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I0L" II 51.50 jpecial Election Vv ill Pick Steele Successor I.prtnwratie Executive Commit f|h(, Kit'lli Congressional District (rC jlt Aihinla. Monday after “'/■ording to tentative all is- M . pi,airmail William Schley/ to scl a 'late for the primary r ;| sn(M .ossor to the late (’on rernor Hardman is expected to „ J.rnc laination lud'ore that time j ,he date for the general elec v on e definite announeenu nr of [l:1( .y i„ till the unexpirod term , n! rf.small Steele has been field. reports from all parts of the rt Hi,, rare will he lively. n Steele died last week isliiiigton. I>. C.. following an t j C n. Kiineral services were held H ai'lcriioon at the Decatur rterian Church, followed by hu n Decatur (Vmlery. high estes m in which Congress- Itei'l,. was held h.v his associates i national congress was further idzed Friday afternoon in a motion issued h.v Vice President *s Curt is. designating six south -nators as a special committee resent that body at the funeral *s. ii ami Harris, of Georgia: Me ip designated were: Senators and Harris, of Georgia; AT. nf Tennessee; Trammel, of i: Stephens, of Mississippi, and nf Smith Carolina, body of tin' Southern eongress ritodid Wednesday in Wash following an operation for gall arrived in Atlanta Friday g in a funeral oar furnished by rernment. Accompanying the s were his widow, members of medial :■ family, li. <l. liosboro. 1 of the house of representa nd l. Helmns, secretary of the committee of which, Congress- Celo was a member, following civic and political of the Fifth Georgia District am Schley Howard, Hamilton T> F. Burgess, Robert, Rttms lonier deorge, J. Howell Green, Gibson. T.eon O’Neal, Scott '• Thomas L. Camp and Judge Hutcheson. Honorary Escort Idition to the six smithern sr*n ,n,i attasjj.es of the national lf representatives, the following ;ls an honory escort: l,s C. Edwards, of Savannah, "Sen.> n. ('ox. Camilla., Ga.; H- Crisp, of Americas, Ga.; Ihtlherford, of Forsyth, Ga.: 1 <’■ Wright, of Newnan, Ga.: 11 r - Tarver, of Dalton, Ga.: cip- M. Brand, of Athens, Ga.; “ inUs ■'i ,:, dl, of Gainesville, Ga.: I *‘ ,lll < * • Lankford, of Douglas, Ga.; „f Milledgeville, Ga.; Tarsen, of Dublin, Ga.; " "f the Stone Mountain r Wiation, the city manager and ""'sinners, of Decatur, and the "Hirers of DeKalh County. SMVl *NA camp meeting BEGINS FRIDAY 'Tli *** meeting at (ho Smyrna |!2r< " ln ' 1 ll, ‘"'ns on Friday, August Ul| l 'vill continue through the fol .1l"'211111'I Thursday night. Dr. f evangelist for the Synod " ll( > the preaching and „ ' " 11,1 aiv with Dr. Gil pjr'io' 1 "" ' Vllill 11 Powerful and in ru-' i' 1 ' " 1 ' s i,r< ‘ h>°hin t Id )v ' , ‘ l ' mn,, h to his week at atm ol I cottages :i( the fp.it "" l * mv< “ ~oe n taken and a L W | . 1,1 interest is being mani f'*tV /i' ln< ' e *' n K- 'l'licre are still irinl"""' left and anyone n<lvanfa e of the op hc i " ‘amping on the ground for Iflmn'k "! ' lh! meptin g should see Him/ S R Ho,uman " r Rev. 11. K. bin,,,, 11,1 !ins t°r the church. and Nin <nn * >fk mn( l G for them to Hu '/ t ,ese eottagos. I lie 0 J " ~n‘n ‘ s ent indications this is Hist,,/. I,U> cnm P meetings in jbl a |’^ w 0f the Smyrna camp ground it 1,11 „ ' ll 'endnnee is anlioipatod Bally i,/'. S< ‘ rviees - The public is cor- W,;" 1 P> ;l ft p nd the meetings. k<- gim, , l " i,m Ple parking space on W . i''e cars from town. jHliiiK.i,! U soasor °f spiritual Mrs. rr ■— — , , 11 Holier ts, of T.ithonia is * r sister - Mrs. Bob Elliott. ®lje Uocl\i)ale iltcmb SishopCandler Praises Steele Glowing u'ilmlc to 11u* life .oid char acter of Hit- lati' Congressman Lesli* Stt-clc was paid Salurday hy Bishop Warran A. Candh r. One of Mr. Sleele’s last request's was that the bishop would conduct liis funeral. P.ishop Candler found this to he impossible due to a previous and press ing engagement. But he found time to write h.is trilmle to his friend and Hit- public s(M-vant, who is departed. It is entitled “A Tribune of Admiration and Affection.” II r ads: ‘‘The Hebrew pro]diet notes as an evidence of Ihe decay of virlue in I In land that ‘the righteous perish. In and no man layeth il to heart’ (Isaiah ivii, 1). * ‘‘lf wo did not lament the departure of Hon. Leslie J. Steele, (lie fact would reveal our want of admiration and affection for a man of marked nobility of character. But we do mourn his death, wh.i-.