The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-31

list Hospital, Memphis, since Septem-
Der l, was able to return home Sat-
urday night
Mary Garrett, the little fifteen
months-old daughter of Dr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w Meux, of Stanton, died on
Monday evening, October 81, at $3.50
o'clock Interment was held at the
Stanton cemetery at .3:30.-Browns-
vile State-Graphic.
The price on cottonseed has again
been changed, taking effect October
%. Wagon seed, delivered, are TO
bring Stopper ton; in car lots, fob.
railroad station, 500 per ton. This
price applies throughout Tennessee
until further notice.
Mrs D. w. Marks has received
card telling of the safe arrival of
her nephew, Cecil helms, overseas.
Mr., Nelms is also a nephew Of Mrs.
L. f. Greer. He is in the coast
artillery, having enlisted when only
Is years of age.
-Manley Rose, aged six years, fell
from the porch at his home in the
Liberty neighborhood fSw days
ago, and an ugly cash was cut in
his forehead which required several
stitches to close up. He is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. T. Rose.
Pearl Finch was arrested Fri
day night by Officer ]. H. Hunt as
lie got off the 1914 train southbound.
He had 10 pints Of whiskey in his
possession. Finch was fined $50 by
Mayor J. J. Green, and was turned
over to the state.
Clark Sturgeon, aged 10 months,
son of Mr.. Lemuel Howard, Of the
Elm Grove neighborhood, died Fri
day morning and was buried at Smyr-
ma at II O'clock Saturday morning,
Rev, J. A. Kelly conducting the fu-
neral services.
Mr. G. f. Cockrill, who is trav-
cling in Arkansas and Missouri for
H. J. Heinz Co., of Chicago, and who
has been confined to his home here
for several days on account of illness,
was able to resume his duties on the
road Saturday.
Mary Lorel, the 18-months-old
daughter of Mr.. Tom Cage, Of the
Mt. Lebanon vicinity, died at o'clock
Thursday morning of influenza and
pneumonia, after an illness of 10I
days, and was buried the same af-
ternoon at 8 o'clock at Liberty.
Mrs. Ansel Harris, daughter of
Mr.. j. w. Solomon, formerly Of this
place, died at her home in Blytheville,
Ark, on Thursday afternoon of last
week at 5 o'clock, Of influenza. Her
two -year-old daughter, Louise, died
the day before.
Mr.. Ed Watkins, Of the Bolton
College vicinity, formerly of this
county, a brother of Messrs. Green
and Oscar Watkins, died at his home
Sunday at II o'clock of pneumonia,
and was buried on Monday in Mt.
Carmel cemetery, He is survived by
his widow and several children.
The work of overhauling the G.
N. Albright building for occupancy
of the Peoples Bank at Stanton, has
been completed, and that institution
moved into its handsome new quar-
ters Monday. Mr.. Ed Peeler, a TIP /
ton county boy, is the popular cash
Ter.
Mr.. Dock Street, aged 33 years,
a well known citizen of the Gilt
Edge vicinity, died at his home Sun
day of pneumonia, after weeks i'll
ness, and was buried Monday at
Smyrna. His wife preceded him to
the grave about two weeks. Two
survive their parents.
-Elzona Baskin, daughter Of Mr..
Edward Baskin, Of this city, died OF
pneumonia at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. VIM. Gates, in the 3rd district,
Sunday night, while on visit there.
She was buried at Indian Creek
on the day following her
death. She was II years Of age.
Nearly everything has gone up
in price since the war began, and
there are very few articles that can
be purchased for the old prices.
Shaves and hair cuts in Covington,
to the upward tendency,
we're advanced by local BARRIERS Sat
lrday to 20 cents for the former and
10 cents for the latter.
Mr.. Jack Hissong, one of the
EMPLOYEES at the G. M. & A.. Co., has
this office with some very
line specimens of radishes taken
rom his fall garden. This has been
he finest season for late gardens
hat we ever remember to have seen,
md most people have been eating
'resh vegetables for weeks.
Relatives of Messrs. Ebenezer
Paine and Will Hopper received cards
rom them the latter part Of last
week stating that they had left Camp
Merritt, N. j., for oversees duty mi
England. Clarence L. Watkins, Of
he Mt. Carme, vicinity, writes rel
ltives that he has lately arrived safe
y in England.
1t is getting to be a problem to
landle the letters from soldiers over
eas 10 relatives in this county. We
would like very much to print every
me Of these letters, and up to this
week have done so, but have been
ompelled, on account of rush Of
matter, to leave some out
his week Unless too many OF them
ecumulate on us between now and
ur next issue, we viii do our best !
3 publish them at that time.
u. r. Mitchell, Arthur Wilson and !
J. A. Collister, all Of the Garland
icinity, who got off the southbound
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