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VOL. II Subscription $1.50 Mrs. B. D. Whatley Died at 9:30 This Morning Mrs. f Gussie Swords Whatley, apa Scvenfypix. widow of the late I!. 1). Whatley, passed away tit her home on Milstead avenue this morninp follow ing a prolonged illness of several weeks, fcler husband proceeded her to the grave by some six years, having parted'pway in Mill.'!. Of her brothers and sisters, only Mr. C. M. Swords, himself [in feeble health, survives. An only daughter. Mrs. M. L. Haynes, who has lived with her moth ere during most of her married life, along with innumerable other near and dear relatives and friends sur vive tot mourn the loss of this dear old mother and friend of the old school. Mrs. 4 What ley was raised up in the Christian faith, of which she has ever been a iloyal supporter, although the church in Conyers has been pastorless for a number of years. Funeral will lie held Thursday af ternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the Con yers Baptist church. Kev. John Wood, native Conyers boy. a noted pastor for many years, will preach the fun eral. Burial will take place beside her companion over in East View cemetery with White & Cos., in charge, Pallbearers will be: M. VV. Hull, S I. Cowan, W. S. Aim and, Paul Jackson, John H. Hardin and R. H. Stsll. Oxford District Methodist Conference The Oxford district conference will be heldl Thursday and Friday, May 16 and IT. at Montieello, with Local pastor Rev. J. O. Brand as host. Quarterly and church conference delegates should be elected at once and begin preparations for submitting reports and recommendations. Many noted speakers will he present and in the program. There are approxi mately ten thousand Mi thodists in the Oxford district, over whom Presiding Elder Elam F. Dempsey renders ef ficient supervision. Mr. W. F. Tucker Dies On Tuesday afternoon, April 16 the spirit of my friend, Mr. \V. F. Tucker, laid off its tenement of clay and wing - ed its flight to God, who gave it. I had known Floyd Tucker inti maltely and i continuously ifor about sixty-two years. For many years he had been a regular' customer of mine and in all my business experience I have never dealt with a more honest, truthful, upright man. You could ab solutely rely upon his word. He was unassuming, never seeking notoriety in any way; was content to be jusl plain, honest, hard working Fioyd Tucker. While lie never accu mulated much of tbps world's goods, he was one of the most industrious men 1 ever knew, and if l am fortun ate enough to pass through the pearly gates into the New Jerusalem, I ex pect to meet my friend Floyd and ex pect to find him occupying as high a place in the Glory World as any millionaire who ever passed into that happy abode. I would not have you believe that he had no faults. He would not have been human without them, we all have our short-comings, but his virtues will outweigh his faults, so let’s cover his defects with the mantel of charity and look-only upon His good qualities. We want to extend to lii.; family our sincere sympathy in this their sore I bereavement and admonish his boys! to try to emulate the example left you by your father. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea saitb the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do fol low them.” His friends, M. L. WOOD Mr and Mrs. R. L. Huff and Miss Stella Hogan will attend Grand Opera Saturday afternoon. We married men have to do lots of things that we don’t get 8o kick out of much. Did you ever Ml* a take a three year old boy to the levelling preaching service after the three year old presidential pros- M| had been playing hard all day see her try to keep him fplF and interested in a doctrinal Well, it seems to be awfully to the kid after about forty rolaites of hard preaching. Well, Opera ain't like that —you en joy levery unspoken word of it —es- peeia, |y ihe gorgeous gown. Wo were considered a fairly decent provider aAHP ou r wife saw Grand Opera — sbisS been wanting anew dress every twelve months since that time. ®lc Uotlifinlc Becorii Biown Tyler Visits Conyers Over Week-end Brown Tyler, former editor of our Rockdale paper, and citizen par ex-ad lcnce. with Mrs. Tyler