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Cooling System for
Congressional Comfort
, i(lj0(irlH „l. there was a notable
JL U .', -en the ability of Sen
' ~„l coi.-ivssmen to “keep cool,”
ihi‘ fiU became hotter and hot
f retained their
* tthi i, senators wilted. This fact
l„et due to the widely reported dis
muiicies which some imagined to
iiS between the two houses, but to
u . ltlinl l and i.hysieal condition, that
(theactual temperature in the separ
„ ings of the capital. The reason?
(poling system had been installed
, ,i ie House of Representatives but
jjin the Senate. It is being put into
!P| a tter now and will le ready when
Less reconvenes in August.
The system by which our Senators
111 lie cooled off is an interesting one.
Outside air is taken in through a ven
ison tower in Capitol Park. It is
Hun drawn through a tunnel to the
lament of the Senate wing where it
till ivass over an air filter for the
of (last, and fans will
iiive it through water sprays having
l lenij.erature of about forty-two de-
Ls. The sudden chilling of the air
|rees it to drop its moisture, there
,r doing away with the humidity. Af
ter leaving tin 1 water sprays the air
is warmed somewhat (to about seven
y<ight degrees in t lie summertime)
rhile in process of transit to the ceil
ng of the Senate Chamber from which
tis circulated down to the floor.
It is an intriguing process which
forks both ways. In the winter time,
he air will go through exactly tin 1
everse procedure, resulting in more
farmtli and higher humidity. At the
(ginning of tin* extra session, there
fprp some pointed remarks made as
the quality ef the legislation likely
ohe produced in midsummer discom
ort. Now, whatever happens, no one
rill he aide to “blame it on the weatli-
Hemorial Flag Sale
by C. of C, Chapter
The Conyers chapter of the Children
f the Confederacy will sell Confed
rate flags Tuesday, July 16. This sale
! for tlie purpose of raising a fund
the aid of the completion of the
tae Mountain memorial.
A committee from this chapter will
all on the citizens of Conyers for
heir cooperation in this great drive,
M any help given them shall be deep
s' appreciated.
Aid.' hi is the birthday of the late
! iss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens,
ationully known educator and his
°>hm. Mi ss Rutherford was a vice
president of the Stone Mountain Me
ffilliial Association. The monument
b* 8 one of the engrossing interests
her latter years. During her final
sne*s.$ ne *s. she expressed the wish that
t ' tr ' h'iend of hers, old and young,
® r °"ghout Georgia and the South,
shanhl never rest until the monument
finished.
At the recent annual convention of
' beorgin Division, Children of the
held in Lithonia, the chil
rp" ' "b'd to raise what money they
‘" r the Stone Mountain Memor
s(l|ing Confederate flags on the
r" el, t,l( ‘ir respective home cities
towns, and selected July 16 as the
ea * ''ih'i'opriate date in the year be
.' ,lu '. v wanted to honor the mem
orv of h r
Wain f P woman who devoted so
,11 ' W:lls fo the accumulation and
of the true facts of
Hi-ui" 1 11 llistor A’> and who when the
he h| flea( '' hovered over her
for ' X,>resse d so intense a longing
dl " " m,l >letion of what she regard
lj)l)| i "' greatest monument of hu
"'buy, t 0 t | le | n . aveH (- soldiers
r e '' fought.”
Ti / • C. Meeting
t er ," l,ll '""' s chapter of the Daugh
da v !' ' * °nfederac-y will meet Fri
Br, llV|| ", with Misses Alleene
le,, Ann Austin and Joe Bnt
dereq. 1 l >r ogram will be ren-
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America.
Pray e ,.
lenient • •
K:ix meini ( 1 ,lle life of Jefferson, by
Sketch df
hfAlfr 10 Rattle of Gettysburg
[ A eU < *"’ Pn -
poem- fpi
Pflrrest <,tn ' Nathan Bedford
All t„ Renee Cannon.
s are urged to be pres-
•Slje ftockltole tkcori)
Representative Cannon
Puts in a Busy Week
The Rockdale Record has requested
me to write an article from time to
time reporting the most important
matters that come before the legis
lature, and my position on them. I am
glad to do tins, believing that the peo
ple ought to know how their represen
tative votes on hills and the reason. I
take this opportunity to renew my
pledge to the people of Rockdale to
serve them and their interests to the
very best of my ability without preju
dice. I have entered upon my duties
with an open mind, and will carefully
consider each matter and make my
decision on the matter in hand on its
merits. I am your servant and invite
your counsel and advice on any and
all questions t<> be decided.
