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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
PERSONAL MENTION

Auto Sponges. Union Drug Go.
Buy your electric lamps of the Gov
mgton Tin & Plumbing Co.
See THE new dresses at the Suppl,
~
For stbve pipe and fittings call tn,
Covingtoh Tin & Plumbing Co.
We have big line of sheet music
Union Drug Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Written, Of
Memphis after a visit to relatives
Aere, returned home Monday.
Tablets, pencils and all school sup.
plies. Union Drug Co.
Let us frame your picture before
the fall rush. Cobbs Bros. Furniture
Go. ia
All kinds of toilet articles for sale,
Union Drug Co.
Mr.. Melville Prettyman, Of Of Pa
ducah, spent Wednesday with home
folks 10 TINS city.
Call the Covington Tin & Plumbing
Go. for al plumber to do your repair
4 work.
Buy your window glass at Union
Drug Cog
Fisher q Johnson, agents for all
kinds of insurance. Office at the
courthouse, Covingtonj Tenn. S13tf
Mr.. G. B. Sale, of Memphis, came
Mp Friday on a visit to his sons,
DTs. H. w. and w. w. Sale.
Ii your stove Or range needs repair
nag call the Coyington Tin & Plumb
ing Co.
Miss Mary Kate Long, of German
tOwn, was the guest Of homefolks in
this city last weekend.
Don't fail to see our new cloaks,
suits, skirts and silk dresses. Supply
Co.
See our stock of mating and rugs
before you buy. Cobbs Bros. Furni-
ture Co. ~ / ID
Splendid bingham house dresses for
ladies; in all sizes, $1.00 and $3.50.
Supply Co.
Mrs. W. G. Walker, Of Memphis,
came up Thursday evening on visit
to relatives.
Just received big shipment of
mattresses. Prices right. Cobbs Bros.
Furniture Co.
See us if you are in the market
for farm lands. Sanford, Barret &
Downing,
Fine stationery at Union Drug Co.
A big line of drugs and drug sun
dries. Union Drug Co.
For Sale-Two Asher Logan Fillies,
three years old, see O. S. IIcll, Cor
ington, route 2. a2w
Mr.. L. 6. Bird, of Alexandria, L..
came up Friday evening o. !, vas
to friends.
Mai paper, window shades and
window glass at Cobbs Bios. rulnp-
tire Co.
Fisher & Johnson, insurance agents
office at courthouse, COvington, Tenn.
s13-tf.
We have number Of good homes
from one tb two miles of Covington
listed with US for quick sale worth
the price. Sanford Barreh& Downing
Mrs. Joe Brooks and daughter of
Dyersburg came down Saturday on
a. visit to the formers father, Mr..
] NJ. Woodley.
Mr.. D. D. Low, Of Nitta Yuma,
Miss, after a visit to the family Of
his fatheIein-law, Capt. D. W. Ruff
fin, returned to. his home Monday.
Judge Felix w. Moore, Of Union
City, was in Covington Wednesday
n the interest Of his candidacy for
10dg9 Of the court Of appeals.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
CARD OF THANKS

| take this means of expressing
the most grateful thanks Of myself
and family to the neighbors ano
friends, both in Covington and the
Bowden schoolhouse vicinity, for then
Kindness and sympathy during the
long illness and at the time Of the
death of my wife. assure them all
that their kindness is greatly appre-
ciated.
s. CLASS
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Rev. 7. A. Parks and wife, of
Mena, Ark, who had been on a visit
to relatives in East Tennessee, stop-
ped over here last week on their re-
turn for visit of several days to
Misses Ann and Jean Green.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

In our high grade suits, cloahs.
dresses and skirts, we only bought
one Of kind, so yau can safely buy
your ready-to-wear from us and not
be dressed like the other ladies. Sup-
ply Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Mr.. w. G. Gross, of the Munford
vicinity, Messrs Whit Tins, Bud
Stocks, L. w. Starnes and Mrs. c.
II. Starnes, of the Randolph neigh
borhood, were among the visitors here
Friday.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

When the bowels feel uncomfort-
able and you miss the exhilarating
feeling that always follows a cop
ious morning operation. a dose of
Herbine will set you right in couple
of hours. If taken at bedtime you
get its beneficial effect after break
fast next day. Price SOC. Sold by
Alexander Drug Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
An Aged Mother Called Home.

