The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-02-20

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Leader about it,
Miss Eunice Hewitt left Tues
day morning for Humboldt to attend
the wedding of Miss Lois FARRELL to
Mr. Fred Jacobs, which took place
in that city today.
Mr.. R. X. Mcbride shipped
Red Polled registered bull Monday
to Mr.. Marvin Pearce, Of Winfield,
Ala. The animal was 16 months old,
and brought Mr. Mcbride $40.
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Willie Florence Poindexter, color-
ed, wife Of Major Poindexter, of this
city, died suddenly at her home
Thursday, and was buried the follow
ing afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
Townsend graveyard
Lieutenant Walker Bailey left
Monday night for st. Louis, where
he went to accept a position as tray
cling salesman for the Goodyear
Rubber Co. His territory will be
Kentucky and Tennessee
The Covington Milling Co, made
another shipment of a carload of
hogs to st. Louis Saturday, and an
other shipment on Tuesday Owen
& Dawson shipped a carload Of cat
tie Saturday to the same market,
Mr. s. J. Roberts returned Satur-
day night from a visit to Conway,
Enola and Holland, Ark While in
Arkansas he bought % head of
hounds for the Covindale Farm and
Kennels.
DIR. G. B. Brown, who is now
associated with Dir. Watson in the
practice of medicine in Dyersburg,
spent Friday in this city. DR.. Brown
will move his family to Dyersburg in
June next, after the expiration of
the present school term.
"A mad dog created considerable
excitement in the vicinity Of Gilt
Edge Tuesday, and was finally killed
by Mr.. J. S Stocks. The dog bit
a mare of Mr.. Babe Baskin's, and
also bit several other dogs in the
neighborhood before it was killed
VIM. McCadden, colored, has the
contract for a new church for the
colored people at Plummer's Grove,
five miles east of this city. The
church, which will be frame struc-
ture, is to cost $1,000, and work
on it began Monday.
We understand that a dog be-
longing to Mr.. Farrar Culbreath, of
the Tabernacle vicinity, developed
case of hydrophobia and bit several
other dogs and hogs in the vicinity,
causing considerable excitement. Mr..
Culbreath killed the dog Saturday.
-Mordecai Burchett, an old and
well known colored man, died at his
home in the vicinity of Mason on
Wednesday night of last week, after
an Illness of two weeks, and was
buried in st. PauI's burial ground, |
one and half miles south of Mason,
on the day following his death.
Mrs. Annie Mashburn, wife of Mr..
Joe Mashburn, died at her home in
The vicinity of Mt Carmel Sunday,
If blood poisoning, and was buried
1T Mt. Carmel cemetery Monday at
;ernoon at 2:S0 o'clock. She is sur
rived by her husband and one daugh.
err
We learned Saturday that Mr..
1. W. Davidson, of the Simonton
,icinity, lost a six-year-old son
from influenza Another
on, aged 16 years, was dangerously
lick will. the same disease. The in
luenza is reported to be an epidemic
n that vicinity.
Bette Hall, colored, aged AZ ,
ears, wife Of Sink Hall, died at her
ome on the N. B. Ports place one /
nile east of the city, Sunday after +,
DON at 3 o'clock, after a long ill If
Tess, and WAS buried in the Town. I
end graveyard at o'clock Monday q
fternoon. She is survived by her
usband and six children.
Mr.. Wilson Dallas and Miss Ruth !
'racy wre married at the home of
he bride in the 4th district Sunday
ftenoon, the ceremony being con-
ucted by Rev. L. R. Wadsworth. The
room formerly made his home in !
filan, and lis a brother of Mr.. C. /
Dallas, agent of the American Is
Express Co, of this city The bride h
J daughter of Mr.. Robert Tracy,
{ the 4th district. S
Mr.. S. ]. Craig, one of the good
nd highly respected citizens of the r
ampground vicinity, died on Thurs !
ay morning of last week of spinal
leningitis, following an attack of i.
lfluenza mad pneumonia. His burial /;
ccurred in Bethuel church grave
ard on the afternoon following his :,
cath, the funeral services being con- ,
ucted by his former pastor, Rev.
7. 7. Garner, of Ripley Mr.. Craig
as about 40 years of age, was a
seful citizen and a consistent men, i
or of the Methodist church. He is /