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THE ROCKDALE RECORD Official Organ of Rockdale County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY J. M. TOWNS Editor W. E. ATKINSON Publisher Pullmans now have every comfort ?scept noise enough to drown the talk in the smoker. Stage and Fashion have ruled that unless the star has a slim body she gets no fat contract. The famine In Moscow Is being laid to politics. What Is needed there is a famine among politicians. At a movie-talkie, a laugh In the wrong place is the most devastating form of unfavorable criticism. It is pretty bnd when the only up right member of the easy-payment household is the installment-plan piano. Albert the Great, famous circus ele phant, is dead, probably because pea nuts don't contain the right kind of vitamlnes. The doctors have discovered that a rabbit's foot is likeliest to bring good luck to persons immune to rabbit fur hay fever. It must be embarrassing to hunt for ancestors who made their mark in the world and discover they couldn't make anything else. A South American journalist says Americans areift wanted down there. But a lot of them down there are wanted back home. There are silent Presidents, silent partners, silent salesmen et al, but ns far as our experience has taken us, no silent matinee goers. A local dear thing says the pub lished bridge problems never seem real to her, not having a diamond mixed in with the hearts in dummy. The office crab's reaction to the red and green hat craze among the young roosters is as follows: "For Pete’s sake, keep on going bareheaded!” Someone asked Willy What it was that occurred to Newton when the ap ple fell on his head nnd Willy said lie was probably pleased it wasn't grape fruit. The white man knows wlint to do with some of his burdens, at least, lie packs them on the running board nnd heads for the open country for the week-end. Possible opening for a short story (from real life): A young immigrant in New York harbor dropped her pass port overboard while waving at the Statue of Liberty* We are the kind of a race, economi cally, tiiat accepts as the highest rec ommendation for a brand of sheer chif fon stockings that they give the il lusion oi bare legs. The Department of Agriculture an nounces that there are 8(H),000 persons in this country keeping bees. This is exclusive, of course, of those who en tertain political bees. Although tiie advice Is good not to cross a bridge until one gets to it. one should traverse It upon reaching it, before some speedster burns it up or floods carry it away. Certain spiritists In England de mnnd repeal of n law one hundred nnd ninety-three years old which denies that witches exist.- But if witches have been abolished by law,’do they exits? Another of the enduring mysteries Is why the yofing doctor, when lie deco rates the waiting room with a few wall pictures, always selects tlint stim ulating and cheery subject, the Ruins of the Parthenon. There is considerable discussion now and then over the question of whether a shark will or will not bite a man. The disputants, however, re fuse to put the matter to the one in controvertible test. in spite of their small numbers, air planes continue to collide in the air. We do not apprehend that these acci dents will diminish ns the airplane grows in use, and the more irresponsi ble multiply at the controls. We have it at last: The three-foot globe, that sturdy Atlas carries in all the sculptors’ representations of him, was just his medicine ball. "A woman in Russia is said to have caught leprosy from n new sealskin coat." Well—just so long as it wasn’t tularemia, the rabbit disease. On account of not knowing how to ask for a certain brand of perfume in a drug store, and being too polite to point, Dora is taking one of the Freneh-in-Ten-Lessons courses. The missions to ttie savages In for eign lands may he prospering, but those to tlie savages in this country seem to be having a hard time. It is not a great many years since a murder was news in this town; now unhappily it is scarcely an incident unless it has unusual “features.” Encouragement and Truth Two Great Needs in Training of Children By MISS AGNES TILSON, Detroit School Teacher. ENCOURAGING response to a method of self expression, and truth from the start, are the two most important factors ill de sirable parent-child relationship. Nothing is more disastrous to the development of the child mind than parental indifference to bis efforts, no matter whether it is only a house erected with blocks. If his work is appreciated, he feels ambitious to go on. It eventually leads to the child solving his own problems. Each child has the right to expect four things from adults whether they be parents, teachers, nurses or friends. They are security, truth, the opportunity of self-expression and response to his efforts. A child needs to feel security with adults and he needs truth at all times. He must have the truth in order to be adjusted socially and the right kind of co-operation between parents and child comes from giving them the truth always. It is often difficult but it can be done, and there is never a come-back. It is the best way to teach a child to respect its parents’ w’ord. Giving a child the right to self-expression doesn’t mean that he should intrude at any time, but lie should be heard and he should have the opportunity to have his curiosity satisfied. Parents need to be pals with their children, too, if they are to have a close relationship in later years. It is oiten a battle of wits in rearing children and parents never should fail to be firm, but gentle. There should be some definite agree ment between the parents regarding discipline and it should be carried out. At all times children should be respected and their personalities should be