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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
WHEN JOHNSON WAS A TAILOR
Relics Of His Residence in Early Life
in Laurens, South Carolina.

a recent article in the News dealt
with the Laurens tailor who after
ward became president Of the United
States, Andrew Johnson Il was
learned in Laurens, recently, that
much is yet remembered there about
Lincoln's successor.
His tailor shop stood on the public
square, facing the courthouse and just
a few yards from what IS now Gov.
Cooper's law Office Henry Simpson,
of Laurens, has preserved in good
condition a coat which was made by
Johnson and manifests the good quail
ity Of his workmanship. In the Bolt
family is a quilt one square of which
was sewn in by him, With his needle
he wrote his autograph there, thus
proving the falsity of the school his
tories which declare that Johnson's
wife taught him to read and write, for
he was not married until long after
he left Laurens. The local conserva-
tors of history and tradition are
unanimous on the point that Johnson
was not illiterate at that period,
The young woman Of that city who
rejected Johnson's offer of marriage
was a Miss Word, who married Mr.
Hance, who was a Northerner by
birth and sabdler by profession. She
had number Of notes written her by
Johnson, perhaps expressive of his
tender sentiment for her, but it is
not known whether any of these still
exist. If they do they have a high
value on the autograph market. 1t is
said that some time after the war eX-
Gov. Perry delivered an address in the
Laurens courthouse, in which he re-
ferred somewhat critically to the fact
that Miss Word had rejected Johnson
and accepted a Yankee. The story
gees that MISS Word then Mrs.
Hance, was very much incensed at
the utterance and vigorously defended
her decision, evidently not at all re-
GREETING that she had declined to be-
come the wife Of future president.
Mrs. Hance has a number of descend
ants in Laurens in the Crews, Bolt
and other families. We have been in
formed that the tailor's goose used by
Johnson is still in the possession of
a Laurens family Greenville Is. c. /
News,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

Also all real estate owned or leased
by the Gulf Compress Company in the
i city of Dyersburg, Dyer county Ten
/ nessee, and the entire compress plant
and equipment located thereon, being
the same property described in GER
tain deed recorded in book 28, page
355 of the registers Office Of Dyer
county, Tennessee.
Together with Z the buildings,
plants, machinery I all fixed prop
erty Of every charaetar connected with
said plants, and all 5he rights, ways,
privileges, advantages and appurte-
nances to the said parcels of land,
plants and other property appertain-
ing thereto, and together with all
tools, implements, supplies and per-
sonal property of every character and
kind located in each of said plants and
belonging to said Gulf Compress
Company and its receiver.
Also all the Office furniture and fix
lures of every character and kind
consisting of iron safe, desks, tables,
chairs, files and filing cabinetSand all
other furniture of every Character
and kind located in, the general offices
of said company in tbs Union & Plant
ers Bank & Trust Building in the city
of Memphis, Tennessee.
Also certain machinery and tools
belonging to the said Gulf Compress
Company now in the compress plant
at Brownsville, Tennessee.
Also certain machinery and tools
and supplies in compress operated by
the Gulf Compress Company under
lease at New Decatur (now Albany,
Alabama, and the leasehold estate in
the lot on which said plant is located,
including the privilege of renewal of
said lease on the conditions and in ac-
cordance with its terms for ten years
from August 81, 1917, the original
lease being executed by the Decatur
Cotton Compress Company and the
Gulf Compress Company under date
of July 16, 1904, and the supplemental
agreement renewing said lease exc
cuted by the same parties under date
of the 10Th day Of October, 1907, the
same being in the possession of the
receiver.
Also all bills receivable, accounts
receivable, chooses in action, franchises
and all other assets and effects of
every character and kind Of the said
Gulf Compress Company or its re-
ceiver, which have not hereinbefore
or hereinafter been expressly directed
to be sold in connection with individ-
ual or separate plants of said COM
pany, other than cash either in the
hands of the receiver or deposited in
banks to his credit, such cash ormoney
on hand or so deposited being express
ly excluded from any sale, shall like
wise be sold at the same time and
place as the real estate and other
property in Tennessee and at New De-
catur, Alabama, and all said property
and assets of every kind hereinbcfore
described, located in Tennessee and at
New Decatur, Alabama, will be Of
fered for sale and sold as a whole, on
the same day, and at the place fixed
herein.
April 2, 1917.
C. C. HANSON,
apr5-5w Receiver.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
DAYS AND NIGHTS

