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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

Shady Grove also is planning a
new building. This will be great
step forward for Shady Grove and
she is to be commended. At pres
ent the school building is hardly good
enough for the children to 60 to, as
it is almost impossible to keep it
warm in the winter months and en-
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

tirely too small and hot for summer
work. The people in this district
have awakened to the need of addi-
tional educational facilities for their
children and are going to have them.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
START TO STOP LEAK
IN REELFOOT LAKE

W. R. Ewing, of w. R. Ewing, Inc,
who is in charge Of the construction
Of the Free Bridges Drainage Ditch,
has taken the contract to completely
fill in the mouth of Black bayou,
where Reelfoot lake has cut chan
mel into the drainage ditch and is
draining through the ditch into
Obion river. Mr.. Ewing reports that
the dredge boat which is to be used
\ this work is now half way between
Tank No. 2 and the mouth of Black
bayou and that the work will be we'll
under way within two weeks. The
bayou is to be filled in and rein
forced with a concrete slab and
reinforced concrete bridge is to be
built over the spillway and roadbed
opened.
According to the engineers report,
Black bayou, at the point where the
spillway is built, is now only four
deep, as against 16 feet deep at this
time last year. Allowing for a two
foot drop in the level of Reelfoot
lake, this indicates that the bayou
has filled in nine and one-half feet
within the year, and Mr.. Ewing
states that he anticipates no trouble
or delay in filling in the bayou and
stopping the waters Of Reelfoot lake
from running out through the drain
age ditch.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
MANY WOMEN FARM
IN TENNESSEE

Out Of 252,774 farmers in Tennes.
see on January 1, 1920, there were
1874 women, according to a census
bureau bulletin issued recently. OF
these women farmers, 1927 owned
their own farms, eight managed
farms for others and 2,7S9 were
listed as tenants. The total area of
these Tennessee farms operated by
women was 781,73S acres.
There were PAL 400 men farmers
in the state, of whom 1879, ass oper-
ated their own farms, 799 managed
farms for others and l01 156 were
tenant farmers. The area of these
farms operated by men was 1929
118 acres.
Although Rhode Island heads the
percentage column in the number Of
women farmers with TO per cent, it
is in the South where most women
farmers are to be found. There are
10 states with more than 10000 wo-
men farmers each and all of these
are in the South. Exclusive of Ten
messed, they are: Mississippi, 49,
932; Alabama, 1924: Texas, 49,
1923; Georgia. 1882; North Caro-
lima, 12,151; South Carolina, 1859;
Kentucky, 1899; Arkansas, 11,O27;
Virginia, 10,028.
The smallest percentage was in
Nebraska, with but 10 per cent. Of
its farmers women.
In the nation at large the total
area Of farm lands was 955,676,545
acres, operated by 6,448,366 farmers,
of whom 95.9 were men.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
POULTRY SHOULD HAVE LIGHT, CLEAN
WINTER HOME FOR GOOD RESULTS
Proper Feeding CuIling Out of Non-Layers
Keeping Them Free From Lice and Other
Pests Are Also Essential
prepared By The Division Of Extension Of Toanosoe

A comfortable, clean, light home
proper feed, culling out of non-layers
use Of purebred fowls and keeping
them free Of lice and others pests are
big questions that the poultry grower
must give careful consideration to
achieve success.
If your poultry is to be healthy,
comfortable, contented, it will be
necessary to provide a house having
plenty Of fresh air (but no drafts,
dryness, sunlight, and space enough
to move around. What does your poul-
try house need to make it clean and
comfortable? Does It face the South 2
Has it an open front so as 10 give
plenty of light and air to the hens?
Are the ENDS and back windproof and
rainproof? Is the roof good? Has it
plenty Of floor space for the hens to
scratch over during the cold, stormy
days Of winter. These are some of
the questions that you need to ask
yourself; and II you cannot answer all
of them all with a "yes," you had bet
ter begin at once to plan and work
to that end, says Mrs. Kate M. Wells
poultry specialist, Division of Exten
sion. The success Of your flock will
depend quite as much upon its COM
tort as upon the feed you give it. and
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
INTEREST
IN EX-SERVICE MEN

