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VOL. II Bjscription $1.50 Pots It Fay to Advertise in Conyers ■ L yes, even a school boy knows ■ jf pays to advertise in Conyers H where else if you want to Ret cnming to you. If Conyers liter al, would set aside one clerk’s sal ■ month and spend it In adver ! lit. 11 woul( l ' ie their most valu ■ salesman. The Georgia Power ■ Kinv is demonstrating weekly in everv paper in Georgia tli,e advantages of Idvertising. Their salesmanship is tdJ ys par and better, even in selling tlirl > lnmdreil dollar ice boxes in cold rail - weather. Some of tire Conyers Biel hants believe in advertising and thei salesmen are busy. One, fellow kicl h! because his advertising account ran up to three dollars one month — in's! no longer in business—said it diets’t pay to advertise. Can you ini jiffjl > m Rich & Bros, company throw ing! iwa.v more than ten thousand dol lar! per month advertising. Well, you inigh sa they get the business and Hifford to advertise. Yes, and that’s exal tl.v why they get the business — ndl Mlisrng is their best salesman, if it pays to advertise in the Atlan ta | apers for the trade that belongs to buyers, it will pay to advertise in’ 'onyers and keep that trade at horn Sme on ye Conyers merchants iiudj remember that the people who go limit ■ are not the advertising kind. One mart fellow told us that he ad vert sed after the customer came into his store by treating the customer right. Good treatment is alright, but you e got to get him inside of your sto| s some way before you can ad min ster that line of beneficial treat me|:. Conyers has been losing lots of trad to Covington and Atlanta simply beca use those merchants’ salesmen, in the form of advertising, are in our hom [s every day while most of the iCol ers merchants have been penny wiJ and dollar foolish along tliis line. The Rockdale Record is a most wel come salesman in the home of eight in:hired people every week because they! like the paper and it is read like a liter from home. Our summer time raw go on June Ist and run through Augh t 31st and it will be to your infest to use its columns weekly. Billie Dove in Big- Dramatic Role Beautiful Billie Dove has her most itofl untie and emotional role in First National's mystery drama, “The Night IVa eh,” which comes to the American Theatre on Friday for two days. See [display ad. She plays the part of tin* wife of the commander of a French battleship on the night following the declaration oflrar. She attends a dinner on board for die wives of the officers and de tel nines to spend the night on board "11) her husband. He orders her 11 1 ore with the others without ex ■ wing that the ship lias been order- H into action. She goes to the cabin 1 1 lieutenant to whom she had one He been engaged. The ship goes into Hon. There is a murder on board and the commander, on the eve of H triumphant return from an engage with an enemy vessel, is charged gfl> the murder. be j s about to tie convicted by a french court martial, his wife takes I s tand to free him at the cost of llei reputation. Who killed the man. H "hy, are points in the mystery Bpluined j„ t he flashbacks which V the story of the wife’s presence °i| hoard the ship. Hnpporting Billie Dove is an unus ®lv excellent cast. Paul Lukas plays W part of the commander, Nicholas Hhss.'inin, the villain who is killed. H 1 Donald Reed, tlie former’ fiance. I'RVILL-BRADY ■ Mrs. w. A. Harvill, of Atlanta, an ■ tniees the marriage of her daughter. B'gi'iia. to Mr. Lynn E. Brady, of Mr. and Mrs. Brady are at 0 " 1,1 their friends at 312 Adair ■ f enn ®. Decatur, Ga. I}' 1 ’ 1111(1 Mrs. G. W. Stephenson, of ■ aiit.i. spent the week-end with their |"' l,s ' and Mrs. J. ,1. Stophen ■n> ov er in Sheffield. # . v Fra nces Wood and son. Lamar. Dm ° !1 3n exlen<le, i visit with her ta Mrs. W. A. Harvill, in Atlan- P. A,it ' e Su P°tts. of Walker was tiie week-end guest of •'hoy Alice Rice in Conyers. Sifc tlockfrale Uccodi Miss Bowen Eentertains With Farewell Party Miss Millie Bowen entertained the junior class with a prom party at her lnniie on McDonough street Wednes day evening, it was a farewell party to their dearly beloved teacher, Mr. Dpher Cooiier. Time was taken out for each person to sit down and quiet ly write Mr. Cooper a farewell let ter and Mr. Cooper wrote the class a farewell letter to his dearly beloved pupils. II seems that Conyers lias nev er had a more popular school teacher than we have in Mr. Cooper and it is a source of much rejoicing that we an nounce his re-election and acceptance of work for another year in our schools. He was presented a box hy Miss Bowen and when opened up, an other display of their love for teacher was manifested in the many gifts con tained therein from tlioscj present. Fol lowing a short and snappy period of proms, the splendid little hostess, as sisted by Misses Lula Mann and Jew ell Morris and Irene Bowen, served a delicious ice course. Those present to enjoy the hospital ity of Miss Bowen