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VOLUME II NO. 43
R. 0. GAILEY NOT
This Is The Time To Join
The American Red Cross
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Mr. A. D. Reiger, Field Representa
tive of The American Red Cross of
Washington, D. C., was here in the
early fall to help the local chapter to
become more interested in the Amer
ican Red Cross. In 1928 he was head
of the Disaster Relief in Georgia, Ala
bama. and Florida.
The American Red ‘Cross is an or
ganization which can aid thousands of
suffering humanity and help rebuild
that which lias been destroyed.
WILL YOU JOIN?
You may say no, but I will con
tribute to many of the disasters sweep
ing our country. Yes, many, ■but not
all —
Become a part of the Red Cross or
ganization and will you aid in all dis
asters, great or small, for they an
swer every call. If you do not become
a member, it is an impossibility to aid
in every disaster.
In 1928 there were 117 national dis
asters, and 156.000 received relief
through the Red Cross. At one time 28
States were given relief by this or
ganization. During the year they gave
relief to .88 states, relieving some of
them twice. Did you help?
Mr. Henry L. Stinson, Secretary of
State of the United States says, ‘When
Notice Masons
Regular Communication of Phillogia
T.odge No. ITS F. A. and M., will con
vene Monday night, Nov. 25th, in the
Masonic Hall. x
Master Degree will be conferred by
Decatur Degree team.
All Masons' qualified are invited to
attend.
Refreshments will he served.
Geo. A. Owens, Sec.,
Homer W. Irvin, W. M.
Mr* Owens Hurt
Mr. Owens had the misfortune of
hanging his foot in the trap door of
the Henson Furniture Company while
delivering the mail Monday morning.
Mr. Owens was badly bruised but
not seriously injured.
Mr. Owens our advise to you is to
look where you are going.
BAPTIST CHURCH NOT ES
Fine attendance at Sunday School
last Sunday.
There will be preaching services
Sunday morning at 11:30 and Sunday
evening at 7:30.
®l)c Hoc lift ale HUcorft
the American Red Cross extends help
to a foreign country stricken by a
great calamity, it speaks for the mind
and heart of the American people.
Such beneficence with, the Red Cross
representing the American public, lias
made for our country wide-spread good
will over the world among people who'
have suffered. These are monuments
and buildings and names of streets to
commemorate this good will in many
parts of the world.
During the last year, there were a
number of instances of this sincere and
generous help to countries prostrated,
by disaster. For this, the American
Red Cross has received warm expres
sions of gratitude from the sufferers.
To continue and expand these good
deeds and to enlarge the field to use
fulness in our homeland, the Ameri
can jieople should consider it a priv
ilege and an opportunity for service to
belong to their National Red Cross.
The local chapter is helping people
in Rockdale County. Are you a mem
ber of this chapter?
Will you respond to this call of the
Red Cross and enlarge its services for
humanity? If so, see Miss Irene Irwin,
chairman of the drive for Rockdale
County. One half of all funds received
are kept in this- county.
Cotton Ginned
Conyers Cotton Market Ims long
been known as the best market in this
scetion of the State. Ami with the Clash
of Wall Street Conyers cotton mar
ket clings to its reputation.
Tho the yield is not as great this
year as last, it is not off as mu h as
you might think for Bureau of Census
shows there were 8.568 hales of cotton
ginned in Rockdale County from the
crop of 11)29 prior to November 1. 1929
as compared with 4.103 hales sinned
to November 1. 1928.
Cannon Honored
Representative C. R. Cannon Ims bee
appointed on the General Assembly
Committee to inspect convict camps.
This is quite a compliment to Rock
dale’s popular representative as ,llis
is one of the most important committee
assignments.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Regular preaching sendees Sunday
morning at 11:30 and Sunday evening
at 7:30 by Rev. H. K. Holland.
CONYERS, GEORGIA NOV. 22, 1929,’
TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF CONYERS
I wish to thank my pood, loyal friends for their hearty ap
proval of my being Mayor of Conyers for the next two years. This
is a high honor for which I feel justly proud, but I have fully ex
plained before, that to have a successful administration as Mayor
of our city, that it would require an united cooperation of its citi
zens.
Having learned of the opposition to this high office as Mayor,
and knowing what it will take to make Conyers what it should be,
I will not make the race, but will be glad to render some service
if within my power, to put our little city on the map; that will
bring business enterprises here; to make our weekly pay rolls
larger and have our population increased. This will lower our tax
rates; bring overall and shirt factories and other factories and
plants here, free of taxation for a limited number of years, and
employ help that now goes to other cities.
Another great improvement should be looked into; that is
(he water supply. This should be remedied and the fire insurance
rate will then be reduced to normal.
It seems to me that a yearly report published in our town pa
pers. itemizing all collections and expenditures would be a welcome
report to our taxpayers, as they should know how the money is
being spent and should know the financial condition of our town.
Believe me when I say that no town in Georgia has better op
portunities if we will only see them and grasp them and unite and
cooperate for the good of all concerned.
