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CEDARTOWN STANDARD Devoted to the Best Int erests of Cedartown an d Polk County. Volume 36. Cedartown, Georgia, Thursday, December 28th, 1922. Number 49. PRIZE-WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED B. Y. P. U. Wins Capital Prize—Others Good Showing. Make Christmas was the merrier for many in this section because of the distribution Saturday of the prizes in The Standard’s recent Contest. And here are the winners and the number of their votes:— 1st Prize, $76—Baptist Young Peo ple’s Union, 697,837 votes. 2d, $26—Christian Endeuvor So ciety of the Presbyterian Church, 467,194 votes 3d, $16—Woman’s Missionary So ciety of the First Methodist Church, 283,609 votes. 4th, $10—Miss Agnes Carroll, 146,917 votes. — 6th, $10—Order of Eastern Star, 129,721 votes. 6th, $6—Ladies Guild of St. Janies •Episcopal Church, 111,856 votes. GOOD CHRISTMAS , Cedartown has enjoyed the best Christmas in her history. And here is something that can hardly be paral leled by any place of our size: There was not single arrest here for any cause. The various Sunday Schools of the city held their usual Whito Christ mas exercises, inculcating the lesson that it is more blessed to give than to roceive. The Cedartown Cotton & Export Co. gave its employees their usual Christmas party Saturday night, but had an unusually pleasant time, en tertainers being brought hero from Atlanta. Short talks were made by President Adamson and Superinten- det Brumby, and presents were made by the mill employees to the various officers of the company. Buy it in Cedartown. 7th, $5—Miss Helen Purks, 65,699 votes. 8th, $5—E. C. Hutto, 16,210 votes. This completes the list of prizes. Others making a good showing in the number of votes were Mrs. Ben Nut- tall, Mrs. J. C. Hendricks, Messrs. R. L. Hudson, J, F. Long and Tommie Brock. This has been ‘'easy money" for the prize-winners, and we congratu late them most heartily on their suc cess. It has been a good trade-get ter, too, for those business men who pushed it, and all of them got "value received" in the advertising besides. Whenever a sufficient number of progressive business men desire it, The Standard will be glad to put on another contest for them. Schedule Change. Seaboard Air Line. The Seaboard restores its through service Sunday between New York and Birmingham, and makes some slight chages in time here, the now schedule being as follows: Eastbound. No. 8, 4.30 am; No. 6, 0.12am; No. 12, 6.31 pm. Westbound. No. 7, 2 am; No. 11, 10.03 am; No. 6, 7.08 pm. Central Railway. There will also be a slight change on the Central, No. 1 arriving from Griffin at 1.66 and leaving for Chat tanooga at 2 p. m., and No. 4 arriv ing from Chattanooga at 7.30 p. m. The U. D. C. will meet at the Li brary at 2.30 p. m. Wednesday, and a full attendance is urged, as business of importance will be considered. The hostesses will be Mesdamcs C. H. Graves, Fannie Turner, M. D. Rus sell and R. W. Jones and Miss Annie Brumby. TO FIGHT “FLU” State Health Officer Urges Precaution. A mild form of influenza is mak ing headway in Georgia, and health officers in all cities have been noti fied by Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, State Commissioner of Health, to use ev ery precaution to prevent further spread. Proper medical care and nursing are important factors in fighting the “flu," according to Dr. Abercrombie, who says: “Advice to the public as to over crowding, coughing, sneezing, soiled hands, the use of a common drinking cup and exposure to contacts, should be stressed for its general educa tional value, even if not deemed ef fective in the ultimate control of the disease. This is a particularly good time to urge tho proprietors of soda fountains and drug stores to abandon the use of common glasses and con tainers. “It is pointed out that the prac tice on the part of the sick individ ual of waiting to go to bed until he he is forced by his illness to do so, is a dangerous one. What seems an ex hibition of fortitude in the beginning may turn out to be in tho end the ev idence of foolhardiness. Especially should the public be warned against the practice of getting out too soon after an illness from influenza." The annual Christmas dance of the Cedartown Club, held Tuesday even ing, was a brilliant affair, largely at tended and greatly enjoyed. An or chestra from Atlanta furnished the excellent music. The S. M. Jacobs Co. have discon tinued their branch in the Peek Build ing, known as the Union Store, and have moved the stock to consolidate with their store at 426 Main street. tel Chapman’s Your Drug Store Phone 30 Are You Interested In Your County If you are interested in tho reputa tion of your county and believe In law enforcement, look at the following map. In tho spring of 1922, the Federal Cen sus Bureau made an examination of the death records of Georgia and eighty- one counties came up short. These countiee are shaded on the map. Look fit your county und see how thorough ly the law requiring a death certifi cate to be filed for each death was enforced In your county. The free school fund can never bt equably divided until the state and the! counties have a complete birth reo | ord of every child. So long as the | division Is based on tho statement ol { Atlanta, Dec. 22.