The interest Of ex-service men
throughout Tennessee will be better
served by the improved statewide
organization of the American Legion
perfected at the recent State Con-
vention in Chattanooga, in the opin-
ion of Guy H. May, state adjutant,
One of the most far-reaching i'm
provements in the organization was
the election of an executive commit
teeman from each Of the 10 congress-
ional districts of the state, instead of
selecting the committeeman from
each grand division, as heretofore.
Under the new policy the committee
men will be held responsible for SOL
der legislation originating in their
respective districts and it is believed
that much better results will be OBJ
tanned under the new regime.
Another important innovation was
the election Of w. d. Clancy, of the
United States ,Sanatorium, johnson
City, as committeeman to supervise
American Legion activities in behalf
of ex-service men under government
medical supervision, Mr.. CLANCY
will serve as committeeman from the
state-at-large.
The work Of the several committee
men will be supervised by vice-com-
manders named for each of the grand
divisions of the state.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
ACT QUICKLY

Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time Of danger.
Tn time of kidney danger. Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective. Ask
your neighbor.
Plenty of Covington evidence of
their worth.
Mrs. M. A. Hastings, Covington,
says: Il had dizzy, nervous spells.
MY kidneys were irregular in action
and | suffered from headaches, I
heard about Doan's Kidney Pills
and used some. They completely re-
lieved me in few days."
Over seven years later Mrs. Hast
ings added: Kidney trouble and its
annoying symptoms is a thing Of the
past with me. / wish to confirm
my former endorsement for Doan's
Kidney Pills, for the cure they gave
me has proven permanent"
Coo at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
MORE RuMDNGs FOR
DAWSON SPRINGS

The action Of congress in adding
! $780, 900 to the fund to be expended
in constructing the immense United
states public health service SAM
tarium at Dawson Springs assures
the erection within the next six
months Of 13 more buildings TO the
unit now under way. Eight buildings
have been completed outside by the
Dawson Springs Construction Com
many, and large force is busy on
the interiors. Algernon Balir, of
Montgomery, was the successful bid
der on the new buildings, and the
Forbes Manufacturing Company. of
-HoplSinsville, was awarded the con-
tract for the mechanical equipment.
All of the work is under the super-
vision of Fremont P. Ward. govern
ment superintendent of construction.
The Balir contract is for S596,30O,
and that of the Forbes Company,
Sl96,265. The buildings near COM
pletlon are the main infirmarv, the
ambulant and the semi-ambulant
and the power house. The new build
ings will include the attendants.
nurses and junior officers quarters.
non-tubercular hospital, mess hall
and kitchen, commandments residence,
administration building, laundry, rec
reation building, chapel and mortur-
airy and gas house. All will harmon
Use with the building already erected,
steel, concrete, hollow tile and stucco.
All the buildings are fireproof. Be-
sides, heating, plumbing and wiring,
the Forbes contract covers a big
underground tunnel connecting the |
ain hospital building with the mess
hall for the use Of patients in inclem-
ent weather.
A 100000 gallon water tank, 100
feet high, is being built, and there |
will be an underground storage tank
Of 100000 gallons. The power house
is nearly finished and it's equipment
will include three Individual turbine
engines and three alternating current
generators.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

