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801 l Weevils No^y
ft ns
illifii ■ Imiilil kill Ajm• MA
din now before BBsSt irSI
■ v ~e f a start on us.
IL | U) d\\ that the boll weevils is a
■ muaereiful erltter, and that he
ft cdiai'letel.v destroy a cotton eroi>
ft ef ,.|s a chance.
■he safest and wisest thing to do
■„ wipe I hose old weevils out before
■ v siait to raising their thousands
■ ' (t( , ; i,llv off spring. They will start
■ j l|ir :IS soon as they have cotton
| iU ,, s to puncture. Why not kill
| m out now before they get this
ft,., on a People tell me every day
■finding boll weevils in their fields.
L> have found hundreds of them
Beady.
■ o \v we know full well that this
■„ number of weevils can get a
ft;hty big start on us mighty quick,
B’" s „ ( ,i, as cotton begins squaring. Yes,
Jllie sure hot dry weather is hard on
111 W i evils, hut we have no promise
[any dry weather, and' it is sure not
ft,, to depend on that. Now, suppose
ft, t we should have wet weather at
ft, time the cotton is fruiting, don’t
In think you would wish you had
lie to the trouble to kill out all you
ftilil before they had a chance to
ftrt multiplying. If we do not kill
ftm out now, we are too likely to
Ive more than we can handle later.
■Let's every one “declare war on
I? weevils” now. Let’s poison every
Ire of cotton now. This will be the
■test, cheapest and easiest time we
111 have to poison them. And to kill
lese old weevils out now is the only
Ife way to start. We can prevent mil
§ns of these enemes from “ever be-
■ born” by killing the old ones be-
Bfflre they have any squares in which
■ ileiwisit their eggs.
Hi feel that we have a chance to
Hake a good cotton crop this year if
Hr will simply kill out these old wee
■s now. Let's* do it. There is no use
H make cotton simply for boll weevils
up, when we can so easily “wipe
Bmt most of the whole generation
■nr." A nickel’s worth of poison, and
■ l lolll ' and a half’s time rightly used
Bill poison an acre of cotton the size
Bis now. Let's all do this thing now.
Saturday, June 15, Is
lout hern Goodyear Day
■ “Opening of the new Goodyear tire
Bant at Gadsden, Ala., marks an im
■ressive forward stride in the indus-
Bial development of the South. It is
■gnifieant of our future that the
forld's greatest rubber company sees
n the South its best opportunity for
xpansion.”
These are the words of the Hon.
lilib Graves, governor of Alabama, in
omnienting on the celebration of
Southern Goodyear day tomorrow. The
low plant is the fourth manufaetur
ng investment of the Goodyear com
■aii.v in the South, in addition to many
distribution and branch establish
ments. The company already operates
o 50,000 spindle tire textile mill at
Cedartown, Ga., is building another
OO.(Mm) spindle mill at 'Rockmart, Ga.,
"and recently purchased a third 50,-
WO spindle mill at Atco, Ga.
Gov. Graves’ statement was wired
today by Nupt. F. A. Steele of the
Gadsden plant to the Langford Motor
Goodyear dealers at Conyers.
“Southern Goodyear Day is a busi
ness celebration,” says Mr. Davis, of
die Langford Motor Cos., “hut it has
a real interest for car owners, too.
"This is the first time a major tire
company lias actually built tires in
die South. It means a lot, we think,
that it is the one tire company that
commands outstanding leadership in
the industry. You will see that where
Goodyear points the way, others will
fellow, i make that as a prediction—
and want you to check me up on it.
J st watch.”
Tim local Goodyear dealers, in
hiiuum with other dealers all over Ibis,
'he Atlanta territory, have pledged
themselves to sell In one day —Satur-
a-v tlu 1 equivalent of one entire day’s
(| atj>ut for the new factory —5,000
tires.
’hat's giving anew Southern plant
'* leal Southern greeting, isn't itV
asks Mr. Davis. “Well, just watch us
hut it over.”
If .vou don’t need tires Saturday.
},ni had better hide out.
k |i's. a. G. Willingham, of Thomson
arrived in Conyers over the week-end
an extended visit with Mrs. Geor
sla Hale and friends around Conyers.
®!)c fbcfiMc Wecor&
Wluvt Kind of Fathers
Have We in Conyers?
A group of ”15 boys and -115 jjii| s
>f a medium size school were request
'd to vote on their ten most desired
ltialities in a father.