and contributing toward the happy occasion were Miss es Mary Alice Rice, Lula Mann, Jew ell Morris, Mary B. Leftwich, Rebecca Patrick, Helen Almand, Mary E. Cow an, Joe Butler, Mary Still, Louise Me- Elvany, Florence Bell, Lera Mae AA'el don, Messrs. Joe Towns, Howard Walker, Mutt Tribble, Ralph O’Neal, Lewis Mann, Hamilton McDonald, Norman Walker, Keating Pharr, Hor ace Milligan, Luther Cowan, Lewis Kent and Arthur W. Cowan. The most appropriate song for Mr. Cooper to sing on parting was —“It Made Me Happy When You Made Me Cry.” This is a splendid bunch of young people and their love and affec tions so loyally bestowed is the great est honor a teacher could ask for. Improvements to Central Property Tlie First National Bank building, one of the magnificent structures De tween Atlanta and Augusta, is under going extensive repairs since becom ing the property of Mr. R. O. Gailey. It would he wonderful if Uncle Sam would move his post office into this building for it would make a most magnificent post office. Like it is, it Stands as a monument to the ambi tious desires of a group of men whose dream failed to materialize. Another outstanding improvement is the re cently purchased Gailey building that is lieing painted and converted into an office anti emergency hospital for Dr. P. J. Brown. If Mr. Gailey would only remove the sheet iron shed and place an awning in its place, Center -jtreet would get started to wage! a more presentable front appearance for other property owners would follow in rapid succession and if one or two should lag too far behind, their sheds icould lie condemned and removed by the city. Come on men and do away with the sheds. Honey Creek News Mr. and Mrs. John Brisendine, of Atlanta, were in our midst last week. Mrs. Jay, of Griffin, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hammonds, of Smyrna, spent Sunday with the lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Al mand. Little Miss Gladys Watson spent Wednesday afternoon with her grand mother, Mrs. A. J. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Farris Jones and family, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kirkpatrick Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson en tertained over the week-end Mi. and Mrs. Chester Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herron, Mr. and Mrs. Blunt Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Cleamopt. Piper. Mrs. A. J. Watson spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Jack Harwell, who has been on the sick list for some time. Mr. A. L. Thomas, of Milstead, vis ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, Saturday night. Mr. Roddy Jackson made a business trip to Atlanta Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson and their two daughters, Jeanette ami Gladys, visited their mother, Mrs. A. J. Watson, Saturday night. Mrs. Tom Kirkpatrick spent Tues day afternoon with Mrs. Bud Wheeler. CONYERS, GKORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29. 1929 OFFICIAL ORGAN OK ROCKDALE COUNTY Four'fifths of Highway System Is Still Unpaved Highway Map of Georgia, as of April 1; paved roads shown by heavy lines, unpaved by light lines. The state highway system now com prises 6,300 miles, of which 1,396 miles are paved with either high or low type of paving, 2,767 miles have been im proved but not paved, and 2,137 miles are still unimproved, according to highway department reports. This represents the result of ten years of work of the state highway depart ment, operating under existing high way laws. The total highway still to be paved is 4,903 miles, or four-fifths of the entire system. The largest amount of paving laid down in any one year will be the pres ent year, when 309 miles now finish ed or under contract, will be placed in commission. During 1928, a total of 252 miles were paved. Practically all paving laid down in 1928, and 1929, was contracted for in December, 1927, and May and June, 1928, when more than 500 miles of hard surfaced roads were placed un der cont ract. At I hat time, it was be lieved that this amount could be fin ished under existing schedules nearly within a year’s limit. However, the system of financing under which the department was operating failed to provide the necessary funds, with the result that many of the contracts were Mr. R. A. Tribble, of Goulds, Fla., is at home with his parents, !>r. and Mrs. E. L. Tribble, for a vacation. Mr. Charles Cowan spent the week end with his parents, Air. and Mrs. J. A. Cowan, over at Velta. ■ ■ ■ ■ # Mr. Harvey P. Harralson, former newspaper man of Conyers, who went to Colorado for his health some three years ago, is reported by Gus McCal la, as being at the Union Printers’ PROGRAM Milstead Public School May 31, 8:00 P. M. 1l Tlie Merry Makers Band Number Kindergarten Band Umbrella Song W. H. Mathis and Carolyn Thompson Jokes by End Men. Horse Drill First Grade Boys Song —I Fall Down and Go Boom _ Kindergarten Chorus Robert Mayhue Band Number —“Wedding Bells” Flying Acrobats First Grade Girls Tight, Rope Walking Flora Leach, and Pearl Blankenship Good Night Chorus. 