and the chil dren. speut Sunday in Conyers, guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tucker. Brown went to Hapeville some sev en years ago and took over t lie Or phans Home Print slum, a place main tained as part of the educational sys lem of that worthy institution. Today, this is a thirty thousand plant and really the leading job printers of the state and growing by leaps and bounds daily under the excellent management of Mr. Tyler. Instead of being a lia bility. it is a most excellent asset and Georgia Baptists were fortunate in deed in securing Brown to take over this unit of the home and arc very happy over its expansion and phenoini nal growth under his management. Mr. Tyler was unstinted in his praise of the Rockdale Record, which he declares a far better paper than he ever dreamed of for Rockdale coun ty and its continued success through patronage of the Conyers merchants would he a source of much joy to him and other citizens now in distant climes. The Record is grateful for its splendid reception and the consistent patronage received at the hands of our merchants and business houses. Wednesday Holidays We, the undersigned business hous es of Conyers, agree to close our places of business each Wednesday at 12:00 o'clock, beginning the first Wednes day in May and continuing through August. ' Bank of Rockdale, Georgia Rail road. Nifty Hat Shop, White & Cos., Sims & Bailey, C. B. Irwin, It. B. El liott, Gaiiey Dry Goods Cos., Rockdale Hardware Cos., Georgia Power Cos.. Conyers Ten Cent Cos.. Cannon’s Drug Store, O. .T. Bradford, John Hort, City Fount, J. R. Chapman Barber Shop, Bank of Conyers, Langford 5 and 10c Store, Hewlett & Downs, W. E. Hard man, Reagan’s Mar—-. Alnvand & Bowen, ,T. G. Newton, IT. J. Jones, Bells Cash Grocery, E. L. Edwards, 1.. W. Collins Barber Shop, Ralph Cornwell Barber Shop, Conyers Hard ware Cos., Summers Bros., Novelty Cash Store, M -Donald & Still. B. F. Reagan Blacksmith, J. It. Pirkle. Blacksmith, W. A. Henson, Henson Furniture Cos. Baptist Church East Sunday brought forth an aver age attendance at Sunday school and the preaching services, but not as it, should have been according to the weather. The day was beautiful, hut evidently the church folks took ad vantage of the sunshine by joy rid ing or visiting relatives. Why not go to church on days like last Sunday, and wait for gloomy dismal days, when people need cheering up, to vis it. Sunday morning was the time for the sacrament observance. The pastor talked along these lines, bringing out thoughts and reasons why the church should observe the supper. A good many visitors, who of course, are always welcome, were seen at the evening service. The church services are always in spirational. hut proper attendance and cooperation, on the part of the mem bers, are always necessary in order to receive the best results. Oak Grove News We are sorry to say that our school will he out May the third. Miss Foy Lou Hicks was the guest of Miss Gertrude Reagan Sunday. Mr. Altov Carroll was the guest of his parents Sunday. Miss Nora Mae, Crutchfield called on Miss Charlsie Heard Wednesday afternoon. Miss Frances Bonds, of Litlionia, was the guest of Miss Roberta Car roll Saturday afternoon. Miss Irene Mayfield is spending this week in Atlanta. The singing given by Misses Inez and Nellie Bell Johnson was enjoyed by the young people Sunday after noon. Miss Clmrlsie Heard spent Sunday with Miss Elizabeth Miller. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Crutchfield and family motored to Social Circle Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Moon and family spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Cornwell. CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, ABRIL 24,1929 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY Rural Rockdale Roads Rockdale county lias the best rural roads lo he found in the state —any- where you go they are in tip top shniie right now, in spite of all the rain we have had. Sunday afternoon late, we •ranked up our Whippett and told a hunch of married women and their children to jump in for a wild goose elms, to out of t lie way places where we had not been before just to see what and where it was. Well, we