The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-28
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
"A mare belonging to Mr.. Howard
Parker was kicked to death by horse
in his pasture one night last week.
-Ninety-four degrees Monday wal
the hottest of the summer, so far The
mercury has been above the 80 mark
all week.
oliver, ten-year-old son of Mr.
w. H. Martin, of Munford, who has
recently been quite sick, is gradually
improving.
Members of Oak Grove church
are asked to meet there early Satur-
day morning to clean off the church
yard. Bring briar blades and pitch
forks. w.
Mr.. P. D. Cothran has been con-
fined to his room on account of illness
for the past week. He is very sick
and his rendition is reported no better
this morning.
--Messrs. Cummins Templeton, Hill
lard Murphy, Jesse Hayden, Sam Mil
ligan and Fred Carter, of Randolph
and vicinity, enlisted in Memphis this
week in the u. S. marine service.
Mr.. ]. Eldredge Gotten has pur-
chased an interest with the Roper
Drug Co. and will now be associated
with that firm. The stock will be re-
plenished and improvements made in
the store.
There was an average shipment
of 125 bushels of beans per day from
here during the months shipping sea-
son. The beans brought from So to
$3.50 per bushel. Tomato shipments
will begin this week.
Uncle "Nick" Bringle, Of the 18th
district, who has been confined to his
bed several weeks, is very much better
this week. Uncle Nick is in his 92nd
year and we hope will be able, for
many years, to overcome several more
sick spells.
The citizens of Rosemark on last
Wednesday generously gave the or
phans at the Dunlap Orphanage a free
trip to the zoo at 0verton Park in
Memphis. 1t took ten cars to carry
the inmates of the orphanage, the
black nanny and the farm boss to
the city. To say that the visit and
the generosity Of the Rosemark people
were highly appreciated but poorly
expresses it.
Mr.. Verge Craig, aged % years,
Of the Beaver community, died on
Wednesday night following an extend
ed illness from tuberculosis. The flu
neral will be held at Salem Friday.
Mr. Craig was highly esteemed and a
member Of the Presbyterian church.
His untimely death is sincerely re-
GREETED. He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Mollie Craig, three sisters and
two brothers.
Mr.. N. M. Kelley, prominent
and we'll known merchant Of the AL
myra community, and Miss Mildred
Currie, cultured young lady of Mead
vile, Pa, were united in marriage on
Wednesday Of last week in Indianap-
oils, Ind. The bride and groom ar
rived here last Monday and are at
home to their friends. The groom is
widely known citizen Of this county
and is an active business man. He and
his young bride have the best wishes
of their many friends for long life.
Mrs. E. L. Roper entertained on
Wednesday afternoon at bridge in
honor of Mrs. Frances S. Hill, of
Grenada, Miss, who is the guest of
relatives here. Mrs. Roper's guests
were Misses Thelma Connor, of Rus
seville, KY, and Ruth Shelton; Mes
DANES s. G. Shelton, J. A. Shelton, H.
B. Shelton, VIM. Lowenhaupt, Green
Hamilton, w. w. Sale, r. G. Barrett,
and Mrs. Hill. A delicious salad course
was served after the game and cape
jessamines were presented as favors.
Mr.. Langston Miller, who has
been in the U. S. naval training sta
ton at Norfolk, Va, for the past six
weeks, has gone to sea from that
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which is flagship and supply and
repair ship. The young man is in the
signal corps. Messrs. Shelby McFad-
den, Jewel Entriken, Will Moore,
and Young David have gone on the
Pennsylvania on a 15-day trip to SaE
Francisco. Llewellyn Hurts, another
Covingtonian in the navy, is still in
Norfolk.
The friends of Messrs. Nat M. and
Sam H. Mitchell, Jr, formerly of Ma
son, will be interested in learning that
they have entered the automobile bus
mess in Muskogee, Okla, the name of
their firm being the Wright Motor Car
Co. These young men want their Tip
ton county friends to drop in and see
them when touring the West and as
sure them of hearty welcome. They
are sons Of Hon. S. H. Mitchell and
they have the best wishes of many
friends in this section for success in
their new venture.