The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
LOCAL NEWS

"A daughter was born Sunday
night to Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Shoaf.
Let us print you some up-to-the-
minute job wrok from that handsome
collection of new type just received at
this Office.
Mr.. G. R. Fryer, Jr., Of Gotten
lake, who has been suffering from a
severe case Of pneumonia is improv-
ing.
MIR. J. E. Martin, Of the Detroit
neighborhood, who had been in st.
Joseph's hospital, Memphis, for three
weeks following an operation there,
was able to return home Saturday.
DE VIM y n. ~ MEtsfrrraay has lately been
appointed by the mayor and board of
aldermen as sanitary and water in
spector, has assumed the duties of
the office and is inspecting sanitary
conditions in the city this week.
Messrs. j. M. Bull, of the Taber-
nacle, and r. X Mcbride, of the Bride
neighborhood, showed us Saturday
full grown burrs from the jimpson
weed, grown on their premises. AS
these weeds seldom bloom until June,
this Is considered quite unusual.
The Leader has just gotten in a
handsome collection of stylish new
type and is now better prepared than
ever before for doing commercial
printing of every description, cards,
invitations, large posters, or anything
in the printing lire, Send us mail
order.
The Quito Womans Home Dem
onstration club met Friday afternoon,
with IL members present The county
agent, Miss Merryman, demonstrated
the canning of English peas. Mrs. j.
L. Bollinger gave butter demonstra-
ton and there was an interesting
paper by Mrs. Bartlett.
Hon. w. A. Owen, of Covington,
has announced his candidacy for the
Court of Civil APPEALS from West Ten
nessee. His qualifications, both as a
lawyer and as a citizen, rank with the
best and the people of the state would
be wise to select so worthy son to
represent them in this honored capac-
ity. Lauderdale County Enterprise.
Mr.. w. E. Fletcher and Miss
Ruby Cousar, both of the 4th district,
were married at Fulton, Lauderdale
county, Saturday afternoon at a
o'clock, Esq James Lawrence oficiat-
ing. The groom is a son of Mr.. G. E.
Fletcher and the bride daughter of
Mr.. E. G. Cousar.
An extra large $500 range has
lately been installed at the Dunlap
orphanage with capacity of meeting
all the requirements. Through the
efforts Of the superintendent, Mr..
Kerr Oates, the range was purchased
at great reduction from the original
price. Mr.. e. w. Cothran, Of this
place, has just put in the hot and cold
water attachment at the orphanage.
Misses Anna Sherrod, Grace Low
enhaupt and Katherine Gill have re-
turned from Memphis, where they
have been attending the West Tennes-
see Normal. The two first named are
late graduates Of that institution,
Mrs. Sam Lowenhaupt and Mrs. ]. r.
Gill went to Memphis Tuesday to at
tend the graduating exercises Of the
above institution.
Nearly every week we are COM
PEELED to leave out letters from cor
respondents from different parts of
the county on account of reaching us
too late for publication. We insist on
our correspondents letting their let
tiers reach us by Tuesday night of
each week, at the latest. A letter
from Ruffin last week did not reach us
until Thursday morning, hence we
were compelled to leave it out.
Mrs. Farrar Culbreath, of the 18th
district, made $3.50 on her COWS, hogs
and chickens last year. She hopes to
do still better this year and is now the
owner of eight head of pretty cows
and calves, as well as three fine brood
sows, all of which she bought and
raised herself. She has lately added
to her stock of hogs fine registered
Poland China gilt from the S. R.
Thompson farm, Of Gallon, Ala. Her
type has developed into hogs weighing
as much as 500 pounds and she is
cholera immune. If more ladies would
follow Mrs. Culbreath's worthy exam
pie, the 1OOu anu Ieeu question WOulu
be practically settled.
DIR. James r. Sanford quietly cell
ebrated his 81st anniversary with his
family and few friends at his home
on Maple street Thursday last. DR..
Sanford was born on the lot where
our new handsome federal building
now stands on May "a, 1886, and is
still more hale and hearty than most
men Of his years. Through all his
long and useful life as an active prac-
ticing physician in this county,
through the four years of bloody
struggle during which he followed the
fortunes of the Confederacy, and
through the even darker days of re-
construction in the South, he has kept
his heart young and has always had a
kind, happy and encouraging word fol
everybody. He is universally beloved
by all who know him and these friends
hope he may pass many another mile
post on the western slope" ere he is
gathered to the reward he so richly
deserves