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FOR BETTER SHOES
fjlO I O Uqll6y 5 FOR LESS MONEY
ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Organ of Rorkdale County
and the City of Conyer*
K. F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher
SUBSC'RIPTIONt IN ADVANCE
One year
Six months
THE ROCKDALE RECORD nssumes
no responsibility for views expressed
by eorrespoiuhnits or contributors- All
copy submitted for publication must be
signed by the author.
Presentments Of
The Grand Jury
We, the Cm ml Jury, drawn and
duly sworn for tin* Octblier, 4929
term, Itockdale County KiUierior (lourt,
bog leave to submit tli|e following pre
sentments :
We the committee asssigned to the
examinations of the lmoks of the va
rious County Officers and after ex
amination we find the same neatly
and correctly kept.
The sale records of poisonous drugs
are properly kept by the druggists.
We find that the J. P. Dockets are
neatly and correctly kept with the ex
-I'ieption of three districts that li,avo
not l*een presented to us.
We find the Court House in fair con
dition. The Grtuud Jury room lias some
plastering off over bead and we recom
mend it Ik fixed, and the Public Toi
let taken out and put on the outside,
as it damages tills room, and some
little repairs scattered over the whole
house, wliieh we recommend lie fixed.
We find the Jail in fair condition,
except the bedding and it is very poor,
practically none, so we recommend
new fsslding through out. Also the
old gallows room be fixed with toilet
for women prisoners, also the fence
around th ■ Jail is pnrily damaged
and dicayed, we recommend Hint it lie
rebuilt, also the dining mom and one
bed room should Is* painted inside.
Attached) hereto is a report of the
visiting committu* of the State Hoard
of Public 1 Welfare of Georgia which Is
as follows:
READ REPORT
Wo recommend Hint (5. W. Crumb
ley be appointed ns county Historian
to write for record the history of Rock
dale County, as ix-r the recent nets of
tin' legislature. 1
In considemtion of the matter of pay
for Jurors and Bailiffs we recom
mend that they Ie paid $‘2.00 per day.
We findl the public roads of the
County in fair condition considering
the unusual rainfall for this jfflr.
We Hie Crnud Jury wish to go on
record as desiring tin 4 City Court of
Conyers tin. he abolished.
We recommend the u.ppointment of
F. L. Robinson as Notary Public of
Honey Creek District, Rockdale Coun
ty.
In taking leave of the Court, we
wish to express our thanks to His Hon.
Judge Jno. B. Hutchinson, for his able
(barge, and we also wish to thank our
capable Solicitor General Major C. C.
Smith for his valuable assistance ren
dere dto this body.
We recommend 1 that a copy of these
presentments Is* spread on the minutes
and that the same is* published in
The Rockdale Record, and flieiy be paid
Ten Hollars ($10.00) for same.
Respect fully submitted,
JOEL A. OWENS, Foreman.
L. A. BOWEN, Clerk.
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
Will la* sold at the Court House
door in said county on the first Tues
day in November, 1929, between the
legal hours of sale, tl\e following prop
erty, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the 10th District of Rock
dale County, Georgia, and being lo
cated on South Railroad Street in the
City of Conyers and more fully det
scribed as follows: Beginning at the
r utlieast corner of land of W. V. Al
raand at an iron stake on Georgia
Railroad rMlit of way, running south
r. 2 l-2o East, along line of right of
way of Georgia Railroad right of way
310 feet to an iron stake in the cen
ter of a 10 foot alley, thence south
l-2o west along center of said al
ley 847 h 2 feet to an iron stake in cen
ter of an alley, thence north 51 l-4o
west 91 feet to corner of W. V. Al
mand property, thence north 87 l-2o
east along said Almand property 344 1-2
feet to beginning corner, Containing
seventy-nine one hundredths of an
acre more or less(79-100)and known as
the Conyers Flour Mill, including Hie
mill house, shed hack of Mill House
nd all machinery in said mill, with
ail improvements thereon, levied on as
the pro|ierly of tin* defendant, A. I*.
