The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19

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right hand cut Off ia the machinery
lof q sorghum mill Thursday night.
Elder VI. A. Bishop, Of somer-
! vile, preached in the Indian Greek
church Saturday and Sunday morn
Iings. He has been called and has ae-
lcepted the pastofate Of that church.
Mrs. W. L. Barrett, Mrs. Amanda
Haynie and Mrs. Fannie Long viii
move to Memphis on the first Of next
month, where they win reside in fu-
ture.
Mr. J. H. Bogue has lately re-
ceived news of the safe arrival Of his
son, Henry L. Bogue, overseas in
France. The young man was jan
training at Camp Gordon.
John Whitley. colored, informed
US Tuesday that he had received an
official card notifying him of the
safe arrival overseas of his brother
lin-law, Afford Craig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Smith re-
5tiycd a cablegram IMonday from
their son, Lieut.. Palmer Smith, Of
the aviation corps, telling them Of his
safe arrival in France.
Circuit Clerk M. L. Southall has
just completed a fouT-room concrete
smokehouse servants house and bath
house at his home two miles north
east Of the city
Miss Eva CuTie, Of Brownsville,
who formerly taught in the city
schools of Covington. and afterwards
for several years at Wilmington, is
now teaching in the public school at
Forrest City, Ark,
Col. VIM. Sanford has received
cablegram from his son, Lieut.. Ed
win Sanford, who has been in the
aviation section at Camp Dick, Dali
las, Tex, telling Of his safe arrival
in France.
The news has been received Of
the safe arrival of the four young
lady trained nurses from Upton
county overseas with DR.. F. D.
unit. They are Misses Ruth !
Dennis, Ruth Beatty and Ambia Roby.
-Larrie Somervell. colored, was
by Officer J. H. Hunt Satur-
day at the instance Of the Detroit,
Mich, authorities, for failure to reg
lister there, and was placed in the
county Jail to await further action.
Malcolm Gray, son of Mr.. F. D.
Gray, of the Mt. Lebanon vicinity,
was taken to Memphis Monday, where
an operation was performed on his
left leg, a large section Of diseased
bone being removed below the knee.
The house occupied by Win Mas
sey, at Upton, was destroyed by
fire, which we are told originated
from the stove flue. The greater por-
ton of the household goods were de-
stroyed The fire occurred Thursday
afternoon.
Sunday, October 6, has been des-
ignated as Liberty Loan Sunday, and
all ministers have been requested to
preach a sermon on the subject of 1
the Liberty Loan and the govern
ment's necessity in the present cri-
sis.
Mrs. N. H. Mitchell. Of this city,
has lately received a cablegram am
that her brother, Mr.. T. C.
Lusk, was seriously wounded in ac-
ion on August q. Mr. Lusk is one
If the volunteers from Lauderdale
county.
We have been given a sample
if sorghum made from Texas ribbon
,ane grown by Mr.. Walter McWil-
Jams, Of the End district. The sorg-
lum has peculiarly fine flavor, and
S not excelled by the finest sugar
house molasses.
DIR. Alexander G. McCabe, of Dy-
held services at Trinity
Chapel last Sunday afternoon, preach
ng there at $3.50 o'clock. There was
quite a good congregation in attend
ance, including several people from
his city.
Some time between II o'clock
Sunday morning and A o'clock the
same afternoon, a burglar entered
he bakery of ]. w. Black by cutting
he screen wire. Nothing of any
yalue except few pounds Of lard
vas missed from the place.
Rev. Albert Keller, Of Athens,
Tenn, viii conduct a meeting in this
first Presbyterian Church Of Coving- Il
on, beginning Sunday, September
20. Mr.. Keller held very successful l.
meetings during August for the Pres
,yterian churches Of Mt Carmel,
stanton and Mason. II
There were $50 bales of cotton
.inned here on Friday and 240 on
by the various gins. Sat
rday was as busy a day among our
Merchants as most any day in Oc-
ober or November, and clerks were
ept busy all day and into the night :
rating on the trade. 4
Oscar Burlison was tried Monday e
efore ESQ. Lauderdale Richardson on b
wo charges-public drunkenness and =
ublic profanity. On the first charge
e was assessed a fine of $25 and o
osts, and $40 and costs on the sec i,
nd, both of which he paid and was d
eleased. ii
The protracted meeting in the t
harleston Baptist church, conducted a
Y Rev. T. Riley Davis, closed Friday b
light. AS result Of the meeting 7
lere were "a additions by let T
r. and 20 hy bantism. Twenty-nine OF