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New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
By Anne Lewis Pierce
preetor. Tri6nne Institltts

\
no YOU remember the days
1 when we first passed laws
~ to insure that food factories
.sould have little fresh air, light.
place for the workers to wash
tbeir hands; the bare decencies Of
tifein the way of toilet facilities and
ordinary kitchen cleanliness-not
sboratory sterilization? Those days
rere not long ago-about fifteen
vsars or SO. And the laws seemed
saits radical.
Keep that in mind as you travel
200 miles up the Hudson and along
lie Mohawk Valley to the Beech
Nut plant, ,and let us go up on the
rcof and look around us and start
aown-.because that is the way
everything moves there, using gray-
sy as far as possible to do the work.
The little town OF Ganajoherle
lies round about, but for the most
part there is a clear sweep of hori-
zon, green hills and trees, and the
one tall, slender, cream colored
smoke stack in sight shows no smoke
only 8 slight white cloudlike film
against the sky. There were no
odors to be gnuffed except those of
spring. The broad glass windows
On every side let in light and sun
and air. All partitions inside the
factory are Of white woodwork and
gass-so that solitude and quiet are
insured, but every operation Is open
10 constant inspection. 'Let there
5e light, /" is a first step in creating
anything good, be it worlds or pea
nut butter. And here we have It
everywhere.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

ever any memory Of the tales once
told of the unsavory surroundings
Of ehicle and it's manufacture.
Hard Candies and Caranaels
The candies, teo, are the kind
that the old country doctor or
grandmother would carry in pocket
or reticule to feed. TO deserving
children. The nlints are mostly
made of pulverized sugar and pres
sure, wise little machine turning
them out at the rate of $50 q min
ute. There is minute amount of
glucose and vegetable oil used with
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

strands. Picturesque that, bu. nrt
just our idea of sanitation. Pietro,
known aFectionately as Pets" vs-
evidently still nlaryeiing at ETA
super-cleanliness Of his SURROUND.
ings.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

issted and endorsed IN The Tr6baGns
Tnst5kutsl
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

for an 5000, 000-bale crop or even a
5000, 000-bale crop as we can for a
1900 ,000-bale crop.
A big crop in 1921 will not only
mean a ruinous price for this year,
but will seriously effect the price Of
the 1920 crop already on hand and
the 1922 crop yet to be planned for.
Is the south willing to produce
cotton on a slave-wage basis? Are
we willing to lower our standard Of
living, 60 without many Of the com
forts and all Of the Injuries of life
and produce more Of an article than
tie world needs and is willing to
buy at a living price? VIII the
south keen its children out Of school
and spend its energy to produce cot
ion that will not pay for the cost Of
production? These are the questions
that are being asked by the wise
ones who look on. What will the ans
wer be?
When the manufacturers can not
sell his product at a profit he closes
down until conditions improve. When
organized labor can not sell its SER
vice for living price it goes on a
strike. When the manufacturer or
laborer strikes or quits the job tenn
porarily he cuts himself off from
his living and is on dead expense,
but if the southern farmer decides
. produce less cotton for a year or
Two he can make more to eat and
supply the needs Of his home.
Of course our debts, our creditors
end our taxes are to be dealt with,
but even at that, if the subject is
approached in a spirit Of co-opera-
ton and mutual helpfulness, the
problem can be solved.
Sane thinking and wise planning is
needed this year more than it has
been in manv years in the south.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
NOTICE TO ROAD HANDS

All Upton county citizens subject
to road duty should pay to the trus-
tee So before April / and Be exempt
from road duty for the year 1921
The contractors win begin to warn
soon after that time and then the
amount will be So.
The collection of this money will
not be deferred until the end of the
year, as it was last year in many
cases, but will be attended to soon
after the warning is done and the
hand fails to work. l make this
notice for the protection Of our peo-
pie because times are hard and our
obligations should be as easy as pos
sible.
/ promise, under the direction Of
the road commission, that both the
contractors and the superintendent
Of roads will render the best service
of which we are capable.
j. WINFIELD DARBY.
(lw) Supt of Roads.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
LOCALS FROM GARLAND

