The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-17

9NA was AAAAA 10y ~
and Mrs. C. A. Bell, Of the Sunnyside
neighborhood.
Mr.. John Morgan, Of the Ram
dolph vicinity. is now clerkng at the
Covingaon Bakery.
Miss Robbie Whitson, Of the Lib
erty neighborhood, is now elerhng
at the Enterprise.
Mr.. Anderson Walton, Of the
Pisgah neighborhood, is adding a new
room and new porches to his house,
MIR. j. R. Smith, of the 18th dis
ltrice, while cutting stovewood Mon
day. cut deep and ugly cash IN hls
arm and it required eight stitches TO
close up the wound.
Judge W. A. Owen was on his
way home Thursday afternoon riding
lin a car with Prof. H. H. Robson,
when the car ran into ditch AM
the former had his right arm and
thumb very badly sprained. Inc
latter was uninjured.
Miss Sarah Owen was elected
notary public BY the county rtIit last
week under the new law, which per-
n1its ladies to serve in that capacity.
She is the first lady notary public to
be elected in Upton county and IS
among the very few in the State
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, e
Milford passed through here Monday
on their way from Unionvllle, Tenn
where they had been to attend the
funeral Of their sitter, Mrs. Raymond
Hill. Mrs. Hill died at her home
Saturday morning and was buried AZ
Mt. Vernon graveyard Sunday
Mr.. Walter Huffman. son of Mr.
R A. Huffman, died at his home near
Cit Edge at noon Sunday of pneu-
mmia. and was buried at Indian
! Greek burial ground at the same hour
on the day following. The young man
was lust about q years OF age az
the time Of his passing away
The friends Of MI. Payne Ruffin'
who has lately be N quite SICK az az
Taylor Field. Mon somcry, Ala" WI
he clad to know ahat he is steadily
impToying there. Ills brother, WI
Liam. who is attenAiay the $. W. };
! University, at Clark5yile, Tenn ana
who has lately been quite sick, Is now
able to leave the HOSPITAL.
Mr.. Holmes Billings died at his
home Sunday night at II O'Clock Oh
pneumonia, after an illness OF few
DAYS. and his burial occurred on the
day following at Shiloh burial
ground. He was a member OF Walnul
Grove church and is survived by his
wife and several children. The de-
ceased was about SO years Of age.
Mrs. Alice Gwinn, wife Of Mr.
Russell Gwinn, and daughter Of MT.
Henry Dickev. died at her home az
Holly Grove Sunday night of contin-
ued fever, after an illness OF seVera'
weeks, and was buried at Indian
Greek at II o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. Rev. G. w. Gean conducting the
funeral services. She is survived BY
her husband and three children
The body Of Corporal lanes r..
Ruffin, who died in camp at lioboken,
MI. on Wednesday afternoon Of last
week Of pneumonia, arrived mere cat
urday morning on the e29 tram
The funeral services were held N the
First Presbyterian church, conduct
ed nv DR.. r. P. Walker, assisted by
Rev. R. A. Clark, after which the
interment occurred in Munford cenle-
terry.
Lieut.. Harry q. Metealf q very
popular officer at Park Field, NIL
Iington, died of pneumonia there Sun
day morning at 4 o'clock. after an ~
ness Of only a few days. His VIE
was also reported quite dangerously
i'll with pneumonia in the av'aIlon
field hospital Lieut.. Metcait was
known to many of our people and
the news Of his death was received
here with sincere regret.
Mrs. Ruth Matthews, wife Of Mr.
VIII Matthews, and daughter Of MT
Shelby Wilson, died at her home -
the vicinity Of Rialto Sunday nlgnV o.
nneumonia. after weeks illness, and
was buried at Shiloh graveyard at
o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. }: A.
Kelly conducting the funeral services.
The deceased was a member Of the
Walnut Grove Presbyterian church;;
She is survived by her husband ana
two daughters.
Mr.. Claud Beaver, son OF Mr. ~
ID. Beaver, died at his home IN the VI
cinity Of Beavers store Saturday
morning at 2:30 o'clock of influenza
and pneumonia and was buried az
Ravenscroft burial ground at O'Clock
SATURDAY. afternoon, Rev. L. A.
Streete, Of Munford, conducting the
funeral services. The deceased was q
member Of the Presbyterian churcn1
and was between 30 and IS years Of
age. He is survived by his parents
four brothers and two sisters.
Richard Mitchell. aged II years:
son of Mr.. H. N. Mitchell, late OF
Halls. died at his home in this city at
I7:15 o'clock Saturday night Of pneu-
monia, after an illness of only q few
days. and was buried in Mlnford
cemetery at $50 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon. Rev. R. "A. Clark, assisted
by Rev j. A. Kelly, conducting the
funeral services. The young man IS
survived by his parents, three
brothers and four sisters, who have
the sympathy Of the people Of the
community over his sad and untimely
death.
Mr.. Ernest Todd. who made his
home on the w. w. Jones place in
e. Ii ....Idnt,lrt IN