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VOL. II Subscription $1.50 )xford District W. M. S. Holds District Meet OXFORD. Ga., May 10.—Opening 1 i ere Thursday, the Woman’s Mlsslon rv .society of the Oxford district, ■outlnues in session to adjourn this pvening. Mrs. J. O. Brand, Monticello, [in.. Is presiding. Dr. Comer M. Wood ward. of Emory University, Dr. Elam P Dempsey, presiding elder of the oxford district, were heard in ad dresses as were officials of the North Georgia Conference W. M. S. Repre sentatives are present from more than twenty of the churches of the district ami the oxford church, with its Pas tor, Rev. A. B. Elizer, arc entertain ing tiie conference most delightfully. Dr. Woodward, who has been lent to the state of Georgia by Emory Uni versity, for state-wide welfare work, discussed interesting jphases of his special activity. A strong note social service pervaded his entire address, which was received with expressions of appreciation on every hand. The newly elected dean of Emory College, Jr., Professor Hugh Woodward, is a brother of Dr. Woodward. In his address Dr. Dempsey assert ed that the Christian is a steward, not only of the mystery of the Gos pel, but of the Holy Spirit himself. He is to tie a good steward in the use of the Holy Spirit. In this steward ship. he gives heed to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He makes full use of die aid of the Holy Spirit in prayer and employs the power of the Holy Spirit in all of his labors for God. He cannot be a good trustee of the gift of the Spirit unless he consciously and constantly lives in the sense of his privilege. God has put Himself at the Christian’s disposal and requires the Christian to be faithful in tills trusteeship of the Divine one himself. The present of the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s life is what makes it vital. He is God in us, living out his life in the terms of our every-day humanity. The realization of this truth marks the difference between perfunctory and formal religion and living Christi anity. Here is the secret of life, power and achievement.” The U. D. C. Did an Ugly Thing Thursday The U. D. C. in New Orleans last week declined to adopt a resolution of Mrs. Jefferson Davis Weir, ex pressing regret that Louisiana school children made a trip to another state and there did recite “IJncoln at Get tysburg,” but they did frown upon such participations in Lincoln birth day celebrations. According to the press, Mrs. W. B. Kernan, of New Orleans, asserted that “we all know that Lincoln was not a gentleman” as portrayed by partisan historians and why permit Southern children to go around paying homage to his memory. Mrs. F. P. Jones, state presdient then said “any true South ern mother would have said “No” when asked if her child might give a recitation at a Lincoln memorial cele bration.” We trust Conyers and Georgia daughters of the Confederacy do not harbor such feelings in their breast gainst about the only Yankee friend the South bad in the North during those terrible days of loss and des truction, for had Lincoln lived, the Southland would have been saved its greatest suffering. The whole thing was unfortunate, including his un timely death. Our fathers were brave and fearless hoys and they suffered much and so did our mothers who kept the home fires burning in spite of devastation and we love their mem ory for it all, but we gained a victory, even in defeat, and today we are reap ing bountifully. You daughters keep the home fires burning, but not in this way. :• Baptists Will Install Beacons Sunday Night Pastor I)rnke announces an instal lation service at the (Baptist church s <“t for next Sunday night, at which time four newly elected deacons, Mer w W. Hull, John R. Lee, ,T. Harvey Patrick and" Ben F. Reagan, are to be ordained. these four men are outstanding Baptist leaders of Rockdale county nn d this congregation is to be con gratulated upon their acceptance of *he call to a more definite service. ‘th a pewly painted church house in- and out and such splendid new deacons to carry on the work, it seems that things are shaping up nicely for the protracted meeting booked for Jane with Rev. J. Frank Fleming, a doarly beloved former pastor, doing the preaching. @!)e ftockftftle Uccotk Georgia Power Cos. on S. E. Leadership ASHE\ ILLE, N. C. —Forecasting a return by the South to the position of national leadership it occupied prior to 1850 in wealth and industrial production as well as in other fields, Preston S. Arkwright, of Atlanta, president of the National Eleetri • Light Association and (prcjlddifit of tiie Georgia Power company, deliver ed the principal address at tiie con vention of the Southeastern Division of (lie