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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
DIED IN MEMPHIS.

Mrs. Margaret Anne Muse, aged
81, died at Ills o'clock last night
in the Lucy Brinkley hospital, Mem
phis, where she had gone for treat.
ment last Wednesday. The remains
arrived this morning at $50 O'Clock
over the N, C. & St L. road and
were taken to the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. R A. Harton, 227
Parsonage street. Her death was
due to nephritiS.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. r. A. Harton and Miss Lucille
Muse Of this city, by one brother, j.
W. Taylor, of Carrolton, Miss, and
by two sisters, Mrs A. ]. Skies of
Kenton, Tenn, and Mrs. w. w. Love-
lace Of Union City.
Mrs. Muse came to this city
fifteen years ago from Lexington,
Tenn, and for several years, con-
Quoted the Library hotel, after
which she conducted the Walton
hotel. Three years ago she retired
and has since made her home with
her dauehtes, Mrs. Harton. Jack
son Sun, Aug. /.
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PORTER SPEAKS.

Mr.. Dudley Porter of Paris, can
didate for the Democratic congress
sional nomination, spoke to a fair
crowd in the circuit court room last
Tuesday afternoon. We did not
hear the speech, but we are in
formed that in it Mr.. Porter paid
his respects to the PROGRESS as a
Sims organ" which it expects to
continue to be so long as Mr.. Sims
renders in congress the splendid
service he has given the Eighth
congressional district and the Dem
ocratic party. The PROGRESS never
did take to the folly Of long
enough" as applied to capable and
faithful public servants-nor will
Mr.. Porter be an advocate of that
fallacy if he ever succeeds in get
ting into the class referred to. Mr..
Porter'S speech was enthusiastically
received by those who have chron-
ically opposed Mr.. Sims regardless
Of the service he has rendered.
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Warrens Bluff.

School opened here Monday with
Miss Sallie Youngerman teacher. A
large number Of pupils are in attend
ance and several more will enter
soon.
Presley Dennison has been very
i'll for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Helmes and
Mrs. B. H. Deere and children at
tended the Odd Fellows Rally at
SCOTS Hill Saturday, returning
Sunday evening in a car.
John Alexander and family have
moved here from Perry County.
Mrs. A. A. Gobelet, of Murfres-
boro, is visiting relatives here. She
was joined by her little son, Joe
Gilbert, who, with his grandfather,
Emil Gilbert, has been visiting in
Jackson.
The Perry county boys came over
Saturday and played two games Of
ball, losing them both, much 70 the
disappointment of the feminine
fans" who accompanied them.
Mrs. Eph. Parsons, Of Missouri, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. j. Nc
Rhea.
w. w. Read has purchased a car
the first in this community.
Rev. E. E. McPeake and wife, Of
Jackson, spent the weekend with
w. J. McPeake and family.
The dredee boat is attracting
large crowds Of interested specta.
tors almost daily.
W. 7. McPeake and family spent
several days here last week.
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July II, 1915.
Notice Of Letting Of Drainage OIstdc
Contract.

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RE.
CEIVED BY THE UNDERSIGNED
At Lexington, Tennessee, until noon,
Tuesday August Is, 1915, for the fol-
lowing work in Forked Deer Drainage
District No. 3, in Henderson and
Chester counties, Tennessee:
EXCAVATION:
1920 feet of ditch with Z foot bot
$500 feet Of ditch with 8 foot bot
tom. 49,, ~
1900 feet of ditch with 10 foot
$4,000 feet Of ditch with II foot
bottom.
$500 feet Of ditch with Is foot
bottom.
10000 feet of ditch with - foot
bottom.
Total number cubic yards. 39S, 500.
Clearing:
1876 acres of Right of Way.
Work to begin September l, 1915,
and to be completed in twelve
months. Certified check for 10 per
cent of the amount bid must accom-
pany each bid. More detailed inf0r-
nation may be had on application to
the undersigned, or complete set of
plans and specifications are on file in
the Office of the County Court Clerk
in Lexington, Tennessee. Contracts
will be awarded on the above date,
but the Board of Directors of said
Drainage District reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
This July 7, 1915.
w. F. APPLEBY,
Chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors, Lexington, Tennessee. At
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
n Rs, Mlddlston's Greek Drainage
District No. 3.

