The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-06-19
Upton County Activities
During the Past Week

now employed as STOCK keeper az
the c. M. & A. Co.
Mr.. J. C. O'Bryan, of the Munford
vicinity, is reported very sick with
malarial fever.
Mr.. Watson Grady Kelley is now
employed in the cotton buying office
of L. R. Graves.
Mr.. Hays Owen left for Knox
vile Wednesday morning, where he
has part on the program of the
state B. Y. P. U. convention, which
will be held in that city.
Mr. Jerry Webb has bought out
the horseshoeing department of
Townsend & Daugherty's blacksmith
ing shop, and will continue the
business there.
-Landon D. Boston, son of Mr..
VIM. Boston, returned from overseas
last Thursday, having received his
honorable discharge. The young man
was overseas for eight months with
the Booth Infantry, 18th division.
Mary Upton, colored, for stab
bing Tom Bell, colored, at the Illinois
Central depot here on June 8, was
tried before Esq. James Walker Tues
day, She gave bond and was re-
leased. Bell, the victim of her at
tack, is convalescing.
Mr.. M. Guttman received a mes
sage Tuesday from Columbus, Ca,
informing him of the sad death that
day of his nephew, Bonnie Guttman,
aged between II and IS years. His
death was the result of an attack
of appendicitis, and he had been suf-
fering with it for 10 days.
MIR. w. A. Witt, fromerly en-
ployed as clerk in the Illinois Central
railroad station in this place, passed
through here Tuesday on his return
TO his home at Gates. He was over
seas for s1veral months with the
306th Ammunition Train, 81st divi-
sion.
Mr.. R. A. Walker, of the Leigh's
Chapel vicinity, informed us Wed
nesday that Messrs. H. A. Miller and
James Short had succeeded in cap
turing giant alligator gar in Hatch
lie river at Morgan's Landing. They
claimed, Mr.. Walker said, that the
fish weighed 1a5 pounds.
Mr.. Henry S. Dancy and Mrs.
Catherine Hopkins, of Memphis, came
out from that city in a car Monday
evening, and at o'clock that eve
ming were married, Rev. w. G. Kerr,
pastor Of the A. R. sP. church, offic-
iating. They returned to the city in
their car after the ceremony,
Mr.. s. j. Roberts returned from
a business visit to Arkansas Satur-
day night. His brother, Mr.. Chat
Roberts, formerly Of the 4th district
of this county, who was shot by a
man named Whitley five miles west
Of Osceola about three weeks ago
and very seriously wounded, is now
convalescing.
"A young son Of one Of our well
known citizens few days ago came
running to his mother with very
dirty and grimy hands, and upon
being questioned as to the cause,
he told her that neighbor boy had
told him that his bicycle was lop-
sided and that he had taken off the
wheel to get the "lop" out,
Some bootleggers who were GO
ing south on the early train Tuesday
morning threw two three-gallon run
lets of whiskey off the train just
north of Brighton. The whiskey was
found by Lineman James Dority and
was by him turned over to Marshal
Nit Johnson, who turned it over to
Mayor John Il. Smithson. The may
or sent it to Covington, where it
was safely locked up in the county
Jail by Deputy-Sheriff Dan Archer.
Farmers generally report short
yields Of wheat IN Upton county.
The wet weather has caused a great
deal of smut and rust, and the heads
are smaller than usual. The loss on
account of the above is estimated at
40 per cent. Most of the grain in
the county has been harvested. Even
with the greatly increased acreage
over any other year, the total yield
in the county will probably be small
er than that of last year.
Crop conditions in Upton county
are improving under the good wealth
ed we have been enjoying. While
many crops are still badly in the
grass and quite a good deal of land
planted in cotton has been plowed
up and, planted to some other crop,
with another week of good weather
farmers will be up with their work.
Both cotton and corn are quite small
for the time of year, but where the
crops have been worked are growing
satisfactorily.
Mr.. Sam Taylor, son of Mr.. T.
e. Taylor, of Cherry, Lauderdale
county, was a visitor here Tuesday.
The young man returned home June
from Philadelphia, where he had
been employed in the government
at Hog island. On the
l4th of June Mr.. Taylor and Miss
Lera Woodruff, popular young lady
of Cherry, were united in matrimony,
Esq. John Samuels officiating. The
young groom's many friends in this
wish for himself and
pride long life and happiness.