The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
LOCAL NEWS

The U. D. C. will meet with
Mrs. Mary 0. Wilson on Saturday
afternoon, May 25th, at $3.50 o'clock.
There are three cases Of small
/ pox in the city, but no new cases
+ have developed.
"A wire from New Jersey to his
wife in this city, states that Lieut..
julius A. Johnston has arrived safely
at port over there"
On Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock a registered Duroc gilt will
be sold at public auction at Mason
| for the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Mr.. ]. w. Wright, of the Sharon
Ineighborhood, who had been confined
to his bed with rheumatism for 10
days, is again able to be up.
T Rev. T. Riley Davis has been
elected pastor of the Pleasant Grove
Baptist church, and will preach at
that place on the first and third
Sundays of each month.
John Ornado Dickens, colored,
Of Corona, was sent by the local ex-
emption board from here to Camp
jackson Tuesday evening, and he will
begin training as soldier there.
The house of Rev. 7. Riley Da-
Wis has lately been papered and
vanished on the interior. The funds
for the work were raised by his
two churches, Liberty and Oak Grove
Mr.. w. H. Crawford, late teller
of the First National Bank, who was
called to Kingsport, Tenn, Saturday,
has gone from that place to Camp
Pike, Ark, to begin training there.
The friends Of Mr.. Lark Brin-
gle, who underwent an operation in
the Baptist Hospital on May 18th,
will be glad to learn that he contin-
ues to improve steadily there.
Mrs. Mason Malone, of the 9th
district, who underwent an operation
in st, Joseph's Hospital, Memphis,
Thursday Of last week, is improving
steadily.
Mr., A. B. Fowlkes, of Newbern
father of Mr. Walter Fowlkes,
who underwent an operation at the
losmer Hospital, Dyersburg, on Nav
10Th, is steadily improving.
Mr. H. A. Maddox, who lives on
the Mt. Carmel road three miles
south of the city, had the misfortune
Sunday. "0'D'
The Lincoln Chautauuua will be-
gin a seven-day engagement on the
W, L, Shelton lot on South Main
street, Saturday afternoon, Nav 25.
and not a five-day engagement. as
previously announced.
The ladies of Henning will serve
ice cream and cake on Tuesday NIGHT
May 28th, at the lawn adjoining Dr.
II: W. Sanford's office. The proceeds
will go to the Red Cross. Your pat
ronage will be appreciated.
The Upton county bank state
ments, published in this ISSUE of the
Leader, make good financial show
ing for our county The berry crop
made substantial addition to the
deposits of some Of the banks Of
the county.
MIR. Charles Gill arrived here
Wednesday night from PENIS Grove,
n. ]. Mr.. Gill came by Huntingdon,
w. Va, where he is registered. He
will wait here for his call to the
army, which he thinks will come in
a short time.
The ladies of the Mt. Carmel
branch of the Red Gross chapter
have adopted good plan for raising
funds for the Red Cross. Each lady
member contributes one dozen eggs
once week. These eggs are depos-
tied in the treasury and are then
sold, the proceeds going into the
branch's treasury. By this means
from $3.50 to So is raised for this
good cause that otherwise would not
be, and nobody misses it.
The land in the case of the state
of Tennessee VS.. L. ]. White, ct al,
was sold by Clerk and Master John
son, of the chancery court, at the
courthouse last Friday. The land
is in the 10th district at Mason, and
there are IA acres in the tract. Mrs.
]. E. Barton, the occupant Of the
house on the place, was the purchas-
err. Mrs. Barton was the highest
bidder, offering $685. for the proper
ty. The terms Of sale were one
third cash, the balance due in one
and two years, with equal payments.
AT a meeting of the colored peo-
pie of Richardson's landing, held |
in the colored Baptist church of that
place on May 10Th, $27.5O was raised
for the Red Cross, The meeting was
presided over by Rev. W. T. Garner
and Mr.. Jack Gamble. Mr., Gamble,
who is the Red Cross chairman for
assessed the colored peo-
pie Of Richardson's landing $4,000, |
which they pledged themselves to
raise before the week of the drive
is over. The colored people showed
much enthusiasm,
-Grundy Smith, colored, arrest
ed by Officer ]. H. Hunt, was tried T
on a sharge Of vagrancv Tuesday :
before Mayor ]. j. Green, who as-a
sessed fine Of $25 against him.
The fine was secured and Smith was
released. A quaftette of colored /
crap-shooters, arrested by the same
officer, were also tried by the mayor
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