The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-28
sALEM LEAFLEI


Of Brighton, who had been on q
weeks visit in same home.
Mrs. Mai Fleming, Of Covingtony
and Miss Lucy Griffin, Of Memphis
visited their father, Mr.. William
Griffin in Idaville, from Saturday
evening Till Monday morning.
Several persons from the Salem
community, mostly Of the younger
set, attended the I. r. G. u. meeting
at Sharon last Sabbath night. The
chief speaker Of that evenings ser
vices was an address by Rev. v. al!
DeShazo, Of CloptOn. His subject
was "How to Secure a Good Name.
At a recent meeting Of the church
session Of Salem church, Mr.. VIM. j..
Strong, an elder in that conerega-
ton, was elected a lay delegate to
the meeting Of the Memphis Louis
vile A. r. p. Presbytery, which con-
venes on Tuesday evening, May 5, In
the Brighton A. r. r. church. At the
same meeting of the session, Mr. w.
j. Shaw, another elder Of that church,
was elected q lay delegate to the an
nual meeting 0f the. synod Of the
same denomination, which convenes
in the Rosemark A. II. p. church On
Thursday morning MAY 5.
Il will doubtless be interesting news
to many of the readers Of the
Leader, especially among the older
people, to know that very recently
the pastor, Rev. H. m. Blackwelder
and the pastor Of the At0ka Presby-
terrain church, with few other near
friends, met at the home Of Mr.. W.
L. Payne, in the Salem community.
At this meeting Mr. Payne was REL
eeived into membership Of the above
named congregation on profession Of
faith in Christ. Mr.. Payne is. an
old citizen, having several years
passed his three score and ten, was
reared and lived all his life IN this
community, but could not see his way
clear earlier in life to take this inn
portant stand. His many old friends
rejoice to see him make this de-
cision.
On last Sabbath morning the an
nual congregation report of Salem
was read before the congregation,
from which we cleaned the following
facts, which may be Of interest tai
some of your readers: Total number
Of communicates at present, ,294ss
total number accessions during the
year just ended, 13; total number Of
losses by death and dismissal, 49,
total number of baptisms, including
infants, ia; total number of elders, liz
total number Of deasOns, nine. Ia
the financial part OF this report We
noticed that the congregation had
raised during the year for all put-
poses near $4,000, including the diff
ferent organizations of the church,
being a per capita Of nearly $l4.50;.
the Sabbath school, 1896; home and
foreign missions, $720, and miseels
laneous purposes, $1,000. We notice
the Sabbath school OF this congrega
ton makes a fair showing: On rollyI
30; average attendance Of over 10
per cent, with good home department.
and cradle roll. The religious life
of this congregation lis In splendid
condition. They report 40 heads 0f9
families keeping UP family worship
and so tithers.
The Robson High School closed oni|
Friday evening, April i5. 1t was in
tended to have the entertainment Of
the Juni0r department Oh. Thursday
night, The 18th, but on account of
rain it was postponed until the 2Oth.l
The play BY the larger girls was
given on Tuesday night, the 10Th.
Both programs were fine, both as
to subjects and rendition Of, same
and was d credit to both teachers and
pupils. This prominent school,
though it had several serious draw
backs at the beginning Of the tern1,
practically overcame these difficulties
and has taken on new life, and the
last half has been a very successful
term. The patrons of the school, !
with the help Of the superintendent
and the county board Of education,
are planning to make next term one
of the best in the history of this
school.
We mentioned last week that Mr..
Charles Mccain had been using his
farm tractor in dragging the public
roads when too wet to use it on the
farm. Last week he devised another
use to which he could apply it to
public benefit and to accommodate his
neighbors. For some months there
has been no corn mill grinding corn
in Idaville, though there were two
mills standing idle for lack Of power
to run them. Mr.. Mccain conceived
the idea to drive up his tractor to the
side Of house where one Of the mills
was, attached a belt from the mill
TO the tractor, and he grinds corn now
Saturday afternoons, just as If he
had a 20 horsepower steam engine
attached to the mill. Doubtless be-
fore the year is out Mr.. Mccain will
have his farm tractor performing
many other useful things, such as
saving wood, crushing corn, pumping
water, baling hay, etc.
Amonp the recent improvements
in Idaville. we notice that Mr.. J. e.
Winburn, proprietor of the IdaviIle
Garage and Shop, installed last week
a gasoline engine in his shop and is
now prepared for various uses Of it |
to the accommodation of the farm
ers, especially in grinding pillow
points and other tools.
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MEETING OF Upton
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY