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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 •••, • *•••• •oo*o*o6i &o®oooo>6*ooo#6 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. 5