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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 'r- - 'I ■ ■ —>-3 Sporting Jouibs Of 150 big league hockey stars only three were born In the United States. • * * Tho largest sports club in tho Argen tine has a membership of 12,000 ath letes. • • * Allie Morrison, Olympic 135-pound champion, was rc-clectod captain of the Illinois wrestling team. * * * With seven men back from last years team, the wrestlers of Missouri university see a big season ahead. ♦ * • Hans Wagner, veteran baseball star, has resigned his position ns sergeant nt-nrms of the house of representa tives. • • * There are rumors abroad that Miss Florence Kiilllcn will serve ns head of the Milwaukee club until a now own er Is found. • • • 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. * • • 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. • • • 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. * • * 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. * • • 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. 12DheYELIjOW )gm PENCIL / ySJS®I with the l YJ/REDBAND EAGLE^^ I^ MIKADO • • 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. Covington ■ ' | Hatchery 50 0# •0 51 •o o* •0 o* •o Of •0 O* Will begin opera' g tion about Oct. Ist, | if business demands. I 29 List at once your on | 0§ ders for your baby § 7 09 chicks or custom | * *• hatching. | Of 90 29 •o Covington Hatchery !• •0 Covington, Ga. Phone 200'W