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VOLUME II NO. 41
R. O* Gailey May
Be Conyers Mayor
My attentoln lias been called to the
. le m the Rokdale Record of last
2 touching niKin my prospective
candidacy for Mayor of Oonyers. It is
needless to say that I appreciate deei>
• thig honor and feel called upon to
make s ouie reply touching the same.
This is a very hard task suggested,
unless those interested in our city af
fairs will unite and cooperate in their
efforts to make Conyers the progres
sive city it should lie.
Naturally, 1 have given the matter
some consideration; but am not pre
pared at this time to make a definite
answer. Possibly, if sufficient encour
agement with promise of future coop
eration were given, I might be induced
to offer my services.
I wish to add, however, that if I
should decide to make the nice, that I
will give my best efforts to Conyers
and her civic affairs.
R. O. GAILEY.
The above statement from Mr. Gail
ey is interesting. Mr. Gailey seems to
be willing to serve the people of Con
yers, provided lie is assured that he
nill have the (cooperation of the i>eo
ple of the town. And that is* exactly
what is needed. Without cooperation,
no individual, business or municipality
can succeed, regardless of the effort,
or efforts that might be put forth by
the leader.
From the expressions to the editor
of The Record, there has neve r been an
article in this paper that has caus
ed as much comment as the short
statement from the friends of Mr. Gail
ey last week that they wanted him to
make the race for Mayor of Conyers.
The business ability of Mr. Gailey
is recognized, by the people of the city,
and after all, the oiieration of a town
s a business proposition, needing a
progressive man at the head to make
it a success. This can be done only by
the cooperation of the business men
and the people generally.
Having known Mr. Gailey for many
fears, the editor has no hesitancy in
saying that he believes Mr. Gailey
eminently qualified for the position
that his friends have called upon him
to sene. He has the matter under con
sideration and will make his decision
shortly. i
E* C. Belcher Dead
Hi'. E. C. 'Belche r aged 7G was found
dead in bed at Milledgevile, Novem
ber 2nd. I
The remains were shipped to Con
yers, and Rev. H. K. Holland' conduct
ed the funeral services Monday after
-110011 at (Smyrna Church. Interment
"as in Smyrna cemetery with White
a d Company in charge.
He is survived by his wife and one
daughter of Atlanta.
Charlie loe, Colored, died November
4tl b and was buried Tuesday after
-110011 at Summer Hill.
Charlie was one of the big cotton
tanners of the county and had lived
011 the farm of Mr. Jim Francis for
Rle past twenty years.
FOR RENT— A two, three or four
orse farm, known as the W. V. Al
"lan<l farm in Qsk Grove Community.
E. Almand, Monroe, Ga.
REGISTER for election
Register at the Clerk’s Office if you
(are to vote for Mayor, Three Alder
®en an<l Three members of School
'"ard in City election to be held on
,atlmJ ay. December 7tlk Books now
°Pen.
R. B. ELLIOTT,
T City Clerk.
v ILL, Mayor.
Nov - 8-15-22.
( NOTICE
tio n aeoount ot the unusual condi
his ° Ur <x,unty as tace
}ear , i n the matter of road con
had Ct * 0n ’ Unt * bridge building We have
to Use considerable more money
jJ 1 ' 1 " e Rad anticipated and as a con-
Uence > we are obliged in order to
1 the obligations soon due urge the
taxes at least by December the
, as the tax books close that date
flQfl pi
r as will be issued at once.
ease give this your prompt atten-
Co n ' *; v order of the boa rd of County
““aussioners. This Nov. stli. 1929.
J. J. SIMS, Chairman.
H. MARSTON, Ordinary.
®lje Hockftak tkcart
Record Pleases
Colorado Springs. Colo.
October 30th, 15121!.
Mr. It. F. Taylor. Editor,
Rockdale Record,
Conyers, Georgia.
Dear Sir :-
Please add postoffice box number
218 to thei adklress on this wrapper. I
think you are issuing a splendid pa
per and the people of Conyers and
Rockdale county should be proud of it.
Wishing you much success and happi
ness, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Harvey P. Haralson.
MISS WHITAKER INJURED
Miss Sarah Whitaker, Manager of
the IConyers Hotel had the misfortune
of falling down a flight of stairs last
Thursday evening and she received se
vere internal injuries.
Her many friends wish her a speedy
recovery.
