The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-05-30
LOCAL NEWS

The little four-year-old daughter
Of Mr. r. r. Dority, Of Brighton, is
reported quite sick.
Elder Porter Norris, Of Lucy,
will fill his regular appointment at
Solo on Saturday night and Sunday,
-Linnie Kate, little daughter Of
Mrs. 7. J, O'Kelly, is reported quite
sick.
Mrs. John H. Paine, who has
been very sick for the past several
days, is reported some better this
morning.
At the recital given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Moore, Of Mt.
Carmel, last Thursday, for the ben
eft of the Red Cross, $28.5O was
raised.
The friends Of Mrs. James l. Hall
who has been confined to her room
with an attack of erysipelas, will be
glad to learn that she is able to sit
up.
james V. Ulin, Of Lucy, who left
here with the company of soldier boys
early in May for Camp Jackson, Co.
Ilumbia, S. c., died in camp there last
Sunday.
We understand that Mr.. j. A
Owen, of the Liberty neighborhood,
became overheated while at work mi
his field Saturday, and has since been
confined to his room.
Mr.. Reeves, Of Dyersburg, came
down Wednesday morning, and has
succeeded Mr.. T. j. M. DAILY tempo
rarily as manager Of the Churchill
compress. Mr.. DAILY will be employed
in the Memphis office of the company
-Fortner & Ralph have moved their
stock of groceries from the Smith
old stand on West Liberty avenue
to the Gift & Craig stand. Mr.. Crit
will now devote his entire attention
to his Rialto business.
A message has been received from
Robert S. Gift, of the Hath M. e. B,
Camp Sewer, telling of the safe ar
rival of himself and John Fredrick-
son. Paul Rice, Will Hopper and sew
eral other Upton county boys IN
France.
There was a joint meeting Of
the city and county boards of health
held this morning. Some parties who
are alleged to have been visiting IN
home in the city where there is
case Of smallpox were quarantined
at their homes until further notice.
-Messrs. N. A. Naifeh and wife
and Joe Naifeh and wife were called
to Hickman, KY, Wednesday night
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Eliza
4 Naifeh, wife of Solomon Naifeh, who
died at her home in that place Tues
day night, after long illness.
An attack Of blackleg broke out
among herd of 25 head Of cattle
belonging to B. 0. King, of Brighton.
on Thursday of last week. -Four OF
the cattle died, but the remainder
of the herd was vaccinated by Dr..
Ed Wall, and he informs us that
| there has been no further spread Of
/
lthA disease
| - All. Hurt reports that the colored
people Of the GAINESVILLE vicinity are
still doing their bit in the war. UP
to Thursday, May %, S1O975 had
been raised in the Red Cross drive.
Mr.. A. B. Welbom, a prominent mer-
shant of GAINESVILLE, in order to help
and encourage the colored people,
contributed generously to the fund.
Miss Clyde Huffman delightfully."-
entertained in her home at Brighton,
Thursday evening, May %, in honor
Of Mr.. Stafford McLister. who left
Saturday morning for Camp Pike,
Ark. The house was decorated with
colors, May lilies and ferns. The re-
freshments consisted of sandwiches,
pickles, olives and tea, ices and angel
cake
in the SANDER case of Dr. Y. H.
Price VS.. DR.. H. w. Sale, appealed
from the circuit court Of Upton
county to the supreme court, the lat
ter tribunal denied the writ Of GER
Itiorari Saturday, and the case will
lbe returned to the lower court for
another trial. Simonton & Gwinn
represented DR.. Price, while Judge K.
B. Baptist and Simonton & Gwinn
are DR.. Sales counsel in the case.
Mrs. Helan Tucker, wife Of the
late William Tucker, formerly OF
Kerrville, died at the home OF Mrs.
Bette Williford, in Memphis Tues
Iday night, and was buried in that
city today. Mrs. Tucker was a sis
ter of Mrs. A. A. Montague, Of Rip
lev. and sister-in-law of Mrs. I.
LIP, Eddins, of Upton, and was known
Ito many people in this county. She
lis survived by one son and three
daughters. The deceased was about
80 years of age.
An important case concerning
the concurrent jurisdiction law be-
tween Tennessee mad Arkansas was
decided in the supreme court at jack
son Saturday, and the statute was
upheld. The case was the State Of
Tennessee VS.. Capt. James Couch,
charged with selling whiskey in Ar
kansas. Capt. Couch was convicted Of
the above charge by the criminal
court of Shelby county in 1916, and
given a six-months' workhouse sem
tence. Attorney Clyde Going, of
J Memphis, represented the defendant,
and Owen & Bringle. and Assistant
Attorney General w. n. Stuttgart
the complainant. COUGHS attorneys
appealed the case, and the decision
. lof the lower court was uDheld. as