The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-11-17

Tom Baker Greene left SUNDAY
for his home in Huntingdon, afte
working several weeks in the Prog
resS Office and making his home il
the Progress family. There is moth
| Ing green about Tom except his
name and he is well qualified tC
hold down cases and presses in
good grade printing offices.
Rev. ], 7. Ricketts, and wife, Of
Advance, Mo-. accompanied by
three of their five children, left
Wednesday for Gibson county after
visiting MI. Ricketts, father, A. p
Ricketts,, near Sardis. Two of the
three children mentioned are as fine
twin boys. (Bill and John) as we
ever saw, now II months old.
Sam G. Bennett, who represents
the Phillips & Buttorff Mfg. Co., OF
Nashville, in this territory, arrived
lin Lexington in the last weekend
accompanied by his bride and we
are informed that they will for a
time make Lexington their home,
taking rooms in the Hearn Hotel.
Mr.. Bates was last week married to
Miss Blanch Bates, charming
Gleason girl.
The motion for a new trial in the
Decatur county case of State VS.
w. I. Lewis, was argued by Judge
I. A. Lancaster in Lexington last
Saturday. The motion was over
ruled and counsel asked for thirty
days in which to appeal the case to
the Supreme court. Mr.. Lewis
while here made good bond for
$4,000.
Mrs. N. R. Barham had a pleasant
social gathering in her home on
Jackson street in the last weekend,
for the purpose Of getting together
a number Of friends to meet her
sister, Mrs j. L. McNabb, Of War
trace. A sandwich course and cof-
fee were served and the afternoon
was made a most enjoyable to the
several matrons present
Following the hopping up" Of
the Vanderbilt University football
team last Saturday by the Univers-
ity of Tennessee team at Knoxville
10 to 6 Richard Couer de Leon Ed
wards, now in the U. of T.. writes
his local friend DR.. Sam 7. Parker:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
If Virginia can't get "Vandy"
Tennessee must"
L. M. Rhodes, Of Carroll county
late Republican candidate for Con-
gress, was in Lexington last Friday
consulting with Republican friends
and, we are informed, considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of making con-
test. Mr.. Rhodes may Get his ex-
penses paid in making contest,
but in the long run had just as well
take the dose of medicine the dis
trict prepared for him on the 7th.
County Judge W. H. Lancaster,
with Mrs. Lancaster and their
smaller children, and Howard Pear
son driving the Lancaster Overland,
left last Sunday for Aberdeen, Miss,
to spend a week with the Judges
daughter, Mrs. Willie Drake and
family. The boys say that the
Judge has gone to spend a week
among Mississippi Democrats to Ia
per off his Disappointment in the
result of the recent election. Bills
all right.
Chancellor j. w. Ross was in Lex
ington from $50 till 11:40 Tuesday
morning and while here he and
Judge Barham heard the argument
Of counsel in the Chancery case of
F. H. Watson ct al vs. Miss Robbie
Clement ct al, which is known as
the P. J. Dennison will case. Hon.
John F. Hall and Judge 7. A. Lam
caster represented the compliments
and E. w, Essary and j. A. Eng
land the defendants, and all four of
the gentlemen made argument in
the case. The Judges will deliver
thoir dacicinn in foW davs