Mrs. Anna Glass, of this place,
closed a very successful term of
school at Bride last Friday. The
patrons came in with well-filled bas,
kets and they all enjoyed a picnic
dinner that day.
Mr.. Mead Walk and Mr.. Ephriam
Thornton went duck hunting last
Wednesday. They were successful
in killing some ducks.
Miss Maggie Vic Campbell spent
last weekend with homefolks at
Lucy.
Mr.. McMullen, Of Memphis, visited
his father, Mr.. j, McMullen, of this
place, last week.
Mr.. Hayes Erwin, of Needmore,
spent Sunday with his brother, Mr..
Russell Erwin.
Mr.. Johnson Glass brought his
singing class from Western Valley
and gave a song service here Sunday
night in the presence of a large
audience.
The Garlanda School Community
Club will have meeting Friday
night, April /. They hope to have
several good speakers. Among them
will be Stunt. Eugene Younger and
Hon. L. E. Gwinn. A full attendance
is urged.
There will be preaching at the Bap-
fist church Sunday and Sunday night
by the pastor.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
JOHN A. WILSON DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

After several months of suffering,
Mr.. John A. Wilson died last Satur-
day about noon at the home of his
father, Mr.. R. T. Wilson, at the age
of 48 years.
Mr.. Wilson's health had not been
good for several years past from a
complication Of troubles, but his con-
dition was not thought to be serious
until some five months ago, and he
was not confined to his bed until the
last two months. He was taken to
the Presbyterian Hospital in Mem
phis for treatment, but his case was
beyond medical aid and he gradually
grew worse to the end. His remains
were inferred Sabbath in Salem
cemetery, after services at the home
by Rev. V. A. DeShazo, continued
at the church at II o'clock by his
pastor, Rev. G. B. Belts.
Mr.. Wilson was born and reared
in the same community in which he
died, but he lived some IS years near
Wilmar, Ark, moving back to Salem
about four years ago. He was mar
ried to Miss Mary Anna Wright, of
Wilmar, some years ago, who sur
wives him, but leaves no children.
Besides his aged father, Mr.. R. T.
Wilson, he also leaves two brotheSs,
]. r. and R. T. Wilson, Jr.. and one
sister. Mrs. S. o. Huey, all aof the
Idaville community, and al large
number of other relatives and friends
to mourn his death.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
hike FROM CONVICTION
TO MEMPHIS

Last Friday night Mr.. R. NJ. Les
ter conducted his annual hike from
Covington to Memphis, taking in the
party nine boys, seven of whom are
pupils in the CovingtOn Grammar
Scnool and the other two in the
Byars- Hall High School. The trip
consumed all Of Friday night and q
great part of Saturday morning.
Owing to the number making the
trip and to the inexperience of some
Of the mixers, the time required was
longer than usual, but everyone
reached Memphis in good shape. The
total mileage was about AZ miles.
This "trip conforned to regular
ruling in that it was a courthouse-to-
courthouse, one-foot-on-the-gr o d
journey. While the trip was weari-
some at times, yet there were FREE
quent rests, and each one held to his
stated resolution to finish the hike
without falling out. Of the boys
making the trip only one was a two
timer, Paul Mcintosh having made
the hike last spring.
The object of these iaunts, it is
stated, is to show that long distance
walking is not a special gift, nor
does it require long and special ath-
letic training. The chief essential is
determination to succeed. There
seems to be a lesson in them, too,
that things that seem almost impos-
sible, or extremely difficult, gener-
ally yield to persistent and continued
effort.
About the only effect of the jour
ney on the boys bevond the natural
fatigue of such a trip was a slight
loss of weight, amounting to an
average of about two pounds per boy
This loss of weight is always found
after long hike.
Those making the trip were; G.
T. Hurts. Jr.. Edwin Richmond,
Charles McClelland, Jake Guttman,
Paul Mcintosh. Merrill Tatlock, Jas.
Jacques, G. G. Harvey III, Morris
Coats and R. M. Lester.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
HUNTER RAINE FREE

