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*MI TWO THE STANDARD, CEDARTOWN, CA. DECEMBER 21, 1222. THE CEOARTOWN STANDARD MlhM Et«t n«nd>; OFFICIAL OKOAN OF CKDAKTOWN AND FOLK COUNTV. k Uw PMkln at Mulm at «ki»1-cUi» Mil matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Om Yaar Sl.SO Mb MmHu 78 > Moatlia -- >40 E. B. RUSSELL, Editor. THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1922. 0Vm z R E C°R D World’s sweetest songsters arc going to Bing Again in Atlanta with coming of spring— Seotti and Gigli and all of the rest, With Zeritza to give it an added zest, And so we’ll herewith take our stand That Opera’s going to be truly Grand. Competition is now so keen— Fiercest that was ever seen— That if you want to got the biz You have to reach out where it is. The best of ways for this, my lads, b the wide use of Standard ads. A merry Christmas to you all, Young and old, and largo and small. May each child get wishod-for toy; May it be for all a day of joy. Poland is indeed a po‘ land. The question about Yuletlde is whether you'll tide over or not. Cotton ginned in Polk to Dec. lBt waa 7,831 bales this year as against •,886 in 1921. Of all tho "clauses” brought to the attention of a grammar class, Santa Claus is the best liked right now. Personal liborty is highly dcsirnble, but it should never bo allowed to go ■o far as to result In Injury to the public. The Standard’s advertisers have bad the best of the trade for Cedar- town and vicinity during 1922—just aa they always do. Many business mon rogard January as an "off month.” The right sort of advertising in Tho Standard will make it one of the best months in the year. O You Kidiots 1 Don’t you hear the bells n-ringing, Growing clearer every day? It’s old Santa toward us winging With his rcindcora and his sleigh. T)id you know there are 240 far mers In Polk who belong to the Cot ton Marketing Co-opcrativo Asocia- Mon? This organization is growing with great rapidity throughout tho —South. After hanging 2,000 people, a pub lic executioner in Russia went crazy and hanged himself tho other day. This item gives eloquent ovidonce as to the bloodthirsty type of the Lenlnc and Trotsky regime. And there are "fourteen points” in tho charges brought by one faction of the Republican party against Attor ney General Daugherty. President Harding wants him to remain in his Cabinet, however, and it is dollars to 1-doughnuts that he will do so. „ Tho boll woovll Is making it mighty hard for anybody who hopes to “get by" with working only six months in a year.—Cedartown Standard. Tho weevil is putting a good deal of pep into a lot of people who had considered themselves on the retired list.—DeKalb New Era. MICK1E SAYS A FELLER IN THIS TOWN DROME MIS CAR ON SECOND SPEED^ PER A \aj eev. aecoRE mb "IHBH VJUX SECM A THING Mi i •HiGM SPEECH" AN’ HESBEEn) ronnin' hvs attuess ON "LOW" FOR HEARS, NOT XWOWlN' * TUMI ME WN THROVU IT Iki'l Christmastide. Christmas is next Monday. You all know that, don’t you, chil dren? And you grown-up children, too? The little folks have been talking about Santa Claus and writing letters to him for quite a while now, and next Monday ho Ib coming, big fur coat and cap, reindeer, sleigh and all —and you’ll all see him if you have your minds and hearts turned right for it. While Christmas is especially a day of joy for the children, no one should ever get too old and grown-up to de rive genuine enjoyment from it. It should not be forgotten, though, that Christmas is really a religious festival, and that it celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Christ — the most important event in this old world’s history. It is, therefore, es sentially a time for rejoicing with an exceeding great joy, but not an oc casion for “intemperance and ex cess.” Christmas is a time for home horn ing and for family gatherings, and The Standard hopes there will be hundreds of such happy occasions in old Polk during Christmas week. May next Monday be indeed a Merry Christmas, is the wish thnt The Standard sends today to each and ev ery one