The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-10
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Mrs. NJ. Guttman has been on
the sick list for the past few days.
Mr.. C. T. limbs has been on the
sick list for the past several days.
Mr.. Charles Ralph has been quite
sick for the past several days.
The young people enjoyed anoth-
er danes at the Elks' club on We'd
nesday night.
Rev. w. c. Kerr left Wednesday
morning for New Albany, Miss, to
attend another 7, P. G. U. convention
of his church.
Rev. R. P. Hicks will preach at
New Hone Freewill Baptist church
SATURDAY. night and Sunday next,
July IL and 10, at the regular hours.
Mr.. P. D. Wilson has just COM
pleted the work Of repainting and re-
papering the house Of Mr.. G. 4.
Hurts, on North Maple street.
ESQ. ]. J. Miller and wife, Of
Gift. went to Memphis Wednesday to
attend the bedside Of their SON Mr..
Stanley Miller, who is suite9rI from
an attack of appendicitis,
Mr.. v. w. Pennel, Of the Drum
monds vicinity, was a visitor here
Monday. He stated that he had lost
10 head Of cattle from blackleg with
in the past two weeks.
DIR. r. P. Walker went to White
haven Tuesday morning to conduct
the night service and preach for DIR.
VIM. Grove, of Memphis, who is con-
Quoting protracted meeting there.
"A child of Cref Hardwick, of
South Covington, turned over vessel
Of boiling water Monday and was
very badly burned about the body,
limbs and neck.
-Messrs. J. M. Jackson and r.
A. Baxter have let the contracts for
the building Of two dwellings in Clo-
verdale Park to Mr.. Will Samuels,
and work has already begun on Mr..
Baxter's house.
Mr.. C. J. Dallas, Of the American
Express Co., spent Sunday and Mon
day with his father, Rev. A. L. Dali
las, at Milan. He reports crops in
the Milan vicinity as unpromising as
they are in this vicinity.
Louise, aged IL months, daugh-
ter Of Alr. Pete Pearson, died Sun
day at noon, after a weeks illness.
The funeral took place in Munford
cemetery, this city, on the day fol-
lowing, Rev. G. E. Wauford conduct
ing the funeral services.
Mr.. L. F. Primer, after a visit to
his uncle, Mr. Wise Primer, of Gift,
returned to his home in Jonesboro,
Ark, Tuesday The latter had the
misfortune to have his thigh broken
while getting out Of WAGON few
weeks ago, but is steadily improving.
Mrs. w. S. Mayes returned Tues
day evening from visit of several
weeks to mineral Wells, Tex, whore
Mr.. Mayes is still sojourning. His
many friends throughout this section
will be delighted to learn that he is
steadily regaining his health.
Mr.. Justus Faux, in, received
his discharge at TT. 0glethorpe, Ga,
Saturday, and returned to his home
here Sunday evening. He was over
seas for eight months and was with
Depot Service Company No. 6. He
landed in Hoboken, N. j, on June 19.
ia. johnson & Sons have bought
out the gorcery stock of w. L. Free |
man in the old Commercial Hotel
building, and will continue the bust
ness there, and have also added
meat market. Mr.. Freeman and
family will move back to Memphis.
A good farmer friend of ours
says crops have been in more grass
this year than he has ever known
them before, but that if many of his
farmer friends had worked in. their
crops instead of working them in
automobiles, they would not have
been as badly swamped as they are.
Mr.. Joe M. Payne, who had been
serving in the navy on the U. S. S.
Nopatin for about IL months, mas
recently returned to his home in this
city. The Nopatin was used as a
transport for soldiers crossing the
English Channel. Mr.. Payne received
an honorable discharge in Atlanta.
Mrs. Walter Baskin, of the 3rd
district, in getting out Of a buggy
Saturday night, was thrown to the
ground when the horse started up,
falling on her face. Her nose was
broken and she also sustained several
other painful injuries as a result of
the fall.
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