The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-02-06
LOCAL NEWS

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marine, formerly of Covington, was
among the American troops who
took part IN the fierce Argonne
forest drive, according to letter re-
Ieeived from him by his brother, Har-
ris Brown, editor of the Jackson Sun,
says a dispatch from Jackson to the
Commercial Appeal. Gen Pershing
threw the Eighty-fourth company Of
the Sixth Marine corps into the drive
about two weeks before the amistiee
was signed and these lately recruit
ed young Americans broke the Ger
man line repeatedly
Sergeant B. II. Westcott, charg
/ ed with being q deserter from Camp
pike, Ark. was arrested Sunday
might by Deputy B. B. Smith, in the
4th district, and was brought to Jail
here before being returned to the
above-named camp. Last weeks
Leader carried a brief notice of
IWestcott's marriage to a young lady
of the Upton vicinity Westeott is
member of CO. A, 9th Train Bat
talon, at Camp Pike. He claims
THAT ON account Of his love for his
fiance, he left his company without
leave and returned to this county to
see her,
There has been no term Of the
Icircuit court held since Sheriff ], M.
Beaver entered upon his term of Of
Ifice, the November term having been
Ipretermitted on account of the prev
alence of the influenza at the time.
Consequently, the sheriff has had
no work hands at his disposal, This,
he says, is the reason for his failure
Ito clean up the courthouse yard. 1t
lis his purpose, as soon as he can
get some county labor, not only to
clean up the courtyard, but to sod it
and take special pains to restore it
to its one-time beauty. In this work
he will be entitled to the praise of
every citizen of our county, as our
courtyard has long been an eyesore
to the public and poor advertise
ment to our town and county.
Mrs. o. H. Cribbins, who has
been in Chattanooga with her hus-
band at TT Oglethorpe, Ga, is spend
ing few weeks with her parents
at Phelan Mrs Cribbens was in
Covington Saturday, and was telling
Iof DR.. Cribbens' recent illness, he
having suffered a severe attack Of in
fluenza, after which pneumonia de-
veloped in both lungs. With care
full medicinal attention and good
nursing, he is now on active duty
for Uncle Sam. He has been APP
pointed ward surgeon for Ward Is,
general hospital IA, and is now Civ
ing his medical attention to the SOL
diers sent there sick from France.
This hospital has about 40 wards,
and can accommodate several thou
sand patients. About 300 doctors
are stationed at this hospital to care
for the sick as they come in.
Mr.. Robert Cothran, an old and
highly respected citizen Of Mason,
died very suddenly at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Rebekah Jackson, at 10
O'Clock Thursday morning. Mr..
Cothran had been in poor health for
quite a long while, and while his
death came while he was sitting in
chair, it was no surprise to his
friends. Mr.. Cothran's remains were
buried in the old Robertson grave
yard, in the 9th district, near where
he was born and reared, at $50
O'Clock Friday afternoon, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev. j.
| L. Latta, of Mason. The deceased
was between SIS and 10 years Of
age at the time Of his passing away.
He is survived by two brothers,
Messrs. George and Lee Cothran, and
two sisters, Mrs. Rebekah Jackson
and Mrs. VIM. Jackson, all Of Mason.
Rev. J. L. Slit, Of Arkansas,
preached an excellent sermon Sunday
night from the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian Church. 1t was a math-
ematical sermon, mostly in addition
though some division, subtraction
and MULTIPLICATION were brought to
the attention of the congregation,
who gladly heard this sermon from
this scion Of the. Covington Presby-
terrain church. Rev. Stitt, by way
Of preface to his sermon, recalled |
the old church that stood on the same
ground years ago, when under the
passionate of Rev David Cummins, |
who was called to his reward in 1879. |
Nearly every pew in the church seem
ed to be familiar to Mr.. Stitt, who
recalled the positions of the families
who worshipped there in his child
hood days At the close Of his ser
mon the members Of the congrega-
ton gathered around the preacher,
thanking him for the message he