respected. Too often things are done to children which no one would think of doing to adults, and it often makes a deeper im pression on the child than it would on the adult. Respect your children, treat them as they have the right to expect and there will be very few “child problems.” Stupendous Increase in National Wealth Con • stitutes Peril to State By CHARLES E. HOUSE, Washington Banker. Americans are living in the golden age of finance. Our enormous wealth and dominating influence of the present time may tend to weak en the sturdy citizenship of our forefathers and become a peril to the state. Our plain living in Colonial days is rapidly being superseded by waste and extravagance. Our background was adversity; our future is prosperity. Let us never, therefore, overlook our priceless heritage which has been handed down to us through the great sacrifices of those who preceded us. We are now embarked upon anew period of overseas expansion which, we believe’, will be for the further development of our foreign trade and a better understanding with our neighbors. In our rapidly expanding trade relations, may our merchant ma rine bring back from foreign shores not only the gold of Ophir, but those more important things in life, namely, good will, a good name and a reputation of fair dealing with our neighbors beyond the Atlantic and Pacific. Today, our great financial system rests upon a solid rock of gold. The Federal Reserve system, which was enacted into law in 1913, gradu ally brought together gold reserves in our country in such vast amounts that we have been able to more thoroughly stabilize the gold reserve than could possibly have been done under our old system. This foreign stabilizing of gold can also be found in the leading banking institutions of the world. We have no other basis to establish our great system of credits than the gold plan, which is now universally used. By reason of this enormous gold basis, our great industrial and financial corporations have shown enormous growth. Entry of Churches Into the Field of Practical Politics Unfortunate By DR. CALEB R. STETSON, New York (Episcopal). Church and state should be absolutely independent of each other. There seem to be indications, however, that churches and combinations of churches have become active of late years in bringing pressure to bear upon our legislative bodies to enact legislature of various kinds. The motive behind such action is a good motive. It is the desire to re form society, and to bring about better social conditions more speedily than these objects could be accomplished by the slow and tedious process of teaching and training the individual. In my opinion, this entering of the churches into the field of prac tical politics is unfortunate and it will in time react unfavorably to the churches of all denominations. Let the church as a church keep out of politics. The place of the clergy is not in the lobbies of congress, nor is it their business to stir up party strife or to further party interests. We believe in a free church in a free state, not in a state coerced and gov erned by the church. We, as a church, have a right to express our minds about policies nnd customs, virtues as well as vices. It is quite another matter for the church or for its representatives to attempt to dictate the course gov ernments should pursue or to compel the passage of laws by political pressure. Alarming Indications That the Home Is Losing Its Hold on Youth By WILLIAM J. ELLIS, New Jersey State Official. A recent survey of 10,000 New Jersey children between eleven and seventeen years old showed that as the adolescent grows older his fond ness for home life decreases. These children were asked why they liked or disliked their homes as a place to spend their leisure time. It was found that 70 per cent of the eleven-year-old girls preferred their homes and that GO per cent of the hoys of the same age expressed simi lar opinions. From eleven to seventeen years of age, however, the per centage decreased 5 per cent for each year of those who preferred, their homes as a place in which to spend leisure time. The survey showed that it was not outside interests which primarily drew the youth away from the home, nor was the reason laid to such superficial causes as the type of home or furnishings, but rested almost entirely upon the predominating spirit of the home. Children inclined to stay away from home as much as possible also inclined to criticize their parents for the latters’ lack of interest in the home. THE ROCKDALE RECORD, Conyers, Ga., Wed., June 12^929. Sod Webworm Is Injurious Pest Small Grains and Various Pasture Grasses Are De stroyed by Insect. (Prepared bv the United States Department of Agriculture.) Its work often mistaken for damage by cutworms, the larger sod webworm Is ofteH a pest of economic impor tance. East of the Mississippi its range is over most of the territory north of the Ohio river, although it lias appeared In Kentucky nnd Tennes see. West of the Mississippi it lias been found In Missouri, Kansas, in the Texas Panhandle and even close to the Mexican border in New Mexico, from which point the boundary line of its range strikes northward, avoid ing Arizona, but with appearance in Utah and In Washington, its princi pal damage has appeared in the Mis sissippi valley front Ohio to lowa. Facts Concerning Pest. In Technical Bulletin N. 31-T, “The Larger Sod Webworm,” published by the United States Department of Ag riculture, George G. Ainslie of the bureau of entomology brings together al! the available facts concerning the pest, for the convenience of technical workers, and agricultural leaders as well as for farmers in the area where the webworm is likely to prove de structive. Mr. Ainslie’s conclusion is that “when once present