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Volume 86.
Number 44.
CEDARTOWN, TOWNWITHAPURPOSE NEW WEVLBOPE H. S FOUGHT WELL CONGRESS MEETS IS RE-APPOINTED
Given * Good Write-Up by Right Way Megasine
of Central Railway.
Tho Right Way Magasine, an ex-
lonthly published by tha Cen-
tfal Railway to aid in the deveiop-
Mlt of the territory along its lines,
hMja excellent write-up of Cedar-
teepln current isaue from the pen of
il^‘hustling editor, Mr. D. A. Priteh-
atd. The nagatine also carries a
number of pictures giving good views
of places of interest here.
The article is as follows)—
Cedartawa, “The Terra with a Par.
esse," Located la a Settle* ef 'the
State .where Mineral Reeoarcee A-
beaad and the Sell is Ideal far Agri*
caltaral Davelepweat. Cattle Raising
aad Dairying.
Just sixty-two miles northwest of
the Georgia capitol, on the Chat
tanooga division of the Central of
Georgia Railway, Cedartaism with a
population of seven thousand, known
aa “The town with a purpose,” is lo
cated in one of tha richest mineral
and agricultural sections of the Em
pire State of the South.
The picturesque hills and dalea of
tha surrounding country afford a most
pleasing background for this interest
ing and progressive little city. A vis
itor Is at once impressed with the
wonderful resources yet to be devel
oped, and can visualise the rapid
growth that will doubtlesa result with
in tha next decade as a consequence
of the activities of its enterprising
eitisens.
The taxable yaluation of property
In Cedartown exceeds $4,000,000. It
hat wall paved streets and side-wnlks,
and Its public buildings,are of modern
architecture and substantially built
while Its private residences are of
pleasing designs, built upyn spacious
grounds, with terraced lawn* beauti
fied with fragrant flowers. 8ubatwt-
tial ehade trees sire also plentiful ilf
the residential section to add natural
beauty to the-well kept streets and
avenues, and afford protection from
• brilliant glare of the mid-summer
sun.
Good health is one of the things en
joyed by the residents of Cedartown.
Its altitude is nine hundred feet; its
climate delightful and Its water the
best Eight million gallons of this
health giving mineral flow from a nat
ural spring every twenty-four hours
to supply the citjr, a volume far in ex
cess of itp present particular neyds.
It is a well known fact that the nat-
siral beauty of this particular section
of Georgia, and the excellent water
flowing from the rocks of this spring
at Cedartown, attracted the Cherokee
Indiana who established a village
there, and fought desperately before;
being driven from that point over, a
century ago, An excellent sewerage
system, considered one of the best
in the State, insures sanitation, and
malaria is an unknown malady in that
city.
Cedartown has a splendid educat
ional system with handsome school
. buildings affording ample accommo
dations fpr its pupils.' Seven years a-
ga it had but two school buildings, en-
rqlUag-500 students, while today it
baa an imposing Senior-High School
structure^'and Is just completing a
handsome building, modern in every
detail, for the Junior High. It also
has four other aubatantial school buil
dings, and at present 1,600 students
are enrolled. It ia needless to add
that the principals in charge of the
schools are fully qualified—the. good
people of Cedaxtown "believe In having
the best of things available, and they
are satisfied with those in whose
hands their young folks have been
placed for educational training.
The municipal affairs of Cedartown
are well conducted by its able: Mayor
Major Homer Watklns,and Ms Board
of Aldermen, while Chief of Police
W. T. York ehd his well-groomed man
maintain order throughout tise city. A
well equipped motorised Fire Depart
ment is ready at all times to respond
to the alarm of like, and the insurance,
rate has been reduced to second class.’
• Cedartown has a handsome Postof-
flee building of brick construction
costing 160,000.00; a Library build
ing that cost $26,000.00; a Urge sub
stantial Court House; two modern
Hotels with ample accommodations
and excellent service; Municipal-
owned Auditorium; Theater; Public
Grounds; Steam Laundry, four largo
Wholesale Grocery houses, and a
Lighting Plant,furnishlng light at per
haps the lowest rate of any plant in
Georgia.
