The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-11-29
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Crenshaw
have moved from their home on West
Liberty street to the A. B. Blaydes
home at Atoka and will in future
make their home there.
Miss Corinne Gotten leaves Fri
day for Rives and will give one Of
her benefit entertainments at the high
school there that night She will be
assisted by Rives local talent.
-Messrs. George E. Davis, of the
Phelan vicinity, and Nolan f. May
nor, of Upton, left Tuesday night
for Camp Gordon to join the other
soldiers in the training camp there.
Mr.. B. B. Boyd, manager of the
COvington Milling Co.. informs us
that the acreage of wheat sown in
Upton county this fall will be rs per
cent greater than that sOwn in the
fall of 1916.
Mr.. c. c. Grantham who lives
three miles northeast of this city, has
lately had three cases of pneumonia
in his family. Two of the children,
however, are able to be up and the
third one is improving.
Mr.. c. H. Massengale and Miss
Ruby Hensley, both of South Coving-
ton, were married at the home of Rev.
W. A. Russell, pastor of the Second
and Pisgah churches, Sunday after
noon at a o'clock, Mr.. Russell offici-
ating.
Mr.. A. S. Miller went to Memphis
again Sunday to have his eyes ex-
amined with view of having cata-
racts removed. His physician decid-
ed best to wait until the middle of
December before performing the ope-
ration. i
Mr.. C. E. McFadden went to-
Memphis Monday and underwent an
operation in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Monday, for the removal Of gall
stones. He stood the operation well
and has since been getting on as we'll
as could be expected.
Those desiring good lands, fine
cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and mules,
as well as wheat and farm imple-
ments which will be needed next
year Judging from the amount of
wheat sown in this sectionl and will
be hard to get, will do well to read
sgd L. Dodds' advertisement which
appears in this issue.
Grand High Priest G. H. Smart
paid an official visitation Thursday
night to George D. Holmes Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, Of this city, this
being the 66th chapter officially Wis
tied BY him. thus establishing d
record in that line. He left Friday
morning for Tiptonville, Tenn. to
visit the chapter there.
Capt. M. P. Short, who had been
studying boyonet fighting at TT. Sill,
Okla, arrived here Sunday night to
join his wife, who had been here sew
eral days on visit to the family Of
her mother. Mrs. Ellen Fyfe. They
bith left Wednesday for a visit to
Como, Miss, and will then return to
San Francisco, where Capt. Short will
be stationed.
The little four-year-old son of Mr..
Jesse Dawson, of the Burlison neigh
borhood, was feeding bull dog Sum
day, when the animal in fit Of,
anger attacked him and the little fell
lows face was badly torn. The bull
dog is the most treacherous of all the
canine species-one rloment it is ap- |
parently good natured and the next |
will fight as viciously as tiger. This
breed of dogs is menace to every
body who owns one and if they were
exterminated from the face of the |
earth, both the country and the peo-
pie would be better off.
Mr.. James Peyton, an old and
respected citizen, died at his home in
the vicinity Of Garland Thursday
night his death being due to
broken hip which he sustained as
result of a fall two weeks before.
Mr.. Peyton's burial occurred at Shi-
lob burial ground Friday afternoon
at 8 o'clock, Rev. 7. Riley Davis con-
Quoting the funeral services. Mr.. Pey-
ton was ~ years Of age at the time
of his death and was unmarried. He
Is survived by two brothers and one
sister. Mr.. Peyton was member OF
the Walnut Grove Presbyterian
church
Preston Bumpuss and Frank
Shaw, colored, both of this city, were
arrested Saturday night at the de-
Dot here by Deputies Ed Roberts and
b. B. Rice and were found with "wet
goods" on them. A third man sue
.eeded in making his escape after |
he trio had gotten off the 1880
;outhbound train here. He left his
,vercoat and grip containing 16
,ints, which, the officers say. he may
rave upon calling for it. The three
men had Al pints in all. The two
captured men were placed in Jail and J
heir cases turned over to the grand *
ury Monday. They will be tried
,efore Judge Stephenson tomorrow.
Miss Allan Conner Sale enter
aimed ten little guests at the home {
# Mrs. Robt. McIlwain last Satur-
lay morning, the occasion being her c
irst birthday. Each guest received /
favor, which was miniature war G
'essel and was placed at the guests 2
Dlace at the table on which was the |
lostess' cake with one candle. Re-
reshments, consisting Of iced cakes, ;
ranges and candies. were very much
njoyed by the little folks. The guest |
ist included Misses Virginia and AL
ma Shelton, Lola Sale, Eleanor La r
lier, Caroline Ruffin Ann Tiller b
sillespie Masters Rillv Dunree, Rillv III