The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-12-12

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ton have returned from the West
Tennessee Normal School, having re-
eeiyed discharges from the army
training service there. The other Tip
ton county boys who were in training
there viii return home this week
Don't forget that a Canadian
army officer, Edward W. Martin,
will speak at the Baptist church in
Covington Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in the interest of the Red
Gross, Admission free No collee-
ton.
The curfew law is again being
enforced in Covington, and all persons
under IS years of age must be off
of the streets and alleys of the city
by 9 O'Clock each night II is also
a violation Of the city ordinance for
anyone to park ears on the public
square on Saturdays,
ESQ. w. R. Gift rendered his
resignation as magistrate of the cor
poyation of Covington to Judge John
Y. Peete Monday morning. 1t is I'M
derstood that MI J. W. Darby will
become candidate fer the position
left vacant by Esq. Gift when the
election is called.
The firm Of I. H. Lowenhaupt
& Co. have sold their stock Of hard
ware to Messrs. w. C. Rea and W.
Henson Richardson, who will con-
tinue the business as Rea 4 Rich
ardscn, The Lowenhaupt brothers
will be with the new firm in the
same capacity as in the past.
-Nlr, c. Il. T}can, Of Phelau, who
was visitor here TUESDAY inform
ed us that he raised a beet this year
that wcighel II pounds, and tulniP
weighing fl,o pounds ard two ounces.
lie also bae two stllIs Of cotton
I8 feet and for inches
from point to point of the limbs.
Rev. W. c. Waters, presiding
elder Of the Dyersburg district, came
down from Dyersburg Saturday morn
ing. He held quarterly conference
at Leigh's Chapel Saturday afternoon,
for Second Church and Pisgah Mon
DAY afternoon and at the First Meth
odist Church here Monday night.
Rev. w. C. Kerr, the new pastor
of the A. R. P. church Of this city,
accompanied by his family, left Mon
day for Kings Mountain and MoOres-
vile, N c., on a visit to relatives.
They will return by way of Due
West, S. c., and will be absent until
after christmas. Mr.. Kerr's pulpit
will be vacant during his absence
A small party Of friends enjoyed
Al niHyc'sary dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs ". / Mcbride At Jheir home
on Maple street Tuesday, the affair
being given to celebrate the natal
day of the former. 1t is needless to
say that good fellowship, hospitality
and sumptuous repast served were all
enjoyed to the fullest extent.
Mr.. E. L. Havnie sold the first
of this weak to Mr. H. E. Walker
IS head OF eight and nine-months-
old hogs for 1918. Mr.. Walker has
bought more than $4,000 in hogs
from Mr.. Haynie this year, and he
still has quite a supply on hand. Mr.,
Walker shipped car Of hogs to st.
Louis Tuesday, and the Covington
Milling Co. shipped car to that city
the same day
At the late state Baptist con-
vention in Shelbyville, each section
of the state was called upon to raise
100000 for the benefit of the four
Baptist colleges of the state. A
meeting of the West Tennessee COM
mittee was held in Memphis Wednes-
day, and Rev. 7. Riley Davis was
called there to attend the meeting.
The campaign for the raising Of the
funds is to begin in January.
The congregation of the First
Baptist Church on last Sunday ex-
tended unanimous call to its former
popular pastor, Rev. Chas. E. Wau-
ford, and he was notified of the call
by wire at Camp Sheridan, Montgom-
cry, Ala, where he has been serving
as army chaplain for the past sew
eral months. Mr.. Wauford, we UNI
derstand, has resigned the chaplain
cy, and expects to return to pastoral
work about January /. People of
every denomination here hope he will
decide to accept the call to his old
charge and will return to make his
home in our city again.
Mr.. F. E. Hunt has just returned
from a very interesting session of
the Farmers National Congress,
which was in session in Jacksonville,
Fla, from December 3 to 7. He and
Mrs. Hunt visited st. Augustine with
its many historic places of interest,
topping at Atlanta, Chattanooga
and Nashville. Mr., Hunt says he
was very much disappointed that Ten
nessee was not better represented, as
there were only three or four dele
gates from Tennessee, while many
of the northern and western states
We're represented by large delegations,
showing how much more interested
thew were than the southern states.