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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

BY the Secretary
Many Of our people are now want
ing to know when the work will begin
on the highways. The process is
about as follows: The county Judge,
county clerk and county board of
highway commissioners will certify
to the state department of highways
that the county funds will be made
available when they are needed Then
the state department will furnish the
engineers as soon as they con be Sc
cured to make the necessary surveys
All available engineers are now being
used, and an examination was held in
Nashville last Monday with the idea
of securing a larger force. The scar
city Of ENGINEERS NAV cause some
DELAY but that win he pushed Us
much as POSSIBLE
When The plans are made thev are
ble-nrinted in Nashville and sent
to Washington for approval after
which we will be ready for the work.
to begin.
The work will be done under the
direction Of the state department Of
highways
OF course, we should like for The
actual work Of construction to begin
this summer or fall, but it IS hardly
probable that the necessary engineer
ing can be done and all plans made
that viii meet the approval Of tbs
federal road commissioners that will
enable us to begin the actual con-
struction work before next spring.
If we can find some suitable gravel
in Upton county adjacent to the
highways it might help very mate
rally in our road building.
The speech Of ESQ Bentley on the
road improvement question in citing
the experience of the old town of
Raleigh with the L. & NJ railroad
was a model Of brevity and excellence.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

A dispatch from Washington to
the Commercial Appeal, dated July 8,
says that Maj. Gen. Henry Jervey
had assured Representative Hubert
Fisher that Park Field would be pur-
chased. The contract to buy the land,
said Maj. Jervey, is a legal oblga-
ton, and the money to pay for !
would be Forthcoming at an early
date.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
sIaN oF a BETTER oRpER


Reys. V. A. Deshazo and ]. w.
Joyner returned Sunday night from
Columbus, Ohio, where they attended
the Methodist centenary exposition.
Mr.. DeShazo said that while Column
bus was within 100 miles Of the great
Willard-Dempsey prize fight, which
occurred at Toledo on July Fourth,
that the centenary. had $4,000 people
in attendance that day, while only
10000 people assembled at the Bay
view Park ringside in Toledo to see
the two pugilists fight. This Mr..
DeShazo rightly regards as a favor
able sign of better order Of things.
There is no more cruel, brutal or in
human thing than a prize fight,
where two men attempt to, and often
do, beat each others faces into pulps,
and every Christian community should
see to it that no such thing is per-
mitted.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

The newest order from Police Com
missioner Quinn, of Memphis, is that
any man in uniform caught smoking
a cigar, pipe or cigarette will lose
his place on the police force. The
news caused considerable comment
among the Bluff City policemen when
the order was received by them Mon
day morning..
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

The work Of getting a jury to try
g. Hunter Raine, charged With wreck
ing the oil Mercantile Bank Of Mems
phis, BIDS fair to be a troubles me
task Progress made Monday sug-
gests the danger that it cannot be
done. as the first-l2 men examined
Ar disqualified. The wida publicity
given the case IS the chief cause.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
ATTENTION, AUTO OWNERS!

Have you a car worth owning !?
Are you going on a trip? If so,
better have a monogram put on your
car, as it protects it from theft. Also
your trunks, grips, suit cases lettered
for Identification.
"HARDWICK, THE SIGN MAN"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

The people of Germany and Russia
are said to have eaten up all MENACE
ries, and that there will be no cir
cuses in either of those countries for
long while.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
MAMMY's TRIP BACK HOME Z


