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| Baptist Anniversary /
for Pastor Drake
I "Sunday was u gala day for our
■Baptist people, particularly for pastor
Hj. 1.. Drake, whose second pastorial
■anniversary was celebrated. Beginning
■with the Sunday school, a spirit of
■celebration developed that pervaded
■every service throughout the day, fit-
Htingly and in keeping with the heauti
■ful new building in its v springtime
■freshniess and fragrancla by reason
■of the great banks of flowers from the
■wild-woods and meadow lawns of old
■Rockdale county. In the midst of this
■springtime freshness, fragrajhce and
■ joyful celebration, pastor Drake stood
Kin his splenitid young manhood of
■Davidical courage, strength and de-
Ktennination to declare his love and
■concern of and for his little flock. His
■ministry of two years, confined strict
■ly to this church and community has
■teen crowned with many successes
Hand yet, he has not escaped the crown
Hof thorns that the Master himself suf-
Hfered by reason of plain preaching
■and common requirements exacted of
■rich and poor alike. Some of his flock
aims strayed off into strange pastures
Band refused to come back over night,
■but his courage and determination,
■tacked up with love and a burning
pdesire to serve faithfully in the sal-
Hvation of his people, has had its ap-
Hpcal in the effectual return of several
Sheep and one or two rams into the
■fold. Conyers is not unlike other com
munities in this respect, nor is Mr.
Drake situated differently to other
Hpastors with reference to crowns and
successes and thorns.
Mayor L. B. Still presided at the
evening hour when all the people’s of
■Donyers and community joined in to
■close the day’s anniversary celebra
tion. His address of welcome and
words of greetings and congratula
tions were well chosen and pleasing
in their delivery. Pastor Jordan and
■Superintendent Vaughn, of the Meth
■odist church, gave expression to the
spirit of cooperation ,and
brother love existing between the two
Congregations and Superintendent Mc-
HCollum, of the Presbyterian church,
-proclaimed a hearty amen to all of
; this and added other timely thoughts
R that were pleasing and helpful,
gf The only thing that did not measure
tip to the glad occasion was the music.
Hf
/Chorister Opher Cooper was called
to Savannah, where his Mercer
quartet is engaged this week in the
■Georgia Baptist Sunday school con
vention and for this reason choir mus
ic was dispensed with entirely. How
;“ever, the congregational singing was
ISsplendid and the special duet of Miss
iles .Josephine Smith and Veola Owens
helped out wonderfully.
Pastor Drake ended the day’s pro
■grain with a sermonet of fifteen min-
Butes and everybody departed with a
..glad handshake and happy smile
smniniscence of other and happier
prtays that betokens greater tilings for
flthis congregation in the future. i
The Georgia Railroad
Appoints New Supt.
An appointment of general interest
to Conyers is that of Mr. George K.
Williams, as superintendent of trans
portation of the Georgia Railroad. Mr.
Williams is one of the outstanding
young men officials in American rail
road transportation today and his ap
pointment to succeed the late Mr. A.
Moritz, deceased, is a distinct recog
nition on the part of General Manager
Mr. (‘has. A. Wickersham, of the
ability of young America to handle
gigantic affairs and this appointment
meets with the approval of the patrons
and employees of the “Old Reliable”
alike.
Bank of Conyers Makes
Splendid Showing
Directors of the Bank of Conyers,
Messrs. W. Tharpe Baldwin, Roland
Huff, Mercer W. Hull, Thos. W. Hicks
andJT. G. Jackson, are being congrat
ulated by Conyers and' Rockadale
county upon the splendid growth of
the Bank of Conyers. For a quarter of
a century this bank has been out
standing in the development and
growth of Conyers and Rockdale coun
ty and today finds it in better shape
than it has ever been in to coni: :e
its progressive leadership. It is ot
cored by outstanding men of unques
tionable integrity with President W.
Tharpe Baldwin. Cashier Mercer W.
Hull and Assistant Cashier Hal. D.
Austin, at the helm.
Miss Evelyn Willingham entertain
ed over the week-end for Miss Mar
garet Phagan. of East Point, Ga.
®lfe Kockftale Hecotft
Mr. C. G. Beck Manager
Bell Telephone System
A Southern institution with nation
al resources. The management of tlie
entire system is in the hands of South
ern men who are devoting their time
exclusively to the telephone needs and
development of the South. Working
with this management is a trained or
ganization of more than twenty thou
sand Southern men and women, all of
whom are vitally interested in the
welfare of this section.
