The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-31
LOCAL NEWs

This has been a very quiet week
here in business way, owing to the
closing down Of all the gins.
james Holderman, formerly Of
this city, later Of Fulton, KY, has
entered Bethel College, Russellville,
Ky, for war training course.
Mrs. WV ,Templeton, Of Atoka,
who underwent an operation in the
Lucy Brinkley Hospital, Memphis,
Friday, is improving.
Mrs. j. S. McClanahan, who lately
underwent an operation in the Baptist
Hospital, Memphis, continues to inn
prove under the treatment there.
Mary Tate, colored, wife Of
George Tate, who lives on the L. D.
Vanergrift place in the vicinity Of
Gift, died Saturday night of tuber
eulosis, after a long illness.
Ed Glass, son Of Mr.. Alonzo
Glass, who has lately been danger
ously sick in Camp Sheridan, Mont
gomery, Ala, is reported to be inn
proving rapidly.
Floyd Richardson, aged about 16
years, son Of Mr. Robert Richardson,
Of the 18th district, died at 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning of pneumonia, anu
was buried the same afternoon at
Charleston.
We are requested to announce
that the hour for Sunday school SER
vices at Salem church has been
changed from 10 to 1920 o'clock,
and the preaching hour changed from
IL to 1870 am.
Eva Jean, little two-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. j L. Ferguson, of
the Gilt Edge vicinity, died Thursday
morning at S o'clock of pneumonia,
after an illness of II days, and was
buried at Ravenscroft the same af-
tcrnoon at o'clock.
The classification by the local
board of all registrants between the
ages Of 19 and SO years has been COM
pleted. There were 1857 Of these,
and 507 were placed in class one
Physical examination Of class one reg
istrants will begin in few days.
-Chas. Owen, of the 18th district
has radish grown in his turnip
patch, the seed of which was among
the turnip seed when sown, that
weighs four and a half pounds, is IS
inches long and IL inches in circum-
ference.
We are under many obligations
to our good friend, Mr.. John l. Van
Meter, for lot of splendid Irish po-
tatoes Of the second crop. Mr.. Van
Meter and most other people in this
community have done well with this
crop this season.
Mrs. Brownie Dickson, wife of
Prof. J. Leslie Dickson, died at her
home in Crockett, Texas, on Wednes-
day of last week. Mrs NJ J. Dick
son, Prof. Dickson's mother, left Sat
urday for Texas on visit to the
family.
Mr.. S. H. Huey, of the End dis
trict, who was visitor here We'd
nesday, told us that II members of
his family himself, his wife, children
and grandchildren-had all been sick
during the past few weeks, 16 of the
number having had attacks of "flu,"
and one had pneumonia.
We were told Tuesday that Wal
ter Cole, colored, of the Leigh's
Chapel vicinity, died of influenza on
Monday night, and that his infant
daughter died short while after
wards. 1t was also reported that
there were two other deaths among
the colored people from the same
cause in Coles own vicinity.
The law firm of Simonton &
Gwinn, representing j. R. Hall, has
brought suit against the Churchill
Compress Co. for recovery of the
value Of nine bales Of cotton $4,000,
the cotton having been destroyed by
fire when the above company's plant
in this city was burned on October
Is, 1917.
There are a great many articles
put up in tins, bottles and cartons
that merchants and druggists could
conserve wrapping paper on by hand
INK bAClil W NuokOllClp WtlllOuL WIElp~
ping, and the customer could handle
them as we'll if not better than if
they were wrapped. Hence dealers
are urged to save paper by not wrap
ping these kinds of goods.
We have been shown specimens
of wheat grown on Esq. John A.
Shoals place three miles northeast
of the city, that is infested with
Hessian fly. The eggs will hatch
out the fly next spring, and when in
great numbers they play havoc with
wheat at that time, often killing it.
1t is noticeable on Esq. Shoals place
that on the land on which wheat was
grown last year the grubs of the
fly were found, while on that on
which an oat crop was raised, none
could be discovered.
There is no greater aid that can
be given to your neighbors than look
ing after them when sickness is in
their families, when, as ii many cases
in this community, every member Of
the household has been sick and there
has been no one to give medicine,
no one to cook or to attend to any Of
the other household duties. There