The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-17
LoCALNEWs

--Early-sown wheat for winter and
early spring pasturage.
Have you gotten your land in
shape for that wheat crop yet !?
Don't forget about that 100000
bushel crop Of wheat for Upton
county.
Rye sown now will make fine
pasturage for your stock and poul-
try next spring,
| Don't forget to tell us in person
or over the phone about that personal
or local item you know about.
Mr.. Charles Mccain, Of Idaville,
got his right hand caught in the saws
Of the gin at that place Friday and
three of his fingers were split open
to the bone,
Help fill an the barrel at the Gov
ington Supply Co. with peach seed
and nut shells. They are for making
gas masks for the soldiers.
Mr.. w. j. Combes, Of the Brigh-
ton vicinity, received news Saturday
of the safe arrival Of his son, Alfred
|B. Combess overseas in France.
Mr.. S. T. Friedman, Of the Ho-
gan's store vicinity, received a card
Friday from his son, James, telling of
his safe arrival overseas in France.
Mr. A. ]. Baskin, Of the Hazel
Grove neighborhood, received news
Saturday Of the safe arrival Of his
son, Efford ]. Baskin, overseas in
France.
The body Of Charles Tate, col
ored, formerly Of the Gift vicinity,
who died Of influenza at Camp Sher-
man, Chillicothe, Ohio, on October
8. was brought here Friday night for
burial.
Hugh Stewart, son of Mr.. John
Stewart, of the 18th district, returned
from Camp Gordon, Ga, Saturday,
having received an honorable dis
charge on account Of physical dis
ability.
Mr. F. w. Brooks. of Nashville,
division electrician Of the Cumberland
Telephone & Telegraph Co., has been
here for the past several days over
hauling the switchboard Of the local
telephone company.
The remains of Ernest Sheriff.,
coIored. son Of Clark Sheriff., Of this
city, who was in training at Camp
Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, and who
died there of bronchial pneumonia,
arrived here Sunday night for burial.
Mrs. Lee Pool, wife of the late
Wiley Pool, died Friday afternoon at
8 o'clock of tuberculosis, after long
illness, and was buried in the Indian
Crek burial ground Saturday at noon.
She was only l9 years Of age. A lit
tie son survives her.
-. D. Mason, Jr., who lives one
mile north of the city, tells us that
in frying eggs one morning lately his
wife found a perfectly sound water
melon seed embedded in the center Of
"a yolk How the seer got on the in
side of the egg is q mystery.
Two children OF Mr.. T. P. Par
ker, who lives on the Thomas VIM
old place one and a half miles suoth
of the city, died of pneumonia within
an hour of each other Saturday morn
ing, each after short Illness. Earl,
aged s years, died at $50 o'clock,
and his baby brother, aged about 8
months, died at $3.50. The two chill
dren were buried. at Mt Carmel
cemetery on the following morning.
Mr.. ]. r, Gill, manager Of the
local telephone exchange, asks us to
urge all persons having business with
the exchange not to make calls for
anything but necessities and not to
allow children to use the telephone
for making, unnecessary calls. The
force has been greatly reduced on ac-
count Of illness and the exchange is
busy handling messages pertaining to
the moving Of crops, handling war
messages. etc. He also urges people
not to ask the time over the phone,
as it takes more time to give the
time than it does to make two con-
nections. Mr.. Gill respectfully asks
the cooperation Of the public along
the above lines and also says their
cooperation will greatly aid the hand
ling of legitimate messages.