R. O. GAILEY.
Huff Only Announced Candidate
The above statement from Mr. Gailey will come as a disap
pointment to his friends who have been urging him for the past
several weeks to make the race for Mayor. Mr. Gailey states that
without cooperation that nothing constructive could be accom
plished and that he wants toi see the town united and all working
for the good of all and this could not be accomplished were the
town divided in a race for Mayor.
Mr. Gailey’s reference to the city publishing a financial re
port is an excellent one. The city’s business is the business of ev
ery resident of the city and the taxpayers should know how and
for what their money is spent. It is the duty of the adminis
trators of municipal, county and state governments to let the peo
ple know what they are doing and we know of no better way than
publishing the same in newspapers.
There have been no formal announcements for members of
council, three to be elected, as yet as well as the members of the
school board, whose time expires with the present administration.
There will probably be some announcements next week for these
places.
In the Mayor’s race there is but one announced candidate,
Mr. R. L. Huff and he will probably be elected without opposition.
KICKED Out Of COLLEGE
Comedy In Three Acts
Conyers School Auditorium
November 25,1929,8 P. M.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
BOOTLES BENBOW Joe Towns
TAD CHESELDINE Opha Cooper
LEVITICUS Horace Milligan
SCOTCH M’ALLISTER Keating Pharr
SHORTY LONG Norrnan Walker
SLIVERS MAGEE Frank Stewart
BENJAMIN J. BENBOW Lewis Mann
SANDY M’CANN Fay Camp
OFFICER RILEY George Roebuck
MR. GEARS C. T. Bohanan
JONQUIL GRAY Louise M’Elvany
BETTY BENBOW Mary Evelyn Cowan
MRS. B. J. BENBOW Rebie Wilkerson
“MA” BAGGSBY l! Ellen Conley
MRS. MEHITABEL M’CANN Florence Bell
SELINA M’CANN Jeffy Moon
MISS JULIET SNOBBS Clara Chandler
MLLE MIMI FLEURETTE Lena Mae Weldon
SALAMANCA SPIVINS Helen Almand
ACT I. A College Boarding House.
Booties iirst little wife.
ACT 11. Suite in Honeymoon Flats.
Booties second little wife.
ACT. 111. Same scene at Act 11.
Booties third little wife.
PLACE— -Any College Town.
Miss Mary Frances Cowan, Coach.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
Oxford District
News
Every charge will have anew
preacher and every preacher will have
anew charge In the Oxford IMstrict
\Vith the adjournment of the Session
of the North Georgia Conference.
But how can this he, you ask? The
answer is this:
That .every preacher, at the end of
each Conference Year, lias for the
time lining, completed his connection
as Pastov with the Charge he serves
until he is re-appointed. No pastor is
npikointed for more than a period of
one year at a time. He is subject to
change at the end of each year. It is
therefore, in view of those fuels, that
we may say, even though tin' same limn
is returned to the same charge, still
each charge has anew pastor and -each
pastor anew charge!
Now, what shall both the pastor and
people do in the lialit of this tradition?
First, what shall the pastor do? Ho
should certainly adjust himself to the
appointment (unless very unusual fac
tors enter in) as God's assignment for
his field of Inline for another twelve
mouths. This spirit will lie felt in every
word he speaks and conveyed in ev
erything Hint lie does. And we all know
how important to a successful pastor
ate is a rigid spirit in the preacher
himself. This feeling should nlso he
shared by Ids family. For the pastor’s
family is either a serious liability or a
valuable asset in his work. Then, too,
the pastor should notify the official
members of the chniph when he may
he ex neet nl to return from Conference.
These good men and true, a (Id tin’s©
good women, need this information and
are entitled to. If you cannot, reach
them by letter or by telegraph, then use
the telephone, hut do not arrive un
heralded and as an unexpected guest.
liOl the people know that you come
among them as one who serves and as
one who feels that this appointment
is God's appointment fo r you and for
them for the year.
|Second, what shall the people do?
They, too, must receive the Pastor as
divinely sent. They must wire him a
welcome, if posib'c, and certainly, when
they know the hour of his arrival,
must go in a group to welcome him and
it would he a very handsome thing to
have the parsonage lighled, heated and
replete with, good things to eat, both
upon the table and in the larder, with
a Committee there also to welcome or
to re-wtleoine tlie shepherd of their
flock. Many other suggestions will arise
in the loving hearts of a truly Chris
tian people.
MRS. TUCKER HOSTESS
Mrs. I!. F. Tucker entertained tho
Matrons <’ : lub and a number of guests
al her home on Hast, Avenue, Wednes
day uf lemon, November 18th.
Mrs. If. 11. Elliott, President of the
Matrons Flub, presided over the bus
iness sesion. Fifteen members an
awered to the roll call with a favorite
literary gem. The guests also respond
ed with appropriate quotations. The
minutes of a previous meeting were
read and adopted.