If days were only twice as long,
Twould be a splendid thing
Cause, don't you know, fore you're
quite dressed
The breakfast bell will ring;
And then it's time to go to school,
And then run home at noon,
And back to school; and A o'clock
Most always comes too soon;
And then you just begin to play,
And then it's time for tea;
And then, in such little while,
Your bedtime comes, you see.
If nights were only twice as long,
Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know, when you're
tucked up,
Sometimes your mother'll sing;
And first you lie and watch the stars
Or maybe there's moon,
And then you get all nice and warm,
And sleepy pretty soon;
And then, perhaps, you shut your eyes
And then your mother1l say
Have little boy who means
To lie in bed all day."
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
BE KIND TO YOUR DAD
(By request.l

Thy request,)
Be kind to your daddy, 0, gamboling
youth;
His feet are now sluggish and cold;
Intent on your pleasures, you don't see
the truth
Which is that your dads growing old.
All, once he could whip forty bushels
of snakes;
But now he is spawned and lame;
His joints are all rusty and tortured
with aches,
And weary and worn is his frame.
He toiled and he shaved like a govern
ment mule
To See that his kids had a chance;
He fed them and clothed them and sent
them to school;
Rejoiced when he marked their ad-
vance.
The landscape is moist with the bill
lows of sweat
He cheerfully shed as he toilcd
To bring up his children and keep out
Of debt,
And see that the horne kettle boiled.
He dressed in old buds that his Mary
and Jake
Might bloom ike the roses in June;
And oft when you swallowed your
porterhouse steak
Your daddy was chewing g prune.
And now that he's worn by his burden
of care,
just show you are worth what he did;
Look out for his comfort and hand
him a.chair,
And hang up his slicker and lid. e
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY
OF THE GULF COMPRESS co.


Henry P. Talmadge, ct al, VS.. Gull
Compress Company, ct al, No
$40 in Equity.
Pursuant to a decree of sale made
and entered in the District Court OF
the United States for the Western
District of Tennessee, on the 18th day
Of March, 1917 in Minute Book 2,
page 206, ct sea-, to which decree ref
erence. is here made, I, G. CHanson,
duly appointed qualified and acting
receiver of the Gulf Compress Com
pany, being expressly authorized and
empowered by said decree so to do,
will sell at public sale to the highest
bidder for cash the property of the
Gulf Compress Company hereinafter
described, in bar of and free from all
its rights and equity of redemption,
and free from all liens of every char
acter, and upon the following terms,
t0-wit:
The sale of said property will be
for cash, but outstanding receivers
certificates and first mortgage bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness
which have been specifically adjudi-
Gated as valid subsisting liens on the
property of the said Gulf Compress
Company by the United States Dis
trict Court aforesaid, WILDE received
in payment for said psoperty to the
extent and in the maAner> provided in
the said decree Of Sale. The purchas-
er will acquire Sh absolute title in
fee simple.
No bid will Be accepted by party
offering to bid for said property, who
shall not previously have deposited
with the receiver as a pledge that he
will make good his bid if accepted, the
sum Of FIVE thousand dollars ($5,000.-
00) in cash, or certified check or
checks on a national bank, made or
endorsed payable to the order of the
said receiver, or the sum of at least
ten thousand dollars ($10,00000) in
bonds of the said Gulf Compress Com
pany, secured by first mortgage APP
proved by the court as aforesaid.
Said sale will be made at the front
door of the county court house of Tip
ton county, in the city of Covington,
state Of Tennessee, being the county
in which is located the largest amount
of real property owned by said Gulf
Compress Company in any county in
said state, at twelve o'clock, noon, on
SATURDAY, MAY 9Th, 1917.
The property that | will offer for
sale is specifically described in the
decree of sale aforesaid, to which ref
erence is again specifically made, and
is briefly described as follows, to-wit;
All of the real estate, compress
plant and equipment thereon, owned
by the Gulf Compress Company in
the city of Covington, Upton county,
Tennessee, being the same property
described in a cIrtain decd recorded in
deed book 81, page 81 Of the registers
Office of Upton county, Tennessee;
Also the leasehold interest or estate
of the Gulf Compress Company under
a certain lease dated the 18th day of
February, 1904, recorded in book %,
page 262 Of the records of the regis
ter's Office Of Dyer county, Tennessee;
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
THE KINGS FERRY BOAT

