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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21), 1!>29
k> Henson Furniture Cos.
local Champions On
| Riverside Golf Course
I (',.11' li.'is become our most impular
II iv tMNi |i|i Cor sport and recreation and
champions are l>ol>liu up almost
oV t‘i' on the Riverside links. It
■ : name and ils every feature
Knils toward developing a stronger
■H.fsuiialit.v and pliyslenl body. Golf is
K lt . nta' name playable by old and
■ Ullf , m ale and female alike, where
■ ult .. a ri . measured in terms of phys-
I, il and mental development that are
■ ' t j ( . e al,le and characteristic in the
■ife and eonduet of its followers.
■ T l, e 1-oekdale Reeorcl presents this
■ ve ek, our junior cluimpions, or the
■„,, and short of golf, in Joseph
Bnwiis and Gihson Hull. In the picture
■ V(I t , an giit ‘'Hand” Blankenship. tle
■lukiy master and caretaker of the
■ lull house and links and his fatherly
Supervision over players and caddy
■ IIVH is making the links safe and a
■ underfill place to go for an outing,
■lie dull house is small, but well huilt
Knd quite adequate for (lie accomoda
■inii of the membership. “Dad" sells
■rinks, smokes and many good things
■o eat in addition to golf balls, tees
■nd other necessities.
I Relatives and friends are invited
■ut to enjoy “Dad's” hospitality and
■tinge around in the park adjoining
■lie elwli house and spring while play-
■ rs are fighting with the many and
■aried hazards scattered over the
We give very careful attention to all business
entrusted to us. An opportunity to serve you will
be appreciated.
Bank of Conyers
W. T. Baldwin, President M. W. Hull, Cashier
R. L. Huff, V. Pres H. D. Austin, Asst. Cash.
Your
Model t ford
is still
a good ca r
The Model T Ford led the motor industry for twenty
years because of its sturdy worth, reliability and econ
omy. Those same reasons continue to make it a good t ar.
Asa matter of fact, nearly one-fourth of all the auto
mobiles in use today are Model T Fords. Millions o
them can be driven two, three and even live more year*
with reasonable care and proper replacements. Figures
show that the average life is seven years.
Don’t sacrifice your Model TANARUS, therefore, hut take it to
the Ford dealer and have him estimate on the cost of
putting it in A1 shape. Avery small expenditure may
the means of giving you thousands of miles of a< < ilions
service.
For a labor charge of S2O to $25 you can have your
motor and transmission completely overhau ec • 0
price includes new bearings, reboring cylinders anc any
other work necessary. Parts are extra.
Valves can be ground and carbon removed for s3 t
$4. The cost of tightening all main bearings is ° n
The labor charge for overhauling the front ax < is
to ss—rear axle assembly, $5.75 to $7.
New universal joint will be installed tor a labor g
of $3. Brake shoes relined for $1.50. Rear spring and
perches rebushed for $1.75. The cost o °vei <
the starting motor is $3. A labor charge of appro -
mately $2.50 covers the overhauling ot the gen
It will pay you, therefore, to see youi lor \
and have him put your Model 'I in goo running
By doing so you will protect and maintain
ment you have in your car and get mont s am
reliable transportation at a very low cost per m
Ford Motor Company
Board of Education
Elects New Faculty
'1 he hoard of education completed
the new faculty Friday and announce
results as tallows- —'beginning with the
first grade we have Misses Mary still,
Myrle Walker, Martha Ramsey, Jose
phine Smith, Mary Frances Cowan.
Mesd,-lines Ethel Brlsindine, Margaret
Barksdale, Misses Ruth Robinson.
Margaret Spruyberry, Mr. 0. It. Coop
ei, Miss Mary Hewlett and Supt.
<\ Gilbert. Supernumerary Mrs. R. H.
Still, Music Mrs. John Cunningham.
Colored school will have the same two
tea hors, Hester Collins and Hattie
'Williams. We doubt mind home girls
at all if they are qualified. Personal
ly. "e believe in home girls, except
for wives. You know each other too
well for that. The girl should think
her man an ideal piece of humanity
and she knows th elioiue boys will
make faces and throw chalk at her —
others will too, hut she doesn’t know
U yet __ A;W
some three thousand yard journey
down through the woods and hack.
Next week we hope to present a
group of senior players, following with
a group of female players if Urban
Jordan can get them to smile with a
golf stick in their hands long enough
to make a picture of them.