The ,Secretary read a letter from the
Civic League requesting each member
to contribute fifty cents toward the
upkeep of the library. The ladies vot
ed miuimously to comply with this re
quest.
that the club form some kind of"an or
ganization to help keep the cemetery.
The prfsident expressed a desire
'lTiis met witl). the hearty approval of
the ladies, and it is the purpose of the
club to sponsor some work of this
kind at, the beginning of the new year.
Mrs. It. W. Tucker invited the club
to meet with her two weeks hence.
After the business meeting, the fol
lowing program celebrating Annual
Book Week was rendered:
-Literature —Thief of the Five Arts —
Mrs. J. F. Davis
.Sidelights of (treat Authors —Mrs. It.
IT. Elliott
Choice of Books —Mrs. M. F. Tucker
Mrs. Tucker with her assistants
served a delicious salad course with
hot coffee.
Mr. Oliver Kwint and Mr. Aticus
Ivey of Atlanta were guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Kerr R-ngan.
Good hones lor rent, 5 rooms.
Sec K. M. Wnrren.
WANTED—A GOOD MILCH COW.
See J. M. Dillard :<it Rokedale Bar
ber Shop.
Oak Grove School
News
First and Second Grades —Tlip First
and Second Grade pupils are making
Health )>osterf.
The Second grade is Welcoming Mas
ter Coy 'McWilliams, as anew mem
ber of their class. They are helping all
they can with the cleaning up of the
:<Chool building and play ground.
Third and Fourth Grade —Tin* Third
Grade members are very sorry to
lose two of our class members, J. 11.
and Virginia Bartlett. We miss them
very much.
The New Ford owned by the girls is
a few miles ahead of the Hudson own
ed by the boys in our arithmetic. Hur
ry Imi.vs, don’t let the girls win the
race. We are still enjoying, working
with our geography note books. It is
fun to gather up the pictures to paste
in them. It is very interesting to know
from whore our various foods come.
The Third. Grade inis made some
very attractive health posters.
Fourth Grade: We had n very inter
esting arithmetic match Friday morn
ing. 'The class was divided into eipial
sides, the “Wild iCnts” and tbo “Bull
Dags”. Tli,e ‘Bull bogs” won, Isaac
Wurlington being the last one to sit
down. We are still finding our health
lessons Interesting. We are trying to
obey all health rules in orjjer to keep
up in our studies.
Both the third and four!h,grades have
fallen in love with “Flossie and Fred
die Boobsey”, two little characters in
our afternoon story hook. They are
lost now so we are very anxious for
them to be found once more.
Fifth and Sixth Grade—Tlie Fifth
Grade is very interested in its history
of Ruroiie.
We are trying to clean our yard, hut
as fast as we clean up one carpet of
leaves another carpet is laid.
Little Thomas Cochran of the fiflh
grade broughjt us three jnire brush
brooms Monday morning.
.Seventh and Eighth Grade —The Sev
enth Grade pupils are drawing maps of
South America.
The Eighth Grade pupils are mak
ing booklets with poems of Georgia.
Mahelle I tea gin.
BAITtST W. M. S.
Monday afternoon Mrs. M. <!. Sum
mers delightfully entertained the W.
M. S. with an attendance of sevent-eem
The attractive home was made more
beautiful by lovely bowls and vases of
cut flowers placed on mantles and cab
inet R.
The topic of the nfternon study
was “Our Unchanged Task in a
Changing Worl.d”
Circle No. 1 find charge of an inter
esting program, as follows
Opening song: Stand up for Jesus.
Prayer: Mrs. B. F. Tucker.
Devotional hsl by Mrs. I. O. Ivey.
Change in Educational Religion:
Mrs. Hillyer Still.
The Rising Tide oiß Youth : Mrs. Wal
ter Huff.
The Industrial Revolution Mrs. J. It.
Pirkle.
Changing Leadership: Mrs. J. H.
Patrick.
Prayer: Mrs. Pirkle.
During the business sesion many in
terest inifi items were discussed and dis
posed of. officers for the new year of
1930 were elected as follows:
President—Mrs. M. It. Stephenson.
Ist; Vice-Pros.,—Mrs. J. It. Cowan.
2nd Vice-Pres. —Mrs. I. O. Ivey.
Secretary—Mrs. J. R. Lee.
Asst. Sect. —Mrs. A. P. Owens.
Treasurer —Mrs. L. It. Still.
Sunbeam Leader —Mrs. Jessie Peek.
Asst. Sunbeam Leader —Mrs. R. 11.
Still.
At; the close of-the meeting delicious
hot coffee, sandwiches and mints were
served by the hostess and her assist
ant.
Mrs. Smith of Oregon, who is visit
ing her sister, Miss Minnie Smith, was
a distinguished visitor at the meeting.
Box Supper
There will bca box supper at Mag
net School House, Saturday night, No
vember 23, 1929.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
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Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mr. I*7. L. Almand, dealer in
buggies, wagons and harness at So
cial Circle and Monroe.