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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
County Institute,
Opens rlonday With I'm
preCedented Attendance
For First Day and Com
tinues Six Days.

The Henderson County Teach
ers' Institute, under the dIrec-
tion Of County Superintendent,
w. II. Dennison, was convened
in the College Hall last Monday
and the first day showed the
spendid attendance of ninety.
four teachers, with more to come
from day to day, the entire teach
ing force Of the county not ex-
ceeding 115.
The work for the entire week
will be strictly along the usual
institute lines until Saturday
when examinations on the Read
ing Circle work will be taken up,
After the instructors and
teachers shall have finished their
labors this week, the general ex-
aminations will occur next week,
covering the three first working
days--Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The work Of instruction has
been conducted by Prof. j. O..
Brown, Principal of Henderson
County High School and Super
intendent Of Lexington Training
School, and Prof. j. II. Bayer,
the head Of the Huntingdon
Industrial Training School, and
both are too well known as gene
raj educators and institute in
struci ors Of experience to need a
word Of comment or commenda-
tion. Prof. Bayer was absent
the first two days and his work
was conducted here by Profs. O.
K. Holmes and A. l.. Dennison.
A remarkable feature Of the
Henderson County Teachers In.
stitute ia the small proportion of
new teachers. Supt. Dennison
tells us that while over the State
there is each year about 33 l-3
per cent. Of new teachers, our
county will not show over ten
Der cent. of new material. Hen
derson county is possibly the
only county in the State tina t has
. majority Of male teachers
which, to our mind, makes nc
improvement in the efficiency
and thoroughness Of the teaching
force, but ID merely given as {
fact.
The Institute meets each morn
ing at 500 o'clock and holds
until $3.50 p. M, with noon inter
mission.
In the examinations of mex
week, the line should be tightly
drawn and the efficiency of on
teachers increased,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Attention Farmers.

Monday, June 30, has been set
apart as Field Day at the West
Tennessee Experiment Farm at
Jackson. The Demonstrators,
co-operators, and farmers of Hen
derson county are invited to
meet us on the farm at that date.
There has been an effort made
to secure reduced rates on the
railroad, but | can't say now
that they will be secured.
! feel that any farmer would
be we'll compensated if he would
visit the Experiment Farm and
see what is being done along the
lines of advanced farming.
Yours, w. r. WILSON,
Co. Agent Demonstration Farm
Work.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Non Resident Notice.
Threadgill Brothers

~ az ~ ~ -
The Town Of Lexington ct. al.
In the Chancery Court for Hender.
son County at Lexington, Tenn.
In this cause, 1t appearing from the
Original Bill of Complainants, which
is sworn to, that the defendant, Zeb
Ward, Is nonresident of the State
of Tennessee and resides In the state
of Arkansas, so that the ordinary pro-
cess OF law cannot be served upon
him, 1t Is therefore ordered that pub
LEGATION be made In The Lexington
Progress, newspaper published in
the Town of Lexington, Henderson
County, Tennessee, commanding tho
said Defendant to appear before me
at my Office, in Lexington, Tenn, on
or before the First Monday In July,
1918, and make defense TO said Bill or
the same will be taken as confessed
and the Cause setsfor hearing.expartc
as to him.
In this cause attachment and In.
junction have been granted on fiat
against the defendants: Said In.
junction enjoins said Zeb Ward from
paying any amount that may be due
from him and owing by him to the
firm Of Bradshaw & Ward.
This, June 4, 1913.
w. V. BARRY, G. Il M.
D. Z, Scott, Sol, for Complts.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27

q. H. DAVIS, the hotel man,
has been in poor health for sew,
eral weeks, his illness beginning
with an attack Of rheumatism
and resulting in enlarged liver.
Mrs. Howard Hart, the younger
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. DAVIS
came over from Jackson at the
latter part of last week to spend
several days with her father.
A stranger in town the FIRST Of
the week had occasion to visit
the college in which the County
Institute is being conducted and
remarked that the county has an
attractive bunch Of ladies and
gentlemen engaged in the laud.
able work of teaching the young
idea how to shoot.
The Progress family entertain.
ed from last Saturday till Mon.
day q visitor in the person Of
Mrs. M. l.. Ewing, of Clifton,
who had been away from home
since last February, visiting her
daughters in st. Louis, Mo-, and
Jackson, Miss. Before her mar
riage, some forty years ag,,
Mrs. Ewing was Miss Fannie
Barry and this was her first Wis.
it in our home.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Week. End Fishing Party,

