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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
EARLY PREPARATION
FOR WINTER PASTURE

Every year we hear much com
plant about the difficulty Of getting
fall-sowed crops seeded and growing
for late fall and winter grazing be-
cause Of dry weather. Others COM
plain that the oat and other stubble
fields often can not be put into cow
9eas or soybeans for the same rea-
son. There is often good reason for
these complaints, but if the stubble
fields or other lands are so hard and
dry, or if for any reason they can not
be seeded to a summer legume, they
offer an almost certain means Of Sc
curing early sowed fall crops for late
fall and winter grazing The only
certain way to have late fall, winter
and early spring grazing is to pre-
pare the land for these crops early
Land broken in July or August and
narrowed regularly until seeding in
late August or September is almost
certain to catch and hold enough
moisture to terminate and grow any
sfall-seeded crop.-The Progressive
Farmer.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
PROGRESS IN STATE
ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Rapid progress is icing made on
road work in Tennessee, according to
a report submitted by the state high
way department recently.
The report as submitted by Conn
missioner of Engineering w. P,
Moore shows that actual construct
ion is proceeding at the rate Of about
100000 a month,
The following is summary of Mr..
Moore's report:
eve now have under active CON
struction 81 projects, ranging in
length from seven to 81 miles, total
of 438 miles.
"The payrolls of the contractors
show a daily average for labor and
equipment during the month Of May
to be 2,276 men, 101 automobile
trucks, 722 teams, % rock crushers
and Al rollers
"The total estimates paid the con-
tractors for work performed during
the month of May was S496 096.34."
May was the first real construct
ion month for several years. 0w-
ing to limited transportation facilities
and both scarcity and high price of
labor and the high price Of materials,
little could be done heretofore. Not
only has Tennessee been held back in
her road construction work by these
conditions, but other states have been
similarly delayed
With good prospects for increasing
amounts Of federal aid. favorable
transportation conditions, plenty of
labor and cooperation from the coun-
ties, many miles of road should be
finished this year, it was said.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
GAINESVILLE NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. Drew Mechanism
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Nevil, of Coving-
ton, visited w, E. McClanahan Sun
day.
DR., and Mrs. CHATTER, Mr.. Jacob
Sink and Miss Linnie Horn, Of
Brunswick, were visitors here Sunday.
Miss Louise Cothran, who is attend
ing the West Tennessee Normal,
spent the weekend at home.
Mrs. John D. McClanahan has as
her guest her granddaughters, Mar
garet and Mary Witherington, of
Munford, and her niece, Emily Latta,
of Mason.
Mr.. S. w. Beddingfield and his
daughters, Misses Alice and Lide,
left Friday to spend month in Rel
eigh, N. G., visiting relatives.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
RIe PIcNIc ANp REUNIoN

There will be big picnic and re-
union given at Glenn Springs sum-
mer resort, near Randolph, July ia.
Don't forget the date. Music furn-
ished by a Memphis string band;
plenty Of barbecue and refreshments.
Come and spend day Of outing and
meet your old friends, as well as the
candidates, and drink Of the health
giving water, which viii be free on
That day. Come and bring your jug.
The water is natures own specific
for the various ills that effect both
liver and kidneys.
There will be no dancing in the day
time, the dance beginning at 8 p. m.
Mr.. G. S. Gill, Of Woodstock, Va,
will have charge of the hotel, swim
ming lake, camping grounds, etc,
this season. The hotel is now open.
Address: At0ka, Tenn. r. F. d.
40. 8 A. B. BAYDES,
llw) Atoka. Tenn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
EXTEND WAR RISK INSURANCE

New treasury rulings liberalizing
preceding regulations under which
lapsed or cancelled war risk term in
surance may be reinstated or con-
verified were announced Friday by
Director Forbes, of the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance, with the approval
of Secretary Mellon. The feature of
most Importance to former service
men is the provision that term insur-
ance that has lapsed or has been can
celled may, regardless of how long
the applicant has been discharged, be
reinstated or converted to govern
ment life insurance any time prior
to January /, 1922. The new regula-
tons supersede previous ruling
that limited the time of reinstatement
to july 1,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
OCTOPUS SEIZED LAD

