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VOLUME II NO. 35
Conyers Public Schools Has
Splendid Enrollment for ’29
The Conyers schools opened with a
splendid enrollment and apparently
started off on the right foot with
Superintendent Gilbert again leading
and Opha Cooper pushing. The en
rollment is made up of 132 boys and
145 girls and is distributed as folows:
First grade, Mary Still, teacher; 17
boys and 10 girls. Second grade. Lu
(il’e Plunkett, teacher; 15 boys and 9
girls. Third grade, Martha Ramsey,
teacher; 14 boys and 10 girls. Fifth
grade, Mary Frances Cowan, teacher;
10 boys and 13 girls. Sixth grade,
Mrs. Leroy Brisindine, teacher; 11
boys and 9 girls. Seventh grade, Mrs.
Margaret Barkesdale, teacher; 12 boys
and 15 girls. Eighth grade, Ruth
Robinson, teacher; 10 boys and 15
girls. Ninth grade, Margaret Spray
berry, teacher; 11 boys and 19 girls.
Tenth grade, 0. R. Cooper, teacher;
12 boys and 19 girls. Eleventh grade,
Mary Hewlett, teacher; 13 boys and
15 girls. Included in this fairly good
enrollment is 61 children from outside
of the city limits.
We understand the Nancy Guinn
Library and school faculty are in full
accord this year and thus will it serve
other purposes than merey to keep our
school on the accredited list. In be
half of the parents and children of
Conyers and Rockdale County, we wish
to thank the Civic League and faculty
for bringing about this proper use of
so important an item in our school.
Our Board of Education is made up
with well chosen men and we have no
public criticism to make, but private
ly, we never would have expected them
to permit the grounds around this
magnificent plant to go to seed like
it did and is, even today.
Legion Members
Enjoy Fish Fry
———
Tie kindness and generosity of our
.Xdca-Cola manager, Mr. I. G. Ellis,
was shown again Friday evening when
ke granted the American Legion,
Rockdale County Post No. 77, the use
of the Coca-Cola plant and furnished
drinks for their fish supper.
Talks were given by Col. C. R.
Vaughn and Mr. W. A. Henson.
Twenty-five Legionaires and famil
ies with Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Ellis, en
joyed this event.
The donation of the drinks and the
ose of the building was highly ap
preciated by the Legionaires.
“Marrying Parson”
Our Ordinary is fast gaining the
reputation of “Marrying Parson” as
several of our colored brethren have
ksrned that two can live cheaper than
®e, and hasten to the court house to
“*ve this opinion verified by the judge.
CARD OF THANKS
VVe wish to express our heartfelt
“ anks to our friends and neighbors
or their many kindnesses shown dur-
! ng the illness and death of our hus
t>and and father.
Mrs. A. F. Kent,
i, Mrs. M. L. Smith,
Mr. F. V. Kent,
Mr. J. S. Kent,
Mr. R. L. Kent,
Mr. W. F. Kent,
Mr. L. H. Kent.
Speedy Wins
Speedy Freeman is not supersti
loU:! at a Hi at least this was proven
. Friday evening, 8:30 o’clock when
at Bear Cat ” obie in the ring
{ for a bout; they
°ught six rounds and Speedy won by
Vision.
fi^ eed >' says Friday the 13th is all
For Rent
0 roorn houses with water and
BANK 0F
farm for rent
. : fee-horse farm for rent, third and
l or standing rent. Good land,
i?k arns ’ and Pasture. Apply to
snner, Conyers, Ga.
for sale
p
r sashes, 34x40; 2 wash
Mrs. W. O. Mann.
®l)c Uockimlc flecorft
Mrs. M. L. Wood
Buried Thursday
After a long illness Mrs. Wood
passed away during the early morn
ing hours of September the eleventh.
Mrs. Wood was the youngest child
of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Riley and
was born July 25th, 1859.
Mrs. Wood was a member of the
Baptist church until her marriage to
Mr. Wood in 1900, and then she joined
the Christian church with her husband
and remained a faithful member until
the death angel came down and took
her home.
She was a devoted wife, a loving
mother and a sincere Christian, who
possessed a cheerful and pleasant dis
position; the law of kindness was the
law of her life.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. John Wood, Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at Bethel church, with in
terment in Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Wood is survived by her hus
band, Mr. M. L. Wood; one son,
Francis; one granddaughter, Dorothy
"Lamar; a brother, Dr. J. W. Riley, and
a sister, Mrs. Ora Latham, to u’hom
The Record extends its sympathy in
their bereavement.