The following party left We'd
nosday for Clifton, from which
place they went to the nearby
Dowdy Springs, as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Wolf ON a
weekend fishing party: Harry
V. Denver and wife, Mather
Lancaster, Miss Essie Pearson,
Miss Katie Murrell (of Columbia,
KY, guest of Mrs. FL. V. Den
ver,) and Mr.. ]. Elver Eller.
Mrs. VOLTS sister of our towns
man, Mr.. Harry V. Denver.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27

Miss Ruth Epochs went to
Memphis last Friday to attend
the marriage of Miss Irene,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. sgd.
Williams to Mr.. E. l.. Leubel.
Miss Williams, we are informed,
has become member of the Cath
'olic church and her marriage was
celebrated on Wednesday morn
ing in the house Of worship Of
that faith. Mr.. sgd Williams
will be remembered as a son Of
Mr.. "Ren" Williams who lived
and died here and his mother is
a sister of Judge John h. Nc
Gall. He is also a brother Of
our townsman, John Williams,
the capable local manager for
the Cumberland Telephone Com.
pany.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Death Near Huron.

Wednesday morning at $50
o'clock Mrs. Matte Singleton,
wife of Allen Singleton, died at
her home Ii miles East of Huron,
at the age of twenty-three
years. Mrs. Singleton left a
husband and two children to
mourn her loss and the cause of
her early death was that dread
disease, tuberculosis. Deceased
was q daughter of John Pollard
who came to this county from
Texas several years ago. The
remains were inferred at Pales-
tine Thursday.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Changes Hands.
S. A. McNatt Sells Lex
ington Barber Shop to
SardiS Man.

On last Monday moring S. A.
McNatt sole owner of the Lex
ington Barber shop in the Coun-
Gil Block, sold the business to
Mr.. Lon Baston, late of Sardis.
The business is a profitable one
but the confinement incident to
successfully conducting it did
not agree with Mr.. McNatt s
health and he was forced to sell.
The Progress wishes Mr.. Baston
we'll in the business.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Scott-Young.

Last Sunday afternoon at 80,
at the home of the bride
81 miles West Of Lexington, Rev.
V. A. DeShazo, pastor of Lex
ington M. e. church, said the
words which united for all their
lives to come, in the holy bonds
of matrimony, Mr.. d. Eugene
Scott aud Miss Zilla B. Young.
As the bridal party composed
Of the parties Of the first part
aud their attendants, Mr.. Mel
vile Scott, brother Of the groom,
aud Miss Maude Gardner, aud
Mr.. Cleophus Young, brother of
the bride, and Miss Annie Laurie
Pearson, approached the room in
Which the marriage was perform
ed, Mrs. Charlie Hall sang that
sweet song, II Love You Truly
and after the entre was made
and during the ceremony, Mrs.
Joe Webb rendered the never
old Mendelsohn Wedding march.
Just inside the door of the mar
riage room an arch Of natural
flowers and ferns was formed,
with the accompanying marriage
bells, under which twain to be
made one stood while the sol
emu words were said by the
minister. The home was gener-
ally decorated in natural flowers
and potted ferns, giving a most
pleasing effect.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr..
John W. Young, one of the most
highly respected and substantial
farmes of the west side of the
county. Her rearing has been
such that she is'known to be a
domestic prize and that charac-
teristic added to her other
charms of person, mind and
heart, make her truly "A gift
from the gods"
The groomis the elder son of
the Hon. d. Il. Scott, a member
of the Lexington bar and former
member of the Legislature, Civ.
ing that service in the days be-
fore men were swayed by the
nd, dominant passions. Gene"
is the general manager Of the ex.
tensive grocery business of Muse
& Co., and has established him
self here as a man who puts in
half his time attending to his
own business and the other half
in letting alone the business of
others. Immediately after the
ceremong Mr.. Scott and bride,
accompanied by the guests from
town came to Lexington and
here they will be at home to
their friends. To them the fu-
ture is bright with promise Of
happiness and we trust that their
fullest hopes may be realized.
The following relatives and
! friends, residing in Lexington
we're present at the ceremony,
e. Il. Muse and wife, 7. Ed
wards and wife, II. A. Lewis
and wife, s, e. Ballard and wife,
Hon. d. E. Scott aud daughter,
Mrs. Sula Muse, John s. Fielder
and Miss Eva Edwards, and Mes
srs. N. S. Threadgill, Royal PAT
ford and Fielder Boswell.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27

II. Ii. Xix has accepted a po-
sition with the Arnold Construct
ing Co., Chicago, H., and as
soon as he can get his business
in shape will leave for that
place. The first work that he
will be sent upon will be at St.
Thomas, Ontario. Shorty has
made many friends in Lexing-
ton, all of whom will regret to
see him go-but hope for him
all prosperity possible.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Don't Hiss 1t.

