The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-02-14

the following, day.
Mr.. B. G. Shelton has accepted
a position as travelling representa-
tive in Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia, for the Goodyear Rubber
Co.
The Upton County Bankers AS
ISOLATION will give their annual ban
auet at the Lindo Hotel this eve
ming. The business meeting will
follow the banquet.
-Landon Beasley, the 15-year-old
son Of Esq. CIV .Beasley, recently won
the second prize Of three dollars
cash, for securing the greatest num-
Der Of subscribers for the News
Scimitar in 80 days time.
Miss Lille George spent Thurs
day night with her uncle, Mr.. Tom
Forbess, of Atoka. She left Friday
morning for Memphis, where she will
take business course at Nelson's
Business College.
Mr.. Walter Davis, formerly Of
Mason, died at his home at Airing
ton Sunday night, and was buried
at Cedar Hill cemetery, Mason, Tues
day. Mr.. Davis, who was So years
old, is survived by his wife and four
children.
Miss Nellie Wylie, who has been
under treatment in the Baird-Dula-
ney Hospital, Dyersburg, returned
home today. Her friends will be'high-
" pleased to learn that she has been
greatly improved by the treatment
there.
Mr.. Leslie Dawson, well-known
young man, and Mrs. Annie Cage,
both of the Pisgah neighborhood,
were married at the home of Rev.
MIR. Ledbetter Wednesday evening
The couple left on the evening train
after the ceremony, for brief bril-
cal trip to Memphis.
F. S. Beatty, son of Mr.. ]. a..
Beatty, and Frank Ports, son Of Esq
J. f. Ports, underwent an exam
nation for army service at Jefferson
Barracks, st. Louis, Saturday. The
former failed to pass on account OF
physical disabilities, but the latter
passed a successful examination.
Messrs. B. S. Mccullough and
10. S. Mccormick, Of Munford, are
visitors in the city today. The lat
ter reports that the storehouse Of
Mr.. G. M. Couch, in his neighbor-
hood, was broken into few days
ago and robbed of some meat and
four gallons Of lard, and leaving
two hams.
The automobile trucks for trans
porting the county work-house pris-
oners from place to place has ar
rived. 1t is a Maxwell machine with
capacity of carrying is to is pas
sengers. DIR. William Murray, sec
retary Of the work-house board, will
now direct the work of county
prisoners in outlying districts under
the supervision of the above board.
Mr.. J. R. Morrisett, of the Brigh-
ton vicinity, spent several days last
week with his son, Mr.. G. |. Norris
EFT. Mr.. Morrisett will leave next
month for Texas, to make his home
with his brother, Mr.. J. NJ. Morrisett.
Mr.. Fl. R. Russell is building d
new dwelling on the Sheltondale farm
northwest of the city. Mr.. w. w.
Billings is assisting in the work.
Capt. D. W. Ruffin, county crop
statistician, estimates that the pro
duction Of cotton in Upton county
this year will be about ga per cent OF
last years crop-in other words, this
years crop will be about $4,000 bales
as compared with not quite $4,000
bales last year. 1t was thought by
many people until late in the fall that
only little more than third Of a
crop would be made in our county,
Manager w. L. Coppenbarget,
Of the Palace theater, will put on the
great masterpiece, "Quo Vadis," on
February 25-26. Another great play,
''Brown of Harvard" is booked for
March Hip. The attraction for to-
night at the Palace is the Shawmuu
Quartette, one of the Lyceum num-
bers. Mr.. Coppenbarger having TAX
en- over the remaining numbers of the
Lyceum course, they win be shown
at that playhouse.
Mrs. 10 Somervell Meux, aged 81
years, widow Of the late j. S. Meux,
/ died at her home at Stanton Tuesday
az ternoon at o'clock, and was bur-
led in the Stanton cemetery Wednes-
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs.
Meux, who was a much beloved lady,
is survived by a son, DR.. George w.
Meux, and daughter, Mrs. John w.
Farley, of Memphis. She was a
daughter Of the late Joe Brehon Som
ervell.
There has been some activity in
cotton during the good weather this
week, and good deal Of the staple
is being brought to market here,
and there is reported to be quite a
good deal more of open cotton and
partly opened bolls in the fields.
So far, something over 300 bales
of these bolls have been bought here
by the firm of Harvey & Pullen.
Cotton is bringing from % cents for
stains to 81 IL cents for white cot
ton in the local market, and seed $50
per ton. Receipts at the Church
| I'll compress are 1912 bales; ship
ments. 7,746; stock on hand, 2,426.