The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14

Mr., Jack Smith and family and
Charles Wade have lately moved from
South Covington to Humboldt, and
Mr. Grady HolIingsworth, Of the same
place, to Trenton.
Miss Maud Wilson, Of Elm Grove,
who was lately operated on in the
Lucy Brinkley hospital, Memphis, was
able to return to her home Thursday.
ESQ. Lauderdale Richardson has
been re-appointed u. s. commissioner
for the Western District Of Tennessee
by Judge John E. Mccall, to serve for
another year.
Mr. julie Rufin lately sold two
bales Of Express long staple cotton to
the firm Of Doekery & DNaelson in
Memphis for % cents per pound. Mr.
Ruffin planted his entire individual
crop in the above variety this year.
Mr. Walker T. Shoaf has enlisted
in the engineering corps of the U. S.
army at Jefferson barracks, st. Louis.
Mr.. Shoaf expects shortly to be trans
ferred either to Washington or New
York.
An additional steel sprinkler,
for use in keeping down the dust devil
on the streets of our city, arrived
Saturday and has been placed in COM
mission. The cost of the new sprinkl-
err is $500.
Sweet potato slips have been and
are now very scarce in this commun-
ity, due to the late, cold spring, and
much in demand, selling for from 20
to 45 cents. The sweet potato may be
transplanted here as late as July 10
and successfully raised.
Mr.. A. G. Whitson, of the Liberty
neighborhood, told us Saturday that
he lately captured a mother opossum
with seven young ones near his barn
lot. Wishing to conserve the food
supply, he carried them to a neighbor-
ing thicket and released them.
The fagpole on the courthouse
tower here was struck by lightning
some time during Thursday night and
partially wrecked, the large flag be-
ing thrown to the roof Of the house,
but luckily sustained no material
damage.
The county board of equalization
adjourned Saturday, after being in
session for the greater portion of the
week. The board found the books of
Tax Assessor j. H. Flowers in splen-
did shape, Very few changes in as
sessment were made.
The Leader office has Just re-
ceived a good collection of new type
for the job printing department and
we are prepared to do anything in
printing in the latest style, from a
dainty card or invitation to the larg-
est scare"head poster.
Mr.. Raymond Jackson, of Mason,
who was lately operated on for ap-
pendicitis in st. Joseph's hospital,
Memphis, was obliged to return there
for treatment after his return home.
He had, however, sufficiently recov-
cred to be able to go back to his home
Friday.
The following teachers, who have
teaching in the colored school of this
city, left Monday for Nashville, where
they will enter the A. & /. Normal for
the next five weeks Prof. E. Aston,
Walter Burrell, Sertonia Johnson,
Ella Adams, Laura Upton, Annie
Burrell and Mollie Hall.
-Messrs. T. 0. Bond, Dudley Sulli-
van, Drew Moore, Richard Hastings
and Sanford Garner attended the ball
given at Brownsville Thursday night.
There were visitors present from
Somerville, Jackson, Mason, Stanton
and other places and the affair was
great success socially.
Officer S. ]. Roberts shot and
killed dog near the city light plant
Friday that was very vicious and
gave every indication of being rabid.
Mr.. N. P. Garrett was saving a
limb off tree at his home Thursday
when the ladder slipped and he was
thrown to the ground, badly sprain-
ing his ankle.
Miss Wilmoth Whitley gave
most pleasant social entertainment on
the evening of Thursday in compli-
ment to Misses Pauline and Grace
Rhodes. Several young couples en-
joyed the. program which consisted
principally of rock playing and the
serving of ice cream and cake for re-
freshment.
Under the direction Of Messrs.
Tom Lindsey and w. w. Peeler, a
force of Is workhouse hands took up
the old carpet on the floor and steps
Of the courthouse, gave the place a
good scrubbing and have put down the
new linoleum in its place. This is
great improvement, not only in APP
pearance. but in the sanitary condi- I