The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17

Mr.. j.. NJ. GOODS, VINO mas been
on the sick list for the past 10 days,
is again able to sit up.
Rev. ]. E. Miles win preach at
Liberty church next Sunday morning
at II o'clock.
Mai. M. A. Walker is still con-
fined to his room on account of ill
ness, but is steadily improving.
Mrs. R. P. Walker was taken
Tuesday morning to st. Joseph's Hos
pital, Memphis, where she will under
go an operation.
Mrs. c. H. Davis, Of the Phelan
neighborhood, has just had a new
dwelling erected on her place, and
her son. Mr.. C. H. Davis, is now
occupying it.
Mr.. Everett Moore slipped on the
icy pavement while crossing from the
Covington Supply Co. to Ports &
Gwinn's Monday, and fell breaking his
nose in the fall.
Mr.. Barney Tenant. Of the Gilt
Edge neighborhood, who has been
suffering with an attack of pneumo-
MIA at the home of Mr.. Walter Smith,
in this city, is now eonvalescent.
"A coal famine was reported at
Brighton Wednesday morning. Peo-
pie who had been formerly using
coal were casting about to secure
wood and were glad to get it.
William C. Simonton, son of Mr.
j. w. Simonton, left Monday foI
Memphis, where he has secured q
situation with the Tayloe Paper CO..
and will now make his home in that
city.
Mrs. j. M. Smithson and Mrs
]. C. Peterson attended the marriage
of their brother, Mr.. Clarence L.
Watkins, and Miss Wayne Robertson,
which occurred in Martin. on Thurs
day, January 10, at high noon.
The hog production rally which
was planned for Upton county on
Friday, January IL, did not material
ize, on account of the snow-storm
and blizzard prevailing here during
that day. Arrangements will probably
be made for rally 30 be held later.
The infant daughter of Mr.. Allen
Poole, of the Holly Grove neighbor-
hood, aged 10 months, died at /
o'clock Tuesday morning, after ali
illness Of 10 days, and was buried at
Indian Creek burial ground Wednes-
day.
Miss Ruby Crunk, of Water Val
ley, Miss. a daughter of Mr.. Frank
Crunk, formerly of this place, is now
employed at the Covington Tin &
Plumbing Co. and the Palace Theatre.
She is boarding at the home Of her
uncle, Sheriff B. E. White.
Mr.. George Elan, a well-known
citizen of the Egypt neighborhood,
died Sunday afternoon and was bur-
led in the Campground graveyard
Monday. Mr.. Elan was between So
and 70 years of age, and is survived
by his wife, three sons and one
daughter.
Both the Byars-Hall and the 9TH
err schools of the city closed from
Friday, last week until next Monday,
on account of the extreme cold weather
and the shortage of coal. A good
many of the other schools of the
county have been suspended for the
week on account of the weather.
"A coal shortage was reported in
the telephone exchange at Munford
the first of the week, and it was
feared that the exchange would have
to be closed. The situation was re-
lieved Monday by the Covington ex-
change shipping the first-named ex-
change small quantity of coal in
sacks.
Marion, aged one year, son Of the
late Marion Hall, died at the home
of his grandfather, Mr.. j. B. Nc
Gala, in Memphis, Monday night
of meningitis after an illness OF
only a few days. The remains were
brought to Covington on the 9:20
train Monday morning, and were tax
en- to Mt. Carmel cemetery for burial
the funeral services being conducted
by Rev. j. G. Johnston.
Mr.. Rial Long passed an exam
nation in Memphis Tuesday as typist
and clerk in the quartermaster corps
of the U. S. army. He left today
for St. Louis, for final examination,
and will go from there to Jackson
vile, Fla, where he will be sta
toned. Mr.. Lanicr Ferguson will
take his place as freight clerk in the
/. G. depot here,
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