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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
Uprisings in China.

OPrIsIngs in China.
 Picking, Saturday, Dec. 1-Uprisings are in progress in the Yang-tse-Kiang provinces, including two independence movements. Rebels in Hu-Nan prov ince are threatening to march on Han kow. General Wang Shi-Chen has been named acting premier. It is expected his cabinet will be only temporary makeshift. The ministerial crisis has disorganiZed the war ministry.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
Family of Nine Burned to Death.

Butler. N J. Dec. 2--Mr. and Mrs. Mo5es Miller and their seven children are believed to have been burnd to death early today in fire which de- stroyed the two-story frame house in which they lived on farm near here The body of one of the children 1s.z hnpa zaa1zze---5-
 AanhlatkFNzfl, e,rS
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
AUTHORITY OF THE
 5oLSHEVTNI IGNORED
By Ministers of Finance, Agriculture
 and Communications.

:. Petrograd, Dec. 2.-The employees of the ministries of finance, agriculture and communications have refused to recognize the authority of the BoI- sneV1k1 and have begun a strike of two days.
 The military revolutionary commit tee sent a sailor to the ministry of supplies to ascertain the amount Of meat and other food in Petrograd- The official in charge declined to deal with an agent of the revolutionists and re- fused the information
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
CabIed Paragraphs

Mrs. John R. Christie Dead in Paris. Paris, Dec. 2.-.Mrs. John Reid Chris tie wife of a New York insurance man, died suddenly last night.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
Conservation of Power.

Fuel saving through conservation of power used by electric railway com panies is sought in a communication the fuel administration has. sent to all state fuel administrators. Revision of schedules and more economic heat ing are among the suggestions ad- Vanced
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Stockholders of the Aetna Mills will meet in Boston on Dec. to authorize the proposed increase in stock from S225, 900 to $525 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

| The cotton mills of New Bedford. employing over 30,Oo0 operatives. may
 be obliged to close Tuesday as the re- suit of a strike vote of the mill fire mems union today. The firemen de- maud an eight hour day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Indefinite leave of absence was ranted it's pastor, the Rev. Edgar R. Hyde, by the First Baptist church, Middletown. that he may engage in war work with the Y. M. c. A
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The Navy Department is equipped with enough shoes for its men for the next year.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
AMERICAN WAR MISSION
 IS COMPILING REPORTS
Clearing Up Minor Details Prepara-
 tory to Returning Home.

Paris, Dec. 2.-The members of the American war mission began winding up their affairs today preparatory to leaving for America They were busy compiling reports and clearing up mi nor details in conference with their French and British associates.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

It was through the Swedish legation at Buenos Aires that Count Luxburg when German minister to Argentine sent cipher messages to Berlin, in which, among other things, he ad- vised sinking without trace" of Ar gentinian vessels by the Germans. T. e Swedish foreign ministry said Baron LOwen was not responsible for the tenor of the German messages, but Hjalmar Granting, Swedish minister of finance. announced in his newspa- per, the Social Demokraten, in Sep tember, that the baron had been re- moved. t,-,zs.s.~ass.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Pershins and NortheTfffe= Confer.
 Paris, Dec. 2.-GeneraI PersffnE commander of the American ezpedi- forces, and Eiscounts North hcEi6a had, a. conferenceshe ere er1rou1lG.,. 2
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Harvard students training for the of ficers' reserve corps have been warned against sighting their regular studies.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
SWEDISH MINISTER HAS
 LEFT RuENOS AIRES
Without Making Farewell Visits to the
 Officials There.