Outstanding among the improve
ments and expansions of last year, is
the trans-Atlantic extension of inter
national communication, connecting
sixteen Snropeuu nations with whom
ordinary conversation is made possi
ble and highly satisfactory with more
than twenty-seven million telephones
that serve more than three hundred
million people, in addition to which,
the American chain Radio system ac
comodates approximately one hun
dred million people daily throughout
America alone. More than thirty mil
lion dollars is spent annually to main
tain this progressive system.
To every one who will answer the
following questions correctly b,v Sat
urday night of this week, the Rock
dale Record will lie given for one year,
beginning May Ist, 1929 and expiring
May Ist, 1930. If you are already a
subscriber, you may have it sent to
a friend from and to the above dates.
What lax-ge planet is it that you
now see early in the evening?
llow does trans-Atlantic telephony
carry the voice across tli eocean?
What does the United States im
port from Belgium?
Where was the first paved road in
this country?
How can the radio “chain” stations
all broadcast one program at the same
time?
When was the Chinese wall built,
and why?
Whose is the slogan “One Service,
One System” and what does it mean?
How are the United States weather
forecasts compiled?
What is an absolutely safe invest
ment for family savings, paying regu
lar substantial dividends?
Wallis Reunion
The hosts of friends of the Wallis
family throughout Georgia and else
where, will be interested and pleased
to learn that a reunion of the des
cendants of the late Rev. and Mrs.
John F. Wallis was held at the old
homestead in Conyers last Sunday,
April 7th, at which everyone of the
surviving sons and daughters were
present, and was the first time they
have been enabled to meet together in
a score or more years.
It was generally known that Mr.
Wallis, the father, who died last No
vember, had planned a reunion for this
rear, at which he greatly, hoped to
have all of his children together again
and it is regrettable that he could not
have survived to see this great as
semblage of descendants, numbering
approximately fifty, gather together
to do homage to their parents and re
vive tlie loved memories of childhood
—to view the scenes of childish pranks
and live over again, if only in mem
ory, the joys and sorrows of the past.
A great feast was spread in the
dining room of the old home, now
passed to the possession of J. Mercer
Walllis, the yoilngest son, prepared
jointly by him and his sisters, M.es
dames John Huff and Nellie Patrick,
to whieh the attendants did full jus
tice, with a great deal of pleasure and
satisfaction.
. Among those attending were: Mr.
Joseph H. Wallis, of New Orleans;
Mr. Jesse T. Wallis, of New York; Mr.
William L. Wallis, of North Carolina;
Mr. J. Fred Wallis and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Stafford Wallis, Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. Bankston and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo MeEwen and daughter,
of College Park, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pat
rick and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Wallis and family and Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Huff and family, of Conyers.
It was greatly regretted that the
family of Mr. Joseph H. Wallis, of
New Orleans, was unable to be pres
ent.
This was a very enjoyable occasion,
and while the parents of this estim
’e family were sadly missed, all
immensely pleased with the suc
e*-,. occasion, and are expecting the
new owner of the old home to restore
the oldtime prestige of the “Wallis
Hill’’ and be prepared for numerous
other hoped-for similar occasions. This
was a great event in the lives of the
attendants and will long he remember
ed by each one of them.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10,1929
OKEICIAI. ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
An Outstanding Rail
Official Dies
Adolph Moritz, veteran railroad man
and beloved official of the Georgia
railroad, died at his home in Atlanta
at 8:30 a. ni„ March 31.
The career of Mr. Moritz was a con
vincing example that one’s opportuni
ties are measured by perseverance and
loyalty.
Mr. Moritz came to this country
from Germany in 1884 at the age of
17. For several years he made his
home with an uncle at Rome, Ga. He
secured bis first railroad Job as a
switchman with the old Rome rail
road (now the N. C. & St. L.) when
still in his teens. In 1886 lie moved
to Birmingham where he was connect
ed with the Alabama Great Southern
railroad as foreman and general yard
master of the Birmingham yards of
that line. In 1890 he was transferred
to Meridian, Miss., as general yard
master of the N. O. & N. E, which
at that time included the Alabama
Great Southern, Alabama & Vicksberg
Railways.
It was while stationed in Meridian
that Mr. Moritz married Miss Millie
Honeycutt in November 1893.
