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VOL. I> gnhgfrinl ion $1.50 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- I .. 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. * ft 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. * NUjMBER 25