Buenos Aires, Eec. 2.-Ba|1 Lowen, the Swedish minister, has departed. He did not make the customary fare well visits to the officials there
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The Oklahoma crop report for the
 month of December puts the condition of wheat at 51, against 84 a year ago
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Five thousand tons of sugar on two boats from Cuba arrived in New York to end the sugar famine.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

ed at Cassel. Germany, for stealing art treasures of the Kaiser from the pal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

call for inspectors of shoes and leather has been issued by the Quarter master Corps of the Army and Marine Corps.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Great Britain has extended it's con- trol over raw horSehideS to leather produced from horSehides.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

w. H. Maxwell, superintendent of New York schools, who has been in the Flushing Hospital for two months, recovered.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The crop area of Calgary, AIta- i. being increased approximately 15 pel cent for next season.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

American troops using trenches con
 st,ructed by the French have foun
 they must dig a few inches deeper,
 the average American is taller than tn average Frenchman.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

A call for 5000 men was sent out l by the United States Naval Reserve.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The state Mooseheart Legion meet ing at Waterbury yesterday was ad- dressed by Deputy Grand Regent Dr. C.. F. Burke of New Haven Twelve candidates were initiated. Dictator
 Frank Bailey was elected South and Past Dictator Thomas W. Pariss. North. Moose.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

One hundred carloads of apples will be sent to the American soldiers in France by the fruit trade of the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03
Condensed Telegrams

The Rainbow Division is safe in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

In an address at Jackson, Miss. Representative Harrison of Mississippi 1 declared himself in favor of a decla-
 ration of war against Austria.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The navy will need 26,0oo recruits by Dec. 22.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Leave of absence for year was granted to Rev. Oscar B. Maurer of Center church, New Haven, that he may go abroad to assist in work for American soldiers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

With 4,oOO of the first American bal lots cast upon Europen soil, c. L. Grant one of the special election com mittee of three, has returned from England to France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

| Europe is suffering from serious
 | shortage of coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Since the advent of cooler weather, conditions at Camp Mills necessitated the bringing of a hundred soldiers to New York for treatment.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

The Canadian Government will as- sist Canadian farmers to purchase hogs.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

More tentage will be used at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga, as a sanitary measure. Hereafter only five men will be assigned to a ten instead of nine as heretofore.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Immediate expulsion of all Amer1- can draft evaders in the northern dis trict of Lower California, has been ordered by Col. Esteban Cantu, miH- tary governor of that district.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

Maximiiists troops occupy the Petro- grad State Bank.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
Upton COUNTY SOLDIERS
LEAVE FOR CAMP GORDON

Ernest Allen, Mack Fred Jones
and Thomas Parker, the first Of Tip
ton county soldier boys who regis
tered June 5, 1917, to be called into
active service left Wednesday after
noon Of last week for Camp Gordon.
The following day Leonard Richard
son, Wiley Martin and Claude Ro-
land left for the same destination.
These were followed on Friday by
Boyce Dawson, Claud Roland and
Marvin Nolen, by Finis Newton
Grimes, Obie Ellis and John Lewis
Chapman on Saturday. The last of
the five percent quota from our cOun
ty to leave were Daniel BinQ Dona-
hue and VIM. H. Cross on Sunday af-
ternoon
Many friends and relatives of the
above named young men assembled
at the depot here to bid farewell to
them and the leave-taking was quite
pathetic Several of the boye were
entertained at both dinner and supper
by the ladies of the Red Cross and
given a well-filled lunch box to take
with them. About 100 more young
men will go from our county on Sep
TENDER 10.
Upton county soldiers in every
war in which they have participated
have won high reputation for cour-
age and gailantry, and these young
soldiers and the others soon to follow
them win sustain this proud heri-
tage.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
RED CROSS MEETING