In August, 1898 Mr. Moritz left the
service of the N. O. and N. E. to be
come general yard master of the Mo
bile and Ohio railroad in Montgom
ery. Ala. Three months later lie was
transferred to Mobile, Ala. In Febru
ary, 1900 he became eohnected with
the Southern Railway System at
ADu PH MORITZ
Knoxville, Tam. His association with
that road, however, was of short dura
tion, as recognizing Mr. Moritz’s un
usual ability as a transportation man,
the management of the Western Rail
way of Alabama made him an accept
able offer to come with that road as
general yard master of the Western
Railway of Alabama Yards in Mont
gomery. In December, 1906 he was
promoted to train master. His next
railroad connection was with the At
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic as Su
perintendent at Fitzgerald, Ga., with
which railroad he became associated
in 1910. Three years later he return
ed to the service of the lines controlled
by General Manager Wickersham,
serving in the position of Superintend
ent of Terminals of the Georgia rail
road, Atlanta & West Point and West
ern Railway of Alabama, which po
sition he held at the time of liis
death.
Few railroad officials are possessed
of the combined personality which en
ables them to maintain discipline and
at the same time enjoy the friendship
and love of those under them as did
Mr. Moritz. He had that peculiar
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Now Is the Time to Eat FISH
We will have several different kinds Fri. and
Sat. at Prices to Please You.
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Bell’s Banner Coffee and Merry Widow Flour
BELL’S CASH GROCERY
“THE HOME OF CHEAP PRICES”
Phone 25 Conyers, Ga. We Deliver
Conyers Chapter
United Daughters
The U. 1). C. is in position now to
erect headstones over every unmarked
Confederate grave through a recent
act of Congress whereby the govern
ment will furnish without charge suit
ably inscribed monuments of 39 ineli
es long by twelve inches wide and
four inches tliiek in dimensions. The
inscription on these stones will in
clude the name, rank and organiza
tion, also the letters “C. S. A.” Rela
tives must apply to Mrs. J. M. Lassi
ter, local president, for blank appli
cations. if they desire such headstones
erected. Headstones will not he creel
ed without the consent of relatives
and only upon their formal applica
tion. The following committee has
been appointed by the Conyers chai>-
ter to assist relatives in locating
graves and making out applications:
Mrs. J. H. Patrick, Mrs. S. I. Cowan,
Mrs. J. M. Lassiter, of the U. i>. C.,
and Mr. \V. A. Henson, jiost command
er of the American Legion.
Memorial flay, April 26, will he ob
served as usual, with the exercises at
the Baptist church at noon. Basket
dinner will he served by the ladies of
the U. I). C., and the ladies of the
American Legion. Following adjourn
ment, the two organizations will deco
rate Confederate and Legion graves
in the two cemeteries.
trait of being able to convince one who
had committed some infraction of the
rules that a continuation would mean
discipline and they knew he meant
what he said. At the same time there
was not a trainman in the service of
the allied lines of which he was the
head transportation official who did
not look upon Mr. Moritz as their
friend.
Funeral services of Mr. Moritz were
held at 2 :.*?() o'clock Tuesday after
noon, April 2 from the residence. Dr.
h R. Christie, pastor of the Ponce De
Leon avenue Baptist church of Atlan
ta, officiated.
Active pallbearers were H. Q. Kim
brell, W. 0. Clary, H. E. Lyndon, W.
Hicks, D. E. McGee. J. B. Laird,
O. H. Attridge and J. R. Mangham.
Honorary pallbearers were ('has. A.
Wickersham. R. T. Pace, F. O. Walsh.
C. E. Rodenberg, S. R. Young, O. T.
Nelson, W. H. Bruce, G. E. Boulineau,
J. P. Billups, G. K. Williams, W. H.
Vincent, J. A. Higgins, J. A. Woodall.
M. L. Clifton, W. 11. Cooper, J. E.
Andrews, J. H. Chapman, L. D. Hale,
E. C. Becker, A. T. Miller, E. G.
Gross, F. W. Douglas, J. R. Turner,
E. S. Center, Jr., H. 11. Traywiek, F.
G. Browder, J. P. Weisiger, P. M.
Boyce, J. J. O’Shea, W. W. Hewett, J.
