The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-28


ceiyed a good collection Of new type
for the job printing department and
we are prepared to do anything in
printing in the latest style, from a
dainty card or invitation to the larg-
est scare head poster,
-Eugenia, aged II months and
days, daughter of Mr.. Walter Smith,
of the Tabernacle vicinity, died Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock Of whoop-
ing cough and pneumonia, after a
weeks illness. The baby was buried
at Charleston graveyard Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, Rev Syl Fish
er conducting the funeral services.
The League Of West Tennessee
Business Mems Clubs will he held at
Trenton on July Is. Our people will
remember the successful meeting Of
the above body held in Dyersburg last
year. Geo. R. James and other promi-
nent speakers will address the league.
1t is earnestly hoped that a good
delegation from Covington and Tip
ton county will attend the above
meeting,
Mrs. Jane Sigman died at the
home of Mr.. Sam Farmer at Old
Bloomington Thursday afternoon at
8 o'clock of cancer, after having been
confined to the house for 10 months
She was buried at Clopton Friday
morning at IL o'clock, Rev. r. A..
Wood conducting the funeral services.
Mrs. Sigman was Sc years of age and
is survived by one son and two daugh-
tiers.
Mr.. George A. Sanford, secretary
of the Covington B. M. c., and Mr.. R.
V. Downing attended the meeting of
the Better Farming committee of the
Cotton States Merchants association
held in Memphis Saturday. The form
er is a member of the above named
body and was a representative from
this county The meeting was held
in the interest Of the proper handling
and storing Of the surplus food and
feed crops in the cotton states.
Mr.. R. K. Mcbride has given us
some very interesting figures in re-
gard to the product Of one grain of
wheat. One stool found in his field
produced 81 stalks, with a head to
each stalk. These heads averaged AZ
grains each, making a grand total of
1928 grains, According to the above
figures, if each grain of bushel Of
wheat produced as we'll as the one
mentioned above, the product would
be 1928 bushels.
1t is high time to begin preparing
for a second crop of Irish potatoes.
Efforts should be made to find cold
storage seed from the first crop. Po-
tatoes for the second crop after being
dug should be spread out in cool,
dry place, covered lightly with old
sacks and the covering kept moist
until planting time, about July 10 to
Is, an expert on the subject says.
The land should also be stirred to
conserve the moisture.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. R, Elcan and
daughter, Louise, Miss Mary Paine
and Messrs. Will and Frank Paine
motored to Memphis last Thursday.
Louise Elcan was operated on for
removal of tonsils and adenoids at
st. Josephs hospital, DR.. Howard do
ing the work. On the same day,
Louise, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
l.. Alexander had the same operation
by DR.. Howard. Both little girls are
improving.
Mrs. Abner Hanna met with a
most unfortunate accident at the
home Of her son, Mr.. T. R. Hanna,
last Friday. She was in the act of
sitting down, when the chair fell and
was thrown down, with the result
that her hip was dislocated. Drs.'
Yarbrough, Gillespie and Lindsey
were summoned with all possible
speed, gave the aged lady medical aid
and she is now doing as we'll as could
be expected under the circumstances.
The Commercial Appeal Of last
Sunday published splendid photo
graph of three Upton county
brothers from one household who
have enlisted in the Second Tonnes
see regiment. They were Frank, AL
len and Barney Pleasant, sons Of Mr..
June Pleasant, of Rossville, and for
merly of this place. That is one Of
the advantages of the Second Ten
nessee. 1t permits brothers and
friends to enlist in the same comp
any.
For the convenience Of automo-
bile tourists, Mr.. George A. Sanford,
secretary Of the Covington Business
Mems Club, will begin this week to
mark off the route of the Jefferson
Davis Highway from Fulton, KY, to
Memphis. On posts, at cross roads
all along the route, the letters %.
d., with an arrow indicating the
proper direction, will be painted in
red and white. Mr.. Sanford will also
make an effort to induce other coun-
ties along the highway to take up the
work and set markers along the way
Mr.. and Mrs. Riddick, of Mem
phis, have taken charge of the hotel
at Glenn Springs and it is now open
for the accommodation of guests for
the summer season. This resort grows
in popularity every season and the
indications are that this will be the
best season ever enjoyed by that re-
sort. The coming of the great Fourth
of July picnic and barbecue is being
looked forward to with pleasant antic-
ipation. Preparations are going for
ward on a big scale to make that af-
fair grand success. The program
will include music, dancing, skating,