C. Hunter Raine, former president
Of the old Mercantile Bank of Mem
phis, who entered the penitentiary
at Nashville last December to serve
a sentence of from one to 10 years
for fraudulent breach of trust in
connection with the theft of $1,091,-
900 Of the banks funds, was granted
an unconditional pardon Tuesday by
Gov. Taylor.
The governor signed the pardon
late that afternoon. An hour later
Raine left the prison a free man for
the first time since since the bank
was wrecked seven years ago.
Hugh Mageveney and Hunter Will
son, Of Memphis, who had been in
Nashville for some time on the par
don case, left for Memphis that night.
Raine remained over until Wednesday
and visited his brother, Gilbert Raine,
who for the last year or more has
been in a private sanitarium near
Nashville. His stay in Memphis prob
ably will be temporary. Raine plans
to go into the cotton business, prob
ably in New York.
There were six or eight indictments
against Raine in the Shelby criminal
court, but after his conviction on the
charge of fraudulent breach of trust
the others were dismissed. The re-
suit is that Raine has now paid all
the price the law eNacts and the
wreck of the Mercantile Bank is be-
yond the reach of codes and juries.
Raine served about four years in
the federal prison at Atlanta after a
plea Of guilty to a charge of misuse
Of mails. During that time the
charges in the state court rested.
Upon his release from Atlanta he
was tried in the state court. The
supreme court of Tennessee affirmed
the conviction last fall. Since going
to the penitentiary Raine has been a
checker in the apron manufacturing
DEPARTMENT.
His pardon was recommended by
the Jury. MANY prominent citizens
of Memphis and three justices of the
supreme court. The pardon board
Tuesday morning agreed to it.
Raine is So years old.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
MT. CARMEL HONOR ROLL


First Grade-Leonard Watkins,
Robert Corder, Malvin Peterson, Mar
tin Reeder, Gilbert Slower, Lola Bar
ron, Edward Brown, c. H. Cullum,
Cecil Davidson, 0ma Barron, Mildred
Moore.
Second Grade-Stanley Taught
Grady Johnson, Howell Reeder, Law
renee Parker, Carl Peterson, Clinton
Slower, Leonard Shelley, Sarah Lane,
Earline Parker, Allie Watkins, Leona
Whaley.
Third Grade-Auroa Cullum, Jas.
King, Dawsie Morris, Ernest Wat
kins, Robert George.
Fourth Grade-Bailey Hall, SO;
Tom Morris. So; Marie Hopkins, SO.
Fifth Grade-Sallie M. Farmer, 95;
Lucille Rice, "a.
Sixth Grade-William Hall, 81; A.
G. Owens, 95; Robert Hall. "a.
Seventh Grade-Sara King, 95;
GLADYS Peterson, 95: Janet Morris,
SO; Ulas Slower, SO; Florence Reeder,
SO; Edna Whaley, SO; Warner Hall,
SO.
Attendance-Camille Stiles, Allie
Watkins, Dawsie Morris, Sara Lane,
Emmett Wilson, Clinton Slower,
Ernest Watkins, Marjorie Whaley,
Homer Lane, Edward Brown, James
King, Lonnie Lane, Rosamond Hall,
Marie Hopkins, Thomas Morris,
Hershel Slower, Parnell Stiles, Lucille
Rice, Oma Watkins, Marvin Lane,
Herman Lane, Ruth Chumley, Robert
Hall, Robert J. Johnson, Hattie
Farmer. Sara King, Pearl Morris,
Janet Morris, Gladys Peterson, Lilly
Watkins, Warner Hall.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
CONSTANT READER OF LEA.
DER FORTY-TW0 YEARS

Brighton, Tenn, March %, 1921.
Editor Leader - am enclosing
check for $3.50, for which please
renew my subscription to the Leader
for one year. This makes AZ years
| have been q subscriber and con-
slant reader of your valuable paper.
/ began taking it when it was first
published at Mason depot. 1t was
then called the Weekly Call, and was
edited by the late lamented and low
able L. d. Hammer, than whom no
more courteous and Christian gem
tleman ever lived. / revere his mem
DRY. Many changes have taken
place during those AZ years-some
for the better and others for the
worse.
/ was glad to learn that the jury
in the Irene Shaw case liberated her,
and the citizens Of Covington by the
aid and sympathy extended her, con-
firmed my opinion Of them, and Of
ten expressed, as a people of unpre-
cedented hospitality, generosity and
magnanimity.
The health of the community is
reasonably good.
/ forgot to state at the proper
place that / would like to continue a
subscriber to your valuable paper
for the next AZ years, which would
make me continuous one for "a
years. FRANK P. SPAIN.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Was He Right About TT

