The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-17
SALEM LEAFLETS

Rain! Rain! More rain! An unusual
amount of rain has fallen for
week past, Though everybody is
stirring about at a pretty lively gait
preparing for another crop, the rains
have checked up blowing consider
ably.
Yes, spring is here. The sun is
warming up old mother earth; grass
is growing; flowers are blooming;
fruit trees are blooming. +.
The Idaville gin, in the Salem COM
munity has practically finished the
past seasons crop, with 1923 bales, an
excess of 260 bales over the 1919
crop. Mr.. ]. S. Faulkner, the sec
rotary of the Idaville Gin Co.. states
that there are few bales, perhaps
10 or IL to gin vet.
Mr.. J. E. Winburn. of Idaville,
states that he recently found freak
in hen egg in his yard. The egg
had been freshly layed, was about
the usual size in thickness or diam
eter, but was about IL inches in
length. The she'll had not developed
on it, but had the tough inner skin
next to the she'll and was we'll de-
veloped every way except the shell.
While in this connection, we might
say that we heard of not long ago Of
prominent minister of this county,
who was attending a church court
in another state and his host took the
minister out while there to see his
beautiful flock Of extra fine Orping-
tons, and in showing the fowls to the
minister, pointed out one or more
hens he vouched for that layed two
eggs a day. The minister asked if
he could get setting of eggs from
those double-duty hens, to which the
host readily assented, but told the
minister that he sold these remark
able products for the neat sum of
SO per egg, or $45 per setting. When
told the price, the minister thought
they were rather expensive to ex-
pertinent with and declined to invest
in such precious products.
We noticed in last weeks Advance
Monticellonian of Monticello, Ark. a
church notice from the First Presby-
terrain church of that city, part Of
which will be Of particular interest
to the readers Of the Leader. This
particular congregation has been
without pastor the past three
months Part of the notice is as
follows; "There are hyprocrites in
the church, but there are none in
heaven. Those of you who are stay
ing out Of the church because of nv
pocricy in the church can be assured
that you will not be ANNOYED by hypo-
critics in heaven. In selecting min
listers to fill the pulpit during the
time that we have had no regular
nastor we have eNde1vered to Sc
lect men who not only had the ability
to preach, but mnn who live their
religion. Next Sunday, March 10,
we will have Rev. ]. w. Mccain. He
enjoys the distinction of holding the
longest pastorate If anv minister in
Drew county. He practices all that
he breaches and then some. His
message will be strong and to the
rnirt Everybody invited" Mr..
Mccain is a son of Mr.. ad Mrs. H.
H. Mccain, of Idaville, and was born
and reared near that village and re-
ceived his education at the Robson
High School, until going to college.
He has many friends among the older
people of Upton county, who will
appreciate this well-deserved compli-
ment. To your correspondents own
personal knowledge (having lived in
Drew county 20 years) Mr.. Mccain
is one of the most popular preachers
who ever lived there, having perform
ed more marriage ceremonies and Of
ficiated at more funerals during his
residence there, and few preachers
there have held longer pastorates
than his % years.
Mrs. BERTHE Armour and children.
Of Millington, spent the weekend
with her sisters, Mrs. ]. E. McQuis-
ton and Mrs. Clint Simpson, of
Atoka. last week