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ROCKDALE RECORD Official Organ of Rockdale County and the City of Conyers I{. F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE One year $1.50 Six months -7** THE ROCKDALE RECORD assumes no responsibility for views expressed by correspondents or contributors- Ail copy submitted for publication must be signed by the author. CHURCH SOCIAL An enjoyable occasion was that at which Rev. and Mrs. Harry K. Holland entertained (he members of the Presby terian church and their families and also a few sleeial friends at a house warming at their home last Friday evening sit H o'clock. As the guests arrived they were re ceived at the door by the pastor and wife in a very cordial manner, and in \ Red into the spacious living room which was beautifully decorated with huge vases of chrysanthemums and ist :i lowers. After an hour of conversation the guests were ushered into the dining room by Mrs. M. \V. Hull and Mrs. E. <>. Ix’ftwlch where punch was served |,y Misses Helen Almand, Louise Al lsinnd, Ruth Robinosn and Rebie \Vi 1 - kerson. A number of guests j;alied during the evening. FOII MAYOR To Hie Citizens of Conyers, On.: After niut'li cdtpsidernthm, ! have decided to enter the raw for Mayor in the City election to he held Saturday, December 7th, 1929. Your vote and Influence will he sin cerely Respectfully yours, R. L. HUFF. Conyers, (Ja., Nov. 14th, 192!). NOTICE On account of the unusual condi tion that our county has had to face this year, in the matter of road con struction, and bridge building, we have had to use considerable more money than we had anticipated and as a con sequence, we are obliged in order to meet the obligations soon due urge the tax payers of the county to settle their taxes at least by December the 20th, as the tax hooks dose that date ami Fi Fas will he issued at once. I'lease give this your prompt atten tion, by order of the hoard of County Commissioners. This Nov. sth, 192!). J. J. SIMS, Chairman. THOS. H. M A UNTON, Ordinary. REGISTER FOR ELECTION Register at the Clerk’s Office if you care to vote for Mayor, Three Aider men and Three members of School Board in <lity election to be held: on Saturday, December 7th. Books now open. R. B. ELLIOTT, City Clerk. L. B. STILL, Mayor. Nov. 8-15 22. r “ v-r-r • Both Had Good Reason to Be Proud of “Jobs” Lady Townshend at one time headed the United Family league, a society which aimed for better living condi tions for the working people and an interesting story Is told of one of their social affairs. At a dance at which she was one of the patronesses, a workingman swag gered up to her and said: *‘l don’t suppose you would dance with me, would you?” ‘‘l should like to very much,” the marchioness replied. During the dance !he mnn held her at arms length, looking her over from head to foot, and finally said: “You’re awfully proud of being a marchioness, nin’t you?” Lady Townshend confessed herself confused for a moment before she re plied : “What Is your Job?” "I’m the best steamfitter in this part of England.” “You’re proud of It, then, because you are good at your own Job." I “Of course.” "Well, my job Is being a marchion ess and I’m proud of it because I try to be as good a marchioness as I know how.” —Los Angeles Times. i _________ i v Co-ed : “Professor Barfield, which of my feet must I nut under the horizon tal bar first?”. Barfield: “It doesn’t matter, they’re just alike.” Chatfield: “Will you join me in a bowl of stew?” It. Wilson: “Do you think there would be room for both of us?” “You keep still tonight”, shquted the moonshiner as lie departed to at tend the convention, |< , r i. tid Mrs. Smith let the can opener slip last week and cut-herself in the pan try. Long List of Beliefs Based on Superstition A woman recently died because her superstition would not allow her to call In n doctor on Friday. Saturday was too late. That superstition is still rife, Is to some extent proven by the fact that hundreds of thousands of people still consider Hint it Is un lucky to walk under ladders. That It Is unlucky to spill salt. That throe candles on a table bring bad luck. That crossed knives spell unhappiness. That to cut one’s nails on a Friday Is to court disaster. That (lie new moon seen through glass Is nn evil por tent. That to open an umbrella in the house means misfortune. Similarly, how many Londoners do not believe that It Is lucky for a black cat to cross one’s path, or that to fall up stairs spells n wedding. There ii# probably several million people in England today who exclaim “Touch wood” on the slightest provocation. In the country villages of England the Inhabitants firmly believe that to see a white horse means the presence in the vicinity of a red-headed girl, while a cross-eyed villager Is still an object of suspicion to be combated by crossed fingers and a whispered Incantation. Sailors and Irishmen are unanimously awarded pride of place among believ ers in superstitions, nevertheless the Londoner is hard to heat.