The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-03-22
LOCAL NEWS

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Mrs. D. C. James, of Bloomington,
is suffering from an attack of append
icitis.
Mr.. R. A. Glass, of this vicinity
is suffering from an attack of pneu-
monia.
Mr.. Edwin Brown is now doing
Office work for Garner & Shelton's in
surance agency in addition to his
duties at the nostoffice.
Mr.. jeff Archer and family have
moved to the Bert Allen place on Park
avenue. Mr.. Allen and family will
move shortly to Amarillo, Tex.
Mr.. J. R. Harrison has the con.
tract for building a six-room house
for Mr.. Jordan Coats in the Bird dis
trict.
"A horse belonging co Mr.. N. M
Kelly, of Almira, was kicked by an
other horse Monday and its leg was
broken. Mr.. Kelly had thu horse killed
Mrs. N. G. Goad, who underwent
an operation at her home near here
little more than a week ago, is
steadily improving.
Mr.. J. w. Glass, of the Gift vicin.
ity, has lately bought from Mr.. H. E.
Walker small body Of land adjoin-
ing his own for which he paid $75
per acre.
The total receipts of cotton at the
Gulf compress up to date is 28,30O
bales, as against "a, 100 to same date
last year. The other shipments from
here will bring the total up to approx
imately 10000.
The CoviAgton-Cold Gre. * club is
to have meeting in the chaucery
courtroom next Tuesday evening,
March q, at 7:45 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of drawing up bylaws and at
tending to other business matters.
The warm weather and rains have
greatly improved the wheat conditions
and it is improving steadily and it is
now thought that the yield viii be
almost if not quite up to the average.
1t is also estimated that there will be
a rs per cent. increase in the straw
berry crop.
Mr.. G. C. Cox, whe has been act
ing as superintendent of the Gulf com
press in this city for several months,
left Monday for Brownsville to take
a position with the compress there.
Mr.. 7. j. M. DAILY has resumed charge
Of the compress here.
Thomas Corder, Of the Liberty
neighborhood, was riding a motor
cycle, Friday, when he was thrown by
it and his neck and hand quite badly
hurt, it being necessary to take sever
al stitches in the neck in order to
close up the wound.
Mrs. M. B. Alexander, of Martin,
mother of Mr.. L. L. Alexander, I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis
and gallstones at the Lucy Brinkley
hospital in Memphis Monday, it being
performed bv Drs. Eugene johnson
and B. v. Dickson. She stood the
operation we'll and is reported 70 be
improving.
Mr.. George r. Powell, Of Mem
phis, doing special work in the Mem
phis territory for the White Wilson
Drew CO., was in the city Monday in
the interest Of his house. Mr.. Powell
is a veteran travelling man, well
known and popular in the territory
and his many friends are glad to wei
come the good old boy" back.
Mr.. James Albrook, who lived on,
the Fred johnson place near Mt. Car
mel, died very suddenly Monday af-
tern0on at $3.50 o'clock Of paralysis
and was buried at MT. Carmel the day
following. The deceased was 35
years of age and is survived by his
wife and five children.
Earnest Harris and Robert Crom-
well, both colored, claiming White
vile, Tenn, as their home, were ar
rested by Deputies Roberts and Scott
for trespassing on /. G. train No. 101,
Tuesday night, by stealing ride.
They We're tried before Esq. Lauder
dale Richardson and upon failure to
pay the fine and costs assessed against
them were placed in Jail.
Mr.. John Gaysford, Memphis
architect, has been employed by the
building committee of the First Pres
byterian church to draw the plans for
the new church building to be erected
on the new lot on South Main street.
Mr.. Gaysford is now working on the
plans and they will probably be sub
mitted to the congregation next Sum
day. It is expected that the building
will be completed by fall.
The many friends ii tits city Of
Mr.. John d. Todd were shocked to
learn of his death at his home in Dy-
ersburg, last Friday, after an illness
of less than two days, pneumonia be-
travelling for the firm Of Armour &
Co. for three years and was well
known and popular in this county, He
was So years of age, consistent
member of the Methodist church aid
secretary of the Sunday school. His
wife and one brother survive him.
Mr.. R. L. Taught and family had
a narrow escape last Sunday from
serious injury. They were going down
the hill near Solo, in their car, when
two little girls crossed the road in
front of them and in order to prevent
running over them Mr.. Taught run his
car into a ditch, turning it over. There
were 10 persons in the car, but luckily
none were injured and the car escaped
without injury.
w. A. Lemons, of the 4th dis
trict, was arrested on capias for vio-
lating the four-mile law by Deputy
Sheriff James Goforth and was re-
leased on making the required bond of
$3.50. Then, upon the instance of u.
S. Marshal Stanley Trezevailt, Of