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THE ROCKDALE RECORD
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
J. M. TOWNS Editor
W. E. ATKINSON Publisher
A dollar will not go as far ns
used to but It goes a dinged sight
faster.
Happiness A sufficiently cjulck
change in the succession of one’s
troubles.
Rerlin has one doctor for every 600
people. Whether they are sick, or not,
we presume.
A “portable typewriter” means one
a porter carries Into a hotel for you,
or on to u train.
There are more delicate ways of
passing the lie than to yell "Liar!”
I*'or instance, you could say "Yeah?”
liolenSe the money held out of cir
culation by people who cry hard times
and there would be no hard tiroes.
It Is proclaimed tlint there will he
hut little change in woman’s clothes
this season. Men’s clothes: Ditto.
Recent technical publication men
tions a “standard" for alligator pears.
Now here is a real Job for savants.
A porch light is that large, round
thing which is absent-mindedly left
on all night after the guests depart.
A dermatologist says there were no
blondes until after the Ice age. A
blonde, it seems, is a brunette thawed
out.
You can tell a civilized country.
It’s one where people kill the birds
and then spend millions to light in
jects.
Science brings out anew serum to
lure rheumatism, thereby threatening
;o take away our best weather fore
laster.
A radio was stolen from a home in
tine of our thickly settled residential
districts, and every neighbor is sus
pected.
It seems that one obstacle to mak
ing new endurance flight records is
the difficulty of keeping the plane in
the air.
When one merger is complete, an
other looms up as a possibility. liusi
ness promises to be “just one big hap
py family.”
Omaha judge rules that a wife Is a
luxury, but wives have been with us
almost long enough to have become
necessities.
Just think what fun the belligerent
nations will have in tlie next war in
Interfering with the radio programs
of the enemy.
Oreen Ten —A beverage steeped
from the dried leaves of a Chinese
shrub, commonly served when you or
der black tea.
In case of a 13-month calendar, how
about just making the extra one a
month of grace to be applied any
where, as needed?
The early pioneer who used n crack
er barrel for a chaise lounge left a
grandson who reclines in something
quite similar, called modern furni
ture.
Probably Nature knows best, but
we can’t see why a white fox terrier
has to begin unraveling spontaneous
ly in the presence of a blue serge
suit.
Quite often the added word will
completely alter the sense, as in the
case where it is said, "Chile and Peru
have settled the Tacna-Arica dispute,
again.”
To support his .claim to genius, a
Turkish poet has had X-rays inadp
of his brain. It is rather hoped some
dentist will advise him to have it
pulled.
An old question to which we have
never heard a satisfactory answer:
Who puts the “Danger” signs in the
holes in the ice, as shown in the com
ic strips?
The idea of a 13-month year, with
months of four weeks each, wouldn’t
help, in certain cases, because the
judge would probably go right on say
ing “30 days” or "00 days,” as at
present.
The office cynic lias anew seed
catalogue covering about everything
needed for a spring garden hut the
belladonna plaster.
Our idea of a matter of doubtful im
portance, in the business of preserv
ing the social structure. Is what a
coroner’s jury thinks.
"A London night club queen lias
beep sentenced to a year in custody.’
The trend in penology being what il
is. we expect all the jails will be hav
ing: hostesses.
For Doctor Einstein there are larger
problems ahead: Wait until lie lias
tried to figure out a “popular inter
pretation” of his theory.
in the game of high finance a white
chip used to cost only a hundred
thousand dollars or so. Now it repre
scats at least a million.
Unfair to Ask Citizens to Pass, by Their Vote,
on Scientific Problems
By CIRCUIT JUDGE ROBERT M. TOMS, Detroit.
THE modern tendency toward democracy is a vicious perversion of
our representative form of government. I am not referring to
the political parties in speaking of the democratic and repub
lican forms of government. In a democracy the people them
selves elect their own officers and pass their laws, as they (lid in the town
meetings in New England years ago. In a republic, the government is
by proxy.
In Detroit we are getting away from the republican form of gov
ernment when we submit important propositions to the people for vote.
And what fools the people have made of themselves! A recent election
demonstrated the folly of asking the voter, the man of the lathe or the
grocery counter, to vote on an issue which should be decided by scientific
and economic experts. At that election the rapid-transit proposition
proved to be a popular “no” issue. Consequently the voters rejected the
two other propositions on the ballot, which had nothing to do with the
expenditure of money.
The people vote in cycles. Eight or ten years ago, we had a “yes” epi
demic among voters. After the people got stuck on a couple of proposi
tions, they began to vote “hq,” and they are still voting “no” regardless
of the merits of the issue.
