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ROCKDALE RECORD Official Organ of Rockdale County and tlie City of Con yen* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNTJSDAY Entered at tl e post office at Conyers. Georgia, as second-class mail mutter. IN ADVANCE One year $1.50 Hlx nionllls .75 THE ROCKDALE RECORD assumoH no responsibility for views expressed by corrcsimndonts or contributors. All copy submitted for publication must be signed by the author. YDIAMDNDy Apick-upba * Cumberland (Md.) fans have bought the ball club from Jim McGuire. • • • * George Susco, scrappy catcher of the Chillies, Is a product of the sand lots of lielefont, I*u. • • • ! “Doc” Woods, with the New York Yankees, is rated by most players as tne best trainer In baseball. • * * 1 Hugo Bczdek of Penn .State coaches both foothull and baseball and Ims three grid stars In bis outfield. * • • ! The Middle Atlantic league has abandoned the split-season schedule. •Lust year there were 15 leagues with the split. • • 9 I Omahu has announced the sale of .Pitcher Herman Sparks to Wichita, liotli clubs are members of the west era league. i• • • | Frits Muisel thinks Augustn, On., is hot enough for huselmll training, jlle wus laid up five days with a bad euse of sunburn. • 99 J. n. Patrick, owner of the L<m Angeles club, Is offering n suit *f | clothes to every player on his team who hits u home run. ■ • • • i Bob James, the young shortstop from Omahu of the Western league, Is making quite u name for himself with the Boston Braves. 9 9 9 ' Bob Shnwkey, former New York Yankee pitcher, says Dale Alexander should be one of the sensations of the year lu ttie American lcugue. 9 9 9 i Ernie Koob, who once pitcher a no-lilt gume while with the St. Louis Browns, Is pitching for the Mobile Southern association club this season. 9 9 9 Eddie Gill, seventeen, hit a base ball high into the air at Laporte, Ind. It hit a sparrow. Both fell. The ball was caught. Eddie wus out. So was the bird. • 9 9 | Mike Kelley, manager of the Min neapolis team of the American as sociation, turned over First Baseman Jim Oglesby to Dea Moines of the Western league. 9 9 9 Johnny Byrnes has been signed to manage the Cumberland team of the Middle Atlantic league. Byrnes has been first baseman of the teuin for several seasons. 9 9 9 1 Leo Norris, Infieldcr, and Fred Kin derman, outfielder, have been sent back to Vicksburg of the Cotton States league by the New Orleans club of the Southern league. 9 9 9 I Ross Lyall, well known ns n short stop in minor league circles, has been named manager of the Phoenix dub of the Arizona State league. Lyall played with Phoenix Inst season. 9 9 9 ' Ouly three big league bail players, Pete Donohue, Luke Sewell and Ted Lyons, have been with the smne dub throughout their professional careers. All made the grade upon leaving col lege. 9 9 9 Connie Mack, who at the age of six ty six is the oldest big league manager lu the history of baseball, began Ids professional diamond career 45 years ago as cutcher of the Meridian team In the Eastern league. 9 9 9 Babe Ruth has encouraged Manager Bill Corrigan of the Red Sox by tell ing him that he has picked the Sox to finish last during the league race so that Bill will get more credit if the teum finishes higher. 9 9 9 , Jack Holloway of Safi Antonio, who i Bub been seen around first base in a number of class 13, C and D leagues, jlms been named manager of (he new i Ballinger dub of the West Texas league. Jimmy Dykes, man of all work with the Philadelphia Athletics, Is likely to see service In the four infield po sit lons this year. 9 9 9 * The Kunsns City Blues have cut down on their cafching stall by send ing El wood Wirts to Oniuhu of the Western leugue. 9 9 9 1 John Pious Quinn, with 19 seasons of service, Is the oldest player In point of service in the big league. He Is with the Athletics. 9*9 Milwaukee has sent Ken Borginnn, youfig pitcher, to the Springfield club of the Western association. He is u Milwaukee corner Jptjproduet. Control Insects %■. and Disorders Annual From Pests and Diseases Amounts to 'V* Immense Sum. The annual loss of crops caused by InsCct and fungus diseases In Now York state exceeds the amount appropriated each year to conduct tho state’s business, according to n bulletin qn the control of insects and plant diseases, reprinted at tho New York sflito college of agriculture at Itfkncn, Jl. JL By oactWl spraying experiments conducted by growers tlmmsdves, It Is shown ti|at the average annual proventnblo Ipse tw potato growers in tldh stilto heights and insects Is nearly fifty ImshAt to the acre. This represents a pearly losx of more than ton million dollars Which might be prevented by speeding lc& than ten dollars nn acre for spraying. Estimate of Losces. A careful estimate of losses front tho loose smut, of oats in New York shows that five per cent of the crop is destroyed annually by this fungus disease, a net loss of more than a million dollars hi 1919 wlign the gov ern moot survey was made. The losses from apple scab, codling moth, and Han Joss scale, from peach yel lows and fire blight, and from all the other common Insect pests and de structlve plant diseases, if they could he accurately calculated, would show a grand total of appalling magnitude. This tremendous annual tux on the plant production of the state might be greatly reduced by the proper ap plication of kaowu methods of con trol. The method of control to be em ployed for h given insect pest of fungus disease must be determined by the nature and habits of the en emy (tnd by the character of the crop attacked. Plants can seldom be cured of disease as are men and animals; they must be protected from the at tack. If