turn ed to the left some where in Shef field district and thrills piled up. We met a Ford in a road just wide enough for a man and his wife to walk side hy side with a three foot ditch on each side. We signalled for the Ford to back up and sure enough those young men backed up right straight across the ditch and up the hank and turned over back into the road. By the time we shot by and stopped I hose hoys were out, picked that Ford up, turned it hack over and il hit the ground running. Nobody got a scratch except us. Considering we had three wives in our car, we got by lucky. Going on a little further, we found another ydtmg man laying out on the edge of the road —evidently trying to cool off his stomach. But, getting hack to the roads —every where you go, Homer Itrisindine has already been there and not a one of those roads are to he sneezed at. Ho mer is the best road man in Georgia today. s Card of Thanks We wish to express our sineerest appreciation for the many kindnesses rendered during the illlness and death of our beloved husband and father. MRS. E. J. GRANADE MR. AND MRS. J. M. CUNNINGHAM G. PARIS GRANADE LEWIS 11. GRANADE Mrs. 11. 11. Elliott returned to At lanta Monday morning with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Diggers and attended the I.a Rondine Opera with them Mon day evening. CANNON’S DRUG STORE Among the substantial busi ness concerns of the city of Con yers, stands the Cannon Drug Store, Dr. C. R. Cannon, pro prietor. This store carries a full line of fresh drugs, such as is in demand by every progressive community. In addition, it car ried a select line of patent med icines, perfumery, cosmetics, stationery, pens and inks, can dies and cigars. It also carries The Rexall line of quality mer chandise, the Nyal products and the Cenol household /products. Its slogan is “quality in mer chandise and capable, courteous service.” The personnel consists of Dr. C. R. Cannon and Dr. R. S. Car ter, both graduates of the At lanta College of Pharmacy and both men of high business and social standing. Dr. Cannon gi’aduated in pharmacy in 1912 and since that time has given himself diligently to the drug business. Dr. Carter is a thor oughly finished druggist, reli able, conscientious and unform *ooooc#o*oo*o*o*oo#oo.'>#ooo*oio#c*oo*oosG*ooo*o*oo#o#o*cooG*o*o*oo*c.#o#o*ooo*o#ooo. We Buy and Sell Country ;j Produce, Chickens, & Eggs 1 | I *' _ , vt •: Extra Fancy Green Beans, Gal. 40c :♦ •: Fresh Tomatoes, pound . ♦ 15c \ i White Bermuda Onions, Lb. . 10c I •; Extra Fancy New Potatoes, Lb. l\c | | Celery and Lettuce, each . . 10c j* :• Green Cabbage, Lb 5c % :• Old Irish potatoes, pound . ♦ 3c :* :• All-pork Sausage, pound . . 25c :• HormePs Breakfast Sausage, 40c :j If p § 77-n r ~ “7. i •J Hell’s Banner Coffee and Merry Widow Flour l BEITsTAStTGROCERY § “THE HOME OF CHEAP PRICES” !; Phone 25 Conyers, (ia. We Deliver p Old C. H. S. Wins Tuesday and Wednesday of tills week, Conyers high school won sig nal honors in tile fifth district meet held at Emory. Three contestants en tered Tuesday, Ora Guinn in reading —Luther Cowan, 'declamation and Mary B. Leftwich, ready writing. Wednesday was a regular field day when our young men met skull to skull in the various athletic events, in each of which Conyers was well rep resented and fought their way to hon ors and much glory under the direc tion of Messrs. Oplier Cooper and Dr. I’. S. Smith. Those entering and fight ing for Conyers were: Joseph, Towns, high an dbroail jump. Lewis Kent, pole vault and broad jump. Hamilton McDonald, high jump and shot put. Walter Giles, Jifiseus. Horace Milli gan. shot put and hundred yard dash. Lew is Mann, shot put. One more month and Conyers will he in the midst of graduates, dignified juniors, banquets, sad farewells and happy swimming pools —vacation time as it were and we’ll never meet again in the same old way. What a pity we cannot he just school boys and girls all the time and June graduates once each year. BIRTHDAY PARTY Airs. Roy H. Pruiee entertained Monday afternoon, April 22 in honor of her son, Roy, Jr.,’s birthday. Twen ty four little play mates were invit ed. After playing many games and contests the little guests assembled in the dining