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ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Organ of Korktlule County
and the City of Conyers
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
J. M. TOWNS Editor
\\. E. ATKINSON Publisher
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Georgia, as second-class mail matter.
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CLEANING CONYERS UP
This is clean up and paint up week
in Conyers, however, the trash man
ain’t been around our way as yet.
Just in order to create or enter intc
the spirit of the thing, we’ve been
wearing our best suit all the week.
To clean up Conyers, you’ve got to do
more than haul off a few soup cans
and to paint up Conyers requires more
than white washing a few shade trees.
You have got to start up high and
come down instead of starting at the
bottom and going up. Conyers would
be beautiful indeed if our business
houses would remove those flopping
sheet iron awnings from up over theii
front doors and put a coat of pain!
over the front instead. Center anc
Commerce streets would look a thirc
wider with all thi riff-raff - down. Lei
the sun shine in boys. Mr. R. D
Hewlett has set the pace for us ir
removing that sheet iron and paint
ing. not only the front but the bad
as well as not only the bottom bui
the upper story. This string of build
ings protrude out promiscuously foi
the enjoyment of traffic on the Geor
gia railroad and on state highway
12, with broken window lights, sash
frames, loose brick and delapidatec
rear sheet iron awnings. People
wouldn’t even stop reading a sorrj
novel to gaze out upon such scenerj
and they don’t know whether that’;
our front or rear. It’s true these build
ings and offices are vacant, but it’:
also true that they don’t appeal t(
anybody as being good propei'ty t(
rent or to buy. The line of telephone
poles along these streets are all try
ing to find something to lean ui
against in their old age. They shouk
be relieved of further duty and nev
ones placed at the rear of these build
ings entirely off and out of sight o:
these two streets. The wires hang ii
all directions and altitudes somewhat
like a temporary job put up for a dog
show, but even at that, they are ir
keeping with those everlasting sheel
iron awnings that never rot or blow
down. The court house grounds neec
the touch of love and respect on the
part of our best talent.
That Confederate Monument stand:
in the midst of conditions more ir
keeping with front line trenches thar
it does around the old home fireside
We are disappointed in our ladies ir
this connection, for in spite of thf
fact that we have enough court house
officials to keep these grounds in or
der, it is a fact and always will be
that our women folks must tidy thing:
up. Those men in and around the
court house would donate money te
pay for these very urgent improve
ments we are sure and by rights thej
ought to put out a bit and see thaf
conditions in and around
ress are kept in a ant
pleasing condition, but tjwy
it until our good-lookings,pra<yi drop
in on them and shame em itflo ■it
Now we ain’t knocking our Civie
league women no more than the rest
for we don’t know whether they should
oughter do it or the Friday night
bridge club, but they are all jointly
falling down on the job in this re
spect. Another public institution tha.
used to be pretty was the Conyers
Hotel. It is now somewhat like i
friezland chicken, not so good-looking
but mighty white and clean inside. Ii
that porch was put up at the top with
large columns, it would save people
lots of gas going on into Atlanta
That’s all it needs to make Conyers
boast of its million dollar hotel. Some
thing is wrong with our city officials
or they would have an American flag
up somewhere —on the court house
school house, water tank or some
where. We may have to go to war
again sometime and our children
should be familiar enough with our
flag to know which one to follow, even
under great strain and excitement.
We understand the Mayor and Al
dermen are at last figuring on closing
traffic across the school campus and
thus render a bit of protection that is
due the children of that institution.
We are not excited about this, how
ever, because no one has been killed
as yet. .
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Biggers, of At
lanta, spent Sunday in Conyers, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Minor.
~Mr~and Mrs. E. Darden Borders
and children of Cedartown, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Heyward H.
Elliott, in Conyers.
Miss Wyn Peeples of Columbus,
teacher in the public shool system,
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. Bert Peeples in Conyers.
Mrs. Chester R. Cannon and at
tractive young daughter, Renee, spent
the week-end in Covington, guests of
her parents, Captain and Mrs. J. 0.
Cooper.
Msr Ollie Tucker Stuckey of Wilson,
N. C. is spending several days this
week with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Tucker.
Mrs. J. H. McCalla, is spending this
mother, Mrs. C. V. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Mobley
spent the week-end at Jefferson, guests
of her mother, Mrs. John N. Holder.