Cedartown haa two substantial
Banks with resources of $1,672,-
•60.72 and deposits of $899,0022.19.
No bank failures are recorded, reflec
ting the sound financial status of tha
town, and community.
Four imposing church edifices
grace the streets and avenues of Ce
dartown, and has the following
fraternal and social orders; Masonic,
Easton) Star, Odd Fellows, Kiwanla,
U. 6. D., Woman’f Club, W. O. W.,
Social Club, M. B. A., and M. W. A.
Cedartown lias twelve factorise
making cotton yarns, ducks, hosiery
(cotton and silk,) paper boxes, cast-.
Inga, bleaching and dyeing materials,
ice, ate. Its factory produete not on
ly find a .ready market in all parts of
the United States, but are shipped to
Europe,’’the Orient, South America
and Canada. It ia also the trade cen
ter for a large knd prosperous farm
ing section, with lands producing ail
crops. The soil is especially
adapted to the growing^ of apples,
paachba r and -Urfill Ault. The con
ditions are Ideal lor stock raising,
dairying and poultry farming. Bail-
road facilities are auqh that no farm
in Polk County is over six miles from
a railroad station, and the goofl roads
afford easy teaming or motoring of
farm products to nearby pointa for
ahipping. '
The minerals consist of Iron, Baux
ite, Gold, Clays, Limestone and many
others of commercial value. On
other pages in this issue will be found
pictures of :tbe iron ere mine and
plant of the Woodstock Operating
Corporation near Cedartown, ancf
pictures of the other manufacturing
plants located in the city.
Two railway lines, the Central of
Georgia and Seaboard Air Line, serve
the people of Cedartown, affording
cqnvenlent schedules and prompt ser
vice to all points. The machine shops
and division officers of the Central of
Georgia are located at Cedartown,
and its pay rolls at that point amount
to nearly a thousand dollars per day,
while the annual taxes it pays to the
County of Polk and the City of Ce
dartown contribute to the upbuilding
and prosperity of the <rfty and com
munity.'
The Central is ably represented at
Cedartown by its agent, J. G. Witch
er. Not only is Mr. Witcher a Cen
tral of Georgia man, but like Master
Mechanic! W. W. Boullneau, Train
master B.A. Brimm and Dispatcher
I. L. St. Clair, he is alao a “Cedar-
town man.” These gentlemen, as well
as other Central of Georgia employes
located sit Cedartown, take an active
interest in tfie welfare of the city, and
are among the most .ardent boosters
for a “Greater Cedartown.” Only
recently, Mr. St. Clair was invited to
make a talk before the Kiwanla Club,
and he made an interesting address,
reviewing the development of the
Tha wintered-over weevil is the One
that starts the mischief for your crop.
Fortunately, most of them Uve out
tholr. Uttle span of life or are win-
terad-kllled, but they multiply so
rapidly that the comparatively few
that live through the hibernation
parted are able to work fearful havoc
Dr. Wilmon Newell, Plant Commia-
atSnar for the State Plant Board of
Florida, claims to have found the
weevil’s “weak spot,” and we are go
ing to suggest that our people give
hia suggestion dose study.
Briefly, the plan ia to pick off and
deatroy the first squares that are
formed, capturing every weevil pos
sible at the same time, this to be fol
lowed by a thorough dusting of the
plants with calcium arsenate. Not
having squares to work on, the re
maining weevils are forced to eat the
terminal buds, where they are killed
by the poison.
It is claimed that the plant fruits
batter because of the removal of these
first squares, ao that their removal
means no loss.
By doing this, it is. - claimed, the
weevil ia knocked out until the annual
migration period in August, by which'
time the cotton should be ao far ad
vanced that the weevils will let it a-
lone, confining themselves in the
main to the new squares then being
formed.
Dr. Newell estimates the coat at
from $1.60 to- $2 par aero, including
labor.
' The Standard will publish develop
ments as to this plan from time to
t|me. It cornea from a high authority
in agricultural matters, and any far
mer could well afford to try it on at
l^ast a part of hia crop next season.
