The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-07-04
LOCAL NEWS

weeds on your premises.
We are under obligations to GU
8 good friend, Mr.. John /. VanMete
g for lot of very fine Irish potatoes
some of his own raising.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Dial, former
ly of Munford, have now moved t,
Memphis, where they expect to max,
their home
-Messrs. J. c. Tate and Corridor
Tate, Of Phelan, have gone to Had
! ley's Bend, near Ma hyile, and will
be employed in the nitrate plant
there
Mrs. D. o. Ammons, of this vic
nifty, was called to Henning Saturday
to attend the bedside of Mrs D. o.
irwin, who is suffering from an at
tack Of typhoid fever.
Capt. Kit Dalton, the only living
member of the Jesse James-Cole
Younger-Quantrell band Of outlaws,
lectured at the Palace theater to a
fair-sized audience Thursday night.
Mr.. w. A. Smith has taken
charge of the extra gang on the Illi-
nOis Central railroad at Curve, reliev-
ing Mr.. j. J. Murphy, who is off on
90-day leave of absence.
Mr.. W. B. Huffman came up Sun
day from Memphis to attend the bed
side of his father, Mr.. w. ]. Huff
man, who has been on the sick list
for the past several days.
The Leaders classified depart
ment is growing more popular as an
advertising medium each week. If
you have anything for sale, try it;
if you want to buy anything, try it.
Mrs. L. C. Skipper and children
have gone to Monteagle to spend the
summer. Upon their return they will
go to Memphis to make their home.
They have been making their home in
'Covington since last January /.
Nothing has been done so far
about the matter of putting the
courthouse yard in decent shape
Won't some public-spirited citizens or
good ladies' take the matter in hand
and see if something can be accom-
plished along that line?
Ernie JOY, a member of Troop
X, Eighth Texas Cavalry, arrived here
from Cavaleria, Texas, Friday on
30-day furlough. He has been a
member Of the regular army for sew
eral years, and this is his first visit
here in five years.
Mr.. Ginner of Upton and adjoin-
ing counties, if you are going to
need any seed tickets, tags or any
thing in the printing line for the
ginning season, now is the time to
send us a mail order for same, and
you will then avoid the rush in that
kind Of work later in the season.
If YOU are in need of bill, letter
or note heads, statements of any
size or design, envelopes remittances
or anything in the line of commercial
printing, send the Leader mail order
aad it will be looked after as prompt
" and satisfactorily as if the order
were given in person.
Russell F. Huffman, formerly of
The Detroit neighborhood, writes his
friends Of his safe arrival in France
With his regiment, the 117th Infantry,
rom Camp Sewer, Greenville, s. G.
He reports that the boys of Company
Q. of which he is member, are all
veil and happy.
-Messrs. P. N. and J. L. Luttrell,
If the 18th district, charged with
allure to comply with road contract, :
waived examination before Esq. Lau-
lerdale Richardson Saturday. Each
made bond in the sum of $3.50 for s
heir appearance before the July term :
# the criminal court, and were re-
eased
Mr.. Shep Hammer, who has been!
tationed with his regiment at Fl.
Bliss, Tex, after a short visit to
he family of his mother, Mrs. Annie
tanner, left Friday morning for \
Iemphis to join his regiment, which
eft the same day for Camp Dix, N, !
!. The regiment expects to sail I
hortly for overseas duty in France.
-Messrs. B. A. Surber, of Milling h
on, and H. H. Hudson, Of Upton, ]
we're visitors here Monday, The lat o
er reports that Mr.. ]. w. Hughes, b
{ Upton, has lately finished thresh-
1g his crop of GA bushels of wheat,
nd that Mr.. G. P. Clements, of Mum Q
ord, had made over 800 bushels on a
is Upton farm. q
DIR. VIM. Murray, county bridge :
Iperintendent, reports several bridges E
'ashed away by the heavy rains of 4
tuesday, evening of last week-two =
n the Covington and Solo road near =
he home of P. P. Miller, two on the !.
oyslgton and Gotten Lake road and !;
ne near the home of VIM. Jones, at j
olo. :,