The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-07

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and Allie Fisher, Hattie Smith, 0
Decaturville, and Miss Bessie Spidl
Of Mississippi
/ Ellis Enloe Of Memphis, left yes
terday for his home after visitinl
his two former schoolmates, Felil
Davis Of Lexington and Joe Davi
of Chesterfield.
| F. A. Brown and daughter, Mis-.
Lucille and Mr.. Veteto, who is lead
ling the singing in the Christian
church meeting, went to Jackson
yesterday,
Mrs. u. G. Hearn (nee Miss Beu
lah FOSTER is holding down her ole
place in the Cumberland Telephone
exchange, while Miss Bette Trip !.
taking her vacation.
DR.. John Powers is at present in
st. Thomas Hospital in Nashville
but he expects to leave at an early
date for Detroit. where he will en-.
gage in hospital work.
Mrs. Minerva McHaney is here
staying with her son W. L. McHan-
ey, while the latter's wife and
daughters, Misses Katherine and
Angie are visiting in Oklahoma.
The PROGRESS made an honest
mistake last week in giving the
name Of Mr.. Frank Pages bride as
Mrs. Effie Hamilton" when the
name should have been "Hamaker.
Misses Alice and Louise Timber
lake, Of Undertake, are spending
the week in Trenton with Miss
Ethel, daughter, of Rev. R. M
Walker, and will visit other points
before returning.
Just as soon as the secretary Of
the equalization board can make a
recapitulation of the work done by
the board, we are promised a gen.
eral statement Of the taxable prop
erty of the county.
Hon. D. E. Scott went to Dickey's
Landing, on Tennessee River, last
Saturday, to visit his sister, Mrs.
Eva Hancock, who had been report
ed sick in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cora Dickey.
Two train loads Of soldiers, South
bound, passed through Lexington at
6 o'clock yesterday morning-one
train Of whites and one of negroes
and these were preceded by
Others during the night.
Guy, Jerome and Worth Powers,
of Reagan, have been in Lexington
since our last issue. Guy went to
Jackson Tuesday and from there to
Whiteville to meet the school board
under whom he will work.
DR.. W. B. Summers five children
have recently been sick, but all
have practically recovered except
CASTOR, the elder boy, who was re-
ported as having considerable fever
yesterday Thursday morning.
Mrs Ray Donahoo, and little
daughter, of Atlanta, Ca, stopped
over here last Saturday till Tues
day, to visit her sister, Mrs. s. M.
Barnett. Mrs. Donahoo had been
to Henderson to visit her mother,
Mrs. Rodgers.
Mrs. T. W. Sims arrived from
Washington last Saturday and will
spend the summer here and at
Linden. We are glad to note the
improvement in the health of Mrs.
Sims which has been so poor for
about two years.
By the accidental backing of w.
L. Riley's auto into the team driven
by J. N. Douglass, the Bargerton
merchant, last Friday, MI. Douglass
received a cut on his face and a
hurt on his breast from the hind
feet of one of his own mules.
The meeting at the Christian
church is in progress and Elder
Paul Slayden, who comes from
Nashville, is doing the preaching.
Elder Slayden is regarded as an
able and scholarly preacher and the
Christian congregation will be glad
to have all come out and hear him.
The Union Grocery company
branch has been discontinued and
the stock shipped to Nashville. Mr.,
L. P. Thweatt, the manager, leaves
Lexington today to the regret Of the
many business friends he has made
The Union Grocery Company has
done a good business here and was
discontinued for other reasons.
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