FLORIDA EXPERT CLAIMS JO
HAVE POUND WEEVIL’S
WEAK SPOT.
Building Finished.
The new school building In West
End is completed, and teachers and
pupils are now transferred to their
new home. The structure ia a hand
some one, well located on a desirable
lot generously given by Hon. Chaa.
Adamson.
The Mifsion School, which has been
kindly loaned to the city since the ex
tension of our city-limits, will now be
usdd. by the Methodist Episcopal
ohnrch as a training school for girls.
country's transportation lines and
told of the many problems with which
railway builders had been confront
ed; at well as the problems of today
to be mat and solved by railway man
agers. ' He referred to the growth of
the Central of Georgia, paying a
tribute to its pioneers and spoke of
the. efforts being made to produce
good transportation service.
Cedartown is on the route of a
splendid system of hard-surfaced
roads between Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Florida points, intersected by ex
cellent-highways from Atlanta, Ga.-,
to Birmingham, Ala., and other Ala
bama points, affording delightful
drives through constantly.changing
scenery, from beautiful valley levels
to rugged mountain peaks.
Last, but by no means least, we
wish to state that Cedartown has an
excellent newspaper, The Cedartown
Standard, and its able editor, E. B.
Russell, has contributed much to the
rapid growth of the community dur
ing the past few years. He was ful
ly aware of the wonderful resources
in the community, and haB worked
energetically for the development of
that section and the upbuilding of Ce
dartown.
About three months ago Cedartown
organized a Chamber of Commerce.
C. I. Scarbrough was elected Presi
dent; B. F. Wright, Treasurer; R. O.
McCord, Secretary, and the following
gentlemen were named Ss Vice Pres
idents; S. P. Holloway, L. S. Ledbet-
H. M. Hall, E. B. Russell and E. D.
Borders. The Executive Committee is
composed of the following gentlemen;
E. D. Borders,ChairmanJ. C. Busby,
E. L. Henderson; B„ Fi Lowther and
George Artope. Secretary McCord
is the man who is putting more ‘Ced’
in CedkrtoWn and. causing the town
to grow. Mr. McCord-is thoroughly
alive to the needs of the community
to bring about industrial and agricul
tural development, and he has already
issued some attractive and compre
hensive literature of additional fact
ories, farms, dairying, cattle rais
ing, etc.
In Gridiron Contact
Last Thursday.
Atlanta never Mood up more whole
heartedly to Tech than Cedartown did
last Friday to our High School team
when University High came here
from the Gate City to play our boys
for the state “prep” school champion-
$Wp. And never was there a better
display of genuine grit in evidence on
the foot-ball field than that shown by
our High Schopl team in facing our
visitors on the gridiron on this occa
sion.
The Atlantans won—and deserved
to win, for they averaged at least
thirty pounds to the man heavier than
our 1 boys, and were older and had
far snore experience. Despite these
handicaps, which count so much in
foot-ball, our team made them work
hard for their 21 to 0 victory.
Our business houses decorated for
the day and closed for the game, and
the automobile “red and black” pa
rade before the game was highly
creditable. -The attendance was most
gratifying.
- Mr Tinch Phillips, of the State
Technological School, was umpire,and
Rev. J. R. McGregor served as referee.
Both teams played jam-up foot ball.
Mr. Morgan Blake, of the Atlanta
Journal, gave the following account
pf the game in Saturday evening’s
jountalV—
I Aa Mr. Blake Saw It.
Fighting tooth and toenail from the
Erst kick-off to the last, the plucky
little Cedartown High school team
want down In defeat Friday, 21 to 0,
be for* the prep Dreadnought from
Atlanta, the University School. The
anitoy had the pleasure of spending
the day at Cedartown Friday, partici
pating in the revels and celebration of
the Kiwanla Club, riding in the big
parade -of the beauty ana chivalry of
that.rlty, end witnessjng ha hotly con-
tested and moat interesting football
game In the afternoon. The city was
decorated for the' occasion, and al
together it was a joyous day.