—Hon. W. W. the ago of the child mode by an igno j Mundy, of Cedartown, one of Geor- rant parent, soino children will be do j g} a » s newly elected State Seators,was ; Senator Mundy is Gain ing Strength. prlved of their Just proportion, foi many parents do not know the ejcact ago of the children. This ie especially true ns to the negroes. Under t present system, a child may be car ried on the roll many years after bf passes the age limit. The child’s labor law and the com pulsory school attendance act cannot OuHng the coming spring, the Cen sus Bureau will make a test of the birth records of Georgia and unless niahy of the counties increase the num ber of births registered, a similar show ing will ho made, which will not re flect credit on the county. In the first six months of 1922, there were 83 counties showing the birth of oVor 30 babies per 1,000 population, with 22 counties showing a rate below 15, although in North Curollna in 1921 there were flvo counties which showed a ruto over 48, and 78 counties between JO, and 40. The banner counties in Georgia during the first six months of 1922, with their birth rates, were as follows: Qultmnn 39, Pickens 38, Bleckley, Iluhorsham and Towns 37, White 36, Appling, Brantley, Catoosa, Charlton, Cherokee, Douglas. Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Grady, Hall, Haral son, Hart, Hourd, Jones, Lanier*, Long*, Marion, Milton, Mitchell, Mont gomery, Pork, Toombs, Union, Upson, Walton and Wayne had a rate botwoen 30 and 35. This is an excellent showing for these counties, and many others will show up well in the conling examination for every registrar has receivod a state ment indicating the shortage of his district, und the active registrars are at work now securing not only tho current records, hut also those for births that have occurred and have not boon filed during the past months, The poorest registration w«is shown In 22 counties which are thougliL to have filed only 50% or Iohh of the births that occurred. They are as follows: Baldwin 39%, Bulloch 50%, Burke 24%, Butts 48%, Calhoun 42%, Chat-j tnhoochoe 3G%, Coffee 35%, Cook 50% Dawson 46%, Emanuel 50%, Fay t‘e 60%, Glynn 46%, Hancock 33%, Har ris 40%, Lee 39%, Liberty 29%, Lowndes 34%, Pulaski 24%, Sumter 49%, Tuliuferro 39%, Washington 40% and Wilkes 12%. This statement Is made so that tho citizens In those counties showing a shortage during tho first six months of this year may know what to expect unless they demand and assist the reg istrars of births and deaths to secure a complete record of every birth that ha« occurred in their county this year. If a county fulls below the average in the examination, It Is because the reg istrars were not active or the people did not give them tho necessary help. This matter concorns all law-abid ing citizens. Our courts are overloaded with new trials and appeals on questions, involv ing the age, birthplace, legitimacy, citi zenship or parentage; the date or place or cause of death of some Indi vidual, which questions could be set tled immediately If a complete record of euch birth and each death had been legally filed, as Is now required by the vital statistics law. The cost of birth and dehth registration is insignif icant when, compared with the coots of such trials. he justly enforced without complete birth registration covering the entire state for the parent who intentionally violates these laws will misrepresent the age of their children and such rec ords must be In the hands of those who are to enforce such laws. The disabled soldiers of the world war are entitled to all that is allowed them by the Federal government, which will not grant a claim for increased compensation for a child until a certi fied birth certificate If such certificate can be secured bus been issued by the Stute Bureau of Vital Statistics and filed by the disabled soldier with the Federal government. Out of tho 19 States east of tho Mis sissippi rivor, only six fall to secure, according to the Federal Census Bu reau, an excels of 90% of tho birth records. They are Delaware, West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and GEORGIA. If, in the coming ex- a visitor to Atlanta a day or so ago. Mr. Mundy comes from the 38th Dis trict, and when he takes his seat in the upper body of the General As sembly of Georgia next June it will be the second time he assumes the