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ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Organ of Rockdale County
ami the C'ily of Conyers
U. F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher
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Smyrna News
The Christian Endeavor program
planned by Miss Mina Belle Howard
for Sunday night was very interesting.
The subject for discussion was, “What
the Church Assk of Us.” Miss Edna
O’Neal will have charge next Sunday
night at eight o’clock. Everybody are
invited to worship with us.
Mrs. D. F. Ray and little son, Lon
nie, has returned to their home in
Atlanta after spending several days
with her sisters, Mrs. J. T. Sims and
Mrs. C. T. Bohanan.
Mr. and Mrs. (1. N. Sims call on
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar O’Neal a while
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Maddox were
the guests of Mr. E. J. O’Neal awhile
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mildred Bohanan is still visit
ing her brother, Rev. C. R. Bohanan,
of North Carolina. We are missing
her very much in our church and com
munity activities.
Mr. Paul Bohanan and Mr. Weymon
O’Neal made a call to Griffin Sunday
afternoon.
We were very glad to have Rev.
Harry Holland and his mother visit
among us last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Spergion Williams, of
Monroe, were the week-end guests of
Mr. J. T. Sims and family.
M iss Nellie Dempsey, of Conyers,
and Mr. Samuel Letson, of Covington,
called on Miss Estelle Bohanan a
short while Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Elliot Thrasher, C. T. Bohanan,
Hubert Bohanan, and Miss Pauline
Thrasher has again taken up their
school work in Conyers. We are hop
in;? them a very successful year.
We would be very glad to have more
cf oui neighboring church members
attend our regular preaching services
on the first and third Sundays at
eleven and eight o’clock. Rev. Holland
always delivers splendid messages.
The Plunkett reunion was well at
tended at Smyrna Camp Ground Sun
day. We were glad to have several of
them worship with us at Sunday
School Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blanton and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mis. A. B. W. Howard Sunday.
College Men Win Honors
The Nation’s Business says that Ifl
spite of the fact that loss than 1 poi
cent of American men nre college
graduates, this 1 per cent hns fur.
nlshed 55 per cent of our Presidents,
80 per cent of our members of con
gress, 47 per cent of the speaker*
of the house, 54 per cent of the Vice
Presidents, 02 per cent of the secre
taiies of state, 50 per cent of th
secretaries of the treasury, 07 pei
cent of the attorneys genernl, and
0!) per cent of the Justices of tlte
Supreme court.
Sand Uaed aa Defense
The expression “Throwing sand In
their eyes," Is said to have hud it*
origin In southern Siberia, where the
tribes depend for safety largely op
the fieetness of their horses. The
land Is very sandy and the method
of repulsing an opponent wns by
mentis of a handful of sand tossed
at him, with the result. If the alto
was good, of at leust temporary be
wilderment and blindness.
Juror Kept Tab
In a trial at Cincinnati, one of the
Jurors kept truck of the evidence with
toothpicks. When the defense scored
a point he would put n toothpick In
one pocket and when the state scared
a point lie would put a toothpick In
another pocket. There were so many
toothpicks In the second pocket that
this Juror voted for conviction nt once.
Time to Dodge
Naturally, the pedestrian views with
alarm the fact that a car is now
within the reach of every man —Lit
tle Rock (Ark.) Gazette
Coming, Dr. O. J. Baggerly, Optome
trist of Atlanta and will be at C. B. Ir
wins, Conyers all day. If your glasses
need changing don’t fail to see him on
Tuesday, Sept. 17th. Adv.
FOR SALE
One iron bed, springs and mattress
(or without mattress) and one small
cook stove. Good condition. See Mrs.
G. T. Mitcham.
EPWORTH LEAGUE GO TO
ALMON
Members of the Senior and Hi
Leagues met at the Methodist Church,
Sunday evening at 6:30, prepared for
their trip to Almon. Six cars left at
7:00 to make a return League pro
gram.