The time thus far has been devoted
principally to organization and routine
matters, the inauguration of the gov
ernor. drawing for seats, election of of
ficers, and other necessary activities
preparatory to getting down to busi
ness. The Speaker, Hon. Richard B.
Russell, Jr., has given me the follow
ing committee assignments:
Ways and Means, Highways, Agri
culture No. 2, Western and Atlantic
Railroad, Hygene and Sanitation, La
bor and Labor Statistics and Pensions.
These are very choice committee as
signments and I am especially pleased
with my appointment to the Ways and
Means committee which is one of the
most important committees of the Leg
islature, and I consider it an honor
to my county as well as myself to
receive this assignment. All revenue
hills are referred to this committee
and it is its duty to find ways and
means of raising (lie revenue to oper
ate the state government.
The mistaken idea of some people
and some, representatives that they
are not doing their duty unless they
introduce a lot of hills causes a lot of
unnecessary hills to be introduced
which takes up the time of the com
mittees and the Legislature and causes
the usual last minute jam. There are
of course many necessary and impor
tant Dills that should lie introduced
and passed, hut there are a great many
that have not sufficient merit and are
killed in committee.
I have already introduced the only
Dill that I contemplate introducing
which is a change in the present cigar
and cigarette tax. The present law
has failed to produce the estimated
revenue on account of the impossibili
ty of enforcing it. Without going into
details I will state that my hill pro
poses a flat tax on dealers according
to tlie amount of stock of these items
carried. That will be a fair distribu
tion of the tax, imposing a small tax
on the small dealer and a heavier tax
on the big dealers, doing away with
the stamp taxes. Under this Dill the
wholesalers will share in the tax,
wile under the present law they are
not taxed. *
The proceeds of the cigar and cigar
ette tax goes to payment of Confeder
ate pensions, which have not been
paid promptly for tlie lack of funds,
but my bill will produce a million dol
lars annually above tlie present in
come from this source without hard
ship on any dealer, and the state will
he able to take care of these old he
roes promptly.
There have been a number of hills
introduced, tlie most important of
which are $100,000,000 bond issue for
highways; abolishment of capital pun
ishment; to make burglary of a resi
dence at night a capital offense; to
take all local measures out of tlie
hands of the Legislature; to levy tax
on gasoline dealers; several appropri
ations for buildings; to establish a
branch of the University of Georgia at
Ellijay; to require all vehicles to carry
a light at night; to levy occupation
tax on busses; to prohibit tlie killing
and butchering of live stock in woods;
to require all fees and taxes to he de
posited in state treasury; to levy an
income tax, to abolish A. & M. schools;
to pension justices of Supreme court;
and many others. Of course, these hills
have not yet reached the floor nor
been voted on.
For the lienefit of those not familiar
with tlie proceedure. at some later time
I will go into detail as to how a Dill
is introduced and the route it takes
before becoming a low or rejected. I
will state now. however, that each hill
is referred to its proper committee
where frequently tlie hardest fight oc
curs. and for that reason seats on im
portant committees are desirable and
complimentary to a representative and
his county.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,1929
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
Mrs. A. J. Langford and
Daughter in Conyers
Mrs. Arthur J. Langford and daugh
ter, Mildred, now Mrs. Yank Wilson,
of Dallas, Texas, are on an extended
visit in Conyers, guests of Mrs. John
Hardin and daughters, Elizabeth and
Amelia, and with Mrs. J. J. Lang
ford.
Since leaving Conyers some twenty
years ago, Mr. Langford has risen to
great heights and success in the auto
motive industry of this country, hav
ing been at one time foreign represen
tative of the Ford Motor company and
now for a number of years manager
at Dallas of the southwestern produc
tion of Ford products. Mr. Langford is
hut another one of our Conyers boys
to go out and make good and become
leaders of men. Conyers may well
boast of its great number of hoys and
girls tliusly situated in most every
state from coast to coast, and we are.
always glad to have them come back
home and visit amongst us even
though we have nothing exciting to
show them except a feww bald head
ed papas and tlie old court house. Mrs.
Langford and daughter motored
through the country from Texas in
short order, arriving Saturday night
just before we took our week-end
plunge. We Georgia crackers cannot
imagine two young ladies driving all
the way from Texas to Conyers with
out a tobacco chewing son of a gun
along to ward of theaves and eaves
droppers. It makes us men mad to
think of how the weaker sex can get
along without us some times.
