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VOL. 11. Subscript ion 81.*)0 Conyers Merchants Taking- a Stand Conyers merchants iTre speaking to the world in terms of progressive lead* 01 ship this week, through the columns ot the Rockdale Record. For the first time in tiie history of this splendid community, five of our merchants are carrying full page advertisements uim ultam ously. with many others taking smaller and yet splendid space. How ever. advertising is like taking medi cine. a bitter does it is until you get used to ii. one dose will not put you on your fed. Several doses are neces sary. even before you begin to feel tin 1 effect/* some times, and it is about like that with advertising. It does not pay to be penny wise and dollar foolish aiul if you have anything to sell, don't whisper it in dollar ads, hut speak out boldly as you did this week and people will hear you, even beyond the boundaries of old Rock dale. sooner or later. The Record ap preciates very much this evidence of renewed life and energy in Conyers and hold ourselves at your command for a greater service and a greater county. Ordinary Marston is Preaching Like This It is better to make a mistake trying to tell the truth than never to tell tlie truth for fear of making a mis take. A smile is always worth its face value, and a man who minds his own business lias a good stead job. Some people never make mistakes because they never do anything, and people who are inclined to criticise their neighbors would do well to step aside and watch themselves on pa rade. for no man ever pushed himself forward by patting himself on the hack. Worry less and work more —Ride less and walk more —Frown less and smile more —Eat less and chew more — Preach less and practice more. Tax Receiver Bartow Walker has office in the Ordinary’s office where tax re fill 11s are now in order. May 1 is the last day for making returns. Out of town visitors in the Ordi nary’s office Monday, included W. Zode Smith and wife, of Atlanta. Mr. Smith is the man who makes the Chat tahoochee give up its mud. Dr. J. H. Brooks, of Decatur, Dr. ,T. M. Tribble, of Eithonia and a lady whose name we did not catch on account of Tom say ing it while taking a drink of water. Mr. Marston is making us a most satisfactory and popular ordinary and ills office is a very pleasant place to stop in for a round of chatter, es pecially if Henry McCalla is present in lead the witness. Riverside Golf Links Down by the Meadow It is a real privilege and joy to walk down the fairway lanes in the midst of great stately forest pines edg ed with violets and wild roses, where the birds are happily on parade all dressed up in their new spring coats, and play a game of golf with con genial friends. We always feel like singing “In the land where we’ll never grow old” every time such privileges come our way. Henry McCalla has made it possible for preacher Drake to sp ak boldly in the terms of golf language by numbering a few choice cuss words. He gave Mr. Drake twen- We Buy and Sell Country Produce, Chickens, & Es A Full Line of Fresh Vegetables, Kens, Tur nips, Green Cabbage, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Ftc. Fruits, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Apples, Lemons 3 Lbs. Blue Ridge Coffee . . SI.OO 5 Gal. Kerosene Oil . . 90c Best Salt Meat, per Lb. . . 17c Wesson Oil, Pints . . . 27c Pork & Beans, Can . • 10c SPECIAL PRICES ON FLOUR Fresh Fish and Oysters Fri. and Sat. Relll’s Banner Coffee and Merry Widow Flour BELL’S CASH GROCERY Phone 25 Conyers, Ga. We Deliver VHE ROCKDALE RECORD Library Open to School Daily It is an adage, old and tried, that if you want a thing done —do it. A pres ent day application of this old gaysing is—if you want a thing go after it. Nine times out of ten you get it. The Civic League, by hard work and strong determination, owns and main tains the Nancy Guinn Library for the use of file citizens, youths and adults of Rockdale county. For some time the library has been colsed ex cept twice weekly —Tuesday from ” to 4 p. m., Saturday from 1 to 3 p. m. These two days Miss Stansell is at the library to lew|l books. 