Friends and relatives from out-of
town attending the funeral of Mrs.
Wood were: Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Riley,
Mr. and Mrs. oe Underwood, Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Grass, of Atlanta; Mr. Paul
Copeland, Mr. W. A. Minor and
daughter of Stone Mountain; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Minor and Miss Ella Sue
Minor, of Athens; Mr. Clacde Maine,
Mr. Perry, Mr. Bradley and Mrs.
Harris, of Winder; Mr. Treadwell, of
Statham; Mr. ohn Hunter, of St. Louis,
Mo., and Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Wood,
of Winder.
Newton County
Fair Oct. 1 To 5
Announcement is made by the man
agement of the Newton County Fair
Association that the dates for the an
nual fair this year have been made
October 1-5. The Newton County Fair
is considered one of the best county
fairs in the state and draw's a large
attendance from this section.
In addition to the agricultural and
live stock exhibit the association al
ways provides amusement for those
who want to mix a little fun along
with seeing the exhibits.
Infantry Coming
The 122nd Infantry, from Atlanta,
will camp in Conyers one day, either
September 24 or 25, at Gailey’s Park.
They will have their dinner there and
a rest before resuming their hike.
The public is cordially invited to
come out and meet the boys.
almand-peek
A marriage of wide interest was
that of Miss Mary Gladys Almand and
Mr. Jess Henry Peek, Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock at the residence of
and by Rev. Thos. 11. Marston.
Mrs. Peek is the charming young
daughter of Mrs. Zack Almand, and
has a host of friends who will be glad
toTeam of her marriage.
Mr. Peek is the son of Mr. John r.
Peek, and is our efficient Deputy
Sheriff. . . . . .
They will be at home to their friend--.
at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs.
Zack Almand.
The Record extends congratulations
to Mr. and Mrs. Peek.
RICHARDSON-FARRER
Mr. Virgil Farrer and Miss Mary
Richardson were happib married
August 31st by Judge T. H. Marston.
MR. AND MRS. WHITE
ENTERTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. White en
tertained at an informal luncheon last
Thursday in compliment to * r.
Mrs. Charles R. Johnson, Sr., of A
- Ga. .
The center of the daintily a PP OI "
table was graced by a basket filled
with early fall garden
Covers were laid for Mr.
Charles R- Johnson, Sr., Mr. *
Charles R. Johnson, Jr., Mr-
Aubrey Melt Turner
ustine Clark, of Decatur; Mr John K
White and Mr. and Mrs. Harry White.
CONYERS, GEORGIA SEPT. 20, 1929
Willie, Abie And
Henry Start On
A Long Journey
Mr. R. H. Still failed to find his car
out in the front yard Wednesday
morning. Jamie Mann, next door
neighbor, dreamed that he heard three
little niggers push the ear out of the
yard and crank it up down the road
a short distance. Chief Nix hurried
ly called the roll in front of post of
fice and found Willie J. Carr, Abie
Stockton and Henry Lewis, absent.
Putting two and three together, he
and Mr. Still lit out for Atlanta and
in less than two hours, they were all
together down on Decatur 'street,
where our three curbstone sports
drove up to one of those many De
catur street special picture houses with
a bunch of city cousins. Mr. Still step
ped out to greet his Conyers friends,
shaking Abie with a firm grasp in the
collar, pitching him into the all in
clusive arms of a regular Decatur
street policeman, while he pursued
Willie J. and Henry up the street. Mr.
Still outran Willie J. and would have
outrun Henry if he could have drug
Willie J. through the crowded
thoroughfare.
Now Abie and Willie J. are stop
ping with Sheriff Cook, expecting
Judge Irwin to direct them in their
further travels at an early date, Henry
will remain in Atlanta for a time,
but will most likely be down in time
to continue the journey wtih his social
and political friends. The car was not
damaged, except both tags had been
removed and tags stolen from some
other car substituted and the spare
tire removed and possibly exchanged
for picture show change.
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
Our Sunday School is gaining and
we are having good crowds.
The Executive Board of the Stone
Mountain Association met with Mrs.
M. R. Stephenson September 6th, had
a good attendance.
\ v .ry helpful and interesting meet
ing was held.
Quite a lot of business was attended
to and plans were made for Steward
ship Week beginning the 23rd of Sep
tember and going through the 29th.
All these services are to be held at
all the churches throughout the as
sociation.
