The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
ALMYBA GLEANINGs

The heavy rams last week very
much retarded farm work, bat the
last few days have opened up bright
AMI beautiful, and farmers are nov
making the v,4a hum on the fam.
Tie rains last week damaged murn
hay that was feshly mown. but with
THO last few q VS. sunshine it viii
n be entira'v lest.
A good deal q sickness now pre-
walls in the community, mostly bad
{, Ids.
On account q rains part Of last
week not az irany persons Attended
tiU fair in Memphis as would nave
if the weather had been mofe pro-
Tijious.
On one Of TIE first days of last
week two deputy marshals from
Memphis came into the Macedonia.
neighborhood and took back with
them to Memphis a young man,
Spence Atwood, whom they arrested
as a Stacker Atwood had had OPP
portunities to register, out WiIfully
failed to perform that duty it is
claimed. We understand that since
being taken into custody Atwood
waived trial and will at once be sent
to camp.
Mr.. R. j Gladney, who has been
spending the last seven months with
his sons, Alex and Sam, in Wilmar,
Ark, returned last week and will
now make his home with another
son, Neal, Of this community.
On Wednesday evening of last week
a Mr. and Mrs Taylor, of Nashville,
came to Dunlap 0rphanage AMI stay
ed over till Thursday afternoon. Mr.
Taylor has been in correspondence.
with the board of management Of the
home in regard to taking charge Of
this institution as Superintendent,
and their visits were relative to ac-
cepting the positions of superintand-
ent and matron We understand that
those of the board who met Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor were well pleased with
them. and hope they will accept the
positions offered them. Mr.. and ms.
Taylor will decide this week, and if
their decision is favorable, they will
enter upon their duties October Is.
Rev. R. w. Mcdaniel visited his
family in this community last Tues
day.
Mr.. F. j. MangleEurg, representing
the subscription department Of the
Commercial Appeal. spent part of
two days last week in this part of
the county, looking after the inter ISIS
of that paper. Many of the old sub
scribers took advantage of the time
and renewed for a year before the
subscription price is raised, Mr.. Man
gleburg travels in a two-seated Ford, !
which is periodically decorated on
each side with a picture Of the e. S.
flag, and an appropriate motto with
his initials on each front door. On
the rear end are the words: CONNER
cial Appeal, the South's Greatest
Newspaper"
At a meeting of a majority Of the
patrons of the Almyra school it
was decided to run a subscription /
school during the suspension for cot
ton picking, and SO this school is
still in operation.
About the last Of April Rev w. G, -.
Kerr bought a fine sow from Mr.. G.
B. Rhodes, for which he paid $50
Soon afterward the sow brought sew
en- pigs. Two months ago Mr.. Kerr /
sold two Of these pigs to his neigh
boris for $3.50 and last Monday he
sold the other five pigs in Coving-
ton for S56.40, or a total for the
seven pigs of S68.90. He still has
the SOW. which in another month or
two will bring on another crop of
bacon sprouts, These pigs were fed /
from the scraps from his table and
milk from one COW not used by his
family, and finished off with corn
from an acre and a half patch, sup
posed to be about 80 bushels.