The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-31
SALEM LEAFLETS
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days have been pleasantly cool. Usu-
ally one extreme follows another.
This immediate community is still
very dry. The showers last week
were too light for any permanent
help to the crops Cotton is open
ing rapidly, especially early cotton.
Some few farmers will commence
picking this week. The crop is light.
Sorghum making for this season
has opened There is a good acre
age raised this year, which is yield
ing fairly we'll and is Of good quail
ity Of syrup.
There was no preaching in Salem
A. r. p church last Sabbath, which
is two Sabbaths in succession. which
is a very unusual occurrence for two
Sabbaths to go by without preach
ing in Salem. The pastor, Rev. c.
B. Belts, who was near Pottsville,
Ark, holding meeting, is expected
home this week.
The Orr meeting in Rosemark, A.
r.. P. church is still in progress, but
is expected to close Wednesday night.
Large crowds attend every service.
Many from Upton county are attend
ing some of the services.
Quite a good lot of the Salem
young people, and some Of the older
ones, too, are expecting to attend
the Y. P. C. u. and Sunday School
Convention, which is to meet in
Brighton A. R. P. church next Thurs
day evening and be in session
throughout Friday.
We mentioned last week that Mr..
]. T. Lucado had added a couple of
fine registered Jersey heifers to his
dairy herd Last week Messrs. ]. R.
and r. T. Wilson also bought from
Hansonhurst Dairy and Stock Farm
at Bolton three fine Guernsey heif-
ers. Added to those they had prev
iously bought from other breeders,
gives them a herd of seven beautiful
Guernseys- a male and six heifers.
This is perhaps the largest herd of
Guernseys now in the county.
The dairy industry seems to grow
in favor with the people of this part
of the county, The Brighton cream
truck, which carries the cream that
goes to Hansonhurst, passes Idaville
three times week-Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, practically
getting all their trade from District.
No. 8-from the north end of No. 81
to the county line-where they del
liver it to the Hansonhurst truck.
During the three trips last week Mr.
Huffman told the Leader correspon-
dent that they took up ON this route
a total of 85 five-gallon cans Of
cream. At a conservative price Of
$3.50 per can, after deducting truck
freight, would amount to S382.50, or
81 $50 for a month of four weeks.
Now, this does not include all that
goes OUT of No. to Hansonhurst, as
a few near the county line deliver it I
themselves to the Hansonhurst truck. |
Mr.. Huffman told me the other route,
which is not so heavy, covers a ter /
ritory northwest of Brighton and (
over Districts Nos. 7 and as far as
delivering their cream to
truck at Old Upton.
Now, many of the cream producers
over this territory are adjacent to the T
railroad, and perhaps more creamy
in Nos. 6 and 7 is shipped on the
than is taken un by the
.rucks. It is also true of No. that
4 small number still ship to other
places, but these facts give your
readers little idea of the rapid
growth Of the cream industry. We
lope in the near future to give some
,ther interesting facts along this
inc.
One Of the pleasant surprises in
his community last week was when
Ar. John A. Sterling quietly strolled
if unheralded and unobserved and
ook to himself bride The bride was
Hiss Bessie Lemon, of Simonton
hey were quietly married on last
tuesday, evening, August %, in Gov
1oton at the home of the brides
astor, Rev. Egbert Smith, that min
tier officiating. Mr. Sterling is
rosperous farmer Of the Salem COM
unity, and Mrs Sterling is the
aughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. |. Dav-
lson, of the Simonton community
nd is an accomplished lady Of many
races Of head and heart.
Miss Pahline Pressly, Of Troy,
enn., is visiting her friend, Miss
auline Royce, Of Idayille.
Mr.. R. B. Gates, a theological
-udent Of the Cumberland Presby-
srian college in Mckenzie, Tenn,
1T last Monday for that school. Mr..
ates' family will go later on.
Beckie Ann Brown, an aged colored
oman, born near Idaville. and the
reater part of her life spent in this
died at her home =
righton last Sabbath, aged 81
ears, and was buried in Hebron
near Atoka, after services
Y Rev. Wade.
"Aunt Beck Ann as she was fa-
liliarly known by everybody, was
Drn and reared a servant in the
amily of the late H. H. McCain's
Iother, and was married before her
'eedom to Isaac Dowel, well-to-do4
1lored man, who, after several years
married life, preceded her to the
rave. She always realized the
orth of her white friends, and the
reater part of her life after free
ON with her first husband was
oent on the same farm on which she
as born with the late H. H. Nc
ain. AS an attestation of their es-
ZEN for her, several of cher white
,lks" attended her funeral.