The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-07-06

Miss Leroon Atkins, Of this city,
recently completed a commercial
course in the Wylie Office Training
School in Memphis, graduating last
week
S Members of the B. Y. P. U. will
be entertained this evening with a
Gypsy tea and hay ride. The entire
membership has been invited and is
expected to be included in the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Tompkins are
now occupying rooms at the home Of
Judge s. E. Stephenson on North
Maple street Mr. Tompkins is sup
erintendent of the Covington Cotton
Oil Co.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Yelving-
ton, suffering from a broken lower
limb sustained about three weeks ago,
whenshe was kicked by a mule on his
farm near Leigh's Chapel, is i'm
proving.
Rev. j. D. White, Of Brighton
will fill the pulpit of the Munford
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock, and Rev. G. B.
Belts, Of Salem, will preach at 8
o'clock Sunday night.
AT a meeting of the Upton Coun-
ty Poorhouse Commission Wednesday
morning Mr., L. F. Thompson was re-
elected superintendent Of the county
farm. His contract under the same
terms Of the previous year was re-
neWed,
Miss Geuevieve Williams, of
Atoka, traine nurse, has accepted a
position in the offices of DR.. L. A.
Yarbrough as nurse and bookkeeper,
succeeding Mrs. Will Pace, who re-
signed recently and returned to her
home in Terre Haute, Ind.
Mrs. Oscar Tenant, of Atoka,
entertained large party of her
friends TUESDAY afternoon with
Gypsy tea on the Templeton farm
near Atoka, and with hay ride.
About 80 of her friends were includ-
ed in the party.
The residence of Mr. Will Lowen-
haupt on South Maple street, de-
stroyed by fire about month ago,
will be replaced with a new five-room
bungalow, the contract having been
awarded to Mr.. J. C. Jameson Tues
day
Mr.. George Morgan and Miss
Elizabeth Coleman, Of South Gov
ington, were joined together in mar
riage Saturday evening at O'Clock
at the Second Methodist parsonage,
Rev. r. w. Newsom performing the
ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs Morgan win
reside in South Covington.
Mr.. ]. S, Ruffin, local weather
man, informs us that the rainfall Sun
day night and Monday morning ex-
ceeded APO inches, which is consid-
cred very heavy rain. However, it
came at very opportune time, and
in many sections of the county it was
badly needed.
Son Williams, colored, who es-
capped from the county workhouse
gang some time during the month Of
October while the E,en were doing
work on the Tabernacle road, was APP
pretended Sunday night and returned
to the workhoUse to complete his SEN
tence, which will probably be increas-
ed by the COURT
Hon. L. E. Gwinn, after filling sew
eral speaking engagements in East
Tennessee last week, returned home
Tuesday morning greatly encouraged
over his prospects of receiving the
Democratic nomination for governor
in the August primary. He will
leave tonight for Nashville to spend a
few days at his headquarters in the
Maxwell House.
Returning home from Ripley over
the Jeff Davis Highway Tuesday af-
ternoon, Mr. F. s. Sherrod at the
wheel of light Ford truck and
Messrs. F. B. Crunk and T. A. Wills
narrowly escaped serious injury, when
the truck suddenly capsized into a
ditch, pinning the passengers beneath
it, Mr. Wills sustained bad cut in
the back by a piece of the shattered
wind shield. The others were not in
jured except a few scratches and
bruises and were soon able to resume
their way home.