There was quite an enthusiastic
meeting Of the Red Cross at the
Methodist Church on August Both, a
goodly number of ladies being pres
ent, and all seemed willing and anx-
ious to do their 4bit.". The fol-
LOWING committees and their chair
men were announced:
Enrolment, Mrs. John Garner
Publicity, Mrs. R. M. Robson.
Finance, Mrs. Ike Lowenhaupt.
Headquarters, Mrs. Peter Fyfe-
Extension, Mr.. M. R. Gibson.
Supplies, Mr.. ]. H. Flippin.
Social, Mrs. C. E MeFadden.
Civilian Relief, observation-disclosures,
Entertainment, Mrs. W. " Bringle
Surgical Dressings, Mrs. G. B. Gil
lespie.
Mrs. j. L. Richardson is to do the
cutting for the Red Gross.
The following articles were donat-
ed for the use of the Red Cross A
motor, three machines, a number of
flat irons and plated silver knives
and an electric iron, several large
boxes to keep the work in, some
work tables. a water cooler and some
scissors.
Mrs. Claud Simonton was to see
to the making of the Red Cross sign.
Material was given out for the
of the emblems for use on
the front doors of members. These
to be sold at ten cents earh.
Oar enrolment is daily increasing
Let us have your name and dollar
before many days. The Record Of
flee and Elk's hall were Offered for
our use with light and heating. The
committee who had it in charge
thought best to accept the Elks' hall
as our place of meeting,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

-Revs. N. F, and L. P. Fleming
closed a successful meeting at Fulton,
Lauderdale county, on the night Of
September 5. There were II profess
sions during the meeting. A Baptist
church will be organized at the above
point on the fifth Sunday in this
month.
-Revs. N. F. and L. ?, Fleming
closed a successful meeting at Fulton,
Lauderdale county, on the nigth Of
September 5. There were II profess
sions during the meeting A Bap-
fist church will be organized at the
above point on the fifth Sunday in
this month.
Mr.. W. w. Biddle has old out his
stock of goods at Tabernacle to Mr..
G. W. Baxter, who has moved the
stock to his new store at Little Mem
phis, a short distance further east
of that place. This leaves Taber-
nacle without a store. Business has
been conducted at that place for a
great many years-so many years, in
fact, that the memory of our oldest
citizen runneth not to the contrary.
Mr.. Leo Marks, formerly of this
place, who has been employed by the
l. C. railroad in important positions
for several years, has resigned and
has accepted a situation with the
packing firm Of Armour & Co. IN
Vicksburg, Miss, and later expects
to travel for that firm. Mr.. Marks
is a competent and trustworthy young
business man Of genial disposition
and we feel sure will make good with
his new employers.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Mr.. T. C. McQuiston, of Rose
mark, spent Friday in this city, Wis
iting the family Of Mr.. L. Z. Nc
Cormick.
Nothing too small in real estate
to command our best efforts, moth
ing too large for our capacity. San
ford, Barrett & Downing,
Mr.. John Cary, of Brownsville,
came over Saturday to attend the
bedside of his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
W. S. Cary.
Nothing too small in real estate
to command our best efforts, moth
ing too large for our capacity, San
ford, Barrett & Downing.
Just what you are looking fora
good six-room house on a large lot
close to schools and churches; just
the thing if you want to move to
Covington and get the benefit Of the
schools; will sell or trade for small
farm near town, See Alexander, the
druggist.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
CARD

! have sold my interest in the bar
Der business to my partner, Mr.. T. A..
Nevis, who viii continue the bust
ness at the same old stand and /
ask for him the same liberal patron
age which our friends and the public
have given the firm. We have been
pleasantly associated together for
sixten years and we dissolve our
partnership by mutual consent, while
the business is better than it has been
in its history. | will remain with
Mr. Nevis for the present and we in
wife our friends to call on us for good
service and courteous treatment as
usual.
] WINFIELD DARBY. .
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
]. WINFIELD DARBY.

Miss Anna Shoaf left Saturday
morning for a three-weeks visit to
her sister, Mrs. R. E. Sharp, at Fay
etteville, Ark.
Messrs w. w. and c. L. Chapman,
Robert and Albert Chapman and
OFT Trobaugh were visitors here from
the Munford vicinity Friday.
Mrs. L. y. Wheat and little son,
after visit to the family of Mr.. G.
G. Harvey, left Thursday for a visit
to Whitehaven, Tennessee, before re-
turning to her home at Lexington,
Miss.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
Personal MENTION

