The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-29
SALEM LEAFLETS

Cotton is opening rapidly, picking
progressing nicely when the weather
permits and gins kept busy. Cotton
mas opened unusually fast the last
two weeks, and considering the ex-
IRENE hot weather for September,
farmers have gathered the staple
rapidly.
The schools around are closing for
month, which viii help a majority
Of patrons out in picking cotton
where the children have to help with
farm work. Almyra, east Of us, and
Union, south. closed last Friday, and
we understand Salem il. to close next
Friday, though a majority of the
patrons of that school had hoped to
keep it going without any inter-
ruption.
Molasses making is getting pretty
we'll through and in another week
most of the sorghum crop will be
made up. In this part Of the county
there have been made several thous-
and gallons of syrup, which means
several thousand dollars saved to the
people here. Most of the syrup we
have seen is of a good grade.
On Wednesday of last week we
had a tremendous rain most of the
forenoon, washing away lands, roads,
bridges and injuring to a consider
able extent both corn and cotton. es-
pecially corn on bottom lands, or
that had been blown down previously
by wind and storm. Some Of the
roads are badly washed out and small
bridges moved. On account Of a
washout and bridge moved, the r. F.
ID. mail carrier on Route from
Brighton, has had for several days
to cut out some of his rounds and
come around through Idaville and
return to Brighton by the Jeff Davis
highway.
We are glad to say that most of
the material is on the ground for the
building of the new steel bridge
across the creek between Idaville
and Salem church. The old wooden
bridge has served its time we'll and
has been up for between Is and 20
years, but for a year past, it has
been in a dangerous condition, es-
oecially for heavy vehicles.
\ Mr.. Jack Hooks has recently had
built new tenant house on his
fathers farm between Idaville and
Clopton. He is also having some inn
provements done on his fathers resi-
dence on the same place.
Mr.. w. R. Griffin, a farmer of
near Idaville, while picking cotton
one day last week. was bitten on his
body by what he supposed was some
kind of bug off the cotton stalks,
from which he was for a few days
seriously sick and had to have the
aid of a physician. We are glad to
say that he is up again. Some think
it may have been a spiders bite,
though Mr.. Griffin is rather inclineu
to think it was some other insect.
A large crowd of friends and rela-
tives attended the funeral of Mrs. j.
R. McMillen Sabbath afternoon at
Solem. There were people present
from Covington. Brighton, Clopton,
Atoka, Rosemark and other places.
Mr.. F. N. Peterson and family, Of
Memphis, were guests Sabbath Of
Mr.. I. B. Holloway and family. Mr..
Peterson has good position on the
city water force of Memphis.
Mr.. M. G.. Boyee leaves this week
for Due West, S. c., where he enters
Erskine College as senior.
Miss Jennie Faulkner spent the
weekend with her grandfather, Mr..
j. G.. Mccain, in COvington.
At meeting of the session Of
Salem church after services Sabbath
morning, Mr.. Richard Wallace was
appointed delegate to the meeting
of the Memphis-Louisyille Presby-
terry, to meet next Tuesday, October
A, in the Second A. R. P. church in
Memphis.
We understand that County Agent
Hollingsworth has arranged to have
a dairy meeting at the Almyra
schoolhouse next Friday night. We
hope he may have nice audience to
hear a good dairy gospel discourse.
Some of the people of this district
are attending the Tri-State Fair in
Memphis this week. but so far as
we are able to Judge, not as many as
attend.
We saw statement in a late issue
of the daily Commercial Appeal from
a correspondent at Tiptonville of a
large number Of students attending
college. We do not state it boast
inelv at all. but as all who are ac-
quainted with old Salem, know that
that community, irrespective Of de-
has always stood for
education, and at the present time
has IA students in the various col
leges and educational institutions.
One Sabbath school teacher. Mr.. w.
j. McQuiston, has seven boys of his
class in college. On the balance
sheet Salem has Ii young ladies and
one married lady teaching and three
young men, MAKING total of Is who
are teaching. Besides these, are
some half dozen others who are in
other professions. We doubt if there
is another country church with a
Of less than 300 that
can make an equal showing.