sucking insects are to be controlled, something must be applied that will kill when it hits them; if biting Inseots are to be combated, the fruit and foliage of the plants must he sprnyed or dusted with a poison that when eaten will destroy the pest. Prevent Diseases. Many fungus diseases are prevent ed by spraying the plants before the disease appears, with a mixture de structive to the fungus but harm less to the plant. The poisons that destroy fungi are seldom effective against Insects, and hence we have fungicides and insecticides. Often these can be combined in one mix ture for Insect and fungus pests of certain crops as, for example, ar senate of leaf! and lime sulphur for controlling codling moth and apple scab. Best Planting Distance for Many Fruit Plants Many times fruit plants are planted too close and growth is unsatisfactory, states C. Woolsey, University of Ar knnsaS collge of agriculture exten sion ’service. The common distances recommended are ns follows: Apples, 135 feet apart each way; peaches, 21 feet apart eacli way; cherries, 21 feet apart each way; plums, 21 feet apart each way; grapes, 8 feet apart in a row that is 15 feet from the last row of ttee fruits; blackberries, 8 feet apart in rows 8 feet apart; raspber ries, 8 feet apart in row-s S feet apart; strawberries, 2V 2 to S feet apart in rows 4 feet apart. \ ■- - , . <> Frequency of Milking Cows Is Hard Problem It Ls very difficult to establish a hard and r*fe as to when a cow should be milked out completely after calv ing and how often she should be milked. Like many other things In the care of an animal, a great deal depends upon the existing circum stances. Care is not merely a matter of frequency of milking but also avoid ing tlio'se conditions that would cause undue Inflammation at this particular period. The understanding of the Caretaker as to the condition of his animal Is a very material factor. Ed Crowley, who captained the 1927 Georgia Tech football team, *vvns re cently opfoned out to. the Baltimore Internatifltials by Washington, lie’s on Infielder. 9 9 9 4 Sid Graves, veteran gardener of the New England league, was sold by Lynn to the Portland Mariners. He had been u bulwark with Lynn for several seasons. 9 9 9 The high-water mark In National League pitching wus set by the famous “lloss” Rudboorne of Providence in 1884, when he scored sixty victories and twelve defeats. ** • i Herbert Tripkosh of. Solon, lowa, a pitcher who Is said to have more smoke than a community incinerator, has been signed by Manager Pat Pat terson for bis Dubuque team. * * * St. Paul in the American Associa tion established a record for making the most double plays in a single sea son in organized baseball, when the club executed 215 two-ply killings in 1927. • 9 9 Hal Rhyne is doing a pretty slick job of shortstopping for the Boston Red Sox. When Rhyne was up be fore with the Pirates he was assigned to second base, hereby reducing bis effectiveness. THE ROCKDALE RE CURD, uuNYERS, GEORGIA Determining Mental Age Mental age Is most uceurotelj based upon the Individual Terman- j Blggt jgst of intelligence. A child Is snM to have a mental ago of ten years, for example, when he passes the ipsis on tffe Terman-Rinet scale whifliT it Bhb been found, arc passed by a majority of normal ten-year-old children. Terman defines mental ng ns follows: "By n given mental ngc wo moan that degree of general men tal ability as Is possessed by Hie aver age child of corresponding chromWg leal ago.” A Wee Bit Time A millionaire who wrote a rather Illegible hand took n "place” In the north of Scotland One night before retiring he sent the head keeper de tailed written Instructions for the morrow. Next morning lie was nwnkened very early by the persistent skirling of bagpipes beneath his window. Summoning his man-servant, he nskod: “What’s that racket?” “Oh.” said the man, “that’s Donald, the keeper, playing that wee bit tune ye sent him last night.” Wit of Conversation The wit of conversation consists more In finding It in others, than In showing a -great deal yourself. He who goes out of your company, pleased with his own facetiousness and In genuity, will the sooner come into It again. Most men had rather please than admire yon, and seek less to be Instructed and diverted than approved and applauded, and It is certainly tlie most delicate sort of pleasure, to please another.—Franklin. Kimball House Atlanta Centrally Coca ted at Five Points Rooms Without llatli 81.50 to $2.00 Rooms With Hath $2.00 to $3.00 E. (i. JACOBS Proprietor | Dr. Wm. W. Smith, I Optometrist I Careful Eye Examinations, g Correct and Comfortable 8 | Glasses. Eyesight Training and Development. | 706-7 Fourth Nat’l Bank Bldg.—Atlanta, Ga. Cannon Drug Store' I MSOMIELY I DESTROYED I 4 , Odorless I Y Liquid 1 '"^helNew I cENOL 1 “ I DESTROYER LEAVES NO ODOR 9Bi sAt all cenol service Dru^Stows Conyers, Georgia Phone 10 YELLOW WSk PENCIL / otßSr with the nfj/RED BAND AAGLE EAGLE 3^2^ MIKADO . ' v . , ■ - • 1 , • • New City Pharmacy Saturday, August 17th Prescription Department handled only by Licensed Pharmacist. A complete line of Drugs, Sundries, Toilet Articles and the only Fount in Conyers. FREE On this day with every purchase of 5c or more for anything in our store you will get one cone of the Famous Costa’s Ice Cream FREE just to let you sam ple this product and know the superiority. A good place to trade Saturday and every other day. The City Pharmacy City Fount Old Stand Conyers, Ga. Bring your car around and let us equip it with Pennsylvanvia Tires and we will show you the superiority of this tire. We are the exclusive dealers for Conyers and will be pleased to serve you. Bennett & Mann Phone 69 Conyers, Ga.