Association here May Oth. “The southeast lias led the nation in percentage of increase in produc tion and use of electric power during tiie past five years,” Mr. Arkwright said. “Not only is this an evidence of the rapid strides our section is mak ing, lint it is proof that our workers are obtaining facilities for Increased production. When you increase pro ductiveness per worker, you increase the earning power of the worker, in crease wealth, you raise standards of living, and you bring better schools, better churches, better roads, and a more widespread advance along all cultural lines. “The United States leads the world because our workers outproduce those of any other nation. By modern ma chinery, electric power and mass pro duction methods, we have multiplied the productive capacity of each of our workers 35 times on tiie average. “The greater the use of power, the greater tiie productiveness per man. and also the greater wealth produced, and the greater income to the individ ual workers. This is true not only of horsepower that comes over tiie elec tric wires but of horsepower that walks on four legs.” “The South is putting electricity to work to multiply five strength and the productiveness of its workers, and multiplying productiveness per work er always multiplies wealth, raises standards of living, brings cultural advantages of many kinds, and stimu lates advancement along all lines.” Judge E. D. Thomas to Visit Conyers Judge E. D. Thomas, of the Super ior Court, Fulton county, will be in Conyers afternoon and night of Fri day, May 31st, as principal speaker at a banquet upon tiie occasion of a Masonic revival and tiie organization of Past Masters into an Auxiliary of Masonic governor. All Past Masters in Rockdale county are especially urged to lie present and to become members of this board of district governors, judge Thomas was elected district Grand Master of the fifth congression al district last year and fortunately for the district, he happens to be one and the South today. His record as one of tiie five Judges of Fulton su peroir court, is outstanding and re flects credit upon the Southland in a manner that places us in the hearts of the home builders of the nation as JIUD&E E. D. THOMAS Fulton Superior Court Atlanta, Ga. ibeing acceptable neighbors and friends with whom it is a privilege to live. Judge Thomas is a brother among men and a friend to the helpless widows and orphans and his office is used to administer justice and not the cold steel of technicalities. If he were no all of this and even more, you would not find him in our country towns and communities mixing and nunglmg with the rank and file of humanity His greatest joy is getting out among th , whom ho .v greatest service and Conyers feels justlv proud of him for it and greatly honored in having him come down and counsel with then, in the interes of, a greater Masonic service in Rockda e county. CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY mm®* Photo by U. O Jordan (Junior 1929 Senior Banquet C. H. S.) Junior Class of Thirty-four Boys and Girls Entertain Senior Class of Twenty Boys and Girls Senior Class Boys Hamilton McDonald Lewis Kent Steedman Tuck Ralph O'Neal Howard Walker Luther Cowan Senior Class Girls Mary Alice Rice . Jewell Morris Lula Mann Rebecca Patrick Mary Agness Tucker Anna Lee Wallis Willie Sue Stanton Fannie Mae White Sara Hewlett Ora Guinn Mary Potts Rosebud Wilson Mary Branham Leftwich Olive Mitcham Junior Class Girls Mary Gladys Almand Mildred Bowen Ellen Conley Fran cs Farmer Mary Evelyn Cowan Helen Almand Vida Drake Louise McElvany Clara Lee Chandler - Jeffic Moon Mary E. Reagan Florence Bell Reliie Wilkinson Joe Butler Lucile Bowen Lera Mac Weldon Junior Class Boys Keating Pharr Joseph Towns Walter Huff Norman Walker Howard Wheeler Lewis Mann J. T. Willingham Horace .Milligan J. It. Scarbrough C. T. Bolmnnan Hubert Plunkett George Roebuck Billy Farmer Frank Stewart Oscar L. Nelson Fay Camp Epliriam Bailey Hubert Bobannan Senior class play will lie given Friday evening, May 17th, “The Kingdom ■of Hearts Content,” 8:30 o’clock, at school auditorium. Commencement sermon will lie delivered by Bishop Candler at auditorium next Sunday jnorning. May 19th. Graduating exercises will take place Friday evening. May 24th, with Supervisor S. R. Ramsey of tiie Fulton grammar schools as speaker. These two classes are to be congratulated upon their splen did enrollment and most excellent leadership in worthy accomplishments. •Miss Mary Hewlett, senior class teacher, and Mr. Opher Cooper, junior class teacher, evidently are servants worthy of their ’hire in handling so many pupils unto these advanced stages of man and womanhood. Superintendent Gilbert has maintained a smooth oeganization during tlies.