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THE ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Organ of Rockdale County
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
T. E. Brooks Editor and Publisher
It is an anomaly that the man with
a racket wants to keep It quiet.
The way airplane accidents are
piling up It appears that some flying
Is off the handle.
The scandals of yesterday fast be
come the commonplace mixed conver
sation of today.
A canoe is dangerous enough to
share with nn airplane the require
ment of a licensed pilot.
Some lives might be saved by an
arrangement to supervise the summer
canoe as well ns the battleship.
Those who shake their heads when
talking on the phone probably think
the rattle con be heard at the other
end.
A fearful number of the new ‘'tan"
complexions make their wearers look
as though their faces were just plain
dirty.
The social standard of spinach seems
to be pretty well fired by the fact
that no parasite is low enough to at
tack 1L
A loud speaker has been perfected
that can be heard four miles. Hope
the street broadcasters don’t get to
using it
A psychologist says that the typical
gangster has the mind of a twelve
year-old boy, which is a slander on
the boy.
The news photographer needs great
skill. No mere amateur could always
catch a great man with a foolish look
on his face.
Another instance of mixing charity
pleasantly with business Is when the
straw hat salesman remarks, “It looks
fine on you.”
One of the outstanding problems of
the United States would end if the
Inhabitants thereof were not so anx
ious to see the law obeyed by the other
fellow.
Some people spend more effort try
ing to appear like what they wish
others to think they are than would
seem necessary actually to become
that way.
A clerk in a “chain store” claims
respect for his efforts to preserve a
manner of polite interest, even though
he does not know whom he Is actually
working for.
The United States Naval observa
tory now sends out time signals at 3
a. m. as well as at 10 p. m., proving
that Uncle Sam is becoming a gay old
bird himself.
Deforesting brings to attention the
fact that “Woodman, Spare That
Tree” was not only a sweet, old song,
but one conveying an important eco
nomic moral.
A theme song has been written for
the fiftieth anniversary celebration of
Edison’s invention of the electric
light. However, it Is well known that
Mr. Edison is pretty deaf.
The office crab has taken down the
Kum-a-Long sign which has appeared
over the door of his summer cottage
the last five years and replaced it with
another, viz., “Isolation Camp.”
One pathetic feature of Beau Brum
mell’s way of living, of which he does
not speak, however, is having to give
the shoes to the furnace man as soon
as they are broken in and comfortable.
A Turk claims to have reached the
age of one hundred and sixty by
sticking consistently to a diet of gar
lic and ripe cheese. The virtue of the
diet probably is the absence of any
temptation to over-eat.
It was set forth at a religious con
ference that the average contribution
to the church plate on Sunday
throughout the United States was five
cents. This makes it easy for many
to be above the average.
New York is represented ns a
wicked old town. Whatever a visitor
may have to pay for cafe cover
charge, he can still get by there with
the plain old-fashioned nickel for car
fare.
Aren’t some of those who criticize
the length of the skirts of today able
to remember the wild 90’s, when it
was seriously doubted if a woman
should appear on the street with the
tops of her shoes showing?
Every youth Is told that when he
gets older he will know more. Later
on, he frequently learns that he doesn’t
know as much.
A comical story about an absent
minded professor was told us recently
by a fellow who smoked right through
the cigar band while he talked.
One of youth’s gravest problems,
we should think, Is learning how to
work in the newly discovered word,
such as “naive,” three times in a sen
tence.
FUNDAMENTAL LAW IS SACRIFICE
By DOCTOR HIBBEN, President Princeton University.
AN INVETERATE inertia, a native tendency to yield to the lux
ury of indolence, is that which most seriously militates against
the full development of the powers within us. Supreme value I
would define as that which we are unwilling to sacrifice in order
to gain any other thing, however valuable it may appear to be. If the
integrity of our personality is the supreme value, the first consideratfon
in our lives must be the safeguarding of this treasure.
There are two ways by which the wholeness of our being may be
impaired—either through structural weakness or through the arresting
of the development of our potential powers.
But more virulent a danger than sacrificing the man within us for
the animal, is the native tendency to drift with the current of the daily
happenings of chance, and to shrink from paying the price of sustained
effort.