Fox Hunt
Mr. Sam Cowan went Fox Hunting
Friday and after a chase of over an
hour, the eight dogs had the gray fox
in their keeping.
Mr. Cowan would not, have chased
the fox over fiften minutes if Mr. Claud
Johnson had been witii him, for Mr.
Mr. Johnson would have out-run the
dogs.
MRS. TOWNS ENTERTAINS
Mrs. J. M. Towns was hostess to the
Matrons and Fancy Work Club Wed
nesday afternoon at her home on
MiJsteart Avenue.
The living room was decorated with
beautiful fall flowers and the Hal
lowe'en color a heme of orange and
black was carried out.
Progressive rok was played through
out the afternoon. Mrs. Will McKemie
won ton score and Mrs. L. J. Pharr won
consolation.
Mr .Joe Towns Jr., rendered sever
al piano selections.
A salad course with hot tea was
served on the small tallies. Mrs. Hull
and Mrs. McElvamiy assisted Mrs.
Towns in serving.
The members of the club were nres
ent and the guests were Mrs. \\ ill Mc-
Kemie, Mrs. 11. K. Holland and Mis.
H. G. McEivaney.
MISS TRIBBLE HOSTESS
Miss Julia Tribble was hostess to
class 8-A of the Baptist church. Thurs
day evening at the home of her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. M. I*. Tribble.
The home was artisticaly decorated
in orange and bl.-y-k carrying out the
Hallowe’en colors.
A good time, including Hallowe'en
games and refreshments were enjoyed
by twenty-two young people.
REAGAN—GILMER
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hansford Rea
gan anounce the engaement of their
daughter, Huldali Safranees, to Mr.
Harry Clifford Gilmer, the marriage
to he solemnized at the home of the
bride’s parents, Sunday, December 1—
No cards.
—Atlanta Journal.
Miss Reagan is a former popular
young lady of Conyers and is the
grand daughter of Mr. Kerr Rt-agan.
Miss Reagan lias a host of friends vim
will Is* glad to learn of iter approach
ing marriage.
MR. ANI) MRS. J. E. JAMES
ENTERTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. .J. E. James entertained
Sunday at. dinner •" honor of their
mother, Mrs. It. I, Scarborough’s sev
enty-first birthday.
The home was decorated in autumn
flowers, The table was beautifully ap
pointed, having as its central dera
tion, a white cake holding seventy-one
pink candles.
Those present were Mrs. It. L. Scar
boiough. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scarbor
ough, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M We,
Messrs. Forest and Tom Scarborough.
Mr and Mrs. J. E. James of Conyers
Mr. and Mrs. Gray Treadwell of Cov
ington.
Mrs. H. A. Parker and Mrs. T. <
Williams of Atlanta were guests Fri
day of Mrs. C orgia Cowan.
Mrs. N. T. Street is visiting relatives
and friends in Atlanta.
CONYERS, GEORGIA NOV. 8, 1929
Rockdale Schools
Will Keep Going
Hon. Arthur Whitaker, chairman of
the Hoard of Education Rockdale
County, anounced Tuesday after the
meeting of the board that Rockdale
County would continue her schools de
spite the font that funds from the
state had not lioen made available.
Mr. Whitaker stated that salaries
could lie |>ai(l teachers as they became
due and if the county cooperated with
the Board of Education that there
would lie no interruption in the affairs
of the schools of the county.
This Ls good news. Some of the
counties in the state have signified
their intention of closing their schools
for two months or more until state
funds are available. Rockdale schools
are like their cotton market —None
better.
Oak Grove School
BOX SUPPER -
The tecahers ami pupils are very
proud of the money made tit the box
supiter Saturday night. The total re
ceipts amounted to fifty dbllars and
fifteen cents. They appreciate the co
operation and support of their many
friends who helped to make the supper
a success.
The First and Second Grades contin
ue to increase their number.
The Third Grade pupils are very
much interested in their Geography
notebooks. They have just completed
the study of the grain family. They en
joyed drawing master wheat, master
oats, and King Corn, ‘The Old Mill', the
silo, and! other pictures in their note
books. The next series of lessons will
lie concerning meats and their sources.
Each of tliem enjoyed pant onioning the
story of ‘Tabby and Rover” in their
English lesson. They have several real
actors in the Tihrd Grade.