room, where they were serv ed delicious ice cream and cake. Pret ty favors marked each child’s place. The centerpiece for the dining fa ille was a beautiful cake hearing nine candles. Miss I.ucile Bailey, young and at tractive daughter of Niglit *'hief and Mrs. Lon F. Bailey, was accompanied to Conyers Thursday by Miss Lois Howard, of Atlanta, and speut the day with home folks. C. R. Cannon, Proprietor ly courteous. Thus it is seen that this store carries the two qualities of a first class drug store; a full line of fresh drugs and capable , phamacists. High class goods—High class service. Besides conducting a first class drug store in Conyers— Dr. Cannon has, for several years been closely related to community interests in several important ways; as Alderman and as a member of the board of education. It is a matter of pride to the people of Rockdale to have him represent the county in the state legislature to which he was recently elected. In this does he follow the footsteps of his father, the late R. H. Can non, who represented the coun ty in other years. Rockdale county is to be con gratulated on having such cap able young men to carry on the work of the father and with such wise leadership a yet bet ter day is assured to our coun ty and state, both in matter of government and commerce. Visitors Day at Milstead School On Friday, May 3rd the patrons of I lie Milstead public school are invit ed to visit tlie school and visit each of the class rooms. Each room will give a ten minutes stunt in the form of a program at 9 o’clock a. in. A prize will he given for tlie best stunt. All the problems from the work shop will lie displayed and a prize given. The visitors will also have an op portunity to observe the work done in the domestic art class and judges se lected from the visitors will decide which child wins a prize in each of these departments. All patrons and friends are cordial ly invited to visit the school on the above date. A Question When my chicken house was found to lie on fire, the alarm turned in, the fire truck made a record run. 1 had the gates opened and all obstructions removed from its path to the fire, hut nothing was done to put the fire out —some saying it was too far gone to save, hut it was 15 or 20 min utes before someone puslieil the building in, thereby destroying the usefulness of my new corrugated gal vanized roof. When I heard the truck coming, I thought like the automobile wrecker says, “Here comes help,” hut I found it meant “Here comes noth ing.” I asked the firemen why they did not put the fire out and they said it would cost tlie city ten dollars to turn the water on and I ask why they had been bleeding me to death for taxes for the 20 years I have been living here if they couldn’t give me any service when I needed it? That’s the question I’m asking still. Will someone wiser than I am answer it for me? This chicken house was the late Mr. Tom Almnnd’s smoke house — made of hewn logs, tlie sills mortised together—a veritable land mark, and it was a shame for a whole yard full of people to have to stand and see it burn down because the city fire de partment absolutely refused to func tion. etaoin shrill etao ishrd shr slirr slird I want to thank Mr. Ralph Cornwell Mr. Will Wheeler and Mr. Moseley, who took tilings in their own hands and extinguished tlie fire after the fire department laid retired. MRS. R. L. HALE PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE MEETS Circle No. 2 of the Presbyterian ichurch met Friday afternoon, April 19 at the home of tlie chairman, Mrs. E. O. Leftwich, with 10 members pres ent. The meeting opened with a song, followed by sentence prayers. The les son for the afternoon was tlie first chapter of Acts and was led by Mrs. Leftwich. Avery interesting study on the Book of Acts will he studied tills year. The leaders fo rthe coining year to lead tlie study were appointed as fol lows: Mrs. H. C. Cowan, Mrs. Le roy Brisendine, Mrs. E. O. Leftwich anil Mrs. Jack McCollum. Mrs. Cowan was elected secretary and treasurer for the circle. The next meeting will he held at (lie home of Mrs. W. 8. Almand. The hostess served sandwiches with iced tea. MR. H. K. FORRESTER Mr. H. K. Forrester is announcing