The sole question of values in life is not merely what you can get
out of life that will prove most valuable, but also what is to be the
value of life not to yourself alone but to the world of your day and gen
eration, and in this connection, let us not fail to recognize that the char
acteristic feature of religion is its fundamental law of servitor and of
service and of sacrifice for the common good. Ultimately the objective
of religion and what you consider the highest good in your life will be
identical.
ARMY OFFICER’S DUTY AS CITIZEN
By JAMES W. GOOD, Secretary of War.
One of the greatest opportunities of the graduates of the United
States Military academy for service is the voluntary observance of the
laws of the state in which they live and of the nation whose laws they
take oath to obey.
The regular army officer’s life is no longer confined to the per
formance of military duties, but the times are making many varied
demands upon the officers. The government is using the army officer
more at home and abroad as its representative and realizes he makes a
tactful and capable agent.
In the performance of his varied tasks it is imperative that he
establish bonds of common purpose with his fellow men in civil life,
remembering that when we assume the soldier we do not lay aside the
citizen. His first consideration must always be the national defense, but
that does not preclude a rational participation in the life of the com
munity and a sincere interest in its problems and projects.
The habit of observance of domestic law will breed respect for inter
national obligations. Theirs is a profession which upholds and restores
peace. Therefore no greater Opportunity for service lies before them than
the voluntary observance of the law. *
MAKE NATIONS SUBJECT TO LAW
By EX-GOVERNOR LOWDEN, Illinois.
Civilization must keep pace in its moral and mental progress with
Its material advance. We have got to insist that nations obey the same
moral obligations we lay upon men.
There used to be a theory that the rules of conduct which gov
ern men generally do not apply in certain relations of life. A con
spicuous example is that of the politician. He is too often excused for
his conduct by saying, “Oh, that’s politics.”
That excuse for the politician or the nation is a thing the past has
buried. Nations in their relations must observe the ordinary moral con
cepts. That is a condition of the complete success of all conferences
{or disarmament, of all conferences for improved international relations.
There is no difference between a nation and an individual as to his moral
obligations. The nation is morally an aggregate of all its citizens.
If there was one thing that was made clear throughout the war,
it was that the moment a nation adopts the philosophy that it can do no
wrong, just that moment some subtle influence begins to corrupt and
destroy the character of its own citizens.
MUST DEFEND NATION’S IDEALS
By COL. R. K. SPILLER, Roanoke, Va.
Preparedness is the one sure way of preventing war and preserving
our cherished American ideals. The present wave of pacifism is under
mining American preparedness and leaves the United States in a defense
less state compared to that preceding the World war. Pacifism eventually
will break down the national morale of America. Preparedness begins in
the home, and when our family morale is shattered, the nation is help
less.
I see little ground for belief that there will be no more wars. The
ideals of the United States have been preserved for a longer period than
those of any other nation and we must be prepared to defend them at
all times.
FOR PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT
•By DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Philippine Governor General.
We hope to inaugurate a policy of solid commercial development in
the Philippines. The Philippines need vocational training schools that
will train their young men for important positions in business and indus
trial life. Their industries need encouragement and additional capital.
It is hoped, of course, that the industries will be developed as much
as possible by Philippine capital, but assistance will have to come from
this country. We propose making the conditions of labor and the oppor
tunities for advancement as attractive as possible and believe that the
people of the Philippines will take pride in working out the future indus
trial greatness of their enterprises. The Philippine leaders are in hearty
accord with this program
THE ROCKDALE RECORD, Conyers, Ga., Wed., July 31, 1929.
Soy Beans Win
Fame for Illinois
Popularity of Crop Brings
Inquiries From Eight
Different States.
Wht baked beans did for Boston,
soy beans are doing for Illinois —mak-
ing her famous, says J. C. Hackleman,
crops extension specialist of the col
lege of agriculture, University of Illi
nois. Because of the widespread rep
utation of Illinois as a soy bean pro
ducing center, Hackleman recently re
ceived within the short space of a few
days inquiries regarding so.v bean seed
or the commercial utilization of the
crop from eight states and one for
eign country.
Brighter Day for Beans.
Incidentally he considers the letters
as additional evidence that an even
brighter day Is dawning for soy beans.