He is a successful business man of
Upton county and is about 40 years
OF age. He was reared on a Tip
ton county farm, loves our people
and is interested in the development
Of the county and the well-being of
its citizens.
He said: II hope cotton will never
be above 10 cents a pound again,
and | don't care if it stays down to
five cents. At these prices our peo-
pie will learn to raise something else
and will be better off in the end. We
have got to come to it, SO why not
now?"
Was he right about it?
There is argument on both sides
Of the question.
One of the things most needed in
Upton county is soil improvement
and it is hardly probable that we
will do much along that line as long
as we stick to cotton. They tell us
that the average yield of cotton in
Tennessee is only 1870 pounds of lint
and that the average of corn is about
20 DuouClos
Unless we get we'll above the aver
age we can not farm profitably, and
certainly can not have the necessi-
ties, comforts and a few of the lux
uries of life to which we are en-
titled. Improving the soil is the only
way we have Of greatly increasing
the yield per acre.
1t is true that cotton is our best
money crop, but it is also true that
the farmers in many sections of the
country where no cotton is or can be
raised are much more prosperous
than our farmers are.
We read of good-sized towns in the
north and northwest composed en-
tirely Of retired farmers.
AT any. rate, this business man has
been doing some hard thinking and
the quotation above was his DELHI
crate conclusion.
Wonder if he was right?
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
WHICH Is THE GREATER MYS
Terry?

The fact of the Feast Of the An
nunciation to the Blessed Virgin
which is March 25 this year, and
Good Friday, which comes on that
date this year, following on the same
day, reminds us of the mystery Of
life and death, a matter for no little
thought, which is the greater mys-
terry.
Our Savior was born in great hu-
mility of a virgin, and we are inn
pressed with this fact as we ponder
its significance-born in a manger in
most squalid surroundings, the only
Perfect Man was ushered into the
world; and then on that lonely and
desolate hill Of Calvary to be cruel
fled on cross between two common
thieves. Think of the humiliation
and suffering He endured. For the
first time since 1910 these great
church days fall together and will
not do so again until 1882.
Birth is the entrance into life and
death is only the exit, so Of course is
no mystery, as it is natural conse-
quence, so it only remains for life
with its many variations to be the
great mystery.
The great Easter truth comes tC
us with more force year after year
when the teaching of the Resurrec
ton leaves its imprint on oul
minds. All Christendom looks for.
ward with renewed hope to Easter
and Spring.
There win be special Easter ser
vices in several churches of our city
to celebrate the great Resurrection
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
GLASS BRADLEY

A marriage that came as a sur
prise to the friends Of the contrac-
ing parties occurred Wednesday
evening at o'clock at the home Of
the brides brother, Mr.. Tom Elan,
at Garland, when Mrs. Anna Elan
Glass, daughter of Mrs. Alice Elan,
became the wife of Mr.; Henry Brad
ley, Rev. Charles E. Wauford, pastor
of the Covington First Baptist
church, officiating in the presence
Of a few intimate friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. Bradley was principal Of the
Bride school and is very popular and
highly esteemed lady of that COM
munity. Mr.. Bradley is a prosper
Gus farmer and a man Of splendid
character. The happy couple will
make their home near Bride. They
have the good wishes Of large
circle of friends.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
Upton COUNTY DIDN'T ASK
FOR THE JOB

We are somewhat inclined to re-
sent the structures of last Sundays
Commercial Appeal regarding the
action of the jury in the case of
Mrs. Shaw.
This case was brought from Shell
by county because it was shown to
the satisfaction of the Shelby county
court that the community around
Memphis was prejudiced in the mat
ter to the extent that fair and i'm
partial jury could not be had.
No such prejudice existed here,
where, by courtesy, the trial was
held and all the evidence reviewed.
From our observation the jury
which tried the case was above the
average in intelligence. They could
mot have been corrupted and certain
ly the trial Judge is above suspicion.
The men on the jury were under
oath; they had never seen Mrs.
Shaw before. They were selected
because they said they could render
a fair and impartial verdict, and we
assume that the verdict they brought
in was what they thought was right
and just.
We are not taking the side Of
Mrs Shaw. She may be as guilty
as the Memphis paper intimates she
is, but competent jury found that
in their opinion the evidence did not
warrant a verdict of guilty.
This is country Of law. The jury
is the highest and most powerful tri-
bunal we have. Their rights in the
case were absolute, What they did
was the result of their better judg-
ment, and their findings should be
final. Further, it appears to US that
just such criticisms are to a great
extent responsible for the wide
spread disregard for the law.
We are sure that courts try to adj
minister the law and that juries try
to do their duty, They are both under
a sacred obligation to perform their
duty regardless of personal or pOpu-
lar feeling. If so, then they should
be safe from the spiteful and i'll
considered attacks of those who seek
to win favor by posing as the only
true opponents and observers Of the
law.
In the preceding trials Of Shaw
and Kelley a Upton county jury
found the pair guilty and fixed the
penalty at % years in the penitenti-
airy, notwithstanding the "mawkish
soldering that was in evidence"
around the courthouse. Surely Tip
ton county juries are not the only
institutions censurable for their lack
Of justice.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
OBITUARY