Slop This ancl
Watch Conyers Grow
la spite of the fact that Conyers
and Rockdale county go to make up
an ideal community in which to live,
it seems that we are hell heat on
"Saving the Freight" by an ever in
creasing patronage of bussers, truck
ers, Atlanta merchants and other out
side interests. Remember this, these
outside interests are not saving you
any freight or anything else, neither
are they interested in financing your
lehurches or anything else,
nor do they render yon a better serv
cie than your own home institutions
can and are rendering. For several
years Conyers have been listed by the
American Press Review as a news
pa|ier grave yard—however, the Rock
dale Record has removed that tomb
stone and we are now listed as one of
the foremost weeklies of the South,
This change came about by reason of
the cooperation of our people in their
splendid patronage and we expect to
cooperate and light with and for
them every time we go to press.
As an example of wlmt is killing
Conyers, lowering her standard of liv
ing and ability to remain self sustain
ing, we must mention names backed
up with facts hereafter and for this
week we point you to a recent net of
our school superintendent in going to
Atlanta to purchase stage furniture
for the auditorium without giving our
local furniture dealers an opportunity
to even bid on it. There are several
reasons why this public property
should have been bought through local
merchants.
In the first place, our merchants
pay the superintendent’s salary and
why should lie smite the hand that
feeds him. Another outstanding reason
why he should have bought it in Con
yers or at least given them an oppor
tunity is the fact that they have fur
nished absolutely free of charge, all
stage furniture used in the various
school plays put on during the last
twelve months, even went to the trou
ble and expense of hauling it up there
and bringing it back to tlie store and
standing all loss due to bruises and
breakage. An Atlanta merchant listed
the table to our superintendent for
forty dollars less a certain discount.
Even if the discount was one-fourtli
off, our dealers claim they could have
still under bid the price paid by twelve
dollars. It is not a .matter of profit
involved with our merchants they
would have handled it at cost, but if
they furnish free furniture for our
school entertainments, it is ungrate
ful for those in authority to take the
money so raised and put somebody
else’s furniture up there. It is poor
leadership and yet, everybody seems
to lie doing it in one way or another.
Stick to your community, first, last
and always.
Now That You Have
Graduated, What Next
Twenty young people received their
diplomas last week and today they
are fact to face with greater prob
lems. Four years from now when they
have graduated again, they will be
face to face with still greater prob
lems and so it is in life’s journey—
the greater your capacity, the greater
will he the problems.
The Conyers school closed with an
unusually strong program with Bishop
Warren A. Candler delivering the Bac
calaureate address Sunday preceding
the literary address Friday of last
week by Mr. S. R. Ramsey. And by
the way, Mr. Ramsey is one of the
most interesting speakers we have had
in many years, and the seniors receiv
ed a great deal more than their di
plomas at his hands in addition to
which the following awards were
made: The D. A. R. Gold Medal for
the best 7th grade history went to
jim Bob Huff. The $5.00 gold piece
for best chemistry, donated by Dr.
Cannon, went to Miss Olive Mitcham.
For second and third place chemistry
record Miss Mary Hewlett awarded to
Ora Guinn and Ralph O’Neal each a
$2.50 gold piece. Sara McDowell won
a sixth grade prize, while Evelyn Left
wieh won a third grade prize.
Under the direetoin of Miss Ola
Mann the senior play, "Hearts Con
tent,” went over nicely to a large
house, netting the class more than
fifty dollars with which to defray
class expenses. The Henson Furniture
company complimented the class by
furnishing attractive stage furniture
for the occasion.
Our hoys and girls are now face to
face with a three months’ vacation.
Beware young people that you spend
those days wisely. Don’t loaf to the
extent of being a lounger. Be sure to
do some good turn daily even if its for
your parents, many of whom are fight-
THE ROCKDALE REgukij, i uNYERS, GEORGIA
A Demonstration of
Rockdale Vegetables
Messrs. J. 11. and Frank Fuderwood
brought in a wagon load of choice
vegetables lasi week that Would have
been a credit to Florida or any other
section of our great country. Turnips
with beautiful salad that weighed
four pounds per hunch of four tur
nips. Great quantities of tender
squash. Hamper baskets full of snap
beans and beets that were beautiful
to behold. In addition to these with
which they furnished our people
through, local merchants, they brought
In potato plants, butter and eggs ga
lore. Home of us are having a hard
time getting a stand of cotton, and
have long faces about so much rain
and all that, hut these two men arc
harvesting bountifully while waiting
for it to quit raining. We should learn
that some things flourish with lots
of rain and plant some of those things.
Tom Huston Peanut Cos.
Could Not Be Bought
Four million dollars would buy
enough peanuts for the Yale-Grorgia
football game over at Athens Hi,is fall,
but it did not buy the Tom Huston
Peanut Cos., over at Columbus, (la.,
last week. Tom Huston told ’em he
knew what to do with peanuts but
wouldn’t know what to do with four
million dollars. A steaming liol whistl
ing peanut roaster always did attract
our attention, but heretofore we never
thought much of the nut who took our
nlckle. Come to think of it. twenty
nickels make a dollar, and eighty mil
lion niekies wouldn’t buy Tom’s pea
nuts. Why bless your heart, we'd sell
the Rockdale Record for les’n that
many ni kies.
