The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-03
SALEM LEAFLETS

Farmers are beginning to turn
over the sod and preparing for an
other crop. Some gardening has
been done. A good many early cab
bage have been set out. A larger
acreage Of lespedeza is being sown
taan usual. While at first there
seemed to have been an ever-supply
Of lespedeza seed saved, it seems now
that it viii all be used.
"A good number of people from
this part Of the county were drawn
to Covington last week to see the
Kelley-Shaw trial.
Mr.. S. R. Banks, who for several
years past has been living near Fay
etteville, Ark, returned some DAYS
ago to Idaville and viii again make
his home here. His many old
friends are glad to have him again
citizen Of this community. Mr..
Banks made the trip on horseback
all the way from Fayetteville to
Idaville, taking two weeks to ride
through.
Mr.. Polk Mcdonald, Of Obion, spent
few days the latter part Of last
week visiting his cousin, Mrs. Alice
McQuiston, Of Idaville, as well as
other relatives in the vicinity of
BRIGHTON
Mrs. Elizabeth Winburn, Of Rose
mark, spent last week with her son,
J. q. Winburn, and family in Idaville,
returning home the last Of the week.
Mr.. G. B. Gates and family, of
Raleigh, visited his father-in-law and
ing home late Monday afternoon.
Mr.. B. B. Morrisett, Of Galloway,
Tenn, and Mrs. w. L. Diekey and
son, Of the Brighton vicinity, were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Ham
rick, Of Idaville, Saturday night and
Sabbath.
Misses Anna Lee Faulkner and
Mary Lois McQuiston, who are teach
ing at Ramsey, Shelbv" county, vis-
tied homefolks from Friday evening
to Sabbath evening. Also Miss Bell
Young, of Govington. was a week
end visitor in Idaville, visiting her
sisters, Mrs. J. S. Faulkner and Mrs.
Ralph Mcdaniel, of Idaville.
The play and supper at the Robi-
son High School was a success in
every way last Friday evening. There
was good attendance Of both old and
young, who seemed to enjoy them
selves greatly. The play was good,
and there was an abundance Of sup
per. The proceeds from the supper
win be used for school purposes.
The Robson High School boys and
girls are to have a double-header
basket bali game this Tuesday,
afternoon with Clopton, on the lat
ter's court
During yesterday Monday after
noon few airplanes were seen in
the vicinity Of Atoka. 1t Is such
rare sight to see them now, at the
first sound of their deep, heavy buzz
zing in the air, everyone stops and
stares up in the sky to see where
and which way the great mechanical
bird is going.
Our efficient highway superinten-
dent, Mr.. J. w. Darby, is having
some splendid work done in this end
I Of Number 7. He has just now
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the county workhouse crew repairing
a very bad piece Of road on the high
way between the crossroads at old
Portersville and the iron bridge,
after which they, with the co-opera-
ton of the citizens, will repair some
very bad road between the cross
roads and Salem. Mr.. Darby is Civ
ing the county some good service and
the people down this way appreciate
such service. Somebody wittily
but not down this way, says that
Capt'n. Darby has Supervision of all
the roads in West Tennessee. We
hope he'll get all the crooks and
turns out of Upton county roads and
the rough places made smooth be-
fore he looks after the other eoun-
ties.
The farmers, merchants and others
of Atoka and its vicinity gre going
into strawberry raising most heart
ily Between 40 and so acres will be
set out by the Atoka people in the
next few weeks. We understand
that the Munford people will set out
100 acres or more. AIN told, there
will be between $50 and 200 acres
adjacent to Atoka as a shipping
point.