The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-05-30

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-Peyton Hall, charged with forg
ing Of check for SIS on AleXande
IDeBakey, waived examination befor'
Esq. Lauderdale Richardson Mon
day. His bond was fixed at $3.50
which he made and was released.
The play, "The Deacon's Seconc
Wife," was given by the pupils o
Miss Charlie Maclin's expression
class to a large and appreciative au
dience at Clopton schoolhouse Frida!
might.
Shirley Mashburn, who has beer
working for his uncle, Mr.. j. M
Mashbum, in the Solo vicinity, lef
last week for Wynne, Ark, COINS
from there to Camp Pike to begin
training for a soldier.
Mrs. c. A. HARRISON and bah!
and son, Challice, were called Mon
day to Alma, Ark. Mrs. Harsson''
mother, Mrs. Mamie Fpntaine, il
very sick, and she was summoned
there to attend her bedside.
Judge A. B. Galloway, of Mem.
phis, has announced himself as can
didate for judge of the criminal court
division one, Of Shelby county. Judge
Galloway is known to many of our
people, and is a brother of Mrs. w
M. Simonton, of this city.
Mr.. Alison Simonton, of the Lead
er, has received message from his
brother, Sergeant Joseph w. Simon
ton, telling him of his safe arrival
with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. He is with the
l15th Field Artillery from Camp Sc
vier, Greenville, S. C.
The 32nd or Scottish Rite de-
grees were conferred on Prof. H. B.
Sandlin, of this city, at the Scottish
Rite Cathedral in Memphis, on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of last
week. Messrs. w. L. Brown, v. L,
Ogilvie and d. w. Marks were in at
tendance from Covington.
The graduating exercises Of the
West Tennessee State Normal School
will be held in Memphis Wednesday,
June 5. Misses Sarah Upton, Rather
inc Gill. Ada Moore and Lou Ellen
Marshall, all of this city, are among
the list Of graduates.
Mr.. J. H. Fuller, Of this vicinity,
generously donated a six-weeks-old
registered Hampshire pig to the Red
Cross. The pig was sold at auction
Saturday by DR.. VIM. Murray. Mr..
C. L. Shoaf, Of Phelan, was the pur-
chaser, paying $3.50 for it as the
highest bidder.
The Upton county boy in the
trenches in France or in any Of the
environments in this country would
greatly appreciate your copy of thv
Leader after you get through reading
it. Wrap it up securely and mail to
him, writing his name and address
plainly on the wrapper.
u. s. Internal Revenue Col
Iector w. R. Kinney, of Brownsville,
has been in the city for the past sew
eral days looking after the collection
Of war taxes, such as the stamping
of deeds, notes, ETC., also looking
after licenses on movie theaters, pool
rooms, etc.
Hon. L. E. Gwinn attended the
meeting of the state executive COM
mittee held in Nashville Thursday to
ratify the election of the primary
boards by the various county ex-
ecutive committees. He went from
there to Wynne, Ark, where he de-
ivered the graduating address at the
closing exercises Of the high school
there.
If you are in need Of commercial
printing of any kind, such as bill,
.etter or note heads, statements, en-
velopes, cards, etc, and will send the
Leader your mail order, we will look
after it in the same manner as if
you had given the order in person.
We will print it promptly and mail
t to you by parcel post or hold for
your orders.
The 80 men whose names were
given in our issue of last week de-
parted for Camp Pike, Ark, near
Little Rock, at 7:50 o'clock last Sat
irday morning. Notwithstanding he
Early hour Of their departure, many
If the boys friends and relatives
gathered at the depot to see them off
md many pathetic scenes were wit
lessed as the boys were told good
we and given Good-speed Mr.. 7. O.
Bond was selected captain Of the
company and had the young men in
.haFge.