Miss Inez Doyle entertained with
a week-end party at her Milstead
home, with the Misses Sara Stephen
son, Helen Hanna and Margaret Cow
an, of Conyers, as guests.
ing hard and manfully to make the
most out of life for you.
Bradfords
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10 Lbs. for . . . . . 3
2 10c Bars WANDA Beauty Soap 1
and 1 10c Ice Tea Glass, All for
NEW STOCK
48 Lb. Self Rising or Plain Silver Llour
for $1,75
Holsom Plain Silver Leaf Self Rising
Every Sack Guaranteed
WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF FRESH VEG
ETABLES, FRUITS AND FAMILY AND
FANCY GROCERIES
We Pay Top Price for Your Eggs, Butter,
Chickens and Other Produce
O. J. Bradford
PHONE 82
Conyers, Georgia
s Keeps His Old Pep
as 50 Years Nears
k Jimmy Austin, peppery conch
l of the St. Louis Browns, re
k fuses to grow old. The once
great shortstop is now nearing
k lll’ly years Of age but (here Is
no youngster on (lie field who
p can outlinstlc him. Austin is
k one of the first men out and
with his colleague In coaching,
in Bill Klllefer, the last to leave.
£ Klllefer, however, is younger,
k Possibly no major league club
5, Ims two more energetic mnn
k agerinl assistants. The Brown
* pair assay heavily In baseball
k knowledge and are real lienten-
I, ants to Cnpt. Dan Howley.
What Is Poverty?
Franz Schubert died and left great
riches to the world —the riches of
beauty translated through the glorious
medium of music. Those who came
to look into Ihe attic of Schubert de
clared that he had died in poverty,
lie was the poor figure of financial
tragedy. Lately a hit of his manu
script sold for $5,000. But that does
not establish his wealth. The great
riches he left are for those who can
appreciate them. Men may die with
out money, but they need not die in
poverty in the larger sense.—Grove
Patterson in the Mobile Register.
Slay Stone-Eating Germs
Chemical warfare is being waged on
germs that are literally eating up big
buildings. Scores of organisms that
oat stone and oilier substances have
been discovered. Chemicals are sought
that will slay the germs without des
troying the materials. The germs open
the pores, in the surface, exposing the
material to the destructive influence
of the weather. Some bacteria cause
erosion in the hardest marble in three
weeks.
An Eye for Color
A little girl recently skinned her
knee and her mother promptly applied
a bright-colored antiseptic.
Several days later the mother
served cold meats aud catsup. The
little girl, seeing her father generously
helping himself to catsup, demanded:
“Mother, l want some meat vvitli ruer
curochrome on it.”
Bib Falk Tells Why He
Is Glad to Be Indian
Bill Falk, the lean Texan who used
to play plenty of out hold for tiie
White Sox when lie happened to feel
like it, Ims more than one reason for
rejoicing In his trade to the Indians.
His first is that he thoroughly hated
the Chicago management, llis second
is that lie likes linger Peckinpaugh,
ids former teammate, and wants to
play ball for him. His third is that
ho is joining tlie club that has two
of the six good southpaw pitchers In
tiro league, for he doesn’t like to hit
against southpaws.
“I’m sure glad I’ai on your side,”
he told Joe Shaute and Walter Miller.
“Now there’s only Peunock and Wal
berg left, and they say Pennock’s arm
may be gone.”
Manager McGraw Has His
Pitching Staff Intact
Manager McGraw tins his 1928 pitch
ing staff intact and expects Carl Ilub
hell, who joined the Giants late in the
season, to declare dividends on his ex
perience gained under major league
lire. Hubbell will be a starting pitcher
with Larry Benton, Fred Fitzsimmons,
Joe Genewich and Dutch Henry, a
southpaw who seems to have regained
his earlier form.
Carl Mays, the veteran underhand
performer, may join the group as his
arm has recovered at least a part of
Its old cunning. John Scott, another
veteran, will be a valuable man in re
lief roles and Curly Ogden lias shown
well. A merry battle Is being fought
out by (lie recruits with the end not
yet in sight.
Theoretical Dollar
The term “compensated” or “sta
bilized dollar” was coined by Prof. Ir
ving Fisher of Yale in his book, “Sta
bilizing the Dollar.” It; is a theoreti
cal dollar having a constant purchas
ing power. The theory of (lie com
pensated dollar is to convert the pres
ent gold standard Into a true com
modity stnndard—that is, to standard
ize the dollar as a unit of purchasing
power. Thus, there would he a gold
dollar of constant purchasing power
with varying weight instead of a gold
dollar of standard weight and varying
purchasing power.