of its readers. And if you would really enjoy this Christmas time, don’t forget the emp ty stockingB. The boll weevil and the short corn crop have made ai usual number of such stockings throughout many sections of the South this year, but every one should find some Christmas remembrance In it next Monday. It is only by help ing in this work that you will really have what we so heartily wish for you— A very Merry Christmas. For Longer Lint. Longer lint for cotton is ono of the important things that can engage the attention of Polk county farmers. Short lint means a lower price, and every farmer should seek to get the best possible price for what he has to work so hard to raise. In this connec tion The Standard man had an inter esting talk the other day with Mr. Thos. O, Marshall,a Cedartown young man who is now a prominent attorney of Amcricus. He snys thnt the far mers of his section havo grently im proved their cotton tho past few years by paying careful attention to the selection of seed, und they guard ngainBt a mixing of seed in ginning. In this way they have brought tho standard of lint up to whnt we used to have in Northwest Georgia, while wo have let ours run down. Calcium Ar«enate. Last year Hon. J. J. Brown, Com missioner of Agriculture,was able to make a trade for calcium arsenate thnt saved tho farmers of Georgia many thousands of dollars this year. Ho has been endeavoring to do the same for next yenr, but the manu facturers havo taken advantage of the senreity and the extraordinary de mand, and hnve run the price up so high that Mr. Brown will not accept it. The Georgia State Board of En tomology, in a meeting held Doe.l3th, passed the following resolution: "A complete Canvass of the situa tion has convinced the Board that the present market quotations on white arsenic, the raw material from which calcium arsenate is made, have no justification in point of fact. It is ob vious that these high prices are due solely to the manipulation of the mar ket in an effort to obtain every cent possible from Tho Southern farmers. "The Board does not feel justified in purchasing, and will not purchase calcium arsenate at prcvnling prices. Moreover, while the Board does not in any way assume responsibility for ad vising anyone who wishes to, not to buy calcium arsenate, it does not rec ommend that the generul public pur chase it at the present prices. "The Board is still bending every ef fort toward making a contract which will provide calcium arsenate at a reasonable price, but in the event it fails to secure a price that in its judg ment will be reasonable to the cot ton producers, it will decline to make a contract for the year 1923.” The State Board of Entomology is composed of J. J. Brown, Chairman, R. C. Berckmnns and T. G. Hudson. The first Liberty Loan bonds were not due until next spring, but the Government paid several millions of them off with interest in full to date on Dec. 15th. People who refused to heed the crazy advice to sell them at a sacrifice—advice that well served the big money interests—are to be congratulated on both their good sense and patriotism. Praise is due the man who makes good when conditions are bad. ROGERS WHERE SATISFACTION IS A CERTAINTY Special for Christmas: 25 lbs. Domino Caoe SUGAR $1.89 Christmas Candy Chocolate Bon Bons, Pound 19c Cocoanut Bon Bons, Pound 19c Supreme Jellies, Pound 19c Santa Claus Mix, Pound 19c Lemons and Peppermint Stick, Pound 19c Christmas Fruits Large Juicy Oranges, Dozen 45c Medium Juicy Oranges, Dozen 35c Small Juicy Oranges, Dozen 25c Large Fancy Apples, Dozen 45c Medium Fancy Apples, Dozen 30c No. 1 English Walnuts, New Crop, Pound 30c Mixed Nuts, Pound.25c London Layer Raisins, Pound 24c Large Brazil Nuts, per Pound 20c STUrrt) Christmas 14 oz. Box Chocolate- Covered Cherries 49c 7 oz. Box Chocolate- Covered Cherries 27c Rogers Big Peppermint Stick Candy 4c Pound National Biscuit, Asst. DeLux 30c 10 Pounds Choice Irish Potatoes 23c Animals, Pkg. 5c Large Stalk Celery 15c Nabiscoes, Pkg 10c 10 oz. Dromedary Dates 24c Large Selected