The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-03-15
LOCAL NEWS

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this city.
Mr.. G. w. Bishop, who has been
confined to his home on account Of i'll
ness for more than two months, is
again able to be out.
Mr.. T. H. Martindale and family
have lately moved from Memphis to
the j. N. Hall place, in the 10th dis
trict, lately occupied by Mr.. j. I.
Glenn.
The real estate firm of Sanford,
Barrett & Co. has sold to Messrs. W.
A, Brown, ST., and W. A. Brown, Jr.,
the Clarence Butler place, on Upton
street, for a consideration of $500.
Mr.. w. D. Boston is having
new room and new roof added to the
Sherrod old place, on College street,
which place he purchased a short
time ago.
Myrtle, little daughter of Mr..
Hop Whitehorn, and Lucy, little
daughter of Mr.. R. L. Jobe, of the
Leigh Chapel neighborhood, are suf-
fering from diphtheria.
Robert White, son of Sheriff B.
E. White, while riding bicycle Fri
day, fell off and had a bad cash cut
in his knee. 1t took several stitches
to close up the wound.
Mr.. w. L. Mcbride had his hand
badly hurt while cranking a car We'd
nesday His hand struck against the
number board and it took several
stitches to close up the wound.
"A meeting will be held at the
Business Mems Club in Covington on
Saturday, March 18th, at 2 o'clock to
discuss joint sweet potato house. If
you are potato raiser, come to the
meeting,
Mrs. j. R. Mccall received Mon
day from Omaha, Neb., cockerel and
three hens, purebred Ringlet rocks,
for which she paid $16.50. These are
probably among. the finest chickens
that were ever brought to this county.
Mr.. T. O. Bond returned, Monday,
from 10 days visit to Brownsville,
where he had been attending the bed
side Of his father, Mr. 7. O. Bond, ST.,
who has lately been very sick, but
who is now improving.
Great interest is being manifested
in the Mems Bible class at the First
Methodist church. The class has been
! DIVIDED between the Reds and the
Blues, and contest is on lasting
through Easter Sunday u.
-Messrs. A. Laxton and James
Sherrod have bought out the interest
of Mr.. J. C. Sullivan in the meat mar
ket business of Laxton & Co. and will
continue the business at the same
stand under the firm name Of Laxton
& SherrOd.
Mr.. ]. M. Richardson, of the Phe-
Ian vicinity, who has been quite sick,
is again able to sit up. Esq. John
Massey, Of the same neighborhood,
has been confined to his room on ac-
count Of illness for the past several
days.
Mr.. S. A. Burkhardt, of Munford,
was among the visitors in the city,
Tuesday. Mr.. Burkhardt and his
father have lately bought out the in
terest of Mr.. G. R. Ellis, Jr., in the
business Of Ellis & Burkhardt at Mum
ford and will continue the business
under the firm name of G. "A. Burk-
hardt & Son.
Little Katherine Warmath, aged
two and a half years, daughter of the
late Roger Warmath, died at the home
of her grandfather, Mr.. j. R. War
math, near Leigh's Chapel, at $3.50
o'clock Monday afternoon, after an
illness Of only few days, and was
buried at Munford cemetery, Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. A. H.
Bezzo conducting the funeral services.
Rev. Robt. A. Clark, pastor of the
First Methodist church, left, Monday
morning, for Leland, Miss, to hold a
revival meeting. He will be gone
about 10 days. His pulpit will be filled
next Sunday by that princely layman
of Memphis, jeff B. Marmon, the con-
ference lay leader Of the Memphis
conference. Mr.. Clark has had large
experience in revival meeting work,
having held meetings in Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Oklaho-
ma, and elsewhere.
The occupants of the second story
of the Enterprise Co.-the Cumber-
land Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
DIR. H. X. Templeton and DR.. j. L.
Lindsey-have had their windows
screened and have had a screen door
put in the first landing of the stair
case, which will ward off flies and
mosquitoes from that direction as
well. Fly-swat time will soon be here,
and others would do well to emulate
the example set by the above parties.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Pace and
grandson, ]. B. Pace, came down
Tuesday from Halls on visit to rela-
tives in the 3rd district Mr.. Pace
asks us to correct the erroneous state
ment recently printed that he had
been arrested for giving away whis-
key, fined S25 and sent to the county
workhouse for 80 days. It was sim
ply a mistake in the initials of the
party and it should have been C. E.
instead of G. C. Pace. We gladly
make this correction in justice to the
last named.
A large audience was delightfully."-
entertained by the Florentine Musi-
clans, the fourth attraction Of the ly-
ceum course, Monday evening, at the
high school building. The company is
composed Of Miss Stella Marek, vio-
linist; Miss Molly Mildram, vocalist;
Mr.. Andrew Vissochi. who was excep-
tionally good on the concert accordion,
and Miss Mabel C. Brodbeck, accom-