The Musical Recital in College
Hall to-night-Friday benefit
Lexington cemetery fund. Pro-
gram promises enjoyment to all
who attend. Admission 25c and
15c.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27

Lexington Lodge No. 154, %.
O. +. will meet in regular SEES
sion on Tuesday night, July |,
for the purpose of confering de-
grees, balloting on applications
for mem bership and other bust
ness of Importance. All mem.
bers Of Lexington Lodge are es.
pecially urged to be pre- sent.
s. +. Rosson, Secy.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27
Local and Personal
; sSG&&GGGGG&GG s&GeeGGGG.

Jim Roberts shipped a carload
Of cattle Tuesday.
Baseball Saturday-Lexington
VS.. Warrens Bluff.
Jim Lacy and wife went to
Memphis last Friday.
FOR RENT-Four desirable
rooms w. A. Lawler.
]. w. Belew is delivering ice
for the Lexington factory.
Representative p. o. Roberts
has spent the week at home.
ut won't come off,"
Attorney L. 7. Smith has pro-
tracted his stay in Decaturvllle.
Mrs. j. I'll. Habacker and chill
dren are visiting Mrs. Eliza Hut
ton.
V. D. Barry missed two days
from work this week on account
of illness.
If your self.respect is the price
of personal popularity, you can
not afford to buy it
Clarence Pafford, of McLe-
moresville, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. j. w. Stewart.
Misses Bonnye and Mary Smith
visited relatives in Decaturville
the first of the week.
IT'S -Tagg Paint. /" :
Miss Esuher Davis was here
Sunday en- route to Knoxville to
take a summer course.
Mrs. Carrie Welch has been in
a very dangerous condition this
week after a long illness.
Mrs. Lon Riley has returned
after spending two weeks with
her parents at her old home near
Jacks Greek.
G. Terry Ray and wife left
last Saturday for Hazel, KY, to
spend a week with Mr.. Rays
mother and brother.
While Mrs. j. w. Page has
not entirely recovered health she
has been much better this week
than she was last week.
Mr.. Wallace, printer former
ly employed in this Office, hit
the town again at the first of the
week and was given work.
Our brotherlR. Arthur Barry
ran over from Paris last Sunday
and remained till Monday on ac-
count of his family being here.
Clerk & Master w. v. Barry
will sell the old Major 7. A.
Smith farm, two miles North of
town, on the first Monday in
July.
Born to Hon. and Mrs. Felix
M. Davis Monday night, q fine
baby girl. May she live to be
the pride and consolation of her
Mrs. r. A. Barry and three
children came over from Paris
on Thursday of last week to Wis.
it Mrs. Lizzie I.awler and other
relatives.
DR.. Stephens, the Federal cat
tie inspector, has been i'll town
this week after considerable
in this and Carroll
counties.
Have you tried Kaw's best
Flour?--Lexington Cash Store,
L. II. Pearson, Prop.
j. FL. MoGitt and Matthew Bar
ry went to Decaturville Sunday.
The former returned Tuesday
evening but the latter remained
in Decaturville.
Sold by @. f. McHaney.
If it needs repairing-from a
moving machine down to
spectacle frame-take it to Britt
and Joyner, at the old stand in
Davidson corner.
Robert W. Hall returned last
Sunday morning to Chicago, 60
ing via Nashville to which city
he was accompanied by Henry
D. Barry of this office.
The Progress will be especially
pleased to publish any personal
or item of local news and will
appreciate all help given the
paper in that particular.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-06-27