Millions of Gods people have found
before that the Kings Ferry Boat is
roomy and splendid and safe in carry
ing the Kings household across the
Jordan of Death to the shores of that
beautiful country. The ferry boat
will not be lonely in crossing any of
these streams, for Chrirt is captain
There is a stream that we all must
cross
The River of Human Years,
Now lying calm in the summer light,
Now splashed with rain of tears.
Out from the hills Of God it flows,
And on to the shoreless sea,
Where the noontide sun no shadow
throws,
And time is eternity.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

But why should we faint or falter?
Why are these doubts and fears?
We shall 60 and speak to the Captain
AS we cross the River Of Years.
There is a stream that we often cross
The River Of Earthly Change,
AS we leave the moorings of the past
And we seek the new and strange.
But the shore is yelled by a misty
cloud,
And we can not see it well,
And the voices Of the storm are loud
AS we hear the minute bell.
But whv should we fear and falter
Or shrink from the new and strange?
We shall go and speak to the Captain
AS we cross the River of Change.
There is a stream that we all must
cross
The River of Death so cold
When the lights of earth are seen no
more
And the green moss turns to mold.
When hand of ice shall push our
bark
Out on the swelling tide;
When friends will leave us alone in
the dark,
Alone on the waters wide.
But why should we fear or falter
Or cry with bated breath?
We shall go and speak to the Captain
When we cross the River of Death.
Say, have you made friends with the
Captain?
Have you looked in His loving face?
Have you heard His voice of pardon?
Have youtasted of His grace?
Oh, why do you slight and grieve Him,
Counting His love but dross?
Will you sin on and leave Him
When the River of Death you cross?
Oh, why not speak to the Captain?
Speak in your signs and tears,
And He will speak and stand by you
All down the River of Years.
j. l., Simpson.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
FARM AND TOWN JOIN
TO FIGHT THE FLIES

Dyersburg, Citizens Of this
county are planning an active crusade
against flies and mosquitoes this sea-
son. The civic department Of the
Women's club of this city met and
arranged for a big rally March H..
The club will solicit the aid Of the Boy
Scouts and viii see that fly traps are
made for public places. They are ex-
pecting the cooperation Of q. w. Ar
mold, county demonstration agent,
who is very much interested in cam
paigns Of this kind.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

The measles is reported bad in this
community.
The torpedo was invented by David
Bushnell, an American, in 1777.
Columbia faces a deficit for the
coming year Of $1,634,485.
Costa Rica, in 1915, exported STA
300 worth of cocoa beans.
Missouri labor unions have 110,412
members.
Rich veins of zinc are said to exist
in all parts Of Japan.
New Zealand is preparing to sow
large acreage in wheat.
One-third Of the employees of shoe
factories IN this country are women.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

On account of gloomy weather, tbs
crowd was somewhat delayed at the
play given by the pupils of the Egypt
school Friday night. The name of
the play was, ''The Face at the Wins
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

To treat persons with defective
speech an apparatus has been inven-
ted to measure the pressure Of the
tongue when certain sounds are ut
tered.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12

Henry P. Talmadge, ct al, VS.. Gulf
Compress Company, ct al. No.
$40 in Equity.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
WOMEN give OUT

Houseworh is hard enough when
healthy Every Lancaster woman who
Is having blackjack. blue and nervous
spells. dizzy headaches and kidney or
bladder troubles, should be glad to hced
this Lancaster womanS experience.
Mrs. Joe Turner. Tottrn Ave. Lam
caster. says "A few years ago my Md.
news got ont of order and hal back =
aches felt dull and Iauguli aud tired
easily Ny kidneys acted irregular too.
4 friend told me Of DJau s kidney Pills
and bought them at Storms Drug
Store They soon nd me Of the back
ache and pnt my kidneys IN good order.
Price soc. at all dealers Don't sim
ply ash for n kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Turner had. Foster Milburn Co..
Props. Buffalo. y. \.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
MARkSDUKY

