The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
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MIR. John r. Exum Is now clerk
ing at C. I. Taylor's drug store at
Mason.
The handsome bungalow Of Mr..
G. s. Walker, near the round-bale gin
at Mason, is nearing completion.
Several poles Of the Mason Tele-
phone Co.'s line, just sonth Of that
place, were struck by lightning Fri
day and torn to pieces.
Mr.. w. B. Ralph and family re-
turned Friday from Martin, Tenn. Mr.,
Ralph was one Of the late graduates
of McFerrin college in thit city.
Mr.. W. E. Frawley is installing
am electric lighting system in the
stores occupied by ]. ]. Mann and the
Union Drug Co. and the Bank Of
Mason at that place.
Mr.. Floyd Ashe, of the Pisgah
vicinity, has lately gone to st. Louis,
where he will make his home and viii
be employed by one Of the express
companies.
Rev. ]. j. P. Perry, formerly rec
tor ofsTrinity Episcopal church, Ma
son, who has been making his home in
Brownsville, has lately moved to Flor
ida, where he will in future reside.
ESQ. ]. A. Shoaf informs us that
a large opossum visited his barnyard
last Friday night and killed hen
and 40 young chicks weighing from a
half to a pound.
Mr.. E. w. Bryan, Of the Oak
Grove neighborhood, sustained an ac-
cidental fall while going down the
steps at his home Thursday and his
left knee was knocked out Of joint.
Mr.. Raymond Jackson has lately
returned to his home at Mason from
st. Joseph's hospital, Memphis, where
he was operated on for appendicitis.
He is steadily recovering.
-Sounthbound "pick-up" had three
cars derailed half mile south of
Henning at 1887 Friday morning,
caused from falling drawhead, Traf-
fic was blockaded as a result for about
six hours.
C. R. Ellis, Jr., and Ellis Bros, of
the firm Of Upton Supply Co., have q
plan to build a new cotton gin at Tip
ton. That place now has two gins
and these people expect to be ready
for the fall business.
Send the Leader your mail order
for job printing Of any kind, from the
daintiest card or invitation to the
largest scare-head poster. Splendid
lot of new type just received for our
job department.
Mr.. Peter Fyfe, cashier of the
Upton County Farmers Union bank,
Of Covington, was here Wednesday, a
visitor to the Peoples bank, which is
a branch Of his bank. The new bank
is reported as doing quite nicely, and
quite as well as the parent bank ex-
pected for the time.-Humboldt Cour-
Ter Chronicle.
Mr.. Warner Addison and Miss
Ruth Faux, both of the Phelan vicin-
ity. were married at the home Of Rev.
Syl Fisher, at Tabernacle, on Wednes-
dav afternoon Of last week at $3.50
o'clock, Mr.. Fisher officiating. The
groom is a son Of Mr.. Thomas Addi-
son and the bride a daughter Of Mr..
Justus Faux. Both are well known
and popular young people and their
many friends wish them continued
prosperity and happiness.
Mr.. t. ]. O'Kelly died at his home
in this city Thursday night at 11:5O
o'clock Of stomach trouble, after an
illness of two weeks. His remains
were taken to Center Point, Fayette
county, the day following his death,
where the burial took place in the
O'Kelly family burial ground at 4
o'clock. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Robt. A. Clark, as
sisted by Rev. C. E. Wauford. Mr..
O'Kelly was son of the late James
O'Kelly and was born and reared in
Fayette county in the vicinity Of Gal
laway and was 40 years of age. He
leaves surviving him his wife, who
was Miss Lula Henson, and one child.
Mr.. O'Kelly was consistent member
of the Methodist church and was
good husband and father, neighbor
and citizen and his death is univers-