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Georgia Power Cos.
Holds Safety Meet
The Panola district of the Georgia
Power company entertained the Ath
lens division in a safety-improvement
council at Conyers last week. Among
the fifty odd men present were Messrs
Watterson, Ballinger and Davenport,
of Atlanta, and Messrs. Gibson, Greene
and Hughes, of Athens.
('onyers, Lithonia, Covington, Win
der. Gainesville, Toecoa and Hartwell
were among the leading communities
represented in the several demonstra
tions of first aid treatment and meth
ods of preserving life and property.
Local superintendent Edd 1,. Cowan
and assistants, Messrs. Candler Daniel.
Dickerson and Harrison, prepared an
old fashioned Georgia barbecue dinner
that was a treat. Miss Louizelle Steph
enson, secretary and cashier, was kept
busy keeping track of the various prob
lems brought up and discussed. The
morning session was held in the Ma
sonic lodge, while the afternoon stock
room session was held in the office.
The Georgia Power company is an out
standing community builder and fore
most citizen wherever it serves and
its various representatives are a cred
it to any community. The Panola dis
trict must he as godo, if not the best
to he had and we appreciate the splen
did service this community receives.
Presbyterian Auxiliary
I The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Presby
terian church met at the home of Mrs.
YV. H. Tucker Monday afternoon,
March 11.
Avery interesting meeting, as be
ing the last meeting of the eliuivh
year, opened with song, “He Leadeth
Me." Scripture reading—Luke 24th
Chapter, by Mrs. Tucker, followed by
prayer by Mrs. H. C. Cowan.
Tliree\ circles were represented at
this meeting. Circle No. 1. No. 2 and
Business Woman's Circle —Mrs. Ida
Beattie, chairman circle No. 1; Mrs.
;E. O. I.eftwich, chairman circle No. ?;
M iss Mary Hays, chairman Business I
-circle.
Interesting reports from each chair
; man. president Mrs. Walker gave re-
I port of work of Auxiliary year ending
April 1. KWh secretary gave report
~ of work she had accomplished during
year. Mrs. J. L. White elected dele
gate to Presbyterial which meets in
McDonough, April 11-12. Mrs. Beat
tie, alternate. Auxiliary strives each
year to attain 100 per cent on stand
ard—this year 85 per cent. We were
■glad to enroll Mrs. Peoples as mem
ber. The officers elected for year
1920-1980 were:
President, Mrs. Carl Walker; vice
president, Mrs. ,1. M. McCollum; secre
tary, Mrs. Leroy Brisendine; assistant
secretary, Mrs. W. H. Tucker; treasur
er, Mrs. J. W. Hollingsworth; chair
man Circle No. 1. Mrs. Beattie; chair
man Circle No. 2. Mrs. Leftwich; home
r circle, Mrs. Hollingsworth; secretary
, S. and P. missions, Mrs. J. G. New
| ton; secretary literature, Mrs. J. M.
% McCollum; secretary C. E. and M. R.,
Mrs. W. IT. Tucker; secretary Chris
i tian social service, Mrs. J. L. White;
I secretary foreign missions, Mrs. Wil
• kierson; secretary home missions, Mrs.
Dora Argo; secretary stewardship,
i Mrs. Weber.
Members Circle No. 1: Mrs. Ida
* Beattie, chairman; Mesdames Lewis
Downs. Horace King, O. W. White, J.
W. Hollingsworth, W. Wilkinson, Mol
[ lie McCollum, Harry White, Mercer
Hall. Emory McClelland, W. H. Tuck
er. Jim Owens, H. L. White, I. H.
Barksdale, Misses Bella Allen and
Jennie Joe McCollum.
Circle No. 2: Mrs. E. O. Leftwich,
chairman; Mesdames Leroy Brisen
dine, Jack McCollum, J. L. White,
Dora Argo, 11. C. Cowan, Ed Vaughn,
W. S. Almand, ,T. G. Newton, J. C. Mil
ler. Sara Greene, .1. S. Askew, Bert
Peeples, W. J. Weber, Misses Eunice
Hollingsworth and Henrietta Cowan.
Secretary of V. P. and S. S. exten
sion. Miss Jennie J. McCollum.
Bible study for next year, the Book
of Acts, arranged by Miss Janie Mc
s Gauly. Auxiliary gave .SSO to Chris
tian Endeavor on tent fund and Camp
[ Smyrna. At conclusion of business
Mrs. Tucker with her assistants, serv
i ed a delicious salad course with coffee.
Adjourned to meet with Mrs. Carl
Walker for April meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Tharpe Baldwin
S have with them for an extended visit
I Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Baldwin and
1 child, of Denver, Colo.