Sunday, September 29th, the meet
ing will be held at the Conyers Bap
tist church at 3 o’clock in the after
noon.
We have some good speakers for
this occasion, and the public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
Reminiscences And Sketches
Rockdale’s Former Officers
The following facts about ockdaie
County will be ißnteresting. They are
from county records and were com
piled by Miss Givian Riley of The
Record:
Rufus B. Bullock was Governor of
the State when the formation of the
county took place by act of Legisla
ture approved October 18, 1870. The
act went into effect February i, 1871.
The new county was laid cut and
organized from Newton and Henry
Counties.
After the formation of the county
it took its name from Rockdale church,
one among the oldest Baptist churches
in Georgia, and still stands with a
creditable membership among a most
progressive people.
Rockdale County was attached to
the 27th Senatorial District, to the
4th Congressional District and the
Flint Judicial Circuit.
The first election for county officers
was held on the first Wednesday in
February, 1871, in Conyers, then in
Newton County, and in the 476th dis
trict of the county.
During the year 18 <2, the Legisla
ture passed an act authorizing the
Ordinary of the county to issue bonds
and levy an extra tax of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of
building a court house in said county.
The court house was built by Mr.
Tunison, in the year 1873. Mr. Tunison
built several other brick buildings that
are still standing after 56 years of
storm and sunshine, and are not much
the worse for wear.
First officers of the county were
as follows:
Ordinary, A. C. McCalla, who toofl
office on February 1, 1871, and con
tinued in office until March 20, 1875,
being succeeded by Obadiah earn ans.
who served for ten years, being suc
ceeded by A. M. Hehns, who served for
twelve years, he being succeeded by
E. F. Cook, who continued in office
Over, The County
With The Agent,
Ernest Holmes
Five thousand pounds of vetch and
winter pea seed have been ordered to
start with for Rockdale County. These
seed are to be here some time this
week. These seed will be in B. F.
Tucker’s warehouse for you to get, as
Mr. Tucker will handle them for us
this fall. It will not be necessary for
you to see me before or when you get
the seed, but just go there and get
them and pay Mr. Tucker for them
when you get them. Of course those
placing their orders before the first
five thousand pounds are gone will be
most sure to get theirs out of this
shipment. So if you wish you may
place your amount either with Mr.
Tucker or me as soon as convenient, as
those placing orders will be notified as
soon as their seeds come.
It is feared that the price of these
seeds will go up soon, so you might
save by placing your order or getting
your seeds as soon as possible.
There are very’ few Austrian winter
peas on the market this year on ac
count of a short crop being made this
year, and as yet we have only a few
comming, and orders have already
been placed for all the peas we will
have in this shipment. However, we
are trying to find some more, and if
we find any more we will let those
know who prefer them.
All the seed we have ordered have
been tested for germination for us by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and the germination is guaranteed
to be above 90 per cent. I saw the
lists as tested, and saw that the aver
age was around 95 per cent.
Vetch seed will be lIM-e a pound
and l £e a pound for inoculation, which
makes a total of 12c a pound for vetch
with inoculation. The peas in this
lot will be ll4c a pound. Peas have
gone up to 14c a pound in some places.
The thing to do is to sow vetch instead
of peas this fall. If you notice the
analyses In the summer issue of the
Agricultural Bulletin you will see that
the vetch is as good as peas anyway.
Twenty to twenty-five pounds of
vetch should be sown per acre, where
peas are used thirty to forty pounds
per acre should be sown. For either
vetch or peas are sown 200 to 400
pounds of acid phosphate per acre
should be used. Vetch and peas do not
do well on prior land the first year
unless fertilized with acid phosphate
or stable manure.
Vetch and peas should be sown the
first time you get a season in the
(Continued on Back Page)
from 1908 until his death, July 18,
1928, when R. H. King acted as Ordi
nary until the election last September,
when Thos. H. Marston was elected
Ordinary of this county.
First Clerk of uperior Court was T.
J. Treadwell, who took office the 20th
day of February 1871, succeeded by J.
R. McCord, who took office on the
23rd of January, 1877, the succeeding
clerks being W. T. Huson, L. 11. Sig
man, J. J. McClelland and our present
Clerk, R. H. King.
Sheriff. First was John W. Almand,
who took office February 1, 1871, who
had as his deputy D. N. Hudson. Mr.
Almand was succeeded by D. N. Hud
son, who took office January' sth, 1873,
he had as his deputy J. S. Albert. Mr.
