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Wednesday, March 13, 1939
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FOR GROCERIES
Phone No. 8
On Time Every Day
We pride ourselves upon the promptness of our
Delivery
Service
Groceries ordered to be delivered at a certain time
delivered on time.
Asa Test of This Promptness
PHONE NO. 8
W. E. HARDEMAN
Phone No. 8 CONYERS, GA.
ROCKDALE RECORD, CONYERS, GEORGIA
Much Sound Wisdom
in Tagalog Proverbs
Following are proverbs of ancient
repute among the Tagalog people In
and around Manila: Nothing hut rust
destroys Iron. Thorns thrust deep
when the step Is swift. Though you
be far behind, wit may put you ahead.
A drunken man may be twitted with
impunity; not so he who is awakened
from sleep. Noisy waters ure always
shallow*. Never seek fortune; if really
yours it will come of itself. Even
water-soaked wood will burn If left
long enough in the lire. Repentance
never precedes the folly. The savings
of today are the comforts of tomor
row. Even a rag, put away in the
closet, will turn up for good use. The
really wise will always shame him
who merely pretends to wisdom. A
small stool made of sound wood Is
better than a bishop’s chair honey
combed with borers. When a pullet
begins laying eggs, chickens may be
expected. Criticize yourself before
doing so to others. Be the aim never
so exalted, the shaft goes no farther
than the strength of the archer. He
who spits at the sky gets the spray
in his face. Bounding Wet rice in the
mortar only besmears the workman.
His Beard Too Close
When Tire Blew Out
Probably the first man to devise a
fluid to make automobile tires punc
ture proof was A. L. Dyke of St.
Louis, a pioneer in the automobile in
dustry.
The earliest automobiles had single
tube tires, made by bicycle tire man
ufacturers and glued to the rims of
the wheels. They punctured with ease
and frequentcy. When that happened
it was necessary to stop, pry off the
glued tire, stick rubber bands in the
hole and glue them there, put the tire
back, glue it to the rim and wait for
the glue to dry.
Dyke brought out a sticky substance
that could be squirted into a tire in
place of air. But an Illinois physician,
who wore a beard, was inspecting a
tire thus filled when it blew out. He
threatened to sue Dyke for the loss
of his beard, for it had to be shaved
off.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Historic English Ports
The Cinque ports were originally
five seaport towns on the coast of
Kent and Sussex, England, called in
early times “the five most important
havens in the kingdom.” They were
enfranchised by Edward the Confes
sor. William the Conquerer subse
quently granted them the privilege of
an almost independent state, under
command of a warden, with a court
at Dover castle. The five ports were
Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and
Hastings. Winclielsea and Rye were
added later. Up to the reign of Henry
VII their chief function was the sup
ply of the country’s naval contingent.
Dating from the revolution of 1688
their privileges were gradually abol
ished, the lord warden’s jurisdiction
ceasing in 3835.
No Snakes in Green Isle
The Biological survey says that
there are no snakes native to Ireland
and never have been, so far as there
are authentic records. This is due to
its geographic position, isolated as it
is from the region in which these
vertebrates originated and which they
now occupy. A few attempts have
been made to introduce harmless spe
cies, but as yet its records show none
established on the island. This may
be due to a lack of proper environ
ment, climate, disease or other abnor
mal condition. The slow-worm or lag
worm, a legless lizard which super
ficially looks very much like a snake,
is native to Ireland, and may account
for some of the snake records of that
country.
Horse Racing Old Sport
Horse racing has been called the
“sport of kings’’ because it lias been
one of their amusements since the
earliest dawn of civilization. Tho
thmes I of the Eighteenth Egyptian
dynasty left a papyrus letter telling
of his conquest of Mesopotamia and
priding himself upon the acquisition
of the racing horse (the Arab) and
being the first to introduce him in
Africa. Somewhat later the records
tell of King Solomon buying horses
from Egypt and paying as much as
$3,000 for some of them. Among the
Greeks horse racing was introduced
Into the Olympic games in the thirty-
Ihird Olympiad (G4B B. C.).
