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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 Entered at ti e post office at Conyers. Georgia, as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION, IN ADVANCE* One year $1.50 Six months .75 THE ROCKDALE RECORD assumes no responsibility for views expressed by correspondents or contributors. All copy submitted for publication must be signed by the author. 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 _ i 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. NIFTY HAT SHOPPE For SPRING and SUMMER Ii; MILLINERY Z The.LATEST STYLES and STRAWS r IRON CLAD HOSE IN CHIFFON and (V SERVICE WEIGHT NIFTYiHAT SHOPPE Conyers, Georgia 1 PROMPT, RELIABLE FORD SERVICE v *hiv\ New Fordor Sedan kmKnM\ (FO B. Detroit) I To help you get the greatest possible use from your car Our customers arc satisfied customers because we give good service Wc take a personal interest in helping you to get the greatest possible use from your car at a minimum of trouble and expense In other words, wc treat your car as if it were our own Keep our name in mind for oiling and greasing and that all-important checking over at regular intervals. LANGFORD MO TOR CO. Conyers, Georgia t o. s. u 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 > WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929