The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-19
LOCAL NEWS

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Mr.. J. E. Mills and wife now Oc-
cupy the McCalla house on West
Pleasant street.
We were told Saturday that Mr..
E. E. Smith, of Hebron, had young
COW and calf killed by the buffalo
gnats.
Mr.. Boyce Roach, of the Burlison
neighborhood, who has been confined
to his bed with continued fever for so
days, is again able to be out.
Mr.. w. D. Byars has just complet-
ed four-room house for his daughr-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Susie Byars, in the
vicinity Of Phelan,
Mr.. John Peeler, of Garland, is
having his house. remodeled and, inn
proved, Messrs. Ben Workman and
John Craig are doing the work;
! Mr. P. A. Townsend, of the Atoka
vicinity, who was visitor here Satur-
day. says measles is prevalent in his
neighborhood. Many cases are also
reported in the Randolph neighbor-
hood,
The mouse occupied by James
Combs near Liberty was destroyed by
fire Thursday night of last week, to-
gether with all of the contents, 1t is
thought the fire originated from de-
fective fiue.
The District Sunday School con-
vention will be held at Bethel church,
near old Upton, on Sunday, April %.
Exercises will begin at 3 o'clock and
an interesting program will be carried
out.
The friends of Mr.. Clarence Wat
kins will be pleased to know that he
is now through Nelson's Business Col
lege and has accepted a responsible
position with the Southern Cotton Oil
Co., with headquarters in Memphis.
Elder C. F. Carruthers, Of Friend
ship, and Elder B. o. bearing, of this
county, conducted regular services at
Indian Greek Primitive Baptist church
last Saturday and Sunday. There was
preaching and good congregations
both days. Mr., Caruthers returned
HOII6 mOHudy HOIHlug'
"A thief entered the smokehouse
of Mr.. j. G. Grant, four miles south
west of the city, Thursday night and
got away with four hams and three
sides of meat. Entrance was gained
by breaking the lock. No clew as to
the thief's identity has been dis
covered.
Mr.. J. B. Ross, of the Brighton
vicinity, who was in the city Saturday,
takes the right view of the situation in
the matter of food preparedness, He
is cultivating so acres, has IL acres in
wheat, will plant IL in cotton and will
plant the remainder in corn, soy beans
and sorghum.
Mr.. Robert Glenn and Miss Ethel
Shelley, daughter of Mr.. Jeff Shelley,
were married Saturday morning at 10
o'clock at the home of Mr.. J. E. Glenn,
in the Solo neighborhood, Rev. A. H.
Bezzo performing the ceremony,
which was witnessed by few friends
and relatives of the contracting par
ties. Both the bride and groom are
highly esteemed and have the best
wishes of all who know them.
The county teachers meeting in
the Byars-Hall high school Saturday
morning was unusually interesting
and well attended. Hon. L. E. Gwinn
made a good speech on the subject of
food and feed preparedness. Prof.
H. A. Webb, Of the West Tennessee
Normal, delivered a lecture on the
subject of sanitation, illustrated with
charts. There was vocal music by
Misses Ursula Elan and Sarah Owen,
Miss Willie Townsend, of Memphis,
presiding at the piano.
Last Saturday the grocery mer-
chants here reported that they were
unable to buy any sugar from the
wholesale dealers, hence were COM
PEELED to limit the sale of sugar to
each customer. They fixed the allow
ance for each at one dollars worth
Kraut is an article that has been un-
obtainable here for many weeks. This
sugar famine is no doubt the begin
ming and it is quite probable that be-
fore peace is declared many other lux
uries and probably some staples will
have to be restricted and it may be
that it will not be possible to secure
them