A few years ago Detroit voters decided they wanted street car tracks
on the Belle Isle bridge. They voted “yes,” without taking engineering
problems into consideration. The tracks were laid and are there today, a
monument of public legislation. They go nowhere, and not a wheel has
been turned, but thousands'of dollars wore wasted.
It is not fair to the people to submit such matters to them. The
city should not expect the public to make decisions that can only be
reached bv men scientifically informed. This government either federal
or municipal was never intended to be democratic. To call on the people
to pass their own laws and ordinances is a vicious perversion of repub
licanism.
“Fear-Thoughts” Too Much in the Minds of the
Present Generation
By REV. HENRY DARLINGTON (Episcopal), New York.
One of the great things that Jesus sought to give us was happiness,
joy and peace. God meant us to get the most out of life. God could not
have put beauty and harmony and music into the world unless he meant
for us to enjoy it.
II ere in America we seem to think that unless a man is working his
finger nails off there is something wrong with him. We seem unable to
relax, to sit content on a beach and listen to the music of the waves. Do
we ask ourselves ever, “What would Jesus do in the presence of a sun
set? Would he not have sat in the cool of the evening and enjoyed it?”
Instead, are we not so anxious to go through the picture galleries
that we never stop to look at the pictures on the walls? So eager to plan
our children’s careers that we haven’t time to take them by the hand and
let them enjoy the sunset?
Beside the inability of Americans to relax, there are three other
“joy killers.” These Puritanical ideas which too frequently make people
think that to enjoy themselves would in itself be wrong, worry, and
jealousy.
Jesus preached against worry. In one of the modern translations
we find Ilim saying “Don’t let those fear-thoughts get the better of you.”
Worry implies our lack of faith in the love of God and it tends to destroy
what faitli we have. Let us remember that even in the garden of Geth
semane, when exhaustion and anxiety hung over Him, these did not pre
vent Jesus from stretching out Ilis hand and healing the man who was
wounded.
Reign of Democracy Endangered by System
of Choosing Chief Executive
By PROF. G. DICKINSON, University of Illinois.
The electoral college method of choosing the Chief Executive of the
United States endangers the reign of the majority, upon which democ
racy is based. One of the chief faults in the system is the difference often
found between the percentages of popular votes and electoral votes that a
candidate receives. Hayes in 1870 and Harrison in 1888 were elected,
although more popular votes were east for their opponents.
It is possible, although improbable, to get the necessary 200 electoral
votes with less than ten per cent, of the popular votes cast. It' is high
time the United States abandoned an election system which endangers
the rule of the majority.
Although President Hoover received only 5S per cent- of the popu
lar vote, he was given 444 electoral votes, which is more than 81 per
cent of the total. Furthermore, a shift of only 500,000 votes from Hoov
er to Smith would have resulted in the election of a minority President,
and a shift of 118,000 votes in the other direction would have deprived
Smith of any electoral votes.
The average number of popular votes per each electoral vote was
(!0,000. In Illinois 107,000 votes were required for one electoral vote,
whereas in South Carolina only 8,000 votes were necessary. That is, a
vote in South Carolina was worth more than thirteen in Illinois and
more than seventeen in California.
We elect our governors bv popular vote; why not our-Chief Execu
tive?
Orphanages of Country Called on to Develop
Special Type of Education
By AARON JACOBY, Brooklyn Hebrew’ Orphan Asylum.
The public institutions of today have become an educative force. Thov
afford the children the advantages of contact with the outside world. Their
charges .are allowed to go to public libraries and schools, and to outside
social functions.
But the institution of tomorrow must be different. The children of
tomorrow will need things which neither the congregate nor the cottage
type of institution can furnish them. They will need psychological treat
ment, vocational guidance and other things that our present institutions
have not the physical facilities with which to supply them.
One of the great causes for anew kind of asylum is the fact that
children committed today nre no longer those who have lost one or both
parents, but those from homes disrupted by economic or domestic trou
ble. In my opinion, they represent a group whose intelligence is con
siderably lower than those of 15 years ago.
THE ROCKDALE RECORD. Conyers, Ca., Wed.. May 8- Hl-iT
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TAOCTORS quite approve the
quick comfort of Bayer Aspi
rin. These perfectly harmless tab
lets ease an aching head without
penalty. Their increasing use year
after year is proof that they do help
and can't harm. Take them for any
ache; to avoid the pain peculiar to
women; many have found them
marvelous at such times. The
proven directions with every pack
age of Bayer Aspirin tell how to
treat colds, sore throat, neuralgia,
neuritis, etc. All druggists.