let's during the summer Gull out
those that are slow growing and feath-
ering, understood and having crooked
beaks, backs, legs Or tails. Your win
ter flock should be composed Of on y
the best grown pullets Of the year.
Keep After Pests.
The best known way to rid your
flock Of lice is to use sodium fiuOride
either dry or as a dip. During the
summer months is the best time to
dip your fowls--choosing warm, dry
day SO that there will be no danger Of
the birds taking cold.
Fill the tub nearly full of warm
water and add sodium fiuOride at the
rate of three-fourths ounce to each
gallon of water. Hold the fowl by the
wings over the back with the left hand
and submerge it in the solution. Keep
the head out. Ruffle the feathers with
the right hand so that the solution will
reach the skin. Duck the head twice
and release the bird.
Rats cause great losses to poultry
raisers and a constant warfare should
be waged against them. The use Of
barium carbonate, a tasteless and
odorless drug that can be bought at
any drug store is the best method.
Use bait Of kind different from the
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
Soar Mentioned IN eIbIe.

The word soap is to be found In
The Bible, in jeremiah, Chap. IL,
Eerse %, which reads: 'For though
thou wash thee with nitre, and take
Ehee much soap, yet thine iniquity is
marked before me, saith the Lord
God" The word win be found in one
pther passage, namely, in Malachi,
Chap. Ill, verse 2: ''But who may
abide the day Of his coming5 and who
shall stand when he appearethi for he
IS like a refner's fire, and like fuller's
kOap."
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
PUREBRED FOWLS TAKE
PLACE OF SCRUB BIRDS
ON TENNESSEE FARMS

Where scrub chickens once held full
sway on Tennessee farms, purebred
fowls are now the acknowledged lead
ers. People who formerly left it to
the chicken to make their own living
as best they could, are today enthused
not only to the point of raising pure
bred fowls, but supplying them with
proper housing and feeding facilities
as well. They fully realize that the
essentials to success are good stock,
correct housing and proper feeding
and that fulfilment of any one essen.
tial without the other two, signifies
failure.
County agricultural and home
demonstration agents throughout Ten
nessee are deeply interested in secur-
Ing greater poultry production. They
have conducted numerous campaigns
showing the advantage Of the purebred
fowl over mongrels as well as the need
for correct housing conditions and
feeding methods with splendid results.
Many poultry clubs have been formed,
the members listed and letters Of adj
vice sent them regularly each month.
Reports received from hundreds of the
members show an average result per
member as follows: 100 fowls on hand
and a total profit Of $324.5O in six
months.
In the combined report of thirty
home demonstration agents working
with women and girls in 1920 1t was
shown that STA girls and 4,559 women
were enrolled in poultry work. The
girls had an average Of 80 fowls while
the women had an average Of "a. The
records Of 10 county agents show AGA
modern poultry houses built, with an
approximate number of fowls being
raised amounting to 03S,395. Forty.
three agents reported 1928 chickens
fattened for market; n agents report.
ed S72,122 pounds Of market poultr,
sold; 8 agents reported 66,337 dozen !
eggs sold comparatively; SO agents
showed that 10,247 purebred fowls had
been sold for breeding purposes; 81
agents reported 4S,6S7 purebred fowls
retained at home, and finally q agents
reported the total value Of the poultry
on the farms in their counties as
amounting to $634, 1884.
If you have county demonstration
agent see him or her about your poul-
try problems. The Division of Exten.
sion issues fsemi-monthly a leaHet
called Timely Poultry Tips" which d
sent to all poultry club members in
Tennessee. This little publication il
by Kate NJ. Wells, poultry
specialist and contains many valuable
pointers In management Of the flock
each month. If there is a poultry club
In your county join it and this pub
Iication viii be sent to you free regu-
larly. If you plan to build new house
write to the Division for Publication
No. 10, THE Tennessee open-Front
Poultry House"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means of expressing
our heartfelt thanks to our many
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness and sympathy at the time OF
the sad accident, when Bob and Har-
rold, our sons and husbands, were
killed. We also express our thanks
for the many nice flowers. May
God bless every one is our prayers.
MRS. M. A. WILLIS.
MRS. R. B. McMULLIN.
MRS. BOB WILLIS.
MRS. HAROLD McMULLIN.
Upton, Tenn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

