The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-24
LocAL NEWs

Mr.. G. D. Flowers, Of Henning
is now clerking at W H. Bailey's
Plenty of time yet Tor sowing
wheat and rye.
Better get busy and sow that
wheat and rye crop before it is too
late.
Hog cholera is reported prevalent
in the vicinity Of Brighton, and a
great many hogs have died from the
disease. a
Mr.. 7. H. Adams showed US a
freak ear Of corn Monday. There
was a cluster of II small ears with
large ear in the center.
The new pastor of the A. R. P.
church, Rev. w c. Kerr, moved with
his family from Sharon to the manse
Of the church on Washington street
Wednesday.
Mrs. H. c. Weir has moved from
the Liberty neighborhood to the l..
L. Alexander place on the corner of
Washington and West streete, which
she purchased a short time ago.
Miss Isabel Harsson, Of Memphis,
came up Sunday night to attend the
bedside of her brother, Mr.. G. A.
HARRISON, who is suffering from an at
tack Of pneumonia.
Don't forget the barrel for peach
seeds, nut shells, etc, in front of the
Covington Supply Co. These are for
making gas masks for our soldiers
in the trenches.
Mr.. T. ]. Williams has sold
his place of 101 acres in the vicinity
of Tabernacle to Mr.. Walter Smith
for a consideration of SIS per acre.
Possession will be given January l,
1919.
Mr.. R. J. Boyd, of the Detroit
vicinity, who was a visitor here Mon
day, reports that the influenza is on
the decline in his neighborhood. Rev
r. A. Wood reported the same condi-
ton from the Clopton neighborhood.
Florence Matthews, we'll known
colored woman, a servant in the fam
lily of Hon. w. V. Bringle for the
pass two years, died suddenly lof |
heart trouble superinduced by influ-
enza Saturday night at II o'clock.
Judge w. A. Owen left Friday
for Nashville to attend the meeting
of the court of civil appeals Of which
he Is a member. The court convened
in the state capital Saturday, and
will be in session several weeks
When you have friend or rela-
tive coming in or going off on any
Of the late evening or night trains,
or if you know any other personal or
local news item of any kind, please
tell the Leader about it.
Charles Fenton Hunt, Of Memphis,
son of Mr.. F. E. Hunt, Of this c0un-
ty, has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the army quartermas-
-er corps. according to advices receiv-
ID from Washington.
Miss Addie Wylie, formerly of
his county, who has been a trained
Nurse in the Baptist Hospital, Mem
1his, for the past two years, has
ately been very sick there with pneu-
nonia following an attack Of influen-
"a, but is now convalescent.
Mark G.. Williams, of this county,
vas among the eight men accepted
or service in the marine corps after
inal examination in the Memphis
ffice Friday. He left the same night
or the training station at Paris
sland, s. G.
Fred Starnes, son of Mr.. w. H.
'tarnes, of Munford, died in Camp
Merritt, N. j., Friday, of pneumonia,
lfter an illness Of 10 days, and was
,rought back to his former home
or burial, which occurred on Mon
lay. The young man was only II
ears Of age at the time Of his
leath.
Mrs. T. W. Doyle returned Sun
ny from Memphis, where she went
D attend the bedside of her son,
ames Branch, who has lately been
'ery sick in one of the hospitals
here, but who is now well. Two
hildren of Mr.. Branch are still in d
he hospital suffering from influen-
a. -w {
Mrs. Rosa Stocks, wife Of Mr..
ames Stocks, Of the Gilt Edge vic
nifty, died Saturday afternoon of
and was buried Sunday
fternoon - o'clock at Elm Grove
Mr.. r. J. Boyd conducted
he funeral services. Mrs. Stocks
vas n years and 10 months old at
he time Of her death, and was a
nember of the Christian church. Her |
a son and a daughter sur Z
i've her.