The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07

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Woodmen of the World mex
Sunday afternoon, at 2 O'Clock
Everybody invited.
Mr.. w. l.. Frizzell, Of nea
Chesterfield, stopped of In Lex
ington Monday enroute to Sal
tillo, Texas, to visit his children
Mr.. Frizzell expects to be gone
until sometime in the Spring.
LOST.--On Public Square
during fair week, bracelet with
the initials N. E. engraved there
on. Finder will please leave al
this Office and receive reward.
DELL SINGLETON.
Attorney Frank Elgan, Of
Memphis, for U. s. Marshall fol
West Tennessee, was in Lexing
ton during last week end. Mr.
Elgan has already made good
in his profession in Memphis.
OF twenty three arrests made
in Lexington during last week,
when the Fair and Carnival were
on, but two were negroes and
but one Of those convicted. All
the whites arrested were convict.
ed.
Judge N. Il. Barham went to
Martin yesterday to spend at
least one day in attendance upon
the Southern Methodist confer
ence which convened Wednes
day and will remain in session
until next Monday.
George w. Mccall was able to
come up town Wednesday, the
first time in six weeks, having
been laid up that length Of time
with fever and rheumatism. He
has not yet recovered the use Of
his right hand and arm.
D. L. Wadley, who moved
from Lexington to Tamaha,
Okla, several weeks ago, has
spent the week here. Mr.. Wad.
ley will have West Tennessee
as a part Of his territory repre-
senting CINCINNATI shoe house,
and exnects 70 ultimately move
his family to Memphis, which
city is his headquarters.
On next Friday, the 18th. at
her home near Jackson, Mrs., /.
8. Tomlinson will sell to the
highest bidder a lot of fine brood
mares, young mules, mule and
horse colts and two young horses
for cash and on credit. Mrs.
Tomlinson also has an extra fine
Hereford bull to 60 in the sale
unless sold earlier. This is a
chance to get some good stock.
The Progress editor acknow.
lodges a call Wednesday from
Jim D. Meals, a former Hender.
son county boy, now a passenger
train auditor, running between
Parson, Kansas, and Dennison,
Texas. Jimmie informs US that
he married in Memphis some two
years ago and expects to finally
make that city his home. He is
a son Of Columbus w. Meals, of
the Bargerton section.
When in jackson last week
and at the first of this week, two
mem bers of the Progress force
had the pleasure Of coming into
personal contact with Mr.. James
X. Tucker, a Memphis live wire
who has in that city the local
man agement of the Bradstreet
agency. James r. is doubtless
q lineal descendant Of "Old Dan
Tucker" who was accredited q
mighty Man" in his day.
A short time ago we had the
pleasure of being shown the fine
fish pond Of Esq. @. @. Davis, by
the proprietor himself, on the
farm purchased from James A.
Henry, on the Northern outskirts
of Lexington. The pond is am
pie in area, fed by q spring, we'll
protected against floods and is
already stocked with black bass
which can be seen il the clear
water. The SOU ia rightly
proud Of his fish pod.
State Senator John l.. Hare
was in town Tuesday, circulating
among his many friends attend
ing to business. Senator Hare g
experience in the 58th General
Assembly would make a right
readable little book, for he could
tell things that have not appear.
ed ir print. We have differed
from Senator Hare on some local
questions, but on the whole we
are nightly pleased with his