The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-05
LoCAL NEMs

sick list for the past few days
Mrs. Robert Brammer, Of th'
10th district, is reported quite sick.
The infant daughter Of Mr. ]. B
Heddin, of the Tabernacle vicinity, is
reported critically i'll.
Mrs. Paul Gillespie has been on
the sick list for the past several
days.
"A daughter was born to Mr.. AID
Mrs. Robert Willis, Of the Upton
vicinity, Monday.
--Loye Burlison is now employed
in the store Of A. B. Baslzin, at Bur-
lison.
Mr., E. D. Bates, Of the Idaville
vicinity, is now clerking for J. w,
Black at the Covington Bakery.
Mr.. r. M. Turnage, Of Randolph
vicinity, reports the loss Of valu-
able mule from coils a few days ago.
James, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm Green, is suffering from an
attack Of fever.
Mr.. R. E. Moose, of the Clopton
vicinity, is now employed at Gin No.
! Of the Covington Cotton Oil Co.
Mrs. Frank Webb, Of this city.
has received notice of the safe ar
rival overseas Of her son, G. A. Webb.
- Mr.. H. N. Hall, who has been
sick for the past week, is able to be
out again.
MIR. NJ. A. Sherrod, treasurer,
asks us to urge all subscribers to the
second Red Cross fund to call at the
Upton County Farmers Union Bank
and pay the amounts pledged at once.
Mrs. A. B. Pritchard and family,
who have been making their home
with Mr. and Mrs. j r. Gill, are
making preparations to move shortly
to Memphis.
Mr.. G. J. Dallas, the new agent of
the American Express Co, has rent
ed the Strain place on Washington
street, and will move his family there
from Fulton, KY, in few days.
Buster Wood was sent to the
school in Nashville by
Public Guardian c. w. Beasley. He |
was taken there Sunday by Mr.. J. A.
Fredrickson.
Cotton was coming in rapidly be- |
fore the rains Of this week, and is |
reported to be still opening rapidly. |
bales were sreceiyed here
Wednesday.
james D. Mcintyre, J. M. AM
mons and Claud Glass left this morn
ng for Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga,
where they will enter the limited SER
vice.
Arthur L. Hancock, formerly Of
his city, who has been in the officers
reserve corps at Camp Zachary Tay-
or, KY, has lately been transferred
o Camp Gordon. Ga.
Mr. John M. Smith has rented
he Alfred Boyd storehouse. lately
occupied by the Covington Feed &
Produce Co., and will move there on
october /.
Most of the newly elected Of
icers of the county, and all Of the
Magistrates with the exception of the
tn disc%ct, where a contest was on,
we're sworn in before County Clerk I
iimonton Monday morning.
Former Sheriff B. E. White has
ccepted position as manager for \
fr. Embry Bringle's gin at Detroit. !
his is the plant that Mr.. Bringle !
ltely bought from j. G. Vaughan &
on. Z
Lieut.. B. G. Buford has been con- !
med to his bed at his home in this I
lace for several days on account Of 4
lness. He is now conyalescing, how +
YER, and will return to Love Field, IA
alias, Tex, next Sunday. IT
Johnnie Bolton and Willie Wat
ms, both colored, left here Wednes- n
ay night for Camp Sheridan, Chill {
Gothic, Ohio, to join the other draft
IS who left here forg that point
anday evening. a
-. L. Walton, of the Mt. Carmel p
cinity, was called to Columbia, sc. +
to see his brother, SAM $
81 L. Walton, who is suffering from Q
severe attack Of pneumonia in
e training camp there. e
Mr.. Archer Morrison, had the E
isfortune to get his left hand caught Z
the planer at the G. M. & A. Co. 7
onday. The index finger was prac- Q
cally severed by the machine, and Z
e forefinger was badly cut. !,
H. Bedford, Stanton; Richard Hen :
ticks, Mason, and Ben A. King, i
righton, were among the candidates y
Camp Gordon training school who 4
ceived commissions as second lieu Il
nants Monday. Z,
Mr.. Stanley Hamilton and wife
It Tuesday night for Holly Springs, Il
iss., where they will make their d
me. Mr.. Hamilton will be manager n
the compress Of the Newburger 81
'tton Co., at Holly Springs. gl
Mrs. A. L. McCaIla returned We'd y
sday to Hopkinsville, KY, after = !,
lit to- relatives in this city and in & 81
& Phelan vicinity. We understand =
at she and Mr.. McCalla will shortly =
I'VE from "Hoptown" to Dayton, i
ito, to make their home. =
The friends Of Mr.. Leander Hall, :
the Mt. Carmel vicinity, who has 4
en- confined to his room for the a
eater portion Of the past two az
'nths, will regret to learn that no y
so far is noted in his n
ldition. II
Mr.. B. G. Shelton has been con- 1
led to the CARLY Ramsay Hospital, Hi
smphis, for a few DAYS this week |
account Of illness, but we learned II