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WEDNESDAY, JAN. HO,
LINES
J. L. D.
I have had so tunny subjects sug
gested that 1 could not get away from,
and tht'ii requests bar nne until I
have not yet followed my first purpose
in writing tliese lines, however this
Is the last of tills kind and next week
will lie the real beginning of what I
first intended to do
of the ninny ways hy which we can
help iieuple in their efforts to correct
ami improve their way of doing things,
and their way of living, one of the
yer.v best is constructive criticism.
Hubert Hums said,
“Was some |m\\er the gift it* gie us
To st‘t> ourscl's as others sis' us
We all have Irt'eil heglnners in what
ever tasks we have undertaken, anti
are now beginners in new things each
tiny. We know “To learn to do a thing
tin it" is true Ini! how fewer mistakes
wc would mukf If we laid someone to
tell us about (lie mistake after tin*
first time Criticism of a thing is ev
en In iter than suggestions before a
tiling is attempted, that I s If there is
no danger of the result being fatal, be
cause only suggestions could lie made
before hand according to the other
Ilerson's idea of which we might know
very tilth- about.
one who will give constructive criti
cism can lie counted as a real friend.
For if they are free enough to even
comment <ui what has already beeu
said or done they will surely not go
out of the way even to s|N-ctulntc, and
when suggestions are made they are
little more than s|M-culation, or the
fancy of the mind When In the case
of criticism, we crltlsi/.e a tiling after
it 1 1 ;i-- been tried and in the light of
on rown eyperieive whether It lie tin*
same kind of an experience or not, or
in the light of a si miliar ex|H>rlence.
Then. too. we have more faith In what
is said Iliaii we would have had in
sill gestlons.
Not all hie criticism that is supposed
to he constructive is really construc
tive The word constructive Is used in
order to shade an ill will, thereby en
abling one to say Just tin* tilings that
arc prompted hy an ill will. This is
hy poerillcal and undermining.
Rockdale News
Preaching lit tlu 1 ItuK'kdulp ltnpt Ist
church (‘very fourth Sunday'nml S<'
unlay before at eleven thirty in tin*
morning Also at two thirty in th<> nf
tornooii on each first Sunday liy ltev.
I (I Walker l.ast Sunday was regular
preaching day and also a very rainy
•lay. The congregation was small, hut
I lie joint Sunday school-prenehilig
'frvlff enabled the pastor to hi'ns, a
Rival spiritual message from the Sun
day school lesson- Kvery owe Is invit
ed to attend these services and wor
ship with us in this old historical and
interesting meeting house.
■lohii McCullough says If you want
to hear some good singing he at Sun
day school just any Sunday morning,
rain or shim —John we're coming sure.
Joe Cnderwook asks all the boys to lie
on time at Sunday school, as lie wants
them to help in the singing.
The flu seems to have about spent
Its unwelcome visit in this communi
ty and you bet we are proud. The flu
i-; not an excuse, it's a real reason
for staying home.
Miss Mi'Michael will tench the Sun
day school niunuel a tßovkdale'church
every night this week, it will do you
good to join in this study which will
hold from seven to eight thirty each
night.
Itockdale likes the Rockdale Record
and we are going to have a regular
correspondent hereafter for this en
tire community.
Geo. P. Tilly Dies
Just before going to press with tliis
week's issue. news flushed the dentil
of Mr (seo. p. Tilly, one of our oldest
and best beloved citizens. Mr. Tilly
came to ('Olivers some fifty years ago
ns elerk in the old dei>ot that stood
across the tracks from tiie present de
pot. in the garden plot in front of 11.
I White’s residence, afterwards he
•oiiiing express agent, which positlou
lie held many years, going with the
Conyers tlroeery Cos., some fifteen
years ago. where lie remained until
last 1 leccuilier. since which time lie
has been confine dto his bed- He was
seventy-eight years of age at the time
of his death today in the Conyers Ho
tel* This Hotel has been his home for
more than a quarter of a century. He
is survived hv one sister. Mrs. Mag
gie Janes, of Hawkiusville. (5a . and
some half dozen nieces and nephews,
among them being Jaminie Tilly of
Andalusia. Ala., and laimar Janes of
Hawkiusville, both of whom were at
tending his bedside in these last days.