-h to our human eyes seems so untimely. ‘‘l first knew dear Leslie when he was a student in Emory College, from which die received his degree m the (lass of IS!."L ‘Tie was horn in the distressing pe riod of tlie Reconstruction era in Georgia, when dire poverty rested up on all onr people and the schools of Hie country were feeble, and strug gling to live. By consequence he did not complete his preparation for hi • entrance on his college course until ho was several years bclond liis in-.jorily: and even then it was somewhat im -7 effect in its quality. But over all these disadvantages he triumphed hy his: naive ability and. hy his resolute stndiousness. “With every added year of Ids stu dent life his class standing rose and his scholarship advanced. By the high qualities of Dis mind and heart he won (lie esteem of his fellow-students and (lie confidence of his instructors. To him all gave implicit trust. “His course of conduct then eon formed toThe moral principle which finds its parallel in ihe mathematical maxim that the shortest distance be tween two points as a straight line. To all the objectives at which he aimed he moved under tlie dominion of un faltering rectitude. “In Emory College In* was one of the students called “'The Loan Fund Boys”, hy which is meant that it was neces sary for him to borrow money from Ihe ‘loan Filial Association' of lla* in stitution in order to obtain a collegiate education. For such a loan he was strongly recommended hy some of the most prominent men of DeKalh Coun ty, and lie did not fall below the level of their high recommendation. Never were funds of the helpful Loan Fund Association la-stowed upon a more worthy student. After his gradual ion he discharged the loan with scrupulous fidelity and promptitude. “As he crogressed in his college life bv the sturdy qualifies of honesty, up rightness and devotion to duty, in life manner ho advanced in tip* public service of his country. Tic grew with the growth of his responsibililies. and I hereby filled Well the positions of trust to which la* was called. Had he lived longer he would have shown him self a strong man ever growing stronger. “Therefore, we deplore his depar ture. not alone for what la* was, bill al so for wliat w(* believe lie would have been with added,years. “For the place in the public service occupied by this modest, brave and faithful man, outlier, his equal, will he hard to find. “WARRAN A. CANDLER.” MFSILVMKK HEWLETT HONORED AT TEA Airs. R. D. Hewlett and .Miss .Mary Hewlett had four tallies nf bridge on Saturday afternoon, in compliment to their attractive house guests, A-h■- dames Tliad and John W. Hewlett. Miss Lon lie Almand and Airs. Tom Barksdale wop pri'/cs for making highest scores. ATrs. John 11. Hewlett was presented a hox-of stationery. At the finish, of an interesting game a delicious ice course was served. Afr. J. TV. Davis lias treated him self and wife to anew automobile. CONYERS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST2,I92!). OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY A NNOUNCEMENT * EUectivo with this issue The Rockdale Record is under new ownership. It is I he intention of the new editor to produce the best news pnpci possible for tin* people of Conyers and Rockdale County. We will not engage in partisan political fights, nor will the news columns of The Rockdale Record be devoted to any one sect, or clique. We want all of tin* news that, is fit to print. Primarily, it is the hope of the new editor to make The Rock dale Record a real force for the upbuilding of this section of Geor gia. particularly Rockdale County. Rome was not biult in a day, nor can our hopes for this sec tion be realized in so short a time. Only by co-operation can real progress he made. The Rockdale Record is ready, willing and anxious td do its part. We are handicapped somewhat at the start by not being wide ly acquainted, but t ime will remedy that weakness. The new editor will go taro lin'd as fast, as possible to meet Un people. both in town and in the rural sections, but as that will be a slow process a cordial invitation is extended to every citizen to visit the office of The Rockdale Record. Come in. Let’s get ae ouainted. Then let’s all pull toget her as one person in building our city and county. Mr. W. E. Atkinson, the