Mary e. Sherer was born in Har-
risburg, Pa, Oct. 2, 1910. She came
to Osborn, Ohio with her parents at
the age of two years where she lived
until her marriage to John G. Hall
in 1861. To this union twelve chill
dren were born, eight boys and four
girls, eleven of whom survive her.
They are Mrs. ID. p. Cowles of Davis
City, Laura e. Robbins OF Saline,
Mo-, Mrs. A. K Cowles of Pleasan-
ton, j. E. Hall Of Newton, Kansas,
]. r. Hall of May, Oklahoma, T. w.
Hall of Gainesville. Mo-, II b. Hall
of NorthfieId. Minnesota, r. D. Hall
Of Lakemp, Oklahoma, Fl. f. and ].
R. Hall of May, Oklahoma, all Of
whom were present at the funeral,
but r. y. of Lakemp, Oklahoma.
Sister Hall was converted and
united with the Baptist church when
% years of age and for - years liv
ed the faithful christian life. She
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
Welcome Ridge.

The protracted meetings at Baker
closed Sunday evening, IN spite OF
the cold weather we had llhe meet
ing. .on,;,,, VIII
lis Donaldson and Nellie, Jones, OF
Tuskeego, visited at Decatur sunday.
Mrs. Donaldson returned home win
them for few days visit, CO
Willis Donaldson and Miss Haron
attended meetings at the Baker last
week. .,o O,;n
Miss Nellie Jones, of Tuskeegoo
visited with her aunt, Mrs. 0. H.
Stanley Saturday night ;rorad hogs
Mrs. Mary p. Bond delivered hoss
and geese at Decatur Monday.
Mr.. Leslie Stanley of Oklahoma al ma
who has been visiting , tllef foS G ano
den I Grove the first Of the week. .
Grin Stanley nd Wills Tnm La Dona of De
c cs a,ltoed to Des Moines last
week to visit friends at Camp Dodge
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
l)eIkau,.

We are having some OF the effects
of Mr.. Winter the past we seyi;son .nd
family spent Sunday. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Fry and family - ,,o,.
,,n mtss Of ~" con Tuesday after a week S
VISIT Visit With vi her sister, Mrs; Artie
Rhipps and 5a%ly er h hs1 little neph
school started Monday at the
Woodland after few weeks vacation
on account of the small p S,S;,son holm
cd Nj Reitveld in building his kltch-
en- a few days the past week. :a:
A. Wilson was an over nleht sls j !,
tor with Mr.. and Mrs. Plat Harris at
Van Vert Friday, returning nome
Saturday. r, ,yore
Grand River callers Saturday. 800
Mr. and Mrs H. e. Wilson were
visitors at Decatur THURSDAY. snon,
Sunday with MIR. and Mrs. Drew
Kelley and family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
The war.savings Plan Summarized.

The war-savings plan 0ovided TOR
in the last bond act, of September
"a. 1917 has been formulated and
announced by the Treasury Depart
ment and goes into operation on
Monday, December g..
The plan puts it easily in reach OF
every American citizen to save money
and at the same time aid the Gov
eminent by supplying it with the
sinews of war.
Stamps, which are the Govern
ment's certificates of Indebtedness,
are TO be sold in two denominations
thrift stamps, which cost 20 cents
each, and war-savings stamps, Whlch
cost from SALE tn 1923 each &C
cording to the month in which they
are purchased.
With the first thrift stamp the
purchaser is given thrift card WIN
spaces for 16 stamps. When I9
thrift stamps have been purchased
and affixed the thrift card can De
exchanged for a war-savings STAMP
-bv paying the difference between the
ST the thrift stamps represent ana
the current value of War-saYlngs
stamp, which in December, ~ !,
and January, 1918, will be S4.I2,
and thereafter ] cent for each sue
ceeding month during the year 1918.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29

