The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-02-06

All roads should be dragged
while wet enough to be smooth after
the drag
Mr.. f c. Hensley, who lives two
miles north Of the city, had the mis-
fotune to lose a valuable horse from
"blind staggers' one day last week
IF you are a cotton farmer, you
must come to the meeting to be
held in the courthouse in Covington
on Saturday, February Is.
Miss Lois Miles, who had been
on the sick hist for two weeks, was
able to be at her post in the Coving
ton Supply Co. Monday.
Mr.. w. A. Ross and family are
moving this week to Terrecia, Fla,
where Mr.. Ross will go into the
trucking business.
Rev Egbcrt Smith has purchased
the Joseph Marks place in Byars ay-
and will move his family tx
from Dyer county
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Pickett have
moved from Mrs. Alice jennings ,
and now occupy rooms at the home
of Mr.. j. Drew McClanahan, on Ma
pie street.
Mr.. Z. w. Cothran, who has
lately been discharged from the
aviation service at Park Field, has
bought out the ]. f. Walker plumb
ing outfit and gone into that. line Of
business again.
Mr.. Lee Hardison, of Browns
willie, was visitor in Covington
Friday. Mr.. Hardison is now trav-
cling in West Tennessee for the
Stratton- Warren Hardware Co., of
Memphis, and was here in the in
terest Of his firm.
Mr.. T. R. Elca, has purchased
from Dr. L. Hill the house he has
been occupying as a bakery for some
time, together with bakers fixtures,
etc, for a consideration of $4,000
Mr.. Elcan expects shortly to over
haul the place and make a number
of improvements.
in response to Gov. Robots call
for the people of Tennessee to get to-
gether in their respective county
seats to discuss plans for the res
toration Of more normal conditions
and more satisfactory cotton prices,
meeting viii be held in that inter-
est in the courthouse in Covington
on Saturday, February Is.
1t is stated by experts of the
agricultural department that Ken
lucky, Tennessee and neighboring
states will be infested with the IL
year locust during the coming sea-
son. The year 1919 is likely to be
one Of the worst locust years on
record, bus nothing alarming is
efared by the department.
Mrs. M. E. English died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. M. j.
MCGOWAN, in the Egypt vicinity, Sat
urday night at 8 o'clock, her death
being due to extreme age, and her
burial occurred at Salem Sunday at
$50 o'clock Mrs. English was the
widow of the late James English,
was 81 years of age and was born
and reared in Upton county. -Four
sons and one daughter survive her.
The First Baptist Church of
Jackson, Tenn, of which DR.. F. H.
Harrington is pastor, was asked for
$4,000 in the campaign which the
Baptists Of Tennessee are conduct
ing for Christian education in the
state. The church has already rails
ed $4,000 for the fund, $4,000 in
excess Of its quota. Mr.. /, B. Tt
GREET, who is well known to many
of our people, started the subscrip-
ton with $500,
Rev. E. E. Strong, of New AL
bany, Miss, a well known former
Tiptonian, who is visiting all the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
churches Of the Memphis-Louisville
Presbytery in the interest of a mis-
sion church in EllSberry, Mo-, deliv-
cred a lecture in the A. R. P. church
here Friday night. He delivered a
similar lecture at Salem church Sun
day morning; at Richland the same
afternoon, and at Brighton Sunday
night, and at Sharon church Mon
day. Mr.. Strong's lecture is of
humorous nature, and he was heard
with much interest A free-will of
fering was made at each place for
the above-named cause.
About the only way Of putting
the roads Of our county in passable
seems to be for our people
to take the matter in their own
hands and fix the bad places over
which they have to travel. This is
being done to good advantage in
some sections Of the county, pend
ing the passage of new road law
by the legislature. This kind Of
work could now be done to great adj
vantage on several of the roads lead
ing out from Covington The Mason
road for two miles out has been in
an almost impossible condition on
account of many holes in it for weeks
and some of the other roads are in
a like condition The progressive
farmer will have no objection, UNI
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