In loving memory Of my dear
father, Mr., Peter A. Townsend, who
departed this life December 8, 1920.
On the 9th Of December God saw
fit to call you from this earthly toll
to your heavenly reward.
Servant of God, well done;
Rest from thy loved employ,
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Masters Joy.
The voice on Thursday in the after
noon came;
You started up to hear;
A mortal arrow pierced your frame;
Father, you fell, but felt no fear.
1t was heart-rending to part with
you;
But still I know "God doth His
will
Oh, how sweet your memory fingers
round my aching heart,
Which nothing in this world can
fill.
Sleep on, dear father, and take your
rest;
] loved you, oh, so dearly,
But Jesus loved you best.
Though we asunder part, it gives me
inward main,
But ] shall keen in touch with God
until we meet again.
ONE WHO LOVED HIM
Good grain coffee, s pounds for
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
SINGING CONTEST

The singing contest held at the
Smyrna Baptist church Sunday even
ing proved to be very interesting.
The contestants were divided into
three classes, according to ages
under Is years, from Is to 80 years
and over 80 years. The judges, Rev.
j. E. McPeake, Messrs. w. ]. Daw-
son and S. E. Murphy, rendered a
decision in favor of the first-named
class.
See Il It Is in the classified.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
St. Matthews Church.

Services on Good Friday at 1926
a. m. and A p. m. Offering will be
taken for st. Mary's (colored) In
dustrial School at Keeling.
Services on Easter Sunday.
Celebration of holy communion al
7:15 a. m.
Offering will be taken for starv-
ing children in China and the Near
East.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
CUTTING THE COTTON ACRE
AGE.

From the information that comes
to our people from all sources it
seems imperative that we decide now
that there shall be a drastic cut in
the cotton acreage this year. We
are assured-and it is doubtless true
that we can realize as much money
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Sunday school at 10 a. m. w. j.
Higgins, superintendent.
Preaching by pastor at both hours
Ill a. m. and 7;30 p. m.
We are going to have the biggest
country Sunday school in the county.
Come with us. Welcome.
Service fourth Sunday instead OF
second.
Chesley L. Bowden, Pastor.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Barret and Mrs.
Green Hamilton left Thursday for
Dyersburg. where thew will be the
guests Of Mrs. R. B. Frank for the
weekend.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

See if it is in the classified.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

Good grain coffee, 8 pounds for
S100. A. C. Barron & Co,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

Many motorists are fast learning
the value of having their cars over
hauled at regular intervals. Fewer
repair bills, better mileage and
longer service repay you many times
the price of proper overhauling.
If you are having any troubles now
better have them fixed up before
they get any worse. The fact that
we employ only expert workmen
insures you that the work will be
done promptly, with no waste of
time, which, of course, means that
our charges are low. When we do
your repairing there is no inexper-
fenced experimenting at your ex-
pense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-25
No CHARGE.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-25
When Women Begin To
LOSE YOUTH AND CHARM

Dr. Frederic S. Kolle, the New York
author Of medical text books, whose
opinions are greatly valued, writes:
Whom the nerve tissue begins to
lose its talty woman begins to lose
her youth and yaciousness Her
lively pleasant disposition fades away
She becomes irritable, moody and
Respondent 1t would be godsend il
more men and women were aware OF
the efficacy CT Btro-Phosphate'
Thousands ,of thin rundown people
whose nervous energy IS nearly eX.
hausted are turning to Biro-Phos-
phate as spensed by VIM l.. Gokay
because 1t re.vitalizes the nerves and
brings back energy and mental keen
ness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-25

VIM A. Brady first produced IL
twenty-five years ago and it has been
played every year since then to mill
lions of delighted auditors. This
years revival is. + anything, the
acme Of trfect'on n theatrical en-
deayor and ,Cclniaan and shannon
Inc, who are presenting the play
have spared no expense to make the
company in t. entirety one Of mag
n.tud both as to its artists who com
Prise % IA number and the scenic and
ale ta cal effect
Way Down East is playing a few
of the smaller cities en- route to the
coast and this city fortunate in se-
curing Q performance here The pay
win be seen al the Bennington Opera
house on Tuesday March list.