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ROCKDALE RECORD
4. M. TOWNS Editor
\\. K. ATKINSON Publisher
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Does Had Weather
Slow Ujp Church Work
We frequently hear broadcast <*
elmreli services up north on Sundays
when it is snowing and zero weather
ami yet. tin* way they sing and pren li.
you can easily imagine and almost se>
thousands in attendance In <'onyers.
where it hardly ever snows and where
zero is somethin:: foreign, we are "pre
vented" from attending church hy^rea
son of the weather. We visited the
Methodist chint-li Sunday evening, in
fact, we liel|md to make up a qiinr
tette. with t tpher Cooper. Hill Wcb T
and 1 .11111 Cowan that rendered a spe
cial number ami joined in other num
bers with the * liolr and congregation
al singing. The Itapt Ists called off on
account of only nine present, none of
whom needed it specially. Tin* I'res
bylerlans held ami so did the Method
ists. not liernuse iiny great number
were |ii <*Hi'iit or llmt those present
needed it specially. hut It wns too
wet stud chilly to do anything else ex
cept go home and it was too curly to
go home Now. it was not too wet nor
too cold to no to church —we've item
to work many times in much worse
weather —in fact we've I to shows
on worse nights inaiiy times It was
much less than fift> people who went
to church in Conyers Sunday night
However. Mr- Jordan premtlied and
we sang, even it’ it did rain. Tile (ireen
eyed Monster. A great destruction
Walking “spiritual'* corpses. Our wa
ges are paid in full, tail not in money
every time. Not in happiness every
time, heath or life is the award. Mr.
Jordan preached as though the house
was full. If the lioutie had heen as full
as lie was. someliod) would have had
to stand up. Conyers lias three good
preachers in Jordan. Make and Bur
ney. fait not good enough to convert
empty pews, nor to reach absent mem
hers. If we were a preacher, we'd do
something about lids .situation. The
worst tiling we've noticed is the poor
music we are having. We seem to lie
out of tune. Conyers can sing and good
singing will make everybody happy
Our preaching is good enough for any
body.
Conyers Has a Pet
Concrete Mud Hole
When anybody wants to exchange
a quarter for some eggs in Conyers,
we always have the eggs—may he not
freshly laid that day, hut eggs right
on- Allot her tiling we hoast of is our
"Municiple'' mud lade on Main street
rigid in front of the court house al
most. A concrete, boxed in hole right
out in the street and the only mud
lade we ever saw that never dries up.
I ills pond of water lias been standing
there for more than ten years and
looks good for several more adminis
trations. Two hours and a half ten
years ago would have drained this
l>nnd, but now we are broke ami will
fix it right next time we pave this
street. 'I In* reason we don’t sling any
mud ill Conyers.is kinder like why we
ilon t throw any eggs People know we
have a mud hole and challenge us not
—nothing like being prepared. This is
where Mr- Coolidge gets his ideq of a
big navy.
WOMAN GIVEN UFK IN
JAIL AS "4-TIMKR"
LANSING, Mich, —Because she four
times had Iveen convicted of selling
litiuor. Mrs. Etta Mtte Miller. -is. to
day was sentetned in circuit court here
to life imprisonment in tire Detroit
House of correction.
A jury. cotniHised of eight men and
four women deliberated hi minutes
nnd reported it found her an "habitual
criminal" as defined liy Michigan's
new criminnl code. Under the code a
life sentence was mandatory and Judge
Charles H. Collingswood immeditUely
pronounced it.
Site will start her sentence immedi
ately, it was said. Meanwhile her coun
sel. State Senator Seymour S. lVar
snn. is considering an appeal to the
Stiite Supreme court. At the same time,
there is much talk in state circles of
a probable recodification of the law
h.v the legislature which assembled
January 2
“Forward” is Our
Slogan; Watch Us Grow
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test That is one contest, which is “The
ticmral Contest”, Is based on I lie yield
of cotton and profit |>er acre. The oth
er contest is the “Staple Contest"
which Is based on the quality of the
tuple produced. The length and quali
ty of the staple produced are the de
termining factors in this contest. All
of Rockdale's state prizes were in the
tuple -oldest. These winners of state
prizes in this staple contest were W.
If. oglctrec. 1.. A. Bowen and I. L.
lirisendine. Each won a prize of giio-OO-
This gave our county three of the
thirteen prizes for tlie state in the
tuple contest
Rockdale Won First
111 the staple contest a prize of fifty
dollars was offered to the county ag
ent who’s county won first, or won
the most prizes In the Staple Con
test. It was our good fortune to win
that prize. We were only beaten by
one in the prize offered the county
agent whose '(county made the best
showiingi iin the general contest. That
prilzei was SIOO.OO, but we missed it
by being second instead of first. We
“nearly got It." Hope we get it for
1P29- Let’s have a hundred in this
contest in this county for 1020- Names
are now being enrolled and all those
who are interested in getting in will
please give me their names at their
earliest convenience. You may see me
or drop me a card and your name will
be enrolled. The college says that 1929
will be tin* last year of the contest,
as it should accomplish its purpose hy
lic end of 1929. which purpose is to
thoroughly familiarize eveifc- farmer
of the value of such plans of cotton
production, and every one should he
convinced of the fact that this is a
better way of doing it than the older
met Inals were.
Kochdale County Loan Fund
As you know Rockdale county has
one $400.00 scholarship at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, which is
being used by a worthy Rockdale coun
ty boy. Walker Potts. Walker is a
mighty fine boy and is making good
at the Georgia State College of Agri
culture. This Is something that Rock
dale conjdy can well afford to he
proud of- We want to have another
$-400-00 scholarship for another fine
Rockdale county hoy to enter there on
next fall. Now here is how we can
do it : They have a Dawson fund over
there that will pay $l5O-00 on anoth
er scholarship if we will pay tlie $250,1
making the total of $400.00. Now of
this $250-00, I will give the $5(1.00 that
1 received as prize money mentioned
above, if from any source in the coun
ty it is matched with $200.00. Thus
$200.00 more will give us anew $-400
scholarship. Let's make it. These schol
arships are used in going through col
lege and paid back into tin* loan fund
within two years after the boy gets
through college, or within six years
after entering college. These notes are
secured by the boy’s parents or some
•Ither responsible 'security and paid
back with interest- So you see the
fund grows. There are many scholar
ships so handled at the University of
Georgia. Those of you who are inter
rated in this In* thinking of it and
let's get it up by next fall. (As you
know . I In* scholarship we have was
gotten up h.v George Daniel.)
First Requirement of Our Soils
By far the worst tiling that is hap
pening to the soils of Rockdale coun
ty is tlie washing away of our soils.
We are losing much more planr food
from washing than we are by cropping
our soils, and many times ns much
as we tire putting back in the form
of all fertilizers. Now for the land's
sake let's stop our land from this
wasteful washing. Terracing Is the
solution- 1 can show you a bill in this
county that lias been cropped conrinu-
ously for sixty-five years anti it is
still good land. 1 can show you an
other that has been cropped continu
ously for only ten years in this coun
ty and it is no wtoo poor to cultivate.
'l'he difference is that the first f'eld
was properly terraced while the lat
ter has never been pro[>erly terraced
It pays to terrace. Poor terraces tire
worth little, if they are not "laid off"
right they do not stop washing Now
just think of the land in this county
that is too poor to cultivate at a prof
it because it is "washed away." Let
me help you with your terracing prob
lems. Within the next few weeks I
will put on terracing demonstrations
all around over the county, and show
any one interested how to properly
lay off a terrace and how to stop this
wasteful washing on his farm. See
me or drop a card to me and I will
give you this service gladly. 1 want
to help you "Hold your soil.”
Unfortunately few people know how
to properly lay of terraces. The slope 1
of a terrace varies with many condi-’
tions. shell as; the slope of the field.'