Owens, to satisfy an execution issued
from tlie City Court of Conyers on the
-till day of Novemlier, 1929, in tin* case
of Mrs. .1. 11. McCalla vs A. P. Owens.
Notice to defendant and tenant in Dis
sension served and din'd for levy and
sale filed and recorded.
Tills sth day of October, 1929.
J. F. COOK, Sheriff.
Statement of Condition of
BANK OF ROCKDALE
located at CONYERS, tiA.
At Close of Itiisiness Oct, 4th, 1929, as
Called for by the Superintendent of
Ranks.
O. C. SIMS, President.
R. 11. STILL, Cashier
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $1i58,738.75
Certificates of Indkflitctd'ness
and Ronds and Stocks
owned 20,598.19
Banking House and 1.0 l and
Furniture and Fixtures 0,700.09
Other Real Estate owned 10,900.00
Cash in Vault and amounts
due from approved Re
serve Agents 41,318.08
Checks for Clearing and Due
from other Banks 5,147.94
Overdrafts 805.58
Advance on Cotton and other
Commodities 549.87
TOTAL - $274,878.41
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $50,000.00
Surplus Fund 50,000,00
Undivided Profits 8,119.47
Cashier’s Checks 502.59
Demand Deposits 93,014.12
Time Certificates of
Deposit 43,212.23
Bills Payable 30,000.00
TOTAL $274,878.41
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
Personally appeared liefore 11a* un
dersigned, an officer duly authorized
t on dm in later oaths in said county G. C.
Sims, who, on oath, says that he is the
President of tin* Bank of Rockdale,
and*that the above, and foregoing re
port of ll),( condition of said bank is
true and correct.
(!. C. SIMS, President.
Sworn to and snbserMied before me,
this 9th day of Q:*t., 1929.
M. W. HULL, C. N. P„
Rockdale County, (Ja.
We, the undersigned directors of said
hailk, do certify Hint we haw carefully
read said report and that, the same is
true and correct, according to the best
of our information, knowledge and be
lief, and that the above signature of
the President of said hank is flue true
and geuine signature of that officer.
This 9th day of Oct.. 1029.
R. H. STILL,
IV. U. WALLACE,
Directors of said Bank.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Georgia, Rockdale County.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, Oct. 7, 1929.
J. R. L. Berry has applied for Let
ters of Administration on the estate
of B. T. Moke deceased. This is, there
fore, to notify all persons concerned,
that the same will la* heard on the first
Monday in November next.
THOS. W. MARTSON, Ordinary.
THE BANK’S PART IN "
THE FARM PROBLEM
By H. LANE YOUNG
Member American Bankers Associa
tion Agricultural Commission
ONE of the most discussed and least
understood questions regarding
the farmer’s problems is the part the
bank has played,
however. Is a very
Both sides aro
cism for tho con
ditlon that exists MhT* i||j||p||
share of the blame * V
rests on those h. Lane Young
banks that have
failed through disregarding funda
mental principles in loaning other
people’s money, that have encouraged
the farmer to expect bank loans with
out first putting his business on the
earning basis which would justify a
bank to lend him money.
One of the underlying reasons for
the failure of so many country hanks
has been the existence of too many
banks. With the limited business of
the commmunity divided among too
many banks it was impossible for them
to make enough money to justify the
employment of officers with the proper
THE ROCKDALE RELUitu, luNYERS, GEORGIA
ability to manage the bank success
fully. Then the scramble for business
was so hard that good judgment and
foresight were forgotten in granting
loans, with the resultant failure of
the weaker institutions.
In tlie future, hanks are not. going
to loan the money of their depositors
without the kind of security that can
bo immediately realized upon in case
the loan is not paid, or unless the ap
plicant presents a sound and success
ful record of business operation—
whether that business bo manufactur
ing, merchandising, or farming.