hold, and have held for fifty years,
that the lines of physical energy
which sustain, control and modify
the movements of every body in the
Solar system, are thrown into. a
ance, and that all kinds of terres-
same are thrown into general state
of perturbation thereby. The gravi-
rational pull and push at such times
are greatly intensified and concen-
trated, adding much to seismic and
earthquake stress and probability.
Many of the most violent storms on
land and sea, heaping the ocean into
waves. occur within few hours of
an eclipse of the sun or moon. I'm
der such conditions, such commissions
occur with almost unfailing regu-
larity, insomuch that it is matter Of
marvel to us that so many people or
scientific proclivities should be skep-
teal on the subject. The same con-
new and full moon period, but the
results are much more manifest at
times when the earth, sun and moon
are in eclipse node We do not apol
ogiZe for our surprise at the incred-
ulity OF some scientific. people on
this SUBJECT, Wnen all tnat is TeuulI-
ed to prove the truth of our position
is simply to watch the periods and
keep a record Of phenomena that oc-
cur at such times. 1t takes no ply
steal or philosophical analysis to
prove the matter. Earthquakes and
storms are things of great proper
lions, and any schoolboy or girl can
read the Geographic reports and
note the dates on which they trans
pire. Do not wonder if some notable
storms and other phenomena occur
not far from Friday, December 2Sth;
A regular storm period is central
on the goth, extending from about
the 2Sth to the 3rd to 4th of .Janu
airy. AS explained in the foregoing,
the moons opposition at an eclipse
node on the 2Sth is to be reckoned
as prime disturber at this time.
The planet Mercury is in perihelion
on the Goth. These added to the
regular Vulcan disturbance are sHffi-
cient, in a Jupiter period, to excite
our expectations of marked storms
and changes in the weather. AS the
month goes out the barometer will
be falling in the west and storm CEN
tiers will be forming and moving out
of the west These storms will run
their course during the opening days
of H1S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
Selling New Corn

We do not propose to offer our
readers any advice as to whether to
sell corn or to hold it, but we will
endeavor to give them some facts
which are to be considered when they
are studying over this question fol
themselves.
First-The reports so far received
indicate a vast amount OF soft corn.
One well-info1med gentleman, whose
work takes him into the country in
all sections OF the state, and brings
him in touch with intelligent farm
ers, said recently that after talking
with others who had unusual oppor--
tunity for observation, he estimated
that not to exceed 80 per cent OF oul
Iowa corn crop will be sufficiently
sound to make it safe to hold alter
next May. We hao not supposed the
percentage Of sound corn to be as
small as this, but every day brings
us reports of wholly unexpected
amount of soft corn. The TACT is
that our corr crop never caught up,
even in those sections in which frost
was reasonably delayed.
Second-There are fewer hogs in
the country than usual and SO far
our reports indicate that fewer brood
sows will be bred. Farmers are
afraid of the future market. II there
should be a very considerable de-
crease in the number of soWs, the
demand for corn for hog feeding
purposes will of course be less -,
Third-There is very little ola
Fourth.The total crop will be
large, though much OF it is SOFT; but
we think the crop will not be so
large as the governments estimates
would indicate. :: .,o
wheat crop. and our allies need all
we can, possibly spare. There
should, therefore, be strong effort
to encourage the use. OF a large
amount of corn for human 1000.
The amount SO used, however, IS
very small compared with the total
crop, and efforts to increase its use
by any considerable amount have-not
met with q. very large response.
Sixth-The matter OF shrlnkage
in corn should be considered. To
helm our readers in placing the prop
er value on this factor, we have pre-
pared the following table. which
Shows the necessary advances IN
prices in future months. to compen,,
safe for shrinkage in the normal
wear This year the ADVANCE VIII
have to be even greater. The data
on which this table is based were
collected by the Illinois experiment
station through series OF years, ana
We believe them to be reliable.
When corn sells in November Tor
the prices shown in the first column,
it must sell in the following months
for the prices shown, 10 preah even
with the November price.
Nov.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
Pleasant Ridge.

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Deao and fam
ily were visiting Saturday with Mr..
and Mrs. w. NJ. Briner OF Grand
River
Grandma Brammer, was visiting
the past week with her daughtef'
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Browns baby
has been very sick the past week but
is some better at this writing:
James Cole of Westerville who
has been in poor health for the past
year is no better.
Mrs. Charles Poland and daugh-
ter Lois spent last Friday with Mrs.
Miss Pearl and Homer Briner
spent last Friday night with Mrs.
Vester Briner.
Dr.. B. l.. Eiker of Leon was called
the past week to see the Homer
Brown baby. 20
Van Vert were visiting Saturday and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac 70
Mrs. Loretta Ward and daughter
Carrie spent last Tuesday night
with Mrs. w. f. .Wadsworth..
James Boies was Visiting irt Ma the p 9y
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Lyons OF
visit her daughter, Mrs. Henry Low.
den and sister, Mrs. w. NJ Brlner %, OF
Grand River. They may spend the
winter here and visit with their
many friends. Mrs S,a Lyons nsra hHaiic
stroke about a year ago and she is
nearly blind now.
Dr.. Mulcahy of Grand River who
has been very sick for the past three
weeks is improving very slowly but
he was able to go to his office last
Mrs Walter Trowbridge has very
poor health this winter having heart
trouble.
is IS years old is very sick with the
small pox but is getting along nicely;
School commenced again in the
Durham the past week after beng
closed on account of the i small small p OK.
thur Evans of Grand River last Sat
urdav in his store:
Miss AIDA Hopkins IS l;r nel PM
her house work the past week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
Page NINE