PENDING IN THE COUNTY
COURT OF CHESTER COUNTY,
TENNESSEE. NOTICE or TIL e
LETTING OF CONTRACTS FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANAL,
LATTERALS, RIGHT OF WAY,
ETC, IN THE ABOVE DRAINAGE
DISTRICT:
Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned at Enville, Tenn, until
noon, August 10, 1915, at which time
and place the same will let out pub
licly to the lowest and best bidder for
the construction of the main canal
and several laterals connected there
with, all of which are located within
the above named Drainage District;
said main canal will be In two Sec
tions as follows: First section 14,900
feet, top width II feet, depth 10 feet,
slope of banks one to one for depth
of feet, and to 0 for the remain
ing feet.
Second section, 10000 feet, depth
10 feet, top 20 feet, slope of banks
one to one for depth of 7 feet, and
| to 0 the remaining feet.
The BERN of main canal to be s
feet, average fall feet per mile,
right of way condemned and appro-
priated $50 feet.
All laterals to be II feet top, 10
feet deep slope of banks to Al for
depth of feet and to 0 for the re.
naming depth of same.
The estimated length of all the lat.
terals is 1880 feet, BERN to be I feet,
the estimated yardage of main canal
and all latterals is 1880 cubic
yards.
The work on said improvement to
begin not later than October /, 1916,
and to be completed not later than
October !, 1917. Certified checks
must accompany each bid in an
amount equal to 10 per centum of the
amount OF the bid. Contracts will be
awarded on the above date in Enville,
Tenn, for the construction of said
canal, latterals, etc, provided, the
Board of Directors reserves the right
to reject all bids and set another date
for the letting of said contracts.
Further information may be had by
communicating with the undersigned
or by inspection of the records in the
cause in the Office of the County
Court Clerk at Henderson, Chester
Comfy, Tennessee, where this cause
is pending.
w. T. STEWART,
Chairman, Ex-Officio. Board
r. c. SMITH, &c
Secy. and Treas. ~
G. w. ELLIS, Directors
1T. BENSON.
july II, 1915. 4
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
FOR SALE.

One farm Of 100 acres and one
town lot Of three-fourths acre only
a short distance apart and connec-
ted by lane. The lot is in one OF
the most desirable residence Sec
tons in Lexington, but is just out
side Of the corporation. About 40
acres Of tina farm is level and pro-
ductive and remainder is rolling,
and the whole makes an ideal stock
farm. This is a chance for a man
with children to have the benefit Of
our splendid school and yet have
first-class farm advantages. Can
give good terms to purchaser.
JOHN F. HALL.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
Cotton Makes Big Jump.

Cotton had a sensational advance
of SITS per bale on the 1st inst,
following the governments report
Of the crop on that date. The re-
port made prediction that unfavor-
able conditions indicated reduc-
ton Of 100000 bales below the
latest former prediction. The Ten
nessee crop, however, held its own,
standing at "a per cent on the 18th
of July, as compared with IS per
cent one year ago, and an average
Of 81 per cent for ten years.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04

Out of possible $4,000 there are
1890 hundred registrations in Mad
son county, according to the state
ment Of Secretary w. F. Arnold of
the county election commission,
who has arrived at q total from all
the registration books that have
been turned in.
There are $500 registrations in
the city and $500 in the county,
making 4,800.--Jackson Sun.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
SCOFFERS PAY THE PENALTY.

Those who ignore warning signals
of disordered kineys and scott at
dangers Of serious consequences Of
ten pay the penalty with dread dia-
betes or Bright's disease. If you
have lame back, pains in sides, sore
muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic
aches-tdke Foleys Kidney Pills
and stop the trouble before it is too
late.-STEwART DRUG Co.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
FOR TRUSTEE.

We are authorized to announce Jno.
L. Hare candidate tor the Office OF
Trustee, subject to the people of Hen
derson county In the general election
to be held August 3rd, 1915.
We are authorized to announce w.
f. Appleby, Republican nominee. for
the Office of Trustee, subject to the
general election of August 3rd.
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Rev. Fleetwood Rail f;llad HE on

