The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-12
CORN AND COTTON
BEING DAMAGED
SALEM WRITER THINKS STU
ALTON NOT ALARMING
Agent HOllingswOrth and Secretary
Darby Visit That Community in In
terest of Better Farming c. l..
Mccain Does Some Good Road
Work-Baseball Games and Other
Interesting Items Made Note OF.

We are having plenty of rain now
and crops are growing beautifully.
There is some complaint of bud
worms eating late corn; also another
kind of worm eating up the blades of
the corn and also taking cotton in
some places, resembling the army
worm. They are not bad here yet,
but the farmers are all very anxious
about their crops.
Mr.. C. L. Mccain, of Idaville, who
is a strong believer in good roads, is
showing his faith by his works. Last
week he took his road machine, or
grader, and worked the Atoka road
from Idaville to where it intersects
with the Jeff Davis highway, two
miles west of Idaville. making it
nearly as good as the highway. and
making splendid road from Idaville
to Atoka. Mr.. Mccain has also done
some good work on other roads lead
ing into Idaville for a short distance
from the village. This work by Mr..
Mccain is in addition to what the
contractor had done, and is free.
There was speaking in the Robson
High School building on last Thurs
day night on better crops, better
stock, especially cows and hogs, bet
ter marketing of all farm products
and cooperation, especially In mark
citing. The first speaker was Mr.
Hollingsworth, our county agent
Though he is quite youthful in APP
pearance, he is a forceful speaker
and spoke like veteran tiller of the
soil The second speaker, and the
main one, was Rev, r. N. M. Wilson,
of Mississippi whose main theme
was cooperation, community inter-
est ana the marke ing Of otton. Mr.
Wilson is forceful speaker and a
man of considerable experience in
Southern farm life and seemed to
have the work at heart. The speak
ers were introduced by Mr.. ]. w.
Darby, of Covington.
The young people of Salem, mainly
Y. P. G. U. and Boy Scouts, had an
outing the latter part of last week,
going in cars to Open lake and spend
ing couple of days on the trip. They
were chaperoned by Mr.. Lindsay
Hindman. All reported an enjoyable
trip.
The school ut Union schoolhouse, .
few miles south of Salem, opened this
week with Mrs Emma May Sterling
as teacher. Mrs. Sterling taught this
school two or three terms few years
ago and is a very acceptable teacher
to that community.
In our baseball leaflet las, week
we stated that the game between Al
myra and Idaville was a tie, and we
stated that fact just as our informant
gave it 70 us, not intending to do in
justice to any one. We have since
been informed that we were in error;
that it really was fast game Of 8
to s, in 10 innings in favor Of Ida
vile. We understand that later on
last week Idaville won her ninth VIC
tory on the Munford field 10 to Is.
Mrs Clemmie Mccain Kimbro and
children of Ladell, Ark. arrived last
Friday on a few weeks visit to her
father, Mr. H. H. Mccain, and family,
of Idaville. Mrs. Kimbro was for
several years one of the popular
teachers Of our county, and her many
friends are glad to meet her again.
Mr.. James Byrd and family, Of |
Memphis, spent last Sabbath with
friends and relatives of the Idavilley
community. They came through the
country in their car.