The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-05-03

AL ASN NASfthA oupRSA anu dAhlA
will be given at Glenn Springs Frida
night, May III. 1t is the purpose
make the occasion one of pleasure t
all visitors.
We are told that dog belonging
to Mr.. Eben Campbell, of the Burliso
neighborhood, has adopted pair 0
young rabbits and is taking care o
them in the same manner as she di
members of her own family,
The Leader has just received q
fonts Of new faces of type, which viii
/ enable US to give the patrons of GU
job department the very latest thini
out in printing of every description
Come in and look at our samples.
Miss Mary Emma Applebury, o
Munford, underwent an operation TO
appendicitis at st. Joseph's hospita
Memphis, one day last week. We I'm
derstand she stood the operation vel
and is improving under the hOspita
treatment. III
| THE very latest thing in new typ
| just received in our job department.
4 Come in and look over our new sam
pies or send US an order by mail o.
phone for commercial printing of any
! kind - dainty cards, invitations, ol
anything else in the printing line. N
Wheat and oats are both very
late and it is thought now it will bC
June 10 before wheat harvest will be.
| gin The wheat cropis spotted, BUTT
is believed the crop in Upton county
will be 30 per cent short IF an ayeragt
crop. N' 49,
Mr.. II. b. Lipsconb, OF Hehning, were
.9here Saturday, The latter informs Jus
that DR.. Cary Sanford is; erecting a
handsome Office building at Henning
twill contain Ave Offices and DR.. San
ford will occupy the entire suite. Mr.
w. D. Boyd has the contract for the
building. a9Htd9B8 0ii IN
REV. RIP. Hicks will preach next
Saturday night at New Hope church,
| in the 9Th district. The text Saturday
night win be taken from the 14th
chapter of John, 9th verse: II am the
way, the truth and the life" The SER
mon Sunday at II o'clock will be a
plea for everybody to come and hear
the gospel. u iiiQaaN
"A two-room house on the place of
Mr.. "a. w. Shaw, in the Idayille vicin-
ity, occupied by Joe Young, colored,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
Of last week, the fire originating on
the roof of the building This is the
third time Young has had his house
destroyed by fire. in the past six
months and the second time in three
weeks. affE
Lee Fuller, son of Mr.. ]. H. Full
er, who lives four miles north Of here,
had his foot very badly cut BY a
stalk cutteer, which he was running
Friday. "A chunk caught in the cutter
and as he released it the mule team
started up, one of the blades striking
his foot and cutting a long cash to
the bone. The young man was confined
to his room as a result of the mishap.
The Leader has always done its
best to be up-to-the-nninute, both in it's
newspaper and job printing depart
ments, hence we have just received a
handsome lot Of new type for the lat
ter department, which will enable us
to turn out the very latest and neatest
work. We are especially well equipped
for printing invitations and cards.
Come in and look over our splendid
line of samples and give US an order.
Rev. j. w. Joyner, Of LaCenter,
KY, spent several days last week
among relatives and friends of his
younger days in the 18th district. He
came up to Coyington on a brief visit
Saturday and preached for the Pisgah
congregation Sunday morning and af-
ternoon. Mr.. Joyner is rounding out
his fourth year at LaCenter. Like he
did on the Covington circuit, he has
accomplished great work there. His
many friends here are always glad to
meet and greet him.
The house of Mr. Dock Bowden,
in the 18th district, came very near
being destroyed by fire Friday. Mrs.
Bowden was baking some bread about
o'clock in the afternoon, when the
roof Of the kitchen caught from
spark from the fiue. 1t took hard work
to save the house, as a portion of the
gable end and some Of the side had to
be knocked off before the flames were
extinguished, Mr.. Erskine Wilson,
who climbed up the ladder to help
put out the fire, got a fall when the
ladder broke with him and he was
quite badly hurt.
Mr. Thomas Marshall, Of the 18th
district, is now 80 years young. He
celebrated the passing of the 80th
miIepost last Sunday at his home and
was greeted and congratulated by a
number of his friends, these friends
being served with most excellent
dinner. AS heltravels down the west |
ern slope of half a century may the |
added years set lightly on his Shout |
ders and may he live to enjoy many |
another anniversary celebration.
There was street carnival held /
on the Y. B. Turner lot all last week, I
with the accompanying noises, peanut /
and popcorn eating, red lemonade /
drinking, Eastern dances, magicians, I
prize fights, minstrel show, dance 4
hall, ventriloquists, catch penny dew
ICES, etc. Some Of the shows were as
good as any Of the regulation "Dike"
shows and some were fakes of the
'purest ray serene" and not worth
laf the money and time it cost to
zee them. People are catching up on
haze hind of cbnxuc ond from xvha+