The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1914-12-31

Mr.. Monroe Beaver and family
have moved to the HazelgrOve place
on the corner of West Liberty avenue
and Upton STREETS.
Mr.. H. J. Lee, who has lately been
eon the sick list, Is again able to be
up.
Mr.. w. B. Fiveash and Mrs. Mat
Rowland, of South Govington, have
both recently lost horses from blind
staggers.
Mr.. Walter Haynie is confined to
his bed with pneumonia and his
daughter, Miss Lyna, is also on the
sick list.
There were 22,1s5 bales of cot
ton ginned in Upton county from the
crop of 1914, prior to December IL,
1914, as compared to 27,561 bales
g1nned priOr to December 1S, 1913.
There will be preaching at Liber-
ty next Sunday morning at II o'clock
by the pastor, Rev. 7. Riley Davis.
There will also be q business meet
ing of the congregation, to which we
are asked to urge every deacon of the
church to be present.
Mr.. c. E. Cockri1 left Tuesday
night for a business visit TO New Or
leans. Mr.. Cockrill will now be en-
ployed as travelling representative in
the Memphis territory for the n. K.
Fairbanks Co. of Chicago, having his
headquarters III Memphis His many
friends here predict ana wish him
great success.
Mr.. A. J. Martin who lives on the
W. H. Dunlap 0rphanage property
had limb fall on him while cutting
timber Saturday, striking him on the
head and cutting Il place that had to
be sewed up. DR.. Geo. Brown was
called in and dressed the wound which
was quite painful, but no serious re
suits were anticipated
Mr.. Verble BringIe's mare became
frightened at train as he was cross
ing the railroad at the depot here
Thursday and ran away. The buggy
struck against telephone post and
was considerably damaged. Mr..
Bringle was thrown out, but luckily
sustained only a few minor bruises.
The horse was badly inquired, a bolt
from the shaft being stuck in its
foot just above the hoof.
Mrs. NJ. P. Short, after a visit
of several weeks i1 this city to her
mother, Mrs. Ellen Fyfe, left Satur-
day for Como. Miss, where she will
join her husband. Lieut.. and Mrs.
Short expect 10 leave Como on Decem-
Der 18th for San Francisco, sailing
from there January 5tn on the trans
port Sherman for Manila. arriving
there about February. End. Lieut..
Short will be with the u. S. Infantry
at Cofregidor Island and they will re-
main in the Philippines three years.
Rev. NJ. w. DeLoach. of Memphis,
has accepted the call made to him by
the Baptist church at Brighton and
will preach his first sermon as pastor
the first Sunday in January at II
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to all services. Sunday school
will open at 1918.
While playing with a schooImate,
Robert Sanford, the little son of Mr..
Walter Sanford, was accidentally shot
by George Stokes. They were play
ing with airguns when the accident
occurred. The ball struck Robert In
the eye, missing the pupil by mar
row margin. The little fellow was on
a visit to his grandfather, DIR. j. r.
Sanford, where he received medical
attention at once. The physicians
hope the wound will not prove serious
although it was quite painful. The
last report was that he was resting
quietly.
The house on the Boswell place
in the vicinity of Idaville burned Fri
day night about $50 o'clock. The
fire is supposed to have started from
the chimney. 1t was occupied by Mr..
Eugene Hawkins and family, his
mother in-law, Mrs. Mary Faulkner,
the three Boswell children to whom
the place belonged and Mr.. Joel Kelly.
They were in the room on the opposite
end of the house from where the fire
had started and the entire roof was in
flames when it was discovered. They
saved only a small part of the con-
tents which was beds and a few
clothes, practically everything in the
way of furniture was burned.
DR. G. w. Crice is moving this
week to Mengelwood, ten miles west
of Dyersburg, where he will be locat-
ed as the resident physician and sur
geon of the Mengel Box Co. and the
Memphis Liability Co. Besides the
lucrative salary that the above posi- |
ton carries with it DR.. Crice will |
have access to regular practice over
considerable scope of country on the |
DR.. Crice is an excellent citi- |
zen, capable and popular physician |
and the many friends he has made !!
during the three and half years he |
has made his home here wish for him
self and his estimable wife good |
health and prosperity in their new