Earned Hi i Tip”
Tipping was not unknown 100 years
ago, one may see from the following
article that appeared in a Pittsburgh
paper in 1828:
“Mr. Beale received from Philadel
phia on Monday last an entire load of
oysters, principally in the shell. The
wagoner was laden exclusively with
oysters. He was 11 days only on the
road and he received SIOO carriage.
I* consequence of his expedition
and his attentive and careful man
agement Mr. Beale paid the wagoner
S3B more than the amount usually
received for the ameunt of lading.”—
Detroit News.
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Health Hint
Loss of sleep is worse than starva
tion so far as its damaging effects
upon the body and mind are con
cerned. If you keep regular hours
there should be no difficulty about
sleeping. If there is, find the caust
before it undermines you.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nicholson have
with them for several days’ visit their
grand daughter. Mrs. Kuthe Flanders,
and child, of Norwood.
Mr. I. H. Rainwater, former citizen
and school official of Conyers, came
up from Madison, his new home, Fri
day for a short visit with relatives
and friends. Mr. Rainwater is not
favorably impressed with the idea that
Madison is a much better town than
Conyers to live in or to do anything
else in. Well, Conyers is bad, very
bad at its, best, but so is your ’ole
The Utmost Care With
Prescriptions ! ■ ■
No one, not even the doc
tor who writes your pre- v r ~ il
scription, realizes more the 1 Ik K m
importance of the utmost fIA
care in filling it properly. lH •%
We use every precaution
in carrying out your doctor’s orders as written.
We Also Carry a Line of Toilet Articles
That will Please You
Ride out for a refreshing Drink from
Our Sanitary Fount
Headquarters for Riverside Golf Club Cards
TRY OUR GAS AND OILS
Gailey-O’Neal Drug Cos.
Phone 71-J JNO. A. WAKKPN, Druggist Milstead, Ga.
Plant a Good Staple
Cotton
We have just received a car load of the famous Mis
sissippi Pi Delta and Pineland, No. 4 Cotton Seed.
This cotton has been grown in Rockdale and adjoin
ing counties for the past two years and has given
perfect satisfaction from a stand point of produc
tion, lint yield and staple. From 1250 to 1300 pounds
of dry seed cotton you can get 500 pounds of lint.
This cotton won for Rockdale county in the state con
test at the state college of agriculture last year, the
first prize for growing the best staple cotton of any
county in the state.
This cotton staples inch to 1 1-16 inch and
always brings a higher price than the short
er varieties. Because of its excellent quality
of staple.
We are very anxious that the farmers grow
a good staple cotton in the territory in which
we buy cotton. This saves us going west to
buy our cotton and thereby enables us to pay
the farmer a higher price for his cotton in
the local market.
These seed are put up in 100 pound bags and
are worth $5.50 per bag, which is what these
seed actually cost us in car load lots and can
be secured from W. O. Mann, our cotton buy
er, at Conyers, Georgia.
The Milstead
Manufacturing Cos.
Milsead, Georgia
man. Every body loves every body
in Conyers, but its different to what
puppy love is. We like a dog fight if
they’ll keep their hats on and wear a
white collar. Conyers ain't never laid
a scandalous court case like they had
in Madison all last week where one
man was suing another man for SI,OOO
- damages to his wife. Being a claim
agent ourselves, we enn’t imagine how
a fellow could arrive at exactly one
thousand dollars damage. Our ex
perience is, that it would have to he
lots more than that or it ought to lie
classed as charity.
Mr. and Mrs. Chns. K. Galley had
for their week-end guest Mr. Geo. 11.
Purvis, auditor of the G. M. railroad
at Gainesville, Ga.
Miss Evelyn Willingham spent the
week-end in Ltthonia, guest, of Miss
Kaye and other friends.
ROOMS
FOB RENT... IN MY HOME
Mrs. Annie Lee Wade
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WARNING
This is to notify the public not to
hire or hurlior Henry Loyd,
colored ns he is under cotrnct.
in writing, with me for 1939.
C. W. JOHNSON