The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-24
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LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. Charles Turnage, of Mum
ford, is reported quite sick.
Mr.. Thomas Addison shipped a
carload of cattle to st. Louis Mon
day.
DIR. ]. j. Boyd's office win be
closed from Monday, July 81, until
Tuesday, August 5. 17jy2w
Mrs. J.R. Taylor has the misfor-
tune to lose her valuable buggy horse
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Geo. W. Hardwick is up
from a long spell Of sickness, and is
improving nicely.
Mrs. B. E. White has been con-
fined to her room with an attack
of influenza for the past week.
Rev. Chesley Bowden will preach
at Liberty Sunday night at $3.50,
standard time.
Mrs. Jesse Hunt, Of Tabernacle.
who has lately been on the sick list,
is convalescent.
The annual picnic is being given
at Upton today, and many from
here are in attendance.
Miss Nellie Rose, of this vicin-
ity, who has lately been on the sick
list, is again able to be up.
Miss Minnie Laura Whitaker
is still confined to her room, suffer-
ing from an attack Of fever.
The report of County Judge John
Y. Peete is published in this issue,
and the attention of the taxpayers
of the county is directed to it.
Mr.. J. r. Fallin is confined to
his room as a result Of minor OPP
GRAFTON which he underwent Wednes-
day afternoon.
Tom Burrell, colored, was granted
divorce from his wife, Luvenia Bur
rell, in Judge John Y. Peete's court
Monday.
-Messrs. A. H. Yarbrough and
]. r. David have opened a garage in
the building occupied by Mr.. D. l.
Archer's transfer business.
Miss Mary Calhoun pleasantly
the members Of her Sun
day school class at her home on Col
lege street Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. w. w. Sale has gone to Chi
cago to take a special course in the
study of diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat for about six weeks.
MIR. T. D. Coker, Of Little Mem
phis, has recovered from an illness
which kept him confined to his bed
for several days.
Mr.. c. L. Fortner has begun the
erection of a neat new house for Mr.
Vernon Gwinn adjoining the home of
Mr.. Alvin Fortner, on Elm street.
Total bushels of new crop
wheat received here. up to date is
1882. The average price is from
S1.75 to $2.08.
Miss Martha Lowenhaupt, daugh-
,er of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lowenhaupt,
who has been suffering with fever
'or the past several weeks, is now
,onvalescing. I'll
Mr.. A. S. Miller left Monday
or Memphis, where he will remain
or several days, and is having his
yes treated in the Baptist Memorial
Hospital.
Mr.. C. H. Sullivan, Of this vic
nifty, purchased on Tuesday the ]. |
\. Samuels place Of 215 acres. stu
tied in the 4th civil district of Lau-
lerdale county, near Price, for a con-
liberation Of $2075O.
The Mason and Somerville base
all teams played a game Of ball at
he latter place Tuesday, Mason win
ing by a score of 7 to 5. Features
f the @ame were the hitting Of B.
larshall and pitching Of E. Marshall.
Crop conditions in Upton county
ave improved considerable during
he past two weeks, though crops
re beginning to need rain consider
bly,. This is especially true of old
orn.
Mr.. W. F. Bringle has sold to
)r. L. Hill his place known as the
anders tract two miles east of Gift.
This is an undeveloped cut-over
ract of 10 acres adjoining some
Their land of DR.. Hills, and the con-
Iteration was $500. DR.. Hill will
lear up and develop the land
Mr.. w. L Brownlee and wife,
fter a visit to the formers parents,
IF. and Mrs. 7. R. Hanna, returned
) their home in Due West, S. G.,
Wednesday,. They made the journey
through the country in their car,
nd were accompanied by Miss Wan
a Wyatt. of Halls.
-Myrt Weaver, arrested by Of
cer 7. G. Wilson. charged with car
wing a pistol and stealing a rifle.
as tried before Esq. James Walk
r Wednesday. and was bound over
} the next term of the circuit court
nder bonds Of $3.50 in each case,
-hich he was unable to give, and was
snt to jail.
Mrs. H. H. Williams and son,
-ardy, Of Bartlett, were visitors here
uesday. They report that that sec
on was visited by severe wind
-orm Monday, doing a great deal Of
amage. The roof of the large new
,hool building at Bartlett was blown
T by the storm, entailing a loss
many thousands of dollars.
-Messrs. B. L. Clements and B. B.
NTH, Of Munford, who were visit
IS here Monday, reported many rob-
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