The “Old Reliable” Has
Lost Another Good Man
Veteran passenger conductor Clem
Bailey, of the Georgia railroad, was
found dead in his Kimball house room
last week. Mr. Bailey was feeling all
right on his run into Atlanta, hut
when called for his return trip early
next morning, he was found dead, hav
ing passed away all alone some time
during the night. His home was at
Harlem, just out of Augusta, and liis
over night law over in Atlanta left
him all alone three nights a week.
Mr. Bailey was 67 years of age,
forty six of which were spent in Hie
employ of the Georgia railroad and
the “Old Reliable” never had a more
faithful employee. For a great num
ber of years he was a familiar fig
ure and popular conductor on the Au
gusta and Atlanta passenger trains
and numbered liis friends from sta
tion to station Dy the hundreds. He is
survived hy four daughters, Margaret
and Marjorie, recent graduates from
Wesleyan college, who were in Cali
fornia at the time, being twins and
the youngest of liis children. Among
other relatives known throughout this
section, being two brothers, John S.
Bailey, another popular conductor of
the Georgia, and Charles E. Bailey,
of Columbia, S. C., conductor on the
Southern, and son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. AV. U. Wallace, of Conyers. Fun
eral services and burial took place at
liis home town, Harlem, Ga., where
“Life’s Railway to Heaven” opened
(he switch as he had sung many years
in liis heart that old familiar second
verse—“ You will roll up grades of
trial; You will cross the bridge of
strife; See that Christ is your con
ductor—On this lightning . train of
life.” He was ever a father to the
women and children placed on his
train, ministering unto their every
want and comfort, all of which lie
was deprived of during that night of
nights and lie died all alone—possibly
laying there for hours with death star
ing him in the face —with no one to
cool his fevered brow or to say good
bye.
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The Parker Reunion
at Brushy Knob
Tlie annual reunion of relatives and
friends of the late Aaron Parker fam
ily will he held at the Browning home
place near Brushy Knob on Thursday,
July 25. A program for the morning
has been arranged and a basket din
ner will be served at noon. Everyone
interested is requested to lie present.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
Regular services will he held in Hie
Conyers Presbyterian church on Sun
day with the pastor. Rev. Harry K.
Holland, preaching at both the morn
ing and evening hours. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Hip High Cotton and
an Old Negro Man
Mr. L. G. Pippin, section foreman
,of the Georgia railroad, has plenty
red land cotton hip high today and
loaded with lietter than an average of
fifty robust squares to the stalk with
not a single boll weevil or dropped
square in the whole layout. Mr. Pip
pin rented some land around his home,
hired an old negro man and bought a
fifteen dollar nude and lie is good for
more than seven hales of cotton on
his ten-acre patch. He only used one
sack of fifteen five five guano per
•acre and two applications of side
dressing and lias some of the best
cotton to he found anywhere in Geor
gia at this time. It strikes us that if
a railroad man can farm like this,
certainly there should lie a few farm
ers who could farm like this. Riding
about over the county we discovered
many fields of cotton and corn that
convinced us somebody is laying down
on the job. There is no excuse for a
.complete failure when neighbors are
a complete success. Drops will grow
as nicely for one as another if given
the proper attention. Good many fields
will produce less than a hale to five
acres and that is not farming—it's
just planting and trusting to luck.
Another had sign we notice is
“patch-farming” that is to say, too
many hedges that starve off three or
four adjoining rows. Cut out those
hushes and cultivate the entire field.
If it's a rock pile, haul them away.
If it’s a clump of hushes, cut them
down. Ig it’s a gulley, fill it up. By
all mruns eliminate these unsightly
and unproductive snags.
R. L, Huff is Building
a Real Store Front
One of the outstanding real estate
improvements in Conyers this year is
that of Mr. Huff in building an entire
two story new front to his already
well designed building on commerce
street, now occupied by the Rockdale
Hardware company. When completed,
this building, with its solid plate glass
front and pressed brick pillars, will he
second to none in Conyers —an im
provement that indicates a further
confidence of this leading capitalist
In the prosperity ol*, Rockdale county.
Mr. Huff lias removed all sheet iron
awnings from liis property, a wonder
ful improvement within itself and we
have every reason to believe that the
ltank of Conyers, of which lie is vice
president, and one of ils leading di
rectors, will follow suit in lliis re
spect. One by one the sheet iron sheds
are shedding. Some of us hate to part
with these old land marks and no
doubt some of them will he inherited
by another generation, hut in time,
they will all he gone and then our
front doors will have to he painted
and kept: free of bird nests.