The fourth grade pupils are enjoy
ing the love affair of Sir Walter Ral
eigh and Queen Elizabeth in their
history. If any of the fourth grade
boys coma in with a muddy coat we
will know he has found a ipieen.
We also enjoy our geography dis
cussions.
We enjoyed about thirty minutes
Friday afternoon making Hallowe’en
masks.
We made a spooky impression on the
little folks. We passed through their
room on our way home.
Lottie Bess Plunkett was our old
witc-li. She led the procession, followed
by a hunch of spooky creatures.
We enjoyed the story of “8010 the
Cave Boy”. We learned to love him as
our little Indian friend.
We have just start ml another story
now, ‘‘Tom and Sue Playing Circus.”
We always look forward to our story
period.
AVe enjoyed Miss Pinkie Norton’s
stay with us Monday afternoon in the
absence of our teacher.
She was a very good substitute.
The fiftli and sixth grade are hav
ing exams this week and all are hop
ing to make A's.
The sixth grade is very interested
in theij- map studies.
The fifth and sixth grades are try
ing very hard to kep their floors and
450 Tons Of Ice Wasted Here
Through Faulty Refrigeration
Conyers poured 450 tons of melted
ice down the drain pipes of its refrig
erators during the last year without its
housewives getting any good from it.
This amazing figure, arrived at by
the Leonard Institute of Food Preser
vation, is tlie anual ice waste in Con
vers due to faulty refrigeration. It is
based on a survey of ice meltage in Ro
chester. N. Y., showing a pe r capita
waste of 500 pounds of ice. The Amer
ican pubic is literally pouring water
into a Sieve, the water lieing in the
form of ice and the sieve lieing the
leaky uninsulated refrigerator that
does not keep out hot air.
The average family should use
about 8.000 pounds of ice a year if the
refrigerator is well insulated and the
.loors fit tightly, according to food
siieeialists. This provides for keeping
the ice chamber well filled in winter
, lS well as summer. Although the aver
age family uses only half this amount.
‘,he survey at Rochester, a typical A
merican city, showed that an alarming
portion of the ire purchased is wasted
each yea r in the average home. For
Mrs. Nancy Mell
Norton Is Dead
Mrs. Nancy Mell Norton, age 77
years, died at the home of her son.
Mr. Will Norton, Wednesday night,
after a few weeks Illness.
Funeral will he held Friday morn
ing at 11 o’clock at tlm residence of
Mr. Will Norton. Interment will he in
East View Ceinetierty with White and
Company in charge.
Mrs. Norton is survived by six sons
Oscar, Luther, lam, J. 1., Will, Char
lie, one daughter, Mrs. W. S. Ramsey,
one sister, Mrs. Tom Ivey, three broth
ers, Floyd, J. W., and .1. 1., Denmird,
a half brother, E. IF. Dennard and a
half sisber Mrs. Beulah Humphries.
“Aunt Lucia”
Everything is ready for the presen
tation of ‘‘Aunt Lucia” at the school
auditorium in Covington, Thursday and
Friday, November tilth and 15th. (
The flappers are great.
The Glee Clue Chorus is also fine.
Some of Covington’s best talent is
in the play.
The play is sjxmsored by the Parent
Teacher Association.
The play has humorous situations
from the opening to the closing.
There are all kinds of “cut ups" in
the farce comedy.
C. OF C. MEETING
The Children of the Confederacy,
will have their monthly meeting, Fri
day afternoon, Noveniiier Ktli, at 4 :<nt
o’clock at the home of Mary Parker,
with Marcel Willingham, Virginia
Cook and Sara M( Dowell as joint
hostesses.
Tlwe following program will lie ren
dered, under the direction of Itebie
Wilkinson, Historian of Chapter.
Song, “Just Before the Battle Moth
er.”
Devotional.
Business Session, Jot? Butler.
Introduction to Program, which is
an Armistice Day Program, Uebie Wil
kinson.
Life of Woodrow Wilson, Thomas
Ivey.
General John J. Pershing, Renee 'Can
noon.
General Marshal Foch, Winifred Wil
lingham.
In Flanders Fields, Marcel Willing
ham.
Harvest Song, Virginia Huff.
Armistice Day, Joe Butler.
Reading, "In Flanders Fields”, Sa
ra McDowell.
Closing Song, America.
Rebie Wilkinson,
desks clean, and everything tidy.