THE HOCKIVALK HI](OHI>, COXVEHS. (iKOIMiIA,
the length of the terrace, the type of
land- Illstaree between terraces should
be determined by the slo|a* of the land
and the kind of land to la* terraced.
The type of the terrace, whether broad
or narrow should be determined by
the slo|a* of the land, and the slope
variation varies from one end to an
other with the length of the terrace.
All these tilings must be considered
in building terrains that will give us
the greatest service, and give us the
least trouble after they are built. Ter
races properly constructed along the
right lines should give little trouble
and last a long time. Lei's build ter
races right. I will help you to do lids
gladly.
Spray Your Fruit Trees
The Han Jose scale is badly injur
ing most of the fruit trees of the
county I you have or can get a spray
pump, I will help you get the right
materials and show or tell you how
to save your trees from this dread
disease. There are yet a few gallons
of oil emulsion here in the office that
George Haniel had left that you can
get. or should be able to get lime sul
plmr at the drug store. Kit tier one
will free your trees from scale. You
should save your trees. If you want
a spraying demonstration call on me
I am at your service.
Generally you will have to see me
on Saturdays as I am out most of
the other days some where in the
county. You may get in touch with
me any day by simply dropping me a
card or a letter and I will get to your
place as soon as possible.
Rockdale County Five Acre Winners-
As the county adopted state rules
as county rules for the county five
acre cotton contest, and as the yield
per acre, profit per acre and quality
of the staple all neter in determining
the placings, and as the college makes
these placings of all state contestants,
and as this was the wish of the con
testants. and as this is the most sat
isfactory and most accurate way of
making such placements, the college
was asked to make Itockdale county
plaeings. I received these placing*
Monday. January 28 and announce be
low the names of these county win
ners and the amount of their prize.
K. L. Peek—sloo.oo.
I). K. Corley—sso.oo.
W. il Ogletree —$25.00.
1,. A- Bowen —$15.00.
I. L. Brisendine —$10.00.
Total —$200.00.
The liberal hearted donors who
gave this money for these prizes for
the Rockdale count) winners are lisf
ed below.
MUstead Manufacturing Company —
SSO. ho-
W. O. Mann—s2s.oo.
It. D. Hewlett—slo.oo
-- M. Towns—slo-00.
White & Co.—slooo.
Conyers Hardware Cos. —$10.00.
Langford Motor Company SIO.OO.
W. R. Hardman —$10.00.
Bank of Rockdale —$10.00-
McDonald it Still—slo.oo.
Bank of Conyers —$1000.
Jno. R. White—ss.oo.
W. It. Still —$5.00.
J. It Irwin—ss.oo.
1 lenry Met 'a I la —$5.00.
Met Mella n's Garage—ss.oo.
H. A- Patrick—ss.oo.
Tom J- Calnwny —$5.00.
Total county contest donations —
$200.00
All these have cheerfully subscrib
ed and paid their subscriptions gladly
to help show the farmers the value
of (be five acre method of cotton pro
duction. through the five acre cotton
contest so successfully carried on in
10t!8. They all say of a truth that
"the five acre cotton contest lias done
more to demonstrate to them and to
the farmers of the county the cheap
est and best way to produce cotton.’’
They see and 1 see and you see that
this is the best way to do it. Now let's
do it this way.
Boil Weevils for 1929
We had plenty of boll weevils in the
county last fall, in fact they were
plentiful in most every field in the
county in the early fall. Also we had
abundant second growth of folliagc in
our cotton which fed these weevils
well until killing frost. So we know
we have plenty of weevils now and
will have next spring, unless it hap
pens to come some awfully cold
weather soon. So the only safe plan
to fol|ow ,{n jjotton prodiihion for
ISVJ9 is to be ready for Mr. 801 l Wee
vil when he comes. Reduce your acre
age. fertilize highly, cultivate well
and rapidly. Use poison to kill Mr
Weevil. Wc can make cotton with Mr
Weevil here if we do these things in
telligently. 1 will help you in all
I these things. Let's do this way and
be safer for its almost certain that
the boll weevil will be right here
along with the grass in 1929-
Pledging you of my most sincere
support in all. I am your very sin
cerely.
