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


Born Friday to Mr.. and Mrs
Claud Shoaf, of the Phelan com
munity, girl.
MIR. Alex Somervell, of this city
has accepted position as salesman
in the Union Drug Co.. having be
gun work this week.
Miss Cassie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Clark. of the Solt
community. is quite i'll with malaria
fever
Mrs. V. A. DeShazo returned t.
her home at Clopton Thursday from
the Lucy Brinkley Hospital in Mem
Dhis, where she underwent an opera
ton several days ago.
"A robber entered the residence
Of MIR. R. M. Robson Sunday night
while the latter and his family were
at church. A purse containing about
$40 in cash was missing.
Mr.. Haywood Paschal and Miss
Margaret Wardlaw, Of Lauderdale
county, were varied at the A. R. p
church manse Sunday evening, Rev
w. G. Kerr officiating.
Mr.. Ernest Wiseman, who has
been confined to his room at the home
OF his grandfather. Mr.. Joe F. Wise
man, in this city, is recovering, after
lingering illness Of typhoid fever,
Mrs. Ashley Fisher, Of Memphis,
who was on a visit to relatives here,
was called Monday to the bedside
OF her son, Mr.. Charley Fisher, in
Shelby, Miss, on account of illness.
-Eurine, the four-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Grace Carver, Of the 18th
district, died Saturday night of ma
laria hematuria. The remains were
inferred in Mt. Lebanon cemetery
Monday afternoon.
For the information of farmers
interested in the dairy business, the
Upton County Farmers Union Bank
has installed a bulletin board in
front Of their building for the pur-
pose OF quoting market prices on
butterfat.
rMr. Will Moore has resumed
work on the Supply Company build
ing, after suffering for several weeks
from injuries received when he fell
from a height of several feet to the
ground floor Of the building while at
work.
-Messrs. George A. Hurts and
w. r. Atkins have purchased the
Grocery business of Mr.. Ben Lowen-
haupt on the west side of the public
square next to Roper's Drug Store.
and will continue the business at the
same stand, the firm name being
Hurts & Atkins.
Mr.. James Taylor returned last
week from Coats, Kans., where he il
interested in a wheat threshing out
tlt, which he has had in operation
for several years. During the harvest
ne goes to Kansas every year to
supervise and manage his threshing
interests.
Mr.. Otis Jones and Miss Sirena
Aliller, Of the Hebron community,
were united in marriage Tuesday /
evening at the Second Methodist |
church parsonage, Rev. j. w. Joyner |
officiating. They are very popular
young people Of their community +
and enjoy the best wishes of host
IF friends.
Tuesday was Tennessee Dav at
the Tri-State Fair in Memphis.
Upton county was well represented,
several parties having motored
through the country to Memphis.
The southbound Illinois Central
rains were also crowded with TIP
ON countians. The fair will con-
:inue through Saturday, October /,
and promises to be greater in at
than ever before.
MIR. Louis A. Weisman and Miss
trace Landrum. both of st. Louis,
No., were married here Friday morn
ng in the office Of the county court
Jerk, Rev. L. D. Hamilton, pastor
# the First Methodist church,
The contracting parties
'rrived on the early morning train
md aftertthe ceremony they remained
n the city until the latter part Of
he week. when they returned to st.
1ouis.
For the information of the tray
ling public overland from Coving-
on to Henning and Ripley north,
ar. 4. N. Rogers, chief engineer on
ne Jeff Davis highway, authorized
ne statement Monday that the high
gay would be closed for about Is
avs at the Hatchie rive bridge. Cars
nd other vehicles will either have /
0 take the ferry at Pilljerk. or 90
orth by way of Brownsville, Pill
ERIK being the nearer route.
Mr.. W. T. Bailey, of this city.
nd Miss Estelle Broughton. Of {
lemphis, were quietly married Mon
ay afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
ONE of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Lrs. Henry Broughton, rs Wexford |
venue, Rev. G. w. Griffin offieiat- !
lg. After the ceremony, the couple
0arded the afternoon train for Cow I
lgton and will make their home
ere. Mr.. Bailey is connected with (
lie barber shop Of. Former & Elem {
lg.
John Evans. colored, was badly 4
jured Monday night in the seed n
,use of the Covington Cotton Oil y
D., when, in some manner, his foot n
as caught in the seed convevor. D
hich crushed and severed his left e
ot before he could release himself n
ON the grasp of the machinery. n
irectly after the accident, Evans was +
shed to the office of DR.. N. r. a
ewman. who amputated the lower h
It limb near the knee Joint. His {