was ever ready to help those in need
and was loving wife and mother
and all who knew her loved her. For
the last three years she has lived
with her daughter, Mrs. ID. p Cowles
and sch has been a patient sufferer
for a number of years. Saturday
November II, she was taken with
pneumonia and on Wednesday morn
ing she fell to sleep.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday Nov. % at the NJ. E. church
of Davis City by Rev. " f. Walker
after which all that was mortal of
Sister Hall was laid to rest in the
cemetery there.
She leaves to mourn her departure
besides her children, an aged hus-
band, "a grandchildren, great
grandchildren and host of friends
and relatives. May God bless the
hearts of those who mourn.
We can use some choice first mort
gage farm loans. Farmers Il Trad
ers State Bank, Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 1917

With the first war-savings stamp
obtained by purchase or exchange
the owner is given war-savings
certificate containing spaces for 20
war-savings stamps. If the 20
spaces are filled during December,
1917, or January, 1918, the cost to
the purchaser will be 81. for each
cate and on the LIST day Of January,
1923, the Government will redeem
the certificate at 500, giving the
holder net profit of $17.60 for the
use of his money.
Although these investments do
not mature until January ], 1928,
provision is made whereby upon 10
days written notice after January
], 1918, such certificates will be re-
to the purchasers plus ] cent a month
on each war-savings stamp on the
certificate.
The thrift stamps do not bear in
terest, but the War-savings stamps
bear 4 per cent, compounded quar-
terly The certificates will be dated
January 2, 1918, and mature Janu-
AIRY /, 1928
Under the plan an amount as
small as 25 cents can be invested in
a Government security, and as soon
as 81 has been thus invested an in
terest-bearing certificate, Of the
United States Government can be Sc
cured.
The stamps and certificates can be
obtained from post offices, banks, or
trust companies, at most railroad
stations, stores, factories, and many
other public places.
Having the entire wealth of the
United States back Of them and be-
ing redeemable as above stated
there is no danger of any deprecia-
ton in value of the certificates.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29
Burn. Oak Ridge.

Quite gloomy the past few days.
Allen Richard and Roy Groves OF
Cambria and Loren Rlena s,en ANA W visiz
tors at Nick Richards.
Several from East Eden ATTENDED
the contest at Eden Center 81 srst FE nday
night James s. oh iaaiama ~ e Contest.
WA Asa B b and wife and two
children spent Sunday at Chas. Chas-
tain's. prd OVID
Iuiia Cbastain were callers at the
Chastain home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson OF Woodiana
spent one day last week at a. <
Mrs. c. E. Chastain spent Friday
with mrs. Ben ohastain. -
Bob Chrissop delivered hogs IN
Several visitors were at Tom Unl-
phress' Sunday, their son-m-iaw con-
tir ling very pooriy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29

There IS another e1emen' !Hdt tHs
conservation man will CONSIDER anu anu
that is the prospect of peace. We
e eapiy pea ace. or for peace Within the
next wear. And yet there is lurking
back in every ones mind the thought
that surely flesh and blood can not
stand such conditions as have pre-
vailed during the past year, ana thas
peace must come soon. rms rs
simply hope with n Ma11aes.s sn var FAR.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29

We have arranged for .
series Of elk interesting articles,
WAR Talks, by Uncle DAM"
written BY Mr.. Howard n.
oross, president OF the Unlver.
sal Military Training League, OF
which this 10 the first. They tell
In Z graphic way why military
training 10 Of value, both to the
nation and 20 the Individual, and
our readers will find them OF
unusual Interest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-08-17

experiment. Thes are frequently
symptoms of kidney trouble, and a
remedy which is recommended for
the kidneys should be taken in time.
Doan's Kidney Pills are a good
remedy to use. 1t has acted ERECT
lively in many cases in this vicinity.
Can Ladysmith residents demand
further proof of merit than the fol
lowing testimonial?
H. A. Starn, builder, Weirgor, Wis
says: Several years ago when
lived in Iowa, / began to have trou-
BILE with my back. didn't know
what it was at first, but after awhile
found out that my kidneys were out
of order. I had often seen Doans
Kidney Pills recommended and
began using them. A couple OF boxes
cured me and I haven't had need OF
a kidney medicine since Anyone
who has kidney trouble will do well
to give Doan's Kidney Pills trial
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mr.. Starn. FOster-Milburn CO..
Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-08-17
WHO LEADS IN CROPS?
Ten Year Average-From 1907 to
1915, Inclusive

