The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-05
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Born to Mr, and Mrs j. r
Faulk, Of Pheian, a son.
"A daughter was born to Dir an'
Mrs. G. G. Cox Saturday
Zine time for breaking land fol
wheat sowing.
Mrs. G C. Fowler is clerkiag al
w. H. Bailey's.
Mr.. TIC. Hamric 81 Idaville
neighborhood, is nov clerA.ng at W
II. Baileys.
The Covington in Co. ship
I ped another carload and hogs
to Louisville Saturday.
| Mr.. W. F. Delashmit shipped a
carload Of cows and yearlings to the
St Louis market Saturday.
Mrs. Buster Jackson, Of the Bride
vicinity, is reported quite sick with
continued fever.
"A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ Bradley. of the 18th dis
trict, Thursday night.
IF you know local or personal
news item, tell US about it or phone
it in to US.
Friends here Of Mr. G. A. Webb
received news Sunday of his safe ar
rival overseas in France.
There will be a concert for school
benefit at Craig's Chapel on Friday
night, September 6.
Mr.. G. "A. Reeder, who has lately
been clerking at the Covington Bak-
cry, is now with the Enterprise Co.
Mrs. W. E. L. Trimm, of the
Gift neighborhood, returned Saturday
from a visit to relatives in Pocahon-
tas, Tenn
Relatives of Mn. Jesse II. Davis,
formerly Of this city, have received
news of his late arrival overseas. Mr..
Davis is in the naval service.
Henry Floyd Roy and Henry
Guilford Sullivan were sent by the
local exemption board to Camp Cor
don, Ga, Friday morning.
Rev. N. r. Fleming, of the Oak
Grove vicinity, was kicked By horse
Thursday and was quite painfully
hurt.
Mr.. "a. M. Billings, Of the Detroit
neighborhood, who was a visitor here
reports scarlet fever prev
alent in that neighborhood.
The new ginning plant Of Webb
& Dean, on Island IS, is nearing COM
pletion, and will be ready for the pub
lie in few days.
Mr.. R. L. Willis, late with one Of
the Bowers stores in Memphis, is now
as clerk in the store Of 4.
D, Baddour.
Ed Jones. who lives on the John
Adams place in the Locust Bluff vic
nifty, is reported very sick with ty-
ohoid fever.
Mr.. Embry S. Bringle has pur-
chased the J. G. Vaughan & Son gin
hing plant at Detroit. and has taken
,harge Of it.
Miss Minnie Haynie is now clerk
ng in the dress goods department. of /
he Covington Supply Co., and Miss
Earl Cage in the Bargain Basement.
Mr.. Claud Simonton is making con-
siderable improvements in the way Of /
-epainting and repapering on the I
second floor Of the Enterprise build /
ng, and is also repainting the front T
If the Enterprise store.
-Messrs. Luther Taught, Walter
Massey and Erskine Wilson returned /
Sunday from Cincinnati. They made I
he journey of ATS miles through the
.ountry, bringing two Ford cars and
/ truck.
The friends of Mr.. J. w. Shelton,
# Columbia, Tenn, formerly Of this
place, who has been suffering from
in attack Of rheumatism in the Cart
y-Ramsay Hospital, Memphis, will be
glad to learn that he is now GONZALES
,ent.
Three young men left here Sat-
1rday morning for Knoxville. Tenn,
where they will begin special military
raining in the University of Tonnes
zee. They are Rial G. Long, Of Cow
ngton; Clyde Willis, of Munford, and
earl Marshall, Of Mason.
Mr.. w. E. Anderson has shown
IS several lunches Of white oak and |
,vercup acorns containing from eight |
o 10 acorns to the bunch. He says
he crop is very fine this year, but
We learn that the crop Of hickory |
luts and scalybarks will be short, as
veil as the persimmon crop. Many |
if the wild grape and muscadine vines
n the woods were killed by the Sc
rere weather of last winter, and on
hese there win be no crop until they
nut out from the ground again.