1 u
Sorghum and millet seed fol
sale. Bennettand Joyner.
Esq. j. @. Peterson has beer
reported very seriously i'll thi:
week at his home two miles
south of town Esq. Peterson Is
health has not been good for sew
eral months.
LOST-In Lexington, Tuesday,
June "A, pair gold rim specta-
cles. Will reward finder.
j. w. PAGE.
Mrs. +. A. Helton, who is
back on visit from California,
has spent part of this week al
Sardis with the family Of her
husbands brother.in-law, j. w.
Fowler.
Rev. r. M. Walker was sick
at the first of the week and the
pulpit in the Southern Metho-
dist church was filled last Sun
day by Presiding Elder Cleanthe
Brooks.
j. Harvey Garner, a former
conductor of the N. G.. Railway,
has been very dangerously i'll
this week, his life being almost
derpaired Of Wednesday night,
and he had not this morning be.
come rational.
Miss Ruth Enochs returned
from Memphis Wednesday eve.
ming, after being present at the
marriage Of Miss Irene Williams
in st. Mary's Catholic church at
6 O'Clock that morning.
Brown Bros. have taken the
agency for the popular Ford Au,
tomobile and have purchased a
five passenger car their first.
The Ford is one of the most DUR
able Of all the popular makes.
We will for the next 80 days
sell K. Hammer House Paint for
25c less per gallon than the reg
ular price. The best paint
made. Guaranteed for five
years.
THREADeILL Bros.
The work of making concrete
sidewalks from the residence of
e. &. Muse to the Machine shop
began Tuesday. Surely the
other side of that excellent
street will soon follow the ex-
ample Of their neighbors.
Mrs. s. M. Barnett, one Of the
most efficient stenographers and
typewriters who has ever work
ed in Lexington, has purchased
a new Underwood machine and
is the only available chance here
as public stenographer.
John Holmes, a former citizen
of this county came over from
McLemoresville, CARROLL county
Monday to visit his son, Joe FL.
Holmes at Juno and other rela-
tives and friends. Both the ell
der gentleman and his son were
in town Tuesday.
On account Of not being able
to fill my appointment at the
Methodist church here last third
Sunday, and the District Con
ference being next third Sunday
| will preach here Sunday morn
ing at II O'Clock from the sub
ject, Fighting the Giant"
V. A. DeShazo.
Our townsmaD, Chas. M. Tim,
berlake, will go on the road for
the hardware house of Orgill
Bros, at Memphis and will take
up his work in the first half Of
July. Mr.. Timberlake has made
a good name as a Knight OF the
Grip and we are confident that
he will make good with the
splendid firm that has secured
HIM.
County Supt. W. H. Denison
went to Memphis last Friday to
attend a conference of the coun-
ty superintendent Of West Ten
nessee with State Superinten-
dent Brister and other state ed
ucational officials. Twenty of
the twenty one county superin-
tendents of West Tennessee coun-
ties were present at the confer
ence.
Carrie, the fve,year.old
daughter of Esq. @. @. Davis,
fell from a tree, distance of
seven or eight feet, Monday af-
ternoon and received severe
bruises on the forehead and I'M
der one eye. The child was 50
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
No Secret About Making Good.

TIIE trilogy Of making good is indus
try. team work, success. There is no
secret about making good. II simply
means hard work. and the man who
attains the greatest success is the man
who has the sincerest love for his work
There is no sadder sight confronting an
employer Of men today than to see the large
number of older men flling the menial posi-
tions of life-men who are of exemplary ha b.
its, who are honest. respectable. and inteii.-
gent. and stand well in the social worid YET
they live out their lives ln menial routine
pl&ces. Many are jacks OF all trades - hut
masters OF non<, ana while s;outIy insisting
that they can do almost anything do not un-
derstand why they do not rise . boye their po-
sition.
The. trouble with man like this Is hr sim
ply learned to perform his work in mschan-
ical sort of way to enable him to hang ON to
his job, and probably spent the remainder
OF his time comparing his unfortunate fate
with that Of his more fortunate competitor
Success never just happens" There Is
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

always a reason for it. II comes only after
long, persistent, hard work along intelligent
lines. The successful man must be inter-
ested in his work. Opposition affects him
like a tonic.
well balanced sslf-esteem is also desir-
able as it lerds dignity and confidence-two
qualities of infinite value IN any walk of life.
A man whose cupidity, unchecked by self
esteem and judgment. tempts him into COM
mitting acts OF meanness which ALLEVIATE
business friends or lose him the services OF
capable men in his employ is like the men
who cannot step over a row " half dollars
to get at pile Of dollars.
Probably circumstance has never offered
men the encouragement that is ours today.
Study your Job. Don't let it slip into
humdrum habit. Arrange the details Of Il.
Plsn it. and plan IT carefully. Do better
work for the sake of the job. No matter II
1t is hard, 1t sharpens Your wits. No matter
il you are not appreciated at first. you will
finally land in some place where your work
l. appreciated and you will be able to make
the best Of the opportunity.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Some Have a Limit.