Word reached Eureka, Calf. that
a 16-foot octopus was killed at Sa-
moa, Humboldt county, Thursday,
after it had seized in its tenacles
sight-year-old George Peterson. who
was standing in the shallow water at
the beach with two older sisters pad
died about in a boat.
When the octopus seized the boy
the girls attacked the sea monster
with their oars.
The octopus dashed out and wrench
ed an oar from the hands of the
younger sister. The older girl. using
her oar in bayonet fashion. partly
stunned the monster. which loosed his
hold on the boy and crawled to nearby
rocks, where it was beaten to death
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07

Air Tight Tins of so
Ask your dealer to show
you the new Vacuum
sealed tins of so Chester
fields. A compact, con-
venient and absolutely
AIR TIGHT packing
the cigarettes keep fresh
indefinitely.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07

Don't forget the name Of the rem
edy you need when the stomach or
bowels are disordered Prickley Ash
Bitters quickly corrects such troubles
and makes you feel bright and cheer
full. Every man should have bot
tie at home all the time. 1t is the
dose taken promptly that prevents
sickness, misery and expense. Price
$1.25 per bottle. E. L. Roper Drug
Co. and Union Drug Co., special
agents.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, George Dye, qualified
on the 9th day of April, 1921, as
administrator Of the estate Of Cen
eral Smith, deceased, and all credi-
tors Of said estate are notified to file
their claims, properly proven, with
the Clerk Of the County Court OF
Upton County, Tennessee, as pro-
vided by Chapter 38 Of the Acts of
1921, within one year from the date
of this notice, otherwise all claims
will be barred.
This June is, 1921.
GEORGE DYE.
Administrator of the Estate Of Gem
eral Smith, deceased. 16jne4w*
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07

A drowsy, half-sick discouraged
feeling is caused by torpid liver
and impurities in the stomach and
bowels. Pricklv Ash Bitters is a
prompt and efficient remedy. Men
who work need its cleansing and
stimulating effect. Price SIPS per
bottle. E. L. Roper Drug Co. and
Union Drug CO., special agents.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-07

open your Chesterfield package
" at the top only. Don't tear off
that glassine wrapper. It's put there
to keep those wonderful tobaccos
always firm and fresh, in exactly the
right condition for smoking. Another
reason why Chesterfields always
satisfy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
Packers Mystery: Who Is Diamond 1''?

With pen and ink. This character was
represented. by the letter TT inclosed
in a rectangular figure the shape of a
diamond.
ut is quite evident that Diamond
II was a very important person. Moth
ing was developed in the evidence that
ever disclosed anything that he had
written or anything to which his sig
nature was attached.
"How much Diamond T. received in
the way of compensation, or who he
was, will perhaps always remain a
mystery. That he was some one high
in official councils, and therefore a
very expensive character, and that he
was able to give the packers exceed
ingly valuable and inside information,
will not for a moment be questioned.
When the men who were dealing di-
rectly with him go upon the witness
stand and deny any knowledge of the
identity of this mysterious individual,
they not only convince the honest man
that they are guilty of falsehood, but
they make themselves ridiculous in the
eyes of honest people,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
Who Is the 1918 S., 600, OOO-Income Man?

Although in 1918 the nation could
muster only one man who paid on an
income Of more than $5,00OOOO, there
were plenty of smaller millionaires. II
of them, who paid on incomes in ex-
cess of $1,0OO,0OO, as follows:
Two on incomes of from $4,000. 600
to $5,000,O0O; four On incomes from
$3,000,O00 to 100000; eleven on in
comes of from 100000 to SO 0OO. 900 !:
sixteen on incomes from $1,5OO,OOO to
100000; thirty-three on incomes
of from $1,0O0000 to $1,5oO,OOO.
Foriy-six Americans in 1918 paid
tax on incomes of from S750,OO0 to
81, 100000, and thirty-two on incomes
of from 100000 to $4,000.
The number of personal returns
filea as of the calendar year ended
December 81, 1918, was 4,425,1 ia. The
total amount of net income reported
by these returns was $15,924, 639, 1856,
and the tax (normal and surtax)
amounted to 81, 127, 721, 1886. The aver
age amount of tax per individual was
$254.25, and the average tax rate 7.08
per cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
Texas Leads the States in Farm Crops