LINES
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J. L. D.
In the Word we read how God
worked six days and on the seventh
he rested. He hallowed this day and
later commanded that we should ob
serve this day as a day of rest and
worship. For a long time the day
held in reverence by people in gen
eral, but in recent years we have no
ticed a tendency to almost disregard
the day as being sacred at all. In
some places in our country people do
nearly the same things on the Sabbath
Jay that they do during the days of
the week.
In our own little town people are
forgetting the Sabbath as a day of
rest and worship. Garages, shoe
shine stands soda-founts, etc., are open
t’or business on Sunday. The opera
tor's of these places say that the law
permits them to remain open on Sun
lay. The God whom we love said,
‘Six days shalt thou labor and do all
H6y~Work, but the seventh day is a
Sabbath unto Jehovah thy Cod: in it
hou shalt not do any work. “I won
ler which law they expect to obey,
nan’s or God’s.
I want to see the men in Conyers
vho profess to be followers of the
Lord Jesus Christ and who have prom
sed to obey his laws close their places
if business on the Sabbath.
“It’s a scandal how little many peo
ile know about the Bible,” commented
a traveling man the other day. “I was
'oing on eighteen years old before I
earned that the Epistles were not
he wives of the Apostles.”
Any man might oenquer the world
f he had half as much perseverance
vs a female book agent.
Just at the time when we thought
ve almost had a system of training
hat would meet the needs of our chil
lren someone has come along and said
hat our educational system trains to
lishonesty and pretentiousness, to
alse assumption of knowledge and
oncealment of ignorance, which is the
ipposite of what it is intended to do.
■'or education has for its aim quite
is much the defining of. one’s area of
gnorance as the extending one’s area
if knowledge.
This may not be the fault of the
ystem and we do not believe that it
s. We rather think that it is the
/ay the pupil fits himself to the sys
. em. We also believe that conceal
nent of ignorance is a form of edu
cation, though not to be desired. We
lelieve that dishonesty is the most
revalent and the most regretable
hing to be found in our schools.
Strange as it may seem, when the
nind stops growing the head begins
:o swell.
THE GROUND HOG MAY
FAIL, BUT WE, NEVER
Often, the ground hog has us guess
ng—not that we don’t believe in him
ir her or them, but their jurisdiction
eems to be somewhat limited on ac
ount of the fact that the sun persists
n shining upon the unjust as well as
he just. However, we never fail—
or every time we change from winter
o summer apparel, it turns cold just
ike it did this week. Heretofore, it
sas been our policy to make the
hange on the first day of May and
ve would have stuck to that policy
>ut for the fact that our laundress is
vsing a barbwire for her clothes line
vnd some of our garments look like
ve had worn them long enough. We
vever thought about the baseball sea
on opening up this week, but had in
nind all the time Grand Opera weath
er which ought to be fine, in order to
vff-set shattered nerves.
Grand Opera sung, cried and
aughed, for the entire week of April
12nd, will have us all up in the air.
7 ront seats went like hot cakes at
17.00 per capita, graduating up to
12.00 for balcony knot holes. llow
■ver, dress circle and other good seats
nay be had for four and five dollars.
vVe expect to take our wife and boy
up for the Thursday night perfonn
vnee, one of the greatest shows of
the season, but we can’t tell you here
just exactly what it is—you have to
gargle it in English. The railroad
’are is $1.67 but then grand opera
cans do not ride except in state. Sev
'ral Conyers people are expected to
■lip off after night and attend some
vf these services, somewhat like we
vttend dances, so as not to let the
oastor get on to it. The Rockdale
Record expects to expose the name of
■very one who attends and elaborate
upon just what they wore in our next
issue.
Circle No. 1 of Presbyterian Auxil
iary met Monday afternoon, April 15,
at the home of Chairman Mrs. Ida
Beatie. Despite the stormy afternoon,
eight members and our president, Mrs.
Walker, were present. This being the
first meeting of our church year.
Quite a lot of business was attended
to. Meeting opened with Scripture
readinguby Mrs. H. L. White; prayer
by Mrs. Walker. Our Bible study this
year is the Book of Acts. “The
Pivotal Events and Character Stud
ies,” by Miss Jane McGaughey of St.