1 Now, becnu% someone wanted the privilege of us\, ( g the reference books at any time —the library will he open as a reading room daily. The League is happy that the library is to be used more —the students are happy that supplementary reading can he done as needed. All of this happiness because some one wanted something /ind went after it. NOTE: The Rockdale Record want ed this and we are ju: as hippy as can be over the results of our efforts in getting it. The key will be turned over to Opher Cooper, school principal, next Monday morning, with the re quest of the Civic League that he see to its proper use all day long of every day in the week. Certainly our school faculty know the value of a library and the importance of preserving its values in a literary sense as well as physical and the Record appeals to the children up there, for whom we made the fight, to cooperate fully in its proper use. However, if it is found that the faculty does permit uncontrol able irregularities therein, the door will again be locked and public notice of the failure stated in the columns of the Record. —Ed. New Neighbors from Loganville, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Forrester and child of Loganville, moved to Conyers this week and will have rooms with Mrs. Annie Lee AVade on north Main street. Conyers extends a hearty wel come to these splendid people and wish 'for them success and happiness in this community. Mr. Forrester is local agent and distributor for the famous Watkins goods and in addition to hav ing an office and display room with the Conyers Hardware company, will travel throughout the county and ad jacent territory, selling and making de livery of the AVatkins products. First Straw Hat Rushes Season The first straw hat of the season ap peared on the Depot Gardens Golf course Saturday afternoon, March !). Fortunately this took place out of the congested area, as traffic would have been blocked had this monstrosity ap peared in the business section —Con- tributed. ty-five such words numbered one to twenty-five the other day and told him to just spit ’em out by number instead of by name like most golfers do. AA'ell, brother Drake was hard pushed in a foursome with Carl Sims vs Henry McCalla and Mercer Hull and swung so high and wide one time that he halloed out “one to 25 and all the way back.” Rather nifty idea after all for Henry. CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. 1020 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY Eighty Fourth Birthday Celebration Over the Week End for John G. Mann MR. AN DMRS. JOHN G. MANN Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morris entertained at their commodious McDonough Street home Sunday with a birthday dinner on account of the eighty-fourth birthday of Mr. John G. Mann. Of his seven children, all of whom are still living, six were present and joint hosts and hostesses with Mr. and Mrs. Morris upon this very happy oc casion. Following the registration of relatives as they arrived, the Georgia Power company’s splendid transportation department quartette, consisting of Messrs. U. A. Pollard, R. C. Candler, T. A. Smith and J. S. Lambert, sang many snappy and well selected numbers that carried those children back many years to father and home. This reunion of the family circle was a joyous occasion and yet, one of the boys, Frank Brunswick, was absent and the circle was still more definitely broken by reason of the absence of Mother, the center of all family circles, whose death broke up this ftirge and happy home nine years ago lasi January the second. Mr. W. .0. Mann, the man of Rockdale and the man for Rockdale, was master of ceremonies and around the heavily laden dinner tables was spokes man for the home over in Lorraine district that has meant much to Georgia, and especially to Rockdale county, for it was during the administration of W. 0. Mann as county commissioner that Rockdale constructed its first span of paved highways and before his retirement in January of this year, Rockdale had the only county to county paved highway between Atlanta and Augusta. His brother, Hon. B. Frank Mann, of JJrunswick, Gu., who wired his greetings and regrets by reason of his unpreventable absence, is the father of the present gas tax levy that was enacted during iiis legislative term and an outstanding sponsor of good roads in Georgia. The father, although stoooped with his many years of toil anil usefulness, hale and hearty, rose with a prayer in his heart to pronounce once again a blessing upon his children and their children's children, gave beautiful expres sion of his gratitude for this continued manifestation of love in the hearts of his people and was seated once again at the head of the table with his children, even unto the third generation. His joy was complete but for the empty chair at the other end of the table. Not that you could see an empty chair in the midst of the great throng of happy men, women, boys and girls, hut he could as by retrospection. Those three daughters, Minnie, Denie and Lizzie, just girls again for the time being, with the able assistance of aunt Ada Perry, the cook, prepared a feast beyond the imagination of man that was served by five of the sweetest girls ever, Clide, Ola and Lula Mann, Jewel Morris and Mildred Bowen and those present to enjoy this most excellent dinner and service included Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Mann and family, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. John G. Mann and two children, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Mann and child, Mr. and Mrs. R. p. Hull and two children, Misses Clide, Ola and Lula Mann and Messrs. Lewis, W. O. and Fred Mann, who with six others absent, go to make up twenty five from the home of this splendid son and Rockdale citizen. Mrs. T. R. Sharp and family of Decatur, including Misses Bertha and Bessie Sharp, R. <!. Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Richardson and two children. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morris and family of Conyers, including Frank, G. W., and the Misses Jewel and Sarah Morris. Mrs. Minnie R. Cook and family of Atlanta, including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coleman, and two children, Mr. and Mrs. 11. F. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cook and child, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tuggle and two children, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Boswell Those from Stockridge, Ga„ included Mr. and Mrs. J. li. Fargasnn, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fargason and two children, now of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mosley and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clark and two -children, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bowen, Mr. John Fargason, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mann and two children and Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mann, of Atlanta. Tln.se Invited to join the family upon this very happy occasion included Mrs. J. J. McClellan, Misses Irene and Mildred Bowen and J. M. Towns, of Conyers; Misses Lou, Etta and Blanch Wood, Messrs. U. A. Pollard, It. C. Chandler, T. A. Smith and J. S. Lambert, of Atlanta. Staff photographer, Pat Anderson, of Atlanta, was present and made a number of group and individual pictures for distribution among the children, i he afternoon was given over to gel acquainted and a musical program T.y the splendid quartette. Miss Ola Mann gave a reading entitled ••What Is Home,” by Edgar A. Guest. A wonderful interpretation of “home'' that was made even more beautiful by this splendid reader. Neighbors and friends from far and near dropped in during the afternoon to extend greetings to Mr./Mann and his interesting and beloved family. WHITE & CO. MORTICIANS An institution founded upon prin ciple of responsible helpfulness and dedicated to the service of the pub lic. Phone 26 Conyers, Ga. Phone 37 Wacissa River Fishing by Cannon & McElvany Representative C. R. Cannon and Dr. Harry G. McElvany returned over the week-end from a most delightful and successful fishing trip down in Flori da upon the Wacissa river. Seven miles from Montieello, Fla., this river springs up gusher like and immediate ly becomes navigable for motor boats and other light craft for its entire length, which is only twelve miles and it disappears into the immense swamps, where it furnishes hull rush and other swamp growth to protect tin- wild life of that section. In these swamps you will find hears, deer, tur keys, ducks and other large and wild game. Although only twelve miles in length, this river is stocked with in numerable and large fish of many kinds, mainly that of trout, cats, perch and mullet. Messrs R. 11. Foy, of Syl vester, Ga., and Charles Carroll, of Montieello, Fla., brother to Rev. W. W. Carroll, had the camp arranged for in advance. When that motor boat hook ed up to their little flat bottom bateau and started down that river at some thing like forty miles per hour, it was in order for you to cross your heart and look upwards. The water is only three to five feet deep and clear as crystal—in fact you can see the great droves of fish Into which you drop your hook and almost pick out the particular fish that you prefer to catch. The weather was ideal, clear, warm and dry —far different to what Georgia had during those same days. They brought back two large <-qt fish as an evidence of their luck and good time but we did not get to see them. When confronted with the statement that I)r. F. C. McDaniel, who recently returned from a two weeks’ visit in Florida, had killed several fish by standing on the banks of an east to west coast canal, by throwing rocks, at them, Dr. McElvany professed mem bership in the W. C. T. U. and said if any fish stories were told, Dr. Can non or Mr. Foy would have to do it. All that I)r. Cannon would say after this was, that he saw plenty