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VOL. II Subscription $1.50 Second Anniversary of Rev. J. L. Drake Next Sunday will be the second an niversary of pastor Drake of the Bap tist church. Next Sunday will also he a re-dedication of the Temple service, by reason of it being the first service therein since repairs began some four weeks ago. The walls are beautiful and hte floors shine as a light unto your feet. The windows have all been repaired and many other extensive im provements made during these weeks by Mr. Grover Mitcham and most ex cellent crew of workmen. We under- Sstand the Methodists hold themselves *in readiness to join this congrega nt ion Sunday, either at Sunday school j&or at the evening service, most likely Silt the evening service, which will be given over largely to a fitting observ ance of Pastor Drake’s second anni- Tcrsary. In addition to the Method ists who will be guests upon the oc ibasion, Opher Cooper will feature the ■■Sbxcrcise with a special musical pro- Ipram. ii ".pSI i Our merchants take stock once each %ear to learn what has been done and Jh hat remains on hand and its present. Tiiluo. It seems to us that a pastor plight summarize somewhat along this line to see what they have done and tv hat they have on hand and its pres ent value. Merchandise will deterior ate somewhat during the year if ex posed or left neglected on a shelf, and ■kewise will a church member de teriorate unless worked and kept Clean. Our idea of a dormant church member is that he is somewhat like a rusty cook stove —cleans off beau tifully when put into service. Fin ally some stock becomes worthless and is dumped to make room for live ma terial that people want and material th at will serve some good purpose. ■This anniversary program will lie extemporaneous or in other words op en to anything that may be prompted of the spirit wy way of reminiscences. OF CONDITION OF Bank of Rockdale Conyers, Ga. close of business March 27, 1929, as called for by the Superintendent of Banks. , ||g. C. Sims, President; R. H. Still, Cashier. iPate of Bank’s Charter: October 15, 1921. Pate began business; June 1, 1901. - RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $179,744.05 Certificates of Indebtedness and Bonds and Stocks IfflDwiied 20,658.19 Banking House and Lot and '.Furniture and Fixtures _ 6.700.00 Other Real |Estate owned , 12,440.00 Cash in Vault and amounts ■ Due from approved Agents 50.058.40 Checks for Clearing and Due from other Banks _ 2,222.71 Cash Items 2.085.16 Overdrafts 685.78 Advance on Cotton and jjXother Commodities 6,835.90 Total $280,930.19 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 Surplus Fund 50,000.00 Undivided Profits 6.122.00 Cashiers Checks 2,313.07 Demand Deposits 129,818.47 Time Certificates iof Deposits 42,676.65 Total $280,930.19 GEORGIA, Rockdale Coulnty. Personally appeared before the un dersigned, an officer authorized to ad minister oaths in said county G. C. Sims, who, on oath, says that he is the president of the Bank of Rockdale, and that the above and foregoing re port of the condition of said bank is true and correct. G. C. Sims, President. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this Ist day of April, 1929. (SEAL) R. H. STILL, N. P. Rockdale County, Ga. |ly commission expires January 26tli, 1933. We, the undersigned directors of said hank, do certify that we have carefully read said report, and that the same is true and correct, accord ing to tlie best of our information, knowledge and belief, and that tlie above signature of the President of said bank is the true and genuine sig nature of that officer. This Ist day of April. 1929. J. WILL COWAN, J. W. HOLLINGSWORTH . ,Si Directors of. said Bank. @l)c Kodtfale Sltcorft Stunt Night at Conyers High School A program given by the eleven grades of the Conyers Public school and the organization and clubs of ftie town dedicating the beautiful new hand-painted curtain was enjoyed by many citizens in the auditorium of the school Friday evening. Due to a delay in the curtain ma terial, the program was given at a later hour than originally planned. But this waiting made the stunts seem all the better and more unique when presented. Those who came to criti cise went away to praise. The curtain was painted by a re nowned inrtist who has studied in Berlin and Paris and other large cities It portrays a woodland scene and overs the netire wall of the stage, leaving behind a narrow passageway. The side wings may be removed if more space is desired. These can be folded and stored away with care till needed. The curtain has been paid for, the money being obtained by means of ads, which appear on a drop curtain. These ads were given by business men, and hte grades of the school. The program was planned by the superintendent, Mr. C. C. Gilbert. Ev ery stunt was novel and well pre sented. and mucli praise lias been re ceived by the board of education and by the faculty. “Billy Boy”, duet by Jackie Cow an and Byron Roberts —Ist grade. “I Faw Down ancl Go Boom,” dra matic solo, by Virginia Huff, 2nd grade. Horseshoe Orchestra, “Sweethearts on Parade,” 3rd grade. Dialogue—Sarah Jean Pharr and Carolyn Almand —4th grade. Gallery of Famous Pictures —sth grade. “High Dive” —T. A. McDowell and Heyward Elliott —6th grade. “And the Lamp Went Out,” Renie Cannon, Virginia McElvainy, W. O. Mann, Jr.. Jim Bob Huff, Sue Bailey —7th grade. “Baby Show” —Louise