Former pastor of the Presbyterla*
i church at Conyers, Rev. W. M. Crof
ton, now pastoi 1 . at Dublin, Ga., was
a recent visitor in Conyers and guest
of Mrs. G. V. Cowan.
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LOGANVILLE WINS
Social Circle I I ogunvllle 0 3 . 1a
Logan ville I
Log. 23-13
Jem ‘ v I.ith 2-0
Lithonia
Log. 19-1 R
Eat on ton I „ i 1
I Newborn 2-0
Newborn
Mans 29-4
Mansfield I Mans. 17-13
Centerville '
' Log. 17-16
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Covington I Cov Cov. 31-13
Madison
Cov. 20-7
Sto,le Mt I St. Mt'n. 36-6
Heard-Mixon I
Palmer Stone I jj v
Livingston
Conyers 2S-10
Conyers I ~
~ I Conyers 24-22
Hampton | .
Covington holds an Invitation Tour
nament at the close of each basket hall
season, from which they are securing
funds with which to pay for their re
Free Electric
Cooking School!
Conyers, Friday, March 22, Georgia
Power Company Office, 3:30 until
5:30 o’clock, Miss Agnes Burke,
Home Economist.
You will be shown just how you may
cook a complete meal that has all (he
flavor, all the deliciousness, all the
tastiness of the old-time Dutch Oven
method of cooking —in a modern AA’est
irythouse “Flavor Zone.” Electric
Range.
The old Dutch Oven is used no more.
It is a relic of the times when wom
en had nothing to do hul cook and
sew and sprinkle clean sand on the
floor. Now there are clubs and card
parties, movies and books, shopping
and motoring—a hundred and one
ways for the busy, modern woman to
broaden her life, to get the fun that’s
coming to her in a world full of won
derful tilings to do.
Time in the kitchen is time taken
from life, from children growing up,
from active engagement in women’s af
fairs. And every housewife wants
more time to devote to herself and
to her family and friends.
Be sure to atten dtlie demonstra
tion of electric cookery mentioned
above. ft costs you nothing—yet it
may he worth many hours of leisure
to you!
Yours very truly,
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
P. S. The new residential electric
rate makes electric cookery more eco
nomical than ever before. Permit us
to explain it to you.
FOY
“Our hearts go out to you on (his,
your twenty-first birthday. AA’e are
proud of you and our interest in you
prompts us to throw out to you a few
lines of caution. This old world is full
if sin and the devil, wise and cun
ning. is continually baiting an attrac
tive hook to tempt just such noble
manhood as yours. Despise him and
look upon him as your bitterest foe.
Let your life be cel an, your habits good
ind manly. Pin your faith and trust
in God who loves you, even better than
,our Papa and Mama. Ask His guid
ance and direction. live close to Him
and your success and happiness is not
only assured in this life, but in the
life to come. Do all the good you can
as true happiness, properly understood
consists of doing good. Have an aim
in life and aim high, or as Emerson
says, ’Hitch your wagon to a star’ and
stick to your aim. The mongrel’s grip
will slip, but only crowbars loose the
bulldog’s lip; small though lie seems,
the joy that never yields, bows down
the bellowing monarch of the fields.
“Your life is going to be just what
you determine to make it. God grant
that it may he for His glory and your
happiness. AVe are sending a little
remembrance with our tenderst love.
Our hearts go out to you, our big
twenty-one years old, four square,
clean cut, gentlemanly gentleman.
BOY. PAPA AND MAMA.
NOTE : The above letter was writ
ten to one of our most prominent citi
zens and business men a number of
years ago. The boy made good and
lives in Conyers today, an honor to his
parents and home town.—Ed.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,1929
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
cently constructed gymnasium. If five
or six business men of Conyers would
advance two thousand dollars for the
construction of a gym in connection
The Faculty of
Milstead Public School
Presents
“Aaron Slick From
Pun kin Crick”
School Auditorium
March 22,7:30 P.M.
SYNOPSIS
Act I—Mrs. Bferrjf’s Kitchen on an Oklahoma
farm. Gladys May is chased by an awful cow.
Merridew, the city slicker, meets his match in
Sis, the tomboy. The downfall of Aaron Slick.
Act ll—Same scene, later in the afternoon. The
charming’ widow almost gets a proposal. Sis
hides in the clothes basket. The mysterious
Clarence Green spouts poetry. Oil on the farm.
Aaron triumphant.
Act III —A Chicago cabaret, a year later. The
girl in red gets the best of Aaron—almost. Mer
ridew in the toil of the law. “I’m so glad I could
kiss a Dutchman—going back home, “hurray.”
