The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-10
NEWS HAPPENINGS OVER THE COUNTY
WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE DOING

| Inc I4-montnS-old son OF Mr.
lobe Basldn died Tuesday night and
was buried Thursday at IL o'clock
in the Smyrna graveyard.
Richard Scoggins and w. w.
Denham, of the Gilt Edge neigh
borhood, are both reported sick with
pneumonia,
Prof. ]. A. Gotten is still con-
fined to his room on account of ILL
ness, and but little change is noted
in his condition.
Mr.. Dave Smith, of the Oak Grove
neighborhood, while taking off wag-
on bed Tuesday, mashed the end of
his middle finger off.
Henry Gotten, colored, an en-
ployee of the cotton oil mill, sustained
a fall while unloading truck there
Tuesday, and his left ankle was brok-
en- and his left hip dislocated.
Receipts of cotton to date at the
Churchill compress are 1852 bales,
against $3.50 bales to same date last
year. Shipments to date, $685.
against 22,026 to same date last year.
Mr.. ]. c. Kelly is moving this
week to Portageville, Mo-, where he
will in future make his home. Mr.
Will Johnson will occupy the Kelly
place on the Mason road two miles
south Of here,
Esq Will Billings has moved
from the Glover Smith place to Messrs.
H. B. and ]. A. Shelton's farm
one-half mile northeast of this city,
and will now have charge of that
place.
The friends of Mr.. Hop Ports,
formerly of this city, who has been
suffering from an attack of pneumo-
MIA at his home in Webb, Miss, will
be glad to learn that he is steadily
improving.
Mr.. G. W. Parker has moved
from the Jesse Dawson place to the
B. 0. Malone place near Pisgah; Au
brey Workman from the Oak Grove
vicinity to the Simonton neighbor-
hood; Charles Newman from Oak.
Grove to Pisgah; George Gerald from
Pisgah to Holly Grove.
Mr.. Charles Matthews has pur-
chased the stock of goods of G. w.
Baxter, one mile east of Tabernacle,
and will continue the business there.
Mr.. Baxter, in the deal, gets pos
session of Mr. Matthews residence.
Mr.. Matthews will occupy the house
now occupied by Mr.. Baxter.
Mr.. D. ]. White and family leave
next Tuesday for Brownsville, where
Mr.. White will be employed as cashier
of the compress there. His transfer
from the compress here was neces-
sary on account of the unusually large
amount Of cotton stored at the
Brownsville compress.
Mrs. D. |. Archer, who was in a
critical condition in the CARLY Ram
sey. Hospital following an operation
there last week, is reported consider
ably improved. Mrs. Euthie Hise,
also of this county, who also under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the above institution, is also improv-
ing.
Two popular young people of the
Phelan neighborhood, Mr.. John Byars
and Miss Robbie Wright, were mar
ried at the home of Esq. John Mas
sey at o'clock Saturday evening,
Esq. Massey officiating. Mr.. Byars
is a son of Mr.. William Byars, and
Miss Wright the daughter of Mrs.
Westmoreland.
AT the recent session Of the Tip
ton county court committee Of three
was appointed to look into the matter
Of purchasing an automobile truck for
use of the county Jail work-house
prisoners, etc. After looking into
it's merits the committee decided on
a Maxwell truck, and have already
placed an order for it with the Ten
nessee Hardware Co.
DIR. Ed Wall, the veterinary sur
geon, has a curiosity at his office. 1t
is gravel-shaped rock, about an inch
and half in length, and an inch
in diameter, that was taken from the
thin part of the jaw of horse be-
longing to Mr.. Charles Culbreath, OF
Tabernacle, This is probably a piece
of gravel that in some way became
imbedded in the animals jay, and
has gradually grown to its present
size.
Mrs. NJ. w. Davenport, Of Cali
fornia, is on a visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Hunt, having come
to spend Christmas and to see herl
brother, Mr.. C. F. Hunt, before he
enlisted in the u S. service. That
young man is now in the commissary
department of the Park aviation field,
near Millington. Mrs. Davenport will
remain with her parents about two
weeks longer before returning to her
California home.
1T is worthy of mention as
merited compliment to Miss Clara
Baskin, of Fayetteville, Ark, young
est daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j,
Baskin, formerly of Coyington, and
who is one Of the brightest and
youngest pupils in the University,
that she has received and accepted
an appointment as teacher Of Ger
man, Latin and History in the High
School at RussellviIle, Ark. Her
many friends and admirers con-
graduate her upon this rapid stride
to promotion, as one whose eminent