Farming Banking Interdependent
Thi3 is a perfectly obvious attitude,
because country hanking cannot he
successfully and profitably carried on
unless farming is successfully and
profitably operated—the two busi
nesses are dependent upon each other.
There is no longer any question that
the time has arrived for these inter
dependent businesses to reach a com
mon ground of understanding of the
requirements that both must meet for
their mutual welfare.
There Is no doubt but what the fu
ture prosperity of the farmer and the
basis t-f cooperation between banker
and farmer is the Intelligent diversi
fication of crops. It is necessary, how
ever, to have the right conception of
diversification.
The mistake that many farmers
have made in attempting to diversify
has been to invest too much money,
time and land in anew and untried
crop—sometimes a hazardous crop, or
one for which no immediate market
has been developed, resulting In a loss
of the initial effort and discourage
ment of future efforts on a more con
servative basis.
Disregarding the primary and essen
tial principle of farming—namely, in
creasing earnings by decreasing the
cost of production through the prac
tice of building up soil by crop rota
tion and intensive cultivation, is re
sponsible for a large share of the
farmers’ trouble today.
As An Agriculturalist
Sees Farm Board’s Job
The new Agricultural Marketing Act
approaches farm relief from a materi
ally different point of view from that
of former bills before Congress in re
cent years, says Dean H. L. Russell of
Wisconsin University College of Agri
culture in the American Bankers As
sociation Journal. * . t
“It contains anew idea, fraught with
tho greatest possibilities —the organi
zation of a Federal Farm Board,” ho
says. “It has been possible for farm
cooperatives to borrow from Federal
aided institutions before, anrl at a ma
terially lower rate than city business
men had to pay for working capital,
but this is the first set-up made by
the government in which a commis
sion has been carefully chosen to give
undivided attention to an effort to
solve the problems of a farm group.
“It is hard to conceive of a higher
degree of responsibility than must be
assumed by this commission. No board
ever created by congressional action
has been clothed with as wide plenary
powers. It is authorized not only to
advise but to execute, to plan and put
its plans into effective action, to buy
and hold, to dump, to dip Into the
Federal treasury to accomplish its
ends with what would be almost un
limited resources to any private com
mercial concern. The board’s only
job io to succeed, and no govern
mental agency even during the war
time emergency had a wider latitude.
“Many will think the farm relief
program will he universally applicable
to the individual land owner or oper
ator. Such procedure is far from tho
case. Aid is to be extended through
cooperative organizations by making
it possible for such groups to obtain
cash advances to hold crops so as to
permit of more orderly marketing.
“While the primary relation is with
cooperatives, the individual or unor
ganized farmer will also profit by tb
activities of his organized fellows,
a stabilized program of merchandi
is ablo to eliminate the surpluses
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Sporting Jouibs
Of 150 big league hockey stars only
three were born In the United States.
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Tho largest sports club in tho Argen
tine has a membership of 12,000 ath
letes.
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Allie Morrison, Olympic 135-pound
champion, was rc-clectod captain of
the Illinois wrestling team.
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With seven men back from last
years team, the wrestlers of Missouri
university see a big season ahead.
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Hans Wagner, veteran baseball star,
has resigned his position ns sergeant
nt-nrms of the house of representa
tives.
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There are rumors abroad that Miss
Florence Kiilllcn will serve ns head of
the Milwaukee club until a now own
er Is found.
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The receipts of the National Ama
teur Athletic Union basket hall cham
pionship tournament run oft recently
in Hie convention hall in Kansas City,
Mo.Twere $17,824, The tourney lasted
six nights.
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Coaeli Onkes of tlie Nebraska foot
ball squad had twenty-five candidates
for backfleld positions nione.in tlie
spring practice which tlie corn busker
eleven held.
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Tlie fall meeting at Dade Park
track, near Henderson, Ky., lias been
authorized by the state racing commis
sion. Dates will lie September 4 toll,
Just preceding tlie Lexington fall
meeting.