Funeral and burial services have not
been announced, hut it is understood
that burial will take place in the old
cemetery in Conyers.
Mr Tilly was never married and in
many respects, lived a lonely life and
yet, he was of a sympathetic dlsimsl
tion. big hearted and public spirited.
His friends are legion and bis loss,
although at a ripe old age. will make
a difference to them, whom he loved
and who loved him-
|We Manufacture Our
Own Fertilisers
Rockdale county manufacturers its
own fertilizers, some two to three thou
sand tons. We already have five him
dred tons made lip and material b
arriving hy the ear load daily. Now,
we don't claim our guano is better'll
any you can buy elsewhere, hut it is
Just as good for it is made up under
strict state regulations ami inspee
tors. Following the make up. it is run
through the mixer twice and complete
uniformity is gimriintccd In addition
to lids Industry that is operated by
the Farmers 1 uioii Warehouse Cos.
we have several merchants who him
die fertilizers made elsewhere, Hill
afloisling our! fa 'iiiers evbry oppor
(unity to use their own judgment in
selecting plaid food, all of w lie Ii is
standard and tin* best there is to he
had.
Ii pays to fertilize heavily- A good
demonstration of that is the six thou
sand hales of cotton made by Rockdale
county Inst year, and hy the way. lasi
year was not near an ideal year i'or
cotton. We have already ginned 5,75s
bales as compared with 1.151 year be
fore lasi. A bale to the acre is our
slogan for HkJO Wo can easily make
five bales to the plow on five acres
better than we can on ten acres. Rock
dale county led the stale of Georgia
last year in first prizes for staple col
ton. winning three first honors out of
a total of thirteen offered. Those bring
iag such honors to Rockdale were
Messrs- I,- A Howell, I.eßoy Brislli
dine and W 11. Ogle!roe, all of whom
received S‘JS.OO in cash lasi Saturday.
Asa result of this, our county was
further honored by being awarded tlie
state prize of $5(1.00 to the enmity
agent making I Ik* hesl showing in the
year’s work. Mr. Holme received 1 1 • i
award Saturday. Now, if you can do
this without a county agent, you are
an exception to the rule. If you want
a county agent, tell somebody la-sides
your wife about it. and fell them this
week-
1902 Anniversary 1929
Matrons Club
The Matrons' dull will hold its
twenty seventh anniversary at the
home of Mr and Mrs. It II Fdliotl
Wednesday evening. February la. The
main feature upon this occasion, as
in the past, will lie the presence of a
buneli of pale faces, often relerrod
to as husband Mi Tom 1-711 init i at
present the exalted ruler and Mrs W.
() Maun, is secretary of this splendid
organization- There are at present
twenty si\ nn'mhers. all ol whom will
lie present to again lend hubby through
the mysteries of female iiueiitiily and
believe us. they are clever al showing
up our awkwardness and when twenty
six of them frame up on you it's a
w orld of fun- to t hem. You have heard
of one woman making a fool out of a
man. so you can imagine what twenty
six of them can do Well, we tinder
stand a secret meeting l|as been held
already when plans were made to
make Mama do some high stopping
herself upon that occasion. The lirst
thing they do to the men is feed 'em.
That gives them the advantage. 17very
man is placed on one side ot a long
table and every wife gets on the other
side and observes their use ot table
Implements. They always prepare a
most muginifii'cnt feast of course, but
everything requires tlie use ol some
implement, like a knll'e. fork or spoon
—a particular kind of fork for a cor
tain disli and a particular kind of
spoon for a certain kind of howl. Some
times we guess rigid and then again
wo miss it a mile. However, tliyo don’t
make any announcements milil we gel
limne. It nearly killed our wife once
when we were trying to get the gravy
off a chicken leg and tile whole she
tiling shot straight up We never could
eat chicken and roasting ears with a
knife and fork much-
lU'SINKISS MEN’S HU IS
It has long been the fashion -for cer
tain writers and speakers to criticize
the American people for their coni.•iter
eiallsm —their desire to make money.
