and talks will be made
by Miss Cooper, the new school
nurse, and some of our physicians.
Every member should attend, and
ladies not already members should be
there and join this useful organiza
tion. Turn out tomorrow, mothers,
and learn something about your chil
dren
There is no doubt that what he learn
ed there will be of genuine value to
this country through his work in the
Senate.
In speaking of his trip, Senator
Harris says:
‘So long ns I nm in or out of pub
lic life I shnll exert every possible ef
fort for the prevention of war, which
is a relic of barbarism and against the
teachings of Christ—‘Peace on earth,
good will towards men.’ With the now
discoveries in chemical warfare, in
cluding poison gas, a few people in
aeroplanes can destroy large cities in
almost a minute.
I found all of the members of tho
Intor-Parllnmontary Union intensely
interested in seeing that arbitration is
established to settle the differences
between pations. They arc all tired
of war. In tho Wilson administration
the United States, through Secretary
of State Bryan, made more treaties
of arbitration than had been done in
ail of the history of our country up to
that time. There are many who crit
icise Mr. Bryan as Secretary of State,
but due credit must bo given to him
and tho Wilson administration for do
ing more to foster peace by arbitra
tion treaties between the United
.States and other countries than any
one up to that time.
"On all of tho imporant questions
discussod as means in preventing wars
ail of the delegates except those from
the United States believed the League
of Nationa was tho proper and only
way for arbritration to bo Rccurcd be
tween all countries. The United
States. Turkey, Germany and Mexi
co are nations now out of the league.
I was impressed by the difference in
the views of the lending statesmen
and people of Europe about tho
League since it haB functioned and
become firmly established, as com
pared with the first discussions short
ly after the war before the League
was understood. Just after the armis
tice I went to France at my own ex
pense to assist in bringing back the
Georgia soldiers and see about their
peace and comfort. At the time tho
Peace Conference was in session in
Paris and the statesmen did not take
the League seriously, calling it a hob-
GAME TOMORROW
Between C. H. S. and
Carrollton.
Our High School foot-ball team
spent Friday at Chickamauga,and had
a great day of it, bringing home a
score of GO to 0 in our favor. Prof.
Jones accompanied the boys. George
Mundy starred for us, and Wyatt did
some great punting for Chickamauga.
The boys took great satisfaction
in the fact that Hon. Gordon Lee saw
the game.
And now about tomorrow—
Carrollton High has one of the best
teams in the state. In other words,
the Carrollton and Cedartown teams
arc mighty well matched, so it will be
a fine game tomorrow.
Every lover of foot-ball and every
one who wants to back up our home
team, should be on hand at 3 p. m. at
the West avenue grounds.
by of President Wilson. At that time
they insisted upon the old plan of al
liances, like tho four-power pact
which the Republican administration
has offered as a preventative of wars.
Now the same people, after seeing
what the League has accomplished,
feel that the only hope for the peace
of the world is through the League
of Nations, and if that is a failure
then in a few years we will have an
other war ten times more destructive
than the recent war.
“There is an old saying that if you
wnnt to know the history and geog
raphy of a place, go to the country
where the events happened. While at
Vienna I decided to visit the Euro
pean countries most affected by the
war. Before leaving Washington all
of those countries, through their min
isters, invited us to visit them, and in
a way, we were the guests of these
governments while there. I visited
Germany, Czecho-Slovaki, Austria,
Hungary, Jugo-Slavia, besidea Italy,
Switzerland, Belgium, France and
England. The countries more dis
turbed are the Balkans and those
adjoining, Ruch ns Czecho, Jugo-Sla-
viu and Poland, having been created
out of some of the old European na
tions.
“I talked with farmers, mechanics,
laborers, business and professional
men in nil of these countries, and I
conferred with the leading men in
charge of the governments, including
the presidents, prime ministers, offic
ials in charge of foreign affairs and
finnnee, so that I might get first-hand
information and accurate facts as to
conditions. Among others I confer
red with wore Lord Balfour and Lord
Cecil, of England: Chancellor Wirth,
the real head of the German govern
ment; Mr. Bourgeois, president of
tho French Senate; Mr. Hymans, of
Belgium, the first president of the
League of Nations.
“I first entered Germany, where be
fore the war $1 would buy about four
marks, and when I arrived $1 would
NUNISISK1LLED
By Tom Evans Near the
State Line.
Andrew Nunis, a Cedartown taxi
driver, was shot and instantly killed
Saturday evening at Horseshoe Bend,
just across the line in Alabama, by
Tom Evans.
