The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-11-03

| Leo Barry and wife, of Decatur,
vile, come over last Sunday after
Mrs. P. W. Miller, who had 0een Wis.
iting here for several days.
| O. l. Boren, agent for the N. & C
at Murray Kentucky, attended the
Fair and Waited relatives a n d
friends since our last issue.
| Mrs. Bette McKelvey, wife Of R.
Winfield McKelvey, Of Chesterfield,
spent several days OF last week here,
with the family of her sister, Mrs. j.
A. Bray.
Mrs. G. H. Partin, and four chill
dren, were here Tuesday on their
return to Memphis after a two
weeks visit to Mrs. Partins mother
at Parsons.
Prof. Henry Essary Of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee, after spending
some time at the experiment station
at Jackson, was visitor to Lexine-
Iton last weekend.
Priest Pearson and wife are re-
ceiving congratulations on the arri-
val of a fine girl in their home five
miles North of town. The young
lady arrived last Friday night.
Rev. L. z. Jackson, father of our
townsman, Prof. Y. A. Jackson, and
who lives on Route | out of Juno,
was in town few days ago and
made contribution 10 this paper.
Dave the Ditcher" alias David
Meriwether, Jackson, the drainage
engineer, who is engaged in some
Of the drainage projects in this
county, was in Lexington Wednes-
day.
w. F. Hinkle, of Saltillo, and his
daughters, Mrs. Adra Irwin and Miss
Irma Hinkle; were here Thursday Of
last week attending the funeral Of
Mr.. Hinkle's sister, Mrs. Bette Ho-
ward.
7. P. Blackburn, of the Warrens
Bluff vicinity, was in town in the
last weekend, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Arta. While here
they were guests Of Postmaster S.
M. Barnett.
Miss Stella Winslow, daughter Of
Guilford Winslow, and Miss Leslie
Hobbs, both of Madison county,
were guests Of the family Of j. F.
Winslow from Wednesday of last
week until Sunday.
Mrs. Cornelia Howard, who left
Wednesday for her home in Wood
vile, Oklahoma, while here on a
visit of several weeks, was a guest
in AZ homes and still did not get
around to see all her friends and rel
atives.
Martin Youngerman, Of the old
Goth district, returned last week
from a visit Of nearly four weeks to
his sister at Braddock, Pennsylva-
MIA. Mr.. Youngerman reports a
good trip and his sister and family
are doing well.
Henry Scott and family expect to
leave about Dec. |, for Blytheville,
Ark, to give Arkansas trial. Mr..
and Mrs. Scott have one girl with
them and two sons already at
Blytheville. Mr.. SCOTS father also
lives at Blytheville.
Mrs. j. W. Enochs and daughter,
Miss Ruth, returned last Friday
morning from their trip to the West
and found Mr. Enochs rapidly re-
gaining strength ate right serious
illness. Mrs Enochs and daughter
reported their trip a most pleasant
one.
We had the pleasure of meeting
in the last weekend Mr.. C. P. Wat
kins, who is making a Federal soil
survey and State geological survey
Of Henderson county. Mr.. Watkins
has been on the work some TX
weeks and will not finish it until
next March,
| Henry Lesh, head of the H. H
Lesh Lumber Co., at Jackson, was
in Lexington Tuesday and Wednes-
day and on the first day was a visi.
tor in the home of the PROGRESS
family. Henry has grown percepti-
bly, taller since the arrival Of Bar.
bara Ann Lesh" in his home.
The interesting watch contest con.
Quoted last week by the W. |. Swain
Show Co., resulted in the casting of
532,050 votes, Of which Miss Vir-
GINA Lee Parker received 383,60O
and Miss Elizabeth Beasley 1924