Hudson was succeeded by Captain F.
M. Whitehead, January 26, 1875, who
was succeeded by J. H. Taylor, Janu
ary 27, 1877, who was re-elected and
took office the second time, February’
20th, 1879, and was succeeded by A.
P. (Crock) Mitchell, who took office!
January 18, 1881, was re-elected and
took office the second time January 13,;
1883. His deputy was W. H. M.
Austin, who succeeded Mr. Mitchell in
office of Sheriff, February 7th, 1885.
W. H. M. Austin was re-elected and
took office the second time in Febru
ary, 1887. He was succeeded by Asa
D. McDonald, aJnuary 12, 1889, had
|as his deputy John M. Day. Mr.
' Austin was again elected sheriff and
1 took office the second day of May,
1890, having Mr. Day as his deputy
and serving Mr. McDonald’s unexpired
term, and Mr. Austin succeeded him
self four times. January 28, 1891;
February 4, 1893; January 29, 1895;
January 27, 1897. Mr. Austin was
succeeded by J. W. Swann, who took
office March 30th, 1898, serving for
some time, was succeeded by W. L.
King, he being succeeded by S. L
; Cowan, and he by J. F. Cook.
(Continued)
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
Joe Towns Jr., Wins Tourna
ment at Riverside Golf Club
Oxford District
News
The vacation season has passed and
our people are mobilizing in school,
business, social and church life. Rev.
J. R. Jordan, our pastor at Conyers,
well says, “The opening of the fall
season calls us to our customary
church Ufe. The graciousness of our
Heavenly Father and of our Lord
Christ appeals to the consecration of
our energies to the furtherance of the
Kingdom. Let us prove ourselves
worthy of our place in God’s thought.
Last Sunday congregations were good;
interest was wholesome. Let us do
even better the coming Sunday.’’ To
this statement, we may add a further
optimistic note from Rev. W. S. Nor
ton, our pastor at Lithonia, “There
was a considerable increase in the Sun
day School attendance last Sunday.
Let’s make it much larger this Sun
day.” Here is a profitable post-vaca
tion suggestion for every Christian.
The two training schools on Sunday
School work will be held in October—
Oxford, October 6; Milledgeville, Octo
ber 13, and are being earnestly put
before the minds of our people by Rev.
A. B. Elizer, District Sunday School
Secretary, by letter, by the press and
by means of personal addresses. At
Porterdaie, Wednesday evening last,
September 11th, he gave an address on
this subject which was enthusiastical
ly received. All who are interested,
write to him at once.
The Presiding Elder has notified
each pastor of the date and place of
his Fourth Quarterly Conference. Rev.
R. E. Lyle, our pastor on East Putnam
Charge, says, “We hope to have all
finances in hand by that time,” in his
regular news item in the Eatonton
Messenger. Rev. R. W. Stone, our
pastor on the West Putnam Charge,
in the same paper says, “It is not
too early' now for us to begin to get
our reports in full for this (fourth)
quarter. May every steward and of
ficial be ready with the very best re
port.” These young pastors have the
attitude which makes success possible.
Let all of our pastors and officials
labor to the same end.
Every Sunday School in the Oxford
District should, without fail, make a
liberal offering to the Orphans Home
Sunday, September 29.
Revivals are in progress at more
than one point in the Oxford District.
Let prayer for them arise from every
heart fervently each day.
Bishop Candler is expected to de
liver a great address at the opening
exercises at Emory College, Junior, in
Oxford, Wednesday, September 18,
10:30 A. M. Hundreds of this great
man’s friends throughout the Oxford
District will rejoice at this news and
no doubt many will come in auto
parties to be present at the reopening
of this historic college.
SIBO.OO ONE ACRE ON BUTTER
BEANS
m -
Keating .and Marion Pharr have
found other things than eotton for
realizing ready money. They have
one acre in this crop this year. Forty
bushels have been shipped, forty more
expected from the acre at an average
price of $2.25 per bushel.
This good yield is due to the boys
getting the weevil under control by
spraying with magnesian arsenate.
LIEUT. GAILEY LEAVES
After a pleasant two months’ vaca
tion with his parents, Lieut. Chas. K.
Gailey left Wednesday for Cambridge,
Mass., where be will enter the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Col. Vaughn was all smiles over the
large attendance at Sunday School
last Sunday morning, we had 140
present.
