The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-07-12
LOCAL NEWS

The Dyersburg district confer
AHee has been Ia session since Tues
day afternoon at Munford. Quite a
number atfeH ed from CoYangt0n.
Mr.. Reuben Davidson has moved
his blacksmith shop from North Main
street to the shop in the rear Of the
brick store formerly occupied by Fan
Smith on West Liberty street.
The Liberty congregation has
authorized the building committee to
proceed at once to let the contract
for the erection of a new church
building. The new edifice will be built
Of brick and at an estimated cost of
| $1,000.
The naval recruiting station in
Memphis has accepted two more men
from this county for the service and
they were sent to Nashville. They
are Horace E. Thornton and John w.
Standridge, both of the Randolph vi
cinity. MessIs. Basil Taylor, of Will
sons Chapel, and w. A. Somervill, Jr.,
of Mason, have both lately enlisted in
the Second Tennessee regiment.
I'm our issue of last week we pub
lished an account of the proceedings
of the July county court and erron-
eously stated that the total tax rate
was fixed at $3.50, which was the rate
last year. The increase in state taxes
this year was Is cents, while the
county court at its last meeting made
additional levies amounting to 20
cents, which makes the total tax rate
$2.65.
Mr.. Llewellyn Hurts, formerly Of
this city, who is serving as seaman
guard in the naval training station at
Norfolk, Va, had a narrow escape
from drowning while in bathing with
some of his comrades few days ago.
They were in water about neck deep,
when the young man suddenly took
the cramps in both legs and sank. His
comrades went to his assistance and
got him to shore, but It took more than
half an hour to revive him.
Mr.. A. A. Montague, prominent
and well known citizen Of Ripley, died
at his home in that place Monday OF
cancer. Mr.. Montague was a native
of Belmont, Fayette county, and was
known to many of our people, especial
Nv among his comrades Of the Copfed-
eracy who followed the fortunes OF
Gen. N. B. Forrest. He was in his
82nd year at the time Of his passing
away and had resided in Ripley since
1872. He is survived by his widow,
who was Miss Hettie Hearing, whom
he married in 1874, and 10 children.
The material for the building of
six new iron bridges in varions por-
tions Of the county arrived here on
Wednesday morning and is being
hauled to the different places. One
will be at Big creek near Kerrvllle,
one at Indian creek near the McClel-
land farm, one at Flat creek at the
Strange place, one at Baxter's gin
near Tabernacle, one at the Mayberry
bridge on Beaver creek, and one on
the public road half mile south OF
Phelan.
We have received letter from
Mr.. T. J. Dacus, formerly Of this
county, asking us to change his adj
dress from Lonoke to Carlisle, Ark.
He has lately sold his rice farm near
Lonoke and bought place near Car
Isle. He states in his letter that pros
poets for good rice crop are fine
and the crops look very encouraging.
Mr.. Dacus and his partner have 400
acres Of rice, all looking good. 1t is
very dry and cotton, he says, is sui
fering for rain.
-Messrs. Jeff Fredrickson, Leslie
Rogers and Will Pace were fishing IN
a boat at Turner's lake Friday, when
the boat sank with them in deep
water about 80 feet from shore. They
all got good ducking and had to
swim out with their clothes on. 1t is
told on the former that he used the
backs Of the other two parties as a
bridge and that they made an excel
lent one as far as it went, but not
quite long enough to keep him from
having to swim a short distance to
reach the shore.
The friends Of Mr.. Ed Hall will
regret to learn that he has been quite
sick since Saturday at the home of
Mrs. James /. Hall, Of Mt. Carmel.
The members Of the Upton Coun-
ty Medical society and their wives
will dine at. the Hotel Lindo this even
ing at 7 o'clock. The society will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
the B. M. G. later in the evening. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Drs. Bat
tie Malone and E. G. Elicit, of Mem
phis, members of the state medical
defense. They will speak in the in
terest Of stimulating physicians for
service.