The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-11-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY

Misses Miriam Lackey and Maud
Clark will open school at Solo mex
Monday morning.
Rev. T. Riley Davis will preach
at Pleasant Grove church next Sun
day night at o'clock.
Receipts of cotton at the Church.
i'll compress to date, 1852 bales; to
same date last year, 1894 bales;
shipment to date, GAIT.
Judge R. B. Baptist adjourned
his court at Jackson Tuesday, and
has since been confined to his bed
there on account of illness.
-Rev.C. L. Owen, of Memphis
will preach at the Garland Baptist
church next Sunday morning at IL
o'clock.
Prof. S. J. Templeton and Mr..
r. G. Byrd have lately completed
two houses for the former and DR..
H. X. Templeton, in the vicinity of
Atoka.
Mrs. William Sanford is detained
at East Orange, N. j., on account Of
illness in the family Of Mr.. Leander
Hall. Three Of the family have the
"flu." ~
Mr.. w. H. Johnson has purchased
46-acre tract of land from DR.. l..
Hill, two and a half miles south of
the city, and adjoining his own prop
erty.
Mr.. Ed Gatlin has purchased a
71-acre tract of land from DR.. L. A.
YarBrough-the south portion Of the
Woodlawn farm, one mile south of
the city. The price paid was $125
per acre.
The war departments chemical
warfare service has sent out notice
to fruit pit and nut shell collectors
that there is no further need for
collecting these articles.
The basket ball fans of the city
are looking forward to a game of bas-
ket ball between the boys andgirls of
the Ripley city team and the high
school team and the two teams of
the Byars-Hall high school Friday
night.
Mr.. A. G. Whitson, of the Lib
erty neighborhood, tells US that he
planted half bushel of white Look
out Mountain Irish potatoes on June
%, and lately dug % measured bush
BIS Of potatoes grown from them.
Mrs. s. H. Mitchell, of Mason,
went to Humboldt Tuesday evening
10 visit her daughter, Mrs. R. p.
Duckworth. Mrs. Duckworth drop
ped hot iron on her foot few
lays ago, and it was quite badly
burned.
Mr.. L. P. Flippin has recently
iold from his Mason Road farm to
Mr.. Tom Turner, of the 10th dis
,rict, five-months-old grade Polled
Hereford calf for $50. Mr.. Flippin
las some very fine cattle on this
'arm, and takes great pride in cat
lie raising.
The local draft board received
,rders Tuesday morning to finish
10 to 36-year-old regis
rants and 18-year-old registrants,
ind to discontinue all physical exam
nations. All Of the latter are re-
Iuested to fill out and return their
in the same manner
IS if the war were in progress.
Mr.. ]. A. Ferguson, mail carrier
N rural route No. 5, brought to this
'ffice few days ago bunch of cot !
on blooms and twigs of cotton which |
we're as green and fresh looking !
IS if they had been taken from the
otton stalk in August. He says
much Of the hill cotton on his route
las not yet been nipped by the frost
md is still blooming.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Ruffin will
celebrate the 25th anniversary of
heir wedding at their lovely home
n East Liberty avenue Friday eve
ling. All the attendants at the
Wedding quarter of a century ago
re living and expect to be present.
rev. DIR. G. T. Sullivan, who was
he officiating minister, passed to
he Great Beyond some years ago.
Mr.. Irwin S. Miller died at his
lome in the Liberty neighborhood
t $3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning, Of
Influenza, and was buried in the In
ian Creek burial ground Wednes
ay morning at II o'clock, Rev. 7.
Siiey Davis conducting the funeral
ervices. Mr.. Miller was so years
f age and was a steward of Pisgah
church. His widow survives
i'm.
-Mr.J. l. Bell, who has been night
nan at the l. C. depot here for some
ime has gone to Henning, and is now
he agent for the company at that
lace, succeeding Mr.. w. W. Nall.
lie will probably move his family to
Tenning later. Mr.. Ed Goulder, who
as been in the Henning office for
short time, has returned, and is
ow at his post again. Ell. Humphreys
t Fulton, KY, is now the night man
ere.