The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-12

ldistrict though nearly 70 years Of
faee5 is SSH aile to Dc good work
lfQf one Of his wears He told is
while here Saturday that be lately
lpicked l0t pounds Of cotton in a day.
Elder w. A. Bishop, Of somer-
vile, will preach in the home of Mr..
I. J. Hamriek, in the Idaville neigh
borhood, Friday night. The public
lKIRjseLa (eSnnT ndayis cord ialnlyi
is cordially invited.
"A mule belonging to Mr.. W. T..
Leach, Of the Liberty neighborhood,
got it's foot caught in wire fence a
few days ago, and the foot was so
badly cut that the animal died from
loss Of blood.
Charles Neal, colored, Of the
18th district, sold a bale of Short
staple cotton and the seed from same
here Saturday for $2SO.O7. This was
perhaps the largest price ever paid in
Covington for one bale and the seed.
Stanley Miller, son of Mr. Josh
FL Miller. of Gift, enlisted in Com
Ipany B, State National Guards, in
Memphis last week He expects to
go with his company to Knoxville
next week.
Gift and the district school played
a game Of baseball last Saturday at
the athletic field. The score was /
to 0 in favor of Gift. Batteries were
Kendrick and johnson for Gift; Row
land and Gookin for the school.
Mr.. R. v. Bringle, Of the 10Th
district, has received a card from his
son. Willard Bringle, telling Of his
safe arrival overseas in France with
Battery F, 317th Field Artillery, from
Camp Jackson.
Mr.. James Cross, of the Gains
vile vicinity, left Monday for Dyers-
burg, returning on Tuesday with his
wife Mrs. Cross underwent an OPP
Grafton in the Hosmer hospital about
three weeks ago, and has been under
treatment there since
Rev. Gilbert Dobbs, Of Memphis.
preached BY invitation for the con-
gregation Of the First Baptist Church
of this city Sunday morning and eve
ming, Both his sermons were very
strong and impressive, and he was
heard with the greatest interest.
Mr.. w. L. Cage, Of the Liberty
neighborhood, showed us few days
ago freak in the shape of an egg
laid by one of his hens. The egg,
which had two full-sized yolks, meas
ured four inches in length and six
inches in circumference.
Mr.. G. E. Montgomery, Of the
Bird district, received news lately Of
the wedding of his brother, Sam w. |
Montgomery, formerly Of this county,
later of Amarillo. Texas, now in train
ing at CamD Travis, Tex, to Miss
Leila Galloway, of Cordell, Okla, at |
San Antonio, Texas, on August e.
Mr.. A. P. Smith, who was in
party Of fishermen on his way to Cold
Greek, reports having seen a large
black wolf while on his way to that
resort Thursday evening. The animal
was seen in the lane between the
Bates and Walker places.
Mr.. r. w. Ashe, of the Liberty
vicinity, has received news of the re-
cent safe arrival of his son, Leonard |
Ashe, overseas in France. He went |
over with his regiment, the Fifty |
first Infantry, from TT. Oglethorpe,
Ga.
The new county register, Mr. R.
v. Downing, is still confined to his
bed in the Baptist Hospital, Mem
phis, and is suffering from an attack
Of typhoid fever. Mr.. NJ a. Misen-
heimer is filling the position of reg
lister during his illness.
Jim Taylor, colored, was tried be-
fore Esq. Lauderdale Richardson |
Thursday for assault with pistol.
He was released on the first charge,
but on the second count was bound |
over to the circuit court under bond
Of $3.50, which he gave and was re-
leased.
The Upton county singing con-
vention will meet in the Christian |
church at Elm Grove next Sunday
morning at 8 o'clock. There will be
preaching at II o'clock the same
morning by Elder Ring, of Memphis.
The public is cordially invited to both |
services.
-Twenty-eight young selectmen,
the names of whom have already been |
published in these columns, left Fri
day morning at 9:19 for Camp Wads-
worth, Spartanburg, S. G.. where
they will begin army training. Mr..
James Ruffin was selected as captain |
Of the company.
Mrs. Essie Rhoades. wife Of Esq.
Sumner Rhoades, died September 3,
at her home at Corona, of malaria,
after an illness of about is days. She
leaves her husband, a daughter,
Katherine Kurtis, her mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs. George Wise,
and one brother, John Wise, of Camp
Gordon, Ca, surviving her.
In the announcement of the we'd
ding Of Mr.. John Noble Hunt, in
N. Y, made in our issue
Of last week, the name of his bride
was given as Miss Morrison, when it
should have been Miss Rosa Lee Mon
roe. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt viii be at
home tn their friends after Sentemher