ERNEST D. HOLMES. County Agent-
Captain Anton Heinen. German de
signer of the ill-fated dirigible Shenan
doah. has become an American citi
zen. passing his immigrant's examina
tion with a rating of 1(X) per cent.
Among the requirements of the test
are the ability to read and write.
ITT A CRIMP IN CRIME
In New York State the Hauiues
Crime Commission is expected to en
deavor to amend the Jury law at the
s<* of the legislature.
one of the chief difficulties is in
securing Intelligent jurors- Inconven
iences met with; time lost by tales
men from business; -old-fashioned, ob
solete t a tutes covering jury duty; low
pay of jurymen and the many exemp
tions that have been made by law
make "one wonder that any intelligent
jurv is ever obtained, says the com
mission ■
Those who tire urging a change say
that the present body of the jury duty
law is in many respects archaic and
does not serve a useful purpose to
day- Similar conditions will be found
in all states and it has been suggested
that ti study of till state laws relating
to Jury duty be made for the purpose
of eliminating parts which have be
come obsolete.
The intelligence of jurymen and
quick selection of a jury has a marked
effect upon the proper expeditious ad
ministration of tin* law. Courts become
confused and interest is often lost in
cases where proceedings are slowed up
by out-of-date technicalities of law
which are applied to selecting juries
and trying criminals.
Improvements in the means of ap
prehending. trying and punishing crim
inals, in a speedy manner, will do
more to reduce crime than all the anti
revolver laws, which affect only law
abiding citizens, that can be proposed
or passed. Let the heavy hand of the
law rest on the law-breaker and not on
(lie individual who minds his own busi
ness and respects the rights of others.
PRIVATE RAILWAY PLAN
Mexico's railway system, owned by
the government, lias heen sick. It was
decided last year to call in a doctor,
so Sir Henry Thornton, head of the
Canadian National Railways, also gov
ernmt lit owned, was called in consulta
tion.
A few days ago Sir Henry had com
pleted his diagnosis and prescribed the
treatment. Strangely enough, in a re
port which might cause dismay to gov
ernment operation advocates, he rec
ommended transfer of Mexico's rail
ways to private hands. Mexican Fi
nance Minister Montes de Oca con
curred in the suggestion and in turn
reported to the Mexican Congress, say
ing in part:
"The Ministry of Finance are con
vinced that rehabilitation of our fi
nances will not be realized if the Na
tional Railways are not administered
ns it private enterprise. Therefore, tire
government considers it indispensable
to reform our statues in such a way
that railway progress equal to that in
other countries may lie made in Mexi
co.”
Thus is seen the peculiar situation
that while other nations (not only
Mexico but several Furonpan coun
tries ns well) are adopting or planning
to adopt the American system of priv
ate operation of business, certain
groups in the United States are seeking
to abandon that system and substitute
government political coiltrol for public
utilities.
To Save
My Soul
I Clou 1 1 n’t
Fill
lhia Hole!
LOST
Small black ami xhite, rat terrier
uiiNwera to the name of Toy. Kind
er n ill neeeive a 810 reward. Call
IOV?-Mor 108-W or addreaH Mr.A.
K. JohuNon, MilNteud. Ga.
LOST
One red female pig—S weeks old.
strayed or stolen last week- If
found, return to Odessa Ingram.
Route 2. Conyers.