A IL farm crops of the country were
"A valued at $40. 465, 015,O00 last year,
based on December prices paid to
producers, the Department of Agricui-
ture has estimated. That compares
with S16,O35. Ill, 900 in 1919 and $1O.-
156, 10000, the five-year average,
1914 TO 1913, inclusive.
Texas maintained its place as pro-
Queer Of crops of greatest value, with
total of $727, 100000, which was
$5OO.0C0,000 less than in 1919. Iowa
retained second rank with $459, 191,-
600. Illinois, only slightly behind
Iowa. continued its place as third with
$459, 179,OOO.
California jumped from tenth into
fourth place, held ia 1919 by North
Carolina, with $457, 10000. New York
went into fifth place, from fourteenth
rank with $456,507, 600. North Caro-
lima dropped into sixth place with
412,374,OGO.
Pennsylvania went forward into
seventh place from sixteenth rank
the previous year with 1897, 617, O00
Kansas dropped from fifth rank
into eighth place with 1878, 436, 00O
Ohio dropped from eighth rank into
ninth place, with 1859, S69,O00. Wiscon-
sin moved into tenth place from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS
War of the Senate and House Ladies

will form one group, and the wives OF
ten-year senators another, and so on.
Each group will have its own particu-
lar Thursday.
Now it is evident that these recep-
tons cannot be held in private houses.
And that is just where the cream OF
the whole business comes in. 1t is
exactly here that the senatorial ladies'
score heavily over their poor benight-
ed sisters of the house of representa-
tives. The senatorial ladies propose
to use one of the fine chambers OF
the senate office building, which would
be admirably adapted to the purpose.
But the house of representatives la
dies cannot demand similar priv.
ilege from their own particular branch
of Congress, because, being so mucn
more numerous, there is no room large
enough for the purpose.
1t seems likely that the senate Of
fee chamber will be the scene OF
stately ceremonials. with the senate
ladies divided into appropriate groups,
holding sort of court. perhaps seated
on a raised dais, while the callers file
past them and make their obeisances.
No wonder the house of representa-
tives ladies are up in arms about the
whole business. Not that they are
surprised. Oh, no!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

THIHO is Diamond To" The Con-
w gressional Record contains long
statement by Senator Norris of Ne
braska, in which is said, among other
things:
"The investigation by the senate
committee on agriculture disclosed the
who was very valuable to the packers
in giving them advance information of
possible legislation in Washington.
This character was never designated
by name. Whenever reference was
made to him in the packers memo
randa it was by character drawn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
Nominations for Officers of u. S. Army