—London Mail. Ancients Thorough in Drawing Up Contracts / bronze tablet dating back to 117 RG. holds, we are told, the earliest recorded civil judgment now extant. Found near Genoa, it represents a formal judgment of arbitration be tween two local tribes contending over the boundaries of their lands. The record describes the boundaries in language which is quite comparable with the technical style of convey ances used today. There also exists a Roman ordi nance dated 105 I?. 0., giving specifi cations for a contract to build a gate way In n wall nbutting on a highway In the town of I’uteolis, and in this contract are revealed all the expedi ents of long experience and careful draftsmanship which we moderns are accustomed to expect in such trans actions. The specifications are so com plete that archeologists have .been able to restore the entire structure. Villages Long Buried Sand dunes shifting in the winds uncovered what was once a good-sized village on the North sea island of Sylt. Some lime ago the,remains of another village were similarly laid hare on the Baltic coast of East. Prussia. On the northern Up of Sylt, In that section which until a short lime ago was hid den by the dunes, has been found evi deuce of u settlement dating back to the Ninth or Tenth centuries. Among the finds have, been pieces of pottery closely resembling that made by Khen- Ish potters bet weep t lie years 800 and 1000. Other articles disclosed are said to date back to the Fourteenth cen tury, thus indicating Hint the settle ment must have existed for 500 years or more before being covered by the dunes. Full Course Laid Out Old farmer Gooberpea was trying to impress his son that chopping wood was as good exercise as playing golf. “Oh, no, father,’’ insisted Bozo, who wanted to play golf, “it is the walk ing between otrokes that makes golf such’ valuable exercise; that gives the legs a chance ns well as the arms.” “So that’s It, is it?” exclaimed the old man. An-1 then he went into the field and placed pieces of wood at in tervals all around it. Back at the house again lie handed Bozo the ax and, patting him affectionately on the hack, sahl: “Now, son, go and play the full cou rse.’’ —Ex chan go. Wily Elephant Though tigers and leopards cannot, ns a class, he said to sham death, there have been Instances in which one of these—after having to all ap pearances, been shot dead—has sud denly “come to life’’ and been very much alive, until Anally despatched. There is an Instance on record of a newly captured elephant playing the “artful dodger” so successfully that It completely deceived its captors, who releasing its bends, left it for dead; but scarcely lmd they gone a little dis tance when, to their amazement, the creature rose, and trumpeting loudly, made good its Escape. Stephen Foster Shrine Federal hall, the old Rowan home stead nt Bnrdstown, Ky., where Fos ter wrote his masterpiece, “My Old Kentucky Home,” is standing and in an excellent state of -preservation The state of Kentucky has made It a shrine. The house was completed In 1795, and has always belonged to the Rown family, to which Stephen Col lins Foster was related. The furni ture, which delights lovers of an tiques, Is the came that the Rowans had selected, many of the pieces be ing Sheraton, Chippendale, llcppel white, and Duncan Phyfe. Avoid Pessimism Fessimlsm is that cloud of distrust and doubt that prevents one gettirtg a proper perspective on life. Things nre never as bad as they seem, and a distorted vision will not make them so. It Isn’t natural to wear a long face.—Grit f , , , , ... , , THE ROCKDALE REUUKU, uuNYERS, GEORGIA Surprising Number of Uses for Sweet Potato A cataloguing of the uses of the sweet potato sounds as though the writer had stolen a few of the glowing paragraphs used by efficient advertis ing writers. To begin with, they are highly val uable in their regular form as human food, and the cattle will take any left over with a bovine thank you for the tasty dish. * They may lie made into a sirup which is said to produce a \*cry su perior taffy. When cut into small particles and properly toasted until thoroughly earn moled they make a fair substitute for chocolate in the* flavoring of iee cream and covering of candies. Or If you are avoiding sugars, they will produce a very fine vinegar and can lie used as a source of starch. Then, leaving food for a time, they can be used to produce n number of dies and have uiso been found suc cessful in (lie produclion of a roofing paint. They have even boon em ployed to mend rubber, and have made good on (lie job. They will yield up to 100 bushels an acre, and at the avernge price of 80 cents a bushel bring in SBO, which is not so bad when compared with corn and wheat yield.—Washington Post. Waterfall That Dwarfi Famous Niagara Falls Whore Is the highest waterfall in Europe? It is in France. More than ten times as high as Niagara falls, and the third highest in the world, but that of the Gave do Pan at Gavarnie has recently boon especially recommended to tourists. Only the Grand in Labra dor, and the Southerland in New Zea land have a longer fall of water than its 1,385 feet. When the season is wet, the. cascade drops in one uninterrupt ed veil, though in the dry summer months it strikes a ledge two-thirds of the way down. The immediate set ting for tlie fall is extraordinary. It descends into the .amphitheater known as the Oircue de Gavarnie. This is a basin more than two miles wide which is shut on throe sides by moun tains rising from 7.0(H) to 0,000 feet. The proportions of the place are mam moth, in keeping with the singular characteristics of this waterfall. Ga varnie is in tho Pyrenees, not far from either Pau or Luchnn, —Exchange. Bible Washington Held A Masonic lodge of New York city, St. John’s, has in its possession a high ly prized memento of the first Presi dent. It is the Bible on which General Washington took Urn oath of office on tho balcony of old Federal hall, in Wall street. On that momentous oc casion, so the story goes, die Bible had been forgotten and it was neces sary to find one on short notice. Maj. Robert Morton, the officer command ing the regiment of honor, was sent on the mission. Being a member of St. John’s Masonic lodge. Major Mor ton bethought himseif of tin* lodge rooms and promptly returned to Ids post with the hook. It Ims been of fered to oilier Presidents for use at inaugural ceremonies. President Harding accepted the offer. Early Railroad Records As early as 1845 a record was made in England of 45 miles in 52 minutes. At. one time (he train was proceeding at the rate of one mile in 48 seconds, or “nt (he