The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-07-18
LOCALNEWs
How about that courthouse yard,

How about that courthouse yard
ladies?
Remember the weeds in your
yard. lot and other places, to cut
them down.
MIR. E. L. White, who has lately
been confined to his home on account
of illness, is again able to be up.
David Smith, son Of Mr.. Whit
Smith, Of the End district, is reported
quite sick.
The infant child of Mr.. Thomas
Newman, of the Phelan vicinity, died
at an early hour Thursday morning,
and was buried the same afternoon.
Mr.. John H. Dawson, Of the Bur
lison vicinity, has lately contracted
for an electric light and waterworks
system for his farm.
Don't forget to set your time
pieces up to correspond with the new
time that went into effect in the ear
ly spring.
-Peyton Dyson, an old colored
man about 80 years of age, died
Of dropsy at the Dan Vandergrift
place near Gift Friday night.
pr. T. A. Price, colored, is hav-
ing a neat new house built on the
site af the Jack Yarbrough old place
IN Nor+h Main street
The infant child of Mr.. Dave
Hartsfield, of the Bird district, a
daughter, died at o'clock Friday
morning, and was buried the following
at Elm Grove.
The hen shower given by the Ia
dies of the Brighton branch Of the
Red Cross chapter, netted 104 hens,
We think this is a record that Will
be hard to beat.
Mr.. Sam Stephenson was called
to Des Moines, Ia, Sunday to attend
the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Chas.
A. johnson, who has been quite SICK
for several days.
The revival meeting will begin
at Holly Grove next Sunday morning
AZ II o'clock. Rev. r. f. White
will assist the pastor, Rev. y. W.I
Gean, in the conduct of the meeting
Mr.. John Payne, of Rialto, has
closed the deal for the cypress on
he Sale 150-acre tract of land near
Gotten Lake. The consideration was
$4,000.
Last Friday night was record.
breaker for July in the matter Of
low temperature, the government
thermometer going down to 56 de-
grees above zero.
Fourteen aviators from Column
JUS, Ohio, on their way to Park Field,
Wilmington. stopped over and spent
hort while in this city Saturday
"A dispatch from WASHINGTON I'M
Ier date of July Is, brings news OF
he commissioning Of Louis Q. iran
on of Mason, as second lieutenant
n the quartermaster corps OF the
rmy.
Among the list of SO casualties
n the marine corps sent out in the
ispatches from Washington under
ate Of July 10 was that Of Raleigh
Valdron, from Drummonds, TINS
ounty,
Miss Florence Williams, who ar,
ived here from Nashville several
yeeks ago on visit to her sister,
ne + Z. Hatchell, left Friday for
Temphis to make some preliminary Ii
arrangements for going to Shanghai,
nina, where she will be engaged IN
eaching in mission school.
-Messrs. S. J. Roberts and Dick I
RYAN returned Thursday night from
visit to Claiborne, White. Faulkner, ;
ross ST. Francis, Poinsett and Prai- Il
Il counties, Ark, where they went
, purchase some hounds for the Ste L
henson Kennels. They purchased
) head of dogs while on the trip.
Mr.. T. E. Taylor and son, Sam,
Cherry, were visitors in Covington 2
aturday. They informed us that I
rops were looking well in their part 4
! Lauderdale county, though begin t
mo to need rain. They also stated \
,at protracted meeting was in prog S
ass at Green Chapel. Rev. Mr..
Iaddox is assisting the pastor, Rev. !
II. Lamb. in the conduct OF the !
Getting. f
-Messrs. c. H. Allen and w. r y
lowers each had wagon-load Of t
atermelons here Saturday-the first
! the season. The melons sold read T
' at from five to so cents. This is a
nv early for melons, July rs being P
bout as early as they are ever n
Fought here to market. The contin-
ID dry weather has been very I'M s.
.vorable to melons, and the pros v
,ct for good yield at this time is /,
Try unfavorable. "