No; hong since I came in contact with one
Of these pompous gentlemen in an Indiana
hotel. 1t was his job TO stand al the front
door of the hotel. near point where the
street cars stop, and to carry the guests grip
to the desk, some twenty-five yards distant.
He took my grip at the door, carried it
across the lobby, and as he stood with his
white gloved hand all but outstretched I
reached down in my pocket and fisned out
dime for him. He looked at 1t with utter
disdain.
That's too small for me- he snarled.
L don't want It."
well. BY George. 1 want it, | fiung back.
and | didn't feel a bit cheap about II. either.
II takes the professional bellboy, though,
to stand first on one foot and then on the
other after he has taken you to your room
and to hint in forty ways that he is expecting
something besides mere gratitude. He usual
ly filings at you string Of questions. Have
you got any clothes to be pressed" he will
ask. or Do You need any writing material?"
When you happen to have had showed on You
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Should Be Sure of Insurance.

An insurance policy does not always in
sure. A store owner should not only see to il
that he has enough insurance, but he must
be sure that the policy covers his property,
that the description and amounts are right,
and that the company issuing his policy Is
reliable one. 1t Il inconceivab!e the number
Of so-called business men who neglect these
simple precautions: and many a man has
discovered after a fire that his policy was
little more than a credstable specimen OF
the printers art.
The profession OF pharmacy is properly
controlled by stat and national laws. Every
druggist should know them and obey them
10 the letter from the standpoint Of prudence.
IL he hasn't proper sense Of his obligations
TO the public whom he serves
Columns in a newspaper never would
make a business man Of drug store pro-
prietor. The young man will stand in con-
slant need Of help and advice, and he should
not be difndent in seeking such valuable
information as he can garner from those who
are in position to know what they are talk
ing about. His bankers and his wholesale
house would be the best sources They have
been through the fire and are able to save
him many costly mistakes which he other
wise would make. He should choose them
as he would choose intimate friends and
advise with them in absolute frankness re-
garding every detail OF his business.
The profession of pharmacy is an honor
able one and the retail druggist can and
should become a respected. valuable, and
moderately prosperous member of his COM
munHy.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Makes Hobby of
Sizing Up Men.
By RALPH PRUYN.

4 T takes big man to admi; that his en-
ployes are in part responsible for his
success. Yet that is what one of the in
6ustrial masters of the world has done
What success l have achieved" he
said. has been largely due to my ability
to choose as subordnates men bigger than
myself"
His words contain the secret of many an
employers rise The ability to judge and
handle men Is one Of the most valuable of
business accomplishments. 1t will often
coUnterbalance serious defects along other
lines.
The secretary TO a Chicago business man
a few years ago made a practice of taking
quick stock of every man who came into
the Office. Unobtrusively he g sized up ="
every man with whom he had business deal
ings. and. whenever possible, learned after
wards how accurate his Judgment had been.
The practice developed faculty for quick
Judgment of human nature. He soon be-
came so proficient that he could tell a
strangers character by the expressions on
his face. He worked out general rules for
clothes and personal appearance and for car
riage and address.
This ability has made him much more valu-
able to his firm. As a result he has been
made head Of the employment department
and general representative Of the firm in
dealing with the employees.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
By HARDWOOD REEVE.

indifferent tone. I saw I was going to lose
half days time.
Here. Jack" called to the bus man.
" There's something extra in it for you IL you
will see that get my trunks here in time
for that train
Mr.. Busman's whole attitude changed. He
Immediately began to take interest. In
moment he was on his seat whipping up
the horses and just In time for the train he
came dashing up with my trunks. He had
been stalling for his tip, and he got 1t.
That was just a sample experience that We
fellows meet up with frequently. But the
transfer man has no monopoly on the thing
He is only part of the system which con-
siders the travelling salesman legitimate
prey. l don't know as he is In 1t with the
pompous, uniformed individuals in the big
hotels who are insulted II the tip is not
big one.