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4 ROCKDALE RECORD 4. M. TOWNS Editor \\. K. ATKINSON Publisher ri bushed i:vkk\ Wednesday KntiTed nt Hr jnist <iffi<* ;iI UoiiyfTK ms sominl-rlass mail liiatU'r. (Mliciul Orpin of Rochdale ( oimly anil tin* City of Conyers si list RIPI ION IN MW VM I < Inc year $1.5(1 Six unmills Till: lIIM'KIiALK RECORD assumes no lcsponsildlit.v for views expressed by cnrres|M>ndohts or contributors \M copy submitted for publication must lu* -li'ikhl by tin* author. 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 .un,) uojjo;) o.i. >\’ oaj.*f jT ,*i|4 ll| s |so 4 Ho.i jo wpil|>f I .l| lt.l 111 I.>S IIM | fU,t| \ (31 .woint DOjC Jo 4SOUI sy yV VpM,\\ .SJ'Mll.lll.J Jftl|Jlip ojnt|u.i|Jv jo .Ol0||o.) \ ottiJS lqilio.tft .it|t lit J , |SI!| p.|l|olll||l|ll|Ol poJouoq a’l 11 rt 11 [ S-ll.tt A'pino,) o|tt[|.Kl}{ 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