Almand, Bil ly Patrick, Jewell Brisendine, Ralph Almand, Nedra Mitchell, Frances Bai ley— Bth grade. “Ads” —George Granade, Sarah Ba ker, Elliott Thrasher, Elizabeth Wheeler, Frances Mayfield, Gladys Thompson, Charles Whitaker —9th grade. Scene in a Doctor's Office —Horace Milligan, the patient; Ellyn Connal ly, the nurse; Keating Pharr, the doc tor; Mr. Cooper, the surgeon —10th grade. Luther Cowan, the cartoonist —lltli grade. Water Power —Mr. Homer Irwin. Police —Mr. Nix. Board of Education and teachers. Banks —Mr. Mercer Hull. Old style teacher —Mrs. Carl Sims. New style teacher —Miss Agnes Ow ens. Lights—Old and new —Mr. Ed Cow an, Miss Lonizelle Stephenson, Mr. H. A. Parham, Miss Mary Alice Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harrison. W. O. IV. by degree team. Masons—Mr. Dan Patrick. Civic League, “Clean Up, Pick Up. Paint Up” —Mrs. T. A. Elliott, Miss Cara'’ Lou Elliott, Mrs. S. K. Kelly, Mrs. John It. Lee, Mrs. Bob Hale, Miss Irene Irwin, Miss Mary Stansell, Mrs. John Pirkle, Mrs. Bert Peeples. Church —Rev. J. R. Jordan, Rev. Drake, Rev. Burney. FARMERS —Old and new, County Agent Holmes and Mercer Hull. Duet —“My Mocking Bird,” Mr. C. C. Gilbert, Mr. O. R. Cooper. Doxology. “Safety First” The Junior class will present “‘Safe ty First” at the school auditorium Fri day night, April sth at 8:30 o’clock. This play has been presented in some of the outstanding high schools and colleges of the state and has made * hit every time presented. It is a three-act comedy and is exciting throughout. Jerry Arnold and Jack Montgomery try to break up a love affair and get in trouble with a cop. They are car ried off to jail and the ladies think they are on a trip to Florida for a Sliriner's convention. They are reported to have been washed overboard and the ladies mourn their loss. The boys get out of jail and tell of their adventure in being shipwrecked. Everything is found out and reconcil ed and they live happy ever after wards. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wright and family, of Atlanta, spent the week-end in Conyers, guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Plunkett and family. CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1929 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Move Back to Conyers Mr. and Mrs. J. Mercer Wallis and family of six children moved back to Conyers last week and occupy the old home place from whence they moved many years ago. Mr. Wallis was edi tor of the Weekly Banner, a splendid newsnaper when it burned up with the Lee budding back in 1907, having suc ceeded his brother, J. Fred Wallis, as editor, just prior to its destruction in this fire. The Conyers Weekly and the Conyers Banner were consolidat ed by Mr. Joe Wallis before his ap pointment as immigration agent at New Orleans in 1905 when he turned it over to his brother, J. Fred Wallis. Mr. and Mrs. Wallis are the proud parents, and justly so, of a most in teresting group of children consisting of two girls, Florrie, age eighteen and Anna I.ee, age sixteen and four boys, Robert. Mercer, Guy and Todd, whose ages range from thirteen to one year, all of whom are coming to Conyers to the very great delight of our young people. Miss Florrie is an Atlanta high school graduate and pianist par excellence, while Miss Anna I.ee is a June graduate of Fulton high. She will be transferred to the Conyers high school for completion, if possible. It will he interesting to their former neighbors here to know that Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Wallis are the parents of six children also, five of whom are living —Stafford, the oldest, who was named after Bolt Stafford, an Atlanta first baseman of great ability and popularity, is married. Harold is con nected with (lie Atlanta-Lowry Nation al Bank, Earl is assistant cashier of the College Park bank, while Laura Sue and Jeff are still kids. Both of these ex-editors and Conyers citizens are still with hte Atlanta Journal, where they have been since leaving Conyers. The Rockdale Record is glad to welcome this most excellent family back to Conyers. Baptist Church When tlie doors of the Baptist church open next Sunday morning we will enter to celebrate for two rea sons. The inside sparkling and spot less after the painter’s brush invite us to begin again our regular services. For three Sundays we have visited our brethren with pleasure and profit and now our own church calls us back home. Sunday is also the second anniver sary of the present pastor’s pastorate. Mr. Drake accepted the pastorate two years ago while a post-graduate stu dent at Mercer University and has been untiring in his efforts in trying to lead in the Master’s work at this place. These two years have been years of toil and fellowship for both pastor and people and it is very fitting that ive celebrate on this occasion. The celebration service will be at the ev ening hour. We have invited our Methodist and Presbyterian brethren to he with us at this service and are happy to know that they are coming. A special program has been planned for this service consisting of special music, talks by various members, reci tations, and a talk by tlie pastor. We are planning to make this a real feast and urge that all who can come and join us to lie present at seven forty five o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Almand had as their Sunday guest, Mrs. Will Cook, of Atlanta. We Buy and Sell Country Produce, Chickens, & Eggs We think we have one of the best Flours put up in Merry Widow and Bake-light* We are making a Special Price on these. Try a sack on our guarantee. Fresh String Beans, Turnip Greens Tomatoes, Spring Onions, Etc. Helll’s Ilaliner Coffee and Merry Widow Flour BELL’S CASH GROCERY “THE HOME OF CHEAP PHIECS” Phone 25 Conyers, Oa. We Deliver Mr. M. L. Wood Writes U. S. Senator Harris on Agricultural Belief I received a letter from you dated December 15th, 1928, in which you ask ed me io write you, giving expression to my views on public questions. 