of turtles as large as a pile of sand along the river hanks. I)r. R. S. Carter, who spent several days down there a year or so ago, with Rev. W. W. Carroll, chimed in with the statement that se saw turtles as large/as a stove. Now if you know how large a pile of sand is or how large a stove is, you have some idea how large those turtles are. Mr. Charles Carroll an able insurance man of Montieello proved to be a prince of a fellow, even more so than his distinguished preacher brother, W. W. Carroll, if anything. All we have to say on this is, that we cannot Im agine a better sport than W. W. Car roll, unless it is our friendly enemy it. 11. Foy. When we get with a bet ter sport than Mr. Foy is, we are pen alized for off-sides. If I)r. McElvany would become a painless dentist and lr. Cannon would become a painless golfer, we’d he willing to go fishing with them and speak words of praise and adoration for them like we do about other fishermen, dentist awl golf players and as golfers we don’t mean to convey the idea that Chet gives us a pain right where Harry does as a dentist cither. Methodist W. M. S. Circle No. 1! of the Ladies’ Mission ary Society of the Methodist church met March 7, 19liti at the home of Mrs. S. I. Cowan. The meeting was opened with a song, "Where He Leads Me I Will Follow.” Prayer led by Mrs. W. S. Butler. The book of Genesis was studied by It Pays to Buy Genuine FORD PARTS Don’t Gamble when you buy Ford parts. Get the Genuine—the same good parts from which your car was originally assembled. Then you are sure of satisfaction. See us for the big and little jobs and for oiling ;and greasing. We’ll keep your car like new. Langford Motor Cos. CONYERS, GA. Popular at Home and Abroad Ready-to-Wear Dept, for Dietz Brothers Dietz Bros., of Covington, leading dry goods and ready to wear depart ment store of suburban Georgia, begin this week remodeling their stores for a larger and more distinct ready to wear department. When completed, there will be sub-department sections and booths grading from house dress es and street apparel to evening gowns and formal dress garments and acces sories that will he all inclusive in their complete service to Newton and sur rounding counties. 'Phis increased de partment will l>e inclosed with plate glass and art mirrors equal to some of tin- most elaborate show rooms to be found in the department stores of At lanta. A ladies’ rest room, carpeted and elegantly furnished will furnish a splendid retreat and headquarters for his ever ineerasing number of lady patrons of Covington and surrounding territory. The phenominal growth and popularity of this store is due to their unstinted use of newspaper advertis ing and personal attention to custom ers and their wants. Hardly an is sue of the Rockdale Record goes off the press that. DIETZ does not speak o his friends and patrons through its columns. It costs lots of money to advertise like he does, hut you never saw a man go broke who stuck to it Jong enough and Dietz is a splendid example of successful advertising and is being congratulated locally and abroad. A town and a man In a town, that will advertise In terms of dol lars, will reap in terms of dollars. Conyers bought Newton, Henry, De- Kalb and Gulnett county cotton last year —nearly two million dollars ]>aid out in cash for it right here in Con yers. Why not sell them a few things to take back home. We have the mer chants and they have the goods. Now you boys tell them all about it while we print the best county paper in Georgia for you. Susannah Bible Class Entertains The regular monthly meeting of the Susannah Wesley Bible class was held March llttii at the home of Mrs. R. 11. Sims. Mrs. Sims and Mrs. Irwin Cow an were joint hostesses. The president, Mrs. W. C. Patrick, presidede, and after the business ses sion the following program was ren dered : The number forty in the Bible —Mrs. 'Carl Sims. Alphabetical scripture game. Bible Books in verse —Mrs. J. R. Jor dan. Scripture contest. Music by Mrs. Boh Elliott. Seventeen, members answelred the roll call. Tile class Is planning to beautify the church grounds. A committee was ap “pointed to select and see to the plant ing of the shrubbery. louring the social hour delicious re freshments were served. The next meeting will be held with Miss Eoulie Almand and Mrs. MTU Sigma 11 at the home of Miss Loulie Almand. MRS. Mb S. SIGMAN, Secty. the ladies. Several interesting papers were rend, ‘‘The Water in the Broken Cup,” by Mrs. J. Will Cowan, “Junior Courts,” by Mrs. S. I. Cowan, “Packing a Child’s Trunk for Life’s Journey, by Mrs. S. J. Kelly. The meeting adjourned to meet with Mrs. IV. S. Butler on Monday, April 8, 11)29. MRS. W. S. BUTLER, Sec. NUMBER 8