former publisher and editor, has not yet announced definite plans for the future, but we are confident it is the sentiment of tin* community to join us in expressing re gret at his departure and wishing him success in whatever he may undertake. T. E. BROOKS, Publisher and Editor. - Social and Personal Items The friends of Mr. Ross Farmer sympathize with him in his prolonged illness. They pray for him a speedy return to health. * * * Mrs. A. AL l’ieree. from a family which has contributed largely to tin* wealth of Rockdale County, is visiting her sister, All'S. ,T. Will Cowan. ** * \ Mr. Edd Davis, of Jacksonville, Fla., was in town the taller part of last week, with His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis. * * * Air. J. A. Downs, of Monticello and Air. and Airs. Ik G. Downs, of Cov ington siK-iit Sunday with their sis ters, Mrs. S. J. Kelley and Mrs. T. A. Elliott. !, y t * * Aliss Jane Cooper, a lovely- girl of Atlanta, grand daughter of Mrs. Frank Golden who lived in Conyers as Miss Blanche Treadwell, is visiting Aliss Lois Sharp. * * * Airs. B. D. Harden and her family, who have been with her sister, Mrs. Roy Elliott for several weeks, left the latter part of last week for Atlanta where they will make their home. * * * Mr. .Toll" Rohert White’s friends are glad lie has returned home somewhat I letter in health after his season at a hospital. *• * * Airs. E. L. Book left Monday for An horn. Fla., where she* goes to he at the bedside of her sick daughter, Mrs. O. C. 'Fruitl. Miss Maude McOalla ac companied her sister, Mrs. Peek, to Atlanta. ‘J ' * * * Airs. R. L. Moore, of Logansville, caim* Wednesday for a few days visit to Mrs. ALT. Tribble. * * * Air. Harold Mayfield, of Atlanta ipent last week end with his mother, Mrs. Jim Owens. * * * Airs. Alton AlcClnng and son. Billie, of Atlanta are spending several days with Air. and Mrs. John Billie Me Clung. * * * While on their vacation, Mrs. T. A. Elliott and (laughter, Miss Cora Lou spent Iwo weeks in Ashburn, making side trips to Macon, Ga., Gainesville and Silver Springs, Fla. They were accompanied/home h.v Mrs. <’. I>. Ma lone. of Ashburn. * * * After a pleasant visit to Mrs. M. E. Houston, of Banama City, Fla., moth er of Air. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. John It. Lee returned home Friday, making Ihe •trip hy motor. They had time to nut ice cron conditions, which they report ed on an average. Cotton especially good if the march of tin* weevil can he arrested. * * Miss Anna Coo]>er, of DeGitur is visiting her grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Minor. * * * Dr. and Mrs. Farr are taking their lit tic* daughter. Sara, to Atlanta, this week, for a tonsil operation. * * * Air. L. ('. Huff, prominently asso ciated with the National Carbon Cos., has been transfewl to Chicago, where he will move his family the first of September. 4 t'L % Mrs. Fred Davis is in Logansville with her mother. Airs. Cooper. * * * Air. and Mrs. W. B. Jones, of Forest Balk and daughter, Mrs. Will Smith, of Hnpeville spout Wednesday with Mrs. W. i! Keagin and Miss Emm*. * * * Air. and Mrs. Will Wheeler had as their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs .T. A. Crutchfield. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Mark Irwin, of Law roneovilh* spent Sunday with Air. and Airs. E. L. Bock al Hill, the beautiful suburban home* of Ihe Becks. * * * Air. and Mrs. J. Il Elliott, of Allan ta spent, Sunday in Conyers with l.heir mot her. * * * Members of the B. Y. 8..1T. were guests of the Enworth League ’at a watermelon cutting held Tuesday evening at tlie home of Aliss Louise Hah*. About 1(1 wen* present. * * * The hoys in the Sunday School class of Ernes! I. Holmes wenl lo Cost Icy’s Mill lasi week for a swim, picnic and fishing. Air. Holmes accompanied Ihe hoj*s and reports that all had an en joyable. time. * * * Airs. IL E. Tucker, of Aladisou is Iho guest of Airs. < >. S. Morris. * * * Airs. Ella G. Bailey rentrned home after spending Npvernl weeks with Mr. and Mrs. AAk V. Walla -e. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCollum and family, Mr. and Airs. Leroy Brisendiiio, Air. and Airs. Qnlgg White arc go ing to tent at Smyrna Chimp Meet ing. * *- * Air. and Mrs. C. It. Bohanan, of Franklin, N. <’.. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Rohauan. * * * Airs. AAk L. King spent several days last week in Athens. * * * Mr. J. Tom Tucker returned over (he week end from Asheville where he Iras been guest of Airs 10. G. Ammons. Air. and Mrs. Neel Cameron, of Li- Hionia sm-iit Sunday with Mr. and Airs. Barton Walker. ■ , * * * Air. and Mrs. Clarence Hardman, of Atlanta spent the week end with Air. and Mrs. \\k 11. Grenade. * * * Aliss Ruby Wilson, of Sfoekbridgo is Ihe guest of Airs. J. W. Cowan. * * * Aliss Irine Turner sjx-iit Monday with Miss Pinkie Norton. * * * * * Alissos Elizabeth and Mattie Jenkins are spending tins week with Misses Alary Emma and Doris Reagin. * ■•> * Misses Myrtiee and Ruth Clotfeltor and Aliss Aiay Plunkett, (if Atlanta are the guest of the Misses Plunkett. * * * Mr. Luther Still, who holds a re sponsible position with Atwater-Kent, spent Sunday with his parents. * * * Messrs Ben Vernon, John Rea gin and T. W. Huff left. AVednes day in an automobile for Wnco, Tex., I and other ixiints in that state. Control The Weevil Now For Big Crop Over The County L. A. Bowen is Ihe lies! hull weevil fighter I have seen, when il comes to getting them hy Ini ml. He goes over his crop two or three times n week, pi -k ing no nil squares ami getting the young weevils out of Ihe while blooms. Ho knows where nil tlit* in looled spots lire. 1. J,. Brisi'inllne doing his stuff on cotton and corn both this year, lb* liked Ihe I’i \ ■ acre way so well IHa I In* is farming Hint way this year. Ho is feeling good over it now. There are twenty five-acre patches looking-mighty good now. Dick, (Leroy, Jr.,) Brisendino has a fine chili pig and a fine acre of eotlon. G. S. l*o!t.s lias soiik* mighty fine cotton after niistrian winter pens. Garl Urn mule's best rollon is nf let' vetch. You can tell it to Ihe row as far as you can see il. H. J. I’.rill is making tin* Tucker place look mighty good with his fine cotton and corn. Rev. J. J. Xtepheusoif lias fine pros ports for a big apple crop this year lie* is a grand old man. ]>. E. Corley is trying lo heal his own record as a five-urn* cotton aee. Corley is hard to heal al Hull game. Allison Cowan has good crops on all his land. All his men are good boll weevil soldiers, except, one colored pt'i vale, a Idt green yet. If you want to see what vclrh and pens will do hi help corn on pool land, watch Ihe demons! rat ion plot al. Mel biiiiel's crossing. Ernest I>. Holmes, County Agent. OXFORD DISTRICT BULLETIN Sincere gratitude is felt toward all Iho newspapers of the Oxford District who so graciously | oldish the Oxford District Bulletin from week to yoek Especial mention should he made of Ihe isasl week’s issue of Ihe Monli cello News who, upon their own mo lion, used I lie cut of Bishop Candler; of (lit* Bihh Roeordor, who gave a very handsome treatment, to the item concerning Rev. J. O. Brand’s adver tising method; and to the Ealontoii Messenger for lla* liberal spare used in reporting the remarkable molding at Union Chapel. July BMh. Miss Fannie Leo Leverette, the gifted and widely known writer of Eatonton, supplied lo The Ea lout on Messenger a graphic account of a col umn and a third of the meeting lasi alluded to under the till,’ of“. Method ists Have Real Red Leller Day al lln uni (’lmpel”, which we wish every Ox ford 1 list riel, Methodist, might, read. Our limited space confines us to Ihe following bri< f extract ; “Just as il was said in olden times, that all roads load lo Rome, just so all roads seemed to lead lo Union Chapel lasi Friday, and hy Ihe opening hour of Quarterly Conference, the grove fronting the church was filled with cars and other vehicles. The Quarterly Meeting was al so a home-coming. The Quarterly (-on fen nee was closed with a prayer hy Willie Ewing Send, now of Decalur, Ga., a young man brought lip from boy hood "I tin* altar of Union Chapel, who served as Steward, S. S. teacher, and also as S. S. SupL, before moving away from the community He made a fine talk al both I lie morning and even ing hour. Hon. D. R. Do Jarnette, Prof. Siiiiimerour, and Messrs Stowe and Woods Bell also spoke during tin* day. Airs. Kittle Reid Kilpatrick, now of Atlanta, a daughter of the late Mr. and Airs. Oscar Reid, was a warmly welcomed honie-comer.” The Messenger and Aliss Laverette have placed us all under heavy obligations to them for this splendid write-up of a truly great