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Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Monoaceticacidester of SaUcylicacid
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CHILDREN WITH WORMS
NEED HELP QUICKLY
Don’t delay a minute if your
child has worms. They will
destroy his health. If he grits
his teeth, picks his nostrils—
beware! These are worm
symptoms. Disordered stom
ach is another.
Immediately give him Frey’s Ver
mifuge. It has been the safe, vege
table worm medicine for 75 years.
Don’t wait! Buy Frey's Vermifuge
at your druggist’s today.
Frey’s Vermifuge
Expels Worms
[{ltching Skin)]
Eczema. Poison Ivy, Barber's Iteji, Scalp
Affections. Ringworms, etc., quickly yield to
McKinnie's Mexican Remedy. Used since 1877
on Pacific Coast. Doctors say "best for skin
trouble.” Send ds your druggist’s name and
receive free sample. Large size $1 postpaid.
F. C. McKlnnie, Ph. C.
649 E. 22nd Si. Los Angeles, Calif.
f^ARBUNCLES
I/_ W and Boils-stopped quickly
I spread on Carboil. Special
HJT “n ingredients quickly draw out core
4-3 of worst boil or carbuncle. Lanc
|<tyj ing unnecessary. Prevents
I spreading. Get Carboil today from
■- V druggist. Or send 50£ to Spurlock-
Neal Cos., Nashville, Tenn.
Ask Any Gardener
If Mr. Edison really can make rub
ber out of weeds he'll be guaranteed
a lasting supply of the raw material.
—San Bernardino Sun.
WhenFbod
Sours
Lots of folks who think they have
‘indigestion” have only an acid condi
tlon which could be corrected in five
or ten minutes. An effective anti-acid
like Phillips Milk of Magnesia soon
restores digestion to normal.
Phillips does away wdth all that
sourness and gas right after meals. It
prevents the distress so apt to occur
two hours after eating. What a pleas
ant preparation to take! And how
good it is for the system! Unlike a
burning dose of soda—which is but
temporary relief at best—Phillips
Milk of Magnesia neutralizes many
times its volume in acid.
Next time a hearty meal, or too rich
a diet has brought on the least dis
comfort, try—
Phillips
F „ Milk .
of Magnesia
11 CHILLTONIC 3
y^sSbeL 0 [Malaria
the household C'Kill®
remedy for all v4111i5
forms of and
It is a Reliable, FcVCI*
General Invig- 1%
orating Tonic. l/CD^UC
Home Grown Seed
Make Good Crops
Best Insurance for Profitable
Yield of Yams or Sweet
Potatoes
Growing sweet potato plants at
home is the best insurance for a good
crop. For eurl.v potatoes, the seed j
roots may be bedded six weeks before
danger of frost is past.
“A good general rule Is to bed po
tatoes six weeks before plants are
wanted for setting," recommends E. R.
Morrow, extension horticulturist at the
North Carolina State college. “Use
disease-free, medium-sized roots for
the seed stock and about eight bush
els of such seed is required to set
an acre of land from the first pulling.
If it is not desired to have all the
slips at one time, four bushels should
produce enough for planting an acre.’
Best Seed Bed Type.
Mr. Morrow says the kind of bed to
use will depend on the time the crop
is to be set and rhe acreage grown.
Some kind of heated bed is needed for
an early crop. The type best suited
to the average farm is the manure
heated hotbed. Fresh stable manure,
piled and repiled until it is heating
uniformly, and then packed into a pit
to a depth of 12 inches will give suffi
cient heat Cover this with three or
four inches of sand or sandy loam
soil and bed the roots on this.
To prevent crowding of the slips,
the roots should be placed nearly one
inch apart, says Mr. Morrow. Spindly
plants will be secured when the po
tatoes are crowded too close together.
Liberal watering is necessary. A plank
frame and some kind of covering is
also needed. About 12 square feet of
space will be needed to bed a bushel
of average size potatoes.
Disease Free Seed.
It is important that the seed be
free from disease and this may he
guaranteed by treating the roots in a
solution made of one ounce of bi
chloride of mercury to eight gallons
of water. Soak the potatoes in this for
15 minutes and allow to dry before
covering in the bed. It is not neces
sary to wash the potatoes after such
treatment.
Increase Value of Farm
Timber by Cutting Plan
A cutting of farm timber should
take only the trees most profitable
for lumber and those that should come
out for improvement of the stand. It
should leave standing, for cutting
some years later, a well-thinned stand
of rapidly-growing “poles” and sap
lings.
Not all of the profit from the farm
woods comes from the care and pro
tection bestowed upon it during the
growth of the trees. Avery apprecia
ble share of the profit comes from the
manner in which the crop of timber
is cut.