- months and to them we wish a happy vacation and return this fall. Women Gained Another Victory Over Us Men It has been generally agreed among us men for some two thousand years that women should shut up when in the presence of men, hut tlie South ern Baptist convention in session at Memphis last week, released them from any further obligations to keep the peace. No sooner had our women been lilierated than a bunch of them took one intensive step onto tlie plat form and the convention was turned into a hen party or love feast quicker than their disgusted husbands and pastors could vacate the hall. Now, we don’t know the difference between a fundamentalist and a modernist, but we are sided with the fundamentalist localise they are the fellows who re fused to lie spoken to by - women and left the hall. Next thing you know our wives will feel at liberty to talk hack to their husbands, even in Con yers. Can you imagine the great Apos tle Paul sitting out in tlie audience while a woman modernly dressed was addressing. A two weeks meeting just closed in this neighborhood, during which a woman preached twice daily while her husband acted as pianist. It used to lie that five to eight chil dren was considered as only a fairly good blessing upon a home, hut now just one .'liild is considered an abun dant blessing in a great majority of our modern homes and even then a nurse is required to feed it. No won der our young people carry flasks, they were raised on a bottle. We had a hen once that crowed like a rooster and of course the rooster didn't think any more of her for it. Now, we like the women, in fact, most'everybody in town has whispered that around for a long time, hut its the clinging vine type and riot the political type. She is the heart of the home, in fact she is the home itself and when her heart is centered in politics, dull life and pub lic life in general, tin* hearts, is remov ed and there is no home. Tlie little mother who loves home well enough to stay there and raise her own chil dren is what the world is in need of today as never before in all history. Ford Motor Company Gets Down to Business Witli production of the. Ford Motor company in full swing, the big Rouge plant at Dearborn, the largest manu facturing establishment i>> the world, has become the scene of the greatest activity in its history. Reports covering a month’s opera tions show the receipt of 9,009 car loads of material and the shipment of 8,797 carloads of products from the plant. Incoming shipments consist largely of coal, iron ore, the latter being un loaded from lake vessels at the Ford docks on the Rouge river, limestone, and sand, with numerous consign ments of materials used in smaller quantities, while the Rouge plant sends out for sale not only automo biles and automobile pnrts, but also coke, cement, scrap and various other by-products saved through manufac turing efficiency. Within Hie Rouge factory enclosure are 92 miles of railway, on which an average of 3,000 cars are handled dai ly, including those used for intra-fac tory movements. Approximately 350 freight cars carry products from this factory each day. The hulk of these shipments is comitosed of automobile parts consigned to 32 other assembly plants in the United States and to for eign plants. Model A Ford automobiles assembled at tiie Rouge plant are de livered to dealers under their own power, as the plant assembles automo biles only for the Detroit area. For the Rouge and Highland Park plants combined, 11,234 carloads of material were received in the month and 11,199 carloads of products went out from these factories. The volume of spring orders and Hie addition of new body types to the line of Model A Ford ears has caused a general stimulation to production throughout, the organization, and the output of passenger cars and commer cial vehicles is now averaging approxi mately 8.100 a day. There lias lieen a consistent forward movement in both production and sales ever since the Model A car was developed. The 801 l Weevil Is Already Here Mr. Clifford Patrick, one of the very few farmers whom we think measure up to specifi at ions from hillside to hillside, discovered a boll weevil on a sack of guano down on the farm this week. Clifford says he seemed to be very much concerned about the poor stand of cotton and it must, lie ad mitted that lie was by him going to the trouble of inspecting (lie analysis of fertilizer being used. It may be that our late planting will i>erisli him to death or incline him to pass on to oilier climates somewhat like our ancient tumble tiugs did, never again to put- foot on Rockdale soil. Here’s to you Mr. Weevil. But after all, he is the easiest post to handle we