The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
LOCAL NEWS

ENhAiGt 10 iAAS NGl SINCE -dv44A@y OlA
account Of illness.
The easiest job about this war IS
buying Liberty bonds. That is cur
Job.
"A son was born Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs Varda Walton, Of the Oak
Grove vicinity.
There will be preaching at Elm
Grove church next Sunday night at
Is o'clock by Rev. j A. Kelly.
Mr.. James H. Cook is again en-
Iployed as book-keeper in the office of
Or. G. B. Gillespie.
Richard Stocks. son Of Mr.. Bud
Stocks, Of the 4th district, is report
ed very sick at Camp Merritt, N. j..
Mr. T. C. McQuiston, of Rose
mark, is reported very sick with IN
fluenza.
Elder Porter Norris will preach
lat Solo next Saturday night and
Sunday.
Bishop Thomas F. Gailor will
preach at Mason on Sunday, October
Is, at $3.50 o'clock p. m.
Mrs. L. E. Shoaf. Of the Phelan
'neighborhood, who has lately been
quite sick, is again able to sit up.
Zach, little son Of Mr.. Solomon
Baddour, who has lately been criti-
cally i'll, is now convalescent.
Mr.. Paul Fortner and his sis
tor Miss Nina. are both on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. R. V. Downing has been on
the sick list for the past several
days.
Miss Helen Latta Of Mason, who
has lately been quite sick, is i'm
proving,
Mrs. G. f. Lackey, Of this vic
nifty, has been on the sick list for
the pasr several days.
Mr.. Thomas Morris has purchased
the j. w. Turner place in the 18th
district.
Mr. Till Cooper, of this vicinity,
has just recovered from an attack Of
influenza.
The infant child of Mr.. Tom Da-
Wis, of Garland, is suffering from in
fluenza.
Sidney, son of Mr.. ]. S. Crom-
well, of the Bride vicinity, is report
ed quite sick with diphtheria.
DIR. N. w. Kelley has been trans
ferred from Camp Greenleaf, Ca, to
Camp Jackson, Columbia. S. C.
There have been 4OO8 bales of
cotton of the 1918 crop received at
the Churchill compress up to date.
Mr.. D. L. Goddard, of Salisbury,
Tenn, is now employed as book
keeper at the Upton County-Farmers
Union Bank.
"A concert will be given in the
schoolhouse in Atoka for the benefit
of the Red Cross on Friday night,
October IL. Wv
Mr.. Will MCGOWAN, who has
been confined to his bed for two
weeks on account of illness, is slow
ly improving.
Mr.. d. w. Marks and family
have moved to the Malcolm Green
place on College street, which they
lately purchased.
Mrs. w. C. Walker, formerly of
this county, who has lately been
quite sick at her home in Memphis,
is reported better.
Mrs. H. II. Shaw, Of the IdavilIe
vicinity, has received news Of the
safe arrival of her husband overseas
in France.
The infant child Of Bud Coats,
of the Mt. Carmel vicinity, died this
morning and will be buried at Mt.
Carmel graveyard Friday morning.
Mr.. J. NJ. Deem, Of this city, has
received news that his son, Melville
0. Deem, has arrived safely in Eng
land.
The Upton Cotton Mills closed
down Thursday on account of boiler
and expected to resume OPP
erations again today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Jackson, who
have both been confined to their
home with severe colds, are again
able to be up.
-Malinda Stephens, wife of VIM.
well known colored man
of the Gift neighborhood, died Tues
day of tuberculosis.
Mr.. Thomas Addison has pur-
chased Mr.. Walter Clapp's cotton gin
at Phelan, and is now in charge
there.
Hon. W. V. BringIe has received
his commission from President Will
son as chairman of the legal advis-
DRY board on questionnaires for Tip
ton county.
"A log rolled on Henry Washing
ton Saturday while unloading logs at
the saw mill of w. S. Mayes, and
his leg was broken just above the
ankle.
We are requested to announce
that there will be services at Liberty
next Sunday morning and in the af-
ternoon at Oak Grove. Both services
at the usual hours.
Mrs. w. M Robinson, of NEGRO
ry. Ark, daughter of Rev. L. Rayner,
of this city, who was quite sick at
the time Of our last issue, is improv-
ing.
The call for 80 white men from
Upton county to entrain for Camp
Ca, on October z, has
been cancelled by the war depart
ment on account of the prevalence
Of Spanish influenza.