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mJME 11 31 Eg, George Brown To Speak E Voters Here Saturday P. XL ■ , lln.'.Mi. Atlanta, randi m "• wt “ ,k ,n ! h<> H 1 ill. ml''' 1 " r lu ' r I’anipaign \m tlmt w' ll address M (if ~anl.v at the court KC' l salm. lay afternoon at :i W ‘ ,1,11 h time "he proposes to S' Ill'll.f" > hel'ore the people IK, nil) .a,' l tell them why she iKL.'.-'riit to Congress. ■Till"''" i! ‘- , i uit, ‘ a 1,0001,1 for \M to have held an elec w;,„. She has been active in ■L, heforo the legislature of V mail; V ears in the interest V", 1,1..1 la IS’ rights bills and Khs eth.-i- legi' hition for the bet- W p;ltll fihr lab" ing and the poorer IK Com>i is a very interesting ■ , a burn campaigner and mi--'" her speech will miss a Ht. 'flu- ni.wd that greeted her in ~,ulit\ was reported to have K,t that many people to listen to Hi„ a email county she has some- and important to ini. K the citizenship. She says that lie : "me votes polled against she is a woman, but if he expects to—talk to H, rV mi.r in the district that they vote for her. Hfr. Bwv n has the distinction of ■riieih,. only gold card issued to a Hpanin (Im.i gia admitting her to the Krofthc House. This was issued HwiiiK the birth of her daughter, Hga eighteen years ago, and is Hurt"i by all Legislatures. B?L Robert bam.'peck, Decatur, the H htliti candidate for the Septem- H primary. has not opened his cam- Hii as yet, being a member of the Hue of Representatives from De ■ 6 County, but will make an active Hpajgn beginning next Week. Bottom Next Week BGins Are Ready ■'Die Electric Ginnery and the Pat ■ti- Ginnery announce that they are for the first bale of Rockdale ■kity cot ton and those to follow ■the fanned in Conyers this fall. ■ it is nol at all unlikely that Conyers ■': have the tirst bale next week as ■iti'iii in opening in several sections ■ the county. The crop this year is ■ting variously estimated and it seems ■tbetlif consensus of opinion that the ■°P this year will be as large as the ■opi'f last year, with a possibility of being larger. 9 The past few weeks have been ideal ■* cotton and with a few more 'days ■'gsi.il weather Rockdale County will ■ ready for an unusually prosperous ■NI business. I ZEKE GETS THE MONEY B Zeke Mathis, porter for the White ■Undertaking Company, was awarded jar of money Saturday evening by ■die City Pharmacy. Zeke’s guess was ■•OS and the actual amount in the ■ was $5.07. ■ The money was given away at the ■se of the opening day by the City Bwrmaey and drew a large crowd. ■ e guessing varied jirom $3.00 to ■nearly SIOO.OO and drew a large crowd interested people. ■ T. P. Hardeman, who has just begun pbe City Pharmacy, is very optimistic | oTer the prospect for business. For Congress To the People of the Fifth District: latn1 atn a candidate for Congress to suc teed the late Congressman Leslie J. teele subject to the rules of the White eniocratic Primary to be held Septem ber 11th, 1929. ta 1911 and 1912 I was employed ashington, part of the time in the ouse of representatives and part of e time as secretary to Honorable Wm. Howard, then Congressman from ls district. This experience together many years service in other pub lc Positions leads me to believe that 1 ** dualified to render effective service ” th" people of the Fifth District. I e lected, I promise the district faith service and it will be my purpose, as as possible, to carry out the plans i.late Congressman Steele during onexpired term. Mr. Thomas L. J?" 1 ?’ w ho was Mr. Steele’s secretary, 11 he associated with me in the same opacity. support and influence will be peat 'y appreciated. Respectfully, ROBERT RAMSPECK. ®l)* Uochi)cilc fktori) jersey Sale Next Week at Madison Jay & Mason’s sale of fine register ed Jerseys on August 2G at Madison, Da., is and should be of special inter est to many farmers and others inter ested in fine registered Jersey cattle of Rockdale County. In order that all interested may know some true and impartial facts concerning this sale 1 am giving you here below a copy of letter sent me by Mr. Frank W. Fitch, Extension Dairyman, of the Georgia State College of Agriculture. The letter, in part, is self explanitory: August 1(5, 1929. To County Agents: An unusual opportunity for your farmers to purchase registered Jerseys will be presented on Monday, August 26th, at the complete dispersal sale of the herd of Jay & Mason, Jersey breeders of near Madison, Ga. The sale will begin at 12 o’clock noon, eastern time, and about seventy-five head will he