J Rev. Fleetwood Ball filed his ap
J pointment at the Baptist church OF
Clifton Street Sunday night, preach
ing to a large crowd. AT a bushes,
session of the church after the ser
mon arrangements were made fol
the revival which begins the seconC
Sunday in September, in which
Evangelist E. z. Newsom will dc
the preaching.
The Ladies Home Missionary so
ciety of the Methodist Episcopa
church will meet next Wednesday
at 2:3O p. m. at the home of Mr.
Berry Holmes, on Jackson street
Every lady member is expected to
be present at this meeting, togeth-
er, with oil interested in the home
mission work of the church, for all
ladies are cordially invited.
One Of the most delightful teas
OF the season was given by the
young people at Hinson Springs
last Friday evening. About twenty
five enjoyed the outing. Among
those present were Miss Marie
Sims, of Washington, D. G., daugh-
ter Of Congressman Sims. Misses
Turner and StarneS of Munsford,
Tenn, and Miss Eva Wilkerson of
Saltillo.
j. S. Pratt and brother, W. F.
Pratt, who live between Beacon and
SCOTS Hill, were here Wednesday
enroute for Memphis. The former
has been a candidate for the hote-
rial nomination for the next legisla-
ture, but recently withdrew, leaving
ing Decatur county still having five
candidates for the nomination. The
district includes Benton with Deca-
tur county.
AT the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday at II a. m. the pastor, Rev.
S. B. Stephens subject will be, rs
there a future state of existence?"
and the evening service will con-
sist Of a Bible lawsuit to be decided
by twelve jurymen, six men and
six women, as jurymen-the trial
to be conducted by a lawyer.
Everybody cordially invited to
these services
Eugene Azbill and Miss Florence
Fesmire. a few miles west Of Lex
ington, were the high contracting
parties in a Gretna Green marriage
last week. The bride is the only
daughter of county surveyor, mer-
chant and farmer, E. L. Fesmire
and is one of the charming girls for
the production of whom our good
county is famous. The groom is a
young farmer, son of Henry
Azbill, and certainly starts into real
life with wonderful luck in winning
Miss Fesmire for his helpmete
The PROGRESS extends unlimited
congratulations and wishes for Gene
and Florence the best that. the
world and life can give.
The PROGRESS editor, accompan-
led by Recorder Ms Threadgill,
made a trip to Nashville at the
first Of the week. Recorder Thread
gill took several notes of value on
matters relating to his work for this
town, and the visit was pleasantly
rounded out by a call at the capitol
on Governor Rye, who assured us
that he intended to do what he con-
ceives to be his duty, regardless Of
his political prospects. The editor
and recorder had no axe to grind"
on Governor Rye's rock-not even
a Ratchet to sharpen. The best
element of the population of Ten
nessee Democrats are going to vote
for Governor Rye in the coming
November election.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04

We are authorized to announce
Arthur S. Montgomery, of Sardis,
Henderson County, candidate to rep
resent the 26th Pictorial District,
composed of the counties of Madison
and Henderson, in the Goth General
Assembly of Tennessee, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
Local and Personal


Howard Sweat visited in Murray
KY, this week.
Mr.. Tucker, the Memphis Brad
street man, was here Wednesday.
Circuit Clerk j. W. Dyer has been
considerably indisposed this week.
The Progress is indebted to Ches-
ter Davidson for local help this
week.
Watermelons have been coming
in right freely and bringing fair
prices.
Shady Smith is visiting friends
and relatives in Warren's Bluff this
week.
Miss Eva Wilkerson Of Saltillo,
is visiting in the home Of W. S.
Odel.
Miss Ethel Smith Of Batesville,
Miss, is visiting Miss Rebecca
Scott.
Miss LYDIA May Muse Of Ruther-
ford, is visiting her uncle, MIR. E. E
Muse.
Rev. Fleetwood Ball is engaged
this week in revival near Nc
Kenzie.
Allen Brown, son of DR.. Andy
Brown of Bemis. is visiting in the
home of 7. W. Scott
Mrs. Bird Dalton spent last Sat
urday and Sunday with Mrs. Addie
Stanford Of Alberton.
John A. Jones left Tuesday for
Hot Springs, Ark, where he goes fol
relief from rheumatism.
Mrs, Conklin Of Huntingdon is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Emmett
Sneed at the Blount House.
Eugene Anderson returned Tues
day to his home in Jackson, after
spending a week in Lexington.
Thomas W. Steeall is spending
the week in St. Louis buying
Fall goods for his Lexington bust
ness.
Mrs B. Grissom of Hinson Springs
left Wednesday for an extended
visit to her father at Hope, Ar
kansas.
Miss Esther Cherry Of Jackson,
left Wednesday after a brief visit
to the family of the Rev, Fred II.
Peoples.
John H. Tanning and Robert I.
Hart, are the proud possesSors OF
the sixty-oddth automobile in Lex
ingt0n,
Miss Robbie Clement came over
from Memphis last Sunday and is
the guest Of her brother, Irwin Den
nisOn and wife.
Carlyle Hood of Dyersburg, son
Of Rev. r. W. Hood, who formerly
lived here. arrived in Lexington
last Tuesday.
A new Kimball piano has been
installed in the Baptist church and
will will prove a great convenience
in the worship /,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04