Back to Oklyhomy.
Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam
Be it ever so humble
There is no place like home.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Aaron Slick, not as green as he looks,
J. Foster Young
Mr. Wilur Merridew, a crooked speculator,
C. J. Hicks
Clarence Green, a mysterious man,
Miss Gussie Pennington
Mrs. Rosy Berry, an Oklahoma Widow,
Miss Emma Sue Holsenbeck
Gladys Mae Merridew, a sweet young thing,
Miss Sara Kate Strickland
The Girl in Red Miss Florice Caldwell
Little Sis Riggs, a regular tomboy,
Miss Elizabeth Deariso
Rochdale News
AVe are always proud of our Sunday
chool at Rockdale, hut we are ospe
■ially proud of it when it starts grow
ing in attendance like It has the last
everal weeks.
Sunday was a week ago we had an
attendance of 49 and last Sunday we
had C3 present.
That’s the way we like to see it
move forward and not backward. AA’e
will be glad to make this kind of a
report to our superintendent when he
gets to come back. AA’e are planning
on the Sunday school convention at
Philadelphia March 31st. Rockdale
won the banner for the best attend
ance in 1927. It would be fine if we
could do that again.
B. Y. P. 11. met at 7 o’clock last
Sunday night. Miss Mary Emma Rea
gin had charge and Group I gave an
interesting program on the subject, of
“Giving.”
Next Saturday is “Meeting Satur
day” and preaching will he held at
11 o’clock. The attendance is usually
small on Saturday. More should try
COVINGTON TOURNAMENT
with our otherwise complete school
plant, it would he paid hack in this
way within a very short period of
time. The City of Conyers couhl easi
ly arrange such a deal if interested.
to come and enjoy the good sermons
we hear on Saturdays.
Sunday school will he held at 9:45
next Sunday morning and let’s try to
have as good attendance as we had
last Sunday. Preaching services will
follow Sunday school, starting at lil
o’clock.
R. V- P. U. will meet at the usual
hour, 7 p. m. AVe would be glad to
have some of the older people meet
with us.
Rockdale always extends a warm
hand of welcome to her visitors.
Installation Service
Presbyterian Church
Monday afternoon, March 25th, at
the Presbyterian church, there will he
an installation of the recently elected
Auxiliary offi-ers.
Mrs. J. A. Craig. Presbyterial presi
dent, of Atlanta, will be present and
in charge of the exercise. A most cor
dial invitation is extended to the la
dies of other denominations and organ
izations to be present upon this occa
sion.
Most every adjacent county high
school have arranged such a unit al
ready. Not to do so means, get thee
behind us Conyers in the language of
competitive schools.
PROGRAM
Sunday School ( ondeni ion Slone
Mountain Association to Be Held
With Philadelphia Baptist (lhurch,
Sunday, March 31st, 1929.
10:30 a .m. —Devotional Service —
Rev. Clarence Harbin, Milstead.
10:40 —‘Welcome —Raymond Robert
son, Philadelphia.
10:45 —Response—Rev. J. L. Drake,
Conyers.
bj :55—Ro -ognition of churches repre
sented and visitors.
11 :00 —Demonstration Worship Per
iod, Stone Mountain primary depart
ment, Mrs. Dudley Johnson, leader.
11 :20 —Special music.
11 :25 —Our Associational Program
—Rev. W. Harvey Wages, Lithonia.
11:45 —Address —Geo. W. Andrews,
state Sunday school secretary, Atlan
ta.
12:15 —Special music.
Announcements and appointment of
committees.
12:20 —Quiet Hour —Hear the Mas
ter, Rev. Walker Combs, Covington.
1(2:30 —Lunch hour.
1 :30 —Devotional —Rev. J. L. Reed,
Social Circle.
1:40 —Conference Period.
Beginners —Miss Nannie Lou Mc-
Michael, Field Worker.
Primaries —Mrs. Dudley Johnson,
Stone Mountain.
The Junior and His Needs —Mrs. Os
car Lewis, Druid Hills, Atlanta.
The Boy at the Crossroads —Mrs.
Lee Parker, Intermediate writer, At
lanta.
Reaching Young People and Adults
—Miss Flossie Moore, Clarkston.
2:40 —The Pastor’s Place in the Sun
day School —IKev. W. F. Hinsley, At
lanta.
3:00 —Making the Most of Our Op
portunities—Miss MrAlichael, field
worker.
3:15 —Announcements and Business.
3:20r-Quiet Hour —Hear the Master
—Rev. Walker Combs, Covington.
An Associational Attendance Ban
ner will be awarded to the Sunday
school having the largest attendance.
