The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-04-21

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mon at M. E. Church South, "Shall
We Live Again?" No services at
night on account Of Commencement
sermon in College Hall.
Our old friend, j. E. Kennedy, of
the old 9Th district, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Lexington with
his daughters, Mrs. N. S, Threadeill
and Mrs. John Brewer.
Hubert Edwards, representative
of the Southern Engine & Boiler
Works. at Jackson, was here Mon
day. Hubert is the big bud" of
Carl, the Lexington grocer.
Arthur L. Hughes, Saltillo mer-
chant, brought to Lexington Monday
his wife and nine year-old daughter,
Theo, who went on to Jackson to
pay visit to Miss Mary Gaffney.
Rev. ). b. Stephens will preach
the Commencement sermon of the
High School at the college Sunday
evening instead of at the M. E.
Church, as heretofore announced.
L. 7. Fielder went to Jackson
Wednesday and was present that
night at the Conference relative to
running the Memphis-Atlanta Linn
tied over the N. C. to Nashville via
Lexington.
Profs. j. O. Brown and j. E. Nc
Reynolds, heads of the Lexington
High School and City Schools at
tended the meeting Of West Tennes-
see Teachers in Memphis in the last
weekend.
Rev. Fleetwood Ball and wife left
Tuesday for Humboldt to attend the
West Tennessee Baptist Sunday
School Convention, of which Rev.
Fleetwood has been the secretary
for eighteen years.
A new girl baby, tipping the beam
at the 11-pound. notch, arrived in
the home of j. Henry Patton, on
Monday night of last week. Mrs.
Patton has done splendidly and
Henry is happy.
Esq. S. M. Edge, Esq. J.C. Ben
son, and perhaps more than fifty
others were here Monday from the
old 4th and 18th districts to haul
out two carloads of Commercial fer
tilizer for Sol N. Bunch.
Jim Johnson, who formally lived
in this county. we are informed,
committed suicide by hanging him.
self at Atwood, Carroll county, last
Monday. He was 67 years old and
leaves an aged wife and one brother.
FOR SALE-Florida Yam seed
sweet potatoes. The best one on
earth for yield, keeping qualities
ond eating.
W. R. HAWKS.
Gleason, Tenn.
Mrs. Addie Henry was called to
Union City on Thursday Of last
week on account of her sister, Mrs.
M. E. Wilson, having fallen and
broken her arm. Mrs Wilson is Is
years old. Mrs. Henry will make
her stay about two weeks
Foundation is being laid and ma
terials put on ground for construc-
ton Of Hugh Boswells 7-room, two
story residence, on the old Holland
Rhodes place, long owned by Mr.. E.
F. Boswell. The forty-foot front of
Mr.. BoswellS home will face the
DAVIS Hotel.
Mrs. W. M. Taylor and small
daughter and son came over Tues
day from Blytheville, Ark, to re-
main until after the school closing,
She will be accompanied home next
week by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Amanda Taylor. who is much i'm
proved in health.
Mrs. W. M. M. Houston (nee
Miss Cora Burton), of Chillicothe,
Te xas, passed here last Saturday on
her way to Decatur county to spend
a m Onth with Mrs. Bette Bray and
othel' relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Hous-
ton are prospecting in Texas where
they settled nine years ago.
Engineer Sam Griffin has been
promoted to one of the through
runs and left Wednesday
for Memphis to spend few days
before reporting in Paducah for
work Mr.. Griffin has long been a