you do not want to wait until cold
weather before planning a suitable
home for your hens.
The Tennessee 0pen-Front Poultry
House Is a good and economical One,
II you need to build q new house,
Publication No. 20 describing this
house, may be secured. by writing the
Division Of Extension, Knoxville, Or,
If something different is wanted, ask
your county demonstration agent or
write to the Division Of Extension for
other plans.
Feeding For Egg Production.
Everyone in the poultry business
hopes to have eggs throughout the
year, but Of course this is scarcely pos
sible. If the business is gone into to
make 1t pay the largest profits should
be obtained during the winter. If just
two eggs week extra can be obtained
from every hen a good profit will be
made, while IL only one egg week
extra can be recorded in the winter,
this one egg will just pay for the feed
the hen eats To obtain the greatest
production, not only should the fowls
be young and Of good laying, pure
bred breed, but the feeder should have
a full knowledge Of the proper feed
and how to prepare it.
Nutrlment In the feed of laying hens
serves two-fold purpose, to repair
waste and supply heat to the body, and
provide the egg-making materials AS
only the surplus over what is needed
for the body is available for egg pro-
duction, the proper feeds should be
given sufficient qualities to induce this
production.
A scratch feed Of grain should be
fed daily, preferably in litter from
3 to 5 inches deep on the floor Of the
hen house during the winter months
and to hens confined to small yards all
the time. Feed about one-third of the
mixture in the morning and twothirds
In the afternoon. In the morning give
only what the fowls will eat up within
half hour, and at night enough to
satisfy them fully. Feed either as a
dry mash or moist feed in addition to
the scratch grains. The dry mash is
the most common method. 1t should |
be kept in hopper before the fowls
constantly.
Green feeds should be supplied to
hens summer and winter. Plan winter |
green feed early. Rye, oats, crimson
clover, wheat, or barley sown in the
garden or on other plats near the
poultry run will provide green feed for
your poultry during the winter and a
splendid crop to tHrn under in the
spring for the benefit Of the soil.
Keep oyster shells, grit, charcoal
and plenty of clean drinking water be-
fore the hens at all times.
culIlnu Of Flock.
The total profits which flock win
return above their cost Of maintenance
for the year depends in a large way
upon the elimination of the non-pro-
Queer during the summer. During
these months the first culling Of the
hens fed for more than a year should
be done, marketing those that show
they have been the poorest layers.
Hens that moult In July and August
are sure to be slaekers. The chances
IRE they wiz not lay again till the next
spring. Culling should be done again
1t later date and for that reason
The flock should not be gone over too
.lOsely the first time. Watch the de-
Of the cockerels and pull
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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
At LONG Range.

A gossip is never willing to repeat UNI
4klnd remarks to your face. We recent
" heard one when accused Of this
try to justify herself by saying: Cos
sip, madam, is a social attack con-
Quoted on the approved principles Of
modern warfare-you are not sup
posed to see the person at whom you
are shooting."-Boston Transcript.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
THE CODE OF A coon SPORT

AaAa# =H1A@AA 1H n AVWA 81 NNAA
1. Thou shalt not quit.
2, Thou shalt not alibi.
g. Thou shalt not gloat over wins
ming.
4. Thou shalt not be a rotten loser.
5. Thou shalt not take unfair adj
vantage.
s. Thou shalt not ask odds thou
art unwilling to give.
z. Thu shalt always be ready to
give thine opponent the shade.
8. Thou shalt not underestimate
an opponent nor overestimate thy
self.
8. Remember that the game is the
thing, and that he who thinketh
otherwise is a mucker and no true
sportsman.
10. Honor the game thou playest,
for he who playeth the game straight
and hard wins even when he loses
Hugh S. Fullerton, in American
Magazine,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Lost-0n College street, in front
Of High School, pair Of tortoise rim
med, gold frame spectacles. Finder
viii be rewarded for returning them
to this office.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
CLASSIFIED ADS.