We are authorized to announce E.
Fulghum, of Jackson, a candidate to
represent the 26th Senatorial District
composed of the counties of Chester,
Henderson and Madison in the Goth
General Assembly of Tennessee,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party and on an unequiyocal
prohibition and law enforcement
platform.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04

and Guy Youngerman, motored to
SCOTS Hill last Sunday.
Murray Arnold is carrying the
mail on route No. 6, after having
been appointed substitute for the
late John Wilkerson.
DR.. Joe Murray of Huntington
was here in the first half of the
week visiting the family Of D. j. l.
Murray and its branches.
7. H. Johnson of the old Four
tenth district, will soon open q
restaurant on the Davidson corner
and will name it the Star"
j. A. Buckley and wife went to
Jackson Wednesday evening to lie
present at a family reunion in the
home of Mrs. Buckley's sister.
j. H. Patton will move his family
back to Lexington this week from
his farm near Juno, where Mr..
Patton has made a crop this sea-
son.
Brakeman w. G. Evans laid off a
trip at the first Of the week and
visited in Decaturville, where his
wife and two children had preceded
him.
Misses Blanche and Mary Thread
gill went to the country last Satur-
dry to visit their grandfather, Mr..
J. S. Kennedy, and the other rela-
tives.
w. C. Barry came in from his
work on the road as travelling man
for the Clements Paper Co., at Nash
vile, and spent Wednesday night at
home.
Regular services at the Baptist
church next Sunday morning but
no night service on account of the
revival at the Methodist Episcopal
church.
j. A. Kunkle, of GAINESVILLE,
Texas, accompanied by his son,
was here Wednesday on his way to
visit the old Kunkle home in Perry
county.
E. F. Boswell has sold the Lassi-
ter lot on Huntington street to
Druggist John W. Stewart and threw
in a fine COW and calf for good
measure.
G. H. Davidson and Martin
Youngerman, of near Shady Hill,
were in town last Monday. Speak
ing of the canal, both of these men
are we'll pleased.
The great electrical storm which
came early last Tuesday evening
was accompanied by a big rain
which was much needed in some
localities Of this county.
Professor Guy Powers of Hender-
son was here Monday enroute to
his home at Reagan where he will
spend a few days before taking up
his new work at Whiteville.
Misses Rose Dalton and Gather
inc White of Nashville, are visitir 6
Miss Annie Whitefield. Misses DIAL
ton and White were classmates of
Miss Whitefeld at St. Cecilia acad- |
envy.
County Judge L. T. Smith of De-
catur county, came over from De-
last Tuesday to spend the
week with his daughters, Miss
Bonnye Smith and Mrs. Fred
BOren.
H. E. draper will leave this week |
Tor Frankfort, Michigan, where Mrs
1raper and H. E. junior are sum-
nering on the farm and near the
home Of orr toWnsman. Mr. w. J.I
Jones.
L. P. Holmes and daughter, Miss
Pauline, arrived from Nashville
the former returning Mon
day and Miss Pauline remaining for
with her sister, Mrs. H.
F. Martin
A Mrs. Evans died suddenly in
Decaturville last Friday night. She
was able to cook supper and died
before II o'clock that night The
family had recently come from
Wayne county.
Miss Elizabeth Trip, operator in
the Cumberland Telephone ex-
change, returned Monday from her
vacation taken on a visit OF a
month to relatives in Lawrence
burg and Columbia.
Sunday School services at the
NJ. E. Church, South, will be short
aned nm account of the children'S
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-04
Daily Thought.