| Don't forget the ice cream supper at
Mason June 2nf. hours from 3 to 10.
The gardens have been greatly re-
tarded by the continuous cold weather
Rev. Mahan has returned from Har-
Ian where he went to fill an appoint
ment at that place.
Red Top, Orange and Amber Cane
Seed; Millet. Soy Beans and Cow Peas
for sale. Hudson. Hughes & Farnau.
Rev. Sebastian of Georgetown preach
ed last Sunday at the Fork and his SER
mon was enjoyed by those who heard
him.
Quite number of gardens We're
greatly injured from the recent hail
storm. Also buildings that were COW
cred with paper roofing.
Those who had tobacco plants large
enough took advantage of the wet spell
first of the week, and did much toward
getting out their plants.
Rev. Sebastian, Misses Della Rice
Hughes and Minerva Cox of Lancaster,
were guests at dinner Sunday of Miss
Susan X. Sutton and Mr.. Jno. Sutton.
Mr.. Robt Clark and Mrs. Nora Pruitt
have returned from Lexington where
they have been to seen their mother,
who is III at the home of her son. Mr.
Charles Clark of that place.
Miss Margaret Jenkins has just clos
ed the winter term school. Miss Mar
garet takes infinite pains with the chill
dren. Bad English and grammar are
never even allowed on the play ground.
She states it has never been her pleas
ure to meet more loyable and obedient
set of children and their improvement,
especially for the last three months
has been marked and she is delighted
with their work.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31

A blister is almost sure to form on
a burn II II IL not taken care Of prop
erly. To avoid II, mix quickly equal
portions Of olive oil and the white OF
an egg and apply to the burn md COW
or with II piece of soft linen. Bicar-
Donate of soda IL morr quickly OBJ
tanned and almost rs good, Put on the
burn dry and cover with cloth kept
wet. A bad blister, II covered with II
per cent solution of carbolic acid
ON II piece Of linen, and kept on for n
day or two viii he overcome, with no
scar and little pain.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
HANBACK,

Items are scare this week. as people
are busy in their crops.
Little Stella McQuerry visited little
Sarah Hammack, SUNDAY
Flour in sacks or barrels.
Hudson. Hughes 4 Farnau.
MIR Mcnefee McQuerry and family
visited William Lawson and family.
Sunday.
Mr.. +. e.. Hammack and family Wis
tied O. l.. Hammack and family last
Sunday at Paint Lick.
Mr. $ +. Hammack Is on the sick
list, has rheumatism and suffering a
great deal at present.
Mrs. Thomas Hurt is poorly. she is
at her fathers, K. f. Parsons. aud has
rheumatism very bad
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Miller are rejoIc
ing over a little girl that arrived at
their home the other night
Little Sarah L. l.. Hammack has re.
turned home from Paint Lick where
she has been visiting her cousin. Jessie
Mae Hammack
Two or three Sundays ago old man
j Jackson went to church. and some one
opened his store door and helped them
selves to candy. tobacco. and sardine
and other articles.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
Which WILL IT Be?

The Eight. Hour Law, or "ARLO.
the miracle medicine?
The Hon Louis Brpndis. who was re-
Gently employed by the Sta;c Of Oregon
to defend its ten tinstead Of eight hour
law, found, upon investigating conditi-
ons generally that overwork Is the great
est single menace to public health in
the United States today; that people
are DIVING Younger in America than
ever before. that workers are wearing
out more quickly, while infant mortality
has notable decrea, ed. any well-inform-
ed physician or any insurance company
can and will tell YOU that mortality
from degenerative diseases is on the
increase; that while the average length
of life has increased. due to the better
care of babies, fewer adults live to at
tain n ripe old age. and diseases which
are causing deaths among the adult
population are very plainly the disease
of overwork.
The death rate from liver and diges-
tive organs alone increased thirty-four
per cent within the last ten wears. ac-
cording to census records of 100000
people who work over ten hours per
day. an increase Of forty three per cent
in kidney and urinary disorders.
/ Think of 1t these are colds. hard
/ boiled facts.
/ 'ARLO' IA remedy to correct any or
/ all of the sickness that may be the re-
suit of overworked kidneys and liver.
There are thousands Of persons here
(women AS well as mem who know
they are in need of just such medi-
cine and u few minutes time today
having its virtues explained may pro-
/ long your life "a few wears.
/ ARLO is sold exclusively in Lancas.
ter by Stormes Drug Store.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
BRYANTSVILLE

