The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-07

Now is the time to name your
farm and have the sign painted. This
is also the proper time to call on
the Leader and get some printed
stationery bearing the name Of your
farm, the names Of the breeds of
live stock, poultry and seed You raise.
Mr.. Peyton ]. Smith, of the Lib
erty neighborhood, told us Saturday
that he picked up perfectly live
potato bug in the snow. Mr.. Smith
is of the opinion that if these pests
are not frozen out during the win
ter, the boil weevil will still be a
live proposition to deal with next fall.
Numbers of birds Of all kinds
have been found dead since the cold
spell. Among them are many quail,
and it is predicted that hunters will
have little sport hunting quail this
season. 1t has been suggested that
hunters refrain from quail shooting
this season, leaving the few left for
breeding. If this is not done and
the usual number is killed, there will
be none left.
Mr. w. E. Walk, Of this city,
thinks he has solved the problem of
getting rid of English sparrows. He
recently made deal with his two
step-sons, Henry and Paul Mcintosh
to give them one cent each for every
sparrow they would trap OF kill. The
two boys went up town and purchased
eight spring mouse traps which they
set about the premises, and with these
they succeeded in catching so OF the
little birds in one day.
The burial of young Oliver
Grimes, who died of pneumonia at
Camp Sewer, Greenville, S. c., occur
red in the Craig graveyard in the
9th district of this county on Thurs
day afternoon of last week at !
o'clock, the services being conduct
ed by Rev. w. r. Garner. Young
Grimes, who volunteered in July last,
was a little more than 18 years Of
age, and was a son of the late James
Grimes He was sick % days.
Mr.. Fred Reeves, a young man
from Troy, Tenn, died in the naval
training station at Norfolk, Va, one
day last week of spinal meningitis,
and his remains were brought back to
his former home for burial. The West
Tennessee Normal School has furn-
ished about 60 recruits for the army
and naval forces of the United States
Young Reeves was among the latter,
and his is the first death among eth
er. He was known to many Of the
Upton county teachers who have late
ly been attending that institution and
they will learn of his death with many
sincere regrets.
The matter Of the scarcity of
eggs and the inactivity of hens in
the matter of laying was being dis
cussed here Saturday, in crowd Of
"stove-warmers," when one Of the
number, who said he had good deal
of experience in embarrassing, stat
ed that the best thing he had ever
used for inducing hens to lay in bad
weather like we had been having for
two months past, was a teaspoonful
of turpentine stirred up in the chick
en- feed. In fact, he said that his
hens had never stopped laying during
any of the severe weather we have
been having, under the above treat
ment.
The Covington postoffice has
more than $4,000 of War Savings
Stamps for sale. They are gilt-edge
security, and bear four per cent COM
pound interest. 1t is the best invest
ment anyone can possibly make. AT
the beginning of the present war
only one citizen in these United
States in every 5000 owned gov
eminent bond. Now, one in every
300 owns bonds, and when this War
Savings Stamp campaign is over, one
in every 10 will own bonds. Secre-
tary McAdoo's style in explaining the
purchases and purposes Of these" Baby
Bonds" is so attractive that the
schools have taken his bulletin on this
matter for reading lessons in the
schoolroom, which means much to
our country in the way Of education,
and by the way, is a great compile
ment to our great secretary, who, by
the way, is one of Tennessee's hon
ored sons.