The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1906-08-23

Luther Spell left today for Upton.
vile, Tenn, to work for the Cumber
land Tel. L. Tel. Co.
i Princess Dressers and Mall
Trees mt swinney Bros. Furni.
ture Co.
Miss Mary Wynn, of Lexington, is
in the city for a several days visit
to Mrs. Jack Avery. Water Valley
lIe mizer.
Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Keirn's
Switch, is the charming guest Of
Miss Nellie KERN.
Herman Diggs went to Durant
Monday on business.
Miss Tommie Foster and Matter
Roy Foster came over this morning
from Tchula on a visit to friends.
7. ]. Curran is over at Tchula this
week, doing some paper hanging fol
W. X. Gwin.
Misses Laura Cunningham and
Ruth Rhyme have returned from 9
house party given by Mrs. John
Peaster.
DR.. P. D. Holcomb will move his
dental office on Sept. lst to the Baker
House where he is having rooms fitted
up for the purpose in the most com
plete and luxurious style, with every
comfort and convenience known to the
profession.
Felt Mattresses are the hes,
orr the market, $7.25 to $3.50
mt Swinney Bros. Furniture Co.
Prof J. l.. Jones, of Lewisburg,
Tenn, has been elected principal OF
the Goodman school.
W. w. Williams made Yazoo City
a business visit Wednesday.
DR.. H. Christmas, of Tchula, we re-
greet to learn, has been suffering from
eye troubles, having accidently wiped
his face with a handkerchief saturated
with strong chemicals.
The many friends of DR.. G. C. Phil
lips are pleased to note his GONZALES
cence from two weeks illness.
Miss Irene Russell, of the telephone
force, is enjoying well-merited va
cation, which she is spending at Hol-
landale and Memphis.
r. B. Red spent five days at Tchula
last week making cross arms for new
telephone line to Cruger.
Col. D. c. Roby, of Durant, mingled
with his many friends in Lexington
Wednesday.
when you need n nice China
Cabinet, Buffet or sideb0ard
call mt swinney Bros. Furni.
ture Co.
W. 0. Spencer, of Dressy, Texas, is
new subscriber to this paper.
Mrs W. 0. McMorrough and daugh-
ter Miss Annie, have left Boerne,
Texas, for Kerrville, Texas, where
they will spend several months.
J. Baxter Byrd, of Brozyille, was
noted in our business circles yester-
day.
W. B. Herbert left Tuesday for
New York to buy goods for the firm
of Herbert-Tull Company, at Green.
wood.
Prof. ]. H. Fuqua has received one
of his machines for the making of
concrete blocks and is training a
crew of hands to work with it. The
machine and its product are revela-
tion in up-to-date building material,
and Mr.. Fuqua is confident that con-
crete will prove in Lexington, as it
has elsewhere, the handsomest and,
in the long run, cheapest building
material, being absolutely freproof in
addition to its other good qualities.
Complete plans and specifications
for the new Hammett building are
now in the hands of local contract
ors who are figuring on bids for the
building.
An insect, declared by some to be
the genuine boil wevil, is said to
have made its appearance in the vi
cinity of Howard. No official analysis
has as yet been made of it. Accord
ing to Prof. W. NJ. Bamberge, the We
vii at its natural rate of migration,
will not reach this locality before two
or three years from now, and the
chances are that the Howard insect,
like hundreds Of others, is not the
genuine wevil.
W. N. Marks, Of Howard, trans
acted business at the county capital
today,