Quarterly Conference. During the past week, tin* Presiding Elder, (in Wednesday, July -Ith, held. Quarterly Conference for the West TMit.nam Circuit and for Eatonton Sta tion. Also, on Sunday, July 2Sth, at Frooport for the Shady Dale Circuit. Pastors Stone, Carroll and Brown sub mitted good reports. The business was well in hand and attendance good. In (hod, the attendance at Prospect was remarkable, a number saying that it had been years since so many people had gathered in this spacious old church. It was filled to over-flowing. By action of the Quarterly Confer ence there, the well prepared irejiorts of Rev. A\k S. Brown and a news-story Popular at Home and Abroad This venr. with late cotton, held later hy fleas and hoppers, Roekdah* County eotlon production will large ly depend on what tin* month of Au gust has in store for the crop. Roll weevils in August are the big girl thing to consider now as the prospects are fine otherwise. The farmer who keeps them down through August bus promise of n good cotton crop, from tin* looks of the crop now. Cotton has fruited unusually rapid !v Hu* last two wrv*ks. Now Ill's hold tin* fruit on as Well as is in our power. hi many fields, weevils are hatch ing out faster than are thought to he. Young weevils hutch out and feed heavily in blooms for three or four days, before they begin puncturing squares. These wrevile should he picked out of Hu* white blooms every day if possible, especially in the in fested spots. Squares should lx* pick ed up twice a week until the “drop” starts, if they are getting ahead of of you on this game stop and thorough ly dust with calcium arsenate tin* first thing. Of ctim-se the picking iqi of squares and bloom picking cannot In* depended on as safe control except on smaller acreages, as the weevils will get too much of a start unless fields or in - fesled spots are thoroughly gone over often. Eel’s not depend on a dry August. Lets keep Ihe weevils down. Ernest D. Holmes, Comity Agent. City Fount Bought By Dr. T. F. Hardman The City Fount, in the Lee Build ing. has been bought hy Dr. Thomas F. Hardman, of Covington, who will op-, orate il in the future. Dr. Hardman is a licensed pharma ei.'l. a graduate of tlie Atlanta Col lege of Pharmacy. Ho has had about 17 years experience in Hie drug business, including work in Now Orleans, Gaines ville and other cities. lii* now is with Iho Anderson Drug (’<>.. of Covington, lull is coming to Conyers as soon as his successor arrives in Covington. In I In* lnoniiliiiic Mrs. Hardman and Joe L. White, of Conyers are operaL ing tin* business. , AYork will lx* started immediately remodeling (In* storeroom and enlarg ing it. As soon as alterations an* coni pleled Dr. Hardman will install one of I Ik* iios| complete prescription de partments in this section of the stall*. The Hardmans have three children, two girls aged II and 12 and a hoy, aged !>. bridge club meets (Mi last Thursday afternoon, Mrs. M. L. Mobley, of Milstead enter!(lined her bridge club at ils regular senii inont lily meeting. Her house was made more attractive by Ibe abundant use of flowers eii! from her own garden. .Miss Lulie Almond made top score. Mrs. S. S. Elliott was presented the guest’s prize. roiieluding Ha* party a salad course with tea was served. Besides the reg ular members the guests were: Mrs. Holder. Mrs. John 11. Hewlett, Mrs. .1. I!. Hohins Mrs. Bob Elliott, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. S. S. Elliott and Mrs. Fannie S. Freeman. MISSIONARY SOCIETY Fir le No. 1! of the Woman’s Mis sionary Society of the Methodist, Church will meet Monday afternoon, August nth, !!l'_’!>, al tin 1 home of Mrs. Iniffev, at Four O’clock. All members please be present. Mrs. W. S. Butler, Seety. SHOWER TEA Mrs. I>. 11. Patrick honored Miss Elizabeth Almand, a bride-elect of Au gust. with a “shower.tea”, at her home Monday afternoon. of the (Conference will be presented to the readers of The Monticello News, written by Miss Ellis, Secretary of the Conference. Haily. remember SALEM CAMP MEETING in your prayers. Also plan to be there and bring your friends and family with you. Bishop Candler will preach SUNDAY, AUGUST lltli, tl A. M. Salem is the Oxford District’s only Camp Meeting and, by prayer and effort, it can lie made a great Messing to everyone. Excellent hotel accommodations provided. NUMBER 28.