1 would have answered it at once, but when it ciime 1 was si k with influ enza. As there lias been nothing done in the way of farm relief by tin* present session of Congress and as there is to be a special session called in the Spring for that purpose, and as I am a farmer, I decided I would write you and give you a few ideas on that sub ject from a Southern farmer's stand point. If any class of people need relief more than any other class in the Unit ed States it seems to me it is the farming class. They are the driving power of all the commerce of the world. Stop agriculture only a short while and see the disaster that will t ffigt M. L. WOOD befall the whole system of business; and still they realize less from their labors than any other class under the sun. Everyone who touches their products after they leave their hands adds on their profit, and so it is with >: all who furnish them fertilizer, farm tools, et cetera, but not so with the farmer. They are at the mercy of the balance of tlie world. When they plant their crops they do not know whether they will even lie able to re ceive cost of production or not, much less a profit. Tlieir products are pric ed by tlie speculators and if it appears that there will be a small surplus the whole crop is priced on that basis re gardless of how much suffering and disaster it brings on the farmers. We are told that it is supply and demand thin controls the prices. Will anyone pretend to say that all classes, including the speculator, suffer equally with the farmers? No, (hey are all able to demand and get a profit except tlie farmers. Is this right? Absolute ly no! The people who labor hard in the heat and cold to feed and clothe the world are entitled to a share in tlie profits that others get whether there is a surplus or not. So much for the farmers’ past and present con dition. Tlie lag problem is, how to bring about permanent relief. Ido not think that anything Congress lias tried to do so far will do it. I think if Con gress would pass some legislation to give tlie farmers temporary relief and then help them to help themselves, this is the tiling to do. As I see it, from my point of view, there is nothing but intelligent or ganization and cooperation that will ever bring permanent relief to the Wednesday Half Holiday Called Off Due to a late spring, it will be im possible to begin this week observing a half holiday on Wednesdays. Our farmers are late getting started and our merchants desire to cooperate and lend every assistance possible toward getting the new crops started. How ever, effective first of May, each Wednesday afternoon will find Con yers in the woods, on the streams and gardening. Prospects for an unusual ly good crop year are outstanding ut this time. We have jusl had two ex ceptionally good years and tile people of Rockdale county are enjoying the effects of a kind providence as are but few peoples today. During these two years of bumper crops, intensive cultivation and fertilization lias been characteristic of our people to a great er exten than of any other people in Georgia, and thus it is that intelligent farming will overcome many obstacles and bring success while those neigh bors less industrious will continue to suffer from every attack of tlie com mon enemy. Rockdale led the state in number of farmers to complete the five acre contest patches last year, although the smallest county in the state, and Rockdale also won two of the three first prize awards for best staple cot ton produced. These leading farmers averaged more than a bale to the acre. Now let’s walk ajpiut and con tinue the good fight. farmers, and that must come through vocational training of the children and older boys and girls in the rural dis trict. l want to say in this connec tion that the preparatory schools at least must be located in the country. While it is true that a few boys and girls in tlie country will over ride all obstacles and secure an education, the rank and file are more timid and will not venture unless the schools are car ried to them; but with a little encour agement they will climb the ladder to the top round, while they are being taught the importance of building up their farms and making two hales of cotton, two bushels of corn, two bush els of wheat, et cetra, grow where only one grew before. At the same time teach them the importance of properly housing and marketing their f-rops in telligently and rightly adjusting their acreage to their various crops. Whpn Ibis point in their vocational training is reached we will see an intelligent organization of the farmers spring up and tlie thorough cooperation in the handling of their affairs. They will inaugurate a system of warehouses in every town, in every county, in every cotton state, and they will have a great warehouse system centrally located in each of the