RISE OF A BEEE-Hol’
Another striking illustration of what
industry and thrift may atvompllsh*
even under the handicap of a meager
education, is seen in the career of
Ellsworth M. Statler, millionaire hotel
owner, who died in New York a few
days ago,
Horn a poor farm boy in Somerset
county. Pennsylvania, lie lmtl little
formal schooling, being forced to go
to work when a mere child. Yet lie be
came one of tin* most aide and loro
l'ul public tqienkers in the country. He
often recalled that his first lessons in
English were given him by Tom intl
fy. a bartender in the McClure House
in Wheeling, where young Statler first
became connected with the hotel busi
ness as a hell-hoy at a salary of six
dollars a month.
He was when lie opened ills first
restaurant lundpr Ills own name in
Buffalo. His first management of an
enterprise of magnitude came at tin*
age of 88. when lie built and conduct
ed a large hotel at the Buffalo Pan-
American exposition in IStOl, followed
by his management of the famous In
side Inn at the St. Louis world's fair
in 1904.
He then began to build up a chain
of magnificent hotels in various cities,
including the great Hotel Pennsylva
nia in New York, where lie died.
Mr. Statler’s rise was not due to
good luck, although his business ven
tures were more than usually success
ful. It was due to the fact that lie lmd
learned the hotel business from the
ground up, and. was untiring in his ef
forts to please his guests. He was
known as the most polite bell-boy, and
when he became a magnate he had
still retained the habit of politeness
and his outstanding trait was con
sideration for the comfort and happi
ness of others.
GERMANS WIN FAVOR
Germany appears to have made par
ticularly happy choices of recent am
bassadors to the United States, ac
cording to information from Washing
ton.
The late Baron Ago von Maltzan,
who was killed in an airplane acci
dent while on a visit to his home in
Germany a few months ago, was one
of the most popular among the high
diplomats accredited to this country,
and his charming wife was a prime
favorite in official social circles.
The new ambassador, von Prittwitz.
is apparently whining equal favor, and
liis accomplish* ’ wife is likewise ac
claimed as a iost delightful woman,
of aristocratic „irth, but of democratic
tendencies.
She was Countess von Strachwitz,
of a formerly wealthy German family
impoverished by the World war. She
opened a hat shop in Berlin, which
she managed with much success, and
being without a suitable home for her
wedding she had the ceremony per
formed in her shop, to which her cus
tomers, as well as her distinguished
friends, were invited. The wedding
breakfast was served in the workroom.
Her husband now having risen to
the rank of ambassador, she doesn't
trim hats for customers any more, but
she relates many amusing anecdotes
concerning her business experience.
She is fond of athletics and a famous
skater, having won several prizes in
Berlin for her proficiency in that sport.
ibe favorable impression created by
these German representatives lias al
ready exerted an important influence
in restoring good will between the two
countries.
A Polish money lender claims fifteen
bountiful Circassian women, belonging
to the harem of Prince Hamid of Tur
key, under the Turkish law which
classes women as “chattels.” The
Prince had been living in style at,
Hudapest, but his extravagances led
■mi into the clutches of the money
lender, who now wants not only his
" pou,ul of fles V’ but approximately a
ton of the same.
Arthur Brisbane, who knows nearly
everything, including much that isn’t
so ' thinks that inhabitants of Mars
'ny have had flying machines for ten
million years. It would be a joke on
if that proponed now
telescope should prove him to be
wrong.
nr. David Starr Jordan, president
ementus of Leland Stanford Universi
.v. is probably the most rapid reader
in the world. Although he will be 7S
years old on January 19 he savs- ‘Tv
en now i sometimes read at oaVg^ce
a fu 1 page of English or French."
uch. one might say. is quite an eve-
Mr. Bull Montana, mighty wrestler
and all-around he-man of the movies
is under a ,-ioud of humiliation, with
a hlack eye. a bunded nose and other
disfeaturements of his never too hand
some face. His humiliation is
touted by the fact that it wo
bis frail wife, who Vori^rr
r th r heei
he called frantically f or help.
(BASING THE GROCERY CAT
Another old institution is passing
away. Most adults can remember the
old-fashioned corner store with its
dingy gas lights, its dusty shelves, its
ope,,’ cracker barrel, and the black cat
lying contentedly in ike show window
among the "special bargains and Ihe
fly-specked display cards. It was gen
erally a black cat, and the grocer kept
it because it was a sign of good luck.