in a field it can he controlled with difficulty, and measures used against it should be preventive rather than remedial. Such measures are crop rotation, ample fer tilization, and. i the case of sod land intended for corn the following year, early fall plowing.” In the moth stage of its life the in sect is comparatively large, yellowish gray. and with a wing expanse of an inch or more. The moths fly about at twilight, and drop eggs that develop into the injurious webworms. There are two broods a year, and the first is likely to injure corn and small grains. The second is more likely to injure grasses in pastures. The larvae winter in a closely-woven case of white silk covered outwardly with eartli particles so that it has much the appearance of a small clod. Parasites Attack Larvae. The larvae are attacked by several parasites. Birds, mice, inoles, ground squirrels, gophers, and predacious in sects probably do much to keep down the numbers of the sod webworms. Poisoned baits have been tried with out success. In case the injury to corn is so serious as to require new planting, the new rows should lie be tween the old ones and the infested plants should be allowed to stand as long as possible so that the webworms will complete their growth on them, without turning their attention to the younger plants. The moths emerging from the plants will seek grassy places and will not trouble the corn. The bulletin may be obtained, while the supply lasts, by applying to the Department of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. Clean All Poultry and Swine House Windows Cleaning the windows in the poul try house and the liog house once or twice every year will increase their efficiency at least 50 per cent on the average, according to Ralph L. Patty, agricultural engineer at South Dakota State college. “Many hog house windows,” Mr. Patty says, “are dirty enough so that 100 per cent more light would be al lowed to enter the building if they were thoroughly cleaned. “Cleaning,” lie declares, "is a much better practice than putting in more windows than are really needed. Too much light in a stock barn has the disadvantage of making the flies had in the building. The building is not so cool in the hot summer and it will be colder in winter. The best way is to get the greatest amount of value from the window space you already have." Soy Bean Plant Is Most Valuable Soil Builder The soy bean plant is one of the most valuable soil builders among the legumes. It is' an excellent hay crop nnd the grain forms a valuable pro tein supplement for feeding live stock, being utilized extensively in commer cial feeds nnd ns a supplement for corn in feeding cattle and hogs. Com mercial utilization of the soy bean as a valuable source of vegetable oil for paints, enamels, varnishes, linoleum, soap stocks, rubber substitutes, glue, printers inks, glycerin, as well as various food products waits only upon a sufficient supply of beans to afford a year around supply for oil extract ing factories. Proteins and Nutrients Investigations at agricultural experi ment stations have shown that certain amounts ot proteins and total digest ible nutrients must be fed to main tain an animal of given weight and to produce a certain amount of milk of a given test. Any excess of the amounts needed will be converted into animal fat or be eliminated in the urine and feces. Protein in great ex cess of the requirements may stimu late milk production but it may also burn out the cow and very often mani fests Itself in temporary or perma ent sterility. A balanced ration is one which meets the requirements both for maintenance and milk pro duction Study Insecticides in Corn-Borer Plan Some Chance of Securing Control Measure for Pest. (Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.) The likelihood of effective control of the European corn borer on a large scale by direct applications of insec ticides is remote; nevertheless, the possibility of such control is worth investigating in the hope that some thing of value in this direction may develop, says the United States De partment of Agriculture. Moreover, there is some chance of securing a control which may be practical for the protection of small plots of corn grown for the production of roasting ears for market or table use. A study of the possibility of the use of insec ticides and moth attractants has beer) a phase of the corn-borer research pro gram almost from the start. In the 1929 research program for corn-borer control there will be close co-operation between the insecticide division of the bureau of chemistry and soils and the bureau of entomol ogy, and also with various state work ers and the Dominion of Canada. The development of new insecticides for corn-borer control is one of the pri mary objectives of this division, which has already made many analy ses of insecticidal materials and of plants which have been sprayed or dusted witi) insecticides, to determine the residue left thereon. The bureau of entomology plans to make a number of experimental tests with the usual insecticidal materials and the newer ones recommended, in cluding tests of toxicity, adhesiveness, number of applications, plant tolera tion, compatible combinations, and costs. The method of application of each of ihese materials and the num ber of applications with reference to the stage of development of the plant and the insect, and in relation to meteorological conditions, are points of importance. Glass Substitutes on Poultry Farms Useful The following recommendations are made by the poultry department of the lowa State College of Agricul ture in order to get best results from glass substitutes: 1. Glass substitutes, whenever used, should always be placed in a vertical position. 