What popularity the crop already has
gained in this state is indicated by the
fact that Illinois last year produced
slightly more than 3,000,000 bushels of
soy beans, which was more, than any
other two states and about a third of
the production for the entire country.
The recent inquiries which the col
lege has received about the crop came
from Montana, Nebraska, Indiana, Mis
souri, Wisconsin, Ohio, Arkansas, Tex
as and Porto Rico.
Riding high on the wave of soy
bean popularity now sweeping Illinois
is the Illini variety, anew high yielder
developed by plant breeders in the ex
periment station of the University of
Illinois College of Agriculture. This
past year it again proved superior to
all other varieties grown at the ex
periment station and produced the
highest yield ever recorded for a soy
bean variety on the station plots.
This was 42.5 bushels an acre in a
rotation grown on rich soil. In a ro
tation grown on rather light soil it
made 30.8 bushels an acre.
Seed Distributed.
Seed from the new variety is grad
ually being distributed over the state,
farmers in 31 counties growing it this
past year. Reports from these farm
ers indicated that the new variety
averaged 25 bushels an acre, or about
five bushels an acre more than the
average for all other varieties. Supe
riority of the Illini variety as a seed
producer is especially marked on the
more fertile soils of the central and
north-central portions of the state.
Field Stones Useful in
Walls and Footings
Concrete foundation walls and foot
ings can be cheapened somewhat with
no injury to the quality of the con
crete by filling in to some extent with
hard, clean, field stones. This also
offers a means of disposing profitably
of what otherwise is more or less of a
nuisance.
The stones should not be piled in
the forms and the concrete worked
down among them, as is sometimes
done; but a layer of concrete should
be put in the forms, then stones
dropped in so that they do not touch
the forms or each other. Then an
other layer of concrete and another
layer of stones, and so on. The stones
should be thoroughly water soaked an
hour or so before they are to be used.
Larkspur Poisoning Is
Cause of Large Losses
Losses of cattle from larkspur poi
soning, which are heavy each year on
western ranges, and occur to a lesser
extent in the East, may be largely pre
vented by keeping cattle away from
poison areas until the plant has ma
tured, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture. Not until
the plants have passed the flowering
period and are in seed are larkspur
ranges safe for cattle. Many cattle
men in the West keep cattle away
from infested areas by riders or by
the use of “drift” fences. Larkspur
can be destroyed where it grows in
masses by grubbing, including from
six to eight inches of the root.
Agricultural Hints
Plans make the money go farther
on the farm and in the home.
* * *
Too many silos stand empty the
year round. They ought to be filled
or torn down.
* * *
Some folks use weed-killing prep
arations for eradicating weeds in
walks and driveways.
* * *
Red clover, if quite ripe, may be
successfully put in the mow the same
day it is cut provided, of course, there
is a bright sun and a free movement
of air.
* • *
The pocket gopher and ground
squirrel will bother garden crops, snch
as cabbage and tomatoes. Ordinary
moles wiil also cause some damage
to these crops.
* * *
Vegetables that are not good when
they leave the field are never any bet
ter. It does not pay to put poor vege
tables on the market, for they lower
the price of the whole shipment.
* * •
When blasting stumps be careful of
hang-fires. Instead of risking life and
limb by immediate investigation, look
at the charge the next day. The elec
tric method of firing is the safest and
surest
Phosphorus Not Basis
of Firefly Brilliancy
Flies blaze, worms glow, fish flash —
all, so scientists say, because of a
substance called luciferin. About this
time of year fireflies may be seen
nearly every night over dark fields.
Each Insect appears to give a brief
blaze of light at intervals —whence its
name. There are some forty well
known kinds of living creietures which
possess this light-flashing power, in
cluding the glowworms and various
fish.
Such fish and insects have been
called “phosphorescent,” but this is
incorrect. The element of phosphorus
does not enter into this natural light
at all. Luciferin is the substance in
volved. The word is patterned after
Lucifer, the name of the morning star,
which, according to Webster’s New
International dictionary, is a Latin
word meaning “bringing light.” The
natural light found in fireflies, fish,
and glowworms is many times more
efficient than the light manufactured
by man.