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Teter Manning, 1.50%, the speed!
est trotter the world lias seen, made
the fastest mile turned in over a half
mile course in 1928, 2.03%, despite
the fact the horse has readied the
age of twelve.
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Coach Ky Enright of California’s
world’s champion varsity crew has a
great freshman eight to represent the
Golden Bears this year. Tlie crew av
erages 109% pounds in weight and 0
feet % inch In height.
Psychology Is Seen I
in Yankee Contests |
Inability to beat New York <>
has been Philadelphia’s greatest x
handicap In the last two years. *|>
Grove, Invincible against six <|
teams in tlie American league, x
wilts before the attack of the |>
Yankees. &
Grove lost eight games last J>
season and he lost six of them X
to New York.
He is a fast ball pitcher and a
New York is a fast bdll hitting T
team. £
If Grove overcomes the New %
York hoodoo Philadelphia will &
have a better chance of win- x
ning.
There is considerable psycliol- x
ogy involved and psychology is w
hard to beat in baseball, or any- X
where else in sports for that
matter. %
Cubs Using Pitcher to
Imitate Enemy in Game
nenry Grampp is a fixture on the
Chicago Cubs’ pitching staff, yet he
never pitches a game. He is the only
major league baseball player who is
neither a regular nor a substitute.
‘ Nor is he a bat- hoy. "Official hat
ting pitcher” Is Grampp’s title. While
other big league clubs rotate that job
among regular and relief twirlers, the
Cubs employ Grampp almost exclu
sively in that role. For three reasons
Grampp lias held ! his job, working
every day.
Ills favorite stunt Is to Imitate the
opposing pitcher for the day. If Alex
ander is hurling for the Cardinals,
Grampp will throw as Alex does; if
Carl Mayes is pitching for the Reds,
ilnnk will feed underhand tosses to
Cub batters.
Grampp finishes his day’s labors be
fore his mates start to earn their
day’s pay. By three o’clock of . any
afternoon he is washed up, for the
box score never includes his name.
Yale Grid Captain
id xenmm-i
W. W. "Firpo” Greene of Hunting
ton, Ta., who was elected captain of
Yale’s varsity football team for 1920.
Green plays left guard and was the
only player to bo mentioned as out
standing.
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BANKERS DEVELOP
NOVEL INSTITUTE
The Georgia Bankers Association In
cooperation with the State College of
Agriculture has sponsored a series of
farmers’ institutes in various parts of
the State of an entirely now charac
ter. The principle feature is a largo
and comprehensive exhibit trans
ported In four largo trucks and set up
at each stop. When set up it fills a
Bpace 40 by 00 feet and‘consists of
panels, charts, and models on practi
cally every phase of agriculture, in
cluding agronomy, horticulture, agri
cultural engineering, poultry, animal
husbandry, soils and fertilizers, home
economics and marketing. A largo
electrified farm model, showing the
uses of electricity on the farm, model
farm buildings and the ideal layout
and landscaping of the farmstead, Is
one of tho most elaborate and attrac
tivo exhibits.
Local bankers in each locality
visited gave the money to cover ex
penses for tho transportation and in
stallation of the exhibit in their terri
tory and assisted in the preliminary
advertising and publicity. The Col
lege of Agriculture assembled the ex
hibit and conducted the tour througl
its various extension specialists.
banrc depositors in apartment and of
fice buildings, thus divulging the de
positors’ balances and supplying mod
els for forged checks. Asa step
to put customers on guard against
theso methods, banks are urged to in
struct every depositor to whom they
mail statements of deposit accounts on
the last business day of each month to
notify thorn promptly if such state
ment aro not receivod by the close of
the next day.
“Also banks should educate deposi
tors to safeguard blank checks and
cancelled vouchors as they would
money. Such paper stolen by forgers
soon puts real money In their hands.
