The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-04
MASON NEWS

w ]. Cody is sOJourning with his
family in Colorado Springs, Colo. He
viii be absent several weeks.
Rev. Frank Perry. of Humboldt,
/ Tenn, delivered two very eloquent
and instructive discourses at the
Christian church Sunday. An addi-
ton at the church at each service.
Mrs. F. H. Harrison, who came
here from Memphis about two years
ago, returned to that city last week
to take up her abode. Her congenial-
ity and personality won her many and
lasting friends in Mason.
Mr.. Euclid Hensley, who has been
faithful employee of the Mason Gin
Co. for more than a year, departed
with his family for Hobart, Okla,
this week, where he expects to re-
main.
Mrs. E. A. Tarwater and daughter,
Miss Lillian, spent the weekend in
Memphis and witnessed the presenta-
ton of Experience" at the Lyceum.
The roads were most too bad for
several of our young men to make
their accustomed trip to Covington
Sunday night.
Mr.. Phillip Gray is assisting Mr.. r.
P. Berry at the L. & N. station.
DR.. w. P. McDavid was taken to
st. Joseph's hospital and was operat-
ed on by DR.. Frank Smythe. The
operation was a most Serious one, but
at this writing he is reported on the
road to recovery. DR.. Verdell, of
Memphis, has been attending DR.. Nc
David's patients.
David Transou, L. C. Hamblett and
Garland Hendricks have returned to
take up their studies in Vanderbilt
university.
Mrs. j. C. Shelton returned Satur-
day from Newbern, Tenn, where she
visited relatives.'
About ten years ago, man by the
name of w. H. Parker dropped into
Mason with a grip containing few
old watches and opened repair shop.
Gradually his business increased. He
first put in small stock of jewelry,
then added patent medicines and tot
let articles, and some two or three
years ago branched out with a full
line of groceries. From time to time
he had moved to larger quarters as
his trade and stock demanded. The
past year he was in the concrete
building near the west end of Front
street, where he fiourished as the
green bay tree. About ten days be-
fore Christmas, he departed as quiet
" as he came, leaving a stock that
invoiced $1,180 in the care Of Joe
Robinson, his colored clerk. His cred
itors mourn, and it would take some
thing over $4,000 to dry their tears.
The stock was sold Friday to Mr..
Webb, from Millington, for $1,000 by
w. q. Early & Co, of Memphis, who
had attached it. While here, Parker's 4
trade and associations were almost
exclusively with colored people. He
cultivated their confidence and got
their money and it is believed By
many that he carried away with him
several thousand dollars more in
cash than. he came with. He was an
Englishman, with no relatives in
America, and previous to coming to
this country was one of the Queens
forgotten"
Guards, in London. "Gone, but not
Two very nice residences in the
south part Of town are nearing COM
pletion, one by ]. W. Boyd and the
other by James Lewis, both colored.
AS soon as DR.. McDavid is well
enough to look after his practice here,
DR.. Z. F. Verdell will locate at Mt.
Carmel, this county While he has
only been here a short time, ne has
made many friends who wish him
SUCCESS in his new location.