sold. There will be bulls of vary ing ages, cows, bred and open heifers and calves and everything will be sold. "Special mention should be made here that many of the cows have qualified for the Register of Merit in production and there is one Silver Medal cow. Theie are eight head of imported females and several of their offspring in the sale which should attract breed ers if there are any in your county. Several daughters and granddaughters of Imported Xenia’s Sultan are in the sale. You may assure your folks that this sale will be squarely conducted and that they can depend absolutely upon the statements of the owners regard ing the cattle. This herd was assembled with the purpose, not of trading, but to build a real breeding establishment. How over, circumstances have arisen which make it necesary to sell. Folks who have seen the herd regret that this must happen. I am very sorry that 1 will be un able to attend the sale with those who attend from this county, but I will be at Camp Wilkins with the boys Monday to Saturday of next week. Those wishing to go with someone else or wishing to carry someone else may see Edgar Bailey. The ciowd will leave from Sims & Bailey’s store "about nine o’clock Monday morning. Even if you buy nothing it will pay you to go to this sale because it will help you a great deal to get acquaint ed with what good Jerseys are and what they are really worth. Yours very truly, ERNEST D. HOLMES, County Agent. Some Forgotten Laws Atlanta, Ca. —Everyone knows that the states and cities of America have passed'scores of odd or foolish laws that no one obeys or even knows about. But did you ever check up to see exactly how weird some of them aie . asked a Georgia lawmaker today of this correspondent, who is supposed to be more or less informed on the subject. The correspondent did not know, so the lawmaker enlightened him. . . . , In Seattle, for instance, it: is against the law to sprinkle salt on the side walk in the wintertime to melt the .now. Everybody does it. and nobody knows there’s a law against it- but the law is there, just the same. In the old days, it seems, the salt would run into the gutters, form a brine and in litre horses’ hoofs. . Los Angeles has a law forbidding street car conductors to shoot jack rabbits from the car platforms. I„ New York state it is illegal to travel more than 20 miles to church o ",fCach U set K it i, law to travel at all on Sunday ex cept for charity or necessity. Nee less to say the law has been forgotten bv every soul in the Bay State y ,„ Georgia, it is said to be ~legal to slap a man on the back. ]n North Carolina the law provides that twin beds cannot be placed close together than two feet apart. California statutes provide that f vou have a canary you must keep t in * a ca ge of a definite minimum swe Portland has made it illegal to tickle anyone under the chin with a feather duster. Kansas has forbldd * n spitting of tobacco juice in public. CONYERS, GEORGIA AUGUST 23, 1929 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY j County Audit Is Completed The Stringer Auditing Company, Atlanta, has completed the audit of tlie books and records of Rockdale County otricers and is now in the hands ol the Rockdale County Com missioners. I he audit has not been made pub lic as yet and no information is avail able as to the standing of the county affairs. It is not known whether the audit will he published, hut the com missioners will probably decide as to the advisability of this at their meet ing on the first Tuesday in September. The publication of the audit would enable every taxpayer in the county to see exactly how the affairs of the county are handled, together with money on hand, expenditures, amounts payable and receivable. Rockdale County has quite a nice um of money coming in in back taxes that have not been paid. FORMER ROCKDALE MAN GETS TOBACCO MONEY Mr. W. H. Hammock, former resi dent of Rockdale, now of Hazlehurst, Ga., was in Conyers this week renew ing old acquaintances. This is Mr. Hammock’s second year raising to bacco and he is very much pleased wth his 1929 crop. Only twenty acres, which is a large tobacco acreage, was planted by Mr. Hammock and his sales were in ex cess of four thousand dollars. The production cost was about one hun dred dollars per acre, which shows a Brilliant Church Wedding Prominent Young Couple MISS WALKER WEDS MR. DRAKE AT CHURCH CEREMONY A marriage characterized by ex quisite beauty aid one centering most cordial interest to a host of friends was that of Miss Myrle Walker to Rev. J. L. Drake, which was impresisvely solemnized at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday evening, August 20, at the First Bap tist Church, Conyers, Ga. Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor of Druid Hills Bap tist Church, performed the ceremony. The church, which was artistically decorated with palms and ferns, form ed a picturesque setting for the im pressive service. Against the altar, which was banked with palms and ferns, two floor baskets of pink and white gladioli stood in bold relief. On the outer side of each basket was a branched candelabra tied with tulle bearing cathedral tapers which cast a mellow glow over the scene. Amidst the palms and ferns in the extreme background a large branched candel abra holding twenty-eight candles was placed, in front of which was the center floor basket. Ropes of southern anilax garlanded the choir rail. Pews, which were reserved for the families of the couple, were designated with bows of white tulle. A preliminary recital, consisting oi Schubert’s Serenade, and “The Vene tian Love Song” was effectively ren dered by Miss Emily Hanna. She was dressed, in a becoming model of peach georgette and taffeta and wore a shoulder corsage of garden flowers. Following this, O. R. Cooper, of Bar tow, Ga., sang, “O Promise Me,” and ■‘l Love You Truly.” The approach of the wedding party was heralded by the rendition of Lohengrin’s Wedding March. “To a Wild Rose” was softly played during the ceremony. Mendelssohn’s bridal chorus was used as the recessional. The ushers, who entered first, were Howard Walker, brother of the bride, and Walker Potts, cousin of the bride. The maid of honor was Miss Margie Walker, sister of the bride. Mrs. Neil S. Cameron, other sister of the bride, acted as matron of honor. The brides maids were Misses Juliette Granade and Dwynelle Potts, cousins of the bride, and Miss Allene Epps, of At lanta and Jefferson. They entered singly, alternating with the groomsmen, who were A. G. Walker and W. W. Cook, of Atlanta, and Neil S. Cameron, of Lithonia. Miss Margie Walker was lovely in a green georgette gown fashioned with a long, tight bodice, with a skirt of two circular flounces, gracefully grad uating to ankle length. She carried an arm bouquet of pink Columbia roses, showered with swansonia. Mrs. Cameron was becomingly gowned in orchid georgette over pink satin. The sleeveless bodice was New Police Are On The Job Special Bailiffs Jim Yancey and Wilson Whitaker, appointed by Ordi nary Tom Mnrston a short time ago, have certainly been busy for the past few weeks, having been appointed to arrest violators of any of the various state laws, with special emphasis on distilling, bootlegging and automobile speeders. Nearly fifty stills have been de stroyed, with quantities of equipment and finished products. Several arrests have been made and others will follow. A number of arrests have been made for speeding and other violations. There are probably no two laws that are more universally violated than the prohibition and speed laws and the new police are determined to rid Rock dale County of these two menaces. Judge Marston appointed these .bail, iffs at the request of taxpayers and they are paid from fines assessed against violators, drawing no stiplat ed salary, their remuneration being regulated only by the amount of work done and fines assessed in court. ANNUAL FOOTWASHING AT BALD ROCK Next Sunday, August 2f>th, is the day sot apart for the annual foot washing at Bald Rock Primitive Bap tist Chinch in Conyers, and, as usual, there will likely be a large crowd to attend the meeting. Elder R. L. Cook will have charge of the services. nice profit. All the tobacco was marketed at the beginning of the sea son and brought top prices. basque fitting and attached to the left shoulder was a scarf of self made mat rial caught with a rose and ex tended train fashion to the end of her full graceful skirt, the bottom of which was trimmed with small French flow ers. She also carired an arm bouquet of pink Columbia roses showered with swansoni'a. The bridesmaids’ gowns were pastel shades of georgette similarly fashion ed to that of the maid of honor. Miss Flips wore green, Miss Gra nade pink and Miss Potts blue. They carried arm bouquets of garden flow ers tied with matching shades of tulle. The little flower girl, Betty Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. 