President Thomas Chapman and
Leaguers gave us a most hearty wel
come, which was greatly appreciated
by our Leaguers.
The following program was render
’d:
Subject—Prayer.
Song, “In the Garden.”
Song, “I Need Thee Every Hour.”
Song, “Beautiful Garden of Prayer.”
Prayer.
Solo, Lois Sharpe.
Scripture, Luke 11:1-13.
Quartette—Hi League members.
“What Is Prayer?’’—Louise Hale.
“Prayer in the Home”—Joe Butler.
“Prayer in the Life of Young
People”—Ore Guinn.
“Value of Prayer”—Mary A. Wil
on.
“A Life With Prayer and a Life
Without Prayer”—Ophelia Yancey.
Song, “Sweet Hour of Prayer.”
Song, “I Am Praying for You.”
President’s address.
Business.
Benediction.
Kimball House
Atlanta
Centrally Located
at Five Points
Booms Without Both
$1.50 <o $2.00
Booms With Italli
$2.00 to $3.00
E. G. JACOBS
Proprietor
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GEORGIA —Rockdale County:
Ordinary’s office, Sept. 2, 1929.
Mrs. S. E. Granger has applied for
Letters of Administration on the es
tate of J. W. Moore, deceased. This
is, therefore, to notify all persons con
cerned, that the same will be heard on
the first Monday in October next.
TIIOS. H. MARSTON,
Sept. 6-13-20-27* Ordinary.
FOR GUARDIANSHIP
GEORGIA —Rockdale County:
To all whom it may concern:
Mrs. Alie Beard, a resident of this
State, having in due form applied to
the undersigned for the Guardianship
of the person and property of Francis
Board and Earnest Lee Beard, minor
children of L. L. Beard, late of said
county, deceased, notice is hereby
given that her application will be
heard at the next Court of Ordinary
for said county on the first Monday
in October next., 1929.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this September 2nd, 1929.
TIIOS. H. MARSTON,
Sept. 6-13-20-27* Ordinary.
LEAVE TO SELL
GEORGlA—Rockdale County:
To all whom it may concern:
A. J. Summers, Administrator of A.
D. Summers, deceased, has in due
form applied to the undersigned for
leave to sell the lands belonging to
the estate of said deceased, and said
application will be heard on the first
Monday in October next, 2nd day of
September, 1929.
THOS. H. MARSTON,
Sept. 6-13-20-27. Ordinary.
LEAVE TO SELL
GEORGlA—Rockdale County:
To all whom it may concern:
A. J. Summers, Administrator of A.
D. Summers, deceased, has in due
form applied to the undersigned for
leave to sell certain stocks and bonds
and other personal property belonging
to the estate of said deceased, and said
application will be heard on the first
Monday in October next. Second day
of September, 1929.
THOS. H. MARSTON,
Sept. 6-13-20-27. Ordinary.
NOTICE DEBTORS AND CREDI
TORS
Georgia, Rockdale County:
All creditors of the estate of Cleop
ers Carmichael, late of Rockdale
to render in their demands to the un-
County, deceased, are hereby notified
dersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are re
quired to make immediate payment to
me.
This August 6th, 1929.
The Fourth National Bank of At
lanta, Ga., Adm. Est. of Cleopcrs Car
michael, deceased.
THE ROCKDALE RECORD. CONYERS. GEORGIA
SALE UNDER POWER
Mrs. C. V. Freeman
vs.
Mrs. Ethel F. Hunter
Sale Under Power in Deed.
Principal, $1,242.00.
