The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-09-23


Mrs. Mary Paine has been suf.
fering from an attack Of tonsilitis fol
the past several days.
Mr.. w. E. Anderson has gone ia
Dyersburg to make his home and has
accepted a situation as clerk in Gold.
stems dry goods store.
MRS. Mary Stuart sold on Friday
I to Mr.. P. M. Mashburn her place in
the 9th district formerly occupied by
Reuben Burrell. colored, for con-
sideration Of $4,000.
Miss Rebekah Witherington, Of
Munford. has gone to McCrorv, Ark,
to accept position in the high
school there, Of which Prof Charles
Willis is the superintendent.
Mr.. "A. B. Cobb. who has been
under treatment in st. Joseph's Hos
pital, Memphis, following minor
operation there, was able to return
home Saturday.
We are informed that Mr.. Whit
| Smith, Of the I'd district. has pump
kin vine growing in his garden that
IS 90 feet in length and has a bounti-
ful cr1n of runnpkinS growing Of it.
Mayor Green on FRIDAY assessed
fine Of $40 against Mr. Edgar
O'Bryan for exceeding the arto speed
limit inside the corporate limits of
the city.
Mrs. Beach, an assistant to the
matron at the Dunlap 0rphanage,
has been under treatment nLucy
Brinkley Hospital, Memphis, follow
ing an operation there last week for
appendicitis.
The congregation of the Taber-
nacle Methodist church is having the
building newly painted. Mr.. E. M.
Adkins, Of Munford, has the contract
for the work and began work Mon
day morning.
Mr.. M. L. Southall, who had been
under treatment in st. Joseph's Hos
pital Memphis, for three weeks, was
able n return home Thursday night
and his many friends are glad to
know that he is steadily improving.
Mr.. VIM. d. Milliean and Miss
Esther Stokes, bith Of the Detroit
vicinity. were married in Covington
In the store 0f j. G. Baddour Friday,
the ceremony being performed BY
Rev. G. e. Wauford. pastor Of the
First Baptist church.
The community fair at Rose
mark last Thursday was complete
success. There was very large
number Of people present, including
many from Covington and Upton
county. The exhibits in all lines
were superb.
The Parent Teachers Associa- /
ion of the Mason High School gave a
most enjoyable entertainment an
ice cream supper-Friday night on
Mr.. ] 7. Karney's lawn. The hand |
some sum Of $50 was realized for
school benefit.
The union meeting, at the Mum
ford Presbyterian church began Sum
day night and will continue through
the week. Rev. Mr.. Baird. of Sa-
vannah. Tennis doing the preaching
an1 Miss Apna Lura Williams, Of
Senatobia, Miss, has charge of the
singing.
John M. Leslie Pittman. aged
one year. five months and 16 DAYS,
sen of Mr.. ]. N. Pittman, who lives
one mile west of Brighton, died /
morning of bronchial pneu-
monia, after a months illness, and
was buried in Shapes graveyard
near Tabernacle Friday.
Some new crop corn has been
sold here this week. Register R. v.
Downing sold the first load on MON
day and Mr.. J. w. Woods sold a load
on Tuesday, the corn bringing
$3.50 per barrel Mr.. Downing sold
the first bale Of cotton Of the 1920
crop Just one week prior to selling
The corn.
Mr.. A. G. Allen and family ar
rived here from Fulton Tuesday and
are now citizens Of our town. Mr.
Allen will take the place of night
operator at the Illinois Central depot
lere, the position held for the past
Xix years by Mr.. ]. /. Bell. Mr.. Bell
will 60 to Atoka to make his home
md will be agent Of the above named
Dad at that point.
The meeting at the Tabernacle
Methodist church came to a close
sunday night and this also closed the
Meeting for the Tabernacle circuit.
The pastor, Rev. t. R. Wadsworth.
lad the assistance of Rev. ]. A. Has
ell, Of MunfOrd, during the meeting.
ne latter doing the preaching. There |
we're two additions to the church dur
ng the meeting, with more to follow. ,
Mr.. Conrad E. Roberts late Of !
he U. S. navy, arrived here the last {
+ the week for weeks visit to his {
ather, Mr. E. G. Roberts. The YOUNG |
ian is now second officer on the oil
anker Mary Rockefeller. which yes
Ell viii depart from Bayonne. N. j..
n October for Naples, italy,
hence to Stage Russia, thence back s
} Bayonne. With good weather {
onditions it viii take four months /
, make the round trip voyage. q
Mrs. Robert M. Short, Of Sardis, i
liss.. announces the engagement and s
marriage Of her daugh- 4
r, Edwina, to DR.. Frank H. Hag-
ann, the wedding to occur early in n
ecember The above announcement L
Of interest to a number Of Coving- 4
IN people. On several occasions i
liss Short has visited the family Of d
RS. Ellen Fyfe. Of this city. and Is n