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Dr.fCooper Advises
Against Home Work
Speaking to members of hie South
Carolina Teachers' association, in con
vention in Columbia, S. C,. Dr. Wil
liam John Cooper, United States Com
missioner of Education, declared that
the end to "home assignment” is to
r “Wml
be desired.
‘‘The job of class room teaching is
the teacher's” he said. “That is a
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highly professional work and the real
teacher must not expect the parent
gto do the teaching.”
Now, we could not hold down Dr.
Hooper's job, but we do know enough,
from [experience, if nothing else, to
ate that he is right about it. Children
in the primary and elementary de
partments, that is through grade six.
;hould get their lessons at school. The
vork if the trained teacher and of
he trained mother are on parallel lines
>ut not identical. The two ways of
presentation are more than confusing
o a qliild. In systems where classes
ire wall, there are hours enough In
:lie stfiool day to accomplish all that
s necessary to "make the grade.” In
;.vstets that carry “Junior high,” the
\-6-3-3 plan, home assignments might
>e profitable in Junior High or grades
p 'Js and 9.
We I know that the duties of the
eacher are manifold; but we know
ilso til at the school is for the bene
it of [the child. How many mothers
( vill siy, “Amen!” to the gospel of Dr.
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- Baptist News
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All the children of the Baptist Sun
; ay school are invited to the Easter
‘ gg hunt next Saturday afternoon,
S arch 80. Please meet at the church
three o’clock and you will be car
ed to where the eggs are to be
inted.
The Stone Mountain Sunday school
sociational convention will be held
ext Sunday at Klondike, Philadel
lUr Church. The convention begins
eleven-thirty, eastern time and will
ntinpe throughout the day. Presi
aggput Wages has arranged a good pro
_am that will be of help to all who
■' I/, pastor Drake urges all of the
(hnyels Sunday school who can go
be I sure and go. An attendance
|iiner will be given to the school liav
ig the largest number present,
w Account of the repair work that
still going on at the Baptist church
I 1 will lie unable to hold our services
PI Sunday. The Presbyterian
■building has been offered again
4‘ which we are very grateful. The
jjethodist people have invited us to
®eir Sundav school in order to have
nr hundred in attendance and then
Somised to come with us to our open
■g the following Sunday. We are
■ad to accept the Methodist invita
-sfcn to attend their Sunday school and
S'* have them with us the following
inday. After Sunday school we will
Kto the Presbyterian church for our
caching service. Our evening serv
-5? will also be held at the Presby
jrian church.
American Legion Post
.lolds Annual Election
m
ifhe American Legion Post No. 77 of
Rpefedale county held their annual
feting Friday night at the City Hall,
feting officers as follows: W. A.
musou. commander; Leroy Brisindine,
■e Commander, W. U. Bowen, adju
jSjiwCliff Miller, finance officer; Ir
lijfi Ci ovan, sergeant at arms; J. M.
jjgflklum, chaplain, and Coley Bird.
B dorian.
A drive is on for an increased mem
iship with plans for an increased
Klvice This is a splendid organiza
n and worthy of our every sympa-
I fv ami hearty cooperation and Rock
-1 *£le County is proud of these ex-serv
’•f men. The newly elected officers
institute a splendid bunch of men.
B*l of [whom stand well in the county
id their respective fields of labor.
Jtaptists-Methodists
b ‘ Join Forces Again
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oThe0 The Baptist laymen will again visit
ith the Methodist laymen of Judge
Bwin’s'8 win’s' Sunday school next Sunday.
ie entire membership of both oi'gani
m tions' and all visitors within this
■dinmnnity are urged to he present
8™ ion this gala occasion. Four hun
•ed present in this joint Sunday
liool is the aim of Superintendents
Baughn and Still. Special Easter
rogram will greet this congregation.
mhe morning and evening preaching
of the Baptist church will be
at the Presbyterian church.
2l)c Uocktmlc Uccorii
Baseball in and
Around Conyers
Mr. Carl Fincher, manager Conyers
baseball club last year, is in receipt
of the following letter from Mr. (’. S.
Hardwick, manager of the Livingston
baseball club.
“Having discussed the matter per
sonally with you along with two other
managers and received your most fav
orable comment, 1 am addressing all
of you by letter regarding our propos
ed “League” for the various clubs
throughout this section for the coming
season. The arrangement of games on
an independent schedule always means
more or less difficulty and results
in games of uncertain strength and in
terest. It is our opinion that local
interest is always keener where a
spirit of rivalry exists between even
ly matched teams and thus am I con
vinced that we could have an interest
ing season of baseball without un
necessary financial risk and worry by
arranging a closed schedule between
the various clubs throughout this sec
tion.”
