The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-02-22


sick list this week.
Mr.. J. j. Hunt has been on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. J. H. Cook, of the Mt Carmel
vicinity, has been on the sick list for
the past several days.
Mrs. Eta Pugh, of the Garland
vicinity who has lately been very sick,
is now convalescing.
The little daughter of Mr.. John
Wilson, of the Detroit neighborhood,
is reported very sick with bronchitis.
John Martin, son of Mr.. Ed Mar
tin, of the Phelan vicinity, who has
lately been very sick, is improving
-Claud Neal is now employed at
the blacksmith shop of G. B. Town
send.
Mr.. John Fredrickson is now in
the employ Of the Mayes-Howard
Lumber Co.
Mr.. George T. Hurts had the mis-
fortune to lose a fine FLY colt from
tetanus Thursday night.
"A son was born Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. W. L. Lloyd, of the Liberty
neighborhood.
Mr.. Dock McLennan is still critic
ally i'll at his home in the Clopton
neighborhood.
Mrs, Joe Strain, Of the 9Th dis
trict, who has lately been quite sick, is
now improving.
Mr.. John Elmore is reported SER
iously i'll at his home in the Solo
neighborhOod.
Mrs. H. N. Hall went Wednesday
to Memphis where she expected to UNI
dergo an operation for appendicitis
at st. Joseph's hospital today.
Miss Tommie Lanier has been
suffering from an attack of pneumonia
at the home of Mr.. j. A. Ferguson
for the past few days.
Mr.. Claud Simonton is re-paper-
ing the interior of the Covington Mil
linery Co.'s place Of business pre-
paratory to their spring opening.
Mr.. ]. L. Scott, who underwent
an operation for hernia at his home
two miles west of the city Saturday
night, is steadily improving.
Mrs. Eugene Younger, of Mason,
is suffering from severe attack of
measles. Her mother, Mrs. S. M.
Bell, is attending her bedside.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Click, Of the
10th district, who have been quite
sick with la grippe, are both improv-
ing.
Gardeners have been taking adj
vantage Of the pleasant weather this
week and have been doing good deal
of early gardening.
Mr.. J. T. Muir has been suffering
from a severe attack Of pneumonia at
his home at Rialto for the past sew
eral days.
Rev. M. r. Gibson left Thursday
for Neelys Creek, N. O., where he
preached for the A. R. P. congregation
on Sunday.
The young people enjoyed a dance
at the Elks club Friday night. About
20 couples participated and the music
was furnished by a local band.
ESQ. s. A. Wright, who had been
confined to his home with severe at
tack of la grippe, was able to be in
the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Ed Walk, teacher of the De-
troit school, has been confined to his
home on account of rheumatism. Miss
Matte Richardson has been filling his
position during his absence.
Mr.. Clarence Gross, son of Mr..
VIM. Gross, died at his home at Ran
dolph Saturday at IL o'clock and was
buried Sunday afternoon at o'clock
in the Campground graveyard,
Emma Cox, well known and
worthy colored woman who lived on
the Swayn place in the Locust Bluff
neighborhood, died of tuberculosis
Saturday.
Mr.. P. D. Cothran, who has been
confined to his bed with long illness,
was able Monday to go to the home of
Mr.. Charlton Cothran, at GAINESVILLE,
on visit.
Mr.. J. A. Thornton has been
elected by the Garland Lodge, w. O.
W., as a delegate to the w. O. w.
convention in Chattanooga on March
IA and Is.
Mr.. Dan Roach died at his home
in the 3rd district Monday morning of
pneumonia, after an illness of about
eight days, and was buried the day
following at Elm Grove.
MIR. Joe Harvey and Miss Fannie
Ridgeway were married at the parson-
age of the Second Methodist church at
6 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the pastor,
Rev. A. W. Russell, officiating.
The friends of Mr.. Noble Somer-
veil, who has been confined to his
home with rheumatism since early in
November, are glad to see him able
to be out again.
Washington Aston, .colored, of
the Bird district, told US Tuesday that
he had killed live snake on his place.
This strongly indicates the approach
of spring.
The new parsonage Of the Clop-
ton Methodist church has been proc
tically completed by Mr.. j. P. Sasser.
The pastor, Rev. r. A. Wood, and his
family win move in in a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Martin came
up Saturday night from Bolton Col
lege and have taken up their abode at
their new home two miles east of
the city.
A friend of ours who has a wife
and seven children to support tells US
that he is going in this year for rails