While it is true that the mere niak
ing of money is not a very high am
bition, it must l>e remembered that it
is through our genius for business that
we have been able to provide the luihV
for innumerable things worth while
such as are not enjoyed by any othei
nation in the same degree.
(treat sums devoted to educational,
religious, chntritahlc and artistic pur
poses have been made possible through
successful business pvvsuits. Sclent ifi(
research, the advancement of health
measures, better homes, and 'the com
forts and refinements of civilization
generally have been due to the ability
of our iieople to acquire money and to
their willingness to spend it for these
things.
Most of the high-brow critics of bus
iness obtained their education at col
leges and universities endowed and
made possible by business men. Busi
ness and money-making are not the
end of our national ambition, but the
means whereby civilization may be pro
' uioted and preserved.
THE ItOCKDALE IfECOHD CONVEHS. <■ llLl
Court House News
In our rounds from one warm firo
to another, beginning in tin- Ordinary's
office, we r-onfirined everything th *
grand jury aid. except the gent's rest
room (it's n slmine to call it a rest
room) for its every tiling but; and
we rci-onim- nd a pad-lock here. The
only tiling a bold ibis room resembling
a resl room, is that you have to smoke
while in it. We messed things up giHel
and propel for our hoys and girls
while in Ihe Ordinary's office. For
a number of years, il lias been costing
only $-.'J5 to go married in fail, we
only paid si 75, but that's entirely ton
cheap and es|HM'ially now when you
don't have to buy so much cloth to
die s 'em—why, il look leu and a half
yards to make a dre-s for our girl
fan you imagine that much cloth on
a girl'/ And our girl didn't wipgli but
ninel.v-eight pounds. either. Ifoii't
know *liow fin- il was around her.
toiiiig nn n in our day did not have
very much curiosity. We went hy tin
eye- they laid and when we danced,
they were still far enough off for us
to look inlo those* eyes and stay mes
merized. Asa result of our visit and
conference in tin* ordinary's office, il
will co.-q you $::.50 In gel married on
and al'lcr February the first and the
first man that kicks on Ibis increased
lax on luxuries is out il led to a write
up In the Record. Now. if you are eigh
teen minus, you must conn- highly rec-
ommended by your punouts dr you
can't do business with the ordinary
if you are eighteen minus twenty-one,
ill you have got to do is wait five
days longer in order that spectators
may pa around and view Hie 'frame
up over the mantle in the Ordinary's
office, after which you are al liberty
lo make Hu- supreme sacrifice. If you
are an old maid or a widower, it's dif
ferent. for absolutely no precautions
are neee -ary, for one of them are
foolish already for trying it again and
the other lias been foolish for not
having tried it at all. So, if you want
lo gel a hargain. and haven't decided
upon Ihe weight, breadth and length
(none of which makes any difference
in the filial out| -oiiie any way i you
liould make il snappy—you can add
Iho name latei —doesn't mutter about
the type, she will make that whatever
you prefer.
Mr. Marstmi gives us professional
men fair warning a I mut registering
with him and paying that SI.OO fee —
this includes everything between a
doctor and an undertaker, which after
all, ain't so much for they are pretty
close together, if you gel wli.-it we
mean Why. we've heard of doctors
who owned an undertaking establish
ment as a side line, i.asl week's Rec
ord carried the many thiligs in Con
yers Hull are subject to special license
and this one dollar registration fee.
I ook it up mid see what you are doing
that's against the law at present.
City Court Judge Huh Irwin was
not in, hut Judge Hemp Quigg was
lounging around in Hie sun shine and
related a funny court session he held
oiko upon a linn- when a man was su
ing a woman for something he, the
man. did and he. Judge Quigg. found
Ih. woman guilty. Thai's wind we call
i man's friend. <>l course, the judge
never was married and lie's never been
lop heavy with women. Sheriff Cook
was mil in and we don't care to com
ment on him wlii'ii lie's out. Clerk King
was not in either, but had a nice warm
fire going for spectators' comfort un
lil he could hiw;h County School Su
perintendent Mrs. Violet T. King,
wrote on a slate and posted it on her
office door that she could be found
across the hall in the clerk's office
between meals. Our court house offi
cial-. are all good folks, efficient offi
cials and our only complaint is that
none of I hem play golf -our sheriff
did try the game once, hut you could
toll that he still cuts his own stove
wood it was funny and yet pitiful.
