The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-10-18
LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. C. E. Faux is now clerhing
at Ports & Gwinn's.
Mr.. Palmer Smith has bought the
J. E. Walker place Of 205 acres in
the Plummer s Grove vicinity for q
consideration Of $4,000.
Rev. C. E. Wauford, of the First
Baptist Church, will preach in
Charleston church Sunday afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
Rev Thomas f. Gailor, Bishop
of Tennessee will preach at Revens-
croft chapel Sunday morning at IL
o'clock Everyone is invited to be
present, &
Mayor J. J. Green, who has been
confined to his bed on account of
Illness for the past week, is now
steadily improving and hopes to be
out in few days.
Mary Edna, the three-year-old
daughter of Mr. w. H. Moore, near
Tabernacle, died at O.. 'clock We'd
nesday morning of whooping cough
and was buried at II o'clock Thurs
day morning at Sharp's graveyard.
Mr.. A. S. Miller has been con-
fined to his home with a severe
case Of neuralgia for the past week.
He left TODAY for Memphis where he
will have his eye treated by spe-
cialist.
Mr.. Edward Baskin has purchas-
ed an interest in the grocery and
meat market business of Joy &
White. He will move his family here
from the Bird district and they will
occupy the A. D. FORMER place on
Simonton avenue.
Don't forget that Bishop GaiIor
will speak at the great patriotic SER
vice in the First Methodist Church
next Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Bishop is a speaker of national
reputation and if you fail to hear
him you will miss great treat,
Mr.. W. 7. Grant, who was on
his way to Coyington from his home
three miles south of here Monday
morning slipped off the railroad en-
bankment just south of here and
had his face badly bruised and his
hip was SO badly hurt that he has
since been confined to his home.
That progressive shoemaker, Mr..
v. L. Ogilvie, has just had installed
a new electric $500 Champion shoe
machine in his shop. This machine
reYolItionizes the sewing on Of soles.
repairing and making shoes and is a
valuable acquisition TO Mr. ii. 0gilyie
in turning out all work with rapidity.
We are requested to state that
there will be a regular business
meeting of the Masonic Lodge of
this place at 1880 o'clock on Friday
evening. Business of urgent i'm
portance is to be transacted and ev-
cry member is requested to be pres
ent.
The progressive hardware firm
of M. A. Walker & Go, has taken
over the agency of the famous Ov-
erland automobile for Upton county.
This firm is planning a progressive
campaign of advertising, which will
add to the popularity of this splend-
i'd car throughout this section.
Hon. N. A. Upton, who has for
several months past been associated
with Judge r. H. Stickley in the law
practice in Memphis, has returned to
Covington. the partnership having
been dissolved, and will resume the
practice cf law with his father, Hon.
John A. Upton. The young mans
friends are glad to have him back.
Prof Emanuel Aston, principal
of the colored schools here. and A. l..
Burns, a colored insurance agent,
were returning home from Brighton
Friday evening in a car and when
about mile and half north of that
place their car ran into an embank-
ment and was overturned. Prof. AL
ston was caught under the car and
had his back considerably hurt and
his face bruised, but his companion
escaped unhlrt. Rev. R. v. Downing
of Halls, who happened along in his
car when the accident happened,
brought the two men to Covington,
where the injured man received med