The whole town turned out en tqpsse
for the football game. All the busi
ness plaes in the city were closed, and
the largest crowd that ever witnessed
an athletic contest in Cedartown at
tended the grid battle.
Cedartown can certainly boast of as
loyal a band of rooters aa there is
anywhere. The cheer leaders of the
female contingent were Misses Mary
Young and Laura Bello Brewster, the
latter being a cousin of the illustrious
Jimmy of Tech. The male rooters
were led by Hon. George Epps, and
George is carbolic acid to the nth de
gree when it comes to fervid oratory
on the sidelines. George’s rooters,
however, were not as well and com
pletely organized as were the girls,
who made the welkin ring by their
enthusiastic acclsim for their heroes.
Without taking any credit away
from our boys for their victory, it
must be said that they had a terrible
fight for evory one of their touch
downs. Cedartown put up consider
ably tougher resistance than we ex-
pectod, and the University assuredly
earned her success. The Cedartown
boys arO light, but they are hard
fighters and show that they have been
coached well in the game. The line is
especially good, and efforts of Univer
sity to penetrate that part of the de
fense usually went for naught. In
the background Tom Hunt was the
star, this lad making several splendid
runs and showing all the earmarks of
a future college great. Comrades hit
the line hard. The Cedartown backs
made many first downs, but whenever
they got within striking distance the
Atlanta boys tightened up and hurlod
them back.
The all-around star of the game
was Boswell, the bare-headed phenom
of University. In the two games we
have seen Boswell in, he has looked
like the best back developed in prep
circles in many a moon. He is a tough
bird to get off hia feet and he runs
like a deer. On the defense he is a
regular Jack McDonough, and he hits
a man like a ton of brick. tv ,
(Continued on 4th Page)
Always Good.
I will bq glad to meet my friends a-
gain at the Palace Tea Room.
Plato dinners served, 26 cents up.
Also, cakes of all kinds, sandwiches
and desserts.
Give me a call. '
MBA. T. F. THOMPSON.
Mrs. Felton Senator for
a Day.
Congress convened In extra session
Monday at the call of President Hard
ing to consider the ship aubaldy bill,
which he is trying to. pass now that
the elections are over. Democrats
have always opposed subsidies aa a
matter of principle,' and many pro
gressiva Republicans will join with
them in opposition to it.
The Senate adjourned for the day
Monday, according to the usual cus
tom, as a mark of reapect for the late
Senator Thos. E. Watson. In making
the motion, Senator W. J. Harris paid
a high tribute to hia late colleague.
Mrs. W. H. Felton, who was ap
pointed by Gov. Hardwick to fill the
vacancy cauaed by Senator Watson's
death until the election Nov. 7th, had
the backing of women’s organisations
throughout the country that ahe be
allowed to be sworn In as Senator for
Mrs. Bunn Again ftpi
•d Postmasters
Mr*. Annie K. Bunn received »
message yesterday hen Booster W.
J. Harris that ProMfmt Herding had
sent: bar name to the Senate for r*.
appointment aa ....
Mrs. Htinn haa mada an excellent
record In o#ce, end. the newa ad bar
re-app0lr\tmmt is «*oat gratifying to
hor hdaVaf friends.
a darv . 'Senator George, who was •>
ldWjrfJJo overwhelmingly by the poo-
plw to.flll the place, chivalrously wait
ed dnttt yesterday to praaant Ma era*,
entiely, and on motion of Senator
Harris, Mrs. Felton took the oath of
ogee aim United States Senator - tha
flmp Unman in history to fill the exal-
eq plate. The Senate gave its assent
aa a matter of chivalry, however, and
not of law.
PALACE THEATRE, Nov.
CEMKT0WN,«. 23
One Night Only, Tnesfey,
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WITH DAN HOLT w T&e Georgia
V cotton BloMon
And Thirty-Five Minstrel Entertainer*
Price# 50c, 75c, $1,1.50, Plus Tax.
Hi I Seals New Ob Sal) PIUiE Tit DOOM.-
Use Georgia. Products I
Noonday Street Parade