M'o will make weekly announcements
a holt I them hereafter.
Chas. Allen Crowell
Mr ('lias. Allen Crowell, aged veter
an of seventy-five, passed away at the
home of bis daughter, Mrs. Robert
Oats, iu Milstead Thursday night fol
lowing a long period of illness. Fun
eral was held at the Milstead Method
ist church Saturday afternoon with
Rev. .!. (’• Harbin in charge, inter
ment in Hie local cemetery with White
A- Cos. directing.
Andrew J. Berry
Mr. Andrew Jackson Berry, aged 77.
died at his Smyrna home Saturday
night following a stroke of nppoplexy.
He is survived by ids wife, Mrs. Ellen
Berry, and the following children:
It K Berry and Mrs. (' II St. John,
of 'Conyers: Messrs- <’ I and R F.
Berry, of Atlanta: Mrs. W. V Huff,
of Porterdnle: Mrs. C. M Floyd. of
Crawford, and Mr. Bert Berry, of Alil
slead. Funeral was held from the Con
yers Baptist church Monday afternoon
with Rev. J. J. Stephenson in charge,
with burial in F.ast View cemetery by
White & Co
s Minnie R. Cook, of Atlanta, sis
ter of W. O. Maun, siient last week
end in Conyers, guest of Mr. and Mrs.
W- O- Mann and family.
Methodist Church Notes
• our Methodist people dcuionstroted
Inst Sunday their very great euro of
I heir health. It Mug a little damp out
they thought bed to elav by their
firesides om- <*t Hie men of the hutch
was telling the pastor Monday of a
great preaching service lie heard over
the radio, in which the anmnfticer
s-ald, “This whole section is covered
with ice. so much so that one- an hard
ly travel in an automobile, but the
IM-oplc are here. Any way. wc had two
happy services with small audiences.
The evening service was enlivened
hy good singing, one number being a
(pinrielte by Messrs. Towns, Cooper.
Weber, Cowan; quite a happy hour |
on .Monday afternoon the Woman's
Mi-si miry society met at the parson
age and perferled organization for
Tie- directorship being placed in
a trio of ottr finest maiden ladies
Miss Lucy (Jleaton. president; Miss
Cara I,on Klliott, secretary, and Miss
Mary Slansell. treasurer. With such j
leaders the high standard of past '
work will lx- maintained and promise
is seen of * von greater success. The •
secretary's rcixirt follows; •
Tin* Woman's Missionary society of *
the Methodist church In-ld a very in- •
(cresting meeting nl the parsonage on •
Mondnv.x Jnininn “s Thirteen m m
• # Zi
hors, answered to roll call- Having do- *
/i-ided In divide Hie’society into cir •
cles. I lie three leaders drew names for
each oil: of their circles. The leaders
are .Mrs. Hob Kliioit. Mrs. Carl Sims
and Mrs. Sam Cowan. These circles
are to meet monthly and much inter
est is already being shown After all
business and discussions the society
adjourned with prayer by Mr-. Jordan
The parsonage home was brighten
ed Monday afternoon by a happy vis*. 1
il from our neighbor preacher. Foster
Young, and by a brief call of a former
pastor. W. W. Carroll.
Hrother Carroll was F.TAOIN in
getting some cuttings from the fine
plum tree he plained in the parsonage
yard when In* was pastor. Brother Car
roll has many cordial friends in Con
yers.
Our program for next Sunday is in
part, a sermon by the pastor at 11 :.J0
on the theme. “The Credentials of Un
church." and at 7:5b on "The Lame
at the Hae Beautiful."
The choir is practicing some special
numbers.
Baptist Church
1 7~
Whether Baptist. Methodist, Presby
terian. or what not. we are afraid of
water when il is coming down. This
we can set* is very I rue when we re
member how many attended Sunday
school and preaching service last Sun
day morning.