A. Craig, F. R. Yarbrough, T. A. Toms,
Col. Sam W. Wilkes, Dr. Glenville
Giddings, 11. W. Seib and Dr. J. R
Garner.
Immediately following the news of
his death, the Moritz home was visit
ed by a continuous flow of friends
who called to extend their sympathies
and express their sorrow over the loss
of one who bad made himself beloved
by his consideration of others and his
loyalty to his friends. So large and
numerous were the floral offerings
which came from every section of the
railroads with which he was associat
ed, as well as from every class of
occupation, that his grave in Green
wood cemetery was a carpet of floral
beauty, signifying the esteem of the
hundreds who accompanied him on
bis last earthly journey.
Surviving Mr. Moritz is bis wife:
two daughters, Miss Mary Moritz, of
Atlanta and Mrs. Hal W. Field, of
Newnan, Ga., as well as several broth
ers and sisters who live in Germany.
L. C. Still on Radio
and Other Static
Mr. Luther C. Still, the Radio man,
visiting his parents, Mayor and Mrs.
L. li. Still over the week-end, also
visiting his brother’s Sunday school,
by whom he was presented as the
"loud speaker”, said by way of com
mendation over the completion of the
Temple, or the oil painting of walls,
floors, pews and all wood work inside
and outside of this church building,
that static in radio was their one
outstanding problem. It is a simple op
eration to manufacture and also to
sell radios, even new models every
month, but static is something else
again. Manufacturers are spending
millions of dollars “out on the line,”
airline of course, trying to clear xip
the atmosphere. Some day they will
understand and make the line clear
for us. However, Mr. Still did not
have in mind the radio except by il
lustration of the static in the life of
church members, lodge members and
members in commercial and social life,
not only of the Conyers Baptist church
but throughout the length and breadth
of this fair land of ours. We too often
refer to our leaders and spokesmen,
a's defective “loud speakers”
when as a matter of fact, our only
trouble may be a grounded antenna or
faulty amplification on our part, or
worse still, we may have permitted
our (A) or active batteries and our
(B) or brotherly love bajtteries to
corrode or run down, either of which
would kill the effect of a “loud speak
er"! You have heard neighbors rasp
tip and down the scale endeavoring to
hook onto something good. Well, that’s
the way some church or lodge mem
bers do to bring about a frown and
several hearty wishes that run the
entire scale of human injtollerance.
Factionalism results from a weak bat
tery, either A or B or possibly both
and thus it is that we become dormant
members, church, lodge and otherwise
in the community. Our lenders and
spokesmen are often up in the air
with this problem, hut so far, there
seems to be no way of clearing the
human heart static. Some day,
we too, shall understand what it’u
all about and know as we are known.
And it may not he the fault of the
loud speaker at all.
Bank of Rockdale
Indicates Prosperity
Directors of the Bank of Rockdale
—Messrs. J. W. Hollingsworth, W. U.
Wallace, J. Will Cowan, Carl C.
Walker, Geo. I). Malcoiu, Dr. C. 11.
Turner, R. Ilillyer Still and G. Carl
Sims, are more than delighted with
the showing made by their most ex
cellent corps of officers, President
Sims, Cashier Still and Assistant
Cashier Miss Veola Owens, in their
first quarterly statement as published
in the Rockdale Record last week. In
its three decades of service Ibis bank
has been and continues to’ be a lead
ing factor in the commercial life of
Conyers and Rockadel county. It’s of
ficers are safe, courteous and pro
gressive and ever striving to render
a community-wide service to all the
people.
Some American Legion
Boys A. W. 0. L.
The American Legion, Rockdale
I>ost No. 77 under Post Commander W.
A. Henson and corps of efficient and
likeable officers, is putting a great
deal of pop into their meetings and
general activities to the very great
delight of Conyers. There are a num
ber of splendid ex-service men who
nppear to lie a. w. o. 1., whatever that
is. We imagine it’s Fren.di for scul
dtigging after trust or some other min
or offense that they can overcome if
they will only show up at the next
meeting, which will be held Tuesday
night, April 16tli. T. H. Braksdale, Au
bie Bennett, Grady Britt, Artie Cor
ley, M. C. Corley, J. B. Cowan, Bob
Elliott. H. A. Farmer, W. L. Granada,
A. T MeCalla, W. H.“ Merritt, W. J.
Parr, Gus Peek, E. A. Rogers, T. C.
.Scarborough, J. A. Stewart, A. M.