Messrs. Carl Fincher and Randall
Stephenson, who managed the Wood
men team last season are interested
again this season and are ready to
discuss baseball with all who desire
to form a club and play ball.
Sears and Scoville
Combination Limousine
White & Cos., Morticians, have add
ed to their already well equipped
plant, a Sears & Scoville Combination
Limousine, giving them first aid am
bulance service equal to the best to
be had anywhere. This ambulance is
equipped with Bomgardner air cush
ion cots, electric fan, hot and cold
water and first aid emergency kit. A
regular palace car of grace, dignity
and comfort. Conyers is to be con
gratulated upon having within its do
mains the miost efficient and best
equipped funeral directors to be found
in the entire south. Mr. White traded
in his small Hearse in the deal for
this elaborate equipment. Conyers is
bound to grow and expand under such
progressive leadership as is being
manifested on the part of its various
citizens and the Rockdale Record is
here to tell the world all about it. In
the language of Mr. Henderson, over
at Shereveport, “Come on world and
stay with us —Dog gone you.”
American Theatre
Changing Management
Mr. Gailey Summers, the popular
and successful manager of the Ameri
can theatre for the past several
months, will show his last picture Fri
day and Saturday of this week at the
American theatre and invites his many
satisfied patrons to be with him. He
is showing Billy Dove and the Love
Mart,' a splendid picture as has been
his practice through these past several
months. Mr. Summers has enjoyed
the picture show business and regrets
very much to leave it and the splen
did patronage built up by him, but
his connection with the Gailey Dry
Goods Cos. makes it imperative that
he give up all outside interests and
responsibilities and devote his entire
time to the dry goods business. He
is grateful for the splendid patronage
and helpful suggestions given during
these months and invites his friends to
call on him at Gailey’s store, where
he is in position to render an even
greater service.
Dr. Peter J. Brown
Had a Busy Day
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lawhorn, Mr. and
Mrs. George Cavender and Mr. and
Mrs. Clio Moon are the proud parents
of baby girls and Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Christian of a baby -boy and Dr.
Brown was one more tired doctor. He
waited upon all of these births within
a period of less than six hours, having
traveled to four different sections of
the county during the six hour period
to wait upon them. And yet. we of
ten wonder at Dr. Brown’s speed as he
motors through town and round about
the county. Well, it takes speed to
place him where he is wanted, w hen
he is wanted. He seemed to have
made connections fairly well upon this
occasion.
There will be preaching at Bethel
Church in Sheffield next Sunday by
Rev. Gordon Kelly, of Decatur. A cor
dial invitation is extended the Chris
tians and friends throughout this sec
tion to be present.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1929
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
The Western Newspaper Union
Praises The Rockdale Record
Messrs. Towns and Atkinson,
Rockdale Record, '
Conyers, Georgia.
Gentlemen:
It has been my good fortune to look over your issue of
Wednesday, March 13t’n, and my compliments are hereby
extended to you on that issue of the Record.
It may be of interest to you gentlemen to. know that it
is one of the best printed and at present one of the best
patronized newspapers coming to our file room. Thought
maybe you might be glad to know this, and I trust that youi*
business will continue to grow, as I am sure it will if you
persist in giving pages—volume—the biggest thing in the
newspaper game today, applying to Conyers in the same
proporation as it does to Atlanta or New York.
Very truly,
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,
E. L. Williamson
Conyers Public Schools
C. H. S. Gymnasium
In reading the Rockdale Record
from time to time we see that many
different people have many different
things to say, so I will be another
one, but I will not be saying anything
new.
The question of a Gym. has been dis
cussed and “cussed” for some time
with very litle being done. There is
no use of my trying to state the im
portance or the reason why we need
a gym., for we all know that its neces
sary for us to have one for many rea
sons. So my purpose now is to show
how we may have one without any
financial burden on any one person or
organization.
It would be foolish for me or any
one else to try to solicit money enough
through private donations and public
subscriptions to build a gym. for the
high school. It is also impossible for
the board of education to build one
since they haven’t the money and can't
get it. Therefore, some other plan
will have to be hit upon whereby Con
yers high school will have a suitable
Gym. and have the same standing as
other schools of the district.
An up-to-date high school Gym. can
be built for approximately SISOO. This
includes all equipment. Now how are
we going to raise the money? Here
is the plan that three other towns of
about the same size of Conyers had.
Several men of the town loaned the
school enough money to build the gym.
and in three years their money was
paid back with interest with the gate
receipts of single games and two tourn
aments. Now if we have in Conyers
ten men who want a gym bad enough
to lend the school $l5O each, which
will be enough to build a good gym,
we could pay them back in three years
with interest.