role of a Senator, and he is well known as a lawmaker in the lower house. Mr. Mundy has served two terms as a Representative in the Legislature, was a member of important commit tees and was the author of consider able constructive legislation. During th$ fast session of the Legislature he was Vico chairman of tho rules com mittee, and the dispatch with which the business of that body was han dled *was in a large measure due to his efforts. When he is not engaged in fram ing laws for the state and participat ing in deliberations of the legislative body, Col. Mundy is a practicing law yer at Cedartown. The other member of the legal firm of Mundy & Wat kins, of which ho is a member, is Maj. Homer Watkins, of World War fame, who is a brother of Edgar Wat kins, prominent Atlanta attorney. Ah a member of the next Senate, Mr. Mundy has “shied his hat" in the ing for the presidency of that body and is now making an active canvas. Being particularly well known throughout the state, not only as a lawmaker, but as one of tho Dis trict Governors of the Kiwanis Clubs for Georgia, he has developed a formidable following. He . waa not opposed in his race foff.the Sen ate from his district. Although he expects to have opposition the Senate presidency, he is conAdfittt; he says, of holding his own with all dim ers. aminntion, it is found that more than 90% the births are being recorded, then Georgia will be admitted to the Registration Aron with the other pro gressive States. If not, then she will remain in that backward class, in which a deed to every foot of land is re corded, every standard-bred animal ie registered, but in which the human baby about whom you hear so much, as to its value to the State and as to the protection of its rights and as to the prevention of Its unnecessary deaths, goes along with the cur dog, tho razor back hog and the jackass, unregistered. Consistency is indeed a rare Jewel. The reputation of a county for law enforcement may be made or ruined very easily. In this examination, there will be no estimates as to the enforce ment of this law, for nothing but veri fied facts will be accepted, and the county will be rated on these verified records. Notice to Car - Owners. 1923 ear tags are now on sale. Af ter March 1st and before May 1st they will cost $1 extra. Any car that we find without a tag after Jan. 10th, the owner will have to pay costs. This notice is to dealers as well as individuals. I hope no one in Polk will have to pay 'a cent' extra. T. P. LYON, Sheriff. Farm Loans. We are prepared to negotiate first- class Farm Loans at 6 per cent annual interest; long time, with liberal pay ment privileges; no stock subscrip tions, no joint liability, very small expense. Good applications for $2,- 000 to $25,000 wanted. BUNN & TRAWICK. INSURE THE PROFITS of your business against rain, with the Knight Agency. R. A. M. Officer*. Adoniram Chapter, No. 41, R. A. M., mot Friday evening and elected the following officers:— II. P.—W. W. Mundy. King—R. W. Noe. Scribe—R. F. Keith. C. of H.—S. W. Good P S.-—J. E. Purks. . R. A. C.—P. W. Hunt M. 3d V.—P. E. Hunt. 1 M. 2d V—W. A. Barber. 1 M. 1st V J. W. Good. J Troas.—T. F. Burbank. Sec.7—Lee Parker. Rent.—D. A. Tinsley. The officers will be installed on the second Friday evening in January, at which time Grand Secretary McHan has been invited to address the Chap* ter and refreshments will be served. All Royal Arch Masons are invited to attend. Our Schools. In reviewing the past work during the last year I wish to state that it has been very gratifying to the 6oard of Education and the Superintendent. As a whole I have never known bet ter eo-operation between teacher and Superintendent, between County Demonstration and Local Demonstra tion Agent. We have built two new school buildings, valued at $4,500. Several buildings have been remod eled and several painted. Many desks (new) have been installed. The pa tron, of the schools have labored with me to better the schools, and make school houses more comforta- able. The teachers have been paid promptly at the end of each month, and they have shown their apprecia tion, by doing hard, conscientious work. On Jan. 1st they resume their teaching, and I predict for them even better work than in the past, v WM. JANES, C. S. S. i Greetings, « • At this season of the year our thoughts revert gratefully to those whose courtesy, co-operation and loy alty have assisted In our progress. To you we extend our heartiest wishes for happiness and prosperity:* M. L. FISHER, - t The 6 & 10-Cent Man. i SHAREHOLDERS MEETING. The regular annual meeting, of stockholders of the Commercial Bank of Cedartown, Ga., will be held in tile Directors’ room of the bank Jan. 8th at 3 p. m., for the election of Direc tors and the transaction of such! other business as may come before it. - R. O. PITTS;'-Piest: