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r vi*sl)VV. MAY 1, 1929 t ij |)i vorce Customs , Among Mala>s I" | d n peculiar Malay tribe In .mat "' l ' iliy on,y n few lmn ' 'sniis. who spend their entire i |ie water, a small boat being home. The stern of the die rudest kind of n shelter, there Is an arrange stone on which n fire Is built, there are baskets and other , arrying list) and other com odltles which those persons gather They have no laws or or mission, but they have rather don -1,, Idbns of marriage nnd divorce. i e |orn man, meeting the girl of Is choice, asks her parents. If found *® 39 grecable the youth has to pay 12 Dutch dollars (equal to 30 s ); that is, if he Is nble to. Rut H, may purchase on the Install jentjdan and make time payments. this case he cannot get a di orcefmiless the full amount Is paid 3 thf vlfe. The pair then go through ivorf, then he loses the 30 guilders did, lilt if the wife wants to get di orcel, then she must pay 120 guild ire tc the husband, which she will be ible o do only in the rarest cases, f th< man gets his divorce, then he nayl lecide whether the children must jo with him or whether they may re aaiwvlth the mother; if the wife ob- divorce and has paid the 120 juilßrs, then the children may choose for themselves. S||ple Way to Handle Child’s Fear of Dark If pour child develops a fear of the dark do you know how to handle it? It 1 possible to cure him in a very glmpb way. When you put him to bed tonight, leave the door partly ope| nnd a dim light burning in the hiuj The child will go to sleep. Then, gradually, close the door a little and dim the light a little every night. If yotwork patiently, four or five nights will enable you to recondition the chll so that the door can he closed and the light turned out. If you do no! control the Jiild in this patient waj you may, by shouting at him or gpj king him, keep him from whimper iagii iit loud when you put him to bed la the dark, but he will lie in bed trembling with fear. Tiiis is not your aim. Your real purpose should be to remove the fear, to recondition the cbikl.—Children, the Magazine for Taints. Good Qualities of Fruits jHntrkion and Diet says: “The apple leads among the orchard fruits. It car rlee small amounts of vitamines A, B, aud C. It has definite laxative proper til, probably owing to the large col lapse content. The young apple con- Asa large amount of starch, but asf t ripens this Is rapidly converted iolc sugar until when fully ripe it eon tal little or no starch. The acid Silent decreases as the sugar In creases. In like manner Its pectin, val utj) e In the formation of jelly, fle- Hases with the ripening process. The cltiiis fruits are next in importance I the apple, and their culture is be ing enormously Increased. Oranges Kie first. They offer an excellent source of readily assimilable glucose, Bd for this reason orange juice is Bed when there is necessity for quick- Bsimilable carbohydrate which will throw the least burden on the digestive Bgans. The orange contains both vl- Imlnes A and B." ■ • Sampler* in History I The earliest mention of a sampler lo far found is in 1502, when Eliza fteth of York paid 3 pence for an ell If linen cloth lo make one. A sampler g referred to by John Shelton, the met, about the same time. Originally amplers were Intended for practical lurposes. Needlework and embroidery vere practically the only relaxation f women at that time and samplers were made for “handkerchiefs, table cloths, sheets, towels, napkins and pil low bearers.” The earliest American sampler was that of Loara Standish. The next reported was that of Mary Hollingsworth of Salem, which was probably made about 1665. Sarah Lord made one in 1668. • j. . ■ ■■ ii n - *• Tree* Don’t Freeze Notwithstanding the popular belief that trees freeze in the winter, scien tific Investigation has proved, accord Ing to a Belle Isle forester, that they cannot freeze but remain dormant during the winter much like certain wild animals. “Every day or so some one asks about the trees freezing,” he suld, “and they seem to doubt my word. Sap circulation stops In the winter and the cells remain inactive. The sap congeals and prevents freez ing else the tree would die. Some times frost will split a tree trunk open but this is due to contraction and expansion and not to freezing.” ■—Detroit News. Aid* (to Cool Greeting ; One of the prized curios found occa sionally In England Is the once popu lar hand cooler. These implements were spheroids of clear glass and were used 150 years ago by society favorites who considered It necessary to have their hands cool when the gal lant men bent low and kissed the fair one’s hand In greeting. If the lady had one of the cool glass balls In her hand, which was extended to cover the ball, she was supposed to be meeting the highest demands of social correct ness. Some of the balls were striped In colors to conform with milady’s cos tume.