The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-26
LOCAL NEWS

mumpS are fepoEIeu III Douth Wv"
ton.
Capt. James E. Walker, who was
lately operated on in the Baptist hos
pital, Memphis, for appendicitis, was
able to retrn home Wednesday.
Mr.. John Archer reports the loss
OF a horse Saturday afternoon. fbe |
horse having been killed by buffalo
gnats. ''''o
Mrs. J. l.. Mccormick, mother Of
Mr., l., E. Mccormick, who has lately
been quite sick at her home near
Rosemark, is now improving.
DR.. James Robson, who is attend
ing the medical department. of the Uni
versity of Tennessee in Memphis. and
who has lately been quite sick. was
able to return home Wednesday.
Services will be held at Oak
Grove church next Sunday morning
by the pastor Rev. T. Riley Davis.
and at Liberty at 2;3O in the after,
noon.
Mr.. j. B. Hudgins, of South Gov
ihgton, who has been confined to his
bed for six weeks with a kidney
trouble, is now thought to be improy-
ing, but is still not able to sit up.
Mr.. L. L. Alexander, who had
been confined to his home for 10 DAYS
on account Of an operation performed
Tor removal of some of the nails of
his foot, is able to be up again.
Mr.. 7. ]. Taught has lately re.
ceived fine four-months-old register
ed Hereford bull The animal was
: Of $50. - : eU''
( The Baker Lennon CHAPTER. limit.
| ed Daughters of the Confederacy, will
: hold the next meeting with Mrs. ]. S
kutfn Saturday afternoon at 3:3(
II o'clock.
Mrs. A. w. Jamison, of the MT
Carmel vicinity, who underwent an on
!, Grafton for appendicitis at her HON,
several weeks ago, is now improving
! rapidly.
The real estate firm of Sanford
: Barret 4 CO., has said the A. L. Me
Gaia place on West Liberty street Ii
Mr.. y. II. Rogers for consideration
OF $1,000 and possession will be giveI
May /.
Prof. H. B. Sandlin received new,
q Wednesday that his sister, Miss Nan
/. ME Sandlin, had just undergone sue
cessful operation in the Highland hos
!. pital, birmingham, Ala, and was do
! ing we'll following IT
K Nh Mart Howell and Miss Laws
8 Han1hrick, both Of the Leigh Chape
j. neighborhood, were married A III
e brides home last Sunday afternoon
y ESQ Lauderdale Richardson officiat
ing.
q The roof of the house of Wi
d Smith, colored, on the corner of Sher
: rod and Kinney streets, caught fiji
n from the flue Tuesday morning. bu
u the lire was put out before any dan
:; age amounting to anything was don,
:, ! The pupils Of Miss Katie Lo
a Shoaf gave recital in the schot
~ building at Kerrville Friday nigh
The recital was well attended ain
much enjoyed by the audience an
the teachers work highly praised.
as Messrs. Joe Shinault. of Gainsyil
70 and Mckinley Campbell, of Maso
Is have both joined the National Gaui
az IN Memphis this week and are no
he members Of Company /, First Tel
A. nessee regiment.
IS: Farmers have been making IL
L. of the good weather and are rapid
tt, catching up with their work. II
Ig, greater portion Of the corn crop HI
NJ. been planted and great deal Of &C
M. ton viii be planted this week.
Mrs. Annie Gracey returned hor
Tuesday evening from Altoona, p
where she had been attending the be
side of her son, John, who has be
81, suffering from d severe attack
'p- pneumonia. The young man was &C
es, valescing when she left.
~ Prof. H. H. Robson and wife
,n' tended the bedside of their son,
~ James Robson, in Memphis, Tuesd;
IL; - DR., Robson, who is studying medici
a ,re in the University Of Tennessee, /
&c recently ben quite sick, but is now i
Al proving.
the Winford, the three-year-old 5
r. Of Mrs. Beulah Delaney, Of the /
tn district sat down in vessel Of b.
zen ing water that had been set off
the stove by his mother Saturday and v
We very badly burned about the body {
nv. legs.
and We are requested to annoul
,rd, that Rev. 7. s. Moore, of Fulton, (
; a will preach in the Brighton Bapt
Hiss church Sunday morning at II o'clo
at Rev. Moore is forceful speaker,
ian all who can should avail themselves
ou- the opportunity Of hearing him.
:. The first strawberries of the lc
TO crop made their appearance in
II local market, the first of the we
ure The berries are quite fine and
prospects are quite good, but are
ord, need of rain.
mas Miss 0tha Elan spent Sunday
u Memphis visiting her nephew. the
tie son of Mr.. Lawrence Cause, VIII
" under treatment in St. Joseph's
nan pital following a late operation tn
r. z The little fellow expected to be /;
e e to leave The hospital today.
hos Mr.. Walter Stephenson and 4
cher Robbie Hanna, both formerly of
The city, were married in Memphis
Sunday and went after the cerem
ino- to Jackson, Tenn, on a short br
& trip. The bride is daughter of
NJ. late Dir 7 n Hanna. and was