astonishing velocity of 75 miles an hour.” In the same year the American Railroad Journal said: “The other day on the London & Birming ham, and on the Great. Northwestern railway, a rate of travel at (he speed of 05 miles an hour was accomplished. The express trains on those lines run nt the rate of nearly 50 miles an hour, stoppage included.” During IS4S the Antelope engines on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad made a speed of GO miles an hour. Organized Beggary While hogging in Japan is not (lie fine art and honorable calling that it is in some parts of China, nevertheless in Tokyo and other large cities there are hundreds who make their living by soliciting aims in public. Compe tition incident to a highly commercial ized age has made it necessary to: those mendicants to organize, and a beggars’ guild now enacts and en forces beggars’ law. The operations of these persons are limited to three hours each day, and they have a com munistic way of sharing their pickings. Birds That Cannot Walk All members of the swallow family •are distinguished by Iheir small, weak feet, which are used only for clinging and perching purposes. They cannot walk or hop on the ground. These birds spend more of their time on the wing titan other birds and they feed chiefly on insects which they catch while in flight. Even water is scooped from ponds by the birds on the wing. Barn swallows and purple Martens are the most common species of tins fam ily in America. —Pathfinder Magazine. Built to Defy Time Many of the buildings of ihe Middle ages, after a lapse of 000 or 700 years, have shown no greater symptoms of age and decay than an alteration In the colors of the materials, while many edifices of more recent date afford the most melancholy examples of too general disregard of solidity.-*- Architectural Association Journal. Foods Long Considered Indigenous to America There lias been much controversy concerning the foods originally found In the Americas. It Is generally agreed Hint In North America were tobacco, maize, a certain type of pear and a small variety of tomato. In Central America and the Islands the early ex plorers also found tobacco and toma toes. In South America, particularly Brazil, wild potatoes were found in abundance, so much so that in about 1810 it was necessary to import thou sands of these native plants to develop in order to save the potato crop of the world. It was originally thought that bananas were first found in Central nnd South America and the Islands, hut later this theory was the subject of much debate, and it Is generally believed today that, while bananas were originally in flint section of the world, they were also found in trop ical sections of the eastern hemisphere at the same time.—Washington Star. Ancient Contracts Written in Assyrian nfter 2000 B. C„ thousands of clay tablets, that lie wrnpped in cotton in museums throughout tho world, show that the “dotted line” was freely used in Baby lonia ar:d that in those ancient civ ilizations every sale of land had to lie written to lie legal. Before people knew how to write all contracts were necessarily o#n! and, for protection in case of dispute, witnesses were al ways present when a contract was made. After writing was invented, Hie written contract supplemented tho word of witnesses, who were still con sidered very Important legally; and their signatures always appear. The practice of having witnesses to legal papers prepared today comes down from this period.—Boston Herald. Charging It Up An Aberdeen merchant called his son into in's office the other day and unbosomed himself as follows: “I haven’t been feeling quite so well for a few days past, Weelum, and so I have just made my will, leaving everything to you.” “Oil, father,” said the son, “I don’t like to discuss those affairs with you at all. I hope you live for many years yet, I’m sure.” “So do TANARUS, Weelum, so do I, but I just called to tell yon that the law yer’s fee for making out the will is 30 shillings, an’ this sum will be kept off your next, week’s pay.” Shah’s Parting Gesture The shah of Persia, on a visit to London, was being driven tiirough the streets in an open carriage, bowing to the throngs that lined along tlie sidewalks to greet, him, when lie no ticed a small boy who had climted a lamp post thumbing his nose at him. He at once inquired into the meaning of this gesture and a confused aid re plied that it was a signal of respect, says Living Age. The shah remem bered this quaint custom, and, upon his departure, when the flower of Brit ish diplomacy gathered on the station platform to see him off, he enthusias tically thumbed his nose at the group. Stars as a Time Standard The use of the sun as a standard of time measurements is going to the discard in favor of the us of fixed stars for th’e purpose. Observations of stars, rather than tae sun, have three advantages. There are eight fixed stars available. The nearness of the sun to the earth causes a dis tortion of position because of the at mosphere clinging about the world. Moreover, the sun is too large. Its center cannot he fixed, whereas (lie stars are like pin points in the sky. Caustic Tongue David Beiaseo said in an interview on his seventieth birthday: “Poor Ellen Terry had a caustic tongue. 1 know a thousand stories about her. Here is one: “‘Congratulate me, dear,’ an actress said to her. ‘Young Lord Lacland pro posed to me yesterday afternoon, and I accepted him.’ _ “‘And you congratulate me,’ said Miss Terry. ‘Young Lord Lacland proposed to me yesterday morning and I refused him.’ ” Most, of us get a kick out of life, hut from .behind. Now Is The Time! To have your old leaky top recovered* Protect your Radiator with Antifreeze* Get Your Tires From Us* And Enjoy Your Hunting Trip. 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