The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse E.
'ilson, on Monday, the goth, daugh-


Wilson, on Monday, the goth, daugh-
ter.
Mr.. James NJ. E. Plaxco, Of
Brighton, was among the Is young
men who enlisted in the sea forces
of the navy in Memphis Monday.
The infant child Of Mr.. w. D.
Walton, of the Mt. Carmel neighbor-
hood, died Monday and was buried at
Munford cemetery Tuesday.
Little Miss Helen Hill Sherrod was
hostess Of a birthday party Tuesday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Games Of
all kinds were enjoyed and a delic-
ious ice course was served to about
80 guests,
"A pretty little garden party was
given on Wednesday afternoon by
Misses Annie Louise and Nancy Brin-
gle, at their home on Maple street.
Interesting games were played and
a dainty ice course was served.
Maj. Mansfield, of Park Field,
Millington, was up to see Mr. E. W..
Cothran Tuesday. Mr.. Cothran was
at home from there on a short sick
leave. They returned to the field
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. D. L. Craig has lately ac-
copied a position as travelling repre-
sentative in West Tennessee for the
Loose Wiles Biscuit Co., of st. Louis,
and will have his headquarters at
Jackson, Tenn.
ESQ. J. D, Beavers ear was struck
by southbound passenger train from
Chicago, at Upton Wednesday morn
ing. The front part of the car was
completely wrecked, but fortunately
the occupants of the car, Mr.. Beaver
and two children, were uninjured.
The meeting in Memphis to con
slider the ACCESSIBILITY Of asking the
government to fix the price of cot
ton raised in 1918 has been changed
from Wednesday, May 28th to Thurs
day, May goth. 1t will be held on the
sixth floor of the Chamber of Com
mefce Dulldlng.
Mr.. Monroe Knight, aged about
so years, died at his home in the Hol-
Iy Grove neighborhood, at 8 o'clock
Thursday morning, after an illness of
five months, and will be buried at
Indian Creek at 10 o'clock Friday
morning. He is survived by five
sons and one daughter.
The board Of mayor and aldermen
at a meeting Monday night decided
to make the minimum price on lights
$125, or in other words, to raise
the price from II IL to Is cents
per kilowatt. The minimum price on
water was fixed at SIPS, the old
price being $1.00.
Mr. Atkins X. Harris, former
mail clerk on the |. G. railroad be-
tween Memphis and st. Louis, left
Tuesday morning for Washington, d.
c., and from there expects shortly
to sail for France to enter the army
mail service, having already received
his commission.
Mr.. A. N. Young returned Fri
day from Wardville, Okla, where he
went to attend the bedside Of his
sick mother, Mrs. Sarah Young. Mrs.
Young died on Tuesday Of last week,
after a long illness. She was "a
years Of age, and is survived by her
husband, one son and a daughter.
The barn Of Mr.. w. A. Menefee,
on Garland avenue, was destroyed by
fire about 10 o'clock Saturday night,
together with a Chevrolet car, small
amount of corn and feed. The prop
erty was partly covered by insurance.
It is thought that someone visited
the barn for the purpose of stealing
cut the car for ride, carelessly
dropping lighted cigarette, and i'll
was by this means that the, building
was ignited Another reason Mr.
reached the conclusion stated
IS from the fact that his dog was
poisoned the night before, making
access to the barn easier.
A letter from Mr.. A. L McCalla,
Of this place, who has
oeen making his home in Paducah,
KY, for some time past, brings the
that he has been trans
'erred by the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., which company he has
been employed by for several years,
rom Paducah to Hopkinsville, Ky,
where he will be chief clerk in the
office. Mr.. McCalla leaves
or Hopkinsville on May 26th to be-
rim his new work. His many friends
lere will be pleased to learn of his
promotion.
Mrs. Mary Faulkner, wife Of the
ate Thomas Faulkner, who had been
| sufferer from paralysis for a long
while, died at her home two miles
south of Idavlle at 10 o'clock Wes-
lesday night, and was buried at Sa-
EN- at o'clock Thursday AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Faulkner s survived by one son,
Mr. John Faulkner, by two daughters, |
Mrs. J. w. Simonton and Mrs. Eu-
rene Hawkins, and by two brothers,
Messrs. N. M. and Joel Kelley. She
vas member of Salem A. R. P.
church, and was a most estimable
ady.
William Burton, colored, who made
lis home on Mr.. R. S. Calhoun's place
n the Mt. Carmel vicinity, left here
with some other colored draftees
several weeks ago for Camp Meade,
Nd, and has since been made ser
yeant of a company there. Several
If his eolored neighbors, Richard
Daily and James Jones being among