The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-28
INTERESTING LOCAL HAPPENINGS
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. Ernest White, Jr., is report
ed quite i'll at the home of his par
ents here.
Miss Martha Bell is reported
quite sick at the home of her brother,
Mr.. S. M, Bell, of this city.
Quarterly conference will be held
at Gift Saturday. Presiding Elder
w. w. Armstrong will preach Satur-
day morning at II o'clock.
Mr.. L. F. Hicks, of The City
Talk, has gone to State Road, n. c.
o be with his father, who has been
in poor health for some time.
The B. Y. P. u. of the Charles
ton Baptist church will give an ice
cream supper Friday night, July 80,
on the school grounds for the benefit
Of Mr.. Jack Davis family Every
body is cordially invited.
DR.. L. J, Lindsey addressed the
Sunday school class of Mr.. w. L.
Owen at the First Baptist church last
Sunday morning. He spoke to GOOD
attendance of the membership on a
very interesting subject.
-Protracted meeting will begin
next Sunday at Perry's Campground,
conducted by Rev. R. w. Faux and
Rev. Mr. Yancey. Mr.. Faulk will
preach Sunday morning and evening
and will continue the service until
the arrival of Mr.. Yancey.
Liberty Lodge No. 265, |. 0. o,
F., has decided to hold its annual
picnic near Pisgah church on Thurs
day, August A. All Odd Fellows and
Rebekah members are invited. The
committee in charge of the picnic are
G. N, Volz, 7, H. Taylor and B. o..
Malone.
-Messrs. John W. Yount and Ell
more Miller and ESQ. W. S. Mayes
have added very much to the at
tractiveness of their farms on the
Covington and Mt. Carmel road by
cleaning fence rows. 1t is very
noticeable improvement to the pass
erby.
Prof. S. J. Templeton, Misses
Eunice Hewitt and Catherine O'Neal,
composing an automobile touring
party, returned to their homes here
Saturday morning, after an extens-
i've trip into Canada and the Middle
Atlantic States. They report that
no difficulty was encountered in
the trip over the roads,
which were in excellent condition
over the route taken.
"A report on the chemical
analysis of the city water was re-
ceived by Recorder Paul Bringle Sat-
urdav morning from City Chemist F.
A. Mantell of Memphis, who ex-
amined the specimens sent to him,
nd found the water free of typhoid |
bacteria. He stated further that the
water was very good snd safe His
report should allay the fears of those
IN this city who We're apprehensive
rs to the purity of the water.
Otto Burton, Illinois Central
freight train conductor, was the VIC
tim of an accident Tuesday night,
when four box cars Of his train were
lGIdI.el III GAt IIiIlo4S 1tuLIdl Ndiuo
here. He sustained a compound frac-
-ure of the ankle Joint, when he fell
FROM the top Of a car as it left the
rack. The train was held here until
rs injury was dressed and then he
was taken to Paducah, KY, where he
vas received in the railroad hospital,
Burton resides in Memphis.
"A wedding Of much interest to
heir many friends was quietly SOL
Wednesday evening at the
A. R. P. manse in Brighton, when
Miss Minnie Clyde Huffman became
he bride of Mr.. Carl Huffman, Of
Ark, Rev. J. L. Boyd
The bride is the at
ractie daughter Of Mrs. w. H. Huff
nan, o. Brighton and the groom is
he son of Mrs. Mamie Huffman,
llso Of that place. They will reside
n Charlottesville.