The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-27


Work on tie E. C. Roberts new
! bungalow on East Pleasant street, is
progressing nicely. There viii be
/ IL rooms in this house and Alr. Rob-
t ertsS IS using the timber from the
old Larimore house, which is enc Of
the oldest dwellings, in the city, but
which are il a perfect state Of pre-
I servation
Mr.. W. C. McGaughay left Fri-
cay for Halls, where he has o con-
Iaet fos erecting q plant Cor the
] Standard Oil Co. The work Includes
fences, tanks, sheds, warehouse, Of
rice, etc Ilr McGaughey also has
the contract for oyelhauhng the
above compaHys plant at Dyersburg,
including some new buildings.
1t was stated in cur Issue Of last
week that MI Harvey MisenheimeG
son Of Mr.. NJ. A. Misenheimer, who
4 has been in the u. S. Navy for
some months, had gone to Harvard
/ University Cambridge, Mass, TO
complete his education. We IN
tended to say that he went there to
complete his education N wireless
telegraphy
AIR. {. Whore, of Munford, was
visitor here Saturday Mr.. Moore
4 informed ui that he has just com
pletcd three leyees across what is
own ag The McNair bottoms. Two
Of IN, leYccs are 70 yards long and
tie o,h-r two '65 yards, all arc 70
feet 1t bottom with 22-foot base
aud viii be a great aid to people who
have To use that thoroughfarc.
Mrs. r. X. Baxter and Mrs. G. p.
/ Baxter wlre called to Memphis Fri
day rlcl~i4g to attend the funeral
Of a.. formers aisser-in-law, MRS.
Ia. G. Her ing. Mrs. Hennlng was
as wei. usual Thursday afternoon,
"a ebe 10 look after her household
duties, but was taken suddenly III
and died in q very short WhAe from
heart trouble.
Some Of the dirt roads are dus-
tier than ever known before, A
palty who had occasion to 60 from
here to Memphis in an auComoDlle
one day last week stated ira; me
dust was so deep in the ne'ghoof-
Eood of Kings Hill church. four
miles s0utnw. st of here on the Mem
phis road that the axles OF the car
actually dragged.
-Kittje. the 10-year-old daughter
If Mrs. Made Brown, Of the M.
Carmel nclghborhood, with some oth m, |
en- children. was on her way 10 school
one day last week, riding wage
without a bed on it, wheA she Accl-
dentally caught her foot IN th9 restt
wheel and both bones OF one hmp
were broken between the knee ana
ankle.
Mr. Will Glass, who lives on the
Brook Baskin place IN the znu g i
trct. was coming to town MONDAY
mora:re and when near the nome o.
Mr.. N. Ii. Murphy on College street,
tan came off his front buggy
wheel. frightening his horse ana /
causing it to run away. Both M"
Glass and young Bryson Baskin were
thrown out, the former having
considerable cash cut in his head, !
and the latter being considerably /
bruised up, The frightened animal
continued its flight to the east gate
of the courthouse before it was stop
ped
Mss Eugonia wight daughter
Of the late Dr. Robert r. ght died
at the home of her movser, Mrs. j.
G. Beaver, ia the vicinity Of Clop
ton, Monday morning at $50 o'clock.
The funeral was held at the family
residence 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing conducted by her pastor, Rev.
r. A. Wood, after which the burial
took place in Clopton cemetery.
The deceased had been a lifelong
invalid, a sufferer from paralysis.
She was Is years Of age at the time
Of her passing away She was
young woman Of bright mind and
Notwithstanding her Affections, got
much out Of life and had MANY
friends who sincerely mourn her
death
The following Confederate vet
rams were N attendance upon the
recent patriotic service conducted by
aev. Robert A. Clark in the First
Methodist Church: S. p. Driver.
yheiTy, Tenn, Ed oldham, Orvsa,
Tenn. Robert S. Beaver, Friendship, T,
Tenn, 9. D, Beasley, w. G. Cockrefl,
J. S. Clark. 7. e Eddins, A, H. Elan,
Y. II. Feezor, j. X. Fallin, VIM.
Jones, Sam McCiuncr. T. +. McRee, Fl
W. O, Menefee, John Z. Shelton,
). j Farmer, Rorae Payne, A. J.
Ia9na. s. Z. Shelton, John A. Shoaf.
:. ~ Gmlth, NJ. A. Misenheimer.
Dr.. Z, i. Gillespie, Il. G. Jameson,
n J. Il. Sanford VIM. Sanford. Sol !
}o1bass, i i. Iempleton. J. H Flow
la q. aicKee, l. 7. Harris John {
!. Hacbfough, all Of Upton county. ]
Wo mic sold'ors were also pres