The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-01
LOCAL NEWS

ing, OF ACOka, on july ~, girl.
Mrs. Jack Hissong has been on the
sick list for several days at her home
on South Upton avenue.
Rev. J. A. Kelly is assisting the
pastor. Rev. Syl Fisher, in a pro-
tracted meeting at Wilson's Chapel,
which began Sunday night.
Mr.. J. L. Richardson has been
confined to his home this week on
account Of having gotten some kind
of poison in one Of his eyes. He
has been suffering very much. but
is now improving.
| Little Clara May, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. /. l. Bringle,, playing with
some little friends Monday fell and
both bones of the left arm just above
the wrist were broken.
The Leader has received a card
bringing news of the safe arrival
overseas of another Upton county
boy - Ben w. Rice, of Company G,
I525th Engineers.
Mr.. Raymond Atkinson, Of the
Egypt neighborhood. and Miss Lottie
George, of the Simonton vicinity, were
married Saturday at the home Of Esq.
Joe Wooten, at Munford, that justice
officiating.
The new Methodist church at Phe-
Ian has been practically completed by
the contractors, Messrs. Marion and
johnson Turnel Mr. John Stein
who has the painting contract, began
work Wednesday.
The following party of young
people left here Tuesday for Cold
Creek on a camping trip for the bal
ance of the week: Misses Katherine
and Maud Gill, Jessie Mellow, Irene
jacques, Mary Robson and Nora
Gee, Messrs. Robert and Frank Nc
Bside, Julian Whitley, Thomas Moose
nd John Sherrod The party was
chaperoned by Misses Wilmoth Whit
ley and Pauline Mcbride.
-Messrs. B. B. Boyd, R. S. Mellow,
John bearing and A. B. Cobb went
Wednesday to Grand junction with a
view Of purchasing a lot Of seed
wheat from the Lespedeza farm there.
Mr. Sol Baddour, who has been
on the sick list for several days,
is again able to be at his place of
business.
Next Thursday is the day for
the annual Confederate reunion. at
Brighton. Rev. Robert A. Clark, pas
tor Of the First Methodist Church
IF this city, has accepted an invita-
lion to be one of the speakers onI
that occasion.
Mrs. Josh J. Miller, of Gift, went
70 Memphis Wednesday morning to
see her daughter, little Miss Aileen,
who is still confined to her bed in.Il
st. Joseph's hospital with typhoid fe- 4
yer. The little girl, however, is
slowly improving.
The Red Cross workroom at the
home Of Mrs. w. A. Owen IS again
'pen to the workers in that part of
own. Every lady who wants to spend
pleasant hour in this patriotic work
s requested to go to this open air
Vorkroom any hour in the day, and
my day in the week except Saturday
Mr.. e. d. Pace and wife Of the
nd district, were visitors here We'd Il
lesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Pace lately
lied petition with Judge Stephen ]
on, and have legally adopted Jesse (
T. Simpson, Jr. Il
Miss Carrie Mcdonald, Of the I,
9Th district, who is taking a course
4 stenography at one Of the Nash
lille business colleges, leaves soon for
ne of the environments, where she
will enter Y. M. G.. A. work. q
DIR. Ed Wall reports an epidemic
f blackleg among the cattle Of Fay !
tet Wiseman, near Burlison, on Geo. I
'feens' place near Tabernacle, and II
n Rev. 7. L. Hancock's place three !
niles east Of this city.
Mr.. J. T. Boyd, formerly Of the b
I'd district of this county, who has q
cen making his home one mile y
orth Of Blytheville, Ark, had the .
Misfortune to have his house and g
IS entire contents destroyed by fire t
tuesday, night, Che fire being caused p
rom defective flue. Mr.. Boyd had d
200 in money burned up in the fire. h
10 suffered the loss Of another house il
| the same neighborhood about two e
ears ago, it being struck by lightning b