cotton states for the dis tributing point for that slate and a distributing point located somewhere on the coast for export. Thus their cotton will be bandied co-operatively and intelligently through this system any they will then be prepared to con trol the acreage so there will be no over production of any one crop. If there should be, some years, a small over production of cotton they can keep it in their warehouses until there is a lean year and fill in with it then. I think the greatest thing Congress can do to bring permanent, relief would be to help inaugurate and assist in the above mentioned vocational education al and warehouse system. I realize this will be a slow process but I be lieve it will eventually come to pass. When it does, farmers will educate their children as well, have as good homes, wear as good clothes, ride in as good automobiles and have as good bank ca-ounts and live as well in ev ery respect as the members of the ex changes and others who have grown fat off their labor. In fact, they will be men among men. Farmers only want their share; no more, no less. They are willing to live and let live. They want to handle their own busi ness like all other good business con cerns do and get their share of the profits of their labor and let the other fellow’s business alone. Until through the above process the farmeis are able to handle their own business in an intelligent way, I sin cerely hope that Congress will pass some legislation that will give us tem porary relief. What I have said about, cotton, the staple crop of the South, of course, will apply to the staple crops of all tlie sections of the country. I heartily endorse your bill passed by the Senate increasing the appropri ation for tlie enforcement of the pro hibition law. Thanking you for the interest you are manifesting toward the relief of the farmers and your constituents in general, I am Popular at Home and Abroad The Publishers Aux. of 15,550 Circulation 1 Chicago, on Who’s Who In the weekly review of Georgia, said: Towns and Atkinson of the Rock dale Record are putting their town oil the Georgia newspaper map. Con yers, until very recently, has been con sidered a newspa|er graveyard, sev eral papers having suspended there on account of poor support. The Record last week contained 111 pages, four of which were n diversified feature sec tion. Five full page ads and one dou ble page spread were a part of the ad vertising carried by tlie home mer chants. mid the pnjier was chock full of local happenings. A big well-di versified newspaper just naturally pleases everybody and attracts busi ness. NOTE: We appreciate the favorable impression the Rock (la If v Ilecorjd is making in every section throughout America. Our merchants and hankers ar)e speaking to the joutslde world through the columns of the Record as never before and thus making it jmis sible for the Record to become one of the leading weekly newspapers of the country. 11. S. SENATOR HARRIS REPLIES TO M. L. WOOD I am in receipt of your letter Febru ary 25tli and have read with the great est interest your suggestions relative to agricultural matters. lam so much pleased with it that I am bringing it to the attention of Senator McNary, chairman, senate agricultural commit tee. Senator McNary is at work on his farm relief hill that he is to present at the first of tlie extra session in April. It is always a pleasure to serve you whenever possible and I trust you will not hesitate to call on me. Mrs. W. T. Stanton spent most of last week in Atlanta, guest of her children. Mesdaines Henry McCalla and John Warren are playing golf on Riverside these days in a way that is surprlsing- STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF Bank of Conyers Conyers, Georgia At close of business, March 27, 1929, as called for by the Superintendent of Banks. W. T. Baldwin, President; M. W. Hull, Cashier. Date of Bank’s Charter: November 25, 1964. Date Began Business: December 19, 1904. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $ 88,943.21 Certificates of Indebtedness and Bonds and Stocks Owned 84,477.84 Banking House and Lot and Furniture and Fixtures _ 4,700.00 Other Real Estate Owned 9,143.51 Cash in Vault and amounts due from approved Reserve Agents 42,581.43 Checks for Clearing and Due from other Banks 585.21 Cash Items 177.27 Advance on Cotton 7,780.72 Total $238,389.19 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 30,000.00 Surplus Fund 22,700.00 Undivided Profits 3,059.58 Cashiers Checks 866.11 Demand Deposits 137,553.79 Time Certificates of Deposits 44,209.71i Total $238,389.19 GEORGIA, Rockdale County. Personally appeared before tile un dersigned, an officer authorized to ad minister oaths in said county M. W. Hull, who, on oath, says that he is the Cashier of the Bank of Conyers and that the above and foregoing re port of the condition of said bank is true and correct. M. W. HULL, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, Ibis Ist day of April, 1929. H. I). AUSTIN, N. P„ Rockdale Cos., Ga. We, the undersigned directors of said bank, do certify that we have care fully read said report, and that the same is true and correct, according to the best of our information, knowledge and belief, and that the above signa ture of the Cashier of said bank Is the true and genuine signature of that officer. This Ist day of April, 1929. R. L. HUFF W. T. BALDWIN, Directors of said Bank. NUMBER 11