Whereas, on the 22nd day of No
vember, 1927, Mrs. Ethel F. Hunter
executed to Mrs. C. V. Freeman, a
deed to secure a certain indebtedness
therein recited, and evidenced by
three notes dated the 22nd day of No
vember, 1927, and due as follows:
$142.00, due November 22, 1928;
$ 100.00, November 22nd, 1929, and
November 22nd, 1930, with interest at
7 per cent from date, and to secure the
payment of said notes, executed and
delivered to the said Mrs. C. V. Free
man the said security deed in which
it was expressly provided and agreed
that if default should be made in the
prompt payment of the principal or
interest of any of the said notes, time
being the essence of the contract, then
the principal sum, together with all
accrued interest a:; represented the
said series of notes should become due
and payable at once, at the option of
the holder, and which security deed
conveyed the following described
lands, etc.
“All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the 11th District of
originally Henry, now Rockdale conn
ly, Georgia, known and distinguished
in the plan of said lot No. 234, con
taining eighty-one and one-fourth
acres, more or less. The same being
the lands conveyed to Mrs. Fannie V.
Palmer by Kelly Sims in Deed of Feb.
15, 1890 and recorded in deed book
“E,” page 90 of the land records of
Rockdale County, Georgia. Also that
tract or parcel of land in said county
and State, being forty acres of land
in the southwest corner of land lot
No. 234 of Eleventh District of said
c ounty and state, and bounded on the
west and south, by land lot lines; east,
by above described land and north line
running as the ridge road runs through
said land lot. The above described
land being all that land described in
deed from Mrs. Fannie V. Palmer and
others to A. T. Young, May 15, 1915.
The total of the above described two
tracts of land containing in all 136
acres as per survey recently made by
T. D. O’kelley, surveyor. The above
described lands being same as describ
ed and conveyed in warranty from A.
T. Young to J. A. Young, January 3,
1918, deed book “O,” page 45.
Which said deed is of record in deed
book “T,” pages 133-134, Clerk of
Superior Court’s Office, said county,
to which reference is hereby made for
ful description of said lands and the
terms and conditions of said conti’act,
and,
Whereas, default has been made in
the payment of all three said notes,
and the holder thereof, Mrs. *C. V.
Freeman, in accordance with the pro
visions of said deed and notes, has de
clared the entire principal sum and
interest due and payable.
Now, the said Mrs. C. V. Freeman,
by virtue of the power of sale con
tained in said deed and pui’suant there
to, in order to enforce the payment of
said principal and interest, will, for
the satisfaction of said indebtedness,
the cost of advertising and the expense
of said sale, sell before the court house
door in the city of Conyers, said coun
ty, between the legal hours of sale,
on the 15th day of October, 1929, the
above described tract or parcel of land
to the highest bidder for cash, and will
execute to the purchaser a deed to
same in accordance with the terms of
said deed.
This 11th day of September, 1929.
Mrs. C. V. Freeman.
Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4.
TAX LEVY FOR 1929
GEORGlA—Rockdale County:
The Rockdale Court of County Com
missioners conyened August 6th, 1929,
in regular session, the following mem
bers being present: J. J. Sims, chair
man, presiding; James Newsome,
Henry 11. Baker, J. Ad. Dempsey, W.
P. Richardson, and R. D. Lackey, sit
ting for county purposes.
On motion of W. F. Richardson, sec
onded by James Newsome that the
following tax rate be levied for the
year 1929.
Ist. To pay debts and interest of
the county, 55c per 100 dollars.
2nd. To pay for repairing and
building public buildings, 55c. 12eon the
100 dollars.
3rd. To pay jurors, 14c on the 100
dollars.
4th. To pay expenses of courts, 14c
on the 100 dollars.
sth. To pay coroner’s fees," lc on
the 100 dollars.
6th. To support paupers, 9c on the
100 dollars.
7 th. To pay for repairing and
working public roads, 40c on the 100
dollars.
Bth. To support prisoners, 5c on
the 100 dollars.
Total rate, $1.50 on the 100 dollars.
Making the total rate One Dollar
and Fifti Cents on the Hundred Dol
lars of taxable property as per digest
of said county for county purposes for
the year 1929.