Louis. This study was ably conducted
by Mrs. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Wil
kinson. Leaders for next meeting:
Miss Jennie Joe McCollum and Mrs.
Tucker. “The Life of John,” is our
character study for next meeting and
also second chapter of Acts. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Vice
chairman, Mrs. Hollingsworth; secre
tary and treasurer, Mrs. Horace King;
assistant secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Wilkinson; press 'agent, Mrs. Tucker.
The flower committee for month of
May, Mrs. Marry White and Miss
Jennie Joe. Circle No. 1 voted to or
ganize into a prayer band, praying for
needs of our church.
It was voted to accept our quota of
Auxiliary budget. Members pledged
voluntary gifts to help on this. Mrs.
Jack McCollum our secretary of Lit
erature, met with our circle and urged
every member to subscribe for Pres
byterian Survey, canvass to be made
first of May.
Next meeting with Mrs. Louis
Downs second Monday in May.
Closed with Mizpah.
Mrs. W. H. Tucker.
THE ROCKDALE REuuku, iuNYERS, GEORGIA
Great Diplomat Well
Paid, Document Shows
A valuable document, believed to
have been stolen from archives of the
French government In the revolution
of 1789, is Included in n special one
copy edition of the life of Talleyrand,
which is being bound for a member
of tlie Talleyrand family. The paper
orders the payment of 300,000 francs
to Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-
Perlogord, France’s most famous
statesman, for his services as ambas
sador to the court of St. James in
the reign of Louis Pliillippe, a post
given him for promoting that mon
arch's accession to the throne.
The paper is interesting and curloir,
In that it reveals the astonishing sum
paid Talleyrand at tills period, 300,000
francs being almost a princely for
tune, far above the average reward of
ambassadors.
A woman, who gathered the mate
rial for the special edition, found the
document in the hands of an auto
graph collector. It Is considered the
gem of the entire collection, which in
cludes many personal letters and val
uable records of intrigue and ro
mance in French life under five Boui - -
bon kings.—Kansas City Star.
Goose Put Forward as
Canada’s National Bird
Canadian naturalists have been con
centrating on the choosing of a nation
al bird for Canada to commemorate the
diamond jubilee of confederation. Mr.
J. Miner, an authority on bird life,
gives his vote to the Canadian goose,
whicli he describes as "the noblest
creature that ever lived on land, in
air, or in the water.”
Wild geese, he says, pair off for
life. The male guards his mate on tiie
nest. As soon as the young hatch he
protects them from the opposite side
of the mother, keeping the babies
between the parents. He will leave his
family for his mate, and for her only,
but he will die for any of them. When
traveling in the air the male Canada
goose leads the way, breaking the air
for his mate, who is quartering be
hind him, and his family travel next
to her.
“In brief,” says Mr. Miner, “he is
one of tiie most self-sacrificing, godly
principled leaders the human eye ever
beheld, and to know him is to love
and admire him.”
Javanese Delicacy
“Rystaffel” is a dish peculiar to
Java, writes Nellie M. Scanlan, In
John O'Loixlon’s Weekly. In n Java
hotel you order Rystaffel. The waiter
brings in a large bowl of rice. You
take a generous portion on to the soup
plate provided. Behind him in a row
are from 10 to 15 -other waiters, each
witli a disli or two, from which you
take a sample. There nre curried
chicken, fried bananas, dried fish, meal
balls, hard-boiled duck eggs, preserved
ginger, chopped onions, chunks of pine
apple, raw herring, sliced cucumber,
peppers, chillies —sometimes up to 30
varieties. The diner helps himself to
all his capacity will allow.
Difference in Rainfall
There is uncertainty about what
constitutes a day’s rainfall. At Lon
don, for example, popularly regarded
as a wet place, it seems that tiie best
the clouds ever have done was 3.12
inches of rain in 24 hours. In France,
however, there was a shower at Jop
ease which checked out at 31.17 inches
in the same time. At Genoa, the best
rain was 30 inches for a day’s job
Gibraltar has a record of 33 inches,
hut ft. took 20 hours to get down
In tiie Klinsi hills, India, the record
drizzle is 30 inches a day for five
consecutive days. This foots up at 15,-
000 tons on every acre.