If all blank checks and cancelled
vouchers were securely kept in safes
instead of filing cabinets or desks, the
check crooks would be denied their
chief stock in trade, namely, genuine
blank checks and signatures. Warn
ings to depositors against leaving
blank or cancelled checks accessible to
sneak thieves or burglars should be
sent out at once.
“Estimates broadcast by surety com
panies indicate that individuals, mer
chants, hotels and others outside of
banking are shouldering more than 99
per cent of the total amount of for
gery losses. The bulk of forgery loss
on checks is sustained by those who
are willing to risk accepting them
without reliable proof of identity or
title of the presenter.
"Years ago the Protective Depart
ment of the American Bankers Asso
ciation adopted the slogan, ‘Strangers
are not always crooks, but crooks are
usually strangers.’ If those outside of
banking could be prevailed upon to
observe this rule and think about It
when considering accepting a check
for their merchandise or services, for
which they are also asked to give a
substantial sum in cash in change, one
of the biggest aids to the forgery busi
ness would be denied the crooks.”
MAIL BOX THEFTS
AID CHECK FORGERS
American Bankers Association in
Nationwide Warning Exposes
Methods and Gives Rules
to Combat Them.
NEW YORK.—Active operations In
many cities of mail box thieves, who
open bank communications to custom
ers, containing details of their ac
counts and cancelled checks showing
their banking signatures, and use this
material in perpetrating check for
geries, have led the American Bankers
Association to issue a nation-wide
warning to its members with instruc
tions for combating this form of crime.
The warning as sent out by James E.
Baum in charge of tho association’s
Protective Department says:
“Heavy losses are being sustained
through cancelled vouchers and state
ments stolen from tho mall boxes of
Mrs. T. M. Barksdale spent Satur
day in Atlanta.
We give very careful attention to all business
entrusted to us. An opportunity to serve you will
be appreciated.
Bank of Conyers
W. T. Baldwin, President R- L. Huff, V. Pres.
M. W. Hull, Cashier H. D. Austin, Asst. Cash.
Statement of Condition of'
BANK OF CONYERS
Located at CONYERS, gA.
At Close of Business Oct. 4, lft29 t
Called for by the Superintendent of
Banks
W. T. BALDWIN, President
M. W. HULL .Cashier.
RESOURCES
Loank and Discounts $99 995 8°
Bonds and Stocks owned 44,595 51
Banking House and Ii and
furniture and fixtures... 4,7(j000
Othe r Real Estate Owned __ 1U64&45
Cash in Vault and amounts
due from approved Re
serve Agents 56,033.80
Cln, ks for Clearing and Due
from other Banks h,733(‘,2
Cash Items lis*'
TOTAL $218,822.42
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 30,000.00
Surplus Fundi 22,700.00
Undivided Profits 5,874.48
Cashiers Checks 1,302.77
Demand Deposits .... 117,176.7°
Time Certificates of
Deposits 41,708.45
Bills Payable —NONE.
TOTAL $218,822.4°
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
Personally aprieared before tlie un
dersigned, an officer duly authorized
to administer oaths in said County M.
W. Hull, who, on oath, says that lie is
tlie Cashier of the Bank of Conyers,
and that the above and foregoing re
port of tlie condition of said bank is
true and correct.
M. W. HULL, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 9tli day of Oct. 1929.
H. D. Austin, N. P.
Rockdale County, Ga.
We, tlie undersigned directors of said
bank, do certify that we have careful
ly read said report, and that the same
is true and correct, according to the
liest of our information, knowledge and
bvilief, and that the above signature
of the Cashier of fluid bank is the true
and genuine signature of that officer.
This 9th day of (V-t. 1929.
W. T. BALDWIN,
R. L. HUFF,
Directors of said Bank.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
There will be no church services
next Sunday on account of Rev. Hol
land being out of town.
Rev .and Mrs. Holland are ex
pected at the Manse about October 15.
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