You may say how can you do it.
Well, Chamblee, Ga., a town of three
hundred people sponsored the Fifth
district basketball tournament this
year. The tournament lasted four
days and nights and the gym was fill
ed every game with visiting fans and
high school supporters. The total gate
receipts for the tournament was ap
proximately SI,OOO with no expenses
except the lights and the expense of
the referee. Not so bad is it?
Now the fifth district officials are
wanting us to sponsor t his tournament
next year and unless we have a gym
we will have to continue to go to
some other place and get beat the first
night. So will not someone let us
have the money and get this gym by
We Buy and Sell Country
Produce, Chickens, & EgjJs
We have a shipment of fresh Red
Fin Crokers, they are fine, lb. . 15c
Red Snapper and Mackeral, lb 30c
Fresh String Beans, Turnip Greens
Tomatoes, Spring Onions, Etc.
Our prices of last week are still the
same for this week.
Helll’s Banner Coffee and Merry Widow Flour
BELL'S CASH GROCERY
“THE HOME OF CHEAP PIU ECS”
Phone 25 Conyers, Ga. We Deliver
Bllfe % tr .
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ED. 1.. COWAN
3 ■ pt.. Ga. Power Cos. at Conyers,
a Progressive Leaber
the next basketball season so that we
can give the boys equal advantages on
(lie basketball floor and give our school
equal standing with other high schools
that are not as large as Conyers.
Now Conyers, let me plead with you
to start something for the school gym.
I promise to do everything I can and
will supervise and see that it is carried
out in the best way possible without
getting a dime for my work.
Beautiful Springtime is with us again.
Smiling each girl and each lad.
Song birds are singing in Woodland
and glenn.
Making the vallies so glad.
brings about many
changes and it has surely brought
about some changes at the high school.
Track practice has taken the place of
basket ball, and base ball is coming
in as good measure. Every day af
ter school one can see Dr. Smith Ink
ing the track aspirants out one by one
and drilling them in the fundamentals
of the various track events, and if we
look long enough we can see the im
provement in each one as the days go
by. We are expecting to bring hack
the cup from th edistrict meet this
year.
The tenth grade will present the
well known play, “Safety First” at the
school auditorium Friday night, April
5. This play has been presented at
LINES
J. L. D.
■Whether we want to be or not we
are judged largely by the first im
pression that we make. Wlmf the
writer saw a few days ago suggested
this subject. Passing along the high
way we saw the keeper of a business
place sitting in the front door whit
tling. It seemed that he had been at
that job for some time as the shavings
were thick around his chair. Here
was a man who had begun a business
but had turned aside and was giving
an impression very different from
what he had hoped for at the begin
ning. lie was engaged in business but
used bis time in whittling. Whittling
we know is the occupation of the idle.
This man is an example of many who
are engaged in a thing for which they
are not fitted or in which they are
not satisfied. We ought to be careful
to present a nice looking, well ar
ranged front and let this be an index
to what is behind. This applies to
personal appearance as well as places
of business.
No one likes too many suggestions
as to how they ought to do their work,
or as to what they ought to do, but to
who ever is the proper one, or ones
we make this suggestion. There is a
growing need of a certain thing in
Conyers; namely what is known in
larger cities as a Chamber of Com
merce. The fact that Conyers is near
Atlanta is an inducement to manufac
turers to locate here. We all believe
this and would be glad to have such
things in our town but who is going to
encourage new concerns to come here?
It is not the duty of individuals there
fore, we need some organized body to
do this work. Someone says such a
body would soon become inactive, be
that as it may we do not expect any
thing to stay on ‘be mountain top all
the time. A civic body with the right
kind of men would now and then bring
new interprises to our town and we
are not a one hundred per cent town
without some such of an organization
as is suggested.
Sarcasm is a thing we could well
do without. It is deceitful, mislead
ing, and hurtful and more than all
undesirable. It should never be used
in connection with sacred things. In
fact we should be very careful about
mixing the heavenly with the earthly.
Another thing when we describe sac
red things in worldly terms we show
lack of appreciation for the price paid
to elevate the sacred things above the
worldly. Surely no one with a sin
cere heart would ever say one word to
cheapen that which has done so much
for them. The columns of our news
papers should be kept clear of sar
casm.
There are many seasons of the year
that bring us happiness, but without
Easter all happiness would be confin
ed to the present. There is hope in
Easter and with Easter there comes as
surance of future happiness.
Miss Millie Bowen bad for her guest
over the week-end Miss Louise Ellis,
<d' Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Robins are sport
ing anew Whippet Six, anew model
car that lias grace and dignity in its
every line and movement.
some of the leading high schools of the
state and has been very highly and
enthusiastically received every where
it lias been put on. The characters
are all of the tenth grade and are be
ing eoaehed by Miss Sprayberry, Who
is English teacher in the high school.