Daily Thought.
The first hour Of the morning is the
rudder Of the day. - Henry Ward
Bsecher.
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TINY LIFE PRESERvERs

High UP on the list of popular
baby killers should be put the know
it-all neighbor who says Il don't care
what anybody says'-and then rat
ties away as long as her breath
lasts on her ideas of how babies
should be cared for. Her ideas are
commonly opposed to common sense
and scientific knowledge. Frequent
ly she is like the old lady who said
81 ought to know all about babies
didn't I have ten of them and bury
nine?' Ignore her or show her the
door.
And then there is dear old Grand
ma" Her intentions are the best
in the world. She loves the baby
just as much as the mother does.
In her day, babies We're rocked to
sleep and it seems positively heartless
to her, the noW-a-day way young,
Well-instructed mothers put the
babies down to sleep when sleep-time
comes, instead of making them sea-
sick by agitating their full little
stomachs in chair that sWays back
and forth like a boat at anchor. Be
kind but firm with Grandmother!
Mother love, too, has killed its
thousands, When a baby is sick it
has a right to act sick and be treated
as a sick cat, a sick dog, or a sick
grown-up can insist on being treat
ed Mother love" is too frequently
self-love. The mother is scared
and being scared she comforts her
self by fluttering around and annoy
ing the infant. Her business at such
a time is to realize that baby needs
to be left alone. Frequently the
child would be far better off if the
mother would go into the next room
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SENATE ENDORSES
CUMMINS ARMY PLAN

Washington, April 4.-Over vigor-
GUS objections by Chairman Chamber
lain of the military committee the
senate voted, 80 to 80, for the Cum
Minis plan to amend the army reOr-
ganization bill by creating a national
guard section of the general staff.
When recess was taken the chair
man and other members of the COM
mittee were fighting hard against a
second amendment championed by
Senator Cummins and Senator Lee Of
Maryland, which would eliminate the
provision for federal volunteer army.
Senator Chamberlain charged dur
ing the debate that pernicious activity
on the part of officers of both the
national guard and the regular army
threatened to undo the months of seri-
Gus work done by the committee.
He threatened that unless the army
officers ceased attempting to influence
legislation through personal appeal to
senators he would seek to have them
disciplined by the war department.
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ARE FIVE MILES
FROM FORTRESS
Germans Pushing Their Lines
Towards Verdun.
FRENCH ABANDON TRENCHES
French Forces Recapture Some of the
Ground Lost by Them East OF
the River Meuse.
FRENCH ABANDON TRENCHES

London, April 4.-Having straight
ened out their line by occupying all
French positions north of the FORCES
brook between Haucourt and Bethin-
court, northwest of Verdun, the Ger
mans now are engaged in shelling the
region of the Bourrus wood some live
miles northwest of the fortress.
East of the Mouse around Vaux
there has been considerable fighting
between the French and the Germans
in whirh the French were victorious
in driving back the Teutons to the
northern outskirts of the Caillette
wood and in reoccupying the western
part of the village of Vaux, which
they had previously evacuated.
The occupation by the Germans OF
the -Bethincourt front fol-
lowed a vigorous attack, in which,
however, the Germans met no foe,
the French having evacuated their po-
sitions at night without the Germans
observing the movement.
From their new positions south of
the FORCES brook and at Bethincourt,
the French poured a direct and flank
ing fire into the attacking Germans,
who suffered heavy casualties.
Along the remainder of the French
front artillery bombardments have
predominated, although there have
been aerial combats near Verdun in
which the Germans lost four aero
planes, and the aerial raids by the
French on various German canton
mtnts in Belgium.
Artillery duels between the Germans
and Russians continue on the eastern
front An attack by the Germans
against the bridge head at Ikskull was
repulsed by the Russians. The usual
Commandments are in progress on the
AustrO-Italian line.
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Get the Habit OF
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't lock CT feel right
with the system full
of poisons.

Millions of folks ratho internally
now instead Of loading their system
with drugs. whats an inside bath?"
you say. Well, it is guaranteed to per-
form miracles if you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers OF men and
women who, Immediately upon arising
in the morning, drink a glass OF real
hot water with a teaspoonful OF lime
stone phosphate in it This is q very
excellent health measure. 1t is in
tended to flush the stomach, liver. kid
neys and the thirty feet Of intestines
of the previous days waste. sour bile
and indigestible material left over in
the body which if not eliminated every
day, become food for tie millions of
bacteria which infeSt the bowels, the
quick result is poia0Gs and toxins
which are then absorbed into the blood
causing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trou-
BILE, kidney misery, slcerlessness, i'm
pure blood and all sorts Of ailments.
People who feel cool one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right are urged to
obtain a quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate at the drug store. This
will cost very little but is sufficient
to make anyone real crank on the
subject of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and lot water act on
the skin. cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, SO limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. Tt is vastly more
important to battle on the inside than
on the outside, because tho skin pores
do not absorb impurities, INTO the
blood. while the bowel pores 10.