The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-10

"A son was born Sunday night to
Mr.. and Mrs. P A. Gibbs.
Mrs. Maud Boswell, who has been
suffering from an attack of pleurisy,
is now improving.
"A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ermon Cox, Of the Mt. Carmel
neighborhood, Monday.
Don't forget that the income tax
man is coming on February II. and
will be here until February 20.
Mr.. R. S. Calhoun, who has been
confined to his room on account of
illness. is still steadily improving.
Maj. M. A. Walker, who has been
confined to his room for two weeks
on account of illness, is able to be
up again,
Mr.. L. L. Whitley lately killed an
owl on the ]. L. Fleming place west
of the city that measured AT ga in
ches from tip to tip,
Mr. Frank Lacost and family
have moved to the H. X. and S. j.
Templeton place, in-the vicinity Of
Atoka.
The quarterly communion servi-
ces will be observed by the Mt. Car
mel Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
January 13, at II o'clock.
Mr.. Curtis Thompson and Miss Hat
tie Pruett were married at the home
of Rev. j. A. Kelly Monday afternoon
at 80 o'clock Rev. Kelly officiating.
Floyd Roberts, son of Mr.. E. C.
Roberts, while playing with some
other boys Sunday, got a fall, and
both arms were quite badly sprained.
Mr.. Will Stevens, who has been
suffering from an attack of pneumo-
MIA at the home of his cousin, Mr.
j. M. Stevens, in this city for the
past three weeks, is now improving.
Mr.. w. C. McGaughey has the
contract for adding IL feet to the
two-story barn and 10 feet to the
wagon shed and warehouse of the
Standard Oil Co., near the |. c. depot.
Mr.. Paul Former left Wednesday
morning for Clarksdale, Miss, where
he has accepted a position as ship
ping clerk for wholesale grocery
concern.
Miss Bertha jackson, of Mason,
who lately underwent an operation at
st. Joseph's Hospital, Memphis, was
able to return to her home one day
lately.
Mr.. johnson Glass has ben con-
fined to his home for the past few
days on account of a sprained back,
sustained while building a partition
in the plumbing shop of HARRISON &
Sherrod.
Alfred G. Samuels, formerly of
this place, who was lately operated
on for appendicitis at one of the Mem
phis hospitals, passed through here
Monday on his way to pay a visit
to relatives in Ripley,
Mr.. G. R. Myers, who lives on
the Memphis road southwest of this
city, was robbed of several bales of
hay Saturday night. His gate was
left open the same night and val
liable brood sow strayed off.
Rev. Fred H. Peoples, who re-
Gently gave up his work at Lexington
to go into army Y. M. G, A. work, has
been ordered to Columbia, S. c., for
the present. He expects to go to
France in a short time Midland
Methodist.
Rev. L. Rayner and wife are now
citizens of Covington having moved
here from the Oak Grove vicinity
the first of the week. They occupy
the j. w. Misenheimer place on Elm
street which Mr.. Rayner purchased
some time ago.
Mr.. C. B. McClelland and family
have moved to the G. o.. Mcbride
place on South Main street, Mr. Nc
Bride to the s. B. Snodgrass place
on Maple street, and Mr.. Snodgrass
to the McClelland place, also on Ma
pie street.
Mr.. w. N. Mcbride has moved
to the Gillespie place two miles south |
of the city, on the Mason road, which |
place he purchased some time ago,
Mr.. Ed Gatlin has moved to the Nc |
Bride place on the Mt. Carmel road, |
three miles southwest of the city.
Mr.. E. T. Smith and family, after
a visit to the family of Mr.. SmftA's |
father, Mr.. A. S. ]. Smith, in the
Liberty neighborhood, returned to
their home in Unionville, Tenn, Fri
day. Miss Alice Smith sister Of the |
first named, returned with them, and
viii enter the Unionville High School.
MIR. r. E. Carver reports that he
had a cow to go mad one day last
week. The COW, he stated, was shot
seven times. but all of the shots
failed to kill her. The cow ran into
the bottom, and they were looking for
her the day Mr.. Carver reported the
lnatter-F Friday. He has no idea what
caused the COW to 60 mad.
The second number of the local
lyceum course was given at the gram
mar school Friday night. when Hal
wood Robert Manlove; "the man Of |
many faces" rendered an interesting |
and entertaining program. Mr.. Man
love is one Of the eleverest imperson-
ators that has appeared here in some