The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

4 district, has received news Of the re
cent safe arrival in England of hi
brother, w. B. Miller. Mr.. J. 1
Simpson, of the Clopton vicinity, ha
also received word of the arrival O
his son, Benny Paul. overseas
Mr.. Barret Walker and Miss Dor,
Bell. both Of the Mt. Lebanon viein.
lity, were married in the office o.
Owen & Bringle at high noon Mon
day, ESQ. w. B. Overall, one of tn,
/ newly elected justices of the peace
/ performing the ceremony with i'm
lpressive dignity.
Judge w. A. Owen, of the cour
of civil appeals, returned home from
Nashville Saturday night, Both the
court of appeals and the supreme
court adjourned until October q il
order to afford the lawyers an op.
portunity to assist in filling out The
questionnaires of registrants.
-Chas. A. Taliaferro, Jr., Of Mem,
| phis, has been commissioned second
lieutenant in the army aviation SER
vice, The young man is we'll known
in this city, being a son of Mr.. CA
Taliaferro, a former we'll known jew
eler of this city, now of Gadsden
Ala.
Mr. w. J. Grant, of the Chapel
Hill vicinity, told us Saturday that
he had la6ly found a guinea nest
with 36 eggs in it. The eggs in this
nest, he said, at present prices, would
bring S1.05 He also stated that he
had saved Is pounds Of seven-top
turnip seed from a plot Of ground
seven yards square.
Mr.. W. E. Gwinn, Of the Hazel
Grove vicinity, told us while in the
city Saturday that one of his fine
fattening hogs weighing $50 pounds
had recently been killed from eating
beef waste. One of his neighbors,
Mr.. James Cothran, had hog to
die from the same cause.
Mr.. ]. w. Glass. of the Gift VIC
Unity, has purchased the Howard
Bros. & Winford tract of SO 1-2
acres one-half mile south of Gift,
for a consideration of $4,000. This
is the place at present occupied by
Mr.. Holmes Winford,. and is a por-
ton of the Ed Strange old place.
will be given January l.
-Messrs. j. H. Flippin, ]. w.
Darby, l. H. Lowenhaupt and W. F.
BringIe attended the meeting of
workers of the Fourth Liberty loan
of the eighth federal reserve dis
trict, held in Memphis Friday. There
were more than 500 people present,
and he greatest enthusiasm in the
coming work was manifested.
Freight receipts at the |. C. de-
pot here have been so heavy lately
that there has been considerable con-
gestion there. This condition could
be remedied to a great extent if peo-
pie who receive freight there would
not leave it in storage, but would
come for it promptly, as the storage
facilities are limited.
Mr.. E. w, Ballard, of the Ran
lolph vicinity, presented the Leader
office with a sweet potato of the
Porto Rican yam variety, that weigh
ed seven pounds and seven ounces. He
stated that he had several that weigh
ed more than five pounds. These
potatoes were grown on land that
was in peas last year, and no fer
siliZer was used.
Mr.. E. L. Smith loaded SO head
Of Hereford cattle here Friday for
The Tri-State fair in Memphis, from
his Shady Brook stork farm. Mr..
Smith is to hold an auction sale of
Herefords at the fair grounds on
Friday, September q. There are
rs females and five males in the
lot, six cows with calves at feet and
10 heifers. This is the first carload
Of graded cattle from Upton county
ever put on exhibition. They make a
splendid appearance, and Mr.. Smith
should do well with the sale.
The protracted meeting at the
First Methodist Church, which had
been in progress for week, came to
a close Friday night, and DR.. 7. w.
Lewis, pastor Of st. Johns Methodist
Church, Memphis, who did the preach
ing, returned home Saturday morn
ing. Under DR.. Lewis powerful and
convincing arguments there has been
a great moral uplift in the communI-
ty. and much good seed have been
sown, Five persons united with the
church Sunday on profession Of faith
as a result of the meeting.
Mrs. Farrar CuIbreath, of the
vicinity, takes great pride
in the raising Of purebred Plymouth
Rock chickens, Duroc and Poland Chi
ma hogs and Scotch Collie dogs. She
lately shipped six spring roost-
ers to Memphis, selling them to
well known fancier there for $19.
This shows what can be accomplished
by raising the better brand Of fowls.
Mrs. Culbreath has found advertis-
ing a great aid not only in disposing
Of chickens. but Of pure-bred hogs
and dogs as well. She expects later
to begin raising pure-bred cows.
@-a-S
SUGGESTS MEMORIAL CHAPEL
in MUNF0RD CEMETERY