2. For best results glass substi tutes should not be used for open ings in roofs or any slanting sur face. 3. Glass substitutes used on frames should be securely tacked and firmly braced to prevent whipping. 4. Make all frames removable so they may lie stored away from the hot sun and dust during the sum mer. 5. Glass substitutes admit little, if any, air; therefore the house must be ventilated properly to obtain the best results. G. Glass substitutes should be kept free' from dirt and dust. 7. When window glass or glass sub stitutes are used, direct sunlight should be admitted whenever possible. Purdue Issues Warning in Buying Grass Seeds Farmers and dairymen are warned by the Purdue experiment station to he cautious in buying clover and al falfa seed. Seeds grown in foreign countries and other inferior seeds are stained different colors to show their origin. Most of these seeds are not adapted to this climate and are sub ject to serious winter killing. The seed tiiat is stained purple is of Canadian origin and ranks equal to similar classes of native seed. Purity of the seed is another important con sideration. Many new weeds have been introduced through low grade and impure seeds, and the Purdue agronomists warn against buying con taminated seed. 00000000000000-O-00000000000 Farm Notes 000-000000-0 0000000000000000 Bridge grafting is the one way to save girdled trees. * * • Sanitary conditions are necessary to prevent diseases on a farm just as in a hospital. • • • After each very heavy rain top dress your growing vegetables lightly with some nitrogen fertilizer. * * A gasoline engine will relieve the dairyman of many tasks each day at a cost of less than five cents per hour. * * * Build the out-take flues for your barn ventilation system from the mow floor to the eaves while the mows are empty. * * • At least one colony of bees should he provided for each acre of your ap ple orchard to take care of cross-pol lination. * • * Adopt a. definite program of sanita tion on your farm to reduce the loss of chicks. About half the losses of young chickens occur during the first four weeks. • • * If the cockerels are separated from the pullets when they are eight to ten weeks old, the pullets will have a bet ter chance for development and the poultry-man can force the cockerels for market. Good Only to the Eyt The expression “Dead sea fruit synonymous with “Apples ot So,lo m ! The apple trees around the , bore fruit lovely to the eye but Tn edible. One explanation Is that th e apples were a kind of gall. They rich, glossy, purplish red in ,| ppeni , e nnce, but filled with an Intensely tit ter, porous, easily pulverized stance. The term is applied t 0 un.vthing wonderful in contemplation but disappointing in realization. Vienna’* Growth It Is nearly 2.0(H) years since an urban settlement was founded on t( le territory which today is covered bt Vienna. The small Roman militnrv camp Vindobona developed into the modern metropolis with her enormous municipal area of 275.83 square kll& meters, second only to London, Georgia’* Many Capital* Augusta was the cupitul ot Georgia for a time during and after the Revo lution, nnd the Constitution of the United States was ratified there in 1788. Other capitals have been Sa vannah in 1777, Louisville in 17!),5 and Milledgeville in 1807. Atlanta is the present capital. Health Hint Many cases of stomach trouble are caused by a disordered nervous sys tem. The truth is we do not know how to live. This affects the nerves nnd, in turn, rlie stomach. Get the nerves in shape and the stomach takes care of itself. It* Gift Someone versed in Einstein takes the air will) the remark that the new “helieoregyre” is a flying machine that can hover motionless in the air —much like a flagpole sitter with the flagpole removed.—Minneapolis Jour nal. Parrots Popular Pet* Tlte favorite foods ot parrots are flowers, fruit and nuts, not crackers. There are about S(H) species and their popularity as pets is evidenced by the fact that more than S<UHM) are brought into tlte United States each year. Silk Fiber Strong The strongest textile filter, based on a unit of cross-sectional area, is the silk filter. A single filament of this material, barely diseernahle with the miked eye, would be tlte smallest, strongest cord made. Eariy Rope Industry Trior to 1820. rope was made en tirely by hand and this was one of the earliest industries of the colonies of New England, ropewnlks being es tablished in Boston as early as 1G42. Must Import Quartz Quartz for radio crystals tins never been found in sufficient quantity to he a commercial commodity. The rock crystal used for this purpose is im ported front Brazil and Madagascar. Many Apples Needed A Paris doctor does all his traveling by airplane, which means it would take an apple orchard to keep him away.—Springfield (Ohio) Daily News. Cities of High Elevation Innsbruck in Austria shares honors with Madrid in being the city situated at the highest elevation in Europe, it lies 1.013 feet above sen level. Heat From Coal and Oil One ton of coal is estimated to equal in heat value from 100 to 215 gallous of fuel nil The Pastor Says: Profanity is strong language in the mouth of a weak person.—John An drew Holmes. Defining “Giant” The worn “giant” ts conventionally limited to persons over seven feet in height. Think ft Over What ardently we wish, we soon believe inseer dies Ail insects present in a room die when Tanglefoot Spray is used. This powerful house* hold insecticide does its work thoroughly leaves no strag glers behind. You need nothing else for combating flies, moths, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches and ants. Prices greatly re* duced. Pay less and get the best. For flies onlyp Tanglefoot Fly 'Stfl! Paper and riy Ribbons are mm the most sanitary and l *pjy economical destroyers* TANGLEFOOT