The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1915-09-10
OVER THE COUNTY
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the way of clean, high class pictures.
He is also a singer of note, having in
the recent past sung at McIntyre's
Drug Store as we'll as filled several
engagements with the leading choirs
of Jackson. Durant extends to him a
cordial welcome, feeling assured that
he will add much to our town in provid-
ing clean, wholesome place OF amuse-
ment.
4 The Durant High School opened
Tuesday with full attendance. Prof.
j. E. Gibson, of Bonneville, has sue
ceeded Prof. Alexander, who will serve
as principal of the Utica High School
this term.
Mrs, Markham Howard left Monday
for her home in Laurel after very
pleasant sta here with re atives.
Clyde Stokes returned Monday morn
ing from the Exposition at SanF'rancis-
co. He saw many things of interest
on his trip and enjoyed dip in the
Great Salt Lake.
Misses EIba Humphreys and Modena
Cargill returned Sunday from the mil
linery markets at st. Louis and Chlca-
go.
Mrs. K. B. johnson and Miss Kata-
lena were the guests of Mrs. Stokes
last week while returning to Lexington
from New Mexico.
The Holmes county boys who recently
left for Petersburg, Va, to work for
the Dupont Powder Mills, write very
encouraging letters home
Miss Mildred Weatherby left Sunday
to enter the Agricultural High School
"a Goodman.
J. M. Howard is in St. Louis select
ing his fall line of dry goods.
Mrs. Lee Powers, of Goodman, visit
ed Mrs W. c. Martin Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Harris, of Memphis.
stopped over Sunday with the family
of DR.. W. B. Nicols while enroute to
Ackerman, where she will be employed
as trimmer for Mrs. Pinnix this season.
Mr.. Ralph Harris, of Jackson, spent
Sunday in Durant.
After an enjoyable house party at
Spring Lake, near Grenada, Misses
Gladys and Edna Wilson Nicos extend
ed their visit to Canton and Jackson.
Cecil Smith, of Goodman. spent Sun
day in Durant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stokes autoed to
Emory and Black Hawk Monday.
Mrs. Ruby Knott returned to Green
wood from Memphis Tuesday, where
she recently underwent very serious
operation. She will remain in Green
wood several weeks before returning
to Durant.
Mrs. Sallie Lea and daughter, Miss
Ellen, Miss Pearl Magee and Allen
Knott motored to Greenwood Sunday.
Mrs. w. B. NicOls was the guest of
Mrs. Ham, of Jackson, for the week
end
Miss MinnieLee Bankhead entertained
the young ladies' RooksClub last Fri
day afternoon.
Steele Crow, of Greenwood, visited
his brother, Geo. Crow, last week be-
fore leaving for Parkersburg, Va,
where he will travel for Simmons
Hardware Co.
Russell Tate has opened up first
class clothes cleaning and dying estab-
lshment, and soliCits the patronage of
the people.
Mrs. Sam Cook, of Jackson. is the
guest of Mrs. G. S. Beall, Sr.
Mrs. Jones Gilliland and son, Leslie.
and Mrs. Horace Privett, of Kosciusko,
came over Monday by the auto route to
meet Mr. Privett.
Miss Minnie Lee Bankhead enter
tanned a few of her young friends at
lunch Wednesday night.
If you want to hear the Sweetest
singer in Dixie" don't fail to hear
Earl Holmes at the Royal Picture
Show in Durant. Nothing like him has
ever come this way before, and no
lover of good singing should miss this
opportunity.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Pickens, of Good
man, were among the visitors out of
town at the picture show Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Fred Gsttis, of Memphis, is
much priced guest in the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. f. Guess.
Ben Barth attended codrt in Lex
ington Wednesday.
j. Z. Neal, of Canton, has joined
the army of commercial travellers and
made Durant on his route last week.
Mr.. Claude Knox Weatherby, who
left Durant three weeks go on little
trip of adventure, arrived home safe
and sound from Dallas, Texas, Wed
nesday. Claude has seen enough If the
world for the present and says home
looks good to him.
IL IS fumOred InaJ mT' ID. n. fOTCeE
and family will return to Durant in the
near future, where a warm welcome
awaits them. MIR. Porter fills the Office
of train master Of the Aberdeen dis
trct.
The many friends of Mrs. Kate Sal
lis will be glad to learn that she has
emerged from the shadows of the sick
room sufficiently to get out into the
sunshine once more.
The college call ia being answered by
a great number of our boys and girls
who will in few DAYS be gone from
home and freside to enter the great
arenas of learning. Their bright faces
will be missed hut their absence will
be sweetened by the thought of the
splendid work they are achieving. No
town sends out better material to the
great architect of character building
than Durant.
Never in the history of Durant has
the Sunday school reached such high
mark as is shown in the present enroll
ment, DR.. r. c. EImore, teache~ of
the Z. Nash Broyes Bible class, is ad-
ding new members all the time, and if
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