The seventh and eighth grades ar
having examinations this week and
everyone is trying to make good marks.
Mabelle and Mildred Ueagin of the
eighth grade are finding their Latin
very easy?
| The teachers and pupils of Oak
Grove School wish to express their
thanks for the cross-tie that Mr. L.
G. Pi pin 'lls gave us.
We also thank Master Jeff Norton
and Maste r Ervin McWilliams for cut
ting up the cross-tie for us.
Mabelle Rea gin.
Mildred Reagin.
the nation this involves a loss of mil
lions of dollars in ice alone, liesidxs
the even greater loss in sjioiled food
caused liy the poor refrigeration.
Purchasers of refrigerators too of
ten consider the price alone, say food
preservation experts. Like an automo
bile, the refrigerator should be pur
chased on performance as well as ap
pearance. The use of modern all-steel
refrigerators with approved insula
tion would go far toward doing away
with this heavy los, tly*y state.
In selecting a refrigerator, one with
neither the minimum or maximum ice
meltage should be chosen, according
ing to the Leonard Institute. Tle re
frigerator that consumes the most ice
is, naturally, too costly to keep filled
and w ill not maintain the desired tem
perature of 50 degrees or less,while the
one that consumes the least ice prob
ably has faulty (circulation and will
not do its job of keeping the food in
perfect state of preservation. A reason
able rate of ice meltage is essential
to keeping food good. The ice should
never be covered with a blanket or pa
per to retard its melting.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
News and Views of
Rockdale Progress
Oxford District
News
This week, just preceding session of
The North Georgia Annual Confer
ence, 'finds the Oxford District, Pas
tors and people Itoth zealously and
cheerily engaged in the delightful ex
ercise of paying out on Pastor’s sala
ries and Conference claims.
Most of the churches have already
paid out on Pastor's salary and the
full energies of tlie pivaehera and
their committees are being exerted
now to bring up a reiKirt of “Benevol
ences in full" for announcement upon
tlie Conference floor November the 13,
nt First Methodist Cluitph, Atlanta,
when Bishop Beauchamp shall call
this great Conference to order. Avery
pleasing and characteristic thing is oc
curring, among the fine Middle Geor
gia jieople who compose the Oxford
District: :Tln y are showing their true
lieartedness toward the interests of the
church by making some better record
than last year in payments, in view of
the fact th,-it the crops are better than
last year hut by no means of normal
volume as yet.
All along, the Presiding elder has
insisted that just as soon as the farm
ing conditions improve the least hit,
our jieople would take advantage of it
to increase their contributions to
church causes in a cor responding de
gree. He rejoices that this claim which
lie has made for his people is being
justified by t-lieir zeal and lilierallty
at this, the closing moment of tin*
Conference year. Surely Godfs smile of
approval will rest upon them for all
their fidelity to His cause. Let every
church secure 100 ior cent on Benev
olence's if sacrificial giving and con
stant activity >n the part of our work
ers, until th, Pastor leaves for Con
ference, can bring it to |wtss. A holy
resolve that IT SHALL BE DONE,
backed by fervent prayer and brave
effort, will do mu ll to bring this
about under conditions that would oth
erwise lie impossible. Several church
es have already done this.
The Pastor is the only Steward the
superunuated preacher has.
At this writing, HO of our churches
have paid the Pastor in full, and sew
end <>f these have also paid in full
the Benevolences.
As we close the year, let us remem
ber our District slogan, “First of all,
prayers.”
BAPTIST (HI IM II NOTES
Sunday School attendance was splen
did last Sunday.
We learned at church conference
that our financial obligations had been
cleared.
We feel now, we are ready to go for
ward in calling a pastor.
METHODIST CHI KCH NOTES
Sunday School 10:30 A. M.
Morning Service 11 :30 A. M.
High League 0:15 P. M.
Senior League 0:45 P. M.
Evening Service 7 :30 P. M.
Prayer meeting, Thursday evening,
at 7:45.
This is the last Sunday before Con
ference and all niemlwrs are urged to
Is* present.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES
Sunday S-hol 10:30 A. M.
Morning Service, 11 :30 A. M.
Christian Endeavor 0:45 P. M.
Evening Services 7:30 P. M.
The puldie is cordially invited to
attend servicees.