Someone said that rain is a great
"settler" —it settles dust and people's
minds on Sunday morning. Someone
gets up on Sunday morning undecided
about whether to go to church or not,
it begins to rain and that settles it—
they will not go.
Ctiu we imagine how our heavenly
Fntiter felt last Sunday morning when
He looked down and saw so few peo
ple in the church house? the place in
which he taught us to assemble our
selves. When we remember that less
than fifty people assembled to wor
ship God and to hear the gospel preach
ed in the three churches of
last Sunday we ought to pray earnest
ly for forgiveness for the si nof om
mission.
God's cause was left to settle in the
mud last Sunday while His people
sat comfortably in their homes enjoy
ing protection and blessings that come
as a gift from Hod. Our outward lives
gave so little expression of our appre
ciation. God tried to prove us and so
many failed in the test.
Quack! Quack! Quack!; j
The Doo-Funny Family
Sixth Grade Fntertainmcnt Friday
Night at School Auditorium
Come to see our first appearance in
public- We promise you a laugh from
beginning to end. In the Doo-Funny
Family we shall show you some stunts
you might like to go home and try
yourself, our grandma and Aunt
Dishy, our old maid aunt, will afford
you much fun and when we stand on
our heads and sing—my! you’ll be
sure to open your eyes.
And in our Quack ! Quack ! Quack !
if you have.any aches and pains Drs.
Sly cm and Payne will cure you. op
erate. or do anything you need to have
'done. We shall have this Friday night
at eight o'clock.
OVER TIIK WEEK END
Birth Control —An Irishman - living
in New York started what promised to
lie a large family. A baby came regu
larly every year for four years, and
then there was no more. A friend said
to him one day. “Pat. why is it your
wife presents you with no more kid
dies?” '‘l do not want any more," said
Pat. "betfiuse they say every fifth
baby born in New York is a Jew "
O- R. T
WITH EXPERT CARE
The repairing of footwear, left in our shop, is handled with
expert care. Quality materials and special machinery en
able us to make your shoes look like new.
Mosley Shoe Shop
In the Rock Building Nc; r N. T. Street Mill— Conyers, Ga.
A New Business
Mrs. M. F. Tribble Mrs. E. J- Sellers
CONYERS, GEORGfA
Dress Making, Hem Stitching, Tecoting,
All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Sewing,
Gent’s Shirts and Garments Made,
Altering and Mending,
Satisfaction Guaranteed Prices Right.
Conyers Hardware Store.
FOR SALE
Williams’ 30 year improved Russells Green Seed-Big 801 l
Cotton. After 30 years careful breeding and careful selec
tion,- I have a cotton that will make the most money per
acre of any other cotton. 40 bolls weigh a pound. 38 to 40
per cent lint, 1 to 1 1-8 inch staple and sells 1 to 2 cents
per pound above most other cotton. Fruits fast and heavy.
Have gathered a bale per acre in five months from time
planted- 90 per cent of the bolls turn down, thus avoiding
rot and can he gathered 25 per cent cheaper than other
cotton.
$5.00 per 100 lbs. for these seed.
Sidney C. Williams
Lawrenceville, Ga., Route 3
My Home—Snellville, Ga., 14 Miles North of Conyers.
See Us For Good
Ford Service
\Ve i! do the job right and we’ll have it ready when prom
ised Let us look the ear over Ihe next time it needs tuning
up. Our mechanics are expert “trouble shooters”. All labor
lulled at low Hat rate. Ask about the Special $1.50 Inspec
tion Service.
Langford Motor Company
Conyers, . . Georgia
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S.ax Receivers Rounds
LORRAINE
Feb* 18-Mar* 18-April 15
Honey Creek
Feb* 19-Mar. 19-April 16
SHEFFIELD
Feb. 20-Mar* 20-April 17
MILSTEAD
Feb* 21-Mar. 2i-Apti! 18
All other dates not listed above I
will be in Conyers.
Closing date May first.
BARTOW WALKER, T. R.
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