Oats
Wisconsin stands first in yield
per acre of states growing 100000
bushels or more without irrigation
and it's additional labor and expense.
Wisconsin's crop 90,O0oO,OOO bushels.
Barley
Wisconsin stands first in yie.d
per acre of states producing 100000
bushels or more without the added
cost and labor of irrigation. Wiscon-
sins crop, 100000 bushels.
Spring Wheat
per acre of nonirrigated states har-
vesting 100000 bushels or more. Of
states growing both spring and win
ter wheat without irrigation, wis
consin is second only to Iowa, IA
bushels less per acre.
Rye
Wisconsin stands first in total
production. OF states producing L.
100000 bushels or more, wisconsin is
third in acre yield. First state leads
by IA bushels second by 4 bushel.
Wisconsin's crop, 100000 bushels.
Corn
Wisconsin stands third in yield
per acre of states harvesting 5O,O00,-
900 bushels or more First state,
Ohio, leads by 81 bushels; second,
Indiana, by 2 bushels per acre.
Hay
Wisconsin stands first in yield
per acre of states producing 100000
tons or more leading Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
York, Minnesota, Missouri and Ne
braska. Wisconsin's crop 100000
tons.
Sugar Beets
Wisconsin stands first in yield
per acre of non-irrigated states, tied
with California.
Flax
Wisconsin stands first in yield
per acre.
Why?
Good seed, good soil, good crop
systems, good cultivation, good rain
fall, good dairymen.
AUTHORITIES: u. S. Crop Re-
porter, Yearbook, U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-08-17

and the Alliance and the Pallas he
was swooped down upon by the fiotil-
Ia under Captain Pearson which was
conveying a merchant fleet. Jones
prepared to meet the enemy as best
he could. The British guns had long
range and Paul Jones determined to
fight close. He brought his ships up
to the enemy until the muzzles Of his
guns came In contact with the enemy
ships. Then ensued one Of the most
frenzied conflicts in the history of
naval battles, continuing from seven
to ten in the evening. Paul Jones'
position was desperate in the extreme.
His ship was so shattered that only
three guns remained effective, and he
then assailed the enemy with hand
.grcnades which falling into the
Scraps soon set her ON fire. At
length her magazine blew up killing
NIL near 1t. Pearson commanded his
officers who wanted to surrender to
board the Richard which was also
now ablaze In several places. But
Jones and his men received them so
warmly that they retreated. Parsons
crew was killed, his guns unmounted
and his ship ON fire and there was moth.
ing else to do but surrender.
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WASHING DISEASE AWAY

To most of us it lis surprising to
learn how much attention the med
ical officers in the French battle
fields give to- personal cleanliness
of the soldiers as a disease prevent
i've. 1t would almost seem to one
not initiated in the ways of war,
that so many big things need to
be done that minor necessities, like
bath for example, might be suspend
ed or at least be a matter Ct con-
venience. Not SO, however.
Partly because Typhus Fever is
spread by lice, the greatest care is
exercised to provide bathing facih-
ties. The French, furthermore,
maintain BARRIERS to complete the
toilet of the man by trimming the
hair" HOW difficult the bathing
may be is indicated by the follow
ing from an article On Military
Sanitation in the American journal
of Public Health:
1.-The water is warmed on the
cook fire and the men brought in
groups of ten, made to undress and
are scrubbed. IN especially unfav-
orable conditions in cold weather,
the bathing may be done in the sta
bless where the heat from the AMI
mails will maintain a comfortable
temperature Few American homes
are so poor that better provisions
than these, at least, are not Of
fered.
GIN theory, at least, the French
insist much more strongly than the
British upon the cleanliness of the
soldier More than once day he
is required to wash hands and feet,
clean nails and comb hair. Mouth
and teeth are washed, in the alb
sense of a brush, with a soap solu-
ton and then rinsed There should
be daily bath. At least every
week the men are required to take a
shower bath The soldier is also
required to frequently wash his
clothing"
Cleanliness of hands and teeth
especially, is a great health agency
If soldiers living under present wal
conditions are required to attend tc
such disease prevention measures
certainly, we who stay at home
among relatively luxurious surround
ings, should find a way to do no
less for our health's sake.