The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-10-16

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Thursday of last week to visit
her mother, Mrs. Rogers, and
will probably be away from
home about two weeks.
Miss Lurline, daughter of Isaac
Buckner, Of Memphis, was here
last Sunday, a guest of her cous.
in, Mrs. Earl Pafiord. She was
on the way to visit her grand.
mother Bpckner, at Parsons.
Bob Rice, who has been max.
ing his home for several years
with his sister, Mrs. j. +. Wins
low, left at the latter part of
last week for Trenton where he
will work in q broom factory.
We failed to mention last
week the departure of Mrs. Bet
| tie Howard for Saltillo, where
she will make her home with
her step daughter, Mrs. Bina
Tarbett, who came over after
her.
W. A, Lawler took his fine
mare TO the Jackson fair and won
first 10 harness, second under
saddle, and second on combina
ton. He says he would have
gotten all blue ribbons if she had
been trained little better un,
der the saddle.
Chancellor J. W. Ross arrived
here on the 9:20 a. m. train
Wednesday morning and took
Judge Barham' s place in holding
the Circuit Court-Judge Bar
ham leaving on that day to take
a rest from his work for at least
a few days. 1t is likely that
Chancellor Ross will also hold
the circuit court in Decaturville.
Rev. Virgil Pafford, Superin.
tendent of the McLemoresville
District, will preach at the Meth.
odist Episcopal church next Sun.
day at II a. m, and 7 p. IN. A
profitable meeting of the central
Tennessee Conference has just
closed and Rev. %. w., Clayton,
one of the strongest men of the
conference will be pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church here
for the year.
Judge N. R. Barham and wife
left Tuesday at noon for Mem
phis from where they will go tol
some place for the purpose of
the judge taking mnch,nee ded
rest. as his health has not been
good, while his duties on the
bench have been arduous of late. !
We are trusting that he will !
soon come back to US perfectly !
restored, for while We say With
pride that he is an honor to the
Judiciary of the state. we can
say of him something still better
and more norable-that he is
a good man.
Judge l.. T. Smith returned
Saturday to his home in Deca
turville after spending most of
the week here attending Chan
Gerry court. The Judge was
warmly complimented on his
speech in the case of Mrs. Jen,il
ME Watson and W. T. Watson
vs.. s. A. MeNatt and Robert |
Malone. Judge Smith aud. W. |
II. benson representing The
compliments, and W.. II. Ian
caster representing defendant
McNatt. The ably contested
lawsuit grew out Of the sale of
the land ia building lots by Rob
ert Malone in the early part of
1918.
Andrew l.. Todd. of Murfrees-
boro, Der of the last Legis-
lature, was here and spoke Mon
day afternoon. Andrew belongs
to the Walsh Elklns gang that
stood with the liquorites all the
way through the regular session
then through one extra session,
and at the the last in the last
extra session was driven by Gov.
ernor Hooper to support some of
the Hooper Force Bills" Like
the rest of his kind, Andrew was
against the Removal Bill, the
only means in sight by which
the perjured mayors of the cities
can be elected out Of power. We
see in the papers that Andrew
ALSO ran for Congress in the
Fifth District this year.
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