The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-12
ITEMS OF NEWS GATHERED
FROM TOWN AND COUNTY


Mr.. James Glass, of the Garland
community, is reported seriously i'll.
MIR. G. B. Townsend, who has
been confined to his home for several
weeks, is able TO sit up.
Mr.. Tom Cordia, of the Liberty
community is reported dangerously
Mrs. W. S. Smith, who has been
critically i'll for the past two weeks,
is improving rapidly.
The little two-year-old SON Of
Mr.: D. |. Archer, fell while playing
at his home Monday and sustained a
badly sprained arm.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued by the county court
clerk during the past few days: w.
w. White and Effie Van Vickle, T..
D. Patrick and Mrs. Jennie Lloyd.
The Upton County Singing Con-
vention meets next Sunday at Flat
woods, when dinner will be served on
the ground to all who are interested
and will attend.
Drs. G. B. Gillespie, L. A. Var
brough and L. J. Lindsey left Thurs
day morning for Paris, Tenn, to at
tend the West Tennessee Medical and
Surgical Association in session there
this week.
Mrs. j. Lauderdale Richardson is
assisting County Tax Assessor Mack
Harris in getting the new tax books
in proper shape for the board of
rua lization. which meets some time
in June.
DIR. and Mrs. Henry M. Pretty
man announce the engagement and
approaching marriage Of their daugh-,
ter Mabel Elizabeth, to Mr.. Charles
Hallard Greer, Of Chicago, ILL.,, the
wedding to take place at home June
g.
Liberty Lodge No. 265, T. 0. O.
f., passed a resolution to celebrate
memorial day at Indian creek grave
yard on the first Sunday in June at
3 o'clock in the afternoon. All men,
bers of the lodge are invited to be
present.
Friends here are in receipt of an
invitation to the commencement ex-
ercises Of the Selmer, Tenn, High
School Senior Class, which takes
place Wednesday, May is. Among
the class is Mr. Andrew Hamilton,
son of Mr.. William Hamilton, farm
erly Of this city.
Mrs. J. P. Sasser's Sunday school
class will have charge Of the pro-
gram on May Is at the Clopton
church. 1t will be an interesting pro-
gram, as it is concerning foreign
mission work off the Methodist
church, South The program will be-
gin at o'clock.
Mr.. Bob Bramer's little son,
aged about four years, was very
badly scalded last Thursday, when
he fell in a pot of hot water at his
home in the neighborhood of Hogan's
store. Physicians were called in and
the little fellows misery aleviated
and he is getting along nicely at last
reports.
Jim Davis, Of the Phelan vicin-
ity, a young man about II years of
ere, underwent a severe operation
Monday morning for blood poison
in one Of his hands. The young man
stuck the blade Of knife in his hand
several DAYS AFRO and blood poison
set in a few days afterward and
grew so serious that an operation was
necessary.
Friends here have received an
nouneement of the marriage of Miss
Ruth Josephene Knapp to Mr.. Walter
Perrin Wesson, which occurred Tues
day, May 10, at the First Baptist |
church at San Francisco, Calf. Mr.. |
Wesson made Covington his home
the earlier part of his life and he has
many friends here who wish for him
self and bride all the Joys and hap
piness in their welded life.
The annual school picnic will be
held next Thursday, May 10, on the
campus Of the city grammar school.
Everybody is invited to attend and
To bring, if possible, a basket of
lunches, which will be served at noon
IN that day. This event has al
ways been a gala day for the people
If Covington, and nothing is being
eft undone to make it a success on
his occasion. The ladies are urged
% prepare the picnic packets.
The mercantile store of Murphy
Gift at Rialto was entered second
ime this spring Wednesday night by
who were unsuccessful in
accomplishing their purpose. They
front window in entering
he store and were fired on with a
hot gun by a negro servant, who was
.eeping watch. They fled and were
lot apprehended. This firm ex-
,erienced a similar incident onlv a
ew weeks ago, the burglars failing
n their attempts both times.
Rev. E. B. Kennedy, professor
n Erskine College at Due West, S, G.,
nd a brother Of Mrs. w. C. Kerr, Of
his city, preached in the A. R. P.
hurch in Coyington Sunday night to
good congregation and his sermon
vas very forcefully delivered. Mr..
Kennedy brought out his text points
learly and strongly and made a
plendid impression upon his hearers !
s a pulpit orator of rare ability. (
among the visiting preachers who |
SISTED in the services that night
we're: Rev. G. L. Kerr, Of Kings
fountain. N. c., hrother Of the local |
astor: Rev. r. T. Kerr. Of Albany,
la. and Rev. w. Nj. Willis. Of Red
.evel. Ala, who is engaged in mis-
ionarv work in the interest Of that
in his and other South
m states. I,