TN THE debates over promotions In
/ the army it cropped out that there
are IL nominations for major general,
as follows:
Mai. Gen. James W. McAndrew,
chief of staff of the American expedi-
tionary forces in France,
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, now COM
handing the American forces in Ger
many.
Mai. Gen. David c. Shanks, corps
commander First corps area, and dur
ing the period of active hostilities
commanding general of the port of en-
barkation at New York.
Mai. Gems. Adelbert Cronkhite,
George w. Read, Omar Bundy, William
M. Wright, Charles Ell. Muir, Charles
L. Menoher and William G. Ham.
All of the men in this list, with the
exceptions of General McAndrew and
General ShanEs, were corps command
ers in the army in France; that is TO
say, having distinguished themselves
as division commanders they were Sc
Iected by General Pershing for higher
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
lv'l:;:..
STOCK
SELECTING BREEDING STOCK
Stock Improvement Is Closely Related
to Heredity Control Which In
sures Best Matings.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Raising the standard OF farm an
imals and poultry and bringing out
certain desirable characteristics by
slectiye breeding is receiving more
attention as methods of farming for
profit become intensified.
The breeding Of domestic animals
dates back to remote antiquity, when
the most advanced races Of the old
world were still on the border line
between savagery and barbarism. 1t
far antedateS any but the simplest
mechanical arts. Yet while our
knowledge of the laws Of nature as
they apply to mechanics has reached
very great magnitude and completely,
1t is comparatively only few
years since the principles Of breeding
have been more than a collection of
unrelated traditional beliefs.
The same supersitions on which the
shepherds of Asia based their prac-
tees at least 80 centuries ago are still
widely current, while the one sound
principle known to the ancients-se-
lection of the best for breeding stock
lis still largely neglected.
The principles Of successful animal
breeding, as they have been learned
by practical experience in the United
States and other older countries, and
by careful scientific study along def
mite lines, are outlined in Department
Bulletin 905, recently issued by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
This bulletin goes into the first prin-
ciples of reproduction and follows the
means by which certain Characters
tics Of one or the other parent are
transmitted to the offspring, the meth
DDS of selection best suited to inten-
sify the desirable characteristics and
weed out the undesirable, the char
acteristics which can with certainty
be expected to continue from one gen.
Grafton to another, those which are
uncertain, those which will blend, and
those which cannot be inherited.
Aside from mere increase in num-
bers the purposes which the breeder
is likely to have in mind fall under
two more or less distinct heads, name
ly, production of a uniform product,
and improvement. A uniform prod
uct depends on such control over the
heredity Of the stock that rnatings
can be made with the assurance that
the offspring will be of certain
definite type for which there Is q
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

demand. Improvement is, of course
closely related to control over hered-
ity, but the methods which give the
greatest control are not necessarily
those which lead to the most rapid
Improvement.
In a broad sense the whole subject
of practical breeding comes under the
head Of selection. The most obvious
basis for such selection is the per-
Torrance of the animals themselves.
Unfortunately, the merit of most
kinds of live stock cannot be meas
ured directly. The study of conforma-
ton as an index of useful qualities
has accordingly held a high place
as a basis for selection of breeding
stock. Live stock judging has this
for its purpose. An animal Of good
breeding is better one to breed than
one of equal Individual merit but OF
mixed or. common breeding. Pedi-
gree, though often misused, is val
liable aid to selection, apart from fol-
lowing a general policy of mating.
The sOundest basis of all for selec-
ton of breeding stock is the record
of past performance as breeder, pro-
vided the record is sufficiently extern
sive to give a fair test.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

"Of all the people who have taken
Tanlac, I don't believe there Is any
One who feels any more grateful to it
than / do" was the statement made
recently by Mrs. J. M. Craig Of 6741S
East Fortieth street, Los Angeles.
Like so many other families dur
ing the influenza epidemic last year
we all had 1t, and my own illness, to-
gether with the worry over the rest
Of our family, brought on q case OF
genuine nervous prostration.
II was so weak I, couldn't even
sweep the floor, and during the day 7
would have to lie down four OF five
times. / tried to walk but found out
half a block was all could stand be
fore I gave out. Nervous spells came
on me often.
every medicine I tried failed to
reach my case until finally my hus-
band urged me to try Tanlac, and
EN- indeed thankful that he did, for
1t proved to be Just what I needed.
1.-THE first two bottles didn't seem
to help me. guess that was because
I was so extremely bad of, but on the
third bottle could tell was improv-
ing and that gave me more hopes than
ever Of getting well.
my Improvement from then on was
rapid and by the time had taken
five bottles of Tanlac ! was better
and stronger than had been in years.
I was sleeping soundly at night and
had gained twelve pounds in weight.
"That was several months ago and
from then until now I have been in as
good health as I ever was in my Life
and have been doing all the house
work by myself.
1T is simply remarkable how Tan
lac has built me up and have told
everyone Of my friends and relatives
what a wonderful medicine 1t is"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
| SENATE LADIES
! RECEIVE TO-DAY.