Eggs, Dozen 39c No. 2 1-2 Can Libby’s SI iced Pineapple 37c Large Ripe Bananas, Dozen 30c Fancy Emperor Grape 0 ,, Pound 25c No. 2 Can Libby’s Grated Pineapple 21c Fancy Grape Fruit, 5c Each, 2 for 15c, and 3 for 25c Fresh Whole Ham, Guaranteed, Pound 25c ROGERS WHERE SATISFACTION IS A CERTAINTY 405 MAIN ST. CPDARTOWN, QA. CHRISTMAS BELLS Th« great yule logs are bluing high. The halla with holly green are drest, And bllthsome maids and merry lade Are .gayly clad in all their best. And havo ye seen the fairest maid That ere hath dwelt 'tween soa and sea? And for my love and for my faith, Think ye she'll bring a gift to mot O, ring, ye Joy-belle, gayly ring! O, merry minstrels, harp and sing! Fill every heart with Christmas cheer. For Christmas comes but once a year. The yule fire blazes warm and high, On oakened rafter, blackened wull; It shines upon tho fairest maid, As down sho dances thro' the hall. I fling my weary harp aside, (And will she stoop to such aa I?) 1 haste to meat her underneath The mystic branches hanging high. O, ring, yo Joy-bells, gayly ring! O, merry minstrels, harp and Bing! O, fill my heart with Christmas cheer. For Christmas comes but once a year. Who hath so rare or fair a gift As tills my love hath brought to me? For I was but a minstrel lad. A dainty, high-born maid was she. Yet with her lips her heart she gave, Her heart, all pure as Chflstmas snow. And for her love and for her faith. Fourth unto Joust and war I’ll go. O, ring, ye jo.v-hells, gayly ring! O, heart of mine, rejoice and sing, For Christmas love and Christmas cheer Shall bless our lives the whole round year. • -Annie Louise Brackemidgo. Advertisers in The Standard thint enough of your business to give you invitations, which it will pay you to accept. An Appreciated Note. The following expression from one of the most popular and capable So licitors General who has ever served the state of Georgia, is much appre ciated in this office:— Douglasville, Dec. 14th. Dear Sir:—I am enclosing one and one-half dollars with which to ad vance my subscription in renewal. I want to thank The Standard for its fairness to me and the many cour tesies extended to me during the past twelve years of official life I have spent with the good people of Polk county. You have a very warm place in my heart, and I am proud to re member you as a fair newspaper and edited by a mighty clever gentleman. And to the boys with you who have been so clever and nice to me during my trips to Cedartown I feel very grateful for their many courtesies. I want your paper a visitor to me in the future, and if I get behind give me a nudge and I will pay up. Very truly yours, J. R. HUTCHESON. The Lansanue Conference for the settlement of Near East problems is making very slow progress, because of Turkish and Russian opposition. PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN The Merchant is wondering, if ihor ain’t no Ilcll, where his Business hie gone to. The Poorer It gets the Les he Advertises and tho Loss he Adver Uses the Poorer It gets. How low l’ate? tak « Ul ‘h to go Busted at thi County Fair premiums are being paid off as fast as collections arc made •y HAT a great thing it would be u a’i the musical geniuses ought of tile mob an' wrote io ™-b, cn’ if me fellows tha ‘•nk they’re mv.i’ca! rcf.r.r a •cuyht cf the mob an’ didn’t \vrit< o the mob. Music lifts the roul inspires to action, it stimulates ir .r, ard comfort?the souls of thi ■ Iflictcd. A thousand souls an ore important than one soul, a:i c mob is bein' born, is grovyin 'P »:>' is dying every day. Clas. i •d music may be ail right in it: ay, but who knows ii? When tin " d-batred critic laughs bccausi u don't.know tile definition o ■steal music, slip this over tc ’• ,m: ’’Classical music is music tha S not popular’’ The new President of Poland w assassinated Saturduy by an insa: artist after having been in office on two days. Poland is young as a I public, and the tragedy is most u fortunate. __ None better. Yon will find bo arbon Paper and Typewriter Ri oons in stock at The Standard offi<