The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-17

MIR. Pink Luttrell, OF Garland,
is quite sick with malarial fever.
Ollie Kennedy, son of Mrs. L.
L. Miller, has been quite sick with
fever for the past several days.
Mr.. Jesse Wilson, of the Leader
force, has been on the sick list again
for the past few days.
Mr.. Win Ruffin left Tuesday
for Anguilla, Miss, where he will in
future make him home and will be
manager of the oil mill there
"A child of Mr.. Carl Spencer, who
lives at the Dunlap 0rphanage, died
very suddenly Monday, and was bur
led at Mudville Tuesday.
We understand that Mr.. Scion
Beaver, of Beaver, had both his arms
badly cut Sunday. He was raising
window, when in some way it fell,
and the glass broke, striking his arm.
Rev J. w. Joyner left Sunday
for LaCenter, KY, where he will re-
main for a week. He will assist
Rev. R. H. Pigue in a meeting dur
ing that time.
Ernest White, son of Mr.. Z. L.
White, left Tuesday for Hubert,
Ark, where he will make his home
and will be employed in the store
Of his uncle, Mr.. L. A. Kinney
Mr. Henry Jones and Miss Oracle
May Sparks, both of Gotten Lake,
were united in marriage at the sher
ifs office in the courthouse on Thurs
day Of last week.
Douglas Wooten Delk, little in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Delk,
of the Chapel Hill vicinity, who has
been seriously i'll for several days, is
improving steadily.
Saturday and Sunday were the
hottest days of the summer up to
that date. The government thermom-
eter here registered So degrees above
zero on both of those days.
The annual camp meeting at
Joyner's Campground will heein this
year ON August 7. Rev. F. A. Downs
will do the reaching, and Rev. James
Jenkins will have charge Of the sing
in~
The Coyington Milling Co. ship
ped carload Of hogs to St. Louis
Saturday. Mr.. F. R. Hargette also
shipped a carload of hogs, which he
bought from Addison & CO., on Tues
day.
Mrs. Sophia Shelton,o of Dyersburg,
came down Tuesday evening frona
that place to attend the bedside of
her little granddaughter, Miss Mar
tina Lowenhaupt, who is still suffer
ing from fever.
Mr.. Leslie Billings, son of Mr..
W. w. Billings, of Brighton, and
Miss Bessie Gwinn, daughter of the
late w. 7. Gwinn, Of the Holly Grove
neighborhood, were married at Elm
Grove church Sunday afternoon, Ell
der Porter Norris officiating.
Mr.. S. ]. Roberts returned home
Monday night from Tippah and Ben
ton counties, Miss, where he pur-
chased some dogs for the Coyindale
Kennels. He reports crops of cotton
and corn in that section practically
a failure.
Hons. L.E.Gwinn and WI. Owen,
who were selected by the county court
to represent this county at the con-
ference with reference to the pro
posed new constitution, held in Nash
vile on July 10, returned Friday,
from that meeting.
Mr.. ]. P. O'Neal received a tel
egram Sunday from his son, Mr.. Lee
O'Neal, telling Of his arrival from
overseas Monday. The young man
was overseas for about a year with
the sixth division, and was in some
of the bloodiest battles on the west
ern front last fall.
Mr.. ]. H. Fuller, of the nialto
vicinity, informs us that his five
head Of mules are all suffering from
what is known as forest poison. The
disease affects the animals something
like rheumatism, making their legs
stiff and rendering them unfit for
work.
Mr.. H. B. Shelton sold two more
Fordson tractors in the past few days
-one to Mr. Clay Turner and the
other to Mr. L. c. Smith, two pro
gressive farmers. There are now
quite number of tractors in opera
tion in our county. This we regard /
as sure sign Of better farming in !
this county, better yields and more
attractive farm life.
"A special service was held for
the young people Of the Christian |
Endeavor in the First Presbyterian |
Church Sunday morning. DIR. R. P. |
Walker, the pastor, preached a SER
mon appropriate to the occasion.
There was also a program of SPLEEN !
did music by members of the En-
deavor and by the Junior Choir, one
of the features being a lovely solo I
by Miss Elizabeth McClanahan.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
Of July 16 gives an account of the
death at st. Joseph's Hospital, Mem
phis, Tuesday evening, July Is, at |
9:45 o'clock, Of William Collins
(Buck) Reiney, father of Nat, Mary
Alice, William Collins Jr., and Err
nest Reiney, aged 40 years. The re-
mains were forwarded from the fu-
neral parlors Of John ]. Collins to
Tenn, for interment. The
deceased was native of Humboldt
and was known to many people in our
county, who viii sincerely regret his
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