Special Services at
Smyrna Camp Ground
During the month of July while the
conference leaders are encamped at
Smyrna camp ground, regular church
services will he held in tin*- Taber
nacle morning and evening. Last Sun
day Rev. ,r. E. Hannah, of Newnan
preached at both services and gave
some very inspiring messages. Next
Sunday, although it will not he the
regular preaching Sunday for Smyrna,
church and although there will he no
conference in session, there will he two
services conducted by one of the min
isters on the camp ground. These serv
ices will he held for the lienefit of
the conference people and for the peo
ple of the community and it is hoped
that the public will take advantage of
the opportunity of visiting the camp
ground for these Sunday services.
Conyers Wins Twice
in the Same Place
Conyers won a double-header base
hall game from our Atlanta Gordon
street Baptist friends July 4th. Julian
Almand and G. W. Hollingsworth
made it hard for those city guys to
know whether it was a ball or strike
and they never did find out until the
umpire told ’em. Funny thing how
you don’t believe anything an umpire
says. Lewis Downs and John Reagan
kept on telling those boys how it look
ed to them —Dut they couldn’t see it
at all their way,
Intermediates are }
in Session at Smyrna
The Second Annual Intermediate
Conference of the Atlanta Presbytery
began on last Saturday out at Camp
Smyrna with an unusually large en
rollment. Last year the first of the
Intermediate conferences was held and
at that time there was an enrollment
of eighty-one of the young folks be
tween the ages of twelve and fifteen
years. This year more than twice that
number are attending the conference
and tlii‘ interest Ising manifested and
llu* spirit in which the work is be
ing undertaken is unusually fine.
Avery stonuous program has been
set up beginning at six-thirty in the
morning when reveille Is sounded and
running continuously until 9:30 in
the evening when taps is sounded and
the lights are out. However, all is not
work on the schedule and a very gen
erous portion of the time is given over
to recreation and athletics, which
keep the young folks busy during the
time between classes, and during the
afternoon hours.
The motto for the camp this year
is “I would lie like Jesus” and a re
ligious note is being sounded in all tlie
classes and in all the activities, ever
keeping before the young minds the
Christian spirit. Before breakfast in
the mornings all gather in tlie taber
nacle an dtUere 'morning watch is
held. The young folks themselves have
been putting on these programs and
they have been very inspiring. After
breakfast there is a Bible hour at
which lime Rev. J. E. Hannah, of New-
Ti4ili, Ga., gives some very interesting
and instructive lessons from the Word
of God. Then the conference breaks up
into various classes for instruction In
different subjects. There is being of
fered classes in tlu‘ following subjects
and taught hy the following persons:
Nature Study, Rev. E. I*. Carson, of
Atlanta; First Aid hy Mrs. Wm.
Huck; Poster Making hy Miss Ann
Van Demeter, of Nashville, Tenn.; In
termediate Work by Mlhs Margaret
Hoyt, of the Home Mission office in
Atlanta; Christian Stewardship by
Miss Charlotte I’ersinger, Young Peo
ple’s Worker of the Druid Hills Pres
byterian church in Atlanta, and Mis
sions hy Rev. Geo. Slicffer, of Atlanta.
Inst at sun down the entire conference
gathers down hy the lake side to hold
the vesper services and Dr. Wm. Huek
lias been giving some very inspiring
talks at these services. Miss Virginia
Arnall, of Senoi, Ga., has been Raid
ing tlie singing in a very gracious man
ner with Mrs. Blanche Lowe rendering
valuable assistance at the piano. Les
lie K. Patton, of Atlanta, and Jim
Carter, of Avondale, have been tak
ing charge of the recreational features
of the conference.
These young folks at the conference
have been having a great time and tlie
people of Rockdale county should take
advantage of tin* opportunity of driv
ing hy the camp ground to see this
happy group of Christian young peo
ple. Visitors will he given a cordial
greeting and there will he someone to
direct them about the camp and to in
troduce them to some of Ihe leaders.
Tin* conference concludes on Saturday
morning. The Young People’s Confer
ence will begin on Monday evening,
July lfith.