Box Supper
There will be a box supper at Smyr
na School on Saturday night, Novcm
l>er 9th. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Mliile ’possum hunting Saturday
evening Walker Potts had the misfor
tune of walking into a ditch, and was
painfully injured about the head and
hack. We are glad to learn lie is im
proving.
ROBINSON COBB
Miss Annie Robinson and Mr. Sim
Cobb were happily married at the
home of and by Rev. T. H. Marston.
Sunday, November 3. 1929.
M. D Wood is making forty-two
hales of cotton with six mules. Mr.
Wood believes in preparing land well,
planting according to season, fertiliz
ing well and top dressing, poisoning
fo r weevils, ami always using econo
my all the way through the whole
year. Mr. Wihhl is a good business man
and Ids farming Interests are always
caried on on economical business prin
ciples. This way Mr. Wood makes his
farming business earn him proflts.Thls
makes his husines a pleasure to him.
Mr. Wood Is a grand old’ man, a clean,
upright, dea,. thinking, far seeing,
benevolent Christian gentleman. His
council Is wist' and his soul is .sym
pathetic to his fellow man. Mr. Wood
believes that there is a go<*l living, and
profit in farming now and In the fu
ture for the man who will take ad
vantage of the things that are being
learned ami adviyubnd by tlu* success
fill and practical leaders of modern ag
riculture. We need more progressive
men like Mr. Wood.
L. A. Bowen Ls a man who figures
the costs of things before lie gois into
them. He figures as closely as possi
ble. baaed on Ids own experiences, and
observations, what he may expect to
profit or save on these things liefore
he starts them. Thus he makes Ids
farming a business that is pleasant and
a paying business to him. Mr. Bowen
figures that in Ids farming business
it wil pay Idm to build up ids soils,
and he is doing this. He has just fin
ished sowing seventeen acres to vetch
that he will turn into his soils next
spring to help build bus soils to make
better and more profitable crops.
When* you see L. A. Bowen going into
a thing, you can put it down that he
has figured th thing out before he
start ml it, and that he believes it to
he a good investment and a good bus
iness proposition. Mr. Bowen, then 1 is
a good future for the right kind of
farming. Soil building and crop ro
tation are two things that he is a
great believer in. He is proving to him
self and to other farmers that such
work helps to make farming more
profitable and safer, and as his farm
keeps getting more productive this
proof will become greater. This makes
him “headed the right way.” Now that
is plain farming sense that we must all
learn sooner or later, and the sooner
I
i the better.
Those who wish to sow vetch this
fall should try to gd all the scxl
in pretty soon now. Now is still a good
time, hut the work should he com
pleted before the middle of this month.
By sowing villi a season in the ground,
and using a hag of acid phosphate or
three bund red ixmmLs of basic slag
(wr ivre we can xp.v*t vetch to do
well the first year, because this will
take care of the inoculation and fer
tilize the vetch for good growth. There
is plenty of vetch in Tucker's ware
house. Inoculation instructions an* on
the can furnished with the seed and Is
very simple. Simply dampen the seed
with water sweetened with sugar and
opu r in the inoculation and mix with
the seed. A wash tub is good to use
in tliis work. Sow only a few minutes
before covering seed, as light soon kills
the inoculation. A good place to sow
yeti'll is in cotton middles and a spring
tooth ha row or a scrape is good to
scrateh them in with, just, as you
would cultivate pot ton. Nothing hard
to do aismt this, is there?
G. S. Potts found that he could
double crop yields by turning under a
cover crop of austrian winter peas
this year, and so he sowed twelve
acres for this purpose this fall to turn
under nxet spring.
Our demonstration plot at McDan
iel’s crossing abows that vetch and
peas were about the same value there
as a cover crop followed by corn. The
corn made twice as much in each case
as was made on the same land on the
spot we left out in the middle of the
field and sowed no cower crop on. Tills
Is proof that vetch and peas help a lot
to make thin land produce good stuff,
as that land had the soil moved off
for soiling the highway. It can lie done
and it frays to do it. Then let’s do it.
Alfalfa, oats, rye, vetch etc., that
w’ere sown a few days aigo are up and
looking fine. The seasons we have
been having are helping tliem to come
up and start off in a hurry. We
should sow a lot of fall grain this
fall. The prospects seem pretty certain
that we are to have a good new big
thrasher to serve Rockdale County
next sumer. Mr. Hamilton says he
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