The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-30
Items Of Interest From All Parts Of the County

The protracted meeting at Pop
lar Grove begun Sunday morning.
The meeting is being conducted by
the pastor Rev. w. F, Garner.
Mrs. ]. l.. Richardson gathered
qeart of fine, red, ripe strawber-
ries from her garden at her home
Monday morning.
Mrs. Lester Chamberlain, who
has been sick for the past month
with malrrial fever, is now clear of
fever.
Mr.. Charles Whitehom of the
Clopton community is having a six
room bungalow erected on his home
place. Mr. j. P. Sasser has the Con-
trace for the building.
Rev. L. F. Proctor is assisting Rev
A. H. Bezzo in a meeting at Elm
Grove this week, The meeting is a
good one, we learn, with good int
crest and attendance.
The daughter of Mr.. Dan Harris
field and the daughter of Mr.. L. B
Wilson, both of the Walnut Grove
neighborhood, are suffering from
congestion.
Fifteen families living in the
vicinity of Round Lake enjoyed an
outing and fish fry there Friday
There were eighty people in the
crowd and the day was a perfect
one for al ol5
Mr.. R. t. Poipdexter, of the
Clopton vicinity who was visitor
here Monday, reports cholera among
his hogs and stated that he had
lately lost three very fine killing
hogs as a result Of the malady.
Elder Morris, Of Shelby coun-
ty, will preach 1t Holly Grove the
first Sunday IN September at )
o'clocks Messrs Finley and Muir
ply will hold singing service at z
o'clock. Everybody invited.
Clarence Prewitt, aged 10 years.
died of malarial hematuria at his
home in the Locust Bluff vicinity
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, af-
ter short illness, and was buried at
the Townsend graveyard at 2 o'clock
Monday.
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is John Smith and your time ex-
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printed "John Smith, 30aug17."
Mr.. John Rawlins of Wright
who lately sold his place near there
has purchased the Titus place
of SIS acres in the vicinity of Rose
mark for d consideration Of $4,000
and expects to move there about
January / next.
Rev. ]. I. Oakley assisted the
pastor, Rev. Thomas Suddarth, in a
most successful meeting at Ebene-
ger church, which closed Sunday
night. There were number of adj
ditions to the church as result of
the meeting
AN enjoyable dance was given
at the home of Mrs. Grant Reid
10 the young men in Town and mu-
sic was furnished by a Memphis or
chestiAa. During the evening sand
wiches and punch were served. The
for the occasion were
Mesdames Paul Gillespie, Sam G.
Shelton, Nose Smith, of Memphis and
Grant Reid.
Benjamin Gatlin, aged three
years, son of Mr.. j. M. Gatlin, who
lives one mile south of the city, was
kicked in the head by a mule while
playing in the lot, Friday, and his
skull was fractured. The unfortu-
nate child died as a result on Satur-
day night. The burial occurred at
Munford cemetery Sunday afternoon
at 5 o'clock, Rev. C. e. Wauford
conducting the funeral services.
Mrs. Arabella Black died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. F. E,
Hunt four miles west of Stanton
afternoon at 8 o'clock, and
her burial occurred at Stanton Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Black was the
widow Of the late VIM. Black and
was 89 years Of age. She is sur
vived by three sons and six daugh-
tiers. The bereaved family have the
sympathy of many friends in their
bereavement.
Mrs. Mamie Glass, wife of Mr..
Johnson Glass, died at the home of
her father, Mr.. John Smith, in the
18th district Sunday morning at 10
o'clock, after a long illness and was
buried on the following morning at
Shiloh at 10 o'clock the funeral SER
vice being conducted by Rev. r. A.
Clark, assisted by Rev. T. Riley Da-
Wis. Mrs. Glass would have been
10 years Of age on the day of her
burial and had been a member Of
he Methodist church for many years.
One son and two daughters survive
Three negro slackers, Ed Wom-
Die Of the Brighton vicinity, Calvin
Jones, Roy Jones and June Boyd, of
Mason, were.4 arrested by Deputy
u. S. Marshal CHI. King, of Jack
son, Thursday.e The negroes were
placed in jail and were tried Monday
before U. S.ilCommissioner ]. L.
Richardson. Womble claims that he
vas over age. JOReee claims that he
vas too young, and Boyd gives the
excuse that he was about to marry