Auto paint at Union Drug Co.
a visit to her mother, Mrs. Fannie
Kimbrough, at Hail.
Rubber goods. Union Drug Co.
ESQ. James Upton of Brownsville,
came over last week on visit.
Paints for sale. Union Drug Co.
Mrs. E. L. Eubanks, Of the Phelan
vicinity, left Thursday evening for
Cotton sacks for cotton pickers. M.
A, Walker & Co.
Mr.. H. H. Hudson, of Upton, was
among the visitors here Saturday.
Ceiling-$2 up at Mayes-Howard
Lumber Co. a30tb
Mr. B. W. Ivey, of Munford, paid
visit to Covington Friday
Mccormick mower to cut the les
pedza hay. M. A. Walker & Co.
Mr. R. H. Chapman, of Memphis,
was a visitor in Covington, Friday.
Shingles-$3.5O up at Mayes-How-
ard Lumber Co.
Mr.. w. C. White, of Jackson, Wis
tied Covington Friday.
Composition roofing from S1.00 up.
Mayes-Howard Lumber Co. a30tf.
Mr.. G. w. Currie, of Ripley, visited
this city Sunday,
DR.. John j. Boyd and family re-
turned home Saturday from their
visit to Brownsville.
See us if you are in the market
for farm lands. Sanford, Barrett &
Downing.
Mrs. Emma HarreI, Of Memphis,
came up last week on visit to rela-
tives. % Il
Gasoline and oil, free air and wa
ter for your auto. M. A. Walker
& Co.
Mr.. Jesse McQuistOn, of Rosemark,
spent Friday night with relatives in
this city
See us if you are in the market
for farm lands. Sanford, Barrett &
Downing.
Green H7ll left Saturday morning
for Tullah0ma, Tenn, to enter Fitz-
gerald & Clark's School.
Oil cook stoves are good. Don't
you want one? M. A. Walker &
Co.
Mrs. w. T. Young, after a visit
to relatives here, returned to Mem
phis Thursday.
See us if you are in the market
for farm lands. Sanford, Barrett &
Downing.
Mrs. w. E. Smith left Thursday
morning for visit to friends at
Milington.
We have just ordered another lot
Of two car loads of Moon buggies.
M. A. Walker & Co.
Mr.. Jud Stuart left Thursday
for a visit to relatives at
DuQuoin and Marion, III.
See us if you are in the market
.or farm lands. Sanford, Barrett &
Downing.
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Sale will make
heir home during the winter with
Mrs. Willie MeCullers.
See. us if you are in the market
or farm lands. Sanford, Barret &
Downing.
Mrs. Quincy Holifield, Of Upton,
lille, Tenn, arrived last week on a
isit to Mrs. airy Paine.
Cypress well curbing for sale by
V. P. Simonton & Bros. Brighton.
It. l Aug30-4w.
Miss Pearl Laxton, of KerrviIle,
anne up Friday on visit to the fam
y of Mrs. Daisy Smith
See us if you are in the market /
Or farm lands. Sanford, Barrett &
downing.
Boys, before you have to encamp t
II training, get one of those safety 1
azors at Alexander Drug Co.
Nothing too small in real estate
command our best efforts, moth 1
g too large for our capacity. San t
nd, Barrett & Downing.
Buy the children a little wagon, n
icycle or an Irish mail now. The 0
ice win be higher See those at u
lexander Drug Co.
Buy your Tennessee wagon now p
fore our stock is exhausted. 1t viii y
hard to pet them later. NJ. A. A
alker & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ Ralph, Of Gin I
matt, who had been on a visit to IL
latives here, left Monday for a A
sit to Dyersburg before returning a
their home. d
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
OlBER BUT STRONGER

10 be healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty i sound advice, because in the
strength Of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment OF SLIGHT aches and pains, simt5lv
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
10 be stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with sle
strength-building and blood-nourish;no
properties of SCOTS Emulsion which iss
1000, tonic and amedicine to keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in SCOTS.
Scott g Bovine. Bloom6eld, MI
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
BAPTIST MEETING