2. The Garden Tea Second Grade 3. The Frog Who Would a-Wooing Go - Second Grade 4. The Enchanted Maypole Third Grade 5. a Sailor’s Drill Fourth Grade <i. The Highland Schottishe Fourth Grade 7. A Poppy Dance Fourth Grade REVIVAL MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday, June 2, 1929 Services Morning and Evening Preacher, Rev. F. J. Fleming Singer, Mr. O. R. Cooper You are very cordially invited to all these meetings. “Come with us and we will do thee good.” delayed, while still others were held over until the present year. Up until the present time, no new contracts of moment have been let this year, and in the state auditor’s re port published in April, it was indi cated that no funds would be avail able for new construction until the end of the year. Commenting upon these facts, the Joint Committee for Highway Bonds states that xvhile the funds of the state derived from gas tax and auto mobile license fees are growing from year to year, tlie state cannot hope to accelerate its paving program to any great extent, for a number of years under the existing method of financing. Even if the annual paving laid down was raided -0 four hundred miles. It would still take too loug to finish tint system. Much of the paving already laid down, it insists, is of such a light type that it will have to be re laid before many years have passed, and this will still further delay the completion of the entire system. By issuing bonds to carry on a paving program just -s rapidly as such paving can be laid economically, the committee states that millions of dol lars will be savrd, both in the upkeep and maintenance of the highways themselves and in the operation and upkeep of automobiles. Home, Colorado Springs, with little improvement, if any in health. Mr. Ila'rralson hail to leave his happy. Inline in Conyers, consisting of Mrs. Harralson and three children, all healthy and enjoying life, in search of the health restoring climate of the far west, within itself a hard blow, but soon after departing his compan ion, Airs. Harralson, fell prey to tlie very untimely and unexpected dis ease that sent him west and today his once happy home is scattered to the four winds of heaven. Georgia Power Cos. Announces Lucky No. Some days ago the Georgia Power company put on an electric refrigera tor salt's campaign and distributed tickets from an aeroplane throughout their Georgia sub-divisions, giving the finder thereof a free chance on a GE refrigerator. President Arkwright drew No. 47SG from the box litis week and the holder of litis ticket is entitled to one of those master i v boxes absolutely free. Tbe only mistake we ever math' in our favor was when we bought out* of those GE refrigerators this week for SIO.OO down and balance in small monthly payments for the next thirty months or thirty years, we forget which anti it doesn't make much dif ference, for tlie tiling is wortli it either way. In this refrigerator sales campaign, Panola district lias already sold her alotment and stands one hundred and four iter cent with another month to go. You simply cannot beat par and a couple of birdies. It. takes a good salesman to sell two hundred and ninety-seven dollar ice boxes, espcclnl ly to poor people like us. But then, the only sales-people we ever turn down are the good looking young indy bonk agents —we never could become interested in books so long as we were face to fuce with one of those sweet tilings. Congratulations to you power men for the outstanding service you are rendering in this district. Rockdale News It seems that every preaching Sun day our number is small for Sunday school. AVe had a good Sunday school last Sunday, but the crowd was small er than we like to see. Even a goodly number of our teachers were absent. Let’s pick up and come to Sunday school every Sunday. Young people are pleasure seekers and if they will come they will find great pleasure in coming to church. What could be more pleasant than worshiping with friends in God’s house and in this way keep the Sab bath holy. in connection with his sermon last Sunday Riev. Walker read some writ ing of our president and other state ments from tlie Index. These were very interesting. At the close of tlie sermon came tlie impressive ceremony of celebrating the Lord’s Supper. B. Y. P. U. has been rained out for two successive Sundays. We hope Ibis hasn’t discouraged any of the members. AVe aim to meet as usual at 7:0() nt'xl Sunday night. Everybody remember next Sunday is the firsl and that means Sunday school at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, followed by preaching at 3. Everybody is cordially invited to at tend any service held at Rockdale. A'oiing people come and let’s liven til our services with stunt* good sing ing. Airs. J. T. Allen, our efficient pian ist, we. arc mighty sorry is at. Wesley Memorial hospital for an operution. Our latest report from her is (hat she is doing nicely and we are imping for an early return home. Among our visitors last Sunday was Mr. Enel Benson, of Colorado, an ex tensive wheat raiser. