The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-12-13
LOCAL NEWS

weeks on account of illness.
Mr.. Bennett G. Buford enlisted
in the aviation branch of the service,
in Memphis, Friday, and is now sub
ject to the call at any time.
Don't spend all of your money
buying foolish Christmas presents.
Save a dollar and join the Red Gross.
We need you; we need your money.
Mr.. Joe Payne went to Memphis
the last of the week to undergo an
examination with a view of enlisting
in the navy. He will go to Nashville
this week for final examination.
Miss Miriam Lackey, who had
been on tn sick list for several days,
returned to Island IS Monday to re-
sumo her duties as teacher in the
school there.
Don't forget that after snow has
been on the ground for several days
the birds about your place begin to
suffer, so throw. out something for
them to eat daily,
To knit or not to knit-that's the
question; whether It's nobler to spend
your time making useless Christmas
presents, or spend it knitting sweat
ers and socks to keep our soldier boys
warm-that's for you to answer.
Mr.. N. J. Joy has sold his inter-
est in the grocery and meat market
business Of White, Joy & Baskin, to
Messrs. B. L. White and Edward Bas-
kin, who will continue the business
at the same stand,
The musical comedy, "Henpecked
Henry" was given to good-sized
audience at the Cozy Theater Satur-
day night. The entertainment seems
to have given universal satisfaction,
and has been very favorably criti-
cized.
Senator Bone" Bartlett, of Rob-
ertson county, was in the city Friday
in the interest of the candidacy of
Hon. Austin Peay, Of GAINESVILLE, for
the forthcoming gubernational nomi-
nation. Mr.. Peay's candidacy will be
formally launched early in January.
The section foreman and labor
ers on the l. C. railroad were made
happy Wednesday by a raise in their
salaries. The first-named received a
raise of SIS per month, and the last
had their daily wage raised from
IA IL to 16 cents per hour.
Mr.. ]. G.. Conan returned We'd
nesday from Memphis, where he had
been attending the bedside Of his wife
who has been under treatment in the
Gartly-Ramsey Hospital following a
recent operation there. Mrs. Conan
is steadily improving.
Mr.. Two McFadden left Sunday
night for Nashville to undergo ex-
animation with a view of entering
the naval service. Mr.. Edwin Hunt,
of Humboldt, arrived here Sunday,
and is temporarily filling the posi-
iont filled by Mr.. McFadden, at the
Upton County-Farmers Union Bank.
Quite number from Covington
left the first of the week for Nash
vile to attend the judicial convention.
Among them were Messrs. ]. w. OAR
by, N. A. Upton, J. L. Johnson H, H.
R. B. Baptist, w. M. and G..
P. Simonton, Lauderdale Richardson,
John A. Upton, J. H. Flippin and j..
s. McClanahan. .Ut
Mr.. Charles HARRISON, formerly Of
this city, a son Of Mr.. H. c. HARRISON.
now of Memphis, and Miss Elsie
Boone, also of Memphis, were mar.
lied in Little Rock, Ark, on Sunday
night, December 2. They returned
after the wedding to Memphis. The
groom has many friends in this COM
munity, who wish for himself and
bride long life Of happiness.
Mr.. Alvin c. Adams, county farm
demonstration agent for Upton coun-
ty, spent last week at Knoxville, at
tending a meeting of all the county
and district agents of Tennessee.
where plans were discussed and map
ped out with a view Of making the
farm demonstration work the great
est possible service to the farmer for
The coming year.
"A good friend Of ours remarked
that if those who killed their
logs at the beginning Of the cold
spell failed to re-salt their meat when
he weather moderated, they would
lose tin other words, if
he meat froze after being killed, 1T
S more than probable that the salt
JAILED to strike in and it will be nee
sssary to re-salt it promptly in order
o keep it from spelling
Snow began falling here at Al
,'cIock last Friday afternoon, and the
ground was covered with a mantle
# white eight inches deep on the fol-
owing morning. The mercury took
tumble to itself Saturday night, and
vent down to nine degrees below zero,
all records for such an ear
y date in December. The mercury
stood at five below on Monday. Such
unusual weather conditions have No
,arallel in the memories of the old
st people hereabout.
Mr.. w. R. Drumright, an aged
.itizen Of the Leigh's Chapel vicinity,
lied of paralysis at his home Tues.
lay morning, after a confinement to
lis room Of nearly eight weeks, and
lis burial occurred in Munford GEM
'tery, this city, at noon Wednesday.
Ar. Drumwright was a native of
Iecklenburg county, Va, but had
made his home in this State, first in i
Haywood and then in Upton counties,
or a number of years, and was lit
lie over 72 years of age at the time
# his death. He was three times
married, and leaves FIVE children sur
irving him-a son and a daughter by
lis first wife, son and two daugh- |
apc hy his caeond h,,k r.ona Lxy he |