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


1000 rural carriers in Tennessee re-
ceived an increase in salaries Of
from 800 to 5000 per year.
Joe Miller left last week for
Paducah and will now be employed
as fireman on the American ditcher
between Fulton and Cairo.
Nice lot of new printing ma
terial and a good assortment OF
business cuts for commercial and
all other kinds of job printing at
The LEADER Office.
The Detroit and Mack baseball
teams met on the diamond of the
latter team Saturday afternoon
The latter team won the game, the
score standing 3 to | in their favor.
The act passed by the last
Legislature making it a misdemea-
nor to permit female dogs over the
age of three mcnths to run. at large
without being registered by the
circuit court clerk went into effect
Monday, July 1st.
Mr.. Walter Haynie has pur-
chased from Mrs. Rachael Dickson
the timber on a large tract in
Hatchie bottom, and has contracted
with Deverell Brothers for the
erection of a sawmill on the land
which the latter firm expect to have
in operation by August 1st.
The Confederate reunion at
Johnson S lake will be held on the
last Thursday, 18th of July, and
not the third Thursday, as hereto
fore published Extensive prepare
tious are IN progress to make the re-
union this year the best in the his
tory of the bivouac. -Brownsville
States-Graphic.
&C. A. Beatty, of the 18th dis
trict, was tried and bound over to
the Circuit Court by ESQ. W. L.
Mcbride Wednesday of last week
on charges of public drunkenness,
nrnfaniEv and assault RAattu Ia. br
decided to take French leave, and ! s
now a fugitive from justice.
Mr.. D. B.Cummins tells us that
be bad strawberries for breakfast
Saturday morning gathered from
his patch II is said, also, that MANY
of the plants hereabouts are in full
bloom-a very unusual sight for
this season of the year. 1t is gen
orally the case that the fruit has
entirely disappeared by July 10th.
The eighteen months-old child,
Malcomb Grady, of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S Hornsby, died Tuesday after
an illness of many weeks, and was
buried at Poplar Grove graveyard
Wednesday afternoon. His parents
have the deepest sympathy of all
who know them in their inconsol-
able grief. Millington News.
Miss Louise Jenkins enter
tanned with an informal tea at the
Methodist parsonage Friday night.
The guests of the evening we're
eight of Miss Jenkins college
chums of the M @. f. l. of Jack
son. The hostess was assisted by
her mother and sister, Miss Sarah,
and the occasion was a most enjoy
able one.
John Wesley Adams, colored,
son of Cal vim Adams who lives in the
18th district, was arraigned before
Esq. B. +. Locke last Friday on q
commit murder on the person of his
wife 1t was claimed that the wo
man was unable to appear in court
and bond in the sum of $3.50 being
executed by the defendant the case
was continued until July I'D, by
which time, if the grand jury does
not take up the case, Adams viii
doubtless have made peace with his
! spouse.
Mrs. Margaret Jane Everett
daughter of B. w. and M. A. Baker
died at her hGme in the vicinity o
Locust Bluff at 4:10 o'clock Satur
day morning of continued fever
after an illness of three weeks, and
was buried at the Townsend grave
yard Sunday morning at IL o clock
| the funeral services being con
Quoted by the Rev. E J. w. Peters
Mrs Everett was at the time of be-
death thirty seven years of age ave
is survived by her husband and In
| FAINT daughter of six months, II
whom the sympathy of the com
munity goes out In the loss OF tfut
wife and mother. She had been {
member of the Methodist church
since childhood and died in the full
hope of the reward that is promised
the Christian, expressing before
| she passed away readiness t.
answer Death S summons.
"A lawsuit somewhat out of tn
ordinary, and therefore of interes
because of a nice point of law in
volved, was tried before Esq. 5. X
Shelton last Friday. The parties t.
the suit are all prominent citizens o
Munford and vicinity. Miss Patti
Tucker held a note executed by j
r. Griffith, with e. H. Wooten AM
is Appleberry as sureties. Tht
note not being paid at maturity
Miss Tucker brought suit agains
| E Fl. Wooten alone, as in the mean
time Mr.. Appleberry had died ant
his widow claimed that her hus
band s name on the instrument wa
not genuine. Mr.. Wooten claimed
that as Appleberry' s name was
| forgery he (Wooten) was not liable
| on the note. The court declined Il
admit any testimony as TO the g5nu
ineness of Appleberry's signature
and held that regardless of the fac
whether or not forgery had beer
committed, Mr.. Wooten's liability
was in no way affected. Accord
ingly Judgment was rendered fol
Miss Tucker against Wooten. r
w. Sanford, Esq represented Miss
Tucker and Charles B. Simonton &
Son were the solicitors for Mr.
Woofen