The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-31


Overall Appointed Deputy Clerk.
tomorrow, September /, the newly
elected county officials will be in
Quoted into office. All county Of
ticials elected at the general election
on August have qualified, accord
ing to law, and only the oath remains
to be administered, which will be done
by County Judge John u Peete.
Esq. j. f. Wooten, who was nomi-
mated over 20 Democratic competitors
IN the primary election of September,
1921, and subsequently defeated three
independent opponents in the last gem
eral election for county register, will
succeed ESQ. r. v. Downing, who has
held that office for a term of four
years. Mr., Wooten comes to Coving-
ton from Munford, which district he
has represented in the county court
for number Of years.
Mrs. Nell Hill Ebersole, who has
been serving for the past several
months as deputy register under Mr..
Downing, will continue in that ca
pacity temporarily after ESQ., Wooten
goes into office.
tMr John H. Upton, of this city, who
won the nomination over two COM
petitors and was elected without op-
position, will succeed Mr.. Charles p. |
Simonton as county court clerk, the
latter retiring, after holding that Of
flee for four consecutive terms, or Is j
years, declining to enter the race for T
reelection. The remarkable feature
of Mr.. Simonton's long tenure of Of
flee is the fact that he was repeat
eddy elected as county court clerk /
without opposition in the various pri-
maries and general elections. In this
respect, it is doubtful that such po-
litical success will ever be exceeded
in this county.
Mr.. Upton for more than a year
has been serving as deputy county
court clerk to Mr. Simonton. He is
thoroughly qualified to discharge the
duties of the office efficiently, and
has the advantage Of a legal training,
being member of the Upton County
Bar Association. He is son Of Gen.
John A, Upton, Of this city.
Mr. Upton announced recently TIE
appointment of ESQ. ]. B. Overall, Of
Garland as deputy clerk ESQ. Over
all is a member Of the county court
from the 18th district and is chairman
of the linton County Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee. He also served !
as county tax assessor one term.
On account of the RAPIDLY increasing
business transacted through thef Of
flee Of the county court clerk it be-
came necessary some time ago to
provide aaditional roo Tor the !
records of that office Consequently
the court nassed an order providinel ,
the room located next door to the !
clerks office, and Mr. Simonton was
named chairman Of the committee APP
pointed bv the court to let the CON /;
tract for the work in connecting the :
Two rooms. A steel vault door be- !
tween the two rooms is being in
stalled q
Trustee J. A. Peeler will enter upon
MS fourth term Friday. He was
over two competitors last
September and was also elected with I
put opposition August g. Mr. t
Peeler's record as public official t
has been marked with high degree i
If efficiency, as well as courtesy to t
The public. A
Sheriff C. NJ Volz is entering upon '
MS second term Of two wears each. t
He was first elected sheriff to fill out y
he unexpired term of Mr.. Monroe h
Beaver. deceased. He has made an n
,nviable record as sheriff Of this n
county and has surrounded himself b
With a splendid corps of deputies.
law enforcement in Upton county n
las been on a very high plane during n
Mr. VOLTS tenure of office. 81
Circuit Court Clerk Lucian CockrilI D
viii also succeed himself in that ca 81
lacity, entering upon his second term r.
{ fnrr years each Friday. He was II
nominated and elected without oppo- st
ition, and is very popular official. n,
$ we'll as capable and efficient. Mr.. A
,ockrill succeeded former Circuit til
'ourt Clerk M. L. Southall four years fo
10.