11. Elliott, wore a lovely frock of pink georgette trimmed with fluted ruffles and French flowers. She carried a basket of pink roses tied with pink tulle, and entered strewing rose petals in the path of the bride. Little Dolly Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Walker, wearing a dainty model of white georgette, the skirt of which extended from an inset, yoke, introducing ruffles arranged in scallops, carried the ring in a white lily tied with white lulle. The lovely bride, who entered with her father, Mr. Bartow Walker, was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, C. C. Caldwell, of Atlanta, cousin of the groom. The brunette beauty of the bride was enhanced by her wedding robe of ivory satin, fash ioning long graceful lines. The inset “V” yoke of Duchess lace was beaded with seed pearls. The long sleeves were a feature of the lovely model. The full skirt of uneven hemline hung from a long fitted bodice. A soft tulle veil showered along the edge with orange blossoms was caught to Lhe lustrous hair of the bride in cap shape beneath a bandeau of orange blossoms. Her while satin slippers were also fashioned with orange blos soms. Her bridal bouquet was of bride’s roses showered with valley lilies. Immediately after the ceremony Rev. and Mrs. Drake left on their wed ding tour through the mountains of North Carolina. Among the out-of-town guests were I. M. Walker, of Salem, Va.; Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Dodson, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Champion, Greensboro, Ga.; Miss Anna Cooper. Decatur; Mrs. W. M. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Caldwell, Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Grant StArr, of At lanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mann, of Cham blee; Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Cameron, of Lithonia; Miss Ruth Drake, of Senoia; Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, of Brookhaven, Ga.; Mis Allene Epps, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hardeman, of Atlanta. Farm Items Of Interest Over The County From the Agent Methodist Notes Now that our vacations and camp meeting season is about over let us get back to our usual church life. We have had an enjoyable summer. All our people have had outings and change from the usual routine. We ought to be ready to resume our usual programs. Last Sunday the attend ance at Sunday School and preaching service was under the normal, hut it need not be so longer. There will be services next Sunday both morning and evening. The pastor will preach in the morning on “The Church” and in the evening on “The Youth of the Church.” Let us all be in our place. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES Rev. Joe Hannah, of Newnan, and Rev. 11. K. Holland, of the church, are conducting a series of services— morning services at 10:30, evening services at S::0. Mr. Hannah is preaching at these services. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend each sei vice. The meeting closes Sunday evening. REVIVAL AT EBENEZER Revival services are being held at Ebenezer Church this week. Rev. J. D. Milton, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. B. Knowles, of Atlanta, are con ducting these services. The public is cordially invited to attend services. Peculiar Fitness of Trees as National Memorials A few trees of the millions which peonle the forests, farms and towns of the United States have been sin gled out by history to play famous parts and to stand ns memorials to great events In the life of the coun try. “Symbolizing fully ns well ns tablet or pillar could do, some sig nificant achievement, those trees rep resent the peculiar Illness of trees as memorials, and It Is specially ap propriate that they should have a Imll of fame of their own,” says Hie Forestry Almanac of the American Tree Association. Some distinguished trees stand out by reason of their age, such as the General Sherman sequoia In Hie Sequoia National park of Californio. Its age is reckoned at 4,000 years, and It has a diameter of 23 feet and a height of 280. Many of the red-, woods and sequoias are as old or nearly as old ns this one. When Charles Sumner was senator from Massachusetts lie sent to the czar of Russia an acorn from a free near the tomb of Washington ut Mount Vernon. This acorn grew to an oak in the palace grounds In St. Peters burg, and an acorn from It wus planted In the White House grounds in Washington in 11*04 and is now a prosperous young tree. Scotch Chestnut Tree Bids Defiance to Time In solitary grandeur on the edge of the spacious lawn, directly