Tales by Old Timer by Ralph Jordan, compiled and edited by Pamela Hudson
Old Timer Writes Again
“Kick up your heels, nostalgia lovers, Old Timer’s back again!”
William Ralph Jordan (1906-1976) retired from Goodyear. He wrote for The Cedartown Standard, The Wingfoot Clan, and Southern Outdoorsman Magazine.
This book is available in our gift shop and can also be purchased on Amazon in paperback or Kindle edition. There’s no Table of Contents in the book, so we have compiled a list of chapters here:
The Old Timer, page 1
Nostalgia, page 5
A Pioneer Family, page 9
The Cedartown Standard 1902, page 12
Life on the Farm 50 Years Ago, page 17
Fiddler’s Hollow, page 22
From the Farm to the Cotton Mill, page 29
Rev. W. P. Whitlow, page 35
Moonshiners, page 40
Schools at the Start of the 1900s, page 47
The Old Home Place, page 53
The Valley of the Cedars, page 59
Cedar Town in 1854, page 62
The Civil War and the Effect on Cedartown and Polk County, page 69
The Revenge of John T. Prior: True and Thrilling Story of the Life of a Noted North Georgian, page 75
Reconstruction Years, page 86
The Milk Cow, page 91
Death of a Friend or Neighbor, page 97
Cotton and Railroads, page 103
Cedartown’s Early Businesses and Buildings, page 110
Evening Stories around the Fire, page 115
Old Timer Remembers When He Was a Boy, page 120
Cedartown’s History, page 124
Cedartown 1894, page 129
Midway, page 134
The Night Winds, page 140
National Boy Scout Week, page 145
An Old Ox Shoe, page 151
Adventure at Cave Spring, page 154
Longing for Spring, page 158
Portrait of Two Pioneers, a Husband and Wife, page 161
The Squirrel Hunt, page 168
Hightower Falls, page 171
The First Movie Show, page 175
Coca Cola and Ice Cream, page 180
Samuel A. Steere, Sr., page 183
Battle of Cheatham’s Hill, page 188
The Love of Home and Native Soil, page 192
A Summer Evening, page 196
Cedartown in the 1920s, page 199
The Woodsman, page 203
The Roaring Twenties, page 207
Life in the Early 1920s, page 211
A Summer Day, page 215
Roaring Twenties – At the Movies, page 217
The Baugh Opera House, page 220
Old Family Burial Plots, page 224
The Fairground, page 227
The Beginning of WWI, page 231
Changes Brought About by World War I, page 235
Automobiles in the 1920s, page 239
Two Characters, page 243
Old Timer Takes a Look at Landmarks, page 246
Old Timer: Remembrances of a Battle, page 250
Federal Government Aid to the Impoverished, page 253
Simple Pleasures, page 258
Train Excursion to Bordon-Wheeler, page 262
Headquarters in the Saddle, page 266
The Grocery Man, page 271
Magic of the Night, page 275
Reconstruction Years 1, page 278
Reconstruction Years 2, page 281
Reconstruction Years 3, page 285
Christmas with Old Timer 1974, page 289
Outlaws in the 1860s, page 292
Church Bells, page 296
Silent Movies, page 299
Before Welfare, page 303
A Winter Night and a Lonely Country Road, page 307
Cedartown 1882, page 310
A Missing Husband’s Return, page 313
The Great Depression, page 316
Cedartown and the Great Depression, page 320
The Old Chimney, page 329
A Love Story, page 332
Evening Tide, page 337
The Best of the Past and Present, page 340
Homecoming Day, page 343
The Train Ride, page 348
Ghost Stories, page 351
Mrs. Cornelia Whitlow Robertson (1893-1975), page 354
‘Coon and Cat Hunters, page 356
We Are a Part of the Past, page 363
Family Burial Places in Cedartown, page 366
The Missing Ring, page 370
The South and Her People 1, page 374
The South and Her People 2, page 377
The South and Her People 3, page 380
The South and Her People 4, page 380
Mattie Nettles, page 386
Death Visits the Old Couple, page 389
The Coming of the Cotton Mills, page 392
Factory Hands, page 395
Child Labor, page 398
Main Street of the 1920s, page 401
Saturday Afternoons on Main Street in the 1920s, page 405
The Mine Worker, page 408
Thanksgiving Day Hunting Trip, page 412
The Record 1874, page 416
Thanksgiving in the Country, page 419
Christmas Eve 1924, page 422
The Week After Christmas, page 425
Preachers from the Hill Country, page 428
Reverend Charles Witt, page 432
Water, Lights and Sewerage in the 1880s, page 436
Old Timer Remembers, page 439
Indoor Plumbing, page 442
The Seasons of the Forest, page 445
The Founding of Georgia, page 448
A Letter from Old Timer, page 454
Traveling Salesman, page 457
Father’s Day, page 460
First Methodist Church, Cedartown, Ga., page 463
First Baptist Church, Cedartown, Ga., page 466
The Episcopal Church, Cedartown, Ga., page 469
The Presbyterian Church, Cedartown, Ga., page 472
Echoes of the Past, page 475
Advantages and Miracles of Our Present Day, page 477
Outdoors with Old Timer, page 481