"Yo' stan perzackly what | done
tole yo' t STAN, yo' good fur nothin'
yallow niger. | il Nanny. Yo
stan thar too, Jim Garner Green
Hamilton Pee done tole yo' now, an
if yo' varicates to move I'ze gwine
fur to make yo' feel lax yo' wish yo'
didn't live whar de mesquite tree
grow. | IL Nanny. Yo' better say
| il, kaze | amt cleant yo' up fur to
git yo' meetin' cloze SIZED.
Now, de mex job am to git all de
trablin' aparatimuses togedder. Der
verlice, my bes' hat whut Miss Minnie
Matte Bell Long done GIN me fur
to war to Miss Caline's fun'ral de
time she failt to die; de bird cage,
de black basket, me and yo' no. count
chillun.
NANNY, IL dis hear de train we
gwine fur to ride on ?"
"Yas, honey, an yo' am gwine fur
to sot on Bessie 0rangy Rasmuses
lap"
"Whut fur, Mammy?"
"Don' 20 ak me Whit fer yo' ex-
quisitive little niger! Yo' ies' sot.
"Ticketsl"
"Yas, sah."
"How old is the child holding the
small one in his lap?"
"He done under five"
"Under five, nothingSS
"Yas, sab. He sho' am. Benjamin
Garland James Shelton McClelland's
jist turnt five, an he sho' am sottin'
under him.
"Well, TO- de Ian! If dar amt
Bru' Jim Johnsing sottin' in de seat
list ahaid NV me. I'ze owine to in
duce yo' to ma chillin, Bro. JOhnsing
"Dis hath little yallow gal am Bes-
sic Orangy Rasmus. She name Bes-
sic fur Miss Bessie McQuiston an
Miss Bessie Dickson. l put de 0rangy
in de name NV de chile kaze one day
Miss Polly McBride-yo' members
her pa, Marse Bob Mcbride an her
Marse Coon Mcbride, de
genelman whut said Whoa to his
ottermobile fur a month after he
fotch hit home. He! He! Well, Miss
Polly, she KEN down to whar / stays
one day fur to git me to wash her
ole man shirt. Yo' members Mr..
Arthur Taylor, too, dom yo'? Well,
she see dat little gal allyn on de
bald, an she say: Aunt Jane, she
sho' do look lax a orange So |
jes' nam her 0rangy kase hit wuz
so properizin to jine de name Rasmus
fer Uncle Rasmus whit died wild
de yaller fever. Hit jes' seem to
match de name 0rangy perzackly
"Dis hear big gal, she name Nan
ME Paine McClanahan. De Mamie |
am fur a little mamie goat whit a
little white chile name Two McFad-
len ulster play wild. De Paine am fur
Miss Mary Paine, an kaze mighty |
nigh alluz has pains in the i'ints.
De McClanahan is fer Miss Ida, de
lady whut sings lax a callyote.
mostly calls de gal Ret May Rose |
Flippin fur short"
Nanny, is we flyin?"
And the old negro, after neering
)ut of her coach window and seeing
The reflection of the trees in the
water below, closed her eyes and an
;wered:
"Yas, honey, we sho' am"
After some time she cautiusly op-
sned her eyes and whispered:
III she lit VT, Will Reid Sanford
Simonton
NANNY, is dis heah Covin'ton ?"
"Yas, honey, we'se done reich de
.rastination OBJ de trip. Now yo' hole
o de ban box wild one han and hol'
Ana Mai Babtist's ham wild de yud-
Ter, an she kin hope Alison McGreg-
n fur to tote de black basket, an
lie kin hol' on to Ben. Pet Mai
Rose Flippin kin hope tote de verlice
,ase we mus all's git hitched to-
.edder so we won't git lost, kase
1ovin'ton am de bigges' city in de
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

Brownsville has just established
business college. We believe such
an institution would prove a paying
investment in Covington.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10

DR.. Bentley knows that opportunities
do not always hang around to be
picked up when we need them, but
more often have TO be taken advan-
tage Of when the ypresent themselves.
Now for the Covington hospital,
big county fair and some truck farm
ing for Upton county. Ask Mr..
Duke and Peter Fyfe about the pota-
to, cabbage and tomato crops in some
sections Of West Tennessee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Simple Perfume Making.

At first thought 1t might seem fh impossible feat to collect the perfume of flowers after it has escaped into the air, yet it seems simple enough by method that the Scientific American describes. Fresh, high-scented blos- sons are placed in an uncovered bowl filled with water and set near the collector" which consists Of com mon glass funnel with the small end closed The funnel is filled with a mixture of crushed ice and salt and suspended in an upright position. Moisture from the air of the room forms on it and unites with the emana- tions from the flowers. As the mois- ture collects it runs off the tip of the funnel into q receptacle. If this liquid Is mixed with an equal amount of pure alcohol, the perfume of the flowers is preserved indefinitely.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
A Strawberry Dream.

