The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-26
LOCAL NEWS


Satisfy, parsnips, carrots, turnips (
and pumpkins viii also help out N I
the bin Of fare next winter,
You can help your country as \
much BY raising foodstuffs at home as
you can by bearing arms.
Let's all keep our heads, plant
what we need to eat at home, have I
some left for a surplus, if possible 4
and everything will be all right.
Peas and butter beans will help (
out wonderfully in the daily bill of I
fare next winter, especially if the 1
bread supply should be short
Rev, G. A. Waterfield, of Browns
vile, preached the commencement SER !
mon Sunday morning at the Method |
list church at Munford on the occasion
of the closing of the high school there. |
Rev. J. w. Joyner, of LaCenter, |
KY, will preach at Pisgah on the 5th-I
Sunday in April at II a. m. and $3.50 |
p. m. All are cordially invited to hear
him.
You can be as good a, soldier at
home by raising foodstuffs as the sol
der in the trenches fighting daily.
Both the stay-at-homes and the sol
diers will have to be fed.
Marie, the little 15-months-old
daughter of Mr. r. w. Ashe, Of the
Hebron neighborhood, fell off the
porch at her home Thursday and her
arm was broken below the elbow.
james Endress, a young man who
has been making his home with Mr..
Luster Stubblefield, in this city, left
the last of the week and has joined the
U. S. army. He will be in the artil-
lery branch of the service.
George Ryon, assistant special
agent for.the Illinois Central railroad,
with headquarters in Jackson, Tenn,
we'll known in this city, has been pro-
NOTED to first place, vice J. H. Miskell,
transferred to st. Louis.
REV. C. E. Wauford, of the First
! Baptist church, preached for the con-
( gregation at Pleasant Grove church
4 last Sunday morning. Mr. Wauford
/ and the pastor, Rev J. E. Miles, Or
dained two deacons at the morning
I service.
Lets make preparations for can
ming berries, fruit and vegetables.
These will be a great help next fall
and winter An expert on the matter
says you can, at an expense Of about
$40, can sufficient fruit and vegetables
to diversity your rations during the
greater part of the year,
Mr., W, B. Ponder, foreman of the
carpenter gang Of the Illinois Central
railroad, arrived here from Fulton,
KY, Monday morning with a gang Of
hands and began the work Of over
hauling the company's depot here. The
building will be raised 16 inches and
new platforms built.
Mrs. P. w. Williams and little
son, formerly of this place, now of
Timons, La, stopped off here Satur-
day afternoon on short visit to
friends They were on their return
from a visit to Mrs. Williams mother
at Hornbeak, Tenn, who has lately
been quite sick, but who was on the
mend when Mrs. Williams left there.
Miss Willie Townsend of Mem
phis, who has lately won fame as a
singer in New York City, has decided
to instruct a class In the parlors Of
the First Baptist church in this city
She will also take charge Of and train
the church choir and several individ-
ual members of the choir will also
take instructions under her.
q Mr.. G. w. Blaine, plant account
ant from the Nashville office of the
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Co, was in the city Saturday. Mr..
4 Blaine while here conducted school
of instruction for the plant men Of
the Covington exchange and the group
of exchanges connected with that in
stitution.
4 Jesse Tillman, son Of ]. 7. Till
man, Of Wilson, Ark, and his grand
4 mother were in Coyington Saturday.
This was the first visit Mrs. Frances
Tillman had made to Covington in 35
years. Jesse Tillman went back to
Memphis the same day. He met sew
eral of his friends and was more than
glad to see them.
George Brown, colored, was plow-
ing a pair of horses for Mr.. u. F.
! Wylie in the vicinity of Brighton Fri
day and as he went to make a circle
around a burning log heap the pillow
caught stump and the team was
jerked back into the fire The horses
legs were very badly burned and they
will have to be kept under treatment
| for several weeks.
Mr.. w. w. Gibson, Of Memphis.
interior inspector Of, the Cumberland
Telephone & Telegraph Co., is INSTALL
I ing new telephone booths. with
French folding doors, at the exchange
here, Mr.. ]. r. Bradshaw Of Nash
vile, a gang foreman of the above
line, arrived here Thursday and will
make some changes in the line be-
tween here and Mason.
Robert w. Lennon, son of Mr..
r, w Lennon, formerly of this place,
who has lately been a pupil Of the
high school at Altheimer, Ark, lately
won the declamatory medal in the
intercollegiate contest at Pine Bluff,
Ark. The young man won the same
medal last year This will be crafty
ing news to his friends in this COM
4 munity.
Miss Annie T. Merryman, county
demonstration agent, returned Sunday
from weeks visit to Knoxville. She,
with other agents, was summoned
there by the state agent for weeks
meeting, which she reports to have
4 been a most successful and enthusiasts
tic one. The people of Knoxville, she
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