Why Don’t We Collect
City and County Taxes
Most of the people of Conyers and
Rockdale county understand that they
must pay their taxes on or before the
22n<l of December each year and most
of them pay in accordance with the
law, but from the great number who
have not paid the city or the county,
some dating back as far as 1922, it is
more or less optionable as to whether
taxes are paid or not, use your own
discretion. We don’t know who nor
how many is to blame for such an un
satisfactory condition, but one tiling
certain, we do know that our offi
cials are tlie only ones who can cor
rect such an unfair practice. The city
of Conyers and the County of Rock
dale are for ever and eternally out
of money. Our county schools are de
prived of a third of the term with
numbers of tax payers arbitrarily
withholding county funds and the city
board of education being hands tied
with numbers of residents doing like
wise, certainly should call for ac
tion, not six years later, nor even six
months later, but immediately in Jan
uary of each year the slate should he
cleaned off as well as financial obli
gations.
Popular at Home and Abroad
Pastor Drake Resigns
The Conyers Pastorate
Itev. ,T. L. Drake, pastor of the Con
yers Baptist church, his first charge
after graduating at Mercer University
tendered his resignation at (lie even
ing services last Sunday to take ef
fect August 81. His congregation very
reluctantly accepted the resignation,
hut in the face of his desire to enter
the Seminary at Louisville, Ky., in
September in accordance with Ids orig
inal plans to complete Ids education
for tlie ministry, he will he relieved
as requested.
Mr. Drake is recognized wherever
known ns being quite well equipped al
ready and this further sacrifice In the
interest of a more complete ministry
is altogether commendable hi him and
he will have the prayers and smypa
thy of a great host of loyal friends
and supporters in his laudable endeav
ors. While Mr. Drake has not been
much of a pastor to his congregation
and the people of Conyers, being a
young man and without a helpmate,
placing him at a great disadvantage in
this resiiect, but even at that, lie lias
been a good mixer with tlie men and
hoys in their daily rounds of business
and pleasure.
It may well he said, that his accom
plishments in this pastorate were
wrought out In the face of and in spite
of an official flare-up in his congre
gation that has made Ids load very
heavy during most of his pastorate.
However, the experience has lieen good
for him and it will stand him in good
wherever lie may go, for surely no
other “official” congregation will ever
give him as much to think about as
lids one has.
We understand (lie pulpit committee
is already busy looking for a pastor
to succeed Mr. Drake with a complete
reorganization set for the first Sun
day in September, which is the time
for election of officials to run things
another year. The month of August is
vacation time for this congregation
and Mr. Drake will preach his last
sermon in Conyers Sunday, July 2S,
we presume.
Telephone Officials
Visit Conyers Monday
Three distinguished officials of the
Southern Bell Teleplione company,
Messrs. Joseph M. ltemley, Georgia*
district manager; J. A. Watterson,
district plant chief, and J. W. Har
grove, district traffic manager, of At
lanta, were in Conyers Monday of this
week. Mr. ltemley reminds you of an
evangelistic singer, in that his earn
est endeavors are hacked up by a win
ning smile and a pleasing approach —
the kind of man that never gets the
wrong number, l>ecause any number
would be all right with his pleasant
voice extending greetings or aitologies.
Mr. Watterson, a fisherman by nature
and golfer by adoption, is the kind of
chap you’d like to have for a chaperon
on a moon light straw ride, but in
spite of his pleasing disposition, be
knows plant life of his great com
mercial talking machine. Mr. Har
grove, traffic manager, seems to have
less jurisdiction over his own man
agement than that of the telephone
company, l>eing one of those Tybee
bench addicts whose week-end weak
ness brought disaster ui>on liis left
hand Saturday trying to remove a
bolt off of a nut or a nut off of a
bolt, we forget which —in fact, we
don’t know what connection a nut has
with a beach anyway. However, in
spite of this one weakness, he is a
most likeable and capable official and
Conyers felt highly honored to have
them down. ,
Our Bankers Making
Most Excellent Record
Our two banks, officered by Presi
dents Tharpe Baldwin and Carl Sims,
with Mercer Hull and Hill.ver Still as
cashiers and Hal Austin and Veola
Owens bookkeepers, publish statements
this week that are entirely satisfac
tory and a credit to Conyers and Rock
dale county. Our bankers know every
foot of land in this section and the
value thereof. Every dollar on deposit
is by more than two to one
in gilt edge collateral and our people
are very happy over the financial
strength of these two institutions. An
other outstanding feature with our
banks, is that they are officered by
our younger people —men and women
who are abreast of the times and con
ditions that go to make banking safe
and prosperous. *
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