The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-12


Born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Green Saturday, son.
Floyd, the 1S-year-old son Of
Mr.. Jim Glenn, Of Mt. Carmel, is re
ported seriously i'll.
Born Wednesday to Mr.. anC
Mrs. James Sherrod, near Liberty, {
daughter.
Miss Minnie Laura Whitaker i
now with the Enterprise Co., as sales.
lady.
The little two-year-old son Of Mr.
.Claud Shankle, Of Garland is dan
gerously III with bronchial pneu-
monia.
Mr.. J. H. McClain, who has beer
conducting a grocery store on Hill
avenue, has opened up a new stock
IN West Liberty avenue next tc
HaYilton's furniture store
The public schools Of Mason
Munford and Covington will close
with the customary annual exercises
Friday, Nav 20, as announced in 2
previous issue of this paper.
Mrs. G. E. Byrd, of near Clopton
underwent an operation in the Lucy
Brinkley HOSPITAL in Memphis Mon
She stood the operation vel
and expects ID be able to return
home within 10 days.
An ice cream supper will be
given at the Brighton schoolhouse
Fridav night, Nav 10. in behalf Of
the Brighton Baptist church. Every
one cordially invited. Music by the
Brighton String Band.
DR.. Ed Wall, Of this city, who
underwent an operation in Memphis
last Thursday at the Baptist
Memorial Hospital, is improving
rapidly, and it is expected his ply
sician will dismiss him within a
few days.
Jane Eskew, the 17-months-old
daughter Of Mr. Duke Lackey, OF
Memphis, died Monday. The remains
were brought to Mason Monday and
inferred in Cedar Hill cemetery
Tuesday, Rev. v. A. DeShazo off
ciating.
In the municipal election held
at Atoka Tuesday the following Of
ficers were elected: Mavor J. j.
Fleming: recorder, w. w. Temple
ton; marshal, G. w. Massey: alder
men, v. Kimbrough, C. B. Lloyd, r.
s. McDill, E. M. Quisenberry, B. B.
Templeton ard ]. G. Walker.
Mr.. Cleve Anderson, represent
ing the Life & Casualty Insurance
Co., and Messrs. Ernest Wiseman and
A. L. Newman, both local agents Of
the Southern Insurance Co.. will es-
tablish their offices Jointly on the
upper floor of the building occupied
by M. A. Walker & Go.
The closing exercises Of the Mt.
Carmel school will be held Friday
night, May 10, with school pro-
gram and a music recital by the
pupils of Miss Katie Lou Shoaf. Mrs.
Anna Cary, Misses Tommye Roane,
Clara Miller and Katie Lou Shoaf
were the teachers during the past
school session.
Rev. L. r. Sheriff., who has
recently assumed the passionate of the
First Presbyterian church of Coving-
ton, left Monday morning for Sher-
man, Texas, where he will be married
today to Miss Helen Hardwick, Of
that city. Mr. Sheriff. and his bride
will take short bridal tour before
returning to Covington, which will be
the latter part Of the month.
Mr.. /. L. Bringle, who has been
on visit to his family here for the
past two weeks, returned today to
Denver, Colo, where he has been
under treatment for 10 months. Mr..
Bringle's family will join him there
about the first of June. Their many
friends here regret to see Mr.. Bringle
and his family leave Covington, but
their good wishes follow them to
their new home.
Rev. William James, who has
been filling the pastorate Of the First
church Of this CITY for
more than a year as supply
preacher, preached Sunday morning
and night in the Munford Presby-
terrain church. and his sermon was
heard and highly enjoyed.
Rev. Fuller, Of Jackson, occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church in thar
place the same day, preaching a
strong and forceful sermon.
Mr.. j. F. Feezor, who lives near
Beavers store, in District No. A, was
placed under arrest here Monday
evening by local officers on a charge
Of transporting white mule" liquor,
quite a quantity Of the homemade I
beverage in a fruit jar being found
in his possession. Feezor was tried
before ESQ. jim Walker and was
placed under $3.50 bond for his APP
oearanee before the next term of the
circuit court, which he made, and
was released.
Two negroes, Ivy and Mary Hall,
we're implicated in the theft of a
horse belonging to Mr.. G.. H. Flow
srs Saturday. 1t seems that Ivy
Hall is charged with larceny of the
horse and that he turned the animal
)ver to Mary Hall. She was arrested
BY Deputy Sheriff S. L. Delaney at
Mason and tried before ESQ. J. N.
who fixed her bond at $3.50.
Upon failure to make the bond, she
vas sent to jail. Ivy Hall was ar
,ested BY Sheriff C. N. Volz and
Deputy G. A. Hamilton, and was
aiken before ESQ. ]. E. Walker, who
vas unable to secure all witnesses
Who were to testify, and his appear
lnce bond was fixed at $3.50, and
Ipon failure to make same, he was
confined in Jail to await further ex-
animation. +