the receipt of a large and varied stock of the famous Watkins Products and a special salesday for Saturday when several choice articles will lie given away absolutely free. Mr. Forrester and his unusually attractive line of goods will lie found at the Conyers Hardware company and he urges the people to call by and give Him an op portunity to render them a real ser vice in goods with prices that will please. Mr. and Mrs. Forrester recent ly moved from Loganville and expect to make their home in Conyers while he travels all adjacent territory. Mr. J. C. Plunkett and two daugh ters, Misses Lillian and Susie Lee Plunkett, spent the week-end in At lanta, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wright. Mrs. J. C. Miller continues indis posed and confined to her home after several days treatment by Dr. P. J. Brown. Popular at Home and Abroad Col. Sam W. Wilkes Visits Conyers Col. Sam W. Wilkes, publicity agent of the Georgia Railroad, spent Tues day in Conyers, calling on friends of tin* “Old Reliable” and iiersonai ac quaintances of a number of years standing. Col. Wilkes travels exten sively throughout the South lu the interests of tlie Georgia railroad and reports agricultural prosjieets are bet ter at this time than he has ever known them to he. He predicts a splen did cotton crop and prosperous - yield lu general for this yeur. Col. Wilkes has been with the Georgia ruilroud for forty-eight years and is still active and alive to the calls of business and Ids many friends. He was the guest of local agent, J. M. Towns, while iu the city. The Methodist Record Col. Clarence Vaughn lias Ills Sun day school running along the King's highway on all four cylinders now with never a skip or Jolt and he did not have to change any models either, merely changed tlie fuel. He Is now utilizing every possible ounce of young blood —the hoys and girls of his congregation. We grown ups are too often dormant and without sufficient spark to make it in liglli, hut not so with our young |ieople. The sad part of it all is that our leaders rely too much ou sparkless material and willfully neglect to put that snap iu their programs only gotten from young people. It does not even take a leader to jog along, rapidly down hill and in low up hill —iiut it does take pep to lead a hunch of young jieople who go rapidly, up and down hill, or not at all. You can’t lead much unless you are in front and making good time yourself. Rev. W. W. Rrinsfield, a veteran of 50 years service In the North Geor gia Conference, now field solicitor for Indigent ministers, the horseback rid ers of other days, preached at the morning hour. A collection was tak en for those boys who rode horseback so much tiiey walked like seamen. Even at that they had an easy time for about the only thing they hud to preach against was hell fire and brim stone, with never a thought about short skirts anil low necks —for they were plenty long and plenty high —all you could see was a chin, nose and two eyes. Bootleggers did not bother them for everybody made their own llcker. Tlieir young people could not go to the devil because they had no conveyance like our hoys and girls have today and when a man got mur ried lie quit shaving iiut once a week. Ministers in those days were looked up to, hut now you can’t distinguish them and their family from a drug gist or a hanker and ills family. Those old hoys preached a long while anil said little while our new boys preach a little and suy too much and there you are. Notice Memorial Day exercises will be held at the Baptist church Friday after noon at 2:00 o’clock. The following program will be given: Song, “America.” Prayer —Rev. J. L. Drake. Hong—Conyers school. Roll call of veterans —Mrs. B. F. Tucker. Solo —Mr. Cooper. Introduction of speaker —Rev. J. R. Jordan. Address —Col. James Curran Davis. Song, “God Be With You ’Till We Meet Again." Benediction. Decoration of graves following. Dinner will lie served at 12:30 to the veterans, their widows, tlie World war veterans, their families, and mem bers of tlie U. D. C. and families. MRS. DAN H. PATRICK, Historian Genuine U. S. Army No. 2 Lamp Chim neys, 3 lor 25c. Also Army Plates, 6 lor 90c R. B. ELLIOTT Conyers, Georgia NUMBER 14