If you don't want to laugh and have
a good time, don’t plan to coipe to this
play, because you will be compelled to
laugh if you stay in the auditorium
during the presentation of the play.
However, there are some parts that
are real dramatic, and some very good
points are illustrated to the audience.
So playing safety first and coming to
see the play instead of getting some
one to tell you about it after it is
all over. Look for our advertisement
in lids paper next. week.
This coming Friday night the high
school will dedicate the new curtain
that they have so long been trying to
get, by giving a stunt night. Every
organization in town will present some
sort of a stunt, including the grammar*
grades of the school. There will be
no admission charges and every body
is urged to come and enjoy the fun
together. I would have you think
that it is a curtain alone that we are
going to dedicate, but a beautiful
woodland scenery stage setting which
is to cover these ragged walls that
now adorn the stage. We will be look
ing for you Saturday night.
OPHER COOPER, Coach.
Popular at Home and Abroad
Wednesday Holidays
Beginning April Ist
A movement is on foot to advance
the Wednesday half holidays to begin
the first week in April this year in
stead of the first Wednesday in May
ns in previous years. There is noth
ing against this, liut on the other hand
many things in its favor. It is dur
ing the month of April that we need
the time off for garden work and
other home duties —things that must
be done if at all, during the month of
April. And, too, the early bird catches
the worm and the early fisherman
gets the hop on such birds.
Come on ye merchants, bankers and
business men of Conyers and let’s do
things in season.
Masonic Lodge Getting
Ready for Revival
Members of Philologia Lodge li7B F.
& A. M., have under way an improved
program whereby the craft may pur
sue their labors to greater advantage.
The program committee have already
mapped out an interesting program for
their next regular meeting which falls
on Monday, April Bth, and most cor
dially urge the entire membership and
all visiting brethren to be present up
on that occasion. Entered apprentice
degree work will be put on. Worshiie
ful Master H. W. Irwin has increased
bis degree team to include a quartet
of singers, made up of J. F. Davis.
J. M. Towns, J. L. Drake and H. C.
Cowan which he figures will greatly
add to the effectiveness of the work.
Further announcement will be mede
next week relative to the special pro
gram hereby announced.
Epworth League
Anniversary Day
March 31, 7:45 p. m.
Youth and tile Church
I Song—No. 207.
II Song —No. 202.
111 Prayer —Rev. Jordan.
IV Scripture reading —Louise Pat
rick.
1 The Unchristian Youth —Ora
Guinn.
2 The Indifferent Youth —Joe But
ler.
Cornet Solo —Mutt Tribble.
3 The Timid Youth —Louise Hale.
4 The Social Youth —Mary Alice
Wilson.
Solo —Lois Sharp.
5 The Christian Youth —Mr. Glad
stone Dickerson.
Address, “Youth and the Church —
Louise Patrick.
The evening hour at the Methodist
church will be given over entirely to
the Epworth League Anniversary Day
and a most cordial invitation is ex
tended to the young people of this
community to join In the celebration.
MEMORIAL
W. A. COSTLEY
Resolutions of Salem Baptist church
in memory of deceased brother W. A.
Costley. Born August 10th, 180(5, with
death overtaking him at home January
17th, 1929. He Is survived by his wid
ow and ten children, five boys and
five girls, three brothers and one sis
ter. He joined the iSalem Baptist
church, August 28th, 1886 by experi
ence and was ordained as one of its
active deacons May Bth, 1916, serving
faithfully as such throughout the in
tervening years. In his death, Salem
lost one of her faithful servants and
supporters. In his home and com
munity, he was kind and affectionate,
true and honest and always ready and
willing to respond to every move 'n
the interest of his Lord and Master.
His pew was never vacant when health
permitted and we mourne by reason
of his departure. It was always a
pleasure to visit in Ids home, where
kindness, gentility and consideration
prevailed. But, God has called him
“up yonder” in Glory and we must
carry on where he left off and meet
him on the great judgment day. We
would say to the family, that a pre
cious one from you has gone, a voice
is still and a vacancy that can never
be filled is in your hearts and home
by reason of one so lovely in character
and life having departed, but he would
that you and each of you should strive
to do even greater things than he did.
Salem Baptist church extends sympa
thy to the bereaved family in their
great loss, in which we share jointly
as a church and as a community of
people —directing that these resolutions
lie given a page in our church archives
as a Memorial and a copy be furnish
ed the widow and family.
MRS. J. D. DENNARD
J. M. MITCHAM, Committee.
NUMBER 10