The quality receiving the highest
' ote and their first choice was "spend
ing time with his children." Their
second largest vote was that lie might
lespect bis children's opinions.”
Now. can you imagine we fathers
being playmates with our children and
take and give upon an equal'basis?
In the first place, very few fathers
liml any tiling in common with their
children’s social life and either bore
them or become bored by them and in
Ibe next place, most fathers will ad
mit their infallibility. This aloofness
on our part forces the children to go
elsewhere for companionship and in
formal ion. Sometimes they fall in line
with excellent associates and receive
correct information and advice and
thus they learn to ignore father en
tirely and then we wonder why the
home has lost its influence.
Third, being an active church mem
ber. Fourth, being a college grauate.
Fifth, never nagging his children
about what they do. Sixth, making
plenty of money. Seventh, being well
dressed. Eighth, being prominent in
social life. Ninth, having a love of
musk* and poetry. Tenth, owning a
good-looking ear. According to these
requirements, there are no ideal fath
ers in Conyers and so far as that is
concerned, they could have lowered
their marks and still been without
many ideal fathers around here.
Conyers Boy Makes
Good at Tate, Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Guinn, of Tate.
Ga., spent several days in Conyers and
Millalgeville in connection with the
graduation of his sister. Miss Eliza
beth Guinn, who received her A. ,It.
degree from G. S. C. W. last week.
She leaves this week for Emory Uni
versity for post graduate work in
connection with her Mast r's degree
History does not convince us that any
generation has produced a more in
dustrious young people than we are
honored with today and Hr 1 man or
woman who refers to them except in
terms of highest praise is an ungrate
ful parent or citizen. Many of our
school hoys and girls have mapped out
an active and constructive vacation
for the summer months and on a self
sustaining basis at that. Mr. and Mrs
Guinn left yesterday for Tate, hut
before going he came in for a year’s
subscription to the Record —the pa
per with a “Message from home” ev
ery week in the year.
Master Joseph Towns, the junior
golfer whom senior players are begin
ning to dread, spent last week-end in
Atlanta, guest of Master A, L. Dab
ney out on Ponce DeLeon avenue ami
among other tilings, enjoyed several
rounds of golf on Hie Candler course.
During Saturday, Suliday and Mon
day those two hoys I did everythin."
from going in bathing to riding ele
vators.
Mrs. S. I. Cowan spent several days
last week at Milledgeville in connec
tion with the graduation of her daugh
ter, Miss Mary Frances Cowan, who
received her A. B. degress. Miss Cow
an lias been elected and will teach in
the Conyers schools next term.
Mr. Barton Hull, of Memphis. Tenn..
is spending his annual vacation in
Conyers with home folks, and when
not asleep or engaged at the dining
table, may be found on Riverside golf
links. He hopes to lie able to beat his
brother, Mercer, before vacation time
is over.
Miss Mary Alice Rice, one of our
recent graduates and talented young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hh-e.
is spending this week in Atlanta, gimn
of her cousin, Miss Sara Sharp.
Mr and Mrs. It. H. King and son,
Horace, motored to Milledgeville over
the week-end. being accompanied by
Mrs. John M. Hanna and daughter.
Helen, and Mrs. S. L. Almand. who
attended the graduation exercises at
which time Miss Emily Hanna receiv
ed her normal certificate.
The friends of Miss Nora Mae
■Crutchfield are congratulating her on
winning the prize in the Ben Hill es
say contest in Rockdale county. Miss
Crutchfield was a student in the
eighth grade at Oak Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Guinn, of Tate.
Ga stopped over in Conyers to and
from Milledgeville over the week-end
being accompanied by Miss Ora Guinn.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and chil
dren. of Atlanta, were visitor* at the
. w t T Alert
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Alien
Sunday.
CONYKItS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12,1929
OFFICIAL OKU AN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
Time lor Applying
a Top - Dresser
There is a question in the minds of
must farmers as to when is the best
lime to apply a top-dresser to cotton
and corn. Then they are interested in
knowing what the most economical
amount per a *re to apply. Tin* kind of
top-dresser is also important and
should la* considered Itecause the prof
it above cost is the worth while part
of it.
The size and condition of the crop
may vary the time of application a
few days, but it is concluded from
close observation aqd experimental da
ta that the best time to apply a top
dresser to cotton is at the first culti
vation after chopping. Applications
should he made to corn when it is
good knee high.
