The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

Mr. Collier Midyett, who has been
0 9 the SICK list for the past several
days, Is now convalescent.
The sixteen months-old daupbter
OF Mr. w M Smith, who has been
dangerously i'll, has entirely recoy-
kew. w r. Farrow will preach at
OAK Grove Baptist church on the Sec
ond Sunday at $3.50 p. IN. aud al Lib
erty at II am. Members please note
the change. $50
"A special meeting of the Masonic
Lodge was held on Friday night. when
the NJ aster's degree was Conferred
several visitors were present. Re
lreshments were served after the de-
gree work.
Mr George t. Wages and Mrs
Willie Wages, both of the Sd district.
were married in Bailey's Racket Store
friday afternoon, Rev. w. r. Potter
oHclatlng. After receiving the con
gratu iatlons of friends they returned
10 their future home near Detroit.
The infant daughter of Mr.. r M
Dolan, of the 5th district, aged three
months, died Sunday morning and
was buried at the Poplar Grove burial
GROUND the following morning at 10
O'Clock, the Rev. r w. Newsom con.
Quoting the burial services.
The work of repairing the Rialto
railroad bridge, burned last week. has
oeen completed, and is in about as good
shape as before the accident. We
lalled In our notice of last week to
give credit to s. M. Entriken for dis
covering the fire and giving the alarm.
"hlch ne claims to be entitled to.
Mrs. w. A. Black and Mrs. w.
" Mcf'adden entertained at the home
OF the hrst named on the evening of
Monday at cards in compliment to
Miss Nina Block, of Vanndale. Ark.
Dalnty refreshments added feature to
an otherwise highly pleasurable occa-
sion Tor every guest present.
Alex York was placed in Jail here
Saturday night. York was arrested
10y Deputy Sheriff Ralph, of Upton,
Lana was tried before Esq. John s.
- ne sfeS5fi IAO4 hdunTOru, on the euarge
7oi assaulting his brother, Pink York,
at the last named place. ESQ Dicka-
son bound him over to keen the neace
under bond of 1925, which he was
unable to give and hence was sent to
Jail
= Miss Edna Locke left Monday for
Norfolk, Va, where she went to at
tend the National Convention of the
Deaf, of which she is a member. She
Will also attend the jamestown Expo-
sltlon before returning, and will be
absent little over two weeks. Misses
Eta Steinberg, of Memphis, Rule
Durley, of Jackson, Tenn, and sew
eral friends from Knoxville accompa-
MED her.
Mr.. James K. Wooten, the eldest
son of the late w. H. Wooten. died at
Munford Sunday night at 10 O'CLOCK.
ana was buried at the family burning
ground Monday afternoon, the Rev
H. w Newsom conducting the funeral
service. MIR. Wooten would have
been 81 years old 10 few DAYS He
had been in poor health for some
months, and returned to his old home
at Munford few weeks ago and grad
ually grew worse until the end came.
Mr.. WoOten married Miss Mamie
Hutcheson about thirty years ago,
ana she and two sons and a daughter
survive him. Mr.. WOOteu had served
Tor several years as an ordained min
lister of the Methodist church, aud his
death is sincerely mourned by large
circle of friends.
The chairman's report shows the
schools of the county to have 1921 IS
to their credit. This is technically
correct, but the reports Of the direc.
tors to Superintendent Gotten show
outstanding against this fund $3.50 ID,
leaving the real amount to the credit
of the schools, S31OI 81. We under
stand there is school fund in the hands
OF the trustee to the amount of 6Oc per
capita for distribution, aggregating
H. IL,
credit of the schools when the new
board of education goes into Office
uext Saturday of 1851. 30. The fund
on fSa11s1sow is several thousand dol
lars ksyl t.than it was last year. 1t is
the pEeS@psse of the new law to work
the county as the unit. The plan is
to run34he schools of the county at
least six months in the year, and
longer if possible.