Street, A. D. Summers, Guss Veal, H.
T. Veal, (’. C. Walker, C. F. Watkins,
G. O. Ellison, D. H. Patrick, L. C.
Summers, J. H. Tucker, Hester Wil
liams.
It may be that most of these sol
diers have married them a wife since
those eventful days and are engaged
in another war that ain’t been ad
vertised thoroughly as yet. If so, de
clare peace, or at least call for an
Armistice and settle by negotiations
—you can’t win all your battles out
right.
Mrs. J. M. Towns has been confined
to her home on Milstead avenue for
several days.
Popular at Home and Abroad
Camp McClellan,
Where Our Boys Go
to C. M. T. C.
Young men from the northern por
tion of Louisiana, the northern haft of
Mississippi, the northern three fourths
of Alabama, except the two northeast
ern counties and l lie western portion
of Georgia, except for a few counties
in the south and north are to lie sent
to Camp McClellan for their C. M. T.
C. training. Applicants for this camp
are usually more than can be accomo
dated. Ladt yea I 1442 applied for
training whereas but 700 were accom
modated. This year, Major General
Richmond P. Davis, commanding the
Fourth Corps Area, has boosted the
quota but announces that, due to the
limited money and facilities avail
able, only 800 students can he allot
ted to Camp McClellan for training l
and a happy month of out door life,
from June 13 to July I£2.
A Beautiful Locality
Within hiking distance of the Choe
coloceo Mountains and with the ter
rain artistically wooded the beauti
ful location of this site for moulding
the character and physique of the hoy
of the South would be hard to improve
upon.
Camp McClellan, comprising some
twenty thousand acres is to be found
In the central part of Calhoun coun
ty. The reservation touches t lie city
limits of Anniston and extends to the
north about seven miles. The crest of
the Choccolocco Mountains marks the
eastern border.
Historically, Camp McClellan dates
back to the Spanish-American war,
when in 1898, it was made a military
camp and many troops were mobilized
and trained there. From that period
until the World War it served ns a
training camp for National Guard
units. During the first year of the
World war it was the home of mobili
zation and training of the 29th Divi
sion, bettre known as tlie Blue and
Gray Division because it was com
posed of National Guard units from
both the North and tlie South and
because this name stuck to it through
out its Illustrious service in France.
Since the World war, Camp McClellan
lias each summer, been the scene of
training large numbers of C. M. T. C.
and R. O. T. C. trainees and National
Guard nand Reserve units.
The entrance to the camp is about
midway between Anniston and Jack
sonville, about six miles from each.
Anniston with about 26,000 people is
a thriving and progressive city with
churches of all denominations, moving
picture houses and theatres. Bus
lines operating on an hourly schedule
bring it into close contact with the
camp. Jacksonville, the site of the
State Normal College, though only a
small town of a few thousand, is one
of the oldest in Alabama and noted
for its lovely Southern homes.
Training Facilities
One company of the 22nd JJ. S. In
fantry and a tank platoon are regu
larly stationed at, .JCamp McClellan.
During the summer, additional units
from the same regiment some times
march from Fort McPherson, Geor
gia, or Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to
assist with the training.
The O. M. T. camp is centrally sit
uated on the reservation and the typo
graphy is so diversified as to make the
terrain suitable for all kinds of train
ing. Within the camp area the open
spaces are more than sufficient to ac
commodate the students in their close
order drills, parades and calesthenics.
Ranges exist for gallery, rifle, pistol,
machine guns, trench motors and one
pounders. The rifle range is three
miles distant from the camp area and
the students are either transported
on trucks or camped at the range dur
ing their rifle practice.
The camp is equipped with mess
halls, kitchens, and baths {.and the
trainees are housed in floored tents.
All these facilities are electrically
lighted.
Recreational Advantages
The physical development of the boy
is closely observed and directed and
this supervision extends into recrea
tional periods.
Many delightful hours are spent in
the camp swimming pool, which is ap
proximately 200 feet square, ranging
in depth from four to eight feet, fed
by a mountain stream of pure spring
water and capable of refilling itself
every twenty-four hours.
Numerous baseball diamonds, ten
nis and volley ball courts and soccer
ball fields are available to meet the
variable inclinations of the students
and there is a camp athletic field,
where all C. M. T. C. track and field
meets are held.
Inter company leagues in baseball
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