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

A revival meeting began #
1 The Charleston Baptist church on
I Wednesday night Tie preaching viii
be done By Rev 2 Riley Davis.
MIR. E. Fl. Avis has purchased
1.-THE stock Of goods Of bis father-in-
law, Mr.. l. S. Clement, at Mason,
and will continue the business at the
Clement stand.
Friends Of Messrs. Allen Miller
and James Mashburn, formerly Of
the Solo neighborhood, have received
information of their safe arrival
in France recently
-Mes5rs. j. w. Bradshaw and T.
S. Townsend, Of the Detroit vicinity.
were visitors here Friday They re-
port several cases Of scarlet fever in
their neighborhood.
-Messrs. Till Cooper and ]. z.
Walker, while fishing at Cold Creek
last week, report that they discovered
the track and wallow of a large
bear near the copperas spring one
day last week.
Mr.. J. A. Rose, who lives in the
10th district, near Mason, is making
considerable improvement on his
house, consisting Of additional CHM
neys, new roof and the addition Of
another room.
The new judge Of this judicial
district, Judge r. B. Baptist, is hold
ing his first term Of court at Bolivar
this week. Gen. W. X. Alternately,
the new encouragement, is assisting
him.
There was a rainfall of one and
three-quarter inches in Covington on
Thursday night last. The. rains were
general over the county. some por-
tons Of which had had scarcely any
rain for two months or more.
Miss Sue Flowers, who has been
teaching at Granville, Tenn, is on a
visit to her parents, ESQ. J. H. Flow
ers and wife, in the Tabernacle neigh
borhood. She was compelled to give
up her school on account Of an attack
of rheumatism.
Mr.. w. +. Bringle has lately sold
for Messrs., George Harvey and L. E.
Greer a tract of so acres of land in
The Brighton vicinity, known as the
I. H. Byrd tract, to Messrs. w. B. =
and H, H. Blahkenship, for consid-
grafton of $4,000.
Miss Sarah Owen, secretary Of :
he Home Service department Of the !
Red Cross, now occupies the offices I
occupied by DR., N. r, New j,
nan, in the Supply Co. building. Mr.. =
N. F. Bringle, the chairman of the
lbove department, will continue to S
lave offices in his present quarters i
Our people generally acted very I
,atriotically last Sunday, responding :
D the government request to car own
rs to conserve gasoline by remaining
It home that day. Very few joy t
iders were seen on the roads, though \
10Th the weather and the highways }
we're good.
Nellie, the little seven-year-old :
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pink Mar
hall, Of the Pleasant Grove vicinity. a
lad the ball of the index finger Of j
Ter left hand cut off by the wind h
lowing the door against it. 1t was g
Necessary to amputate the finger n
friday.
-Revs. Syl Fisher and R. A. Clark ID
pulpits last Sunday, Mr. I
Usher preaching for Mr.. Clark from T
he pulpit of the First Methodist h
Jhurch at the morning hour, and {
Ar. Clark for Mr., Fisher at Charles
on. Mr.. Clark's pulpit at the eve n
ing hour was filled by Rev. 7. L. I
hancock t
Mr.. G. j. Dallas, of Fulton, KY,
rrived here Saturday, and has sue
eeded Mr.. R. c. Morris as the local :
gent Of the American Express Go.
Ar. Dallas has lately been employed i
S night money clerk of the above /
office in Fulton. MIR. DIAL i
as expects to move his family here
u q INV d-Sos
Mr.. J. r. Morrisett, of the Brigh-
on vicinity, was among the visitors
iere Saturday. Mr.. Morrisett has t
ust returned from a visit Of several 6
months to points in Arkansas, Texas s
nd Oklahoma, and while he enjoyed 8
lis trip, he saw no section that he t
liked as well as Upton county, and 1
5 glad to be at home again.
NANNY Small, colored, got hold c
# some bootleg whiskey Sunday and j
hased Jack Upton with gun
own South Main street and up and !
Iown Maple street. He was arrested
" Officer Albert Massey, was tried !
ionday morning before Esq. Lauder
ale Richardson, fined S25, and failing
0 ray or secure same, was sent to
all.
Mr. E. r. Wages, after visit h
6 his former home in this county, {
eturned to Carutnersvilie, Mo-, Sun d
ay. Mr.. Wages says cotton is fairly S
God IN that section and that he cx- S
ects to make 20 kales on so acres.
Re says, however, that Upton county 4
good enough for him, and ne ex- !.
ects to move back when this years !
rop is gathered. 7
Mr.. r. T. Rell and family have Y