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

Mrs. Sallie F. Osborn. Of this vi
entity, who has lately been very sick
is now steadily improving,
The cotton receipts up to We'd
nesday night at the Churchill Com
Il press were 5 All bales,
"A daughter was born Thursday
night to Mr.. and Mrs, M. L. South
all Of this city.
Mr.. G. F. Primer has sold to Mr..
Jesse Turner his farm Of 90 acres in
the 18th district for a consideration
oil $4,000.
The preliminary trial of Carl
Boshers for the killing of Curtis Var
brough, coIored, has been continued
until October 16.
The friends of Sheriff ]. M.
Beaver, who underwent an operation
at his home one day last week, will
be glad to learn that he is improving.
Mr.. Duke Poindexter. who was
critictlly i'll for sveral days in the
Baptist Hospital, Memphis, is reported
to be steadily improving.
Mr.. Clyde IRELAND, our Mergen-
thaler operator, has been confined
to his bed for the past week with
an attack of the "flu".
Mr., w. L. Smith cut his hand
badly with a hatchet in an accidental
manner while at work on a gate post
at his home Tuesday morning. It
required several stitches to close up
the wound.
Mr., VIII Fyfe has been under
treatment in the Baptist Hospital,
Memphis, for the past several days.
He will probably be able to return
home by the last of this week.
Miss Jessie Cockrill and Frank
Parker left Tuesday morning for
Little Rock, Ark, to attend the bed
side of the formers brother, Mr.. G.
\. Cockrill, who is sick in a hospital
there.
Lieut.. T. W. Roane, son Of the
late Rev Thomas Roane, Of this
county, was promoted to the position
Of first lieutenant at Plattsburg, N.
M, last Weeand has been ordered to
Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, for
duty there.
Hay Of all kinds is going up
steadily and farmers who hold to it
are more than apt to make a good
speculation when they get ready to
dispose Of it next winter or in the
early spring.
The wooden awnings in front
Of the stores of L. G. Baddour, E. L.
Roper and j. II. Cothran, on the
west side Of the square. have been
torn down and metal awnings will be
erected in their stead.
DIR. Alfred E. Keller, who con-
Quoted the meeting in the First Pres
byterian church, which closed here
Sunday night, is reported very sick
with influenza at the home of DR.. w.
w. Ware at Stanton.
The influenza in Upton county
and in Covington is an epidemic.
There are hundreds of cases in the
city and probably thousands in the
county and physicians have all they
can do to attend to the cases.
Rev. E. L. Ledbetter, pastor of
Second church and Pisgah, left
Tuesday morning for Murray, KY,
where he will be engaged in assist
ing in protracted meeting and will
pay a visit to relatives for the next
10 days.
County photographers have been
in all the counties in Ten
nessee in order that a pictorial his
tory of the State war activities may
be preserved. Mr.. ]. w. Mcdaniel
has been appointed official photo
graphr for Upton county,
Sargent Payne Ruffin is con-
fined in a hospital at Taylor Field,
Ala, on account of i'll
ness. His brother, Mr.. VIM. Ruffin,
who is attending the S. w. P. Uni
versity at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, is also
on the sick list.
We learn that two colored sold
diers from this county in training
at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, o.,
have lately died there. They are
Dick Albritton. son of Dave Albrit-
ton, of the 9th district, and Paul
Murphy, of this vicinity.
Mrs. R. C. Barrett received a tele-
gram Tuesday from her friend, Mrs.
Lewis Lindgren, of Memphis, former
ly Miss Maggie Mott, telling of the
death of her little daughter, Margaret,
Of Bright's disease. Mrs. Lindgren
has many friends here who will deep
ly sympathize with her in her sorrow.
Rev. W. r. Farrow arrived here
on a visit to his daughter,
Mrs. w. H. Cobb, at Burlison. Mr..
Farrow is now pastor Of a thriving
Baptist church at Amory, Miss. and
has been located there since March
last. He is highly pleased with Amory
and with his work there. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Stocks re-
ceived a telegram lately telling that
their son, Richard, was dangerously
i'll with pneumonia in hospital at
Camp Merrett, N. J. His father
went at once to his bedside, and
+ nding that he was improving, lie
returned home Sunday.
Mr.. d. w, Marks. Past Exalted
Ruler of Covington Lodge No. 1905,
3. p 0. F., has been honored, and the
lodge has been honored, by his cleo
ton to the position Of district deputy
grand exalted ruler for West Tennes- 4
see. 1t will be Mr. Marks duty to
visit the Elk lodges Of this section Of
the State once each year. Mr.. Marks