The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-03-08
Items of Interest Gathered From Every Section of the
County, Concerning Your Friends and Neighbors..'.

Mr. 0. T. Marshall has been quite
sick at his home at Mason for the
past several days.
Mrs. T. P. Sparks, who has lately
been quite sick with an attack of la
grippe, is now improving.
The school at Atoka was sus-
pended Friday for two weeks on ac-
count of the prevalence Of measles.
There will be a concert at Clop-
ton school, Thursday night, March Is,
by pupils of the school,
One Of a team of mules belonging
to Mr.. W. C. Lewis dropped dead at
Garland, Wednesday.
The firms of j. M. Marshall and
c. I. Poindexter, at Mason, have been
consolidated.
Mr. J. R. Miller is erecting a new
14x40 porch as an addition to the
house of Mr.. G. B. Rhodes in the Vi
entity of Mt. Carmel.
Mr.. Ed Anderson, of Detroit, who
has been quite sick for two weeks
with typhoid Pneumonia, is reported
to be improving.
AT special meeting of the local
Masonic lodge, Tuesday night, the M.
M. degree was conferred on one can
didate.
Miss Anna Simonton is filling,
temporarily, the position of teacher
of English and Spanish in the Byars-
Hall high school, held by Miss Eliza
both Mnora dacnacad
Rev. R. L. Bell, the new pastor of
Mt. Lebanon and Smyrna churches,
arrived here with his family, Wednes-
day, from Poteau, Okla, and will enter
upon the duties Of his pastorate next
Sunday.
Mrs. H. E. Walker, of Gift, who
has been under treatment at the Huff
man House, following an operation
there, is now able to sit up. Lawrence
Elcan, son of Mr.. Clement Elcan, who
also lately underwent an operation
there for appendicitis, is able to
sit up.
The following is the program for
the meeting of the teachers associa-
ton at Byars-Hall, Saturday morn
ing, at $3.50 o'clock; Address, Rev.
R. A. Clark; solo, Miss Lucy Minor
Croford; address, Miss Merryman, of
the Government Demonstration de-
partment; duet, Misses Simonton and
Crofford.
Beginning with Sunday, March
IL, the Illinois Central railroad will
discontinue the present basis of one
fare plus rs cents for Sunday excur-
sion tickets and the road will estab-
lish a new basis of one and one-third
fare for round trips. The new Sun
day rate for the round trip, Covington
to Memphis, will be So.
While in Memphis, Tuesday, Mr..
Aubrey Baxter was taken suddenly
with an acute attack of appendicitis.
He went to st. Joseph's hospital,
where he underwent a satisfactory
operation and is now getting on well.
MIR. "A. NJ, Crane, Of the Depart
ment Of Extension of the University
of Tennessee. arrived here Wednes-
day. He and Miss Merryman, county
demonstration agent, were engaged
in poultry work at the Clopton and
Salem schools, Wednesday.
Mrs. McBeath, representing the
Aviston Flour Co., and Mr.. G. P. Ra-
mer, of the Cheek Neal Coffee Co.,
gave successful demonstration of
cakes made with Courtesy -four and
Maxwell House coffee, at Workman &
Pinner's store, Friday and Saturday
of last week. Miss Inez Nevis assist
ed in the demonstration. AS result,
SO sacks of -four were sold and very
satisfactory amount of coffee. Both
the cakes and coffee were delicious
and the demonstration attracted a
large crowd.