Miss Jane Bowling is at home from
NJ. =. c. Millersburg for vacation.
Miss Cecil Bowling has returned from
delightful visit with friends at Bowl.
ing Green.
Tankage. Wheat Middli1gs and Rye
MiddIings for sale. Hudson, Hughes &
Farnau.
Quite number from here attended
the County $. $. Convention at Mt.
Olivet. Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. George Jean of Dan
vile. attended the funeral Of Mr.. Eu.
gene Berkele.
Messrs W. +. and Ben Kennedy Of
Crab Orchard. spent Sunday with Mrs
NJ. o. Kennedy
Miss Mary Ellen FarIee of Lancaster
spent the weekend with her father
Mr.. J. W Farley.
MIR. j. e. Williams attended the
Bankers Association of group and ,.
at Danville. Tuesday.
Mrs. Margaret Sparks. Mrs Edwin
Rogers and son. Holman. of Nicholas.
vile. are visiting Mrs. J. W. Glass.
Rev. and Mrs. +. NJ. finder and Mrs.
Il. r. Robinson of Lancaster. were
guests Friday Of Mrs. Il. c. Rose.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Davis attended
the Dedication Services" Of the new
Provid, nee church IN Jessamine Sunday
Miss Edna Berkel". who is attending
the Western College. at oxford Ohio.
spent n few DAYS last week with Mrs.
Mary Berkele
Mrs. John Hartsook Of Kansas H.,
is here visiting her grand mother. Mrs.
Mary Berkeie, she having been called
here by the death of Mr. Eugene Ber-
kelc. Mrs Hartsook will be rcmem.
bered a, Miss Marguerite Jones. and
her many friends are delighted to see
her again.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
COMBINED STALLION
HIGH PRESTON 6846

Bay Stallion IL hands, lett hind ankle white fine style and
will make the of 1917 ackey Kentucky
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
Meaning OF "ve,dt."

Veldt IL changed form ~ the
Dutch weld" the same rs our Eng
llsh word field. II means simply open
ground, or prairie. Westerveit means
west field Roosevelt. rose field; Bau-
welt. blue field There are o'her Dutch
names ending In welt" and many
parallel names In German and other
tongues.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
Dresser Contains q Bathtub.

A Cincinnati man has a dresser the
front and top Of which are movable on
casters, and behind aud below them Is
bathtub. A water basin is in the
top of the dresser and the faucets are
In the wall.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31

Silent Brook 1899 10. Billy Buk 2ui Meadow Brook
Shawbay 2o7i Zarnnc 2C7i Betty Brook 2e Emma B 2Ui Lady
BrIook 2lo Butter Brook 2lot Silent Brigade C loi Margaret Hathgatc
60 2lli. Srddam Of
produced Retle Clay 2!5i. and ganiau Ptur
Mo 25I Frrcno
CD 2NsI Futurty CO. 20ii Native Belle G utur
Sl 90 2u y 90 Euturty Gomoko To- Nobel
2lo Mochc-tcr lot Momastcr 2 Siko ana tFuuU
Sired dams OF The Harvester 2ol champion taonl
Martha Upton 90 Loot ONcI to Bump. os
ID.
Beucher i6l5-. record 2i.
handsome seal brown Will he
Of
Futurity Moko
demand
We O
10 breed their and 10 breed them stations
worth Rcuher the the
demand His have
O boz
Stallion Of
Ianca Kentucky. Al
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
At $4,000 To Insure A Living Colt.

PRINCE ALBERT Of the best ely DESDAE
will make the price
living colt This the kind breed for
| will also stand stallion
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
G. Morgan 1865
At $500 to Insure Living Horse Colt
and $500 for Mare Coli

c. Morgan ~ black Jack, with
white points, l5A hands high. coming
seven years old and has proven himself
"A good breeder.
{. Morgan by John Morgan. DR.. 1905,
was sired by John Morgan. he by Mar
maduke and is out of AN Imported Jen-
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31

pedigree to a family ro
champions, his Rex McDad worlds
On his dams side Monrose champion
This horse shoulders
the shoulder and
stable.
REX Med You
mistake
season
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-27
RANDOLPH

Mrs. N. G. Greene, after ten days
visit in Montpelier and Barre, returned
homes Wednesday night. Mr.. Greene
passed Sunday with her in Montpelier
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Mary Blodgett who has been at
the Naples through the winter, returned
to her home in Mortified this week.
Mrs. Luke Parish, who has been pass
ing the winter in Concord, N. H., re-
turned here Monday and has been pass
ing the time since then with Mrs. III. II.
Paige, and on Thursday went to her
home in Randolph Center, which she will
occupy for the summer
The annual roll call of the Baptist
church was held on Wednesday evening
with good attendance, ard the reports
gave favorable account of the work
of the church.
Rev A. w. Hewitt of Plainfield will
be one of the speakers at the prepared
ness rally on Tuesday, which is to be
held in town. Other speakers will also
be present, and good music viii be fur
nished. A flag raising will also take
place.