The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-31

the diplomatic service there has been
a gradual increase in the number Of
transiators and clerks of foreign
nationality, and during the war the
number increased rapidly, especially
in European capitals.
To have lived to the age of 81
years in the city of Manchester, NJ
H., and never to have stepped aboard
steam train, is the experience Of
Miss Helen F. Cronin. This does not
mean that Miss Cronin has never
| Travelled. She has toured the New
England States and visited nearly
All points of interest within their
boundaries, has visited Canada, made
trip to- Providence, R. l., and
other places in the eastern United
States, but all this journey was done
in her fathers big touring car.
The British cabinet has set April
19 as the date when the home rule
act for Ireland shall go into effect.
Under the act the new legislatures
for the north and south of ireland
must assemble within four months of
the appointed day The dates for the
elections will likely be announced in
few days. The cabinet must now
consider the appointment of new
viceroy to succeed Lord French. The
new appointee will hold office for six
years.
A dispatch from Tulsa, Okla,
dated Sunday says that a terrific
hailstorm, the worst ever recorded
there, struck that section Saturday
afternoon Enormous damage was
done orchards, gardens were beaten
into the ground, shade trees stripped
Of their foliage and thousands of
window panes were broken in the
city. One greenhouse reported 25,-
900 feet Of glass broken. During the
storm the temperature dropped to 81
above, but rose quickly to "a after
the hail downpour subsidized.
James Eads How, known as "the
millionaire hobo,' who is engaged in
forming an Organization of unem-
ployed," in Salt Lake City, Utah,
declared that it was probable that a
big delegation would shortly wait on
President Harding and request that
work on government projects be has
tened to provide more jobs. He said
that the delegation which would 60
to Washington would travel afoot, |
picking up unemployed on the route
and that it might number several
thousand before it reached Washing
ton.
County politics is opening up in
Lauderdale county with rush. Since
the announcement of Miss Frances
Anderson last week for the office
of county court clerk, C. S. Carney,
present county court clerk, made his
formal announcement Friday. j. H. |
Coughlan, brother of Sheriff, j. T.
Coughlan, has also announced for
trustee. There will probably be sew
eral out for this office. The sher-
iff's office this year will be a free
for-all race, as Sheriff John T.
Coughlan has served in this capacity
faithfully and we'll for three terms
and at the expiration of his present
term, under the law, can not stand
for reelection.
Fred Crowley and John Crowley,
living in the Bronx, says a New
York dispatch, married Mae and Mol
lv Gefkin, sisters. They met the
young women after Sidney Crowley,
another brother, had been killed in
France. Sidney was friend of Mae
Gefkin. Henry Crowley, so, father
of the Crowley boys, was married
Friday to Mrs. Anna Gefkin, mother
of the Gefkin girls. The license re-
vealed that the first Mrs. Crowley
died three years ago, while Mrs Gef-