The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-24
LOCAL NEWS

VII WoouDuFn wilson had tn
misfortune to lose colt from lockiay
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Henry Faux, of this vicinity
who has lately been very sick will
pneumonia, is now convalescing.
-Children's Dayat Ebenezer churcl
next Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
There will be an ice cream supper
at Salem high school building Friday
night, May rs, 1917, given by the To
mato club girls. Everybody is invited
The infant daughter of Mr.. Fred
Goode, of the Holly Thicket neighbor-
hood, died Wednesday and was buried
today at Mt. Lebanon.
Mr. Raymond Jackson, of Mason,
who lately underwent an operation for
appendicitis at one of the Memphis
hospitals, is reported to be improving.
"A party composed of Messrs. R
w. Sanford and wife, R. B. Baptist
and wife and Grant Reid and wife left
here today for few days outing at
Cold Creek.
Mr.. Robert White, of Martin.
Tenn, is now filling the position of
clerk in the office of Supervisor J. M.
jackson, lately filled by Mr.. Lanier
Ferguson.
-lnez and Helen, little daughters
of Mr.. Joe Miller, have both lately
been very sick with whooping cough.
The latetr is much better, but the
former is still very sick.
Deputy U. s. Marshal Tyree Tay-
Tor, of Memphis, came out from that
city Saturday and arrested Will Clark,
charged with bootlegging. Clark was
placed in the county Jail to await his
preliminary trial.
Mr.. ], w. Simonton, Jr., who was
lately operated on for appendicitis in
the Baptist Memorial hospital, Mem
phis, is steadily improving and hopes
to be able to leave the hospital this
week.
-Claudell McBroom, infant child of
Mr.. J. I. McBroom, of the 18th dis
trict, aged 18 months, died Wednesday
night at ~ o'clock Of pneumonia and
will be buried at Mt. Lebanon this
afternoon.
Rev. R. P. Walker, who was at
tending the Presbyterian assembly at
Birmingham, Ala, was called home
this morning on account Of the illness
Of his wife. She is suffering from an
attack of appendicitis.
Miss Helen White has returned
from Holly Springs, Miss, where she
had been attending the N. M. P. col
lege. She was awarded the Sunshine
medal for being the happiest girl and
the medal for being the best athlete
in the basket ball team.
MIR. ]. S. Sawyer, of the 18th dis
trict, was saving down a tree Monday
when his saw slipped and
cash was cut in his right /
leg above the knee. Mr.. Sawyer came
to Covington where he had DR.. Lind
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Mr.. Sherrod Smith has moved his
law office upstairs to the rooms lately |
occupied by Gen. John A. Upton in
,he Union Savings bank building and
Cen. Upton occupies the offices lately
by Mr.. w. F. Bringle, the
real estate agent, in the same build
ng. Mr.. Bringle occupies the offices
downstairs that Mr.. Smith has been
for several years.
The bridge across Hatchie river
IN the Jefferson Davis highway has
been completed and traffic is now go
ng over it steadily. There is still a
title more than half a mile of levee
IN both sides of the river to be gray
lied. The receipt of the gravel has
,een delayed by the shortage of cars
md it is looked for daily.
Henry McWilliams, colored, IL
years old, for stealing cars from the
garage of McFadden & Shelton and
aking joy rides, was arrested by Dep
lty Roberts and tried before Esq. S.
R. Shelton Monday. Being unable to
make the required $3.50 bond, he was
tent to Jail.
The strawberry season has closed
md the growers, taking into consider
.tion the shortage of the general crop,
'ealized more this year than they did
N the crop of 1916. The prices var
ed, ranging from $3.50 to $500 per
rate in car load lots. Thirteen car
Dads were shipped as against Is car
Dads last season. but in comparison
he higher prices this season over
anne the greater yield Of last year
md made the crop more profitable.
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