Legends of “True Cross”
There is no authentic Information
as to the composition of tiie cross on
which Jesus was crucified. Legends
on tiie subject are legion. The alleged
fragments of the cross preserved as
sacred relics are composed of pine.
According to one legend, the true cross
was made of four kinds of wood
palm, olive, cedar and cypress—rep
resenting the four quarters of the
globe. A more poetic legend says the
cross was made of aspen, supposed
to account for the almost constant
quivering of the leaves of that species.
—Pathfinder Magazine.
Explaining “Curb Market”
“Curb” is the abbreviation of the
word "curbstone.” A curb market Is
one wherein tiie brokers buy and sell
securities on the curbstone or in the
middle of the street, as in the curb
market in New York. It is In tills
market that stocks of a great many
companies are dealt in which have
not applied to the New York Stock
exchange for listing, or which can
not be listed there, and where stocks
are dealt in “when issued”—that is,
between the time of their issue and
listing on the New York Stock ex
change.
Your Nicho
Have you found It? There Is some
thing for you to do and you can do It
better than anyone else. If you don’t
know where to hunt for it and nre
unconcerned about it, then It will nev
er be done and you will be the loser.
Don’t let anyone deceive or discour
age you. When you were created It
was for a purpose, and it is up to
you to find your field of greatest ac
tivity and begin your lifework. You
can, if you will determine and shape
your own destiny.—Woodmen News.
Modern Coed Has Own i
Standard of Freedcm
I have come in contact with a num
ber of modern coeds nt various insti
tutions; and many of them have been
able, not to say willing or eager, io
discuss excessively delicate subjects
witli the utmost freedom, as long ns
the discussion remains on a scientific
or dispassionate basis. If there Is
anything that many modern coeds will
not talk about 1 don’t know what
it is.
I am quite unable to state, however,
that they are infinitely niore sophisti
cated than their mothers, or titan tiie
preceding generation of coeds; be
cause I have no way of knowing how
much their mothers knew. I have a
strong suspicion, however, that their
mothers knew a great deal more than
they admit knowing; and It seems
quite obvious that a great many dow
agers who stand deliciously aghast nt
the conversation and tiie crimes that
nre laid nt the door of the younger
generation arc ready to listen to (lie
conversations and to repeat them nt
every opportunity.
1 might even go so far ns to hint
that if opportunities do not present
themselves, they make their own op
portunities. It takes a high-grade of
statistician to worry the inner mean
ing out of this state of affairs. —Ken-
neth L. Roberts, In tiie Saturday Eve
ning Post.
Clock Made for Pope
Marvel of Ingenuity
The most beautiful clock in Eng
land is said to be found in the Brit
ish museum. It is believed to have
been made by Pope Sixtus V, that
pontiff, brought up (as some tell) a
swineherd, who amassed when he
readied tiie holy see such treasures
as eclipsed the wealth of Europe; to
whom much of tiie magnificence of
Rome is owed.
Three stories high it stands, telling
on Its dials the fast days, the signs
of the Zodiac, (lie. motions of (he sun
and moon in thoir course. Besides
the minute dial a cherub raises n
sickle as tiie hour strikes, while Ids
neighbor turns an hour-glass over.
But you will need all your eyes for
the topmost story, divided into four
balconied tiers. On (lie lowest the
gods of tiie days of the week pass
slowly round. Above, the Virgin and
Child are seated, before whom an
gels make obeisance as they pass by.
Next, the four ages of man strike the
quarters on a bell. On the topmost
balcony Dentil conies forward nt the
hour and strikes a bell, (lie figure of
Our Lord retreating meanwhile.
Crowning it all a beautifully molded
cock perches on the dome; and when
the chimes have rung he flaps Ids
wings and crows I
Scene of Bloodshed
The famous Sigiriya rock of Cey
ion has a story of blood behind it,
says an article in tiie Times of India.
Standing 11 miles from Duamhulla
on the Trinco road, it rises sheer to
a height of 450 feet above the suri
rounding plain and was the strong,
hold of one Kassapa who seized the
throne after killing Iris father and
attempting the life of his brother.
Kassapa lived there for 18 years
and during that time lie built cis
terns, courtyards and palaces on the
rock. Eventually lie was defeated
and killed in battle by his brother.