Applications can he made by hand
or with distributor by the side of the
row and on one side of tile row is
sufficient. If applied by hand culti
vation should follow immediately to
cover the material. However, if it is
rainy and the ground is wet it will
he all right to apply it on top and
lot remain until the ground will do to
plow. In dry seasons it Is best to ap
ply with a distributor two or three
Inches deej). Never apply on the plants
whether the top-dresser is just nitro
gen or a nitrogen-potash mixture, be
cause there is danger of burning the
plants.
The amount of top-dresser per acre
should depend on the amount of ferti
lizer already applied. Whether under
or beside there should always be suf
ficient plant tinod for a profitable
crop.
According to statistics the average
application of fertilizer to cotton in
Georgia lias been 300 pounds per acre.
The average analysis has probably
been a 9-3-3; then the practice with
mosl farmers for several years has
lieen to apply a top dresser of nitrate
of soda, sulphate of ammonia, calcium
nitrate at the rate of'about 100 pounds
per acre, yet the average yield of lint
cotton per mere is 150 to 160 pounds
in this state, with the cost of produc
tion being about 18 cents per pound.
More and more farmers are realiz
ing that profitable’ crop production
can he made only when their soils are
supplied with liberal amounts of avail
able plant food. Many farmers are us
ing as high as 800 to li,OOO pounds of
high analysis fertilizer per acre to cot
ton and then applying a side applica
tion of both nitrogen and potash. It
lias long been the practice to apply
just a nitrogen top-dresser which was
profitable, however for the past two
years it has been demonstrated with
out a doubt that more potash can he
used at a profit to most all the soils
of (lie red land sections of Georgia.
Potash plant food costs one-fourth
ivhat nitrogen costs and should not
he left out when applying the neces
sary amounts of plant food for high
est profitable returns from crop pro
duction.
G. A. TOWNSEND,
Agricultural Agent X. V. Potash Ex
port My
Mr. Curtis Almond, who has been
making his home in Canada and Cali
fornia for several years, is' visiting
his mother, Mrs. Minnie Almond.
After a very successful operation
at Wesley Memorial hospital, Mrs. .1.
T. Allen returned home last week.
Week-end Specials
Bell Banner Brand Coffee, Ground
Fresh Daily Per Lb 35c
Blue Ridge Coffee Per Lb* . . * 33c
A Real Good Coffee Extra
Special Per Lb •••••• 20c
A Genuine Peaberry Coffee in the
Bean or We Grind it for You,
Per Lb. • • . • 40c
Small Squares Breakfast Bacon
Per Lb. ... 20c
45-Lb. Cans Compound Lard,Lb. 12c
50 Lb. Cans Pnre Hog Lard, Can $6.75
Special Prices On Flour
Fresh Fish Friday and Saturday
We Buy and Sell Country Prodnce
Chickens, Eggs, Etc.
“The Home Of Low Prices”
BELL’S CASH GROCERY
PHONE 25
What We Learn During
a Protracted Meeting
We learn the difference between a
protracted meeting and a revival about
this time of the year. We learn the
things that are wrong for tin* first
time since the preceeding year. It’s
got so our pastors will let the mem
bership go free for the entire year
and then submit a summary of their
sins all at one time. This is what
makes us laymen feel so rotten —once
a year is not often enough clean up.
Of course, the Civic League only re
quires us to clean up and paint up
once, but its terrible the things they
find in our back yard, things that
are even dangerous to health and we
think they should do something about
it oftener than once a year. Yon nev
er hear of anybody joining the church
in Conyers except during these an
nual clean up meetings. We labor un
der the impression that it would not
be strictly orthordox to join lief ore
the annual protracted meeting takes
place in the spring. Sometimes during
tiie off-season, our pastors will o|>en
the doors of the church slightly and
sing a song, especially when their ser
mon was not as long as it should have
been. Preaching one hundred and four
sermons and ten or twelve Sunday
school teachers delivering more than
five hundred sermonettes to the same
people, certainly should prepare the
way for more than a mere “protract
ed” meeting in the spring round up.
Our comment is that these tilings
will grow permanent unless love and
sincerity is substituted for criticism
and vilification.
Presto-Change
and What Have You
It used to tie that they changed the
style of our garments over night like
and nobody could retire at night cer
tain of being stylishly clad the next
morning, but now there is hardly any
thing else they can do unless it lie to
confiscate the little garmaut entirely.