Except in remote spots where the
advancing demands of tills cleanly age
have nor penetrated, or among people
who have not recognized the importance
of sanitary care of food, the old-fash
ioned grocery .store lias disuppenied
it is vanishing both from necessity and
from choice.
Asa writer in the National Grocer's
1 tul let in points out: ‘‘Since most ol a
gre'or’s customers are women, and
everybody knows how fastidious wom
en can he. ho lias his strongest reason
for keeping the place clean- The up-to
date grocer knows the matter of clean
lines in foodstuffs is attracting more
attention Ilian ever before, and that
most big food manufacturers make it
a strong point in their advertising that
their food is untouched by hands- Look
ing after cleanliness is just another
road toward building good will for
your store. Although intangible, good
will is made up of very real things
and not the hast of them is cleanli
ness.
Tlie traditional black cat would feel
lost in a modern grocery store. Pack
ages and wrapped foods, clear glass
cases and jars, hold eatables that were
packed in sanitary factories- Salesmen
wear white jackets and aprons that of
ten pay visits to the laundry. Floors
and counters are kept free from lit
ter. The refrigerator is clean and sweet
for perishable foods- Running water
and soap are convenient for frequent
washing of hands. If women have done
this by stepping out of their traditional
sphere, may they keep on stepping.
BUTTS PIMENTOS
Plans are now being mapped out.
for the 1929 pepper crop in Butts
county and all indications point to
a keen demand for acreage and closer
attention to the crop than has been
known heretofore.
According to officials of the local
canning factory, applications for acre
age are coming in from a widely scat
tered area- All things being .equal the
acreage to he contracted willibe award
ed to Butts county growers, and to
those who have grown pepper pre
viously. The uncertain outlook for cot
ton will lead many farmers to (ilkht
peppers this season-
It is likely lliat some (400 to 750
acres will lie grown on contract. That
acreage, with favorable weather con
ditions, will prod note enough pepper
to keep the factory busy dui’ing the
fall moulds. —Jackson Progress Argus.
WILL YOU BE MISSED?
Some of these days, you, who are
reading this editorial, are going to die
and pass on (o your reward whatever
that reward may be. But will you leave
a void behind?
Will you be missed?
The Creator lias ordained that man
must carve his own career in this
world and when he journeys to the
groat unknown "in* leaves behind him
a record founded upon his own acts.
You must leave behind you a wife
or children, or other dependents. As
you deal by them in life, so will their
grii t he guaged and tempered at your
death.
Will they miss you?
In this town you have friends, and
business associates, and perhaps many
acquaintances. They know you as you
are. as you have been for these many
M‘.iis. I hey have judged you living
and they will judge you dead.
Will they miss you?
In the banks, and the stores, and
the offices, and out upon the farms
are people who have known you iu
the past and know you today. As you
have been, so are you known to tliem
now.
Will they miss you?
in the home of darkened windows,
where sweet-toned music soothes the
invd brain and the minister tells of
11 nays ui a better life, are many
!H<l| b " ,1(> know you for vour acts
I” 111 yonr deeds, for that which you
a.'( performed or have left undone.
" .11 they miss you?
Even your faithfui'animals or pets
' Mm as you are and how you
nave been to them.
" ill they miss you?
noin* 1 " c ls , 110 lda/0 S’ OU may go, no
, / " * le vnnpass to which you
01 rn :, l,ut "but people have known
-o "I" 1 k 1 mu nnd by all these
Passe 1 judged "ben you have
eer in ‘* S * VOU sh ape your car
lo- ih 'u S ° d ° yo!l " rite the record
death " * ‘ V ° U " dl be kn °wn after
acouib]/' 111 ' I '' yOUr associ ates, year
reiae'i i ni “ s ' your dumb brumes wui
after you p
New 1 you he missed?—pnllas