Also following the instructions of
the Board of Education of the County
of Rockdale, State of Georgia, 50 cents
on the hundred dollars on all of the
property of said county outside of the
corporate limits of the City of Con
yers, Georgia, for county wide schools.
Also for local school districts:
Bethel School District, 50c on the
hundred dollars.
Oak Grove School District, 30c on
the one hundred dollars.
Magnet School District, 30c on the
one hundi'ed dollars.
Velta School District, 30c on the
one hundred dollars.
Oakland School District, 20c on the
one hundred dollars.
This the sixth day of August, 1929.
J. J. SIMS, Chairman,
Board of County Commissioners.
THOS. H. MARSTON, Clerk,
Board of County Commissioners.
Sept. 6-13-20-27.
FOR GUARDIANSHIP
GEORGlA—Rockdale County:
To all whom it may concern:
G. B. Mitchell, a resident of this
State, having in due form applied to
the undersigned for the Guardianship
of the persons of Della Mae and G. B.
Brown, minor children of Zelma
Brown, late of said county, deceased,
notice is hereby given that his appli
cation will be heard at the next Court
SALE UNDER POWER SALE
SALE UNDER POWER
G EORGIA —Rockdale County:
Will be sold before the court house
in said county on the first Tuesday in
October, 1929, within the legal hours
of sale, to-wit: all that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in the 4th
district of Rockdale County, Georgia,
formerly Walton, and 16th District of
originally Henry, now Rockdale Coun
ty, Georgia, and located in Sheffield
Militia District, containing ninety (90)
acres, more or less, and being more
fully described in deed from J. J.
Stephenson to G. 11. Johnson and S. D.
Humphries, dated January 5, 1920, and
recorded in Deed Book “O,” page 222,
January 8, 1920, and bounded as fol
lows: North, by Mrs. H. H. Baker and
J. J. Stephenson; east, by J. J.
Stephenson; south, by Joel A. Owens,
J. H. Matthews and T. B. Drake, and
west, by H. H. Baker, xvith all im
provements thereon, to satisfy an
execution issued from the City Court
of Conyers, said county, in favor of
Mrs. A. S. J. Moon vs. S. D. Humph
ries and G. 11. Johnson.
Notice to tenants in possession and
deed for levy and sale filed and re
corded.
This 4th day of September, 1929.
J. F. COOK,
Sheriff Rockdale County, Georgia.
Sept. 6-13-20-27.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LEAVE TO SELL AND RE INVEST
Georgia, Rockdale County:
Mrs. Kate M. Hardwick, as Execu
trix of the Will of Homer V. Hard
wick, deceased, vs. Clarence S. Potter,
et al.
Bill in Equity, Rockdale Superior
Court, July Term, 1929.
To Katrina Van Schaick, Cobbles
ville, New York; John Hardwick Van
Schaick, Cobblesvillc, New York;
Pierre Whichard, Long Beach, Cali
fornia; Willard Hardwick Whichard,
Long Beach, California; Eason Cross,
St. Georges Rectory, Maynard, Mass.;
and any other child or children of Kate
Hardwick Van Schaick, Willard Hard
wick Whichard, and Crawford S. Hard
wick, in life or to be born.
By order of Court, you and each of
you, are hereby notified that Mrs. Kate
M. Hardwick, as Executrix of the will
of Homer V. Hardwick, deceased, has
filed her bill in equity, returnable to
the October Term 1929 of the Superior
Court of Rockdale County, Georgia,
praying for leave to sell at private
sale, the contingent remainder interest
of Katrina Van Schaick, John Hard
wick Van Schaick, Pierre Whichard,
Willard Hardwick Whichard, Susie
Ruth Haixlwick, Margaret Hardwick,
Helen Hardwick, Katherine Hardwick,
Eason Cross, and any other child or
children of Kate Hardwick Van
Schaick, Willard Hardwick Whichard,
Crawford S. Hardwick, Olive Hard
wick Cross, in life or to be born, in and
to the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in Rockdale County, Geor
gia, being in the Town of Conyers, and
which is described as follows: The
building known as the Post Office
Building, located on the corner of
Center and North Railroad Streets in
said city and being a part of Land Lot
No. 295, described as: Beginning at a
corner on Center Street with the lot
of J. E. Maddox and running thence
west along the center of the brick wall
with said J. E. Maddox sixty (60)
feet; thence south on a line parallel
with Center Street to the right-of-way
of the Georgia Railroad fifty (50)
feet; thence east along said right-of
way sixty (60) feet to Center Street;
thence north along said street to the
beginning corner, being a lot 50x60
feet formerly known as the S. D.