Foreign Student*
In American universities and col
leges during the current year there
are 9,113 students from foreign coun
tries. Over a hundred countries are
represented, including such as Abys
sinia, Afghanistan, Burma and Malta.
Canada leads with 1,173, followed by
China with 1,109. Columbia university
has the most, with 873, while the uni
versities of California, New York and
Washington are close seconds. Har
vard, Chicago and Michigan also have
large foreign groups among their un
dergraduates.
Triplet* Won’t Separate
Orena, Reona, and Ramona Bever
are sisters and triplets, the daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Bever of Ana
heim, Calif., and were members of
this year’s graduating class at the
Anaheim high school. They are look
ing forward to other scholastic en
deavors, perhaps college, although
they are inclined to consider a busi
ness course first. Whatever they de
cide upon, it will be “all for one, one
for all,” they assert.
System All His Own
Caught “with the goods on him,”
Walter Dorsey, Atlanta negro, decided
to make a clean breast of his chick
en stealing operations. “I just sprays
’em wid chloroform,” he told the
judge. “Den I stands back ap’ waits.
In about five minutes dey flops off’n
de roosts an’ den dey is ready foh
mah bag.” His technique worked fine
until a farmer investigated the con
tents of a bag he was “toting” home.
—Capper’s Weekly.
Aim I* Moral Unity
Fascism is a form of nationalism,
resulting from the determination of
the Fascisti to extricate Italy from the
chaos resulting from the World war,
to give her moral unity, and in fact to
make her anew state. The Fascisti
were formed to oppose, by violent
means if necessary, all radical ele
ments in the country, such as Bol
sheviks and Communists. —Washington
Star.
Brazil Nuts
The only three-angled nuts known
as Brazil nuts grow on the “leeythi
daceous” tree. The nuts themselves
grow inside a large fruit. Each glob
ular fruit contains from 18 to 24
closely packed nuts. These are the
nuts which are often known as “nig
ger toes.”
Not a Total Loss
Tiie Groom —What will we do with
all this junk we got as wedding pres
ents?
The Bride —Oh. don’t worry. I’ll he
giving bridge parties and I can get
rid of most of the worst ones by
using them as prizes.
Sticking to the Truth
Mrs. Just wed —Are you sure that’s
a young chicken?
The Poultryman—Ma’am, that pul
let has barely reached her teens. A
miss of her age would be a mere
schoolgirl.
Practical Result
The Doctor They say practice
makes perfect.
The Lawyer—Well, Doc, I think you
and I both prefer having ours make
us rich. —Cincinnati Enquirer.
Genius is a disease and scientists
are studying how it may be superin
duced.
Mosquitoes
Die ’ or
AreST Money Back
Flit is the world-famous “sure thing’’
@y/ in killing mosquitoes, flies, roaches, e
bugs, ants and fleas. More people u
Flit because it kills faster (thanks
/ ▼k more insect-killing ingredients), anJ
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Children Ci)
for It
Castoria is a comfort when Babv
fretful. No sooner taken than the lit!
one is at ease. If restless, a few dro
soon bring contentment. No harm dot
for Castoria is a baby remedy, mea
for babies. Perfectly safe to give t
youngest infant; you have the docto
word for that! It is a vegetable pi
duct and you could use it every da
But it’s in an emergency that Castni
means most. Some night when cons
-pation must be relieved—or colic pai
—or other suffering. Never be witho
it; some mothers keep an extra bott
unopened, to make sure there will
ways be Castoria in the house, it
effective for older children, too; rei
the book that comes with it.
CASTO RI A
One Drawback
E. E. McGriff, of Portland, anew
elected member of the house of repr
sentatives and formerly judge of tl
Jay Circuit court, once in his mo:
youthful days, was called on to pin<
hit at a political meeting at Hartfoi
City. He had gone there to hear .Toil
W. Kern and some other notable Den
ocrats, but due to some mistake tl
advertised speakers did not appea
and McGriff, among others, m
pressed into service.
After the meeting he was talkin
with an old German citizen and con
mented that they had had a got
meeting.
“You bet, it was a good meeting
replied the man, “but it was a sliati
we had no speakers.”—lndianapol
News.
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