Even at that, they are already using
one-piece bathing suits for lots of
things besides bathing and it is hard
to tell when we are dressed and for
what. Being a Baptist, we never did
take much stock in that presto-change
belief up to now, but it seems all you
got to do is say presto-change and
you have a pretty little curly headed
girl or straight headed girl, either
blonde or brunette, over-night like —
even our married women are becoming
curly headed little girls-like, these
days —never saw so many strange ac
quaintances in all our life. We are
going to practice up on this presto
stuff and work it on our wife. All you
got to do is trance that song “I Want
a Girl, Just like tlie Girl that Mar
ried Dear Old Dad” and behold you
have turned the tri:*k.
Poultry Car Here
Thursday, June 20th
The co-operative pick-up poultry car
of the Georgia railroad will be in Con
yers afternoon of Thursday, June JO.
Feed your chickens lightly, on account
of weather conditions making it im
possible to handle over-fed poultry.
Watch the bulletin board for prices.
Miss Mary Alice Rice is on an ex
tended visit with her cousin, Miss
Sara Sharp, in Atlanta.
American Legion
Entertains Today
Conyers is to be congratulated niton
having at least one organization that
is doing something. We have a dozen
or more groups dormant so far as
community-wide helpfulness is con
cerned. The American Legion, under
Post Commander W. A. Henson, is the
one community-wide spokesman that
is entirely free of selfishness and will
ing to fight out in the open for Con
yers and Rockdale county. Uncle Sam
taught these boys how to fight for
the common cause of humanity and
they slept in “Cootie” laud that the
rest of tiie world might enjoy peace
ful rest then and throughout succeed
ing generations. We soon forgot their
suffering in our behalf and today, tiie
American Legion goes unappreciated
by most of us. They are giving a
barbecue at Elliott’s springs this
Wednesday afternoon to raise money
in the furtherance of their own or
ganization, selling tickets l)ir fifty
cepts per capita. They will give you
full value for your money, too, Just
like they gave you of their best over
iu France.
Ebenezer Home-
Coming !
The Ebenezer church and communi
ty will hold an all day home-coming
service and rally next Sunday, begin
ning early and holding late with bas
ket dinner served to whomsoever may
come and partake. Philadelphia church
and community held theirs last Sun
day. Who’ll he next. These all day
dinners with meeting on the ground
are among the few things that go to
make life worth living, yen, they are
about the only thing that will make
you forget about failures, disappoint
ments and tiie boll weevil.
They are where we first learned to
love our neighbor and tile brethren,
an almost lost art in these days of
envy, jealousy and misunderstandings.
When we moved from the country to
town, we knew no better than to try
to love our new neighbors right on,
but soon found that it was different
in town and that you were not suppos
ed to love anybody. Of course, we have
finally got onto these town ways and
feel like we can truthfully say that
we don’t love no body and that no
body cares for us.
We are Invited down to Ebenezer
Sunda yto sing in a quartet with
Lum Cowan, W. A. Henson and Leroy
Brisondine and it’s hard to wait until
Sunday conies, for we sure will feel
at home out there with people like
our people.
Our Older Men Being
Eliminated Like This
Banker Hull and Dr. Cannon were
unable to do the things to Horace
King and Joseph Towns that would
distinguish them as golf players, com
ing in four down in an elimination
contest Friday afternoon and as in
Tuesday’s eliminations, the younger
men won handily. Our older men look
like golf players, dress like golf play
ers and own several golf halls and
clubs, hut they think its like “Who's
Zoo” when the flapper (looking at
the animals in a big tentt asked, how
can you tell the tiger from the tigress.
The trainer replied by saying, “It’s
like this: I take a piece of raw meat
and throw it into the cage. If he
picks it up it’s the tiger, if she picks
It ii|* it’s the tigress.”
Well, you could be mistaken as to
which is the tiger and which is the
tigress, hut not so with golfers. The
way you tell the difference between
a banker or druggist and a golf player
is by watching the little cup and see
who puts the halt in It. If it goes
short, over or around the cup, that’s
the banker or druggist, but if it drops
in, that’s the golfer.
Master George Gleaton, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, spent part
of this week in Conyers, guest of Mrs
Geo. W. Gleaton, Sr., and family.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank J. Fleming
completed their mission in Conyers
and left for their home in Ashland.
