The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-07-05

miss Helen Whlte, daughter OF
Sheriff B. E. White, is now stenog-
rapher for Attorney Sherrod Smith.
Mr.. Anderson Yarbrough is now
employed at the garage of McFadden
& Shelton.
DIR, A. C. McCabe, of Dyersburg,
will conduct services at Trinity Chapel
on Sunday, July Is, at 8 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited.
Mr.. James R. Cody, of the De-
troit vicinity, was taken to the West
ern hospital at Bolivar for treatment
Friday.
MIR, P. D. Cothran is still quite
sick and but little change is noted in
his condition this morning. Mrs. l..
p. Reaves is also still verv sick, with
but little change in her condition.
Mr.. D. B. Rice has purchased the
interest of Mr.. James Sherrod in the
meat market of Laxton & Sherrod and
the name Of the new firm is Laxton
& Rice.
Hon. w. A. Owen has been con-
fined to his home for several days on
account of illness. He was unable on
that account to fill his appointment
for speaking at the fiag-raising at
Stanton on the Fourth of July.
The work of painting at the Tip
ton Cotton Mills has been completed
and the building of the new commits
sary has been completed. The COM
missary is in charge of Mr.. Robert
Curren.
Mr.. w. F. Bringle has sold to Mr..
L. P. Taylor, of Whitehaven, the Ora
cey & Harvey 2,400-acre tract of
land on Island 35 for a consideration
of 100 bales Of cotton of 500 pounds
each.
MIR. A. B. Cobb, of the Enterprise
Co., tells us that he lately received
an order for 20 bushels of Lookout
Mountain potatoes as a result of an
ad in the Leader. He has also re-
ceived orders from Kerrville and Dy-
ersburg resulting from the same ad.
The Fourth Of 3uly picnic at
Brighton was largely attended and
there were Speech ma.la II the cnn-
stitutional convention question by
speakers from Memphis. There were
80 tickets sold from Covington on the
10:45 train.
The tenant house on Mr.. Drew
McClanahan's place in the 9Th dis
trict, occupied by Eulas Williams,
colored, was destroyed by fire Mon
day, the fire originating from a spark
from the stove flue. Nothing was
saved from the house.
"A number of young men from
Randolph and surrounding commune
ity will leave Friday to enlist as vol
unteers in the army. They are as fol-
lows: Fred Carter, Sam Milligan,
Jesse Haden, Homer Lloyd, Cummins
Templeton and billiard Murphy.
MIR. C. C. Cloves, of the Garland
neighborhood, reported the first cot
ton bloom Of the season Monday. Mr..
H. A. Melton, of the Bride vicinity,
reported the second bloom on Tues
day. The bloom was pulled from a.
stalk with 80 squares on it.
The Epworth League will give its
outing Friday evening between $50
and 8 p. m. The Leaguers and their
guests will meet at the First Method
ist church and transportation will be-
furnished. The young ladies Of the
League will provide the eats and the
young men the ices.
Mr.. R. v. Ellis, of the Upton Sup
ply Co., driving Dodge car, and the
truck of the Covington Bottling
Works, driven by Mr.. Claud Cole, col
lided in the public road one mile
south of Brighton Tuesday and the
car of the former was considerably
damaged.
Mrs. Annie Hammer returned
Tuesday from Dyersburg, where she
had been attending the bedside of her
son, Mr.. L. D. H amner, and his wife,
both of whom have lately been quite
sick. The first named is able to be
up and the latter is steadily improv-
ing.
Mr.. w. L. Owen has finished third
in class Of 1853 at the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor and was given
the degree of Doctor Of Laws Thurs
day. There were more than 1900 di-
plomas issued from the above institu-
ton that day. Mr.. Owen is a close
student and is splendidly equipped for
the practice of his chosen profession.
He is to be congratulated over the |
splendid showing made and his many
friends predict and hope for him a
successful law career.
The eighty-ninth annual session
Of Big Hatchie Baptist association
will be held with Woodland Baptist |
church, Haywood county, July 1918.
The session viii open Monday night,
July 16, sand the sermon will be
preached by Rev. Chesley Bowden. A
ine program has been arranged and a
arge number Of delegates and visit
1rs from all over the territory en-
oraced in the association win be pres
ent. Rev. ]. w. Storer, Of Ripley,
announced the Official program Tues
lay.
Mr.. John Moore, a well known
,itizen Of the Old Bloomington vicin-
ty, was taken suddenly i'll while at
work in his field about noon Tuesday
md expired in a very short time. Mr..
Moore had been in feeble health for
guite while. His burial occurred at
Salem Wednesday afternoon, the fu-