The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23

ever, gong TO continue MS StudleS
to enter the profession Of law.
Our old and good friend, Jack
Maness, of the Chesterfield and OAR
den vicinities, who has been here
two weeks on the Tax Equalization
Board, says his good wife is doing
pretty well and is able to keep an
eye on him and see that he walks a
chalk line.
Henry Lipscomb and Oakley
Scates, of the Warens Bluff, vicini-
ty, left Wednesday for Nashville via
Jackson, to be mustered in as men,
bers of the State Guard, for military
duty on the Mexican border. Mr..
Lpscomb stands 6 fl. A inches tall,
is q years old and weighs PSI
pounds.
G, L. Morris, connected with the
Federal Department Of Agriculture
was in Lexington at the first of the
week and gave our editor call on
Tuesday morning. Our first &C
quaintance with Mr.. Morris was
several years ago when when he
was a member of the Legislature
from his home county, Robertson.
Eugene, son of Chas. T. lowers
wrote his father last week from
Norfork, Va, that he was on the
Pennsylvania, the biggest and new
est fighting machine that Uncle
Sam has af1oat, and that the Penn
sylvania would leave Norfork on
the 22d inst, to visit the larger sea-
port cities of the United States.
Judge Will B. Lamb, of Fayette-
vile, attorney for the Nashville,
Chattannga & St Louis Railway,
was here Monday to assist Judge 7.
A. Lancaster in the Boswell damage
suit had the case come to trial.
Judge Lamb is an able lawyer, as
well as a splendid gentlemen and
we enjoyed the pleasure of meeting
him again.
Attorney E. W. Ross, Of Savannah,
was in Lexington Monday and had
the Boswell damage suit come to
trial, would have assisted the side Of
the plaintiff. Mr., Ross is a brother
of Chancellor Ross and like the
Chancellor is known to be a lawyer
who has made his mark in the pro-
fession. Mr.. Ross came over in his
auto.
Ernest Hay, who went to St |
Louis to attend the National Demo-
cratic convention, stayed over some
longer than he intended, and attend
ed a banquet given by Clyde Milan,
the famous ball player, to his faith
er and friends, The elder Milan |
lives in Linden, Perry county and
before last week had never seen his
popular son play ball.
Drs. W. 7. Watson, of Lexington,
and j. C. Stinson, of the old 18th
district, carried to Memphis last
Friday Mr.. Joe Erwin, for the pur-
pose of having one of Mr.. Ervin's
legs amputated. The operation was
performed in the Baptist Memorial
Hospital by DR.. Eugene j. johnson
and was success. Mr.. Erwin lives
in this county near Reagan.
Mrs. Lou league. and her young
widowed daughter, Mrs. Bird Dalton,
both now living in Gainesville, Tex
as, arrived here last Saturday to
pap visit of several weeks to their
old home and many friends and rel
atives and both are making their
headquarters in the hospitable home
of Hon. John F. Hall, on Jackson
street. Mrs. league and her family
love Lexington and are loved by all
our people and many doors in Lex
ington are always open to them.
Jack Tennessee, at the home of
Mrs. Hennessee's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Thompson, on Purdy
street, on last Sunday gave his an
nual noon dinner to nine friends,
namely, John A. Mccall, V. D. Bar
ry, Chester Davidson, Richard Ed
wards, Jerome and Guy Powers, L.
W. Thweatt, Felix Davis and Royal
Pafford. The dinner was a splendid
one, for which Mrs. Thompson and
her daughter deserve unlimited cred
it. AT about four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, the young men, except Je-
rome Powers, who had previous
engagement, went to Jackson, re-
turning from that city about mid
night.
The revival at the Baptist church