The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-21

ceiving from SIPS to $1.75 per bushel
for them
DIR. Ed Wall has purchased Mr.. R.
M. Jackets half interest in the build
ing he now occupies as a horseshoeing
shop. He will retire from that line Of
business and convert the place into
horse and mule hospital.
Subscribe to the local Red Cross
fund. Do your part in this great hu-
manitarian work. Upton county must
raise $4,000 to nurse the wounded,
feed the hungry and keep the minds Of
our soldier and sailor boys healthy by
clean entertainment when they are
fighting for their country far from
home.
The friends of Mr.. j. G. Hamblett,
of Mason, who has been confined to his
bed with long illness, will be pleased
to learn that he is again able to be
out. Mr.. Raymond Jackson, who has
lately been critically i'll, is also inn
proving and Mr.. Walter Lee Cothran,
who has also been quite sick, is able
to be out.
The local doctors report more
cases of fux in their practice than for
a number of years past, and it is said
to be almost an epidemic in onr neigh
Dor town of Ripley. Irish potatoes
that are eaten just after being dug out
of the ground are a most fruitful
source of the disease. They should be
allowed to dry out before being eaten.
Mr.. Charles Pippin, son of the
late Elisha Pippin, former well
known citizen Of Mason, who made his
home in Arkansas, was drowned one
day last week while making an at
tempt to rescue some cattle from the
overflow in the bottoms. The young
man was buried Thursday and was
engaged to be married on the Sunday
following his sad death.
The executive board of the Big
Hatchie Baptist association held a
meeting in the First Baptist church
here Tuesday and arranged the pro-
gram of the Forthcoming meeting of
that body to convene at Woodland
church, Haywood county, on July IL,
Rev. G. E. Wauford is moderator and
Mr.. r. G. Fortner clerk of the asso-
citation.
Many of our merchants have pur-
chased an unusual amount Of seed
Irish potatoes for late planting, one
having purchased 100 bushels in one
lot. The Lookout Mountain potato is
growing in popularity and has been
finding a ready sale at $3.50 to $500
per bushel. Our farmers are prepar
ing to plant large crop Of late. pota-
toes, which is a good step in the d.
rection of food preparedness.
1t was patriotic to buy Liberty
bond, even if it was a safe investment.
But the test Of real patriotism is not
buying Liberty bond. To be patriot
ic, one must sacrifice willingly and lib
orally. There is no reason why pa
triot should not give to the local Red
Cross fund now being raised in Upton
countg. There is no better way to
serve your country than to give gem
erously to the Red Cross fund.
Miss Merryman, county demon
stration agent, reports the work pro-
crossing nicely, with Salem leading in
attendance at demonstration meetings,
Three young ladies have qualified as
demonstrators during the week, Miss
es Louise Moffatt and Clara Bonds, Of
Salem, and Miss Virginia whitening
ton, of the Munford club. Miss Merry
man went to Dyersburg Wednesday to
attend meeting of the state agents.
The Cozy and Elite theaters will
give 20 per cent of the box Office re-
ceipts on Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights to the Red
Cross fund. This is patriotic deed
on the part Of the managers Of these
popular places of amusement and
they should be literally patronized by
those desiring to ''do their bit" in
helping along the great war in which
our country is engaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Boyd left
Saturday for Chicago to pay visit
to their son, Mr.. Roy Boyd, late Of
Milan, who was making his prepare
tions to GO with the railroad engin-
eering corps to France. A message
from there Tuesday stated that the
young man had been taken sick and
would not be able to leave as early as
he had intended. Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd
/ returned home Wednesday. Messrs
Bryan Boyd and Humphrey Keathley
had charge of the Hotel Undo during
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd's absence.
Mr.. G. A. Sanford, secretary of
the Covington Business Mems club,
went Wednesday to Dyersburg to at
tend a meeting called by Prof. H. A.
Morgan, dean of the agricultural col
lege at Knoxville, on the food pre-
paredness question, the marketing Of
Irish potatoes and other food crops,
etc. Mr.. Sanford and Mr.. r. V. Down
ing go Saturday to Memphis to at
tend the meeting of the Better Farm
ing committee of the Cotton States
Merchants association, of which the
former is a member, looking to the
storing and marketing of food and
feed crops.
MIR. George Scarborough, Of Jack
son, Tenn, who has lately been en-
ployed by Mr.. Walter Bailey, of this
vicinity, and Miss Kate Sanford,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. San
ford, were married at the home of the
groon's parents at Jackson Saturday
evening at o'clock. The young peo-
/ pie kept their plans a secret and
eloped from here in car at 5 o'clock
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