U. D. C. Meeting
The U. I). C. will hold their month
ly meeting March 26 at 3:00 o’clock at
hte home of Mrs. M. It. Stephenson,
with Mrs. Arnold Whitaker, joint hos
i
less.
The meeting will open with song,
“Georgia Land,” followed by the ritual
service. Prayer by Chaplain. Please
answer roll call with a U. D. C. cur
rent event. Business.
Program
Richard Maleom Johnston, by Mrs.
John Huff.
Readings from his works, by Miss
Lucy Gleaton.
U. D. C. current events, by Mrs. W.
O. Mann.
History of the Confederate uniform
and history of Confederate flag, by
Mrs. Z. T. Almand.
All members are urged to be present.
MRS. I). R. PATRICK, Historian.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Maddox, of Wal
ker-Pot tsville, enttertained over last
week-end for their daughter, Miss
Mary Maddox, of Athens.
Popular at Home and Abroad
High Yields Make
Best Profits
Contests throughout the South have
shown the way to better profits from
cotton through, higher yields per acre,
which lowers the costs tier pound. It
is never safe to predict the priee of
cotton for next season ; hut regardless
of what it brings, the farmer must
use every means at his command to
produce the fibre at a low cost. Low
cost will give the farmer a better op
liort unity for profit.
With a view to showing the farmers
of the South how they can secure more
cotton per acre, and thus lower the
cost per pound, the N. V. Potash Ex
port My. place many demonstration
tests throughout the cotton licit.
An average of 296 demonstrations
under field Conditions shotffed .con
clusively that farmers cun secure 20
lier cent more cotton than they have
lieen making by adding forty pounds
of additional potash. In the majority
of these tests the extra potash was
put. down as a side dresser just after
the cotton was chopped to-* a stand.
A good example of an Increased yield
derived from an application of addi
tional amount of potash to a demon
stration plot of cotton Is that of Mr.
J. O. McWilliams, who lives on the
farm of Dr. P. O. McDaniel, in Rock
dale county. Mr. McWilliams used
eighty pounds of muriate of potash as
a top dresser to one plot of cotton
which was in addition to his regular
fertilizer and a top dresser of 200
pounds of Nitrate of Soda last year.
The plot receiving the top dressing of
potash made an average of 381 pounds
of seed cotton more per acre than a
similar plot without the top dressing
of potash. In the piedmont section
of Georgia, the writer conducted forty
demonstrations last year, using muri
ate potash as a top dresser for cotton
in addition to the farmer’s regular
fertilizer and ids nitrogen top dresser,
which gave similar profitable returns.
GEO. A. TOWNSEND.
Methodist Record
Next Sunday we will offer n special
program in connection with (he month
ly observance of Missionary day.
This program of necessity will be
short, but we hope quite entertaining
as well as instructive.
Among the sjieclal numbers will be
a solo by Prof. Opher Cooper and spe
cial songs by the junior as well as
adult choirs.
A most cordial invitation is extend
ed the members of the Baptist Sun
day school to be with us upon this
occasion and during the entire period
of repair work on their building.
The following Sunday, which is Eas
ter Sunday, we will render a special
Easter program, and extend a hearty
invitation to all not in attendance on
other Sunday schools to he with us
on these two occasions, as well as ev
ery occasion.
C. R. VAUGHN, Superintendent.
D. 11. PATRICK, Secretary.
“Between”
Well, the folks around here are glad
to see the sun shine again.
Mr. and Mrs. Idus Hill and son, Her
bert, spent Sunday with the latter’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McCul
lough.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley and chil
dren spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Will Underwood, of Porter
dale.
Mrs. Homer Cauthorn spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. J. Y. Hill.
Miss Cora ]>ee Paden spent Friday
night with Miss Julia McCullough.
Mrs. S. W. Rodgers spent the week
end with Mrs. J. Y. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley and
children spent Tuesday night in At
lanta guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hill and chil
dren spent Sunday with. Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh Granade.
Mrs. S. W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Y. Hill
and Miss Verah Hill called on Mr. and
Mrs. Idus Hill a short while Sunday.
Mr. Bud Wheeler spent Sunday in
Atlanta guest of his son.
Mr. Quigg Rodgers spent a short
while with H. E. Hartley Thursday.
Mr. Johnie Gravitt and Jimmie
Paden passed through our midst Sun
day.
Miss Julia McCullough spent Sunday
night with her sister, Mrs. Idus Hill.
Mr. John Scott called on H. E.
Hartley a while Saturday morning.
Miss Irline Guest, C. H. S. teacher,
1 spent the week-end in Conyers guest
of Miss Grace Austin.
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