In front of Bermersyde hull, on the Scottish border, stands a giant chestnut, tree. Although it is reputed to he at least nine hundred years old it still gives evidence of vigorous growth. It sup ports Its massive hulk unaided, and, though some of its larger branches have been wrenched off by storms, Its trunk Is Intact, with a girth of fully eight yards at a height of five feet from the ground. A tradition still exists to the effect that when the lairds of Bermersyde In the distant past received their guests they wanted to give them the right hand of welcome under this an cient tree. But, be that as it may, it Is today a peculiarly fitting companion for the gray old pile opposite, for they stand together as they were standing on that momentous day In 1000, when William of Normandy won a kingdom on Senlac hill. Chautauqua’* Growth The first Chautauqua assembly, known as the Sunday School assera hly, was In session August 4-18, 1874, as the result of a plan formed by Lewis Miller of Akron, Ohio, and Rev. John 11. Vincent of New York. The assembly plans widened rapidly In successive years. In 1879 a school for teachers in secular subjects was opened. Probably Chautauqua Is best known In connection with the plan of systematic home reading. The plan was proposed and explained In 1878. The first year 7,000 persons were en rolled, and from that time readers, varying in number from 8,000 to 25,- 000, have joined the circle per season. There are now throughout the United States and Canada more than 550 local assemblies modeled after the original Chautauqua institution. It is an inspiration to see Herbert Chafin’s crop on R. D. Hewlet’s farm about two miles below Conyers on the old highway. I reckon we will just have to hand it to Herbert that he must be the hardest worker in Rock dale County. Some of them laughed at Herbie for starting out to farm a hundred acres and told him he could not do it. But he has done the job well. He planted it all in good shape, cultivated and fertilized* it well and fought the weevils at the same time. He has a wonderful crop. It is clean, too, and he is still holding the boll weevils down. When you see it you will wonder how he did it. We will sow a lot of alfalfa this fall. Convenient arrangements will be made for every one to get lime, seed and inoculation. RECORD THREE A lot of farmers are convinced that it pays well to sow vetch and Aus trian winter peas so much that they are planning to sow a lot this fall. Arrangements will he made in plenty of time to get the seed. Vetch and pea seed are just a little higher this year than last year. It appears that peas doubled the cotton on tests on farms of G. S. Potts and Carl Granade. You should see these demonstrations. Winter peas ami vetch is doubling the yield of corn at the Georgia Rail road Demonstration plot at McDaniel’s Crossing. When you see it notice the large spot of poor corn in middle of the field where no vetch or peas were sown. It is worth a trip to see. A mighty good way to fight boll weevils now is to get the young ones in white cotton blooms. The young ones go there the first place. August 26-81 is the week for Rock dale boys from 10-20 to go to Camp Wilkins. All wanting to be with us see me this week. ERNEST D. HOLMES, County Agent. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kent had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stephens, of Oxford; Miss Lucile Carr and brother, Joseph, of Savannah. Mr. and Mis. J. H. Almand and mother, Mrs. G. A. Almand, spent the week-end in Clayton. Miss Louise South, of Atlanta, is visiting Miss Clemmie Newton Wil lingham. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Patrick arc spending this week in the mountains of North Georgia. Mrs. C. W. Hall and children, am! Miss Lillian Henson have returned home after a visit with relatives at Chattanooga. Mr. and Mrs. !£, G. Handley, of Bainbridge, Ga., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cowan. LOST—Coin purse containing check and some change. Finder please re turn to Miss Margaret Brewster at Conyers Hotel and receive reward. A Source Of Comfort /'kNE of the greatest sources of comfort to those left behind is the knowledge that the loved one is protected against the ravages of time and nature. That is why we urge the use of a metal grave vault whenever possible. We offer such vaults, guaranteed to give perfect and permanent protection, at prices within the reach of all. Inspec tion of our stock is invited at all times. White & Cos. CONYERS Phone 26-37 * .