The protracted meeting in the
First Baptist Church will begin on
Thursday, September 20, and will con-
tinue ten days. The preaching viii
be done by the pastor, Rev. c. E.
Wauford, and after the first three
days service will be held at 1870 ev-
cry morning.
The singing will be in charge Of Mr.
Walter B. GScholfield, of TT. Scott,
Kan, brother of Mr.. j, Fred Schol-
field, who had charge of the singing
at the same church few years ago.
He is equally as good a singer and
leader as his brother and the singing
win be feature of the service.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Mrs. Frank Gilchrist, of Memphis,
Gande up last aweek on a visit ITO
the family of her father, Mr.. w. N.
Hunt.
Miss Jamie Scarborough, Of Mem
phis, after a visit to the family of
Mr.. b O. Malone, of Pisgah, re-
turned to her home Saturday morn
ing.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
No. Six-Sixty-Six

This is prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLLS 4 FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. Il acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not eripe or sicken. 2Se
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Mr.. E. P. Finney and wife and Mr..
E. G. Finney were visitors here from
Dyersburg Saturday.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Mrs. C. B. Walker and children
left Sunday night for Monticello,
Miss.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Dolly Warden and Jacobs fresh
candies always on ice at Alexander
Drug Co,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

We have very cheap rates on LA
bility insurance protecting you
against automobile accidents. Garner
& Shelton. a30tf.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

See US if you are in the marke
for farm lands. Sanford, Barrett 4
Downing.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Judge R. H. SAMSON, of Knoxville
was in the city Friday in the intel
est of his candidacy for Judge of tn
court of civil appeals.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-24

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les SETS diS antcricres C. ajetreo ' de eofucrzo tena%' d ahocron ; &c
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miento ccr NE nos ompenS&mo> del trahajo hosco de IA seraana 'y....'.
tardes de tocs.
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-24
Sc QUITARA UNA PAGlNA A uN
TEXTO DE ENSENANZA. EN-
QUE Sc ELOGIA AL
KAISER.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, JUNO PEI Con-
seio Escolar ha crdenado que sea eli
minada del texto de deletrear (spell-
ing book, que esta en- uso en- n de
los cursos De las escuelas publicas,
una pagina en- la que Sc contiene un
relate elogioso para ell Kaiser CUTLER
mo dc Alemania.
81 Ia edicion de los nuevos teXtos
no queda terminada para cuando sc
abran los cursos nuevamente, Sc ten
dra que gastar un dia para que los
nincs de ese curse de todas las escue-
las, arranquen de sas textos Ia hoja
condenada per el Consejo de Educa-
ci6n.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-24
CUARTILLAS FACILES
OLA DE SAN JUAN

| pes". Manana nos pasamos TODD ell
dia en- Ia Alberca.
La Alberca es un tanque de MeXl-
! co, hecho cast exclusivamente para la
var a las gentes ell dia de San Juan.
A ella acuden, en- gruesas caravans,
las masas populares, para depositar su
ofrenda, en- honor del Santo,, Y para
demostrar que saben hacer sacrificios
Y abnegaciones cuando llega el mo-
mento, V suena la bora de las heroici-
dades supremas.
Ell publico, que aquilata el aconteci
miento y lie da su v%erdadero valor,
Sc aglomera en- las afueras de Ia AL
berca, y los concentrates i~nstalan
puestos, y en- los puestos, 5 p venden
souvenirs. para que el heroico hi
gienico sepa que IN tai dia de tai ano
abdico. de su %costra, como homenaje
al protagonista del Jordan.
Digc! Cuando enc ESQ sc acos-
tumbraba antano, en- epocas de algu-
ma ventura para Ia limpicZa publica.
Hoy, en- tiempos de progreso y de evo
luci6n, de SECURE es que esas cos
tumbres pasaron a la historic, y que
la genie ha decidido no banarse 81
/ no hasta que San Juan baje ell dedo.
TIBERIO.