Night Building. ALSO: All that tract
or parcel of land in Conyers, formerly
known as the E. B. Rosser store refom,
said lot situated on Center Street, and
being the ground and store under the
south end of the hotel formerly known
as the Commercial Hotel, embracing
all the land covered by said store
room, and described as beginning at a
corner on Center Street with an alley
on south side of same, and running
thence along the wall of said store
about sixty (60) feet to clear the west
end of said store; thence north with
said store to a corner; thence east
along the center of wall with stores
formerly owned by A. J. Pearce to
Center Street; thence to the beginning
point. ALSO: One brick store room
on Center Street and lot upon which
same is located now vacant but form
erly occupied by the Misses Hollifield,
bounded east by Center Street; south
by R. O. Gailey;. west by Mrs. H. L.
White, and north by R. O. Gailey.
ALSO: One brick store room and lot
on Center Street now occupied by El
liott’s Army Store and. being the
property bought by Homer V. Hard
wick from Walter Wood; bounded
east by Center Street; south by R. O.
Gailey; west by R. O. Gailey; north by
an alley. ALSO: A lot on the south
side of Main Street (formerly Decatur
Street), bounded north by Decatur
Street; west by lot of W. J. Eakes;
south by North Street, and east by a
lot belonging to the estate of Mrs.
Frances Buchanan, deceased; being
the same property as was conveyed to
Mrs. Martha B. Ivey to H. V. Hard
wick by deed dated January 1, 1900,
and recorded in Deed Book H, page 21
of the Rockdale County Records. Said
sale to be made to Clarence S. Potter,
the owner of all other interests in said
property, for the sum of one thousand
($1,000.00) dollars, said sum to be re
invested by said executrix for the
benefit of said contingent remainder
men, and said sale to be made on ac
count of the bad physical condition of
said properties.
You and each of you arc hereby
commanded to be and appear at the
October Term 1929 of said Court, to
be held on the first Monday in October,
1929, at the Court House in Conyers,
Georgia, to show cause, if any you can,
why the prayers of 'said petitioner
should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable John B.
Hutcheson, Judge ol said Court, this
25th dav of May, 1929.
R. 11. KING, Clerk.
Aug. 16-30, Sept. 13-27. ”
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Come here for your tablets, pencils, pens,
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We have the agency and there is no better
candy on the market. Take her a box.
Costa’s Ice Cream
Come in and enjoy some of the best made.
Prescriptions
Compounded from the best drugs and filled
by a licensed pharmacist. This department
is now complete in every detail.
Eastman Kodak Films. We Develop them,
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A. WHITAKER, Manager
FOR GUARDIANSHIP
GEORGIA--Rockdale County
To All Whom It May Concern-
J L. Wallace, a resident”- this
State, having m due form appliedT
the undersigned for the guaidiansh!
of the person and property of Mrs P
J. Wallace, Rockdale County, notke i s
hereby given that said application will
be heard at the next court of ordinary
for said county, on the first Mond™
in October, 1929. ™ ay
Witness my hand and official siena
tuie, this 2nd day of September iqdq
THOS. 11. MARSTON
Ordinary Rockdale Countv
Sept. 6-13-20-27* y ‘