As Is usual, reports vary as to the
tragedy.
Nunis is said to have offered a
drink of coca cola to a woman In
Evans' car, and the latter used an op
probrious epithet that Nunis resented.
He got out of his car, took off his coat
and started toward Evans, who drew
his gun and shot him. Evans mad*
his escapo.
Another report is that the two men
engaged in an altercation, and that
Evans shot in self-defense, and will
nppear for trial in due time.
The remains of Mr. Nunis were
brought to his home here, and wer*
taken Monday to Shiloh for inter
ment, funeral services being conduc
ted by Rev. C. A. DeVane. He is
survived by his wife and seven chil
dren, who have much sympathy i*
their tragic bereavement.
buy 2,000 marks. After a few days
the mark increased in value to 1,300
for $1, but my last information wa*
that the mark had gone down to about
3,000 for $1.
"The people of Germany ate moat
of their cattle during the war, includ
ing a large percentage of milk cow*
which deprived their children of nec
essary food. There are many sec
tions of Germany and Austria, th*
countries responsible for the terrible
war, where the people are not getting
enough to eat, and in some places th*
Germans have soup houses in the
schools to feed the under-nouriBhed.
The Germans are keeping up their
schools, and making great sacrifice*
for the education of their children.
The Germans and Austrians all look
serious and sad, and very few Ger-
mahs in many thousands are seen to
smite and laugh. The Austrians,while
in just as bad condition, if not won*
than the Germans, are not grieving-
so much, but have accepted philoso
phically their condition, which is th*
worst in Europe.
“In Austria before the war, *1
would buy about five kronen, but $1
buys 75,000 kronen now. I paid for
rooms at the hotel, in Vienna for my
wife, daughter and self, 460,000 *
day, which before the war would hare
been about $100,000.
"I visited Bremen, Berlin, Dresden,
Munich and other places in Germany,
and did not see any idle people. They
are all either working in Germany or
have gone elsewhere. They work
from sun-up until sun-down and
many are working on Sunday.
(Continue^ next week.
RUBBER STAMPS— Place yegg
.rder throwrh The Standard office.
Circus Day Program.
6 a. m. Sparks Circus trains due to
arrive from Dalton on the Central of
Georgia railroad.
6.30 a. m. Unloading and removal
of tents, paraphernalia, wagons, ani
mals, etc., to the circus grounds.
7.30 a. m. Erecting kitchen, din
ing, dressing, menagerie, blacksmith
and horse tents.
8 a. m. Breakfast served to tho
700 circus employees.
8.30 a. m. Hoisting of mammoth
whjte top in which main performances
take place, a lesson in practical effic
iency. Side show erected.
10.30 a. m. The elaborate street
parade will leave the circus grounds
and proceed through the principal
downtown sreets of the business dis
trict.
1 p. m. Doors open for leisurely
inspection of menagerie. Band con
cert 1 to 2.
2 p. m. Afternoon performance
commences.
6 p. m. Concert of popular and
classical music played on the world's
largest steam piano, which can be
heard for five miles without the use of
radiophones.
7 p. m. Doors again opened to
public. Menagerie Band Concert 7
to 8.
8 p. m. Evening performance of
the circus, complete in detail.
11 p. m. Concerted Night move
ment to circus trains.
12 p. m. Departure of circus trains
for Ncwnan.
For weeks the small boy and other
folks not quite so diminutive in stat
ure have feasted their eyes on the
gaily colored lithographs announcing
the coming of the Sparks Circus. Ev
eryone who was once a real live
younster. knows just when the circus
is coming to town, where it will un
load and just how the elephants, cam
els, ponies, wild animals and circus
paraphernalia will be transported to
the circus grounds, where the tented
city is erected with such surprising
rapidity.
The management of the Sparks
Circus promises that this season’s
performance will surprise as well as
thrill the most dyed-in-the-wool circus
enthusiasts, and that many features
brand new to circusdom will be of
fered.
The mile-long street parade, fea
turing many beautiful women, hun
dreds of handsome horses, elephant
herds, camels and several open cages
of wild animals will leave the circus
grounds at 10.80 a. m. Three brass
bands and two steam calliopes will
enliven the procession.
At 2 and 8 p- m. the main perform
ance will commence, the public being
admitted one hour earlier to visit ths
menagerie department. Children’s
tickets have been reduced to 30 cents
including war tax.