—Detroit News. - Severe Tests Prove Cricket Hard to Kill Hr. Frank U. I.utz, curator of in sects at the American Museum of Nat ural History, nnd Alfred L. Loomis, a physicist, put a cricket through a se ries of physical experiments that would have killed most creatures, hut ihe little fellow survived the tests and seemed to chirp for more, (he New York World tells us. Its first experience was In n Jar from which the air was rapidly ex hausted until the pressure was equal to an altitude of ten miles above sea level. At llrst the insect was quiet, but in a few minutes it began to clean its hind legs. Then the tube to the Jar was cut, permitting an Instan taneous drop to the pressure of the outside air. “The cricket," says Doctor Lutz, “merely gave a little twitch as though someone had frightened it a hit." The insect’s next adventure was with compressed air. it was put in to a tank analogous to caissons used in tunnel building. The pressure was quickly raised and then as suddenly reduced, a procedure no human being could have survived. But the valiant cricket paid less attention to these ad ventures than to the previous ones. The following day Gryllus, as scien tists call the cricket, was treated to a merry-go-round ride in a centrifuge that whirled at 1,200 revolutions a minute for ten minutes. When the machine stopped the cricket shook it self and chirped as if in thanks for the buggy ride. Dyers Making Use of Tree Once Condemned Every country or section of a conn try as it grows casts about for more and more resources that can be con verted into marketable finished prod ucts. The American Southwest has taken the common hedge apple tree otherwise known as the Osage orange, the bow wood or the bois d’arc tree. A row of these trees compose what farmers call a hedge fence. In the old clays its roots were smoked by boys to whom tobacco was forbidden. Otherwise, the hedge tree, with its manifold fruit of large green balls, was unpopular. Farmers con demned it because, when used as a hedge, it would not hold their cows and hogs. Motorists cursed it be cause it shut off their view at cross posts, tiie hedge tree appeared to he of little use. A few factories bought it to make wagon spokes nnd felloes. Anew day, however, is dawning for the hedge apple tree. It is being turned into the hoppers of some of the country’s large dye factories. This is developing into a real indus try in Texas and Oklahoma. The hedge apple free is also excel lent material for telephone cross-arms and insulator pins. What is left of the tree is utilized in the making of fertilizer. Long ago the Indian made bows of this wood. Fountain Gushes Wine In the town of Marino in the Ro man Campagna there is a fountain which occasionally flows with wine. For an hour in the vintage season of each yenr the thirsty may freely fill their pitchers. The custom of free wine is an old one. In the market place near by stands a gigantic basket tilled with clusters of grapes, its diameter al most as great as that of a small town gas tank. The basket belongs to the town and whatever of its contents is left is made into wine for the free fountain in the follow ing year. Great crowds gather for the celebration. Dropping From the Air Ail the knowledge and ability ol the aviator is called into play when he undertakes to come to earth. He must remember all lie has ever learned, and there are about as many “dos” as “don’ts” for him to follow There are a thousand tilings likely to happen when a machine is about to reach land, and the aviator must be prepared to meet any one of these emergencies. It is essential that he should know the exact direction ol the wind and make his descent square ly into it. It is fatal to stall the en gine at this stage of the (light. The gentle art of landing is particularly trying to the beginner. Earth’* End Guesswork According to a statement by the director of Harvard observatory, mil lions of meteors strike the earth’s at mosphere daily, and (lie annual in crease of the earth’s mass resulting from the accumulation of this matter is about 30,500 tons. At this rate he points out that it would take millions of years to accumulate a layer an inch thick. On the other hand, there may be slight losses in the earth’s mass or in the earth’s atmosphere, as it rushes through space, but it is mere speculation to talk of wliat the end of the earth will be. Modern Canned Food* Chemical preservatives are entirely unnecessary in canned foods if they are properly sterilized, and further more the addition of injurious preserv atives or other substances to any food is prohibited by law. The preserve tion of canned foods Is accomplished entirely ihrough sterilization by heal and sealing the product in an alr-tighl container. Artificial colors were for merly used in a few red fruits, bui have been discontinued since the can ners are now able to retain Hie nr.t ural color of the fruits without them THE ROCKDALE RECORD. CONYERS. GEORGIA Nice Distinctions as to “Why” of Whistling Whistling Is Hie boy’s own music, according to the Springfield Repub lican. It is as natural for him to whistle ns it Is for a bird to sing— although the music Is not always ns melodious. But whistling, like other practices, Is restrained in society by unwritten rules of etiquette. It Is In teresting to view tills subject from the standpoint of manners. A boy reprimanded, a servant dls missed, goes away whistling, if he dares, lie wishes to express contempt, and he succeeds, nt least, in enraging his master generally. A hobbledehoy who commits some breach of the pro prieties commonly bursts into a whistle. This is to save Ids face, meaning no harm; but it signifies "I don’t care!’' which is just the reverse of I lie apolo gy needed. At best it shows Indiffer ence; at worst, as the dullest feel, in sult and provocation. Boswell tells a little story of whis tling illustrating the Independent sig nificance. Johnson and lie were din ing .avith tho duke of Argyll, who asked a man present to fetcli some curiosity from another room. He brought the wrong article, and the duke sent him back. The exact position of this man to his host is undisclosed. However, Bos well says, “He could not refuse, but to avoid any appearance of servility lie whistled ns lie went out of Hie room. On my mentioning this after ward to Doctor Johnson lie said it was “a nice trait of character.” Boswell grasped with ease the ob jection, which is unintelligible to some persons. Old Churches Put to Variety of Purposes The oldest English social imtitution is tiie parish vestry. It is a descend ant of tiie tribal council of most prim itive human establishment, combined with tiie nearly as old institution of religion. This body of persons in trusted with the administration of tiie temporal affairs of a parish was so called from tiie former custom of holding parish meetings in the vestry of tiie church. In ancient England vestries regulated all parochial affairs, ecclesiastical or civil. Indeed, tiie parish church of tiie Fourteenth cen tury was tiie common ball, sometimes the common market place and theater of its district. When the Host and portable altar were removed the church would be employed for all pur poses. A landowner who found he had more wool or grain than lie coulri take care of on his own premises could store it in the church simply by paying a small fee to tiie parson Even the tower of the church was used. Especially in the more exposed districts near the sea, it was a place of refuge, the castle of the inliabi tants. —Detroit News. Ant*’ Fire Brigade Who are the fire fighters of the in sect world? Tests carried out by a French worn an scientist, Mine. Marguerite Combes, have proved that red ants organize themselves into fire brigades nnd arc able to extinguish flame by tiie appli cation of formic acid. When Mine. Combes placed a light ed cigarette on an ant hill, the alarm was given immediately, and tiie insect firemen set about their task success fully. The experiment was repeated several times with tiie same resull. and a lighted taper was also extin guished. Finally a lighted candle was used, and this was put out in about a minute. When ants were in danger of burn ing, tiiey were dragged to safety by their companions. Duties of Party “Whip*” Party whips are of recent introduc tion into Hie congress of the United States. Tiie office ftas long been in ex istence in the British parliament. Tiie duties of whips are (1) to inform the leader of the state of party opinion, (2) to count tiie vote in every division and report the results to the speaker (3) to inform members when impor tant divisions are expected and detain them until division occurs and (4) to tell members how to vote. The gov ernment whip must also “keep a house,” or quorum, when government business is transacted. Forbidden Fun A Chinese boy of fourteen, accord ing to tiie North China Herald, was involved in an automobile accident, witnessed the death of a pedestrian during a police buttle with kidnap ers, and was himself kidnaped and held for two hours. He was on his way to school when all this happened and, arriving finally, he apologized to the teacher for being tnrdy. Like any norma) boy, he realized that under no circumstances should mere adventures and pleasure inter fere with his education. Hard to Find He was very old, but passionately attached to the royal and ancient game. The more he played, however, Hie more inaccurate became his strokes, and his play generally was worse and worse as time went on. Finally, after missing the ball 15 times in succession on one occasion he turned to the patient caddie and remarked: ‘Dear, dear I I suppose there can’t be any worse players than myself." “Well,” returned the caddie consol ingly, “there may be worse players, but, of course, they don’t play.” B. Y. P. U. Convention The Stone Mountain B. Y. P. U. convention will lie held at tiie First Baptist church, Covington, Ga., the first Sunday in May. ltev. J. L. Drake, pastor of tiie First Baptist church, Conyers, is president. Mr. Ed Burton is secretary. The fol lowing is the program. 11 :(M) Opening song and prayer, licit) Reading of minutes and roll call. 11:20 Appointment of committees. 11 :25 "My Task,” Mr. o. U. Cooper. 11 :40 Special music, Covington Un ion. 11 :50 Song and prayer. 