Strawberry time recalls to those who have visited Denmark in summer that delightful cellar in Copenhagen where q feast of strawberries and cream wns spread. and whoso chose could purtake thereof at a quite small char2e--the equivalent of Sd. if we re- member rightly. Piles of strawberries, quart jugs of cream partly whipped. great h"S'nS of sugar, and nothing else. all down the long table in the cool basement. to which the visitor dcscends from the hot street. It is in truth Il strawberry dream. Every Dane knows AnderSons cellar. Ii is one of the attractions of Copenhagen, and to have eaten strawberries there once is to have an enduring memory Of something nearly perfect on this i'm perfect earth.--London Chronicle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Story of Familiar Quotation.

Correctly given the quotation is: "When Greeks joined Greeks. then was the tug of war" It is from a tragedy entitled 'The Rival Queens; or Alex ander the Great" by Nathaniel Lee. a tragic poet who died in 1892. He wrote q number of tragedies in spite of the fact that he had occasional at tacks of insanity, misfortune that seemed to assist rather than retard his bursts of eloquence. Curiously enough, while that one line has lived and has been waited down through the centuries and quoted by thousands, there is not one person in hundred who knows who wrote It or anything about its author, even after they have heard his name. Advice to authors. try to utter at least one pungent sen tence if you wish your words to be remembered.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Pfadinn fer me Rllnd.

Gait. the Scotchnan. vastly improv. ed the system of books for the blind using a modified Roman letter and cOntining himself to lower case in pref erence to capitals. the Detroit News recalls. In 1884 Gait issued the gospel of St. John. the first book of the Bible ever printed for the blind. The work was taken up In America by Doctor Howe. the husband of Julia Ward Howe. then in charge of the Perkins institute in Boston. who printed the entire New Testament in lS3S. Doe tor Howe issued the entire Bible in raised characters in 1913. and sim liar work was issued in Glasgow few years later The first magazine for the blind was established in England in 1855 by the Rev. w. Taylor. who devoted 10 years of his life to the education of the sightleSs circulai ing library for the blind was founded in 1882 at the Perkins institute in Bos- ton. and libraries of this kind have since been established in nearly all large cities.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Lafayette WorthiIy Honored.

Tn TIT, on July 31, the Marquis de Lafayette received by vote of con- gress the appointment of major gen. eral in the American army. Lafayette ,was the most eminent of the young Frenchmen who volunteered their serv- ices to the cause of American liberty. With q vessel fitted out at his own ex- pense he arrived in America in the spring of 1777 and enlisted as n voun- teer in Washington's army. declining all pay for his services. It was only few months later that he was ap- pointed major general in recognition of his military ability. He was then but twenty years of age.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Did 1t Up In Curl Papers.

The young woman was wearing n peculiar do-funny feather on her hat. It was something like peacock's plume and it was something like an aigret. "I like that contrivance on your hat" said her friend but how does it keep itself so nicely curled? If I tried to wear feather like that, it would be uncurled and straggly all the time" 'Tll tell you secret" re- piled the young woman. T do 1t In curl papers every night. Honest and true I take each little flexible spiral and do it up as carefully in curl papers as if it were my own hair. The next day remove the papers and 1t is the fiuffieSt. prettiest thing imaginable. Work? o, yes, but you have to take pains if you want to keep preSentable all the time, you know."-Springtield Union.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Coloune Has improved.

The poet. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. was dreamer, an opium eater and q man of curious moods and tenses One time he visited Germany and after ward wrote his impression of the city of Cologne. file corroborated the an cient tradition that Cologne WaS once so filthy and evil-smelling place thai certain inhabitants thereof exploited its imperfectiOns by inventing per fume of the cheap and lingering sort. by means of which the lives of the in- habitants were made more tOlerable since it furnished them with q pal. liate,o not cure. for their unsanitary condition. The Cologne of today is fair and sweet enough to satisfy the most sensitive of n.'ses.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Beginning of Man.

