The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-11-01

5ttECLs NlAs- ULNueI new uOuae VI
Elm street is nearing completion anC
he WIZ occupy the place next week
Mr.. e. A. Bonner and wife, o.
the Macedonia neighborhood, in Shell
by county, were visitors here Tues
day. Mr.. Bonner informed US thai
the sweet potato house at Bolton Col
/ lege, situated just behind the dor.
mitoIy, was struck bY lightning Sat
urday and the house and 200 bushels
OF potatoes destroyed,
/ The entertainment given at the
4 Millington High School building last
Friday night by Miss Corinne Cot.
ten assisted by Mr.. Robert Rembert
Goldsby and local talent was we'll at.
tended and very highly appreciated
The above company will give an en-
tertainment at the Brighton High
/ School building Monday night, No
yember 5.
7 -Thirty-six young men are to
leave here tomorrow for Camp Cor
don, near Atlanta. Ga, to go into
! training. Practically all of these are
married men Their names are given
/ in another part of this paper The
50 men drafted by the district board,
overriding in many cases the decis-
ions Of the local board, will be sent
to the camps as the war department
sees fit to order them out.
Postmaster Green wishes to say
to all parties who wish to send
Christmas packages to soldier boys
and other friends, that they had bet
ter begin early to send them. There
are more people away from their
homes now than ever before and the
matter Of getting packages to them
will ibe j problem unless the people
co-opsrate with those handling the
mails
Mr. George A. Sanford, secretary
Of the Coyington Business Mems Club,
received a letter Saturday from the
Van Camp Packing Co, Of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, in reference to locating a
tomato products factory somewhere
IN the south. Mr. Sanford has writ
ten letter to a representative of the
above concern in the hope Of inter-
esting him in locating such plant
ia this city.
1t was enormously stated, from
information given US, in our last is
sue that Robert Bond, colored, who
was employed at the cotton gin of
Gift & Beasley, had died from in
iuries sustained while at work there.
Mr.. w. R. Gift, Of the above named
firing states that Bond was not EN-
ployea there, but that he had gone
into the engine room to warm on the
morning that he was caught in the
line shaft.
Mrs. Nagis Moore died suddenly
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
L. L. Goss, in the Almyra neigh
borhood, Tuesday morning. The
funeral services were held at her
daughters home, conducted by Rev.
r. A. Wood, pastor Of Clopton church,
after which the burial took place at
Randolph. The deceased was 63
years Of age on October 8 last. She
is survived by two sons and four
daughters. She had been member
Of the Baptist church since early life.
The Covington Machine & Auto
Co. has most unique and attractive
advertisement in the show window
designed by Mr.. Aubrey Baxter and
completed by Mr.. John NJ. Morrison.
1t is a large circular platform made
to revolve by means of a motor.
On the platform is placed an au-
tomobile, together with accessories
of various kinds, together with pot
plants and other decorations, and as
it revolyes in front Of the great
plate glass window it attracts the at
tenton Of every passer-by.
Mr.. J. H. Myers, of this city, in
forms us that his son, Leonard Lee
Myers, aged eight years, member
of the Upton County Farmers Union
Bank pig club bought an 8-month' s.
old pig weighing 26 pounds on May
15 last from Mr.. B.B.Boyd, paying S.
for it. He fed and fattened the pig
until October is when he sold it back
to Mr.. Boyd at S39.96. The pig had
in weight during that
length Of time from rs to $50 pounds
"a gain Of a pound and a half per
day. The pig was fed entirely on
scraps with the exception of one
sack Of bran essting $3.50.
John Shepherd. c,lored, charged
with forgery, was tried Wednesday
before Esq. Lauderdale Richardson.
Shepherd, who assumed the name Of
Hayes baltimore, made an attempt
to put over check on the Upton
County Farmers Union Bank for
$97 10, the name Of w. H. Walton
being forged to it, but the bank re-
fused to cash it. Upon failure to
make the required bond Of $1,000,
Shepherd was sent to jail.
Mr.. r. C. Edwards, who lives |
on the Mt. Carmel road, three miles |
south Of here, got his right wrist
broken while cranking car Sunday. /
That progressive house, the Gov (
ngton Supply Co., started an innO-
vation In their store this week. Ev-
cry day at the noon hour, a lunch is
cooked and served in the rear end Of
he company,s Bargain Basement to
All the proprietors and employees Of
he stora, numbering in all between
rs and 80. These short days many
customers are coming to the city
from long distances and many of
hem are naturallv here about the
noon hour. Many Of the employees
i've goodiy distance from the store,
md the serving Of lunch is thus
saving Of time and convenience,
lot only to them, but to the custo-
ners as well. The meals are pre-