The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-06-27

There is not an alien German
man OF woman in Upton county.
Miss Eunice Hewett, who has been
under treatment in st. Joseph's Hos
pital, Memphis, following an oper-
Mr.. Henry Townsend is again
employed at the garage of H. B.
Shelton.
Miss Ruth Richardson entered Mel
sons Business College in Memphis
Monday, and win take business
course there.
Mr. Ed Baxter left Sunday for
Sumner, Miss, where he will now
make his home and will be employed
in a garage.
Mr.. Spencer Douglas has pur
chased the meat market of Mr.. a,
Laxton, and will continue the business
at the same stand.
There were III head Of spring
lambs shipped from here to st. Louis
Saturday The shipment was made
by Mr.. Frank Fisher, of Durhamvlle.
Edward Smith, son Of Mr.. Sher-
rod Smith, had his right arm broken
at the wrist while cranking a car
Saturday night.
-Messrs. Garrett Elan and Jesse
Miles left Saturday night for Pas
cagoula, Miss, and they will be en-
ployed in the government shipbuild-
ing service at Moss Point.
The Leaders classified depart
ment is growing more popular rs an
advertising medium each week If
you have anything for sale, try it;
if you want to buy anything, try it.
An operation was performed on
the little son of Mr. F. D. Gray, of
the 18th district for inflam-
mation Of the bone one day last
week He is doing as we'll as could
be expected.
The work of rebuilding the gin
ming plant of the Covingtou Cotton
Oil Co., which was destroyed by fire
several months ago, is progressing
well, and the machinery will be placed
in the building this week,
Messrs. w. T. Gross and Charlie
Chapman, of the Munford vicinity,
were visitors here Monday. The for
mer reports his son, Carl, who has
lately been very sick, to be improv-
ing.
Mrs. G. l. Morrissett, who had
been attending the bedside of her
father, Mr. w. M. Smith, in the vic
nifty of Brighton, returned home Sat
urday. ME. Smith has lately been
quite sick, but is now steadily i'm
proving.
The name of Robert Peel, who
was formerly employed as an auto
machinist in the garage of the Cow
ington Manufacturing & Auto Co.,
was reported in the list of casualties
in Sundays daily papers. Peel left
here in the fall of last year.
Mr.. C, C. Billings writes us from
Dardanelle, Ark, under date of June
Fl: "Please find enclosed one cotton
bloom raised by me about 10 miles
southeast of Dardanelle, Ark, in Yell
county. This bloom was pulled from
an 80-acre patch of cotton planted in
April this year"
Ac ApASS VI JOUn JSiiHIURSy III |
he Pleasant Grove neighborhood,
Iauderdale county, was destroyed by
ire Saturday night. The fire start
I'd from spark from a grist mill
near by. Nearly all the household
goods were destroyed. The loss
the insurance is about $1,000. \
Mrs. C. A. HARRISON and children,
Jhallice and Helen, who had been Wis
ting Mrs. Harsson's mother, Mrs.
Mamie Fontaine, at Alma, Ark, re-
,urned home Monday, Mrs. Fontaine
has lately been quite sick, but is now
able to be up.
alton for removal Of tonsils and adj !
,noids, returned home Saturday eve /
ling.
--Children's services were held in
he Atoka Methodist church Sunday !
hight under the direction of the SUI I
Oeriptendent, Mr.. w. w. Templeton.
The house was packed with people,
many being unable to find seats. A I
,ery interesting program was carried
tut, including an address by the pas :,
or, Rev. G. e. Norman. A similar
program will be carried out in the
dunford Methodist church next Sun
lay morning at II o'clock.
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