The total value of the lumber in a
2G-inch tree is 3G times that of the
lumber in a 9-inch tree, although the
volume is only 19 times as great.
Little Orchard Work
An orchard plot giving the names of
the species and varieties and desig
nating their location is needed as a
permanent record of tiie orchard
plantings. Heeled-in trees must be
properly guarded against injury by
field mice, rabbits and live stock. It
may be even necessary to place
around them an inclosure that will
prevent the entrance of rabbits as
well as live stock. The small, fibrous
roots of transplanted fruit trees usu
ally dig, unless they can lie dug and
reset immediately with as much soil
as possible.
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A dry, waterproof tractor shed is
a good investment.
...
Soil preparation is one of the most
important factors in successful tree
growing.
. * *
An abundance of home-grown leg
ume hay establishes a basis for an
economical dairy ration.
• • *
It is advisable to have alfalfa or
sweet clover in the crop rotation
where potatoes are planted.
...
Sanitation as a means of disease
prevention, is just as important on
the farm as in the hospital.
* * *
Alsike clover and timothy are host
on a ground that is sour or wet. Sov
beans will also do fairly well on acid
soil.
* * •
Flax for planting should be plump,
clean, bright seed which lias not been
injured by beating in storage or in
other ways.
* • *
Any land that will grow sweet clover
will be satisfactory for potatoes.
Sometimes, however, scab is very bad
on such soils.
* • *
Many greens such as chard, kale
and lettuce can be grown in the gar
den, the best to be used on the table
and the rest fed to the chickens.
* * •
Invest some money in growing trees
on your idle land. Each year they
will be worth more to you. New
buildings look like more at first but
they are worth less each year.
QUICK WAY TO END 1
LIVER TROUBLES j
Free Proofl
Nothing else known to medical Sc |. I
ence acts so quickly and surely— oD( j I
yet so gentjy —as Dodson’s I,eve r . I
tone, to regulate balky liver and I
bowels; to purge the system of th e
poisonous waste which makes people
headachy, bilious, weak; with coated
tongue, bad breath, no appetite or
energy. Thousands say they have
tried everything and never found its
equal. Y T ou can prove its merit for
yourself. Just write Sterling p ro( j,
ucts, Wheeling, W. Va., for u ritgg
sample bottle. Dq it today.
DODSON ’S
LiJZAMIAAjOTUI
TASTES GOOD “ACTS QUICK
For Old Sores
Hanford s Balsam of Myrrh 1
All dealer* are anthorized to refund your mone; (nr tfit |
firit bottle if not enited.
Worms expelled promptly from the; human
■ystem with Dr. Feery’a Vermifuge “Dead
Shot.” One single dose doea the trick. 60c.
All Druggists.
/g=S\DrPaerv’s
vsSy verroirue?* I
At drutfuists or 372 Pearl Street. JS’ew York City
GRADUATING CAPS-1
GOWNSand COSTUMES
You may rent or buy from stock
of more than 5,000 costumes for
graduating or any play you wish to
stage. Large production enables
us to quote low prices on attractive
line. Estimates gladly furnished.
May we help your civic club or
class make some money?
The W. E. FLODING CO.
410-418 W. Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga.
Don’t think that a dog is a dentist
because lie occasionally inserts teeth.
A country school teacher says he
whips his pupils to make them smart.
it MayJ3e
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When your
Children Cry
for It
Castoria is a comfort when Baby is
fretful. No sooner taken than the little
one is at ease. If restless, a few drops
soon bring contentment. No harm done,
for Castoria is a baby remedy, meaiit
for babies. Perfectly safe to give the
youngest infant; you have the doctors
word for that! It is a vegetable pro
duct and you could use it every day.
But it’s in an emergency that Castoria
means most. Some night when consti
pation must be relieved—or colic pains
—or other suffering. Never be without
it; some mothers keep an extra bottle,
unopened, to make sure there will al
ways be Castoria in the house. It is
effective for older children, too; read
the book that comes with it.
CASTORI A
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Man who buys a model home fro
fluently has to spend a lot of money
making alterations.
A Bad Wreck
of the constitution may follow in the
track of a disordered system, impure
blood or inactive liver. Don’t run the
risk 1 Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery is an alterative extract of herbs
and roots that drives out impurities —
acts on the liver.
When you’re debilitated, and your
weight is below a healthy standard, vo
regain health and strength by using the
“Discovery.” It builds up the bodv.
Mrs. Mary Watson of 2132 Hubbard St,
Jacksonville, Fla., said: "When I became run
down I took the ‘Discovery’ and its tonic
effect was very noticeable from the first.”
Sold in tablet or liquid form. If your
dealer does not have it, send 65 cents
for the tablets to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.