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loLjl ■inscription $1.50 801 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 J It'S