The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-07-26
LOCAL VIEWS

Annual woodworking day on the
jefferson Davis highway, August z.
Let us have that mail order for
Job printing. We guarantee good,
prompt service and fair treatment.
Mr.. James Knight is reported
very sick at his home in the 9th dis
trict.
Getting along toward the last
call for planting that crop Of late
Irish potatoes.
Are you getting ready for road
working day on the Jefferson Davis
highway, Tuesday, August z?
If you know local or personal
item Of any Importance, please let US
know about it or send it in by mail
or phone.
Rev. Robt. A. Clark, pastor of
the First Methodist church, will
preach at Trinity Chapel on next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. Public
cordially invited
Mr.. John L. Hudson, of the night
police force Of the city, who has been
confined to his home on account of
illness for seven weeks, has resumed
the duties of that position.
If you know a local or personal
item of any interest, please don't as
sumo that we know it already, for we
can't learn anything unless someone
tells us about it, but tell us about it
or send it in by mail or phone.
The Office employees of the Illinois
Central railroad here on Friday morn
ing put up new Axe flag in the rail-
road park opposite the depot to take
the place of the one that was de-
stroyed by the heavy wind.
DIR. D. R. Gum is now the local
correspondent for the Covington Lead
er at Mason. Any items Of local or
news given or telephoned him
will be highly appreciated, both by DR..
Gum and the Leader.
in the city election held in Dy-
ersburg Thursday, L. E. Carne, the
present incumbent, was reelected
mayor of the city over his opponent,
Sam Ferguson, by vote of 4O4
to 157.
August 7 will be woodworking
day on the Jeff Davis highway from
beginning to end. That date was Sc
lected at a general meeting of the
highway delegates in Memphis in
April. Don't forget the date.
Herman Young, son of Mr.. Dan
Young, of the Tabernacle vicinity,
who was operated on for appendicitis |
Sunday by Drs. Yarbrough, Gillespie
and Lindsey, is reported to be steadily
Look on the margin or wrapper
of your Leader and you can find out
the exact date that your subscription
expires. Thus, if your name is John
Smith and your subscription expired
on July Is, 1917, it will be printed,
John Smith 18jul17".
Rev. r. P. Walker preached for
Rev. J. G. Johnson, at Mt. Carmel |
church last Sunday morning at II |
o'clock. Mr.. Johnson preached at the |
same hour at the A. R. P. church,
while Rev. M. r. Gibson, of that
church, preached for the congregation !
of the First church at the same hour.
Mr.. c. D. Wilson, of the 5th dis
trict, who was among the many visit
ors here Monday, reports that he
found two stalks of grown cookie
burrs in his field few days ago, the
two stalks containing 200 burrs. 1t is
seldom that cockleburrs attain ma
turity until near frost.
The protracted meeting at He
Dron church will begin next Sunday at
IL o'clock and continue through the
week and probably longer. The pas
tor, Rev. A. H. Bezzo, will begin his
meeting at Leigh's Chapel on Wednes-
lay night before the second Sunday
in August.
Misses Ola and Lena Patterson
entertained at six o'clock dinner for
Misses Finn and Robinson. The fol-
owing was the personnel: Miss Myra
Finn, Mr.. CASTOR Hill; Miss Lucy
Finn, Mr.. Theo Holland; Miss Rob-
inson, Mr.. David Pope; Miss Clara
Wilbanks, Mr.. Joe K. Robbins; Miss
Kate Wilbanks, Mr. Jack Robinson
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