For sale-Big type Poland China
bears Of Giant Buster and Gerst-
dale Jones breeding; also a few gifts
by our own herd bears. Let these
pigs have your skim milk and see
your dairy profits increase. Our
price is always right. E. A. Bishop
& Co., Brighton, Tenn. 4aug4w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

food the rats get easiest about the
place. At the barn, where grain is
plenty, a meat or vegetable bait should
be used, or the poison may be mixed
with a small portion Of all three
classes of food-glying them their
choice. Barium carbonate is mixed in
the proportion of one part of the poi
son to four parts Of bait.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-One dresser, one iron
bed, springs and mattress, one rug,
dining room table and chairs, oil
stove and Victrola. R. B. Mason,
CONVICTION, Tenn. Tvs
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Three months use in a moving
picture theater is sufficient to rem
der the average piano valueless.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Pleating-Accordian, boxk double
box, knife and side pleating Skirts,
$3.50: ruffles 7 inches to IA inches.
l5c to 25c Work guaranteed; mail
orders a specially. Mrs. Denham,
1886 Lawrence street, Memphis,
Tenn. 14jly4w*
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

A room 10 feet long, 10 feet wide
and 10 feet high contains rs pounds
of air.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04
NOTICE

We, the poorhouse committee. viii
let out the poorhouse farm to the best
bidder on August Is, 1921, and sealed
bids will be received up until that
date.
Twenty-Five acres are to be culti-
waited and fifteen acres are to be
sown in clover, and also about ten
acres are to be used as pasture.
These bids must cover the care and
board Of the inmates of the poor
house.
JOHN sH0AF, Chairman,
j. H. MOOSE.
]. r. FALLIN.
(28jly2w) Committee.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-0ne purebred Barred
Rock cockerel, four months old. ST.;
one purebred Brown Leghorn cock
erel, ST.. Call 449.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

In France, in the early part Of the
sixteenth century, bankrupts were
compelled to wear green hat, SO
that people might avoid losses in
trading with them.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted-Several bird does: must
be cheap. John Murray, Brighton,
enn. 28ily2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-Pair farm mules, five
and six years old; also two-horse
wagon, practically new. E. D. Pace,
Upton, Tenn. 14jly4w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For SaIe-Log WAGON, 81 "A. used
short time, A / condition; will be sold
at a bargain. Tennessee Hardware
Company.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-Good ear corn and also
some clover and herds grass hay;
either old or new. G. w. Gaines,
Cherry, Tenn, near Pilljerk ferry.
28jly2ws
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted-I want to furnish esti-
mates on that new house; phone
0305. G. L. Fortner. 4aug2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted-To hear from owner Of
good farm for sale. State cash
price: full particulars. D. f. Bush,
Minneapolis, MINI. iIy21tf
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Lost--Fox terrier puppy, about
half grown. Reward for return. R.
3. Baptist. 4aug2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For SaIe-At my Charleston mill,
all kinds of Gull lumber, at $40 the
thousand, See Warner T. Addi-
son. 28jly3w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted to Lease-Land for clear
ing, near Cotten's lake schoolhouse in
District Is. For terms apply to w.
G. McDougald,> Covington, or w. L.
Cole, Covington, Route 4. 1w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-Two fine milk cows with
week-old calves. Mrs. F. Culbreath,
Covington, Tenn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For Sale-One 2-ton Nash truck;
A I condition: will be sold at bar
gain. Tennessee Hardware Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

For concrete blocks, sidewalks
and stems. See w. s. Smith, or phone
258. 14ily6w*
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted-T want to repair your
Cd house. Call C. L. Fortner: phone
23O5. 4aug2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Lost-A watch fob with Masonic
charm attached. Notify DR.. H. NJ
Prettyman, Covington, Tenn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Wanted want to build your
hrnoalow. Call G. L. FORMER; phone
2S05. 4aug2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-04

Ford cars bought, traded and sold
Shelton's, Garage.