War Tank’* “Innard*”
Generally speaking, the major par|
of the inside of a war tank is taken
up by the engine or motor. There is
enough room at the sides of the motot
to let (lie mechanic get around for ad
justment. In front there is space foi
the driver. In front of the driver is
either a machine gun or a light six
pounder gun which shoots through a
port in the armor. The machine gun
is usually mounted in a sort of towei
which can be moved so as to give an
all-around fire. There are sometimes
additional guns with ports on eithei
side of the tank.
T
College Men Win Honor*
The Nation’s Business says that in
spite of tiie fact that less than 1 pei
cent of American men are college
graduates, this 1 per cent has fur.
nished 55 per cent of our Presidents,
30 per cent of our members of con
gress, 47 per cent of tiie speakers
of the house, 54 per cent of the Vice
Presidents, 02 per cent of the secre
taries of state, 50 per cent of tiie
secretaries of the treasury, 07 pei
cent of the attorneys genera), and
09 per cent of the Justices of the
Supreme court.
Sand Uted a* Defense
The expression “Throwing sand in
their eyes,” Is said to have had its
origin in southern Siberia, where tiie
tribes depend for safety largely on
the fleetness of their horses. The
land Is very sandy and the method
of repulsing an opponent was by
means of a handful of sand tossed
at him, with the result, if the aim
was good, of at least temporary be
wilderment and blindness.
Juror Kept Tab
In a trial at Cincinnati, one of the
jurors kept track of tile evidence with
toothpicks. When the defense scored
a point iie would put a toothpick in
one pocket and when the state scored
a point he would put a toothpick In
another pocket. There were so many
toothpicks in the second pocket that
this juror voted for conviction at once.
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In other words, wc treat your car as if
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intervals.
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Conyers, Georgia
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Now is the time
to fix up your ' j
Model T Ford
Right now, after winter ljty<upg and winter driving, is
the time to go over your Model T and find out just what
it needs in the way of replacement purtn and adjustments.
For a very small cost, yon-may be able to protect and
maintain your investment in the car and get thousands
of miles of additional service.
To help you get the fullest use from your car, the
Ford Motor Company is still devoting a considerable
section of its plants to the manufacture of Model T parts
and will continue to do so as long as they are needed
by Ford owners.
These parts are quickly available through Ford deal
ers in every section of the country. Note the low prices
in the partial list given below:
I'iaton and pin • ••••• $1.40
Connecting rod • • 1.60
Urankidiaft - - ••••• 10.00
Cylinder head - ......... 6.00
Cylinder 20.00
Time gear - .......... .75
Time gear cover ... . 1.00
Crankcase 12.00
Magneto coil nascmbly ........ 5.00
Fly wheel - 13.00
Transmission gear shaft ....... 1.65
Transmission cover .... 6.00
Clutch pedal .......... .65 9
Steering gear assembly (less wheel and bracket) - • 8.50
Starter drive .......... 4.25
Generator - -- -- -- -- - 12.50
Battery ........... 8.50
Carburetor ........... 3.00
Vaporizer assembly (with fittings) ..... 9.00
Rear axle shaft .......... 1.75
Differential drive gear ........ 3.00
Universal joint assembly ........ 2.50
Drive shaft pinion ......... 1.50
Front axle 9.00
Spindle connecting rod ........ 1.75
Front radius rod ......... 1.80
Rear spring .......... 6.00
Radiator—less shell (1917-23) ...... 15.00
Radiator—less shell (1923-27) 14.00
Hood (1917-1925) 6.50
Hood (1926-27) black 7.00
Gasoline tank .......... 6.00
Front fenders (1917-1925) each - ..... 4.00
Front fenders (1926-1927) each - ..... 5.00
Rear fenders (1922-1925) caeh 3.75
Rear fenders (1926-1927) each ------ 4.00
Running hoard 1.25
Horn (battery type) 1.50
Headlamp assembly (191a-26) pair ..... 5.50
Touring car top (1915-25) complete ----- 27.00
Touring car top ((1926-27) complete, includes curtains
and curtain rods - -- -- -- -- 35.00
These prices are for parts only, but the charge for
labor is equally low. It is billed at a flat rate so you may
know in advance what the job will cost.
Ford Motor Company
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929