have or ever have had —in fact he is tire only one we know how to feed effec tively. We certainly would hate to swap him off for the Mediterranean fly. About, tiie only thing we know of today that does not suffer from one pest or naotlier is nut grass. Seems to us that our state legislature would pass some kind of an anti-nut grass law. Of course, it would sound nutty, but even at that it wouldn’t take up any more space in that new volunan of laws than anything else. Popular at Home and Abroad Visiting With The Presbyterians Sunday Visiting the various churches Sun day after Sunday is an interesting di version and an ideal way to worship. Visiting the Presbyterian church Sun day night, we found Pastor L. P. Bur new and Interesting as well as faith ful liltle flock studying together the “call” to service. Tills congregation does not number a great many, hut their fifteen leaders are there backing tin* preacher up and encouraging oth ers to do likewise. Tiie W. M. S. lias Mrs. Carl C. Walker for president and the circles have Mesdames E. O. Left wich and Ida Beattie, as chairman of circle 1 and 2 respectively. For young lieople’s work they have Miss Jennie Joe McCollum and her leadership is progressive and interesting. They have a most interesting little Sunday school under Superintendent J. M. McCollum and cabinet consisting of Messrs. T. L. Wilkerson and .T. S. Askew and Mesdames W. S. Almand, H. <Cow an, IV. H. Tucker, Ida Beattie, E. O. Leftwich, C. C. Walker, Mary Hays and Vera Harper, all capable and earnest workers, with Misses Verda Harper and Mary Branham Leftwich as joint pianists. It was noticeable Sunday night that theiV are more women Presbyterians than men and that ratio showed up in the choir, with eight ladies and one man. Good opening up there for a few more men. Presbyterians have always been noted for their cordial greetings to visit ors and if there are no visitors, they will even extend a glad hand to each other. However, they are drifting away from that habit and up there now you would almost think you were in a Baptist or Methodist church in tills respect. In a few more weeks now Pastor Burney will sever ids pastorial connection and their new pastor will lie in tliis field. Cost of Schools “Can the states afford to educate Hlieir children?” The divi sion of the National Education Assoc iation asks and answers tills question with anew set of statistics showing tlie relation between exiienditures for public schools in the various common wealths and the amounts paid for various luxuries. The District of Columbia, for ex ample, spent $9,658,614 for schools and $68,148,072 for automobiles in 1926. The corresponding figures for Mary land were $26,577,101 and $168,578- ,295. There was about the same rela tionship in Virginia with $28,284,86(5 for schools and $169,7,'5,‘5,88, r for auto mobiles. The National Capital in the same year spent $16,279,458 for tobacco, $14,067,144 for soft drinks, ice cream chewing gum and candy, $8,222,276 on theatre and movie tickets, $6,292,196 on jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics, s2,79So<!i on sporting goods and toys. The total ex|>endlture for lliese pur- Iloses was $48,670,908 —more than five times as much as the'total ex pend i ture for schools. Maryland did a little better, with exiienditures of $86,910,068 for auto mobiles and luxuries, compared with the $26,577,101 for schools. The fig ures la Virginia were $74,878,320 against the $28,384,866 school expen diture. “Our yearly income,” says the re port of the research division, “now approached ninety billion dollars. That this Income is ninety billions, rather than fifty or sixty billions, is very largely due to human factors, special capabilities possessed by the Nation’s citizenry, which are the re-' suit of such good agencies as good schools. These qualities have not been developed hi a day nor a decade. “Our annual Investment In schools is now about two and a quarter bil lion dollars. Due to the special apti tudes which the schools have assisted in creating, our income has l>een in creased by ten, twenty or more billions a year. If the schools have had even a small share in discovering and de veloping these special aptitudes, the investment made in them has been an exceedingly profitable one. “This conception of the place of schools in our economic system sug gests that we look upon expenditures for education as payments to a de preciation or insurance fund which it is tlie sherrest folly to neglect. The special human aptitudes which have been principally responsible for re cent economic advance in tlie 'United States are of a perishable rather than permanent quality. This all-impor tant asset may he completely lost in one generation.” NUMBER 17