From this sketch of the first history of man it appears that his departure from the paradise which reason repre- sents as the first residence of his species was nothing else than the transition from the rudeness of merely animal nature, to humanity, from the leading strings of instinct to the guidance of reaSon-in a word, from the guardianship of nature, to a state of freedom. Whether man has gained or lost by this change, can no longer be question, if we regard the destination of the species, which con sists solely In progress toward per lection; however defective may have been the first attempts, and even long series of successive attempts to pene- trate to this end.-Kant.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Old Houses of Cheer,

Paris has at least one restaurant the Cafe de Regance-that Is more than 200 years old; the Mitre hotel at Oxford, England, is said to be 300 which holds what is regarded as the finest stock of Rhine and Moselle wine in the world was built in 1405; the curious little restaurant known as the Bratwurstglocklein in Nurem- berg, which Is part of church, has, 1t is believed. been serving roast saul sages since the year 1400: and the Capelo Nero restaurant in Venice traces Its beginning back to the year 1876.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Little ThinQs,

The world is made up of atoms. and life Is made up of little things. We must be faithful in small duties if we ever are faithful at all, and walk the heavenly way step by stel. If we are ever to reach our longed for destination. We talk of little things and great things as if we could dis crimlnate between them, but until we can foresee sequences we must talk itnorantly. We cannot tell what any act will bring in Its train; we are only asked to choose between right and wrong, and leave results where they belong.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Strive for Hiqher Life.

Old Father Times hour glass has made me realize that happiness and success in life are gained from a de- termination toward the higher life: there must be conscious effort to re- pei the solicitations of the lower. The education of the mill is n slow und tOilsome process, but we should stnre to fit ourselves for some higher sphere of being and adjust ourselves worthly to this life show character and cour- age in all our actions toward others, also love and kindness. Men are weak through indolence and want of self-cOnfidence in themselves. All great events hang on a hair. The able man profits by everything and neglects noth- ing that may give him one chance the more of success. The less competent man, despising some single precau- ton, often loses eyerything.-Ex- change.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27

NEW YORK-The price of print paper is soaring skywafd, with the limit nowhere in sight, and every newspaper publisher forced by cir umstances to bid for every pound ot print paper that can be secured.
 Without any evidence of reason pulp prices went up from $26 to $40 ton, and print paper went, Up
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27

WASHINGTON - Complaints ot inability to secure print paper are pouring into the Government offices here from all parts of the United States. Newspapers are reporting prices as high as 12K and B cents per pound being asked for print paper, and when orders are placed at these prices it is possible to secure only very small quantities not nearly enough to meet their; needs. The prices quoted above are for car load lots fob. mill. The small publisher who is unable to buy his paper in carload lots will have to pay considerably more than B cents pound for his paper.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Unless Something Is Done In the ImIne- diate Future to Re- lieve an Intolerable Situation
Brought About Through the Most High Handed
 Profiteering by Manu- lecturers ofPrintPaper

NEW YORK - Thirteen cents a pound, f. o. b. mill, was asked for print paper here during this week. The price was for car load lots, and was made to one of the largest pur- chasers of sheet print paper in the country. The mill refused to make a price of anything less than B cents.
 In 1915 the daily papers of New York, Chicago, and other cities were buying print paper at two cents or less, delivered at their press rooms. This same grade of paper IS now quoted at B cents in car load lots f. 0. b. mill.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27

