The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-06-27

account of a slight illness,
Mrs. Cleveland Mccall who has
lately been quite sick, is again able
to be up.
Three thousand bushels of wheat
of the new crop have been received
at the Covington Milling Co.'S. mill
up to this morning.
AN old-fashioned ice cream sup
per will be given at Klingman's
Grove Friday night, June Is, for the
benefit of the Red Cross.
Sidney Yarbrough, colored, of the
Bird district, left Wednesday night
for TT. Dodge, Iowa, to begin train
ing as a soldier there.
The colored Baptist and Meth
odist congregations of this city are
making preparations for union pic
mic on the Frazier High School
grounds of July a.
-Boyce, son of Mr.: M, w. Ralph,
il still under treatment in st. Jo-
seph's Hospital, Memphis, prepara-
tory to having an operation perform
ed on his eyes by SPECIALIST.
Arthur Young, colored, was going
to his home on the Claybrook farm,
north of here, Saturday evening, when
his horse, a 5000 animal, stumbled
and fell, breaking its neck.
The fifth Sunday meeting of the
Big Hatchie Baptist association will
be held with Charleston church, be-
ginning Saturday and closing Sun
day night.
Mr. Paul Rice left the first of
the week for Memphis, where he en-
listed in the naval service. He ex-
poets to go to a Gulf coast point,
where he will begin training.
-Fenton Hemphill, colored, has
shown us chicken that has four
wings, four legs and 20 toes. The
chicken was not Matched, as the egg
was broken in handling few days
before Matching time.
The Red Cross chapter at Cow
ington has received 100 bolts 81
gauze, and Is ladies are needed to
| work in the surgical dressings de-
lpnrtment every day. The work is
very urgent.
Mr.. w. F, Bringle paid visit
to Capt. Alfred Boyd, in Brownsville
Monday. Capt Boyd has been con.
fined to his bed on account of illness
for several months, but Mr. Bringle
reports him now steadily improving
An ice cream supper was giver
at the residence Of Mr.. Stiles by the
ladies Of that community for the ben
eft of the Mt Carmel Red Cross
The nice sum Of $31.08 was realized
These are ladies who are too busy tx
ATTEND the sewing days.
The timely rain that fell Tues
day afternoon was Of great benefit
to late corn, garden stuff, pastures
peas, and all growing crops, and sof
tened the ground for the breaking o.
stubble land for the planting of lat
corn, potatoes or peas.
Il Rev. j. T. Myers and wife, O
Memphis, spent Sunday with friend
lin this city. Mr.. Myers taught tn
Bible class at the First Methods
church Sunday morning and preache,
from his old pulpit to good con
gregation Sunday night
The infant daughter Of Mr.. an
Mrs. ]. L. Fleming, Of Oak Grove
died Tuesday night, June rs, and wa
buried in the Walton graveyard, Rev
4. Riley Davis conducting the funere
services. The child was only fe1
: days old.
The firm Of M. A. Walker
: Go. received a new wheat threshe
the last of the week, which the
placed in operation this week. Their
+ will be about 10 threshers in OF
/ Grafton in the county during tn
wheat threshing season.
) The rain that fell Tuesday after
5 moon covered the county general.
but we learn VI ) light in the soutl
II western and northwestern portions (
the county. The rain was very bel
eficial to corn and growing crops
y all kinds. NJ
!, The Upton County Truck Grow
: ers 90. has applied for a chart'
increasing its capital stock fro
] lS3, 900 to $4,000. Mr.. r. S. McDo
! lis president Of the corporation, ar
! lib. b. Boyd secretary. These tw
b with r. b. Shelton, ]. M. Polk ar
: Arnold Maley, form the director
!. board.
J, Mr.. Geo. A. Sanford, who WI
J, formerly the secretary of the Co
g ington Business Mems Club, and wi
is now secretary Of the Helena, Arl
!. Business Mems League, was appoint'
{ as one of tie Arkansas commissions
4 to interview Secretary McAdoo in r
+ gard to the developsnent of the tran
! portation facilities Of the Mississip
3 river. All the states bordering I
4 the Mississippi river were represen
I ed.
Key. M. R. Gibson resigned Il
y passionate Of the A. R. P. church la
. Sunday morning, and left Wedne
day for Blue Ridge, N. G., to tai
r q special course in army Y. NJ, G.
! work. Mr.. Gibson has been consi
e ering this move for some time, a
Il finally decided that he would answ
e the call made upon him to ent
Il the field, While people of his 60
& gregation and the people Of Gown
= ton regret very much 10 see y
4 Gibson leaving here, at the same I'll
Dr they feel as he does, that his cou
& try comes first IN the call to dul
It He has made friends Of all vi
= whom he has come in contact sin
fe the beginning Of his pastorate, 3