VT ASHINGTON.-Behi the party
w warfare in Washington there is
another war, more implacable and
more relentless than the struggle re-
corded in political bulletins and by
special correspondents. 1t is the so
cial war of the women, war in which
no quarter is given or taken, war ia
which there are no armiSticeS nor
peace conferences nor treaties.
And now active hostilities threaten.
The senate ladies have decided upon
a course of action i'm vindication of
their cerulean blood. They propose to
receive their little visitors, not
singly, but in groups. The basis of
the groups will be seniority of serv-
ice. That is to say, ladies wl.rse hus-
bands have been senators for 20 years
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
DISPLAYING INFERIOR SIRES
MANY Farmers Tell Department OF
Agriculture of Compliance With
Better-Sires Plan.

IT disposed of a grade bull last
month"
81 sold a high-grade yearling bull"
disposed of a scrub bull because
we expect to breed to purebred."
81 castrated an inferior male hog
and put in purebred."
81 will have to buy hogs and they
will be purebred."
These comments were received In
one day recently by the United States
Department OF Agriculture from per-
sons enrolled in the better sires-
better stock movement. In addition,
many others stated that, although
they did not own purebred sires. their
female stock was bred to such ami
mails, thus complying with the essen
tial requirements of the better-sires
campaign.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

command, and the armistice found
them each in command of from 10000
to 100000 or more men.
The list Of brigadier generals NOM
mated comprises %. The remainder Of
pending nominations. numbering 1884,
covers officers in all grades from
colonel to second lieutenant, which are
new appointments in the army All
Of them were in the emergency army,
and they were selected by a board of
which General Pershing was chairman,
in accordance with the army reorgan-
ization act of June 5, 1920.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

matter of course that the expenses re-
sulting from this government order
were paid by the treasury. The costs
only amount to the rent of very sim
pie house and the furnishing and main
tenance/of it,"
A dispatch from The Hague. Feb
ruary 8, said that, in view of the fact
that The Netherlands government no
longer considered Frederick William
an interned army officer, committee
of parliament had suggested that the
government cease paying for his hous
ing ct Wieringen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

one man in the United States had
~ an income Of more than $4,000, 900
in 1918, according to statistics made
public by the commissioner of internal
revenue. The identity of this billion
aire was not disclosed. The law re-
quires that returns be held confiden-
tial.
In 1917 there were four individuals
who paid taxes on incomes in excess
of S5.OO0,OO0. Their combined net in
come was 100000, about 81 100000
each, and the average amount of tax
paid by each was $4,937, 731.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

by Prime Minister Beerenbrouck in an
swer to demand made by the Sec
ond chamber that Frederick William
pay for his own upkeep.
The answer OF the prime minister
also revealed officially the status of
the former crown prince in Holland.
'sThe actual internment of the former
crown prince ended few days after
his arrival in Wieringen." said the min
lister.
I'm the meantime" the minister con-
tinued, 1.-THE island was fixed up as a
place for his residence, and it was a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
IS THE GUEST OF HOLLAND
Dutch Prime Minister Explains Status
of the Former Crown Prince
Frederick William.

The Hague.-Because the Dutch gov
eminent insists that former Grown
Prince Frederick William of Germany
lives at Wieringen and at no other
place in Holland, the government will
continue to bear the cost of his resi-
dence there. This statement was made
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

eighteenth rank with $500, 100000.
Missouri dropped from ninth rank
into eleventh place, with S343, Oh, 900.
Georgia dropped from sixth rank to
twelfth place with 1923. 100000.
Other states, according to rank and
value of their farm crops follow:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
Helps Keep Cholera Away.

A clean bed, clean food, clear, fresh
water, and fewer visitors, will great
ly help in keeping hog cholera away
from unvaccinated stock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
prod,,ce Gains an Pios

Experiments indicate that it takes
from 500 to 600 pounds of corn alone
to produce 100 pounds of gain on pigs
weighing around $50 pounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils Opens
Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawking.
snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness.
No struggling for breath at night;
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little of this fragrant, antiseptic.
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t PEN
etrates through every passage Of the
head, soothes the infamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes In
stantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with q cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-03

Many clergymen in London, It IL
said, are paid lower wages than street
sweepers. .,3s