Our regular pastor had charge of
the morning and evening services with
splendid congregations at both serv
ices.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES
Regular preaching services will be
held Sunday morning and evening by
Rev. H. K. Holland.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Mr. Harry Langford, now of De
catur, spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Neaomi Langford, and grand
mother, Mrs. Hugh L. White.
During the recent ten-day tourna
ment over on Riverside, we have often
thought of the great pilgrimage to
Mecca, the Alpha and Omega of Mo
hammedanism and Stratford-on-Avon,
likewise, the birth and burial place of
the English classical and mighty
Shakespeare, in that Riverside was the
beginning of our golf and the sun is
already casting its long shadows
across our golf pathway.
About one year ago, seevral of us
small town sports decided to imitate
our cosmopolitan cousins by digging
nine little holes in the ground, digging
a trench around each hole, also placing
a wire fence around it so as to keep
out the cows—the entire layout being
in a cow pasture- —since which time,
several of us have been trying to roll
a little ball from one hole to the other,
across the trench, under the wire and
into the hole. When you get it in the
little hole, you are supposed to stand
by and grin while your opponent ap
proaches chip by chip. It all looks
simple and foolish, especially foolish,
the way most of us do it.
Those qualifying in the first flight
and playing for the club championship
were G. Carl Sims, Joe Towns, J. L.
Drake, J. M. Towns, L. V. Holman,
F. C. McDaniel and R. H. King. In
the play-off, Carl and Joseph soon got
rid of us would-be champions and then
settled the matter between them,
Joseph putting Carl down with nine
holes and seven to go.
The Gailey trophy, a beautiful silver
cup, comparable with the best in
tournament awards, goes to Joseph
Towns, with his name engraved there
on, to be won three times before it be
comes personal property. In addition
to this beautiful trophy, the tourna
ment awarded its champion an A. G.
Spalding spoon, both of which were
presented in due form by President
James Newsom this week.
Those qualifying in the second
flight and playing fc: a club award,
were Charise Gailey, Jr., Gibson Hull,
O. R. Cooper, J. F. Davis, H. D.
Austin, C. R. Cannon, Gailey Summers
and R. O. Gailey. Cannon won second
flight honors, beating Hull three and
two.
Those qualifying and playing for
third place honors were Harry L.
White, Dr. P. S. Smith, A. D. Sum
mers and J. R. Chapman. White won
over Summers two and one and re
ceived a suitable club award.
Pro. David Patrick, a golfer of na
tional repute, conducted the tourna
ment to the entire satisfaction of all
concerned and made every moment
and stroke intensely interesting to the
entire membership of someone hun
dred member and visiting golfers.
We will carry in our next issue, a
picture of Mr. Gailey, presenting the
trophy to club president James New
som and in turn his presentation to its
winner, Joe Towns.
22ND INFANTRY HERE FOR
SHORT TIME
Uncle Sam’s boys, the 22nd Infan
try, were here Tuesday, their wagons,
machine guns, equipment and all, in
cluding the water wagon, stopped in
Conyers a short time Tuesday morn
ing. -
The outfit included among other
things 140 mules and horses, 20
wagons, machine guns, privates, offi
cers, and a real captain, Commanding
Officer Camell of the 22nd. They were
here only a short time, the bugle call
ing them on their way to Covington
where they would have lunch near that
city.
8. S. CLASS MEETS
The Susannah Wesley Bible Class
held their regular monthly meeting
.September 9, at the home of Mrs. J.
M. Lassiter with Miss Stella Pruitt as
| joint hostess.
Mrs. Bob Elliott presided. After the
business session the following pro-
I gram was rendered:
"If the Attendance Begins to Sag”—
Mrs. H. D. Austin.
j “Magnify the Teacher” —Mrs. Claud
Smith, Mrs. J. M. Lassider.
During the social hour tea and
; crackers were served. The members
I present were: Mrs. H. D. Austin, Mrs.
j W. U. Bowen, Mrs. Roy Elliott, Mrs.
; Bob Elliott, Mrs. J. R. Jordan, Mrs. J.
j M. Lassiter, Mrs. James Mann, Miss
' Stella Pruitt, Mrs. Lon Rice, Mrs. D.
j H. Patrick, Mrs. L. J. Pharr, Miss
Martha Ramsey, Mrs. W. S. Sigman,
Mrs. Claud Smith.
MRS. W. S. SIGMAN,
Secretary.
Mr. H. G. Gates and Miss Julia
Bailey, of Athens, were guests of Mr.
* Urban Jordan Sunday.