The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-29

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Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Menefee
Hadley, of the Garland community,
last week, boy.
Mr.. Leslie MCGOWAN has ac-
cepted position as salesman in the
department store of ]. G. Baddour.
Mrs. Lois Wood of the Mt. Car
mel community, underwent an opera
ton Tuesday for appendicitis. She
is quite i'll at the home of her
mother, Mrs. John Wilson.
We are requested to announce an
ice cream supper at Holly Grove
Friday night for the benefit of the
hurch. The public is invited to
attend.
Mrs. Lula Tanner Barnes, of
Jonesboro, Ark, formerly of this
county, underwent an operation for
appendicitis in Jonesboro recently
and is now convalescent.
The Christian Endeavor Society
Of the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian
church will present carnival on
Wednesday evening, October 5. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
MIR. C. w. Lafever, Of this city,
is in st. Louis this week attending
the bedside of his little daughter,
who is confined in McClain's Hos
pital suffering from severe attack
Of typhoid fever.
Rev L. w. Blackwelder, pastor
Of the Mt Carmel Presbyterian
church will fill his regular appoint
ment next Sunday. He and Mrs.
Blackwelder returned this week from
visit to Dateville, Ala.
The dredge boat engaged in cut
ting the Indian creek drainage ditch
has reached a paint on the Holly
Grove and Munford road. Mr.. A. J.
Baskin has contracted to construct
a bridge over it Immediately after
the boat passes.
Mr.. G. j. Dallas, local express
agent, was in st. Louis Saturday
and Sunday to attend the bedside Of
his little son, James, who is being
treated in McClain's Hospital for
infantile paralysis. He states that
the child is improving rapidly.
Messrs. G. c. Hagner and Mr..
James Owen, both Of this city, have
formed a partnership as Hagner &
Owen and viii henceforth be engaged
IN the grain brokerage business, with
temporary csfices in the Enterprise
The following marriage licenses
nave been issued this week at the
office of the county court clerk:
Otis Jones to Sirena Miller, Jesse
Guy Henderson to Pearl Mariory
4rady, Haywood R. Paschal to Mar
saret R. Wardlaw, Spencer Whitley
o Agnes Upton.
Mr.. J. G. Poindexter, who has
leen in i'll health for some time,
eft this morning for Memphis to
.ppear before the Cleanup Squad Of
he bureau Of War Risk Insurance in
hat city, where he will undergo an
examination for government COM
for injuries received in
he army.
Practically every elementary
r rural school in the county was
losed last Friday until the cotton
licking season is over. Phelan,
Munford,i Mason, Tabernacle and
,ovington high schools will remain
n session throughout the term on
ccount of the heavy enrolment of
upils at each school.
The lotion caterpillar tractor
ell through bridge on the Holly /
1rove and Liberty road Saturday I
fternoon, and the engineers, Messrs.
i. D. and James Delashmit, for
lnately escaped injury when the /
lachine crashed through the bridge.
track link of the machine was ,
roken and was the only damage
one. The grading on that road will
e completed within few days, both
FACTORS being used in the work.
Mr.. G. C. Fowler, Of the PheIan
ommunity, brought splendid
oecimen Of velvet beans to Covington 2
tuesday,, which was grown on his
arm this year. It was a well-fruited 7
ranch of the vine, about five inches
length, bearing 10 pods, which 9
esemble in size the lima bean. This
roduct can be grown very success c
lily in Upton county and can be 7
tilted for feeding purposes. A v
,ecimen is on exhibition in the Tip
N County Farmers Union Bank.
The contract to pave the streets h
Covington has been completed by
Ie Southern Surety Co.. of Des 4
Dimes, Iowa, and remains to be ae- 4
pted by the Board of Mayor and y
ldermen, which will meet at an early v
tie and act upon the matter. Rum r
S are current that some of the +,
reefs viii not be acceptable to the n
ard and that it will be necessary Il
r the contractors to condition them
accordance with the contract be- h
re the matter is disposed of by the q
authorities. II
Rev. W. R. Pickett, pastor of the F
TX Grove and Liberty Baptist N
urches, closed a very successful Of
otracted meeting at Medina, Tenn,
onday night. As a result of the m
Getting a number of conversions, as
II as additions to the church. were
ade. Mr.. Pickett is verv able az
stor and is particularly gifted in I'll
angelistic work. During the sum- I'll
r he has conducted a number of Ii
settings in West Tennessee with a.
narkabie success In each instance, af
total of 40 conversions having P
en- made and over 100 additions TO u
3 various churches engaging his n