The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-01
LOCAL NEWS


-Blaekleg has broken out among
the cattle Of Win Bragg, colored. two
miles east Of the city.
The firm Of owen & Dawson
shipped another carload of cattle to
st. Louis Saturday.
Mr.. w. N. Former, Of the Oak
Grove neighborhood, is suffering from
an attack of rheumatism.
Miss Sue Flowers, of Tabernacle,
leaves Friday for Granville, Tenn,
near Nashville, where she will now
be engaged in teaching.
Mr.. johnson Glass is erecting g
new ginning plant for the firm Of
Peeler & Max, at Garland, to take
the place of the old one.
-Lauderdale county will hold a
one-day fair at Ripley on October
Ito. The Dyer county fair will be
held in Dyersburg on October H.
Mr.. w. Ed Smith, of the End
district, who had been confined to his
bed with fever for week, was in the
city Saturday.
The new schoolhouse at Craig's
Chapel has just been completed. Mr..
IH. M. Sweat had the contract for
the work.
Mr.. ]. B. Wilson was confined
to his home for several days last
week on account of illness, but is
again able to be up.
The local board has received a
call for IA white men between Aug
ust and 9. The men will be sent
to Camp Shelby, at Hattiesburg, Miss.
Large watermelons sold here
Saturday for one dollar. This was
record-breaking price for melons
in this community
Miss Rosa Earwood, who had been
at the Huffman house for several
days following an operation there for
appendicitis, was able to return home
Tuesday.
Services will be held " st.
Matthews Episcopal church next
Sunday morning. Holy communion
and sermon at II o'clock. DR. AL
exander McCabe will officiate.
The protracted meeting at Pop
lar Grove began Sunday night. Rev.
C. E. Norman, of Munford, is as
sisting the pastor. Rev. w. T. Gar
ner. 4 ~
Mr.. VIM. Smith, of this vicinity,
and Mrs. Jennie Pruitt, of the Locust
Bluff neighborhood, were married at
the home of the bride Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock. Esq. G. w. Beas-
ley officiating.
Elder Joe H. Smith, Of College
Mound, Mo-, editor of the Church
Herald, who had been assisting in
the Holiness meeting at Kelley's
Chapel, returned to his home Tuesday
morning.
james F. Cook, son Of Mr. j. H.
Cook, Of the Mt. Carmel neighbor-
hood, who has been in training at
Camp Jackson for several manths,
has lately been promoted to first
class mechanic there.
EARLY Johnson, aged 20 years, son
of Thacker Johnson, well known
colored man of the 10th district, died
Saturday morning at l o'clock, Of
and was buried the day
following at Salem graveyard.
Mr.. j. A. Corder, of the Lib
erty neighborhood, has received news
of the safe arrived of his son, Glover,
in France, The young man was in
training at Fl. Oglethorpe, Ca, going
from there to Camp Upton, n. X.
Mr.. L. P. Flippin has lately sold
a five-months-old registered gilt from
his farm near Mason to Mr.. f. S.
Bell, of Milan, for $50. Mr.. Flippin
is taking great interest in the raising
Of blooded hogs and cows, and has
some splendid stock on his farm.
The Holiness meeting at Kelly's
Chapel began on Thursday night Of
last week, and will continue for 10
days. The meeting is being conduct
ed by Elders Johnson and Smith, of |
Cottage Mound, Mo-, and lady
preacher from Arkansas.
The meeting at Holly Grove
closed Thursday night. There were
10 conversions and two additions to
the church as a result of the meet
ing. The pastor, Rev. G. w. Gean,
was assisted by Rev. r. E. White,
Of Union City.
Swat the auto inuffler noise
maker with that So to $40 fine, the
speed fiend who violates the speed |
ordinance many times every day as
if there were no such ordinance on
the books, and the sidewalk bicycle
riding fiend.
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