approximately, and then some. New record prices are being made every day and almost every hour, and the manufacturers and brokers are reaping tremendous profits. The paper jobbers are helpless in the face of conditions. In tact the situation has become so serious that jobbers are afraid to accept or ders and a number of them are withdrawing from the print paper market entirely.
 It is openly charged here that the manufacturers and brokers are operating together; that the mills are selling almost exclusively through the brokers, and that the brokers are merely the representa- tives of mlll owners. In this way the tremendous profits that are be- ing made are not reflected on the books of the mills, even though they find their way into the pockets of the mill owners.
 These paper brokers must not in any way be confused with paper iobbers. The brokers do not ca,ry stock of paper; they have no in- vestment iu merchandise; in fact, the great majority of the paper they sell is not manufactured when the sale is made. Publishers have claimed that mills with which they have in the past dealt direct now turn down their orders, and that the only way they can secure paper is by dealing through these brokers, though in the end the paper is man. ufactured and shipped by the same mills that have declined to accept their orders direct.
 It is said that in some cases or ders for paper will pass through as many as seven different brokers be fore the orders reach the mills, each broker making a margin of profit. It is simply an extreme case of pyramiding profits, with seemingly no remedy for the trouble. The paper manufacturers are killing the goose that has been laying their golden eggs.
 Unless the publishers can find some means of relief over 75 per cent of the newspapers in the UCl- ted States will have ito suspend publication within the next 90 days. If the price of flour or bacon should increase 100 per cent in oue day there would still be a demand for these commodities. But if the publisher should undertake to raise his advertising rates in proportion 10 this sudden, unheard of raise in the price of print paper the adver- tiser would very likely cut down on the amount of space used, and in some cases, no doubt, even under take to get along without any publi- city whatever.
 It is easy to see what this un- warranted paper shortage means to the press of the nation. The news papers cannot run without paper. They cannot buy paper at present prices and break even. The pub fishers of the nation are up against one of two things suspension or bankruptcy-and they must choose one or the other very shortly unless something is done in the immediate future to relieve the situation.
 The paper baron is in the saddle, he has no mercy. and the news papers of America are his victims.
 The publishers associations throughout the United States will appeal 10 the Department of Justice which is the one and only source from which they can hope tor re- lief.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27

CHICAGO-,-The large daily pa, pers of Chicago are being forced to omit large amount of advertising from every issue because of the shortage of print paper. Owing to advertising being the chief source Of revenue for metropolitan papers this print paper shortage will mean their run if 1t continues.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27
Bi()Q.) Pj,tv..i;5N(,
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 1t is soothing and healing and quickly drives out pain and inham- nation in cases of sprains, bruises, .uts, burns bites and stings Just as .eiiabl. too, for stiff neck, sore feet, cold sores. canker sores .earache and loothache
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 Ever constipated or have sick headache? lust try Wizard Liver #hips peasant little pink pills, 30 tents Guaranteed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-11-27

WASHINGTO N Representa-. tive Reaves of Nebraska told the House that tile newspapers of the United States are threatened with destruction because of inability to obtain print paper.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
REAL
NAME Of CHAMP
Did Not Take Name From
Famous Middleweight
Of Years Past.

It Is the general impression that
the modern Jack Dempsey who met
willard the fourth OF July, has taken
his name from that illustrious and
beloved fighter OF a decade ago. As
matter OF fact. the present day
Jack Dempsey has . greater right to
the name OF Dempsey than his IA
nous predecessor. The correct name
Of the present day star Is Dempsey
William mpsey-Whereas the real
name OF the old-time champion was
the good old fighting name OF Kelly
The list OF ringmen is filled with
aliases. Here are 2 few Of the best
known pugiiistic stars and their cor
Noa-ds-Guerre. Correct Name.
Benny Leonard 49,. BENJAMIN Leiner
While Richie 49,. Geary A Stefte.ls
Jack Brittin $500. William Bres y q
Ted Lewis ...-.-. Gershom lenoeioll
Jack Dillon $3.50. Ernest Cutler Price
Stanley Ketchel 80. .Stanislau Kiecal
Young Critic No. Albert Griffits
Dixie KID Aaron Brown
George La Blanche George Blais
Freddy welsh. Fred Hail Thomas
Tommy Ryan .....JoseDh Lejeunesse
Kid Mccoy $500. n man Seibs
Y Dung CorDett- william IL hol1Weii
Young Peter Jackson Sim Thompl1ins
Joe Thomas Joseph DAILY
Jake Kilrain John Joseph killon
Fighting Dick Hyland- W lltam Jren
Harry Lewis Henry Besterman
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien --.--..-
..--. Joseph F. Hagan
Hugo Kelly 49,. ...Ugo Mitchelli
Bunny Chavez Epimento GOnzales
willie ATeehan Eugene Walcott
Jeff Smith Jerome Jef1ords
Charley White o.. Charles Anchowitz
Jim Flynn Andrew Haynes
Knockout Brown Valentine Braun