The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-09-14
SALEM LEAFLETS

part OF Sabbath night.
Cotton picking is in full swing now
and farmers are having it ginned rap
idly. Much that is being ginned now
is being sold.
4 At the recent Y. P. c. U. Conven-
ton in Brighton it was decided that
the various churches of the Memhis-
Louisville Presbytery have a singing
contest. This contest will be prin-
cipally with the young people. but
older persons so disposed will not be
barred from participating in the con-
test with those of their own congrega-
ton The various groups of A. R.
P. churches will have a contest, then
a general contest between the sue
cessful contestant Of each group at
some central point in the bounds Of
the Presbytery, probably. We under
stand that a price of $25 is offered
to the successful contestant of the
whole Presbytery. The grading will
be rated at a possible 100 per cent
20 per cent. allowed each on solo,
duet, quartette, double quartette and
chorus. The general contest will be
at some central point, possibly Mem,
phis.
Mr.. Edgar Hunter, Of New Eden
burg, Ark, was in the Salem and
Sharon communities the latter part
of last week. The object of Mr.
Hunters visit was to confer with the
executive board of Dunlap Orphanage
in regard to accepting the superin-
tendcy of that institution. Mr. Hun
ter did not commit himself as I,
what his decision might be, but the
board is very DESTROYS of his ac-
ceptance.
Mrs. L. w. Barry received a mes
sage Saturday that her mother was
very sick and was not expected to
live at her home in Lafayette county,
Miss. Mrs. Barry left Saturday
evening to be with her mother.
Messrs. Harry AND Eugene Faux
ner and James Simpson left last Wed
nesday for Bryson College at Fay
etteville, Tenn Mr.. Harry Faux
ner is captain of the foot ball team
for the coming year
Messrs. M. G.. and e. M. Boyce and
their sister, Miss Pauline, left this
week for Bryson College. The former
is one of the faculty for the coming
year There are others from the
Brighton neighborhood going to the
same institution.
Mr.. Sam Boyce, Jr, of New Eden
burg, Ark, on his way to Bryson
College, stopped over from Friday
till Monday at Idaville visiting the
family of his aunt, Mrs. I. G. Boyce
Misses Annie and Eloease Strong
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.,
Strong, left last week to teach, the
former at Towel, Tenn, and the
latter at Newbern, N. C.
Mrs. and Mrs. j. W. Moffatt and
family went over Tuesday afternoon
to Somerville, Tenn, to attend the
marriage of their friend, Miss Eloise
Catron, of Somerville, to Mr.. CorsieI
Pipher, of Collierville, the marriage
taking place at the brides home
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Herbert Harris and family, Of
Munford. spent Saturday and Sab
bath with Mrs. Harris mother, Mrs.
M. O. Faulkner, of Idayille.
Mr.. Charles Thompson, Of the
lower end of District No. 7, had the
misfortune to be thrown from horse
one day last week, and we learn he
is badly hurt.
A few days ago we received a copy
of the Ashley County Ark Leader,
which contained the sad news of the
recent death of Mr.. Samuel B. Baird,
of Hamburg, Ark, near kinsman
to those Of the same name in Tipton
county and many others, among them
the late ]. w. Simonton, of the Gov
ington Leader Having known Mr..
Baird personally, we feel that we
can not, in Justice to his memory,
pass that notice by without saying |
a word about his remarkable life He
was Of that same sturdy Scotch !
Irish people from the north of Ire
land, who came to America prior and |
soon after the Revolutionary war, |
who are always ready to uphold the
right and fight the evil, and Mr..
Baird was no exception to his ncble |
ancestors. His chosen life work was
journalism, beginning at the age of /
Ia and followed that profession con-
tinuously for the remarkably long
period OF 62 years. From 1879 he /
was a member of the Arkansas Press
Association and was once president
of that body-the highest honor that
can be paid an editor. He was tai |
ented writer and always used his pen
and the columns of his paper for the
things that were pure, true and noble |
and elevating, to the moral, social. |
religious, educational and POLITICAL
upbuilding Of his country, having no |
patience for sham show or the de-
grading things of this world. His
first work was in 1860 on the Clai-
borne Southerner in Fort Claiborne,
Ala, which was destroyed by fed
eral troops during the war. After
the war he established his first news
paper in Fort Claiborne, called the
Monroe County Eagle. Later he,
with his fathers family moved to
Louisiana. where he was associated
with the Richland (La.) Beacon,
which he edited through that most
exciting period Of reconstruction Of
that state. Later he came to Ell
Dorado, Ark, and for II years edited
the Ell Dorado Eagle, and in 1889.
coming to Hamburg, Ark, established
the Ashley County Eagle, where the
last half of his long and useful life
was spent with his favorite paper
said by distinguished persons. to be |
one Of the cleanest and most whole
some county nannrr r,anhltrLnl -.