The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-21
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Born, Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Mechanism, of this city, a gir
Born Friday to Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon Mauzey, Of Melrose. a son.
Mr. D. M Garrett, a merchant o
this city, is reported quite i'll at hi
home on Pleasant avenue.
Mrs. Everett Smith, Of the OaI
/ Grove community, VINO underwent al
operation in the Baptist Memoria
Hospital in Memphis last week, i
improving and will return home Sat
urday.
The funeral of Mrs. Alice Turner
who was instantly killed last weeI
when struck by a freight train near
the cotton mills, was held at the See.
ond Methodist church last FRIDAY
| afternoon, Rev. J. w. Joynpr con-
Quoting the services. The burial took
place in Munford cemetery.
The Business Mems Bible Glass
of the First Methodist church is
planning its annual picnic to be held
Tuesday, July &C. The date was first
set for the 9th, but was changed on
account Of conflicting with picnic to
be given at Upton on that date. The
picnic will be given at Fullen's lake,
near Rialto.
Anna Somervell, colored held on
a charge of shooting with intent to
kill Walter Upton, a colored bow Of
the 18th district, was brought before
Esq. j. E. Walker Tuesday afternoon
for trial, the case being postponed
until Monday, July 25. The shooting
occurred several days ago near Tab
ernacle following a negro picnic.
The annual camp meeting at Joy-
ner's campground will begin Thurs
day, August II. Rev. W. c. Watson.
D. D., Of BlytheviIle, Ark, will CON
duct the services, assisted BY Rev.
James c. McNutt, who will have
charge of the music. The meeting
promises to be largely attended by
people who will camp there during
the meeting.
Rev. ]. L. Boyd, pastor of the A
R. P. church at Brighton, returned
to his home Tuesday morning from
Bethel, Ala, where he conducted a
protracted meeting He announced
that the annual meeting for the
church at Brighton will begin next
Sunday, Rev 7, H. McDill, Of Little
Rock, Ark, to be in charge of the
The first carload Of the Memphis /
Packing Corporation products reach T
ed Covington Tuesday and part of
the goods were unloaded for local
merchants. The balance are beine
delivered to merchants in Henning.
Ripley, Halls and Dyersburg. The
merchants here were favorably i'm
PRESSED with the products, which are
lams, sideweat, lard and cheese.
james Clarke, colored, was ar
'ested Monday in Rialto by Sheriff
). N. Volz on a charge of bootleg
ring liquor. He had in his possession
pint of "white mule" and two whis-
ey glasses. Clarke was tried before
ESQ, ]. E. Walker, who continued the
ase to the circuit court. Failing to
ecure his bond Of $3.50, Clarke was
ougeu III Ine county jail. ii
Mr.. Wilkes bearing returned &
ONE Saturday from Washington, d, |
!, after completing a course in radio
Biography at the National Radio !
at the above named place, |
nd also passed government examin- !
tons, securing license stating his !
ratification to operate any ship or /
md radio station He expects later
take position out from New 7
rleans. f
Robert Stevens, a prominent
aveling salesman of Dyersburg and f
ell known here, died suddenly Sat-
'day afternoon in the former city. v
e was bathing in a pond, when he A
as presumably stricken with
amps. 1t is thought to have been a
.art failure. Mr.. Stevens was a h
other of Mr. Hal G. Stevens, who r
ed suddenly here several months
70 Of heart failure in the Huffman q
'arding house. P
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Miller of j
Mo, announce the engage n
ent of their daughter. Edith to
~ VIM. Grove, of st. Louis. DR.. j.
owe will be remembered nv many =
ople here as having conducted q
~ successful protracted meetinp :,
r the First PRESBYTERIAN church Of J,
is CITY. He was Mt that time pastor -
the Tdlewild Presbyterian church =
Memphis. =
Under the leadership Of their =
stor the Baptist church at Brigh- g
4 organized a B, Y P. u. about 60 s.
Us ago, which has grown BY leans g
d bounHs. Sixty members have =
en- enrolled. and thew meet everv g
ndav evening before the regular ::
aaching service. Last SUNDAY e
lrning after the sermon bv Rev, g
WIDEN six conversion were made .
4 WI be accepted into the church =
baptism. s.
Work on the Jeff Davis highway s
tween Govington and Ripley is pro- 8
assing satisfactorily. The surface e
It Of asphalt is being applied from g
tchie river to Henning. The road =
one Of the best in the South and 6
en- completed viii place Covington s.
1 intermediate towns in close prox- g
ity to Memphis The state HIGH 9
y commission has been urged bv g
county court to let the contract e
5ween Covington and the Shelby e
nty line. e
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We were shown a very interest e
relic of Civil war days this week g
an account of sales Of two bales E