Ala. They greatly enjoyed their visit
and their many friends greatly enjoy
ed having them.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duke, Tommie
Nell Duke, Mrs. Wicker and Miss Eliz
abeth Wicker, of Atlanta, were Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Granade.
Mr. J. N. Sapplngton, Linotype op
erator of the Covington News, and
one of the best in his line, visited the
Record office last week. Mr. Sapping
ton is quite a young man and likeable
young chap he is.
Popular at Home and Abroad
Presiding Elder at
Philadelphia Sunday
Rev. Dempsey, of the Oxford dis
trict, preached the annual conference
sermon ut Philadelphia church last
Sunday to an overflow congregation,
using as a text: “Behold, how good
and how pleasant It Is for brethren to
dwell together in unity.” Dinner was
served picnic fashion and that entire
neighborhood joined in beautifully to
make it a one big family affair. I’us
to J. I). Milton led his charge into one
of its most successful conferences.
Pastor Maners, of the Inglesiilo
charge, was one of the interesting af
ter dinner siieakers that enlivened an
already happy occasion by reason of
the many readings, recitations ajid
personal testimonials furnished by the
local membership.
The Rockdale Record regrets ex
ceedingly its inability to carry iu full
the noonday sermon of Presiding El
der Elnin F. Dempsey, a masterpiece
within it.-lRf on Christian Brother
hood and the Fruits of a Ndrcpilt
Brotherhood, hut space and cost of
composition made it impossible to car
ry it all and we were unable to con
dense It.
Honey Creek News
Miss Grace Thomas spent the week
end with relatives In Mont Delhi.
Mr. and Mrs. Auby Garner were the
week-end guests of the hitter’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kirkpatrick.
Miss Mary Cowan spent Saturday
afternoon with Miss Irene Alinand.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Almand and
family called on Mrs. A. J. Watson a
while Saturday night.
Little yMiss Dorris and Eliza be Hh
Thomas speut several days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert. Thomas at
Oak Hill.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ralph Hammonds and
little daughter, Dorris, si>ent .Satur
day night with their mother, Mrs.
Ophelia Hammonds.
Miss Marie Crumliley spent Tuesday
afternoon with Miss Jeanette Watson.
Mrs. John Morris spent Monday af
ternoon with Mrs. Jack Harwell, who
is still on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd, of Porterdale.
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Wheeler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watson visited
Mr. anil Mrs. Will Sawyer, of Veltu,
Saturday night.
The ice cream supper giveu by Mr.
mil Mrs. Wheeler Saturday night, was
enjoyed by all present.
JUNE
Rockdale News
Miss Etta Jiiu McWilliams spent
Thursday afternoon with Miss Doris
Reagan.
Miss Mary Emma Iteagan is siteud
ing this week in Atlanta.
Miss Nellie Belle Johnson spent
Sunday with Miss Etta Jim McWil
liams.
Miss luise Mitcham visited Miss
Dollie Norton Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bernice Carroll spent last week
in Atlanta with her sister, Mrs. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Oliver and
son. Jack, Miss Willie Mae Norton,
all of Ben Hill, Ga., spent Hie week
end with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Norton
and family.
Miss Pinkie Norton stayed from
Monday until Thursday In Conyers
with her sister, Mrs. Ellison.
Mrs. Opal Corley and family called
on Mrs. McWilliams Wednesday
night.
Miss Doris Reagan visited Miss Et
ta Jim McWilliams Monday.
Mr. ; JJoe Mr. .Allison
Bowen. Misses Pinkie and Dollie Nor
ton motored over to see Misses Lu
cile and Frances Farmer Sunday af
ternoon a while.
Mrs. Carl Granade is visiting her
brother in Waycross.
Mr. Eldridge Carroll Is spending
this week in Atlanta.
Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Atlanta, is
visiting some of his friends around
McDonald Crossing this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Corley spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Reagin.
Misses Roberta and Bernice Carroll
spent Monday afternoon with Misses
Pinkie and Dollie Norton.
Miss Donnah Mae Hampton spent
Friday afternoon with Miss Roberta
Carroll
Mrs. R. L. Hale returned over the
week-end from a trip to Charlotte,
where she attended the Veterans re
union —bringing back with her greet
ings from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paschal
and their subscription for the Rock
dale Record, the paper with a “mes
sage from home” every week.
' NUMBER 21
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