The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY

-hememDef, next TUESDAY IS eleC'
ton day. Vote.
"A son was born to Mr. and Mrs
G. +. Davis, Of the 18th district, Tues
day.
Mr.. Burt Cobb now occupies a
part of the house with Mr. George
Washington Hardwick on Holmes
avenue.
Don't forget to come out and hear
Senator Mcclellan speak in the court
house in Covington next Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Hon. Kenneth D. Mcclellan will
speak in the courthouse here next
Saturday afternoon at Q o'clock in the
interest of the state Democratic tick
ct.
Mr.. Will Glass, who had been
under treatment at the Huffman
House for the past 10 days following
an operation for appendicitis and
peritonitis, is steadily improving.
The little two-year-old son of
Mr.. Fred Billings, of the Burlison
vicinity, died Saturday night Of pneu-
monia, after a two-weeks' illness, and
was buried at Elm Grove Sunday.
Willie Shankle, colored, wife of
John Shankle, who lives on the John
Shires place in the vicinity of Leigh's
Chapel, died Monday night of influ-
enza. lT
We are requested to announce
that Elder Porter Norris, of Lucy,
will fill his regular appointment at
Solo church Saturday night and Sun
day morning. All are invited to at
tend.
A Republican senate and congress
would be a calamity just at this cru
cial time. It's up to you. Do your
duty and see that the other fellow
does his. Go to the election next
Tuesday. Ssa
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Waggoner
left Tuesday for Williston, Tenn, to
attend the funeral of the formers
nephew, DR.. George W. Morris, who
died in Leland, Miss, Mon1ay night,
and whose body was brought there
for burial.
The influenza ban has been lift
ed and all the schools of the city
will be reopened next Monday. Pray
er meeting services were resur,ed in
the various churches Wednesday night
and all Sunday school and church
services will be resumed next Sun
day.
Gertrude Allen, colored, came in
from Memphis Tuesday and proceed
ed to paint the town brilliant red,
whereupon she was arrested, charg-
ed with public drunkenness, and
tried before ESQ. Lauderdale Rich
ardson, who assessed fine of $25
against her. She was unable either
to pay or secure the fine, and was
sent to Jail.
The municipal primary held in
on Thursdac, October "a,
resulted as follows: For mayor, ]. ].
Green; for recorder, |. L. Bringle;
for marshal, j. H. Hunt: for assistant
E. G. Waddell; for alder
men, L. o. Baltzer, W. A. Barrett,
John bearing, Grant Reid, w. M.
Simonton and Nal Smith. The gen
eral election will be held in March,
1919.
"A dispatch from Washington un-
der date of October rs says that
George Benjamin Brown, Of Atoka,
was among the Tennesseans to whom
in the army had been
issued, he having been appointed first
lieutenant in the medical corps. Wat
son Grady Kelley, Of Covington, was
also appointed second lieutenant in
he headodarters department and has
been assigned to Fl. Roots, Texas.
Mr.. VIM. ]. Ashe, we'll known
,itizen of the Brighton neighborhood,
lied at his home Tuesday morning
1t O'Clock. He had been complain
ng for several weeks, but had only
,een confined to his bed since the
Sunday previous to his passing away.
Mr. Ashes burial occurred at Mt
Carmel Wednesday at l o'clock, the
'uneral services being conducted by
lis pastor, Rev. T. Riley Davis. He
lad been a member of Liberty Bap-
list church for years. The deceased I
lad he lived until March next, would
lave been So years Of age. He is
by his widow, a son and (
laughter. Il