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Visit Washington Air. and Airs. J. Henry Tucker re turned over the week-end from an ex tended visit with their son, Air. Earl Tucker and family, in Washington. Among other tilings, Henry stood in line and bowed ns President Hoover and Henry Ford passed through tlie hail on their way to luncheon. Wash ington is a magnificent city and a place of American ideals. It is a privil ege to even walk its beautiful streets and Air. and Mrs. Tucker returned with grateful hearts for the boy who stands so well in the greatest city of all the world. . Card of Thanks AA r e wish to take this means of ex pressing our gratitude to our friends and neighbors for the kindness shown us during the recent illness and death of our father, Mr. It. A. Bowden. May God’s richest blessing abide with each is our prayer. MRS. L. ROGERS i AIRS. E. AV. COOK 1 MRS. H. AV. SHELTON MISSES CORA AND MINA ’ BOWDEN* 'i | Popular at Home and Abroad Who is Fishing and How in Rockdale Tin* Department of Game and Fish ing will ask our General Assembly to change the game and fish laws this summer so as to make them fool proof—like ll is a majority of the peo ple don't undfri|tnnd. ’However, we don't hope for 11 to lie made any more comprehensible for that bunch of fel lows could not declare a fellow out at first base without a preainbulation of about sixteen paragraphs of con flicting reasons therefor and thereof. Anyway, Commissioner Peter S. Twit ty wants to annul the “Local option” part and unify the spawning part thereof for it seems that most jieople now understand those two points fair ly well and he goes on to say that “The prohibition of fishing during flit' spawning season under local option laws, luis resulted in a remarkable in crease in tlie fish supply.” By the time people understand a law well enough to obey or evade it, some en foreement guy wants to change it and catch somebody before they hear about the change. Rockdale county is sending Clarence Vaughn, lawyer, and C. It. Cannon, druggist, both fisher men, up there this summer and all we nsk of them is that they offer a reso lution on tlie first day prohibiting the passing of any new laws or amend ments thereof whatsoever, then ad journ anti go fishing for sixty days. Parking Regulations Being Mapped Out The congestion of cars and traffic ni>on the streets of Conyers has be come so great as to bring about regu lations thereof. Parking space is be ing lined off on one side of center street and both sides of Commerce street and the city will require strict observance in accordance therewith. Thunks to you city fathers for this first effort to bring about order and obedience to law. However, about the only laws enforced these days are those governing traffic and crap shoot ing. There ought to he a law against cats talking in their sleep, at least between the hours of nine thirty pee ’em and five-thirty a. ’em. We never heard so much loud talk in all our born days as took place in our burn yard Tuesday night. I)r. McElvany Joins Whippet Brigade Dr. 11. G. McElvany, the only man we know who can fish >ll day without getting a jerk and still get a kick out of it, has anew Whippet six. We no tice lie still looks for a high bank or rock wall when he wants to stop the contraption and so far lie lias man aged to stop it without running round and round until the gas gives out. Loraine News Mrs. Frank Hammond and daugh ter, L/ueile, spent one afternoon last week with Mrs. Joel Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Plunkett, of Salem, were visiting home folks this week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Gilbert called on Mr. and Mrs. Ed Berry last Tues day night. Miss Daisy Hammond spent last Tuesday night with Miss Sara Berry. Miss Marie Amos spent last Thurs day night with Miss Daisy Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Phillips, of Stoekhridge, were the guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Ham mond, this week-end. Several from around here attended services at Honey Creek last Sunday. The Union Epworth League will pre sent their play called “Because I’m Married Now,” at Stoekhridge next Friday night. Everybody come. “JANE” \V. M. 1. MISSIONARY RALLY The W. M. IT. of the 3rd district of the Stone Mountain association will Jiohl their district rally at the Con yers Baptist church on Tuesday after noon, June 4, beginning at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. K. G. Walton, superin tendent of woman’s work and Miss McMichael, assoeiational worker and other interesting speakers will he with us. We want all <jur women interested in missions to he with us, and if we have any who are not interested we want you to come, too, and hear the messages these good women will bring ns. MRS. J. R. PIRKLE, District Secretary. NUMBER 19