12:00 Convention sermon, Rev. Walker Combs. 12:40 Lunch. 2:00 Devotional, Mlqs Blanche Lankford. 2:20 President’s Address, J. L. Drake. 2:35 One minute reports from all unions. 2:50 Play, the Covington union. 3:15 Special Song, Mr. O. R. Cooper. 3:20 Junior and intermediate work, Mrs. W. L. King. 3:35 “My Life for Christ," Rev. L. M. L.vda. 4 :00 Business session. Adjournment. “King of Kings” Coming Here Through the courtesy of Mr. Robert O. Gailey, owner of Hie American Theatre, ‘‘King of Kings,” the pie turization of tiie life of Christ will lie presented at the American Thea tre, Conyers, Ga., Monday and Tues day 7, May 6 and 7. by Circle No. 1 of the Ladies’ auxiliary of tiie Conyers Presbyterian church. “King of Kings” is undoubtedly tiie greatest Bible story ever filmed, deal ing entirely with the life of Christ here on earth. Over two thirds of this great picture is filmed in natural colors and actually re-enacted on tiie very spots that Christ and his Desci ples worked while here oil earth. You will marvel at tiie wonderful portrayal of Christ by H. B. Warner, one of the screen’s greatest artists. A special children’s matinee will be Farm Implements We Have What You Need You Have What We Need —LET’S SWAP ROCKDALE HARDWARE COMPANY W. H. GRANADE Phone No. 7 M. R. STEPHNSON Conyers, Georgia IB Inch Ball Bearing Self Sharpning A 1 A 7C Lawn Mower, J, \/t f O 50 Foot Water Hoes, . ... $4.75 25 Foot Water Hoes, $2.75 UiaHX 3AVH a>v sixaisauKi aiavaxadaa so.iinlKiyj voi.i.vAi.i/LL) haisniivi Rockdale Hardware Company OXFORD NEWS I>r. and Mrs. C. D. Vinson and chil dren, JL C., Edna and Myrtle, of At lanta. were guests of Mrs. Vinson's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. J. F. Trimble, Friday afternoon. J. C. nnd Myrtle re mained during tiie week-end. Rev. \V. R. Branham, Mr. Tom Byrd and Master Harold Byrd visited Mrs. \V. It. Branham at Wesley Memorial hospital, Atlanta, Sunday. The friends of Mrs. Branham are delighted to hear that she is Improving rapidly from her recent Illness. Dr. and Mrs. F. L. McCoy spent Sunday in Jackson, tiie guests of friends. Prof, and Mrs. M. R. Ellington and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brown were even ing dinner guests of Mrs. Ellington’s parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. F. L. Johnson, in Winterville, Wednesday. Messrs. Gordon White, Gerald Bird and Sam MeMnnhan, ex-students of E. IT. A., visited friends during the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Victor S. Williams nnd daughters, Margaret and Lydia, Mrs. Clifford W. Adams and daughter, Clif ford, spenf Sunday with Mrs. A. J. Williamson and little Miss Elizabeth Livingston, in Atlanta. Air. and Mrs. Morris and baby have returned to their home in Thomasvillc, after visiting their sister, Mrs. Alma Booth. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coleman nnd son, of Starrsville, spent the week-end with Mrs. Coleman's mother, Mrs. Ly dia Williams. Mrs. Mac Woodruff nnd daughter, Mary Sue, spent their weekly holidays as the guests of relatives in Conyers. The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. put on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 and all children will lie admitted at this performance for 20c. Night shows start at 8:15 and the admission is 25c and 50c. The pro ceeds to go to Circle No. 1 of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, Presbyterian church. This wonderful picture is endorsed by all the leading ministers of Ameri ca, and they urge that every one who has the opportunity should see it —as it is the world’s greatest sermon be fore your eyes. FURNITURE New and Nifty Summer Prices RUGS 9 x 12 CONGOLEUM $7.50 and SIO.OO :i x AXMINISTER RUGS $4.50 A. W. Rees and family regret to learn their plans of making Unadllla their new home at tiie close of 1028-29 ses sion of the Emory University Acad emy of which Dr. Rees have been a most popular and successful president for the past seven years. Basket Ball C’liainpions Honored Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Giles delightful ly entertained Prof, and Mrs. M. It. Ellington and tiie 1020 basket Da 11 champions of E. U. A. at a three course supper Wednesday evening. I*. T. A. Meeting Tiie regular monthly meeting of the local organization of the P. T. A's met In the school auditorium Friday afternoon with Mrs. W. 1.. Floyd pre siding. FOR SALE Wunnmiikers (<1 eve laml liiji itoii CoOon Seed. Pure SI.OO Per Hu. C. R. Vaughn , . % ff W Lj MrA n The Secret of Removing Dandruff YOU can’* get rid of dandruff by “wishing.” And you can’t comb it out, either. But here in our sanitary, super-service shop you will find an expert treatment that is amazingly effective from the very first trial! t No matter how much dandruff you have, Fitch’s Dandruff Remover Sham poo can work wonders! It simply dis solves dandruff and removes those obstinate flakes a surprising way. Leaves your scalp 100% CLEAN and your hair full of “life” and vigor!. ..Try it after your next hair cut. Why not today? Rockdale Harber Shop H. V. CORNWELL, Prop. Household Necessities