The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-05
ITEMS OF NEWS GATHERED
FROM TOWN AND COUNTY

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Mr.. friedrich larry, of the 18th
district, is again able to be up, after
< q two-weeks' illness.
Mr. ]. M. Polk, secretary of the
Berry Growers Association, has an
office in the ]. H. Cothran old stand.
Superintendent Hurts announces
Children's Day at Leigh's Chapel at
o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 8.
Children's and Mothers Day will
be observed at the Clopton Metho-
dist church Sunday, May s, and a
4 special program will be given.
The Rialto school will close Fri
Day after a very successful term of
aine months. under Miss Clara
/ Cloves as principal
ME- r. E. Huey, Of Statesville,
IN. c., formerly Of Almyra, this
( county, will preach Sabbath day,
May s, at II o'clock in the morning
at Sharon church.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank S. Hill, Of
4 Grenada, Mss. are expected to ar
rive Friday evening on visit to rel
atives here. DR.. Hill recently under-
went an operation for removal Of
tonsils in New Orleans.
Mary Elizabeth, the 10-months-
old daughter Of Mr.. Walter Whit
field,of Gimp, Lauderdale county,
died Monday morning, after an i'll
ness of two days, and was buried at
SaAsberry Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
Assistant City Marshal ]. b.
Hadley raided craps CRANE in the
rear Of Hotel Lindo Saturday night
and arrested four negroes, two men
and two women. They were tried
before Mayor j. ]. Miller and, were
fined $3.50 each and costs.
DIR. Ed Wall left Wednesday for
Memphis, where he underwent an
operation Thursday at the Baptist
Memorial Hospital, Dr. Eugene john
son being the surgeon. He was ac-
semnanied bv his daughter, Mrs. Sam
Carpenter, Of Paducah
Dave Curren, colored, was ar
rested Wednesday by Sheriff G. M.
Volz and Deputy George Hamilton
md was tried before ESQ. James E..
Walker, charged with stealing meal
from the Covington Cotton Oil Co.
He was bound over to the circuit
court under a bond Of $3.50.
Mr.. Shelton Sherrod. son Of Mr..
+, s. Sherrod, arrived Wednesday on
a visit to homefolks here. Mr.. Sher-
rod has completed his term Of SER
vice and has received an honorable
discharge from the navy. He has
been on a four-months' cruise on the
Oklahoma, going to Cuba, Peru and
Panama.
Rev r. H. Gray. a Holiness
minister. has recently moved his
family here from Florence, Ala,
making the trip overland in wagons
and they are now living on the Daley
farm, two and one-half miles south
east Of the city. Mr. Will Beuthel,
son-in-law of Mr.. Gray, and his wife
have also moved in this vicinity to
make their home.
Renorts came in Tuesday that
the berry pickers on the farm Of Mr..
]. H. Moose were gathering berries
early that morning by large wood
fires scattered through the fields to
enable the picxers to work, as the
morning air chilled their fingers to-
such an extent that they were I'M
able to gather them without some
warmth. This is verv unusual for
this season Of the year.
The hotel building at Atoka, oc-
cupied by Mr.. @. Tenant and family
and others, came very near being de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday. The fire
was first discovered on the roof, sup
posedly from a spark from the flue.
Owing to heroic work on the part of
volunteer fire fighters Of the town
the blaze was extinguished, but not
until considerable damage had been
done to the reof Of the building.
Jim McBroom was arrested in
Lauderdale county Saturday by
Deputy Marshall George R. Ellis, Jr,
of Munford, and was brought to Gov
ington BY Sheriff j. 7. Coughlin, Of
Lauderdale county. and City Marshal
Lawrence, of Ripley McBro0m was
tried before United States Commits
sioner j. Il. Richardson for the manu-
facture Of whiskey and having still
in his possession. He was bound
over to the federal grand jury under
bond Of $1,000
Mr.. Mack Gwinn, aged 81 years,
died Wednesday morning in the VI
entity Of Liberty, about five miles
f,...ox.rI roe 1
were held Thursday morning at II
o'clock BY Elder Porter Norris and
internent occurred at Indian creek
graveyard. Mr.. Gwinn was born in
South Carolina, but moved to Ten
nessee when a small boy and lived
practically all Of his life in Upton
county. He was a member Of the |
Christian church ard was a man
greatly loved by all IN his commun-
ity, where he was affectionately
called "Grandpa' Gwinn.
Mrs. L. N. Dacus, a former res
ident of Upton county, died suddenly
at her home on the Raleigh road,
near the National cemetery, in Mems
phis, last Thursday evening at $3.50 +
o'clock. The funeral services were
conducted Sunday afternoon in the I
parlors Of Mcdowell & Monteverde,
after which the remains were inter-
red in Forest Hill cemetery. Mrs.
Is survived BY her husband, Z.
N. Dacus; daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Perkins, of Victoria, Texas; a sis
ter, Mrs. A. S. Drummonds, Of Drums
monds, and a brother, Mr. @. D.
Hunt, Of the Randolph vicinity. Mrs.
Dacus has many friends throughout